Buchholz blazin' ball game

Red Sox rookie, Clay Buchholz, pitched a no-hitter in Boston last night... The Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-0... It was the 17th no-hitter in Red Sox history... And Famous and I were there to watch it!!!!

Kettle corn in hand, we pushed our way through the already drunk group to our grand stand seats at 7 PM for 3 hours of wicked excitement! The game was incredible. The pictures were taken throughout the game, with the last couple taken during the final inning. Nobody was sitting down. The crowd was at such a definite roar that Famous and I didn't talk the whole last inning. Our throats were scratched from screaming by 10 PM.

On the way home, Famous had to stop to buy yet another Sox shirt, this one of Mike Lowell. When I got home, I sat with Brad to look at the highlights and we came upon the player's salaries. We poked around a bit and hooked up with the NY Yankee's website where we figured out that Alex Rodriguez makes 88 cents per second of living each year. Not per second of playing or even time awake...no, simply per second of being alive. Incredible.

Besides enjoying the game, we've had a great weekend so far. A good friend, John, is in town from Vermont where he is in medical school, so we had sushi with him on Friday night and watched "Goal! The Dream Begins", a marginally entertaining movie with incredible soccer scenes. After a 14 mile run on Saturday morning with a few friends, Famous and I visited the local bakery to pick up some breakfast while Brad and John made eggs and bacon at home. The 4 of us enjoyed a peaceful long breakfast until about noon.

Our lives become pretty busy again this upcoming week. I start classes and Brad starts teaching. No more leisurely beach or park days reading book after book. Cross Country season picks up in the next couple of weeks so we'll be running a lot more races than we've run over the summer! Ah well... the summer had to end sometime! I'm really excited to get back into the swing of school and I'm really REALLY excited that my BU gym membership begins on Tuesday so I can start swimming and lifting a lot again!

All is well with Brad. He just got a new laptop and ipod last week so all his attention has been swallowed by his new gadgets. He claims he needs these for work. Hmm...