Stream of Consciousness Entry
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earlgreytea68melnay13 requested a stream of consciousness entry. The Red Sox are about to start an exhibition game against the Dodgers, in front of the biggest crowd to ever watch a baseball game, so I thought I'd live-blog it for your delight. Oh, Jerry Remy. I am so happy to have you back. And I love your little matching polo shirt with Don Orsillo.
Oh! Joe Torre! Weird to see him in something that's not a Yankee uniform. Aw, and now he's hugging Terry Francona. I am okay with him hugging Terry Francona now that he does not represent the forces of evil.
How many weird exhibition-y things can the Red Sox play without having one of our players getting greviously injured?
Apparently it is cold in L.A. Everyone is all bundled up. I would like them to tell me the temperature so that I can laugh and laugh.
OF COURSE Tim Wakefield is pitching. OF COURSE. Well. That is a cute story Jerry Remy just told, that they scratched Clay Buchholz from the start because they thought he'd be ruined forever by pitching in such a small park. Wake'll be fine. If he could handle 2003, he can handle anything.
Gah. Exhibition games can be deadly dull. I can't wait for baseball to matter.
Left field is laughably shallow. This is absurd.
The camera angles are kind of a mess, too. Instead of being right behind the pitcher, they appear to be behind the second baseman, and only the pitcher is in focus, and the batter's kind of fuzzy, and you've got absolutely no perspective on whether the pitch is a ball or a strike. Sigh.
Hmm. Dustin Pedroia looks like he's put on weight. So does David Ortiz. Maybe it's just this weird camera angle.
David Ortiz, with the double. And left stranded.
One pitch by Wakefield? One hit by the Dodgers.
Oh. My God. And now Wakefield threw to first and THREW PAST THE FIRST BASEMAN. Man on second now. Well done, everyone. This live blog may be ending very shortly.
...And we are losing.
Ha! There's a Dodger error! Yay!
Oh! Yes! Kevin Cash! Three run home run! And then Lugo strikes out almost immediately.
Must say, Kevin Cash is doing a very good job catching Wakefield. I almost forgot that it's a difficult thing to do.
Sigh. We go from Japan to West Coast games. When are the Red Sox coming hooooooome? [/whine]
NESN is 25 years old this year. What did people do before NESN? I guess they didn't get to watch every game? How sad! It's like how I can't imagine what they did before Jerry Remy, and what we'll do afterward.
And they've already started taking people out. Hate exhibition games
Ooh. This DeWitt guy for the Dodgers is kind of cute. Hmm. I mean, he's no David Tennant, but then, who is?
Yooooooooooooouk. So weird for him to hit a home run and not have those faux!boos accompany his trot. And I miss Trot.
Heh. Remy is all mixed up from these different angles. He's saying he had no idea where that home run had gone. It was a left field home run, and he was watching for it to fall in center.
I'm not into these new commercials. Where's my dancing leprachaun?
I think I like Jed Lowrie. I like the way he spells his name.bouncy_castle79and I have already discussed this.
Wow. Some Dodgers player just got a huge ovation. Russell Martin? I guess he's a fan favorite...
Bobby Kielty does not look like what I thought he looked like. He appears to be...ginger.
Aw, they're doing the wave! I love the wave!
Oh, Grady Little. Hahahaha! I am so glad he is somebody else's problem now.
They are so hopeless tonight with this calling of the game. Nobody has any idea where the ball is ever going. It's a bit hilarious.
Oh, Sean Casey. Man who cried when the Reds lost. It was endearing. He's like the Ianto of Major League Baseball. Although he's a big baby, complaining about a stiff neck.
"Casey" must be a tough last name to have as a baseball player.
Why are they basically quoting "Field of Dreams"? Couldn't they come up with anything better? I'll tell you what, our owners know how to put on a show. This is a bit...dull.
Aw. It is rather nice to see no-names get hits in games like this. I mean, they're clearly so delighted. It's adorable.
How would you score a game like this? They're not playing a left fielder, instead playing some weird position behind the second baseman, and that person keeps covering second, resulting in a put-out at second just now that's 9-8, as far as Jerry Remy can deduce.
So, after my complaining, it is now 7-1 Red Sox. Don Orsillo is clearly bored and has started just rattling off random statistics, as he does. And my cold is reasserting itself and making me tired. So I think it may be time for bed. I can fall asleep to the sound of baseball. Lovely.
ETA: Jerry Remy just started babbling about Tim Wakefield's earplugs, speculating that he has an earache. Subsequent closeups reveal that he is not wearing any earplugs. And now they can't find the batter on the roster, so they have no idea who he is. They have dissolved into giggles in the booth. Ah, I love NESN.
Oh! Joe Torre! Weird to see him in something that's not a Yankee uniform. Aw, and now he's hugging Terry Francona. I am okay with him hugging Terry Francona now that he does not represent the forces of evil.
How many weird exhibition-y things can the Red Sox play without having one of our players getting greviously injured?
Apparently it is cold in L.A. Everyone is all bundled up. I would like them to tell me the temperature so that I can laugh and laugh.
OF COURSE Tim Wakefield is pitching. OF COURSE. Well. That is a cute story Jerry Remy just told, that they scratched Clay Buchholz from the start because they thought he'd be ruined forever by pitching in such a small park. Wake'll be fine. If he could handle 2003, he can handle anything.
