Red Sox - 000 001 000 - 1 5 0Harden (6-3-1-3-9, 95) was tough to hit and Lester (4-5-4-3-4, 83) was tough to watch. Emil Brown atoned for his base-running blunder yesterday by smacking a three-run dong to left in the third. Manny hit a solo shot with two outs in the sixth. Other hits: two singles from Lowell, a single from Lugo and a double from Crisp. David Aardsma pitched 1.2 innings (1 H, 3 K) and looked very good.
Athletics - 013 000 01x - 5 9 1
156 hours and change until the next regular season pitch.
***
Jon Lester (2007 ERA+ 104) / Rich Harden (2007 ERA+ 171 (25.2 IP))
Francona said Lyndon's back is okay, Coco was going to play today regardless. Drew's back is no worse, but the team is playing it safe, since they have a 10-hour flight to California coming up.
Red Sox Athletics
Dustin Pedroia, 2B Travis Buck, RF
Kevin Youkilis, 1B Mark Ellis, 2B
David Ortiz, DH Daric Barton, 1B
Manny Ramirez, LF Mike Sweeney, DH
Mike Lowell, 3B Emil Brown, LF
Brandon Moss, RF Bobby Crosby, SS
Jason Varitek, C Jack Hannahan, 3B
Coco Crisp, CF Kurt Suzuki, C
Julio Lugo, SS Chris Denorfia, CF
Also, SoSH TaLK on Yook's cut-off in the 10th inning of Game 1.
462 comments:
1 – 200 of 462 Newer› Newest»Also, from Benjamin: "Josh Beckett had his best side day of the spring, according to a conversation John Farrell had with the pitcher. The best case scenario has Beckett pitching in Toronto, during the three-game series April 4-6."
Good morning!
Hey! ESPN 2 is coming in fine and clear! In an ironic twist, however, I woke up blind. But it's a good morning on JOS, nonetheless....
Let's get it on!
"...put your little hand in mine..."
After 2 minutes of Thorne/Phillips, you'll wish you were deaf, too.
I refuse to let anything spoil a day that begins with a Red Sox game. Even Gary Thorne. Play ball!
I agree. But that's what mute is for.
I'm loving these early games. Watch a game and still have the whole day in front of me - plus a free evening. Perfect.
oh my. the Sullivan Tire ads continue their greatness, acting-wise, with Pedroia and Rice in the new ones. I think they've found in Dustin possibly the world's only actor worse than Tito.
"Watch a game and still have the whole day in front of me - plus a free evening. Perfect."
That is very true, for night guy, but morning guy's the one who has to get up early, and he's pissed about that.
Playing Crisp is a good idea, I think (he said, risking Laura's wrath). We shall see.
good morning.
i'm much more tired this morning than i was yesterday morning. but, i'll persevere.
gnasty start for Harden
It's easier for me. I don't have a night guy.
"Playing Crisp is a good idea, I think (he said, risking Laura's wrath). We shall see."
Hhrrrmmmm... /marge simpson
the damn crowd Troops me every time
I'm also much more tired today. It was all adrenaline yesterday--- plus, this is the 2nd straight day of short sleep :(
flo now 6-6 against harden, 4 hits, 2 bb.
The younger crowd has no idea how happy it makes Castiglione that "Trup" is synonymous with "thinking a ball is gone when it's nowhere near.": Growing up with Coleman and the "new guy," Joe Castiglione, we used to call that "getting Castiglioned."
Which I guess now would be spelled Castigli-Pwned or whatever.
damn, Harden just says 'sit down'
c/\$^!g/1pwn3d
Well, I'm an old fart, and I still call it getting Truped. But I guess I'm a youngster in Red Sox terms.
ok, the newer crowd, then.
Yeah, it was always, "long drive to left! But the wind holds it up and he traaacks it dowwwn..." for Joe.
good play.
uncle joe described that as, "a weird ball"
Yeah, it was always, "long drive to left! But the wind holds it up and he traaacks it dowwwn..." for Joe.
he was doing that yesterday. minus wind bit.
is the radar gun still slow?
so it's official. We wore the correct road unis both games, instead of claiming, "Oh, the Japanese people really wanted to see the home whites so we just wet ahead and wore them."
