tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158442942024-03-07T08:54:04.897-05:00PawSox HeavyJenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-13234309082758200032016-08-23T12:12:00.002-04:002016-08-23T12:12:42.969-04:00Making ListsIt is remarkable to me that after all my blood, sweat, and blood that <a href="http://www.pawsoxheavy.com/2007/03/flavors-of-ice-cream-that-old-people.html">my most popular post</a> has nothing to do with baseball.<br />
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I'm proud of myself, regardless.<br />
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If I come back I don't want to talk about baseball. Just ice cream.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-51355354625417337362016-03-04T13:26:00.002-05:002016-03-04T13:26:37.605-05:00hidden trackOh, wow! My life is so different now!<br />
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(It is not.)<br />
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I did not engage with baseball last year. Maybe this year.<br />
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No new stadium, for which I take full credit. You're welcome.<br />
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See you later? Should I go to opening day?<br />
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Sad that my last post was about Bryce Brentz, who is still kicking around. MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD KICK HIM AROUND, LOL, HIS MOM IS A MILF.<br />
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I still love you.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-63547770552434709052015-04-17T09:51:00.001-04:002015-04-17T09:51:38.289-04:004.16.2015 Pawtucket Red Sox v Rochester Red Wings (MIN) - Wide OpenPawtucket takes it 8-7 after unlikely hero Bryce Brentz hits a walk-off home run. It's funny, I called his first strikeout but maybe this is a new guy.<br />
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I noticed a few changes at McCoy Stadium. Everything costs a little bit more and things are slightly souped up. Crowd was a little heavier on the Chipsters. Worst of all, there are giant fucking timers in the outfield and behind home plate. I really had no opinion about the 20 seconds between pitches but now I'm grossed out. <br />
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Things that are the same: Jim Martin was there. The french fries. That dude with the acoustic guitar singing GBA. Quintin Berry. Mostly everything else.<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-66594290754516774742015-03-06T10:50:00.000-05:002015-03-06T10:50:03.039-05:00"PawSox > RISox" - a guest post by by Gus L<div>
The MLB is a money game, the A,AA, and AAA are all training grounds
and advertisers for the MLB teams they are affiliated with. I get that.
I've made my peace with the MLB. Back in 1994 I swore I wouldn't watch
or care again. It sounds weird that a 12 year old boy would take that
stance, but I did. The only baseball I even cared about for a while
was...the Paw Sox. Sure, they were part of the bigger Red Sox team but
their location and part in the community are part of what makes them so
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Now a new ownership wants to capitalize
on an existing fanbase carefully built, cared for BASEBALL fans. The
typical PawSox fan is a BASEBALL fan. Not an MLB fan, not a Boston Red
Sox fan (obviously most WERE but the point is, any affiliate could be at
McCoy and attendance would still be solid) but a fan of THE GAME. This
is an important distinction to make because there are plenty of people
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McCoy is an ESSENTIAL part of the lives
of both Pawtucket and local baseball fans. Where else can you see a
game, get a dog a beer and not go broke? Where else can you casually sit
on a left field lawn or where are all the neighborhood families going
to meet up on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1510255908" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">July 4th</span></span>
to watch the fireworks the stadium puts on? Where can a group of kids
in Pawtucket with some spending money go watch a game on a summer day if
not at McCoy? Taking the Sox out of Pawtucket is going to create a big
hole in many hearts of people in the local area. Not to mention the
economy of a city that's been on the brink for a while.</div>
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Now
they are considering a move to Providence. In an area that isn't too
residential at the advantage of it's owners. I'm not sure how the fans
will benefit from paying for parking, paying more for a ticket, paying
more for concessions....time will tell. For now though, it feels like
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Goodbye
to bringing a family of 4 to a game for a 100 bucks. Goodbye getting
the friends together last minute for cheap. Goodbye to neighborhood
fireworks. Goodbye to something that made Pawtucket residents proud.
