After a leadoff walk, Kinsler is gunned down in the top of the first trying to be the thief! DiceK vs. Tommy Walker Hunter who sure plays a mean pinball. Game On! Comment away.
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Hamilton out of the game cause his wife’s giving birth.
On mlb.tv it shows Jason Bay’s batting average at .340. Big error there.
Oakland hanging tough….
Daisuke walks the bases loaded. Thankfully opponents are 0 for 11 with the bases loaded against him this season.
I hope that’s not a big jinx.
Daisuke walking that tightrope. Gets out of bases loaded for the umpteenth time this season.
That was the quintessential Dice-K inning – a single, two walks, two strikeouts, leaves the bases loaded without giving up a run.
It is SO horrific to watch.
Pena homers in Oakland with none out in the top of the 12th.
Daisuke walks the bases loaded. Thankfully opponents are 0 for 11 with the bases loaded against him this season.
I hope that’s not a big jinx.
Wow weird lag there.
Jed!
Amazing, he shares the initials of a former shortstop, and absolutely nothing else. 1/3, one out.
I remember watching Hunter pitch last week against the Yankees, quite clearly. He sucked. I wonder if the Sox can do some damage as well.
Black hole at the plate.
I think you mean Black hole #1 of 3, SF.
Orsillo: “Tek 4 for his last 27”. Isn’t that always the case?
Come on Tek, lean into it. For God’s sake…
Tommy Hunter should be ashamed, walking Tek.
Haha, walking Tek.
Coco pops up the first pitch, and it falls in! Terrible hitting by Coco.
Coco hits a blooper…seemed to fall really fast. 1-0 Sox, still loaded.
Coco gets a little bloop single, Red Sox take the lead 1-0. Tampa Bay takes the lead in extras.
I am completely and utterly shocked that we have gotten past the Tek/Crisp Black Hole of Suck and managed to both score a run and avoid making any outs.
Also, Ath – whatever happened with your roommate’s gf?
Cora HBP! 2-0 Sox!
Hits Cora in the leg! Hilarious!
Come on, JD!
Groundout plates one. Not great, not deplorable.
A’s put the tying run on with none out.
JD slow roller, knocks in Tek. 3 zip.
We got through Cora too?!
3-0 is good, but against this offense I won’t feel safe unless we’re winning by about 20 runs.
Tek has to try and not get hit and still walks, Crisp dinks, and Cora gets pegged. Who got to this guy? Somebody has something on Hunter.
Micah, I guess you didn’t hear when I said it earlier in the week: I confronted her, and she kept lying about it. So I showed her the video… and then she stormed out of the apartment without saying anything else. She’s been over once or twice since then, but she always quickly goes to my roommate’s room on the other side of the apartment. At least she has enough shame to avoid showing her face in the living room and kitchen, though I’m still pissed I haven’t gotten an apology.
She’s been around less often though, which makes me happy.
Rope by Pedroia in to the corner makes it 4-0.
Pedroia laces a double to left. JD to 3rd. 4-0.
LASER SHOW! 4-0!
If someone doesn’t start making t-shirts with Pedroia’s silhouette on them and “Laser Show” written underneath I’m going to.
PAPI! 7-0!
Hmmm, I need to order some dinner. Can’t decide on pork fried rice or some sort of fried chicken thing with spicy sauce. No urge to cook tonight with my wife away.
THREE RUN DING!! PAPI!!!
PAPI!!!!! 7-0.
7 runs! Whee!
I still don’t feel remotely safe.
Make sure to have it be on a disco floor with Pedroia wearing shades, Ath.
i’ll say it again, screw instant replay. institute electric fences.
Can’t decide on pork fried rice or some sort of fried chicken thing with spicy sauce.
I’m a big fan of pork fried rice… but aren’t you Jewish? Or are you a cool Jew that realizes that dietary laws are silly?
How hot is Youk? Damn. Double.
Devine that’s the best idea I’ve heard all year.
Or are you a cool Jew that realizes that dietary laws are silly?
Well, there are plenty of cool, kosher Jews, Ath.
I am a proud, semi-lapsed, sort of agnostic but sentimental-about-my-religion Jew, and one who has no qualms about a lunch of clam chowder and a dinner of ribs. If I am going to hell, I would hope that Yahweh would put me there for more than being a foodie.
