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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:32 PM EDT Comment 129 comments

Bottom of the 2nd. Sox have jumped to a 1-0 lead.

Dustin Pedroia got the RBI - pretty amusing given how he has mouthed off about Daniel Cabrera 'having nothing'.

Jonathan Van Every is patrolling CF, Ellsbury in RF. Buchholz in the DL with a broken fingernail (trans: an excuse to break for a week or two, with the bonus of limiting his innings).

Jon Lester is your starting pitcher for the good guys.

Red Sox

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, RF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Alex Cora, SS
9. Jonathan Van Every, CF

-- Jon Lester, SP

Orioles

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Jay Payton, LF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Aubrey Huff, 3B
5. Kevin Millar, 1B
6. Ramon Hernandez, C
7. Luke Scott, DH
8. Adam Jones, CF
9. Freddie Bynum, SS

-- Daniel Cabrera, SP

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Lester retires six in a row

and is looking good. 19 pitches, 14 strikes. Keep pounding that zone, sunshine.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

JVE strikes out swinging in his first ever Major League at bat

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Surprised he's not playing RF. Better arm than Ells.

"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Julius Erving is a doctor?"

by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know. It's an odd decision.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That kooky Brad Mills.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's a funky dude

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two IF singles for Ellsbury so far

Fast? He’s so fast that last night he turned the light off in his hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe you may be thinking of cool papa bell.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking of Ali...

but turns out he didn’t say it first.

Wow. Cool Papa. Best baseball nickname I’ve heard in a while.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For the unitiatied like me

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Papa_Bell

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey,

i nearly spelled uninitiated correctly.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love the second Paige-Bell story.

Only one of these I hadn’t heard elsewhere before.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scoring from first on a sac bunt!

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was a wonder, most likely.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was a bunt!

Not a bloody unassisted triple play. Calm down, home team commentators!

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You know, even if it's on the scraps of this lineup (Quiroz/Bynum, etc.)

Wouldn’t mind seeing Lester get 5 or 6 Ks today.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Does double-take.

Goes to 3-0 and does not throw an immediate fourth ball?

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually gets a strikeout

Impressive

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He might actually be 'any good'.

Exciting times.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh hells yes.

Comes back from 3-0 to K Roberts.

The optimist in me says he’s turned a corner with that.

But…let’s hold off on wild proclamations.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wouldn't mind a nice Daniel Cabrera/Jon Lester-inning here.

Y’know. 3-4 walks and a couple hits that lead to 3-4 runs.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm calling it.

Manny HR right here.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By HR, you meant single, right?

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Manny HR = Manny Hits Run

Shorthand.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not that we didn't see it last night.

But this O’s infield defense, other than Roberts…is interesting.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By interesting I mean, of course,

that I’d play Kevin Cash at 3B before I’d put Huff there.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Authenticator...

Give me a break…

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

3 GIDPs.

And no Lugo.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Three GIDPs

I’m thinking all sorts of bad words. Really bad words.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Like:

ain’t or y’all or fixin’ to or…

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Edutainment

Infomercial

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Josh Papelbon

is FUN:
http://lastoftheninth.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=33

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That looks more "underhand" than "sidearm".

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if he's ever going to make it, honestly.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly

No. But I would love to see it.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's still under 40 pitches?

Where is our Lester?

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just threw a four pitch walk

He’s back. Big.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was right there.

The one who apparently couldn’t be convinced that yes, Nick Markakis is good, but he’s still learning to hit lefties. Go the F after him.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2 on, 1 out for Kevbo.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

THAT WAS AWESOME

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

deep breath

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

Did I just see him high-five someone in the middle of that play?

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That is the single greatest thing I have ever seen on a baseball field

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We'd like to interrupt our broadcast

to thank Aubrey Huff for not being very smart.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What happened?

Shit, I’m on gameday. Was it really what I’m thinking? (he thought he had a HR, so did Aubrey Huff)

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Manny climbed the wall

and made a great catch. High-fived a Red Sox fan – honestly – in the crowd, then threw back to double up Huff at first.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahahahahahaahha

Oh man, that must have been awesome. I hope Gameday show this still in this game.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Deep fly ball

That Manny made a spectacular catch on. He then high-fived a Sox fan in the stands and threw the ball in to double up the runner on first.

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't Gameday let you watch

some videos now? Have a look.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Still not there

But they usually show the highlights and scoring plays… But it takes a while…

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It'll be all over sportcenter and baseball tonight, as well.

F’n awesome.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's there

Check the ‘Videos’ tab on Gameday

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHA

Just watched… I don’t know if I can believe it…

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's like something out of Naked Gun

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed

And I can’t believe he still got the throw right. It’s like a cartoon really..

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Captain!

Slams the meatball straight back

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Orioles

Plush
Cow

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations JVE

First major league hit after a decent at bat

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Excellent

Big smile on his face as he stands at first

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's been a long wait for him.

Hopefully, it’s all worth it now.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great H&R

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good speed from JVE

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

He’s kind of a prototypical 4th OF, in terms of skillset. Don’t know why he never got a shot before.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pedroia ends it

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I love Dustin

but don’t swing at the first pitch!

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Eh. That's part of him.

Something I wouldn’t mind seeing him work on.

