You can only win so many ridiculous comeback games in a season, apparently…
October 17, 2008
OK, so I fell asleep
It was 7-0, and I turned off the TV and went to bed. I turned on the radio and listened to Pedroia (our little pony) and Papi bring it back to 7-4, and then during the commercial break I fell asleep. But I wasn’t the only one!
June 18, 2008
I’m a Bad Blogger
About a month ago, I went to Jon Lester’s no-hitter at Fenway with Rachel, Parker, and Parker’s brother. Perfect for a blog post, right? Except that I immediately called, texted, or emailed virtually everyone I know, and didn’t really get around to posting here about it. I had been trying to find someone to take the other two tickets for three weeks, so there were plenty of remorseful friends to torment…
So what does make me post? My current theory is that most of my blog material surfaces when I don’t have someone to talk to in real life. Take the last post: nobody I interact with on a daily basis is into robots or Sci-Fi movies, so I guess I just put it up there because I found it interesting and wanted to hear myself talk about it. Is that what blogging is all about?
March 12, 2008
Multi-display Wallpapers
This absolutely blew my mind (and cost me 20 minutes of work): multi-display wallpapers! Of course it stands to reason that such a thing would exist, but those featured at mandolux are of an unbelievable quality. My favorites?
- Trajanic Period
- UFO/Flower
- Schilling
- Zen/Lichen/BW
- And a triptych Pedro V2
Now all I need is a couple more monitors on my desk…
March 10, 2008
Larry King visits Spring Training
Normally celebrity news isn’t interesting to me, but this line was too good to pass:
And worse, Larry King showed up at the Sox-Dodgers game with a fourteen-person entourage. In other words, Larry King travels with two more people than Jesus did. That’s more disturbing than any Red Sox woes.
From The Bostonist.
February 28, 2008
And so it begins again
Despite the fact that another two inches of snow fell on Boston last night, the Red Sox play their first Spring Training game tonight!
I’m not sure exactly where I stand as a sports fan these days — the Patriots and Sox have brought about an expectation of winning that I’m not wholeheartedly enjoying, and the Celtics seem to be joining the club. The Bruins, on the other hand, are still underdogs, and cultivated as I am by years of mediocre Sox teams, I am enjoying their struggle to make the playoffs immensely.
While I do enjoy it when my teams win, I think it is the most gratifying when they win unexpectedly.
February 7, 2008
Giuliani’s Baseball Card
This “joke” to be published by the Topps Baseball Card Company seems set to rub everyone the wrong way:
Good thing the man isn’t running for President anymore…
October 29, 2007
Another one, just like the other one
No, this title isn’t as sweet as 2004, but then again it would be pretty hard to compete with all the angst behind that series. This year’s playoffs played out almost identically to those three years ago (except, perhaps, for the dancing): a tough come-from-behind victory in the ALCS followed by an easy sweep in the World Series. This time we knew how it was going to end, we’d seen this movie before. Curt Schilling, devout Christian, has posted a theological exploration of the events on his blog. Taking a few liberties, I believe the argument boils down to “the Red Sox were a runaway train.” It also sounds like he is seriously considering retiring on a high note.
Back to the 86 years thing. As Parker points out, railing against the “new Sox fan” is the new black, so I’ll throw in my two cents. If there is one thing that I cannot stand in this world it is an overbearing sense of entitlement. Having attended two New England liberal arts colleges, I’ve seen my share. It’s what spawned 80 years of Yankee hating: fans with a reasonable expectation of averaging about 3 championships every decade. The Sox and Patriots have both hit that milestone in this decade, and the Patriots seem to have taken it as far as winning every other year. The Celtics are currently in the midst of a resurrection attempt, and pretty soon the only underdog team from Boston could be the perennially sorry Bruins. Even the Revolution are in the MLS finals every other year. Is a “city of champions” what we really want?
October 21, 2007
All the way back!
Our Sox really know how to make us sweat, but in the end they pulled it off. With Beckett pitching a great Game 5, the much-maligned JD Drew pulling most of the weight in Game 6, and the Japanese contingent pitching a great Game 7, we are going back to the World Series! Word is that it is snowing right now in Denver so this may be a cold finale — although back east we are still squarely in pumpkin season.
October 16, 2007
Down by two
While all of New England has been delighted by the Patriots’ recent success, the Sox are really trying our patience. After winning Game 1 handily and losing Game 2 crushingly, Game 3 slipped away far too easily and a single 7-run inning doomed Game 4. Did you know that tonight is the 4 year anniversary of Aaron Boone’s blast? At least Kevin Youkilis isn’t panicking.
