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Wed, Thurs, Fri Oct 31 Stuck with the Manny (Untrue) (listen/lyrics to Stuck in the Middle with You)
Well, I don’t know why you came here tonight,
Yes, I’m stuck with the Manny (who knew?),
Well, you started off with nothing,
Yes I’m, stuck with the Manny (got flu?). SORRY MANNY
The Yankees don't want you either. Maybe the Mets will make the next move. Clock Expires on Moving Manny for Free PLAN B: A-ROD Let the Three-Way Trade Talk Begin. TRICK OR TRICK Jeff Moorad Opens His Mouth, As Usual the Truth Goes South
The Ultimate
Lying Machine Said Manny "David Ortiz is going to have a busy offseason himself... he ought to mind his own business." - Moorbad on Ortiz exposing Manny's multiple trade requests throughout the season. "Manny is a great player, but if he doesn't want to pull on the same rope as the rest of his teammates, then, you know what, he can go somewhere where he can be happy. We continually hear he's not happy in Boston." - Kevin Millar (Apologists have literally run out of rocks to hide under, can't take back "see he loves it here!" comments fast enough) Mooradds on: "No one is more competitive and trying to get back on the field faster than Mo Vaughn..." Thursday October 30, 2003 MANNY ASKED OUT
Manny
asked Theo to put him on waivers and insisted that the "Yankees will
pick me up"... (But NY won't Pony Up the Dough) Moorad the Ultimate Fraud: "Manny will be just fine if he stays in Boston... he's always expressed a desire to play in New York." "If he doesn't want to be here so be it, we've got a great core of guys here, we'll be just fine." -- Red Sox player
Theo Plays Mannyball Bold Move By GM Will Accelerate Manny Trade Pedro Hopes He's Ahead of Nomar on the List Take My Strife, Please Red Sox Hear the Cries of the People
Just What the Doctor Ordered:
Theo "Stones" Epstein Puts Fake-Pharyngitis, NY Loving, Nation Applauds Bold Move, Clueless Jock-Sniffing Lemmings Panties in a Bunch Again. Fraud Flip Floppers Will Cry for Charles Dolan Now After Praising John Henry for Months. Sucker Born Every Minute But Unfortunately Dan Duquette is Still A Groundskeeper. Yankees Not Expected to Bite on Albatross, But Move Sets Stage for Trade in Off Season. Manny Expected to Get the Message by Spring. Pedro Will Chime in Soon, Announcement Coming from the Dominican Republic on Former Ace's Last Season in Boston. Ramirez Put on Waivers But We're Stuck with Him After 1:00pm Friday Texas Won't Bite on A-Rod Deal (Nomar Getting Nervous) Manny's Mother Has Fainted Again! But Ramirez Just Calls Home as He's Busy Playing PS2 With His Cousin. Manny Wins Silver Slugger Award, Gets Another $100 Grand (Yippee, Almost Makes You Forget Game 7)
Apparently Theo's Eyes Were Wide Open This Season Sox Keep Up with Patriots, Celtics as Manny Joins Antoine, Lawyer on "Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out" List. MEDIA MAVENS: RED SOX REFUSE TO RELINQUISH FRONT PAGE TO PATRIOTS, CELTICS, OR BRUINS Preparation F Grady's "seat of the pants" managing sunk Sox "(The next manager) will be very, very prepared for games and will know his opponents inside and out and will put in the pregame preparation that is necessary to make in-game decisions run really smoothly." - Theo Epstein
Unprepared Grady Left Sox Little Choice - John Tomase, Eagle Trib Lucchinotes Au Revoir Ramirez? Goodbye Garciaparra? "One of the biggest mistakes you can make in management is to fall in love with your veterans. We appreciate them. We respect them. We feel grateful for the style of play that they had but as we reassemble the team for next year, we'll look at ways we can get better and try not to let that gratitude and sentiment stand in the way." 10.28.03 LL with D&C on WEEI: We want to get into the post-season regularly, like the Braves, the Empire, the Giants... that is the standard we set for ourselves. There were times when Theo in his daily conversations with Grady would talk about available information, not just stats, other forms of preparation, there's been an information revolution that impacts various businesses including baseball. What we're really looking for is balance and applying the various tools and approaches to managing. Managing the personalities, keeping a harmonious clubhouse, particularly one that's been as fractious and difficult as the Red Sox clubhouse has been over the years, that is a critical part of the job, but so is the other an important component of the job, we want someone who's balanced in that regard. But we want someone who has the personal gifts, the human abilities to manage these personalities but also someone who is prepared, who takes advantage of all the tools and information available to make us the better prepared team on the field. (If they had beaten the Yankees) As Theo said, a similar debate would have taken place because there were misgivings throughout the course of the season. We were enormously grateful and respectful of the job that Grady had done. He was the right manager for us at the right time, the middle of spring training, they were tumultuous, uncertain times. There were a lot of issues in the clubhouse, he was the right guy -- then. But as we evolved as an organization, we're at the end of the beginning, we're in a different stage now. And if we're being asked to make a long-term commitment to Grady as we were, I think some of the same discussions would have taken place, some of the same misgivings would have been expressed. Now if we had won the World Series, I think we'd have looked foolish, ungrateful, and would probably have offered some kind of extension to Grady under those circumstances, but there still would have been plenty of uncertainty and misgivings about the long-term. We're looking for someone who has a balanced approach. Who has a comfort with players and the personality part of the job, but we're also looking for someone who is open enough, young enough if you will, young enough in attitude, open minded enough to take advantage of the information revolution that's taken place in the last decade and apply all of the tools that are available. (Can we rule Whitey Herzog out then?) We'll I don't want to rule anybody by name in or out at this stage, we really have just begun the process. We were scrupulous not to make any effort to look around before we made a public announcement... we haven't had any sit down where we say "OK Theo why don't you consider these three names".. it's Theo's job to go out and survey the field and bring back some candidates that he likes, there has to be a comfort level between the GM and the manager, they don't have to be on exactly the same page because a little creative dissonance is not a bad thing but they have to be able to work together and in the chain of command it's Theo's responsibility to go out and look for people with whom he can work, who bring the kind of balanced approached, someone who can stand the rigors of working in Boston. I would say it would be hard (to bring in someone with no major league managing experience) but certainly not impossible. We did it with two years ago. Someone who had major league coaching experience, who was familiar with Boston... as we go forward, we're not going to jump into a decision, look at the three or four usual suspect and pick a person. It took us a while last year to pick a general manager and I know we wound up with the right person. We've got to do something about a coaching staff and we'll address those issues this week, but after that I think we have the opportunity to wait and pick the right man for hopefully a longer term. Personal relationships and personal history may factor into the decision. If we know certain people and know how they behave, you have more information and a better feel for the person. (Silly Remy talk) There's an example (Bruce Bochy) where we know a lot of what we'd be getting there. The relationship was certainly better before we took so many people from the Padres and brought them here over the objections of some of the people out there. But I don't think it precludes anybody from San Diego being a candidate, but there are people under contract and you cannot speak to them without permission and we're not going to do that. Employment interviews in various businesses can be quite shallow and superficial and you'd like to avoid that whenever you can, so we'll try to do it a little bit differently (e.g. using video of game situations). With the information revolution you have lots more tools to conduct a deeper kind of inquiry, but some of the same virtues that come through in a coat-and-tie interview will be important, you'll be looking at the personality, the personal gifts, the style of the person as well but I know Theo and the baseball ops people are determined to probe more deeply into something as important as to who the next manager of the Boston Red Sox will be. We're going to reassemble the team, you have to do that every year, there were holes and deficiencies, there are some players who may leave because of age or free agency. I'm just guessing at this stage, there will be 5-8 new faces on this team next year... they would require a trade or release but I do think that's possible. We're not going to stand pat. We're not going to stay the same team. There's going to be an opportunity for us to get better. There are some free agents we're going to look at to be sure and we just aren't going to make the mistake that's been made before, that I've made before (in San Diego) which is to be too comfortable with your players. One of the biggest mistakes you can make in management is to fall in love with your veterans. We appreciate them. We respect them. We feel grateful for the style of play that they had but as we reassemble the team for next year, we'll look at ways we can get better and try not to let that gratitude and sentiment stand in the way. Last Year in Boston?
