I Love the Mayor

This man was on FIRE last night (in a good way):I googled "sean casey on fire" and this came up... weird?

I'm going to go on record and say that Sean Casey is my favorite one-and-done Sox players of all time. How could you not love the Mayor? This post is dedicated to one Sean Casey, and will consist of his best lines of the night, as captured by all of you Sox fans on Twitter:

brentitude Sean Casey: "Pretty good looking guy over there on first base" hahaha #redsox

Ehh... Billy Butler is okay, I guess.


bmertel22 @royalspostgame Red Sox announcers currently joking about starting a brawl with Lefebvre next door. Sean Casey says he could take him.
You know, Don might actually be able to beat this guy... But I have a sneaking suspicion they'd be friends: they have the same awkward shirts.

mikethebado "Where's Orsillo? Everyone else is getting dominated out here, and he's getting pizza"... Sean Casey #RedSoxDon Orsillo's weapon of choice in a basebrawl.

LoveSox15 Sean Casey just equated himself to Braveheart. #feedseancasey

Sean Casey=Mel Gibson? Eh, alright.


shelley1005 "Some people had to dress up in a Hooters outfit and walk 16 block to the Weston" -Sean Casey "I can't get it out of my mind!" - DO. LOL.Alas, I couldn't find any pictures of Casey dressed as he described. But, given this photo of the Cubbies' rookies, I'll leave you to your imaginings...


shelley1005 Sean Casey. I double dog dare you to go ride the carousel. #RedSox

Honestly? I want to ride this, too. Kauffman Stadium looks great! Hats off to the Royals front office! (maybe they should have used some of that money to buy good players...)

kevinmolive "Failure is only failure when you fail to learn." - Sean "the mayor" Casey on NESN. @redsoxAnd what did you learn from this, Sean?

redsoxgirl46 Sean Casey is basically inserting dialogue into random places. I like that. #redsox

Theo: "Is Casey still talking?"
Tito: "You signed him... You have to listen to him."
Theo: "Yeah, but he hasn't been with the team for almost a year..."


shelley1005 Sean Casey can turn any conversation into a conversation about food. Ahh, I've missed ya Casey. Big time. Big time. #RedSox

For all the time Sean spends talking about food, there are NO pictures of him eating... So I went with this one. I would pay SO MUCH money to have been present for this conversation.


valleyparade Sean Casey on JBay: "You're gonna have to pay him, but why wouldn't you pay him?' So true. #redsoxSeriously? SIGN JASON BAY! (The Mayor told you too.)



I love Sean Casey. It has become my life's ambition to meet and befriend him. I want to be BFFLs with Sean Casey. I believe he mentioned working the World Series...? Hopefully, with a bit of luck, we'll be seeing him again in a few weeks.

Top Tweets

By popular demand, I bring you the Top Tweets of last night, in no particular order, with accompanying photographic support. Without further ado:

RedSoxRedShoes: YoukFact: In the off-season, Kevin Youkilis serves as UN Goodwill Ambassador to Saturn. #redsoxThis is a sign of respect in many foreign countries... I hope.

redsoxftw Drew was like "eeeww, cooties!". #redsox

"Circle, circle, dot, dot, Drew now has a cootie shot."

redsoxftwI have no clever things to say about Heidi's outfit tonight, except that I kinda miss the Snuggie. #redsoxUnfortunately I was unable to find photographic evidence of the "snuggie," but you'd think someone hired to be the token "pretty face" would wear better clothes.

AmalieBenjaminFrancona on football vs. baseball: "They're 300-pound men trying to kill each other in practice. We're taking grounders." #redsox

Come on, Tito... They don't do this at your practices? Weaksauce.

redsoxliz1980Come on Plastic Boy! #redsoxElls was demoted to Plastic Boy for lackluster performance in the early innings... He might be back up to Bronze by now...?

soxaddictHaha, the stabbin knife has come out RT @LoveSox15 DO NOT HIT PEDEY. I WILL CUT YOU!The tweet says it all. How can you not love this man?

farfromfinishedA "win" and "loss" is a terrible stat. You can throw a no hitter and lose. You can give up 18 runs and win. How can W/L tell you anything?
mikethebadoI thought debates over the relative usefulness of stats was a Sons of Sam Horn exclusive... @kdawg1313 @LoveSox15 @shelley1005 @BrianAdExec

Mostly I try to stay out of Twitter arguments... But in this case, I had to argue for QS over wins as a means for evaluating pitchers.

redsoxftwI would not wear a jersey with my last name on it if my last name was Kuntz.

shelley1005@redsoxftw I would. I would wear it...often.Sweet name, dude.

shelley1005Josh Beckett. The bats love you. Or...the bats fear you. Either way. Awesome. #RedSoxIf I were a bat, I would fear this man.

Surviving_GradyRoyals suddenly remember they're the Royals. Excellent. ::maniacal laughter:: #redsoxPoor Kansas City... Hey, nice ballpark, though.

redsoxftwYoukilis making a fashion statement with his glove on his head. Watch out, Heidi.

