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Clay Buchholz (3.27, 136 ERA+) / NYY: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (1.23, 341 ERA+)
A rematch of last Friday's game. Wang threw a complete-game two-hitter (New York lost the other two games in the three-game series) and Buchholz allowed only one run and four hits in six innings.
That's the best start that I've had this year. It's just something to build off of. I didn't do anything great. I think I did the little things good enough to get by and keep the team in the game to win. ... They've seen me once and I've seen them, so I think each of us have maybe a little bit of an edge on one another.Manny Ramirez is 13-for-25 against Wang. ... Nine of Kevin Youkilis's 20 hits this season have been for extra bases, giving him a .635 slugging percentage and a team-high 186 OPS+. Plus, he's been kind enough to allow a family of sparrows to live in his goatee until daddy bird can find a new job.
For those of you outside New England who may be trapped with the MFY announcers tonight, there is an alternative: Jere! Check out his blog for info on hearing his broadcast.
Oat:
ReplyDeleteEllsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Youkilis, 3B
Drew, RF
Varitek, C
Casey, 1B
Lugo, SS
Meal:
Cabrera, CF
Jeter, SS
Abreu, RF
Rodriguez, 3B
Matsui, LF
Posada, DH
Giambi, 1B
Cano, 2B
Moeller, C
Manny, Poet
ReplyDeleteI'll pretty much miss this one. I'm at a board meeting from 6-9something, then radioland at 10.
ReplyDeleteHave fun, all.
That story David says in the poetry link made me cry. That was freaking beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThose of us whose only choice is ESPN at least won't have to listen to Rick "the droner" Sutcliffe. We are told he is under the weather.
ReplyDeleteWonderful new feature on Direct TV this season---they are including both teams' broadcasts. This is especially nice in Virginia where most of the O's-Sox games have been blacked out in the past.
ReplyDeleteSee you all around 9:30. Have fun. Go Sox!
ReplyDeleteYou know that's just a riff on a classic Christian fable, right?
ReplyDeleteYou know that's just a riff on a classic Christian fable, right?
ReplyDeleteNo. I'm supremely ignorant on all things religious. Still, it's pretty funny thinking of Manny carrying David in his arms on the beech.
ive been away from this blog due to new workload i've been taking on (shame on me)
ReplyDeletebut i'll get back here when i can.
great two games in cleveland!
lets hope we can do the same at the toilet, or as archie bunker the racist says...terrrrlet.
hey jack marshall,
ReplyDeleteit is a nice new feature that direcTV is doing, but im not fond of the new saturday afternoon rules. no day games on sat, even if they arent fox games.
so...i missed one sox game already this year cause of it. sucks.
Youk's been doing his regular first half amazingness.
ReplyDeleteHe could be our replacement for Manny (offense + defense) if he could only maintain his 1st half production for the whole year.
Check out the splits:
Career
311 .410 .482 .892
.244 .351 .384 .734
2007
.328 .419 .502 .920
.238 .356 .391 .747
Those are such extreme splits.
"Those of us whose only choice is ESPN "
ReplyDeleteYou can't get youcastr?
Listening to the pre-game show on WEEI... Tina Cervasio will be a pre-game guest. This should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteLet me say it amuses me as a Jew to be the expert about goyim.
ReplyDeleteWell, he's not allowed a day off any time soon given the injury situation.
ReplyDeleteAlmost game time, and I am even home in time for the first pitch tonight. Unfortunately, I also feel compelled to watch some of the debate. Not sure why I want to subject myself to that since it's in many ways just another sporting event and with teams I am not in love with, but I just can't not look.
ReplyDeleteLet me say it amuses me as a Jew to be the expert about goyim.
ReplyDeleteWhat did I miss here?
Happy almost Passover, Phrenile. What does that login name mean anyway? It sure doesn't sound Jewish. :)
Nice to see you, Nixon33. Wondered where you had been.
ReplyDeleteThat work stuff really gets in the way of baseball. I am looking forward to the semester ending so I don't have work interference.
espn showing great moments btw sox and yanks in the intro: ruth, the may 76 brawl, boone and either Slappy or CI with a curtain call ... and that's it.
ReplyDeleteforgetting something, espn?
I am looking forward to the semester ending so I don't have work interference.
ReplyDeleteMe, too. Late in May. Then a couple weeks off before summer session begins.
and espn refers to manny as "a bronx native"
ReplyDeleteMANNY HAS NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER LIVED IN THE BRONX!
how hard is it to be accuarte?