Pedro Will Make an Important Announcement About His Future with the Red Sox in a Few Days. 10.28.03 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - AIRPORT OF THE AMERICAS - The stellar pitcher of the Boston Red Sox Pedro Martinez said yesterday that he feels satisfied with the performance made in the just finalized season in the Big Leagues. "I am prepared to start my rest in Dominican Republic, in addition I am very satisfied with my performance last season, although I did not have a lot of victories for the Boston team", said Martinez, who arrived quietly from his flight from the United States. In his last appearance with the team in the New York Yankees series, he repeated that he is the culprit and it (losing the lead) had nothing to do with the Red Sox manager. "I was the one responsible for staying in the box in the game against the Yankees, not Grady. Grady shouldn't be blamed for anything. He did a great job for Boston in the last two seasons." In addition, Pedro said that he will meet with the national sport press to offer greater details on his performance last season and his future plans in the Big Leagues. When questioned on his future with the Red Sox, he said that he does not have any comment and that in the next days he will offer important details. Tues Oct 28 Black Eyes Sox Job Mon Oct. 27 "I Hurt with Each of You"
Preparation G
Analytical decisions? Grady wasn't
prepared to make them. Manager caused hemorrhoidal issues for
owners. "This ownership group prefers an increased reliance on thorough, more comprehensive analysis and preparation so that the manager's decisions are more synchronous with our player acquisition and development decisions. We seek one, unified, organizational philosophy." - Larry Lucchino Henry, Werner, Epstein Led the Charge to Dismiss Little Lucchino Got on Board to Make it Unanimous "Henry, for example,
took the position well before the post-season that the club may need
to question a long-term commitment to its manager." GRADY IS OFFICIALLY A GHOST OF RED SOX PAST
PRESS CONFERENCE MOVED TO 3:00PM EST.
Grady Officially Let Go at 11:11am Monday Mourning SOX TO ANNOUNCE GRADY'S NOT COMING BACK FIRST THING ON MONDAY Monday, Monday Submitted by Mamas and Papas Ba
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Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday Sun. Oct. 26 Oh My Josh!
Marlins Deep Six Yanks in the Stadium to Win World Series Beckett Does What Martinez Could Not, Beats Yanks 2-0 in Clincher Texas Bowler Goes to Bat for Little, Badmouths Sox Brass "All I know is that they make a change, there's going to be a lot of pissed-off players in that clubhouse next year. This is going to fire up a lot of guys in the wrong way and this would not be a good start for them. They are making a mistake. If they think making a managerial change is not going to affect the team negatively, they are making a misjudgment. I think what's happened with the Red Sox the last two years has as much to do with Grady Little as anyone else, and I think the people upstairs think it has to do with the people upstairs. You have to decide what's more important - handling personalities and things on the field or listening to Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein or Bill James. Who do you think is going to do that job? Joe Kerrigan? They want someone to push buttons." Grady Lays Guilt Trip on Theo "The conversation was termed "awkward'' by the source, and that when Little was told ``we have not made a decision on you yet,'' Little's response to Epstein was, "I thought YOU were going to make the decision.'' - Silverman, Herald 10.25 Fri./Sat. Oct 24/25 BLACK OUT? Angels Nip Sox in the Bud. Wiser as pitching coach in Anaheim?
No Gray Area: Black gets one-year contract extension
True. (Rising) Sun Sets on Valentine's Day in Boston McAdam: "Sox won't interview Valentine."
"Managing, I just miss it."
Thurs. Oct 23 Wells Runs Dry Old Contreras Can't Get it Done (Get that sweathog a towel) Florida Now One Win Away Marlins 6 Yankees 4 (Penny for your thoughts?) Wednesday Oct 22 GONEzalez Marlins Beat Yanks in 12 4-3 to Tie Series Bronx Bonger Gives Up Game Winner to Alex Gonzalez Clemens Time is Up Urbina There, Seen That Ugueth It: Yanks Tie it Up in 9th (Oh, and just in case you've had enough)
Red [Sox] Rubber Bawl - Paul
Simon Tuesday Oct 21 - D-Train Gets D-Railed. Bad Guys Win With a Little Shove
Submitted by Paul McCartney
With a Little shove, we can get five
outs. Monday Oct 20 Yankee Police Blotter - Jeff "Assault" Nelson and Karim "Battery" Garcia will be formally charged for their attack on Red Sox employee Paul Williams - Jason Giambi subpoenaed in steroids probe - Don Zimmer is still under surveillance This Bud's for You? "Word" in South Florida is that Bud Black will be named the next manager of the Boston Red Sox. True? Celtics Trade Antoine Walker, Tony Delk, and Grady Little to Dallas for Raef LaFrenz, Chris Mills, Jiri Welsch and 2004 Pick. (Feeling left out, Bruins
owner Jeremy Jacobs announces he will join Saturday Oct 18/Sunday Oct 19: BRADY'S BUNCH MAKES BOSTON FORGET GRADY'S HUNCH
(if only for a day as somebody's squishing Florida fish) Gammons on Grady "What some in ownership are asking Theo Epstein is whether blurred vision at a time of crisis management is what they want leading the Boston Red Sox."
