With Mike Lowell out of the lineup, we get a second straight day of Gold Glove candidate David Ortiz’s defense at first. (You laugh, but name a first baseman with a higher fielding percentage this year).
We also get a pretty good pitcher’s duel of our own — Josh Beckett, who has been stellar in his last two starts, against Brett Myers, whose numbers aren’t too shabby either.
Last night, we got an awesome performance from Clement in which he pitched out of a first-inning jam. Did Beckett take notes on how not to allow a run in the opening frame? We shall see … Comment away!
Watching the pre-game on NESN on Directv, and just praying they don’t black it out, forcing me to the Philly feed…you never know until the moment of the game.
and NESN is is! Youk barely misses one there – just a tad off the end of the bat or it would have been gone. As it is, garden variety flyout.
Myers has nice stuff.
Accommodating strike zone.
Only one pitch caught my eye, the first strike to Loretta. Otherwise I didn’t have a beef with the calls, AG.
Beckett with the first batter walk, continuing his pattern of ominous first innings. He’s clearly overthrowing right now.
Manny asleep out there, Rollins tags on a fly out to left. Bad Manny.
Manny wasn’t paying attention and Rollins takes second tagging on the fly to left.
I’m taking the Manny flub as a good thing. Whenever he tends to do something like that, he typically hits a dinger.
Nice stab by Youkilis.
Who needs Lowell?! What a nice play by Youk there, saving a run for the moment.
Remy observing the risk of steal of home. Howard obliges by skying the first pitch to Nixon. Gracias.
Howard swings at the first pitch and flies out to right to end the inning. Manny’s coming up to prove or disprove the sooth of Hunter.
SF: That looked accommodating.
Yes it did. Manny got screwed there.
Full to Manny, K’s swinging.
Trot pops out to Rollins off the apron in short right.
‘Tek’s numbers are depressing.
At work, so I’m slightly here… (You might be thinking, “Geez, he’s always at work. He must have the suckiest schedule ever!” You’d be right).
It’s looking like Myers is very good so far, but once again, I’m GameCastin’ it.
Myers does look good – besides Manny’s walk that was called a strikeout Myers hasn’t made any mistakes. Hopefully the second time through they’ll get a bead on him.
Full count to Burrell: payoff is deep to right, Nixon catches it on the track.
NESN says that Tek is 12 for 18 on May 20th, with 5 consecutive homers on that date. Who tracks that stuff? How much do they get paid?
AG, They mentioned that the other night as well… I forget who it was, but it might have been ESPN… Whoever it is, I want their job…
David Bell hits a flare to right for a single.
1 on, 2 down…
Paul: agreed.
Gonzalez plays the roller from Ruiz to second for the force to end the inning. Beckett looks sharp.
The Philly gun cannot be taken seriously: Beckett’s last pitch came in at 103. Sure.
If it was, I’d be a little pissed… Save that gas for the jams and the late innings, Josh.
Pea with the quick single… We’re gonna need every run, guys, so let’s get him home!
Howard dives but can’t make the play on the roller from WMP for a single to right.
Um, that would be Pena. Not Pea. I can’t even think of a good joke for that one…
I’d be all for the sac bunt here from A-Gon, followed by yet another sac bunt from Beckett…
Correct foul call on the squibber to Bell there.
Bell picks up a ball he shouldn’t have touched but it’s called foul anyway.
A sac would have been better than that crap. GIDP.
Bell turns the 543 on AGon.
Beckett hits better than Willie Harris.
Right at Abreu for the third out on the line to right.
Crap, leave the computer for two seconds…
Beckett behind again. Seems to have been behind more than Myers in fewer hitters.
Beckett is at 31 pitches, Myers is at 35.
Hadn’t even realize Beckett fell behind Myers. And he eventually whiffs him.
Second out is a pop to Trot.
2 down, popout from Rollins.
Chase Utley is like a rich man’s Adam Kennedy.
Behind another guy. I don’t like this pattern.
Urgh…Chase Utley
Shit. And that’s where it hurts him. He’s gotta cut down on those homers.
Chase Utley rips a line to right for the home run. Beckett left a fastball up in the middle of the plate.
Abreu k’s. But Beckett doesn’t look as sharp as he did in Blatimore.
Comes right back to K Abreu though. Good for him… But I really hope that isn’t the only run we see all game…
Tek holds the tip from Abreu to get the third out. Top of the order is coming up.
I guess it’s a bit much to expect that much out of him every start. As the guys on ESPN said then, he had no-hit stuff, absolutely incredible.
Sox aren’t taking too many pitches this inning.
True, Paul, just an observation. He has looked good tonight, I’m just not as comfortable watching him as I was last time out.
Jesus, this Myers guy is dominating. I feel guilty that I’ve never heard of the guy until this series.
Papi is hitting very few ground balls lately. I take that as a good sign. Just wish a few more of em would leave the confines ;-)
Yeah, Laura, I wasn’t getting on you or anything. I understand what yr saying — he hasn’t looked as good on GameCast either. Too many “green pitches” (balls), not enough “red pitches” (strikes).
GameCast is editorializing that the strike to Howard was out of the zone…
Myers is a talent. He was an early pick by the Phillies in the draft. He really came into his own last year.
Ks Howard swinging with a pitch in the heart of the strike zone. Nice!
Burrell gets one just over the glove of AGon for a single with one out.
I am with you, Laura. It’s not that Beckett is pitching badly, but the way Myers is pitching any run feels big, so Beckett really needs to hold them down.
Victorino hits it to the track in right for the second out.
Long flyout from “the Amazing, the Incredible Victorino”…
Beckett up 0-2 on Bell. Misses high and out for the first ball, then loses the handle on a breaking pitch and almost decapitates Bell.
Great breaking ball to K Bell.
It’s hard to get on Beckett, though. One run through 4 full.
Beckett might have found his groove. Two Ks in the inning…
Runs, anyone?
Gotta have em. Just give us one ’til we get to the bullpen…
Tough pickup by Rollins on a sharp grounder by Manny for the 6-3. One away.
Jeezus. Rollins just picked a bullet from Ramirez with his eyes closed. Seriously – he wasn’t even looking. One of those nights.
A great pitcher’s duel going.
Something we’re going to be seeing Myers in a Yankees uniform sooner rather than later.
And, wow, I can’t be the only one who’s in love with Jimmy Rollins?
“one of those nights” meaning a night where it doesn’t appear as if the Sox are going to score…
Trot takes it deep to left where Burrell settles underneath it for the second out.
Furk. Tek hits one off of Myers that sits right at his feet. Tek out at first. This game is gonna be over quick at this rate.
Wow… so many base hits being taken away.
Don’t tease me Hunter. I would love for Cashman to trade for Myers.
Ohhhh, Tek. *sigh* Every game, I think he’s going to snap out of it. Every game, he continues to disappoint.
SF: Yes, this game is moving really fast. Beckett and Myers both work quick, and for the most part, no one is taking pitches.
Once again, who will the Yankees trade for any kind of premium player? Who, I ask…
Apparently, Ruiz has an OBP that is lower than his BA. How on earth is that possible?
I was thinking Myers for Myers (plus something else from NY) just because it sounds poetic and it’s fun to type.
You know on one hand, I find it really sorta demeaning and condenscending when the announcers start talking about how “Manny’s in his own little world” and whatnot. But, on the other hand, well, I mean, it’s hard to argue.
Loretta makes a nice leap on a flare from Myers.
Last time up I said something nice about Utley and he responded by backing up my compliment. So this time I am trying a different tactic: YOU SUCK, UTLEY.
Rollins with a sharp single to right with two away to keep things alive for Philly.
A lot of that though is just a stereotype perpetuating itself. He’s looked lost in the outfield at times, but I don’t know that it’s proof he’s in his own little world. Nobody’s said that about Pena, and he’s looked about as lost as anyone in right.
I’m so not loving this game right now. I mean, come on. One hit?? This sucks.
“Chase Utley” is such a baseball name. He either was going to be a baseball player or a local news anchor.
On that play with Manny, he just wasn’t paying attention. Call it whatever you want, I don’t care, but he wasn’t alert to Rollins tagging.
