There's 'Mr. Clutch.' And then there's 'Mr. Squishy.'

Mike:
Wow, as good as last Monday was, today's even bettah.

 

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Bill:
Yeah, life is pretty swell when the only thing you've got to bitch about is weather interfering with the Sox momentum and threatening to mess things up with dreaded doubleheadahs late in the season.

 

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Mike:
Meanwhile, I no longah have any words left to describe David Ortiz.

 

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Bill:
It's gotten to the point where his name itself carries all the meaning. Just say "Ortiz" and every Red Sox fan knows what you mean.

 

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Mike:
Really, let the friggin Inuit people spend all their time coming up with 26 different names for snow. Around these parts we only need one word to describe a late inning storm — Ortiz!

 

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Bill:
You know what's funny is Saturday's walkoff was his 6th with the Red Sox, but in my own head I swear I've seen at least 16.

 

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Mike:
No kidding. Seems like I've seen 6 this month. But we must guard ourselves from getting too complacent and expecting too much from Cookie.

 

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Bill:
Yeah, as everyone keeps saying, "It's not that easy."

 

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Mike:
But Big Papi sure does make it look easy, doesn't he?

 

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Bill:
I'm getting his SI covah shot mounted and framed.

 

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Mike:
Reminds me, isn't it fantabulous post World Series win to no longah have to get caught up in all that jinx crap?

 

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Bill:
Really I'm all tipping over salt shakahs, looking for laddahs to walk under …

 

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Mike:
Are you kidding me, when I see a black cat these days, I don't think "bad luck," instead I think "A-Rod."

 

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Bill:
A-Rod?

 

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Mike:
Yeah, you know, being that he's a pussy and all.

 

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Bill:
Heh. Now that you mention it, that ball slap play did look a lot like a cat paw-slapping at a piece of string.

 

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Comments

[Rob in CT]

Yep. Count 'em. TWO.

Youk! (Stayin' alive.)

[Rob in CT]

Anyone smell a clutch burning?

[Rob in CT]

Yep. I thought that's what I smelled... :-D

Nice. But what about tomorrow's pen?

[illegitimate son of dwight evans]

Nice. But what about tomorrow's pen?

Give Seanez the spot start. Cry 'oops' when his arm falls off. Tell him thanks for playing. Call up Kyle Snyder. Get 8 quality innings.

[Rob in CT]

Oof! tough line for Condrey:
Condrey 0.2 28 3 2 1 0

Of course Seanez' looked just as bad:
Seanez 0.0 9 2 2 0 0

So, Tito. How do YOU spell "relief"?

[Kaz]

Just to follow up on today's comments (since I was at the game at the time), but I do believe the error was taken off the board in the late innings (at least it was at the stadium). Seanez should die a horrible and painful death....tonight. We had a few "Mr. Squishy" moments, but we also had the one "Mr. Clutch" moment when it mattered most.