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[Tito's Pullover]

The blood-sucking pests at Jacobs Field were a subject of controversy in game two of the ALDS. But enough about the Yankees...

I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery and cliche yields to optimism, the subject of yesterday's sermon.


Speaking of optimism, here's a fun stat: including both regular season and postseason, the Sox have won their last six games following a day off. Undefeated over the last MONTH.

This guy pitches for Boston tonight:

The Japanese national team's uniforms bear a striking resemblance to Cleveland Indian colors. I'm declaring that to be good I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery.

Jake Westbrook scares me not. I anticipate Daisuke Matsuzaka to give nightmares to all the little boys and girls of northeast Ohio.


...will not be a factor, making Joba look like a silly fool.

As for Cleveland, the only "midge" they'll have to worry about is this guy...


Oh, and finally, WIN.

[rembrat]

Tonight, Matsuzaka shows us how big his balls really are.

[redsoxfan1776]

WIN!!!

[asection8]

[vyrago]

dice-'em!

[doc]

Akira Kurosawa I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery

Magic number 7

I want seven score less innings from Dice K I bring you seven samurai I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery

Edited by doc, 15 October 2007 - 08:45 AM.

[BernieRicoBoomer]

I wish Dice K much success...
WIN!!!

[physcho20x9]

I'll be bringing lots of firsts I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery to the game tonight. First time in Ohio (and thus first trip to the Jake). First time seeing Dice-K pitch in person. First time to a playoff baseball game (and thus first time at a Sox playoff game).

Win.

[Effa]

I blame myself...I left off the Dylan words and instead posted Band lyrics for Saturdays' game thread.

This is War: Re-group, make adjustments, stay calm & optomistic, keep the baseball gods happy:


I was sittin' home alone one night in L.A.,
Watchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clock news.
It seems there was an earthquake that
Left nothin' but a Panama hat
And a pair of old Greek shoes.
Didn't seem like much was happenin',
So I turned it off and went to grab another beer.
Seems like every time you turn around
There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear
And there's really nothin' anyone can say
And I never did plan to go anyway
To Black Diamond Bay.

( ...And I really never did plan to go to Cleveland, either)

[Al Zarilla]

I'll be bringing lots of firsts I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery to the game tonight. First time in Ohio (and thus first trip to the Jake). First time seeing Dice-K pitch in person. First time to a playoff baseball game (and thus first time at a Sox playoff game).

Win.

That's a lot of firsts. Hope you see your first Red Sox, Dice-K, playoff win in Ohio. Actually, if some other Red Sox pitcher than Dice-K gets the win, that's OK also. The other results, however, are mandatory. Here's Chief Wahoo after tonight's game.

[Cyberlibrarian]

JUST DO IT!

(win, that is)

[patman]

From the Land of the Rising Sun, Daisuke Matsuzaka will lead us to victory in game 3

Rising sun I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery, fresh off the memory card from this morning:



panoramamania - click on the image for a larger pic:

[DustyPetra]

The Red Sox will WIN by bulldozing Cleveland.

[January]

Sox teams always seems to play better as the underdog. Success confuses them.
Now, in an away game, at thier field, after a horrific loss, and rolling the dice(k)....we have this I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery back.



Dice-K will sack up, the offense will score. Sox will win.

[ham_sandwich]

Dice-K goes 8 strong

Pedroia goes yard

Varitek goes yard

Papelbon fist pumps his way through the 9th

We win

I sleep well

[Sprowl]

From the Land of the Rising Sun, Daisuke Matsuzaka will lead us to victory in game 3

Rising sun I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery, fresh off the memory card from this morning:

panoramamania - click on the image for a larger pic:

I love the panorama effect -- Rising Sun I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery it is!

Antarctic Rising Sun I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery over Mt. Erebus. The sun only rises and sets in Antarctica for a few weeks each year. By November, it's 24 hours of daylight for months on end.



In honor of Matsuzaka-san, I think I'm Turning Japanese (I really think so)

[TheAnswerIs42]

Remember when Dice-K threw 7 innings of 4-hit, shutout baseball against Cleveland in July? And then Okajima and Papelbon finished them off? That was cool. Let's do that again.

[Yazdog8]

The Indians are a tough team, but the Red Sox will not let the dregs of the pen out to see the light of day again.

Dice K goes 7. Oki and then Paps.

Then we all safety dance.


WIN!

[hittery]

We BEAT UP ON Cleveland's two best pitchers. Even if the second game didn't turn out like we wanted, our bats have shown no mercy against two aces. The rest of the starting staff should be cake. Or toast. However you care think about it. I'm looking for double digits on our end for at least two games in Cleveland.

Win.

[Bellhorn]

Westbrook sucks. Dice-K.....is capable of not sucking.

Just do it. WIN!!!!!

[Barbara]

Extra protection for our most honored pitcher Daisuke Matsuzakasan.



And a bit of magic for our most talented batters.




I believe in the Boston Red Sox.


W I N !!

[patman]

Remember when Dice-K threw 7 innings of 4-hit, shutout baseball against Cleveland in July? And then Okajima and Papelbon finished them off? That was cool. Let's do that again.

Yes, I remember that. One more of those please.

[ColoradoJack]

i like how "Rising Sun" follows "No 38" on the header....perhaps while there i'll enjoy one of these:

[Rudi Fingers]

Dice-K will be turning the Rock'n'Roll city Japanese tonight.






Dice-K is going to the bug-filled great outdoors at Jacobs Field tonight. He will be the Godzilla to the Indians' Bambi.




Dice-K, Wake, and Beckett are our bucket brigade to put out the Indians' extra inning fire at the banks of the Cuyahoga.



...and Papelbon will be the flamethrower making sure the Indians' chance of returning to Boston is fully extinguished.


WIN it in Cleveland!

[Andrew]

Wouldn't a rainout tonight be fabulous?

[shawnrbu]

WIN

Edited by shawnrbu, 15 October 2007 - 01:35 PM.

[JohnnyTheBone]

I blame myself...I left off the Dylan words and instead posted Band lyrics for Saturdays' game thread.

This is War: Re-group, make adjustments, stay calm & optomistic, keep the baseball gods happy:

Lazy stadium night
Dice-K on the mound.
"Strike three," the umpire said,
Batter have to go back and sit down.

Dice-K, million-dollar-man,
Nobody can throw the ball like Dice-K can.

Used to work on Japanese farm
But the old men wouldn't pay
So he packed his glove and took his arm
An' one day he just ran away.

Dice-K , million-dollar-man,
Nobody can throw the ball like Dice-K can.

Come up where the Red Sox are,
Dress up in a bone white suit,
Smoke a custom-made cigar,
Wear an alligator boot.

Dice-K, million-dollar-man,
Nobody can throw the ball like Dice-K can.

Japanese born and bred,
Love to hunt the little quail.
Got a hundred-acre spread,
Now he never wants for tail.

Dice-K, million-dollar-man,
Nobody can throw the ball like Dice-K can.

Travis Hafner at the plate
Seein' nothin' but the curve,
Swing too early or too late
Got to eat what Dice-K serve.

Dice-K, million-dollar-man,
Nobody can throw the ball like Dice-K can.

Even Francona-san grins
When the Dice is in the game.
Every season 15 wins
Can he make the Hall of Fame?

Dice-K, million-dollar-man,
Nobody can throw the ball like Dice-K can.

http://bobdylan.com/...gs/catfish.html

Edited by JohnnyTheBone, 15 October 2007 - 02:02 PM.

[rembrat]

Wouldn't a rainout tonight be fabulous?

I totally pictured you ending this statement with jazz hands.

[LiveAndDieWithTheSox]

Tonight Daisuke will be the hero


To indians hitters he'll look like this


And if that's not enough, some Asian I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery of *that* kind. It's amazing what a
google images search for Daisuke Matsuzaka will turn up:

[Miwa Asao]
WIN!

[JayeBrady]

Here's some cat-chowin-sushi I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery for Matsuzaka-san...

[Skeesix]

Tonight Daisuke will be the hero


To indians hitters he'll look like this


And if that's not enough, some Asian I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery of *that* kind. It's amazing what a
google images search for Daisuke Matsuzaka will turn up:

[Miwa Asao]
WIN!

That is RIDICULOUS camel-toe. Me rikey.

[Barbara]

Wouldn't a rainout tonight be fabulous?

Yes. Especially since I am going to be stuck in a sucky meeting until after 8PM and this is the one night we seem to be starting at 7PM.

But in the mean time I will be chanting my custom Cleveland mantra .....