Not quite as patient as maybe he should be. I don’t know if his personality allows him to be patient.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the bright side

he was probably screaming abuse at Cabrera as he ran to first.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we can remove the "probably" from that. :)

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

YOU GO NOTHING

YOU GOT NOTHING YOU F* F**!

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty little double play

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh very nice catch, by 'kake

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Was the high five better than this?

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mannys-infamous-cutoff/3208027151

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No

But close enough. :)

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm in near-hysterics watching that again

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same here

Manny is the best…

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still like him robbing Miguel Cairo in 2004.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

..Manny vanishes into the crowd, Cairo rounds the bases, high-fives his team mates...

Manny comes out with the ball in his hand and a sh!t-eating grin on his face.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lqiss-Xtp4

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Classic Manny.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He would be wasted

as a DH.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lowell goes (Camden) yard too

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

sweet

nice shot!

by AJCOTE on May 14, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Loooowell

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Uh oh. 2nd and 3rd,no outs.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This better not turn out like the Buchholz/Beckett games

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Shit

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll take 2 from that situation

Hansen Time.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Apparently I can't count up to three. One more out to get...

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

6 IP, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, 2 ER.

86 pitches. Is he done?

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope so

I think Mills will have the sense to nip the start in the bud, and bring in CH.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Personally, I might let him get Luke Scott.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't because I don't want to risk Hansen

with runners on base. Give the new guy a nice clean opportunity.

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by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We'll find out soon enough.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...javy?

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Y'know. He's done as well as any of our relievers not named Oki or Paps,

and I still don’t trust him. ...at all.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd let Oki to get Markakis

He’s actually the only really dangerous guy of that line-up. But he does better against righties than lefties…

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hansen in

Please, god, let it be a good thing…

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I want to see Hansen as much as anyone, and you can consider me on-board with brit’s idea to let him start this inning. But Lopez gets GBs from RHHs as well as most anyone. Let him just try to finish this off.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

F.

C’mon.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

SHIT

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is not good

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Whoa.

Whoa. Oki in.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Brit was f'n right about the clean inning thing.

Though Hansen didn’t help himself at all.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Shit.

"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?"

by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ya hear that?

73% of inherited runners have scored off Oki. He may have a miniscule ERA of his own, but boy has he not been clutch. Point proven again just now. Grand salami. And boy do I mean grand.

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well.

You’re right. And at the very least, they need to dial down these appearances where he has to come in and try to be the f’n savior. Aside from the fact that it was Jay Payton, this was not an easy situation to enter.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And they've done this with him all year.

So I agree with you, but it’s not entirely his fault. Any pitcher consistently asked to handle situations like this is going to fail, and he’s been doing it way more often than last season. Clean, fresh, 8th innings only. Honestly, if just anecdotally, I feel like J-Lo’s done the best with IH this season. But I don’t have time to look that up right now.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not saying he should be blamed totally, if even mostly

I’m just putting it out there. That percentage is gonna be even higher now.

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

FUCK

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

F.

F this game. Have to go to work anyway.

F. F. F. F. F. F. F.

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by Allen Chace on May 14, 2008 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And I gotta go to class

And I’m late… Shit, we wasted one of the funniest plays ever…

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really cannot believe this...

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by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Manny's ejected

after slamming his helmet on a pathetic call.

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Or presumably, anyway

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Guess not

I dunno how he avoided that one

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

3, 4 run rally anyone?

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good way to start it Mike

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Feck

When I left work, the Sox were up 3-0 …

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on May 14, 2008 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And YADP

(yet another double play)

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

mental thing for okajima

and, let’s face it, he’s got to get over it. He’s far too good to be a pitcher that can only be used when there are no baserunners. Does he get more warm-up time if he starts the inning? Somehow, this is an issue he needs to address. The most valuable service a relief pitcher performs is when he can get inherited runners out. And right now, Oki sucks at that.

by RickD on May 14, 2008 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

12 hits ... 3 runs ...

You have to be kidding

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on May 14, 2008 5:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Boo.

by soxaholic on May 14, 2008 5:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nonetheless

=the best thing ever happened on the field tonight.

Be happy, my friends.

Bottom 9th B:1 S:0 O:0 With Bill Mueller batting, Dave Roberts steals (1) 2nd base.

by britsoxfan on May 14, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is Drew made of cardboard OR

paper mache?? He seems to get hurt whenever the wind blows a bit, and even if he potentially hits well, what good is that if he misses half the season because the wind always blows. Is anyone else wondering about this guy’s lack of stamina?

Overall, things not looking too good in the last week!

by NG on May 14, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Did you see the play?

He is lucky he didn’t break his wrist.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on May 14, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup, I saw it.

I did not think it was so tough. Never the less, even if it was great, if Drew is going to be hurt half the time for whatever reasons (lack of judgment, stupidity, rigidity, poor conditioning, whatever), I ask again, what good is his ability then?

by NG on May 14, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Drew is gonna be just fine

Even if he misses some games, that’s not something I’m too worried about. What is amazing is this team new lack of clutch hitting. Now, I have no stats to back me up on this, and I may be talking shit. But it’s amazing how we hit a lot, but never when there are men on base. With men on base, we usually strikeout or GIDP. We scored 3 runs today, 2 of these were solo HR. There’s something wrong about that.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs