GT: Red Sox @ Orioles - Sept. 19
by Randy Booth on Sep 19, 2009 6:30 PM EDT
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PrintBoston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles, Sep 19, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
One down, two more to go.
After a nice start from Clay Buchholz, the Red Sox will come back out Saturday with Jon Lester on the hill. The O's will send out rookie David Hernandez, who has struggled in his first season in the bigs.
The series outlook:
Current Series
Red Sox lead the series 1-0
| Fri 09/18 | WP: Clay Buchholz (6 - 3) SV: Jonathan Papelbon LP: Jeremy Guthrie (10 - 15) |
3 - 1 win |
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Boston Red Sox Saturday, Sep 19, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70. |
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Brad West won the bet - I'll post Rocky Top in the Laundry tomorrow.
In other news: USC falls to Washington, Maryland just lost to Middle Tennessee.
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Sigh. They lost to MTSU again.
I’m not too suprised that TENN held tough, but what’s with WASH? Weren’t they really bad last year? I guess they must have had some younger players who wre expected to be better. Not complaining, though- it’s not like I’m a USC fan.
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Washington didn't have Locker for most of last season, right?
And USC is too focused on their hair.
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Yeah, but we bet using the spread.
Tenn’s defense was awesome.
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That, and I didn't realize that Bryce Brown wasn't the only decent RB they had.
Oh well, it’s just a song.
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VaTech beat Nebraska 16-15
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with 21 seconds left. I haven't seen it, though
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He rolled out and kept the DLine from running at him by holding the ball like he was going to take off.
Then blasted his receiver between the numbers.
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OU's BACKUP QB had a school record 6 TD passes
what’s with that?
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Tulsa's defense is slightly stronger than a sheet of paper.
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It's a community.
Think of it like a bunch of people sitting around a luxury suite watching the game.
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not the luxury suites in the Bronx
those are pretty empty
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Why is it that I've eaten sushi three times and two of those times have been the day before a Japanese pitcher started for us?
GO SOX!
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Luckily, tomorrow's Ravens game is on the road...
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My Ravens comment was subtly baseball-related
If they were playing at home, the parking for the O’s game would be hell.
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Waiting for the game to start.
NOW we’re onto baseball.
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Hmm... Youk and Ells have a bet on the OrSU-Cincy game.
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Good evening all
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Luckily you can't judge Lester's entire outing by his first inning.
Most of the damage against him is in the early innings.
Maybe the rain will erase early damage
[looks out window]
never mind
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That the thing when them pitching matchup are so unproportioned!
You end up with some surprises, some of them are good (Byrd Vs Doc) and some of them are ugly (like this one here)
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Maybe. Neither team needs this game particularly much.
The O’s are in last, and we have a comfortable lead in the wild card.
STAY MOTIVATED, SOX! YOU DON’T WANNA BE PLAYING BADLY COME OCTOBER!
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Come on Josh
Show them that you are the clone of Markakis!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Thank for all the love"
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Ordrer?
Gonzo JUST WALKED, THE APOCALYPSE IS COMING!!!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Inside the park home run, since that hasn't happened yet.
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he tripled in the Patriots day/Boston marathon game
I remember because I was in school, but got to check GameDay because my substitute reading teacher was pretending to look the other way. And then everyone wondered how I knew that he had tripled against the O’s.
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Jason Bay who?
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Greetings from Camden
Red Sox Nation is here in full effect! Dude behind us giving us the evil eye.
HOME RUN!
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by Ryan Gantz on Sep 19, 2009 7:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I'll be there tomorrow
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For some reason, I thought you said "Greetings from Canada"
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Today the World
Tomorrow: Canada!
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by Ryan Gantz on Sep 19, 2009 7:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
but JRayBay is from there!
Kottaras, too
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Gonzo walks!!!
Not often you see someone with a 2:1 HR / BB ratio…
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
Reached .350 on the 9th
Stagnant till the double header when it dropped just below, and then right back up. .352 for the last few games.
