The Red Sox beat the Yankees yesterday by 9 runs and 9 also happens to be their current magic number.
It was notable that Kevin Youkilis was once again hit by a pitch. It seems like everyone is always singling out Kevin Youkilis to throw at but if you check the numbers you find that Youkilis has only been hit by a pitch 14 times this year which is the same as Derek Jeter and 6 less times than A-Rod has been plunked. I was surprised by this. Like I said - it seems Youkilis is always getting hit.
Going back to the number 9 - there happens to be 9 Justices on the Supreme Court and you would think that those 9 were being called in to mete out punishment to Bill Belichick and the Patriots the way that story is being covered. Luckily by 9 o'clock that hype should be replaced with actual football action as tonight the Patriots play San Diego (which in German means of course a whale's vagina).
In Boston the number 9 means just one thing and one person - Ted Williams. John Updike immortalized Williams final at bat in which he famously hit his final home run in the essay "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu". I prefer the history of Williams' first HR as a professional which was hit at an exhibition game at Holy Cross. The picture at the top is from that game.
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