April 2009
HOT and cooooooold
To paraphrase a popular radio hit song by Katy Perry —
You change your mind like a girl changes clothes –You PMS like a witch I should know —Your hot and your cold … your YES and your NO … etc.
Or in poker terms chop it on up –
Two games in one day and two entirely different results.
Bartolo Colon looked pretty good throughout the game. He managed six strike outs and looked pretty confident. One unearned run in seven innings was really great. Paulie managed to get things started in the fourth with a double that brought in two runs. Bobby Jenks had me pretty darn nervous in the ninth , but managed to pull it off despite a few Mariners on base. It was good to see Griffey Jr. out there in the Mariners uniform .
Johnny Danks … what was up with that tonight? Five runs on eight hits in four innings … gross !!! However, I guess everyone is entitled to have a bad night and I guess it was your night. It really didn’t help that the bats were pretty cold . Paulie managed to bring in the only run for the evening while the Mariners kept firing away. Ohhh and that Hernandez kid. He looked pretty great . He appeared to be on cruise control until he was taken out .
It is early in the season and about .500 ball isn’t too awful just yet. There seems to be some inconsistencies going on and hopefully those can be ironed out. I am glad to see BA doing well with his plus .300 batting average. I am also happy to see Paulie producing.
I will attend my first Sox game in late May. I am really excited about it !! I am going with my bff Diamond Darling and some of her family. I attended a Cardinal game a few weeks ago with seats in the Bank of America area. It was awesome and I highly suggest a trip to St. Louis to catch a Cards game … however… they aren’t my boys and I have to “adopt” them from time to time. I really do enjoy the game of baseball so I guess it is all good. For now I depend on technology and t.v. to get my fix. Although a day like today frustrated me… I am soo glad to deal with the HOT and coooooold that my boys are throwing down now.
A hair RAYS-ing series
Revenge can be a sweet thing …
Flashback …last Fall … my boys lost the first round of the playoffs to the Rays. It was indeed heartbreaking and upsetting. The pain sure didn’t fade for a long while. I was bitter, numb, and broken up. The season was over and the rest of the Fall and the whole Winter season were going to be blah !! The Rays made it past the second round and then to the World Series. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be for them either. I honestly was hoping that they would do well as I was familiar with their line up , they were an American League team, and it appeared that they played the 08 season with heart.
Okay back to the present time – I really thought the Sox would split the series with the Rays, but the boys won a bonus game. It was like yesterday when I went shopping. I bought this cute summer tank top . The price on the tank top said $14.00 bucks and it was wrung up at only $5.00 !! I told the cash register lady that it was wrung up wrong. She stopped and called the clothing department and the person said to let me have it at $5.00 because they were going on lunch and didn’t have time to check the real price . SCORE !!!
I won’t be wearing the top for awhile but I am optimistic that it will look nice on me when the time comes. I am optimistic also with how my boys are playing thusfar. Gavin looked much better than he did the last time he was out there (a little wee bit scared). I also believe he allowed no walks today. The first stringers definitely have their bats warmed up (Thome, Konerko, Dye, A.J., and Quentin). Alexei hasn’t gotten there , but hopefully he can stop swinging at anything and everything !!! I have been impressed with the youngins’ out there thusfar with Lillibridge, Getz, Fields, Miller, and Wilson B. !! I am really hoping that this year is BA’s breakout year. He has proven his defensive abilities time and time again. Thusfar, I noticed he has been more patient at the plate and has taken a good share of walks. I like his speed and I think he has the ability to be a good hitter !! I think the direction of the team this year is a good combination of the long ball hitters and some new blood. Not out with the old and in with the new, BUT blend in the new with the old.
I don’t know what I will do with my time tomorrow with no game being on (well I actually will be quite normal … no being glued to the t.v. , or the internet , or looking on the Blackberry ). I do look forward to our series in Baltimore (who so far hasn’t been playing too badly ).
Thanks for reading and have a wonderful Sunday and start to your week !!
SL8
Out of hibernation — and ready to ride !!
A few weeks back the word hibernation was one of the vocabulary words my lovely class studied. We read stories about Bears hibernating and the children thought that was so cool. Well six year olds can be quite funny, amusing, and smarter than we think at times. As the children were reading some story about Benny the Bear in pairs, I overheard a bright student talk to his partner about hibernation. He said “my dad cannot wait until the Sox are out of hibernation” — I walked over to him — gave him a high five and told him how awesome it was for him to use hibernation in that context !!
Fast forward to this past Tuesday, the children were out of school for spring break and their teacher (ME) deserved a long needed trip to Las Vegas. After a late night Poker session, I awoke to find that my boys were LOSING to the Royals (Ughhhh the Royals .. a royal pain in the buttski). I make my way to the buffet to eat and then go back up to the room to pack as it was my time to leave the beautiful west coast. I check out and make my way to the airport. I get a text from my bff (Diamond Darling) who typed to me “Thome is a stud”. I call her and indeed he won the opening day game for the boys. I was a happy camper during the plane ride home AND what was even sweeter was that I was sitting two seats away from a Las Vegas resident (going to visit family in the Chi) and he was a Sox fan too !!!
Wednesday and Thursday were not too pretty as the Royals won the next two games (but not by much ), The pitching from the boys looked pretty solid BUT WHERE WERE THE BATS ??? It was lookin’ like the 2007 season with the bats cold as ice. I hope this doesn’t continue and Ozzie/Greg Walker get them guys rollin’. It will be nice to see Crede back . However, I don’t like him in a Twins uniform. It really would have been nice to see him in a National League uniform , but what can you do ? I hope he does do well , but not too well — ( I hope that doesn’t sound too evil ) –
I predict that this season will be one heck of a rollercoaster ride. I hope it will feel more like the Raging Bull (smoooth) at Great America as opposed to the defunct Shock Wave (ear and back pain anyone?) — I believe there are going to be SEVERAL ups and downs. I am not too happy about the Wise/Anderson situation. No offense to Dewayne Wise , but he has been looking pretty scared out there the past few days. BA is awesome offensively , but when he gets his opportunity , I hope he can swing the bat. Getz and Fields looked fairly good and Thornton has been lights out !!
I am so glad the boys are out of hibernation and I am ready to ride !!!
Bring it On !!!
thanks for reading and have a great day —
SL8
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