Where and what do you teach, Zen?
ReplyDeletegot jere live!
ReplyDelete-- ugh -- finish eating -- disgusting.
i'm muting for a bit
If you aren't from NY, then any relatively poor neighborhood is either the Bronx or Harlem. Washington Heights just happens to be smack between them....
ReplyDeleteyes, i'd rather hear joe morgan than someone talking and eating at the same time.
ReplyDeletesomeone tell me when jere is done with dinner.
today's theme with wang -- regression to the mean.
ReplyDeletesox win 8-4
Where and what do you teach, Zen?
ReplyDeleteI teach Humanities -- mostly World Religions, but some Music/Arts/Lit and Composition courses, too -- at City College of San Francisco.
Watching this on YES. Muted, of course.
ReplyDeleteWow, that sounds great---San Francisco and humanities! What could be more fun than that. It's got to be more fun than teaching law in Springfield, MA!
ReplyDeletephren: can you get jere?
ReplyDeleteMANNY! Great start. Wang not untouchable tonight....
ReplyDeletemorgan on manny: "he loves it here he grew up here"
ReplyDeletegod.
Manny! Love you! Carrying the team, almost!
ReplyDeleteDone with dinner! Come on over!
ReplyDeletejere is back!!!
ReplyDeletetune in if you can!
Amy, considering it's in San Francisco and is community college level, it is great. The only drawback is that the semesters are 18 weeks long. Funding is tied to the number of hours we're in there, so it's maxed out. But it's probably one reason we're paid a living wage.
ReplyDeletejere, you are a hair fast on pitch calling
ReplyDeleteYouk would've had that.
ReplyDeleteFuck. Abreu's hitting well.
ReplyDeleteis it against the rules for HH to throw a fucking curve tonight???
ReplyDeleteFuck.
ReplyDeleteArgggh, Buchholz also giving up the hits.
ReplyDeleteZen, 18 weeks does sound long, but hey, people with "real" jobs have no sympathy so we have to complain to each other!
I HATE AROD.
Well, it was a good start, but then abreu kinda of ruined it.
ReplyDeleteBTW the reason why Sutcliff is under the weather is he has the big C.
Fragging kidding me, back to backs.
ARRRRRGHHHHH
I guess I am lucky to have NESN tonight. It's not even on ESPN here.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Jere, until we are synched, I will have to listen to the other Jerry,
robert wuhl
ReplyDeleteleaving early, beat traffic
ReplyDeletejere's father is phil rizzuto?
FIRE, ON!
ReplyDeleteZen, 18 weeks does sound long, but hey, people with "real" jobs have no sympathy so we have to complain to each other!
ReplyDeleteWell...yeah. I teach part time and do part time in a law office. If there was no break in teaching, you'd have a lot of teachers going mad. Not so the law office.
One job's a lot more fulfilling, though.
tie it up, cap't.
ReplyDeleteAllan, are you talking to Jere through the comments? Not sure at all what your last two comments mean!
ReplyDeleteLooks like we may have one of those slugfests tonight.
I was looking at splits for Tek the other night, with 1 person on he hits way above his average. It's only with RISP (or bases loaded) that he sucks.
ReplyDeleteLets get the train moving!!!
yeah, i am chatting, but he seems unaware. he's not checking in enuff, though he mentioned your not in synch comment.
ReplyDeleteTime for Casey to endear himself! That is a real short porch there in right MAYOR.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't going to be a pitchers' duel, is it.
ReplyDeleteIf there was no break in teaching, you'd have a lot of teachers going mad. Not so the law office.
ReplyDeleteThe lawyers are already mad...
And yes, people don't quite get why we need those breaks. At this point in my career I no longer explain, just let them rant and rave.
Are you a lawyer in the firm part-time or working in some other capacity?
OK, I missed how Tek got on base. Shit. Got to focus...
Casey dove into that pitch but still managed to draw his walk on the next one. Maybe Lugo will surprise.
ReplyDeletelost jere's b'cast.
ReplyDeleteAt least it wasn't a doubleplay.
ReplyDeleteyou asshole lugo -- 2 walks on 9 pitches and you hack at the first pos pitch that comes along. JESUS.
ReplyDeleteThought for sure that A-Rod would go home, but we will take the run!!
ReplyDeleteTime for some LBJness!!!
damn....
ReplyDeletefrack, you have to be kidding me. Up to FY to tie the game.
ReplyDeletenice move tek. man.
ReplyDeletegot jere back.
tek should have kept going and crashed into mole-err.
ReplyDeleteAre you a lawyer in the firm part-time or working in some other capacity?
ReplyDeleteI'm a paralegal.
disgusting, bases loaded and no outs and you only get one run.
ReplyDeletearrrrrrggggghhhhh
bought the father in law some red sox scratch tickets (he's a big MFY fan)!!!
BAAAAD baserunning by tek. come on! i dont think wang would've gotten lbj at first either, it would hyave been a tough play.
ReplyDeletedisgusting, bases loaded and no outs and you only get one run.
ReplyDeletehey - we often get zero.
hey - we often get zero
ReplyDeleteOnly if Tek is up!!!
sorry amy
could use the 1-2-3 here
OK, that was annoying (daughter on phone for most of it). At least Buchholz looking sharper.
ReplyDeleteZen, I hope your firm treats paralegals better than the NY firms. My older daughter worked at one NY firm for two years and was miserable.
Hey, s1c, remember who won the game for us last night. :)
ReplyDeleteNo moderating tonight. How cool is that. Pretty risky for a Sox/NY game, no?
so while jere was out of contact, i turn on espn and o'brien tells the exact same joke he told on sox radio the other night about casey falling on gammons in foul territory (they stopped the game and he and casey chatted for 15 minutes)
ReplyDelete... lame.
amy: shhhhh...
ReplyDeleteok lets make wang work, er....
ReplyDeletelets get some runs
Zen, I hope your firm treats paralegals better than the NY firms. My older daughter worked at one NY firm for two years and was miserable.
ReplyDeleteOK except for compensation.
I'm off to school. Go go Sox.
The no-moderation-during-gamethreads policy is a good one.
ReplyDeleteMBM was pissed, but that was a good pitch.
ReplyDeleteump waits 10 minutes to call manny out -- manny seriously PISSED
ReplyDeletefuck.
ReplyDeletejere gets cut off again.
ReplyDeleteback now.
Remy saying that the pointing at the ump would get MBM thrown out, except I think MBM was pointing that the pitch was outside.
ReplyDeletec'mon kid, we need another good inning here.
jere -- i think nyy got 11 in that 3rd inning, and won in extras.
ReplyDeleteWish Manny would get out if the box that fast on some of his hits...
ReplyDeletejere: "tries to jeterize it to right field"
ReplyDeletejere talking about a late 80s game at the toilet, sox score a lot early, then fat billyl gets pounded.
ReplyDeletesox: 450
nyy: 00(11)
and the yanks won in 10.
come on HH 1-2-3!
ReplyDeleteok! LETS GET SOME RUNS!
ReplyDeleteruns would be good.
ReplyDeletefire
tek
mayor
youcastr really shitting the bed for jere tonight.
ReplyDeletewtf with the hacking???
ReplyDeleteshemp gets a present.
One-pitch outs make baby jebus cry.
ReplyDeleteHey guys. Just got here. This is shaping up to be a good game.
ReplyDeletewho is this guy wearing tek's uni?
ReplyDeleteHELL YA!
ReplyDeleteRuns are indeed good.
ReplyDeletetek wheels? TEK WHEELS!!!!!!
ReplyDeletejesus. dud gets the ball in short LCF as tek is about 4 or 5 steps from third. and still scores standing up.
ReplyDeletejere -- your cat meows are making my dog bark!!!
casey way off second, wang fakes a throw, and he stumbles and crawls/stumbles to the bag. no yankee is anywhere near him. and he puts up the safe sign for himself.
ReplyDelete:>)
youcastr sucks tonight. sorry jere, going back to espn, so i don't have 6 windows open.
ReplyDeleteOK, I am just about sick from watching the stupid debate. And apparently I missed something done by Tek again? He ran the bases well this time, I take it?
ReplyDeletedoubled off giambi's glove into RF, and scored.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I think everything's fine now. My broadcast here.
ReplyDeleteThanks, RS, for filling me in. Can't believe that I missed that to hear more nonsense from Hillary about how elitist Obama is. How hypocritical can she be?? She who went to Wellesley and Yale.
ReplyDeleteOK, enough politics. Baseball time.
morgan is fine form of starting a thought, stopping after 4-5 words and starting over, stopping after 4-5 words and starting over, stopping after 4-5 words and starting over, stopping after 4-5 words and starting over, and stumbling over his words the whole time.
ReplyDeletemakes remy sound like a shakespearian actor.
Suspense....
ReplyDeleteouch
ReplyDeleteNo moderation! Time to take off the pants....
ReplyDeleteNUMBER 9 FUCKING HITTER
ReplyDeleteWhere was that pitch?
ReplyDeleteMinidumbo's pissing me off.
ReplyDeleteOh no. Captain Intangibles.
ReplyDeleteugh here we go: GET OUT OF THIS.
ReplyDeleteLe sigh.
ReplyDeleteArghh.
ReplyDeleteespn shows jeter's parents in stands - DRINK!
ReplyDeletejere -- still no green "listen now" button
ReplyDeletemore suspense...
ReplyDeleteFUCK THAT
ReplyDeleteCan't decide which is more frustrating right now: this game or this presidential debate.
ReplyDeleteargh
ReplyDeleteway to get out of it HH
ReplyDeletemorgan: "and jeter doesn't try to do too much with that fastball"
ReplyDeletelike he ever tries to do too much with a pitch, usually nothing more than a cheap dunk over the 2B into RF.
We're getting the human box of chocolates now.
ReplyDeleteI am with you, Phrenile. I turned to the debate when the game got annoying, heard more bullshit about American flag pins and guilt by association and turned back to see Jeter get that hit.
ReplyDeletePretty soon I will just watch American Idol instead ;)
on the bright side, wang has had a long wait. we'll see how he comes out of it.
ReplyDeleteWonder how much Giraldi paid that dick-head behind the plate.
ReplyDeletebefore the game, morgan was saying how wang was one of the best pitchers in the AL, could win a cy young this year.
ReplyDeletehe's good, but his ERA+ last year was the same as schilling's.
Another starting pitcher fails to make it far enough into the game. Very frustrating.
ReplyDeletemorgan: "at some point, you just can't keep giving wang the lead ..."
ReplyDeletewtf?
This has turned into an ugly affair. But yo-yo can stop the bleeding right here and now.
ReplyDeletemorgan calls him an ace now -- so the 2007 schilling is also an ace.
ReplyDeletecool.
I hear you Amy. We need some deep starting performances sooner than later.
ReplyDeletei HATE this shit
ReplyDeletePassed ball?? WTF?
ReplyDeleteMr. Beckett, do you believe Reverend Ortiz loves America? Why don't you wear a flag pin on your pitching hand?
ReplyDeleteclay's fugly line: 3.2-8-7-1-2, 85
ReplyDeleteHow was that a passed ball? Clearly a wild pitch.
ReplyDeleteTavarez really starting to be the go to guy with our crummy starts.
ReplyDeleteI have faith. Nothing feels better than beating the wang.
ReplyDeleteLOL, Phrenile, if I weren't crying...
ReplyDeleteman, clay looked like he was going to shut it down after those first two quick outs last inning, then it blew up on him
ReplyDeleteespn and gdgd say WP
ReplyDeleteTavarez really starting to be the go to guy with our crummy starts.
ReplyDeleteFor a long relief guy, he's about as dependable a pitcher as you'll get.
abuse the wang.
ReplyDeletefy
flo
manny
yook
fire
Poor Buchhy really got hit with bad luck last inning. I hope he takes it in stride and comes out strong next time we see him.
ReplyDeleteYeah, since long relievers are defined as pitchers too shitty to start, you're not going to find much better.
ReplyDeletefy double.
ReplyDeletehere we go.
papi dong? ////
Yes, Ish, but just how many days in a row can he pitch 2 innings and be reliable?
ReplyDeleteIt's a start.
ReplyDeleteBut Tavarez is dependable. He wasn't a bad #5 last year.
ReplyDeleteAnd he can catch dongs in his cap like nobody's business.
HAHAHA Joe C. : 'Down the right field line...Foul, it's a fair, foul ball, Fair ball, Foul, No wait, it's fair'
ReplyDeleteYes, Ish, but just how many days in a row can he pitch 2 innings and be reliable?
ReplyDeleteWe'll see.
Ortiz > Shift
ReplyDeleteDOn't get me wrong---I think he is dependable. But how long can we use him every day? We need some starters who can safely make it through at least 6 innings, if not seven.
ReplyDeletePAPI! We get back one. OK!