Goodbye to McCoy. Goodbye to the PawSox.</div>
Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-88259685455437643342015-03-04T18:39:00.002-05:002015-03-04T18:39:57.290-05:00Talkin' BaseballHere's my first guest submission from local curmudgeon Tom Sealey!<br />
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<b>"Hey, aren't you Wade Boggs?"</b></div>
<b>"Goddamn right I am. Five-time batting champion."</b></div>
<b>"What are you doing here?"</b></div>
<b>"Clam cakes, son! Clam cakes!"</b></div>
<b>"Oh... So did you hear the Pawsox are moving to Providence?"</b></div>
<b>"Bout
time. Pawtucket is a pit. Ugly as sin. Ugly houses, ugly streets.
Can't walk five feet without stepping on an empty Dunkin Donuts cup.
Hell, if Joe Torre were a city, he'd be Pawtucket."</b></div>
<b>"You think Providence is a better choice?"</b></div>
<b>"Well,
at least in Providence you have a chance of a view. McCoy stadium, you
hit a homerun you get to see sail into a street with triple decker
shithouses and a tractor trailer parking lot. Why do you think I never
hit homeruns? Fuckin' view is pitiful. Fuck, in Providence, when they
light the river on fire at least it's a choice, not like Pawtucket."</b></div>
<b>"The river in Pawtucket has never caught on fire. Are sure your aren't thinking of Cleveland?"</b></div>
<b>"Cleveland, Pawtucket...they're both uglier than Joe Torre's mother's asshole."</b></div>
<b>"Umm, don't you have any attachment to McCoy Stadium?"</b></div>
<b>"Attachment?
Do I look like Ken Burns to you? Nostalgia is for assholes. McCoy was
just a pitstop. Like Joe Torre when he looks in the mirror. Wants to
get away from it as soon as possible."</b></div>
<b>"What do have against
Joe Torre? I mean, I might be wrong, but that horse over there looks
suspiciously like the police horse you rode after you won the World
Series with the Joe Torre coached Yankees."</b></div>
<b>"You mean Lulu?
Sure is the same horse. I got nothin' against Torre. He's just ugly.
Bit of a crybaby too. Say, do you have any beer or fried chicken?"</b></div>
<b>"Sorry, no."</b></div>
<b>"Well, I'm outta here. Me and Jim Rice are going to TP Buckner's house. Come on Lulu, lets get a move on."</b>Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-31054023569135537212015-03-03T15:10:00.000-05:002015-03-03T15:10:07.718-05:00Noise Nation has strong opinions about team relocation.My friends over at the award-winning <a href="https://noisenation.wordpress.com/">Noise Nation blog</a> (Lehigh Valley IronPigs coverage, etc) were quick to offer their condolences about the PawSox being tossed in the mud and kicked in the head with an iron boot.<br />
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Here's a link to an <a href="https://noisenation.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/my-unfiltered-opinion-team-relocation-edition/">unfiltered opinion</a> or <a href="https://noisenation.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/pawsox-on-the-move/">two</a>. "The Paw Sox have called Pawtucket their home since 1970 and have a long
standing and dedicated fan base. Why, why, why would they up and move?"<br />
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Thanks for having my back, everyone. Maybe I'll see you this summer. Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-55013463944941526772015-03-03T14:32:00.000-05:002015-03-03T14:32:15.903-05:00Shout at the DevilRemember the Sex Pistols? That was pretty funny.<br />
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Because I'm looking for submissions, I was going to tie in some of their lyrics. But they just didn't work, probably because Sex Pistols lyrics are mostly ridiculous.<br />
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If you're reading this and you have something to say about the PawSox/Providence ballpark thing, let me know. I'm not grubbing for content, I just want to hear from you and hear what you have to say.<br />
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Especially if you're pissed off.<br />
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Rational submissions will also be considered.<br />
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You can use a fake name if you want.<br />
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My email's in my profile. I also use <a href="https://twitter.com/PawSoxHeavy">Twitter</a>.<br />
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I'm excited to publish my first guest submission tomorrow evening. Then I'll be doing a little fine dining in Woonsocket. I'm sure you'll be able to find me... <br />
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I love you. Let's listen to some angry music.<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-54933787587266743572015-02-27T10:36:00.000-05:002015-02-27T10:36:07.837-05:00Who is longtime Providence attorney Jim Skeffington?I mean, who is this guy?<br />
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He's 72 years old and lives in Barrington. Wow, he's going to be 80 in 8 years. By the time the ballpark is completed, he'll be like 75.<br />
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And Barrington? Small, wealthy town on the bay. I'll bet he's a Rumstick resident. I was once at a supermarket in Barrington and someone had a Rumstick vanity plate. I'll bet it was Skeffington!<br />
