GameThread: Red Sox (24-15) @ Twins (18-17)
by Randy Booth on May 11, 2008 7:45 PM EDT
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Maybe we can win this game without needing Jonathan Papelbon to come in and save the game. The starters:
Lineups to be posted later. Go Sox!
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I created a game thread a few seconds ago, seeing nothing up here then. Lineups are as follows:
Ellsbury – LF
Pedroia – 2B
Ortiz – DH
Youkilis – 1B
Lowell – 3B
Drew – RF
Crisp – CF
Cash – C
Cora – SS
Twins:
Gomez-CF
Tolbert-2B
Mauer-C
Morneau-1B
Cuddyer-RF
Monroe-DH
Young-LF
Lamb-3B
Everett-SS
Cora?
This pisses me because it likely means we won’t be seeing Lowrie anytime too soon. I hate Lugo, I really do. It’s not just his bad defense, or awful hitting. It’s his picture mocking me at gameday. I can’t live with that.
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone
hi everybody
good to see no lugo..bad to see no lowrie
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
seeing youk
holding a pink bat is out of control.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
2 K's in a row
Damn…
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do you know anything about this twins pitcher?
i’ve never heard of him.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
by pedroiastroika on May 11, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
No, I don't
But he didn’t look bad there. Having to face Youk and Lowell with 2 men on must be no fun for a pitcher, but he did good there.
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by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
woah woah woah woah woah
wake just hit 66 MPH…we don’t want him throwing TOO hard now.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
That was a fastball
For Wakefield….that’s moving pretty good!!
83 years old shutout
That’s what happened with the Tigers. Sometimes I forget how old Wake is.
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i didn't realize that timlin is so old
i knew that he was one of the older players on the roster, but i had no idea that he’s 42.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
by pedroiastroika on May 11, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
i must say
that i enjoy this commercial with the lizards doing the thriller dance…anything involving thriller = awesome.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
I second that
Crap…
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone
by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
they were just saying that the knuckleball
does better inside a dome…i would think that it would be better in an open air stadium since the wind would help it move more..am i just dumb?
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
Uh oh!!
Wakefield just gave up a three run homer…plenty of time left though.
Adam Everett hitting HR?
Wake is OFF.
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone
We're gonna need a HUGE miracle
Down by 5, no Manny, no Tek, Tavarez coming in…
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I don't think Wake's "got it" tonight...
yuck
"When you don't feel good and you still get hits, that's how you know you're a bad man." - Manny Ramirez - the official quote of MVN Radio's Red Sox podcast
i take that back..
two on no outs and big papi up
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
by pedroiastroika on May 11, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Plenty of time left
How many times have the Sox come from behind this year??...plenty of baseball left…
i don't doubt their offense
it’s the pitching that i’m worried about.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
by pedroiastroika on May 11, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Lowell looks bad ass with a pink bat
that is all
"When you don't feel good and you still get hits, that's how you know you're a bad man." - Manny Ramirez - the official quote of MVN Radio's Red Sox podcast
some can pull it off
some just look weird..like youk
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
by pedroiastroika on May 11, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Crap
Just a run out of that?
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i don't know why
but i feel like lugo somehow has a hand in this losing right now.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
Hahaha
I think he’s playing using Cash jersey.
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone
by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
it can't be Cash's jersey
he just had an RBI, which Lugo is allergic to.
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
by pedroiastroika on May 11, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
When on defense, they switch places without anyone noticing
Speaking of switching places, is it just me or did Wake look more like Milf-Hunter today than he usually does? Maybe the real Wake is out there doing some porn.
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone
by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
fuck man
7-1…let’s bring in Tavarez so we can lose SOME MORE
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
who is this guy
and what did he do with the real Coco?
A-Rod drinks wine coolers and Jeter wears lipstick.
HOOOOOOOOLIAN
Nice pitch there.
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I effing hate Taverez
Last time he came in, he coughed up 3, in a game we should’ve won 8-5, then paps blew the save later in the night, very, very frustrating.
see, this sucks
We’ll end up losing this game like 11-10 and if hoolian had kept them down, we’d would’ve won…he just sucks.
I don't know why he wasn't trade
I’d BEG for the Rockies to take him.
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by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn you, Lugo!
What? It was Lowell, not Lugo? That’s new.
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Mothers Day Miracle II, Lugo's redeption?
...
"When you don't feel good and you still get hits, that's how you know you're a bad man." - Manny Ramirez - the official quote of MVN Radio's Red Sox podcast
How bout Coco with a great game
2 run homer brings us within 2!
Timlin
I love you dearly, but it’s getting to be closing time.
Glad our bats managed to make this one look respectable
We would be winning this shit with at least a little bit of pitching. But it’s not over yet.
Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone
That last HR was huge for the Twins
We had the momentum, after Coco hitted that 2 run shot. But giving that HR changed it, although I can’t actually explain why.
I really don’t know why they’re working Timlin, who I very much doubt to be able to give us anything yet, instead of working Hansen, who’s young and filled with potential. Both are risky in a close game, but Hansen would make more sense.
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by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
See
You take away that HR, and it would be a tied game. :)
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by MerryGoByeBye on May 11, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Mikey making it interesting
JD: you’ve had two weak ground outs. Please do something useful here!
And then he stops running
And makes out at third. But it’s a 1 run game with Manny PHing!
And Manny grounds out
Well, that was a doozie.
Great game
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see
the effing hoolian. He gives up his one run when it doesn’t really seem important and we end up losing in a high scoring game by 1. he sux, he should just go and fade away somewhere now.
To this I say
F’ Wake. If he didn’t put us in a huge hole to begin with…
I mostly agree with you sydney, just wanted to make the point that there’s a lot of blame to go around, and the only pitcher who really did his job tonight was Aardsma.
"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Julius Erving is a doctor?"
by Allen Chace on May 12, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
How can Wakefield be so schizo??????????
I ask again, was Wakefield so good against the Tigers the other night, or were the Tigers so bad??
Even if Wakefield can pitch say one good game out of 4, is that acceptable to the team effort if the other bad 3 games are as pitiful as this effort by Wakefield?? Little leaguers could have hit well against Wakefield this game. Can’t say that ever about most major league pitchers
The knuckleball...
Really is a mystery. As I understand it, its effectiveness has as much to do with the conditions as it does with the pitcher. Unlike guys like Beckett, et. al., who are actually locating their pitches, the knuckler is more approximation, as its thrown to minimize spin, and the action of the air on the stitches is where that funky motion comes in. He’s guessing.
And yeah, I think it is acceptable – but not necessarily for a fourth starter. The real issue with Wake, other than the occasional crapfest (but see Bucholz v. Tigers, Yankees; Beckett v. Toronto) is the entourage. Cash’s hitting has ameliorated that somewhat, though. I think – and generally this is a good idea (see also Schilling and Colon) – that the Sox have to jettison Tavarez, and get a decent long reliever to supplement our starters who are vulnerable to age or episodic suck.
And btw, I had nothing to do with F’Lugo’s concussion – at least not so far as anyone can prove in a court of law…
by nuthinboutnuthin on May 12, 2008 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Wakefield is always up and down
2007 Monthly ERA
April: 2.59
May: 4.09
June: 6.00
July: 5.52
August: 2.45
Sept / Oct: 8.76
I think it is the nature of Wake’s knuckleball to either be terrible or awesome on any given night. He is a particularly inconsistent pitcher, but overall he can be a solid player. Last year he provided more value than the $4 million he cost the team.
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