Holding Rollins tight at first with three consecutive throws to first.
And Beckett’s falling behind hitters again…
If Utley continues to kill the Sox, I can only think of one possible solution: drop him.
(sorry, channeling the embarrassing NY tabloids)
And Rollins swipes second on a change-up.
Oy. Beckett has sort of lost it.
Yeah, SF, he should have been more alert, but Rollins was on first, and that’s not something you see a lot. And he beat the throw by quite a bit, so it would have been close anyway. And Beckett walks Utley.
Utley almost swung at a pitch that hit in front of his ankles but it’s a BB.
Uh oh.
This is a big jam here that Beckett absolutely has to get out of. But he’s already behind 2-0, again.
Beckett falls behind again, 2-0 to Abreu. Tek comes out to talk about it.
I smell trouble.
Good inside fastball from Beckett that Abreu fouls off, 2-1 count. 2-1 is high and outside, missed his mark by quite a bit there.
Beckett covers first on the 3-1 to end the inning. Good hustle to the bag from Beckett who celebrates that out
Phew, that was close…
Beckett is a nut. What up with the psycho fist pump in the fifth inning losing 1-0? I mean, it was a big out, but come on, it’s not October in Yankee Stadium or anything.
Papi maintains that Gold Glove fielding percentage…
Hey, if Palmeiro and Jeter are worthy, then why not Ortiz?
SF: Yes, the fist pump is a bit of showmanship from which he probably should have restrained. And he has to bat this inning.
Agreed SF. I wouldn’t be shocked if the Phillis/Sox get a lead, Myers plunks him.
Myers has only thrown 54 pitches through 5. We need to do something here.
Well you yourself he “absolutely has to get out of” that jam.
I think it’s kind of endearing (of course I’d hate his guts if he weren’t pitching for us). I was doing mental fist-pumps in my head. 1-0 against a pitcher like Myers the way he’s pitching is bad enough but down 2-0, 3-0? Very bad indeed.
Great pitch from Myers to get WMP swinging.
This is the wrong part of the lineup to start rallies…
Pena strikes out, and with Gonzalez and Beckett up next, well, I really don’t think this is going to be a run scoring inning.
Gonzo has really stunk it up since his little “hot streak”, no?
Great curve that AGon gets bat on to ground to Rollins, who launches it into the stands for E6.
It almost seems as if he’s been worse than before…
Nice throw, Jimmy. What a break – Rollins really non-chalanting that one, the ball just slips out and ends up in Steve Sax territory. Unfortunately, this game is being played in an NL park and Beckett is up.
But hey, I’ll take the two-base error!
Well no, but still, maybe if I try to will it enough?? I kind of meant sometime soon, next few inings, not right now, although that’s the way I wrote it.
Pitching from the stretch, let’s see how Myers handles it.
Myers is worrying about AGon and is behind 2-0 to Beckett.
NO F’ING WAY!! Beckett with the RIBBIE!!!
Beckett ties the game on a single to right.
Ha!! Beckett hits an RBI single! I willed it hard enough!!
NO F’ING WAY!! Beckett with the RIBBIE!!!
Posted by: SF | Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 08:33 PM
Beckett ties the game on a single to right.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 08:33 PM
One of these is from an SF, one from a YF. Can you guess which is which?
The Phillies show why they are the worst fielding team in the NL again, on the bobble from Bell.
That is what is freakin’ awesome about this sport…
Well I’m very happy that I put my foot in my mouth a few posts ago. Josh Beckett – RBI machine.
And Youk with the infield single! This game certainly has changed complexion…
SF: I’m just glad to be here. :)
Yikes – I liked that high ball better than the previous outside strike. Loretta playing with fire.
Loretta! Bases loaded!
Hunter, I think we all have some apologizing to do, hehe. Some idiot said something about how this was not the right part of the order to start rallies… I dunno who that was, but he should be banned…
Take that, fire!
A flare from MF Loretta loads the bases.
