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Monday, October 29. 2007
Sweet Sweep
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| Sorry if anyone tuned in to see me gloat. We had house guests over the weekend, and I didn't get in much blog time.
My summertime family, the Boston Red Sox, won the big prize for the second time in my lifetime. The first one was sweet, but this one was even sweeter. I liked this team more... a lot more then the 2004 crew. Perhaps the Nation is now more in concert: team management, the players, the fans and even the media. I was never a fan of that "Cowboy Up" schtick, and just like this team better. I think it was the kids. There were a lot of kids playing well, the hope of the future, and interesting side dramas: John Lester's recovery from lymphoma, Beckett's rise to dominance, Schilling re-inventing himself, and the development of Hideki Okajima as an All-Star and one of the premiere set-up men in the game. And finally, everyone got used to Manny, the Rain Man of Major League Baseball. |
Rumor has it that Disney has Johnny Depp under contract to star as Jacoby Ellsbury in the new classic blockbuster, "Red Sox of the Caribbean". |
Terry Francona, flying on some kind of prescient genius magic carpet, managed the series perfectly. People have learned to be more patient, and give the master room to work. He was simply brilliant.
So, the season is over. The parade gives us closure, a final tribute to our heros for a job well done.
Thursday, October 25. 2007
In Good Hands
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When You're Hot...
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The Rockies are going to have to come up bigtime tonight or it may be a short series.
After Beckett struck out the side in the top of the first, the Pest Pedroia smacked the second pitch off the top of the wall in left center. He's getting the Manny Ramirez Bat Drop thing down pat. It won't be long before he's raising his arms up in the air like the great Dominican slugger.
Bad as all that was for Colorado, that was when the Rockies were probably at their peak in this game. Everything went wrong for them... small things, for instance a lazy Ramirez liner looping over the heads of a strangely drawn-in infield. Big things: Clint Hurdle allowing Ryan Speier to walk in three consecutive runs.
It's the World Series, Man... you gotta yank anyone with the Fenway jitters as soon you see it.
This is baseball, though... a funny game. Today is always another day.
Tuesday, October 23. 2007
Korean-style Steak Tips
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DAILY BREAD
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On my way home from the movies after Gone Baby Gone on Saturday, I stopped by Whole Foods looking for something to grill. Since the kid would be out risking life and limb at one of those Haunted House things, I just needed to worry about the two of us.
But never go food shopping when you're hungry, and some sort of shish-kabob thing seemed in order. After picking up a couple of portabello caps, asparagus, red and green peppers, zuchinni and a sweet onion, I settled on sirloin tip steak and one of their huge chicken sausages. I let the beef, sausage and portobello marinate in a store-bought Korean roasted rib sauce (sometimes called 'Kalbi Sauce') until dinner... about three hours. About a hour before cooking, I whipped up a marinate/baste for the veggies, which, except for the asparagus, I sliced thin and skewered for the grill: 2 TBS Korean Roasted Rib Sauce; 1 TBS Chinese cooking wine, 1 TBS peanut oil, 1 TBS mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine), 1 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice. Whisk together and brush liberally onto the vegetable skewers and the asparagus. Salt and pepper to taste. |
I grilled the skewers, mushrooms, sausage and asparagus on the top tier of my gas grill, almost slow cooking, basting with the marinade as I turned them a few times while cooking, somewhere around 30 minutes. When the veggies were about done done, I quick cooked the steak medium rare over high heat on the bottom grill.
I served this over a packaged Tabdoori pilaf. The sassy, smokey flavor of cumin and coriander well compliments just about anything off the grill.
Monday, October 22. 2007
Sox win in Seven
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| Daisuke Matsuzaka wasn't brilliant, but he kept his focus and more than got the job done.
The hero of the day, however, was the pesky Dustin Pedroia. Late in a close game, the smallest guy on the field -- perhaps on any Major League diamond this year -- started whacking the ball around like Reggie Jackson and rounding the bases with the same strut. Quite an impressive young player, someone we can look forward to watching for many years to come. Call him the pocket Pete Rose. Yesterday Dustin had a night in the sun, but if I had to pick an MVP for the series, it would have to be Kevin Youkilis. |
Sources in Hollywood claim that Sydney Pollack has signed Dustin Hoffman (left) to reincarnate his 1982 Academy Award winning role as Dustin Pedroia in the up-coming romantic comedy, "Red Sox Tootsie". |
A Youkilis smash in the eighth hit the giant Coke bottle on the left field light stanchion smack in the middle. The ball plopped onto the field in front of the scoreboard. The Oracle at Blog from the Future Past is sure this is an omen of even better things to come.
Sunday, October 21. 2007
Game Seven
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| The man of the hour is Daisuke Matsuzaka. Take it from someone who knows: the enigmatic rookie has been showing signs of homesickness and culture shock late in the year. I have every confidence he will get his head on straight today, though, and lead the Red Sox to another World Series.
This game will mean everything in the world to Daisuke. I saw him play in that lengendary high school tournament... the 17-inning, 253 pitch classic that made him a household god in the land of the rising sun. Though he's had his troubles, today Daisuke will remember what he needs to do and do it. Gambatte!, which is Japanese for, "It's crunch time, dood..." |
Daisuke Matsuzaka was pleasantly surprised that the number 18 was the same in Japanese and English. |
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