CB Bucknor

Seriously?!

The first "safe" call against Kendrick was bad. The second one - inexcusable.


Curt Schilling himself provided some insight over at SOSH:

FWIW that might be the worst umpiring crew in the history of post season baseball. Bucknor, Gibson AND Merriweather? Oh and Joe West, the umpire who is well known to hate the Sox as much as any man ever.
At least in Joe's defense he's a decent ump, albeit one who has stated EXPLICITLY on the field he holds grudges and gets even, CB, Gibby and Chuck just suck, no two ways about it. Chuck's at least a nice guy though. He feels bad when he blows calls. CB has never been good enough to ID a bad or missed call and as far as Gibby knows he's NEVER MADE a bad call.

Direct quote from Greg Gibson during a game "Do you know you are arguing with the best young umpire in the game right now?"

Dead serious when delivering it too....

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Want To Own Part of the Red Sox Franchise?

Jere from A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory has come up with an idea about how we, Red Sox fans, can own 17% of the Red Sox Franchise.

That's right, people, we're gonna buy the Red Sox. We've all heard that the Times is supposedly looking for a buyer for its 17 percent share of the Sox.

WHY NOT US?

They say the share of the team "could be worth up to 160 million dollars." But we're in a recession here, people. They can take or leave our offer of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

Like he says, why not us?

Head over to his site, take a look, make a pledge and find those millionaires willing to help out!

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Coming Out of Hibernation

"...the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray..." ~Robert Burns

I'm not going to apologize or give you a laundry list of excuses why I haven't posted. I haven't, but I am now aren't you so happy?

My off-season has been semi-eventful. I started a new position at work, a new personal blog, had the holidays and all of that jazz. I even got to meet some Sox super-stars, past and present.

In November, thanks to our awesome friends from The Red Seat, we attended the 2008 Red Sox Hall of Fame Induction Gala. Mike Greenwell, Mo Vaughn and Bill "the Spaceman" Lee (among others) were this years inductees.

My husband and Louis Tiant

So we maybe, kinda, sorta stalked Tiant on his way to the bathroom. The thing is my husband is a huge cigar fan and we gave away Tiant's "El Tiante Cigars" at our wedding. When Tiant heard the boxes were for our wedding he actually signed one of the boxes for us, which was really cool.

Me and Mike Greenwell

I don't know why I was a little scared of Greeny - he was nice as could be. I can't even clearly remember what we talked about - but I was surprised by how genuine he seemed.

Me and Mo Vaughn

Mo was very cool. I (embarrassingly) told him when I was growing up my brother and I both had cow stuffed animals one was named "Mooooo Vaughn" and the other one was named "Cow Ripken" he laughed and said that was cool b/c Cal is one of his closest friends. I kinda wanted to ask him to call him up right then and there, but you know..I didn't.

Then right before Christmas the husband and I were shopping at the Cambridgeside Galleria and met Wes Welker (ufortunately we have no pictures, but we did get a great signed picture!)

Today we went to World of Wheels (for him, not me) and we I chose today as the day to go because Justin Masterson was there.



So this guy who brought Masterson up to the signing table had on a Yankees jacket and people were "booing" and yelling at him so he said "ok, ok, I'll take it off" and he had another Yankees shirt on under that. And again he said "ok, ok just kidding I'll take it off!" and off comes that shirt to display this A-Rod t-shirt. *sigh* At least Justin got a good laugh at it.

Another super-nice guy. We talked a bit about the Cape League and he said "man, that was a LONG time ago!" and I kind of laughed to myself thinking, "yeah, all the way back to 2005!" This kid has a great arm and a better smile.

So there it is, the celebrity sightings this off-season. Have you seen anyone good? My next stop is Ft. Myers in March. I can't wait.

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F*CK YEAH MY LITTLE PONY!!!

It's not breaking news that our very own Dustin Pedroia is the 2009 Rawlings Gold Glove winner at 2nd base. It's a well-deserved honor. Put it on your shelf, Dusty, and hope that your shiny MVP award will be sitting next to it soon.

Speaking of the AL MVP award....it's coming soon. Here are some other dates you may want to jot down on your calendar.

November 10th: Rookie of the Year Announced
November 12th: Manager of the Year Announced
November 13th: AL Cy Young Winner Announced
November 14th: Free Agents are....free
November 18th: AL MVP Winnter Announced
December 1st: Last day to offer salary arbitration
December 7th: Last day for those offered arbitration to accept
February 25th: Red Sox Spring Training Begins!
April 6th: Opening Day at Fenway Park!

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Cape Cod League Alumni Player of the Game - Game 1 ALCS

Three cheers to new Uncle Kevin Youkilis for being Game 1's Cape League Alumni Player of the Game!

He didn't care that going into the game he was 0-17 against Tampa Bay starter, James Shield - he nailed two hits off of him.

During the game Youk went 3 for 4 with two Doubles and an RBI. On the field he made Mike Lowell proud by knocking down Upton's shot up the line and holding him to a single in the 8th, during a critical point in the game.

Who will be tonight's player of the game? I can't wait - GO SOX!

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*Photo credit to Jim Davis of the Globe Staff

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2008 ALDS Cape Cod League Alumni MVP

Who can forget Bay's 2 run homer in Game 1.
Or his 2 run homer in Game 2, with a 3rd RBI that game.

Overall Bay just played phenomenal ball for the Red Sox and left many to wonder, Manny who?

Congratulations Jason Bay - the 2008 ALDS Cape Cod League Alumni MVP!

*Photo Credits can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/sarahmccracken/2929644017/

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2008 ALCS Cape Cod Baseball League Alumni

As far as I can tell there are 14 Cape Cod League Alumni playing in this years ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and The Tampa Bay Rays.

Red Sox:
Jason Bay, Chatham 1999
Sean Casey, Brewster 1994
Kevin Cash, Falmouth 1999
Jacoby Ellsbury, Falmouth 2004
Mark Kotsay, Bourne 1994
Javier Lopez, Falmouh 1997
Justin Masterson, Wareham 2005
David Ross, Brewster 1996
Jason Varitek, Hyannis 1991-1993
Kevin Youkilis, Bourne 2000
Left Off:
Mike Lowell, Chatham 1994

Rays:
Jason Bartlett, Harwich 2000
J.P. Howell, Bourne 2002/Wareham 2003
Evan Longoria, Chatham 2005
Carlos Pena, Harwich 1996/Wareham 197
Left Off:
Eric Hinske, Hyannis 1997


I'll be tracking their progress and naming a Cape League player of the game.

Don't forget to join the Dustin Pedroia for MVP Group on Facebook! Show your support for our favorite sailor cursing hitting machine!!

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Cape Cod League Alumni Player of the Game - Game 4 ALDS

I know I'm a little late on posting this, but hey, it's up before tonight's start of the AlCS!!!!

I'm still recovering from the excitement of the game.

This is another instance where I thought the Cape League Alumni Player of the Game was going to be easy to choose. Varitek. But then I started reading around the bloggernauts and everyone seems to be cheering for Kotsay. So once again, I leave it up to you.

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Edit: My dad just reminded me of how strong Kotsay's game really was. In the 9th inning he should have had the game winning RBI, but Teixeira made an amazing play. In my mind, the POG still goes to Tek, but I had to add this info in case it changes anyone else's mind.

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Red Sox Nation Stands Proud

Dear TB,

You may have won the (AL East Champs) battle, but you haven't won the (World Series) war! We'll see you tomorrow.

Love,
RSN

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It's Not a Re-Tweet, but a Re-Post

If any of you are on Twitter, you know about the phenomenon which is an "RT" or "Re-Tweet" - basically you just copy what another person tweeted about and give them credit back to their user name. It's a great way to get your blog posts, white papers and other interesting information passed around the Social Media Circus.....I mean Circuit.

