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While I consider myself a Celtics fan; I am the first to admit that I’m a TOTAL bandwagon fan.  I’ve not given the NBA much more than a passing glance for well over 15 years now.  Even college basketball I only pay attention to the tournament.  Not because I don’t enjoy watching it, but because if I was a diehard basketball watcher to go along with baseball and football; I’d have ZERO life.

So for those of you who DO live and die with the Celtics, a hearty congratulations to you.  That was one helluva statement game last night.

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Spent a nice, hot day at the park.  Second time I’ve seen Masterson this year (first was in AA); he looked damned good.  So did Bedard.  I haven’t read up any recaps; but I was surprised they didn’t leave Bedard in for 1 more lefty batter, especially since that batter hit the game winning home run.

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When they say Fenway South, they ain’t kidding.  The reaction as heard on TV when Manny hit his 500th was unbelievable; I can imagine what it was like for those who were there.

For those who have not made the trek to Camden Yards for a Sox/O’s game, I cannot recommend it enough.  Longtime psf.com participants have been a few times; yours truly even organized a couple of pretty big outings there in 2004 and 2005 (big enough where the O’s still call me every spring!)

Baltimore is a great place for a getaway..whether it be for the weekend, or just a couple of warm days during the week.  With kids, or without.  Lots of great stuff to do; even if you DON’T get to Camden Yards…although it really is a great place to see a game.

If you do go to Charm City for a trip, be sure not to miss the Fell’s Point and Federal Hill areas…don’t confine yourself to the Inner Harbor.  It is all fairly close, and it is all worth the effort.

And be sure to visit Salt, voted best new restaurant in Baltimore in 2006!

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I don’t know how the psf.com European contingent does it.  This year, I haven’t even tried.  I watched most of the first inning last night and went to bed lest I get sucked in to watching the game until the end (which I probably would have).  I feel more alert today as a result.

Here’s hoping Matsuzaka isn’t too hurt…

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OK, I guess I’ll take the Japanese Jon Lester!

Congrats to Lester on his no-no…I almost missed it. I didn’t turn the game on until it was 5-0, so I figured I’d go clean out the garage. The radio wasn’t coming in out there, so I figured I’d just check the score later. Thankfully, someone sent me a message during the 7th inning, so I caught the end.

4 no hitters since 2001; that’s amazing, isn’t it?

if you check in the comments of the last post, chatter Crab was kind enough to save the chat transcript from the no-no. I didn’t have my laptop at home last night so I couldn’t join in.

Great, great blog post by Joe Posnanski

Of course, I did not think that something special would be a no-hitter. No, you don’t go to Fenway Park to see one of those. No, I thought maybe I would see MannyBeingManny’s 499th homer, or maybe I would see Jose Guillen crack three doubles off the Monster (he was the Morning Line favorite to be my column), or maybe I would see Papi hit one of those ninth inning home runs, or maybe … one of the five best words in sports — maybe.

If you aren’t reading Posnanski, a columnist for the Kansas City Star, on a regular basis…you should be.

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5-0 with a 2.43 ERA and batters are hitting .296 and slugging .281 against him.

So why am I nervous every time Matsuzaka takes the mound?

It isn’t like he’s completely wild with no control; it seems that he’s trying to be a finesse nibbler. Someone needs to tell him that we don’t need a Japanese Jon Lester; we need a Japanese Josh Beckett. Enough with the walks, already….throw strikes!

EDIT: Chat is fixed (kind of).  One change (not sure if it is temporary or permanant)…DO NOT ENTER A PASSWORD.

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Seriously?  That’s amazing.

Score 3 runs, win 2 games.  Outscored 5-4 in those 3 games.  Nice job by Sox pitching, but the bats seem to be asleep.

Can they wake up in time to exact revenge for last week’s sweep?  The fact that Sox-killer Scott Kazmir returns this weekend doesn’t bode well…

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3 very good starts in a row….and the Sox finally win one of them.

Have to feel just a little bad for Halladay, who gets ANOTHER complete game without a win.  For those with trouble reading lips, you clearly saw Halladay shout as Wells bobbled Youks’ hit “You have got to be f’n SHITTING me!”  Wells has to feel just a little snakebit as well, since Pedroia made that incredible play to take a hit away from him in the top and then he has the bobble in the bottom.

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Nice outing by Clay; nice Manny-esque styling by Iwomura.

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In a getaway game this afternoon vs. the Halos, Sox prospect Justin Masterson gets the start at Fenway after Beckett and Dice-K both got scratched in the past two days. Masterson has pitched well in AA this year; I happened to catch his start against the New Britian Rock Cats earlier this month.

I was at the game Tuesday; my first trip to Fenway for the year. We were somewhat dismayed to find out about 5:00 that Beckett wasn’t starting, but it turned out to be a good game. Me and 5 other guys did some damage at our favorite pregame watering hole (which may cease to be a favorite if they keep charging $8 for SIX chicken wings). This represents our final tally (and 2 of the 6 guys were only there for about an hour and a half):

Good times!

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