El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox

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BTW, other sponsors will be coming online shortly. They will all be of the links variety which is not obtrusive. In general, I hate most ads. This morning I was watching VH1 (yes, I am a little too old for MTV). First off, I am surprised that they still show videos; I was unaware of that. As long-time readers are aware, I am making an effort to become more knowledgeable in areas other than baseball, general pro-sports and politics/current events, in order to converse longer than two minutes with most members of the opposite sex. There doesn’t seem to be any women that want to explore how Mark Bellhorn can hit 225 with an OBP of 400. If you know where they are located, please let me know. Sh%t. I am rambling on again. “Back on to the lecture at hand,” in the middle of Beyonce’s “Naughty Girl” video, up popped an ad about the singer’s concert DVD. Well that just ruined my morning…because that type of advertising is going to be more a more prominent with more channels to flip to during a commercial break and the invention and better marketing of TiVo and other DVRs. This really pisses me off!

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Recent content has not been of the essay variety – mostly notes/rumblings and Q&A. Notes are done because the necessary time to flush out a topic is not available or the topic does not warrant an in-depth post. The greater number of Q&As have been posted of late as a means of introducing a Sox upcoming opponent. For good reason, we focus on the MFY but some of the teams out West are almost as important. In the future, more essays will be posted. Please leave a comment on your preferred post type. I’ll do my best to accommodate going forward. Thanks.

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News and Notes

• Sports Retort summarizes the last night’s game well but Redman getting squeezed on the ball four call to Damon allowed the flood gates to open. And thanks go out to Bobby Crosby for the three run error.

• Boston.com/The Boston Globe/The New York Times Company/The Boston Red Sox have acquired Boston Dirt Dogs web site. It will be incorporated into Boston.com’s sports section in a couple of weeks. Congratulations go out to the Big Dog and company whose reputation has come under fire with the mainstream media folks of lately. This news should totally validate their media credentials. Hopefully, the arrangement will not constrain content too much.

• Welcome to the family – Andy. "I got shivers," Francona said, of the fans standing and chanting, "Andy, Andy." "That was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen." Dominique, 28, who labored more than seven years in the minors before he made the bigs, said, "It was way unexpected and really appreciated, probably the best moment of my life."

• Jason Stark of espn.com is reporting that “Randy Johnson is going no where,” but Cherry Garica from Seattle not Vermont and Kris Benson are available.

• Jim Caple offers another reason to dislike the pitcher in Texas whose retirement plans are similar to George “Lean Mean Fat Reducing Machine” Foreman. Oh, and by the way -- according to Tom Verducci's nice Sports Illustrated cover story on Clemens, the Rocket has four Hummers. Four Hummers? He's singlehandedly driving up oil prices worldwide.