Wang followed the TCM (5.1 no-hit innings) with six no-hit frames of his own this afternoon before leaving with a 7-1-0-4-5, 103 line.
Cano hit two solo home runs off Schilling (7-6-2-1-4, 88) -- leading off the 3rd and 5th innings -- then the MFY tacked on three more runs off Jeemer in the eighth (an RBI double from Abreu and a throwing error by Varitek (which allowed two runs to cross)).
The bats were non-existent: 13 hits in the three games, only six in the last two. And six runs in 27 innings. ... But as the true measure of the offense was not the White Sox series, neither is it these past three games. There will be panic, but my glass in (at least) half-full. A 80-54 record and a five-game lead at the end of August.
Now we feast on the dregs of the East for 13 games: the Orioles (at Fenway tomorrow), Blue Jays and Devil Rays. Then the Yankees invade Fenway on September 14.
***
Curt Schilling (4.11, 110 ERA+) / Chien-Ming Wang (3.95, 109 ERA+)
Random notes:
Schilling has allowed five earned runs all three times he's faced the Yankees this season. Twice, the team has won, though the right-hander was long gone on both occasions. ... the Yankees are hitting him at a .372 clip. ...In New York, even after two wins against Boston, they are talking only about the wild card.
Wang has been shaky in three starts against the Red Sox this year, allowing nearly two baserunners per inning, but still managing to win two of his three starts. ...
Bobby Abreu is the only Yankees regular to have never homered off Schilling. But with 14 hits in 37 career at-bats, he also holds a .378 average off the right-hander, tops on the team.
Mark Feinsand, Daily News:
Last night's 4-3 Yankee win over the Red Sox might not have the city of Boston in a panic-stricken uproar this morning. But maybe it kept the Beantowners from getting a full night's sleep while the Bombers were daring to dream.
Yes, the Yankees still trail their rivals by six games in the American League East, a huge margin with just 29 games remaining in the season.
486 comments:
1 – 200 of 486 Newer› Newest»I'm not losing sleep because I think the yanks might catch us, Im losing sleep because we played like crap and lost A game (to the GDMFY).
How many times have we won the first two against them but then seen them go away with the momentum by winning game three*? Let's turn the tables on those motherhumpers right now.
*and giving Yankee-fan workmates T-shirt wearin' bragging rights at the end of the series that WE won! (Especially if it's a weekend series, where they get to avoid us after Friday and Saturday's wins, but get to rub Sunday's loss in our faces on Monday.)
Trot Nixon: 293ABs, .256avg, 3 homers, 31RBI, .344obp, 17 doubles.
Salary: $3mil
JD Drew: 385ABs, .260avg, 7 homers, 46RBI, .360obp, 23 doubles.
Salary: $14mil
I'm just saying is all...
Actually, I'm not sure what you are saying.
More #:
Drew
2007 OPS+: 99
career OPS+: 129
Nixon
2007 OPS+: 86
career OPS+: 115
Also:
Trot is slugging .345
Lugo is slugging .347
Matty--some will use the "it's not our money" excuse. I say, I'd rather have Trot than Drew right now, in late August, in Yankee Stadium. (Then again, I'd take him over Drew in any situation, but especially now.)
Also, I know you read Sports Guy--did you see how he went to a Sox game and took pictures? Why didn't [everyone else in the world] think of that? Brilliant! Man, nothing gives you more confidence than when a big-shot does what you do and does it ten times worse.
dusty, 2b
ococ, cf
flo, dh
yook, 1b
dr. doubles, 3b
jd due, rf
tek, c
hinske, lf
einstein, ss
idiot, lf
ci, ss
abreu, rf
slappy, 3b
shemp, dh
dumbo, c
giambalco, 1b
canoe, 2b
milk dud, cf
All I'm saying is that everybody made such a big deal about Trot not being able to hack it anymore, and I'm not saying that he's an everyday guy again, but we're not exactly getting $11mil more in production out of Drew, are we?
And Jere- I agree- Trot's had some big ABs against the Yanks.
Also, saw the SG thing on Espn- on a scale of 1 to Not Funny, that piece was Not Funny. All of us who have done the photo blog thing have done it better, funnier and with more mullet pictures...
I see Natasha's in the 8 spot....
Just continuing to sew that planted seed.
v wang:
hinske
10-for-20
4 singles
4 doubles
2 home runs
ortiz
12-for-24
7 singles
3 doubles
2 home runs
+ 5 walks
pedroia
3-for-3
1 single
2 doubles
The non-dead, non-miniature Joe C has that flat, defeated tone in his voice today...never a good sign.
