Captain Fenway, He's Our Hero...

...gonna take the Tribe down to zero!

Okay, so I guess mangling a cherished childhood memory in honor of the Captain didn't work out quite as well as I had hoped, but I think I got my point across. It was sooo awesome to wake up this morning (after only 4 hours of sleep) and have that stupid video widget on the Sox homepage pipe up (scaring me half to death, as usual) with the video of Tek's homer last night. His third career pinch hit bomb lifted the Sox over the Indians 5-3. On his day off, nonetheless!

Around the boards, I've seen mixed reactions from Sox fans on this dismantling of the boys from Cleveland. Beth over at Cursed to First seems to feel just a little bad for them, whereas Red from Surviving Grady seems overjoyed. I can't say that I disagree with any point that either makes in this instance. I do feel for the team and their fans...the Sox were whipping boys of the Yankees there for a while, and it stinks. On the other hand, it is nice to win, especially when certain players on the other team talk trash. I guess I'll just leave it at "A win is a win," and continue to bask in the glory of my Captain.

An interesting aside: Curt "Can't Keep Quiet" Schilling may or may not be heading to the Yankees next year, according to his doctor, Craig Morgan. Apparently angry and crazy with pain, Curt said that he would play for the Yankees if it meant he could pitch again. Of course, Curt now claims that Dr. Morgan has "misremembered" their conversation and would never, ever want to wear pinstripes. On WEEI's Dennis and Callahan yesterday (courtesy of bostondirtdogs.com):

"I think you guys know me well enough to know that me wearing pinstripes, regardless of what point of the season or my career it would have been, is not an option. I can’t remember how or think back to having that conversation specifically or… it’s not an option. Never has been an option. And I’m not really sure where he’s drawn from a conversation standpoint, but from a rehab standpoint, I’m probably as surprised as anyone how well it’s gone and where I’m at."

This is obviously just another he said-she said argument that I don't think has too much merit. Curt has said numerous times that he doesn't want to wear pinstripes, and the naive little girl inside me wants to believe that no Sox player would never take the money and run to the Dark Side. Unfortunately, Johnny Damon pretty much destroyed that optimism for me, and I wouldn't be all that surprised if Curt leaving did happen. I think that he should probably be focusing more right now on getting healthy and trying to get back to the team, instead of where he'll end up next year. Can't pitch if you're not playing, dude.

Boston.com has a pretty interesting slideshow doodad entitled "10 Things You Didn't Know About Jacoby Ellsbury." He and I share many things in common, including our love of the movie Gladiator and the fact that we've both moved around a lot in our childhoods. If you're bored or just love you some Mormon (Crazy, right? I had no idea.) center fielder, check it out.

If this post seems more jumbled than usual, I apologize. In the past 72 hours, I've spent about 90% of them in a tiny computer lab trying to put a feature magazine together. Fortunately, it'll go to print at 2 p.m. this afternoon, and my college career will be all but finished. Gah. In the meantime, maybe I can find some time to watch some live baseball for a change.

Especially as the boys head to the Bronx tomorrow. Let's go Sox.