Fenway Flashback: Gabbard's Complete Game

July 16, 2007Shortly before being traded away Kason Gabbard threw a complete game shut out. Here is his fantastic 9th innning...

The sweetness of his moment was sullied by the knowledge that the Sox will soon give him up for Gag-me....

Fenway Flashback: Roll With It, Manny

July 15, 2007

In a miserable 2-1 loss to Toronto, during which the Sox left runner after runner on base, Manny gave us an early moment of levity in this clip. I love it because it shows Manny making a great defensive play while playing shallow (gasp!), and then clowning around afterwards, and Josh Beckett smiling...

Baseball today: The good, the bad, and the ugly

I've been listening to Clemens testify in congress for the past hour or so. I have a little time of my hands since I got my YANKEES tickets in 10 minutes! Clemens claims he doesn't know what a vegan is. This time I believe he's telling the truth... anyhoo, I took a break and came upon these -- the first pictures from spring training!!
there are more here thanks to boston.com
Of course, you've undoubtedly heard the big news about Dice-K's mullet. The herald has a nice shot of it:

Almost as big a news story, is Buchholz's shirt:

And even bigger news is Beckett's belly. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what vegan means either... =)

The Herald has lots more pictures here...

i LOVE the VIRTUAL WAITING ROOM!!

I never win anything. When I was a little girl I once won a Ms. PacMan pin. I remember it clearly because it's the only thing I ever won by chance. UNTIL NOW! I was chosen in the second chance lottery for Yankees tickets and with 40 browser windows and 7 minutes I GOT THEM! In the infield, too! :):):):) Maybe not close enough to throw something at A-Rod but definitely close enough to yell at him! :):):):) Lovelovelove the VWR! And I'm sorry for talking smack about it in the past.....

PETA rocks

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are always extreme, but always fighting for what is best for animals. They've got a great new ad campaign to coincide with that fancy dog show. If you have a dark sense of humor, check 'em out:


This one might go a little far, but it is the truth. Who wants to hear the truth, though?

Learn more about PETA's ABC campaign at PETA.org.

On a brighter note

The boys are throwing in Florida. Here's the proof:

Courtesy of Extra Bases @ boston.com

Clemens throws his wife under the bus

Just when you thought it couldn't get uglier -- Andy Pettitte, former bff of Roger Clemens admitted Clemens told him he used HGH. According to Extra Bases, Clemens, still clinging desperately to his original denials, claimed that Pettitte must have misunderstood him in the first conversation, that his wife, Debbie had used HGH. . I have no words....

The Matsuzaka Mullet

Dice-K has been spotted in Fort Meyers with a new do -- a mullet, of sorts... Noah Pranksy has a little interview...

I won the lottery!

Well, in a way it's the opposite of the lottery. I won the opportunity to spend money -- I won a chance to buy Yankees tickets in the second chance lottery! I have no idea what tickets are left, but I'm excited to spend tomorrow in the VWR from hell. I'm hoping that it'll be slightly less hellish since it's not open to the general public and is in the middle of a weekday. I way over my baseball budget already and clearly can't afford another trip east, but hey, George W says he's gonna send $600 my way and it's simply unpatriotic not to at least try to buy yankees tickets!

Screw the Groundhog, Truck Day Says Spring is in the Air!

The Red Sox Truck, hauling all their equipment, has made it's annual trek from Boston to Fort Meyers, Florida, signaling the dawn of spring -- well, spring training, at least. And better yet, Beckett, Buchholz, Dice-K, and Oki have also made the trek. Spring is in the air, folks! Lots more Truck Day photos at boston.com.

The Grammy Awards

1. Alicia Keys. I saw that horrible superbowl pre-game performance and Alicia Keys has a long long long way to go before she earns respect. Her silly little duet with cartoon Frank was embarrassing at best. And her faux-hawk is as silly as her superbowl dancing. I hope this is not indicative of how this grammy show will go.

2. Carrie Underwood + Stomp = Crap. It might have been an interesting performance if they had left out the Carrie Underwood part. Girlfriend still dances like she's on a horse, despite the zillions of dollars she has spent on a stylist and makeup artist. I hate American Idol. But I do like her boots. Wish I could pull them off..

3. Prince. Never say die. Boyfriend hasn't aged in 20 years...I wish he were performing! But he presents to Alicia Keys and she proves she is the dullest artist at the award show...

4. The Time. Holy flashback, Batman! Ooo-eeeee-oooo-eee-ooooo! Fantastic right up until they brought out that Rhianna chick. She proves that talent is necessary for success in the music industry-ella-ella. Is she wearing a hula skirt? Rhianna and Prince have the same hairstyle, but it looks much better on Prince.

5. Tom Hanks. Hello? Aren't these the Grammy's not the Oscar's??? He honors the Beatles. Yoko sits with Ringo and they seem to be enjoying themselves. I like Cirque Du Soleil and I like the Beatles. Together they are surprisingly dark and twisty. Was Let It Be used in a movie or something? I have no idea what the video clips are from, but the gospel version of let it be is the highlight of the show so far.

6. Cyndi Lauper and Miley Cyrus. Weirdest combo ever to present an award together. Amy Winehouse wins for best new artist because she's the only one on the list I've ever hear of and honestly I've only heard of her because of her nutty drug-enduced behavior.

7. Jason Bateman. I've had a crush on him since I was like 10 so I'm glad he's on my tv, but I am wondering why, considering these are the Grammys and not the Emmys... He claims the Foo Fighters are going to be playing outside in his venue. Jason announces the reality star for the night, proving even the Grammy Awards are a reality television show. The winner gets to play with the foo fighters, which makes me kinda mad because the foo fighters already have an awesome violinist. And why the heck do they have to play outside? I guess I should just be happy that they don't have to play with Rhianna.

8. You know you suck when your glow in the dark technology shows up the rest of your performance. Glow boy is now singing about mama so I am gonna guess that this is Kayne West.

9. Before each commercial break, some unreadable crap rolls across the screen and seems to list award winners, but on my non-hd broadcast tv I can't read it. As fergie sings with John Legend, I realize two things. One, I only like a teeny fraction (what? 5%? maybe 2%?) of music and two, that they are not actually handing out awards in this award show and I had better start trying to read that little cnn ticker. Fergie looks incredibly uncomfortable trying to actually sing.

10. Cher. She's wearing 1000 times more fabric than she used to but she still looks hella crazy -- like she's the bride of Frankenstein. Beyonce forgot her pants. Power, sista! She's trying to make it okay for thick thighed women everywhere to show their legs. Tina Turner must be 100 years old and her legs still rock. She looks a little dazed and confused and her face work has made it difficult for her mouth open enough to scream, but girlfriend is still rockin'...in stilettos!

11. Song of the Year. Amy Winehouse. Seriously? That's the best song of the year? Maybe the academy or whoever is trying to be ironic...

12. FOO. Jason Bateman explains that the Foo Fighters are outside because they are simply too big for Staples Center. Awesome. They do not disappoint. No show, just serious rock and roll. Love that they gave the same performance here in Reno a week ago that they are giving to the Grammy crowd. Boys give 110% whenever they take the stage. The backup orchestra was a little trippy. The reality star violinist played with the orchestra and not the band. Dave Grohl is officially my rockstar boyfriend of the day. May he never cut his hair or pull it behind his ears and God bless the editor who put in all the clips of Taylor singing. Thank you, Foo. One Grammy down (although they failed to mention what exactly the grammy was for). Four to go...

13. Brad Paisley. I hate country music so I might be a little biased here. But seriously, did he just sing I'd like to check you for ticks? And just because your last name is Paisley doesn't make it okay that your guitar is glitter paisley.

14. Kayne. Best Rap something. His head is carved MAMA. I'm trying to believe he's not exploiting his mother's death, but is a tribute to her. He waxes on incoherently (to me, but I'm old) and then bitches that they start playing music. The music persists and he drones on. Then he starts talking about his mother. I'm sure he's not exploiting her death. And then he bitches some more about the music and guilts them into to stopping it, which they do. And now I'm sure he's exploiting her death.

15. Aretha. Gone gospel. I dare not make light of gospel...

16. Fiest. Balls to get up there all alone. Very quirky and interesting...

17. Kid Rock and old lady. Laughs. I love Kid Rock and he almost sounds like he can sing as he does his best Frank Sinatra inpersonation. Whoever put this together has excellent sense of humor... They present rock album and FOO Win! Echoes is easily the best album that I've heard in years so I'm stoked they won. Would have understood if Bruce won, though... Grohl dedicates the award to his daughter Violet and secures his place as Rockstar Boyfriend of the Day ;)

18. Alicia Keys Take Two. She sheds her piano to show she also forgot to put on pants. It seems like on such a grand occassion as Grammys, one would double check to see if they finished getting dressed. john Mayer, for reasons beyond my imagination, tries to save Alicia Keys to no avail. Girlfriend should go back to Disney songs.