Let's get 6 for Curt in the first.
ah shit
YES on EI and Rogers.
It is so weird to get Don and Rem on Sox-Yanks. Because in the past, always being in NY-area, even if I had EI or whatever, it would still be blacked out and I'd get the Yankee coverage on TV.
The non-dead, non-miniature Joe C has that flat, defeated tone in his voice today...never a good sign.
He always seems to sound that way when he works with Glenn Geffner. Probably worse at Yankee Stadium. You should hear him work with Dave O'Brien. He's a completely different Joe. He's the Joe we all know and love.
Another one-handed catch for the fundamentally sound Jeter. Hope you taped that to teach your kids later, everyone!
oooh YES network commentators.
The squirrel is the only thing they fucking talk about.
Coco forgetting how to hit has been key in this series. Maybe on 3-1.....nope. Maybe on 3-2?
YES on EI, YES on Rogers SportsNet. They often show the Yankees or Red Sox when the Blue Jays are off, but it's usually NESN.
Allan's on the phone w/ Rogers now, trying to get one of them switched.
Kay must be in SHOCK that Wang has two non-ground ball outs...
ish- I'm familiar with the C...it's just my imagination but when Joe sounds as hungover as I feel, I think the Sox are 0-293 over the last few years...
Okay, Curt, don't think, just pitch.
ish- I'm familiar with the C...it's just my imagination but when Joe sounds as hungover as I feel, I think the Sox are 0-293 over the last few years...
Heh, I know what you mean. I kinda get that feeling too sometimes.
Is there a worse commercial on the radio right now than the Bank of America Red Sox checking account commercial? If I ever have to sit next to those two guys, I'll kill myself...
Okay, Curt, don't think, just pitch.
Gameday is stuck on no pitches to Ortiz...but I assume this means he got out.
Papi struck out, Damon flied out
Gameday is stuck on no pitches to Ortiz...but I assume this means he got out.
K
And I don't need to tell you whether Jeter got a cheap ass, weak, bloop hit or not.
Good News!!! Joe Girardi thought the Francona uniform inspection was "bush." Joe Torre called it "Mickey Mouse!" Is this the biggest overblown non-story of the season?
manuel wears white glasses and they have to work in something about his eccentricity?
Is this a basement pirate broadcast?
What about the radio ad where Jo reads the letter from a fan who thanks him, and at the end he goes "You're welcome, Bob," or whatever the guy's name is. Awkward.
Schill's got a good looking split so far.
I'd like t see tito come out wearing one of those sequin covered jersey's.
It would be Bedazzling
What about the radio ad where Jo reads the letter from a fan who thanks him, and at the end he goes "You're welcome, Bob," or whatever the guy's name is. Awkward.
I like that one. Makes me chuckle.
Most of the commercials are hokey and annoying. But it's not as bad as Yankee Radio's Sam Adams commericals. "Take pride in your team. Take pride in your beer!
Yahoo's also stuck.
Any info about the game's progress is very welcome for the moment.
Count should be 0 and 3 on ARod right now.
Yes! Terry must wear something from that Alyssa Milano collection...
Uh, A-Rod, try to avoid slapping at the ball with your bat until the ball is officially dead.
A-Rod... Call strike three. Spotted fastball on the inside edge. Very nice pitch. End of the inning.
Rod called out on strikes to end inning.
The only problem with wearing something from Alyssa Milano's collection is that it might not be good for his circulation, either. But it'll really bring out his figure, eh?
On that one play, A-Rod with check swing. Taps ball straight down. Is still moving behind plate, i.e. it still could go into fair territory, but A-Rod, still standing there, chops down on the ball with his bat. Like helping to get the ball before it rolls away, which would be fine if there wasn't a chance it still rolled fair!
Is it too much to ask for my kids to take 4 hour naps? ugh...sounds like Schill is sharp so far...wish i could see it.
MLB squawks about Tito's jersey... But not about Manny's new shades.
I'm lookin' at Manny and I'm thinkin' "very superstitious...."
You're welcome, Bob
The tone in which that is said always sounds to me like "You've absolutely got to be shitting me! You're writing me a thank you letter about a freakin' commercial, you pathetic loser?"
Or perhaps I am just reading too much into it...? Speaking of which, can someone tell me how many broken windshields there possibly could be in Greater Boston to support a Giant Glass commercial at every break and the sign behind the batter?