Anyway - I want to play off of that and "RP" or "Re-Post" a blog posting I read this morning from The Joy of Sox. Honestly, I loved this post and think as many people as possible should read it. Should The Joy of Sox want me to remove it...I will gladly do so.

The original blog post may be found here: http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2008/10/schadenfreude-64-continuing-series.html

Schadenfreude 64 (A Continuing Series)

Special Los Angeles Angels Edition!

John Lackey:

It's way different than last year. We are way better than they are. We lost to a team not as good as us. ... The last two days, we shouldn't have given up anything. ... I want to throw somebody through a wall. ...

[On Sunday] they scored on a pop fly they called a hit, which is a joke. [On Monday], they score on a broken-bat ground ball and a fly ball anywhere else in America [except in Fenway Park]. And [Pedroia's] fist-pumping on second like he did something great.

Some comments:

1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

2. You ought to be angry at your second baseman who should have caught the ball, but stopped running and watched it fall in front of your center fielder. (Is he saying the official scorer's ruling was a "joke" and calling out Kendrick and Hunter? If so, that's extra fun. Hit or error, your guys blew it, and allowed the runs to score.)

3. You won the game in which that pop fly was hit.

4. Your team is playing in Fenway Park. Pitch accordingly, i.e., don't throw fat, hanging curves to a guy who might win the AL MVP award.

5. I'll bet your teammates didn't appreciate the pity party you threw on the mound whenever they did something that was not to your liking. Torii Hunter was screaming and celebrating whenever he did anything positive. Figgins practically did a dance on third base after his triple, and your whole fucking team whined and cried for the entire series. You losers could give Kevin Youkilis pointers on bitching.

6. You won 100 games, but you are not as good a team as you think you are. Based on your runs scored and runs allowed, your expected record was 88-74 -- five games worse than the Blue Jays.

8. Your team's .200 average (8-for-40) with runners in scoring position, your multiple blunders on the basepaths, ineptitude in the field, refusal to take pitches and work the count, and your irrational habit of giving up outs sealed your defeat to a stronger all-around team. Enjoy your winter.

8. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Torii Hunter:

I'm pissed off. I'm upset. This one's going to be with me for a while. It doesn't feel good, because we're a better team than they are.

Perhaps watching some TV would relax you. Here are some shows that will be on soon:

Oct. 10 - Red Sox at Rays, 8:30
Oct. 11 - Red Sox at Rays, 8:00
Oct. 13 - Rays at Red Sox, 4:30
Oct. 14 - Rays at Red Sox, 8:00
Oct. 16 - Rays at Red Sox, 8:00
Oct. 18 - Red Sox at Rays, 4:30
Oct. 19 - Red Sox at Rays, 8:00

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Joel Sherman, Post:

The Yankees stopped playing more than a week ago and yet their season keeps getting worse.

If you think that is impossible, then just consider the following:

1. The two teams that outplayed them in the AL East both clinched Division Series yesterday. ...

2. The Yanks still might have to deal with this World Series: the Red Sox vs. the Joe Torre Dodgers. That will make the attack of midges that helped drive them from the playoffs last year seem like thousands of kisses. ...

3. Seven of the eight starters expected to work in the ALCS will be 28 or younger. ... [T]he Red Sox and Rays are not only fighting to reach the 2008 World Series, but already are ahead of the Yankees for 2009. ...

4. It must gall the Yanks that the Red Sox can handle the Angels, but they cannot. ... Against the Yanks, Aybar not only would have gotten down the bunt, but the Yanks then would have thrown the ball away, setting up the Angels for an insurance run, as well. ...

The Yanks sit at home. Their season done. Yet their season keeps getting worse and worse.

Posted by redsock at 10/07/2008 11:17:00 AM

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