19. Ringo and Dave Stewart are definitely separated at birth.

20. Amy Winehouse. This is the first song I've heard that isn't that rehab song and it pretty much sucks. Winehouse doesn't really sing either song she more speaks the words and drones on a bit. I'm not sure what the big appeal is, other than the fodder she provides for the paparazzi. I think Fergie is a better vocalist. Yet Winehouse wins record of the year (beating my Foo Fighters) and I'm started to get irritated. Winehouse didn't appear to have a clue what was happening. Foo 1/2

21. Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and John Fogerty. What a trip to see a million year old Jerry Lee Lewis rock out. Little Richard hasn't aged a day and Fogerty can still rock.

22. Album of the Year. Of course, I was rooting for the Foo Fighters but I'm just glad that Winehouse didn't win... Herbie Hancock took the award home. He said it had been 43 years since a jazz artist won Album of the Year, so I guess it was overdue... Foo 1/3

23. Wrap it up. Overall the show SUCKED! I'm off to read the list of winners because I have no clue who won 99% of the awards... Things that should have been on the show and weren't:

Bruce Springsteen "Radio Nowhere": Best Rock Song and Best Rock Solo Performance
Foo Fighters "The Pretender": Best Hard Rock Performance 2/4

Fenway Flashback: Hey Now, You're an All-Star

I'm not a huge All-Star game fan. This year, I tried hard to be a good American League fan and root for the team even if that meant rooting for A-Rod. It's been awhile since I've watched a Yankees game, so I thought I could do it. I tried to do it, but then this happened:

I know it's just me. I really wanted to see Beckett throw a perfect 2 innings in the All-Star game. I know. I didn't want to see him give up any hits, so I just imagined A-Rod standing still as a ball rolled by him and was called a "hit". I'm sure it was a hard hit ball and A-Rod had no chance at it and that he was playing a perfect position for 3rd base and not chatting distance from short stop. I vowed to be a better fan. I would root for the American League team -- the whole team. And then this happened:

What the heck? I've seen better base running at Little League games... Try as I might. I really hate A-Rod...

Obama: Dancing Queen

Barack Obama proves he's half white on Ellen:

i heart jon lester

how cute is it that the over-zealous, Jon Lester, showed up to training camp TEN days early and 35lbs bigger? This is gonna be a fun year! =)

Foo Freaking Fighters

The Foo Fighters were in Reno last Friday! I don't know why but look here's proof:
pictures courtesy of foofighters.com
Holy heck! I've seen enough live footage to know I was in for a real rock show and they certainly did not disappoint. The band played a wide selection of songs, old and new, hard and soft. Dave Groh, who suffered from the flu earlier in the week and had to cancel shows, seemed to be fully recovered considering how hard he rocked.

What I didn't expect was Grohl to be so entertaining when he wasn't making music. Grohl was light-hearted and funny. Throughout the show, he wore a childlike smile, which seemed a sharp contrast to the often biting lyrics and intense guitar. He joked with band members and genuinely seemed to like them. And he genuinely seemed to be enjoying himself. He interacted with the audience and called attention to a couple members. One was playing drums on the barrier. Grohl stopped the show to point out this "overzealous fan" and brought down a camera and a mic to capture the moment. He also called attention to Mustache Man, a middle aged man, high in the stands, who waved goodbye to Grohl when he said he had one more song. Grohl easily convinced Mustache Man to stay, putting the spotlight on him and teasing him relentlessly. Despite the intensity with which he plays, Grohl didn't take the band too seriously. He joke about the growing number of musicians. (The was an extra guitarist, keyboardist, violinist, and a guy who plays bells and whistles). Grohl called out the bells and whistles guy, much to his dismay, and coaxed the audience into demanding a triangle solo.


The band continued to tease the audience right up through the encore. When they went backstage, they appeared on camera, teasing the audience with peeks of the setlist. Overall the show was fantastic. They sounded great -- just like they do on the albums, which is always nice to hear in this day and age. The addition of a head banging violinist was awesome and the combination of lightheartedness and intensity is not matched by any band today. The foo fighters are clearly one of the best live bands around.

It was the first show that I've been to at the recently built Reno Event Center. Parking in downtown is obviously a bitch, but the acoustics in the venue are unmatched by any venue in town. I was able to hear all the lyrics and the banter despite the heavy guitars. The crowd was quite young and quite violent. While Against Me played, the crowd around me turned into a violent and scary mosh pit. The conservative gentleman next to me got beat up for pushing the flying bodies away from us. Nice. The crowd settle during the Foo Fighters set, right up until the end and it got a little edgy. It put a damper on the show for sure. On the upside, most bands who play in Reno are faced with an audience in which only a small fraction are actually interested in the show. That was not at all the case on this night. The place was packed and everyone was singing, screaming, head-banging, and fist pumping along. Grohl claims they won't wait another 15 years to come back to Reno. Let's hope he's not just teasing. =)

Go, Stewie!

