a few notes from last night’s loss to the Yankers:
1. I really hope Renteria gets off to a good start in Boston. All of us are a little skeptical of the move to let O-Cab go after his clutch hitting and unreal defense helped us win a title. I do feel that Edgar’s bat will put up some decent numbers this year (.282, 22 HRs, 77 RBI) but he’s going o have to earn his way into our hearts. shoudlnt be tough though.
2. Despite a shaky outing last night, i think Wells will work out alright for the Sox. Especially as the #2 behind Schill.
3. I was glad that ESPN talked so much about Dave Robert’s steal from Game 4 of the ALCS last year. Clearly it was the turning point of the series. It deserves all the pub it got. I also found it interesting that Roberts was a protege of Maury Wills. good stuff…
4. I’m trying to hate “Fever Pitch” because all good Red Sox fans are supposed to, but honestly I am indifferent to it. Its probably not a good movie, and will probably bomb at the box office (replace Fallon with Adam Sandler though, and it would probably kill). I’ll see it, and enjoy it, and remain a little perturbed that those two bozos were on the field 10 minutes after the Red Sox fulfilled the dreams of thousands of actual red sox fans. But I’ll move on. 10 years from now i won’t remember fever pitch and neither will you. But the memories of the Yankees choke job and the St. Louis sweep will be as sweet as buttermilk. (and i’ve never had buttermilk)
5. games against the yankees have lost some of their oomph for me, i’ll admit it. when you are the perennial second fiddle, you look for every sign of hope you can find. every win over the yanks felt like validation, every loss was another dagger. But now that we are defending champs it really is different. Last night’s loss was just one game out of 162. The cackling yankees’ fans were just a bunch of jerks who havent celebrated a title in 5 years. Frankly, it feels good. We lost, i turned the TV off and i didnt say “oh well, maybe this isnt the year” or ” here we go again”. I just turned it off and went to bed. So thank you, 2004 Red Sox, for putting baseball games in their rightful place.
(let’s see if I’m still saying this in 6 months)