Gah. Exhibition games can be deadly dull. I can't wait for baseball to matter.
Left field is laughably shallow. This is absurd.
The camera angles are kind of a mess, too. Instead of being right behind the pitcher, they appear to be behind the second baseman, and only the pitcher is in focus, and the batter's kind of fuzzy, and you've got absolutely no perspective on whether the pitch is a ball or a strike. Sigh.
Hmm. Dustin Pedroia looks like he's put on weight. So does David Ortiz. Maybe it's just this weird camera angle.
David Ortiz, with the double. And left stranded.
One pitch by Wakefield? One hit by the Dodgers.
Oh. My God. And now Wakefield threw to first and THREW PAST THE FIRST BASEMAN. Man on second now. Well done, everyone. This live blog may be ending very shortly.
...And we are losing.
Ha! There's a Dodger error! Yay!
Oh! Yes! Kevin Cash! Three run home run! And then Lugo strikes out almost immediately.
Must say, Kevin Cash is doing a very good job catching Wakefield. I almost forgot that it's a difficult thing to do.
Sigh. We go from Japan to West Coast games. When are the Red Sox coming hooooooome? [/whine]
NESN is 25 years old this year. What did people do before NESN? I guess they didn't get to watch every game? How sad! It's like how I can't imagine what they did before Jerry Remy, and what we'll do afterward.
And they've already started taking people out. Hate exhibition games
Ooh. This DeWitt guy for the Dodgers is kind of cute. Hmm. I mean, he's no David Tennant, but then, who is?
Yooooooooooooouk. So weird for him to hit a home run and not have those faux!boos accompany his trot. And I miss Trot.
Heh. Remy is all mixed up from these different angles. He's saying he had no idea where that home run had gone. It was a left field home run, and he was watching for it to fall in center.
I'm not into these new commercials. Where's my dancing leprachaun?
I think I like Jed Lowrie. I like the way he spells his name.
bouncy_castle79and I have already discussed this. Wow. Some Dodgers player just got a huge ovation. Russell Martin? I guess he's a fan favorite...
Bobby Kielty does not look like what I thought he looked like. He appears to be...ginger.
Aw, they're doing the wave! I love the wave!
Oh, Grady Little. Hahahaha! I am so glad he is somebody else's problem now.
They are so hopeless tonight with this calling of the game. Nobody has any idea where the ball is ever going. It's a bit hilarious.
Oh, Sean Casey. Man who cried when the Reds lost. It was endearing. He's like the Ianto of Major League Baseball. Although he's a big baby, complaining about a stiff neck.
"Casey" must be a tough last name to have as a baseball player.
Why are they basically quoting "Field of Dreams"? Couldn't they come up with anything better? I'll tell you what, our owners know how to put on a show. This is a bit...dull.
Aw. It is rather nice to see no-names get hits in games like this. I mean, they're clearly so delighted. It's adorable.
How would you score a game like this? They're not playing a left fielder, instead playing some weird position behind the second baseman, and that person keeps covering second, resulting in a put-out at second just now that's 9-8, as far as Jerry Remy can deduce.
So, after my complaining, it is now 7-1 Red Sox. Don Orsillo is clearly bored and has started just rattling off random statistics, as he does. And my cold is reasserting itself and making me tired. So I think it may be time for bed. I can fall asleep to the sound of baseball. Lovely.
ETA: Jerry Remy just started babbling about Tim Wakefield's earplugs, speculating that he has an earache. Subsequent closeups reveal that he is not wearing any earplugs. And now they can't find the batter on the roster, so they have no idea who he is. They have dissolved into giggles in the booth. Ah, I love NESN.
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Date: 2008-03-30 04:33 am (UTC)I've been wondering that too.
Oh - and its not that cold here. Yeah maybe throw on a coat or a jacket and a cap. It's kinda like a cool evening up there. Not cold. LaLa Land Sissies.
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Date: 2008-03-30 01:45 pm (UTC)Well, then I guess they were dressed appropriately. Mostly they had coats on with hats and gloves. It just seemed silly to me that they had hats and gloves on. I didn't realize it got that cold in L.A.
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Date: 2008-03-30 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-30 05:53 pm (UTC)And that's why I like New England: It's one of the few areas in the country where it's stil all about baseball.
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Date: 2008-03-30 04:39 pm (UTC)Tim Wakefield is a MACHINE. I'm convinced of it. How could he manage to pitch in 80% of the games we've seen in person for over a decade unless he was a robot? One day he, too, shall rise up and join the robot army that spells our destruction. Until then, I'll just enjoy watching his knuckleball dance.
Yes, we have discussed Jed Lowrie. I was less impressed with the spelling of his name than you were.
He's like the Ianto of Major League Baseball.
Ok, that made me laugh a lot more than it should have. Also, I miss Torchwood Babiez! Has that updated recently?
I hope you're ready for another sickening year of hope and despair. It never gets easier, does it?
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Date: 2008-03-30 05:04 pm (UTC)I feel Tim Wakefield would be a kind machine dictator, though. Better than Lumic.
Torchwood Babiez has not updated! I miss it! I need more baby!Ianto! And adorable baby!Doctor! And wide-eyed baby!Rose.
Ah. Baseball. Can't wait.