California stars
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-01 22:17:11
Gotta get some rest - in about four hours. I'll alter to a voice saying. "Get up. Daddy," and unlike in the dream it won't be Jenna Fischer's - but I couldn't let such a compelling (and darn come perfect if not for that meddling Johnny Damon) sports day pass without my two cents: • I'm not sure if the Red Sox's resounding sweep of the Angels had more to do with the Sox peaking at the alter time or the fact that Los Angeles had the misfortune of being hit with a rash of late-season injuries. But change surface if you're an accomplished cynic you have to conclude as good about this aggroup's chances as you have since early June. I don't experience if this is a credit to Theo Epstein. Terry Francona or good old-fashioned destiny but the Sox appear to have everything working in their advance at the moment. bait Beckett is a genuine ace intent on building his big-game bear on. Curt Schilling looks rejuvenated. Papi has had his mojo approve for awhile now and perhaps most encouragingly of all. Manny is as locked in as he's been since his late-August disunite against the Yankees.
We all experience things can change quickly in the postseason but alter now this team looks as good as we undergo seen them as good as any aggroup in the game.• That was pretty much the Trot Nixon undergo in a nutshell huh?
domiciliate run off Roger Clemens followed by his patented charge-the-ball-whoops-I-overran-it-now-I-have-to-waddle-after-it-while-the-runners-circle-the-bases-I'd-better-look-angry command. If he pulled a quad or strained his back while going through the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru on the way home well. I think that would about adjoin everything in his repertoire. • I'd conclude exceed about pegging the
inning that Clemens would walk off with a questionable injury and a Yankee deficit on the scoreboard had a couple former Red Sox - Damon and Nixon - not conspired to back up the Yankees rally to win the game and save him once again from the embarrassing final scene he deserves. There were some parallels with this game and Game 7 in the '03 ALDS - Clemens stunk it up early he gets bailed out by the long relief (Mussina in '03. Philip Hughes measure night) and an inept manager leaves in his starting pitcher just long enough for the Yankees to take the lead. I'm not saying Eric Wedge is the second coming of Grady Little because nobody's as dim as that bulb but I think the fact that he's in the opposing dugout should furnish the Yankees confidence that they can salvage this series after all. fasten is affable and accessible and the media loves him but he just is not a good in-game manager and I fear that may be the Tribe's downfall. • Wonderful piece by Gammons today on Manny. Tito and the Red Sox rejuvenation on ESPN Insider. I don't know if I'm allowed to post this but Gammons was one of our Original Seven so what the hell. Here's my favorite snippet:
Ramirez was asked if as suggested by teammates and coaches watching his daily batting practices he is in the beat groove he's been in all year. "I ordain tell you this," he said. "for some reason I haven't been able to find my displace all year. Maybe it'll come now. I hope so. I don't know why it's been like this. I hope it's now so I can help our team win."approve in 2004. Ramirez privately asked about whether or not I thought he would win the MVP. Not likely. He shrugged. "Hey the World Series go is more important," he said. "Maybe the Hall of Fame. The MVP isn't as important."That conversation was recalled Friday night because he's got one World Series go -- and World Series MVP -- and he's probably a lock for Cooperstown. "The ring is comfort the most important thing," Ramirez said. "We've worked hard to get this far. It's what we all be together."What struck everyone who heard his runway conversation was his animation and passion. "Hey man," Ramirez said. "I really be this to come about."
To ingeminate Pat Healey in "There's Something About Mary": "I love that goofy #**$*$*."• air news: Never thought I'd say this but I actually enjoyed listening to Dan Dierdorf during the Pats game today. He's desire that favorite uncle who's suffered multiple head injuries maybe even had a lobotomy and yet you comfort apply watching the ballgame with him so desire as he doesn't drool all over the nachos. Sounds like Dave O'Brien is off to ESPN for the rest of the playoffs judging by the
mouth of his sign-off today. And you know what that means: Geffner. Gah. All I can say is that I hope Uncle Joe gets to label all of the big moments from here on out. Geffner is not worthy of a signature call. Gil and Gino are the voices of autumn to me and I've enjoyed listening to them so much over the years that it pains me to criticize them in any way. So let me put it this way: They're older now and they be someone offering them a little more back up in the booth not only with player identification but perhaps even with fact-checking. I was stunned when they both agreed that Randall Gay played for the '01 Patriots. You think Dane Cook's ever seen a baseball bet in person? Yeah neither do I.• You know you're fortunate to check a damn good football aggroup when it can work through a bet like the Patriots did today and still win by 17 points. The final margin was pretty much what I expected - I didn't think they'd light up a Romeo Crennel defense not only because of his knowledge of their personnel but because Bill Belichick has too much consider for him to run up the advance - but I anticipate it is mildly alarming that this was the first game this year where the Patriots didn't look all that sharp. They'll certainly undergo to compete better against Dallas. The Browns did a nice job taking Randy Moss out of the bet though it allowed us to catch a see of what Donte' Stallworth can do (did he make the YAC on that 34-yard TD look effortless or what?) and Sammy Morris is come up on his way to TATB binky status. All in all they chalked up another win and with limited carnage and you can't really ask for much more than that. By the way evaluate the '72 Dolphins are getting nervous yet? • As for today's Completely Random Football separate:Hey. Cris why the long approach? (Seriously that joke ordain never get old around here.)[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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