The Hangout Thread

[LondonUnderground]

it still amuses me that a diehard yankees fan follows me

 

[Monorail Fan:)]

http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/WDW/MagicKingdom/Secrets/LS/Mansion.html

 

[LondonUnderground]

So where are the apologies to Jacoby Ellsbury now?

Where are the analysts and amateur psychologists to say, "Wow, I was wrong,'' about a player who is building a case as the American League MVP?

Ellsbury is no longer simply a hero of the Pink Hats, the fashionable star du jour. He is the toast of Boston after back-to-back, walk-off winning hits, one of which was Wednesday's two-out homer in the ninth.

The Red Sox outfielder was mobbed after each winning hit, hugged by teammates the pundits once suggested did not look at him as one of their own.

Teammates are speaking with wonderment and admiration at Ellsbury's development and maturity. These comments are not being offered as left-handed references to the way he was, but as praise for what experience, hard work and health have created.

People are wrong about ballplayers all the time. A lot of folks thought injured Josh Beckett would never make it back.

Now his ERA is hovering around 2.

The difference with Ellsbury were the questions of character. At about this time last year, when he was heading back to the disabled list for cracked ribs, the popular theme was that he had to go.

He is not a team player, we heard. He won't play hurt. Trade him.

Where are those armchair general managers now?

In retrospect, it is hard to see why Ellsbury became the easiest target in town. Maybe it's because his agent is Scott Boras, whose Rasputin-like reputation causes some fans and media to look at him as an enemy to the team.

I did not forsee Ellsbury becoming the player he has become, but only because the power is a surprise. His home run to center on Wednesday which had to fight a little wind, was a Papi-like clout.

Maybe I'm just happy he has not succumbed to the resentment that Boston's intense baseball microscope can produce. One of the best aspects of watching Ellsbury's season unfold is watching how happy he seems to be.

This was not always the case. Never impolite but once guarded, he has become one of the more upbeat, accommodating players to the media.
He seems to be enjoying the ride. He should.

He is also extremely perceptive. Ellsbury knows that less than a year ago, many analysts and observers (both hired and self-appointed) were calling him soft and selfish and saying his team should cut ties with him.

It was a different, more personal kind of criticism that went beyond the understandable concerns about whether he was brittle.

One of the best moves Theo Epstein ever made was not listening to it.

As he has blossomed into a spectacular, all-out, five-tool player, Ellsbury does not seem to be looking for apologies. And this is good, because there is no doubt he deserves a few.

 

[Mickeysgirl34]

 

[marypops!]

Therapist Joe says Italians are from Italy.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

;kasfjalskf

 

[PlutosRHM55]

Still reading TRs~

 

[StarTunnel]

Akinator is mesmerising me

 

[nerdylightbulb]

Grr

 

[nerdylightbulb]

Second boys will be first choice to somebody better than you~

 

[LondonUnderground]

mey creyzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[LondonUnderground]

HEY EVERYONE THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE IN JACOBY LAST YEAR

 

[LondonUnderground]

jacoby ellsbury.
he may have ended the sox frustration 2 nights in a row now, but i want him to hit a walk-off home run in my bed. also, i want to run my fingers through his luscious hair.

 

[marypops!]

This must be the emotion you humans know as blood...

 

[nerdylightbulb]

 

[grandfloluver]

I'm working on our homecoming hallway again.

 

[grandfloluver]

After watching Big Time Beach Party twice today....I have to say I'm still not tired of it.

 

[TheDreamsComeTrue]

jacoby ellsbury.
he may have ended the sox frustration 2 nights in a row now, but i want him to hit a walk-off home run in my bed. also, i want to run my fingers through his luscious hair.

omg eimear

 

[grandfloluver]

I wanna redo my room with orange, white, and a bunch of sparkles. lol

 

[LondonUnderground]

omg eimear

i didn't write that btw LOL

neither did i write about how 'his brown eyes do things to me no other man can' 'his sure hands in centrefield lead me to be lieve he could use them for great things in...' 'whenever he steps onto the field my body trembles'

^that has all been written
i have died 3489234392 times reading all of those posts lolollolo

I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO WEAR THE DAY I ~HOPEFULLY~ MEET HIM