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July 31, 2012 · 12:18 AM

Deadline Day

I think I’ve made my thoughts very clear on this incarnation of the Red Sox.

This is the most hated Red Sox club in recent memory. In essence they brought back the entire crew that failed last fall with a few minor roster tweaks.

The Sox should have dealt Dice-K for a bag of balls to the Dodgers, Mariners, or any other west coast team the day he came off the DL in June. Instead he got hurt again (shocker) and the team is stuck with him as he hopefully leaves for free agency after the season.

John Lackey the team is also stuck with. After Tommy John surgery shelved him for this season you figured you wouldn’t see that mouth breathing Sloth. Not so much. This asshole has still hung around the team. So the fact that alcohol is banned in the clubhouse, the alleged ringleader of the fried chicken crew is still hanging around the club and corrupting the staff.

Beckett should be dealt but likely won’t. The team owes him too much money. He doesn’t throw gas anymore and is trying to reinvent himself like Pedro did towards the end of his career. You sir are no Pedro Martinez. So the Sox are saddled with him unless they want to eat part of his contract. How about you listen to your fan base, eat part of the contract and get this bum out of town. Now.

Jon Lester should also be dealt. He’s actually a commodity. Other teams will pay. You’ll be able to restock your farm system by trading this guy and be stacked for the future. I pull the trigger on the right deal now.

I also would trade Jacoby Ellsbury. The Reds have called and asked. Like Lester, I think you can get a decent ransom for Ellsbury. He’s always hurt and you know he’s not going to sign here when his free agency hits. Get something for him while you can.

Controversial yes but I trade Pedroia. I’m sick of his slamming the helmet down and pouting. He’s slowly developing that Youk-ness. He’s on the block and I think you can get a decent return.

Bottom line is pretty much the whole roster is on the block with a few exceptions. If I’m the GM, I’m listening to offers on mostly anyone. If I could find a sucker to take on Crawford’s contract, bye. Same with Gonzales. Ortiz is on the DL but I’d move him too.

In case you can’t tell I have very little loyalty to this group. But I’m a Sox fan through and through. So instead of the minor deals where you send some of your bullpen guys away, you move an outfielder or two, or you move your back up catcher (Shoppach leaving is a foregone conclusion now), I say you be bold. Take that chance of addition by subtraction (Beckett). See how the clubhouse changes without some of the prima donna attitudes. Then see if that translates to wins. If nothing else it will bring back fans like me and your team will be likable.

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May 30, 2012 · 5:14 AM

Hilarious Hump Day

OK maybe not hilarious but I couldn’t think of an adjective to go with Wednesday.

The Sox finally made it above the .500 mark on a night that I would have bet the farm on the Tigers since they had Verlander going. With Pedroia likely to join the other half of the team on the DL, it should be just a matter of time before they fall back below .500.

The Celtics will try and pull even tonight against the Heat. Hopefully they find that offense they’re missing and don’t leave 10 points on the line by missing their free throws.

The Pats released Anthony Gonzalez. He was brought in as Wes Welker insurance but give his injury history, the fact the Wes signed his tender, and the fact Gonzalez wasn’t at OTA’s it shouldn’t be a surprise. Somewhere Ochocinco is breathing a sigh of relief.

Finally you headline. I’d heard about it in the afternoon driving home but completely forgot about it. Then the news kept teasing it so I surfed on over to Funny or Die. This is where you can see the Tom Brady Under Armour spoof.

Since I can’t embed Funny or Die videos, you’ll have to click the link. But trust me, worth the three minutes. I laughed out loud a few times. Not as many times as when I first saw The Landlord, but still pretty funny stuff.

Here’s the links for both:

Tom Brady

The Landlord

Enjoy.

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April 18, 2012 · 6:16 AM

That’s Not How We Do Things

I can’t believe I forgot to post the above picture. Yup, that’s the sign Popeye’s had on opening day. I think it’s hysterical and think they should leave it up all season.

Now to the team.

Trouble starting brewing in Red Sox Nation on Monday morning when it was reported that The Greatest Manager In The History Of Baseball, The Baseball Messiah, The Genius Bobby Valentine had called Youk out.

Uh oh.

“That’s not how we do things” was what Pedroia chimed in with.

I’m a huge Pedroia fan but I have to say he should have kept his mouth shut on this one. Here’s why.

The way you’ve done things around here was under Francona and resulted in the worst collapse in baseball history. So you know what? Things need to change. I’m pretty sure that’s why The Great One was brought in here in the first place to (as Da Guy says) SHAKE IT UP. He’s rattling cages. Good.

How does the team respond?

They get blanked by the Rays on Patriots Day.

Then they go out last night and put up one of the worst beat downs that I can remember. 18-3. Seriously? Do they think that if they stink it up enough that the team will fire Bobby? Not likely. He’s Uncle Larry’s guy.

This is what I don’t get. The team had a manager in Francona that would cover your ass. Guys could be hungover and in the clubhouse playing video games, and Francona wouldn’t say a word about it. Yet that wasn’t enough for this team. They tanked it down the stretch last year and their protector was fired.

Now what do they want? Francona back? The players brought this jackwad on themselves. If they want to go out and get trounced and think it’s going to cost Bobby his job, they’re crazy. Any rational person knew before a pitch was thrown that this was a third place team in a very tough division.

I guess the only thing we can hope for now is a Shea Hillenbrand type early season trade to shake up the clubhouse and get people paying attention. It worked in Moneyball right?

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September 14, 2011 · 6:18 AM

200, Finally

Before we get to Tim Wakefield finlly winning his 200th, we need to address the slide the Sox are on. They just wrapped a seven game road trip that saw them facing Toronto and Tampa Bay. They went 1-3 in Toronto and were swept in Tampa. 1-6 isn’t the way you should playing against those teams.

Their 1-6 road trip and five game losing streak saw their Wild Card lead shrink from 6.5 games last Saturday to 3.5 as they limped out of Tampa. The Rays won on Monday while the Sox were idle making it an even (or odd) three game lead for the Sox in the Wild Card heading into last night.

The Sox were up 10-5 when they pulled Wake from last night’s game. When they went to the pen and brought in Aceves I had flashbacks to Aceves “vultering” a win in one of Wake’s previous attempts. But Aceves was able to retire the side in order and we were just six outs away from Wakefield’s 200th win (finally).

The Sox added another run in the bottom of the seventh to give a little more cushion at 11-5. Aceves gave up a couple hits in the top of the eighth but was able to pitch out of it without giving up another run.

Then the floodgates opened. The Sox unleashed the fury on the Blue Jay’s bullpen adding another seven runs to their already big lead. Offensive highlights of the night were Pedroia’s two home runs and five RBI’s, Ellsbury hitting his 27th home run in a 4-5 night with four runs, as well as Gonzales and Crawford going 2-4, Gonzalez with a run and an RBI, Crawford with three runs scored.

The team called on Junichi Tazawa (remember him?) for the ninth and he gave up a run but that was it as the Sox tripled up the Jays and won the game 18-6.

Wakefield celebrated after the game with his teammates and the fans that hung around to congratulate him. It was his ninth game, eighth start, in which he could get his 200th. The magic number of course is 300 for pitchers so on a night that Mariano Rivera got his 600th save, I think Wake’s accomplishment may be overshadowed on the national stage.

Sox win and a Tampa loss has the Sox back up four in the Wild Card and down four in the division behind the Yankees. Needless to say, since the Sox put it in cruise control since mid-August, the last couple weeks of the season are going to be interesting. They brought this on themselves.

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August 9, 2011 · 6:47 AM

Stuck on 199, Still

Last night was a typical summer night. The weather was kind of gross with the downpours and humidity so where do I find myself? In front of the TV watching the Sox in Minnesota. Watching again to see if Tim Wakefield could get that allusive 200th win.

It didn’t start too well. The Twins were hitting gap shots that quickly saw the Sox go down 3-1, then 4-1, and then 5-1. At that point I took to Twitter (@jaylizotte) and proclaimed, “You know what they say Wake…4th times the charm. You’ll get ‘em next time #Chasing200 #RedSox”.

The Twitter feed of course is hooked up to the Facebook feed. And no sooner did I post on Twitter that the Sox dumped a four run sixth that saw back to back homers from Ortiz and Saltalamacchia that I had to comment on my own status that “I’m happy when I’m wrong”.

Wake went out and held them scoreless in the 6th and 7th. Thanks to a an error, Ortiz scored and put the Sox up one. Up one with six outs to go, you hoped that this would be the night for Wakefield. Now he would finally get his 200th win.

Or not.

Aceves came in and couldn’t hold the lead which of course prompted me to take to Twitter again and chime in with perhaps a too hash tweet of “Burn in hell Aceves”. Once again the bullpen failed Wakefield and he’s stuck on 199. I guess the “good news” was that the Sox hadn’t lost the game, they’d only allowed the Twins to tie the game.

Then the Sox came up in the ninth and Ortiz was clutch again. In fact Ortiz was 4-5 with a homer, double, three RBI’s, and three runs scored. How much of the success do you think is him still upset that Minnesota let him go after the 2002 season? I think he likes to stick it to the Twins anytime he can. Would he still be Big Papi if he’d stayed in Minnesota? No chance.

Side note:
Did you hear about Ortiz swearing during Tito’s press conference. Well, it was all orchestrated by Dustin Pedroia. He told Ortiz that Theo and John Henry had the RBI taken away to lower his value this coming off-season. Totally a joke by Pedroia but Ortiz took it serious and that’s what you saw during Francona’s pregame meeting. Hysterical!

So the Sox win, Wakefield is still stuck on 199 and they gain a half game to their one game lead over the Yankees.

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