I hear a symphony

Doug:
So the best thing about this Boston Pops brouhaha is the chick in the white dress is hawt.

 

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Bill:
Smokin' … But seriously,it's bad enough with all the cell phone chattahs at Fenway, but now we have to enduah people who can't seem to shut up at Symphony Hall too.

 

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Doug:
I know. And what's up with all the angah? These are halcyon days for New Englandahs.

 

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Bill:
Yeah, gotta figure that dude was a Yankees fan.

 

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Doug:
True. Totally fits the profile — Ill-mannered philistines with an awful lot to talk about these days what with underperforming, the dysfunction and the flaccid Wang and all.

 

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Bill:
Meanwhile, on the opposite Cartesian grid from underperforming we present Tim Wakefield… a streak of 16 scoreless innings and the new MLB leadah in ERA at 1.79

 

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Doug:
Yeah, and where's my Tim Wakefield inspiahd t-shirt already? C'mon people.

 

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Bill:
You know who else deserves some fan love? Pitching coach John Farrell. He's helping Wakefield, Schilling credits him for his recent success, and look at Beckett?

 

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Doug:
Absolutely. Farrell needs a tag line and t-shirt too.

 

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Comments

[pinstripe thunder]

Bring it on, HB.

When the day is said and done
Our magic number is 27-1.

One last idea for a T-shirt, but I won't have it designed until September: Time For The Wake.

Have a good weekend, everybody... we can reconvene on Monday to see if your lucky number remains seven.

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh
The MFY are gonna win

PT

[h.b.]

So was the chick in the short white dress actually the companion (i.e., girlfriend/wife/mistress) of the 44 yr old fighting guy?

If so, considering that she seems in the same age bracket as the blond dude who got hit, that would open up a lot of interesting theories, no?

[Bob]

Pindick Blunder, the Sox have 6 titles, not one.

Your argument has bad metre, my case is won.

(BTW, everybody see this horrendus Cafardo gooch?):

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/05/11/superiority_starting_to_add_up_in_this_division/

[h.b.]

The Cafardo piece is actually linked to in the 3rd panel.

[Natalie]

Ah, jeez, PT. At least get your math right. It's 27-6.

[Harwich Rich]

The Impotent Thunder has spoken

[Aaron]

The Celtics just signed Doc Rivers to an extension. Apparently, going from 45 to 33 to 23 wins in your three seasons is worthy of reward. Yer doin' a heckuva job, Riversie!

And to think, the Celtics were my first rooting interest as a tyke. Thank Jeebus for the Sox (and Pats), because the Green have gone from bad to embarrassing to completely, utterly irrelevant.

I haven't been heard any updates on Lester recently. How long are they projecting before he banishes Batshit to the bullpen?

[Bob]

Jeez! A backwards, double reverse gooch from Natalie!

It's twenty-SIX, not twenty-seven.

But mark this date on your calendar. We're doomed.

(That's a plain reverse-gooch.)

[Bob]

Sorry, H.B. I had to avoid the 3rd panel. I'm allergic to Halcyon, and all the other sulfa-based drugs.

[Natalie]

Ah, shit, sorry. I cued off of PT's 27 not even thinking about it. Wow, there's egg on my face, eh? :)

[Bob]

Sorry to hog, but just to warn everyone:

There's a site called snopes.com. DO NOT go on it, or any credit card info you've ever entered into your computer will be stolen.

(Hey, I think it's funny.)

[h.b.]

The thing that amuses me most about the BigBri/PT style comment troll is we Red Sox fans, in the end, have more respect for the Yankees' ability to turn it around and get back into this thing then the trolls themselves do.

The troll insecurity is born out by his/her very presence here and on other Red Sox blogs and boards.

[Bob]

Interesting point. Has anybody here ever made a comment on a Yankee blog?

I certainly haven't. What's the point?

[NolaSox]

Perhaps there was a bit of the Zidane/Materazzi provocation in the Pops incident that we don't know about.

[h.i.soxfan]

"bring it on" why do i get the feeling that thunder was a macho savage(yeeeahh) or hogan(thats right brother) fan.

