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red sox (again)

With a newfound sense of purpose stemming from my previous Sox post, Boston finished crushing the hapless Rockies (once winners of 21 out of 22 games) last night and won their seventh straight game and second World Series in four years. I watched the game in Frederick, Md. at my parents’ house. They subscribe to Comcast cable, and of course, it went out during the 8th inning. The only affected channels were Fox and two others.

So after watching two Sox games in-person, countless other regular season games on TV, and every moment of their 2007 playoff run this year, I missed the last two innings of their championship season. *sigh* But I’m still happy this morning. I particularly enjoyed the opening paragraph of Dave Sheinin’s article in this morning’s Post:

The Boston Red Sox on Sunday night graciously removed the crushing weight of baseball angst from all those blank-faced 2-year-olds toddling around New England wondering if they would ever see a World Series title in their lifetimes. As for those who decided, following the curse-breaking catharsis of 2004, that they could finally die in peace, what a pity that they will never know the feeling of winning a second time and savoring the subtle differences between the two.

Hee hee.

rule 7.08(i)

“A runner is out when, after he has acquired legal possession of a base, he runs the bases in reverse order for the purpose of…making a travesty of the game. The umpire shall immediately call ‘Time’ and declare the runner out.”

from the Major League Baseball Official Rules

year 28, day 1

I am now 27. Per my usual birthday routine, I took yesterday off from work and tooled around the city.

Here’s what I did in chronological order:

• Sleep in
• Run in Rock Creek Park
• Haircut
• Lunch at Busboys and Poets
• Morris Louis
• Laundry
• Drinks at the Raven
• Dinner at Diner

I had a good day. Thanks to the steady stream of well-wishers via phone, voicemail, text message, e-mail, Facebook, AIM, and in person. (EDIT: and now comment) Even though I’m an old man now, I am still shamefully silly:

wabash: do you ever pretend that a push button umbrella is a lightsaber when you open it?
…
wabash: i bet most men of star wars age have done so at least once.
wabash: i do.

i declare that i like kittens

“Bush Declares That He Remains Relevant.”

red sox

(not Game 8)

Since the Sox aren’t making their series with the Indians interesting, I’ll have to do it myself.

Red Sox vs. Indians Drinking Game

Drink when:

1. You hear “This is ouuuuuuuuuuur country!”
2. Dane Cook says, “There’s only one October!”
3. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver discuss whether or not Josh Beckett should have pitched Game 4.
4. Fox shows the Dice-K $103 million sad face on screen.
5. There’s any sort of montage from the 2004 ALCS.
6. Eric Gagne talks about how he failed his team during his post-game interview. Eric Gagne does anything.
   
7. Game 5 takes more than three hours.

And you have to chug an entire beer if Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Coco Crisp, or Julio Lugo get a RBI. Combined, they are batting .197 with 0 RBI and 13 strikeouts against Cleveland. *gag*

That’s right, I’m getting angry and frustrated.

upgraded wp

…to version 2.3. Hopefully the recent sidebar anomalies will disappear.

gelatin & judaica

I am relatively intelligent and possess a fairly well-rounded breadth of knowledge. But occasionally, little nuggets of information slip through the (metaphorical) cracks in my head. To wit, I only recently discovered that gelatin is non-kosher.

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