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From <a href="http://wpri.com/2015/02/24/who-is-new-pawsox-owner-jim-skeffington/">Ted Nesi's article on 2/24</a>: "If the big money is moving, Jim Skeffington will be there,” Providence
Journal columnist Peter Phipps remarked in 1995. “It’s his specialty.”<br />
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You should really read the entire article.<br />
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Also: "He is the godfather of moral obligation bonds." So I'm now reading about moral obligation bonds, which is fascinating! (NOT.)<br />
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Skeffington's probably bros with Jerry Kapstein, right? He's a "special counsel" to the Boston Red Sox.<br />
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Okay, I'll be back. Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-28818726956260368312015-02-24T19:03:00.000-05:002015-02-24T19:03:10.449-05:00I hate the ProvSox.So this is enough to wake the dead, evidently. After so many years of rage and delight and boredom and irritation and elucidation IT HAS COME TO THIS.<br />
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Does anyone remember my dealbreaker? Lou Scwechheimer does because I told him personally.<br />
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HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO LOU?!<br />
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Can I list the reasons why this is a terrible idea? You know how much I love to do this.<br />
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<b>TWO THINGS:</b><br />
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1. Everybody hates this plan. No one is behind it. Everyone is angry. This is a small state and people hold grudges.<br />
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2. NO ONE ASKED FOR A NEW BALLPARK. Everyone liked McCoy Stadium. It was perfectly functional and accessible. AFFORDABLE. <br />
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EVERYBODY LOVES MCCOY STADIUM.<br />
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3. We will all end up paying for a stadium we don't really want. Fact. <br />
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4. If you park over by Corliss Point, the odds are good that your car will be broken into. I know people who this has happened to. One night I was walking over to the HC and I passed a string of cars with smashed in windows. It's a problem down there.<br />
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5. People who live in Massachusetts will not want to go to Providence. People in Massachusetts can't even be bothered to visit RI already. You know what they think of Providence? That's it a ghetto city with confusing roads and no place to park.<br />
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People from Woonsocket or Chepachet or East Providence or Johnston or Cumberland will go to Pawtucket. They will not go to Providence.<br />
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I'll be back Thursday. I need to do some research. I should start by looking at the Charlotte Knights' move from Fort Mill, SC, to Charlotte.<br />
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I hope Lucchino's prepared to deal with Rhode Island officials. This state is not known for its smooth approach to new business.<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-53233936835042040402015-01-22T13:40:00.000-05:002015-02-24T19:03:36.452-05:00Jeff Levering's moving to Wisconsin.I'll miss him in Pawtucket, but he'll still be in my imagination... MMMMM.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-6916131828916710422014-12-10T12:46:00.001-05:002014-12-10T12:46:28.766-05:00away from me and toward everyone else, which I hateThis is not good news. Or is it the best news?<br />
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I think Boston buying Pawtucket would kill me and maybe kill McCoy Stadium, which is part of me as much as concrete and steel can be part of blood, tissue, and hair. And cartilage. And stomach lining. And ear wax, whatever the hell that is.<br />
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And then what's going to happen to Tamburro and Schwechheimer?<br />
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I feel like step one of Corporate Takeover is EVERYTHING IS GOING TO COST MORE.<br />
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And... Hey, do you remember what my tipping point is? The one thing I said would make me turn my back on Pawtucket forever? DO YOU RECALL THAT SIMPLE SYMBOLIC THING?<br />
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The french fries. Change the french fries and I will burn it down to a cinder.<br />
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I'll be back later. I have a lot more to say but today I cannot.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-20043781351115986612014-12-03T10:57:00.001-05:002014-12-03T10:57:25.354-05:00je suis desoleeIt's hard to find in a bleak, zig-zag city like Woonsocket, but there's a sand-colored church on a hill on a one-way street that has an unrealistic view of everything. You can see Providence and the bay and the slow, white sailboats like the ones on the quarter.<br />
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You have to be careful where you park because the priest keeps close watch. Next to the church is an old building with a bad steel bridge behind it. I would not recommend driving over it.<br />