For some reason I'm now picturing El Guapo in a sparkly Milano halter...I'll be right back after I go kill myself...
5-4-3 DP.
Balls.
Youk walks, Lowell up, 0 out, grounds into 5-4-3 though Giambi looked like he was off the bag, but no, he held it
Giambi held it.
Did Balco hold the bag or not?
It wasn't going to go fair. We are reaching.
I am just trying to be nice to the guy we will trade manny for next year. With Lowell going to FA and A-rod wanting to play in Boston and Manny wanting out every year it is very likely. Only trade we could make with Manny.
But hey how stupid is Jeter? Yeah he sucks. (Overlook my above comments)
Gameday and such is back to normal -- thanks, all.
Nevermind.
Another bad throw to first, and Drew, in classic *un-dirty-hat* style, ha, makes no attempt to avoid Giambi's tag. Inning over.
I'm just glad to see that Wang's not lights-out.
But he is always a DP waiting to happen.
Great.. Giambi the gold glove 1st baseman.
oCoC wheels!
"It wasn't going to go fair. We are reaching."
Just sayin, there's your only guy in league who takes a whack at a ball that ain't dead yet. He probably realized, Oh, shit, if this goes fair, I'm still at home plate, so I'll take a whack at it--no one would whack at a ball that could be fair, so everyone will assume it's just a foul ball already dead. Nothing about A-Rod's personality leads me to believe any different.
And if he becomes a Red Sock, I'll see y'all when his career is over!
Weird...EEI has led in and out of breaks with Green Day twice..."Strung Out" and "Welcome to Paradise"...
Ok, just gave my kids a couple oversize plastic bags and some matches...now I can focus.
Now Rem and DO talking about "Sons of Shirt." Oh, I mean, "Shirt-gate." (I mixed up my prefix/suffix that makes no sense except in their original phrase. Es.)
Another bad throw to first, and Drew, in classic *un-dirty-hat* style, ha, makes no attempt to avoid Giambi's tag. Inning over.
Yeah, he shouldve at least slapped at the glove or something!
I like when EEI plays Sugar songs. The le tigre one is by far the most bizarre, though.
Schill lookin' good.
3 K's for the oddly-shaped one. Good start.
"
Yeah, he shouldve at least slapped at the glove or something!"
No, he should've MOVED.
And if he becomes a Red Sock, I'll see y'all when his career is over!
Hm. Seriously?
I hate the idea of him coming to Boston. But I'll still be able to root for the team. I think.
Maybe I'll just play Sugar on my own at the break..."After All the Roads Have Led To Nowhere" makes a lot of sense right now...
Schilling's been doing it with fastballs in the high 80s. What'd they do? Send me a dag-on Houdini?
I love Sugar. What, does EEI play them on breaks or something?
I could root for the team with A-Rod on it, I'd just have my eyes closed and ears stuffed with Silly Putty.
But seriously, if this ownership cares about the fans so much, they should notice that 90% of us don't want A-Rod on our team. There have been a couple of public situations recently where that was brought up, and the crowd booed loudly.
Sugar's "Gift" is regular lead-in music coming back to the game after ads on EEI. Which we should be calling RKO since they have most of the games now.
And if he becomes a Red Sock, I'll see y'all when his career is over!
Wow, that's heavy. I have trouble believing you'd see that through, as he contributed to your team's success.
Walk. Okay, NO double play!
Yes...EEI has been known to Du it up from time to time...
Suzyn Waldman: Every time Wang's gotten into trouble [this season] it's always started with a lead-off walk.
Good wood for Hinske. Straighten it out, bud.
Cora might be useful to bunt here.
i love bob mould -- huskers, sugar, solo, etc.
chartered trips would also be good.
no need to bunt w/ one out!
Ok. I'm calling it now. Hinske is gonna hit a homerun today.
PASSEDBALLA!!!!!!!!!!
Who knew we all loved Bob Mould?
True. Forgot about that. I just always think small ball when I see Cora. Wild pitch would be nice.
why didn't he run?
einstein knows to not bunt in the 3rd inning.
I'm not a Husker Du fan. Allan is. But I love Sugar, one of my real favourites. Mould is cool.
i think mould and i share a birthday. (with tim mccarver ... cough)
he also has a blog. boblog
modulate.blogspot.com
Mould easily beats Rob Halford on the "gay rockers" list.
Damon is wearing Black sunglasses? why isn't he wearing white glasses. He is at home after all
I only care about gay rockers if they're grrls. :)
Mould's in DC all the time- he lives here now...does a gay-centric DJ night at the 9:30 Club every month...the event is called BlowOff...insert your own joke here...