February is Only Four Months Away
Media Stumps for Gump
Writers, Beat
Guys, and Players Go to Bat for Grady. "Would people be as inclined to fire Little today if the Sox had been blown out in Game 7, if Pedro Martinez had been knocked out of the box in the first inning instead of the eighth? What if Jorge Posada's broken-bat popup is caught by Todd Walker on the infield dirt instead of falling in shallow center field? Does Little get fired then? What if Posada had gotten his game-tying hit off Alan Embree or Mike Timlin? Do the same people who are touting statistical evidence that Martinez loses his effectiveness after 100 pitches scream that Posada was batting only .191 lifetime against Martinez, with a stunning 29 strikeouts in 47 at-bats, and how could Little have lifted Pedro? Does Little get fired then? What if Martinez gets out of the eighth inning still ahead by a couple of runs, gets pulled for Mike Timlin or Scott Williamson in the ninth, and the Sox lose? Does Little get fired then? What if Little had played it by the book in the eighth, and Embree and Timlin and Williamson can't hold the lead? Would the same people who killed Little all season for having a quick hook with Martinez be saying today that Little shouldn't have pulled his ace, that it's push-button managing based on pitch counts? Does Little get fired then? Does anyone really believe that Martinez talked Little into leaving him in the game? Or is it more likely that Little knew, even as he was going to the hill, that he would leave Martinez in the game, that pitching coach Dave Wallace and bench coach Jerry Narron and catcher Jason Varitek had not given him any reason to do otherwise? Varitek, when asked if he expected Martinez to come out for the eighth, said, "No question." Call me a Little apologist. That's still kinder than the incredible array of names being hurled at a man who managed for 16 years in the minor leagues and two seasons in the toughest big-league environment there is, and apparently still knows less about the game than everyone managing from the comfort of their living rooms or their seats in the press box.
Apparently, all those comeback wins the Sox had this season, all the times they picked themselves up when things looked their darkest, all those times this club didn't lose faith in itself -- even when it was down, two games to none, to Oakland -- Little had nothing to do with that. But lose Game 7, and that all falls on Little's head. He's Gump, he's The Idiot, he's the guy who choked when the spotlight was most intense." - Gordon Edes, Baseball Notes, Boston Sunday Globe Florida Takes the D-Train Through the Bronx
(Nice Jewelry Pal, How's Game One Workin' Out for Ya?) So That's Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout Willis. Lucky Pierre: Juan Single Pushes Fish Past Yanks. Get Down Ugie, Ugie, Ugie. Nation Feels a Little Bit Better
A Little Defensive,
Tries to
Spin the "Special Season" BS "A lot of people have the answers after the results come in." (Except everyone on the planet had the answer before the predictable result, and this time there wasn't even a question.) "I don't know what (the front office is) thinking right now. I know what my thinking is. My thinking was that there were a lot of things accomplished around here this year. There were a lot of people who were never baseball fans before in their life and they became baseball fans toward the end of this year. I know that what we did as a group, in this clubhouse and on that field, made that come about. I have so much confidence in myself that if there's some hesitation or some questions about whether they want Grady Little to manage here again next year, that's a decision they have to make themselves. The confidence I have in myself is that I'll be somewhere, if they opt to go in a different direction here. I'm just thankful that when it did come to an end without us winning the World Series, I'm just thankful that I'm the scapegoat instead of any one of my players. A lot of people have the answers after the results come in... if people want to judge Grady Little on the results of a decision I made in that last game the other day, so be it. In my heart, I know we had a great season here. That's a tough situation for one to be in throughout the course of a season in this market (no contract extension), but whatever they want to do now I respect. I sleep good because I know I have confidence in myself and I know that what we did here this year was special. It was special to a lot of people. I've got people on that field out there and throughout that game in the seventh game thinking about Bill Buckner. That's a tough situation to be in, you know what I mean. Everyone knows the environment we're in here in Boston. We're just fortunate that we have a large number of players on this club this year who aren't distracted by a lot of things like that. Knowing this, it just makes me thankful that Grady Little is going to be the one taking the heat for the last-game loss rather than one of my players. If we don't win the World Series, which is the definition of winning here, somebody's got to be that man and I'm just glad it's me instead. You know, Grady Little makes a lot of decisions throughout the season. The results of the decision are good sometimes. The results of those decisions are bad sometimes. The result of that decision I made on Thursday night in that seventh game, the results were bad. I can't turn back the clock to make another decision, just like every decision I make throughout the season. Just like the decisions I make every game, every day in this clubhouse and in the game. You make these decisions, a lot of them turned out well enough to get us in a position to get in that seventh game. But the results of the decision Thursday didn't turn out well. Nobody knows these players better than me. We know that we all did the best we could. I made the decision the other night to try to win the game. My players know that, and that's all that matters. Pedro was throwing as well in that seventh and eighth inning as he had the whole game. I made the decision to leave him in there. That's the man I wanted in the game. The results of that decision didn't turn out (well). My decision to leave him in there at that time was not that much different than in the two years I've been here with Pedro. When he gets in a jam, he's the one I want to get out of that jam more than anyone else. As long as he's got enough left in his arm. Four managers called me to say they would have done the same thing. There was a clubhouse full of tears. We just closed the clubhouse after the game and I told every one of them how proud I was of the job they had done. And the fact that they never quit even when they had plenty of opportunities to quit and fold up the tent and go on home, and they never did. All the way to the very last out. They have a lot of respect for the job that I do. I have a lot of respect for them. And that mutual respect is what we're trying to build on here. I have confidence in myself, The results on every decision aren't good all the time. But they were sure good enough to get us to where we were. And that's the way I'll go home." (You could fire him just for the fact that he has the audacity to drag Bill Buckner's name into it... but maybe that's the new W.B. Mason commercial for next season. Who knew?) Manajerk
It's Too Late Grady Stayed in bed all morning just
to pass the time Back to Little League
"For What?"