I had much more fun cheering on Stewie as he went head to head with Underdog than I did trying to cheer for the Patriots.
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Fenway Flashback: I've Never Been More Cuckooo for Coco Crisp

July 5, 2007
Nothing pleases me more than Beckett and Wally in the same picture...
Poor Tampa Bay. They are a terrible team. I feel bad for them and they are kinda hard to watch. They loaded bases in the first inning and even walked in a run. When bases are loaded for the Sox, I'm always hoping for a GRANDSLAM. And there are several Sox players who make that expectation almost realistic. One of the last people I'd expect it from is my man Coco Crisp, yet he did just that in the first inning. Check it:

His next at bat was also with bases loaded and he was met with a LET'S GO COCO chant. Very cool... There were tons 'o hits. Beckett had tons 'o strikeouts. But the highlight of the game was clearly Wally getting the best of Raymond. Check it:

Why I Left New England

A student brought this in for me today. It's about Connecticut, but it pretty much applies to the whole northeast...

Dear Diary

Aug. 12 Moved to our new home in Connecticut. It is so beautiful here. The mountians are so majestic. I can hardly wait to see the snow covering them.

Oct. 14 Connecticut is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves have turned all the colors and shades of red and orange. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountians and saw some deer. They are so graceful. Certianly they are the most wonderful animal on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.

Nov. 11 Deer season will start soon. I can't imagine any one wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it will snow soon. I love it so much here.

Dec. 2 It snowed last night. I woke to find everything blanketed with white. It looks like a postcard. We went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snowball fight ( I won ), and when the plow came by, we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place. I love connecticut.

Dec. 12 More snow last night. I love it. The snow plow did his trick again to the driveway. I love it here.

Dec. 19 More snow last night. Couldn't get out of the driveway to get to work. I'm exhausted from shoveling. F*#*ing snow plow.

Dec. 22 More of that white shit fell last night. I've got blisters on my hands from shoveling. I think the snow plow hides up around the corner and waits until I'm done shoveling the driveway. Asshole.

Dec. 25 Merry f@#$ing christmas. More friggin snow. If I ever get my hands on that son-of-a-bitch who drives the snow plow, I swear I'll kill the bastard. I don't know why they don't use more salt on the roads to melt the f#@%ing ice.

Dec. 27 More white shit last night. Been inside for three days except for shoveling out the driveway after the snow plow goes through every time. Can't go anywhere, cars stuck in a mountian of white shit. The weatherman says to expect another 10" of the shit again tonight.

Dec. 28 The f*#$ing weatherman was wrong. We got 24" of that white shit this time. At this rate it wont melt before the summer. The snow plow got stuck up the street and that bastard came to the door and asked to borrow my shovel. After I explained how I had broken 6 shovels already shoveling all the shit he pushed into the driveway, I broke my last one over his f(@*ing head.

Jan. 4 Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get food and on the way home a damned deer ran in front of the car and I hit it. Did about $3,000 damage to the car. Those f@*#ing beasts should be killed. I wish the hunters had killed them all last november.

May 3 Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusting out from all that f*@#ing salt they put all over the roads.

May 10 Moved to Georgia. I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever live in that God-forsaken state of Connecticut.

Random musings

stupid groundhog

Just when I have reached the breaking point of winter -- that point where I can't take one more cold day -- when the depression of winter turns to anger -- I need a target for that anger -- and suddenly that damn groundhog sees his damn shadow and silently declares SIX more weeks of winter. The image of Bill Murray frantically driving off a ledge with that stupid groundhog in tow....

I've never wanted a new laptop so badly

Yesterday, I saw the new apple commerical. They pull a laptop computer out of a manilla envelope. Holy crap!
Britney

Britney Spears suddenly has a dad. His name is Jamie. Her mom's name is Lynn and her sister's name is, obviously, Jamie Lynn. Creative, huh?

Kimmel's Unnecessary Censorship

I work at 6am, so I never watch late night tv. I did however, accidently tape Kimmel last night and just watched it. It was his anniversary show, so he did an anniversary version of Unnecessary Censorship in which they censor things that don't need censoring. The result is the funniest bit of tv I've seen in a long time: