How Great!

That was a really great game last night, and I even stayed up to watch the whole thing! Glad I did, because that 9th inning was awesome. When we scored one run in the 9th to tie it at 4 apiece, and Ortiz got on with that bloop single, you just KNEW Manny was gonna hit a HR. And he did, and we won, all that 9th inning heroics is so much fun to watch.

7:05 tonight, the final game against Cleveland. Of course it is on NESN, but no TV game for me :(

It Has Returned

Baseball has begun!

Yesterday the Sox played their first game of the season, in Japan, against the A's. And they won! Today, they again played the A's. But they lost. But that's okay because baseball is being played!

No games tomorrow but they will take on the Dodgers on Friday. Everyone else starts their seasons on Friday, I believe....the Sox are just so great they got to start early.

I still can't believe it's baseball time. That means summer is just around the corner!

P.S. I know I should have posted yesterday, but....I've got this test to study for, and it took forever, and...David Cook was on! Ahh! :)

Japan

So our team is in Japan now, getting ready to play--wait for it--the first game of the 2008 season!! AHH! There's also an exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers that gets underway in a few hours, with Buchholz throwing.

But more importantly....wow, the season is about to begin! It seemed so far away when I put up 3/25 as the first game on the homepage, and now it is just about here. Unfortunately the 2 games in Japan are being played at 6:05 in the freaking AM. They are on ESPN2 though, so they will be taped and enjoyed later in the evening.

Baseball is like, so back. Life is about to get interesting again!

Does it Get Any Better?

It's still true the next day -- the Boston Red Sox totally won the World Series last night.

I know anything I say right now can't capture the moment we all experienced last night when our team won their 2nd title in 4 years, but I'll try! My favorite part about the postseason, and really the whole year, was that this was such a team effort. Of course, we have the big names, Ortiz, Ramirez, Beckett...but even when they weren't awesome (well, Beckett was always awesome), the rest of the team came through and got hits and RBIs. Even trying to figure out who the MVP was, I couldn't really decide on anyone because they all contributed in their own way. But hearing it was Lowell, well, it made sense (especially since he should be the AL MVP and won't get it).

I think the Globe front page says it all--they are the best, and they certainly proved it these past few weeks. Down but never out, that's who they are. Man, am I going to miss this season...and this team, because you know it won't look the same come spring training. So let's enjoy it while we can....and bask in the knowledge that WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

Yo Drew

J.D. Drew just hit a grand slam!!

Yo, it could not have been better scripted! He needed that in a big way for his confidence...and we needed it too! What a great way to start the game!

Hopefully when it ends we'll be as excited as we were when it began!

EDIT #1: 9:02: SCHILLING GIVES UP HR, NO SURPRISE THERE

EDIT #2: 10:01: 10-1 lead this is awesome!!

EDIT #3: 12:58: Game over! Huge 12-2 win. Schilling was so much better than I had even hoped for (7 strong); everyone was hitting, especially the bottom of the order (Lugo hit a beauty down the 3rd base line)..it was such a great game to watch. Funniest moment: Youkilis getting plunked on the head in a rundown (and he ended up safe!).

Game 7 time. Be there or be--wait, where else are you gonna be?!

THEY DID IT!!!

THE BOSTON RED SOX WON THE AL EAST

MATSUZAKA WAS AWESOME

YANKEES BLEW A 3-RUN LEAD IN THE NINTH WITH RIVERA PITCHING

MELVIN MORA, MY SECOND FAVORITE ORIOLE, WON THE GAME ON A BUNT

FENWAY IS CELEBRATING

ANGELS (UNFORTUNATELY, MY SECOND FAVORITE TEAM) IN THE DIVISION SERIES

AND LIFE IS GOOOOOD

Happy Days

NY lost and we won! 3 game lead with 5 games to go! THEY CANNOT BLOW THIS CAN THEY?!

We win 3 out of 5 and we are the AL East winners. Oh how long have we waited? Too many years.

I'm so excited! I know all the Sox fans are, too...but you know what all this means?

Baseball season is almost over :(

Enjoy it while it lasts!

Off to Baltimore!

Look for me at the Sox game tonight, for I will be there!

Who was the one pitcher I didn't want to pitch tonight because I've already seen him twice? Wakefield! Who is pitching tonight? Wakefield!

If only I had been born a week ago and could have gone to see the no hitter from Buchholz.

Oh well! I'm off to Baltimore right now and hopefully when I come back I will be happy because they won!!!

Nice Stuff Going On Around Here

I thought I'd leave that no-hitter post up for a few days, but now I must talk about other (good) things...

Like the Sox' latest win streak (the best kind of streak). They made me stay up late last night to watch them win, but they gave me the night off tonight and won quickly. Unfortunately, Ferrer and Nadal are not being as nice (just started their match at 10:30!).

