The Sox swept the Twinkies in a doubleheader today 10-1 and 7-3. The first game was a makeup from yesterday which was rained out. Wakefield pitched another complete game (7 innings - called due to rain) and Penny pitched a good game in game 2. Our bats are coming together and just in time too, the Yanks are coming to town for a 3 game series over the weekend.
I don't understand NESN and their rain delays. On Tuesday, during the rain delay, NESN ran a replay of their beatdown of the Orioles on Patriots day. Now I enjoy watching a good replay of a good game, but I think NESN is missing the boat on this. Instead, I would have loved to see NESN cover about a half hour of Remy running his hot dog booth outside Fenway. Then they could go into the clubhouse and show Youk trying to wash raw meat and nickel beer out of his beard as Pedroia whacks him with a towel and the Big Papi laughing uncontrollably on the floor. And then to settle things down, wouldn't it have been nice to see about an hour of Heidi and Amalie Benjamin roaming the seats asking fans what their favorite Red Sox memory was while handing them a towel in order to dry off with? Now that would have been a great rain delay!
They did do a good job of covering the Dave Roberts return to Fenway though. He threw out the first pitch of game 2 and everytime I see him, I remember The Steal and how that one moment changed everything for us. I am sure not a day goes by that a Sox fan doesn't come up to him and tell him thank you for that 2004 season. Of all the Sox memories I have, that one will always stand out the most. They should put a statue out front of Fenway beside the Ted Williams statue of Roberts stealing the base - it was that big.
Now we have to get ready for the weekend series with the Yanks. Now I get really fired up when we play the Yanks (The Empire Formerly Known as Evil) which is probably why my wife will never allow me to go to a Yankee game. I would need a good bondsman or a good doctor, or maybe both after the game. Friday night they have Joba the Hutt Chamberlain pitching against Lester. I expect to see some fireworks especially when Joba starts throwing again at the head of Youk. I really dislike Joba the Hutt. Burnett is pitching game 2 against Beckett which will probably be the best game of the weekend. Game 3 has Pettitte against Masterson. Do you think Teixeira will get booed?? He only strung us along all offseason, and then signed with the Yanks. It is alright though, the 180 million dollar man is batting his weight - around .220! I only wish we could have CC SoBADthia pitch over the weekend against us. I would like us to put another 20 spot on the board.
Anyway, a big series coming up this weekend. It will be full of drama and tension, a lot booing of Yankee players and possibly a bench clearing incident, but in the end, I hope we are closer to the Jays and we push the Yanks further down the division. GO SOX !!!
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