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Nearby the mill houses are empty and blackened. The factory is no longer in use, but the bitter smell is still there. Like welded metal. It was a toxic avenue that they really would like everyone to stay away from. I did not think people died in those houses, but in the 60's there was some kind of chemical incident in the big brick factory, one of those old employers that kept families fed.<br />
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On sunny days on the weekend, families come over from Massachusetts (Blackstone, Millville, Uxbridge, Bellingham) to see the view, which dazzles, and the modern ruins. It hurts and it draws you in. You can't conceive of it. You can't even photograph the story. Well, I can't. Maybe you can.<br />
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In the days of ironworking and textile weaving and lunchpails and overalls, the men played 19th century baseball. Mill versus mill in Woonsocket, giving birth to people like Nap Lajoie. The Comets played at Island Park. It's the projects now, where telephone poles break and wires dangle by metal siding and the repairs are not a priority, because it's the projects.<br />
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Sleek, smart people don't like going to Woonsocket, a perfect example of entropy. I can see it fraying and fading and one day it will break apart from everyone, an ice floe, and drift north until it melts away entirely. Do you know who will be carried away?<br />
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No, you don't, because you've forgotten them already.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-22914780637898839352014-11-13T12:14:00.001-05:002014-11-13T12:14:22.849-05:00let's goToday I'm going to CT, even though Connecticut is a terrible black hole.<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-35470458659504403172014-11-02T11:37:00.000-05:002014-11-02T11:37:22.880-05:00you poked my heartPlease try to be a better bartender, asshole.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-13394106872253414432014-10-07T11:43:00.001-04:002014-10-07T11:43:05.146-04:00I forgot how to walkI took a good, long look at Madison Bumgarner and didn't feel much.<br />
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I did enjoy the KC center fielder.<br />
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Why don't they let African-Americans play baseball any more?Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-61089008690603688442014-09-29T20:36:00.002-04:002014-09-29T20:40:31.832-04:00A Few Lines from "Infinite Jest""'The girl's name's Tina something and she'll come up to about your knee.'<br />
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'Echt,' Avril said, looking at something on a printout.<br />
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Hal looked at her while she chewed. 'You don't like her already?'<br />
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'Tina Echt, Pawtucket. Father apparently some sort of unleavened baker, mother a public relations person for the Red Sox A.A.A. baseball there.'<br />
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Hal had to wipe his chin as he smiled. 'Triple-A. Not A.A.A.'"<br />
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(<i>related</i>: <a href="http://www.pawsoxheavy.com/2005/09/squiggy.html">Squiggy Story</a>)<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-84008269542821542502014-09-18T11:19:00.000-04:002014-09-18T11:19:34.650-04:00Maybe I've forgotten...Pawtucket reaches championship, is rained on and dies.<br />
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Metaphor.<br />
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Annual Septemberish melancholy. And nostalgia! Nostalgiacholy? I should have. I should have been there.<br />
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Doesn't the baseball season poke its finger into October? I remember Camden Yards in October! No October games this year? What am I going to do?<br />
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What I am going to do is go to Fenway next week in mittens for a PBE and hope it soothes me. I suspect it won't be too hard to find tix. I will trade this ugly framed picture of an owl for Red Sox tickets:<br />
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Yes, that is my ugly wallpaper from 1963. And technically that picture isn't mine. My landlord hung it in my stairwell. He is now deceased so I suppose I inherited it.<br />
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If I don't get tickets for it I will dissemble the picture on live television to reveal what is probably wads of cash hidden in the frame.<br />
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Ha, ha.<br />
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PAWSOX I WAS ONLY KIDDING!! I LOVE YOU PLEASE COME BACK!<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-11777540904155387012014-09-11T14:12:00.001-04:002014-09-11T14:12:45.605-04:00Devern Hansack is my neighbor.Devern Hansack pitched for the Pawtucket Red Sox in 2007 and 2008. He was my Favourite. And then he disappeared. I assumed he'd returned to his little seaside town in Nicaragua and fired up his lobstering vessel and lived out the rest of his days basking in the sun, growing old and weathered and perhaps working on his memoirs.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1bHBthJN9w">WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG!</a> I set up an alert a long time ago, so if Hansack somehow popped up on the internet, I'd get an email. And then nothing more. Years passed.<br />
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SUDDENLY! The maid screamed. In my box, a message. And <a href="http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/06/portland-sea-dogs-notebook-sea-dogs-bring-a-hero-back-for-a-bow/">this</a>! Hansack throws out the first pitch at a Sea Dogs game! He looks incredible! And guess what? He's been living in MAINE this whole time! ALL THIS TIME! And I've been to Maine here and there... I'm flabbergasted. Me and Devern could have been kickin it and smokin blunts all summer long. I'll bet he has a deck.<br />
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I surmised that Hansack had met a local lady while he was on the Sea Dogs and that he'd wifed up and decided to live the rest of his days in Vacationland. I was right, of course. Further investigation revealed that Hansack was hired by U Maine Farmington as their pitching coach about a year ago.<br />
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I'm inordinately amped by all of this. YEAH 39!!!<br />
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Let's take a look back at all the witty, incisive stuff I said about DBH:<br />
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1. Did Devern Hansack intentionally peg Mariano Rivera with a baseball at Fenway? Eric Gagne says so. And Eric Gagne never lies. Does anyone remember this story? How fucking old am I, anyway?<br />
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Maybe some pictures instead?<br />
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<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-17255281837901223302014-08-29T11:31:00.000-04:002014-08-29T11:31:33.707-04:00mightI might go to the PawSox game on Labor Day.<br />
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I still love you.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-62429845203160422122014-06-04T22:37:00.000-04:002014-06-04T22:39:38.052-04:006.3.2014 Pawtucket @ Durham - Catcher Interference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Durham Bulls win, 5-2, and they are the AAA affiliate of Tampa Bay. Bulls reliever Adam Liberatore gets the win, even though I think he's related to an umpire? Loss goes to lefty starter for the Red Sox Chris Hernandez.<br />
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Hernandez pitched 5 1/3 innings, gave up five runs on four hits. Only two runs were earned, though, because Garin Cecchini made an error that maybe cost Pawtucket the game.<br />
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Nate Karns started for Durham. Karns pitched five innings and gave up a run. That was when Pawtucket tied the game. The thing that happened was that Corey Brown hit a solo home run. I may have mentioned that before. And then Hernandez was 1-2-3 at the bottom of the fifth.<br />
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So, what the fuck happened? Shut up for a second and I'll tell you. First of all, minor league games tied at 1-1 in the fifth seldom remain that way. Dewon Brazelton and Jeff Suppan were not on the mound, okay? Sixth inning, Christian Vazquez and Travis Shaw hit back-to-back singles to get things heated up for Pawtucket. Vazquez scored on a groundout, and the Red Sox pulled ahead 2-1.<br />
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Bottom of the sixth, Hernandez led the inning off by hitting Robby Price with a pitch. Robby Price parks like an asshole, so he probably deserved it. SS Hak-Ju Lee followed with a line drive single. And then RAY FREAKING OLMEDO sac bunted. And he reached!<br />
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Bases loaded, no outs for a possibly sweat-drenched Hernandez. I'm just saying, it was 84 degrees at game time. RF Justin Christian reached on a force attempt, boner by Cecchini, Price scores. Center fielder Mikie Mahtook hit a fly ball to right, caught by Brown, Lee tags and scores.<br />
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PITCHING CHANGE! Chris Resop gets in the ring to face Jayson Nix. Christian steals second, Nix sac flies, Olmedo scores. Then jerkface Cole Figueroa hit an RBI double. The fans must have been eating this up.<br />
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Resop finally got the last out, but Pawtucket was unable to do anything with CJ Riefenhauser or Kirby Yates. DAT NINTH INNING THO. The bases were loaded with only one out, partially due to a catcher interference thing. Wish I could have seen it. But Yates got Betts and Cecchini out to end the game.<br />
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Oh yeah Mookie Betts is on the PawSox now so adjust your confetti output accordingly.<br />
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<b>two things:</b><br />
1. Ray Olmedo! Olmedo has spent more than TEN YEARS in the International League. That has to be some kind of record. I'll bet he knows all the Fort Mill hotspots. I wonder if he still talks to Yurendell de Caster?<br />
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2. "The hottest pitcher in the Rays organization right now just might be <b><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/karnsna01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-rayscoloredglasses.com" target="_blank">Nate Karns</a></b>.