Grady's Post Game 7 Response When Told That Lies and Damned Lies: "Pedro's been our man in that situation all season long. He's the guy we wanted there over anyone in our bullpen." - G. Little Friday Oct. 17, 2003
Wild Card Championship Parade Friday at High Noon!
Wild Celebration on City Hall Plaza Followed. Mayor Menino Says "Cowboy Up Boston!
End Game New York Post Prints Boston Version
File Under: Grady Goes Belly Up! The Sons of Grady Little are DestiNY's Child Pedrovertime Backfires
Curse of the Grady-No! "Pedro had gas in the tank... he was the man we all wanted in there on the mound." - Grady Little "You want to point fingers... point them at me." - Pedro Martinez "Grady ripped the heart out of New England and stomped it right into the ground." - Ted Nation Member Manager for Sale: Grady on e-Bay Eighth, Wonder of the World (Series): Grady Leaves Cooked Pedro In. Stick a Fork in Little Now. Welcome to Boston Bruce Bochy, Good Luck New Red Sox Manager Tail Wagging the Dog: Pedro Pulled Grady's Strings, Stings Nation. OUTRAGED SAVAGE NATION WANTS GRADY FIRED BEFORE SUNSET THEO. (Today Theo. Please and Thanks) "Somebody Gotta Pay" Right Papa Jack? NEW YORK NIGHTMARE
Ruthless: Curse Crap is Everywhere
"The Worst Loss in Boston
Sports History" "What we have to go through on a daily basis, what we have to put up with, is unbelievable." - Nomar Whine Garciaparra The One T-Shirt the Sox Didn't Print this Season:
Pictures Worthless a Boonedoggle To Little: Too Late Little Makes All the Wrong Moves, Gets Star Struck, Stuck with Pedro the Manager. Will Lose Big Job After Costing Boston Red Sox World Championship. Bullpenned In. Sox Out. Turn Out the Lights, The Party's Over, They Say That All Good Things Must End
B.K. Tim Wake Keeps Nation Up All Night
Knucklehead Was Not Meant for Late
Inning Relief. Varitek, Ortiz Taken Out of Game by Grady Too. Trot, Millar, Ortiz Big Bombs Forgotten. Yankees Don't Suck Again.
Thursday Oct. 16, 2003 7-Up!
Pedro vs. Roger
Brawl in the Bronx Nervous Nation Can't Stand It Sox Are Alive and Kicking in New York
Shining Star Nomar Struggling Shortstop Gets 4 Hits and Kids Don't Quit, Get Past Yankees in 7th "Balls to the Wall" - Johnny Damon (But he also said "let's get through the curse" :-( Batter Up! Sticks Come Back in the Stadium, Ortiz, Millar, Mueller Show Up
Manny Feels Right at Home, Embree, Timlin, Williamson Hold the Line, Putting in Jones and Arroyo Goes Over the Line No Apology Necessary
Marlins Wipe Out Cubs at Wrigley Pedro Speaks "And this is the time of year where you don't have any time to actually say "I'm hurting... I'm sore" or "I feel bad" because regardless of how you feel you have to go out there and make a commitment to the team and to the fans and to yourself and just say "this is where I want to be and this is what I want to do." 10.15.03: Joe Castig (JC): You must be very anxious for a game 7? Pedro: Yeah, I actually have to be, even though I would like for things to be over before game 7. I can only wish that we can get there. JC: Do you feel like you're 100% healthy going in, as good as you've felt all season? Pedro: I feel pretty good, for this time of year. And this is the time of year where you don't have any time to actually say "I'm hurting... I'm sore" or "I feel bad" because regardless of how you feel you have to go out there and make a commitment to the team and to the fans and to yourself and just say "this is where I want to be and this is what I want to do." And for me it's a great pleasure to go out there regardless of how I feel, I will always be able to go out there and give 100% effort and do whatever I can to win one more ballgame. JC: You have any concerns about pitching in Yankee Stadium? Pedro: Uh not really. When I'm in the field, no, when I get off the field, well, it could get a little ugly because so many crazy fans out there and crazy people that try to do crazy stuff. I've been threatened before by fans and stuff, the last time I was here, a little incident when one of the fans banged on the window of the car I was riding and that sort of stuff you normally think, you know, normal for the New York fans, and the Boston fans, and whatever city you are, but at this point, yeah I was a little concerned but I have pretty good security and I feel pretty good about it. JC: In your last start you threw a lot of breaking balls and curve balls early, without giving away trade secrets, are you thinking about your approach this time? Pedro: Well I just went with what I had in the first part of the game, I didn't feel all that well. I felt a little sluggish in the first three innings, and then I picked it up and I felt better, so I threw more fastballs and I mixed up my pitchers a little bit better. But at first, that's all I had, and that's how I tried to pitch and it cost me a couple of runs and you know if I have to do it again I'm gonna have to try to do it with whatever I have and that's what I had that day and too bad we ended up losing the game. I hope that this time around I feel better and I'm just gonna go out there and try to complete. JC: Pedro how do you feel about everything that's happened, do you feel anger, do you feel like it's behind you, do you feel resentment? What do you feel about everything that happened and what's been said? Pedro: Yeah, about what has been said, I can't do anything. Everybody has their own rights to think whatever they want to think, I just know in my heart I would never raise my hand to a guy like Zimmer or Joe Torre or you... anybody older I respect and regardless of how fearless I look out there and how hard I battle and compete and not being afraid of anything out there, I'm a respectful man and I respect people, I respect the rights, I respect human beings. A lot of people might not understand that, and might not see it in me because I compete the way I compete, but they don't see me off the field, they don't see how I think, they don't know how you really feel and it's too bad that incident happened and Zimmer had to go down, my first instinct was to hold him but then he swung at me and I had to let him go so I didn't get hit in the face, and at the time he was going down he was kind of pulling my arm so I had to pretty much get my arms off of him and that's when it looked like I pushed him but it wasn't my intention whatsoever and I was shocked to see him come up against me, especially a coach, because the coaches there are the people that we respect and feel and the people that we really want to listen to when were in those situations, and those situations are part of the game and incidents like this shouldn't happen. And I was embarrassed because I was part of it and especially with an older man like Zimmer. JC: Pedro the national media and the New York media have been pretty tough, do you feel they've been unfair? Pedro: Well the New York media has never been easy with me and a lot of that has probably to see with the way I compete against the Yankees. I don't talk much with the New York media, so that probably has a lot to say with that too. I know that a lot of people have approached me and I've talked with the media here, the guys that really do it in a polite way that deserve my respect have always been able to approach me and talk to me but some of the other guys that just take pleasure on taking away a lot