I wonder if there is ANY plan regarding the 10K that Manny could articulate that these morons wouldn't make fun of. "Im going to put that money into a hedge fund." "That Manny! What IS he thinking!" Maybe if he said, "I'm putting a $10,000 bounty on Gary Thorne's head" they'd shut up.
7 pitches, 2 outs. Not bad.
Jack, I thought the same thing. Gas money, yuk yuk yuk, what a riot. Colour copier, how hilarious.
"he was doing that yesterday. minus wind bit."
Yeah, it's funny, just because it became Trup's trademark to eff that up, doesn't mean Joe ever stopped, ha.
Of course, I consider myself young and the people listen pre-1979 are the fogies, heheh
Manny's just a funny guy.
Not nearly as funny as the mediots make him out to be.
i thought they might mention how much gas costs, but they shied away from that.
"what are you going to do with that color copier?"
"i'm going to put it in my house."
glad I've got NESN.
Truped again! 16 pitch inning, way better than usual for Lestah
"swing and there's a fly ball deeeeeeep to right field... but there's brandon moss."
I knew that one was caught. Because I've learned. Long fly ball--probably totally not deep.
mlb has not yet put up a gameday link on its scorebard page -- someone oversleep?
Did anyone get Castigli-owned/Truped on Ellsbury's ball after Moss's dong yesterday? Well, I guess anyone listening did. Castig was sure we were taking the lead.
Lowell looking for a 10-game OD hitting streak. Pretty....pretty..pretty good
here's the new hero
"someone oversleep?"
Has Selig ever woken up in the first place?
gas prices in japan are around the same as what lord lynch would pay for petrol. at least, from what i gather.
most of the global listings are not quite up to date.
Nice heater. This could be a good outing for Harden.
oof. tough K for moss.
"gas prices in japan are around the same as what lord lynch would pay for petrol. at least, from what i gather."
way more than what we pay in north america
phillips: "they didn't tell me math would be a part of this job."
nah steve ... no numbers in baseball.
nasty
SASWOAL
i think thorne & phillips just found out there is a world beyond the us. the way they're laughing about kilograms and sushi, it's embarrassing.
Please tell me Phillips was at least imitating Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford....
Rem's new line: "As President of Red Sox Nation 'I Want You'...." to buy stuff, etc.
The President doesn't say I Want You. That's Troy, New York's Uncle Sam's job....
way more than what we pay in north america
the average is about £1.10 per litre. so that'd be about $2.20 per litre. both US and canadian.
Lugo's smooth.
i wonder when the last time ESPN went to toronto.
That was a hard-hit ball.
I need a nap
Toronto, good question. But they don't seem to realize they're out of the US when they're in Canada.
You'd think that no one in Japan ate anything but sushi. Ever.
are thorne and phillips flirting?
L-girl: you mean they don't?
Much Lester cancer talk on ESPN?
Well I couldn't swear to it, but I'll assume they don't. :)
Sushi, this "exotic" food... that is sold in every shopping mall food court in America.
Cancer talk for the intro, so far it hasn't come back. We were saying, poor Lester, he'll forever be described that way.
Yeah. I'm not a big fan of sushi. It seems like every night is sushi night around here
Gotta get Kathleen hannahan
....those crazy college kids and their 'exotic food' tastes
"it was 0 and 2. now it's 3 and 2."
i was hoping for that to happen less this year.
but now the count is 3 and 3.
nice k for lester
rraww-rraww-rraww-rraww
-smacks snooze button
rraww-rraww-rraww-rraww
-smacks snooze button
rraww-rraww-rraww-rraww
-finally comes down stairs.
Morning All! What'd I miss?
I could live on sushi.
Man, sometimes these game threads turn into remy/orsillo type banter... except not everyone who watches the game is forced to listen :-p
I know, he beat cancer, but only the disease. The talk appears to be chronic.
I'm just not a seafood person really, which is a shame, since it's generally so healthy. I've tried to acquire a taste for it, it just hasn't happened.
"except not everyone who watches the game is forced to listen"
exactly. we're not supposed to be calling the game.
this inning is far more... Lesteriffic
OMG the Bruins won yesterday. Where's that guy from yesterday's thread?
