I still love the game.

Really. All you need to do is read this.

I'm sure you've seen this but...

Video: http://www.deadspin.com/sports/top/denis-leary-tells-mel-gibson-to-shove-it-194559.php

This is GREAT.

Denis Leary - the man who gave up his left nut for the Sox to win the Series... Stops in the NESN booth for an inning... and this is what happens

(after spending a while talking about Javy Lopez slaughtering his name...)

Denis Leary: Now, Youkilis, is he a Greek kid?
Jerry Remy: No, I don’t think so.
Don Orsillo: I think he’s Jewish.
JR: He’s Jewish, yeah.
Lenny Clark: Really?
DL: that’s fantastic. That’s one bottle of whiskey away from being Irish Catholic. They got the Manischewitz, we got the Jamesons. It’s the same guilt, the same bad food. That’s fantastic, we got a Jewish first baseman! I didn’t know that. This is fabulous. …I’m so proud to have a Jewish first baseman. i didn’t even know!
LC: I hope Mel Gibson doesn’t come into this park. We’ll run him out of here on a rail.

Jerry Remy begins wheezing and wheezing like he always does making it impossible to get a realistic take on the game.

Sean Casey hits a ball sharply in between first and second. Youkilis dives and throws to Schilling at first for the out.

DL: Nice! Yeah, where’s Mel Gibson now! Where’s Mel Gibson now, huh? He’s in rehab! he’s in rehab and Youkilis has got first base, alright Mel! (Don and Remmy wheezing and giggling like mad.) You happy Braveheart, huh? You see that grab, Mel? I hope in rehab they’re showing replays of that. A Jewish first baseman makes the play, Mel Gibson! Good luck when you come out. Call Jeffrey Katzenberg and ask for a job when you get out. We’ll have a whole Jewish infield by the time he gets out. Bring back Sandy Koufax, Mel Gibson, huh? Braveheart, my ass. Thatta boy, Kev.
LC: We should have Sandy Koufax pitch at Mel’s head.
DL: That should be his community service, get in the box against Sandy Koufax. Guess who’s at first base? Kevin Youkilis!
LC: Now what other Jewish players are there, because I’m not aware.
JR: Gabe Kapler, I think.
DL: Gabe Kapler! We got two Jews on this team, Mel! Where’s your father now, huh?
LC: How about that, Mel?
DL: Yeah. It feels good to get that out, didn’t it?
LC: We’ve got quite a team.
LC: Are we in trouble?
DL: No, we’re not in trouble. They don’t have TVs in rehab.
LC: Oh, I don’t care about Mel.

Beat.

DO: Um, your website’s here. (Points to computer monitor.)
DL: Oh, wonderful!
DL: That’s learyfirefighters.org, and if you go to the Jeremiah Lucey Fund that will help all the New Orleans firefighters, and if you didn’t know, no firefighters, not a single member of that department quit between the time Katrina hit and right now, a year later, not one member.
LC: That’s right.

Beat.

DL: Boy, I’m so happy about that Kevin Youkilis thing.
LC: And Kapler! I didn’t even know!
DL: Well you know what’s gonna happen, Gibson’s gonna make amends: ‘Oh, I love the Red Sox! I love the first baseman!’ Oh yeah, sure you do. Sure you do Mel.
LC: If I were Youkilis and Kapler I’d say, well, listen, am I in your next movie?
DL: Can we put some blue paint on our faces? Come on, Braveheart, huh? Look, I don’t know Mel. Why are we jumping all over him, you know what i mean? He had a little bit of tequila. You know those days. You were there.
LC: Now wait a minute, I never got personal. I never went with religion.
DL: No you didn’t. You always went with the face and the ugly and the fat and the nice dress and your girlfiend.
LC: It doesn’t matter what religion, you treat me good I’ll treat you better.
DL: That’s right.

Curt Schilling throws to Youkilis to pick Craig Monroe off of first.

DL: Ahhhh! Mel gibson take a look at that!
LC: Mel Gibson, eat your heart out! Youkilis tosses the ball to a fan in the stands. And look at that! The ball went to a fan! That’s more than Mel Gibson’s ever done!
DO: See you later.
DL: Hope we didn’t get you in trouble.
DO: Thanks a lot, guys.

See it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrU1THySIs&eurl=

Very entertaining. Too bad they left out Adam Stern and Theo Epstein.

At least in the midst of a playoff battle we can still have some fun.

Silver Lining to Every Cloud.

There's a silver lining to every cloud.

And thats the truth.

But how can one find a silver lining to a 5 game losing streak? Two to the D-Rays and a full sweep of 3 by the Royals? EASY.

The silver lining is in history. Plain and simple.

If one looks back to last year one sees two amazing things:
1. The division winning New York Yankees were 8-11 against the D-Rays.
2. The division winning New York Yankees were swept by the Kansas City Royals.

Yankees fans insist history repeats itself with the whole 26 world series champs thing, the cursed thing, and the yadda yadda 8 consecutive division championships...

So how about this? For the second year in a row the team who struggled against the D-rays and was swept by the Royals wins the American League East? Who knows... but I like the sound of it...

Just call it the Royal effect. Oh and if its ever mentioned anywhere else after this... you can just remember... hmmm I heard that from Lowie first. :-)

As always, GO SOX!

Time for A Little Arrogance

That is right. You can all say it: Lowie, you were right.
Again please? Lowie - you were right. Ahhhh, music to my ears.

Again? Ok - I wont push my luck. Here we are in dire need Josh Bard for a month, but instead - what do we do?
Go out and get a catcher.... why? Because Doug Mirabelli is not the guy we need to chase down the Yankees. But, no
we get someone named Javy Lopez from the O's, someone who's TERRIBLE defensively, though that being said, Beckett hasn't
done too well with Vtek catching... at least Lopez gives us some pop though he doesn't help us where we need the most...

OK - I am rambling - but at this point why not ramble?

We're on the fall, Yankees on the climb. We did nothing at the deadline besides dream about the future (which I love to do in my BRAIN). We lost our right fielder. We lost our catcher. Oh yeah, our third baseman too. Beckett is struggling. Schilling is wearing down. Lester has lost his luster. Wake's arm is asleep.
And Timlin is reminding me of Foulke from time to time.

Speaking of Foulke - on his way to a return? Up with the PawSox? God help us all!

All I have to say is you know somethings going on when the two best pitching performances this week were not from Beckett, Schilling, Wakefield, or Wells...
but, rather, from Snyder and Hansen. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

In good news, we still won a handful - including two ninth inning walk offs, totalling 7 walk off victories for the year - 5 at the bat of Ortiz and 2 from the scrappy dirt dog Marky Mick Mark Mark Loretta.