Sox-O's Game 2 Postgame: Short & Sweet, Plus the Source of Our Problems

by 0157H7 on Apr 19, 2009 1:45 AM EDT

Because brevity is the soul of wit (and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes), I will be brief: the Red Sox won Game 2.

Highlights:

Youk homered and went 4/5, ending a triple short of the cycle.
Ortiz (2 singles) and Lowell (single, double) both had good nights
Josh Beckett was strong in innings 1 through 4, and in the 6th inning.
The bullpen pitched three scoreless innings.

Lowlights:

In the 5th inning, Josh Beckett briefly forgot who he was and, desperate for some identity in this churlish, alienated world, settled on that of David Aardsma. He promptly lost control of the strike zone and his pitches, and let the Orioles get back into the game.
More WTF Baserunning. Pedroia tried to steal and was gunned down by a mile. Yesterday it was JD Drew. Sox players not named Ellsbury are being WAY TOO AGGRESSIVE on the basepaths. At this rate tomorrow we'll see Big Papi trying to steal. I, for one, am not taking to this newfound aggressiveness.

Finally, after intense research, I think I've pinpointed the source of the Red Sox season-opening struggles:

via mlb.imageg.net

You're looking at the brand new, 2009 road Sox jersey above. At first it seems innocuous. But take a closer look:

via images.footballfanatics.com

Now, I'm not normally one to suggest a conspiracy (that would be the seedy, rumor-mongering cabal of Arte Moreno, Mike Scioscia, Evan Longoria, Steven Spielberg and the National Retail Federation). But if the 2009 Red Sox are not meant to be a massive, catastrophic, money-guzzling failure of AIG-like proportions, why are they wearing Yankee colors on the road?

Tweet Comment 15 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Actually,

Behold the majesty that is the Aardvark. I guess everything is easier in the AL West…

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Apr 19, 2009 1:53 AM EDT reply actions

+1

Aardvark is tearing up batters for Seattle

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

by sox-inda-south on Apr 19, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

They don't look like MFY unis

Those are the traditional Red Sox aroad jersey colors

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 19, 2009 9:48 AM EDT reply actions

But as I said before on this subject,

those older traditions/uniforms produced decidedly lousy baseball teams. Do we really want to go back to the Don Buddin era?

by NG on Apr 19, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Right

Because it’s all about the laundry, and not the player wearing the uniform. If that’s the case, maybe the Sox should still be wearing these unis because they won the WS:

1903

1912

1915

1916

1918

The 1912 team won the most games in Sox’ history and had the best winning percentage. This team was second-best:

1946

This team won 96 games and had the best WP (.623) in the years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier:

1949

This was the only Red Sox team to score 1,000+ runs (they also won 94 games):

1950

There probably would be no “Red Sox Nation” without this team:

1967

Since 1967, the Sox haven’t had many “bad” teams. They only finished under .500 these years:

1983

1987

1992

1993

1994

1997

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 19, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Good breakdown.

The uniforms aren’t important because of our winning percentage, Drugs. They are important because they are a collection of symbols that represent what we root for.

Think about it: the team itself is hardly ever static. From one year to the next, as much as half the team could change. Even if you follow one player in particular, chances are the uniform he’s wearing will outlast his contract. If the team changes, you don’t stop rooting for them, do you? No, you continue to devote your heart and soul to the Sox, and they will still be the Sox no matter what combination of players is put out on the diamond. You can recognize a Sox player in any old photo by looking at the uniform, and that tells you whether or not you would have rooted for them when they were playing. To they youngest fans, it’s how they can tell whether to cheer or boo when a guy hits a home run.

So, don’t knock the uni’s. They ARE the team.

WBULTV - BDale TV Prod

by bdalebs on Apr 19, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Good effort BUT

it does seems like there are actual red sox as part of these uniforms in all these winning years!

by NG on Apr 19, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, that is annoying.

If you kind find a way to make the right pic look better than the left, tell us.

WBULTV - BDale TV Prod

by bdalebs on Apr 20, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree with the author

that these “away” uniforms are potentially the cause of much disharmony in the universe. How can a team called the Red Sox wear uniforms that are mostly blue-black with no actual red sox and an absolute minimum of red in the scheme? It is antithetical to logical behavior and will mess with the entropy if the universe.

by NG on Apr 19, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions