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9/28/07--Twins at Red Sox
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cutman1000
, Sep 27 2007 11:04 PM
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Posted 27 September 2007 - 11:06 PM
On Monday night, when you are watching the Patriots demolish the Bengals, you'll look back on how you felt on Thursday night and laugh. "There was never anything to worry about," you'll think, "And now they're on a three-game winning streak going into the playoffs. What was I so worried about?"
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 05:51 AM
I'm not even worried. I don't even care. In fact, it's better for Becks to get the bad night out of the way now than to have it pop up during the playoffs.
Josh Beckett is returning to the playoffs, where he has a 2.11 ERA, 2 CGSOs and 47 Ks in just 5 starts (9, 5, 11, 10 and 9 Ks for each start) and a relief appearance (3 K in 4 IP).
WIN!!!
Josh Beckett is returning to the playoffs, where he has a 2.11 ERA, 2 CGSOs and 47 Ks in just 5 starts (9, 5, 11, 10 and 9 Ks for each start) and a relief appearance (3 K in 4 IP).
WIN!!!
Edited by Kitchkinet, 28 September 2007 - 05:59 AM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 05:59 AM
I'm stupid.
Go Red Sox.
Go Red Sox.
Edited by CaptainLaddie, 28 September 2007 - 06:06 AM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 06:41 AM
Let's hope the Squander Sox can clinch this tonight.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 06:48 AM
We will win the next three games and clinch for best record on Sunday.
You watch.
You watch.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 06:59 AM
9/24/03 - I'm at Fenway for Wild Card Clinch night. John Burkett gives up 7 runs in the first and the Sox lose.
9/28/07 I'm at Fenway for AL East Clinch night. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches a gem and the Sox win.
9/28/07 I'm at Fenway for AL East Clinch night. Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches a gem and the Sox win.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 07:23 AM
Wouldn't it be amusing if we won the next two games and brought up Hansack to pitch a rain-shortened no-hitter on Sunday?
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 07:37 AM
Davidson I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery!
At any rate, have fun at Fenway tonight, everybody.
At any rate, have fun at Fenway tonight, everybody.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 07:55 AM
This is kind of a big game for DiceK....if can't get this done then it's going to be hard to feel good about him going into the playoffs.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 07:58 AM
This is kind of a big game for DiceK....if can't get this done then it's going to be hard to feel good about him going into the playoffs.
I have a strong feeling that this will be one of his five best games of the year.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 08:02 AM
This is kind of a big game for DiceK....if can't get this done then it's going to be hard to feel good about him going into the playoffs.
Dice's number 2 spot is on the line. He can feel the Big Lug breathing down his neck.
Dice will come up big and pitch a gem.
Sox win 7-1.
Now do it!
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 08:06 AM
I'm a firm believer in new icon I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery.
And this is a new icon with a heart.
Win it for the victims of a military regime that kills its own people in cold blood and broad daylight.
And this is a new icon with a heart.
Win it for the victims of a military regime that kills its own people in cold blood and broad daylight.
Edited by Kitchkinet, 28 September 2007 - 08:09 AM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 08:14 AM
New avatar I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery it is.
Win it for the Constitution--the one the Framers wrote, not the one the Supreme Court invented.
Win it for the Constitution--the one the Framers wrote, not the one the Supreme Court invented.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 08:29 AM
How about some PLEASE GOD NO MORE ERIC HINSKE! I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery?
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 08:33 AM
This has basically been the story of the 2007 season. Right when it looks like they have everything sewn up nicely, they let the Yankees off the mat. Right when it looks like they squandered their last real chance to put the Yankees away, they get the needed victory.On Monday night, when you are watching the Patriots demolish the Bengals, you'll look back on how you felt on Thursday night and laugh. "There was never anything to worry about," you'll think, "And now they're on a three-game winning streak going into the playoffs. What was I so worried about?"
