Monthly Archives: April 2008

Fake Bill Simmons’ Twitter Updates for 2008-04-30

some sage wisdom from bob marley for sox fans: http://snurl.com/26jz1 #

Take it from Bob Marley

“Dont’ worry. About a thing.‘Cuz every little thing gonna be alright”
- Bob Marley

Thanks to fantastic pitching performance from Jon Lester (and by the way, Roy Halladay, not Johan Santana, is the premier starting pitcher in baseball today) the Olde Towne Team ended their 5 game losing streak last night.  Being on the west coast, it’s [...]

Fake Bill Simmons’ Twitter Updates for 2008-04-23

cant believe CNN projections for Hillary win in PA after only 7% in? its like NESN predicting outcome of Sox-Angels game after 3rd inning #
how many f-bombs does coco utter under his breath everytime ellsbury gets a hit? #
run jacoby, run #
@DougH do you think i can get mirabelli style escort for when i return [...]

10 Games with Ellsbury Leading off. Sox have won 9

In the ongoing debate about who should be the two hitters at the top of the lineup, we now have a 10 game sample to look at with Jacoby Ellsbury leading off for the Red Sox.  And the sox record in those games is 9-1.  While I’m not able to put my finger on it [...]

Yankees melodrama with Joba explains why Bucholz should stay a starting pitcher

I’ve been reading all about Hank Steinbrenner’s outbust that Joba Chamberlain should be a starting pitcher right now and Brian Cashman’s response.  All it has me thinking is that I’m glad the Sox aren’t toying around with Clay Bucholz.
Crundy and I actually disagree on this.  Crundy thinks Bucholz should be a bullpen setup guy if [...]

The Salad Days

“These were the happy days, the salad days as they say…” H. I. McDunnough.
“We need a Beckett, we don’t have one, and he’s the one that can do it.” Steinbrenner said.
This quote, the worry about the “cursed jersey”, I even heard Yankees fans chanting “Boston Sucks” during one of the games in NY last week…..
Talk [...]

Fake Bill Simmons’ Twitter Updates for 2008-04-18

manny’s on fire. cant believe yankees are actually counting on mussina for anything this year. #redsox #
pretty sure i could pitch as good as mussina is tonight #
this commercial break brought to you by Mil Mascaras http://snurl.com/24tuo #
about to place bid of $30,102 on dug up ortiz jersey: http://snurl.com/24twz #

Fake Bill Simmons’ Twitter Updates for 2008-04-17

anticipating beckett giving yankees the beatdown tonight #
sox have my dedicated attention span for 2 more nights. then ill be tuned out til summer so i can obsess over celts march to the nba title #
and i just found my melrose season 1 dvd set in back of a closet…so sox gotta compete with [...]

One Day at Fenway

Great, great video courtesy of Tom Guilmette
One Day At Fenway - Letus Extreme Film - Time Lapse - HDTV from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

Old Habits Die Hard

I just checked out the tag cloud on this site and apparently we’re still fixated with Buckner and the Yankees.  Despite winning two championships in the past 4 years, some things are just hard to let go of.