McSteamy

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Manny Being Manny

The highlight from yesterday's disaster of an outing in Baltimore was clearly Manny's crazy catch and assist. Manny made an out-stretched catch just shy of the wall, ran up the wall and high-fived a Sox fan, ran down the wall, and fired to the infield in time to get the runner who had to go back to first to tag. Lovelovelove when Manny plays defense!

I am someone

After a lifetime of trying to define myself, I've finally got it!

I am Doug Mirabelli's cousin's yoga teacher.

I just recently figured that out and deeply regret not figuring it out back when Belli was still on the team. Nonetheless, I am proud!

Spiraling out of control...

Casey and Cora came back this weekend and it looked like the team was whole again for the first time since I can't even remember when. But they had to let Julian Tavarez go, to fit Casey and Cora back on the roster. Tavarez no doubt put a crazy voodoo curse on the team. Just look at the evidence:

• Lugo's concussion


• Jacoby's bruised knee


• Francona's mother in law died


• JD Drew's sprained wrist


• Coco's upset stomach


• Youk in right field -- seriously, can anything good come of that?


• Buchholz' broken fingernail


• Big Papi's ejection


• Beckett's win-loss record


• THE RAYS IN FIRST PLACE

Seriously? Poor Brad Mills got way more than he bargained for, huh? Did I mention that Youk played right field? All I can say is that I can't wait for the boys to get back to Boston and put this road trip behind them. And I can't wait for a NESN game. I seriously can't take anymore talk about AJ Drew, Joey Cora, and Dustin Pedroia's bruised knee from bunting.

498

Manny's right on track to hit the big 500 on the next homestand...Here's 498:

While I'm celebrating Manny, I thought I'd share these pictures of Manny hanging out in the scoreboard during the Angels game a couple of weeks ago.

The Bullpen Band

Some nice footage of the bullpen band courtesy of NESN:

Big Papi Loves Live TV

David Ortiz never misses an opportunity to goof around on live tv. Sunday on ESPN was no exception:

It's The End of An Era

The Red Sox have designated Julian Tavarez for assignment. It looks like they are trying to trade him to the Rockies. Either way, it's the end of an era. As much as he drove me nuts, I'm really gonna miss the crazy fellow! For old times sake, here's Manny petting Julian...

Masterson Walks the Walk

and so does Don..