One Sprain, No Gain: Sox Lose On Lawrie's Walkoff, Beckett Hurts Ankle
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 5, 2011 7:22 PM EDT
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PrintJust when you thought a nice close 1-0 loss would be a decent change of pace from double-digit beatdowns, the Blue Jays made this one hurt. In more ways than one.
First is the issue that is not so much the Blue Jays' fault. While delivering a 1-2 pitch to Brett Lawrie, who seems to make bad things happen with his mere presence, Josh Beckett landed, took a step forward, and then shook his right foot in an unusual manner. Within half a minute, the Sox ace was surrounded by coaches and training staff, and before too much longer he was gone from the game with a sprained ankle.
The injury doesn't seem so serious as it perhaps could have been, but it is...unsettling. With Erik Bedard already set to miss his next start, the last thing the Sox need is to have the health of their ace in question. Until we know for sure that Josh Beckett will be ready to go at 100% come the playoffs, there's cause for concern that we simply didn't need.
Meanwhile, though, the game continued, and Alfredo Aceves kept the Sox alive. While Boston stranded baserunner after baserunner--10 in all--Aceves fired off 3.2 scoreless innings, only running out of steam come the eighth, at which point Daniel Bard lent a hand and then finished off the ninth for good measure. While Jonathan Papelbon would end up loading the bases in the tenth, he too would keep the game going into the eleventh.
Eventually, though, something had to give, and this time it was Dan Wheeler. He recorded two reasonably quick outs, and then left a 1-1 pitch too far up in the zone. Brett Lawrie did not miss his opportunity, and blasted a no-doubt walkoff homer into center field.
Bad things happen when Brett Lawrie is at the plate. And the Sox are now 16-15 over the last month.
The Sox need to wake up.
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They definitely need to wake up. They have fallen back into a rut after the KC and Texas road trip.
And now Beckett is going back to Boston to see a foot specialist. Hopefully it is just precautionary. Because if this injury is serious then we are in a lot of trouble.
I get the same feeling I got at the beginning of the season
no sense of urgency at all.
I am getting a very bad feeling about this off season.
They have a fairly comfortable lead in the Wild Card
and they are certainly playing like it. So you might be right. They did the same thing in 2007. They were up about 7 games or so in the division and the Yankees got within 1.5 games in about 2 weeks.
As long as Beckett’s injury isn’t serious and everybody else stays healthy we should be fine. That is a big if right now though.
Why do you have a bad feeling about the off season?
The only I thing I can think of is this:
-Age: alot of our top guys are getting up there such as Ortiz who in a couple of years will be 40.
-Papelbon will be a FA after the season ends
-The rumors that Epstein may be the Cubs new GM.
I’m not saying I believe what i’m saying but it’s the only thing I can think of.
Regarding the rest of the season. I have full confidence that the team will shake away their demons and make the playoffs. Throughout the years the team has gone through ups and downs (such as the dismal way they opened up the season) but have found ways to kick ass and stay competitive throughout the year. I have no doubts that will change although I am worried about Beckett. Plus were too far out in the WC for someone to catch us. It will take a dramatic collpase for that to happen and I don’t see it.
by Bradley James McEachern on Sep 5, 2011 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Whenever I see a 75bandwagon post
Things must be bad.
Things could get ugly
We finish the season against all AL East teams including 7 against the Rays and 3 in Yankee Stadium. The post season is definitely not a lock. The Angels are only about 8 games back in the win column and half of our games are on the road. This is where that 2 and 10 start could come back to bite us in the ass.
You guys should NOT worry
7 game lead with 22 games. If the Sox go 11-11, tampa has to go 18-4. With the rest of their schedule filled with Sox and Yankees game, no way in hell are they going to play .800+ ball
It's not the playoffs I'm worried about
It’s the performance once they get there. The streaky nature of the team is a bit disconcerting.
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by Ben Buchanan on Sep 5, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The Sox' longest losing streak is 6 games (to start the season)
Since then, they have two three-game losing streaks (April 11-15 and May 4-6) and two four-game losing streaks (May 29-June 1 and June 21-25).
The MFY longest losing streak is also six games. They also have three three-game losing streaks and one four-game losing streak.
Texas’ longest losing streak is five games. They also have four three-game losing streaks.
The Sox are really no less streaky than the other contenders.
I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.
by Drugs Delaney on Sep 5, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
While the injury does not "seem" bad
Beckett’s post game comments about the way it feels and his degree of worry, well, worry me….
Geez some people need to relax,
just last week we were the best team in the world after taking 3 of 4 in Texas and now that we hit a small skid all of a sudden it is 1978? Yea it’s frustrating, but c’mon now.
A week or so ago the Yankees lost 4 out of 5 and fell 2.5 games behind. Sound familiar? And they lost those games to Minnesota, Oakland and Baltimore. We lost most of our games against really good teams (Texas and NYY). There is no doubt we will right the ship again. This team is too good.