Managed .361 in June.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
with that one he topped his last year total
Umm…Progress?
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Increased his average, too, so yeah, plenty of it.
I still don’t think Jacoby is gonna be with the team after arbitration, but I love to see him work on his issues.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Jacoby's done more for the Sox than most people realize
When we drafted him, that was a major step forward on the path from being a power-reliant team to being able to play some smallball.
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Small ball is a buzz word used by teams that can't score, to be honest.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
but drafting him made us better
What I meant was that drafting some faster guys has helped us have a more balanced lineup.
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I agree that the move towards speed is a good thing.
I just disagree that it’s small ball for Jacoby to turn his singles into doubles with regularity when we tend not to bunt him around and try to sac fly. We’re almost always playing for the big inning.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, non-homer reliant.
Doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
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Camden Yards
Short power alleys
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like 1:1 sox and orioles fans
Oh man, a sox fan just threw Wiggington’s homer back on the field!
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by Ryan Gantz on Sep 19, 2009 7:44 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Brendan Ryan FTW
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He popped it over too.
Worse than Canseco’s.
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Woulda been even worse (for the Cubs) if that had been the walkoff
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What was the John Force thing last night?
I saw him screaming, but I was trying to convince the waitress in Beef’s to turn Disney to the Sox game. Also, don’t do that when the rest of the place is filled with Rays fans.
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Embarrassing
But this is the all time best HR blooper.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Found it
Anyone remember this Alex Cora HR?
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Be back in a little.
Would be nice to get on a roll soon.
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I wish they would suck so the bandwagoners would jump off.
/reverse psych
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Irony: it's talk like a pirate day, and my dad had cataract surgery yesterday
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Only 6, or 6 viable relievers?
Delcarmen
Ramirez
Okajima (Probably the odd man out having pitched yesterday and being less youthfully sturdy than Paps and Bard)
Saito
Wagner
Bard
Papelbon
And then there’s Bowden and Tazawa
I hear Daniel Richardson could be on the way up too.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Dustin Richardson
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What I meant was that there were only six relievers sitting in the bullpen.
Although I guess Paps doesn’t come out until the fifth or sixth.
Evening All!
Go Sox!
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Wuz up?!
Let’s Go Red Sox Let’s GO!
What did you say to me paper champion?
-Mr.T
by CaliforniaGreen on Sep 19, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Plate discipline baby!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Hernandez you lucky bastard
It’s like 4 lineouts now!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Not really
Just getting his typical repertoire hit.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't he from Tacoma?
Do we know what his favorite college team is?
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Is from Tacoma.
So he MAY be a Huskies fan – perhaps no one has informed him that they pulled it off?
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Why the fuck he's not throwing his cutter?
according to pitch value, it’s his best pitch! he threw once and made Mora look really bad!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
I really hope it's not the case, but...
Perhaps his elbow’s sore?
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hope not
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Gameday says 5 cutters, 6 sliders...
So he’s not avoiding the stress pitches. Nevermind.
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Ok he threw a second one and it's a 2B
:(
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
OT: Reasons to hate the BCS
#8072972: I’m actually rooting for FSU right now. WTF?
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What's wrong with BYU?
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Coco Crisp highlights
Why?
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Bored
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
well, it IS baseball related
just sayin’
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
It's supposed to be:
Comments – short, original thoughts
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that woman in the booth with Eck & Orsillo
is not amused by Eck’s story. Her expression was priceless.
I love Eck, how many announcers call someone a “musclehead”?
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Bruce Boudreau probably HATES Eck.
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who?
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Caps head coach
he hates the Sox, and he hates cheese. Combine the two, and….
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Amount of hair doesn't matter as long as he wins a championship
Same applies to Pedroia.
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It's those damn roids.
Weakening the immune system.
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Sometimes you just don't have your best stuff
Buchholz didn’t last night
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel weak.
