The homer was Cabrera’s first at Fenway Park. And he found himself trying to keep his pants on amid the victory scrum at home plate as someone - he thinks it was Manny Ramirez - tried to pull a prank during the celebration. (Link)
Okay, it’s been a few hours, but I still can’t believe Orlando Cabrera stepped off a plane and went to work the way he did. Magic. And I really like that the team is 5-0 after Foulke blows a save at Fenway. Shows a resilience that I’m not used to seeing. But then our bullpen is a parade of ex-closers… today, besides Foulke, we had Williamson, Timlin, Embree, Leskanic, all of whom have had the job previously. Now that’s closing by committee.
Question time. On the 5th inning Manny holdup: how sad is it that no one trusts Sveum waving them home anymore? Why does the Boston Globe call Byung-Hyun Kim B.K. Kim? The K is for Kim. Is anyone else irritated by Dave Newhan yet? I disdain him the way Seinfeld hates Newman. “Hello, Newhan.” I wonder how many people had to go straight from Fenway to Mass General to get a heart checkup?
Pokey deserves praise for covering first in that huge double-play. Imagined scenario involving Pookie Jackson, the equipment manager who was featured on the broadcast: “hi Pokey” “hi Pookie” “Okey-dokily”.