GT: Red Sox @ Yankees - Aug. 6
by Randy Booth on Aug 6, 2009 6:30 PM EDT
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If you pay attention to any series in August, this is the one.
The Red Sox start a four-game set against the Yankees in New York tonight at 7 p.m. John Smoltz will be on the hill for game one against the Yanks' Joba Chamberlain.
The Yankees lead the Sox by 2.5 games in the AL East. If the Sox can pull off a sweep, the season series would stand in the Sox's favor 12-0 and the lead in the East would swing. While at this point a split would be nice, I think we can all hope for the best and ask for a sweep of the Yanks.
Mr. Smoltz, show us what you got.
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That will be the score if we can shake their pen.
"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 6, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear that
I’ll be thrilled with a split and have the Sox still contending for at minimum a wild-card spot. I hate Chamberlain and would love to see the Sox rip him.
by ccthemovieman on Aug 6, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Decided to join us for a GT?
We’ll try to keep the teen stuff to a minimum.
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No, I have a friend here
she just went home. Both of us are disgusted but we feared this was going to happen tonight.
Nice job, Theo – Yanks get A.J. & C.C. over the winter and we get Smoltz.
by ccthemovieman on Aug 6, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Hold off judgement for a few years...
When CC’s in a power wheel chair and AJ’s in a full body cast, and both are still getting paid.
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Yeah, but by then
they’ll have some championship rings on those aged fingers, and we won’t
What’s wrong with winning NOW? You also forget the Yankees have a bottomless pit of money so if Burnett or Sabbathia lose it some day, they’ll buy two other top pitchers to replace them. We already have people you describe, too (big salaries/little or no production). You want proven talent now instead of waiting for prospects to deliver. Ask the Celtics, who went out and got proven stars and – boom, a championship! (and another if KG hadn’t got hurt).
The future is NOW, as one famous coach put it years ago.
by ccthemovieman on Aug 7, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
It's about balancing the present and future.
I’d rather have a 20% chance every year for the next 10 years than a 50% chance this year and a 5% chance for the next 9 years.
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Lineups:
Redsox:
CF- Volcano Tacoby
2B- Pedroia da Destroya
C- Victor Martinez!!
LF- This F’n guy can play Left Field too (Youk) Now the best utility guy in the bigs
DH- The Large Father (slump breaker hopefully)
RF- Better be Healthy J.D. Drew
3B- Robotic Hip Mike Lowell
1B- Casey (Texeira’s replacement) Kotchman
SS- Jed (slump breaker II hopefully)
SP: Legendary Hall of Famer John Smoltz.
MFY:
SS- Giggilo Jeter the Cheater
LF- Judas Iscariot
1B- WARNING PEANUT BUTTER ALLERGY
3B- A-Roids, A-Roids, A-Roids.
DH- Hideki (no longer can play the outfield) Matsui
C- Old Catcher
2B- Robinson Pedroia’s better Cano
RF- Let me pitch Nick Swisher
CF- Melky AAAA (I wish) Cabrera
SP: Mama deals drugs Chamberlain
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
umm....V-Mart is catching....
"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 6, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
He meant we could've played Tek and Vmart, since Youk had to be out of 1B...
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oh. My bad. sorry.
"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 6, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Have to get the defense respectable...
How are the subs going to work? Reddick LF, Youk 3B? Tek C?
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Sounds good to me. Almost perfect defense wise.
"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 6, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
No news...
Maybe he’s getting in some extra swings in the cage? Has to adjust to the fast stuff.
Might also be in reserve in case Joba decides to go ape shit on Youk’s head again.
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Then we need to go Prince Fielder Ape-shit on their dugout.
"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 6, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait. You guys were under the impression he was enroute from Pawtucket?
I think I have to agree with that. Let Reddick get 4 ABs.
"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 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, I was getting Tweets in the Chick-fil-a drive through.
I knew when he got there.
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I'm going to be laying off the ARoid jokes till Saturday...