He entered his outing against Pawtucket with a 1.39 ERA in his previous
five starts, striking out 31 while walking just 12 in 32.1 innings
pitched." - <a href="http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2014/06/04/undercards-richie-shaffer-drills-game-tying-homer-biscuits-loss/">Robbie Knopf</a>, Rays Colored Glasses. That's right, his hands are never cold.<br />
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3. Jeremy Kehrt pitched, so his mom is probably pretty excited about that.<br />
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4. Kirby Yates was the 2013 minor league pitcher of the year for TB. I'm not capitalizing that.<br />
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5. Here's <a href="http://rickm.mlblogs.com/2014/06/04/2124771/">Rick Medeiros</a>. I like his blog. I realize that now you won't think I'm cool.<br />
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TONIGHT! Probably the Babyfaced Killer. Chad Gaudin goes for the Bulls.<br />
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(hahaha)<br />
<br />Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-53222829321863202832014-06-03T10:56:00.000-04:002014-08-29T11:31:54.048-04:00you'll never deserve my good good words<span style="color: white;">It's become very popular lately to talk about how out of date professional baseball is. Is everyone on board with this? Baseball is boring and has ludicrous social regulations and etiquette constraints? And things ARE BECOMING FAR WORSE IN THESE BIG-LEAGUE END TIMES?</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I generally agree that yes, baseball mysteriously adheres to Civil War-era customs and habits. So? It's been like that for a while now. It's stupid and stuffy, but whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">The thing that I feel most weird about is lately I'm wondering who I'm rooting for. The players? Not really. They're a group of dudes I imagine I'd have absolutely nothing in common with. To put it another way: They seem to be largely a right-wing, buck-huntin', god-fearing and shit-kicking bunch of assholes. I'm talking about all the country music kidz from Texas and the Carolinas or wherever the fuck they're churning out these American jocks from.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Yes, but what about the gentlemen whose names end in Z's and O's? I don't know, who did they vote for? They're not allowed to sit with Brant Cody, Wade Hawkwire, and Connor Jawcrack, durn it. Just look into any baseball dugout; it's like a junior-high English class in Boston.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Not the players, then. Am I rooting for the team? Twenty-five bros who are mostly Not Very Nice to ladies and drive big-dick statusmobiles magically become relatable in a group? Or is it the miasma of sweat and self-importance a band of meatheads emits? Is "team" a physical object, or just an abstract concept, like "contentment"? I AM TEAM. TEAM IS ALL OF US</span>. Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-66809875238296314492014-06-03T10:55:00.000-04:002014-06-03T10:55:03.898-04:00Monday in Norfolk on the water, very free. (Tides/PawSox 6.2.2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Norfolk is wonderful and you can, too! Tides take it 3-1. The Tides are the Orioles, if anything just in case, modefoque. And Pawtucket LF Carlos Rivero probably lost the game single-handedly. <br />
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Wow, I wish I were back down there... Watching the ships roll in. Chilling with Rocky Cherry and Jose Vaquedano and Travis... Travis... I'm blanking. The skater second baseman. Starts with D. Ferrying over to Portsmouth. And NAUTICUS! I threw blueberry fig bars into the water for the fish. I slept on the airport floor in DC. Well, "slept". I may have partied in a limousine with Ludacris and some roller in a white fur coat.<br />
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Nice ballpark, also.<br />
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Starting pitcher for the Red Sox was Mean Ol' Matt Barnes. Barnes pitched six innings, gave up three runs (one was unearned) on eight hits. Barnes K'd six and didn't walk anybody. <br />
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DENKER!!!!!<br />