of the things we achieve as athletes... I don't feel I need to talk to those guys, I just let them write whatever they want to write and that has a lot to say with that and also to create emotions between these two teams and a little bit more of the rivalry, I think they do that on purpose to sell papers, which is totally opposite to what we do. We earn our money. I have a lot of respect for the Yankee players and their coaches, and I believe they're a great team and I respect them like that and the media wants to make it look worse than it is. JC: Do you have a good feeling about today (Wednesday)? Pedro: Yes I have a pretty good feeling and I hope we pull this one out so I will have another opportunity to win a game tomorrow. Open Press Conference after game 6: Who would you have had on the mound for a pretend game in your back yark (back when you were a kid)? Pedro: Back in those days? I had like three favorites Nolan Ryan, Saberhagen, Mario Soto... one of those three I would throw anytime. Do you hope little kids new pretend to be Pedro and Roger now? Pedro: I hope they do, and they dream of being a player like I did. Are you nervous, excited? Pedro: I gotta wait for the game tomorrow, maybe I'll feel nervous then. Pedro do you feel the same mood that you did before game 5 against Oakland? Pedro: Pretty much, yeah, it's one important game that you have to go out and win. Wednesday Oct 15, 2003 Dear John Just please get out of the first inning. Curse of the Boombino
Nation Not Feeling Too Well(s), But
SLOPPY SECOND
The Defense Rests,
And Get No Second Wind Sox Scared Hitless in Clutch, But Grady Won't Change Order Nomar laughs it off with Manny in the 8th, says "I just haven't found holes, haven't let team down" and asks reporter if he's an athlete, or if he's ever played the game. Mia consoles distraught Nomar on team bus. No Offense, But Nomar, Millar, Mueller Look Horrible Again Jeter Leads Yankees in October. Tangibles, Intangibles. The Night Chicago Died "I thought after today's game every pained, angry Sox fan could benefit from a little change of subject: As hard as a game like today was to take (and I was there...), you'd have to live a long, long time to see another one like the ChiCubs Marlins game. Or just remember Game 6. It all could have been different if not for one stupid, souvenir seeking Cubs fan. And I don't know how intense Chicago is about baseball when you really get down to it (seems more cutesy than die-hard, but that's another story)...but if it is anything like Boston, let's just say they showed that fan's face on TV a little too long for his own good. Wow. And I thought today's 4-2 loss hurt." - A.G. ...Another fan yelled, "You could tell we're better than Boston or he'd be dead already." Got Nomar?
Tuesday Oct. 14, 2003 ALL SYSTEMS LOWE Derek is in the Twilight Zone Today Assault and Batteries 17% of Sox Ownership, a.k.a. New York Times, Encourages New Yorkers to Pelt Pedro with Batteries in the Bronx "Names or even nicknames will never hurt Martinez, but in the absence of sticks and stones, a battery might. When he's on the mound or when he warms up in the bullpen, he would be within range of any Yankees loyalist with a good arm. But if there's no Game 7, Pedro the Perpetrator will be safe. Until next season." - Dave Anderson, New York Times Sox
Plan to Take Extra Security Precautions Letterman calls Pedro: "the biggest punk in baseball" on Late Show last night Yankees Get Wake Up Call
Fight Club Closed,
But Tim Timpressive Again Series All Tied Up! 2-2 The God Squad Goes Yard
Praise the Lord Nixon brings his A's game
Act of Todd Walker gets Sox off on right foot
Trot, Tim Apologize for Nothing Trying to Get Something Out of Manny, Pedro. Moose Cuts Loose on Teammates
"We always seem to do OK when I don't pitch, so let the other
guys have it Yankee Clubhouse Coming Undone? Monday Oct. 13, 2003 Front Office Fessed Up 10.13.03 Sean McAdam on Dale & Neumy on WEEI: "The Red Sox front office has privately acknowledged that Pedro threw at Garcia and that Manny overreacted." Buck Up On Pedro: Let the record show that it was Martinez who started all this... Whether you're a Red Sox fan or Yankees fan, it's obvious that Martinez was throwing at Garcia. Martinez' reputation has taken a solid hit in the aftermath of his pitch to Garcia, and only a couple of World Series victories will save him from a winter of criticism. On Walker: Though ticked off by Garcia's purpose slide, give him credit for his candor in seeing the big picture. "If I got a pitch thrown at me like the way he did," said Walker, "I don't blame him." On Manny: Manny needs to come clean and explain his actions; his teammates must be tired of doing it for him. - Steve Buckley, Boston Herald Cowboy Fed Up? "The Red Sox haven't handled themselves well as a group," said one American League GM. "When they clinched the wild card, they acted like they won the World Series. Then they beat Oakland and you've got (Derek) Lowe throwing his arm in the air and gesturing at his Johnson. I'm tired of the hugging and tired of their act, to be honest with you. It's like they don't know how to win, and they don't know how to lose." - Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com "Cluelessness" "It started right after the game, when Levine actually used the word "lawlessness" to describe the late-game scene in the Yankee bullpen. This was another example of Levine, whose job status is tied up with how much George Steinbrenner likes him, trying to say what he thought Steinbrenner wanted him to say in a heated Yankee-Red Sox moment like this."- Mike Lupica, NY Daily News Pedro is the One at Fault "Which one would you rather have now, Sox fans? Roger Clemens -- who kept his composure and behaved like a professional Saturday night, winning the game for his team despite his obvious anger? Or Pedro, the baby who hits a guy after he blows a lead, then points at his head and at Yankee catcher Jorge Posada, threatening "you're next"? Pedro said a few words yesterday and claimed that gesture was actually him telling Posada that he'll remember Posada's angry words. Sure. And he wasn't trying to hit Karim Garcia. And those young women hang out with Donald Trump because they really dig his hair. Sox fans don't like to hear this, but Pedro was an embarrassment and a disgrace to baseball Saturday. He gets away with it because he's Pedro. And the Sox front office enables him, just as they do Manny Ramirez. Just as they did with Roger when he was here and Yaz when he was here and Ted when he was here." - Dan Shaugnessy, Boston Globe
Yankee Logic 101:
LESSON #1 - Samuel Pratt
Wake Up on Monday. Mussina Pitches for NY. Game 4 in Boston: Monday, October 13th: Tim Wakefield vs. Mike Mussina, 8:18pm. Game 5 ticket holders only. Cry Me a Zimmer
HWL Don't Have Press Conference Sox Owners Were Just Answering a Few Questions Where We Learn That: John Henry is Looking for an Apology from the Red Sox Side as Well. Henry Also Not Happy with Yankees President Randy Levine Who Won't Withdraw "Lawlessness" Comment After Evidence Proves Otherwise. Yankees, MLB Not Happy with Fenway Owners Press Conference. Pedro Needs to Watch His Back in the Bronx
"If the Red Sox win, all they are
guaranteed is a trip back to New York, Game 2: Old Grady's a Gunslinger
Sunday Oct. 12, 2003 Reign Continues?
