GT: Yankees @ Red Sox - Aug. 21
by Randy Booth on Aug 21, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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Three games. Just three games, but I won't hesitate in saying it's make or break time for the Red Sox.
Tonight's game (7 p.m. start time) is arguably the worst pitching match-up for the Sox. The Sox will send out No. 5 starter Brad Penny, while the Yanks counter with their No. 3 Andy Pettite.
More stats and info after the jump.
How the starters match up this season:
Unfortunately for the Sox, Pettitte has been really good on the road. He's 5-2 with a 3.17 ERA when traveling. Add on top of that he's killed the Sox so far this season (13 innings, 3 ER, 10 K), and the combination isn't very good.
Penny faced the Yankees once already this season and did well on June 11. It was his second best game of the year (6IP, 0ER, 6H, 5K), but to expect Penny to do that again would be hard considering he's recent struggles. He has given up 30 runs in his last eight starts.
Here's how the rest of the series breaks down:
Current Series
3 game series vs Yankees @ Fenway Park
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New York Yankees Friday, Aug 21, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. |
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And while we're at it, the Wild Card standings, because no one wants to see what the AL East race looks like right now:
If you want some more reading, check out Pinstripe Alley and Lone Star Ball for all our foe-related information.
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Oh Snap!!!!
Redsox claimed Billy Wagner from the Mets!!!!
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
OMG!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=3375
He’s perfect this year! In one inning of work!
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
Ooh, we get an old, slowed, and unreliable reliever from the NL.
But he’s a LEFTY!!!
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He hit 96 on the gun in his first night back.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
They still have to work out a trade
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Just the fact he slipped to us is enough to be excited about. No?
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Or maybe we are making moves that no one else would.
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I'm always a little worried about a guy that had Tommy John surgury.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure, but
I think players that previously had TJS are at a higher risk for injury.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Some young kids (serious Little Leaguers) get them because it's stronger.
So, I don’t know for sure.
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He has an expensive option next year ($1 mil buyout)
I can’t imagine the Sox will give up much for a month and a half of Wagner at what’s left of this year’s salary + $1 million next year. Then again, the Mets may just want to dump salary.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
He can't
From Ken Rosenthal:
The Mets now have three options: They can work out a trade with the Red Sox by 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday; they can allow Wagner to depart on the claim; or they can pull Wagner back off waivers, a move that would prevent them from trading Wagner for the remainder of the season.
It’s the Sox or he stays with the Mets.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I think so. The Sox will have to give up a minor prospect, but it is mostly a salary dump.
The Mets should be doing this since they are quite a bit of time away from actually competing again.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure how minor it'll be.
Compensational picks would outweigh the money one would think.
by Ben Buchanan on Aug 21, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Assuming the Sox (or Mets) offered arb.
Which is risky based on his current salary.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
bullshit
he’s a great pick up if we get him. He is a lefty that throws hard, exactly what we needed i the pen. You are arguing just to argue again.
DFA Nick Green
I didn't like him before everyone else started going crazy for him.
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Does NG have a gun to your head right now?
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally.
No, I just don’t like a guy who was almost entirely a fastball pitcher, and who is coming of TJS.
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Like Smoltz?
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Not everyone
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Look, if the Mets pick up some salary
Or, the Sox give up nothing, I’m OK with Wagner.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
We really only have to put up with him for a little while
Once rosters expand we should be able to cover him if he sucks. But there’s upside there, and it’s not like we’ll have to give up a lot to get him with us taking on salary.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Aug 21, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It all depends on what Minaya wants
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
But there’s no harm in claiming in and seeing what they’d want for him.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Aug 21, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Except he's in the pen.
Where we should have put Smoltz.
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
Exactly
Smoltz got too many starts. No wawy he should have been paraded out @ MFY stadium with what he had done.
DFA Nick Green
Yes. Its different for relivers than a starter.
Think how bad Timilin was in the end. Can’t get much worse.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Screw the Rangers
Screw the Rays
Fuck the Yankees
DFA Nick Green
by gizmosandy on Aug 21, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
And we released Chris Duncan!
WTF is going on?
