A bad man.
And a not-great game.
So, we shan't be winning them all.
At least
Manny is happy. (And
¥1,000,000 richer.)
Remy says he's gonna hit the hallowed 500th homer before the end of the April. At the
rate he’s going, he just might. He might have had two in two days if you count the near-miss yesterday. (And, yes, hank the maker
he chugged into second on time.)
Yeah, he
should’ve left the box immediately. Lucky for him, it all worked out. But I’ve
heard a lot of grumbling the past couple days about the showboating yesterday,
about the fact that he pimped after a solo shot this morning with his team down
by four. Someday people will realize that that’s just what he does, and it’s never gonna change. That
day may be long after he’s retired, but that day will come. Someday. I think.
Anyway, Lester
didn’t pitch terribly. (Aardsma and Lopez looked good too.) Unfortunately Emil
Brown just picked
the worst possible way to atone to his team for yesterday’s base running
buffoonery. And unfortunately Rich Harden pitched
his ass off. These things happen.
(I’m just
miffed at myself for foolishly picking JD Drew for my fantasy team. Yes, yes, I
knew the risks. But I was feeling lucky that night! Figured I was being bold. I
wagered he was gonna shock the haters and have a breakout season. Couldn’t be worse than last
year, right? Maybe .310 with 35 HR, and 103 RBI? And he seemed to be bearing
this out — in two
exhibition games, against mediocre pitching, halfway across the world. Then
he had to go and miss
the first two games of the season and who knows how many more. Oh well.)
This was a fun.
Matsuzaka
got a start. Okajima
got a win.
Papi
got some sake. Manny
got a little extra scratch.
Brandon Moss got a
chance to strut his stuff. (And
we will be seeing him again. Count on it.)
Remy
got to know the locals.
Many
thousands of fans got new Red Sox caps and jerseys.
Selig and
the Sox brass got many thousands of dollars.
It was a great
trip.
And it’s
gonna be a great season.
Just can’t
believe we have to wait
until next week for another game that counts.