So I’m watching the Phillies/Mets game on Fox and Tim McCarver and Kenny Albert have referred to Shane Victorino being Hawaiian, but my count, four times in the 40 minutes the game has been on. He isn’t from Mars, boys, he’s from Hawaii. Last time I checked, it was one of the fifty states. The last mention was because Shane has his sunglasses on up at bat while Jose Reyes has his sunglasses upside down and on his cap. (They found this fascinating. As if Reyes and Victorino were facing the same way while one was up and the other was in the field.)
"He needs to wear those sunglasses all year round in Hawaii".
Good lord.
I was at the game last night…couldn’t have been happier for Wake. And Little Manny really gave us something to cheer. But watching that ninth inning was post-season 2004 painful, but well worth it. Thank goodness Pedroia was there to push Papelbon away and ensure he didn’t get thrown out. It could have gotten really ugly.
Not so breaking news, Jacoby Ellsbury has been called up from Pawtucket to start tonight’s game in centerfield. He’ll be batting ninth. I haven’t heard the lineup yet, but here’s hoping Alex Cora is, yet again, playing short and Julio Lugo is taking another rest. I want him (Lugo) to do well. I do. Heck, I’m involved in the postcard shower and I really want it to work. I also want the team to do well, and if that means sitting Lugo, I’m all for it.
In the schadenfreude category, Yankees got one-hit today by the A’s. Final score was 7-0. Blue Jays play the Mariners at 10pm EST and the Sox have Beckett on the mound tonight. Promises to be a fun night!
When Tim Wakefield left the field last night, he tipped his cap to the crowd. It happens, nothing crazy or surprising there. But it felt different to me. Denton touched upon it on Surviving Grady today. Tim seemed a bit melancholy leaving the field and you could feel it in the park and, by Denton’s account, see it on television. I have every belief that Tim will be with the team for a few more years, but if not, I hope he knows how special he is to all of us in the Nation.
In his honor, I just finished off a bottle of Caberknuckle. Here’s to you, Tim!
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