Why such a late start? Partly because the only player left that I care about, Novak Djokovic, took 3 long sets and 1 quick one to finish off Monaco. I had to space the match out over the whole day with all the stuff I had to do, and I finally finished watching it around 9:30. Now he plays Carlos Moya, which is a bit of a problem. You see, Moya is my mom's long-time favorite player. But they should be playing on my birthday, so of course Djokovic has the edge going in.

I won't be able to watch it live unless it's early....because I'll be in Baltimore at the Sox/O's game! It will be a GREAT birthday if Boston AND Novak win!!



P.S. I guess there is one other player I like -- Jankovic. She plays Venus tomorrow, MAN I HOPE JELENA WINS!

That's a No Hitter!

Congratulations Clay Buchholz! His second major league start and he throws a no hitter! That is something to be proud of :) That was quite an exciting game to watch, with all the runs and great defensive plays (I'm looking at you, Pedroia!) and of course, the wonderful pitching from the 23 year old.

The best part had to be the end when the entire team mobbed him and every single one of those players hugged him, congratulated him, rubbed his head. David Ortiz had the biggest smile on his face! Varitek ran up to him and picked him up, like when he picked up Foulke after winning the World Series...So yes, a really great performance by what looks to be a really great pitcher.

Not to mention those 10 runs we got.

Thank you Clay for stopping the 4-game losing streak!

Funny note: MASN wanted to know who we thought the player of the game was. Our choices?
A: Buchholz
B: Youkilis
C: Oritz

But...who the hell is Oritz?!

What a Show

WOW.

The Red Sox are so hot right now....WOW.

They just won 11-1. That's 10+ runs every game over the last 4 games. And the best part about it is it's not just one or two people contributing, it's the whole team. Starting pitchers, the bullpen, the position players, everyone has been helping. I love it.

The Chicago announcer just said it all -- the White Sox have been outscored in this series 46-7.

That is pretty embarrassing for the ChiSox...but pretty awesome for us. And since NY lost 5-4, we are now up 7.5 games! And hopefully the goodness will carry over into the NY series and we will sweep that one too (oh God I can't even imagine how great that would be)!

Holy Cow

I swear when I left the room in the 8th inning it was 5-0. Now I come back and see they won FOURTEEN to 2?! Okay, hold up a minute.

That is 11 + 10 + 14 = 35 runs for Boston
3 + 1 + 2 = 6 runs for Chicago

YEAH THAT'S RIGHT

Seriously, that is some amazing offensive production from a team that isn't even known for its offense. What a statement! The series with the White Sox isn't even over yet, but....this is a great way to enter a series with the Yankees. Hopefully they won't slow us down!

You are Welcome, Men

Man, am I good luck. I start watching the game today and immediately Mike Lowell RBI doubles, Manny scores on a Kielty sac fly, Varitek hits a home run, Youkilis doubles, and Cora singles. They didn't actually need those runs but HEY it always looks better when you score in the double digits!

Since they are playing the ChiSox, I get to watch the game tonight on WGN. I wonder how much MLB.TV is now. I'll have to buy it in September and pay $15 to watch the final month of the season. Though I won't have to watch it on September 6, because I will be in B'more for the annual Boston-O's game. And I will turn 23. Big day!

Good luck tonight men, do not disappoint me. We can go up 1.5 more if things go our way!

P.S. My Lake Oswego, Oregon team lost yesterday. It sucked. I went 1-for-4 that day, I got crushed. It's all up to Curacao now..

Keep Up the Winning

Things have been going quite well lately, haven't they? Boston has won 2 days in a row whereas NY has lost 2 days in a row, and the Lake Oswego Little League team is moving on to the next round. If only things could stay this good...

Because the Angels are my second favorite AL team, I must quote this: Garret Anderson of the Angels turned in a performance for the ages, driving in a team-record 10 RBIs with two homers (a grand slam and three-run homer) as the Angels poured in 18 runs on the Yankees. Anderson isn't my favorite Angel (that is, of course, Vlad Guerrero), but I must throw out some congratulations to the man because he did a great thing while playing the right team.

Wily Mo Pena is doing pretty good in Washington, and the deal for him was finalized yesterday when we got Chris Carter. Carter is a left-handed-hitting first baseman who comes from Triple-A Tucson to Boston. He hit .324 there with 18 homers and 84 RBIs in 126 games this season. Prior to the trade, he led the Pacific Coast League in hits (163), was tied for second in doubles (39), ranked fifth in batting and ninth in RBIs.

We'll see.

It Finally Happened

The day had to come when NY lost and we won, and that day is today. We won 2-1 and the O's killed the Yanks 12-0 (ha). I hear Coco had a game-winning single, which is great. I was out watching a tennis match but this is how I imagine the game went:

Boring...boring...boring...9th inning heroics

(No, a Sox game is never boring)

But yeah, 2 runs in the 9th after nothing for the 1st 8 makes for an exciting game. "Lowell's solo homer over the Green Monster with one out in the ninth tied the game, and Coco Crisp's single to right later in the inning scored Jason Varitek with the winning run, leading the Red Sox to a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Devil Rays on Tuesday night."

Good deal.