Trivia:(MLB pitchers with at least 18 wins in one year and 38 saves in another) Derek Lowe? Dennis Eckersley?

Oh, never mind, working again

I don't know I've always liked 'em as a broadcaster especially during his Cubbie days. I hope Bob doesn't read this.

(ducks, runs, and hides)

Half right on the trivia, I forgot Smotlz as a closer

maybe cause it's friday & people are probably out for dinner or something.

Well, I got two out of four on the trivia. I should have remembered Smoltz, but I had forgotten about Escobar being a closer.

I guess you're right, it's not a Sox blog, that's why.

Seems like a shame, though. Places like Dirt Dogs or Sons of Sam Horn, yech. We could use a BoSox Toaster blog.

Dice K is someone I don't understand. His stuff seems to be so good, and he's so smart, why can't he put it together? I have to keep reminding myself that he is Beckett's age, and still needs time.

But his first season has proven to be more frustrating than I planned.

Tavares does the job. Why isn't Clay Bucholz on the roster, anyway?

I think Matsuzaka is a decent pitcher; they just overpaid for him. And, maybe he'll turn out to be worth the money, we'll see.

* the posting fee part doesn't hurt them for salary cap / luxury tax purposes.

So, the IBB to Ortiz: smart, or no? I guess I say yes, though I don't like IBBs.

But, uh, not if he then walks Manny!

But Escobar threw about 30 pitches that inning.

I'm neutral in this game, so I'll just wish it's a good one.

Ciao.

Then again, it hasn't ever happened to me, so I don't know what I would do, exactly.

"The Yankees sprayed themselves down before the start of the frame, using the repellant to counteract the bugs. The spray seemed about as effective as the New York hitters were against Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona."

Maybe that's a little too Massachusetts centric for y'all.

So, Sporky, what are you going to grad school for after going to med school?

Maybe that's a little too Massachusetts centric for y'all.

Have a good night.

85 - no worries. Just seemed like a strange play to me, but mainly probably my anti-Red Sox bias

Wow, bone headed play there by Mr. Breakfast Cereal.

I think it's complete horsecrap that under most insurance policies, preventative measures aren't covered. But I digress :)

That was a bonehead move by Coco, but a good call. He was on it.

INTERFERENCE
(d) Spectator interference occurs when a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball.

Note "out of the stands"

GA is a very furtunet (sp) ball player considering he was born in L.A. was drafted by an L.A. team & will retire with the same team he started.

There are many issues I have with the current state of medical training, which I won't go into here. Suffice it to say that I don't want to spend my career banging my head on a bureaucratic/insurance wall.

I just met my 31 year old second cousin from Iowa a couple weeks back, and she's an M.D. No amusing moniker though, as far as I know.

What irritates me is that I pride myself on NOT doing that, and I slipped. Thanks for being cool about it.

130 Definitely around that level. He'd probably be willing to fall down like Lonnie Smith too.

I'm sorry, that was two feet outside

169 - at this point, Frank=Dane

At least once too many tonight.

Also, isn't it bad for baseball that all 4 series are now 2-0?

Somewhere in New York, my old roommate is showering herself in beer and doing strange interpretative, celebratory dances.

I'm not a big Boston fan, I just find the Angels annoying. So, it's cool to see them at the brink. (Now watch them come back and win three in a row.)

Still, it's not going to be easy watching it go next year.