Pats Pre-Season Game 1

The Patriots played their first preseason game last night and from what I watched, besides Brady and Moss not playing it was the usual preseason game on offense. Stalled drives and back-up QB's competing for a roster spot.

There were some great signs on defense though. The rookies were not looking like rookies. Mayo is a stud this guy was making Bruschi look like he was on sleeping pills. How can he be as fast as he is at his size. The guy was all over the place popping guys; great first round pick. Crabel had a nice pick and looks like a freak out there. Randy Cross compared him to Willie McGinest size wise. Let's just hope he is half as clutch as Willie was. Liking the young CB T Wheatley he sticks with his man and was making some nice adjustments on the in routs. Good to see Adalius Thomas getting to the QB. If you can recall anything that happened during the Super Bowl, God knows I can't, Thomas was the only guy getting any consistent pressure on Manning in the 4th quarter. Pats win and his efforts would have been stuff of legend. But, they didn't and the ass kicking tour will continue. It looks like this year the Defense will be doing its fair share of that ass kicking though. As for the D-Line. Dick is back and looking healthy, Vinny will do his thing, and Warren had a nice fumble recovery and did his best Bo Jackson impersonation for a minute. Nothing to worry about here. Not the usual penalty free Pats football, but hey it's still early.

U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!

Now I know team U.S.A has always been a powerhouse at the Olympics and America is built on competition but I almost blew chuncks looking at the all time totals. No wonder the world hates us we kick their collective asses every 2-4 years in the Summer Olympics and Football isn't even an Olympic sport...Real Football.

-http://www.nbcolympics.com/

All-time Medals Country: Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA: 897 693.5 606.5 2,197
URS: 440 357 325 1,122
GBR: 189.5 245.5 242.5 677.5
GER: 179.5 212 226 617.5
FRA: 184 192 224 600

America Fuck Yeah!

That a boy

Josh Beckett (6 2/3 innings, 2 runs, 4 hits, 7 Ks) was dealing em out last night. Granted it was against the Royals. Finally the guy we knew last year was back in full form. In order to make a run for the AL East the Sox need Beckett to take over like he did down the stretch last year. Sox road him like they did Schill in '04. Time for the Balls to get back to business and lay the smack down.

Is this really happening?

So in a matter of a week the Sox trade their best hitter since Yaz (Ten Rule: Ted Williams) and then Ortiz feels a pop in his wrist. Add to that the fact that our two up and coming stars Ellsy and Clay can't seem to find their groove in the second half and this spells trouble. Nothing against John Lester, love the guy couldn't be rooting for him to succeed any more, but he is our best pitcher. Beckett our horse is a miesly 9-8 with a 4.15 ERA. What the F! Granted the Jason Bay thing is working thus far but I just don't see enough firepower to beat the likes of the Angles the way they are looking. The pitching staff is looking like they did in April Shaky. I mean christ Youk is leading the team in RBI's and now Lowell and Ortiz are both ailing. Things are not looking good. I'm not counting them out because anything can happen as long as they make the postseason. Right now it doesn't look very good when they are 3 back of the Rays and losing meaningful games to the Royals. The Sox can still pull a big win streak here, but time is of the essence and they need it soon. Losing Papi would be devastating. By the way can people stop trying to say Bay is better than Manny. The guy hit one monster shot and all the sudden he's Julius F'n Ceaser.

So when does the Pats Dynasty run continue/ NFL regular season start?

P.S. Loving the Jed Lowrie era it anyone else feel like we're watching Woddy Harelson in

"White Men Can't Jump"

Billy Hoyle: You are so stupid. It would take your mother 1, no. 2 hours to watch 60 MINUTES.

Sidney Deane: Don't start that shit again.

Vegas Baby! Vegas!

Paul Pierce was in Vegas for the weekend and ended up getting pulled over for suspicion of DUI. Luckily he has connections eehh (bloods.) and got off with a warning. Ending up having the cops send him home in a taxi caband a valet taking his ride home. Luckily there are bigger stories in Beantown with the Sox or this could be cannon fodder for the rat bastard media hounds. Whatever happened to "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas??"

Paul Pierce is on a whirlwind alcoholic hazed tour of the world with MVP trophy in hand while team U.S.A. is ripping up the competition. Hopefully Kobe, Lebron, D Wade, and Co. are all too tired after kicking slovakian ass this summer for next season. Because this behavior is acceptable for a month, but three is pushing it. Comon Paul.