Wow, loaded up for Papi! Let’s go, Big Man!!
come on papi, come on papi, come on papi…
SF: I see your point, but if you read my Yankees threads, my play-by-play is about the same. Anyway, nice piece of hitting by Beckett when he knew to look for a strike.
SQUEEZE!!!!
I was actually poking more fun at myself than at you, AG. I thought the juxtaposition was funny, that’s all.
No squeeze…
Let’s do this Papi…
Deep fly out. Hey, we’ve got the lead now at least.
SF: I agree, it was funny. And it’s a really, really good baseball game.
The long out to right from Papi scores a run.
Have to run downtown. Back in a jiff. Go Phillies.
That’ll work. 2-1 Sox. What a turnaround!
Not a home run, but we can get the lead and get Beckett a little rest.
Wow, this just turned into the most awesome game ever. Well, not really. But it’s amazing how much a two-run inning feels like a 12-run inning after five frames of struggling to even get a hit…
And Myers has realllly slowed it down with runners on…
Myers now up to 83 pitches. 3-1 to Manny.
Manny walks. Bases now loaded for Trot.
Loaded up. Come on, Trot!
Loaded up again!
For the record, Red Sox pitchers now have 1 more RBI and 1/4 the runs of Willie Harris.
Take a couple of pitches here, Trot.
Trot! 4-1 Sox!
Really, I shouldn’t try any form of play-by-play when three people are watching TV and I’m the only one on GameCast :-p
WOOHOO!!! Don’t listen to me, Trot, ever. 4-1 Sox. This is totally improbable the way Myers was pitching.
Yeah TROT!
Bathroom Break Part Deux up.
(I can’t believe I just busted on Tek that bad. Sorry, Tek. I still love you.)
Awesome, some run support for Beckett. Plus, we’re making Myers pitch a lot.
Oh, and the Phillies defense is friggin’ hilarious.
I guess this is why we haven’t heard of Myers. One error really got to him and ruined his game… (although all the runs are unearned, I believe).
Tek with a hit. manny stopped. Bases loaded AGAIN.
Ok. One more hit, a bleeder. Nothing titanic. Please. A five run lead sounds really really nice. Much better than a 3 run lead.
Loaded again for Wily Mo! Everyone’s in on the action :-D
Come on, Wily Mo!!
Oh… Manny…
Darn it. Nice rally, though.
And I have to go out to a business thing, unfortunately, on a Saturday night. But I am glad to be leaving on this note. Come on, Sox, hold on!
Bleck. Ah well… After throwing 50 or so pitches through five innings, Myers throws 40 in the sixth! Four unearned runs…
The most important thing: Beckett thus far has pitched well enough to win a 3-run game.
We just lost like half our commenters :-p
Two quick outs from Beckett in a key inning…
I’m still here, Paul, but my parents just turned off tehe game to watch king Kong. Grrrrr… So now I’m stuck on Gameday. God I wish someone else in my family liked sports.
It’s always a concern after big innings that the benefiting starter will falter, so very nice to see a quick inning there…
Quick innings are good, positive things.
lol, Laura.
King Kong wasn’t even that good…
A-Gon and Beckett… This isn’t the part of the lineup we want to start a rally *cough. cough*
That Beckett and Lowell for Ramirez and Sanchez trade is looking more and more like one of those trades that helps both teams.
Though I can’t bear to watch Marlins games and see Hanley hitting everything in sight.
Once again, I am willing this to happen with all my ability. Probably won’t happen this time though.
Eh, ground out from A-Gon.
Agreed, Hunter. Although I honestly have no idea if Ramirez would have been able to handle all the pressure of Boston, especially after all the hype.
Yeah, it’ll stilll take a few years to see who really wins that trade. The Sox have been very lucky with their choices in the last decade or so of whom to trade for a new ace pitcher…
Did Beckett just homer??
JOSH BECKETT WENT DEEP! Holy Expletive!
Holy shit!!! Beckett just homered!!!
BECKETT WITH THE HR!!!!!!!!!
Props to Beckett on his first career home run. Now he will get drilled.
WTF, man?!?!?!
Beckett is 2-for-2 tonight!! Maybe we should play him in center on nights when he’s not pitching and WMP need ssome time off. Hey, he’s better than Willie Harris.
