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Happy Red Sox Opening Day

I’m sitting at my desk at work, eating lunch.  Patiently I wait for 2:05 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time for that is the scheduled start time of the Boston Red Sox 2017 season opener.

My bologna sandwich is good, but the first win on the road to another world series championship for the Sox would be better.

We start the season at home this year which, given the fact we had a nor’easter two days ago, seems risky.  It’s supposed to be a nice day though so we have that going for us.  The reining Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello is our opening day starting pitcher.  Last year I jokingly referred to him as Cy Young Porcello when he won his first game.  Much to my surprise he just kept winning which kinda made me feel like I called it… even though I was trying to make fun of him after his crappy 2015 season.  Sorry about that, Rick.

Opening day is an interleague game.  I find that a little annoying.  I never liked interleague play.  It was a gimmick before and now it’s making me feel like a grumpy old man.  Hey Pittsburgh Pirates!  Get off my Fenway lawn!  I’m hoping that the work stars will align to let me listen to the game on the radio.  I don’t know.  It’s been busy today. Lunch time has been a lull.  That sometimes means that everyone is saving up the hurt for just after lunch.  Does that happen at other companies too? Probably.

Anyway, good luck to my home town team, the Boston Red Sox.  They surprised us all last season by winning their division and making it to the playoffs.  Here’s hoping they can top that this year.

Go Red Sox!

David Price

After listening to David Price give up six runs to the Dodgers in less than five innings I started to wonder…

Has anyone figured out how much money he’s been paid per run allowed this year? Yes he’s making Fort Knox this year, but he’s given up a shit ton of runs.

What a colossal disappointment he has been.

World Series Match Up

I was so wrong.  After correctly picking the winner of both wild cards and all four division series, I got both league championship match ups wrong.  I’m 6-2 now.

I predicted a Cubs vs Blue Jays World Series, but we have Mets vs Royals instead.  Oh well, I guess I get to be a Royals fan again.  

Go Royals.

Go Bruins.

Baseball

The Cubs won a playoff series!  Well… it was just a playoff game, but it counts if they advance to the next level.

The Division Series is set.  Both teams I picked in the wild card play ins won.  (I’m 2-0 for the post season so far!)

In the American League we have the Rangers and the Blue Jays.  Despite being an AL East team, I am picking the Blue Jays to win the pennant.  Why?  Because I hate it when pundits talk about how big moves at the trade deadline never have all that big an effect on the standings.  Well, the Blue Jays went all in at the deadline and took over the division after that.  So the pundits can suck it.  (The Mets did the same thing, but I ain’t picking them cause they are from effin’ New York.  Screw that)

We also have the Royals and the Astros.  As I said before, all the Astros get for winning the play in is the honor of losing to the Royals.  Enjoy it!

In the National League we have the Cubs and the Cardinals.  The Cubs don’t have a prayer but I’m rooting for them.  Why?  Go watch Back to the Future II and find out.  2015 is the year.  It’s destiny, and Marty McFly has money on it.

As for the Mets and the Dodgers?  I hate them both.  Not only that, they are both New York teams (sort of).  I have to decide which team I hate the least.  The Dodgers, I guess.  I’ll pick the Dodgers.  I’ve been to Dodger Stadium, so I guess that clinches it.

So in summation, the League Championship Series round will be the Blue Jays and the Royals in the AL, and the Cubs and Dodgers in the NL.

You heard it here first.

The Last Game

The Boston Red Sox reign as World Series Champions will officially end tonight when either the Royals or the Giants (it’ll be the Royals) win game seven of the 2014 World Series. Well… the game is on Fox, so we technically might not have a winner until tomorrow morning. What with the ridiculous length of each commercial break and all of the crap they add in because they don’t believe the game is enough to hold our interest and the games end up lasting four hours and then they wonder why the games are too long.

Anyway, as a Red Sox fan it will make me sad to see the title given to someone new. As a baseball fan it will make me sad to see a good series end, and even more sad to see the season come to an end.

Although… from a Red Sox fan’s point of view, this season sucked so bad. So very, very bad.

Bring on 2015!

Oh yeah, and Go Royals.

Baseball Playoffs

I don’t believe it.

The Nationals and the Cardinals both won yesterday. Two teams that I picked to win their series actually won games, on the same day no less! St Louis can actually win their series if they win tonight! I might not get shut out entirely on the first two rounds of the post season!

Go Cardinals!

Happy Opening Day

There really shouldn’t be a debate about this. Opening day of the Major League Baseball season should be a national holiday in the United States. Sure, the National Football League brings in better television numbers and I believe generates more annual revenue league wide, but we are a nation of baseball people. It may be “America’s Pastime” in name only these days, but it is still America’s Pastime.

The Red Sox begin their World Series title defense against Baltimore today at 3:05. Last season was a miraculous worst-to-first turn around. They had no business winning it all, but somehow they did. This year I feel the same way. They have no business winning it all. I would not be surprised to see them finish third in their division.

Having said that…

REPEAT!
REPEAT!
REPEAT!

Not since 1916 have the Red Sox managed to win two consecutive World Series Championships. This is the year! The two-in-a-row curse will be broken!

(Damn it, did I just use the word, “curse”? Crud)

Go Red Sox

Important Announcement

I have a very important announcement:

We live in a world where the Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions.

AGAIN!

My step daughter came out of her room in the eighth inning or so. She couldn’t sleep. She tried to wear herself out by reading, but she finished her book. So she came out into the living room to sit with me and my beloved wife. In the top of the ninth Jen woke up my step son to see if he wanted to watch the end of the game. He said he’d come out later and immediately fell back to sleep. He didn’t remember it this morning. Funny though, he woke up just after midnight and was convinced that it was 6:00am. I was still awake so I heard the whole thing. He went to the bathroom, then went out to the kitchen to get himself some breakfast, then back to his room to get dressed. I called out to him to go to bed. He said he looked at the clock and couldn’t understand why it said 12:00 and not 6:00. We’ve all been there, buddy! It happens to the best of us every now and then.

By the sound of it my fellow Bostonians were mostly well behaved. There were a few arrests and I’ve heard of one car getting flipped. I will never get that, but it happens. We in Boston are getting pretty accustomed to championships at this point so we know how to act like we’ve been there before.

The rumor is that the victory parade will be Saturday. We have plans early Saturday morning so unless it’s an afternoon celebration (pretty please?) we’ll miss it. That’s okay. I am so happy right now that I can’t even put it into words.

The Red Sox won the World Series.

1903
1912
1915
1916
1918
**then a looooooong drought**
2004
2007
2013

I still cannot believe it. Hell, I’m still stunned over 2004, never mind 2013!

Thank you, Boston Red Sox. Thank you again!