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Honestly, I don't think Papi needled like A-Rod.
That is my one-up on Yankee fans still.
"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 6, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Hoping for the accidental ingestion protein shake story?
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Well even if he did roid, I bet it was oral consumption not needles. Or a cream
"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 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Ortiz is honest enough that he would confess to needles like Petitte did.
Petitte said he did it to heal and came out front about the needles. Ortiz wouldn’t lie to Boston like that. But who knows? I may be an idiot for saying this in 24 hours.
"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 6, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Dirtier, Harder Steroids.
"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 6, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
My Brain. But if you want, go find the BALCO reports and read them.
I thought it was kinda common knowledge.
"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 6, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Never heard that.
I’ve heard about guys testing positive b/c of sharing needles with users…
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Roids can enter your body just as easily from your GI tract into your bloodstream as a needle in the ass
From Amalie:
Boos for Ortiz during the introduction. Not overwhelming, though. (Yet.)
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You watching this? Who is Amalie? Are you trolling on the Pinestripe Alley?
"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 6, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Hot little peach
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Hey, keep your Turkish clean, old man.
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She is appetizing to my eyes
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
can we get visual confirmation on this?
"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
google her or something
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Joking:
In Turkish, peach = female dog
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THINK POSITIVE PEOPLE
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
IDK.
Haven’t seen Zoolander (all of it, anyway). That just gets brought up on WCG a lot.
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You wouldn't get the joke
if you don’t know who Don Cherry is.
Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)
DO IT
And not another word
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I am thinking about banning you
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Ten year?
Nah, Rickey’s got more like 15 or 16.
/Very bad job of paraphrasing
Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)
Haha.
Did he actually tell that joke in his speech? I missed his.
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Nah.
I saw it on a list of his best quotes
Fear the Rebel Polar Bears (trust me, this sig makes sense)
Yes USG
do not cross me big fella
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I ventured to pinstripe alley
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
took thier women and beer
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
That's it?? Couldn't crash the coffers?
"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 6, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
YOU TOOK PEANUT BUTTER!!?!?!?!
"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 6, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I got her !
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I saw PB
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Haha.
Anyone know what the Joba Rules dictate for the pitch count tonight?
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WEAK booing by the MFY village tinkerbells
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I will not say but I'm sure you can figure it out
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Yep that cant walk straight
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Wow, not only aren't you banned on PSA yet...
You’re unbanned on DRaysBay
Got someone on the inside?
I better change that
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Can I get an update?
I think it’s only DRB, Camden Chat, and Halo’s Heaven.
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I'm back
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Back to being banned?
"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 6, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Umm... Gameday WTF:
Pitch 3: In play, out(s)
Pitch 4: Ball
Pitch 5: Ball
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Lets go Smoltz!!
As goes his first inning, so goes the rest of his outing. (IMO)
I think he was talking about mentally.
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I mean if he has his fastball working for him.
He seems like if he doesn’t trust his fastball, he will throw breaking balls early and often, and gets rocked after the line up sees the breaking stuff enough.
Anyone want to bet
Damon is our LF next season?
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I'd go with no.
Can’t offer anything until I win my bet with NG though. :/
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For the record, I'm now involved in three icon wagers:
Freddyd – till end end of series, I win if Smoltz doesn’t blow this game.
All OTM – till end of season, I have to change icon if swept by MFY (gain nothing for winning)
NG – already documented.
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change it to milton burel
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I'll do a FanPost with suggestions, then a Fanpost w/ a poll.
Won’t argue against any suggestions, either.
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5
it’s a possibility.
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
“being a left fielder takes some lessons of command as an out fielder”
Is that what I just heard from our color commentator on NESN this evening?
If smoltz goes the distance I will banish myself forever
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
well i guess Tek/Buch will be the battery sat??
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Wow, haven't noticed that.
Gotten so used to skipping over it.
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has anyone produced a "cleared waivers list" yet
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
i wish Pedro was still a FA
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Philly doesn't need him
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Wait for him to get placed on waivers then.
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He will return to his 1999 self
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
LOVE THAT GUY
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
He's been having medical issues recently.
Cause of my 3rd DRB banning, IIRC.
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"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
SUBJECT LINES, please.
So we can minimize the pic and not slow down the thread.
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oops sorry
"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
you have a problem with 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
Kinda.
Ratio of smart newbies to dumb n00bs is too low.
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you callin me a dumb n00b?
ive been around all season. not much in june and july tho (vacation and internet trouble)
"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, the smart ones stay around.
I mean the ones who post one FanPost, then leave like 2 comments and never come back.
Or the Ed guy who screams every other thread.
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What am I
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I love you all
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Are we talking about the same team??
That whole lineup is meat!
"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 6, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
sit down a-roid
"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
Oh, so Smoltz can help VMart control the running game.
Great strike 3 pitch though.
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THINK POSITIVE
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Arod goes down looking.
K’s two, but 23 pitches isn’t encouraging.
wouldnt we all?
"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, Smoltz might not.
Arm’s gonna tighten up sitting so long.
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True.
Space it out evenly for best results.
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im not askin for them to all come in the same inning
he wont be sitting long if we get one run here and maybe two runs there
"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'd be nice.
No crooked numbers – just a long string of 1’s.
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Eleven isn't crooked.
"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 6, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
i'd take it
but the occasional crooked # wouldnt be too bad
"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
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Roberts basically just said that Youk is playing LF because Tito wants Lowell's bat in the lineup.
LEARN TO ANALYZE!
Hmm...
Does Papi sit on Saturday vs. CC?
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I have visions of Lowell coming off the bench in the WS
and having a hit like Gibson
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I almost though Lowell was batting 2nd for a sec.
WHY CAN’T YOU BE A GOOD LEAD OFF BATTER JD??!?!
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Yep.
Would be nice if he asked JD to help him recognize pitchs better.
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High OBP...
Which JD has, but he has issues every time we try him there, it seems.
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Wow. Posada did an awful job catching that last pitch.
If the glove is in the dirt to catch the ball, you’re not gonna get the close call.
Kotchman cannot buunt?
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Gameday has it just below the strike zone.
Last pitch JUST caught the edge.
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the umpire is playing by the joba rules
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Tito cost us another run
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Nick Green anyone?
"Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." -- Mike Royko
Chone Figgins
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Mat Gamel
"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 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Beltre
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SS!?!?
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I changed the subject
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
@ 3b
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
See Above.
"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 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
ahh....shit. He's a 3B man.
Alcides Escobar.
"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 6, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
@ 3b
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
2010 Red Sox:
C Martin/Tek
1B Victor
2B Ped
SS Scutaro/Jed
3B Figgins/Lowell
LF Holliday
CF Ellsbury
RF Drew
DH Ortiz
Lackey
Beckett
Lester
Wake
Buch
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Scutaro's going to regress HARD.
RussMart is going to be hard to acquire, even with his struggles.
WTF: Lackey > Beck, Lester?
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no no no order
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
it's all a dream
but Holliday/Figgins would be great
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Yes, yes it would.
As long as it doesn’t cost more than 30mil per year.
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Vlad/Damon/Abreau
are all options
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
We have a DH for next year...
Hell no, and I’d rather keep Abreau away from the Monster.
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I am, but I'm not in favor of putting Abreau any where...
In an OF that has so many walls. :)
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I think he is just vegitarian.
I’m not sure what they would make his glove and shoes out of if he was vegan.
Crap, my bad.
Pressed enter when I meant backspace.
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To look on the bright side, 25 pitch inning.
I’d however have liked to cash in the man on 2nd with 0 outs.
Tito thinks the bunt is for little girls…..real man swing for the fences, no matter the count or situation.
THINKING POSITIVE
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
That is the bright side.
Once we can get to that pen, I’m throwing a party.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The impressive part
Jed and Kotch, combined for about 7 pitches.
