Pax Arcana
Back in the day, Pax Arcana would rush home from backyard wiffle ball games to hear Tim McCarver call Mets games on WWOR. Back then, McCarver was the knowledgeable straight man to Ralph Kiner’s hilarious progessive drunkenness throughout the games.
In 1999, McCarver was fired by the Mets for being too critical of the team. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Manny Ramirez’
October 9, 2008
Tim McCarver will just make shit up
August 4, 2008
The final word on Manny Ramirez
Pax Arcana
I had the beginnings of yet another Manny Ramirez post bouncing around my head this weekend — it was to be a discussion of why flawed superheroes are more engaging than perfect ones, titled “Manny and Supermanny” — but frankly I’m just over the whole thing.
So let’s let Charlie Pierce have the final word:
For [...]
August 1, 2008
10 things you didn’t know about Jason Bay
Pax Arcana
I’m not going to let my frustration at the Red Sox for their shabby handling of the Manny Ramirez situation prevent me from enjoying my favorite sport. In Jason Bay, the Red Sox have acquired a steady, disciplined hitter with a good reputation for baseball smarts.
That much we know. But just who is this [...]
July 31, 2008
Congratufugginlations!
Pax Arcana
As erstwhile Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez furiously pedals his 10-speed down Landsdowne Street looking for the subway to Los Angeles, we gather in this great hall to offer our heartiest congratulations — nay, congratufugginlations – to those who made this all possible.
Congratufugginlations #1:
The Boston Red Sox
Manny’s not necessarily the most astute or well-spoken [...]
July 31, 2008
Thursday trade deadline filler: Zombie Haiku
Pax Arcana
Padre and I have been a bit tied up today with fantasy football preparations meetings, and any Internet time is spent monitoring the ongoing silliness of the Manny Ramirez situation (my humble take: You have to be dumber than a fucking house full of boogers to think the Red Sox are better off without [...]
July 28, 2008
Fine, I’ll solve the Manny problem
Father Scott
I’m as sick of hearing all the fuss over Manny Ramirez, Manny Ramirez being traded, Manny Ramirez’s ‘09 option, Manny Being Manny, and all the rest of it as you are. Believe me. And I’m at the front of the pack when it comes to Manny enablers, so this means something.
This means, as Peter [...]
July 25, 2008
Manny the torpedoes
Father Scott
With WEEI and every local media outlet on full “Let’s get Manny out of town” assault, I’m pretty sick of thinking about him in a serious way.
Do we pick up the option? Sign him to a long-term deal? Acknowledge that he assaults teammates and old staff members? I don’t know (sure I do: keep [...]
June 27, 2008
Manny Ramirez can see into the future
Pax Arcana
We’ve already confirmed that Manny Ramirez is the smartest baseball player in the world, but what we didn’t know is that the success rate of highly skilled hitters like Ramirez is largely a function of their ability to see into the future.
That’s according to ABC News, which interviewed a bunch of scientists to figure [...]
June 6, 2008
Coco loco
Perry Ellis
We missed this last night, because these days we’re more about basketball than baseball (for one thing, it’s only June and for another, the Celtics & Lakers are tilting for the milkshake trophy), but apparently Coco Crisp (insert sugary cereal joke here) pitched a nutty last night in the Lyric Little Bandbox:
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“I will break you!”
Wait, it [...]
March 25, 2008
Padre Linktastica: Manny has gas money
Father Scott
Father Scott’s in a pretty good mood today. Maybe it’s the rays of sunshine permeating his office and raisiniffying some grapes for Pax Arcana. Maybe it’s the charming and carefree way in which he led this morning’s weekly meeting. Maybe it’s the optimistic forecast he read about one of his investments. Maybe it’s just [...]