I share a birthday with Pink. But more importantly, Peter Sellers.
curt looks like shit today. like he's 55 years old and hungover.
peter sellars, nice
What's Giambi's problem? He's gotta stop making those plays.
Sweaty pig with another web gem. wtf
When the fuck did Giambi turn into a gold glover?! Ridiculous...
What is the hardest pitch for Dumbo to catch?
Patsy Cline and Sid Caesar, too. (born on my birthday, not "also have gay club shows in DC once a month").
Giambi is the best center fielder I have ever seen
Patsy Cline??? No shit. I love her.
I gotta catch up on who's born on my bday. I don't even know.
Remy: Giambi making his bid for a gold glove.
Jokingly, of course.
Since Leggett isn't here, I'll remind everyone that Tim McCarver says, "The thing about ground balls is they don't go over the fence..."
girardi's not bad.
if kay would die right now, i could deal with girardi and singleton for the rest of the day.
How much money would you pay to see Sid Caesar hold a gay dance party on a monthly basis? A million dollars? 5 million dollars?
Robinson Ca'D'OH!
michael leggett is never here. he posted once, only to pimp his own blog.
This is what I get home in time to see? A home run and a single. ARRGHH
"How much money would you pay to see Sid Caesar hold a gay dance party on a monthly basis? A million dollars? 5 million dollars?"
zero
Leggett rules!
Manny shares my birthday, so that was the day I picked for Ortiz's fisrt walk-off. Hmmm, that didn't go so well. Speaking of not going so well....
OCOCOCOCOCOCOC!!
cora shoulda bunted
ococ with the evolg.
OCOC!!!!!!!!
Nice catch by Coco. At least one out.
let's see gee-i-am-bi do that.
Irony. The best center fielder ever just caught the fly off the last best center fielder ever
Is Coco nervous or what? He ended up getting to that ball--but the dive yesterday, the sudden inability to hit any pitches?
Jeter shift would've had three guys battling each other to catch that ball.
sox dont employ the jere shift, ci gets a hit to short rf.
OK, why OCOC for Coco? and why CI for Jeter? Like a foreign language class here.
1st pitch big swings.
uh oh
amy - check the handy dandy jos glossary.
You get A-Rod here, I expect to see some good wood action next inning.
dien bien PHU. Popped Him Up.
a-pop with the 3rd out.
BATS!!!
good wood action
Soundtrack by Bob Mould...
What is the hardest pitch for Dumbo to catch?
One coming toward him?
Way to limit th' damage.
Amy -
In which part of the Berkshires are you? I'm right alongside the VT border.
The answer to your questions is in the glossary.
i wanna cookie.
Thanks, Redsock! That helps a lot.
The "K" cards that the Yankee fans hold on the upper deck during the games are squirrels today.
These people need a hobby.
exactly the hardest pitch for the Ears to catch is one thrown by the pitcher.
What happened to the avatars? Is that a feature that got shut off?
And what's with the suddenly non-crappy defensive play by HGH?
Alas, not the Berkshires...not that far west. We are in the Springfield area. Birthplace of basketball, but not much else to say about it.
Michael Kay has a scoop for all the Yankees fans: "Curt Schilling actually has a blog online ..."
(as opposed to a blog not on line?)
L hit mute very quickly. that's all we heard.
I like the creative K cards. It's fan-generated - as opposed to scoreboard generated. It's just a bit of fun.
But god forbid we don't insult every single thing any Yankee fan does...
The "K" cards that the Yankee fans hold on the upper deck during the games are squirrels today.
At the trop, the K cards are rats.
i shut them off, makes the page load faster without pics.
K cards are often very clever. and they are always homemade
At the trop, the K cards are rats.
Are they? I didn't know that. Guess I shouldn't be bashing the squirrel thing then.
The K cards can be on the upper deck facing OR the mezzanine facing, note.
I know, I need a hobby, too.
WANG IS PITCHING A NO-HITTER
Is a hit too much to ask for?
Stupid Yankee fans are wearing Yankee hats.
I like it when a Yankee fan makes K cards and they spell "K" wrong.
Alas, not the Berkshires...
Ah, I saw Western Mass last night and assumed. I think somebody else that comments a lot is in Great Barrington, but I can't remember who.
they have have beer mugs K cards for wells
when david cone got bit by his mom's dog, they has pictures of little terriers for his next start.
