Devil Rays - 040 410 001 - 10 18 1Down 8-1, the Red Sox rallied. And then some!
Red Sox - 001 436 20x - 16 20 0
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Andy Sonnanstine (5.73, 80 ERA+) / Tim Wakefield (4.39, 104 ERA+)
Wakefield has pitched 19 straight scoreless innings against Tampa, dating back to July 27. ... On August 21, Boston battered Sonnanstine for eight hits and seven runs in five innings.
The Yankees are in Toronto tonight: Hughes/Marcum. The Tigers (3.5 GB in the WC) host Texas this afternoon.
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This does not look good for baseball.
But there's still 5.5 hours left until game time.
It's been raining pretty steadily all day here a few miles from Fenway.
Also note: Sunday it could go down to the 40s for the night game against the Yanks.
This does not look good for baseball.
Ouch. Looks pretty brutal, I'm just concernicous about the effects a rainout will have on Friday's game, if any...I'm also assuming that a Friday rainout will result in a double header Sunday (due to Saturday FOX) and I'll have to go to the make up on Sunday...ah well, time to stop worrying about things that haven't happened yet.
yah it's super gray and rainy and misty out in boston right now. cozy to be inside, but yucky for baseball for sure ;(
Benjamin:
"The current weather forecast ... calls for moderate rain showers that are currently in the area to subside during the early evening hours.
"The Fenway Park gates will open at the regularly scheduled time of 5:05 p.m. ...
That was the e-mail we received just after 3 p.m. today. ... pack a raincoat and some boots ..."
Yeah, weather.com says the rain'll be totally done by 10, so a late start would get the game in. Then again, they've been running 8 degrees shy of the truth for three days, and this rain does look pretty bad.
Tim, I'm confused about your concern. Friday it's supposed to be 75 and sunny. A rain-out today wouldn't affect Friday's game...
If there is a rain out then look for it to be made up at the end of the season if necessary.
Ideal starting line up tonight:
Ellsbury
Pedroia
Ortiz
Lowell
Drew
Crisp
Hinske
Mirabelli
Cora
Load up the lefties vs this kid since they are hitting over 300! Of course now that I have posted this we will probably see LUGO leading off!!!
The problem is the direction the rain's been going today. The back edge of the rain for Boston would be rain that's falling right now in New York. But I'm 50/50 on certainty that the game will be played. Expect a long delay, at least.
It was so dark here today, though. It's pretty bad when you've got to turn on all the lights in the house just to make lunch.
Not bad...
Boston
1. Ellsbury LF
2. Pedroia 2B
3. Ortiz DH
4. Lowell 3B
5. Drew RF
6. Youkilis 1B
7. Crisp CF
8. Lugo SS
9. Cash C
Tampa Bay
1. Iwamura 3B
2. Crawford LF
3. Pena 1B
4. Upton CF
5. Young RF
6. Harris 2B
7. Gomes DH
8. Navarro C
Amalie reporting its cleared up and Sox pitchers on the field tossing...
My concern was Tito gerrymandering the rotation if there were to be a doubleheader vs. TB or make up game on Thursday, but it really doesn't make any sense to do such a thing so basically I'm blowing hot air.
Okay, rain has stopped. Let's play ball.
Tim - couldn't be a make up game on Thursday. TB has a game in Seattle that day!
Man! It looks like nobody but the Yankees want to wind the wild card.
FINAL
TEX: 13
DET: 6
David Murphy went 3 for 5, hit a home run, drove in 2, and scored 2 runs. Texas hit seven home runs today.
The radar looks very good now. Maybe a short delay to start, but the rain is almost out, if not already.
The Tigers must have some very compelling non-baseball plans for October. F*ckers! Why can't the Almighty Jim Leyland inspire them to victory?
And your Francona unknowingly slams Grady moment brought to you by the Hartford Courant -
"In their mind, they’re done," Francona said. "If they’re done and you want to send them out there, that’s stupidity. Not going to work. There’s a reason they think they’re done. There’s a lot of times when you think in your mind a guy has another inning. But if he’s, for whatever reason in his mind, has about hit the wall, you’d be silly to send him back out.
I asked about a half-dozen attending media members if they had the same thought at that moment that I did: Pedro Martinez pointing to the sky as he came off the mound at the end of the seventh inning of Game 7 in 2003.
David Murphy went 3 for 5, hit a home run.
He needed a freaking single to hit for the cycle.
"And your Francona unknowingly slams Grady moment brought to you by the Hartford Courant"
I'm not sure it was unknowingly!
I was just thinking, Allan and I haven't played our Don Orsillo Drinking Game in a long time. Time was, we'd hear the word "outstanding" and automatically reach for our glasses.