Chamberlain should be at 50 pitches. Damn.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
rather have Laroche
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Wait till a ball gets hit to Kotchman.
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This is true.
Needs to be a #8 or #9 so that he can get on sometimes to set the table for the top again.
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FML.
I’m a Raiders fan. What did the Pats at least give us?
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm think Second Round Pick.
Yes, Please
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, y'all got two burners at WR in the draft.
Enjoy Murph – he’s pretty damn good.
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Are you mocking me?
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Kinda.
Second part was serious. Murph’s a better pure receiver than Harvin, is as fast as Percy ever showed.
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Please don't Al Davis' damage is going to take 10 years to repair.
After he dies, naturally.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha.
Weren’t you a Colts fan last summer?
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That's my brother.
He was probably writing on here when I left it open or something. Two teams, panthers also because they are local.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He's a run stopper as well as a pash rusher, but doesn't shine at either.
He’s solid. Think a solid MLB player like……
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Smoltz
retire
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Wow that was Kevin Cash like
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
Vmart should have knocked Posada on his ass.
Smoltz catches a major break there.
Get Masterson up
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
UMP SUCKS
This ump is terrible for both sides. 2009 umps suck balls.
Dave Roberts need to be no where near a mic.
The things that come out of that mans mouth baffle me.
Agreed
He sucks as much as Tim McCarver and Joe Buck! And that’s saying something.
The final draw for me was he started drooling over Jetter.
I get enough of that on ESPN/TBS, I don’t want to hear a NESN announcer verbally jerk Jetter.
Wonder why Twitter's down again.
Supposedly down this morning too.
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THE MVP THINKS POSITIVE
Sox need another lefty in the pen, not named Lopez
Sox need a utility guy prefer one with speed
Sign Matt Holliday in 2010
Dice-K will return, and he will be very good.
HR!!! Thats only 8??
Seems like more.
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I'm still pessimistic
We started the last 2 games with solo homers too!
"Swing and a ground ball, stabbed by Foulke. He has it. He underhands to first. And the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's World Championship!"
Not against an easily frustrated young starter...
Who’s not known as a control guy to begin with.
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Pessimistic about this game one game only
"Swing and a ground ball, stabbed by Foulke. He has it. He underhands to first. And the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's World Championship!"
Power surge is starting.
Shut up, t.williams9.
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Whos that?
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is to say
That you’re not stupid, because you especially are the type to know that when a guy is in his 3rd year of high-level production offensively and defensively, he’s probably doing things right.
He's saying you're not yelling for DP's head...
after 3 years of great performances.
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Got to go read that. Bandwagon fan who knows nothing I'm assuming.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Kinda.
Said DP’s K’s were up, was wrong.
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He's like second hardest in the AL to strike out behind Placido Polanco!!!
What a fucking idiot!!
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
That's like Mo's cutter.
Hard to hit what’s not there. :)
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Sox-Rays rivalry
Tampa resident. Sox fan. Went to the extra inning, Longoria game the other night and wrote a piece on it.
http://sportschump.net/2009/08/06/sox-rays-a-blossoming-rivarly/1063/
Would love to hear what you guys think.
Pedroia just does deep. Nice!
I'm stuck down here too.
Looks good from the first two ‘graphs. I’ll give it a look.
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Without reading it, I'm guessing no.
First off, I hate playing the Rays. I don’t hate the Rays. They’re a small-market team which played the MLB salary game the right way. They have some really good young players who don’t have a lot of ego. If they were in any other division, or hadn’t played the Sox, I would’ve been cheering for them last year.
Second off, they just don’t have the fanbase for it.
Third off, it’s only year 2 of their success, and with less money, they’re unlikely to keep being consistently competitive.
What I will say is that I hate Tropicana. It is truly awful.
"They have some really good young players who don’t have a lot of ego."
You haven’t heard about Longo’s clubbing adventures?
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Meh.
The only reason a “rivalry” is forming is because the fans that are jumping on either bandwagon feel like they have to jaw with any fan of another team. It’s ridiculous at my school sometimes, which is why I require anyone that wants to talk ball with me to list at least 10 players from their “favorite” team.
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I do that too with all the bandwagon fans who want "hang out" with me at lunch or something just b/c we are both Sox fans. WTF?
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It's usually just "fans" who try to tell me how the Sox suck or how great they are.
Which is hilarious when I have the patience to listen and count all the incorrect things they say.
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It's bad in Florida
Last year when they made the play off it was horrible. All the Rays shirts and caps came out. From people who don’t even watch baseball, I really don’t get it.
Ever hear about the 2003 Marlins horror stories?
Season ticket holders not going to late season games because of the HUGE increase in traffic?
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I really don't buy into the Rays/Soxs rivalry.
You have one good season doesn’t = a rivalry. It was being pushed by the Florida media, and the easily swayed fans.
Meh.
They’ve been starting stuff for years with the HBP thing.
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I agree there was bad blood last year.
But I think the term rivalry is thrown around too freely.
Red Soxs, Yankees = Rivalry
Cards, Cubs = Rivalry
I hadn't
But simply looking at his face you can tell his a douche.
He was screaming "Boston sucks" at people in nightclubs...
In BOSTON.
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How'd JD get so under that one?
It was JUST in the zone?
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Papi slays me
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He can replace Dave Roberts in the booth.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I especially like it because it's a song which is half about the importance of looking past the material and economic world
And how focusing on that tends to lead to corruption and evil.
In New Yankee Stadium.
Good show.
Music is about both lyrics and...well....music.
You can’t have one without the other.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You ever listen to certain Nirvana songs?
Sometimes the words are just there because they sound good.
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Don't always have to read into the lyrics though.
I have the Rise Against discography, and I’m a conservative.
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OK, but the Flobots (who wrote this song) very much intended for the Lyrics to be read into.
They’re kind of all about that.
As is Rise Against.
I can enjoy the aesthetics of propaganda if not the message.
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Oh.
I thought you meant Drew for a second.
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Comment above.
Or did that one come after this one?
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Smoltz keeps giving up big swings.
It’s like a fucking minefield. God dammit Smoltz. Learn to pitch.
Crucify Judas!!!
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He's a crappy defensive OF...
And Anderson’s been a better bat so far.
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Good day for Portland.
Expo 2-4, 2B
Kalish 2-4, HR
Kalish is on an absolute tear since the ASB with an OPS well over .900. Good July, great August so far.
God Help us. Traber is our long relief.....
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You want to pay Wells 20+ in a few years?
Rios, MAYBE.
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I feel as if he was expected to be something much more.
I may however just be swayed by my Blue Jays fan friends who complain all the time.
Meh.
They’re always supposed to be just a piece away from competing, and then the Rays jumped over them last season.
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Hell YES!
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Um....USG. I'm sure we are around 450 comments or something, but the sooner you make an overflow the better for me.
Having slow internet here is kinda like impotence.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, you want things to go fast?
And I think we’re at like 250.
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No you virgin.
Its embarressing. My internet is so fucking slow…
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Not you! bs.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha.
Don’t be angry at me for your issues. And why is being a virgin a bad thing when it’s my CHOICE?
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Hey, I was preaching abstinence FAR before he came along as a celeb.
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Not just on here.
And not for religious reasons only.
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I was talking about Kotchman.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Just messing with ya.
Gotta be specific when your late.
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My internet is killing me here.
Notice how my comment exponentially decrease the closer we get to 500.
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by sox-inda-south on Aug 6, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Look on the positive side
Green coming in as a replacement, will motivate him to prove he is better than Jed. He will swing a hot bad, maybe a rbi double and a solo HR.
taking strikes
This is getting old quick.. every hitter LOVES taking 1 if not 2 strikes every at bat, then they’re taking strikes right down the pipe.. TIME TO FIRE DAVE MAGADAN
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