I am late to the party, just like Theo. What did I miss? A solid first inning from David Wells. Yep, DAVID BLEEPIN’ WELLS is pitching for the Sox. Who says there were no deadline moves! Comment away.
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Lineup:
Youk
Loretta
Papi
Manny
Lowell
Tek
Coco
Pena
Cora
We need big series against Cleveland. No punk manuevers in this one.
Paul Byrd reaches his strikeout quota (2) in the first.
Come on Manny
MANNY!
You beautiful lackasadical maniac.
MANNY! 2-Run dinger! Man, he is really on a tear these days.
I just jacked up the spelling.
There’s the Red Sox MVP. Theo looking like a genius right now!
Lackasadical = casually depressed? :P
It will be interesting to see if Lowell stays in the 5-hole for the duration of Trot’s stay on the DL. And, if he does well, if he stays there for the rest of the season.
Manny spent quite a bit of time admiring that one. There any history with Byrd? Or is this about his former club? Or is just Manny being….
a dumbass?
Sounds good airk
At times he can be SF. I think we have all accepted those issues.
He’s a living god, always has been, always will be.
Hey, who you calling a dumbass, airk!? I thik you missed a comma…
Any response in NY from Sheff concerning Abreau?
Sheff has no leverage at all now. I think that’s really funny.
At least he didn’t come out for a curtain call in the 1st, like this other team I know of.
SF…where did you get called a DA?
“At times he can be SF”
I would have typed “At times he can be, SF”.
Sorry, don’t mean to go all Strunk and White on everyone’s ass here…
Sheff’s response, through his agent, was that he was glad to have Abreu as a teammate, because all he wants to do is win. No complaints with Sheff. He’s been standup since arriving in NY.
No other player quite fills out a uni like Boomer.
That curve looking good.
My bad….step away from those fumes.
I forget all of the Oxford Scholars we have in here regarding punctuation…LOL.
Damn you Blake….damn you.
Hanger. Bomb from Casey Blake. Curve not looking good. Go away, YF.
Shyte.
Manny stood still and stared at that one, too.
That’s our pitching staff this year, eh? Looking great except when giving up homers.
Sheff is gonna have plenty of suitors, esp. if he produces in September. Boston may well be one.
YF, I am not sure if the Sox would sign him. I think it would be interesting to see him hit 5th after Manny.
Just said on ESPN that Clement will probably not be back this year.
Why would Boston go after Sheff? Not sure where he fits in, YF, particularly if WMP can play just barely competently in right. No DH needed, and a Sheff/WMP platoon seems far-fetched. All bets are off if WMP goes away, of course.
Walk. There’s your Boomer Barometer. But it’s his first game back, so give him a bit of slack….
Uh oh. That ball was crushed. Get…someone up. Who the heck is gonna pitch?!?!?
Maybe we can sign a right arm in the offseason for Coco.
Jeez, wtf was wrong with that first pitch?!
Sheff, in the lineup, is one of the most productive and feared hitters in baseball. Manny, Ortiz, Sheff, would be absolutely terrifying, and the prospect of said might be enough to induce NY to resign him.
This Ump has a real picky strike zone.
Now Wells’ strike zone is tiny. This is not likely to end well. 38 pitches already and he probably won’t throw more than 80 if he escapes here.
Shoppach…..were was that last year when we called him up?
Jeez, see ya later Boomer. This is a horrible effort – every pitch is just hanging up there, the fastballs have no movement at all. This looks like BP. Al “am I of any use?” Nipper comes out to visit.
Just stated on ESPN that if Wells is yanked early, Snyder comes in and the Sox will call up Johnson to pitch tomorrow.
I think Sheffield’s risk for additional injury is too great for the kind of money he’ll be asking for. Sammy Sosa, redux.
Wow, can you say “start checking the Wild Card standings”, Rob?
Wow, we got an out.
Nice stab by Lowell a rocket by Marte. 2 down.
