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Red Sox Opening Day postponed

I don't know why, but I wanted to run this photo.

"Okay, guys! Good job. These seats are nice." - Papi

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I don't know why, but I wanted to run this photo. "Okay, guys! Good job. These seats are nice." - Papi

Son of a .... ahhh!

Game postponed, guys. No Opening Day today. Why stop there? Season's over. Cancel it. Go home. Don't come back. Go watch soccer or something.

OK, I'm being a tad dramatic. But this really sucks. I'm all ready for Opening Day. I'm wearing my Dustin Pedroia shirt, I cleared off my schedule and I was mentally ready for baseball. And now, before 10 a.m. even hits, the game has been postponed.

Crap-tastic.

Tomorrow, though, will be Opening Day. Sox will play the Rays at 4:05 p.m. ... right when I have stuff to do.

Feel free to vent in the comments.

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Was a lot easier to plan my lunch around a 2 oclock game instead of a 4:00 game…bummer

Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by DougieWentDeep on Apr 6, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it was a lot easier NOT to have a class on Monday than a class that starts at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. My ONLY class, nevertheless…

by Randy Booth on Apr 6, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

got an exam at 3 tomorrow, I’m planning on just filling in C for every one and rushing home so that I don’t miss a thing.

Man I’m depressed.

Just ltrain2 being ltrain2

by ltrain2 on Apr 6, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s a great idea. You’ll get at least a 25 that way…

by Randy Booth on Apr 6, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Obviously he'd get more.

The teachers ALWAYS put C for at least half the answers. The questions that they don’t know the answers to? C.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 6, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not in classes I've taught

If you put a C for every answer, you’d flunk.

Did I mention that I don’t believe in multiple choice questions?

by RSNexile on Apr 6, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW...

…when I say “you’d flunk,” I mean “even the class idiot would mock you.”

by RSNexile on Apr 6, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My job just ended

so I’m free for the next few months. At least my unemployment coincides with opening day.

by BTLove on Apr 6, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully, you're not without any cashflow at all?

That would suck to have you drop off the site. You are one of the more consistently stat-centric users that we can rely on to settle debates sensibly.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 6, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I should still be around. Maybe not quite as much for a few weeks.

by BTLove on Apr 6, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a ski instructor and the mountain just closed.

So no work for now. The summer tourist season will fire up in late May so I’ll do some traveling till then and not pay rent for a bit. I could collect unemployment for the seasonal off-season (I think the seasonal change is considered being “laid off”), but I won’t actually file for it. (I meant “unemployment” as in no work for me) I know people though that collect a few hundred a week from Uncle Sam and just chill on the beach somewhere awesome. Too dishonest for me; not to mention that my Dad would kick my ass if I collected unemployment without really needing it.

by BTLove on Apr 6, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah

I misread your earlier posting. Probably because I spent the afternoon researching unemployment insurance and multi-state employers.

Ah, the exciting life of a labor lawyer.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 6, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not really.

Every once in awhile it gets tedious, but for the most part I love my job.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 7, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I meant the having-to-work-in-multiple-states, not-always-having-work, and having-to-deal-with-morons parts.

I could NEVER be a lawyer. Then again, if I become a politician, I’m going to be asked to do a lot more by those same people. I need a REALLY good publicist.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 7, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

today sux

worst day ever…

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Apr 6, 2009 11:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ironically, yesterday today was supposed to be the greatest day ever. Now tomorrow is the greatest day ever, while before it was just another day.

Enough of me spewing ‘days’…

by Randy Booth on Apr 6, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

anyone know the forecast for tomorrow?

Just ltrain2 being ltrain2

by ltrain2 on Apr 6, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tomorrow can't possibly be the greatest day ever

The Sox aren’t going to clinch the World Series tomorrow.

by RSNexile on Apr 6, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can you prove this?

What if we score like 500 runs tomorrow, and every other team forfeits immediately.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 6, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not a total loss

Cash Cow Sabathia got knocked around in Baltimore. The fat man’s line:

4.1 IP 8 H 6 ER 5 BB 0K

I’d say ol’ Cash Cow was in top post-season form.

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

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 6, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The 0 Ks hurts the most, in my opinion.

by Randy Booth on Apr 6, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

idk

Those 5 walks remind me of the 2007 ALCS when he struggled. Over throwing and trying to do too much…

Just ltrain2 being ltrain2

by ltrain2 on Apr 6, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha.

“Cash Cow” Sabathia.

I like it.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 6, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

COME ON!

Months of anticipation just to have it put off a day. Stupid weather. As a meteorology major I should have seen this coming…

by Rogue Nine on Apr 6, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

But as a meteorologist, you shouldn’t see it coming because … well, you’re a meteorologist.

by Randy Booth on Apr 6, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oooops

I wonder how many people already took the day off….

Meanwhile, no is playing baseball at all in Florida, where I guarantee it’s a lot nicer.

by Hardscores on Apr 6, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

As I can hear the wind howling around my house every 30 seconds.

Of course, the Trop’s indoors. I wonder if the un-rebranding of Tropicana cartons will affect how the park looks.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 6, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mother Nature must be a Yankees fan

Darn weather! My older kids are dressed in their Sox shirts. My 8 year old wore her shirt (it may be a Ramirez, but she loves him) to school. Her principal is a Yankees fan. Crap. She can’t wear her championship shirt tomorrow; she has a presentation. Ugh. Let’s go Sox!

by kristinsfourkids on Apr 6, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to think Mother Nature is a Sox fan

the rain out in the 2004 ALCS gave Schilling & the Sox an extra day to get it together.

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Apr 6, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry but I’m kinda glad that the game got postponed one day. I’m a Sox fan in Detroit and had my shirt and belt buckle on and was at school before the news came out. But I don’t have school tomorrow so it works out perfect for me,

by Curse of Bobby Layne 50 Years Strong on Apr 6, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

At work with my Papelbon shirt on under my work clothes. Sigh.

Pension Plan Puppets*
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by Chemmy on Apr 6, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hell No

Get me going on liberals and I won’t stop

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 6, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly.

I was jokingly referring to the Commish Bush thread that I was keeping up as a political hotbed.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 6, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I propose a caption contest for that photo

“Tito said if I sit here for 5 minutes, the weather will change.”

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on Apr 6, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

With strike throughs.

“… for 5 10 15 minutes a few hours, the weather…”

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 6, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So you're saying that

instead of missing the entire game because it was scheduled at 2pm when I am stuck at work until 5, I get to watch the last hour and a half of the first game?

And you want me to feel bad about this? Seriously?

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Apr 6, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Anybody watching Yanks O's?

It’s great! They just pulled Sabathia after 4.33 innings. Score 6-1 O’s. Awesome!

by Schulz on Apr 6, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

weren't back in for long

Final Score: 10-5 if anyone is wondering…

Just ltrain2 being ltrain2

by ltrain2 on Apr 6, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've got to say, I agree with Maddon on this one.

Why they are playing in Fenway instead of the Trop is beyond me.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 6, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Because I can't remember the last time the season opened at Fenway

It’s been years and years.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Apr 7, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

2002

I think is what they said

by Schulz on Apr 7, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lucchino added that New England isn’t exactly a great place to kick off the season in early April.

“It’s very unpredictable,” he said, “and our preference will be to open on the road and get the extra week of time for the weather to come around in New England.”

When the CEO says “start down south, the weather here sucks,” the powers that be should listen.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 7, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

But when the fans say

“I don’t care if I have to stand through 3 hours in freezing weather, not knowing if the game will actually be played, I WANT GET IN!!!” the powers are a bit more inclined to listen to them.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 7, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plus, it's too early in the season for the MLB to assume that the Trop will sell out.

They’d rather get the guaranteed over-capacity crowd in Fenway than have the Trop filled 80%.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Apr 7, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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