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i haven't posted in awhile...i'm home for the weekend and giving myself some much-needed rest. this semester has been crazy...most of the time i have absolutely no concept of what the date is...it seems absurd to me that the semester is nearly half-over, because i've done so much work that it's all just melted together. i can't decide whether my life is interesting or incredibly dull right now. a woman who works at the dining hall gave me a four-leaf clover the other day, for no apparent reason. i thanked her and put it in my pocket, where it was subsequently destroyed and disintegrated...i'm not sure what this might mean. i saw the roots last night while i was still up at school (and woke up this morning at 10 of 9 to pack and walk down to the bus station, 2 miles, in the pouring rain...but that's a whole other story).
i've got some business to attend to on this journal though, so let's get to that before i start rambling on and on and on...
Reply with your name and I'll.....
1)Respond with something random about
you.
2) I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3) I'll pick a
flavor/color of jello to wrestle with you in.
4) I'll say something that only
makes sense to you and me.
5) I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6)
I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7) I'll ask you something that
I've always wondered about you.
8) If I do this for you, you must post this
on your journal.
Ready, friends... set... GO!
I don't like filling in these responses as much as I like seeing what other people say about me...but I guess it's gotta go both ways. So comment back before it becomes old.
redd1985 posted his early prediction for the 2006 red sox line-up...and since i've got nothing much else to do as a sox fan for the next few months, i think i'll follow suit. and since i've got nothing much else to do for the next few minutes, i think i'll add some commentary. Also, at this time I'd like to quote a guy from the WEEI Winer Line today talking about how Nomar saved two women from drowning in Boston Harbor: "So Nomar had to jump into Boston Harbor to save those two women...what'd he do, overthrow the life preserver?" well i thought it was funny, anyway...predictions...
C Jason Varitek (duh)
1B Millar/Olerud Platoon
This is sure to shock and anger many sox fan readers of mine (like i have a lot of those)...but really, what's the big problem with this? i'm not sure it's likely that they'll both come back into this role, but if they did I wouln't object whatsoever. i don't think there's any overstating what millar does for the clubhouse...remember the manny fiasco at the trade deadline, how pissed he was at the club, and then all of a sudden he was all smiles? that was kevin millar's doing. so he's an awful run producer...but how much can you complain when the red sox have led the league in runs the three years he's been here?
2B Dustin Pedroia
Anybody else remember the pictures of him from the spring in Lowell playing second with that ski mask on? I hope Boston has a really cold April so the Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox face mask becomes a new fashion phenomenon.
SS Edgar Renteria
No way he has as rough a season next year as he did this year.
3B Kevin Youkilis
I love Bill Mueller but I don't think he's back next season...and it's a waste to have Youkilis on the bench all the time.
RF Trot Nixon
...for 3 weeks, until he hurts his back.
CF Hanley Ramirez
He's got the speed and the arm...After Damon's second half, whoever's playing center field next year is going to get a standing ovation the first time he reaches the third baseman in the air.
LF Manny Ramirez
They'll try to trade him, and everybody will be saying "Get rid of him!" and then it won't happen, and everybody will go back to talking about how he's the three most prolific run producers in the history of the game...I've never wanted to see him traded, and I won't ever want to see him traded. He might be the most hilarious/ridiculous baseball player to watch of all time. And anyway, everyone should just accept from prior attempts at trading Manny that it won't work; the players you'll get in return will a) have just as much of a burdensome contract as Manny does (i.e. the A-Rod deal) or b) be significantly less valuable players (i.e. the three way deal discussed this July). and plus...
DH David Ortiz
...Ortiz doesn't put up the MVP numbers he had this year if Manny doesn't hit behind him. Because why else would you pitch to this beast. A few weeks ago my away message said, "I believe in David Ortiz and Adam Vinatierri, and that's just about it." I should have added Tom Brady to that list...but other than that, I'm sticking by it.
And now for the real fun...pitching. This is where "Dream Line-up" comes in because I have no idea what they're gonna do here
Starters:
1) Schilling
2) Wakefield
3) Papelbon
4) Arroyo
5) Clement
Although don't be surprised if Jon Lester ends up in that rotation and Arroyo goes to a long relief role in the bullpen. Or they keep Arroyo in the starting rotation and trade Clement for a bag of baseballs and/or a first baseman. Schilling's seniority gives him the ace by default, and Francona will put Wake in between the fireballers for sure.
Relievers:
Jeremi Gonzalez - he's still fine to eat some innings.
Lenny DiNardo - they need a lefty who can throw to more than one batter...
Mike Myers - ...but i bet they keep myers anyway
Manny Delcarmen - he'll get the chance to make some important outs next year
Mike Timlin - he'll be setting up in the 8th, if his arm still works
Keith Foulke - is keith foulke your closer next year?
Craig Hansen - ...or is Craig Hansen?
of the million things i could write about that's what i chose...
www.tuckermax.com might be the funniest, most shocking, most offensive collection of stories on the internet.
nate and i had an extended conversation about the original oregon trail the other day ( a conversation i've had with many different people, from all across america, on numerous occasions). there are always two highlights of this converation: attempting to hunt, and crossing the rivers. I'm not gonna get into detail about why these are the highlights of the game, because if you're in your late teens or early 20s, you know why. but i realized that the time has come that "caulking the wagon" enters the lexicon of american slang. "it's 4th and 2, the patriots are on the 45 yard line...and it looks like they're gonna caulk the wagon and go for it!"
