http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/ Readin'. Writin'. Red Sox. en Copyright 2012 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:04:56 -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 Clay Buchholz has had a topsy-turvy run this season thus far: when he pitches terribly the offense assaults the pitcher and he wins but when he lasts five innings while striking out five and allowing only two bases on balls he loses. The first run scored off of him was http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/busted_rhymes/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/busted_rhymes/ May 2012 Game Comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:04:56 -0500 Josh Beckett didn’t spoil his own birthday nor “Thanks, Wake Day” with his outstanding outing: 7 innings, 4 hits, no earned runs, 2 walks, and 9 strikeouts. Even New England weather was forgiving on Tim Wakefield’s day of tribute, providing a mostly clear day of baseball. The gentle showers were http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/finer_forty-niner/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/finer_forty-niner/ May 2012 Game Comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:38:26 -0500 As if giving instructions to a cadre of tykes for a Red Sox Small Talk segment Bobby Valentine said in the postgame press conference, “Just for you younger reporters out there that was called a complete game. The starter starts it and…” Jon Lester pitched a complete game loss in http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/when_johnny_comes_marching_home/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/when_johnny_comes_marching_home/ May 2012 Game Comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:32:19 -0500 Bobby Valentine turned 62 yesterday and the team presented him with the fourth series win of the season. Not to be ungrateful, but he really could have done with more of these gifts. The team is in the American League East cellar and trails the Baltimore Orioles by 6½ games. http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/happy_birthday_bobby/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/happy_birthday_bobby/ May 2012 Game Comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:52:55 -0500 The Red Sox, Jerry Remy, and Don Orsillo were at the top of their game today. Orsillo and Remy proved they could do play-by-play of sports with more action in the aftermath of Cody Ross’s sixth inning home run. The ball soared over the left field wall into the parking http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/hot_puhdayda/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/hot_puhdayda/ May 2012 Game Comments Sun, 13 May 2012 12:03:20 -0500 Unsurprisingly Clay Buchholz has the highest ERA (8.31) of any pitcher with four or more wins. What is surprising is that the lanky right-hander even has four wins. Buchholz benefited from run support and defense last night. The visitors threatened when Jack Hannahan doubled with one out. Hannahan remained at http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/lucky_buchholz/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/lucky_buchholz/ May 2012 Game Comments Sat, 12 May 2012 17:04:24 -0500 In honor of Carl Beane’s passing there was no public address announcer for this game. Sadly the team didn’t play well enough to honor Carl’s memory. Josh Beckett probably wished it were as silent during his departure in the third inning. He was serenaded by a chorus of jeers. Even http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/derek_and_the_domino_effect/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/derek_and_the_domino_effect/ May 2012 Game Comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:02:26 -0500 Early, but not early enough for a tee time. He could make his way to a driving range, however. http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/josh_beckett_departs_in_the_third/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/josh_beckett_departs_in_the_third/ 2012 News Thu, 10 May 2012 21:00:00 -0500 Journey man starter Bruce Chen notched his first win against the Red Sox. That’s all you really need to know about this game. That, and the fact that Jonathan Broxton’s legs are the size of giant sequoias. Dennis Eckersley came through with a few great sound bites, as usual. On http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/broxtons_britches/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/broxtons_britches/ May 2012 Game Comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:12:36 -0500 Fenway Park is empty tonight, and not just because the Red Sox are on the road. Its public address announcer, Carl Beane, died in a car accident this afternoon when he went into cardiac arrest behind the wheel. I will always remember how he announced the seventh inning “streeeeeetch,” his http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/carl_beane_1952-2012/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/carl_beane_1952-2012/ May 2012 Game Comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:01:16 -0500 Not the band from the 1980s that feloniously combined “Baby, I Love Your Way” and “Freebird” but rather “der Wille zur Macht,” the Nietzschean concept of striving to attain the highest position. From “The Will to Power” comes this excerpt: “My idea is that every specific body strives to become http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/will_to_power/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/will_to_power/ May 2012 Game Comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:52:23 -0500 Seventeen innings requires seventeen haiku, each of which has seventeen syllables. Early home run byFormer Milwaukee playerMany beers neededChris Davis strikes outRain rapping on a tin roofRepetitive soundsIs this a repeatOf the first inning? Solohome run by HardyReynolds walks, home runBy Andino.The world isComing to an endMiller strikes out sideCan http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/edge_of_seventeen/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/edge_of_seventeen/ May 2012 Game Comments Sun, 06 May 2012 23:32:22 -0500 Aaron Cook looked death in the eye eight years ago, so a flesh wound to the leg wouldn’t likely stop him. In 2004 Cook had blood clots that traveled to his lungs. The clots, called pulmonary embolisms when they reach the lungs, caused shortness of breath and dizziness. A year http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/filleted_and_cooked/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/filleted_and_cooked/ May 2012 Game Comments Sun, 06 May 2012 11:09:41 -0500 Dennis Eckersley seems to jinx games where he is engaged as a color analyst. Don Orsillo recalled an extra innings contest replete with rain delays that didn’t end until approximately three in the morning. At the top of the third Eckersley marveled at Mark Reynolds’s strikeout rate and noted that http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/dennis_the_menace/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/dennis_the_menace/ May 2012 Game Comments Sat, 05 May 2012 12:05:20 -0500 Both teams took the field in retro uniforms from 1936 in honor of Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx, who spent the better part of his career between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Red Sox. The Athletics’ road greys resembled the Yankees’ visitors uniforms but with no stripes on the sleeves http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/throwing_it_back/ http://www.empyrealenvirons.com/2012/05/throwing_it_back/ May 2012 Game Comments Fri, 04 May 2012 19:03:03 -0500