Brain Dump
So the Sox put Dice-K on the DL, and called up catcher Dusty Brown from the PawSox. I know that the Sox were looking for any reason possible to put Dice-K on the DL, because, honestly, what else can they do with him? They can’t send him down to Pawtucket, I’m sure that is in his contract somewhere, no doubt Scott Boras made sure of that. But he can’t be in the rotation any longer, because he’s been doing some serious sucking. The DL is really the only answer, so at least they can get someone up from Pawtucket to take his spot on the roster.
But I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that perhaps the Sox paid too much for this guy? I dunno, maybe he’ll make a comeback, but it’s still way too much money for a guy who just hasn’t produced this year. Hell, even Big Papi has come out of his slump.
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We went to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats game today. I was so sure that it would end up being called due to rain, but they played it through, all ten innings of it. Maybe it might have been better is the big downpour came right after five innings, when the Fisher Cats were still winning, 4-0. But no, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, when the Erie SeaWolves tied it in the 9th, and then scored five more runs in the 10th.
Ugh.
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Also, this is for the bimbo sitting in front of us, in Section 107, row R, seat 2. Thanks for being a bimbo, putting your head on your husband’s shoulder, and letting your long hair almost dip into my beer, which was in the cup holder attached to the back of your seat. Luckily, I salvaged it just in time before your hair got into my $5.75 Sam Summer Ale. But still…you see cup holders in front of you, you and your husband were using them. So doesn’t it stand to reason that there are also cup holders BEHIND you?
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I also got a laugh over this very annoying woman, who was in our section as a part of a large family group, who went in search of a beer in the 8th inning. As she left on her quest, I almost told her that beer sales ended after the middle of the 7th inning, but held my tongue. She was loud and annoying, so I figured I’d get an inning or two of peace as she stopped at every concession stand in the ballpark in search of a non-existent beer.
I was right. She came back and complained that no one would sell her a beer, anywhere in the entire ballpark. I guess she was too dumb to go into the Sam Adams Bar & Grill, which sells beer through the entire game and beyond…the only thing is that you have to consume it in the restaurant, you can’t take it out.
But hey, an inning and a half of not hearing her loud mouth…priceless!
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Due to field conditions (it rained on and off all day), the Fisher Cats had to cancel the “kids run the bases” thing. I need to check the team’s Facebook page and see if some dumb-assed parents wrote on their wall to complain about this, about how disappointed the kids were over not being able to run the bases. Hell, some parents wrote whiny stuff on the wall of the Brockton Rox Facebook page when a game that their kids were supposed to go to got rained out, they acted as it the team was supposed to *do something* for these kids. Yeah, as if these teams can control the weather!
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I do hope the weather improves this week, though. The Fisher Cats go on a brief road trip this week, returning on Friday for a four-game series vs. the Portland Sea Dogs. We already have tickets for the Sunday game, via our season mini-plan. But on Friday, they are giving away little replicas of MerchantsAuto.com Stadium, and I WANT! I got us tickets, and we will be getting there wicked early. We have to, on a weekday, because the traffic coming out of Boston on I-93 is pure hell. We’ll get there early, hang out, go to the Sam Adams bar when it opens at 5PM, and then be among the first to get the freebies when the actual stadium opens at 6PM.
It shall be mine!
