http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ Readin'. Writin'. Red Sox. en Copyright 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:20 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.37 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/eelogo.jpg They take their baseball seriously in Chicago. They are also unfailingly loyal. The only thing that would be worse is if he had some Cubbies gear, too. In the first frame with two runners on Adam Dunn accomplished the true outcome that gave his team a 3-0 lead. The White http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/mismatched_socks/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/mismatched_socks/ May 2013 Game Comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:20 -0500 The three hour, fifteen-minute duration of the game was just a quarter-hour less than the rain delay. David Ortiz tweeted during the delay, “Raining for 2 hours and no one will call the game.... Come on!!!!!” Once a game starts it is the umpire-in-chief’s call when the game should recommence. http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/tarp-et_field/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/tarp-et_field/ May 2013 Game Comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:54:44 -0500 Twins official scorer Stew Thornley granted Craig Breslow the win in this blowout. Usually the pitcher who assumes the mound after the starter gets the win, but Clayton Mortensen’s two-thirds of an inning with two hits and a walk wasn’t as effective as Breslow’s 1⅔ innings with one hit and http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/scorers_discretion/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/scorers_discretion/ May 2013 Game Comments Sun, 19 May 2013 13:11:43 -0500 Pedro Florimon has hit two home runs this season. Both of them have come against the Red Sox. There’s just something about Boston’s pitchers that turns this nine-hole hitter into a slugger. His two-run shot in the bottom of the third put his team ahead 2-1. He didn’t even need http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/gomes_away_from_home/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/gomes_away_from_home/ May 2013 Game Comments Sat, 18 May 2013 18:00:37 -0500 If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando. Fernando Rodney walked the first two batters he faced but then got Mike Napoli to strike out on his change-up. Daniel Nava nearly did the same but didn’t bite at a change-of-pace pitch in the dirt and http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/there_was_something_in_the_air_that_night/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/there_was_something_in_the_air_that_night/ May 2013 Game Comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:11 -0500 Stephen Drew busted the game wide open in the third inning with a grand slam to right-center. He had started off the inning with a base on balls that he didn’t realize he had; home plate umpire Sam Holbrook had to prompt him to take first. The Red Sox broke http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/tattoo_drew/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/tattoo_drew/ May 2013 Game Comments Thu, 16 May 2013 20:40:05 -0500 So this is gong and centurion deal is on purpose. Joe Maddon was inspired by T-Rex’s “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” so he had the instrument installed and even hired someone to bang it. This strikes me (no pun intended) as pathetic. At least John Adams at Progressive Field http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/dangerous_tocsin/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/dangerous_tocsin/ May 2013 Game Comments Wed, 15 May 2013 19:42:15 -0500 The saying I used for the title of this post was supposed to be “fired, dyed, and laid to the side” and refer to tortured hairstyles, but I reworked it to refer to this delectable array of meat. This was one of the few points of enjoyment in yesterday’s game. http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/died_fried_laid_to_the_side/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/died_fried_laid_to_the_side/ May 2013 Game Comments Mon, 13 May 2013 18:27:33 -0500 Pro tip from Melky Cabrera: don’t dive after liners to the outfield late in the game with your team in the lead. If you miss, you may allow a single to turn into a double. And if you do dive, try not to mimic the technique of a fan going http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/blue_jays_and_layne/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/blue_jays_and_layne/ May 2013 Game Comments Sun, 12 May 2013 13:29:53 -0500 Jon Lester sat two batters down in the sixth and didn’t allow any hitters to reach base up to that point. He squared off against Maicer Izturis and offered a first pitch change-up away. The sound of the ball off Maicer Izturis’s bat caused the 33,606 fans at Fenway and http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/the_excellence_of_lester/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/the_excellence_of_lester/ May 2013 Game Comments Sat, 11 May 2013 21:36:16 -0500 Ow ard is it to ead ithout he irst onsonant? Et’s ask Swaldo Arcia, he ero of he ame or he Wins. And win the Twins did with Arcia’s two-run homer in the sixth, his run off Aaron Hicks’s double in the fifth, and a pair of scores by Justin http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/missing_in_action/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/missing_in_action/ May 2013 Game Comments Fri, 10 May 2013 21:09:18 -0500 I admit to turning over to the Bruins after Allen Webster lost the lead in the second inning. Whatever energy Jonny Gomes’s grand slam generated precipitously dissipated like the ozone layer in spring. David Krejci provided welcome relief for Boston sports fans with his overtime goal to defeat the Toronto http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/krejci_craziness/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/krejci_craziness/ May 2013 Game Comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:40:32 -0500 This game was terrible so I am just going to make fun of the Minnesota Twins that took the field last night. Jamey Carroll: You have a girl’s name. You don’t even spell it like the character from television’s hottest show “Game of Thrones.”Joe Mauer: You are almost baseball’s version http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/your_mother_dresses_you_funny/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/your_mother_dresses_you_funny/ May 2013 Game Comments Wed, 08 May 2013 20:24:38 -0500 Is the first week of May too early to declare a game a defining moment? It started off disappointingly with Clay Buchholz struggling to find the find the zone and keep the ball away from bats. The Twins were one batter shy of batting around; a single, two doubles, and http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/eleventh_ours/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/eleventh_ours/ May 2013 Game Comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:34:42 -0500 It is much too early ordain Yu Darvish as the next Pedro, but it is tempting to do so. For his first five years Martinez didn’t crack 5.0 WAR but then in 1997 transformed into “vintage Pedro.” I’m thankful this man is not in the AL East. Like Felix Hernandez http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/got_yu_under_my_skin/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2013/05/got_yu_under_my_skin/ May 2013 Game Comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:01:37 -0500