Definately time for me to take extreme measures SF. Time to go to voodoo.com and drop a hex on some people (Jeter, Matsui, Sheff, HGH, Halladay, Wells).
Sheff is a better hitter than Sosa.
SF: It’s Boomer’s first time out. You can’t expect a brilliant outing. Might be worth letting him work through a couple of rough innings.
They are going to have to, YF. But he just doesn’t look very good, and the Sox can’t really afford to just chuck away games at this point.
Yeah, its that time of year. Watching the regular standings and the WC standings.
One game to let Boomer work himself back into form? It’s hardly out of reach, and he needs some slack. What’s your option, anyway? Kyle Snyder?
There are no good options, YF. Boomer gets another 40 pitches, probably.
There is a drunken bum with a solid right arm sitting on top of the monster.
I’m sure we can get him for a few tickets and an autographed bat.
OK, I need good descriptions now. I am bound to watch Entourage with the wife for the next 25 minutes.
Looks like Paul Byrd is going to do everything possible to keep the Sox in this thing.
Fun to watch Boomer, whether it’s feast or famine.
Ok…hook you up.
WMP, why is he not hitting 5th?
WMP down 0-2 on a foul.
Cora on deck.
WiMPy! Sox back on top!
Oh man. WMP looks at a strike 3 curve right down the middle, somehow called a ball. WTF?!?
And now he doubles to right center. 4-3 Sox
WMP hits down the RF line that gets in the alley and bounces around. Loretta and Crisp score, WM with a stand up triple.
Varitek running very gingerly on the basepath
Yeah, Wily Mo!
All right, Wells. Don’t suck anymore, ‘kay? Limping Varitek?
Yes, Varitek, not Loretta.
Check that: it’s a trip for WMP. And he stays at third on the Cora line to left.
Cora flies out to shallow left, WMP held at 3rd.
WMP! I am relegated to bandwagon posting.
Luna snags Youk’s line drive.
bandwagon on!!
Youk liner to 2nd. WMP still parked at third for Loretta.
Johnny Drama just got a ticket.
Oh, sorry. This goes in the “Entourage” thread…
Loretta pops out…WMP stranded on 3rd.
Loretta pops out on the infield. WMP stranded at third after arriving there w/ 0 out.
And here comes the Tribe…..
Nice 1,2,3 inning needed for Wells.
Michaels down 1-2 to Wells.
He then singles to left.
Haffner to the plate.
Sutcliffe is saying he is seeing leg problems out of Wells.
haffner hits it high off the monster to score Michaels who was waved to stop at 3rd and kept going.
If the relay had been faster in to 2nd from the outfield they had a shot at a play at home.
Martinez with a shot to right to move Haffner from 2nd to 3rd.
Hmm. That bullpen had better get working. Even the outs are rocketed.
Sounds like he’s being hit very softly. Yeesh.
Snyder back up in the pen warming up.
I thought it was a good play by Manny, Rob. Barehanded on the high hop, good, quick throw. I’ve turned off the game because it’s making me sad.
yes they are not tapping the ball softly.
Smoked to left, Manny catches over his should, Haffner scores.
Tribe leads 5-4
2 out.
Wells has thrown 59 pitches in 2 2/3
Well’s velocity is starting to drop also.
Devine, it was a good play, but the Sox lost sight of Michaels on the base path.
Strikes out Peralta.
I am like a poor crack addict. Any game on here in North Carolina gets watched, regardless of how bad things get.
Do SFs think that Tito keeps his pitchers in too long? Last night and tonight he left his starters in until he was sure the Sox were losing…
Yes. It’s his biggest flaw, Sam. He does many things well, but recognizing when to hook guys is not one of his strong suits. Bringing Lester out for the 7th on Friday and letting him explode, with a rested bullpen behind him, was horrible, for a recent example.
Sam..I think that at times he does in trying to keep his eye on the big picture. He cannot always go to the pen early in a game and in order to save the pen for later in the season some of the pitchers have to suck it up.
And Papi smacks one deep to right center. 5-5
PAPI ties it up. 102 RBIs, baby.
I am pretty sure that there are a number of pitchers in the Sox’ system who could have given up 5 runs in 3 innings while Wells made one more rehab start to get his system a bit more tuned.
He does though need to have a better understanding though with some of his pitchers when they need to be yanked. SF’s point on Lester is a good case in point.
Rob is right – tonight is a case in point where he may have to squeeze innings. But it’s some of his 6th/7th inning decisions that make me nuts.
SF, that is a definately smart observation.
Lowell pops out for the 2nd out.
Varitek out of the game.
You can almost see the games that Tito says we have lost. Tavarez pitches, followed by Seanez.
Mirabelli is hitting for Tek. Something is wrong with Tek.
What’s up with Tek? He got yanked early last night too…
Someone from the Yanks come into the clubhouse breathing injury air?
Whoever predicted that Byrd v. Wells would be a high run total game was dead on. 5-5 already, and we’re not out of the 3rd… At this rate we’re looking at 15-15 going into extra innings.
Something with his leg.
A weak day gets weaker. Tek may be struggling this year, but he’s no ‘Belli. God.
Wow, how was the a double? Is there a slower guy on the face of the earth? Steven Hawking would have been on third with that hit.
Mirabelli with a double after getting a second life on a foul out to third that did not get caught.
The Lester case was especially bad. Seventh inning, he gives up two rockets (IIRC) with no out, but leaves him in that extra batter to give up the runs…
Yes there is a slower runner….seen frank Thomas lately? How about Papi running the bases? Niether of them are exactly Carl Lewis.
I think that was a calf muscle or something. Could be bad…
I think that he thought Lester would pitch out of it like he has a number of times. there is definate difference between the 3rd inning and the 7th.
Quick shot of Al Nipper ordering a pizza on NESN. That’s my best guess as to what Nipper does for the Sox.
There is the play on ESPN, Roberts steal that broke a thousand NY hearts.
Good at-bat from Coco here.
Is Snyder hurt out in the bullpen?
We need Wallace back. Nipper just seems out of his league.
Mirabelli “he of fleet foot” gunned down at home.
Seriously, how slow is Mirabelli? That’s just horrible. Why send a guy when he’s going to be out by 45 feet? DeMarlo Hale gets one demerit for that send.
They haven’t said anything about Snyder being hurt on ESPN.
Saying he was gunned down at home is extremely generous. More like “gunned down at the midpoint between third and home”.
Well, there’s your confirmation of the slowest runner theory… Belli out at the plate after a great AB by Crisp.
Not only is he slow, but the slide was terrible.
Wells pitching again. Hold on to your socks.
Snyder up and waiting in the pen
Really, on that hit, which was reasonably solid, pretty much right to Grady Sizemore (a good fielder), how can you send a guy like ‘Belli? There aren’t many guys on the Sox you send on that play, much less Doug. Bad call. Hale’s been really good this year, so he gets a pass, but that was bad.
Lowell throws out Luna for the 1st out.
Worst pitchers’ duel ever.
It’s more of a doo-dooel.
Maybe Hale was thinking that we need to try to score runs whenever possible tonight. Especially when it looks like everyone is hitting the cover off the ball off both pitchers.
the Curse of the Shoppachino
Wells strikes out Shoppach.
Andy Marte at the plate.
grounds out to Lowell.
9 pitch inning for Wells.
9 pitch inning. More like that, please.
Marte with another sharp grounder, right at Lowell. Sox coming up after Wells’ clean inning.
Nice 9 pitch 123 from Wells.
Come on boys, knock a few more in.
Wells looked like a big league pitcher that inning.
He was channeling the ghost of Dale Sveum.
Don’t say those words Hudson! A pox on you!!
WMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is he not hitting 5th?
HOLY CRAP HE CRUSHED THAT!!!
Wily Mo for Presidente!
Wily Mo says “stay on the DL, Trot!”.
That ball was absolutely mauled. One of the longer drives I have seen. Ever.
Yeah WMP! That’s good shit. My first late night of many in the office. I just need a respite somewhere.
Cora grounds out to Short.
YF, You’re being too hard on the old Boomer. He hasn’t had a minor league rehab. The Sox need to give him 4 or 5 starts before they pronounce him washed up. 1 and 3 with a 5.7 era would be nice. :-)
Oh shoot, sorry. Didn’t mean to cuss.
Nice vid of Wily Mo’s broken bat near-home run off the wall. Strong man, that Wily Mo.
Youk has been ugly since the break. He hasn’t really been doing to much.
Youk flies out to center.
The injury I was referring to, by the way, was ‘Tek’s. He pulled up running the bases and it looked like a pulled calf muscle. That could spell an absence for a catcher, no? Get used to Belli every day for a wee while…
Loretta flies out to left center.
Mo, Mo, [Wily] Mo… How d’you like it!
Youk
Loretta
Papi
Manny
Wily Mo
Lowell
Agon
Tek
Crisp
This is the lineup I want to see.
I do not think we have anything worth a crap in the minors at catcher.
15 Mark Wagner
C, Greenville
.307 .395 .476 7 C
Our top rated Catcher in the minors who is at Greenville.
Lockland… I’d rather see Lowell bat behind Manny, with WMP sixth… Otherwise I think you’d see Manny walked a ton.
Huckaby and Corky Miller at Paw.
I don’t trust anyone named Corky.
[A ton more than he already does with his great eye, that is.]
Cora throws Sizemore out.
Nothing definitive on Tek right now.
They are hearing Knee Strain. Might be related to a plate blocking this past weekend.
Cora with a stupid move throwing the ball allows the runner advance to 2nd.
ESPN reports knee strain for Tek.
Chico’s Bail Bonds rear their ugly heads!
Another bad decision by the Sox. Michaels lumbers into 2nd on the overthrow by Cora on a hit down the line.
silly error on Cora. Didn’t need to throw it to second to hold the runner.
I’ll say it again Willy Mo Pena is going to be a monster for the Sox
Hafner looks like he can hit the ball a long way.
Yeah, my mistake about Tek. I was just going on what I saw.
Anyway, I have no idea why I’m on this thread. Laters.
WMP will be a good hitter if he can stay in Boston and work with Manny and Papi.
Sam, did look like he did something to his calf on the replay.
WMP looks like he’s already taken lessons from Manny on how to react after hitting a homer.
Michaels advances to 3rd on groundout to 1st.
SF – Your tone seems really negative tonight, did the no deal at the deadline really take that much wind out of your sails?
We still have a very good team, buck up man.
LOL YM.
Snyder back up in the pen.
3-1 to Martinez.
Um. Now would be a good time to give Boomer the hook.
Walks Martinez. Runners on 1st and 3rd.
Snyder is ready.
Blake headed to the plate.
That blind faith in pitchers we talked about earlier.
0-1 on knee high strike to Blake.
Damn you Tito.
No, I am just sick (physically, that is). I am not as down on the team as Paul is, I don’t think. I am just realistic: the team to the south improved, we didn’t. That’s not a great thing. Add in Tek being hurt and there’s a little bit of a knife twist.
Meanwhile, Wells is left in to really suck. Thanks, Terry. What a joke of an effort. And Tito sits on his ass, still.
Once again, Terry leaves the pitcher in one batter too many.
…Make that 2 batters too many.
Blake with a 3 run shot.
Peralta hit the next pitch to left.
Now 8-6 Cleveland on a 3-run gopher ball.
95 pitches for Boomer through 4-and-2/3.
This is getting ridiculous. Watch the Sox tie it up in the bottom of the inning.
YM – YF, can you guys give it a rest with the Manny admiring his shots crap? You guys give 2nd inning curtain calls, you have known cheaters on your team, you’re in no position to criticize in-game etiquette or player class.
Sorry, but it’s getting as old as the stupid nicknames like Pay-Rod and HGHiambi, etc…
Wow, that was a bad job by Wells, compounded by a brain-dead manager. And I don’t think I am being unduly harsh right now.
