Don’t forget to tell Luke Scott how much you care

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Posted at 1:23 pm on April 13, 2012
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Last year’s collapse was one of the most embarrassing things I have witnessed as a baseball fan. It definitely didn’t help that it came at the hands of a team that hasn’t finished above .500 since 1997 and whose best player was J.J. Hardy. Anyways, that is old news right? Who cares?

I’ll tell you who cares: Luke Scott. When you have such a mediocre career (lifetime SLG of .494), you need to hold on to the little things. Sure, the Red Sox won the season series against Baltimore last year and outscored them by 26 runs but those last few games are all that Scott remembers. Since Scott is coming to town with the Tampa Bay Rays tonight for the home opener, I thought I’d rehash some of the dumber things he has said.

Lets take a look:

On Red Sox fans: “Just their arrogance, the fans come in and they take over the city. They’re ruthless. They’re vulgar. They cause trouble. They talk about your family. Swear at you.”

(Every team has hecklers that take it too far. As for ‘taking over the city,’ don’t blame us that tickets are cheaper in Baltimore and that the Orioles don’t play well enough to attract their own fans.)

On beating the Sox in the last game of the season: “The clubhouse afterward was like we’d just won the World Series — a lot of celebrating, a lot of high emotions.”

(‘Like we’d just won the World Series’ or finished with the 4th worst record in Major League Baseball. Yeah, either/or.)

On the disappointment of Sox fans after last year: “I got to see a priceless thing driving back to my apartment, I see all the Boston fans walking around, and I mean they were crying crocodile tears.”

(The irony of laughing at people crying and then calling all Sox fans ruthless was probably lost on Scott. He doesn’t seem like too bright of a dude.)

On Fenway Park: “As a baseball player, going there to work, it’s a dump. [..] I’d rather be at a good facility where I can get my work in. A place where I can go hit in the cage.”

(While I agree that Fenway is DEFINITELY NOT the most comfortable place to watch a game, a dump? Really? Last time I checked, the visitors have their own batting cage. In fact, I’ve been inside of it so I can assure you that it exists. Besides, he can get as much “work in” as he wants and he still won’t be much more than a 33 year old mediocre outfielder turned DH.)

On Barack Obama: He was not born here.

(I just included this last one to show how much of an idiot Luke Scott really is. Nothing he says should be taken seriously.)

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Anyway, we’re 1-5 and our pitching looks like a disaster from top to the bottom so if you have nothing else to cheer for at tonight’s home opener then at least be sure to let Luke Scott know what you think of him (and his terrible facial hair.) He’ll be riding the pine because of a bum hamstring so you’ll have to be twice as loud to make sure he hears you in the dugout.

Y SO SRS POPEYES CHICKEN?

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Posted at 12:07 pm on April 13, 2012
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While I’m trying to forget the 1-5 start to the season, Popeyes Chicken right down the street from Fenway is doing their best to make sure nobody forgets last year’s “beer and chicken meltdown”:

Thanks for that Popeyes. I’m sure that will end up on a Baseball Tonight montage sooner or later or we’ll have to watch a clip of John Kruk eating a greasy 6-piece drumstick bucket during a Sunday Night Baseball game.

Enjoy your publicity you VULTURES!

2012: Game 1!

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Posted at 10:08 am on April 5, 2012
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Alright, so maybe we didn’t have the greatest offseason. It all started when Heidi Watney jumped the NESN ship to go be a sideline reporter for the Lakers (my heart still hurts.) Carl Crawford hit the long-term DL after getting some pretty serious wrist surgery. Daniel Bard got yanked out of his reliever role and forced to be a starter, where he was promptly lit up by other teams AA squads. Bobby Jenks almost died from a spinal infection and then when he finally made his way to Ft. Myers, he got drunk and was involved in a hit-and-run (typical.) Our newly acquired injury-prone closer Andrew Bailey needs thumb surgery after noticing something was wrong while opening a bottle of shampoo in his shower. Josh Beckett, still slated to start on Saturday, traveled all over the US to get his thumb looked at.

Whatever, right? Today is the season opener and I’ve got optimism up to my eyeballs. Jenny Dell looks more than hot enough to replace Watney. Ellsbury is coming off a monster MVP-type year and Big Papi showed up to camp looking more like slightly-less-Big Papi. Michael Bowden has added a splitter to his arsenal and his good spring combined with his lack of options (can’t be sent down without going through waivers) means that it is finally his time to shine. Youkilis looks healthy, so far.. and Pedey is just being Pedey.

