GameThread: Rangers @ Red Sox - June 7
by Randy Booth on Jun 7, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
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The Red Sox go for the series win today at 1:35 p.m.:
Current Series
3 game series vs Rangers @ Fenway Park
| Fri 06/05 | WP: Kevin Millwood ( - ) LP: Brad Penny ( - ) |
1 - 5 loss |
| Sat 06/06 | WP: Jon Lester ( - ) LP: Derek Holland ( - ) |
8 - 1 win |
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Texas Rangers Sunday, Jun 7, 2009, 1:35 PM EDT Vicente Padilla vs Daisuke Matsuzaka Mostly sunny. Game time temperature around 75. |
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Thankfully, the Sox have a day off tomorrow
So, if Dice-K doesn’t have it, it’s an empty the bullpen day.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
What’s the reason everyone here didn’t want Michael Young as our SS again? Was it the contract?
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
Young can't play SS
He’s awful defensively.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
his lifetime defensive numbers are not that bad?
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 7, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Bad D? The Guy won the Gold Glove at Short last year
200 hits every year (except last year when he has 2 broken fingers) yeah he sucks!!!!!
Larry Parrish Was Da Man!
Yeah
the GG means so much because sports writers understand baseball…not. Young is a horrible SS, a career big minus in UZR/150. That is why he was moved to make room for someone who can actually field. And what do his 200 hit have to do with his fielding ability (or lack thereof)?
Other "Gold Glovers"
Derek Jeter, Bobby Abreu, Raul Mondesi, David Wright, and Edgar Renteria.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 8, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Bad defense.
Also, we’d have to trade for him. Young is not worth Buchholz, and I don’t think he’s even worth Bowden.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Words cannot express
how irritated I am at Youk for getting caught like that.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Dice blows
he is going to get smacked around if he keeps tossing that flat 92 mph crap right down the middle of the plate, 5 Ks or not…
I hate watching him pitch
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I keep thinking that
he’s too good to keep pitching like this. That one day he’ll figure it out and start dominating MLB hitters. His stuff is really good, and I see no reason why he can’t be as good as Beckett or Lester.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Dice-K's stuff isn't that good
He is, at best, slightly above average.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
WTF, Bay?
Late to the ball and a bad throw. A good LF nails Murphy at the plate.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Would be nice if we had outfielders who could hit the plate
like, ever.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Sox just giving this one away.
Dice-K isn’t pitching that badly.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Hey, I've got an idea
How about I try to steal a bag after the batter nearly goes deep? How about I try to steal against the best defensive catcher in Texas? How about I risk making the final out of the inning?
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Dice-K blows
He is the worst starter on the team right now.
Ellsbury misplaying ball in CF doesn’t help either.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Reminder on Drew's shoulder
Boston may opt out of either of final 2 seasons if Drew:
spends 35 days on the disabled list in either 2009 or 2010 with injury related to pre-existing right shoulder condition, or
finishes 2009 or 2010 season on the disabled list and cannot play outfield the following season
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
Yep.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 7, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
He has lots of Ks
He’s run tons of deep counts (what’s new), and Texas has smoked some balls. Typical Dice-K—nothing special.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Mid-warning track
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, I was catching up on the other threads, and then I close a tab and this pops up in my face.
Use subject lines man – so we can minimize the pic.
Kotsay, as much as I think he cost us the pennant last season starting, he’s a nice luxury to have as a bench guy.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
He didn't cost them the pennant
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
You are wrong, go look at the amount of runners he LOB. You are 110% wrong in that statement.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 7, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The Sox have gotten some breaks today
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Kotsay picked the ball up after backing up Ells
Why aren’t you watching? The game is on TBS.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re welcome
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Dice-K with another WP
Right now, he’s the 6th best picther on the Sox (Masterson is better as a starter). If Smoltz and Buchholz can pitch well, Dice will be the 8th best picther on the team.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Dice-K
Even if Dice-K isn’t the starter we thought we were getting when we made the investment.
I think the Dice-K deal, really gave the Red Sox’s a major presence in Japan. Opening up a major market for us to go after future talent.
Red Soxs In Japan
Also, I think the Junichi Tazawa deal some what hurt our standings in Japan.
From my understanding it was an unwritten rule to target Japanese players before they are drafted to the NPB. I think our picking Tazawa up straight out of the industrial league upset a lot of teams.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/11/25/tazawa.plugh/
He hasn't been good to start the year.
But he is returning from injury and should be cut some slack. This is only his 6th game, and he was good the past two years. It’s too early to give up on him.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
He's been decent in the past
His numbers last year were somewhat deceiving. He was very lucky, and he puts a lot of strain on the pen.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess if the Rays win we stay in 1st.
But they’re creeping awfully close. We’ve got 4 teams legitimately in the race.
Someone should have taken him.
He has really good stuff. I guess the salary was too high.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Not at all.
Padilla is somewhat like Dice-K; the raw materials are there, the results aren’t.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Good to know our centerfielder right now is the loser of rocks, paper, scissors
Hopefully Ellsbury is alright before they decide the Yankees series with Ink a Dink
I'm proposing a new rule for the Sox
Any player whose baserunning error ends an inning pays a million dollar fine.
Any game with multiple such errors results in double fines.
Sending ORTIZ?!!!
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU TITO? DO YOU WANT TO LOSE THE SERIES??!!!
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
sorry
/All Caps, /Invective Limit for Month, /Uncontrollable Anger.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
This reminds me of the beginning of the season
When the Sox were charging into outs as if Dusty “No Clogging the Bases” Baker was managing the team.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
No, wait, wait...
They’re playing Rocks Paper Scissors in the dugout. If, say, Youkilis wins, they stay, but if Pedroia wins, they have to go.
Papi and Green take over when those guys are out to bat.
Oki's been great this year
I’m not going to get on him for a solo shot.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 7, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Nicky Green caught a ball while shifting mid pitch.
Time for some thrills in the bottom of the ninth.
Um no. Nick johnson is NOT what this team needs.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
False x 2-, he is not as good a hitter as Dunn and he will not be cheap whatsoever. He’s a rental. We need a solution long term, especially in the event Mr. Bay leaves.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
That’s fine if we stand pat or pick up Johnson the off-season will be here sooner than later, and we can discuss those options about the first week of October.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 7, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Johnson will cost one of : Bard/Delcarmen/Ram-Ram/Bowden
Thanks, but no thanks.
DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!
by matzushocka45 on Jun 7, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
meh,O-Cab...really?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
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+1
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Jun 8, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
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