8/30/23 Houston We Have a Problem
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Game 134
I am writing while watching a hurricane,
after seeing the Red Sox lose in the rain.
The weather I’m witnessing seems quite germane,
‘cause the team has blown a big chance to maintain
a place in the race, and hope’s washed down the drain.
It’s almost September; It’s time to retrain
my rose-colored eyes and my “but what if?” brain,
to watch the ballgames and let them entertain
instead of enrage me and drive me insane.
Time to take the good and the bad with a grain
of salt, to enjoy them and try to abstain
from pounding my fists as I’m shouting profane
phrases so loudly that the neighbors complain,
worried I’m rabid or strung out on cocaine.
I vow, now, to watch things with much more constrain.
I won’t stress at whether we lose ground or gain.
I will not scoreboard-watch intensely and feign
we’re Belle of the Ball when we’re just a Plain Jane.
Of course, as I type this, I know it’s in vain.
My thirst for the playoffs is not gonna wane
til the day the Sox are officially slain.
I’ll still have hope the baseball gods will ordain
a postseason spot for this season’s campaign.
If you look, I swear you can still see a lane.
I promise it is there. You just have to crane
your neck out to see it (so far it might sprain.)
A big win today might just set off a chain
of amazing things in the games that remain.
I am writing while watching a hurricane,
after seeing the Red Sox lose in the rain.
The weather I’m witnessing seems quite germane,
‘cause the team has blown a big chance to maintain
a place in the race, and hope’s washed down the drain.
It’s almost September; It’s time to retrain
my rose-colored eyes and my “but what if?” brain,
to watch the ballgames and let them entertain
instead of enrage me and drive me insane.
Time to take the good and the bad with a grain
of salt, to enjoy them and try to abstain
from pounding my fists as I’m shouting profane
phrases so loudly that the neighbors complain,
worried I’m rabid or strung out on cocaine.
I vow, now, to watch things with much more constrain.
I won’t stress at whether we lose ground or gain.
I will not scoreboard-watch intensely and feign
we’re Belle of the Ball when we’re just a Plain Jane.
Of course, as I type this, I know it’s in vain.
My thirst for the playoffs is not gonna wane
til the day the Sox are officially slain.
I’ll still have hope the baseball gods will ordain
a postseason spot for this season’s campaign.
If you look, I swear you can still see a lane.
I promise it is there. You just have to crane
your neck out to see it (so far it might sprain.)
A big win today might just set off a chain
of amazing things in the games that remain.
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Punishment for us gluttons for it begins @ 4:10, for the masochists among us who don't want to miss a pitch.
A huge sock might have been better? Then every member of the current team could contribute some bona fide sweat to personalize it.
Kimbrel just gave up the Phillies' lead over the Angels, who now lead by two. He still does that stupid pose, but it doesn't seem to help him. Game on mlbn.
I noticed that. How could your heart not melt watching him hold those two little kids hand’s walking up to home plate?
This is who he is. He along with his wife Kourtney have always been intimately involved with their foundation work. He is a world-class human being and a damn good baseball player, a mentor/coach to the younger players. Worth every penny of what the Sox should pay to have him here next year.
I’m just not a Youk fan in the booth. Maybe it’s the voice or the intonation or the cliches, I’m not sure
A lot of people leave the phone silent when they want to get something done. It's just different now.
For me, it's OB. He always wants to talk about anything other than the game on the field. He leads whoever is in the booth with him into this.
By the way, the game is going to hell in a handbasket while I've been typing.
No doubt there. Still, I am aware of someone calling me even if it's on silent. If I am on the verge of a life-changing moment, I am surely aware.
Still not sure what we're saving the yellow jerseys for.
Pretty good two out hitting there. I wish we hit like that.
Pretty good two out hitting there. I wish we hit like that.
You think they would be so much better at Fenway, but they suck at Fenway this year. Getting swept at Fenway is bad and it has happened more than once this season.
Well, the last pitch hit was right down the middle. None of our pitchers is very good, with the exception of Bello, who needs seasoning.
They’re just a bad team. They played out of their minds to be in thr conversation. But yet again, a misfire at the trading deadline. Either shit or get off the pot. The standing pat thing is so boring.