Another run, Youk scores on a play that Catalanotto might have made. Check that, should have made.
It should be noted that Youk and Pedroia are now #1 and #3 in the AL in batting average, fighting each other the whole way up. Damon is tied for #1 with .323.
Ath: yeah, I missed it (work has still been super-busy so I haven’t been keeping up with YFSF threads very much except for a couple of game threads). Good to hear she’s avoiding you now, at least. I sympathize with crazy girls – my psychotic ex has been trying to facebook-stalk me and my new girlfriend recently, despite me not having talked to her for over a year.
And now Bay gets in on the fun! 8-0. Whee.
Rays win.
Scored a single, but that’s not a single. That was an error.
Hunter, as I remembered from the Yankees game, is a bad pitcher. The Coco dump job was bad luck and it changed the inning, but he’s really not a good pitcher from the small sample I have seen.
my psychotic ex has been trying to facebook-stalk me
Man do I miss dating.
;-)
sf- excerpt from a richard and sal phony phone call….
“is your chicken spicy?…is your turban dirty?”
one of the best things they’ve ever done.
Sigh. How come Tampa can win 1-run games on the road? What are we, 0 for our last 16?
Frigging A’s.
Yeah SF, I joke around with my roommate about that all the time; he’s EXTREMELY strict about his diet (no shellfish or pork) but eats pepperoni on his pizza. I have nothing wrong with anyone’s beliefs, but at least don’t half-ass it right?
My step-grandfather shares your beliefs; he’s “ethnically Jewish” as he calls it, but doesn’t care much for organized religion. And he loves bacon.
Ha, yeah rod. The other one I love is the pizza order from the train station. And the on-the-air interview while Foghat is supposedly warming up in the studio.
As an aside, I really hope Artie doesn’t die.
Lowrie crushes one to the monster, double scores the ninth of the inning. Ugly, if you happen to like the Rangers.
Wow we’re really good at this scoring-lots-of-runs-in-one-inning thing. Lowrie with his 2nd hit of the inning.
mmmmmm. Bacon.
Scored 36 runs (so far) this series. Texas pitching is awful.
I said that before the graphic popped up on my computer!
Much of my family is Jewish (I am not, officially, since it’s my dad’s side of the family, and as an atheist I have no intention of converting). Cultural Judaism = challah bread, latkes, and a Jewish grandmother. Cultural Judaism is delicious.
SF: Yeaaaaah, she was fun. Cheated on me, I dumped her, and she pulled both a fake pregnancy AND a fake miscarriage on me. I had to get my dean’s office to ban her from my campus. My current girlfriend, thankfully, is totally sane and likes baseball.
Also, I love Jed Lowrie. Die in a fire, Lugo, and never come back.
Varitek with the K. I suppose it would have been too much to ask for him to get on base twice in the same inning.
Okay Daisuke, THROW STRIKES.
Tek strikes out. The nine runs takes the edge off our catcher’s terminal velocity fall.
Tek avoids the bad luck 10-run inning by striking out.
the richard call to the woman selling a lazyboy/basketball hoop/and something else. he loops his answers and drives the woman crazy.
artie will be fine. he’s doing this to sell books.
Die in a fire, Lugo, and never come back.
See, now I hate him too. But I would more rationally settle for “just stay home at gametime, skinnylegs”.
Ouch Micah, bad times there. I had a friend whose girlfriend pulled the fake-pregnancy fake-miscarriage on him too. That must be a shitty thing to have to deal with.
I think the Riley Martin call (“hello Steve!”) might be my absolute fave.
I had a friend whose girlfriend pulled the fake-pregnancy fake-miscarriage on him too.
Wow. Two in one thread. I had no idea that this ploy even existed.
Bah, you want to be “reasonable” about it. You’re no fun. ;)
Of COURSE Dice-K lets the first batter get on base.
I would have no problem throwing Lugo a going-away party. Lowrie’s success so far has lessened my hate for our former SS.
you’re dead on with that one.
uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh huh.
Neither did I, SF – and I had no idea how to deal with it. It was pretty horrible. Luckily, I no longer have to see her or talk to her ever again.
Catalanatto flies out. God, I hate him and his career 1 billion OPS against us (a rough but accurate estimate).