Last night was an example of the former --- with Beckett going for Boston and with Kazmir going against the Yankees' bench, how could they not have reduced their magic number by even one?
Tonight had better be an example of the latter, 'cause blowing a division that the Yankees have essentially conceded would suck. But, so far, everything has worked out, so I guess I'm not worried.
That's a lie. I'm worried. C'mon, Sox, please don't make this go down to the final game --- get that magic number down to 1 tonight.
Edited by DeltaForce, 28 September 2007 - 08:33 AM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 09:33 AM
9/28/07-- Enema of the Mind
It’s time for Jose Melendez’s KEYS TO THE GAME.
1. This will be Jose’s last KEYS of the regular season. Jose doesn’t write on the weekends, out of respect for Jews, Christians and the labor movement, and he’s not going to start now, at least not without overtime. (Note: Though two times zero dollars is still, lamentably, zero dollars.) So Jose thought this might be a good time for him to put everything that’s been building up in him over the course of the season on the table, to purge his system, to perform a high colonic cleansing of the mind and the soul before the playoff run.
First things first, Jose cannot tell you how delighted he is to not be writing a eulogy for the 2007 season in this space. Writing eulogies is an art, to be sure, but it is a gutter art, like needlepoint. Fueled by sadness and the icy void of loss it is easy to write, so, so easy. After all, art flows almost mellifluously from tragedy. But to write when one is happy, to create out of joy rather than out of sorrow, that is the jackpot of artistic creation.
And throughout this season watching this team has been a source of happiness far more often than it has been a source of pain. True, Jose does not love this team like he loved the 2004 squad. There is no jovial Pedro or wisecracking Millar, and the team only has one Jew. But there are things to rejoice in as well. While the team got less Jewish, it got more Japanese. Ramiro Mendoza will not see any playoff innings. There is a zero percent chance of Dale Sveum getting Papi thrown out at the plate by 25 feet with no outs. Perhaps, if the season drags on to the brink of November, Jose will learn to truly love this team. Like a couple in an arranged marriage, Jose and this team may learn to love each other simply by being required to stay together far longer than they would if they’d met in the wilds of the bar scene.
But there are more things Jose needs to clear from his soul. He might have been wrong about wanting Papelbon to stay in the rotation. He might have been wrong about loving the DJ Dru signing. Jose may have been in error about thinking J.C. Romero would be a splendid fit. Out go the toxic ideas, the festering thoughts of the season leaving Jose free clean and at peace for the start of the post season.
And with his soul pure and his mind relieved of fallacies past Jose has room for new ideas. He has built the proverbial birdhouse in his soul and is waiting, just waiting for a chickadee of wisdom to move in. And he is now ready to accept truths that were once unacceptable, concepts that once would have been heresy. So as the season concludes and the post season commences, Jose offers you these few sweet thought of Zen.
• What is the sound of an Eric Gagne 1-2-3 inning?
• Coco Crisp is a funny name, but it is not nearly as funny as if Boog Powell and Sean Berry had a child and named him Boog Berry.
• Wily Mo Pena may have been as bad defensively as Pete Incaviglia, but he was much better looking.
• If Jessie Ventura was covering Red Sox games he would insist that Tito Eurona’s real name was Chico and he came from Tijuana just like he did with Tito Santana.
• Joba is a really stupid name.
These are pearls of wisdom. It is your choice whether you string them into a necklace, whether your rub your teeth over their smooth yet barely irregular surfaces to test for authenticity or whether you cast them before swine, which is apparently also a popular custom.
See you in the playoffs.
2. At the game last night, a couple of people sitting behind Jose were talking about the Red Sox bullpen cop, who they affectionately called Chief Wiggum, and commenting that he must have the best job in Boston.
“Think about it,” one of the fellows commented. “He gets to stand there watching every game and hanging out with the relievers and he probably gets what? $50 per hour? $70 per hour?”
Jose thought about it. He pondered whether this was indeed the dream job he had been looking for, easy, lucrative and fun. But then he realized something, something ghastly.
“You shouldn’t dismiss the difficulty of the job,” said Jose. “In fact, Jose is not sure that they pay him enough. The man has to sit there in the bullpen every night, with a revolver at his side, and he has to not shoot Eric Gagne. That’s hard work.”
For KEY 3, a look at the playoff bullpen, visit http://keystothegame.blogspot.com/
It’s time for Jose Melendez’s KEYS TO THE GAME.
1. This will be Jose’s last KEYS of the regular season. Jose doesn’t write on the weekends, out of respect for Jews, Christians and the labor movement, and he’s not going to start now, at least not without overtime. (Note: Though two times zero dollars is still, lamentably, zero dollars.) So Jose thought this might be a good time for him to put everything that’s been building up in him over the course of the season on the table, to purge his system, to perform a high colonic cleansing of the mind and the soul before the playoff run.
First things first, Jose cannot tell you how delighted he is to not be writing a eulogy for the 2007 season in this space. Writing eulogies is an art, to be sure, but it is a gutter art, like needlepoint. Fueled by sadness and the icy void of loss it is easy to write, so, so easy. After all, art flows almost mellifluously from tragedy. But to write when one is happy, to create out of joy rather than out of sorrow, that is the jackpot of artistic creation.
And throughout this season watching this team has been a source of happiness far more often than it has been a source of pain. True, Jose does not love this team like he loved the 2004 squad. There is no jovial Pedro or wisecracking Millar, and the team only has one Jew. But there are things to rejoice in as well. While the team got less Jewish, it got more Japanese. Ramiro Mendoza will not see any playoff innings. There is a zero percent chance of Dale Sveum getting Papi thrown out at the plate by 25 feet with no outs. Perhaps, if the season drags on to the brink of November, Jose will learn to truly love this team. Like a couple in an arranged marriage, Jose and this team may learn to love each other simply by being required to stay together far longer than they would if they’d met in the wilds of the bar scene.
But there are more things Jose needs to clear from his soul. He might have been wrong about wanting Papelbon to stay in the rotation. He might have been wrong about loving the DJ Dru signing. Jose may have been in error about thinking J.C. Romero would be a splendid fit. Out go the toxic ideas, the festering thoughts of the season leaving Jose free clean and at peace for the start of the post season.
And with his soul pure and his mind relieved of fallacies past Jose has room for new ideas. He has built the proverbial birdhouse in his soul and is waiting, just waiting for a chickadee of wisdom to move in. And he is now ready to accept truths that were once unacceptable, concepts that once would have been heresy. So as the season concludes and the post season commences, Jose offers you these few sweet thought of Zen.
• What is the sound of an Eric Gagne 1-2-3 inning?
• Coco Crisp is a funny name, but it is not nearly as funny as if Boog Powell and Sean Berry had a child and named him Boog Berry.
• Wily Mo Pena may have been as bad defensively as Pete Incaviglia, but he was much better looking.
• If Jessie Ventura was covering Red Sox games he would insist that Tito Eurona’s real name was Chico and he came from Tijuana just like he did with Tito Santana.
• Joba is a really stupid name.
These are pearls of wisdom. It is your choice whether you string them into a necklace, whether your rub your teeth over their smooth yet barely irregular surfaces to test for authenticity or whether you cast them before swine, which is apparently also a popular custom.
See you in the playoffs.
2. At the game last night, a couple of people sitting behind Jose were talking about the Red Sox bullpen cop, who they affectionately called Chief Wiggum, and commenting that he must have the best job in Boston.
“Think about it,” one of the fellows commented. “He gets to stand there watching every game and hanging out with the relievers and he probably gets what? $50 per hour? $70 per hour?”
Jose thought about it. He pondered whether this was indeed the dream job he had been looking for, easy, lucrative and fun. But then he realized something, something ghastly.