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
The PTBNL better be good seeing that Duncan blows and Lulio Jugo is terrifying the NL and hitting .319
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Evening All!
Go Sox!
This NESN intro is kinda lame
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Heck, I'd rather have Bowden.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Give Bowden a start or two before kicking out Penny.
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And let's hope he saved the best for last!
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
whatever Damon
dramatic
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
what is this?
soccer?
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
what happened?
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
on the ground after getting fouled off his ankle
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Johnny Rotten
fouled a ball off his shin I think & fell down, the trainer came out, game delayed for a bit, then Damon called out on strikes
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
that was a much better explanation than mine
i dont think mine was even a sentence.
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
nice play to prevent the run
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Bad play
Any SS with range gets at least one out. The ball wasn’t hit that hard. It was routine.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Green could have made it.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Might
Most SS would. Gonzo has the range of a postage stamp.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeter turns a triple play
eventho there is already one out
"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 Aug 21, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Intangibles!
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Brad Penny sux
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
He isn't very good
But the D didn’t help him in the 1st.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
but that goes against his pitching method
he just says, “fuck it im throwin a fastball”
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Of his 27 pitches
One has not been a fastball.
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
Just threw a curve.
So he’s up to 2 non-FB through 28.
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come on guys don't worry
it’s just runs. Brad penny is a good pitcher! we are a better team than the yankees, just chillax!
Brad Penny is NOT a good pitcher.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, but he can't hold anyone on, he continues to throw the ball up in the zone, and he can't
field his position.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe it depends on what your definition of "better" is but
The Sox are not a better team than the Yankees but that doesn’t mean the Sox can not beat the Yankees.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
what makes you think that the red sox are not better than the yankees
because their record is better?
No, the Yankees have better uniforms & the shiny new park
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Nope, this:
Stats normally are a good factor.
but not here. IF you put the sox in a 7 game playoff series this year there is no doubt in my mind we will win.
The " best" team does not always win
You are saying what we are saying pretty much
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
7 games vs. 162?
I’ll go with the larger sample size.
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Yes.
I would not want to face the Rays in the playoffs.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
We're talking about who's the better team.
Either team could win a 7 game series.
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The better teams come out in the playoffs
That’s how it is. I don’t care what numbers sabathia puts up in the regular season. I would rather have beckett because he is lights out in the playoffs and sabathia is mediocre.
*cough*2006 Cards*cough*
Playoffs = crapshoot
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Yup
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, look at the 07 Rockies.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Well they might as well not have a playoffs!
If the team with the best record after 162 games is the best team in the league, why even have a postseason.
Because it sells tickets.
Baseball’s only about competition at the lowest levels – and even now we’re not keeping score in LL. Hurray for sandlot games.
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Nope.
Because there isn’t a realistically good system for it.
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I was only kidding about the good pitcher thing
but you guys need to chill out! I can only imagine what you guys were thinking earlier this year when the red sox were down 6-0 with burnett on the mound. Its not like its sandy koufax pitching! this is andy pettite he is average at best!
I'm not freaking out; I just don't like Penny.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Most of us don't.
I wouldn’t mind him as a competitor for the #5 spot.
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Don't get me wrong I don't like penny
But i’m not counting him out to throw 5 or 6 solid innings. Solid innings for penny ofcourse.
actually it is rare that I count out the Sox
I think many here are the same; we aren’t Chicken Littles
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
i'd rather have andy going then penny
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder
how much worse that inning could have been if Penny didn’t get the outside strike on Hideki for the K
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
If nothing else changes?
It’s a 3-run inning instead of 2: Matsui scores Jeter and Teixeira, then Posada scores A-Rod.
ah, the glory of baseball
the difference one pitch in the game could make
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice AB by Ells
Now, don’t get picked off.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
oh I feel bad
Johnny Rotten really IS hurt
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Now, we can't send every runner home because Johnny's wimpy are isn't there.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
At least it's Hinske out there.
Slightly less range.
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im sure he'll just wrap some dolla bills around it
when he goes to bed tonight, and be fine in the morn
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Sniffle
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Ells ties the record
He’s lucky Cano dropped the ball.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Cano often seems to have his head up his a$$
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
alright
moving people around the bases
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Woah! Dougie's back!