None of this matters because the season starts today at 1:10 PM when the Sox take on the heavily-stacked Detroit Tigers (yes, that was a poor pun on the combined weight of Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera.) This is a moment we’ve all been waiting for since something disturbing happened last September so get your Sam Adams Alpine Spring and a bucket of Popeyes Fried Chicken, switch the TV over to NESN, and get PUMPED.

1. Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2. Dustin Pedroia 2B
3. Adrian Gonzalez 1B
4. David Ortiz DH
5. Kevin Youkilis 3B
6. Ryan Sweeney RF
7. Cody Ross LF
8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
9. Mike Aviles SS
P: Jon Lester

And in case you need some music to get you pumped, here is ‘The Carl Yastrzemski Song’

.. or if you need something a bit more upbeat and slightly less silly, there is Dropkick Murphys and Tessie:

It Gets Better

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Posted at 4:45 pm on September 7, 2011
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Over the summer the Red Sox pulled a classy move and filmed their own ‘It Gets Better‘ commercial. If you’re not aware of the program, ‘It Gets Better’ was created to help those young people who are dealing with bullying and homophobia. The message is pretty simple: You are who you are, please don’t do anything drastic and just keep reminding yourself that it gets better.

The reason that I am re-posting a video that was originally shown in July is twofold. First off, I believe in its message and I find it appalling that people are being bullied to the point where suicide seems like the only option. The second reason for rehashing this is because a Massachusetts political group (Mass Resistance) has decided to write a letter to the Red Sox organization protesting the film.

I try to stay away from politics as much as possible on this website because I know how obnoxious it is to insert your political views into the subject matter you’re covering (I’m looking at YOU Dennis & Callahan.) It was just very hard to stay away from this one when Mass Resistance claims what the Red Sox are doing “[...] serves as a conduit for kids to extremely objectionable and outrageous homosexual activism.”

As a Red Sox fan, we should all already know this. The ALCS in 2003 broke my heart but the very next season we got to experience the biggest comeback in baseball history and the first of two World Series championships. It got better, much better, and it will for you too.

Strike Out Cancer

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Posted at 12:21 pm on August 30, 2011
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Striking Out CancerWEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon
August 30 and 31, 2011
6 AM to Midnight

My first encounter with cancer came when I was 13 years old. I was taking my yellow lab Taffy outside for a walk. My parents had gotten her as a puppy when I was born and we were inseparable. At times she barked too much and she even had a bad habit of eating things that she wasn’t supposed to, but what dog didn’t? She was my pal and I loved her. The only details I remember about that day are that it was colder than it should have been for a September afternoon and I was home alone while my parents were off bringing my sister to ballet class. Taffy and I walked through the grass. She would run until there was no more slack left in her leash, stop, and wait for me to catch up. I noticed an out-of-place plane in the sky so I stared up at it for a minute. When I finally looked back down, Taffy was lying on the ground having a seizure. Panic set in as my brain shut off, my throat closed shut, and tears started welling up in my eyes. Eventually she stopped convulsing and I took her inside. The very next day we brought her to the vet where she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. This would be my introduction to a disease that would lead to me burying Taffy. Since then I have lost a countless amount of family members, co-workers, friends, and regular old acquaintances to cancer.

But there is a bright side. Groups like The Jimmy Fund have been working for years to try and eradicate cancer, create better methods of dealing with the disease, and trying to make the lives of those with it better. The only problem is that they can’t do it without help and that is where you, the reader, comes in. Today and tomorrow is their 10th annual telethon. Please think about making a donation. It sounds cliche but every little bit helps.

Donation Hotline:
1-877-738-1234

Text to Donate:
KCANCER to 20222

Twitter Accounts to Follow:
@TheJimmyFund
@WEEI
@NESN

Lets #KCancer!

Gonzo named AL Player of the Week

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Posted at 10:20 am on August 30, 2011
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7 days and 7 games is all it took for Adrian Gonzalez to show the world he still has some power in his bat and that he deserved the title of ‘AL Player of the Week’ for August 22nd-28th.

.393 AVG (11-for-28), 5 HR, 1 2B, 9 RBI, 8 R

In addition to hitting the laces off the ball, Gonzo also spent yesterday doing some back-to-school shopping with some young Red Sox Scholars at Target in Dorchester and even showed up to help Josh Beckett raise some money at the Beckett Bowl.

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