Patrick: Bad luck is right. Some rally: a seeing-eye grounder, two bloops, a missed call by a jack-ass umpire and a wild pitch. I thought Clay looked good except for the homers.Phooey.
ReplyDeleteMore runs, please.
ReplyDeleteMANNY, MAKE THEM PAY!
ReplyDeleteTime for the mummy!!!
ReplyDeleteJoe: I saw Manny in the hotel gym this morning, as we usually do. He told me he was training his uncle. I asked him if he could train me, and he said, 'I could, but I'd have to take some time off.'
ReplyDeleteMore hits leading to more runs, please.
ReplyDeleteMBM keeps the rally going! Youk hits a HR, and we are tied...
ReplyDeleteespn graphic:
ReplyDeletemanny is the only player in baseball history to have 800+ RBI for 2 different teams.
Amy---with 12 pitchers, 6 innings for a starter isn't bad. Remember also that the Sox have essentially been playing the top offensive teams in the league. The starter innings will get better when the hitters get worse.
ReplyDeleteUmpires who will call a strike might help too....
Sox on the pond.
ReplyDeleteYouk! keeps the line moving.
OK, no HR, but bases loaded. No outs. CAN WE PLEASE SCORE THESE RUNS THIS TIME??
ReplyDeleteBases loaded with no outs. Been here before tonight, though.
ReplyDeleteyook ropes it in front of shemp.
ReplyDeletetime for some fire
ABUSE THE LONG WANG LAYOFF!!!
ReplyDeleteCan ON FIRE!!! duplicate the ALCS game six?
ReplyDeletePLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T PULL A RED SOX HERE, CASH IN, MO FOS.
ReplyDeleteON FIRE!!!
ReplyDeleteI have noticed the starters (and this isn't Red Sox exclusive) not going as deep into games. Perhaps hitters throughout baseball are being more patient.
ReplyDeleteExit Wang.
Enter Dorf.
WE WILL NOT BE DENIED.
ReplyDeleteMore runs, please.
ReplyDeleteJD PWER & ASSOC.
ReplyDeleteYou make me feel better, Jack. Thanks. I would prefer 7 innings, but I will take 6. (But we haven't even gotten too many of those so far.)
ReplyDeleteAND thanks JD Drew!!
Remy just said..."you watch this and you wonder how this guy won 19 games."
ReplyDeleteAmen to that. Over-rated, over-rated.
BWAHAHAHAHAH! 0 outs! 0 outs!
ReplyDeleteJD PWER & ASSOC.
ReplyDeleteYeeahh!!! I remember someone saying that last year. Might have been me, actually.
See Redsock, No tek and we get more than 1.
ReplyDeletethat calls for MORE WINE!!
ReplyDeleteTek up. Which Tek will we see? The new Tek of last night and last AB? I hope.
ReplyDeletemorgan on wang: "just one of those bad outings"
ReplyDeletego tek go!
This is turning out to be a classic.
ReplyDeleteTek bats over .300 with men on 1st and 2nd in his career. It is only when bases are loaded that he sucks.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, Amy: the SOX offense isn't in gear either. A few blow-outs will add starter innings too. The fact is that Francona pulls his starters earlier than he has to a lot of the time (example-Wake could have gone 7 last night with the knuckleball.)
ReplyDeleteMlb.tv didn't cut away and just showed a long shot of a sad lonely Wang in the dugout during the pitching change.
ReplyDeletei'd kinda like a sac bunt, or just to move the runners over....but thats just me
ReplyDeleteLong foul.
ReplyDeleteBy the way people, Ortiz's hit was a real hit, not a weird fluke hit. The dude hit the ball for real. It shouldn't be taken lightly.
ReplyDeleteGood, keep it in the air, Tek. Just no DP.
ReplyDeleteOH, man, that was INSIDE. Bad call. But at least no DP.
ReplyDeleteToo close to take there Tek.
ReplyDeleteThe mark of a good umpire is for your name not to be remembered.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but remember Tim McClelland tonight.
AWWWWWW. Jackass umpire.
ReplyDeleteCasey at the bat. Heh.
ReplyDeleteUNBELIEVABLE!!! Tell me that was a better pitch than the ball he called on Moeller! Kill the umpire!!!
ReplyDeleteshowed a long shot of a sad lonely Wang
ReplyDeletea droopy wang?
looks like wang shot his wad last friday, he had nuttin' tonight
Double it up Casey. Just like last time.
ReplyDelete