Right on, Lockland.
Of course when your alternative is Kyle Snyder, maybe you try to stick with the starter for as long as possible…
It would have been nice if Wells had left after this inning with the lead. Tito just nees to look at the standings on the Monster to remember how important each game is now.
Snyder should have been brought in after the walk to Martinez. The crowd went quiet as Blake came to the plate sensing what was going to happen.
Yeah, WTF is Tito thinking there? Maybe he wants to see if Boomer gets out of the inning?
Jeeez gimme a break
Crisp catchs the fly to center for the third out.
Lockland, SF: Curtain calls are a product of stupid fans in the stadium, we’ve been through this before. Manny’s HR admirings are a product of him showing up the pitcher and the opposing team. Totally different.
Sox fans give Wells a pretty good round of applause despite the shelling…
Some of those homerun shots should be admired. It is not natural to hit a baseball 460 feet.
Damn, I admire ground balls I hit to the outfield.
Right there we have a perfect example of bad managing costing a team multiple runs. I know I can come off as overly harsh on Francona, but I want to know why I should give him a pass after a non-decision like that? In what universe was it right to stretch Wells out like that after the way he had been hit? And not pulling him after the dinger and allowing one more hit? I mean, what game was he watching? At what point had he seen enough? It boggles the mind, frankly.
Correct YM.
Who gives a flying f*** if a player watches their homer? I don’t care who does it, Red Sox or not. I only care if it doesn’t turn out to be one, which Manny has done this year.
YM: players don’t have to answer curtain calls. Pretty darn simple. Second inning curtain calls shouldn’t be answered. Players who do are asking for it. Just like players who admire their home runs for no good reason other than their monstrous distance.
I am off to bed. Gonna watch sans computer. This game is going to end long after I am asleep, and I can’t afford to get any more ill.
Go Sox!
SF, Some of the earlier discussiion was right in regards to Tito. He sometimes uses his heart in gauging some of his pitchers and not what is happening in the game. Part of the problem when you have a players manager and not a leader manager.
SF: Mostly agreed.
Apparently Yankee fans think everyone should be just like Pete Rose — hustle like a banshee on every play, and cheat.
Manny just like to play, Manny being Manny, it’s all love, Manny shows up no one show off for his friends…
Hey, joo know, I hit the ball har’, mang. I like the way that looks, all pretty flying through the air. Like watching the replay too, mang. It’s like…Manny seeing Manny, joo know?
That’s good Devine.
Sox go down 1-2-3.
Hysterical it is
Well off to bed to watch the game. Everyone have a good night.
I was inspired by Brian’s stellar effort, thank you, Rob!
Hey thanks Devine was a pale imitation of your s
Y’know you’d think the middle of the order mightve had some answer there might have been nice…
With the exception of a few certain pitchers that Manny hates, and on those shots he stares at the pitcher not the ball going over the wall, he’s not showing up the pitcher, he just knows it’s long gone.
Curtain calls don’t have to be answered.
None of this is the point though, the point is that’s what Manny does and it hasn’t cost us, I think pitchers know he’s not doing it to show them up.
Manny does that.
Arod is paid a lot.
Giambi once did steroids.
The “RedSux” do not actually suck.
The “Yankees Suck” chant is factually incorrect.
I’m just saying it’s the same as all the other stuff we try to stay away from here, one of the reasons I like this place.
Y’know I hate saying this right now, but I like Kyle Synder… middle relief ought to be perfect for him, really
This is the role Snyder should be in. 5th, 6th inning role. I’m not just saying that ’cause he’s started off right this game, either. He’s good for about two, three innings. Then he totally sucks.
Great minds, Brian.
shoot me for mentioning anything
I agree Devine MAX three innings
Yeah, Lockland, that’s part of why I got into this site. I thought, ah, we can rationally discuss the teams without the stupid claptrap spouted by both sides.
And that’s mostly true, but sometimes tempers run high and people trot out the standard complaints. And that makes me tired.
Michaels and Snyder: separated at birth? You be the judge.
But really I think the guy will provide the Sox with great long relief… I just hope Wells can be more effective than this
Thank YEEEEW strikes out the side
Personally, I have nothing against rational conversation about the merits of either the Sox or the Yanks it’s the idiots that make it particularly hard to do that.
Lockland: Agree 100%.
Now why couldn’t Belli have lead off with his double? >grin<
Hmmm now he needs the double….
They can’t get Pena out. Look at ‘im go!
(have to take positives somewhere down 2 despite scoring 6)
Headed home from the office. See y’all later (maybe even tonight).
Did you guys all bail?
Pena 3 for 3 on the night. That’s got to be a relief to see him come out on fire.
later D
Cora suddenly looking the part of a lifetime 240 hitter
It’s relief that he came back as hot as he was when he left. I’m telling you baring something horrible he will make a huge impact
Call me crazy, but I have a good feeling about this game. (I’m thinking extra innings and Big Papi, but that’s too obvious.)
Unless it involves Tavarez in any way.
That’s the thing that scares me the most about facing the Sox. If Papi and Ramirez have at bats in the final two frames of a game, 2 runs is not an adequate lead.
“baring something horrible”…
Now that’s what I call going on a hot streak.
Double by Ortiz.
2 outs. Manny……..
LOL, Gerbil!
…… and Manny draws the first Boston walk of the night. (Surprising, that.)
That’s funny Gerb
Davis begins to implode.
WP, Papi to 3rd, Manny still on 1st.
I of course shoulda typed barring but baring something horrible is far funnier
Wedge took notes on when to pull the pitcher…
Betancourt coming in for Davis, who was mowing ’em down (3 Ks in 2.1 innings) before the Papi double.
Glad to see Davis go…
Baring Something Horrible…. Wasn’t that the runner-up name for Jeter’s new cologne?
(:^I)
a Lowell hit woulda been nice right there
Lowell pops out, tying runs squandered. Feh.
Jeter’s new colonge, now that right there….that’s funny
9-pitch inning for Snyder.
Sox down to six outs.
3 and 1/3 nice innings from Snyder so far wish it had been 3 and 2/3
WMP is one double away from hitting for the cycle.
“Obsession” for fanboys would have worked for Jeter too.
They should do that for a few other Yankees.
Bernie Williams: “Old Spice”
Giambi: “Brut” by Faberjason
Rodriguez: “American, no wait, Dominican, no wait, American, Leather”
Coco “Chanel” Crisp is just too easy.
Funny stuff, Gerb.
Interesting….the ESPN K-zone and the mlb Gameday strikezone are really different.
Belli down on strikes.
LOL, Gerbil.
Uh…did ESPN just say Sox should’ve trade for Mark Prior????
Damn, he’s back to being Wily Mo K-ena.
They obviously aren’t watching the Cubs playing the Diamondbacks.
bummmer Willy Mo gets rung up
And showed him getting lit up by the DBacks right after. Classic.
Hudson, uhhh I’ll take a strikeout… and three for four with three rbi with a .330 ba how bout you?
ESPN is really not even pretending, are they….? Sick.
Another good inning for Snyder.
Crunch time, bottom of the 9th.
Did i mention how great a middle reliever I thought Kyle Snyder would make? Yeah… I did
>grin<
Cora gets it going.
That means Papi gets to bat, unless … not going to say it.
It would be fun to introduce Tito Francona to Fausto Carmona.
Just back from dinner now. Come on Cleveland, close it out….
PS: I see the note about Manny admiring his shot touched off quite the flame war. I’m not sure what the big deal is. I just wondered whether there was anything to it beyond his normal strut: does he have something with Bird? Is it about putting one one his old team? Not sure why this is an unreasonable question. Obviously there was a backstory with the Proctor showdown. Was something up here? I guess not.
Youk walks. Come on. TRIBE!
Youks walks.
