links for 2008-04-09

“The 2007 championship banner was unfurled, the Red Sox got their rings, and an emotional Bill Buckner tossed out the first pitch to a rousing ovation at Fenway Park.” Play ball!

[via alexdc]

“Red Sox games have morphed into kaleidoscopic carnivals. No moment is wasted or unsponsored. NASCAR without the crashes. Tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Lugo in the sky with Neil Diamonds.”