Don hasn't been using his catch phrases quite as copiously these days.
But we've been managing to drink anyway.
Anyone with even a half-functioning knows Gump is the biggest idiot in the history of idiots.
BTW: We also know now that Gump was told explicitly by the Trio before Game 7 to remove Pedro as soon as he reached 100 pitches or pitched seven innings -- whichever came first.
Texas and Detroit play another game tonight at 7:05. Double dip! Seattle or Detroit... one of them's got to break out and make a run, right? Not so fast, I guess...
I'm not sure it was unknowingly!
You are probably correct.
L-girl, you should be aware that NESN was semi slamming Ellsbury in the pregame show. Nothing major just pointing out that he made two plays last night that with more experience he would have played differently.
Buffyvision on "last" on the remote. And could we score some runs tonight please???
Pretty please?
Ozzie Guillen got a 3 year extention today.
marcum fans shemp and the mfy strand a pair.
Still think the Grady thing is overrated. If Pedro closes out the game, even by pure luck, we're still talking about Grady as the guy who finally got us a championship. A dumb guy, but THE guy nonetheless. Unless Beckett had beat us in the WS or whatever.
Either way, Jacoby reaches.
Orsillo had no idea it was a K.
Still think the Grady thing is overrated.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You might as well say you think George Bush is the saviour of the United States.
You might as well say you want to have Derek Jeter's baby, and Michael Kay is the greatest announcer in baseball history.
jere, you are officially insane and should be committed immediately before you harm either yourself or others. pls report to whatever boston's version of bellevue is asap.
Grady Little should be Public Enemy #1 for every Red Sox fan from now until... eternity.
gerbil + billy is NOT EVEN CLOSE TO gump.
..
sweet fuckign jesus, i've never heard a sox fan say this. (bobby valentine, yes, but no sox fan.)
bases loaded for aaron hill w/ 2 outs for tor in 1st v hughes
Well, back to the game... Seems like the Red Sox are starting a new trend these last couple of nights of taking called third strikes in scoring situations.
Hi all. I see Wake gave up a HR. And the Sox already left MOB. I hope not a sign of things to come tonight.
Three hits in a row, two runs. Not feeling good.
UHOH Wake not mystifying the Devil Rays tonight.
Is the wind blowing in? The way Timmy's knuckle is not dancing you would have to think that it is coming from centerfield.
snyder up
Timmy must be missing the dome.
NYY threatened but didn't score. No score, top 2nd.
This is getting really depressing. Maybe we should have prayed for the rain to continue?
Oops, I said that backwards. Toronto threatened but didn't score.
Nevermind rain in the game, I have no idea what just happened here.
I walk to the grocery store, nice blue skies, think to myself "what a lovely day"
I leave the grocery store and start to walk home, as I leave I think "it's not supposed to be this dark at 7 pm" - feel a driplet of rain and decide to hang out in the covered area of the plaza for what turned out to be a huge ass torrential downpour. Catch the bus and as I'm walking home from off of the bus the rain slows and of course - it stops as i walk up the steps to my front door.
This story brought to you by Fernco Storm Drains.
.. last 6 rays have reached.
at least it's early. 8 innings to hit.
Timmy must be missing the dome.
Yep he must be. Still his 16 wins this year makes him a very cost effective pitcher.
i didn't think this would go well for him. no belli + coldish weather + back issue = 3-5+ runs given up.
Timmy must be missing the dome.
He's not the only Timmy missing a dome right now ;-)
Fragging Jays.
This story brought to you by Fernco Storm Drains.
Beautiful weather here in the GTA.
Brought to you by Mother Nature. :)
Sonnanstine's in a good position to absolutely confuse the Red Sox. Come on, Youk. Get it started.
RUNS PLEASE!!!!!!!!
hit the pole!!
Home run? Foul? Remy says foul. Or hit a spectator?
fuck -- hit some idiot in the face.
in foul terr.
That is so annoying.
Annoying. Yes. Especially in the midst of this offensive mini-drought.
Just feels like one of those games where you go WTF! Somebody needs to spark this team tonight.
Damn, I hope that guys' alright. I dont think he reached in front of the pole or over the wall.
And then of course it's 3-0 mfy.
Frustrating night already. U-TURN please.
It suddenly started pouring here. It went from a beautiful, blue-sky, cool and breezy evening to pouring rain.
This weather report brought to you by Tim.
cakey, got the disc today. thanks.
Damn, I hope that guys' alright. I dont think he reached in front of the pole or over the wall.
Yeah, I think he was just trying to not get hit in the face.
