GameThread: Red Sox @ Braves - June 26
by Randy Booth on Jun 26, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
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Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves, Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM EDT
New series for the Sox: those darn Braves again. The Sox's so-called "natural rivals." Here's what the series looks like:
Current Series
3 game series vs Braves @ Turner Field
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Boston Red Sox Friday, Jun 26, 2009, 7:35 PM EDT Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 90. |
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| Sat 06/27 | 4:10 PM EDT | |
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What would Russell Branyan cost? With Lowell hurting, might be worth lookin into.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 26, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The M's are only 2.5 out in the west.
They’re not giving up Branyan.
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 26, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Evening all
how’s the game looking? Just got in from the pub
by Brad West on Jun 26, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would still DFA or trade Papi
However, it is great he is hitting again, and he seems to show flashes of his Hall of Fame self…
by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DFA? Wut?
1.108 OPS in June not enough for you?
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup...
After his April and May slumps.. sentimentality is not a good way to make roster decisions.
Look, I think it is great that Papi is getting out of his slump, and he was the deadliest hitters in the AL, but I still think they should DFA him. I am heartless bastard..
I am expecting him to get better, but he is still having problem with off speed pitches.
by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tell that to the changeup he killed a couple games ago.
Anyways, it ceases to be sentimentality when he’s performing at a pace better than most players in the league right now. If he falls back to the depths he started the year in, then maybe he’s really done after all. But to DFA him when he’s back to hitting like usual is ridiculous.
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was the pitcher's fault
He thought he could make Papi swing early, but Papi picked up the change up..
Of course my argument is ridiculous, but I am sort of looking this through a risk management paradigm. Besides, What better way to get people to post than to say, “DFA Papi”..
Look, I am still very concern about his mechanics, but he seems to be connecting and not cheating as much as he did earlier in the season..
by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sentimentality?
the guy is hitting very well.
Seeing that the Sox are going to be paying him anyway, and he’s htiting the ball well, what’s so wrong with letting things be?
by RickD on Jun 26, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As they put it in a Monty Python Sketch
“There is no sympathy in Big Business”
I am just looking at this through a Risk Management perspective…
Perhaps I am still kind of testy that the Sox DFA Javy Lopez, (okay, okay, he should had been DFA)… but if it was anyone besides Papi, he would candy assed on Yawkey Way…
by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the risk?
You’re on the hook for his salary. He’s killing the ball all of a sudden. Our best replacement is Rocco every-other-day and then we lose a valuable utility player.
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
3-0
Desite these posts being consecutive, they’re about 3 innings apart. =(
Oh, Fridays.
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh... they shouldn't have taken out Beckett... :(
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
by BoSox415 on Jun 26, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
98 pitches.
Not a bad time to give him the night off.
Though PH Lugo for a sac bunt is kinda hilarious. Becks must’ve wanted to swing for the fences.
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I was thinking that.
Lugo acting on his own…?
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
by BoSox415 on Jun 26, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
JJ's second balk.
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
by BoSox415 on Jun 26, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Exciting inning from Oki =)
http://umpbump.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/tatami_okajima-oki-doki1.mp3
(HIGH VOLUME WARNING)
by USG on Jun 26, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
An Oki performance...
Having two batters with called third strikes is not something you don’t see this side of Lincecum. Garrett Anderson isn’t a person to not to get a called third strike..
by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he isn't a person to not to get a called third strike
I can’’t even parse that.
by RickD on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Double negatives in both sentences...
Sometimes I wonder about the English languages.
OverTheMonster - ALLERGEN WARNING: May contain peanut butter.
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Jun 29, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no more shutout
THAT'S the money you could be saving with Geico
by DJDP23 on Jun 26, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
WTF?
THAT'S the money you could be saving with Geico
by DJDP23 on Jun 26, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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