Not to you, AG, just in general… Wow!
Youk ghets some kind of hit. (God, I hate Gameday)
I can’t believe I missed that. In a cab on 10th Avenue…
I think I officially have a man-crush on Josh Beckett…
And it’s a triple. Wow. Myers is falling apart. And now there’s a pitching change.
And Youk just hit a triple!
Myers really lost something with that Rollins error…
by agmeday, it looks like Beckett truly crushed that homerun.
The Beckett HR was the first earned run off Myers. His already very-nice ERA will go down tonight I think, even if Youk scores… I suppose that proves the saberheads’ reservations about ERA as a catch-all pitchers’ stat.
The sacrifice fly from M-Lor scores Youk, and it’s 6-1 folks. What a turnaround in two innings!
Sac fly by Loretta. 6-1 Sox. What a turnaround. Just wow.
So if anything, I guess this was a turnaround, huh Paul? I think we posted at the exact same time. Weird.
I think Mike Timlin’s ERA last year pretty much showed how it isn’t the best way of measuring pitcher’s performances.
Papi with the double, and suddenly the thought that just half an hour ago we were worrying about losing this one is kinda funny.
Not saying we have it in the bag, but boy this game swung fast…
lol, Great minds, Laura. Great minds…
Yeah, ERA can be a really misleading stats. Not as much as Wins though. WHIP is really one of the better standard pitching stats, IMO.
Manny makes the third out on a liner. Great couple of innings by the Sox, both times sparked by slugging monster Josh Beckett. Papi better watch out!
We may have seen why Myers has only 2 wins despite his fancy ERA.
The Yankees definitely need this guy.
Inning over. Lol, Tom.
DiPS is what the hardcore stats guys love. I think the basic one is K/BB, that’s my favorite.
Anyhoo, the Philly announcers have said that Josh Beckett is the first Boston Red Sox pitcher to hit a home run since 1972. I know, DH and interleague play is relatively recent, but, sheesh. We’ve just seen something that hasn’t been done in over thirty years.
lol, Tom. Myers’ WHIP actually was a little iffy, at 1.2, before the game. Not horrible, but not “1-hit-through-5-innings” good.
The Yankees need a lot of things right now, Tom.
Some of us just watched the little ball on ESPN’s gamecast disappear over the representation of Citizens Bank Park’s left-field wall…
Didn’t Wake go deep last year?? I think that’s waht one of the announcers said last night.
Wake had an RBI last year, but I don’t think it was a homer…
Okay, then, I take it back.
Josh Beckett has batted in more runs than he has allowed. I’m guessing that he’s the player of the game.
Quick baseball-reference check:
Wake has one home run in his career (which might be what they were referring to), but he hit it in 1993, with the Pirates.
Yeah. Beckett. He’s awesome.
AG- Then perhaps a 3 way deal so the Yanks can pick up Harris from the Sox along with Myers. We won’t ask for very much. We promise.
Wow, only 17 pitches for beckett last two innings. (He was at 74 after 5.)
Wakefield, back in college, was a power hitting outfielder, so that’s not entirely surprising.
Boston’s defense has been stellar this year, whereas the Phillies are one of the worst defensive teams in the game. Those little moments, like Rollins’ blown play at short that lead to so much more makes this game so interesting.
Beckett has definitely gotten stronger as he’s gone along. Myers — not so much.
I checked too, Paul. I’m positive they said last night that Wake hit a homer against the Cubs last year. But maybe I’m just dillusional. Don and Jerry don’t make huge mistakes like that too often. Maybe they just said he had a ribbie. Who knows?
At least we know that the Sox would have taken the lead even without the benefit of Rollins’ boot. Although, who knows? Fewer pitches on Myers’ arm, less shaken, etc? Maybe not…
Tom – I have to check the papers every day just to know who _could_ play, let alone can.
So Willie Harris and Brett Myers to the Yankees (because they need the starter and the outfielder), Ryan Howard to the Red Sox, and Andy Phillips to the Phillies?
I like it!
