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Manny’s Mouth

Manny Ramirez is wearing a Pure Power Mouthguard this season — according to the Boston Herald — which the outfielder is using to help relax his jaw, neck, and head muscles as he swings his bat. The theory behind the mouthpiece, which took more than one hour during spring training to get custom-fitted for Ramirez, is that the relaxed head muscles helped an “improved bite that improves strength, balance and flexibility.”

I don’t think I have ever heard of anyone getting a custom-fitted mouthguard but would you really expect anything different from Manny?

Here are his numbers on the year so far…

  • Avg .287
  • HR 8 (on pace of 27)
  • RBI 28 (96)
  • Runs 29 (100)
  • SB 1 (3.44)

His career averages are about .312 with about 33 HRs, 109 RBI and 92 runs.

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The Streak Comes To An End

So it took a month and nearly three weeks (44 games) into the season but my streak came to an abrupt halt this past Saturday when the first game of the Subway Series took place. I had every intention to catch the end of the game because I was scheduled for an Actuary Exam from about 12:30 to 3, which would have left just enough time for me to get back from the test to see the last inning or two. As it turns out, the examination site had a few technical difficulties which had threatened to delay the test to another day – which would have meant my streak was still intact. However, after an hour of just waiting and seeing when I can reschedule or who knows what, they informed me I had to take the test then. Granted, I wasn’t thinking at the time that since the test now began at 1:30 instead of 12:30 and is scheduled to finish at 4:30… there was no way that I would be able to see/hear the game.

As it turned out, I took nearly the entire 3 hours to take the test and as I was walking out of the facility, I still hadn’t gotten a text message telling me a score from the game. I still had hopes that the game might have gone into extreme extra innings that by the time I would get back, somehow someway the game would still be on. That hope however, was quickly dashed when I got a text message telling me that the New York Mets had defeated the New York Yankees by a score of 7 to 4.

Well it was good while it lasted and ironically it comes a day or two before I head off to Norway. At the end of the streak, here is where everything is so far…

36 games on YES (81.82%)
3 games on RADIO (8.82%)
2 games on ESPN (4.55%)
1 game on MLB.TV (2.27%)
1 game on FOX (2.27%)

After catching yesterday’s game, I currently stand at 44 out of 45 games (97.78%) which isn’t all too bad in itself. Hopefully, it’ll stay that high over the course of the year – especially with the next two weeks guaranteed to take a toll on that mark.

As for the Jays, I’m at 31 (67.39%) out of 46 games with 28 of them on MLB.TV (60.87%), 2 on YES (4.35%) and 1 on ESPN (2.17%).
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Big Brown Does It Again!

So it turns out that I missed posting this because this was the day of my Actuary Exam but the favorite horse of the ABG, Big Brown did it again and blew away the competition. Anyways, those of you that missed the race, here it is.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp94jXfIACA

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Manny Being Manny…

Well here is Manny (Ramirez) being Manny yet again. I think this comes about a week or so after he had told a reporter that he wanted to win the Gold Glove in LF and wanted to be one of the better left fielders in the history of the Boston Red Sox. Although I doubt that he wins that award, plays like this will go along way.

For those that don’t want to watch the video, Manny makes a great catch in the outfield, then climbs up the wall (because of his momentum) and High 5’s a fan in the process. After coming back to the ground, he throws the ball into the second baseman who throws out the runner that was at first to complete the double play.

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Looking Ahead?

Maybe ESPN is getting carried away just a little bit and already has put the Celtics and Pistons into the next round. Although it certainly looks like since it doesn’t seem to be the case that Boston will lose at home but it might be a troubling issue down the road.

Note: It got changed right away but it’s still funny.