I mean come ON – 24-0 and 15-0?
That’s just insane. And I love it!
Josh on his performance yesterday:
"It doesn’t matter if you’re playing in a media game or a college team or facing big league hitters. I actually told somebody that today," Beckett said. "They told me, `You’re going to at least let somebody hit it.’" His response? "No, I’m not going to let him hit it. I’m out there trying to do my job and my job right now is to get in shape for the season," last year’s AL Cy Young Award runner-up said. "If I’m out there facing a college team and I’m out there messing around or something, I might take that into another game. "That’s not what I’m trying to do."
I want our boys in regular-season form for their first games of Spring Training, even if they are against a bunch of kids. Tonight, on NESN, is the first game against an MLB team- Sox v Twins to start the Mayor’s Cup competition. Kick some more butt, boys!
I received some interesting email overnight in regard to my rant about Manny (and the president). I don’t thrill in getting political on here, so I’ll say one more thing and leave it. As I wrote in comments and a few other place, certainly I don’t know WHY Manny didn’t show, and neither do the asses giving him shit about it. What I BELIEVE is you don’t do something as major as refuse a trip to the White House without there being a deeper meaning behind it. And contrary to what many believe, Manny is not some idiot who walks around all day drooling and then turns into super hitter when he gets to the park. I believe he didn’t go for a very specific reason and it had nothing to do with him being some horrible person. And, yes, I don’t like the president and will probably take 1-20-09 off from work and get gloriously drunk in celebration of what that day represents, regardless of which candidate wins the election. I don’t think that makes me a bad person. Just like I don’t think Manny is a bad person for not going to Washington. And as long as the writers keep writing bullshit stories like that piece of crap yesterday, I will be calling them out. Regardless of the political implications.
Okay, I’m off my soapbox now. How about a picture of Kyle Snyder eating a cookie to make us all smile?
Photo lifted from WBZ.com
(Edited to add: I’m in the process of a major change – for me – with the blog format. So if you’re still having issues, my apologies and it should all be fixed soon!)