I saw the catch and still can’t quite believe it – Coco Crisp diving through the air to grab a sure double away from David Wright with Carlos Beltran on the bases, representing the tying run. The previous half inning, the Red Sox did their ‘63 Dodgers impression: Crisp bunted for a base hit, stole second off LoDuca, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly. That was the difference in the game.
I’m pretty sure the Red Sox deserve to be leading the AL East, though I’m not sure they’re the best team in the American League. But they are better than the Yankees (Alex Rodriguez hit the first meaningful home run of his season off the Braves the other day, for example – they’re not playing like the evil clutch Bronx Bombers: they’re playing like, well, like we used to). What I do know is that they have a chance to go all the way, and if they don’t it won’t be because of destiny or mystique or some curse – it’ll be because they aren’t good enough.
Top Ten Shakespeare SF lines.
From a group I subscribe to. Also found here: the Top Ten lines in SF, as written by the Bard.
10: “When thou art nine hundred years aged, thou wilt not look as dashing.”
9: “Would not an Atreides by any other name still be Muad’Dib?”
8: “Therefore shalt a robot not harmeth a human being; this being the first and most felicitous law….”
7: “Hie thee hither, anon — most alluringly doth the Dark Side beckon!”
6: “In the farthest aether, beyond the stars, no one canst hear thee scream.”
5: “Father, do not thou spurnest thy truest daughter, Maureen, nor sendeth her hence unfulfilled….”
4: “Prithee, faithful HAL, fling wide the portals of the conveyance!”
“Alack, good Sir Dave; I fear I cannot!”
3: “Space… the frontier that remaineth. Listen thee to the epic of the Starship Enterprise. Her blessed five year endeavor: to explore odd new Earths. To seeketh out new life and unknown societies. To bravely venture where no man hath ventured anon.”
2: “These be NOT the metal vassals ye seek!”
and the Number 1 Classic SF Line As Written by Shakespeare…
1: “Look upon yon fellow, with shirt of blazing red! I testify in truth, Jim, the poor wretch be quite dead!”
For a few more yuks, take a look at this : Dribbleglass.com’s take on What Shakespeare Really Meant.