Yin and Yang
Mike:
Well, tough to open a homestand with a loss, but in my personal universe, it's a short work week, so the loss is made moot.
Susan/Circle:
Yeah, besides, now that we are all aboard the bandwagon of what these guys are capable of even back to back losses are no sweat.
Mike:
Did you happen to catch that FanGraphs Q&A with A-Gon?
Susan/Circle:
Yeah, totally friggin illuminating...
Mike:
My fave quote —
"Hitting is simple. We make it complicated."
Susan/Circle:
Does that remind you of anything?
Mike:
"I see the ball. I hit the ball." – Manny Ramirez.
Susan/Circle:
Absolutely.
Mike:
Manny understood deeply everything Gonzalez is talking about, though, he'd never hear him lay it all out the way A-Gon does.
Susan/Circle:
Manny was 100% pure Dionysian, while A-Gon, not unlike Teddy Ballgame, has a touch of the Apollonian in him.
I hate Canucks. Bring back the Cup.
Posted by: Edmund S. Muskie | 2011.05.31 at 09:27 AM
Agreed - No need to sweat back to back losses. But I am glad May is over for Lester. Other than the Cleveland game he pitched pretty poorly, even if he did get some wins thanks to the Sox offense. Hope he reverts to form in June.
Posted by: soxinsix | 2011.05.31 at 09:31 AM
Circle-you're so deep ;) (must be that Choate education)
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2011.05.31 at 09:43 AM
Heh. Harwich said Deep Choate.
Posted by: Bob | 2011.05.31 at 09:47 AM
Circle has clearly read Camille Paglia's Sexual Personae.
Posted by: Natalie | 2011.05.31 at 09:52 AM
Emund Muskie AND Deep Choate?? LOL
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2011.05.31 at 10:10 AM
"Sherman,let's set the Way Back machine to the 1970's"
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2011.05.31 at 10:17 AM
but wouldn't that make you Peabody Rich?
Posted by: buckner was framed | 2011.05.31 at 10:29 AM
How about "See the mitt, hit the mitt" for Lestah?
At last night's game, and returned to NH with a foul ball off the bat of JDD. First one evah.
Good times.
Posted by: pablo in nh | 2011.05.31 at 10:45 AM
yeah, pretty good team after all.
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2011.05.31 at 10:49 AM
Actually when I travel,I prefer a Police Box ;D
Posted by: Harwich Rich | 2011.05.31 at 11:14 AM
It's all up from here.
Bobby Jenks is back today... so... yeah. There's that.
So, maybe it's all up from here starting tomorrow.
Posted by: Lauren | 2011.05.31 at 12:52 PM
stop calling him AGon fr chrissakes! its an insult! he is adrian or Gonzo! a gon puts him in the A roid league
Posted by: blueslal | 2011.05.31 at 04:06 PM
Noted re name change.
Meanwhile, while we're on the subject, I prefer to be addressed as "Your Highness."
Posted by: h.b. | 2011.05.31 at 04:09 PM
It's always a good strip when Circle is involved. Heh. Circle, strip...
Thanks, Your Highness.
Posted by: Rob in CT, er, SA | 2011.05.31 at 04:30 PM
It's always a good strip when Circle is involved. Heh. Circle, strip...
Thanks, Your Highness.
Posted by: Rob in CT, er, SA | 2011.05.31 at 04:30 PM
A Gon, Adrian, Gonzo, whatever. As long as he keeps hitting the way he has been you can call him anything you want, Your Highness.
Posted by: soxinsix | 2011.05.31 at 04:54 PM
heh Long day, I think I need to see if I can raise my level of highness to your highness.
Posted by: Jeff in NC | 2011.05.31 at 05:29 PM
His Majesty approves of this endeavor, Jeff in NC, and grants you writ.
Posted by: h.b. | 2011.05.31 at 08:39 PM
Even though the K-men (and women) showed how to turn A Gone into A-Goner so deftly in the first inning last night, you're right, blueslal: it's best to avoid the A Roid league.
Posted by: Roscoe | 2011.05.31 at 11:07 PM