"dude all you've done the last two weeks is talk about that girl. why don't you just caulk the wagon and call her?"
i've got some business to attend to on this journal though, so let's get to that before i start rambling on and on and on...
Reply with your name and I'll.....
1)Respond with something random about
you.
2) I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3) I'll pick a
flavor/color of jello to wrestle with you in.
4) I'll say something that only
makes sense to you and me.
5) I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6)
I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7) I'll ask you something that
I've always wondered about you.
8) If I do this for you, you must post this
on your journal.
Ready, friends... set... GO!
I don't like filling in these responses as much as I like seeing what other people say about me...but I guess it's gotta go both ways. So comment back before it becomes old.
redd1985 posted his early prediction for the 2006 red sox line-up...and since i've got nothing much else to do as a sox fan for the next few months, i think i'll follow suit. and since i've got nothing much else to do for the next few minutes, i think i'll add some commentary. Also, at this time I'd like to quote a guy from the WEEI Winer Line today talking about how Nomar saved two women from drowning in Boston Harbor: "So Nomar had to jump into Boston Harbor to save those two women...what'd he do, overthrow the life preserver?" well i thought it was funny, anyway...predictions...
C Jason Varitek (duh)
1B Millar/Olerud Platoon
This is sure to shock and anger many sox fan readers of mine (like i have a lot of those)...but really, what's the big problem with this? i'm not sure it's likely that they'll both come back into this role, but if they did I wouln't object whatsoever. i don't think there's any overstating what millar does for the clubhouse...remember the manny fiasco at the trade deadline, how pissed he was at the club, and then all of a sudden he was all smiles? that was kevin millar's doing. so he's an awful run producer...but how much can you complain when the red sox have led the league in runs the three years he's been here?
2B Dustin Pedroia
Anybody else remember the pictures of him from the spring in Lowell playing second with that ski mask on? I hope Boston has a really cold April so the Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox face mask becomes a new fashion phenomenon.
SS Edgar Renteria
No way he has as rough a season next year as he did this year.
3B Kevin Youkilis
I love Bill Mueller but I don't think he's back next season...and it's a waste to have Youkilis on the bench all the time.
RF Trot Nixon
...for 3 weeks, until he hurts his back.
CF Hanley Ramirez
He's got the speed and the arm...After Damon's second half, whoever's playing center field next year is going to get a standing ovation the first time he reaches the third baseman in the air.
LF Manny Ramirez
They'll try to trade him, and everybody will be saying "Get rid of him!" and then it won't happen, and everybody will go back to talking about how he's the three most prolific run producers in the history of the game...I've never wanted to see him traded, and I won't ever want to see him traded. He might be the most hilarious/ridiculous baseball player to watch of all time. And anyway, everyone should just accept from prior attempts at trading Manny that it won't work; the players you'll get in return will a) have just as much of a burdensome contract as Manny does (i.e. the A-Rod deal) or b) be significantly less valuable players (i.e. the three way deal discussed this July). and plus...
DH David Ortiz
...Ortiz doesn't put up the MVP numbers he had this year if Manny doesn't hit behind him. Because why else would you pitch to this beast. A few weeks ago my away message said, "I believe in David Ortiz and Adam Vinatierri, and that's just about it." I should have added Tom Brady to that list...but other than that, I'm sticking by it.
And now for the real fun...pitching. This is where "Dream Line-up" comes in because I have no idea what they're gonna do here
Starters:
1) Schilling
2) Wakefield
3) Papelbon
4) Arroyo
5) Clement
Although don't be surprised if Jon Lester ends up in that rotation and Arroyo goes to a long relief role in the bullpen. Or they keep Arroyo in the starting rotation and trade Clement for a bag of baseballs and/or a first baseman. Schilling's seniority gives him the ace by default, and Francona will put Wake in between the fireballers for sure.
Relievers:
Jeremi Gonzalez - he's still fine to eat some innings.
Lenny DiNardo - they need a lefty who can throw to more than one batter...
Mike Myers - ...but i bet they keep myers anyway
Manny Delcarmen - he'll get the chance to make some important outs next year
Mike Timlin - he'll be setting up in the 8th, if his arm still works
Keith Foulke - is keith foulke your closer next year?
Craig Hansen - ...or is Craig Hansen?
of the million things i could write about that's what i chose...
www.tuckermax.com might be the funniest, most shocking, most offensive collection of stories on the internet.
nate and i had an extended conversation about the original oregon trail the other day ( a conversation i've had with many different people, from all across america, on numerous occasions). there are always two highlights of this converation: attempting to hunt, and crossing the rivers. I'm not gonna get into detail about why these are the highlights of the game, because if you're in your late teens or early 20s, you know why. but i realized that the time has come that "caulking the wagon" enters the lexicon of american slang. "it's 4th and 2, the patriots are on the 45 yard line...and it looks like they're gonna caulk the wagon and go for it!"
"dude all you've done the last two weeks is talk about that girl. why don't you just caulk the wagon and call her?"