Forget Foldgers, the best part of waking up is realizing the Sox are tied up on opening day in the bottom of the 9th. After a top of the 9th homer by Brandon Moss, local hero Hideki Okajima (game was played in Japan) shut down the A's in the bottom to set up a great day for me. For those of you counting at home, Manny's season tally for "obnoxious poses after getting a hit, the one where the thought of running doesn't come to him for 15 seconds, the one that will be sure to get him plunked 5+ times and cause at least 1 bench clearing brawl this season" is now 1. But what a 1 it is. A top of the 10th, 2 run double off Huston Street to give the Sox the lead, later locked down by Paps. 1-0 is a great way to start, baseball is here, summer is just around the corner, and we're one step close to goggle clad river dancing to the Drop Kick Murphy's. I can faintly hear, even from 3200 miles away, the fans clearing their throats and practicing their "Sweet Caroline". I'm not naive, we won't go 162-0, but at least during some of those home losses we will be sure to get treated to plenty of "these" guys:
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