anticlimactic

well. that game was the reason some people think baseball is boring. my. God. ::yawn::

no. seriously. i slept through quite a bit of the game.

i don't know what kind of crappy games those Cleveland announcers are used to, but they kept raving about this awesome pitchers duel we were bring treated to. i have news for them: a) pitchers duels are often fairly quick games since the batters are usually retired in order, or pretty close to it. this game was the standard three hours in length. and b) pitchers duels do not typically have ten hits and three walks. i know that the 1-0 score (important to note that the Red Sox won) might indicate a real pitchers duel but... ummm... not so much. mostly it was just a fair number of guys getting on base but not scoring any runs. honestly, this game had the potential to be a very exciting pitchers duel, but it did not pan out that way. the good news in all this is that i had the best possible scenario play out with having my two best fantasy pitchers squaring off: Matsuzaka got the win, and CC turned in a good enough performance that he was still worth a decent amount of points.

and then i read this: "At the outset of the Teixeira trade talks, for example, the Rangers had insisted the Yankees include either Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes, one of the Yankees' top pitching prospects, and had asked the Dodgers for three top prospects. They had asked the Red Sox for pitcher Clay Buchholz and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury." (ESPN) no no no no no!!! the implications of this move make me want to cry. because we wouldn't pay that much for a bench player to replace WMP. Teixeira plays 1B. that's Youk's spot. which makes me think they would slide Youk over to 3B and... that's where Mike Lowell plays. this cannot happen. *cannot*. not to mention that i really don't like the idea of taking our two biggest minor league prospects out of Boston's future. while i don't want to see his bat land in the Bronx, i am praying he winds up on the Dodgers. or the Angels. or the Braves. i really hate the trade deadline. the rumors swirl til i get dizzy and start feeling ill.

anyway. 'nuff of that.

guess who will be at Saturday's Red Sox game, awesome seats, close to the field, third base line, right behind the Boston dugout? and for a price you would not believe.