We are still the best team in the AL in my opinion. We have shown that we can beat good teams and good pitchers. I am not worried at all (unless Beckett and Bedard’s injuries are worse than we think they are).
by dja9783 on Sep 5, 2011 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
But hell I’m not mad at the fan base. Being a Red Sox fan means never surrendering, its kind of like being an American…. Lets show them colors and kick some ass
Clearly you're a recent Red Sox fan
being a Red Sox fan means surrendering the second anything goes wrong, we are the Chicken Littles of the sports universe.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
22 games left, 7 up in the WC.
It would take a Mets-esque collapse. If we split and go .500 (as we’ve been doing), the Rays would have to go 18-4 (over .800) to tie. Sorry to disappoint the manics, but that ain’t going to happen.
I guarantee this team makes the playoffs. It’s a certainty.
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
That's what the Mets said.
They said: “We’ve got this thing, barring a Mets-esque colla-… Oh. Shit.”
"Laser show. So relax."
The first rule of Lookout Landing is you don't talk about Lookout Landing.
by nuthinboutnuthin on Sep 5, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
We ain't the Mets.
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
Thank god for that...
"Laser show. So relax."
The first rule of Lookout Landing is you don't talk about Lookout Landing.
by nuthinboutnuthin on Sep 6, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
We are about to
See just how good Aviles, Lavarnway, Weiland, Doubront, Kalish (he’s hot again), spears, maybe Iglesias and Middlebrooks really are as we slide through the next few weeks; and how good the well rested, healthy starters perform in post season.
Once more with feeling
I do NOT want Iglesias on the Red Sox. I don’t care that he’s got a great glove, he hits worse than Brandon Inge.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
I've had enough of Aviles already.
He has such an annoying and ugly batting stance – I look away when he has an at bat.
Just let Beckett be ok. PLEASE!
If we can get him and Bedard healthy and somehow get Buchholz back, suddenly our pitching staff would be very, very dangerous again.
Call Bill and Ted.
Send them to the future where Buch is fully healed, then bring him back for the playoffs. While they’re at it, go get Pedro from ‘99 and Schilling from ’04. There’s probably more options out there in Red Sox history, but when I think of an epic playoff rotation my mind sort of freezes up after Pedro/Schilling/Beckett.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
Clemens?
[ducks thrown objects]
"What's so special about Lou Gehrig? Shouldn't EVERY Yankee have a disease named after him?"
by Tessie's Dad on Sep 6, 2011 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
There are a ton of guys we could name
I just picked two of them who have been there before.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
by TheLoneDavid on Sep 6, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
It's time for the leaders on the team to lead
Somebody needs to grab this season by the balls and lead this team. We have enough veterans who’ve been through this. I think guys like Pedey, Ortiz, and Youk can put this team back on track.
Also, I hope Beckett is ok. If he has to miss a start or two I’m fine with that (I don’t want it but I can live with it) as long as he’s 100% for the playoffs.
"It's baseball...when you rake that's what happens" -Dustin Pedroia
by Fenway302 on Sep 6, 2011 1:37 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
So Red Sox lose...
Yankees win and Jesus Montero homers. Has PSA drowned in it’s own jizz yet?
Well so much for eatting breakfast today.
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
The RS and NYY blogosphere
must indeed look pretty funny when viewed from Maroochydore or Geelong…………
My first laugh of the day.
Well, thats in Oz
as are Murwillumbah and Camooweal
Or have you some actual link to Oz (Geelong is right outside Melbourne) yourself?
Last July, I was in Maroochydore for a bit, and I fear that PSA was far from my thoughts
BTW, there must be a nasty crack to be made about PSA (the medical acronym) and jizz, somehow.
I'm a Cats fan
So I have a soft spot for Geelong. Mainly because it has to be a melbourne team, and mfc is never on espn3.
by Sean O on Sep 6, 2011 4:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ahh
I see…….
When I was in Queensland last year, I had a tutorial from some local kids on how ARF works (I had never looked it up, preferring the rugby flavor of local sporting homicide).
We also saw a game.
I was IMpressed……..
Aussie Rules is the greatest sport in the world after Baseball
I like it so, so much more than any other football code, especially friggin’ American football, which I detest. It’s dynamic, brutal, fast-paced, athletic, everything you could want in a contact sport.
Fair enough
especially the part about American football (aka “a committee meeting interrupted by occasional outbreaks of violence”).
A Saturday afternoon rugger match between Tamworth and Newcastle is hard to top for those things too, plus the often hilarious commentary from the announcers.
But I can see how Aussie Rules could be habit-forming.
The most inept doctors in professional sports
Now they are saying Beckett’s injury was “misdiagnosed.” It wasn’t a sprain. They don’t know what it is. Where have I heard this BS before? Buchholz? Ellsbuy? Lowell? etc etc.
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