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Gregg Zaun had an abundance of anecdotes and observations to share, it’s just that his somnolent voice doesn’t rivet the audience. As Chad Finn observed, “If NPR carried major league baseball broadcasts, they would sound a lot like Gregg Zaun.” Perhaps the problem was that Zaun approached his booth duties as if he were shooting the breeze with his teammates in the dugout. The retired catcher shared one of amusing pastimes: devising lineups based on physical quirks. His favorite seemed to be the All-Hobbit team, which included Dustin Pedroia at second, David Eckstein at short, Jason Frasor coming out of the bullpen, and himself as backstop. I propose the All-Wizard squad with Adrian Gonzalez at first. Perhaps his goatee isn’t as grizzled as most mages, but the way he uses his wand is nothing short of magical. Gonzalez gave his team the lead in the fifth with a two run blast and tied the game in the ninth by going yard. The Gold Glover usually displays alchemy at first base by turning base hits down the line into outs but in the first inning he misplayed a pop-up off the bat of Juan Rivera and allowed a run score. Jose...
Game 132: September 2, 2009 Red Sox5L: Ramon Ramirez (7-4)77-55, 1 game losing streak Rays8H: Chad Bradford (2)H: Russ Springer (11)BS, W: J.P. Howell (8, 7-4)S: Dan Wheeler (2)72-60, 1 game winning streak Highlights: The gig is up, Howell. I know that you blow saves in order to try and get wins. Typical Rays player. In the fifth inning Jacoby Ellsbury pulled ahead of Carl Crawford for the most steals in the bigs. Despite the Red Sox’s purported ace toeing the rubber and a valiant game-tying rally in the eighth Boston lost.For the first three innings Josh Beckett was serving meatballs; Crawford and the reanimated corpse of Pat Burrell homered. But then Beckett showed a glimpse of his former self with three goose egg innings. He didn’t hand out any free passes and struck out nine batters, but judging by the character of the Rays team it may have been due to their complacence rather than Beckett’s dominance.The starter wasn’t helped by his defense. In the second Jason Varitek seemed to be playing for the force at home when he fielded Victor Martinez’s relay. The Red Sox captain seemed to forget that there were runners on first and third. Kevin...
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