A lot of excitement for a game with no Hot Papi Action. The sickness runs deep in this one.

Otto- there’s something about being born and raised as a Masshole that makes you a baseballaholic. I just can’t help it. But yes, I scare myself.

And I’ll hate them if they lose tomorrow night!!!

Baseball fanhood’s a bitch like that…

I have many close friends who suffer from Soxaholism, so I understand. We thought they’d developed a cure in 2004, but it only made things worse.

Otto- ever been to Fenway? It’s like being at a Dead show in ’72, but with $6 hotdogs instead of pot.

Cleveland has the best closing pitcher EVER.

Fenway Franks have pot in them??? that explains the price.

And once again, the Blue Jays screw the pooch against teh damn Yankees.

Otto- ever been to Fenway?

Yes. Yes, I have. My dad, brother and I make a pilgrimage to a great park every few years, and we did Fenway in 2003. We were out in the bleachers with the drunkest crowd of drunky drunks I’ve ever seen for the first game, and came back and scalped seats behind 3rd the next day. Nice, but the bleachers were beautiful.

Anyway, I think it’s easily my favorite park. The low sightlines, the brick and steel construction, and the sweet sweet drunk talk of the crowd — all perfect. It must make the heartbreak a little easier.

I moved away from Boston in 1994 and I have not made it back often. I haven’t been to a game at Fenway in probably 15 or more years. And that hurts. Living with last year’s champs is just not the same, even though my wife is a CHW fan, so I got a bit of a contact rush off her last October. (Also, I do like going to U.S. Comiskular Park and watching the Right Sox beat the Wrong Sox, as they did when I was there last month.)

Next time I’m back in town, though, I’m heading for Fenway. Brad, I am charging you with one critical task: make sure they don’t tear it down.

This is off topic… but has anyone else come to suspect that Patterico might be a bit obsessive?

Seriously. It’s just possible.

” It must make the heartbreak a little easier.”

Just the opposite, I’m afraid. 36,000 souls crying out as one, and then… silence.

Brad, this is gonna be a rough second half, emotional-stability-wise. This whole “we only win in walkoffs after getting in a hole” thing, she does not bode well for any kind of consistency. And with no wild card possibility… ugh. Where’s my diovan?

“And with no wild card possibility…”

Way to follow the standings, Sifu you dork.

How ’bout them Tigers!

I’ve never cared about baseball, so my opinion doesn’t mean much. But THERE ARE 162 FUCKING GAMES! YOU ARE GOING TO AT LEAST LOSE 60 OF THEM! WHY KILL YOURSELF IF YOU TEAM LOSES ONE? YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO KILL YOURSELF WHEN THEY LOSE GAME 7 OF THE WORLD FUCKING SERIES!

Just my 2 cents.

Just the opposite, I’m afraid. 36,000 souls crying out as one, and then… silence.

Nicely played. And a fitting metaphor, since it puts the Yankees in the role of the Death Star.

Lord, do I hate the fucking Yankees. Luckily, I live in NYC and only have to see their mildly-retarded, mouth-breathing, bandwagon-riding fans every three or four seconds.

Sifu:

“This whole “we only win in walkoffs after getting in a holeâ€? thing, she does not bode well for any kind of consistency. ”

R.W. Emerson:

“a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”

Go SOX!

“Fausto Carmona.” The man should be making fine stringed instruments or writing operas. That is, after the Sox are through with him.

Fausto Carmona is right up there with Coco Crisp and Lastings Milledge as one of the greatest names in baseball since Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

Varitek on the DL is troubling. If things stay tight with the Yankees, who’s going to initiate the bench-clearing brawl we’re all going to need to ease the tension?

jmcq I look forward to papi instigating a walkoff bench-clearing brawl, somehow.

Hey now: That was my man Bronson who had a pretty big part in that brawl.

And the slap.

And the Pena home run… dammit.

A walkoff brawl would be something to see, but we all know how an ordinary brawl will start with Papi. He leans his head so far in over the plate, I’m surprised more pitchers haven’t been tempted.

And God love Arroyo. After that dust-up with Tampa Bay last season, an interviewer asked if the penalties worked. He said (this is from memory but pretty close to verbatim): “No, it’s like people who think that the death penalty is a deterrent. It’s not gonna happen. Somebody throws at David Ortiz’ head, somebody’s gonna get hit.” Words to live by — I’ll share them with my daughters as soon as they’re old enough.

This is off topic… but has anyone else come to suspect that Patterico might be a bit obsessive?

Thers, you seem to have missed the latter part of this thread:

http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/003423.html

it is so awesome. I can’t decide which is sadder (1) he made a bot or (2) he is actually just sitting there and refreshing.

Fuck Carmona. If Wedge puts him in tonight, I leave for Cleveland in the morning.

“I leave for Cleveland in the morning.”

And upon arriving, I’ll let out a hearty “D’oh!”, as the team will be in Detroit.

teh sox suck.
just wait till sheffield and godzilla are off the dl.
i smell a curse.

i smell a curse.

Me too. It’s called “the only team to ever lose a seven-game series after being up 3-0” curse.

If you effete Naw Angladuhs allow those New York scumsuckers to win the division, you deserve to be eliminated from the playoffs. I wouldn’t worry too much, though, because the Other Shade of Sox seem to marching backwards.

Brad,

See, that’s where you’ve gone wrong. By paying attention to the Red Sox, you will always be in a state of agitation and unhappiness.

Simply let them be themselves, find another hobby and you will be at peace.

(I haven’t paid attention to them since 1986 and haven’t regretted it for a minute).

And Brad, did you notice that we discovered that there actually is an amount of runs (8) enough to allow the giants pitching to avoid snatching defeat once again from the jaws of victory?

mikey

Hilarious-est post-walkoff quote ever from Mr. Loretta:

“As for Ortiz? He didn’t seem to mind that he was left on deck. After striking out in his first four at-bats, Ortiz was probably happy and relieved to see someone else garner the glory for a walkoff hit.

`Well, somebody told me he tackled Youkilis, so I have to check the tape,’ Loretta said. `Big Papi doesn’t know what to do on the other end of those things, so he took a shot and he’s afraid he’s going to get suspended for taking Youkilis down, but, yeah, I don’t think he was upset at all.'”

YOUK DOWN! WE HAVE YOUK DOWN!