Oh, man. This night has gone from bad to worse. Just realized our freezer isn't working. I guess it's at least a distraction from the game.
Better eat all the ice cream before it melts. So the night won't be a total loss.
Uh, not that I'm pencilling in a loss or anything. I'm not.
NYY 3 - Tor 2, bottom 2nd
horrible E by milk dud!!!
Currently watching buffyvision....wow, yankees CF is a complete idiot.
Someone bloops it out to left-center and he charges it, one run comes in and he guns it into the Yankees dugout (no idea where he was TRYING to throw it) so another run comes in and now it's 3-2. :-)
Good for a chuckle..."sports fan related vandalism" against a mfy fan in Tampa or just a target of heighborhood hooligans?
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/9/9/286416.html
rios grounds out to e-rod for out #3.
3-2 mfy after 2.
L, did you see the catch by Damon? John Sterling almost messed his pants when calling that catch. Was it as good as he made it sound?
It's funny, Buffy's not even doing the game tonight, but it's still Buffyvision for us too!
It suddenly started pouring here. It went from a beautiful, blue-sky, cool and breezy evening to pouring rain.
Yeah, seems to be a recurring problem in this area.
Ish, no, I'm not watching the game. Just following the score once in a while.
Remy is giving his 9/11 memories. I really REALLY resent hearing people's stories of where they were, what they did.
People in Toronto do that to me all the time, when they hear I'm from NYC. I friggin hate it.
the way they are pitching against us makes you wonder how the hell they are 25.5 back.
red sox, snap out of it!! *SLAP*
jays guys did say damon saved runs and dud gave them back.
Presidential Dong!
THAT'S MY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!
LBJ puts on the board!
YESS!!!
(ask, and you shall receive)
Plus his 11-game hit streak!
Pee-wee!
remy remembers 9/11 because a supply of remdawg shirts was delayed.
whoa allan, that is cold. :)
Dustins infield hit moves him into second all by himself for most infield hits by a Sox. Lugo leads and Dusty is now ahead of Crisp.
The freaking slowest guy on the team has 19 infield hits!!! Got to love the dustin.
What in the hell is this? I knew your back was hurting Tim, but God damn!!! This is embarassing...to the Devil Rays of all teams! Do you want to go to the World Series or not?!?
Ok fine Boston, you don't feel like playing to win, go right ahead. It's not all of you that don't give a shit (Ex: Ellsbury w/HR, Pedroia, Lowell) but for those who do, there's a lot more to think about than yourselves.
You see the MFY right now?!? Did they steal your thunder in the middle of the night or something? Pull your head out of your ass and play like you did those beautiful months ago.
TB, just accept the fact that you're at the bottom and let the Sox win, b/c everyone hates the Yankees so just do us a favor please?
I'm sorry...I've just been so frustrated with the fear that they'll blow it and fulfill butthole anti-Sox predictions.
Just when it felt like things were turning around (at least this moment), Posada hits a dong and the Flo grounds into a DP.
Eh, a bump in the road.
Phil Hughes has thrown 54 pitches in 2 innings.
Detroit has a 4-1 lead on Texas in Game 2, Top 3rd.
I'm sorry...I've just been so frustrated with the fear that they'll blow it and fulfill butthole anti-Sox predictions.
Happens to all of us now and again.
L is being distracted by video of shirtless LBJ!
You see the MFY right now?!? Did they steal your thunder in the middle of the night or something?
Take a deep breath, man. Crack open a beer.
get.
him out.
now.
thx.
L is being distracted by video of shirtless LBJ!
lol;)
I can't deny it. :)
tp pls.
All I've got to say is that it is the 4th inning and it is a 4 run defecit. It's not over. It's not good, but it's not over.
10 hits for the Rays. Yowzer.
it's all those helpless animals he's murdered on hunting trips. karma, biotch.
ugh
fuckin' pena dong to dead cf.
8-1.
For those out there who like Snyder. That is why I do not want him on the post season roster. Another freaking dong.
everyone says 'dong' now. lol.
I'm not a Snyder fan either.
Men on second and third. 1 out. Carlos Pena, the 2nd best home run hitter in the league coming up. I told my dad, "Well here's an intentional walk right here..." And of course I spoke too soon.
It seemed so cut and dry to me. Had a feeling that some how the Red Sox would pay for that one. Now Snyder strikes out Upton, had him fooled on a curve ball. It just seems like a basic baseball managing move to intentionally walk a guy like Pena to set up the double play possibility, not to mention neutralize his bat.
Blah.
they can still come back. i don't feel it happening in the slightest..but. yah. can-do.
