As always, Wild Thing made our hearts sing by powering through 2 edge-of-your-seat-riding innings, holding the score at 4-4 after the 11th. Pap's fist pumps proved pre-emptive, however, because...
In the 12th inning, a bloop RBI single by No. 9 hitter Erick Aybar against Red Sox lefty reliever Javy Lopez snapped a 4-4 tie that had been in place since an RBI double by Kevin Youkilis in the bottom of the fifth. Mike Napoli, who belted two homers earlier in the game, set the stage with a leadoff single to left. Howie Kendrick, playing Angels baseball, sacrificed Napoli to second. Aybar got an 0-2 pitch that he liked from Lopez for what proved to be the game-winner. (Ian Browne / MLB.com)
Prior witnesses of faith rewarded, the Black Pearl Girls are confident that with Lester on the mound tonight and a full bullpen (Pap remains questionable depending on how much grog he consumes before called upon), we'll be dancing an Irish jig with our fellow Bleacher Creatures sometime before 2 am!
2 comments:
Hello BPG!
My wife and daughter are wondering about how the bullpen got called the Black Pearl. So is our dog, Tessie! I guess you have the inside scoop!
Red Sox Ex-pats in Troy, NY.
PS, nice plug on Boston.com
Ahoy! Thanks for yer interest in me blog and although I can't be revealing all the secrets of the sacred Brethen just yet (mainly because there are still many to be unearthed), I can tell you this:
Last season, at the behest of bullpen coach Gary Tuck, the Sox relief pitchers started referring to themselves as a group of pirates. Naturally, the bullpen was dubbed The Black Pearl after Capt. Jack Sparrow's famous vessel from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean.
Now the bullpen participates in a number of official and secret rituals including nicknames (some of which have been revealed in my posts), handshakes, Parlay the Parrot (the stuffed mascot donated by Admiral Timlin's wife), and, most recently, the Bullpen Band.
Keep checking back since I'll have more updates as they become available! Arrrr!
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