“You shouldn’t dismiss the difficulty of the job,” said Jose. “In fact, Jose is not sure that they pay him enough. The man has to sit there in the bullpen every night, with a revolver at his side, and he has to not shoot Eric Gagne. That’s hard work.”
For KEY 3, a look at the playoff bullpen, visit http://keystothegame.blogspot.com/
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 09:44 AM
I have this strange feeling that a Kevin Millar home run on Saturday will win us the division. We win tonite and Millar's tater tomorrow gets us the division.
Calling my shot.
Calling my shot.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 09:53 AM
You, sir, Win at the Internet.2. At the game last night, a couple of people sitting behind Jose were talking about the Red Sox bullpen cop, who they affectionately called Chief Wiggum, and commenting that he must have the best job in Boston.
"Think about it," one of the fellows commented. "He gets to stand there watching every game and hanging out with the relievers and he probably gets what? $50 per hour? $70 per hour?"
Jose thought about it. He pondered whether this was indeed the dream job he had been looking for, easy, lucrative and fun. But then he realized something, something ghastly.
"You shouldn't dismiss the difficulty of the job," said Jose. "In fact, Jose is not sure that they pay him enough. The man has to sit there in the bullpen every night, with a revolver at his side, and he has to not shoot Eric Gagne. That's hard work."
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 10:32 AM
It’s funny: If you had told me back in March that we’d have a 2-game lead with 3 to play, all at home and with Dice-K set to face off against Slowey and what would turn out to be a disappointing Twins team, while the MFY had their last 3 on the road, I would’ve taken it no questions asked. But of course, the way it's actually played out things actually seem pretty tenuous to me. Obviously the best case scenario given Dice-K’s issues is for the Sox bats to take away the suspense early. Time to turn those LOB into RBI. I think this is the game where Manny re-discovers his power stroke. WIN.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 10:53 AM
Please god let LeCroy catch again tonight
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 12:49 PM
I call Tommy "Wildfire" Rich I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 12:57 PM
Looks like he suffered an Owen Hart botched piledriver.
I call Tommy "Wildfire" Rich I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 01:55 PM
Being in Ireland means that I can't possibly get up to listen to every night game during the regular season - I do it during the postseason, and it nearly kills me. Instead I wake up, stumble over to the computer, and check the scores at 5:00AM. What I see sets my mood for the day.
Goddammit - I want a good Saturday.
Goddammit - I want a good Saturday.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 02:25 PM
New avatar I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery it is.
Mine has nothing to do with Myanmar or the Sox... but it is new.
Mine has nothing to do with Myanmar or the Sox... but it is new.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 02:31 PM
If Dice-K has been playing possum all year with the Gyro. I elect tonight as the night to bust it out.
Get'm Diceman
WIN!!!
Get'm Diceman
WIN!!!
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 02:42 PM
I'm with Sheamonu -- get this game won so we can all go to bed/wake up happy.
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full of shit, and proud of it
Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:10 PM
Kevin Slowey's eyes are closer together than anyone's eyes should ever be.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:18 PM
Lineup per EEI:
Pedroia
Manny
Ortiz
Lowell
Drew
Youkilis
Tek
Ellsbury
Lugo
Pedroia
Manny
Ortiz
Lowell
Drew
Youkilis
Tek
Ellsbury
Lugo
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:20 PM
May my new avatar bring Dice-K a I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my miserylicious outing.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:22 PM
That's as good as it's going to getLineup per EEI:
Pedroia
Manny
Ortiz
Lowell
Drew
Youkilis
Tek
Ellsbury
Lugo
No excuses tonight
Edited by Foulkey Reese, 28 September 2007 - 03:22 PM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:24 PM
per EEI, Buchholz shut down for the season and post-season
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:25 PM
Whoa....any more details?per EEI, Buchholz shut down for the season and post-season
That blows..but not shocking I guess
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:27 PM
They're attributing arm fatigue....I'll see if I can find more.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:27 PM
Entire post made irrelevant by the announced lineups.
Gosh, bad news about Buchholz.