No outs, 1st and 2nd…
1 down. But guess who’s up. Odds this thing ends now? Pretty good.
Loretta pops out, one gone.
Stage set for you know who.
And NESN manages to miss pitch 1. HELLO!
Un-fuckin’-believable.
He did it again.
Check out my prediction a few innings back.
As expected. Ortiz. Propers.
YYYYYYYYEAAAAAHHHHH Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fifth walk-off hit for Papi this year.
WAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hudson you are truly prophetic
“Never gonna stop.. give it up. m. m. m. myyyyy Carmona!”
Sigh.
But Papi is GOD
C’mon, you could see that coming from a mile away once they walked Youk. Props where props are due.
ESPN booth is going nuts. Remember to breathe, guys…
YF: It’s inevitable with Ortiz. I have given myself over to that. It’s just that old story about how to pitch to Hank: “Make sure no one is on when he hits it out.”
**runs around the streets of Brooklyn singing, “THEY CALL HIM BIG PAPI”**
David Ortiz may just wind up being the most beloved Sox player ever (if 2004 didn’t already sew that up). I never thought anyone could eclipse Yaz, but jeebus it is just unbelievable how clutch Papi is. When you think the string has finally run out he produces another giant ball of twine.
I mean really the guy is just ridiculous
Car-blowna.
I blame this on Atlanta. They took Wickman. And they used him to get swept by the Mets. Nice.
YF: Good point.
How beloved is Yaz anyway? What’s to love? The guy was a tool.
HOLY F***ING S***!
I DON’T BELIEVE IT!!!
(“It’s just not believable, Cotton.”)
Did you hear that? ESPN just had a massive orgasm.
Gerbil: It’s not inevitable. It’s incredible, even having seen it happen time and time again.
All logic and probability would suggest that Ortiz couldn’t possibly keep doing this. But he does.
WWAD? (What Would Arod Do?)
There is no question in my mind that Papi will go right up there with Yaz and Orr and Bird and Hondo
Catch you all later. Tribe, you let me down. Again. Fek.
YF, don’t be an idiot (if ‘ya can help it). Yaz was god in Boston. Last guy to win the triple crown. Played the Monster like no one before or since.
Anyway, that should take the edge off of the we-got-outdone-on-deadline-day sting.
Uhh Yaz is an icon, period. Please the guy played every inning of his hugely long career in a Sox uniform and while he wasn’t that cuddly he ended up being a lot more approachable
i got home from work just in time to see that. unbelievable.
Yes, he was a great player. But didn’t he actually testify on behalf of the owners AGAINST the players union in the early 70s? Hard to get behind a guy like that.
YF, if you go to a bar in Boston and announce that Yaz was a tool, you’ll be living with a jaw that has to be wired shut for several months.
Speaking of tools, though… Derek Jeter’s new “fragrance is a blend of chilled grapefruit, clean oak moss and spice.”
See, he’s too classy for dirty oak moss.
[Closing italics]
I seem to recall something about that union stuff… but really who cares, he gave it his all on the field for decades as a fan you can’t ask for much more
Oh, by the way PAI DID IT AGAIN!!!!!! YEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Thanks a lot Hudson, you broke teh internets!!!
Uhhhh that should have been Papi
Seize you later
See what you get for saying not nice things about YF and Derek, Hudson?
Love Yaz all you want. I’m just sayin’, when the players needed to stand together, he was a company man. Doesn’t make him any less of a hero for his play, and obviously the way that stuff was reported back in the day was quite different than today.
I think anyone leaving open code will henceforth be subject to a 1-day ban for the first offense, with escalators for those who repeat. Hudson gets in under the wire.
I’m back and, despite my better judgement, commenting. Call Jeter a tool if you must. Call him overrated if you want to parrot the least insightful moderation you can make about a player, since “over-rating” is completely external to the player. But the guy has not taken a wrong step (make your own damn slow step to his left joke) in his life, and I am guessing that his perfume will sell, and sell well. I hate perfume. I hate scented laundry detergent. But I know marketing, and this will carry. Silly as it may be.