“Ooh, I’m gonna FLAG you.”
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Front page, bottom of the section that has all those posts, there's a button that says...
+New FanPost or something like it.
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Phew!
The Large Father just beat the throw.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Papi with the double!
Nearly a homerun into our seats – we were on the jumbotron. Well fielded, but not fast enough!
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Most of them wouldn't care either way about the subject.
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so does eck
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There's been a lot of talk about cheese in this GT
I wonder why
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We're trying to figure out why we were so mean to the Halos.
Too much cheese can make one irritable.
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because Rev is a tool?
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Nor would NESN care for their signatures.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait- I don't get the joke
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Oh duh- Signatures. Petition. Reading fail.
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do it anyway
sometimes people just need a cause or something to root for. You might be surprised by the interest it generates.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Why don't you start a petition for me to sit in the front row at Fenway next year free of charge
for the Dodgers series?
VARITEK MUST GO
And be given a microphone that overrides the PA system.
I’ll sign up.
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I'd instantly be offered a contract with NESN
I could do Chuck Whoolery type Sox appeal host
I could do that show the annoying guy does but if they got the question wrong I’d kick the person in the bagles.
So many ways
VARITEK MUST GO
I want to see the second.
Ooh, I’ve got an idea – Sandy’s Trivia Question of the Day. I can feature it in the Laundry every day, and you can yell at anyone who admits they were wrong.
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trivia does not work on the internet answers are everywhere
its why i watch Alex Trebek
VARITEK MUST GO
I'm on a college campus. A fairly active one. There are thousands of causes to get behind.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 19, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
My dad got a BA and an MA at UW-Madison, fwiw
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Which is why the money goes to the Jimmy Fund.
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I'm not paying for someone to tell me I'm smart.
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I'd rather not.
It’s annoying when people at school know that I’m smart.
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haaaaaaaaaaa
Child please. Embrace it !
**no offense hopefully by the use of the word " child", my relatives ( southerners) say it all the time
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
No offense taken.
It’s just annoying, since most of them view it as unfair.
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unfair that you are smarter than they are?
tell them to try harder.
I envy/admire the brilliant people I have met at law school or at work, in life, etc. and readily admit my smarts ( or the smarts I think I have) come from trying really really hard—it don’t come easy… but the thing is, I keep trying.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
Except I don't appear to try hard.
Like, right now, I’m working on an AP Physics lab and have a lot of other homework to do. I’ll get it all done, but I’ll still be able to talk sports with people, which makes them think I don’t spend a lot of time on school stuff.
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So?
THEY need to try, harder your gift is just that —-yours. Theirs is out there for them but they have to try to find it.
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
IDK.
We’ve become too used to having everything at our fingertips.
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Chad Ochocinco says "child please" means "f you"
then again, he says a lot of things.
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ummm
I find ochochinco to be amusing but am quite certain my late great grandmother wasn’t saying eff u when we was talking to me. It all about context but it usually means get real/get a clue , dont sweat X or Y etc
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)
yep. context makes all the difference
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I'm pretty sure beating cancer > good business practices.
Or, at least, it should.
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It'd be entertaining
But DO would never be able to get in a word edgewise with both Eck and Remy in the booth.
Only at 99 pitches.
But yeah, might as well sit him.
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My guess
He’s back out to start the inning. The Sox are going to a 6-man rotation (at least this week w/ Wake starting Monday), so the starters will get more rest. Lester usually routinely goes 110+.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Always a fun time
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
off of Wieters?
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Yep
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
No wieters is DHing today
Moeller is the catcher
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Oh right
I saw Moeller at bat at one point when I looked at the TV.
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You are correct, sir.
My mistake
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 19, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
it was the steroids
or the east coast bias
"You know," Girardi said, shrugging his shoulders, "it didn't work."
( Joe Girardi on pitching to Manny Ramirez with first base open)