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Eddie Gamboa pitched five innings and struck out seven PawSox guys, probably because Gamboa's a <a href="http://www.camdenchat.com/2014/4/5/5585524/the-science-behind-the-knuckleball-with-eddie-gamboa">knuckleball guy</a>. They got one run off Gamboa, but then Kelvin De La Cruz, Tim Alderson, and Evan Meek shut that shit down. Evan Meek, how'd you get in here?<br />
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So who wants to talk about the Pawtucket Red Sox generating a run in lovely, seaside weather while I'm toiling up here with no vacation in sight? Oh, me, absolutely. First inning, Corey Brown singles with one out. Brown stole second and made it to third on a passed ball, so that was helpful. Corey Brown would be a lot cuter if he wore glasses and read hardcover books. As it stands, he'll have to be cute enough running home on a sac fly. 1-0 'tuckets.<br />
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The Norfolk Tides scored three runs, then Tommy Layne came into the picture. Layne pitched the final two innings and allowed zero runs, but it didn't matter because the PawSox were not Coffee Achievers. And Chris Carter wasn't walking through that door. Furthermore, Carlos Rivero thrice appeared at the plate with two outs/RISP and could not deliver. NOT GREAT, BOB.<br />
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Christian Vazquez doubled in the sixth inning. That was as exciting as it got.<br />
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<b>two things:</b><br />
1. Is Tides infielder Buck Britton Drake's brother or something? Did the Brittons name all their kids after animals you blast shotguns at? Do they have a daughter named Grisleigh?<br />
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2. Gamboa's a knuckleballer: "Norfolk Tides pitching coach Mike Griffin says Eddie is on the right
track. “He’s commanding the knuckleball better than he did at any point
and time last year and that’s a major step forward and when you can
command the knuckle ball a little bit, your on the right track.” says
Griffin." - Norfolk Tides pitching coach Mike Griffin says Eddie is on the right
track. “He’s commanding the knuckleball better than he did at any point
and time last year and that’s a major step forward and when you can
command the knuckle ball a little bit, your on the right track.” says
Griffin." - <a href="http://wavy.com/2014/05/28/eddie-gamboa-tackles-the-knuckleball/">Chris Reckling</a><br />
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3. Holy fuck, if Johan Santana ever came to McCoy Stadium I would lose my mind: "Johnson [That's RJ to you, Flapjack.] said that could line Santana up to pitch for the Tides at home
on Monday or Tuesday. On Monday, Santana was put on the club’s 40-man
roster and disabled list." - <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2014/06/tides-beat-pawtucket-31-third-straight-victory">Excellent game story</a> from David Hall.<br />
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TONIGHT. Chris Hernandez will be in Durham, being disrespectful to Nate Karns. Please turn to page <a href="http://www.watchingdurhambullsbaseball.com/">Watching Durham Bulls Baseball</a> for all your Durham Bulls needs.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-49587252778902148332014-05-27T12:09:00.001-04:002014-05-27T12:09:09.705-04:005.26.2014 Pawtucket Red Sox v Gwinnett Braves - leaving mePawtucket beats the Braves, 3-2, and then they all took turns pissing on home plate or whatever jocks do for kicks.<br />
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Starting lefty for the Gwinnett Paltrow Braves (can't believe I never thought of that before) was Hector Daniel Rodriguez. I guess he's like one of many Hector Rodriguezeses? Love the name "Hector". HD-Rod pitched seven innings, gave up three runs on seven hits. <br />
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Anthony Ranaudo, who seems reasonably decent, pitched for the Red Sox. Ranaudo got a couple of outs in the seventh inning, then made way for Rich Hill. At that point the score was 3-0. Hill pitched the remainder of the game, gave up a couple of runs in the ninth but the PawSox hung in there.<br />
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Nobody scored until the fifth inning. Mike McCoy hit an RBI double and then uhhhhh Ryan Roberts homered.<br />
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Hill got Todd Cunningham to strike out to end the game.<br />
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Some fresh meat: Travis Shaw and Shannon Wilkerson from Portland.<br />
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I might go to the game Wednesday, depending on how I feel.<br />
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Maybe it's just my hayfever medicine talking, but this is not very interesting, is it?Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-55305074996115883512014-05-25T11:12:00.002-04:002014-05-25T11:12:59.595-04:00ReadabilityYou know what inspires me? Myself. <a href="http://www.pawsoxheavy.com/2007/03/catching-up-with-kevin-appier.html">I just read something I wrote about Kevin Appier</a> of all people and it was so damn good I wondered who could have written it.<br />
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Answer: Me.<br />
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Pawtucket beat Syracuse 4-1. Rich Hill got the win.<br />
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I should come back.<br />
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I need to get drunk with Steve Hyder and talk about old times.Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15844294.post-71828021074191252812014-05-20T12:17:00.000-04:002014-05-20T12:17:02.985-04:005.19.14 The RailRiders are in Pawtucket. RailRiders.SWB wins 5-3 in ten innings. W goes to reliever Jim Miller with Chris Hernandez taking a sock in the jaw for Pawtucket.<br />
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Starter for the PawSox was baby-faced killer Allen Webster. Webster gave up a run on three hits in five innings. He walked three, K'd four. He was apparently not very sharp, as his pitch count was up to 99.<br />
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Joel De La Cruz started for the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, IL franchise for the MFY. What does it all mean? De La Cruz pitched 5 2/3 and gave up a run to either Ryan Roberts or Daniel Nava.<br />
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SWB was up 1-0 until the sixth inning, when Pawtucket chopped out a single with a little help from Daniel Nava. Things were shaky enough at that point that De La Cruz got the boot in favor of reliever Mike Montgomery. Mark Montgomery, sorry.<br />
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Bottom of the seventh, Garin Cecchini led off with a single and stole second. Nice work, Choppers. Sexy CF Corey Brown followed with a single of his own. Cecchini scored on a wild pitch, Dan Butler walked in slow motion to first base after four balls. Brown stole third, Ryan Roberts hit an RBI. 3-1!<br />
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Oh but this is horrible. In the eighth inning, Drake Britton gave up a two-run homer to tie the game up. Drake Britton looks like the guy I buy weed from, except Drake Britton probably owns an exotic snake.<br />
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Tenth inning, Chris Hernandez serving up lefty realness. Hernandez got the first out, then it was single-walk-single-sac fly for the pair that beat the house. Diego Moreno came in to get the last three outs, gave up a single to Lavarnway but ultimately got Christian Vazquez to ground out to end the game. CONSARN IT!<br />
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<b>two things:</b><br />
1. Second baseman Ryan Roberts went 3-5, in case you care about Ryan Roberts. He was the only Pawtucketer to get an XBH. That's why I wear his jersey to bed and also to work and in the shower.<br />
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2. Carlos Rivero is on the PawSox now. This is significant in ways I cannot explain. You haven't lived until you've been snubbed by Carlos Rivero in a dark Syracuse parking lot while being bombarded by blackflies. At any rate, I need to go see Carlos Rivero and his darling arms ASAP.<br />
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3. This game was 3.5 hours long. Jesus.<br />
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Right now the RailRiders are playing the last game of the homestand. Anthony Ranaudo is pitching v Shane Green. I'm not too proud to say that I have not heard of most of these Yankee farmers.<br />
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Buen Provecho!Jenkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.com0