Anyway, let's win so that my husband will stop asking annoying questions about how I will feel on Sunday if the Sox lose two and the Yankees win two.
WIN, DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gosh, bad news about Buchholz.
Anyway, let's win so that my husband will stop asking annoying questions about how I will feel on Sunday if the Sox lose two and the Yankees win two.
WIN, DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edited by InsideTheParker, 28 September 2007 - 03:31 PM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:27 PM
I've been away. I'm back now. I changed my sock. The new sock's I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery is strong...ALL Sox I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery is strong.That's as good as it's going to get
No excuses tonight
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:27 PM
Might be a dumb question, but is there any chance Tito sticks with Manny batting 2nd next week? I know the conventional wisdom is that he's batting 2nd to get him more ABs and then get him out of the game. But by batting 2nd Tito is getting more high OBP guys at the top of the lineup. This lineup does have 4 station to station guys at the top of the order so you're not exactly going to be manufacturing runs. The top of the lineup is for sustained rallies while the bottom is for manufacturing runs.
Maybe as Manny power returns he'll be dropped down.
Just a thought.
Maybe as Manny power returns he'll be dropped down.
Just a thought.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:29 PM
I found your pro Eric Hinske rant to be unexpected and excitingHow about some PLEASE ? NO MORE BITCHING I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery? Eric Hinske got a base hit last night in the eighth. At an even more important moment in the ninth, the guy he was filling in for struck out with the bases loaded. Now, of course Youks is a better player. But he is hurt, and Hinske is an okay backup. Are you volunteering to play first? They won't use Papi there unless and until the WS because of his knees, and Youks is probably still achy. I just don't see the point of yelling about Hinske.
Now, let's win this damn thing so my husband will stop asking me annoying questions like: what if the Yankees win the next two and the Red Sox lose the next two? Will you be nervous Sunday night? No, divorce is not an option. So, WIN!!!!!
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:34 PM
I found your pro Eric Hinske rant to be unexpected and exciting
Well, I deleted the rant even before I saw your response, because Youks' appearance on the lineup made said rant gratuitous.
Hope I didn't seem bitchy. Here, have a cookie. (Asian Pear, Pecan, and Oatmeal cookies. Kinda nice. Grew the pears. Bragging again.)
P.S. Got into the changed avatar I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery, but couldn't abandon Oki.
Edited by InsideTheParker, 28 September 2007 - 03:38 PM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:41 PM
Shit. Two things had put an extra hop in my step during these tortuous past few weeks: the way Beckett seemed to be peaking at just the right time, and the thought of Clay becoming our secret weapon in the playoffs (though I realized his being on the roster was a major question mark). What a crappy 24 hours.Projo on shutting down Buchholz
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:41 PM
Per EEI: Ellsbury has a "tender calf", going to take BP and see how he feels. Oy vey
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:42 PM
NiceWell, I deleted the rant even before I saw your response, because Youks' appearance on the lineup made said rant gratuitous.
Hope I didn't seem bitchy. Here, have a cookie. (Asian Pear, Pecan, and Oatmeal cookies. Kinda nice. Grew the pears. Bragging again.)
P.S. Got into the changed avatar I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery, but couldn't abandon Oki.
Ok just turn of WEEI alreadyPer EEI: Ellsbury has a "tender calf", going to take BP and see how he feels. Oy vey
no more bad news!
Edited by Foulkey Reese, 28 September 2007 - 03:42 PM.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:43 PM
What a total pussy. Sack up, bee-yatch.Per EEI: Ellsbury has a "tender calf", going to take BP and see how he feels. Oy vey
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:46 PM
Nice
Ok just turn of WEEI already
no more bad news!
I know, I know....I'm sorry but I'm just trying to stave off the "Where's Jacoby??" and "Where's Buchholz" posts...and hey, it could be worse. We could be Mets fans.
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Posted 28 September 2007 - 03:48 PM
So Coco still has the shits apparently.