"I know, he beat cancer, but only the disease. The talk appears to be chronic."
Heh, very good.
"I'm just not a seafood person really, which is a shame, since it's generally so healthy."
Console yourself thinking of all the mercury poisoning you're not getting.
i don't like seafood for the most part. and the seafood is do like doesn't count. fried clam strips. fried shrimp.
bumpy inning.
darn. 1-0 Oakland, Crosby in. Well-placed 2rbi single for Denorfia (who??)
Here is the disappointing thing about sushi, though I could live on it too.
Really high-lights how hard it is to live by your principles I suppose.
bruins guy, that must have been tim. probably still asleep.
OMG the Bruins won yesterday. Where's that guy from yesterday's thread?
i'll bet tim's asleep. but i watched the game and it was absolutely fantastic. with savard and without ferrence.
/bruins talk
Chief, good link. Scary! I thought it was going to be about overfishing of tuna and salmon - which is a *huge* problem. I am struggling with my need for wild salmon... and the need to protect salmon from extinction.
YES. Big pitch Lester.
And, interesting article. Which is why, to me, 'living by your principles' means just trying to be a good person and treat people with respect, fairness and compassion. Outside of that, there's not much in your control.
yeah sushi talk is one thing, but another sport...!! ;-)
Hey, it's between innings, so Bruins talk is temporarily ok right? Injuries have just killed them all year, it was nice to see the young guys step up. I missed the first period, what was wrong with Kobasew? (I went to sleep before looking it up)
Joe Grav, you're right that there's not much in our control, but you can still take action. You can't take action on everything, but "it's out of our control" is also a convenient cop-out.
A big bunch of ppl taking action together can make a very big difference.
OCOC!
Up and at 'em, Atom Ant!
Missed the Sox' first at-bat, anything?
Someone must have gotten on base anyway.
Harden looks migy damn sharp so far, hope that doesn't keep up
Yeah, who knew?
I grew up on the Oregon coast eating wild salmon every summer. My Grandfather had a small boat and used to bring it in all time. All that is gone now - amazing how commercial fishing has eliminated wild salmon in the Northwest. Little guys can't even get permits for personal use now, from what I understand.
Oh right, baseball....
Up and at 'em, Atom Ant!
Missed the Sox' first at-bat, anything?
Someone must have gotten on base anyway.
Harden looks migy damn sharp so far, hope that doesn't keep up
BB for ortiz
Oh, I understand fully. But the sushi article just goes to show that even when you think you've got things covered, there's another dimension there.
maybe geren will cap harden's pc at 50. that would help.
kobasew injured his leg while scrambling in front of the net.
That would be good. Harden is en fuego right now
We're going to Newfoundland this summer, which used to be a 100% fishing economy. Now it is mostly a tourist economy, and only barely that. Almost no fishing at all. Whole towns have disappeared, huge percentage of ppl on public assistance. No more cod.
Come on Dustin, keep up the chase for .400 :D
I love the sound effects.
Joe Grav, yes, you're right. It's just my job to remind people to do activism. :)
Ooo Jere, be glad you don't have espn right now. Very glad.
Morning all! Excuse my lateness today but all is good now - coffee is brewin, game is on and we are ready to roll!
i had a dream overnight that i bit my tongue. and i got so angry that i did that. then i woke up, and i had bit my tongue. still hurts.
talking about walks and the mfy
thorne says maybe giambi will take walks to get on base for arod. hgh will be batting above arod in the lineup? leadoff or 2nd?
Morning all! Excuse my lateness today but all is good now - coffee is brewin, game is on and we are ready to roll!
did that have anything to do with another boston team last night?
come on Yook, make him work
I remember that my alarm went off at 5:01 in the middle of an awful part of a dream, I hate when that happens. I think that's why I feel like crud now.
lugo, to second: "i'll take that."
Lugo's in to 2nd. First Sox SB of the season.
i wish there was a way to mod the gamethread and still have the game on mute.
Harden's about to face Papi for the second time....
Good time for your first hit, Papi
oakland: we're experiencing some minor turbulence, which very well could result in crashing into a mountain. we'll see.
phillips says yook chases the fewest pitches out of the zone.
yesterday he said the exact same thing about cust.