Tonight Sox gonna pull out like it's
1999 (at least Grady's not starting Jackson at second) Boston $75k New York $15k Sox Win Battle of the Fines MLB Fines Punk-Ass Pedro $50k, Macho Manny $25k, Krime Garcia $10k, and Zimmer the Aggressor $5k, for Fenway Fiasco
Cowboy Uproar!
Yankees Manage to Stay Focused While Sox Try to Turn Fenway into Big Apple Circus. New York Wins Fenway Melee: Bottom Line: Yankees 4 Boston 3 NY Leads ALCS 2 Games to 1 MASTERCLUB
Parking:
$60.00
Watching Your
Team Get Their Ass Kicked Again RUTHLESS.
With Sox Trailing 4-2 in the 5th,
Dominican Yaz
DISGRACE
NoShow Martinez Takes Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time-Pedro Throws Nation a Curve, Pete Manhandles Zimmer, But Can't Handle Yankees. Staked to Early Lead, He Pulls Up the Stakes. Martinez Gets Mad and Goes Headhunting
Former Dominator Turned Junkballer, Trashtalker is Mentally and Physically Out of It. (Sox have now lost 15 of 25 Yankee games Pedro starts) Clemens Outduels, Outclasses, Outplays, Outwits Nitwits in Final Fenway Appearance. Martinez put himself before team, game.
(but the pitch was only so-so) Ramirez Overreacts to High Strike
Clueless
Outfielder Needlessly Goes After Clemens: But Roger Sets Him Down as Manny Bails Out They Really, Really Love You Back Home Manny
(Hey Gerb,
Chess King '78 Called, They Want Their Short Memoirs for Pop Off the Sweater Man ''I don't believe there's a human being in professional baseball who would throw a ball hoping to hit a man in the head,'' Zimmer writes. ''I was disappointed with Piazza coming out and saying Clemens threw at him on purpose. What's Clemens supposed to do? Throw the ball over the plate so Piazza can keep hitting home runs off him -- or make him feel uncomfortable? ''I've been hit in the head twice, and without the benefit of a protective helmet,'' he adds, alluding to when he was a shortstop in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. ''The problem you have in baseball today is that hitters don't know how to get out of the way of pitches because pitchers are afraid to pitch inside anymore.'' - Zimmer's Memoirs of a Baseball Lifer Yankee Penitentiary
Jeff "Assault"
Nelson and Karim "Battery" Garcia Lead Gangland Style 7-on-1 Attack
on They'll Be Wearing Horizontal Pinstripes Soon From official Boston Police report: "Jeff Nelson was observed pushing/grabbing the victim in the chest area at which time both parties fell to the ground where Jeff Nelson began punching and flaring his legs at the victim. At that point numerous other members of the Yankees bullpen jumped on the victim (some striking the victim and others attempting to break up the melee). The right fielder (Karim Garcia) from the Yankees was then observed jumping the right field wall, into the bullpen and begin striking down at the victim with his left hand. Lt. Kelly McCormick of Area B-3 forwarded witness information to Det. Dunn and P.O. Pankievich regarding their eyewitness account of the incident where they stated they observed member(s) of the NY Yankees baseball team initiate an unprovoked attack upon the victim. Summonses to be sought in Roxbury District Court for assault and battery on both Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia of the Yankees baseball organization." Nomar's MIA
Nomar Hamm
Lays Another Egg, A thousand theories: He's tired, his wrist still hurts, he's mad, he's busy getting married, he's opening his shoulder, he's pulling everything.
Hammer and Nail Rivalry Continues Tonight
Game 4 in Boston: Sunday, October 12th, 7:30pm: Saturday October 11, 2003
Cowboy Uprising
The Brawl in Boston II
Pedro
vs. Roger
Tumble in the
Twilight
FOR
PETE'S SAKE:
Step it Up!
or
WHERE IS ROGER?
IN
THE SHOWER AGAIN? RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger '99 REVISITED: REMATCH OF RIVALS AT FENWAY Good Seats Available (on your couch) Last Dance: Hope you took a picture of your last appearance Rockette, because it's all business this time.
The heart is a
bloom, shoots up through the stony ground The Rich Get Richer Hey rich guys in the first two rows: let our guys catch the foul balls this weekend!!! It may seem crazily paranoid, but it happened in Game 2 of the Cubs-Marlins series when a Cubs fan kept their catcher from snaring a ball one row deep. Anyone who can help in getting this simple message out to those front-row fans who could interfere, please do. Those 27 outs don't come easy. Can't have some d-head cost us one by fighting Varitek for a foul ball. RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger RAH-Ger
Pennant Express Leaving Splitsville
Sox Just Need to Win at Home
Game 3 in Boston: Saturday, October 11th:
Friday, October 10, 2003
BK Kiss 108
...that's Korean for
The Original Tom Thumbs Sox Brady Bagged in Foxboro Dunkin' Donuts Sporting Yankees Cap. T.G.I.O.
Thank God It's Offday. Yankee Doodle Andy
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Sweep? Pettitte
Says Forget It After Garciapopup, Millar Struggle Walker Sitting is Talk of the Town Bill Mueller (Very Unprofessional) After Thursday's game, Pedro Martinez's locker was roped off with tape that read: DO NOT ENTER. BAD MOOD. Bad Omen But Damian "Defense" Doesn't Cost Sox Kapler, Jackson: Holes in Batting Order Sox Get UpTek in the 6th Jason Goes Deep, but It's Not Enough Sauerwalk puts it away. Ruthless
Crazy Fox: 25 Ruth images per game Boston's Shaved Heads Get Nicked in New York Johnson HR puts Yanks on top to stay DJ Single Put Sox Up First LOB's Put Pressure on LOWE
Cowboy
PopUp!
Millar leaves 'em loaded in first.
Thursday, Octob 9, 2003 - Game Two Yankee Stadium
It
Takes Two
(To Make a Sweep
Go Right) It
takes two to make a sweep go right I
wanna pitch right now It
takes two to make a sweep go right My
name is D-Lowe, I gotta real funky concept It
takes two to make a sweep go right The
situation that the Sox are in It
takes two to make a thing go right I
stand alone, don't need anyone It
takes two to make a thing go right All
right, now, J-Tek It
takes two to make a thing go right
- Rewrite of
It Takes Two Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
"We're Winning Ugly Together"
"We did it all last night"
Bullpen Bonanza
Game 2 in New York: Thursday, October 9th: All Systems Lowe Derek Delivers Again Tonight, Stick a Fork in New York Johnny Be Better 10.9.03: Damon on 'EEI: "I woke up this morning, so I'm happy about that. I actually just woke up, sleeping right through the night. When I rose my left hand, I actually thought I was walking off the field raising my hand, I wasn't sure if I was a member of the Oakland A's or the Boston Red Sox, I had no idea I was being wheeled off in a stretcher. Not until 1:00am to. My arms are bruised up because of the rough ride to the hospital, they mis-stuck me a few times. I have no recollection of Manny hitting the home run. I just don't remember much of it. ...If we play well and win this ballgame, it saves me another day or so." Wednesday Oct. 8
Game 1 in New York: Wednesday, October 8th:
GAME WON
Knucklehead Knocks Down New York For Starters "My spikes are always on." Wake is always available.
First
Post Season Win for Wake Sox Can Finish Off Yanks At Fenway Cowboy Upper Deck
'Tiz, Manny, Walker Go Umps Get That Pesky Pole Call Correct
Lying interfering Yankee fans, Josh
Mandelbaum of BULLPEN IS BACK One tough Embree, Timlin gets outs, Williamson is on. Tuesday, Oct. 7th: Play Ball! BK's Bad Influence Hits Home Already It's Official: Closer Kimpeached As we reported Sunday, Bad Karma is off the Yankee playoff roster. Adrian Brown out too. Soup is on. So is Mr. Jones. One word from Theo... "matchups" Wake Up First!
Timpossible Dream Season Continues Damon OK, Won't Play Until Saturday Hench and Sports Guy Work Their Mojo Out West Street Car Named Desire
"Knuckleheads" in Kenmore Fanatics Go Over the Top Outside Fenway Bye George
MANNYFEST DESTINY
Ramirez 3-Run Bomb Puts Red Sox on Top in a New York Minute 4-3 Boston Final, No Choakland Monday, October 6th: STRIKE THREE CALLED!
Derek Comes in to Deliver the
Win.
BOTTOM OF THE NINTH, HIGH STRIKE CALLED, ROLLER UP THE FIRST BASE LINE...LYONS SAYS "BILL BUCKNER ANYONE?" ...SHOULD MILLAR HAVE FIELDED IT? ALL SYSTEMS LOWE! NO INTENTIONAL WALK, D-LOWE GETS THE K FOR OUT 2 ON MELHUSE GHOST IN THE MACHINE? Casper Schiraldi Can't Save It WILLIAMSON WALKS HATTEBERG, GUILLEN TO START THE INNING Fox Drops 1918, Ruth on Us in 9th Timlin vs. Tejada
Timlin is NOT Calvin Schiraldi's Cousin, Embree Handles Lefties JOHNNY BE GOOD Nation Prays for Damon
JOHNNY RAISES HAND FROM STRETCHER AS HE GETS CARRIED OFF FIELD. NATION HAS FLASHBACKS OF TONY C WATCHING JOHNNY D. Goodbye Choakland
ORTIZ, KAPLER, TIMLIN READY TO GO AFTER DISRESPECTFUL PUNK A'S FANS
Pedro Hangs in for 7 Bald is Beautiful
TEK TIES IT UP LET'S GO RED SOX Jason Goes Up and Out on Zito Pedro Walks Hatteberg with Two Out. Guillen Drives in Lead Run. Getting Hit Hard in the 6th. Millar needs to lose 20 lbs, gets thrown out easy after watching double turn into out at second. Pictures worth a thousand words. Good Luck Tom Werner girlfriend Katie Couric, who was seen in the owner's box at Fenway this weekend, was out in LA to cover the recall and watched the game at Sonny McLean's in Santa Monica. Witnesses say she was enjoying some wine and high-fiving Sox fans all night. D-Lowe takes his place alongside Carbo, Hendu and O'Leary in the pantheon of improbable heroes. Congrats, fellas. In da Club (50 Cent)
Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go Huddy its
your off day
You can find him in da club, Zito is his
bud
You can find him in da club, Zito is his
bud
Cab Ride to Faneuil Hall: $18 Inside Track Gets Story Day Later Breaking News: Dennis & Callahan Suspended for Two Weeks, Good Morning Greg Dickerson. Pedro-a-Go-Go in Oakland Tonight! Fight Club A's Pitcher Tim Hudson Snapped in Boston Club Last Friday Night Eight People Have to Control Crazed Right-Hander in Wild Melee Gammons Backtracks and Now Admits Something Happened KNBR, the WEEI of Oakland, rips Boston Dirt Dogs and says FOX25 has proof the fight never happened (Let's See It) Q&A's Email from the recently fired bartender Marc Cerone at Q (unedited):
Hudson Goes Off the Deep End "It's all right, I'll take Barry Zito over Pedro Martinez any day." Game 4 in Boston: Sunday, October 5th: Hudson (16-7) vs. Burkett (12-9), 1:06pm EDT, ESPN
Five
Alive
David Delivers Double Trouble for Athletics California Here We Come
We've been on the run
Cowboys grab your guns
California!
Onward with Pedro
California! Pennant Express Heads Back Out West
Bay Area Battle for Series on Today at 8:00pm Manny Happy Returns
Ramirez Responds, Turns Boos to Cheers The Manny Finally Gets it Right in Eighth Finger Food for Thought Calling Kimmigration?