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
hello
been a while
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure has. I'm sure you've been busy.
Got two new mods and Brad Penny sucks. Nothing else is really new.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
ha
not much, just playing games and reading. visited SC last week though.
I wish I was more vocal around the time we lost Lugo, I hope you all know I cried a little tear of joy on my own
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Well if you cried when Lugo left,
you might rejoice when Brad Penny gets dropped.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
oh...i've had my eye on him
in my search for a new scapegoat now that lugo is gone
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
We should dress him up in a Gorilla Suit and run him out of Fenway.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
But we liked the last guy who did that.
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what if we made him pitch
dressed like Fred Flinestone one night…I think we’d see a pretty interesting resemblance
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Minus the dark hair...
But yeah, I could see it.
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wig?
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy crap, I totally see it.
Alyssa Milano = Barney’s wife (cheating)
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get me a topless scene
and an R Rating and that movie would be solid
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
PG-13
and a flash of her buttocks then?
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
she's no taylor swift
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
hah
see, im not an eva fan…to each his own my friend
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
not busy much*
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Andy looked a little frustrated with himself
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Ellsbury is going to go all John McCain Double Maverick and Steal Home!
I’m calling it.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
I....
….. know.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Then again...
Maybe they think we know they’re looking for it, so they feel like they don’t need to pay attention in reality. O_o
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Nice job by VMart
Pettitte at 21 pitches …
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Okay that's one.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
21 to go
that SHOULD be enough
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I got some really bad logic for you:
Indians beat the MFY in the past 22-0. V-Mart was an Indian. Sox beat MFY 22-2
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Pie is tasty, Skittles are tasty, Skittles = pie?
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there's a pie in the sky
and skittles are the rainbow…which comes from the sky!!!!
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Haha.
I was trying to explain to someone that logic doesn’t have to factually correct, and it happened to be right before lunch, so I used food – hence the example.
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just admit it
i blew your mind
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I have the Indians/MFY game on DVR
I just can not delete it, it makes me happy!!
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Wasn't it on a July 4th?
Steinnbrenner’s BDay?
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No, it was early in the season.
DH Lowell.
by BoldandBrash on Aug 21, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
8/9 was the 8 run 8th for LAAAAAAAA vs the MFY
but that was in 2008
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
April 18th
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Hmm...
I know they lost huge on July 4th once…
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alright
quick call to the bullpen before the top of the second…
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Penny is a very smart and crafty pitcher.
If he throws nothing but fastballs the first 3 innings. It allows him to surprise them with nothing but fastballs the next 2 before he is taken out.
by ruktuim on Aug 21, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Only the 2nd inning & I've seen Jeter way too much already
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Haaaaaaaaaa, love it
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Might need him tomorrow
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
For Taz?
Might as well – let this game be the shootout.
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was that the same exact hit??
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
It's about to storm real bad here
there’s a tornado warning
Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)
... Get off the computer?
Isn’t it on the second story?
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things aint looking so hot at Fenway either
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I was being flip as in Penny = storm
I really do not know what the weather is there
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
yeah
I root for the Ravens, ’Skins, and Pats
Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)
last year must have torn you up
didn’t the Ravens win keep the Pats out of the playoffs? I was pretty happy, am a Dolphin fan
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
It wound up not mattering, as the Ravens won that game
Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)
yes but the Ravenswin before that game kept the Pats OUT
see what I mean…who were you rooting for before the Phins/Ravens game? Did you want the Ravens to lose so the Pats could make the playoffs??
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I was hoping for a way for the Pats AND Ravens to get in,
but since I had to choose one, I pretty much chose Baltimore. Luckily, since the first round (that could have been Pats-Ravens) was won by the Ravens, a team I liked still makes it past the first round. If the Dolphins had beaten the Ravens (with the logic that the Dolphins were in the Pats’ spot), that would have been a problem, and none of my favorite teams would be left.
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this is bad
Well it seems that the only reason penny is still in is because tito didn’t have anyone warming up. That is just a stupid reason to give up runs.
LOL at Get him out.
How about DFA HIM!
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Well, we'd have to take him out before we can DFA him, right?
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Sounds like the best option for all
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by beantownkid10 on Aug 21, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
At Nats Park there's a pitching simulator
some of us were purposely throwing at virtual A-Rod’s head.
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... And?
Is there something wrong with this?
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Yeah
I threw 40mph, but then my arm started to hurt from too much throwing the past couple days.
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I don't care if you say Penny is a 5th starter.
Right now he looks like a minor league player.
DH Lowell.
If this is not his last inning i might cry
Alright now we need to get to pettite. Get ’em early and get to that weak middle relief bullpen.
if he has another inning
it’s video game time for me
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
im not going to be able to watch the whole thing
so i might as well not get worked up if they start making a come back anyways
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree, this might be a wild one
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
those are great stats
great for the opposing team
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I like how Beckett is the guy we can count on to stop a losing streak.
Penny is the guy we can count on to stop a winning streak.
DH Lowell.
I want...
to give Brad Penny a Blood Eagle and leave him bleed out behind Yawkey Way. Why didn’t we trade him early when he looked semi competent. Even if it was for like a ham sandwich it’d have more value.
by sonicdeathmonkey on Aug 21, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions
nobody wanted him then either
Nobody likes Brad Penny, he sucks.
DFA Nick Green
by gizmosandy on Aug 21, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You see the Onion article on the Mets' reaction?
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you mean the one where they avenge David Wright's beaning
by murdering Pablo Sandoval?
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woooohoooo
ghostbusters is on amc
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Well I'm going Bowling
Maybe me watching is bad luck.
V-Mart is going to come up clutch at some point tonight.
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DFA Brad F'n Penny.
I leave to go take a swim and this is what I come back to?
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
Usually Penny waits 6 innings to give up 6 runs.
I guess he just wanted to get it out of the way.
DH Lowell.
The bullpen appreciates this kind gesture
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like this
tito: shake it off and get back out there brad
tub of mustard: ok
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Tub of Mustard is exactly what Penny is
gross to look at, doesn’t do much for anyone, and he is shaped like a bottle of that crap
DFA Nick Green
Because you're already down 5 runs and you still have 6+ innings to go
How many pitchers do you want to burn?
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
The odds are the Sox are going to lose
They don’t even have a hit yet. If the offense wakes up, then you change pitchers. Otherwise, let Penny go another inning or so to save your pen.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
In football, you don't have another game the next day.
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Again, I'm going to use food metaphors:
Just because you can eat 3 mini pizzas does not mean you can eat 3 large pizzas.
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Because a strategy works in one context...
Doesn’t mean it will work in another.
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you play to win the game!!!
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
No. You play to win the most games.
Burning your pen in a “lost” game is stupid. If the Sox start hitting, you change pitchers.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
no,
you play to win the championship.
sometimes that means you have to adhere to the old “its a marathon not a sprint” cliche
umm did ya watch the linked vid??
i was just quotin ol’ herm
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Like this?
“Our lives don’t really belong to us, you see — they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.” (Paul Auster)
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huh?
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Random quote.
See? Serves no purpose because it doesn’t apply.
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I had the hardest time with absurdism, existentialism
whatever
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
yeah i know
that was just directed to those in general who wanted to yank penny and burn our bullpen
i was really hoping for the peanut butter
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
huzzah!
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
chance to get 4 k's this inning
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
penny owes dusty a little happy ending
for turning that double play
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
well obviously he would just pay to get him one
not do it himself…he’ll be too busy icing up that golden arm of his tonight
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I obviously meant a happy ending
like the fairy tale kind
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
oh, ok sure
so like Penny owes Dusty a nice Tinkerbell after the game
i like that
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
crap...
reply fail
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Aug 21, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
holy crap
penny just had a scoreless inning!!!
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Greatest. Pitcher. Ever.
Get this man to the HoF.
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probably
The rest of my team can’t hit this fricken guy. maybe if I go to third it will make a difference.
Not a bright move.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Who knows.
The way we have been hitting the yankees the last 5 games who says that anything would have happened. I do think that he tried to take it into his own hands a little bit. But he would have scored from second on a single anywhere but cf.
yeah, I don't know
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Did I just hear that right?
Dustin’s coming to bat song is Fuck With Dre Day?
by Gnick on Aug 21, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions
Dylan Pedroia had to come about some how.
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It’s just that a bald, 5’9", white guy from Boston is the last person I’d expect to like 90’s West Coast gangsta rap.
by Gnick on Aug 21, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
alright
that’ll do it for me, gotta eat and head out
later all
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Bye
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess so.
Or he was finding the vid below.
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"Happy Mustard..."
And I closed the tab.
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Yeah
basically some hard rock/metal or something. I’m not too good with music genres.
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It was hoppy mustard
it’s a drunk guy with a bottle of mustard, and he’s eating it and putting it on his head and hands (I only watched part of it)
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ewwww
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
no im not a woman
i said ewwww because i dont like mustard
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
i cant really convey my reaction to mustard via keyboard
how bout “thats fucking disgusting” or “what the fuck man?”
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
That is more appropriate coming from a man
imagine if you said eww in public, people wuld think you are a tinkerbell kind of guy.
I’m only trying to help you out.
DFA Nick Green
As opposed to cursing in public, which usually draws the ire of the elderly.
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You do not have to swear to make a point.
A simple “I do not like mustard” is perfectly aceptable.
DFA Nick Green
I can't say that tseyb wasn't doing the latter...
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now why would i be wearing a dress??
wtf man?
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
I'm just stating facts.
I don’t know if you were or not.
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makes sense because you are on the east coast and i am in the midwest
just like i dont know what you are currently wearing
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
btw im not wearing a dress
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
I was not accusing you of wearing a dress
I could give two flips what you are wearing.
My point is that saying eww is like wearing a dress.
DFA Nick Green
and i could give 2 flips about your opinion on ewwww
everyone has their opinions
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
why not?
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Didn't you get warned for insulting certain people before?
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What certain people am I insulting
I got warned for accusing a man of wearing women’s panties
DFA Nick Green
And now you're saying wearing a dress is a weird thing for a male to do.
Can’t be offending potential OTMers, Sandy. I hate PC-ness, but you have to keep it under control, man.
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O good grief, that's not being politically correct
that’s a statement that mostly everyoe would agree with.
DFA Nick Green
It offends someone.
Not politically correct.
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Yeah, well, I'm probably going to strain the whole author priveleges...
What with likely being swamped with school work for a long while, so I would like to not totally piss of Randy.
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but in public you can convey sarcasm better
also you have facial expressions and things like that
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Another scoreless inning.
I’m kinda happy.
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We can this one gentelmen
Even with this fat bastard on the mound! KEEP THE FAITH
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
LOL
Yeah the word is WIN
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
Pay someone to press the "Preview" button?
Also, you buy the Cubs?
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I eat gravy quite frequently so try to keep it clean.
I do not want to think of vulgar things while I eat
DFA Nick Green
Was good.
Had a few issues last start.
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I'm hoping he has his control back tomorrow.
His last outing he seemed to have control issues, leaving pitching over the heart of the plate. When your only throwing 88 mph, you don’t have a lot of room for error at this level.
thank goodness I have banking law stuff to read tonight
since the Sox aren’t keeping me entertained
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
... So you're going to read banking law?
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yes & I am going to read it out loud to drive my sig other crazy
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Alrighty.
I’m sure there are other ways of doing that, but somebody has to know the laws of banking.
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he hates " that law stuff"
and isn’t really into baseball, he might not last much longer :-)
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
NFL, NBA , college football & basketball are his things
We attend lots of NFL & NBA games but the college stuff doesn’t move me any more. We used to go to midnight madness & Big East tournaments
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Well, he kinda needs to like it so that he doesn't do something to make you less credible, no?
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yes, he needs to stay on the right side of the law
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
You going to be one of the behind-the-scene lawyers?
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as opposed to those idiotic talking heads on Fox & CNN?
I work much better behind the scenes, I am not really into the spotlight.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
'Twas on Sox and Dawgs.
But I’m not going to do that to her by linking to it in the Laundry,
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google:
Heidi whatney will do anything for a buck
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I don't agree with this move Tito
leave him in, let him pitch tomorrow too
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
wrong decision
why DFA Cabrera when he was doing a decent job?
calling Bowden up was good but instead of getting rid of Cabrera they should have released Penny, let Bowden start and keep Cabrera for a while…
plus, Wagner won’t be a solution… will he pitch the 7th? 8th? don’t they have that covered with Okajima, Ramirez, Delcarmen and/or Bard? will they release Saito?
They still think they can get something for Penny.
And Saito’s not been quite that bad.
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if reports are true
and he is still throwing mid 90s, then it wouldnt hurt to have another lefty in the pen, if only as a specialist to get a couple of outs?
Really?
Bowden is looking really impressive right now.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy has back-of-the-rotation/middle reliever stuff at best
But I was responding to the DFA Penny and replace him with Bowden comment.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but still.
Looked good in two previous appearances, and he’s been pretty good in the minors.
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One of the reasons the Sox didn't trade Bowden is few teams really want him
He has a funky delivery and so-so stuff. I don’t think he’ll ever be a successful MLB starter. If he makes it, it’ll be out of the pen.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree...
But tonight isn’t exactly the best proof of that.
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Agreed
But, by the same token, it’s a wake-up call to all the Sox fans that were so high on him after a ccouple of appearances.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Penny leaving the mound
Don’t know if anyone else just saw, but as Penny was walking off the mound, you could clearly see him say “F*** you” to the crowd as he was booed..
watchin on YES bc NESN is blacked out in PA
At Penny, yes.
At the offense – kinda.
In general? Nope.
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I'm sorry how are you not pissed off in general
I’m ready to go to sleep. And I have to go to work tomorrow to face all these fricken yankee fans.
I get to see a bunch of Rays fans soon.
YAY
But, yeah, I’m really hard to get angry.
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Nah, some of them are cool.
And I choose not to grace the morons who think Wade Boggs played for the Rays for his entire career.
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who is Wade Boggs?
I think I’ve heard that name before..
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Who wanted to go into the HOF as a Devil Ray
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
google or Wiki
I recall that, ,many thought it was a financial decision
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Read it.
Would like to scratch the logo off his cap.
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Well, it was a 1% chance before Cano doubled.
Still, faith = belief w/o reason
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Well, that, and he's been up twice before.
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But, he won't be DFA'd tomorrow
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
And he's not just up to eat innings.
He would give us a chance to win, if he wasn’t just thrown into a fire.
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I hate ken singleton
I know most of you aren’t listening to him but it makes me just want to turn this off and never watch another baseball game in my life
wow, that made me laugh
but I kinda felt that way about Viola & Roberts in for Remy
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Well, this storm isn't too bad
it’s more of a long drawn-out thing than a squall.
/ABB
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I heard a mariachi version of Riders on the Storm
it was funny
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Glad you asked. Anything But Baseball
It’s a reference to the ABH controversy (and I use that term lightly) on the Caps’ Message Boards. I don’t read the boards, but I heard that there used to be a popular section called “anything but hockey”, that got taken down with no notification. Long story short, there was outrage (and I think the mods were on vacation) and the message boards had to be shut down (at least temporarily).
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Keifer Sutherland's voice bugs me
those Bank of America commercials drive me bonkers…creepiest voice
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Kiefer Sutherland kind of bugs me
I met him a couple of times. He’s very short and is a sloppy drunk.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess you're both?
… and you drink Coors.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you sloppy when sober, then?
:)
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
No sir
I’m a relaxed person. The only thing that get’s me a little upset is when the Sox play bad.
DFA Nick Green
I was joking
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait-
a subthread involving Jack Bauer and sloppyness? Are we talking about Sean Avery?!?
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But he plays Jack Bauer.
That makes it all better.
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I refuse to watch 24
implausible…but I am a huge fan of the Jason Bourne stuff, go figure
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Meh.
It makes you feel better about the bad stuff on the news.
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he seems like an arse
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
He is
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Bowden:
1 IP (44 pitches) 4 H 3 BB 0K 4 ER. He just made Brad Penny look like a Cy Young Award winner.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
don't worry about Bowden
its tough to come in the game with runners on especially when he was called up today
I'm not worried
But that’s because I don’t expect much from him.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL @ the sportsguy's tweet:
“Brad Penny throws 96 with tons of movement. Unfortunately, it’s bowel movement.”
sportsguy?
i actually think his baseball stuff is awesome. he seems scared to write about though cause he thinks the bloggers will rip him apart if he gets something wrong.
its his know-it-all nba stuff that stinks
I'll have what he's drinking
If the MFY lose this (and I hope they do), it’ll be one of the great chokes.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Aug 21, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
does anyone here remember the mizlu sports network?
back when cable started, you stat guys would have loved it
DFA Nick Green
Honestly that is something I don't care about
One thing i do care about is someone knocks that showboating crazy jamacin out.
BWAH?!?!?
Bolt’s insanely awesome – I love when someone’s good enough that they can basically go into F You mode.
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nah that guy is a cheater
He’s gotta be on something. Nobody increases there time that much in a span of one year..
Umm... he was pretty much jogging for the end of Olympic race.
He’s like the sports car that never has to go to 5th gear to win a race.
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I've tried to forget much of what I knew of him.
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"and he lost a friend but kept the memory"
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Friends don't betray you for money, MassGal.
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all of my excuses for manny
flew out the window in the face of his double steroid “convictions” (for lack of a better word).
i always thought he was too much of a goofball for anything sinister, but obviously not…
it isnt about him, it is about the memories you had with him
or ‘that’ friend. Don’t let their subsequent actions ruin your memories.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Probably good advice.
I’ll just imagine it was Dewey.
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Here comes that clutch hr someone was talking about
Someone said it a clutch hr bymartinez. this would be the one.!
Anyone see the Office Max commercials
about turning down pennies? If only the Sox turned down pennies…
"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 Aug 21, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He is just doing his best John Smoltz impression
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Because the Cards are more likely to be in the playoffs?
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Yeah
and because Penny is most likely going to be planting his big fat ass on the couch for the rest of the year if Dice-K’s rehab goes well
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
I'm supposed to be happy 'cause the holly month of Ramadan starts tomorrow
But Fat Brad is crashin’ it for me :(
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
Dammit, you went straight to the joke.
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What?
I was going to make a joke about holly being used in christmas, but tried to build up to it.
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someone's rituals are nothing to joke about.
you do not want to offend potential visitors here.
DFA Nick Green
The final is like chrismas
But during the month: people don’t eat or drink dring the day and at night they visit each other and share delicious food, I’m not a religious person but I enjoy the atmosphere a lot!
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
muslim
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
Grrr
Fuck you Michael Bowden.
Why won’t Theo trade you.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Apparently, it's Giambi bobblehead night in Oakland
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WHY THE FUCK IS BOWDEN STILL IN THE GAME?!?!?!
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Just put Nick Green in at pitcher
or Kotchman
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
but there would be no guarantees that it would be anywhere near the zone
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
Can we pay for 9 Vlad Guererro's to be put in the MFY lineup?
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that might get a little costly for us
aside from the logistics clusterfuck that it could cause
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
i know
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
he was doomed from the start.
he threw one inning and i think he struck out two earlier against the yankees.
SOMEONE PLEASE GOUGE MY FUCKING EYES OUT
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
when they brought bard up
tito went into thewhole spiel about how they want to bring their prospects up carefully, not throw thme into the fire, etc.
but they pretty much destroyed bowden with this game
Any trade value he had is destroyed
Now he won’t be in the Adrian Gonzalez deal :(
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
We claimed him
Nothing is certain yet.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
lol @ beaten down mets fan
lamenting the loss of their washed up relief pitcher coming off tommy john surgery
yeah, Wagner who implodes at the very sight of the MFY
who rah!
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I guess it's a good thing this game's not on TV here
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I set my DVR bc I was going to go out but
I don’t have your address ( crazy internet people) but am sure NESN can get u a copy of the tape :-)
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I had to expect this would happen..
And I expect it will happen again tomorrow night.
Beckett is the only one with a chance at winning a game this series.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
im at a loss
this isnt even a “bad outing”
i mean, despite what you all say about how you didnt have great expectations for him, he was still a pretty highly regrded prospect.
how is he SO bad??
