Sox-O's Game 1 Postgame, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Chart

by 0157H7 on Apr 18, 2009 12:29 AM EDT

I was going to astound you with my poetic, lyrical, free-wheeling retelling of the game, but no words can capture the magnificence that this chart conjures. What you're looking at is each team's respective odds to win the game. After Nick Mar-KickAss hit a grand slam off of Brad Penny in the top of the second, the Sox had a miniscule chance of coming back. However, unlikely comebacks are not so unlikely against recent Orioles teams, especially when Jeremy Guthrie starts and Danys Baez relieves (see Mother's Day Miracle, The).

Hopefully this is a sign that our hitters are heating up. Particularly encouraging:

- Pedroia was 3/4 with a BB. He's been having a tough start to the season, and even with the good night, his line is still poor: .233 / .298 / .372.
- Ramon Ramirez pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. He's yet to
- Nick Green got two hits, including the key 5th inning double.

In other news, Javier Lopez can't get lefties out. He came up to face two lefties (Kickass Markakis and Huff the Magic Dragon), walked the first and gave up a hit to the second.

Also, Big Papi is really struggling: .158 / .261 / .184 for a hitter of his talent is atrocious. Finally, our starting pitching sucked again. Brad Penny looked great in the first inning and then just completely lost it (abetted by terrible, inconsistent umpiring), pitching three plus innings and allowing all 8 Orioles runs.

Great win, great chart, bad fundamentals. This is still a team misfiring on many cylinders, but maybe they're good enough to beat the Orioles in this series. We'll see how they fare tonight, when Josh Beckett goes against Adam Eaton.

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The baseball gods liked us tonight.

Tek’s bouncer off 2nd base, a couple hits in and out of Jones’ webbing, Tek’s err-Rbi.

But I will take it.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 18, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions

I loved tonight.

Seeing how horrible the O’s pitching truly is gives me hope that we can easily take 3 (if not 4) games of this series.

What it makes me feel real good about is the fact that if we can get a lead in game 3, Jon Lester has a shot at rebounding and getting back to last years form.

by Charged on Apr 18, 2009 1:16 AM EDT reply actions

0157H7 - the title of this thread is classic

you are “…sharp as a nail…witty as can be and not for sale”

don’t lose that humor during or post law school

"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 Apr 18, 2009 8:35 AM EDT reply actions

Hitting coming around, bullpen is stellar, BUT

what’s with the starting pitching and big Papi??

by NG on Apr 18, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions

Hey, it could be worse

Chien-Ming Wang, the MFY #3 starter, has an ERA of 34.50 after today’s stellar start. In 3 starts this year, he has only lasted 6 innings (and allowed 23 hits).

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

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 18, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions