Red Sox Stink 2007

Thank you thank you thank you Mr. red sox. Last night was exacted what I needed. What a goat rodeo, perfect. I was having a really crappy week (flight from Houston to NY through Atlanta was delayed and I got to the hotel at 2am, then the next night I had to wait over 5 hours at LaGuardia before I could fly from NY back to Boston), plus there hasn’t been much to write about lately. The Red Sox have been in fairyland and all was well, while down the pike in NY the Yankees were struggling.

But things changed last night and before I get all excited, I know its one game, but it could be a turning point, especially since the Yanks had a walk off winning home run from a suddenly old looking Giambi with a creepy mustache.

I was in my car last night around 10 driving home from the airport, sitting in dead stop traffic on 93 south because of effing paving they are doing, talking with my friend Tom on the phone when the conversation went like this.

Dave: So I turned to Senator Clinton and said never give up, anything could happen…

Tom: Have you been listening to the Sox game?

Dave: No, been out of touch, but I know they’re winning.

Tom: Coco got kicked out.

Dave: What do you mean?

Tom: He charged the mound after getting hit and ended up getting pummeled on the ground. Ha.

Dave: Nice!! Continuation of the crap from the day before. Ha.

Tom: OUCH!! They just showed a replay of the Elsbury catch. Kind of looked like the Matsui play last year when he broke his wrist.

Dave: What do you mean?

Tom: He made a really nice diving catch but rolled on his write.

Dave: Oof. Another injury?

Tom: Holy Crap, they just showed a fight on the bench between Youkilis and Manny Ramirez. They lead Manny down the tunnel.

Dave: Now you are just making shit up to make me feel better. Stop it.

Tom: No, really, they got into some kind of fight. No idea why.

And that is where it ended. I got home and immediately put on NESN. Later, Coco was on acting like a total a-hole describing the fight with this ass-shitting grin as he talked about it. They punched like girls? It looked like a large man trying to kill you, not a girl, but hey, what do I know. All joking aside, his post game interview was embarrassing. The Red Sox should be talking to him right now about his attitude because charging the mound, starting a bench clearing brawl, and being proud of it is NOT something most baseball fans look up to. But considering the mentality of most Red Sox fans, they probably love it.

So then there is Youkilis Manny thing. Ramirez is a sensitive guy and it was a SHOCK to see him take a swing at Kevin. He is the last person on the Red Sox I would think would get hot under the collar about anything. A theory my friend Tom threw out there is that since Youk has played some outfield and Manny has been DH-ing, one of them made a comment after an opposing player made a nice catch in the outfield. Who knows.

So things just got interesting and I love it. But it doesn’t change the standings so the Yanks still have work to do. But at least it made my life more fun.

Finally, I love Francona. I really do. He made some comment during the post game interview about it being another day at the ballpark. Perfect response to add some levity to the situation.

I am going to watch this situation with Manny and Youk very carefully.