He was thrown into the fire
so I kind of understand how he got rocked early.. by the first batter he faced and it probably fucked him up for the game.
The kid is gonna be an okay 3-4 in the future. Look at his minor lines. He is gonna be just fine.
Just can’t throw kids into the fucking fire like this.
Same goes for Tazawa
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
alright I gotta split
I won’t be talking to you all over the next few days. Hope fully the sox can comeback after this. Go sox. Hope some of you can get some sleep because I won’t be able to.
bye
It’s not that serious. Don’t go all Michael Jackson on us in a quest for sleep. It will be OK, just not tonight.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
I haven't given up yet
still watching but i don’t have a good feeling. Don’t worry i’m not losing that much sleep but this team drives me crazy.
a day at the office for mr bowden:
2IP 8H 7ER 3BB 0K.
65 pitches, 32 for strikes.
WHIP: 5.5
ERA: 31.5
we brought up the american chien ming wang
Manifest destiny
is 1-3 with a BB and a HR: Seriously does this guy has a ONE night bad outing ( 0-4 with 3 K)?
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
Best position player in the organisation in my book
Even when you count Kalish and Reddick!
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
He is gonna be traded for Gonzalez at seasons end.
Him, Lars, Bowden, Casey Kelly, and Navarro.
Lets make it happen.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Wang's not Japanese
I wanna say he’s from Taiwan, but I’m not sure.
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by crabchowdah on Aug 21, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I figured it out, but I was just clarifying that Wang is Taiwanese
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by crabchowdah on Aug 21, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Sandy said the Japanese baseball leagues would want him.
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I know. j-ace was right about this getting confusing
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by crabchowdah on Aug 21, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Its not
And it will happen
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
I might become an anti-Theo guy if it happens.
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Why?
A failed 1st base prospect.. an average pitcher, and an average SS while only giving up 2 great prospects?
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
The braves should be pretty pissed that they sent their package to Texas for Teixera
I think we might too!
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
Because I'd rather keep Kelly and Westy.
And I’m not sold that Lars is done.
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This
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
You gotta pay to play
If you are giving up two quality prospects and 3 not so much for the second best First Basemen in the game, who is under 30.. I would say thats a good deal.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
woah best 1B
id have to admit its probably tex. great power hitter (and he does it in the better AL) and terrific fielder.
didnt realise until watching him more closely this year how big a mistake it was for us to let him go
Charged
Who’s on the îcture of your profile?
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
*picture
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
The RZA from the Wu Tang Clan
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
The great Bobby digital?
Didn’t recognize him! the gimmic maybe :p
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
The fact that you aren't from the US and you know who Bobby Digital is
Makes you my hero.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
That's cool man
I love music so it’s natural that I know RZA! and PLZ keep tweetin’ ’bout music!
Heidi: Do you get frustrated with how much teams seem to be running on you this year?
Fat Brad: Not really...I answered that earlier so...
Of course I will
I love music so I always have it on. Twitter is slowly integrating itself into my life so I like to keep a sort of memory of what I have playing and what not.
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
LETZ GO YANKIES
HERES 2 HOPIENG DAT JETER N AROD JUZ DROP DEY GLOVEZ N HAVE SEX IN DA FIELD RYT NOW!!!! MY TWO FAVERITE PLAYERZ EVRR ZOMGG!!!
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Giggity!
Let’s beat these bastards.
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
The most unproductively productive DP ever.
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I do
Shit broke on me.
Isnt working now
I didn't like the old one very much. I didn't see the ball there very well. - Julio Lugo on the old Yankees Stadium.
Gameday. Like the rest of us mortals.
Why should you be any different? :P
Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!
But then we'd have to see more of Bowden!!???!!?
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yet the same can not be said of Alyssa Milano
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
yes
and reported serial pitcher dater
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
To quote an ex's favorite movie:
“Wow, this is a Goddamn Greek Tragedy”
—Armaggedon
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
Oddly, we're not too far away from this being a memorable score.
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Any chance of an overflow?
Might shake some of the trolls.
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Like Right now? We are 700+
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
by sox-inda-south on Aug 21, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
why does it have to rain here, and not Boston?
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I'd like it if we scored that many every game
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by crabchowdah on Aug 21, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
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