Red Sox tie ALCS in dramatic fashion

Boston won game two of the ALCS against the Tigers 6-5 last night on a walk-off single by Jerrod Saltalamacchia in the ninth. But that wouldn't have been much of a moment if the guys hadn't roared back from a 5-0 hole in the sixth inning.

Nearly shut out in game 1 by the amazing Anibel Sanchez, Boston's hitters had their asses handed to them by Cy Young lock Max Scherzer last night. Scherzer went 7 innings giving up only one run. But when the relievers came on, the Boston bats finally woke up. Working some good at bats got a run in the sixth and finally the bases loaded in the eighth for David Ortiz, who didn't disappoint:

Hmmmm, well I tried to embed the video of Ortiz' granny but the MLB embed code didn't work. You'll have to check it out elsewhere :-(

Oh brother! Was that a moment!!

Koji Uehara shut down the Tigers in the top of the ninth and Salty drove in the winning run off former Sox prospect Jose Iglesias' glove. I was dreading the prospect of the guys going to Detroit down 2-0, but now it's a whole new series. I'm liking the Lackey v Verlander match-up, that should be like Game 1's pitching duel.

Still better fear the beard, baby! There's no quit in this team!

Scarlett Johansson...again. Really?!

My computer went on the fritz this week. Took me until late last night to get it up and running again. When I finally do, I see that Esquire magazine has named Scarlett Johansson the sexiest woman alive. Again.

?!?!

Is Esquire even trying anymore? Look, I've said before that I enjoy Scarlett's unconventional looks. But she's got a short waisted, kind of dumpy body. And their photoshopped image isn't changing my opinion any. Want an idea of what she looks like for real? Watch The Avengers. There's a quick shot of Scarlett from behind when she's talking to Loki. You'll get a real glimpse of what her body, supposedly honed to exquisite perfection according to press releases, looks like.

And I don't know about you. But for an actress, in this day and age, to be voted the sexiest woman on the planet, who lost the lead role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because as directer David Fincher gloriously opined -- "we can't afford to wait for Scarlett to take her clothes off" . . . seems a bit forced to me.

So here's a collection of some friends of mine, who I think are just as sexy if not more so, than Ms. Johansson. And these gals aren't afraid to go full monty on the job:

Bikinis still > Jennifer Nicole Lee

I wondered last month about what the deal was with fitness guru Jennifer Nicole Lee and her astonishing lack of ability when it comes to keeping her bathing suit on. Apparently nothing has improved as we saw in Miami recently:

Exercising, dieting, mental toughness -- yep . . . knot tying ability -- eh, not so much. So this is where I think she needs someone to travel around with her simply tying these freaking bathing suits on her body. Because I'm sure that these endless wardrobe malfunctions are in no way premeditated or orchestrated or anything like that:

And yes, for the record, I was suggesting myself for the job.

obviously

Prophecy fulfilled -- Sox win 7-4 up 2-0 in ALDS

Hey, maybe I've got a shot at the lottery this weekend after all :-)

Boston won again today, defeating reigning Cy Young winner David Price to take a 2 games to nothing lead in the AL Division Series. John Lackey wasn't lights out, but he gets the win giving up 4 runs in 5+ innings.

Not sure why Maddon left Price in there for eight innings to take a beating like that -- 7 earned runs, perhaps he's not too confident with his bullpen. But that's a tough loss to hang on your staff ace.

David Ortiz hit two home runs, for his first multi-homer post season game. Jacoby Ellsbury was the spark plug scoring three times, stealing bases and breaking up double plays. Once again, defense deserted the Rays with two more errors in this game. Tired? Might be the grind of all these must-win games is finally wearing the guys down.

Game 3 is at the Trop with Buccholz going against Cobb. Clay's an enigma here. Might be lights out or a total disaster as he's still working his way back after being out for a big chunk of the season. Whatever happens, I don't see this going past 4 games. And the Rays taking three straight? Not a chance.

Hoping for the sweep, but I'll take the series win in 4.

Fear the beard, baby!

Red Sox crush Rays 12-2 in Game 1

Man, after the crappy week I've had at work, it was really nice to come home to that score today!

Sox pitcher Jon Lester came out smokin' and held the Rays to three hits over 7 innings. Lester's a confidence pitcher and his mid season slump was credited to his thinking he had to carry the team by himself. John Farrell did a great job getting Lester to worry only about the game he was pitching and let the rest of the team worry about the runs. The Sox ace responded down the stretch with one dominating performance after another, capped by the series start today.

Jonny Gomes did his thing scoring from second base on a dribbling single that Stephen Drew barely beat out to energize the Sox, giving them a lead they never relinquished en route to the blowout victory. From the beards to the walk off homers to his hustle and attitude, this is why Gomes was brought to Boston. I had to laugh when Maddon gave him the intentional walk to get to Salty, a move that backfired as Salty crushed a two run double.

There was a lot of noise in the local papers about the rusty Sox playing the tuned in Rays, but what fans got was a team anxious to play against a bunch of guys that looked oddly star-struck and mistake prone.

Game 2 is tomorrow with Rays ace David Price facing the resurgent John Lackey. Not counting chickens here, but I'm thinking Boston will be up 2-0 by Sunday.

Subtlety < Miley Cyrus

Oh look . . . Miley's been gettin' freaky with Terry Richardson again:

Two things -- first, the question is not if Miley has done some nude stuff for ole pervy, she clearly has, but when they'll get released. Because girly just keeps inching closer to the full monty in public every chance she gets:

Second -- if anyone had any doubts about whether Miley was just trying to bump up her street cred with all the chatter about her love of the ganga, take a look at her pupils in these pictures . . . chick's as high as a kite:

If she was trying to drive a stake through the heart of Hannah Montana . . . I'd say it's mission accomplished now, honey.

Oh my god, please make it all stop!

All this shutdown nonsense, I can't take it anymore. From the ghoul twins Harry & Nancy grinning like Cheshire cats while telling reporters that it's the Republicans who are refusing to negotiate, to the President making the absurd correlation between Apple's rollout and Obamacare's nightmare of sign-up hell -- word to the prez: Apple won't fine you if you don't buy their product! Just sayin'

Judith Miller -- well it's only the first day, why would anyone sign up on the first day? I don't know honey, maybe because we've been told that millions are literally dying to sign up for this?

It's the Tea Party's fault the national memorials are closed because of the shutdown . . . even though the government is spending more money and manpower to close the memorials than keep them open? Hey, they didn't even make this much effort to protect the embassy in Bengazi!

If I hear the word "optics" one more time, I'm going to cry. . .

So here's a collection of images of Pamela Anderson from back in the day when her nipples weren't up by her collarbone because of repeated enhancements and lifts:

*click for uncensored*

I'm gonna curl up in bed and put a good movie in the dvd player . . . *sigh*