Red Sox - 000 000 221 - 5 13 0Strange game. Wasted scoring opportunities by the bushel full for both teams through six innings.
Athletics - 000 000 000 - 0 4 0
Lester (6-2.-3-0-3-3, 94) turned in a nice performance, much improved from last week. There were some rough patches -- he issued his three walks on four pitches each -- but Houdini was helped by three double plays -- in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings. Oakland got three hits and three walks off Lester, but got only one runner past first base.
After allowing a two-out single in the seventh, Bryan Corey came in to get the third out. Corey allowed a leadoff single in the 8th, but retired the next three A's, two by strikeout. Manny Delcarmen pitched a perfect 9th: 6-3, F7, 3U.
Harden struggled in the first, allowing a single to Pedroia and walking Yook and Tizzle. But he stopped the rally, fanning Manny and Lowell and getting Drew to ground to first. Once he was gone (5-4-0-4-6, 86), the Sox pounced.
The Sox left the bases loaded in the 6th, but finally scored in the 7th. Yook doubled to left center and Ortiz crushed a home run to right. Five straight singles to start the 8th (four of them to the exact same spot in left field off Lenny DiNardo) made it 4-0. Tek donged in the 9th for the final run.
In the 18 innings in Oakland, the A's scored only one run on seven hits.
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Jon Lester (44 ERA+) / Rich Harden (233 ERA+)
Einstein gives the Red Sox an extra LH bat against Haren.Pedroia, 2B
Youkilis, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Lowell, 3B
Drew, RF
Varitek, C
Crisp, CF
Cora, SS
514 comments:
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Can anyone think of any better outings they've seen from Lester?
his return in cleveland last year? (though i actually missed that game)
Oi. That was ugly. Pedroia ate some grass there.
Fuck No! That's gonna piss him off.
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If this is the Lester we get to keep after pulling back on the Santana deal, I heartily approve.
G'day Lester...
shit. I didn't see it on any replay, but on the original it looked like Drew was breaking back. Maybe had a chance to call of FY if he hadn't. Can't confirm on the replays they showed, though.
Very promising last two games here on the pitching front. Dice and Lester with two fantastic outings, and Papelbon dominating last night after the shakyish outing in Tokyo.
katherine tappen is an attractive woman.
Francona showing a lot of confidence in Bryan Corey here.
katherine tappen is an attractive woman.
She does all of the studio shows for the Boston Bruins. Let's just say I'm not going to suddenly stop being a Bruins fan anytime soon.
yook!
yeah Yoooooouk. Very key!!!!
katherine tappen is an attractive woman
and every time I see her, I hear her saying "consider yourself flashed".
Youk!!!!!!
"very unique" sets of pop ups there.
ish: 9/7/2007 @ Orioles.
A great outing by Lester, and despite Corey giving me a mild palpitation, we get out of the 7th.
Really impressed with the old MLB TV - I wish I'd got it last year now!
base hit Tek
tek - thinking about that batting title.
Having bigged up MLB TV - I missed the base hit.
coupla hits for Coco today..... two on, 0 out
Why the frag is he bunting?
i'll take a bunt from einstein.
pitch 1: Cora misses the bunt. pitch 2: Cora fouls off the bunt. Great.
fangraphs is cool phrenile, thanks!
I like the sac here. Well, not anymore of course....
phrenile - Good find. I'd agree that particular outing edges this one. 1/3 less innings today, one less hit, one more walk, one less K. Very close. We'll see how he does next outing.
I've always been very optimistic about Lester. He's got the stuff to get it done.
Three straight hits to the same spot. Loaded, no out. Now we pull away.
hell yeah
dinardo -- embedded sock
Pedroia gets another chance to "impress his homies."
Good hitting by Einstein.
alright pedroia, right the wrong of last time you were up with ducks on the pond!
The other stuff on Fangraphs looks cool enough, but I can't see any point in the win probabliity thing. Is anyone watching this game and thinking, "I wonder what the chances are that the Red Sox win this game..."
Four singles in a row to the same spot! 3-0 us.
Fuuuuuuuckkkkkk Yyyeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!
