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Well-timed reply, Hoedogg, I was just starting to wonder where the hell you were. *g* The rally is this Friday, which I made damn sure I had off. And as for the camera, I am in fact heading out after I make this post to go buy a camera just for the occasion. I was going to get a disposable, but then I thought: No, I'd like to have good pictures. After all, Bellhorn and Youkilis will be there. =D =D I'm so excited, I love them.

And on the subject of the Sox: Pedro Martinez is going to the Mets. Bastard. The Red Sox quite sensibly won't pay him what he wants - in fact, they ended up offering more than he's worth now, since he's getting up there and his expiration date as a pitcher is sneaking up here in another couple years - so instead of showing a little loyalty and staying with his team, off he goes.

Okay, so this isn't a huge shock. I'll give him that: he's made it clear all along that he values money over loyalty, and he never tried to fool us about that. I've expected him to leave, since we all knew some silly team would offer him far more than they should, and I actually thought he'd end up with the Yankees.

So I caught myself by surprise this morning at work when I found the article in the Boston Herald and almost started to cry. If I hadn't been at work, I think I would have cried, because even though I didn't think I'd care, damn if this doesn't feel like a major betrayal. I guess part of me just really didn't believe that he would actually go.

But he did. So fine. If he's gonna follow the money, if he doesn't love this team, then we don't need him. Hear that, Pedro? We don't need you. So go away. Have fun with the Mets, and oh yeah: You might wanna get in a little batting practice.

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Just to cheer myself up, a quick quote from Bill Simmons: "Because Boston's quest became the compelling story of the playoffs, the Yankees demise never received enough attention, nor does the fact that Jeter and Rivera are stuck playing with Slappy Rodriguez, the BALCO Boys, Kevin-San Brown and everyone else responsible for the greatest choke job in sports history. Of course, this is a whole other column."

HAHA. So true. manderspander told me last night that she has observed that Red Sox fans secretly like Jeter, and if he were on any other team we wouldn't have to hate him so much to make up for it. I think this is at least generally true, and that beating the crap out of the Yankees has made it okay for us to tentatively admit that, okay, Jeter doesn't totally suck. That actually, he doesn't really suck at all. Actually, maybe we kinda like him. Check out this thread at redsox for more evidence of this.

Okay. Now I'm gonna go get that camera.