Final Score: Texas Rangers 8, Boston Red Sox 4Mike called before the game to tell me that Tavarez uses baby oil and Bengay to stay warmed up on these cold nights. I was on my way out the door to meet my buddy Nick at The Riviera (the Sox bar in the village that I like and Eric doesn’t) so I didn’t have time to discuss this odd/vile revelation. I left with out comment and assumed he was kidding.
Of course NESN replayed the interview when Tavarez disclosed his secret remedy and I was dumbstruck at how deep this man’s insanity coursed through him. But I really shouldn’t have been. This is a guy who punches people, lockers and other animate and inanimate objects for absolutely no reason. He has the face and temperament of Freddy Kruger and most importantly, he is a good friend of Manny. Can’t really get more nuts than that.
Despite his weird concoction and obvious mental illness (Nick said the baby oil came from real babies) Tavarez got knocked around a bit tonight. 4 earned in 4 innings off 6 hits and 5 walks. Most of the damage came in the 3rd inning when J.D. Drew decided that it wasn’t worth a possible season ending shoulder injury to stop a Michael Young double down the line. Combine that with a piss poor throw from Coco and Young scored on an inside the park error assisted homerun. Even without all that mess, I don’t think JT Psycho is anything more than a reliever. Someone tell Jon Lester to take his cell phone off vibrate.
The other splash of ugly came from J.C. Romero and his batting practice performance. 5 batters faced… 5 hits including a Sammy freaking Sosa homerun. The Riviera didn’t have enough beer to drown that one out. Can you believe that steroid pumping, corked bat using, has-been got a curtain call?
Oh and nobody could hit again. Ortiz looks 25 lbs heavier and completely lost and Crisp is a gigantic black hole in the line up. The biggest hit (and it got the biggest reaction from the bar) was Tek’s RBI in the 6th. If he can manage to bat over .250 this year it would be a miracle.
So that’s the first series loss of the year. Next up is Schilling trying to redeem himself and maybe the rest of the team can step-up and save some face as we slink out of Texas.
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