Arizona Diamondbacks @ Boston Red Sox GameThread, Jun 25, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Tim Wakefield	4-5	4.17	1.32	63	41

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Randy Johnson	4-5	5.09	1.42	71	22

Joba the Hutt starting for the MFY today

And no JD for us 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 25, 2008 7:11 PM EDT 0 recs

Evening All!

Go Sox!!

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Jun 25, 2008 7:13 PM EDT 0 recs

MFY are already up 2-0; that might be all that fat SOB needs…

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Jun 25, 2008 7:14 PM EDT 0 recs

Joba?

Heck, he could get a win even with his team down by 20 (don’t ask me how)! :)

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 25, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up 0 recs

Mutant powers...

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

Heh

The rubber game.

You said “rubber.”

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 7:26 PM EDT 0 recs

Yes, I'm a moron...

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

Wake

looks efficient tonight. 1-2-3, 1-2-3…

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 7:27 PM EDT 0 recs

Wake has been very good lately

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

Single, and then a double

None out. Sweet.

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 25, 2008 7:32 PM EDT 0 recs

Two words: Kevin Cash

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up 0 recs

Another 2 words: No Runs

:)

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 25, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

Evening ~~Francona~~, I mean Drugs

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Jun 25, 2008 7:34 PM EDT 0 recs

Howdy

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

DO NOT K, MOSS!!!

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 25, 2008 7:35 PM EDT 0 recs

Meh, not a beauty, but at least it was a run

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 25, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

RBI ground out

I’ll take it

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:36 PM EDT 0 recs

Lugo sees a lot of pitches

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Nice AB by Julio

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Good AB there by Lugo

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 25, 2008 7:39 PM EDT 0 recs

The Pirates had three hits against Joba in the 2nd

... and didn’t score.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:41 PM EDT 0 recs

Joba is superhuman!!

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Jun 25, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Have you noticed ...

His five or six starts have been against line-ups in the bottom third of MLB in scoring. They way the media talks about him, you’d think he was the second coming of Cy Young.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up 0 recs

Joba was a superhero even before he became a starter- ever listen to Kay, Sterling, et al?!

I think they just need something to hang their hat on after IPK & Hughes tanked.

"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."

( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)

by MassGal on Jun 25, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yep, I’ve listened to them. They’re very amusing. But nothing beats Suzyn Waldman’s call last year when Roger Clemens came back to the MFY.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Good work there by Wake

Man, I love seeing him pitching.

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 25, 2008 7:50 PM EDT 0 recs

MFY and Tampa up 3-0

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:51 PM EDT 0 recs

Dusty is heating up

2 for 2 so far tonight

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:52 PM EDT 0 recs

50 pitches for the Big Eunuch

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 7:54 PM EDT 0 recs

You know, I love these K's

I mean, I hate seeing an out, but at least you make the pitcher throw a shitload of pitches. If I had to choose a 3-pitch fly out or a 7-pitch K, I’d take the second.

Don’t know why most people think K’s are worse than any other way of not getting on base.

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 25, 2008 8:02 PM EDT 0 recs

It depends

Ks are important with men on base because the runner can’t advance. You can also strike hitters out on three or four pitches (see: Cora, Alex).

But, I see your point.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

While a K's with a man on first means he won't advance

It also means it won’t be a DP. I mean, I know that with a man on base the best thing to do is to advance him. But I rather see a guy not getting on base by making the pitcher throw a lot than see him pulling a Alex Cora.

That’s one of the many reasons Willy Mo is such an awful player. He never did shit and never saw more than like 1 pitch.

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 25, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

4 Ks for Wake

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:08 PM EDT 0 recs

It's gotta be tough...

... to whiff on a 57 mph pitch.

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:10 PM EDT 0 recs

Tough emotionally, I mean. Not so tough physically

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up 0 recs

Jackson made a nice breeze, though

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up 0 recs

Jesus

UGLY AB there for Cash. He came back to Earth QUICKLY!

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 25, 2008 8:15 PM EDT 0 recs

Still, I don't miss Mirabelli

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

Wait!

Mirabelli’s gone? I just assumed he was somewhere in that OBP black hole in the 7-8-9 spots?

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

(kidding)

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

At the very least, Belli was a funnier guy

I can’t really say how. Maybe it’s the fact that we traded Bard to get him.

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 25, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

Re: Wake-Porn Guy resemblance:

Check out the GameDay mugshots of Wakefield and Chad Tracy. Triplets?

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:19 PM EDT 0 recs

Chad Tracy looks less like the Milf-Hunter than Wake

But it’s close enough you’d say they are brothers. :)

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 25, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

6 Ks for Wake

3 in a row

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:20 PM EDT 0 recs

This is shaping up okay...

I’d like to get some run support, but still.

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:23 PM EDT 0 recs

Pickoff attempt?

Did Young have time to stop for a beer on his way back to first?

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs

I stand corrected, apparently...

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

If Wake had a 90 MPH FB

I think he would be the best pitcher ever. I really do.

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 25, 2008 8:26 PM EDT 0 recs

Cash guns down the runner

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:26 PM EDT 0 recs

Wasn't Young supposed to be super fast?

He’s like a non-switch, with slightly more power version of Milky, isn’t he? He can’t do anything well enough.

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 25, 2008 8:28 PM EDT 0 recs

Think "Mike Cameron", actually.

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

by Allen Chace on Jun 25, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up 0 recs

Another nice AB by Lugo .. followed by a double

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs

Lugo!

2 great AB’s 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 25, 2008 8:31 PM EDT 0 recs

Lugo steals third

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:34 PM EDT 0 recs

IF single for Pedroia

3 hits

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 25, 2008 8:36 PM EDT 0 recs

Da da da da da daaaa...

Puppy Power!

Nice to see Scrappy back

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

Oh, that's cute...

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 25, 2008 8:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Hi

by sox-inda-south on Jun 25, 2008 8:42 PM EDT 0 recs

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 25, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

Wow

The MFR are laying a flat-out whuppin on the Marlins

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 25, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs

Ryan Tucker sucks

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 25, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up 0 recs