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:: 10.19.2004 ::
Red Sox, United Way, God, and the Future
1. The Boston Red Sox. First let me begin with a little status update. I’ve been doing a bad job of getting my necessary base-function sleep the last ten days. A hard weekend, followed by a hard week left me ailing come Friday night. I opted to resuscitate myself over the weekend instead of doing anything more major than keeping up with my chosen sports teams. I got a good amount of sleep, got some stuff done around here, set myself up for breaking into the new week strong and refreshed. Until about 11pm on Sunday when I decided I would stay up for the ALCS game. Two and half hours later, I was finally shutting off the tv to retire. Subsequent games (and my desire to support a team that has the opportunity to beat my most loathed team) have prevented me from catching back up on sleep, thus I am still sick. But. I have watched all the games, and been elated when the Sox pick up the win. If you ask me the only thing worse than being swept 4-0 is being bitch-swept 4-3. Kind of like the only thing worse being a Yankee is being Derek Jeter.
All that being said, I have some suggestions for the Red Sox, if they are looking to trim some of the fat this offseason and put together a team that only needs 9 (not 14) innings to win a game:
1. Johnny “BA .013” Damon - technically only counts as a half, as his defense is solid. But if you gotta keep him around, you might as well put the pitchers in to hit, and put the DH in for him.
2. Manny “Which side’s left field again, coach?’ Ramirez - THE most overrated player since John Rocker. Granted, he makes a good play now and again, but that’s only when he doesn’t get confused running after a ball and chewing gum.
3. Pedro “The Beantown Chokester” Martinez - Someone should notify this guy that while it’s alright for a closer to only pitch one inning, the starter should be able to go more than 3 outs before giving up runs.
But in the end “GO SOX! BEAT THE FUKCING YANKEES!” Then, if it’s Sox/Cards... well, let’s just say I can’t pick friends over friends.
2. The United Way. We’re doing a pledge drive at work. I’d like to pledge - unfortunately, I’m in this grey area where I’m not sure how much I can afford to give. I can’t even make an accurate budget because there are enough hidden expenses in the next year (read: uncertain pay, taxes, student loans, etc) so that if I come up short, I’m in serious trouble. But, to me that sounds like an excuse for not giving to a reputable charity, so I feel bad. Will someone please tell me whether it’s okay to postpone social tithing until I’ve worked for a year, or if I need to just stop bitching and give.
3. God. Time Magazine had an excellent article on the existence of God this week. Excellent. I hate to say that my ecumenical resource is Time, but that’s the facts. Actually, what makes the whole package really good is the story about the Shiite leader in Iraq preceding the cover story and the story regarding dinosaurs (and evolution) on the other end. If you get this magazine, make sure you read this article. If you don’t get this magazine, I suggest you read it at some sort of literary repository or via your local computer screen. Don’t make me threaten you all with Purgatory.
4. The Future. To keep you all in suspense: I will soon write about the existence of God, autumn, green day, work, and Doritos.
I can’t wait. Can you?
“Are we, we are; are we, we are; we are the waiting...”
:: Freddy F. at 11:04 PM [+] ::
Comments:
Anonymous: The Curse is not lifted. The Curse is that the Red Sox haven't won a world series since they traded George Herman "Babe" Ruth to the Yankees. The Red Sox have not won the world series, yet. They beat the Yankees - that's good. They beat the Yankees in four straight games, two of which were in the Bronx - that's good. They overcame a 3-0 deficit to beat the Yankees and get to the world series - that's good. But they have not lifted the Curse. And before we get to complacent, let's remember 1986...
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