Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Phillies GameThread, Jun 16, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

GT: Red Sox @ Phillies

by Randy Booth on Jun 16, 2008 6:30 PM EDT in Open Thread Comment 73 comments

Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies, Jun 16, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

This is going to be a fun series to watch. A real AL team versus a wanna-be AL team.

Next Game

Monday, Jun 16, 2008, 7:05 PM EDT
Citizens Bank Park

Partly cloudy with a 40-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Near 85.

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The starters:

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Bartolo Colon	4-1	3.41	1.31	22	7

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Cole Hamels	6-4	3.27	1.02	86	27

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He has a low ERA, and a low WHIP

And the Phillies score a lot of runs. How come Hamels only has 6 wins? This (wins in general) is a really fucked up stat, man.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 6:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I couldn't tell you

I just hope he has only 6 wins after tonight’s game—and 5 losses.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yikes!

A Jimy Williams sighting!

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Extra bases for Dusty

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone around?

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I am

Hey there

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m here. The just got into work. The weather is sh*t in sydney, so its hard to get motivated to get here on time. I agree, this should be a good series. Hamels is top flight so it’ll be interesting to see how he goes against a really patient line up.

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Welcome aboard

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except for Feliz and Ruiz

Their line-up is pretty amazing. Thank god they don’t have enough pitching, so we won’t see them in this year’s WS (which will be played against the Padres, you heard here first). :)

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Unless they pick up a starter

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shhhhhhh

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There goes Colon's shutout

Rollins leads off with a HR

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, f*ck you Jimmy Rollins

You’re still overrated.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

geez

lead off homer…bummer

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A double for Victorino

He hit that hard. Colon better settle in.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4 pitches, 2 hits, a homer and a double

Come one, Colon.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

sh*t

and now a double….

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Utley down swinging

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Crap!

3-0 … Howard opposite field HR

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

uh

this isn’t going well….

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No kidding

Even the foul balls have been hit hard

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pat Burrell walks

Meh, shitty start for Colon. He must want to let Masterson keep his job.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I still believe

If Lugo hits a Grand Slam in this next half-inning, hey, anything could happen. :)

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Better yet ...

An inside-the-park HR by Colon.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Casey with a 2-out double

C’mon Lugo.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

C'mon Colon - Tie it up!

Like that’ll happen :-)

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

3 swinging strikes on a row

Is Willy Mo back?

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate NL baseball

Pitchers are automatic outs. Once you get to the bottom of the order, there’s very little drama.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same here

It’s sort of easier on pitchers, while the intention maybe was to have them working a little harder. But that’s almost as stupid as having hitters as bullpen guys.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know

Drawing walks is maybe my favorite skill a hitter can have. But you gotta wonder about doing that on the top of the second with 2 outs, a man on second and the PITCHER coming up to bat.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree

as the #8, you gotta swing at everything unless Micah is hitting behind you.

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The pitches have to be close, though

Or the pitcher ends up leading off the next inning.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I get that. Was the walk intentional? Or were the pitches so far out of the zone as to not even be close? The gameday wasn’t that specific…

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was a good, tough enough walk

If he had that batting ahead of Manny, it would have been a great AB.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lugo had a good AB

He fouled off a few. Ball four wasn’t close. Lugo has 3 career ABs v. Hamels, and has 2 HR.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A K and a pop out against the Phillies best hitter

While he sucked against pretty much everyone else in the line-up. Colon is not making much sense today.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

thank god

That slacker Utley keeps making outs…..

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I love when MIF have the power to hit more than 20 HR's per season

That’s almost as sweet as having a 1st baseman who can steal a lot of bases. :)

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

snyone else see colon batting?

hysterical. he was looking at the crowd down the 3rd base side after every swing:)

by lightup_thehalo on Jun 16, 2008 7:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's still better than Wily Mo Pena was

:-)

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes I have nightmares at night about that

The neighbors said to me the other days that I wake up in the middle of the night screaming “Oh please, NOT Pena, please”. :)

He was UGLY to watch.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If ever a player could strikeout on 2 pitches

It’d be Wily Mo.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahahaha

Very true.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm surprised

he can even get the bat around that girth….hey colon have another pie. All kidding aside though, he’s been a good pick up for us. For basically some magic beans he’s been sharp up until today.

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2 hits for Dusty

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But it only takes 2 pitches to get Manny and Drew out

Yay!

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seeing Howard in the batter's box

Make me really miss Papi.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 7:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Howard is a really good hitter

He didn’t need to homer twice to show us that.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

for chrissakes

another one for howard

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Utley, Howard and Burrell batting in a row is almost unbelievable

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 8:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yep

they’re good. It’ll be there manager that will let them down eventually. Manuel is average at best…

by sydneysox on Jun 16, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great catch by Ellsbury

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

2 hits for the Mayor

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lugo just missed a HR

2 on for Colon …

I HATE NL BALL!!!!

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Colon should have bunted there

I mean, he had a bigger chance doing that.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Better yet

He should have leaned in for the HBP. It wouldn’t hurt him. He has enough padding.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dusty!!!!!

4-1 … 3 hits for Pedroia (just a triple off the cycle).

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And Drew!!!

Dead center … 4-2 …

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

J-Lo in

Colon only went 4 innings …

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Colon left early because of stiffness in his back

I hope he didn’t hurt himself swinging the bat. I’m serious. I hate interleague play. The MFY will be without Wang for a long time because of an injury that happened when he was running the bases. AL pitchers aren’t used to hitting or baserunning.

If MLB doesn’t do away with interleague play, all the games should be played with the DH.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I love the DH rule, man. Pitchers are pitchers, hitters are hitters. That’s too simplistic, but that’s how the things are. There’s just no fun in seeing pitchers look embarrassing at the plate, and as you said it, there’s a injury risk because pitchers just don’t know what the fuck they’re doing there.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I miss Hoolian

In these games, he would give us not silly hope of winning. :)

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Timlin on

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Timlin not sharp

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why the fuck Timlin got into the game?

I mean, we were losing but still had some kind of hope of winning. Now I’ll be okay if it isn’t a blowout.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because Colon got hurt in the 4th

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So what?

I rather have Aar pitching 2 innings than seeing Timlin in a situation we saw earlier he just doesn’t work.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Timlin horrible

This is really hard to watch. I think, if Colon is hurt, the Sox will need to bring up at least two pitchers from Pawtucket. When does Dice-K come back?

by RickD on Jun 16, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't know when Dice-K will be back

Probably a week or so.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow a double switch

NL ball is so scintillating

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 9:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure Cora is much better at the plate than Colon

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 16, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We didn't lose because of him

But you gotta wonder what are we gonna do with Timlin. He had a great career, and I love the guy for all he gave us. But he sucks right now, he really does. There’s nothing we can do about that. He may give us a good game here and there, but most of the time he sucks. We didn’t keep Corey, and we didn’t keep Hoolian. Timlin gave us a lot of things, but he just isn’t able to do so anymore.

I hope I don’t sound like an asshole, but when/if Masterson gets called for the bullpen, I really hope he gets Timlin spot.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jun 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs