Peter Gammons pregame.
I know it's been a while since I rapped at ya, to quote Onion scribe Jim Anchower, but I did attend one of the sweep games at the hands of the White Sox this week, the one that was probably in the most contention overall, on Tuesday night. I also had some great field box seats thanks to my Dad, right near the visitor's dugout, so I was able to get up close and personal with the inimitable Ozzie Guillen. It was a nice distraction from the debacle on the field.
A selection of photos from the complete set below the jump.
Every time I see Varitek start, I am highly aware that I'm witnessing something increasingly rare and finite. I truly do not think we will see his like pass this way again for a long, long, time, so his presence is something to savor. Tuesday night he did not disappoint, hitting his second homer of the season and delivering his first three-hit game since last April 26 -- only his third since 2008. (Per ProJo's Tim Britton)
There was also a lot of this...
Here begins the Guillen amusement. He seems to like the Fenway popcorn -- he specifically had a lackey fetch some for him pre-game.
He was also rocking some pretty amazing glasses...
...which did not escape Papi's notice...
Papi also hit a three-run dinger in the bottom of the eighth, part of a four-run surge that gave us all hope...
Rally Caps were out in force.
Unfortunately, however, Adrian Gonzalez would strike out to end the game in the bottom of the ninth, and that was all she wrote.
As my Dad likes to say, "it's a short trip between the penthouse and the outhouse," and we've seen that in action this week with the sweep at the hands of the White Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka and reliever Rich Hill reportedly headed for Tommy John surgery, and a slide back down in the standings to two games behind the Yankees in second place.
The good news about that penthouse / outhouse thing is that the converse is true as well. Hopefully we'll really get a rally going against the A's this weekend.
We'll get it going tonight!! Looks like DK goes for the surgery. Interesting turn of events. Going to be an ongoing drama all year
Posted by: Bob | June 03, 2011 at 18:43
David Ortiz imitating Ozzie Guillen's glasses just made my week.
Posted by: Sam | June 03, 2011 at 21:21
It made mine as well! :)
Posted by: Beth | June 04, 2011 at 11:28