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My home is in Chicago, sort of, where I reside, but it is also in Vermont, sort of, where I grew up, and in New York City, sort of, where I lived for years. Sometimes people assume I’m from Boston, because of the Red Sox cap, but the truth is I don’t know that city very well. I went there every once in a while as a kid, a little more often when I spent a couple summers on Cape Cod during high school, then I lived there for a few months in the fall of 1985. The last time I was there was for the parade in 2004, which I’d always promised myself I’d find a way to attend, so that I could scream and yell and cry with strangers.
Last night I watched the Red Sox game in a bar here in Chicago where I watched the Red Sox win the first World Series of my lifetime. Then, the place was packed with Red Sox fans, backing up the reputation it has for being a Red Sox bar. When Foulke fielded the last grounder everyone went berserk. Things have changed. Last night the place was half-empty, pockets here and there of laughter-barking late Sunday football lushes who either didn’t care about the Red Sox or who were sick of them. The moment I walked in some drunk spotted the Red Sox cap on my head and bellowed, "Nice hat! Do they make it for men?"
But this is not my city. Why should I be surprised when I don't feel at home. I wouldn't feel at home in Boston either. Who cares? Just let me read my books and follow my team in peace. So on that note, tonight I’ll be rooting for the home team from behind the locked door of the unit where I currently pay my rent and pet my cats. Go, home team.
Angels
Figgins, 3B
Anderson, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Guerrero, DH
Hunter, CF
Napoli, C
Rivera, RF
Kendrick, 2B
Aybar, SS
SP: Lackey
Red Sox
Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 3B
Drew, RF
Bay, LF
Kotsay, 1B
Lowrie, SS
Varitek, C
SP: Lester
In total, Bay went 0-5 in a game the Sox could have clinched. It's probably a coincidence but that made me think...
(Actually, I think Beckett's ineffectiveness due to his strained oblique was a bigger factor.)
Final score: Red Sox 6, Angels 5 (10 innings).
Thank you.
GO SOX, the HOME team.
Very true. Bay had a MONSTER two games in Anaheim (that's right, Arte, I said ANAHEIM!).
Nice double play, even with the tough throw!
Along those lines, there was still an L.A. Dodgers Luis Gonzalez bobblehead available at the Dodgers gift shop today.
And Jason Schmidt jerseys were easy to find.
He can still hit, tho not for power.
I wonder if he ordered tapioca for dessert.
It's that kind of place.
Crystal Langhorne, who won a national title at Maryland in women's basketball, was born here, and Kareem McKenzie of the Giants went to school here.
And I think in that border area of Pasadena and South Pasadena, Manny would be able to eat most of his meal in peace.
It is just down the street from Tommy Lasorda's old restaurant.
Not to out your place, but I think I ate breakfast there Sunday morning (with bhsportsguy). Was it on Fair Oaks just South of the 110?
No score through 3... good pitching so far.
Manny could feel free to eat pie with Enrique Wilson at the South Pasadena Shakers Restaurant.
Nobody would come up and bug him.
We're not a starstruck bunch around here.
Wild Thyme, which is down the street from Shakers and owned by the same company, was used for several scenes in "Big Love" last season. It was the place where Bill Paxton met the woman whom he contemplated adding as wife #4.
One of the podcasts I enjoy is "Never Not Funny", by Jimmy Pardo. I am always struck by how routinely he sees famous and semi famous people, living in Los Angeles.
I don't think I've seen anyone famous.
Big at bat coming up for Manny-substitute Jason Bay!
And the Angels are in trouble when they fall behind because they CAN'T hit home runs.
I believe the moral of this story is: don't fall behind.
The eighth is going to be the Angels chance to score some runs,
This is your last chance. Make use of it.
Sincerely,
Bob Timmermann
And then, they'd be facing a flight back to Boston or to Tampa. They'll be angry. Very angry.
...potentially
And they clap a lot.
They are rooting for the Angels.
There used to be Boston fans in my building, but they moved out.
You heard it too? That's insane. I thought Red Sox fans would know better. The Angels are as "LA" as East Rutherford, NJ is New York.
A TAG is the action of a fielder in touching a base with his body while holding the
ball securely and firmly in his hand or glove; or touching a runner with the ball, or with his
hand or glove holding the ball, while holding the ball securely and firmly in his hand or
glove.
Second star: Lester
First star: Lowrie
Series MVP: Lester
Tough to win 100 games and go out like this, but such are the playoffs.
It looks like the ump got it right, but I don't really know.
But Jarrod Washburn was lights out!
For his own team.
That game should have ended all the swooning over Scioscia
He simply didn't put his best lineup on the field, just like Lou Pinella didn't do with the Cubs.
Just talking to various friends, they're far more angry than ever before...it's not like the shock and disappointment of the Cubs falling apart in 2003 or any other season that ended in elimination for one of the Chicago teams. If the Bears had a great season and then got absolutely slaughtered in their first playoff game, you might get some of the same general bitterness. And when that ticked-off fan gets drunk...
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