Today I join “Working America” again for the first time in six very long, PS3 filled, months.
But Jay, how will this effect the blog?
Well readers, I assure you that it won’t. I’ll just have to either get up that much earlier in the morning to post or take care of the post the night before (like today).
So as I settle in front of the TV to enjoy some preseason Patriots football, I get to see highlights of the Giants winning the Super Bowl. Funny, the Patriots aren’t playing the Giants, why on Earth would they need to show the Giants? Oh, that’s right, to piss me off. Well NFL Network, you’ve succeeded. Fuck you NFL Network. Eat a giant bag of dicks.
Speaking of eating a giant bag of dicks. I think it’s time for Matt Cassel to submit his resume to Shaw’s. He can start bagging groceries as soon as tomorrow because he’s not an NFL Quarterback, backup or otherwise.
So let’s get our obligatory Olympic shout out for Jeff. Michael Phelps is a beast. Not since Lance Armstrong destroyed the Tour de France have we seen an American dominate on the International Stage the way Phelps owned swimming at these Olympics. Eight gold medals in eight events, one better than Mark Spitz who held the record for 36 years. Just great stuff.
But what I want to really talk about is the suckiness of the Boston Red Sox over the weekend. Sure the game was rained out Friday, but that didn’t stop them from sucking big ol’ donkey cock over the weekend. Your “ace” gives up 6 runs in the first fucking inning? Are you serious? Eight runs in two and a third innings? What a suckfest.
Honestly, we tuned in the game on the radio at about 1:50 and heard they were down six in the first, I had to pause and think of who the starter was. I thought Buchholz wasn’t starting until Wednesday, why did Tito have him start today? Then they announced it was Beckett and I’m just baffled.
So it’s pretty clear that he was post season beast last year, but this year he’s pretty average and anything but an ace. So what do the Sox do next year? You have the Manny money ($20M), Schilling money ($8M), and Varitek money ($10M) all coming off the books. They need to go buy some pitching. I know it’s going to be a bidding war with the Yankees but I think they need to push hard after CC Sabathia or even AJ Burnett (who’s rumored to be opting out).
While we’re on the subject of free agents, let’s talk about the other half of the battery. Here’s a gem from Boston.com yesterday:
In the fourth, Kevin Youkilis got the Sox on the board with a solo shot into the bleachers in center field, but Boston left the bases loaded when Jason Varitek grounded into a double play.
Varitek, who singled in the second, entered the game with the third lowest average in the majors at .213.
There is nothing out there as far as catching and the Sox don’t have any answers in the farm system. Varitek, more importantly Scott Boras, is going to look for something similar to what Posada signed last off season. And Tek is higher than a crack head who’s been locked in a fully stocked cocaine lab for 3 days if he thinks he’s even going to come close to that kind of dough.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want him going elsewhere, but I think a two year $8M is a realistic given his ineptitude at the plate. I watched Tony Pena finish out his years at .189 and am prepared for the same with Tek but not at $10-$12.5M per year.
I think that’s enough complaining for one day on the shitiness of the Sox. Hopefully they fair better against the Orioles this week, but I’m not holding my breath. Like I said the other day, at least we’re not Yankee fans; 9 games back in the middle of August, not too appealing.
First of all,
Phelps is a fish, not a beast. (”you’re not a fish, you’re a man…”) Or maybe a marine mammal! I couldn’t be happier about his events being over. Nobody really cares. Can we now drop all this media bullshit, over an event that only women, and countries with no other real talent, give a shit about? He’s also a great interview… to fall the fuck asleep to! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
See you again in four years! Thank god!
*sidebar*- I know that there are thousands of military men in the San Diego(Whale’s Vag…) area. But why do the Padres have to wear those horrible, so called camleflage uni’s. For a team known for the worst uniforms ever, you’d think they would try a little harder… I mean, when I dress shitty, at least I do it on purpose!
TEK!,
Why do you care what he gets? All I care about, is that he retires as a Red Sox player. The dude is highly responsible for all of the success they’ve had. He sucks at the plate, I’ll give you that. But his value runs deep into the veins of RS nation! I say. “Francona’s replacement… Jason Veritek”
Theo is a good business guy, and I think not signing Tek may just be the end of all the Epstein trust. Trading Manny was a blow, but he had to go. Trading (remember this guy) Nomar brought them a ring.
On a similar note… Good job Carl Edwards(Fenway-Roush racing team) He won at Michigan today!
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