One thing I like about Uncle Joe: He's not bashful about referring to guys by their first names or nicknames. He said Petey.
Speaking of Petey... FY FTW!
FY!!!
"I've always been very optimistic about Lester. He's got the stuff to get it done."
Me too! I was gonna bring this up but I didn't wanna sound I toldyasoish. I just feel like people think he's this completely overrated guy and I've never got that from him. People say he's on the team because Theo has a crush on him and stuff, and were not confident going into game 4 last year in the WS. I was.
"Uncle Joe: He's not bashful about referring to guys by their first names or nicknames. He said Petey."
Except for Gedman! (Last nite's listener's know what I'm talking about.)
OAK
3 hits last night
3 hits so far today
Blow 'er open now!
jere: I find it good for bounding my optimism and pessimism. It's a good reminder of basic principles like "the home team is advantaged when it comes up to bat after the visiting team left it tied".
But yeah, it's mostly something to fiddle with between pitches.
Santiago Casilla broke into the major leagues under the name Jairo Garcia in 2000, then changed his name to Santiago Casilla in 2005. Interesting.
Home Plate is open, go ahead and put Youk on.
oh yeah, we're pullin away.... Yoooooouk
Or, you know, that too.
OAK fans getting annoyed -- LOUD boos.
Station to Station, can Papi give us the double dong?
YOUUUUUUK!!!!!
woot possum chin!
Except for Gedman! (Last nite's listener's know what I'm talking about.)
I was listening to the game last night - and I don't know what you're talking about. That's also because I was busy nodding off and trying to stay awake.
papi dongs here and i bet 97% of the A's fans get up and go home.
I've been thinking the A's fan booing is always them trying to drown out Sox cheers. Which, of course, start up when we're rallying/scoring.
papi dongs here and i bet 97% of the A's fans get up and go home.
Are there even 100 A's fans in attendance?
Holy Shit, I forgot there were no outs.
Come on MBM, Grand Dong.
another chance for being to get 1 closer to gehrig.
#21 -- let's do it.
Casilla was certainly up to the task on that 3-2 pitch.
But you're only halfway through the dangerous duo.
Time for the MUMMY!!!
Alright, Manny hit and Doc hit and the whole team will have base hits.
Ish: The Gedman story is at 25:45 here. Took me a while to get it out, but I was calling a game... Wasn't implying you weren't listening. Thanks for tuning in! (And yeah, I should've said people who heard the entire thing beginning to end, which I don't expect people to do.)
fuck the heck???????????
ah well
4-0 us
Except for Gedman! (Last nite's listener's know what I'm talking about.)
Haha, yeah...i wanted to hear the end of that story, that's when my computer crapped out/youcastr crapped out.
They get a couple of runs, but you never want to leave the bases loaded. So that makes it - 13 LOB?
Wow, not manny-esque at all. Alright, time to head home from work. Important Bs game in an hour.
Lyndon in LF for Manny
Tim, do you chat anywhere during the B's game? I'll certainly be watching that one.
lopez and MDC up
"framed by varitek" -- looked good.
Corey not missin by much
hannahan missing by a lot.
Dan Johnson last year took 64.5% of the pitches he saw. Today, he swings at the first one.
alright, dogs gotta eat btw innings. hurry it along, corey.
Hannahan is a fun name to say.
Pedroia's not having a great day in the field.
didnt think he'd get anyone.
it's nice to see the opposite team's closer coming into the game just to get some work in.
sox just had 5 straight singles.
a's have 7 hits in these two games.
ellis millars one, then gets caught looking.
JereGraphs gives us a 98 percent chance to win this one.
ellis millars one
Love how your redsocked that.
Toughest ball is the one hit right atcha. Or something.
I love how Ryan Sweeney looked around when he caught that ball, as if he was hoping nobody saw him.
I meant to do that.
SL & MDC throwing.
Varitek millars one.
Oh man. There was a guy who was right where the long foul ball landed, but couldn't get the foul ball... he was wearing a Varitek shirt.
Yeah! Tek was just dyin to get that Dong!!!
CAPTAIN DONG!!!!!!!!!!!
Tek Straightens up! I love it when that happens! Foul dong. Fair dong.
Street reminds me of a (presumably) less racist Mussina.
Tek, to umps while jogging: "You think that one cleared the fucking fence, you blind motherfruckers?"
Yeah I can't believe that guy missed that foul dong in the stands. I think the blonde girl we saw laughing when the other guy was walking away with the ball was the girl sitting with him.
So Ortiz and Varitek are waking up from their funks. Good good good.
I take it Tek's sleeping better stateside?
And we were worried about Varitek. Last night and today...hitting well.
And Amy's off spending some time with her family ...
Yeah I can't believe that guy missed that foul dong in the stands. I think the blonde girl we saw laughing when the other guy was walking away with the ball was the girl sitting with him.
That's why if I were that guy I'd be wearing my Okajima shirt. I don't want a ball he pitched to come near me if I was sitting out there. Unless it was foul, of course.
that is some ugly facial hair on mdc.
MDC is a guy I have high hopes for this year.
MDC could instantly improve the feng shui of any room with that thing on his chin.
I've had worse facial hair. You never realize how bad it looked til you look back after you've shaved it off.
Heard Tek's dong on the radio! So happy...
that looked deep off the bat, but a can of corn for LBJ.
1 more, manny, then it's off to the great white north.
How much snow do you have up there, ya think?
Yooouk!!!! Fitting way to set a new major league record for consecutive errorless games for 1B.
Game over. Good for Lester, Good for Papi, Good for Tek. Good for us!
3 out of 4 IN Oakland. Okay, half in Oakland. The Great Space Coaster cruises to Canada....
That is a wrap people, put this one away as the Sox go to the frozen north for three!!!
actually the last 2 days have been sunny -- and our back yard is just about clear.
just a bunch of ice/snow way in the back. the rest is muddy/mucky.
Nice effort all around.
Looking forward to Toronto.
On pace for 122 wins.
just a bunch of ice/snow way in the back. the rest is muddy/mucky.
Same here. My grandmother lives up in Caribou, Maine... they set an all-time snowfall record up there of over 180 inches of snow. Of course, it's easy to forget that Toronto is basically due west from here. Maybe a touch north.
And Amy's off spending some time with her family ...
A person does need to eat, ya know. Plus I got in the car just in time to hear Tek's AB and the foul dong and the fair dong.
This post-pre-game thing is going to be interesting. Combination post-Red Sox, pre-Bruins.
Amy's saying "dong".
A line has been crossed!
Ba dump ba bump. Bump ba dump.
Amy - nice new avatar. Odd, I always pictured the 12-year-old Tek with a a goatee.
Amy's saying "dong".
A line has been crossed!
The dangerous thing about hanging out here is that I forget which terms are JOS only and which are commonly used in baseball. Imagine if I referred to Tek's great dong outside of this place?
Now, what IS the origin of that term in reference to a home run?
Thanks, Chief. I owe thanks to Redsock for the photo--he sent it to me last season, and I saved it to my laptop hard drive.
I imagine him at least with a crew cut as a 12 year old. He had a better haircut then.
Imagine if I referred to Tek's great dong outside of this place?
I was under the impression you did that, actually.
Now, what IS the origin of that term in reference to a home run?
The Glossary directs us to August 24, 2007.
Amy: it's likely in the sense of a bell's getting rung. See also "dinger".
Nice thing about split-post-pre-game show... Kathryn Tappen and the Bruins analyst are sitting in this sort of living room place, sitting on sofas. Get to see Kathryn's nice legs.
/dude
That was right around when you guys started moderating. Heh. Barbara.
Jere was on fire for that game. Right before he brought "dong" into the lexicon, he broke out "dicks on the pond":
Jere said...
Nice! 5-1. Speaking of "ducks on the pond," am I the only one who says "dicks on the pond" when the Yanks have the bases loaded?
ish said...
Heh. Dicks on the pond. That's great.
Jere said...
""Who the fuck calls a home run a "dong"?"
Hahaha! Me! It actually is used sometimes, which I can't believe, so of course I'm gonna use it. I think it's hilarious.
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that was the day a troll named barbara disruted things. he (um, i mean "she") took offense to jere using the word "dong" a little before this (or he thought it was stupid).
well, if it pisses off a troll ...... and since then .............
/dude
I'll bet people other than dudes are digging KT.
Whoa -- did ish remember Barbara or did he check the link?
I believe Barbara is also Keith -- who is the MFY fan I mentioned during the Jere interview (who followed our game threads all summer long, often responding to a comment of mine in less than a minute). He was banned, though, so you never saw them.
Haven't heard from him since the ALDS.
I wonder why.
Here it is!!!!
Jere, Friday, August 24, 2007, 3:31PM:
"Thought he had a dong. I'll take it, though. Nice job, Tek!"
Whoa -- did ish remember Barbara or did he check the link?
I remember those last few games of unmoderated game threads, where we had all that trouble with the person named Barbara. But that was right around the beginning of my game threadding days.
I hit Channel 22 and .......
IT'S BUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did something I've never done before... might never do it again.
I went to that archived game thread and searched for "dong"
i would have thought we moderated long before that. but i guess not.
Jays TV guy Pat Tabler, on Fruitbat: "You know what you're gonna get, that great slider."
Errr.....
I'll be flipping back and forth between the Bruins and the Blue Jays game on ESPN2.
Jays graphic shows AJ Burnett's record last year as 10-8, Tabler says:
"10 wins up, 8 wins down."
Oy.
I was thinking I wasn't going to watch the Jays, but now I might. Gotta get some food first though. ... It's true, you gotta eat.
Fastest slider in MLB right there.
Dave O'Brien and Orel Hershiser on ESPN2. As good a team as you can hope for.
It was fun looking back at the thread. Must have been before I started posting. Now I will have to figure out how to find when I first posted, but I don't recall the first dong talk. Good thing it wasn't my first game thread---might have scared me away.
Just flipped to ESPN2 in time to see Scrappy-Doo scrap himself to the plate.
And I was right - Street and Mussina do look alike, and have a similar win windup from the stretch.
Food time...
Jays get one on a couple of hits and an HGH error.
Amy: You left an Iraq comment on Sept 20, but did not post in Clay's no-no on Sept 1.
Amy said...
Mon Sep 10, 08:57:00 PM
"Hi everyone. I have missed the back and forth of JOS but have been listening to most games on the radio in the car lately. OK, basehit for Crisp. Perhaps we can score a run?"
That doesn't sound like a first post.
Tim, do you chat anywhere during the B's game? I'll certainly be watching that one.
Nah, never have. Mainly because I dont really know where. Gonna go watch it now though...Glad to get home and see the end result of the game. Back to hockey mode for now.
The search for Amy's first post continues:
Amy said...
Mon Sep 03, 07:43:00 AM
Thanks for all those quotes. I also missed seeing the game live due to a damn social commitment. Turned on the radio in the car as we left and heard them interviewing Bucholz about the no hitter and cursed very loud about missing the game. I wish I had been there for the "funnest" game of the season. Must have been amazing, even just seeing it on TV.
Amy said...
Tue Aug 28, 07:50:00 PM
unbelievable plays by pedroia!
WAIT! I think this is it. The First Thing's First headline!
Amy said...
Tue Aug 28, 03:26:00 PM
I absolutely love that a Red Sox blog has a debate about punctuation!
I think the Herald was trying to be clever (big mistake on their part). They were trying to say that the first thing the Sox need to do is capture first place in the division, that is, "The First Thing IS First" Place. At the same time they are pointing out that to get there, the first things they have to do is beat the Yankees, that is, "First things first."
I am sure they are regretting that attempt to be clever...
Wells dong.
Wow, great stuff going on. Origin of dong, origin of Amy....
Just realized I'm getting the Yanks with Dave O'Brien. So many empty seats behind the plate....
Abreu O'Neills it on a hop.
does scutaro try to steal EVERY time he gets to first?
I can tell announcers will be talkign about the CI Sheppard tape during every single game this year.
I'm already sick of it.
CI dead diddley dead at 2nd!!!
Man, I was about to be very pissed. Glad they got him at second. Did anyone just hear Hershiser kissing Jeter's butt and making a major mistake?
He said that Jeter "dates women who keep their mouths shut...."
I'm disappointed Jetes didn't go into second spikes-high.
He said that Jeter "dates women who keep their mouths shut...."
Ummm, that's rather unfortunate.
Also funny that a guy named Orel said that!
Taking a Futurama break, but will still check comments.
"Just Enough" and "Find a Way" are **GREAT** nicknames. Ok, no they aren't, their stupid nicknames.
Scrappy-Doo scraps into a scappy DP
Also, according to Erin Andrews, Scrappy is also a buzz-kill in the locker room.
Mmmmmmmmmmm, Erin Andrews.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
Um, yeah, sorry I missed gamethreading today. Upon review of the thread, my one thought is: yeah, about Kathyrn Tappan......
and what's the score of the Yankee game?
B's 2-Devils 1 after 2
3-0 Jays, bottom 5th
Tappen almost redeems NESN for the hiring, marketing, and foisting upon us of Hazel Mae. Almost.
pile on, now, Canadiens
stupid frickin damon. ok, two on now.
4-0 jays!
yeah - choker fans cheering for moose -- and he allows a hit that scores wells and it's 4-0.
4-0 Jays, see ya Moose.
hit to shallow right and abreu's throw sucks ass.
up the third base line -- and it's buh bye bigot.
latroy hawkins in.
Just like the Drake,
Got to loooooooooooove the Jays!
Fatass Barajas opens the Jays 7th with a RF double!
Rios with a 2-out RBI single: 5-0 Toronto, mid 7th.
A-Roid with a 2-run dong to make it 5-2 Jays. Chases Burnett in the bottom of the 7th.
A-rod dong, we're still up 3 though, 5-2.
HGH K!
I love when Giambi thinks he has a walk and then ends up striking out.
Why all the fuss about saying goodbye to the "New Yankee Stadium" after 33 years?
It was pretty much a brand new park that opened in 1976.
I may have to do some research.
K-ano!!!
we go 8.
Shemp first pitch 4-3.
Tallet!
hey, as ESPN goes to commercial, I think they were playing that new REM song, but I could be wrong.
shades of Trot's inside the parker
HAHAHAH
Nice catch, Dud.
Overbay with the triple!!!!!!!
farnsworthless showing his arrojoness.
Fuck it, I'm taking the avatar!
nice steal!
Evening, fellers. Been keeping a distant eye on this Yankees game while watching the Bruins, who lost in overtime. Disappointing on the hockey front, but a fan of Boston sports has to be very happy tonight. Sox win, Celtics win, Bruins get a point in the standings, and the Yankees are losing.
Can't have it all, but there's always a bright side.
I guess I should say:
"I'm also using the avatar!"
2 outs in the bottom of the 8th
We go to the ninth! 5-2 Torontonians.
no dicks on the pond ... dicks in the 1B dugout
Pedro on the DL for 4-6 weeks
Hey there's a young Yankee pitcher on the mound. Give him the Cy Young!
There are almost no people left in the stands. They got the most out of their discounted to 5 dollar tickets.
Buffy reports that a lot of the loyal [sic] Yankees fans have left the stadium and gone home.
Lots of empty seats behind the plate.
I guess the "fans" realize that there is no way the mighty Yankees could possibly get 3 runs in an inning.
The seats behind the plate have been empty all night... now there's just nobody left. You buy tix to a night game practically in March, you should be HAPPY with 42 degrees, which is what it is in NYC right now.
Accardo in to face:
CI
Abreu
Slappy
They're gonna be sorry using the "wake me up when it's October" theory this season....
And you know the announced attendance is gonna be like 49,000 or something.
It was the REM song, because now they're using it for a montage. ooh, and Dave O'Brien said the title/artist.
Cold down there.
Colder here. But there's no baseball here. I still hear fans... those must be the disloyal ones.
the empty seats are on their feet looking for the comeback.
you fuckin idiot
a perfect chance to de-Jeter a Jeter. And stupid Orel Sax gives Jeter's "speed" credit! The guy had plenty of time
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