Francona has a reason for everything, and it's usually a good one. I'm very curious as to what his reason was for pitching to Pena there. Oh well.
one of our dogs is scared of rain and thunder. she never used to be, but as she's gotten old(er), she's having a lot of anxiety. i feel so bad for her.
i'll let allan mod while i go hang out w/ her for a while. she's in the basement because she's afraid.
What would the reason be for NOT walking Pena there? wtf?
"18 minute wait" -- glug!
BE AGGRESSIVE YOU MF'S. STOP WATCHING PITCHES GO BY!
-huff-
mike gets the 7+ run rally started.
"18 minute wait" -- glug!
guzzle!
*wine spills down chin*
swing that fuckin bat jd.
that works. single to left.
Extreme pepper!
no sweaty dong -- maybe a crispy dong???
E-Rod.
tdcg, cody says thank you. :)
she's so sweet. if it starts to rain at night, she wakes me up to get some comfort.
shamless plug for our great dogs: there are pics of them on my blog today.
Am starting to think that I should only watch the Sox on the weekends. Sox records by Day
Mon - 9-8
Tue - 11-10
Wed - 9-12
Thu - 13-3
Fri - 15-9
Sat - 16-8
Sun - 14-8
Weekend warriors.
ococ!
bases loaded, one out. how many score??
Alright oCoC!
Now we need some major Lugo Mojo.
why is blogger putting everything in italics?
loaded for lugo and cash -- got it all lined up.
Alllright OcOc!
Slügo Slam?
tdcg, cody says thank you. :)
she's so sweet. if it starts to rain at night, she wakes me up to get some comfort.
cuteness xo
yw cody! hehe.
.....
damn i thought mikey would score on that.
i'm digging that umlau, tim
how do you pronounce 'guelph'? anyone?
is it just 'gelff'?
Slügo BB would work as well...should have greenlighted him on the 3-0. Everyone from here to Topeka could've told ya it would've been a fastball down the pipe.
YES!
[guelph = gwelf - one syllable
why?]
okay okay...6 more! ;D
weak-hitting lugo hit falls in front of crawford.
cash = do something good
I'd be inclined to not let Cash swing here. I like Ellsbury with the bases loaded and 2 out better than a Cash DP.
Keep 'em comin...
Let's get some dividends here, Cash.
Another full count. Sonnanstine's going to beat himself soon. We hope. Take take take take Cash.
Cash can get some credit here...
CASH MONEY!!!!!!!!!!
WE HAVE A BALLGAME.
l-girl, lol..random query that's all.
i saw that tim was from hamilton and i have a friend who lives there and it made me think of 'guelph' and i never knew how to pronounce it.
ps. woooohoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
F THE RAYS!!!!!!!
This series of shitty Cashisms brought to you by ING.
Ca-ching!!!
Cashing in!!
Fuckin' eh!
YES! Move over Mothers Day, this will be the famous Sept 11 comeback.
pee wee is the tying run on deck.
(buh bye andy!!)
I'm liking the cash puns, including the sponorship. :)
i saw that tim was from hamilton and i have a friend who lives there and it made me think of 'guelph' and i never knew how to pronounce it.
Haha...I thought it was pretty simple. That's where I work (Guelph)...well, worked during the summer - going back in January.
can lyndon hit a homer against d'ohman?
c'mon LBJ...
(HGH up in Toronto with the bases juiced)
Marcum's falling apart in Toronto. Bases loaded, 1 out. Juice is up.
Speaking of which, I think it's funny Marcum pitches for Toronto, since there's a town with his name, spelled Markham.
That is all. Carry on.
HGH grand dong.
FUCK.
Juicy dong.
But bases loaded again in Fenway, so it's good.
better hitting though chemistry.
8-1 coming into this innings and now the tying run's at the plate.
With Big Papi on deck.
mfy fans take time out from bashing bonds to give giambi a curtain call.
L, I'd say Markham is a lil bigger then a town...Silicon north as it's known...That place is crazy cause it's literally like being in China...you go to a grocery store and they have dual signage...everything is in english and chinese.
Alright, D-Ped lets tie this baby up!
*whew*
crazay! 8-5 ;))
Yeah baby, barrel in and touch that plate!!
That was pretty decent. C'mon flo...
Welp, 4 runs in the 4th. Three run defecit. I think I'm feeling a little bit better.
papi hacking .... not so good.
L, I'd say Markham is a lil bigger then a town
Well yes but it's a town for this crowd. I mean, it's not a city - it's a suburb, therefore a town
That place is crazy cause it's literally like being in China...you go to a grocery store and they have dual signage...everything is in english and chinese.
I love that. Great Chinese groceries, bookstores, temples.
But no, it's not like being in China. It's like being in Canada. :)
Why the Italics?
We need to keep on hammering. This pen sucks and not only against us.
IE is putting everything in italics. Firefox is not.
IE is putting everything in italics. Firefox is not.
Internet Exploder.
yep, no italics here (in firefox)
i could never go back to IE, lol.
TABS pwn.
TABS pwn.
And themes. And add-ons. I could go on, but this is a baseball game.
I don't know what the big deal is about Firefox. I use it on my laptop and IE on my desktop and I see no appreciable difference.
Tabs? I will never use those. Yuck.
Ok am blaming TDCG for the italics since her comment: one of our dogs ...my cat was like that too. they are so silly, hehe ;)
tabs iare the greatest! I just load up all of my Red Sox blogs in one folder and then one click they all start loading.
Yeah boy.
But no, it's not like being in China. It's like being in Canada. :)
Yeah, that comment was hurried and should have been phrased differently...ahh well.
And Firefox pwns all. Tabs are just the start.
yeah yeah, everyone loves firefox but me. i have yet to see what the big deal is.
When you get the clicking rhythm right with the tabs, you can surf much faster and without even thinking. My head approaches explosion level when I have to use IE. It's like somebody took me from an open road to the middle of a traffic jam.
I don't know what the big deal is about Firefox. I use it on my laptop and IE on my desktop and I see no appreciable difference.
The sheer size of the programs is a major difference as well, functionality and usability aside. Microsoft likes to really write more code than is needed. Try doing a basic webpage in Word then looking at the HTML source. Completely obscene.
Tabs? I will never use those. Yuck.
so you prefer loads of windows open? ;p
s1c, what?
Yeah, that comment was hurried and should have been phrased differently...ahh well.
Hey, that's ok. It probably would have come out better on IE. :)
Mr. Javier "1 pitch inning over" Lopez coming into the game.
It's not like I haven't heard this all before. I have zero problems with IE. It does what I need it to, it works quickly and easily, it doesn't ask me a lot of unnecessary questions, and why shouldn't I want a lot of windows open? Since when is that a bad thing? Enjoy your Firefox, it's sooooo cool to not use Microsoft, whoopee.
tdcg - your comments about dogs was the first one that was all in italics.
Could we keep them from scoring JUST ONCE for godsakes?
doing another driveby. we just got home--no bath tonight! dirty kids, hurrah.
got home in the bottom of the 4th to see all the runs the sox score. made the intro 8-1 far more palatable I didn't have to see any of the pain.
Gotta say that throw to the plate was killer. Bummer for them, hurrah for us.
why shouldn't I want a lot of windows open? Since when is that a bad thing? Enjoy your Firefox, it's sooooo cool to not use Microsoft, whoopee.
hehe, of course it is ;p
no, i don't even think of that. i guess i've just got so used to the snappiness of tabs that i could never go back to windows :)
NYY has bases loaded again.
I know this will bring out the trolls (who only I will see!) but damn, we do NOT want the series this weekend to mean anything. We've got to maintain at least a 5 game lead.
tdcg - your comments about dogs was the first one that was all in italics.
ohh ok. see, i didn't see that cause...yeah ;)
i guess i've just got so used to the snappiness of tabs that i could never go back to windows :)
That's cool. I found the tabs cluttered and distracting. I like one site per window.
I find the whole "take back the web" thing a bit silly. It was never taken away, and it's not so radical to download and use a free browswer. But hey.
i am now using firefox. no ital. yay!
still 8-2 in toronto. hurray?
4 more runs would be nice. Let's have a nice replay from last inning. Lowell leads off again...
gotta say I love my firefox. I can't stand to go back and use browsers w/o tabs. Even using IE7 with tabs is just klunky compared to firefox. A few well-placed add-ons and I can do all sorts of amazing things with a few flicks of the mouse. Love my foxytunes, my gestures, my search engine functionality, my minimized skin for the laptop, the extra screenspace I get over IE... I could go on and on, but I love it so much better. Having said that, I prefer firefox on a PC to using it on a mac.
oh i know why it's all in italics. cause i didn't close the tag for italics at the end of what i quoted. sorry bout that! ;//
And the Good Doctor leads off with a single. :) The sky's the limit now.
the doctor is in! here we go now.
WERD!
drew is on fire!
Look who's coming out of his slump!
So far we've essentially got a replay of last inning. But it'd be nice for Youk to get on here as well.
hey yook, i wanna see a sweaty dong!
OMG J.D. has two hits in a row. Last post while I switch from the work laptop (no firefox and the italics are driving me nuts) to B-fly's.
love to see the positive drewness. now for some yookdom.
Open up a can of Youkass!
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