AG: Hell yeah. I’ve already got my tub capped off with the stuff and let me tell you, I smell sweeter than a freshly mown outfield.
Also, Vanessa Minillo keeps calling my cell. Go figure.
YF: That’s a fine image for me to carry with me the rest of the night. :) Did you see my other ideas for Yankee fragrances? There’s moolah there, I tells ya.
Okay. Pizza’s ready. Time to deliver to the DF-GF (Detroit fan).
Later all.
AG: I did. But I think you forgot this one:
http://www.fragrancex.com/products/_cid_Cologne-am-lid_C-am-pid_24M__products.html
If anyone’s still awake, go to wfan.com and listen to the clip of Chris talking to Cashman.
MVP=PAPI, un-fucking-real. Congrats Sox fans. When the Big Man is retired, the Sox will never have a more essential player than that. God help RSN if Big Papi is to suffer a nasty injury in the next 8 weeks. No one will pitch to Manny, and the playoffs will look like a speeding pick-up truck that is speeding off in the distance after your ass fell off the back.
YM, I just listened to the Chris Carlin/Cash interview; if I saw Carlin on the street I’d gut him. What a piece of shit that guy is. I envision him as the incarnate of every Yankee fan that boos Arod at the Stadium. What a f’ing bum.
God help RSN if Big Papi is to suffer a nasty injury in the next 8 weeks.
Nice try.
Ass.
Yeah Mayday; I want Papi to get an injury. No you stupid shit; I’m trying to emphasize how important he is to your team. That guy goes down, and the Sox are screwed. What do you mean “nice try”? Like I’m trying to will an injury on a guy like Ortiz, who is as good guy as it gets by all accounts? I would love to meet you in person Mayday. I don’t mean anything physical, just to debate w/you eye to eye.
YF – Can’t believe I missed that one.
For better or worse, I don’t know a single Boston fan with any lingering problem with Yaz and the union. Bring Yaz out on the field at Fenway any day of the year and there’ll be a thundering standing O.
Meanwhile, every time Jeter steps to the plate, I hope opposing pitchers aren’t distracted if they get a whiff of chilled grapefruit, clean oak moss and spice.
Wow, what an ending. Not the Ortiz thing, but YF starting a flame war by dissing Yaz for testimony on behalf of the owners, in a different era, under different circumstances. Easy criticism with hindsight. The guy was a great player, and most certainly a hero to many fans. I guess the problem is that our town’s hero doesn’t measure up to his: a wife-beating coffee machine salesman who was basically a world class scumbag.
SF: Actually, that’s a point I was about to make myself. There was a time when dissing Joe D in NYC was tantamount to heresy. But I think we’ve all come to a place now where we (or at least educated fans) can appreciate his role on the field, though not his persona off it. I’m wondering why or if Sox fans feel a similar retaking of stock is in order when it comes to Yaz. So, yes, I was being a bit incendiary, but the issue is nevertheless real.
For sure. I think that there was a greater separation between on-field and off-field exploits in earlier times. The web, the mass media, cable outlets, all makes this separation much smaller, and hence we find out about Brett Myers knocking his wife around within hours, for example. We can make on-the-run judgments about whether someone is a “good guy” or not, independent of home runs, no-hitters, and diving grabs.
I do think it’s fair to review history, so Yaz’s off-field doings are fair game in order to give us a better picture of what kind of guy he was, of how he fit into the game as an historical figure, both on and off the field. But that doesn’t necessarily make him less of a baseball hero (if not a real-life hero) to many people, and it certainly doesn’t change what he accomplished on the field or erase childhood memories. Same thing with Joe D.
Well said.
“No you stupid shit; I’m trying to emphasize how important he is to your team. ”
Ortiz is important to the Red Sox? Well, call up CHB- BY78’s broken a story here.
I was playfully bantering about the fact that you were trying to jinx Mr. Ortiz. Obviously you took it the wrong way. Refilled your xanax prescription recently?