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That is the link to one of the most unbelievable things I have ever seen in my life. Tickets to a Portland Sea Dogs game, double A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Why, you may ask, would tickets to a AA baseball game be selling for over $300? Well, David Ortiz is coming to town. It was Announced over the weekend that Big Papi would be making three rehab starts with the Sea Dogs July 21st-23rd.
Am I the only one that thinks this is absurd? Its not like Babe Ruth is coming back for one last game or anything. Its DAVID ORTIZ. Yes, this may be the biggest thing to happen to Portland, Maine in, well, the history of Portland, Maine but Boston is only a two hour journey down I95. Good tickets to the Sox don't even go for that most games. Jeezzz ... crazy Mainahs.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
HOLY PAPI!
The Real Winner
For anyone who had not heard of Josh Hamilton before last night, that has now certainly changed. The Texas Rangers all star slugger belted a record 28 home runs in the first round of last night's home run derby. He completely stole the show from eventual winner Justin Morneau. He had the 55,000+ fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium on their feet for every swing. To see the Yankee fans on their feet cheering a non-Yankee American League player was something that I never thought I would ever see, but it was well deserved. And on top of it all, pitching to him was his former little league coach, a 71 year old North Carolina native who had only been to Yankee Stadium once in his entire life prior to that night.
How can you not root for a guy like Josh Hamilton? A former first round draft pick turned heroin addict who has resurrected his career from one of the worst stories in sports to one of the best. Now sober, he has completely changed his life, for the better, and is once again one of the more promising young players in the game today. His .310/21/95 line going into the all star break says it all. Josh Hamilton is an all star and will continue to be for many years to come.
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