ST Game Thread: Houston @ Boston, Boston @ Toronto -- 3/21/10
by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 12:45 PM EDT
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PrintMore split squad fun! The Houston game, which will be on both NESN and WEEI, will feature most of the major league lineup with Lester getting the start, followed by the main components of the bullpen, per Extra Bases. I don't know if the Blue Jays game will have a hometown broadcast MLB.TV audio folks can listen in on, but one can hope. A lot of interesting minor leaguers down there today.
Astros @ Sox Lineup:
- Ellsbury
- Pedroia
- Youkilis
- Ortiz
- Varitek
- Lowell
- Cameron
- Hermida
- Scutaro
Sox @ Jays Lineup:
- Hall
- Reddick
- Drew
- Beltre
- Hulett
- Iglesias
- Bates
- Wagner
- Lin
Doubront on the mound against the Jays.
Go Sox! x2
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Boston @ Toronto does appear to have an audio option.
Huzzah! I shall listen to one, and watch the other!
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Get ready for another grueling round in the Houston - Boston Rivalry
How these teams manage to share the field with all the bad blood between them is completely beyond me. I mean, there’s Roger Clemens, … all those times they wouldn’t trade Roy Oswalt to us… Roger Clemens…
Should be a wicked intense game.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
On Lester's final batter of 1st inning
The ump calls an on-the-corner 2-2 pitch ball three, and then calls the 3-2 pitch, in the same location, a strike.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
A nice change of pace from the usual first pitch ground out or third pitch fly out
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Ellsbury goes 1st-3rd on a ball in the dirt thrown to center.
Seems like he would’ve been caught if the 2nd baseman could’ve come up with it.
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Not sure if it was more an errant throw
or a botched catch by the 2Bman. In either case, he should’ve been very out.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Yup. A good throw would have had him
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Remy thought pitch was a slider.
Around 86 mph.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Youkilis with the first-pitch pop up behind home.
Sox might not manage to get a man in from 3rd with 0 outs…
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Astros starter seems to have pretty good stuff.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
He's getting a lot of swings and misses on the breaking stuff.
And our lineup wasn’t squaring up on his fastball.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Nice start to the 2nd for Lester
3-pitch K.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Phew
Had the sound of one off the bat, but Ells tracks it down with relative ease.
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by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Manny would've played that for a triple.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?
“A bleeding disorder in which
the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal
blood clotting?”
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Um...no...
Think more…baseball…
Like…more than a triple.
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by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
A home run?
In the park, gotcha.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Especially in the minors.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Gotta love minor league spring training
“OK, you guys get 3 free baserunners. We just wanna see if he can get out of it.
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by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't believe I missed it!
I hope they’ll show another replay… Maybe at half-time, or at the next intermission.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
MIKE CAMERON
WELCOME TO BOS- I mean, welcome to Ft Myers!
Big HR to left center.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Is it just me, or does Hermida look like a more normal-sized Pedroia?
Maybe a little on the big side.
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A little
Hermida is more normal looking
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the Tek lead-off walk unnerved the Astros' starter
Cap’n Tek has wicked intangibles.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Bourgeois is stealing hits from the Sox today.
All the more reason for the proletarian to revolt!
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A very Ellsbury-like play by Bourgeois
That’ll be a web gem (despite the awful read).
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Ellsbury lines a single
on a very predictable 3-2 fastball.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Ben Buchanan
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED to hear that you don’t remember Darnell McDonald’s steal.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
That's fine.
I don’t remember Darnell McDonald.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Ells gets first stolen base of spring
2nd and 3rd with 2 outs for Pedey
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Pedroia could have an OPS of 0 on the season
And still be useful for all the damage he does to pitch counts.
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That high inside thing is BS
You get Pedroia out on good breaking pitches and fastballs to the outside corner.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Note: Pedroia does not have an OPS of zero.
3-run Homer!
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
What exactly are they saying?
All I hear is the ending “YOUUUK”…
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
I have NO idea.
I’ll try and figure it out.
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by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard it at a game earlier this Spring, some big bearded guy with a Boston hat who looks remarkably like Youk stands up, screams something incoherent and then everyone joins him saying “I LOVE YOUUUUUUUK”
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
Toronto still in rain delay.
The broadcasters are far too polite and the callers far too timid on their rain delay show.
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Bourgeois oppresses Youkilis
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Commissars remove Bourgeois in punishment
send him to labor camp for reeducation.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Youkilis tells Bourgeois a joke
“Knock knock”
“Who is there?” asks Bourgeois
“Secret police”
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by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
"Secret Police who?"
“Exactly.”
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Tek as more IF hits than Jacoby Ellsbury today
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Yup
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
1-2-3 4th for Lester
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Even Remy can't make out the new Youk chant
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
I think so
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Tek on base 3 times today
2 hits and a BB. He’s in early-season form.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Tek on base for 3rd time
Two hits and a walk.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
Get lost
Ben i hope you got my last post on the Orioles thread .that was not for you it was for the spam
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Mar 21, 2010 2:51 PM EDT reply actions
We've been getting a lot of them lately.
It’s getting annoying, really. Especially when they posted in the Westmoreland needing surgery thread.
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by Ben Buchanan on Mar 21, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just about to post the same thing
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm gonna call that a good outing by Lester.
More runs then there should be given the overall performance.
USG
Ellsbury chases ball
slams hand into face of Hooters girl.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
You think we can get Masterson back from Cleveland?
Or anybody else who doesn’t suck?
by lone1c on Mar 21, 2010 3:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You think we can get Masterson back from Cleveland?
Or anybody else who doesn’t suck?
by lone1c on Mar 21, 2010 3:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think it's a little early to worry
I don’t care about ST results. Also, all teams have holes in their pen.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
can't say I ever felt the most secure with masterson on he mound.
never really saw the big deal about him.
What's the over/under on DPs for Tek and Lowell?
Pro-rated, of course? One per game played?
by lone1c on Mar 21, 2010 3:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
A rare opposite field double for Dusty
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
I think the fabric of reality would have torn if Tek got on 4 times in one game.
Thank you, Tek, for thinking of the fabric of realtiy!
USG
Nomar's brother has a similar batting stance
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He might be
Cash took him deep.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Cash hits a long double off Paps
Not a good sign
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Lots of people hitting long shots after Paps.
Though that one would’ve been caught by a reasonable LF…
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I don't know
It’s pretty windy out there
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Mar 21, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Paps working on the off-speed stuff
It looks like those pitches need more work.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Rough the pen up now not later
Well we /they got some work to do!
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Mar 21, 2010 3:27 PM EDT reply actions
*pre-season
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
With the split screen and NESN's camera work, the game action is very hard to follow
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
Ben it's the wind...............lol
get out of the way in the lockerroom!
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Mar 21, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the reality of a split squad game.
The scrubs we bring in in the 6th are actual scrubs, instead of Iglesias, Reddick, Lin, etc.
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