Shuffle on, Tito, shuffle on...

Al:
Christ I dunno what it is about playing in Oakland, but even the day games leave me beat.

 

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Doug:
For me it's the pollen. I feel about as alert as an air traffic controllah on the night shift.

 

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Mike:
So as Shaughnessy magnanimously points out this morning, the Sox are not going to go 0-81 on the road this year.

 

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Al:
And he works in anothah Wally Pipp reference.

 

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Doug:
Not to mention refs to Tom Yawkey, Rollie Fingahs, and Clemens' Ninja shoelaces. The Shank is on fiah ovah heah.

 

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Mike:
But the CHB ain't too happy with the lineup shuffling or the catching situation... not too happy at all.

 

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Doug:
Of course, if Shaughnessy opines on something, I'm suddenly convinced that whatevah he thinks is bad is actually good.

 

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Al:
Whoa! Hold on a minute. Are you suggesting that the CHB is, uh, oracularly challenged?

 

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Doug:
Well, let's put it this way. Shaughnessy is to baseball, what Tom Friedman is to business with respect to predictions and advice.

 

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Comments

[da kine]

CHB can eat a BOD.

[da kine]

CHB can eat a BOD.

[Bob]

So you're saying my Lyle Bowlin stock is worthless???

I "journalists" go, I think CHB is most like Jeanne Dixon. They're both right occasionally, although their accuracy comes from pure coincidence rather than insight.

[h.b.]

*** Scheduling Notice ***

I'll be taking off for Easter, so no strip Friday or Monday.

[Bob]

Oh, and to make the comparison even more compelling, Jeanne Dixon is dead.

[louclinton]

@hb

that's what Jesus did, too

coincidence?

[yazbread]

I thumbed through my 'Red Sox Team Catalog' over breakfast. I was unaware that you could buy a yarmulke with the 'B' on it. Oy.

[LarryE]

Easter, Jesus, Yarmulkes. Soxaholix is going all religiosity !!!

[louclinton]

Jeanne Dixon dead?

Wow, who saw that coming?

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Actually, I worked on the same floor as had her office in 1976-78 (look it up). I used to see her all the time, and she looked ghostly back then.

lc

[Frank]

I actually know somebody that has one of those yarmulkes.

As for the CHB, back at my ancestral home in South Kackalackey, the expression is: "Even a blind hog finds a root ever now and then"

[Bob]

That's a great swear, LarryE.

Dice-K walks another batter:

"Jesus Easter Yarmulke!"

T-shirt maybe?

[Kaz]

If Jesus died for my sins, he didn't do a very good job of it.

[Jeff in NC]

If Dice-K is buddhist (?), will Jesus really be any help there?

Or the jewish greek god Youks? Will Jesus help there? Or will Youks save Dice-k? Im getting confused now.

[vancouversoxfan]

lc, I believe a pale Jeanie Dixon sunset may be in order.

[nhgreg]

I thought Jesus was that guy that used to play center...

[h.b.]

No, that was Judas. Easy mistake.

[Rob in CT, er SA]

"I think there's a world demand for about five computers."

Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM - 1958

Apparently, Chairman Watson wouldn't have been much of a Soxaholix fan. CHB probably claims to have known him personally.

[Bob]

Nice win last night (although I didn't actually see the "win" part; damn extra inning west coast games). Solid pitching, clutch hit, the kind of thing we expected all along.

[pablo in nh]

Saw the whole damn thing. Just got up.

Some interesting umpiring.

[Jeff in NC]

Interesting umpiring? Do tell, for those of us who chose sleep.

[Go Sox. Go Heels, etc.]

More interesting than the phantom balk and the phantom caught stealing call?

[nhgreg]

I found this to be kind of funny. From the Onion: http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/david-ortiz-terrified-after-hearing-about-red-sox,20171/

[pablo in nh]

Well, floating strike zone. Pedey comes off the base on a steal of second while the ball is still applied to his back, but is not called out. Pedey caught off third in a rundown and returns to third by way of the parking lot, but is still not called out. Stuff like that. Solid entertainment value.

[sonomasox]

Being at the OAK/phantom balk and steal game and watching last night - think the phantom umping in Oak was more bizarre - probably because we lost.

Certainly helps that Pedey is barely 3 ft tall. Hard to actually run out of the base path when you're that short.

But the A-Gon and Pedey base running follies were way too spring training antics.

Is Salty on the trading block yet? two wins w/ Tek...hitting .041.

[Bob]

I'm going to personally start an early beer cart today.

Have a great weekend all. Hopefully we'll have something fun to yak about on Monday.

[soxdownunder]

We no longer have the worst recod in baseball. Next milestone - no long having the worst record in the AL East.

I have a friend who breaks up every potential no hitter by sending me a text. Yesterday he tried to be real subtle, didn't mention the no hitter; just said nothing special about the game YET: 45 seconds later they got that soft bounding infield single. I laughed.

[rolo]

hellooo third place, you never looked so good.

Was that a gyroball I saw last night??

[HunterStars]

Looks like the National Treasure is back- we might need to start haikus again

[louclinton]

The soft bounding single wasn't that soft. It almost tore DM's face off. Happy Easter.

lc

[soxdownunder]

The 'soft bounding single' - happened in the Beckett game lc. You can look it up!!

[soxdownunder]

Or, in haiuku/savant form:

The soft bounding single
Happened in the Beckett game:
You can look it up!

[Bob]

Set 'em out, ride 'em in. Ride 'em in, let ' em out, Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide.