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lol have you guys seen this posted on 09/13/2008
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Rays take the series, but it wasn't so bad posted on 09/11/2008
I really don't think tonight's game was so bad. For once you can't blame the bullpen. Okajima with a shutout inning, Masterson with two shutout innings, Delcarmen with two shutout innings, Javier Lopez with two and a third shutout innings. They really did a great job. You have to give it up to them for keeping the Red Sox in the game that long. The bats just couldn't get it done tonight, but it happens. I'd rather lose 4-2 than 10-8, you know what I'm saying? Pitching is more important.

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I don't hate the Yankees posted on 09/06/2008
I remember one time back in June I was watching TV with my friend, and we saw on the news ticker that the Yankees had lost to the Reds. "Yes!" my friend cheered to himself. I said, "Why does it matter?" He replied that it's because that's one more loss in the Yankees' loss column. I think maybe most Red Sox fans automatically root for whatever team the Yankees are playing against. I'm more ambivalent about it. On one hand, I can't deny that it's fun to laugh at the Yankees lose. On the other hand, I like to see both the Red Sox and the Yankees win, because that fuels the rivalry. As interesting as it is to see the Rays on top for once, I kinda wish the Yankees were still in this race. It makes things more exciting. In general I like to see the AL East teams win. I like

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Red Sox Red Hot! posted on 08/30/2008

I'll admit, the late July/early August Red Sox had my faith waivering a little. It was definitely demoralizing to see the Red Sox get swept twice in a row by the Angels. At and around the time of the trade deadline, the Red Sox seemed unable to get their act together. I thought, maybe they just don't have it this year. But the Red Sox have been turning around. They have been on fire for this entire recent road trip, with the exception of Buchholz's last start in the majors and Lester's loss in Toronto.

After first taking down the Orioles, the Red Sox took down the Blue Jays. This is significant because the Blue Jays have been giving the Red Sox trouble all season, and the two teams still have seven games against each other in September. It was important for the Red Sox to demonstrate their ability to win against Toronto because they'll have to do it again next month.

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USA softball takes silver posted on 08/21/2008

I didn't watch the softball gold medal match (it was on at 6:30 this morning), but when I woke up I was surprised to find that Japan had taken the gold. The USA softball team has been undefeated up until this point in the 2008 olympic games, and they were undefeated in Athens when they took the 2004 gold medal. With batting averages in the .400-.500 range, ERAs of 0.00, two no-hitters, one perfect game, six shutouts, and an 8-0 record, Team USA was only one game away from taking their fourth olympic gold medal. Kind of reminds you of the Patriots.

I really did not expect Japan to pull this one off. Their pitching ace, Yukiko Ueno, pitched three complete games over the course of two days to take this gold. I thought her arm would have fallen off by now. In the semifinals between the US and Japan, the game went into extra innings, tied 1-1 until the 9th when Crystl Bustos hit a homerun to give the USA a 4-1 win. In the bronze medal match between Japan and Australia, the game again went into extra innings. It was a long, back and forth game that finally ended 4-3 in the 12th, ending Australia's run with a bronze medal. And then today, in Japan's third and most important game against USA in Beijing, Japan took their first win against the Americans, taking the gold medal, and leaving USA with the silver. Yukiko Ueno pitched every single at bat in all three of these games. Unbelievable.

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