Duck. Duck. Goose!

Doug:
Ah, yes, nothing quite like chahging into the playoffs by losing 5 straight including getting nonchalantly flicked like a boogah off the nose of the pinstriped 800 lb playoff gorilla.

 

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Mike:
C'mon, guy, don't buy into the "backing in" nonsense. The Red Sox will be a tough team to beat in Octobah.

 

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Doug:
Oh, right, and by tough are you referring to the suddenly flat Buccholz, the back-spasmed Beckett, the forgettable fiah of Matsuzaka, or the offense so half-dead they should be hanging out with the fangbangah slut from Twilight?

 

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Al:
Dude, that chick is hot.

 

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Mike:
Seriously.

 

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Doug:
Yeah, she's hot alright if your idea of hot is a droopy sunken-eyed corpse, wannabe bitch.

 

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Doug:
Which, of course, would go a long way in explaining why you'd think this walking cadahvah that is the 2009 Red Sox isn't going to be buried deep in the postseason.

 

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Mike:
Trust in Theo. This team was built to win.

 

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Doug:
OK, let me say this slooowly so it sinks in —

 

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Doug:
The Yankees were built to win.

 

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Doug:
The Red Sox, conversely, were built with a money saving rostah just good enough to get just close enough to sniff the playoff poon.

 

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Al:
Hey, Doug, Paddy24 just called, he wants his persona back.

 

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Doug:
Hahdy hah hah... laugh all you want.

 

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Doug:
We'll see how hahd you're laughing when the Yankees are raising the pennant for numbah 27 while John Henry is on his knees delivering another Red Sox golden goose egg to bridezilla.

 

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Comments

[sonomasox]

Nice, LC - how 'bout a sunset in the background. Or not, you're the artist.

[Steve in MD]

"Heart" is winning one run games (Sox are only 22-17), extra inning games (Sox are 4-6), winning on the road (Sox are 39-42) and late come from behind games (couldn't find a stat). We are the only playoff bound team (unless the Twins get in) with a losing record in extra innings and only us and Detroit (or the Twins) have losing records on the road.

[soxdownunder]

Good to have you back hb. We missed you. No matter how fucked up the day ahead looks (and it usually looks pretty fucked) we always check the strip at around 6am before brekky of coffee and a cigarette. Remember, this game was designed to break your heart. The 'Sox: double plus.

I have to say I like the idea of losing 5 straight to make the playoffs. I even like making a comeback from 8-2 down to lose by a run with our best hitter watching the ball sail through the strike zone with the go-ahead run on first. Putting aside the next few days of setting up the rotation, meaningless shenanigans, the magic number is 11.

[bosoxed]

hb- im a rhode island guy living in california,been rooting for the sox all my life. i never get to read the strip until 8 or 9 (my time) EVERY DAY! you have the sox mind set down pat- i change the names of the strip to represent my buddies- keep up the great work.

[Mike E!]

Glad to see this post today, h.b.

I agree with everyone else, except that dude who thinks we're whiny and immature, because he smells farts. *PFFT* I love this site; the lit references and humor is what first drew me to it, but now it's a toss-up between the actual posts and the comments as to which I get most excited for. Thanks for giving all these creepers a place to be so totally awesome, and inspiring that awesomeness.