It must have been the MVP trophy glued to his left hand that was making him zig zag all over the Vegas Strip like Dale Earnhardt on his last ride.

Dude please get a cab or limo next time. You obviously have the dough.

Pats Camp

Need a distraction from the trade. Pats camp is looking good with 10 full pads practices and 3 walkthroughs. Billy has the boys hitting and you gotta love that this early on. Rodney has apparently started leveling his own teamates so that should get Pats fans pumped for the road to 19-0 part II.

"3) Rodney makes his presence felt. Safety Rodney Harrison, who had returned to practice on Tuesday, got the crowd roaring a bit by coming up and laying a hit on receiver Sam Aiken during 7 on 7 work. Harrison stood over Aiken for a slight moment, and later put a little extra into a lowered shoulder on running back Laurence Maroney in 11-on-11 drills."

- Reiss's Pieces

Manny Trade Aftermath - Bay Day begins

The media have begun throwing Manny under the proverbial bus...

• Remembering Manny
• Nomar feels Manny's pain
• Manny a Bad Bad man
• Manny Wins
• The Red Headed Bastard
• Dirt Dogs
• Balls chimes in

What a joke! Wake me for the Pats opener!

How do you replace this in your lineup???Manny as a Red Sox:

Batting Average - 9th…………………………………..312
OBP - 5th…………………………………………………411

Slugging - 4th……………………………………………588

Runs - 10th………………………………………………743

HR’s - 5th…………………………………………………274

Piss Breaks in the Green Monster - 1st……..1

RBI’s - 6th………………………………………………..868

Intentional BB - 3rd……………………………………..128

AT bats per HR - 2nd…………………………………..14.4

With a 30 year old Canadian.

Manny being Manny

It is that time of year again. Where the weather in New England gets sticky. The pennant races start to get interesting, and Manny goes awol for a month or two during huge games (Yanks, Angles, etc.) As a Sox fan you have to admire the fact that the Sox have not traded Manny after basically every year he pulls some kind of stunt or says something to try and get traded. Now he is claiming he is getting run out of town by the front office. Maybe he is, but this is not a Pedro or Nomar situation here. Manny is making $20 mil to play a kid's game. The fans love him, especially myself, to a fault and all we care about is Manny's 30 dingers and 100+ Ribbies.

I actually liked the whole pissing in the Monster in between pitching changes, horrible fielding, and "I don't believe in no curses. You make your own destination." (after the 2004 World Series) quote. Heck you had to love seeing Manny look like a bag of brown on a routine liner and then snag a wall-ball in a 2 run game to save the day. I don't mind the antics, but complaining about being a martyr. Come ON! Dude play the game you're not going anywhere and the Sox are handcuffed to keep you on staff. A Jason Bay is not going to make it here. They would be stupid not to pick up the option next year and at least get 3-4 prospects and a major leaguer in return. You really can't replace him in the lineup. Who protects Papi? Lowell? Drew? Youk?

It boils down to the front office eating their pride and Manny shutting up and playing ball for at the least one more year in a Sox uni. You can't seriously contend with Manny not in the lineup. Yes, I know the act has run its course and even the fans are turning on Manny now, but people when your as good as Manny it is ok to be a space cadet. It is what makes him a great hitter he can doze off for a week and come back and hit .667 for a month.

You certainly can't match his post season credentials:

Manny ranks in the top ten all-time in 12 different postseason batting statistics:
Games - 95 - T 7th w/ Kenny Lofton
At Bats - 353 - 6th
Runs - 55 - T 5th w/ David Justice
Hits - 95 - 5th
Total Bases - 181 - 3rd
Home Runs - 24 - 1st
Runs Batted In - 64 - 2nd
Bases on Balls - 59 - 4th
Strikeouts - 81 - 3rd
Singles - 57 - 7th
Extra Base Hits - 38 - 3rd
Times On Base - 159 - 4th

As pissed as I am about the whole Manny being traded thing I'm still more interested in seeing another trophy in October. This is bigger than all of us can comprehend. So just let it lie.

Great moments in "Manny being Manny"

Birfday Cake


Drinks at Manny's

Selling Grills like George Foreman

“Hi, I’m Manny Ramirez. I bought this AMAZING grill...”