Big Papi gives thanks after his first HR since coming off of the DL. (AP Photo)
Last night the Red Sox salvaged the NY series with a rather convincing win amid a whirl of controversy that all stems from Planet Manny. I'll be honest, as you can see from my post last night, I'm not too happy with Manny, and sadly I had mixed emotions seeing him hit well last night. It's a shame to even feel that way but I truly feel like his comments on the radio were the straw that broke my back as a fan. Of course I want him to do well while still wearing a Sox uniform, I just have this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach that if he's with us come September he may "disappear" or do something to drastically hurt the team. If we could unload him to the Mets or another NL team I'd be all for it, I mean if he's not going to accept us paying him $20 million for 2009 then we might as well get something out of it right? Seems like smart business to me.
The worst part about all of this is his utter awful lack of timing, during a Yankee series, in the heat of a three team pennant race, on the last weekend of July. People like to think Manny's some sort of idiot savant, but this is a very cold and calculated move on his part, and in my opinion it's bad business. The Red Sox only had the Yankees gain one game on them with last nights win and are only one game back of the Rays, but this distraction is only going to gain traction it's going to be a distraction with the team, which is the last thing they need right now.
Good News:
- Jon Lester is all growns up.
- David Ortiz is back and feeling fine.
- Joe Morgan didn't announce last nights game.
- I think Theo was drinking draft beer during the game.
- No more crazy Yankee games until 08/26/08.
and Ellsbury can hit again!!
Posted by: Matt | July 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
D,
I think you should talk about the 1st 2 games of the series, which were spurred on by the POWER of the "Discover FLEX" signs behind home plate.
You guys probably think this surge is going to stop. By surge, of course I mean the Yankees. But here is the thing... you can not stop a surge with kinetic energy built up within it. It's fact. Look it up. No seriously... it's science.
Indeed. The Yankee wave is rolling in with rumbling power... and until it hits a wall... a wall that seemingly does not exist in it's path... it's not going away. And that Nady and Marte trade is a joke. We gave up NADA for NADY and Marte... and we got the best lefty specialist in baseball, and a good hard nosed ballplayer who bats left, for avg to help balance our lineup.(And yeah ... he had a bad 2 games, but ... he'll hit.)
Ohhh the surge is coming... and it's swollen with energy. Energy that is almost bursting out of it creating radiant light... blinding onlookers and leaving them in a daze. It's science guys. Sorry.
I love crushing ass in Fenway. It Feels great. I would have liked the sweep, but when you send out a fill-in starter, in Ponson, to pitch the rubber match... well lets just say I wasn't expecting the win. If you guys lost to him it would have been a laugh.
And by the way. Imagine the Yankees in the post season AGAIN. Now THAT is a fitting send off to Yankee Stadium my man.
Don't bury live animals. They dig out. And then they scratch... It's nasty stuff and people get hurt.
Lester is great though. I will give you that.
Until next time.
"Manny being Manny." One less Yankee killer in the lineup works for me.
Posted by: Erik | July 28, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Oh EJ you and your silly science, haven't you learned yet that Red Sox Nation is built upon faith?
It's the classic "man of science, man of faith" debate. Or was that Manny of science......
PS - Thank you for counting your chickens before they hatch.
Posted by: Derek Hixon | July 28, 2008 at 03:08 PM
PS EJ - The Flex sign was cracking me up, I'm sure you heard me all the way Cali giving a nice ol' "ggggggggggrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaatttttttttt..."
hah hah, too funny, I had to text ya'
Posted by: Derek Hixon | July 28, 2008 at 05:10 PM