Boomer has always seemed somewhat in his element in Tampa; lugubrious weather and a high density of Hooters franchises make it a natural environment for a good-time lefty with back issues. Sox fans hope this combinaton of forces will serve him well in his second return start, after getting shellacked in his first outing off the DL. He’ll battle a familiar face for SFs: Casey Fossum, who has a 2.86 career era against his old team, and is coming off a stellar 7 inning, 1 run, 10 k performance against the Detroit Tigers, who, in case you haven’t noticed, are having a decent season. We wish Casey the very, very best.
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>>We wish Casey the very, very best
I don’t like this “we” crap. Where are the Sox hosts? This is just potential bad karma.
Completely OT, why is Barry Bonds leading MLB in IBB? Are the NL pitchers that afraid if his .245 avg., 15 HR, 50 rbi? Bonds has so completely jumped the shark that he needs his own metaphor.
Having YF place the post is like having your best friend date your Sister.
From Boston.com
Doug Mirabelli won’t be gracing the Red Sox lineup for at least the next couple of days, though Terry Francona is hopeful that the catcher will not have to go on the disabled list. He rolled his ankle when he caught a spike from Carl Crawford in a first-inning play at the plate.
Lineups are not posted yet.
1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Mark Loretta, 2B
3. David Ortiz, 1B
4. Manny Ramirez, DH
5. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
6. Javy Lopez, C
7. Wily Mo Pena, LF
8. Gabe Kapler, RF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
P–David Wells
YF is doing these game threads because both Paul and I are away from our computers. So cut him some slack, please, if not respect.
Consider this my “YF-game thread-post karma correction” comment.
Just joking SF…..
Hey YF, now that the Sox are in second whiffing the Yanks butt, have you gotten over the angst of the “meaning of a blowout”? As a Sox fan, I tried to tell you it was amazing, but the Yanks were in good shape, buddy boy.
Crisp reaches first by way of Upton error.
Cmon MLo
Hopefully Papi is going to have some Fossum Fries tongiht.
Yes Crispy Critter!
Loretta singles to left, Crisp advances to third.
Papi K’s
MMMMMMLO
Let’s go Manny.
Now getting one there, that is just marginal for me, I’ll take it but it’s marginal
Fossum and Youk look disturbingly similar in their Gameday photos. Creepiness.
Manny sacs in Crisp and then Youk lines out to end the top of the 1st.
We need to score runs tonight. Wells pitching, not sure what kind of a performance we are going to get out of him.
Yanks lose.
Yanks going down in ashes in the 9th
Abreu with the Hat Trick
YAAAY BOOMER
Hollins K’s to start things off for the Fish.
More like that please…but less pitches
Crawford K’s….
Cantu pops out to right. Boomer easy 1-2-3 inning on 11 pitches.
Wells looking good so far.
I just fell in love again
We DFA’d the pitcher Corey today we got in the trade with Texas prior to the deadline.
Careful Brian, there is a fine line between love and heartbreak.
Virginia just asked me if the is a Santa Claus, I said Ginny, if David Wells keeps pitching like that, you can bet on it.
Sh Rob, it’s best not to try and temper my insanity…
LOL….Seems Boomer and Santa look a like.
Kapler put on by getting hit by pitch.
Ahhh, the Wily Mo Kena we all know and love. Good to see he’s back!
AGon pops out to 1st to end the inning.
Okay so now Fossum is going to pitch like Liriano, geez
Some borderline inside pitches that are getting called balls.
Lee goes down swinging.
gomes lines out.
S’long as they are called both ways, Rob
Norton flies out….22 pitches so far by Boomer.
Here is the interesting stat so far. Boomers ERA has finally dropped under 10 since May 26 vs TB when he had a 8.64 ERA.
Hey, I know it’s wrong, and I know it’s early, but I just want to kiss that big fat freak right now
Agree Brian. Hopefully they are called both ways.
Cmon Crispy critter!
Crisp doubles to left to lead off. Need to get him across home.
YESSSSS
How about a sb?
YESSSSS
uuuggghhhhly
YESSSSS
SpankeeMonkey… Now, now
:-)
Papi Walked
Now you just KNOW that was the closest thing to an intentional walk there is
Ramirez flies out to left. I really hope that we are not going to strand both of these runners.
Oh Manny
>sigh< yep, that about sums that up for me
Youk grounds out to 3rd. Casey “The garden snake” Fossum wiggles off the hook after giving up a leadoff double.
We really cannot afford to keep wasting AB’s with runners on.
Oof, real wasted opportunity there. Gah, keep going Wells.
These things worry me to no end, Rob. Our offense has been stale lately, even when they have scored runs, seems like they don’t go for the juggular
Upton grounds out to 3rd on the first pitch.
True…I think that we need a blowout win to get everyone and the bats back on track. It is like the team has a ‘woe is me’ approach to everything right now.
Hey Devine…s’up
Paul grounds out to 3rd
foul bunt? FOUL BUNT??? wow a little early for that ain’t it?
Alright Boomer!
Zobrist grounds out to 3rd. Wells has thrown 33 pitches.
Three groundouts to third. Me likey.
Youk got worked on third that inning.
11 pitches an inning is ubelievable
Yo Brian, how ya doin’?
Hmmm. Perfect game for Mr. Wells so far.
*jinx*
or unbelievable, even
i sure hope Javy’s bat comes alive…
On that note, Javy lines out to short and then Pena grounds out to short.
Monkey, no jinx if you ain’t a fan of the team the guy pitches for
Kapler hit by a pitch for the 2nd time tonight.
geez, Fossum have something against Kapler?
LOL! Kapler HBP *again*. Is there history there?
AGon grounds out to 3rd. Inniing over. Another runner stranded.
ahh crap another runner in scoring position!
Not that I know of. Kapler is big enough to have taken Fossum’s road lunch money though.
The good news is Fossum is up over 17 pitches an inning and at 69 total
Hollins leads off with a shallow hit to left field.
Ohh boy please don’t implode oh Wizard of the Waist, please
oh boy get ready…
Papi with an Error that allows Crawford to be safe at 1st and Hollins to 2nd.
Need a double play badly.
unfortunately that probably was a double play ball…Yeeech Well is gonna implode I’m just gonna be sick
Cantu signles, Hollins scores, Crawford thrown out at third. Cantu stays on 1st.
WOW what happened???
Can Wells extricate himself….
Lee pops out to Lopez.
Not sure Brian…watching this on gamecast.
How did Loretta make the play at Third??
Ah watching Gameday myself
ohhh Boomer, please don’t forsake me…
Gomes walks.
Pena threw him out on the rbi single.
Wells walks the batter. Crap.
2-1 Rays. Wells not good out of the stretch. At all.
Norton singles to center, Cantu scores. Fish 2, Us 1.
Earth to Terry
Upton singles, Gomes scores.
Bear down Boomer and get out of the inning. This is still manageable.
EARTH TO TERRY
4-1. Wheels are off, game careens out of control.
Paul signles to left on the first pitch and Norton scores.
Anyone warming up?
Three straight singles.
The runners left on base tonight is going to burn us. I can just feel it.
Zobrist grounds into FC…Paul out at 3rd.
And as quick as Boomer was clicking through the lineup he falls apart.
ERA is back over 10 again.
Innings 1-3 he was really untouchable. The 4th was really ugly.
If Boomer pitches again I’ll… I’ll… I’ll threaten little children and kick pets
I think atleast one run is unearned with the error by Papi allowing Crawford to reach base.
Gamecast is showing all of the runs as earned right now.
how can all 4 runs possibly be earned??
Crisp pops out to 2nd to start the 5th.
They shouldn’t TJ…the in game box score is wrong and will probably get updated later in the game.
Loretta singles to left.
ahh we coulda used that a while back…
called that thyere double play…..sad
Sounds like I am not missing much new tonight, just more of the same.
Ortiz grounds into the inning ending DP.
It is about the same SF….can’t seem to move runners, pitchers having complete meltdowns….Tito freebasing…etc.
Well. SF you were missing a stellar performance by Boomer… I stress the WERE
Wells back out on the mound…first pitch double to Hollins.
Tito….I think they have zeroed in on his pitching.
I’m just going to shoot myself that would be better than to see Wells pitch anymore tonight
What tonight shows is that Boomer has no endurance or stamina. He is good for three innings and then falls apart.
He really needed to rehab to build his arm strength back up.
let’s see what will happen first Terry pulls him, or Drays homer, bets anyone?
11 pitch strikeout for Crawford.
God, at least Crawford hadn’t figured him out yet
Hollins gotta be lonely been at second for like an hour now
Cantu grounds out to 2nd.
Box score has updated…all runs are being recorded as unearned.
Okay, so like what happened in the 4th? Was it something he ate?
Orc warming up in the pen.
Lee grounds out to 2nd. Hollins stranded on 2nd.
Please no Orc.
I think it’s pitching out of the stretch. With a man on 2nd in this inning, Wells was able to throw with a wind up.
Ramirez grounds out to 1st.
all thye runs are marked unearned now.
Could be Tom.
Youk K’s on three pitches.
Lopez grounds out to short on the 1st pitch.
I think Youk loses his focus on OBP and tries to clobber the ball in the 5 spot
Meanwhile, the Sox have mustered only 3 feaking hits off Casey (Sox Killer) Fossum. He gets out of the 6th on 6 pitches. It may be time to find something else to do.