[Jason O.]

I know that it's a series tradition to turn over the doctor but I liked Major West from 28 days later as Dr. Who better than this current chap.

The Yankees actually have turned it around (7-3 in the last 10) so I'm not really worried.

The Red Sox should cool. But on the chance that they stay super hot and win 120 games then what can you do, except tip your cap.

[Jason O.]

Weekend drink tip: Ardbeg 10.
It's a smoke festival, being from Islay.
Even if you have ur favorite speyside/highland/other region, check this out...something completely different.

[h.b.]

Yeah, he was a great doctor. Honestly, I haven't had a chance to get familiar with the next Doctor.

Because sci-fi doesn't broadcast in HD, I decided to wait until the DVDs came out.

As it goes, the batch of DVDs that Netflix got were all screwed up such that in the middle of episode one it all of sudden becomes the Texas Chain Saw massacre movie.

After people claimed, Netflix yanked the entire thing and never made them available again.

I would purchase it outright, but I'm afraid it'll have the same problem. Guess I could return if it does. Still hate to spend money on something I should be able to rent.

Meanwhile "28 Weeks Later" opens today, the sequel to 28 days. Read one very positive review.

[Bob]

Did Danny Boyle direct this one, too?

[da kine]

Bob, that's a yularious double fakesy re: Snopes. Whenever I get a chain e-mail, I reply with the relevant Snopes page debunking it. I had an official military communication come through from a mid- to high-ranking individual, I responded with the Snopage, and he had to send out a reply to everyone explaining that he was mistaken. Delicious.

[Matt]

Ah, Jason O, a rose among thorns.

100 wins ought to do it, though. If the Yanks can make up that ground, then so be it.

[da kine]

Danny Boyle did not direct, so I will not be attending.

Chris Eccleston was awesome, and my wife has a weird crush on the goofy mofo, but David Tennant actually fits as The Doctor more than Eccleston. Either way, I'll take a side order of Freema with whatever is being served.

[Jason O.]

Billie Piper as Rose? Yes, more, please, yum.

Plus Robert Carlyle, who was the mean sonunavbitch badass in Transpotting, is a main character in 28 weeks...remember when his character jams the broken pint glass into the guy's neck in the pub?

I couldn't fucking believe this one, BTW but Kevin McKidd (Lucius Vorenus from Rome) plays the dude who gets AIDS in Trainspotting?!?! Almost doesn't look like the same guy.

[h.b.]

Yep, same creative team

[Bob]

The Skanks have to play .650 ball the rest of the way to win 100 games.

The Sox have to play .600 ball the rest of the way to win 100 games.

A noticable difference, but certainly not huge.

(Like I said before, I'm allergic to Halcyon.)

[h.b.]

I just watched the trailer and it scared the piss out of me.

[Bob]

Why did my monitor just go all yellow?

[Jason O.]

What's the big fucking deal, BTW about slow zombies vs. fast ones?

I saw the Shaun of the Dead screening and Simon Pegg and his rotund buddy were talking huge shit about 28 Days Later for the fast zombie aspect. "It's not what Romero envisioned," they said.

[Jason O.]

...and the pilot from the 2nd Matrix is now a helicopter pilot in 28 weeks.

Might want to ask the agent to focus on non-pilot roles.

[Bob]

But what if he's offered a TV pilot?

Is that a double typecast?

[h.b.]

The zombies in 28 can fucking haul ass. And they are strong mofos too. It's like the Zombie Olympics or something.

No way I see that movie at the theaters as I don't want to embarrass myself (or my wife) by shrieking and hiding behind hands. (I'm not kidding. I get scared shitless over these realistic sci-fi mutant/zombie kinds of deals.)

[Bob]

Is it 5:30 yet?

At least at 4:30, the agency opens up the beer.

(I'm actually Homer Simpson-drooling. Really.)

[Jackie]

As a "kid" who's been to plenty of Pops concerts - it's definitely the norm to chat during the concerts! Compared with symphony, anyway... there's always a lot of chatter in the floor seats. The balcony tends to be better behaved, but I'm surprised anyone got so upset over talkative patrons.