Memo to Michael Kay: being "of the Jewish faith" and being Greek are not mutually exclusive, even if Youkilis is of Romanian extraction.
As soon as the announcers say he is pitching a no-hitter someone will hit a homerun
the terriers were great. i liked bullwinkle for mussina, too. don't need those anymore!
HITS PLEASE!!!!!!!!
That dude with the radio show is the one from Great Barrington.
Amy, go a little north (-hampton) and you'll be all set!
right - nick the radio guy. great barrington.
that area is beautiful.
and they are all better than the cards WEEI handed out at fenway when pedro returned with mets:
PAY-DRO.
any sox fan that took one of those that night should have been tarred and feathered.
Glenn Geffner just said that the Sox next win guarantees them at least a .500 finish...
Another guy LOB. Feeling like last night here.
Ooh it's the Aflac ad starring Gary Thorne as the goat.
K cards are often very clever. and they are always homemade
We were handed commercially-produced K cards as we entered Fenway for the Angels Sunday matinee.
That was one of my most-looked forward to games of the season. I was very excited to see Pedro back at Fenway. I know about the money and everything, but there was just the feeling anyways that he wasn't coming back after 2004. I thought so anyways.
I can't believe --no, wait, I totally can believe EEI would hand out those cards.
dear sox:
this is not golf. lowest score does not win.
love,
Glenn Geffner just said that the Sox next win guarantees them at least a .500 finish...
Just in case they plan to lose the rest of the way. What a tool.
ish, you are smart.
nothing wrong with pedro signing with the mets. no red sox fan should have anything but love and admiration for pedro.
drew, i was talking about the fan cards at the toilet.
We go to Northampton all the time. Best restaurants up there. Are you from that area?
We are off to the Cape in a bit, so I will have to share the radio with my Yankee fan husband and hope we get there and are still speaking to each other.
they could have some fun with K cards for wang. probably wouldn't get on TV though.
we were in northampton last month to visit our nephew. what a wonderful town and great area that is.
amy, good luck with the drive!!! have fun. :)
Memo to Michael Kay: the guys who stuck with the Yankees after winning those four championships haven't won any since either.
Not from Northampton but hope to be living there in the future because we love it so much.
Let's not go too far with the "cleverness" of Yankee fan K cards--pics of Babe Ruth are pretty mindless. They should do ground out cards for Wang.
I've only been up I-91 in western MA that far. from CT to VT on the way to Brattleboro. There's a nice town also.
phen -- yup.
"there's a dooche."
Thanks, L-girl. I will miss having the moral support of you all, but if the Sox win, all will be fine. If not, I will be grouchy and he will suffer anyway.
Way to get back into the groove, Schill. 1-2-3.
Curt's doing fine. If we were up 5-1 we'd be talking about how he's cruising along on the way to a win.
i was talking about the fan cards at the toilet
Gotcha. I misunderstood.
I wish I could change my ID to 1-800-54GIANT, because what these comments really need is some advertising. ;-p
I'm in the mood for a Drew Dong.
drew, you can. just sign up again.
OK, got to go. Keep the faith, all. GO SOX! Have a great weekend.
I'm in the mood for a Drew Dong.
Now I really wish I could change my ID!
No, I was just kidding before.
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how about a hit ... from anyone???
In a results-based business, we ain't doin' shit offensively.
WANG HAS A NO-HITTER!
WANG HAS A NO-HITTER!
WANG HAS A NO-HITTER!
WANG HAS A NO-HITTER!
WANG HAS A NO-HITTER!
WANG HAS A NO-HITTER!
why why why no hits?????
You left out an N, Matty. Glad to see you're keeping that jingle alive still.
Cakey... Let's get that Hinske dong right here and now, shall we?
please hinske....
upper deck, Natasha
a dong off wang is a natural, right?
In the 10 innings to start the last two games (5 & 5) we have no hits and, I think, 9 walks and a HBP...
...but that would ruin Wang's no-hitter! Did I mention that he is pitching a no-hitter?
HITS PLEASE!!!!!!
So I did miss an "N"- tough to type when your a human jungle jim for a 2 1/2 year old and a nine-month old...
duuddd!!!
I'm the dude from Great Barrington. Day gig is in community television, so I have a TV in my office. Going in and out of the room today, so I'm a bit behind on things.
It's nice that Youk and Tek walk, but some hits should would be swell.
Matty, invite Leggett down to babysit.
fan puts the K squirrel upside down for a hinske's called K.
its not so much the losing, which blows, but its the length of the games whle we play so meekly that kills me....
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