Ommm Ommmm RockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyCol
avitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganvRockyColavitoBob
byBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBragan

Ommm Ommmm RockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyCol
avitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobb
yBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBragan


Cleveland's Curse
"In the Indians' case, it all goes back to Rocky Colavito or Bobby Bragan, depending on whom you ask.

Colavito was a wildly popular Tribe slugger who had back-to-back 40-homer seasons in the late '50s. However, general manager Frank Lane, embittered over Colavito's salary demands, traded his 26-year-old star (and reigning home run champ) to the hated Detroit Tigers in exchange for Harvey Kuenn (the reigning batting champ). Lane further angered Colavito fans by saying, "What's the big deal? All I did was trade hamburger for steak."

The other, lesser-known curse is that of Bobby Bragan, who managed the Indians in 1958. Legend has it that Bragan, after being fired from the job, marched out to the pitcher's mound at Municipal Stadium and declared that the Indians would never win the pennant again. For his part, Bragan denied ever doing such a thing."

[NomarRS05]

I don't know what the outcome of tonight's game will be. All I know is...

Gotta support the team!





WIN.

[JayeBrady]

But in the mean time I will be chanting my custom Cleveland mantra .....

Ommm Ommmm RockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyCol
avitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganvRockyColavitoBob
byBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBragan

Ommm Ommmm RockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyCol
avitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobb
yBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBraganRockyColavitoBobbyBragan

LMFAO...this is great, now I'll have this in my head all night, thanks Barbara

[doc]

Green Mifune I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery




WIN

[neil]

SCALP THEM

[NomarRS05]

Tonight's starting lineups

Red Sox

1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. J.D. Drew, RF
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Julio Lugo, SS

SP - Daisuke Matsuzaka

Indians

1. Grady Sizemore, CF
2. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
3. Travis Hafner, DH
4. Victor Martinez, C
5. Ryan Garko, 1B
6. Jhonny Peralta, SS
7. Kenny Lofton, LF
8. Trot Nixon, RF
9. Casey Blake, 3B

SP - Jake Westbrook

[hurstmvp86]

win it for the genius of google. and photoshop.

LET'S GO DICE!!!

[RedSoxinATL]

Just WIN!

[mwonow]

These Red Sox are good at baseball. We win tonight!

[Rangerrob]

Lord of the Rings I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery...




WIN!

[iowacityiconoclast]

"That's what they get for building a park on the ocean." (A little I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery from Oil Can, who posted a 2.75 ERA in the old stadium.)

[nvalvo]

I have my Matsuzaka tshirt on. I didn't wear it for his Anaheim start, I guess because I was out of town (or in town, I suppose, seeing as I was in Boston).

Tonight, the Sox will score before Matsuzaka even takes the mound. And then again, a few more times, for good measure.

See you back here in about an hour.

[Blue Monkey]

I don't know what the outcome of tonight's game will be. All I know is...

Gotta support the team!





WIN.

"Hi Five!"



"On the flip side."

Edit. This is the first post season game where it feels like I have rocks in my tummy. Pre game meal: pepto + tylenol

Edited by Blue Monkey, 15 October 2007 - 05:11 PM.

[nvalvo]

I just set up a spreadsheet.

For the playoffs so far, the nine normal starters for the Sox are hitting, as an aggregate, .286/.392/.484/.876. The numbers are carried by Manny, Papi, Youks and Lowell, sure, but still: that's sick. Even Coco and Lugo, hardly tearing the cover of the ball, have .300 OBPs for the playoffs.

Wow. And we haven't even faced a bad starter yet.

[Sprowl]

Lord of the Rings I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery...
WIN!

Brilliant! That's a 5 minute ear-to-ear grin. I'm still re-arranging my face.

[YouLookAdopted]

We shall pollute their landscape with the corpses of many relievers.

[Stealth Beagle]

Score early. Score often. WIN.

[SoxFanInPdx]

To me this is a must win even though it is 1-1. Bats need to come alive today, Dice-K needs to put this Cleveland lineup away, the guys in that lineup have shown they are very patient. Hopefully the walks won't kill us today. I like our chances. One game at a time boys,

7!

[nvalvo]

Wow. I don't watch daytime TV that often, but these ads after the end of the Tyra Banks show leading into the game are almost entirely for colleges. Weird. Maybe that's San Francisco broadcast TV for you.

BTW: Tyra is talking about the science of Gaydar.