Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 7:06 PM EDT in News Comment 31 comments

Starting Pitchers

Minnesota: Johan Santana (18-5), 2.77 ERA, .98 WHIP.
Boston: Josh Beckett (15-10), 5.02 ERA, 1.32 WHIP.

Starting Lineups

Minnesota:

1. Luis Castillo, 2B
2. Nick Punto, 3B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Michael Cuddyer, RF
5. Justin Morneau, 1B
6. Torii Hunter, CF
7. Rondell White, LF
8. Jason Tyner, DH
9. Jason Bartlett, SS

Boston:

1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Mark Loretta, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Mike Lowell, 3B
5. Trot Nixon, RF
6. Jason Varitek, C
7. Carlos Pena, LF
8. Gabe Kapler, CF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS

Notes

At the beginning of the season, a September battle between Beckett and Santana would have seemed very exciting. Now the Sox are out of playoff contention and Beckett has kinda sucked, so...
Crisp is out of the lineup because he's having his finger checked by a specialist
The other Pena will get a start in the outfield. He's never played there at the major league level before.
Papi's 50th home run ball will be auctioned off to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the Plaza de la Salud Hospital de Ni?os in the Dominican.

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Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

PAAAAAPIIIIIIIII! NUMBER 51! HIS FIRST CAREER HIT OFF SANTANA!

AMAZING!

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

i didn't think i could get goose bumps at this stage of the season with everything that's happened. i was wrong.

i'll remember this for a very long time, quite possibly forever. astounding. amazing. incredible. the record stood for 68 years.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Sooo incredible!!! Let's see him extend the record to 55 before season's end.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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whoa, carlos pena is 7-19 career vs santana.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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oooh, two on nobody out now.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

gonzo attempts a sac bunts, which results in 2 rbi as everything goes wrong for minnesota. gonzo gets to third on the errors.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

wow. beckett's showing signs of who we all want him to be.

six shutout innings on 79 pitches with 5 k's after striking out the side in the sixth.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

minnesota lifts santana after five. 100 pitches was apparently enough. on comes matt guerrier.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

guys, I have enjoyed Remy and Orsillo this year tremendously, up until today. I think they may have just "jumped the shark". Their "flabbio" schtick is getting really annoying, with Remy wearing that stupid mask ... I suppose maybe they are just bored now that the season appears to be over ...

by BlowUp on Sep 21, 2006 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

There's a new home run record!!! 52 by David Ortiz as he launches his 2nd of the night!!!

PAPI FOR MVP

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

to quote whichever announcer it was that said it with the appropriate awe in the sox highlights clip on google video:

he is AMAZING

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

oh, and lowell wants to show he ain't bad either :)

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

papi, by the way, is 3-3 with two dingers, a single and a walk

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

AND LOWELL GOES BACK TO BACK!

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Ortiz is the Babe Ruth of our day. He even hits like him, lefty with the weight on the back foot ... I really believe the Babe has been reincarnated as a dominican ... Maybe this is why the curse was lifted.

52! Could he break the Babe's record this year?

by BlowUp on Sep 21, 2006 9:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

I wanna see Josh go for the CG tonight. Really solid start.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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beckett's through eight without giving up a run. where has this josh been hiding since... like may?

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

Foulke is in, for whatever reason. There goes the shut out.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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beckett lifted. foulke on. too bad, a CG-SHO would have been very nice.

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

Joe Mauer gets another base hit to start it off.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Cuddyer grounds out to move the runner to second.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Foulke nearly gives up a 2 run homer to Morneau. Jeez.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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One strike away.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Foulke throws two balls to make the count full.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Why can't Francona ever keep his starter in? Now we have runners on the corners, albeit with 2 gone. But come on. Josh was dominating and there's no need for this stupidity in the ninth.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

Game over. Sox take it 6-0. Beckett with 8 shut out innings, 5 Ks, and no walks.

Papi creates a new Sox single season HR record and breaks it only a few innings later with #51 and 52. Lowell goes back to back with the second one.

by soxaholic on Sep 21, 2006 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

damn it all to hell! i've known it all along - we can't get anywhere without somehow acquiring a guy with calm eyes! very, very calm eyes.

someone call cashman and offer our entire farm system and a bucket of chicken wings for jeter's future offspring. we need intangibles, and we need them NOW!

We've got TWO Jews on this team, Mel! -- Denis Leary

by SweSox on Sep 21, 2006 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

Are you...lost? I mean. If you can't work the internet...well. I suppose you could ask Al Gore. But seriously. For debating amongst sox fans and yankee fans, can't ask for better than the yanksfansoxfan website. Want a Yankee blog? Bronx Banter is very well-written, even if I often, understandably, take issue with some of the subjects of the writing.

Otherwise...can't help ya. Gloating is...um. Anyway. I wasn't going to say you were acting like a ten year old or anything. Certainly not. It's not like you've been incredibly immature...definitely...um...not. Anyway. Enjoy yourself. Find yourself a blog that's more 'you'. No fellow Yankee fans to gloat with here. Just us Red Sox fans trying to enjoy the rest of our season. I remember when I want on Yankee blogs two years ago ruining other people's writing about their team that lost the ALCS. Wait. That didn't happen. That'd require being classless.

by Allen Chace on Sep 21, 2006 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

While not a save situation, I now know even moreso how Indians fans must've felt during Wickman's saves. Yeah. He's probably going to get the job done. But how much mental stress is he going to put on ya before he does?

by Allen Chace on Sep 21, 2006 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

I love how we're systematically turning half the team to complete utility players. Youk? Lets throw in in LF. Pena? yeah, let's get him OF experience also. Loretta? Okay, the Brewers took care of that (they had him pitch for an inning of things...and he actually got 2 SO, maybe he's our solution to the bullpen problem)

Anyways, how poetic is it for Ortiz to break the sox record off of the team that dumped him...and off their ace none-the-less. My only hope is that this isn't a preview for how the Twins will do in the off-season, they really deserve the title more then anyone else (good fundementals, great fairy-tale story, I've liked them for years and they've never seemed to be able to pull it off)

Just ignore 2006ALEASTCHAMPS, if he really has nothing better to do then post negative comments every sox game from now till the season ends, that's his problem for not having a life or the intellegence to reasonably debate (and there has been yankees fan who have posted comments here who have been able to reasonably debate, and there's no problem with that)

by Realistic on Sep 22, 2006 9:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Open Thread: 9.21.06 vs Minnesota

Check the right column of the home page of this site under "Recent Diaries", there are plenty on topics to debate. Given most of them are regarding the Red Sox which might not interest you, but that's because you're on a Red Sox blog. Go to pinestripealley.com if you want to talk all about yankees. Of course there's not much to debate on a thread that is about the game that is currently being played

by Realistic on Sep 22, 2006 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs