Redsoxchickie: Just This Side of Stalking

Earthquakes, Tornados, Papi possibly out for the season, the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Tampa Bay (albeit briefly) in first place in June. If the Bruins didn’t still suck I’d be convinced the apocalypse was at hand.

If anyone had told me prior to this season we would be chasing the “Rays” (as they’re now called – can you see my eyes rolling right now?) for first place in the East I would have asked that person what they were drinking and where I could get me some and if I could get a side of crack with it. Seriously, the only time Tampa should be in first place is when they win the first game of the year in a 1 o’clock start with the other East teams playing at 7pm. Of course the Christian extremists who forced the team to drop the “devil” from their names will claim they’re doing so well because they’re no longer promoting Satan.

The fight the other night was pretty cool, though pretty one-sided as far as people knocking the tar out of one another. The Sox seemed to just be pulling the Rays’ players off of Coco. The highlight was Coco avoiding the initial punch, very “Matrix”-like back-bend. I would say this fight cracks the top ten of fights the Red Sox have been involved in. The top five go:

1. 2003 Pedro vs Zimmer in the 2003 ALCS…melees all over the place!
2. Varitek vs A-Rod, first time I’ve ever seen a player try to body slam another.
3. Pedro vs Williams in Tampa…AND Pedro pitched a 1 hitter after.
4. The game where the Tampa pitchers kept trying to throw at Daubach but kept missing, the lead-in to the fight was priceless.
5. Pretty much any altercation involving Trot Nixon.

Needless to say the next series against Tampa is going to be must see TV.

Here’s a question…where are the Yankees? All season it’s seemed like we’ve been oblivious to where or what the Yankees are doing. Usually we’re watching the standings from game 1 of the season. Last night I was shocked to see them 2nd to last in the standings…then I laughed…and giggled. But are we seemingly apathetic to them because we’ve gotten the monkey off our back with 2 World Series titles in the past 4 years? Is it because we finally won the East last year? Have we entered a parallel universe? Maybe it’s because we’ve only seen them twice since the start of the season, good thing we play them 834 times from July on. I do know that if we don’t stop injuring ourselves the team is going to consist of the Lowell Spinners starting nine, and sadly this isn’t an exaggeration.

In other news….

So the Celtics beat the Pistons to make it into the NBA finals against the Lakers….I swear I saw this somewhere before. I think to promote the rivalry they should make the players wear the uniforms from 20 years ago, now THAT would be hysterical! And what’s up with the orthopedic socks some of them wear? Are they trying to hide varicose veins or something?


No matter the outcome of the Celtic/Lakers series, all I know is if the Rays make the playoffs I’m headed for the nearest underground bunker.