Pages

▼

July 18, 2005

G92: Devil Rays 3, Red Sox 1

One unearned run -- one -- against a team who was 20 games out of first place. Three hits -- two of them by 9th-place (shouldn't even be in the lineup) hitter Alex Cora. The other hit was a first-inning single by Edgar Renteria. The last 19 Red Sox batters did not get a hit. Boston drew seven walks, but did nothing with them.

The Left Field Wall Scoreboard Guy was a better manager than Terry Francona, at least last night. After Green walked in the sixth -- bases loaded, two outs -- Dave Wallace paid a visit to Miller on the mound. Manny Ramirez ducked into the Monster (to pee?). As he did, Scoreboard Guy removed the #52 (Miller) from next to the Boston linescore.

It was premature. Miller stayed in -- and actually started pitching before Manny returned to his position -- and gave up a two-run single to Gathright. Which broke the 1-1 tie and gave Tampa a 3-1 lead. ... Shoulda listened to Scoreboard Guy.

Elsewhere:
Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2 (11)
New York 11, Texas 10
The East:
New York  50  41   --
Baltimore 50  42    .5
Boston    50  42    .5
Toronto   45  47   5.5
Tampa Bay 32  62  20
Who said the Sox can't go first to third?
at

6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2005 at 11:35 PM

    [i]Manny Ramirez ducked into the Monster (to pee?). [/i]

    No, to take advantage of the oscillating fan inside the wall.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousJuly 19, 2005 at 12:30 AM

    Manny was looking to take a nap, there.

    ReplyDelete
  3. KyleJuly 19, 2005 at 5:49 AM

    Leave Manny alone.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousJuly 19, 2005 at 7:32 AM

    With the humidity and heat index at oppressive levels last night, Manny Ramirez [stats, news] repeatedly retreated inside the Green Monster's manually operated scoreboard during breaks in the action to take advantage of the minor relief provided by an oscillating fan. - Boston Herald

    ReplyDelete
  5. The Last BloggerJuly 19, 2005 at 9:14 AM

    I think we are heading further down before we have any chance of clawing our way up. The hole is just getting deeper.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousJuly 19, 2005 at 12:57 PM

    The way to look at this is that the Sox have been through their worst stretch while the Yankees have been hot and they still just are a half game out. Another Yankee losing streak is coming (because they can't pitch or field, and won't score 11 every night) and the Sox have actually fixed a lot of holes. Now if the manager will just stop throwing away games so he won't hurt the feelings of .170 batting utility infielders, the Sox can get around to making Dan S's prediction come true.

    ReplyDelete