Someone tell Boomer never EVER pitch in the stretch again
Ahh who said the Drays would homer first?
Greg Norton, Ed’s grandson
Ahh Fossum all done, but can we make the reliever cry?
Send that punk Upton back to the minors!
>sigh< runner at third less than two outs Gonzo strikes out on a pitch farther out of the strike zone that the wild pitch
Okay now Loretta needs to double HIM home
Make that a resounding NO
It’s OrcTime! lets see which Orc shows up…the good Orc, or the evil black-hearted one
Ah, looks to be the evil one
Oooo the good Orc gets a double play!
It’s the schizophrenic Orc, all hail!
You know…I still haven’t quite given up on this game. I know perfectly well the offense can explode, but it’s so hard when you’re team is playing so poorly. That spate of runs in the 4th would have been prevented (or at least reduced) with sound defense. Papi on the bag hurts us. Oof.
Leatherface escapes the inning. Leatherface still stinks (paraphrasing SF from awhile back).
Good Orc wins struggle to control the body of Tavarez
*your team
NOT “you’re team”
you can never give up on a game even if ur down by 30 when ur playing Tampa, for all the times they have looked great they have looked like a little league team.
Now THAT’s funny
Papi says “eff the shift” with a gorgeous bunt right down the third baseline. What did it miss the bag by? A few inches?
Let it be the start of something, let it be the start of something, let it be the start of something…
A little league team with a good sized lead can beat you if you don’t put good wood on the ball
Manny “The Man” RAMIIIIIIIIREEEEEEEEZ!
Prime example of what you have to do
MANNY MANYY MANNY!
Manny is the MAN
Youk, NO, bad Youk!
Please one more. Please.
Wily Mo’s swingin’ at high stuff at 3-0 and 3-1.
But he walks!
Please. A run. Please.
Uuuuhhhh Javy didn’t you used to like …not suck?
WMP good eyes
a side note on Mannys 30th homer, it set a mark for his longest career hitting streak at 21 games, which is also the longest in the AL this year and the longest current streak in baseball.
check that 31st*
AND Kapler walks!
Come on, one hit. One nice solid hit.
Lovely walk by the Gabe there
Damn it and I was begininng to REALLY like Switzer
Oooof, my guts.
Hold the one-run game. The top of the lineup is headed in next.
ahhh I guess that is a bit much to ask a solid hit other than the Manny blast
Ortiz will bat again.
Uht oh, which Hansen shows up
No way, dude! This team has had crazy-high innings. Got to get ’em while the getting’s good. I like that Ortiz is coming up, but he just can’t do it every time.
…can he?
if he does, Selig should package the MVP award up and DSL it to Boston tomorrow. :P
1 on, 1 out after the single.
is it Bad Hansen…?
Norton steals…his first base of the year…wonderful.
Walk. Grrrrrrr!
first SB since 2003
I’m going to be sick, when was the last time we had a catcher who could throw guys out…
Tony Pena?
Bad Hansen struggling for dominance
Bring in Pap he hasnt pitched much lately. Only had 10 IP in July
Yeah, ol Tony had a pretty good gun
Yeah, that was only kinda expected.
i heard the other day the Sox were on pace to set a major league record for fewest erros in a season.
Friggin’ disastrous. Hansen really hasn’t been particularly good.
DAMN IT
I mean, seriously, it’s pretty much Tavarez, then Hansen as far as “worst that are used with any regularity”. We didn’t think we could come back here? Put Hansen in with a one-run deficit in the 8th? What about Timlin in the 8th? He last worked on Thursday, right? Can’t he come in today? Isn’t Hansen a bit of a weird plan to stick to under the circumstances? Is that fair…beth?
Loretta doubles with 1 out in the 9th.
Papi singles and a run scores. 8-5, one out.
Upon further review, maybe Hansen WAS the best plan. Maybe I should remember Timlin’s record since his injury…
Manny gets on base. The tying run will reach the plate.
Youk…JUST foul. Would have been a double.
Then he gets a piece to stay alive at 3-2. Tension…
Youk walks. The tying run is on 1st.
Lopez up.
now time for Lopez to become a Boston Idol :)
The double play. Game over. Nice try at suspense, but Lopez kills the buzz completely.
well a game ending DP doesnt do it :@
God, I’m so frustrated right now. What a friggin’ horror of a game. Every hope dashed. Just out of reach. A hit away. A properly-handled ball away. Baseball hates me.
I think I woulda pinch hit lowell there had he got a hiot u pinch run Cora and stick Corky Miller in to catch the ninth
Does this make Javy Lopez not a “true Red Sox”?