http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ Readin'. Writin'. Red Sox. en Copyright 2010 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:46:38 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/eelogo.jpg ALDS Game 3: October 11, 2009 Angels 7 W: Darren Oliver (1-0)S: Brian Fuentes (2) 3-0 Red Sox 6 H: Daniel Bard (1)H: Billy Wagner (1)BS, L: Jonathan Papelbon (1, 0-1) 0-3 Highlight: Despite cruising at an altitude of 39,000 feet I was able to experience most of this http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/demonize/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/demonize/ 2009 Postseason Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:46:38 -0500 ALDS Game 2: October 9, 2009 Red Sox 1 L: Josh Beckett (0-1) 0-2 Angels 4 W: Jared Weaver (1-0)H: Darren Oliver (1)H: Kevin Jepsen (1)S: Brian Fuentes (1) 2-0 Highlights: In Japanese the word for “four” (shi) is a homonym of the word “death.” The Angels scored four http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/bedeviled/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/bedeviled/ 2009 Postseason Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:32:06 -0500 ALDS Game 1: October 8, 2009 Red Sox 0 L: Jon Lester (0-1) 0-1 Angels 5 W: John Lackey (1-0) 1-0 Highlights: Having Don Orsillo as play-by-play man is almost like having a postseason game on NESN. Buck Martinez spoiled the effect by sprinkling in imperceptive comments here and http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/purgatory/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/purgatory/ 2009 Postseason Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:54:16 -0500 Continuing with the rest of the season, I list the highs and lows of the 2009 Red Sox. It is almost uncanny how Brad Penny’s success coincided with the uncertainty around John Smoltz such that the front office couldn’t capitalize on Penny’s value at its apex. June 2nd: A squirrel http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/2009_retrospective/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/2009_retrospective/ 2009 News Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:56:00 -0500 Game 162: October 4, 2009 Indians7L: Tomo Ohka (1-5)65-97, 5 game losing streak Red Sox12W: Michael Bowden (1-1)95-67, 4 game winning streak Highlights: Bowden, he of the bizarre delivery, attained his first major league win in 2009 in the last game of the regular season. He entered the game after http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/hindsight/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/hindsight/ October 2009 Game Comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:16:18 -0500 Game 161: October 3, 2009 Indians6L: Aaron Laffey (7-9)65-96, 4 game losing streak Red Sox11W: Josh Beckett (17-6)94-67, 3 game winning streak Highlights: Beckett allowed four runs but none were by way of the longball. Cleveland is middle of the pack for team home runs, tied for 14th with the http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/backstops/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/backstops/ October 2009 Game Comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:53:08 -0500 Game 160: October 2, 2009 Indians2L: Carlos Carrasco (0-4)65-95, 3 game losing streak Red Sox6W: Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-6)H: Billy Wagner (6)H: Ramon Ramirez (12)93-67, 2 game winning streak Highlights: The Japanese borrowed the English term “general manager” and use it to describe their Theo Epsteins and Dave Dombrowskis. Usually they http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/zenerarumaneja/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/zenerarumaneja/ October 2009 Game Comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:14:29 -0500 Game 159: October 1, 2009 Indians0L: Carlos Carrasco (0-4)65-94, 2 game losing streak Red Sox3W: Jon Lester (15-8)H: Daniel Bard (13)H: Billy Wagner (5)S: Jonathan Papelbon (38)92-67, 1 game winning streak Highlights: A win, a very palpable win. MLB.com now has a Game Pulse section on its Gameday Wrap tab http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/wedged/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/wedged/ October 2009 Game Comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:25:47 -0500 Game 158: September 30, 2009 Blue Jays12W: Roy Halladay (17-10)75-84, 6 game winning streak Red Sox0L: Tim Wakefield (11-5)91-67, 6 game losing streak Highlights: Only Rocco Baldelli (seventh frame) and Joey Gathright (sixth inning to break up the no-hitter and a two-out hit in the eighth) collected hits off Halladay http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/shake/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/shake/ September 2009 Game Comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:49:49 -0500 Game 157: September 29, 2009 Blue Jays8W: Ricky Romero (13-9)S: Jason Frasor (11)74-84, 5 game winning streak Red Sox7L: Clay Buchholz (7-4)91-66, 5 game losing streak Highlights: For the second game in a row a Red Sox starter allowed four runs in the first. Buchholz lasted 5 innings, which was http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/beguiled/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/beguiled/ September 2009 Game Comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:13:37 -0500 Game 156: September 28, 2009 ∙ 7 innings Blue Jays11W: Scott Richmond (8-10)73-84, 4 game winning streak Red Sox5L: Michael Bowden (0-1)91-65, 4 game losing streak Highlights: The Red Sox honored Johnny Pesky on his 90th birthday by having him throw out the first pitch. Instead of the typical off-target http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/impediments/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/10/impediments/ September 2009 Game Comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:33:30 -0500 Game 155: September 27, 2009 Red Sox2L: Paul Byrd (1-3)91-64, 3 game losing streak Yankees4W: Andy Pettitte (14-7)H: Brian Bruney (14)H: Phil Coke (21)S: Mariano Rivera (44)100-56, 5 game winning streak Highlights: Victor Martinez’s hitting streak was snapped when he pinch hit for Jason Varitek in the ninth with one http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/postlude/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/postlude/ September 2009 Game Comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:37:15 -0500 Game 154: September 26, 2009 Red Sox0L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-6)91-63, 2 game losing streak Yankees3W: C.C. Sabathia (19-7)H: Phil Hughes (18)S: Mariano Rivera (43)99-56, 4 game winning streak Highlights: Ainote is a virtuoso musical interlude in kabuki dramas played on the shamisen. While this music is worthy of the audience’s http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/ainote/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/ainote/ September 2009 Game Comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:02:13 -0500 Game 153: September 25, 2009 Red Sox5L: Jon Lester (14-8)91-62, 1 game losing streak Yankees9W: Joba Chamberlain (9-6)98-56, 3 game winning streak Highlights: Though both possess abundant talent there is a marked difference in temperament between Lester and Chamberlain. Lester is confident without the taint of conceit while Chamberlain is http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/prelude/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/prelude/ September 2009 Game Comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:48:34 -0500 Game 152: September 24, 2009 Red Sox10W: Clay Buchholz (7-3)91-61, 2 game winning streak Royals3L: Anthony Lerew (0-1)63-90, 2 game losing streak Highlights: Zack Greinke heckled home plate umpire Greg Gibson’s strike zone in the third inning and was ejected by Gibson from the dugout. It’s good to see Greinke http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/unseat/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2009/09/unseat/ September 2009 Game Comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:55:50 -0500