The only good baseball thing that happened to me today was Dustin almost hitting for the cycle.

No, scratch that - something good and baseball-related happened earlier. I managed to get my Nishiura hat embroidered! Of course - and this could really only happen to me - I was laughing the entire time as the lady at the kiosk did it because her ( Read more... )

So I'm two for three on my jersey/shirt-wearing lately. A few weeks ago, I wore my Tek jersey, and that night he called Jon Lester's no-hitter. And today I wore my Pedroia shirt, and he homered in Cincinnati (oh, Josh, nice shutout - you looked like a staff ace today!). Of course, yesterday I wore my Papelbon jersey, and we all know what happened ( Read more... )

We moved on in three. Hooray! I'll just cover the two games briefly, especially since I missed the first one...

There were three things I really wish I hadn't missed when I was on the road the other day. I'll go over them in slightly excessive detail now:

1. Dustin Pedroia's first postseason hit. He knocked a double and I didn't see him, and it ( Read more... )

The Sox are off tonight. Actually, the Sox and the Angels are the only teams not playing tonight, so I'm watching everyone else. At the moment, I'm watching the Rockies and the Phillies, as they're on first.

I would just like to say that, for the record, I have been a fan of Kaz Matsui from the beginning. And now you know why. (Incidentally, I ( Read more... )

What can I say? I'm officially jumping on the Postseason Beckett Bandwagon. That was simply fantastic.

For those who don't know, Josh managed to pitch a four-hit complete game shutout and to finish in time for me to still go to my Japan Club meeting on time. He's efficient and courteous! He was also rather amusing - one shot captured him smiling as ( Read more... )