Red Sox, congress, and ignorance
By | May 3, 2006
33
Percentage of Americans aged 18–24 who can’t find Louisiana on a map, according to a recent poll.
60
Percentage in same age group who can’t locate Iraq.
“I am not after her money, as she is poor. Before meeting Wook, I never stayed in one place for long.”
_Malaysian Muhamad Noor Che Musa (age 31), discussing his recent marriage to Wook Kundor (age 104).
83
Workdays, January– April 2006.
30
Days the US House of Representatives met in session, January–April 2006.
“Now I can’t watch ESPN for 24 hours.”
“I am resigning with the idea that the Red Sox own the Yankees.”
“Take notes Arod. Just. Take. Notes.”
“New York Yankees = David Ortiz’s B*tch”
“I liked it better when we used to beat the Red Sox.”
_ Five different messages from the Game Thread on NYYFans.com after David Ortiz took Mike Myers deep in the first of 19 Red Sox–Yankees games of the season on Monday night.
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- Best buy?
Sony already ensured that I (and every other Boston critic) would be inclined to give this game a favorable review before even playing it, by putting David Ortiz — 2005’s real MVP — on the cover.
- Ballpark figures
According to the essayists and numbers-crunchers at Baseball Prospectus, the hardball stathead’s Bible, there are “few irrefutable truths” in the game.
- Big story
On July 30, the New York Times revealed that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez — heroes of the Red Sox' 2004 and 2007 World Series wins — are on the (supposedly) secret list of a hundred-plus major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in 2003.
- BPD stands accused — as Sox-haters?
The city of Boston has paid out more than $15 million in recent years to victims of the police department’s misconduct.
- Stat man
Three decades ago, Bill James would spend the skeleton shift at the Stokely-Van Camp bean factory in Lawrence, Kansas, pondering baseball’s imponderables.
- The Red Sox’ summer of discontent
Slowly, steadily, with every latest setback or miscue, it feels as if the Red Sox’ aspirations for 2006 are inexorably slipping away.
- The art of the screen name
A good screen name is crucial to a fulfilling message board membership.
- Up on the roof
Given the relentlessness with which it was hyped in the months prior to its August 1 premiere, you’re probably familiar with the concept.
- Post-steroid baseball
The bunting is hung. The chalk lines are laid out with Euclidian precision.
- Dreams of field
Do you see Dustin Pedroia in your sleep, riding a tiny blue bicycle?
- The late show
Boston lives after 2 am. It’s just a different city, more of a landscape than a community. Audio Slideshow: Allston, 2 to 6 am Audio Slideshow: Cambridge, 2 to 6 am Audio Slideshow: Downtown Boston, 2 to 6 am
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