2009 Boston Red Sox

[min0 lee]

Hey, min0, whose side are you on?

I know but it looks like they are in for another 80+ plus years of misery....I feel bad dancing on their graves.

A NY cabbie was a die-hard Yankees fan and he truly hated the Red Sox and all their fans. Whenever he was driving, if he saw anyone wearing a Red Sox hat or shirt, he would drive right towards them, swerving away at the last moment, trying to scare the shit out of them.

One day a rabbi got into the cab and as they were driving, the cabbie saw a man with a Red Sox hat. Instinctively he veered right at the man, but then remembering who he had in the back seat, he turned away sharply. The cabbie heard a thud, but when he checked the rear view mirror, he couldn't tell what the noise was.

"I'm sorry, rabbi, I almost hit that Red Sox fan" said the cabbie.

"You missed him" replied the rabbi, "but don't worry. I got him with the door on my side."

 

[min0 lee]

Dustin Pedroia blames early playoff exit on Fenway Park's grounds crew.

BOSTON -- If Boston had won on Sunday, the way Dustin Pedroia turned a double play in the sixth inning would have been a highlight.
Instead, the double play that Pedroia could not make in the eighth became an issue. And Pedroia took a couple swipes at the grounds crew because of it.
In the eighth inning, with runners on first and second, and one out, the slow-footed Kendry Morales hit a hard grounder toward the hole between first and second.
Pedroia hustled to his left, but the ball bounced up on him. He could only knock it down and throw Morales out at first. Both runners then scored on Juan Rivera's single.
Two costly runs that Pedroia knows would not have scored if he fielded the grounder cleanly.
"It took a bad hop," Pedroia said. "Our infield (stinks). It's the worst in the game."
Pedroia was obviously peeved, but did not back away from his statement.

He was also peeved the Angels were allowed to fly in their own infield on defense, I also thought that was unfair.

 

[tucker01]

Wow.... what a douchebag response.

 

[Double D]

That blows my mind. Try playing on dirt infields like me and damn near everyone in America always had to. What a baby.

 

[tucker01]

He has always seemed kinda cunty to me.

 

[min0 lee]

The one thing I noticed about him is his tendency to flop all over the field, even while he's batting.

Maybe he should look at his .167 BA and take some responsibility for the loss.

 

[I Are Baboon]

You had a better time than you would have had sitting in front of the TV watching the games.

Well, I was kind of pissing off the wife asking for her Blackberry so I could check the scores.

I have not really read up on things this week so I can't really comment on the "aftermath." I really didn't expect the Sox to beat the Angels though, so I am really not too pissed off about the loss. I still say there is no stopping the Yankees.

Still lots of proud Sox fans walking around Portland, Maine sporting the gear!

I ate so much lobster the past four days that I am surprised I haven't crapped a lobster claw.

 

[min0 lee]

I really didn't expect the Sox to beat the Angels though, so I am really not too pissed off about the loss. I still say there is no stopping the Yankees.

I thought at first they had a comeback in them but too many guys went cold.

I don't know, the Angels seem to beat them during the playoffs. I just hope Joe doesn't go crazy trying to out smart Scioscia, allegedly he's the best manager out there.

 

[min0 lee]

the Red Sox are just so clearly the superior organization to the Yankees, it's not even funny.

look at the lack of depth that that team has while the Red Sox are able to rest guys here, trot out somebody there, etc.

God, it's nice being the best.

lets go for 12 tomorrow.

Too bad the Angels didn't let them prove it.

 

[Triple Threat]

Too bad the Angels didn't let them prove it.

min0, are you kicking a Red Sox fan when he's down?











Keep up the good work!

 

[min0 lee]

min0, are you kicking a Red Sox fan when he's down?











Keep up the good work!

Well he was so outspoken, figured he could explain what happened.

He is actually our good luck charm, every thing he said went the oppsite.

Jeter will suck as a lead off hitter. Wrong.
Ortiz will be an MVP. Wrong.
Jeter sucks at defense. Wrong.
The red sox are superior. Wrong.
plenty more to list.

 

[I Are Baboon]

You just wait 'til next year.