It’s good to be the Sox right now boy! Who needs to talk baseball when you are en fuego and your rival just pooped the bed over the past 2 weeks. Religious beliefs, eating habits, facebook…walk into a Yankees game these days and it’s nothing of the sort. I hate all of you. LFYFVSSF regulars! (Stole that from SF)
I’ll bet when Daisuke’s pitching, the NESN TV scorer’s hand must be floating over the switch that increases the ball count.
Yeah SF, it’s a pretty miserable thing to do. My friend who it happened two found out she was lying about two months later, when he mentioned it off-hand to her older brother, who said something along the lines of “Dude she tells that to every boyfriend of hers when they’re close to breaking up”
Needless to say he had a great time throwing all of her belongings out of his 4th-story window.
Ordered dumplings and fried rice, the local chinese joint in Brooklyn Heights won’t deliver so little (never had this issue, perhaps it is the violent lightning outside?) so I had to throw in an egg roll. Just what my slim figure needs.
Dice-K escapes again.
Dice-K gets out of it again! Thank you, Japanese Houdini. Also, I like when Gameday lies to me like that – “in play, no out” = double play.
“I would have no problem throwing Lugo a going-away party”
This is a great idea. Someone set up an E-vite!
John: tune back in in the seventh inning when the game is stuck at 10-4 and the bullpen starts working for the Sox. You will be able to cut the tension in this thread with a knife.
Wow, it’s really still the third inning?
Cora walks. Texas pitchers have no clue.
Yeah SF as you can tell I am slightly bored. No Yankees tonight and my son has me watching some awful cartoon called “Ice Age” on FX. This is a slight step up from the daily Bob The Builder marathon, but not much! Enjoy the game fellas and SF enjoy that take out.
The black-hole department of the lineup has been on base 4 times so far, and it’s only the 3rd inning.
Carlos Delgado just hit his 26th dinger for the Mets. His resurrection might be the single most improbable things in baseball this year. I honestly can’t believe it after last year and the first part of this year. He truly looked done, a lot like Tek. It’s miraculous.
thing. not “things”.
In play, no out = routine grounder to 1st.
And by that, I mean “no out = 1 out”. Thanks for messing with me, Gameday.
Gameday is having issues – that’s the second time “in play, no out” has meant an out for Texas.
Holy crap, two down and nobody on!
That first pitch to Davis was awesome…disappeared as it got close to the plate.
Does NBC actually think that a show with Christian Slater has any shot? Does anything with Christian Slater have a shot?
I knew he couldn’t do 1-2-3.
Good call SF–Davis singles.
No clean inning. Hard shot down the 1B line for a single.
SF, do you have men’s indoor volleyball on TV also?
Davis caught running to second.
WTH? Botched hit and run? Three down, anyway.
HAH Davis thrown out going to 2nd. Great recovery by Tek.
That’s two caught stealing by Varitek this game – when was the last time THAT happened?
Devine, Tek dropped the ball and the runner took off. It didn’t go very far, so Tek threw him out easily.
Yes, men’s volleyball. Thrilling.
Question: why do you get to serve when you win a point? Is it really an advantage? Seems like more points are won returning serve than with the serve.
I don’t watch volleyball, so have no clue; one would think it was an advantage historically based on the fact that you are rewarded with serve when you win a point.
Thanks for the clarification, Ath.
And MAKE THAT SHIRT!
the more i watch salty play, the less i want him to be sock.
You know, maybe this is all part of Dice-K’s secret strategy. Let the other guys get baserunners every inning so they THINK they have a chance, and then pull the rug out from under them. All to frustrate them so they will be easier pickings later down the road.
Or so I’d like to think, anyway.
It’s weird, because in most volleyball I’ve ever seen you can ONLY score when you’re serving. I guess international rules are different.
Youk made an out – is that even allowed in this series?
Jed with another hit.
Wow, can you guys hear the obnoxious fan in the crowd screaming “HEY MIKE LOWRIE! GET IT? MIKE LOWELL-RIE!”
Lowrie hitting .312. Beautiful.
If Lugo ever plays again, barring injury, Tito should be forced to watch all of Lugo’s ABs for the Red Sox on a loop, Clockwork Orange style.
thanks for everything you’ve done tek. you will be missed.
SF did you just see that thinkpad commercial?
Lowrie was the player taken with the pick received when OCab wasn’t signed. I didn’t know this.