This is as fashionable as Youk generally gets.

werbiefitz@LoveSox15 I know what you mean! There are few as classy as Wake! #redsoxClassy enough not to tell Varitek that he sucks worse at golf than he does at hitting.

soxnfinsfan A #redsox fan just gave a ball to a young #royals fan! Damn! REDSOX fans are classy!!!I said the fans were classy, not necessarily the closer...

(My) Top Ten Tweets

Last night's game was sort of a wash going in: I mean, Greinke vs. Byrd? That's not even fair. However, I remembered last year when we had a chance to clinch against Cleveland, we had Wake going against eventual Cy Young winner Cliff Lee. Most of us resigned ourselves to waiting another day... and then the Sox smacked Lee with his third (and last) loss of the year. Unfortunately, the magic wasn't there, as Byrd got shelled for five runs in the first frame, and Greinke (predictably) stymied the Red Sox bats. However, it's rewarding to look for humor in the bleakest of times, so here goes: yesterday's Top Ten Tweets:

10.) "Byrd is the word alright... Unfortunately it's a four-letter word." We members of RSN, Twitter division, repeat this mantra every Byrd start... Some days it's more effective than others, but the following video is always a crowd-pleaser:


9.) "'Playin' the flute.' I love you, Sean Casey. I love you." Please don't tell Pedey on me, but I'm definitely smitten with the Mayor in the booth. He was obviously referring to Youk's batting stance, and, if you look at his right hand, it does look sort of like he's trying to play the flute. But hey, whatever works.
8.) "Jason Varitek just got on base. SHOCKING. And welcome." I'll take offense from whatever corner it comes from, and the captain is mired in a hellacious slump. I'm going to dismiss his start last night as Tito throwing him a bone during a game already conceded as a loss, and applaud the freak accident that led to him getting on base against Mr. Greinke.

Even umpires are outrunning the beleaguered Captain right now :(

7.) "Gonzo wants to keep Pedey in his place: 'You can be replaced, man... by ME.'" I've been referrring to Gonzo and Pedey as the double play DREAMTEAM (yes, it has to be one word and all in CAPS). However, yesterday, Gonzo made the play, touched second, and fired to first by himself, no doubt leaving Dustin feeling lonely and abandoned. It's okay Pedey, Gonzo is a defensive wizard, and I'm always here for comfort.

6.) "OOOHHH I approve of the bullpen factoring into this game." Look, if Ichiro is a witch, then Zack Greinke is a GOD. I want him to win the Cy Young. I really just wanted to score a few UNearned runs off of him so we could win while his ERA stayed awesome. Well, the ERA stayed awesome (down to 2.08), but we couldn't muster anything against him. I was excited to see the bullpen, but our efforts against them proved just as fruitless.Who are these guys, anyway?

5.) "I approve of Sean Casey's illicit relationship with Gonzo... 'He has such good soft hands.'" Okay, totally out of context, but I couldn't resist. Casey was talking about the play Gonzo made on a shallow outfield pop up... he meant that most shortstops would leave that ball to the center fielder, but that Gonzo has the skills to catch it - and he did. However, he said it with such breathless admiration that I couldn't help but wonder if there isn't something... else... going on.There are NO pictures of Casey and Gonzo together... Coincidence? I think not.

4.) "Okay. That was a strike on a normal sized man.... Pedey is definitely FUN-SIZED." The umpires were squeezing our pitchers all night. I understand that if you can command the strike zone like Greinke you get the benefit of the doubt, and that's fine. But the guy pitching to Dustin in this instance was from the bullpen brigade, and the pitch was up around his eyes. I get that on a normal person that's the right height for a called strike, but Pedey has his own strike zone, and it's interchangeable with the one they use in Little League.

Youk is of average height for a ballplayer. Clearly, Pedey is not. ADJUST THE STRIKE ZONE ACCORDINGLY!!!

3.) "#HeidiWatneyNeedToBeOnTwitter <- STUPID. She only works for NESN because she's good-looking. She's awful to listen to." Someone seriously thought it was a good idea for Watney to have a Twitter account. Why? She has nothing to say! They feed her the interview questions, and the game updates. She's there to be a pretty face, and that's it. Her baseball knowledge is negligible. 2.) "Seriously... If Greinke doesn't win the Cy Young, I'm going to punch Joba Chamberlain in the face." I mean, I've always wanted to punch Joba in the face, so he seems like the ideal person for me to take my frustration out on if Greinke doesn't win. A pitcher shouldn't get penalized for the team he plays form and if Zack doesn't win, it will be a perfect example of injustice.
1.) "Okay, you all talked me into it... I'll just punch Joba in the face for the enjoyment of RSN, Twitter division." I mean, I'll take one for the team here. I got so many @replies asking me to just punch him anyway, regardless of Cy Young voting. It's not like I really want to... It's an obligation I feel to my Tweeps. So watch your back, Joba.

Seriously... Who talks bad about Yogi Berra? Now he REALLY needs to get punched in the face. Also, he got arrested for DUI, and people want to give him a mulligan? Hello?!? Ever heard of Nick Adenhart? THAT'S why there's no do-overs.