sometimes when you want it done right, you have to just do it yourself.

photos by me! =P

that's right. photos by *me*. so forgive the quality, but i wanted photos to illustrate my thoughts from this game & the internet has provided me with surprisingly inadequate options the last few games. i was forced to take matters into my own hands.

1. thank you, FOX, for reminding me just how much listening to Buck & McCarver makes me want to rip my ears from my head.


2. Robinson Cano introduced the line up for the Evil Empire. i found it thoroughly amusing to hear him say Doug Mientkiewicz in his thick Dominican accent.

3. i think one of my favorite moments from this game was Youk actually giving us today's Sox line up. how can you beat intros like: "JD 'I Hit Everything' Drew." "Coco Crisp - going over walls & getting crazy with it." and "Alex Cora - driving in runs to win ball games."

4. i had some serious fears about Joshy going into this game. the longer a pitcher goes undefeated, the higher the probability that a loss is imminent. i can't even start to express how much i didn't want that inevitable loss to be against the Yanks. he was a bit Jekyll & Hyde out there, but the fact is... he's 4-0 in four starts now. and if you can come away after a performance like that against the Yankees with a notch in the W column, that's something pretty special. standing O earned, Joshy. keep it up.


5. ::gasp:: Papi has *got* to stop with the sliding. i am going to repeat myself every time he does it. he's either finally going to get the message or it hopefully it will serve as a desensitization process for me.

6. happy birthday to Tito today! when they did an in-game interview with him yesterday, they wished him an early birthday. he said he felt 48 going on 70. great, Tito! now imagine how RSN feels! you put up with watching the guys on the team. we have that with a healthy serving of "what the hell is Francona thinking?!" on top.

7. second inning: 2 bunts by 2 fast runners = 2 guys on base. both managed to score. thanks Coco & Alex!

8. these announcers *really* need to stop talking about Mike Lowell being gone after this year. it causes me much undue distress.


9. theory revisted: i speculated that Coco found his bat when he took that tumble into the pen, going after Slappy's second homer off Schill on Friday. remains to be seen if i am correct, but i present to you Exhibit A:

and for fun, i *told* you Coco makes faces at the plate:


10. here's another theory to test: you can't see the wiggle action in the photo, but he's doing it. and i think there is a direct correlation between the presence of Youk's ass wiggle & hitting the ball. ass wiggle = hits for Youk.


11. i would say Joshy wasn't thrilled with his performance. sure, he's had better, but it's not like he went out there & picthed like he did last year!



12. wouldn't you say there are few things more satisfying as a Sox fan than seeing this expression on Greasy McSquarehead? the classic strike out face.


13. just cuz.


14. ::giggle:: look! he practices it in the bullpen!

and while we're on the subject of The Face, here it is, in all its intimidating glory -- of course, with Tek behind the plate.


15. it makes me so sad when Youk makes an out. not because it means an out for my boys, but because he takes it *so* hard. =( looking at that, you'd think he just Kd for the fifth time this game, instead of going 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk, and scoring two runs.



16. i can think of a couple people who might appreciate this "Fenway fan shot"... ;-)


17. mark it the books, folks. that's two down. one more left.


18. oops! gotta go! bring on the 10K! GO SOX!