[h.b.]

Reminds me of one of Jason O's very first comments here. He said something to the effect of (but better): Wearing a NYY cap in Boston is like being an unaffected in 28 Days Later.

What was your original line, Jason?

[Kaz]

I am not getting great vibes from the 20-something either...here's Ellinger's personal website.

His resume lists his capabilities as "able to create dynamic and effective communications", "consistent in pleasant demeanor", and "highly adaptable".

Methinks thou dost protest too much. It may be time to update that resume, buddy.

[Jason O.]

I forget, but I thought I'd be cute and I wore the hat about 3 days after the Boone HR, and I'm not kidding I was fucking hearing footsteps...some people were following me thru faneuil hall and I had to sprint for about 75 yards until I hit the four lane street separating FH from gov't center.

[Bob]

Kaz, I don't trust anybody who has a pleasant demeanor at work.

[Bob]

Oh, and Jason, that was Congress Street I chased you across.

[Natalie]

Christopher Eccelston plays the invisible man on Heroes. Awesome. hb- definitely boot up the first season when the DVD comes out. You will not regret it.

[Kaz]

The 28 Days creatures aren't zombies though. They're highly infectious humans with mobility, stamina, strength, and puking copious amounts of blood.

That's way more scary than a zombie (slow, stiff, usually mindless, and no infectious fluid tossing).

The zombie has to kill you by eating you/your brain. The Infected just have to spit blood into a wound. That's quite a bit easier to do...and you could even have some of the troubles in the first movie like getting a drip of the infected blood into your eye accidentally..then poof, you've got the Rage.

On top of that, the digital backgrounds of a completely vacant London were very well done and gave a very eerie aura.

I don't scare very easily at all (movies, roller coasters, thrill rides...bring 'em on), but damned if 28 Days Later didn't have me at least looking up the side alleys on my walk home from the theater checking for Rage runners coming outta nowhere.

[h.b.]

Good point re not zombies in 28.

Far scarier in the form they're in. And easier to give yourself over the plausibility of the story than the zombies too.

28 Days Later worked on several diff fear/scare levels, especially once they thought they were "safe" with the troops.

[RonF]

Life is not fair. I liked The Black Donnellys twenty-times better than FNL and they scrubbed it halfway through its initial run and now I have to watch it on the NBC website each week. :P

Tell me about it, Kaz. My political aphorism these days is "My candidates always lose in the primary."

[Steven in MD]

/The Celtics just signed Doc Rivers to an extension. Apparently, going from 45 to 33 to 23 wins in your three seasons is worthy of reward./

Hey Aaron, you have to understand that they're going for that numba 1 draft pick...

[soxdownunder]

'Is it 5:30 yet?
At least at 4:30, the agency opens up the beer.
(I'm actually Homer Simpson-drooling. Really.)'
Don't do it Bob. I just woke up with furry mouth and slight head ache. Alcohol bad...mmmmm, alcohol.

[Sonoma Sox]

Nat -

What happened to Mr. Invisible on Heros? Is the training done? Did I miss something? Or will he return to "save the world"?

[Sonoma Sox]

Heros - great TV just hope it doesn't pull a Lost and screw up seasons 3 through...

[soxdownunder]

Or to quote a somewhat famous friend and red sox fan:
'where coffee where?'

[Aaron]

Hey Aaron, you have to understand that they're going for that numba 1 draft pick...

Given how badly they appeared to be tanking the last quarter of the season, it wouldn't surprise me. It would actually give me a shred of hope to imagine that Doc's more boneheaded moves were part of a conscious strategy, rather than due to his just being a lousy coach.

Of course, they tried that whole tanking strategy about 10 years ago, and look how that turned out...

(I reserve the right to consider Doc and Danny geniuses if Greg Oden or Kevin Durant is suiting up in green next fall.)

[Bob]

//Don't do it Bob. I just woke up with furry mouth and slight head ache.//

Soxdownunder, to quote one of my favorites,

"The beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert."

[soxdownunder]

He, he, he: can't wait to get to the baseball tavern. Only about 50 more sleeps.