Normally I don’t like to or get a chance to do a “diary blogging” event, but for the first game of the World Series, I’ll make an exception. So, here it goes:

8:30AM: OK, here we go. Right now should be around first pitch, but instead I’m sitting inside Dragon Air flight 831 from Shanghai to Hong Kong.

8:40AM: We were supposed to have taken off 10 minutes ago.

8:50AM: Captain has just told us that we’ll take off soon.

9:10AM: OK, we’re actually taking off now. All I can think is that this waste of 40 minutes means it’s 40 fewer minutes I can follow the game when I get to Hong Kong.

9:20AM: Pop in a Battlestar Galactica episode to watch.

10:10AM: Pop in another BSG episode.

11:00AM: Begin descent into Hong Kong.

11:15AM: OK, we’ve landed. I can’t turn on my phone fast enough to get an update from Kim. “Call Failed.” WHAT???? I retry about 10 times always getting the same error message. Shit.

11:30AM: Get off plane. Still can’t get through to Kim. I wonder what would happen if I change the cell phone provider on my phone…

11:45AM: Bingo! Call Kim. (Please be winning, please be winning, please…)

Me: Hey! Kim!

Kim: (Laughing) Guess who hit a bomb?

Me: Dustin?

Kim: Uh huh!

Me: That’s great, what’s the score???!?!?!

Kim: Oh, it’s 13-1.

12:00PM: Relax

I know it was disgraceful that I couldn’t watch the first game of the World Series. But it sounds like they managed to hold up without me. Dustin is kinda starting to make me wonder if he’s on the juice with two home runs in his last two games. While I worry instead that Lugo is stoned if he was able to get through an entire at bat with the bases loaded and not strike out. Beckett sounded masterful again.

Even though I couldn’t watch, the recap of the game kind of reminds me of the Sox home opener against the Mariners. If you recall, they had just been snowed out of four straight games against the Indians. Not only that, but they also had to face Beckett after a long layoff and the offense just destroyed their pitcher. Granted it was Jeff Weaver, but still pretty similar.

Tonight I’m back in the States and unless I fall asleep from the jet lag I’ll be glued to my TV. Bloody Sock veteran vs. rookie. Let’s go crafty vet.