We may have seen the last of BK Alive and Kicking
You turn me on, you lift me up
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so
I can see
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
Oh, Alive and Kicking The Plane Truth: "One club is dreading a flight to Oakland, one club is looking forward to it." - Grady Little, Sunday October 5, 2003 Heading West Young Men?
First Things First. Burkett Has to Get
Off on the Right Foot.
Stayin' Alive
Saturday Night Fever
Well, you can tell by the way he
walks-the-walk,
HOME RUN TROT WALK OFF SHOT
Nixon's the Won
7-Eleven is Heaven, Praise the
Lord!
"The Purpose Driven Ball,"
How you feelin'?
Trot, Trot, Trot
Sweet-n-Lowe
Derek and the Domino Effect, Timlin On
for Three. Scott Great for One.
Pedro Was Ready to Close in 9th as
The Luck Rule
Tejada's Quit Cost A's Run
Welke Rules!
Obstruction Opinion Keeps Oakland Out
"L-I-L-L-Y" Backs Were Bush
Beane May Ban Extras from the Dugout
Don't Let the Music Do
the Uppin'
Sox Must Ban That Godawful Faux Willie Nelson "Cowboy Up" Song:
Lilly Hammered Tonight
"What the Lord's path is, we
don't know. We go on faith just by showing up every day." - Bill
Mueller
RISE UP!
There's a flood, red jersey
My team is in ruins
Now the sweet veils of mercy
My team is in ruins
Now there's tears on the pillow
My team's in ruins
Now with these fans
Come on, Rise Up!
Dennis the Menace
No Rush to Judgment, WEEI Suspension
Coming for METCO Comment Mess. John is Devastated. File Under: Media
Wise, Sound Foolish.
Forever Plaid at Fenway
The New Valentino Fall Line
Trot Nixon and other veteran players are
asking fans attending next weekend's playoff games at Fenway Park to
wear Johnny Valentin's plaid sports coat as a show of support for
the team by making the A's dizzy like everyone who watched Red Sox
This Week. "We'd like to challenge the fans,'' Nixon said. "Everyone
in this clubhouse would love to look out there at Fenway and see a
sea of plaid sport coats. It would be awesome to paint the town that
ugly.'' You can get your Valentino jacket at the Topsfield Fair all
week long.
Beat A's with the B-bats No 3-Days Rest Necessary
A's Up! 2-0
162 Games Down the Drain
So, are we all meeting at Logan or the Baseball
Tavern with our The Curse of the BarryZito Boston Gets Buried Out West Sox Still Hung Over from Horrible Loss Hours Before.
Manny, Big O: No Shows From A's to Zito To Little: Too Late Did Last Thursday's After Hour, Personal Trips Home, and Manny's Missed Busses Loosen Up Sox Too Much? Can They Regroup with Grady?
You Do Not Hear the Fat Lady Singing "Come back on Sunday to see if I've been vindicated. And if my positive vibes turn out to be apocryphal, you can trust that I'll have my hair shirt on and the self flagellation will commence. I'll be so acrid you'll think I've morphed into Silva." - Ed Cossette, Bambino's Curse on Fox Sports Net New England.
Yeah, c'mon, Love my girl - The Doors (cranked on the Live album right now 6:00pm) Hey BK, FU2
Kevin Shea issues "BK's apology."
"They boo because they want to cheer you." Missed... Arrrgh! October
Dominican'ts Boo Birds Fly in Face of Manny Canseco, as MoneyBags is Not Helping the Cause.
M0-for-Oakland
Ortiz has been Awful, (Walker Ready to DH for David on Sunday) Even Grady Gets a Little Off the Top
Will he get the full cut tomorrow? "He stays either way." - Sean McAdam Game 3 in Boston: Saturday, October 4th: Lilly (12-9) vs. Lowe (17-7), 7:36pm EDT. ESPN2, 5 Todd Kicks Some Grass
These Boots Were Made for Walker
You keep saying you've got something for
me.
These boots are made for Walker, and
that's just what he'll do
You keep lying, when you oughta be
truthin'
You keep playin' where you shouldn't be
playin'
These boots are made for Walker, and
that's just what he'll do John Henry Nipped Us "If we get down a run or two...don't fret. If we get down a game or two...don't fret. Anything can happen in the short series that occur in October. Anything."
- John Henry "Thank You" ad,
September 30, 2003
One More Time
The
Rising
Can't see nothin' in front of us
Cowboy up for the rising
Left the Park this evening
Cowboy up for the rising Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
There's spirits above and behind us Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
I see you Manny in the garden
Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of mine)
Cowboy up for the rising Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li Wednesday, October 1, 2003 -GAME ONE TURNS INTO "GAME 6" A's Bunt, Sox Punt They Didn't Cowboy Up When it Counted Cowboy Throw Up! A'squeeze One Out with Bunt Stunt
EXTRA PAINFUL Athletics Bury Sox in 12 Under the Weather Derek Comes Undone at End Oakland 5 Boston 4, in 12 (We're Fretting John Henry) Bullpen Blew It, But Bats Disappeared After Eight Grady: "The game's gotta end somehow..." Why take out Kim? "Solely the percentage of lefthanders, we had done that earlier in the season and won the games, that didn't happen tonight." Or Tease, Cowboy Pop Up Manny Stranded at Second in 12th D-Lowe Needs to Bring A-Game
SOX BARELY
ALIVE, Bad OMEN: DAMIAN STRIKES OUT FANS SEE GHOSTS WHEN WILLIAMSON COMES IN ADRIAN BROWN OUT!
nIGHTMARE IN choakland
EMBREE Is Alan
Even a Lefty? Grady Overmanages to Blow it. Fastball-Only-Embree Hadn't Pitched Since June 27th Kimikaze B.K. = Bad Karma (Again) KIMBECILE PUTS MEN ON BASE. GRADY THROWS EMBREE ON THE FIRE. Millar Saves Game, Catches Nomar's Wild Throw. Manny 5-LOB Costly. 86 the Negativity! We Are Not Cursed!! Walker Steps Up!
Todd Hits Two (He did whip some ass like he said) Pedro Gets Out of 7th Inning Jam, Average Stuff Ace Throws 130 in Big Effort, Four Hits for Walker-on-Water Tek
Takes One Deep, Big K, but Kim Comes Out There
is No Justice: Red Sox
Nation Takes Over Oakland BACK IN THE SADDLE For the first time since '99, the Red Sox and their Nation enter October with unbridled enthusiasm. Oops! He did it again Britney sings:
I think
he did it again - Bryan Lampner
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