Joe Maddon can pound sand

Pound away Joe. For a second I wanted to find a picture of Wake and put it up there but then I got emotional so I'm going sans picture for this one. Everyone just imagine Timmy up above this babble, smiling at us all like he usually does. His neck is probably bright red, goatee workin', knuckler just floating around like a drunk fly. I'd like to say this can only work as motivation for Timmy, but I don't see the guy as an "avenge my death" type of guy. I'm guessing he'll come out after the break and do his job like he has for 30 some odd years and when asked about not getting into the game he'll probably give a little smile and say "It was an honor just to be there and I can understand where Joe was coming from. We won the game and for a team like ours that's the important part." Even in my fake words Timmy has some real class.

Honestly though, the nerd glasses and the stupid mohawk, eff you Maddon. You are now destined to be the guy who manages the team that could never quite put it together. '08 will be your doom because your rag tag bunch of 24 year olds will never mesh like that again. See you in baseball purgatory, pal.

Welcome to the 4 most boringest days of the year

I like the off-season more than the next 4 days. Oh, but you have the HR derby (DINGERS!!) to keep you entertained tonight and now the All-Star game means something especially for a contending team. Eff it. I just can't get into any of it. As a kid I remember getting pumped for the AS game because it was fun. Even with the NL being some kind of unheard foreign territory that only came around in October if you were lucky and interleague play just a brain fart in Selig's head at the time, you still knew the NL guys trotting out there and the game had some gusto because the players weren't all viewed as over paid juiced up meat heads like a lot of them are today. Ah the age of innocence as passed us by. Just let us pray that Puljos doesn't find this a fitting time to come out and tell us all he hasn't produced an ounce of his own testosterone in the last 5 years.

Also, this Saturday we're going to try something new here at the Cheese. We're going to do a live gamecast type deal thing for the game at 1:07 against the Jays. Steve and I have a wedding (mine) to attend to at roughly 5:30, but early Saturday afternoon gives us the perfect chance to have a few beers, watch the Sox and blog it up live style. If you're around please stop by and have a beer with us before I go and tie the knot.

Timmay

That's right Timmy, pamper yourself buddy cus you've started more games for the Sox more than any other pitcher. Ever. In the history of the world. Of course yesterday didn't yield him the win that would have made him an even more attractive option as an All-Star, but we won't know the results til a little later. Let's just hope Joe Maddon remembers all that underdog BS from last year and puts Timmy in his rightful place for the first time.

These 3 series before the AS break are supposed to be a Sox feeding frenzy so hopefully the boys get jiggy with it over the next few days and go into the Classic on a fancy little winning streak.