First and foremost I'd just like to wish everyone out there a Happy day after Father's Day today. Yesterday my own father and I went to the sox game and I have to say it could not have ended better as the sox prevailed 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th inning on a walk-off home-run by Nick Green. The sox were down 2-0 after the first, but Wakefield settled in and gave 6 decent innings of work. The Braves almost plated a run in the ninth off of Papelbon, but he stranded the bases loaded to set up Green's first pitch leadoff jack. Overall I have to say it was a great game.
Afterward my father and I participated in the annual "Stroll in the Park" around Fenway. This was another unique moment as we were able to look into the dugouts, touch the Pesky pole and observe the numerous dents in the monster. A great father's day present and one I hope I can share my my own kids some day.
Showing posts with label Red Sox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Sox. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Gahden Sports - NHL Awards, Sox Beat
Watched bits and pieces of the NHL awards. BIIIIG ups to the Bruins for cleaning house. For those who did not watch, Julien won coach of the year, Timmy took the Vezina and Mr. Chara himself won the coveted Norris trophy, breaking Nick Lidstrom's 3 year run. Unfortunately, winning the awards only served as a painful memory of the opportunity that was lost this year in the playoffs. Still, Bruins fans know that this is a young team and hopefully will be able to learn from this year's playoff experience.
Sox lost in a 2-1 rainout last night, not a huge concern as they are currently the best team in baseball after a 6-1 win Wednesday night. Pedroia was the player of the game, going 3-5 with 3 Rbi's. Ellisbury and Ortiz each had a hit and two walks for the Sox who currently enjoy the best home record in the MLB and the second best record this side of the surprising LA Dogders.
Sox lost in a 2-1 rainout last night, not a huge concern as they are currently the best team in baseball after a 6-1 win Wednesday night. Pedroia was the player of the game, going 3-5 with 3 Rbi's. Ellisbury and Ortiz each had a hit and two walks for the Sox who currently enjoy the best home record in the MLB and the second best record this side of the surprising LA Dogders.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Gahden Sports - Red Sox Interleague Play
Good to see the sox rebound last night with an 8-2 win over the Marlins. Even better to see Papi go 2-3 with 3 ribskis. Ellisbury, Green, Kottaras and Mighty Mouse also grabbed two hits for the winnnahhhhs.
I gotta give props to Tito for this lineup, Pedroia Drew Youk Bay Ortiz Lowell is an extremely powerful 1-6. I also like the attempts to squeeze out some effectiveness out of the bottom of the order with Ellisbury Green and Kottaras. I think ideally you throw Tek Green and Ellisbury as a second leadoff, but I understand the shake-up with Wakefield pitching. I believe this lineup is capable of doing serious damage with everyone healthy. Unfortunately, the downside is that Papi remains a huge catalyst for this offense and, while he remains a force under optimum conditions, his play has become inconsistent and makes this otherwise potent offense fallible.
Solid outing from Wakefield, if there is a better innings eater in all of the MLB I would like to see him. The guy has been a productive Red Sox starter spanning my entire baseball career from age 5 to 20...incredible. The barstool link covers his All-Star prospectus. (From Barstool and Mlb.com)
Wakefield is a hoodrat baller.
I gotta give props to Tito for this lineup, Pedroia Drew Youk Bay Ortiz Lowell is an extremely powerful 1-6. I also like the attempts to squeeze out some effectiveness out of the bottom of the order with Ellisbury Green and Kottaras. I think ideally you throw Tek Green and Ellisbury as a second leadoff, but I understand the shake-up with Wakefield pitching. I believe this lineup is capable of doing serious damage with everyone healthy. Unfortunately, the downside is that Papi remains a huge catalyst for this offense and, while he remains a force under optimum conditions, his play has become inconsistent and makes this otherwise potent offense fallible.
Solid outing from Wakefield, if there is a better innings eater in all of the MLB I would like to see him. The guy has been a productive Red Sox starter spanning my entire baseball career from age 5 to 20...incredible. The barstool link covers his All-Star prospectus. (From Barstool and Mlb.com)
Wakefield is a hoodrat baller.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Day 2 - The Beginning
First real post today. I figure I'll eventually come up with a planned method of attack for these things and I was also thinking about various types of sections to include in a blog. Current gambling odds on various teams, weekly picks, Simmons feedback, game reactions etc. I'm sure more will come, figured I'd write em down here first so I can remember.
To quote Jim Rome, here's what I'm burning on today.
1) Brett Favre??? Come on man, this is just getting rediculous. As a football fan I have a ton of respect for what he's done on the field in terms of toughness and leadership, as well as his passion for the game, but at this point he is looking like just another mercenary out to collect a paycheck. Where's the loyalty to the Pack? Minnesota??!! How about to football itself, how many times can one man retire before people stop caring? I still also haven't forgiven him or Desmond Howard for ruining the first Boston championship game I ever witnessed.
2) The red-sox streak ended at 5 the other night with an 11-5 loss to the Phils. I'm not a huge fan of interleague play, but it certainly is interesting to turn on the TV and watch Lester (who I love) stare and three straight strikes then calmly walk back to the dugout. More comedy than Chris Rock's last HBO special. Still, two game lead in the division and we're not even at the All-Star break, so there's about 30-40 more relatively meaningless games to be played.
3) Kobe. Kobe. Kobe. I think I'm going to be sick. Honestly, you can't turn on ESPN or hardly any other sports media these days without seeing that disguisting Lakers symbol on the box. I'm big fan of the zen master and certainly believe that he is at least on par with Big Red, but there's something about Kobe's personality that just drives me crazy. I think maybe it's his pretentiousness, or his now "reformed" selfish attitude. Maybe its the history of rape. I don't know. Now I have to listen to all the underhanded comments about how he is better than #23, and I don't mean Lebron. All this could have been avoided if only Garnett could have stayed healthy. Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy????
4) Fantasy football season is 8 weeks away!
To quote Jim Rome, here's what I'm burning on today.
1) Brett Favre??? Come on man, this is just getting rediculous. As a football fan I have a ton of respect for what he's done on the field in terms of toughness and leadership, as well as his passion for the game, but at this point he is looking like just another mercenary out to collect a paycheck. Where's the loyalty to the Pack? Minnesota??!! How about to football itself, how many times can one man retire before people stop caring? I still also haven't forgiven him or Desmond Howard for ruining the first Boston championship game I ever witnessed.
2) The red-sox streak ended at 5 the other night with an 11-5 loss to the Phils. I'm not a huge fan of interleague play, but it certainly is interesting to turn on the TV and watch Lester (who I love) stare and three straight strikes then calmly walk back to the dugout. More comedy than Chris Rock's last HBO special. Still, two game lead in the division and we're not even at the All-Star break, so there's about 30-40 more relatively meaningless games to be played.
3) Kobe. Kobe. Kobe. I think I'm going to be sick. Honestly, you can't turn on ESPN or hardly any other sports media these days without seeing that disguisting Lakers symbol on the box. I'm big fan of the zen master and certainly believe that he is at least on par with Big Red, but there's something about Kobe's personality that just drives me crazy. I think maybe it's his pretentiousness, or his now "reformed" selfish attitude. Maybe its the history of rape. I don't know. Now I have to listen to all the underhanded comments about how he is better than #23, and I don't mean Lebron. All this could have been avoided if only Garnett could have stayed healthy. Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy????
4) Fantasy football season is 8 weeks away!
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