L-girl, learn Spanish and hit SAP. Do you have SAP in Canada? Whenever I'm at home watching with dad I put it on because it drives him nuts.
what a grab :/
hey, no jinx or anything, but Harden has a
NO HITTER
going
i've got the radio and tv on, just so i don't feel i have to be glued to the tv. works well in baseball. not so well in other sports.
I think Lester looks terrific...great fastball, tough demeanor. For a cancer survivor, of course.
(I endorse your view on proactivity, L-girl. We always have choices; futility is often an illusion. Like, I'm pretty sure these needles I'm sticking in my Gary Thorne voodoo doll now are having some effect...)
My Spanish is good enough to watch a game. But no, in Canada the SAP is French. Plus this is the MLB EI feed, no SAP at all.
Why are we talking about sushi like there's no vegetarian version? I eat the stuff all the time. It's a bunch of rice wrapped in seaweed stuffed with little cucumbers and shit. It's awesome.
I don't know much Spanish, but growing up in Revere, MA, I've picked up enough to have a semi-decent idea of what's going on during a game. I'm pretty good with Spanish soccer commentary now (it helps that 90% of the commentary is: player's name, corner kick, foul, goal)
harden pc: 19-15-26 = 60
did that have anything to do with another boston team last night?
No, just me being a tool and staying up til like 1:30 am. Just got caught up on the thread...and I'm proud to say that I'm that guy!
ish: Kobasew is one of my favorite pro athletes. He's come back to Boston College (where he won a national title in 2001) a few times to skate with the team and stuff, and I was able to get his autograph. Seems like a good dude.
I've gotten to see some pretty good players like Crosby, Malkin, and Ovechkin practice here too, because when the Celtics are playing at the Garden, teams visiting the Bruins sometimes practice at BC.
oakland: we just dodged a bullet there. free peanuts for everyone.
I dislike vegetarian sushi. That's why I was.
Thanks, Jack. History is full of examples.
I wish we could have radio too. I would definitely mute this shit.
When we went to Alaska we stoped at a former fishing and logging village called Hoonah. Former. Commercial fishing had put all but 2 of what usd to be over 80 shipps out of business and logging was cycling down.
They built a cruise ship stop. Wonderful place, but.....
Lester got squeezed there
For example, that needle in the doll's head: Thorne actually appears to think that either 1) Jose Canseco plays for the Yankees, or 2) Jason Giambi wrote the sequel to "Juiced," or 3) Jason Giami and Jose Canseco are the same person. Even after being corrected by Phillips when he said Giami wrote the book, Thorne said "I can't wait to see those throws from third to first!" and insisted that "the Yankkes can't just let this lie" and had to get "the two" to talk it out. He's really, truly, nuts!!!
I would watch 'the ultimate red sox show' if hazel mae were not the host
There are so many different things you can put in sushi! There's not one version of sushi without a lil' creature in there you like? There's a great soul food sushi place in New Haven. I never had sushi before I became a vegetarian, though, so it's like a new, meatless food for me. Then again, I never liked fish. Except tuna sandwiches.
This sushi/fishing convo has way too much intellect for this early in coffees (for me anyway). Man. I do have to say that mango rolls are pretty kickass. Other than that, there isn't much else the veggie way that I enjoy.
PS - Spider Rolls FTW!
Can we pick up the pace here boys? I have class at 10
Sorry. I only like it with sea creatures in it. I've sampled lots of other versions. To me they're just space fillers, not worth eating.
I also dislike Hazel Mae. Unrelated to sushi.
dien bien PHU. Popped Him Up
Those of you listening to Thorne on ESPN2, there's no need to spread the poison on here :P
Sheesh, have some respect for those of us lucky enough to not have to listen to the piercing sounds of his voice.
i'm not sure that joke was appropriate, but it was funny
L-Girl---you ATE Hazel Mae?
Lester's going to have to wriggle out of this jam a la last year
Does Hazel Mae come wrapped in eel?
No Jack. My mouth has been nowhere near Hazel Mae.
Obviously Thorne is in the Joe Morgan camp with respect to "reading" books.
ugh
Dong
I guess Brown made up for his little baserunning faux pas
emil brown atones for the baserunning blunder from yesterday. balls.
