My Son...the Sox Fan.

My wife and I just had our first baby, Tennyson. Or, Ten for short. The question has always been in my mind: "Who else, besides stupid Rich Gedman (who, along with The Stanley Steamer should be blamed for the '86 series), wore the number 10?" Well, here we go:

All Time Owners of the Red Sox Number 10:
Muddy Ruel 1931
Ed Connolly Sr. 1932
Bob Seeds 1933
Lefty Grove 1934-41
Ken Chase 1942-43
Pinky Woods 1943-45
Jim Wilson 1946
Don Gutteridge 1946-47
Billy Goodman 1948-57
Gene Stephens 1959-60
Willie Tasby 1960
Billy Harrell 1961
Billy Gardner 1962
Bob Tillman 1963-67
Gerry Moses 1968-70
Bob Montgomery 1971-79
Rich Gedman 1981-90
Rick Lancellotti 1990
Mike Brumley 1991-92
Andre Dawson 1993-94
Luis Alicea 1995
Esteban Beltre 1996
Lee Tinsley 1996
Scott Hatteberg 1997-2001
Carlos Baerga 2002
David McCarty 2003-05
Shawn Wooten 2005
Tony Graffanino 2005
Coco Crisp 2006-08

I guess a second nickname would have to be Lefty or Hawk from this list, though Muddy would be pretty cool, too. Coco is out entirely!

An idea - not without its flaws, but...

I'm not sure this is what Jesus would do, but it's not without its humor:

George Carlin 's Solution to Save Gasoline
Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down. Then we could bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border.

When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq ..Then we could tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military....From there, we'd give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it. After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot.

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves. If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo. Problem solved.

More No-Hitter Stuff

CATCHING NO-HITTERS TRIVIA
Of the 260 recognized no hitters tossed there were 189 different catchers involved.
Forty-three no-hitters were tossed in the 19th Century.
58 catchers have caught 2 or more no hitters.
In the 17 perfect games thrown, 16 different catchers were involved.
Ron Hassey is the only catcher to have caught 2 perfect games (Len Barker 1981 and Dennis Martinez 1991).
There were five no-hitters in which 2 or more catchers teamed up.
2 catchers (Sam Agnew & Thomas Pinch) teamed up for Ernie Shore's Perfect Game in 1917.

CATCHING NO-HITTERS IN TWO LEAGUES
Ron Hassey (AL) Cle vs Tor 5/15/1981 - (NL) Mon vs LA 7/28/1991
Ed McFarland (AL) Chi vs Det 9/20/1902 - (AL) Chi vs Det 9/6/1905 - (NL) Phi vs Bos 7/8/1898
Darrell Porter (AL) KV vs Tex 5/14/1977 - (NL) Stl vs Mon 9/26/1983
Wilbert Robinson (AA) Phi vs Cin 7/26/1888 - (NL) Bal vs Was 8/16/1893
Jeff Torborg (AL) Cal vs KC 5/15/1973 - (NL) LA vs Chi 9/9/1965 - (NL) LA vs Phi 7/20/1970
Gus Triandos (AL) Bal vs NY 9/20/1958 - (NL) Phi vs NY 6/21/1964
Art Wilson (FL) Chi vs Pit 5/15/1915 - (NL) Chi vs Cin 5/2/1917

MULTIPLE NO-HITTERS - SAME BATTERY (Catcher & Pitcher)
King Kelly & Larry Corcoran (Chi-NL) 1880, 1884
Jack Rowe & Jim Galvin (Buf-NL) 1880, 1884
Jimmy Peoples & Terry Adonis (Bro-AA) 1886, 1888
Lou Criger & Cy Young (Bos-AL) 1904, 1908
Nig Clarke & Addie Joss (Cle-AL) 1908, 1910
Ernie Lombardi & Johnny Vander Meer (Cin-NL) 1938, 1938
Yogi Berra & Allie Reynolds (NY-AL) 1951, 1951
Roy Campanella & Carl Erskine (Bro-NL) 1952, 1956
John Roseboro & Sandy Koufax (LA-NL) 1962, 1963
Johnny Edwards & Jim Maloney (Cin-NL) 1965, 1965
Gene Tenace & Vida Blue (Oak-AL) 1970, 1975
Fran Healy & Steve Busby (KC-AL) 1973, 1974

Darwinism versus Reason

These videos I found compelling, especially since it's discussing something other than Vodoo Economics. I've been re-reading a lot of materials from back in college that I'm sure I didn't ingest as much as possible back then specific to creation and the impact of modern scientific thought on that concept. This is a good, brief interlude on that topic that makes me want to see Ben Stein's movie. Perhaps, unlike Michael Moore's films, I won't want to rip my hair out within the first 8 seconds.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYW1EBuNkp0&feature=related

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXXLXA-_YE&feature=related

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUJzmiwQHY0&NR=1

Lester no-no

I was amazed tonight by the Lester performance, and that the last two no-hitters have been thrown by the Sox. It made me wonder immediately who had the record of catching the most no-hitters. This knowing that Varitek had caught Nomo, Lowe, Bucholz and now Lester. ESPN only told me that Varitek was the first catcher to ever catch 4 no-nos from four different pitchers. But I wanted more...so:

Most no-hit games caught, career (nine innings)
4 - Ray Schalk, Chicago AL, 1914 (2), 1917, 1922
4 - Jason Varitek, Boston A.L., 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008
3 - Alan Ashby, Houston, 1979, 1981, 1986
3 - Yogi Berra, New York, 1951 (2), 1956 (WS Perfect Game)
3 - Roy Campanella, Brooklyn, 1952, 1956 (2)
3 - Bill Carrigan, Boston A.L., 1911, 1916 (2)
3 - Del Crandall, Milwaukee N.L., 1954, 1960 (2)
3 - Lou Criger, Boston A.L. 1904, 1908, NY A.L. 1910
3 - Johnny Edwards, Cincinnati, 1965 (2), St. Louis 1968
3 - Silver Flint, Chicago N.L., 1880, 1882, 1885
3 - Jim Hegan, Cleveland, 1947, 1948, 1951
3 - Charles Johnson, Florida N.L. 1996, 1997, 2001
3 - Ed McFarland, Phila N.L. 1898, Chicago A.L. 1902, 1905
3 - Val Picinich, Phila A.L., 1916, Wash A.L., 1920, Boston A.L., 1923
3 - Luke Sewell, Cleveland A.L., 1931, Chicago A.L., 1935, 1937
3 - Jeff Torborg, Los Angeles N.L., 1965, 1970, California A.L., 1973
2 - ***forty-two catchers1 - ###one-hundred-thirty-one catchers

A great night. :)