The second out didn’t even come until Papi’s sac fly, though. Who knows if Beckett would have gotten that hit without Myers being shaken due to Gonzalez, on second, etc., but we still may have done something that inning.
I was replying back to Paul three posts up from mine, btw.
Wily Mo, on with the infield hit. I like him more and more every day.
I half expect the “Benny Hill” music play as the infielders keep not making plays…
Oh great, Willie Harris…
Ugh, Harris in the game. Can’t we just send him somewhere now??
A-GOOOOOONNNNNE!!!
Wow!! Wasn’t expecting that!
Alex Gonzalez AND Josh Beckett hit home runs in the same game?
Can we play every game against the Phillies?
Now for AG style:
Gonzalez homer puts the Sox up, 8-1.
Beckett makes an out. Now batting only .667.
Gerbil- I know, at this point it’s not even amusing to a Sox fan for the past 40 years. I just wish you guys would lose more.
Oops. Make that .500. I totally forgot about the first out he made.
I think it’s .500 (2-for-4)…
Yeah, I fixed it, Paul. Thanks, though.
Is it just me, or does the bottom of our lineup all pick the same day to produce? There’s been a couple games where out 8/9 hitters have combined to be on base a lot. Then every other game they ground out to the pitcher every at-bat.
Yeah, Paul, I noticed that too. It’s been kind of all or nothing with the offense as a whole this year, though.
Irony: JT Snow in for Papi. Makes an error.
Isn’t JT Snow in the game primarily for defense?? Urgh…
Well, that’s true. Maybe it’s more symptomatic of that…
Beckett getting close to 100 pitches. A dp here would be nice.
Jesus Snow, way to enhance the trade value!
I wonder if there’s some neat little trade the Sox can make by sending Snow somewhere for a decent prospect or middle releiver. They’d probably have to eat most of his salary, but there are definitely teams that need a first baseman.
Paul: Heh. :)
Who is warming up in the bullpen?
Yeah, there really is no point in having Snow with the way Youk’s been playing. And hey, if he needs a day off, we can always have Papi play first base.
Time to pull Beckett.
lol, AG, was that in response to the 3-way trade idea, my imitation of your style, or the JT Snow comment? lol
Trouble for Beckett…
Dammit.
Is Francoma asleep?
Well, that happened fast. Three-run HR. Crap, I was really wanting Beckett to have a pretty line, and not have a close game for once…
Well I called that.
Tito’s insisitance to pull Beckett one or two batters too late is ravaging his ERA.
Gameday says they’re all earned, only three are though. That doesn’t really improve the situation, however.
This should not have happened. Beckett should have been pulled after the walk.
Shoulda pulled him after the second batter reached. 100 pitches seems to be Beckett’s limit…
Why Tavarez???? I’m going to start whimpering momentarily, I think.
Plus pena and Ortiz already out of the game, which is just fantastic.
Over and over, Francona leaves his starters in when it’s apparent they should not be. He must have contracted GLS…
One down.
Still a 4-run game (that A-Gon HR is looking might nice now), and Tavarez isn’t *that* bad…
Scary thought, Paul. Scary thought.
Better Tavarez than Seanez, but still…
Well, GLS would explain 133.
Sheesh, man, I feel like we’re talking in secret Red Sox code sometimes…
lol, If we don’t watch out, this’ll turn into SOSH…
Paul: your imitation of my milquetoast play-by-play.
Hope you all have a good night. See you on Monday for the big series.
Gerbil out.
p.s. Paul, the other stuff was funny too.
Ok, Now I’m a bit concerned… Two on, one out. You know what I’d love? A freaking double play…
Urgh. Two on with one out. Is someone up in the pen?? If the answer is yes, that someone better not have the initials RS.
Laura- Commence whimpering. It’s Timlin time, although with men on base even that could be scary.
I agree, Laura… Roger Staubach’s a little old to be pitching…
Rather Timlin than Seanez. Although I’d actually feel more comfortable with Foulkie about now, even after last night.
If Delucci homers, I’m logging off.
“Alex Gonzalez is in the ondeck circle.”
It took me about a minute to comprehend that statement. “Oh yeah, the OTHER Alex Gonzalez.