And I am going NOWHERE NEAR that Hazel Mae/mouth comment
jesus fuck - i go to make a coffee and miss the dong. looks like i'm going into work later today, gotta watch the comeback...
there was a sushi place in the east village that had some odd combinations. one had peanut butter in it -- strange but it worked.
damn brown dong.
SHIT!!
Lester leaving it out there.
But it's OK, because,you know....
Tim: I apologize. You're right.
Besides, that new book by Jason Giambi is bound to stir things up with the Yankees...
i think jose said slappy made a pass at hgh's wife. and alex and the jucier would have to chat.
we should've realized Emil Nomel really wanted to make up for yesterday's blunder and not thrown him anything to hit
Dam Brown Dong is actually the name of Hazel Mae's cousin.
"And I am going NOWHERE NEAR that Hazel Mae/mouth comment"
no need to be polite
damn brown dong.
dirrrrty.
haha no worries jack - no need to apologize, i would be doing the same thing so i can't say shit to you guys. the games where we don't have a choice (FOX) are always fun to communally bash.
or maybe the chokers signed canseco this morning and the news isn't out on the wire yet. only thorne knows.
Well, i'm not sure exactly how I would phrase my joke if I would go there, but it be something along the lines of 'everyone would be able to tell if your mouth was ever near Hazel Mae'
Ewwwww.
only thorne knows.
sort of like the sock?
Hey, you asked for it
sorta
They are hitting him hard. Here comes the ole' pitching coach
indeed
i was curious what you'd come up with
Wait, so Canseco shot up Bonds with roids, he screwed Clemens' wife, who passed it to A-rod,and Petite just used it to help the infection go away faster, right?
Man, Lester is not looking good
or maybe the chokers signed canseco this morning and the news isn't out on the wire yet. only thorne knows.
"Oh my goodness gracious!" /Waldman
Christ, now we have to listen to Orestes Destrade go down memory lane. WE DON'T CARE!!! WATCH THE GAME!!!!
that guy is STILL talking??? we couldn't take it anymore, we've been on mute.
I can't take anyone seriously whose name is Kurt. Sorry, but thats just the way that it goes.
people talk about lester having ace stuff/potential -- i just don't see it.
Will this inning ever end?
is it me or is lester an incredibly slow pitcher?
that was a long inning :-/
not you, it's excruciating
RedSock: If Thorne doesn't think Canseco is somehow on first for NY or that Giambi wrote the book, what could that comment about "throws from third to first" possibly mean? He's nuts, I tell you.
go! go! go! in a hoverround!
lmao! "I'm Tom Kruise, inventor of the hoverround"
i think i just had the longest yawn in the whole of human history.
Lester is just not a fun pitcher to watch. He's solid, but not fun to watch. Kinda like Matt Clement, but better
people put down wakefield for supposedly being slow - when he pitched at skydome last year it seemed fine to me, and was fun to watch. but this lester...man. like molasses on a morning like today.
hopefully the long wait impacts Harden
could be worse. tom werner has just showed up at the nesn booth.
i guess thorne thinks the book and the wife claim will cause problems between 1B giambi and 3B arod.
SPN2 has Thorne and doofus shit...NESN has Tom Werner, discussing heated toilet seats.
Tom Werner talking about heated toilet seats. That must be a big upgrade over whatever is happening on ESPN2.
...nope, still nasty
Werner says standing room only people are in socks. Remy and Orsillo's response: silence.
Redsock: I see it. Lester just hasn't learned how to pitch yet. He's a little like John Tudor befor he figured things out.
"oh...that's......interesting"
Harden wow
fuck, manny punched out
good start.
Wha? Wakefield works FAST.Really fast. His PITCHES are slow.
Aw yeah! Nice hit Dr.
yeah, harden is annoying
I hate slow pitchers. Told my LLers at practice last night that the worst thing they can do is slow the game down. Puts defense to sleep, irritates the umpires, hurts the fan base.
We were covering respect for the game and decorum, one of my favorite pre-season chats every year.
Doc - breaks up the no-no!
Nobody says Wake is slow--except for that one horrible article.
oops. aww. no no hitter for harden.
The only thing slow about Wake is his pitch speed.
Post a Comment