Quote of the Year, 2007

After the Sox fell behind Cleveland 2 games to 1 in the ALCS, Big Papi gathered his teammates in the clubhouse to give them a pep talk. Here's what he had to say.

"Listen, we're not just a good team. We're a great team. And don't you fucking forget that. And let's go play one at a time and go prove that. Because let me tell you something.... There's a reason why you wear this Red Sox uniform....

Because you're a bad motherfucker."

Papelbon, Manny, and Papi making the late night rounds

In case you missed it...

The Papel-bomb on Letterman



Manny on Leno



Big Papi on Conan

Bring on the Angels!

The Angels are in town for the ALDS!

Here's Big Papi before Game 1...



Mike Scioscia has clearly been to Big Papi's house before and isn't too fond of Papi's welcoming gestures...



Youk got Game 1 off to a great start with a solo shot...



Then Papi hit a two-run blast. Lugo was very happy about it...



Papi and Youk then formed a plan of action for tomorrow's game...



With Beckett on the mound, the Angels weren't having much luck getting hits. They were pretty bummed about getting shut out, 4 to nothing....


Beckett, on the other hand, was psyched enough to do his best Ralph Macchio impression...

The Sox are awesome.

The Red Sox are the best team in all of baseball. All the other teams fear playing them. Here's proof. Just check out this Twin after losing to the Sox last week...

You know who also hates losing to the Sox? The Yanks. And they've done a lot of that so far this season, huh? They've lost 5 of 6 games. I almost feel bad for them. But, not really.

Last weekend I went to Yankee Stadium for the first time in my life. Sox won, of course. I had a great time. The day got off to a good start when I got to mock some Yankees fans on the train. They totally started it! My sister and I were the only Sox fans in the train car, and one of the countless fans turned to us and said, "How does it feel to be in a train dominated by Yankees fans?" To which I responded, "Well, I just think it's nice that the Yankees get to dominate something." No, I didn't even get shot or beat up for saying that!

Then we got to Yankee Stadium, and on the way to our seats, we got to see Dice-K throw his side session! He's awesome. Here's a picture I took.




I had like the worst seat in the house. But, it didn't matter, because all the seats in Yankee Stadium are surprisingly good. This was the view from my seat.




The game was awesome. A few of Fenway's newest heroes showed their stuff and were stars of the game. Let's take a look at some of the guys making the Sox awesome right now.

Alex Cora is awesome. He needs to get more playing time.




Hideki Okajima is awesome.



Wicked awesome.


Julian Tavarez is starting to look awesome. He started the game and got his first win of the season.




Big Papi is awesome. Here he is, hitting a home run.




I somehow managed to take a picture just as he hit this home run. Of course, I was sitting so far away that the picture looks like ass.




Yeah, you can't even see the ball. Here's a zoomed-in version.



If only I'd had a) an awesome camera, or b) better seats!


You know who else is awesome? Coco! He hit a triple off of Chien Ming Wang.




And he keeps making such awesome grabs...










I was sitting in a section that was almost entirely Red Sox fans. But, I could still hear the Yanks fans cheering. They have some lame chants. Whenever Jorge Posada comes up to bat, someone yells "Hip hip..."
and everyone else yells "Jor-ge!" (you know, instead of "hooray"). Well, in my section, the cheer sounded a little different...




He he he.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

This season is off to an interesting start.
Let's take a look at the good, the bad, and all the rest.

The good news...

Schill can still pitch like an ace.



Apparently, his first terrible start was just a fluke.


And guess what!
Josh Beckett is shaping up to be the awesome pitcher we all knew he had the potential to be! Hooray!




The bad news...

People are starting to realize that JD Drew is not Trot Nixon. Even though he stands were Trot used to stand and wears Trot's old number, nobody is fooled. Trot would have never let hits get by him into the RF corner the way JD has so far.



But, at least JD has been hitting consistently.
Don't worry JD, I ain't mad atcha. You're just NOT TROT.


Papi has already started his slug-fest.
But here's where things start to get ugly...

Just what is Alex Cora doing to Papi?




The Papel-bomb is not impressed...




And Dice-K is suddenly realizing what the hell he's signed up for.

Poor kid.

Which rookies would get my cookies? Part II

And now for another installment of everyone's favorite game, "Which rookies would get my cookies?"!!!! Yay!

As you may recall from the last episode, Wakefield was the only pitcher who would have gotten my cookies as a rookie. And Arroyo wouldn't have, because his rookie card featured a freaky cartoon version of Bronson. But, in honor of Bronson's first homerun on his new team, tonights installment will be dedicated to homerun hitters. Of which the Sox have 3 so far.


Drum roll please...



HELL NO! Everyone knows I don't "date" Yankees fans!


Next!


Big Papi!!!

Do you think he likes it when girls call him Papi? Actually, I can definitely picture myself eating some big old Tollhouse cookies with Papi. Eating cookies. Not giving them.


And the grand finale...

TROT!

He also used this image as his soap-opera head shot. In case the baseball thing didn't pan out.
I definitely wouldn't have given him any cookies when he was a rookie, because my sister would have had first dibbs on him. She loves Trot. He's not my type, anyway.


Sorry to disappoint. No 2006 homerun hitters would have gotten my cookies as rookies. But, maybe Loretta will hit one soon. So, there is hope.