I think the Texas pitching coach sits down with his guys before each game and goes “Okay, I know you guys would have trouble making the AA teams of most other franchises, but even you – yes, you – can get Jason Varitek out. So try to get the inning to him without too much damage. And if you can’t get him out, then, well, it’s all over.”
I think the Texas pitching coach sits down with his guys before each game and goes “Okay, I know you guys would have trouble making the AA teams of most other franchises, but even you – yes, you – can get Jason Varitek out. So try to get the inning to him without too much damage. And if you can’t get him out, then, well, it’s all over.”
How did that double post? I only clicked submit once!
Rewound the DVR to see the commercial. Odd.
Salty singles. Can’t wait ’til he’s wearing red.
And Kinsler GIDPs – at least Dice-K didn’t let a runner past first base that inning!
79 pitches through 5. My kingdom for 7 innings scoreless.
…Pedroia is married? She looks tall–I bet she towers over him.
Ath, that can be your retort to Nick’s post: the spouses of Sox players are better-looking than the spouses of the Yankees.
I want to know how Pedroia met his wife. I bet it’s a great story. He probably came up to her and was like “I’m way hotter than the loser you’re dating now, and I bet I can kick his ass, too”. And the guy was probably a linebacker or something.
In other news, that was a quick inning.
So long as Jeter’s sexual exploits stay off the list. Alba, Biel and Johannson just aren’t fair.
Hey, why’d Ellsbury replace Drew?
Six innings down.
I think we can get one more inning from Dice-K. I really hope so, anyway – I do not trust this bullpen against that lineup, even with a nine run lead.
At what point do we accept the fact that Daisuke has more skill than luck, and that maybe his success this year should be attributed to him performing so well with runners on base? He leads the majors in opponent BA with RISP.
Pedroia singles, sort of! Average back up to .321. Ortiz up, then Youk gets a chance to counter. I bet they have a competition going to see who can finish with the highest average.
Wow, women’s beach volleyball team loses the first set to a pair of overweight Belgians.
mmmmm…waffles.
Hey, still 9-0! Nice.
Ath, in NY the US women haven’t lost yet. Are you in a timewarp?
Wow this is an INTENSE volleyball match.
You mean Beijing, SF? And yeah, I prematurely called it because they were down a few set-points. I’m going to go ahead and call it a successful reverse-jinx.
is this where i cast my youk for mvp ballot?
I meant on NBC in NY, Ath.
US comes back to win, fending off five set points.
usa! usa! usa!
Ahhh my bad SF. They just came back and won the set. Woohoo!
DC, we’ll happily take your vote. He’s well deserving of it, too.
We’re at the point where I’m HAPPY to see Daisuke walk the lead-off hitter. It seems to be good luck for him.
the rangers telecast (FSN Southwest) just ran a story on these two jewish kids sox fans who who sit in the first row of the bleachers and give the opposing teams bullpens dradals (sp) and yamikas (sp) each game. pretty cool. the kids told the announcers that the angels are the coolest to them.
Through seven, still 9-0. Fine work, Daisuke.
Seven more shutout innings for Dice-K. Seventy more ‘how the hell did he get out of that?!’ shakes of my head.
dreidels and yarmulkes, rod, for the record.
“We’re at the point where I’m HAPPY to see Daisuke walk the lead-off hitter. It seems to be good luck for him.” – this seems like pretty much the perfect summation of the Dice-K Experience.
thanks.
cash changed his jersey # to 30 as to allow byrd #36.
11 minutes til Phelps.
And we got Good MDC tonight. Let’s hope whoever pitches the ninth doesn’t decide to try real hard to make it interesting.
MDC with a clean eighth.
Remember the days when our bullpen would blow 9-run leads? Ahh, I’m glad those days are behind us.
Pedroia with another hit*!
Pedroia’s average leapfrogs Youks, now beating him .323 to .322. And Youk is pinch-hit for! I bet Youk is pissed to not get a chance to retake the lead.
10-0 going to the top of the ninth.
Whaddaya know? A Timlin perfect inning!
7 scoreless the only way Daisuke knows how…with 11 baserunners. (2 caught stealings, 2 GIDPs, and not one XBH for Texas.)
See, that was how last night was supposed to go. And the night before that. Much better.
Bring on the Blue Jays!
Phelps 6 for 6.