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Curse the Curse

Growing up in Connecticut only 50 miles from NYC you would think that when it comes to baseball I would be a Yankees fan, but no, I hate the Yankees. My mom is from Maine and my dad is from Massachusetts so I came by my affliction honestly, my parents were Red Sox fans. Every year I think this is the year. And recently they have actually been playing great ball and been in first place…for a while, but true to tradition they fade at the end. Sometimes still making the playoffs, but always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the end. This year I’m afraid will be no different.

I don’t get HBO, but when we were in Robbinsville this weekend the hotel we were in did. I saw a promo for an up coming show that I just had to see, The Curse Of The Bambino. It premiered last night and I got a co-worker to tape it for me.

Just finished watching it. Very nicely done. At times painful when they show some of those infamous moments that seem to bring life to the curse, Bucky Fucking Dent’s homer, Bill Buckner’s misplay, etc. And at others moving, interviews with famous and not famous New Englanders explaining their love of the Sox. Made me homesick, but also made me think that they still have time to blow their current 2-1/2 game wild card lead and end up out of the playoffs this year. Or maybe this is the year….the curse is finally lifted.

Cowboy Down

The Red Sox lose their game against the Yankees today and it is my fault. I watched the game on ESPN Friday night and they won. I watched the game on Fox Saturday afternoon and they won. Today the game was not on TV, I couldn’t watch, so they lost. Sorry.

The rain started about the time the alarm went off this morning. The bike ride didn’t happen. We could deal with that, curled back under the covers and slept another hour. The rain paused for about 15 minutes a half an hour ago, but it is back at it steady. No picture taking today, for the web site or the contest.

The inclement weather created a perfect opportunity for a movie day. First up was Catch Me If You Can borrowed from a co-worker. After about 10 minutes, Donna wanted out. I convinced her to stick it out. After 25 minutes I wanted out, but she was now interested. At 25 minutes the phone rang and while she was talking to her mother I popped out the disc. Second movie was my latest purchase, Donnie Darko. I watched it all the way through (for the second time) while Donna watched half heatedly. This evenings entry was The Last Boy Scout, a totally predictable Bruce Willis movie, that is from Netflix and has been sitting on my coffee table for around a month. At least Donnie Darko was good.

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Boy I Sure Do Miss Radio

Watched the Red Sox – Yankee’s game on Fox this afternoon. The game went better than I hoped. Boston 11, New York 0. Watching was great, but listening sucked. Tim McCarver was in the booth with Rick Sutcliff and they couldn’t get it together. Both of them seemed tongue tied too often. Maybe it is because the aren’t used to working with each other or something. Then there was an inning or two that Ozzie Smith joined them, trying in vain to explaining a Radio Shack promotion (something I’m sure he is getting paid to do) having to do with lifetime tickets to the World Series. Lamo.

About the second inning they flashed across the screen that the broadcast was available in Spanish via SAP (if available) by inning 5 I tired to get it in Spanish, but my local FOX affiliate didn’t have it available. I guess we don’t have that big a Hispanic population…

The Time Is Now

So Cowboy Up. And the Sox did just that tonight in the first of a 3-game series against their arch-nemesis’s the NY Yankees in the house that that candy bar fellow built. I think we will have to win at least one more this weekend from the Bronx Bombers if there is any chance of taking the division from them. A sweep would be nice, but 2-1/2 out with 25 to play, and the way they are playing, is not to big a hill to climb.

Turns out that a 40% chance of rain showers means a 60% chance of cloudy, gray skies with no precipitation. Got the ride in to work with it down, but that was it. After work-work we went to work-out, so the ride home was broken into 2 short trips with a long pause in the middle. The skies looked iffy so we just left the roof up.

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Warm Connecticut Summer Evenings

Top motion was the exact opposite of yesterday today. We even saved an errand for tonight just for the pleasure of an evening drive, only to have it start to rain just as we left the house.

Red Sox – Yankees on ESPN2 tonight. I’ve got the game going in a small window in the upper left as I type this. The dreaded Yankees just took the lead in the top of the 7th. On certain Wednesdays ESPN2 is brining back legendary broadcasters and tonight it is Curt Gowdy. Brings back wonderful memories of warm Connecticut summer evenings listening to Curt call the Red Sox games. Pardon me while I get all misty eyed here.

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Depressing Baseball

Another gray day. No depressing movie for tonight, just a depressing baseball game. Red Sox are playing the Yankees and coming into the game tied for first place in the division and the Yankees scored 5 in the first and so far 2 in the 8th making 7 to 1. The Sox are bringing in another pitcher and I’m turning it off.

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Damn Yankees III

They are in the playoffs while the Red Sox are all at home doing what I’m doing, watching the playoffs on Fox and rooting for Anaheim. And I’m sure just like our regular season hopes, our post season wishes will be squashed by the boys in pinstripes.