Why is Gameday taking so long??
All right, two down, men on 1st and 3rd. When one has an 8-1 lead in the 8th, games should not be this exciting!
Oh thank whatever-god-is-out-there. (Hey look, I can be pc even when I’m about to puke.)
Hunter, it’s actually the light-hitting one…
Somehow he got out of that unscathed.
And Tavarez is out of it!! *Clouds part, angels sing, trumpets blast*
Whew! That’s enough of Julian. Paps, please.
Yeah, Tom, Tito better put Pap out there for the ninth. I really don’t care that it’s not a save situation.
Laura- “whatever-god-is-out-there” is definitely NOT pc here in Memphis!
Why use him now when we might need him tomorrow? Let Foulkie finish it out… He might not be ’04 Foulke, but I doubt he’ll blow the lead…
Nor here in Texas…
Yeah, Foulkie would be fine by me, actually, but at the first sign of trouble, I want pap in there.
Agreed…
It’s not really pc in northwest RI, where 90% of the population is Roman-Catholic, but considering I’m not really sure that God actually exists (*gasp*), my super-religious friend Jenn yells at me when I say “thank God”, “Oh my God”, etc. So it’s pc among my group of friends, although not really to the general public, I suppose.
J.T. Snow says, “Look! Look! I exist! Watch me contribute!”
He singles to right…
Ok, Foulke is fine, if only I was sure Francoma will put him in. He may do something loony like stick Delcarmen out there.
lol, But GameCast refuses to acknowledge his existence. It wouldn’t put his picture up when he was at bat, it won’t put him on base, and it wouldn’t put him in the field when he made that error.
That’s kind of funny, yet kind of sad…
I worship the baseball Gods. And don’t even try to convince me that they don’t exist.
Well, Tom, Delcarmen is currently in Pwtucket, so…Anyhow, I get your point.
That would be odd, considering Delcarmen’s in Pawtucket. I wouldn’t mind seeing Alvarez though…
Laura- I know, I lived in Woonsocket back in the early ’80s. My family up in NH and Mass ask me why I live down here, but after Woonsocket, it’s not bad at all. A bit warm, though.
Manny Ks… So who will it be, TV watchers?
Well, Hunter that plural ‘gods’ could get you in trouble. I mean hey, I believe in reincarnation and people think I’m completely insane.
Woonsocket?? Yuck. No offense, or anything. I’m in Glocester, aka the middle of nowhere, although Foster is actually a lot worse. They seriously don’t even get cable, which would seriously kill me.
And it’s Timlin…
With Pap in the pen!! (King Kong just got turned off)
One down.
“Delcarmen is currently in Pwtucket”
I was thinking of Alvarez. But Timlin will do!
Once again, my GameCast freezes on the bottom of the nonth… What the crap?
Oh, this is off-topic, but if you ever get bored, go read the comments on Cubs sites after a loss. Trust me. Hilarity.
Yeah, I saw Alvarez pitch twice in Pawtucket last year, and was thoroughly unimpressed. He’s done well this year, though.
Sox win. Hooray!!
Hey, Woonsocket is a unique place. Very, very unique. That’s the best I can say about it.
Two down on the K!
Well, I suppose that’s a fair assessment, Paul. It’s probably gotten worse since the early 80’s as well. Every horrible domestic case you hear about occurs in Woonsocket.
Oops, meant Tom. I’m always doing that. I swear I wrote Tom. I swear.
Well, the first 71/2 innings were excellent. 10 games over .500!
Another 1-2-3 from Timlin. Yay!
Laura- Amazingly, while living in Woonsocket, I was actually working in Willimantic for awhile. I must’ve had bad karma or something.
Mike Timlin is a bad-ass.
Sounds fun, Tom.
Wasn’t the most beuatiful win in the world, but I’ll take it. And the sixth through (top of the) eighth innings were quite enjoyable, thanks.
I just wanted to make a comment about the fielding percent. Kevin Youkilis has a 1.000 fielding percent while playing 1st base, his only error was while at third.
2006 Bos 1B 34 34 277 282 261 21 0 28 1.000