 

[tucker01]

You just wait 'til next year.

Yeah I keep hoping for next year as well

 

[I Are Baboon]

This was my dinner the night the Sox got eliminated. That's crab meat on the lobster.

This was lunch the next day. Two lobster rolls with homemade potato chips and a cask IPA.

And this was more beer I had while missing the games on TV. "Seasonal sampler." Tripel, dubbel, nitro oatmeal stout, barleywine, white ale, imperial porter. The barelywine was the best of the bunch.

 

[Jodi]

Oh I can't wait to go back to NE tomorrow!!!!

 

[min0 lee]

Postseason traumatic stress disorder

When the Red Sox swept the Yankees in early June to bring their season record against the Bronx Bombers to 8-0, even the most realistic Sox fan had visions of the team rolling through the postseason to claim its third World Series title of the decade. But now that Boston has been swept from the playoffs by the Angels, sports psychologists estimate that up to 82 percent of Red Sox Nation may be suffering from ... Postseason Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).


SYMPTOMS INCLUDE:
??? Hallucinations involving the frozen, severed head of Ted Williams


??? Sensations of droopiness in your ???We???re No. 1??? foam finger


??? Unshakable feeling that Manny Ramirez is laughing at you


??? Irrational fear of men named Vladimir


??? Delusion that TV clicker can be used to change Papelbon???s blown save into Sox victory


??? Recurring flashbacks to October of 1986

• Infrequent posting in the Red Sox thread

Leading sports neurologists report there is no cure, though some suggest afflicted Sox fans may benefit from a treatment used by supporters of the old Brooklyn Dodgers: ???Wait till next year??? therapy.

 

[I Are Baboon]

When the Red Sox swept the Yankees in early June to bring their season record against the Bronx Bombers to 8-0, even the most realistic Sox fan had visions of the team rolling through the postseason to claim its third World Series title of the decade.

Righto....

Meh, that 0-6 against Boston is making me itchy. These two teams pretty much always play to a tie (or close to it) in the season series, so the longer the Sox keep beating them, the more likely it is the Yankees will win the games that really count (like, pennant race or playoffs).

 

[min0 lee]

Show off.

 

[soxmuscle]

- trade for Stephen Drew
- sign Matt Holliday
- trade Matsuzaka, Bowden, plus some of the other rumored prospects at the deadline in exchange for Felix Hernandez
- re-sign Alex Gonzalez, if willing to play a bench role
- re-sign Billy Wanger
- sign Rich Harden as rumored as the low risk, high reward player Theo has gone after the last few years
- I happen to think that this is the offseason that the Red Sox go out and pull the string on a catcher, perhaps trading for one such as Saltalamacchia or Taylor Teagarden from Texas.

c - Victor Martinez, Saltalamacchia/Teagarden
1b - Youkilis, Martinez, Kotchman
2b - Pedroia, Lowrie
ss - Stephen Drew, Gonzalez, Lowrie
3b - Lowell, Youkilis, Lowrie
lf - Matt Holliday
cf - Ellsbury
rf - Drew
dh - Ortiz, Lowell

sp - Beckett, Lester, Hernandez, Buchholz, Harden, Wakefield

rp - Papelbon, Wagner, Okajima, Ramirez, etc.

With a line up possibly looking like...

Ellsbury
Pedroia
Martinez
Holliday
Drew
Youkilis
Ortiz
Lowell
S. Drew

that is a deep line up.

oh, to think irrationally while the Yankees celebrate...

 

[tucker01]

Bay Rejects Red Sox offer of 4yrs 60 mill. to test free agent market.

 

[Triple Threat]

My guess is that it will take close to $20 million per year for at least 3 yrs to sign him.

 

[soxmuscle]

That's not surprising.

I still think there's a good chance he comes back.

I'd set it probably at 75-25 right now in favor of him returning.

 

[soxmuscle]

Ortiz already preparing for 2010 - Projo Sox Blog

Should I get the 2010 Prediction Contest started up early?

 

[min0 lee]

Ortiz already preparing for 2010 - Projo Sox Blog

Should I get the 2010 Prediction Contest started up early?

Please, please, please!