Santorum (Yes, Sox content and no, you won't see this one on Fenway West)

If you knew me on Facebook, you would no I am no fan of Rick Santorum. I found this post on Facebook today:

 

Which led to this twitter post:

OK, so not much Sox content, but have you searched for 'Santorum' yet? (I no longer use G****e as a verb.)

STOP SOPA!

Red Sox Sonoma is in support of the great Internet blackout in protest of the U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) on January 17, 2012.

Bud Selig

Matt posted on Fenway West that Bud Selig will be sticking around for a couple of more years, and posted this photo to go along with it. Love the photo, had to repost it here.

The Unsexiest Men of 2011

The Boston Phoenix published their annual Unsexiest Men list, and 3 current Red Sox, 1 former Red Sox, and 3 Red Sox advertising gnomes made the 2011 edition.

The winners:
#77 Manny Ramirez
#62 Furniture Guys: Bob, Bernie, Jordan
#29 John Henry
#9 John Lackey & Josh Beckett

Bobby Valentine: "I hate the Yankees."

I didn't know a whole lot about Bobby V., so when I read on ESPN that he said, "I hate the Yankees," I thought that he's going to be media darling, but can he manage? So I checked in with a long-time Mets fan friend of mine, and this is what he had to say about Bobby V.:

I am not a Bobby Valentine fan.  He came up short with the under achieving Mets of the late 90s.  He has too big an ego, loves the spotlight as much as winning.  He knows the game well, but comes across as an entitled stuck up asshOle whose feces has no foul odor.  He was once a top prospect out of southern california who was ushered to the MLB with silver spoon as a future superstar, only to never achieve potential as a player.  He was a brat as a youngster, and now he is a 60 year old brat.  Expect some major ups and downs with Bobby V at the helm, and a rocky road in Boston.  

Hmmm... Not a rosy outlook from my friend Stew, but I'm not passing any judgement on him just yet. Remember, Tito didn't have a sparkling managerial track record before he came to Boston.

Box Score From the Past (09.10.99)

Pedro Martinez has just announced his retirement. He is arguably the best pitcher that ever donned red hose, and to honor him this week, BSFTP goes back to a great day in history (for more than 1 reason) to the day he fanned 17 Yankees and allowing only 1 hit, no walks, no balks, no WPs.

Red Sox 3 Yankees 1 BOX SCORE
September 10, 1999

Yankee Stadium would be an airport

I'm not so hard on Yankee fans these days. I mean, my father is one, and I'm in a couple of bands with another, so they all can't be bad. Besides, I just don't have the time or energy to be wastin' on hatin' Yankee fans. Yet, when I saw this photo on Facebook, I just had to chuckle a little. OK, a lot LOT.