Red Sox - 000 000 300 - 3 4 0I didn't watch this one. The Fiery One hit a three-run dong to tie the game in the seventh, but the bullpen faltered. Q: Why didn't MDC start the 7th?
Blue Jays - 000 003 21x - 6 10 0
Tampa Bay beat the Yankees 13-4 in the Bronx. The Devil Rays' 7-run eighth inning must have emptied out the place.
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Tim Wakefield (100 ERA+ in 2007) / Shawn Marcum (108 ERA+ in 2007)
Lineup (from comments):
Skydome opener. It's been a rainy day in Toe-ron-to, so the roof will be closed.Pedroia, 2B
Youkilis, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Lowell, 3B
Drew, RF
Lugo, SS
Ellsbury, CF
Cash, C
Jere will be calling the game and following comments here. If you don't get NESN, I strongly urge you to go with GedMan.
371 comments:
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No Toronto games for me this year. They are all on my work days (Fri/Sat/Sun).
In 2007, they were all on the other four days -- the Jays were pissed at lost weekend revenue -- so we went to all of them!
However, we are going to three games in Detroit in May.
YF/SF linked to my pics of the Joba/Bot fistpumpathon.
The link (to my call of the game) is working on the computer I'm on, anyway...
When I click on your link, I get this URL:
http://www.youcastr.com/incompatible
Congrats on the linkage!
I have to think that Wake will benefit from playing in a dome. Less wind to mess with the knuckler.
"If you don't get NESN, I strongly urge you to go with GedMan "
or even if you do! Thanks for the link by the way, Allan. And when I click on the link you have in this post, it takes me right to the game, so I don't know why you aren't getting that. It worked for me being both logged in to and out of youcastr. (Doesn't that sound like a self-castrating device?)No play button is up yet, but fingers crossed it's up there at 7:15.
It sure would be nice if the Sox could get Wakefield some runs in April, for a change.
Jays spending $:
Rios: 6/64 (ext. begins '09)
Hill: 4/12
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Sean Casey will get a start this weekend.
When I go to plain old youcastr.com, I get that incompatible page. And that's a jpg, not linked to anything.
Hope it works for others.
White Sox 8, Tigers 5
Detroit is the only team without a win (0-4).
Jose, Keys To The Game:
"We all know that the similar name notwithstanding, this poor, brave kid has absolutely nothing to do with the Yankees third baseman. You can tell because if the hawk had attacked the actual Alex Rodriguez there would be five million Yankees fans criticizing the hawk for not removing its beak before hitting the slugger in the head."
Solid. Fucking. Gold.
Heh. I rarely laugh at the supposedly brilliant Jose Melendez, but that is good.
Good, mind you. Not gold, but good.
Watched the Tigers-Chisox. 1) I really do believe the Tigers pitching will stink. 2) Carera lost 30 pounds and still looks like THAT? 3) This team is going to expose an awful lot of "experts" as frauds 4) Thanks to them, Leyland is going to get fired 5) The Tigers TV broadcasters are boring beyond belief!
I will be moding this evening, but I'm going to *try* to be less active in the game thread. I sometimes find myself reading and posting comments so much that I'm not following the game as closely as I want to.
We'll see if I can keep my big mouth shut, or my fingers quiet.
I'm afraid I can't listen to Jere, though, it's too complicated for my little laptop. Buffyvision and the game thread will have to do.
WE HAVE OATMEAL, courtesy of Rob Bradford:
FY
Yook
Flo
MBM
Dr.
Onfire
Slüggö
Lyndon
Kevin Cash
Eckstein
Stairs
Rios
Wells
Thomas
Overbay
Hill
Scutaro
Zaun
Red Sox's Magic #: 159
Last year people thought Oatmeal was a player nickname. :)
I should add it to the Glossary if it's not there.
I'll be watching the Bruins tonight, but I'll have Gametracker on and I'll be in the thread.
Biggest story in sports tonight:
This guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVgQjoW7iTo
survived. And walked away just fine.
Ah we have Oatmeal, but have we had any spinach yet this year?
Ish - should be happy, getting some Bruins love on the pregame show.
No spinach that we know of yet. :)
That's the biggest news in sports? Must be a slow day.
Now THAT's a flip.
Spinach. Steamed spinach.
umm...did you see that? that is probably the craziest thing I've ever seen.
HAH, NESN pregame is talking about the 'budding Yankees-Rays rivalry'. They deserve each other.
I'm not getting the spinach/oatmeal thing. Help me out.
Tim (?) was steaming spinach during games last September. And he complained about burning himself, I think.
For awhile, "steaming spinach" was used as a euphemism for getting a rally going.
Buffyvision is showing the Jays' tribute to Robbie Alomar, they are retiring his number. Nice ceremony. Alomar seems overwhelmed.
Saw the flip. Big flip. Not news. Barely a sport.
Oatmeal = ?
Tim (?) was steaming spinach during games last September
That started in September? I could have sworn that it was earlier, but it sure did seem to work. Every time we needed a rally Tim would say it was time to start the spinach and boom, bases would be full of Sox.
Oatmeal is from the classic diner sign "we have oatmeal". You know, handwritten on a paper plate.
For some reason, Allan started using it instead of "we have lineups". It doesn't really mean anything.
Spinach meant a rally. Oatmeal means... no idea!
It is news (it was the top story on sportscenter), some people say the same thing about baseball, and whether or not you like the sport is irrelevant to the fact that it's pretty impressive that he survived, IMO.
I don't like basketball, but sometimes I can see/understand that there's a huge story going on in it.
But hey, to each his/her own.
.. uh oh, my Dad just called. He's ticked that the Bruins aren't on in HD.
It is too bad they couldn't find an HD channel for each. I don't get HD here so it doesn't matter to me.
Now they're honouring Paul Beeston.
Hahah. These little terms are my favorite thing about JoS, although it sure can be confusing when you don't know what people are talking about :p
This is a pretty elaborate ceremony.
Oh SportsCenter! Well then...
Anyone can say whatever they want about baseball. Or anything else. That's no problem to me. Doesn't change my opinion of people driving around and around.
There's been a fire alarm at the arena in Ottawa where the Bruins are playing. How odd.
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2008/04/fire_alarm.html
oatmeal = lineup.
just got a big-ass job. shit.
The moratorium on non-baseball sports talk is now in effect.
Signed, the moderator
Well, SportsCenter (or SportsCentre, depending on where you are :D) is the premier sports news show, so I consider it a pretty good indicator of what's big news on a given day. I'm not really a big fan of the show myself, so it appears we are in agreement there.
The first Buffy sighting of the season.
My 8 year old son: "oh look! they glow in the dark!"
Those are some ugly ass-uniforms
http://xkcd.com/37/
We do get a show called SportsCentre, but it's not the same show.
I have nothing against SportsCentre. It just wouldn't change my opinion on what's news and what's a sport.
Jays are wearing 1992 unis.
I know of SportsCentre, because when I watched the World Junior Hockey championships between the US and Canada there was an ad for "SportsCentre." I had never seen that version before and I found it funny, in a Jerry-Remy-chuckling-at-talk-of-sushi kind of way.
When we first moved up here, we used to call it "Sports Sentry". Now I'm so used to the spelling, "center" looks funny to me.
I was in NYC this week and the money looked so weird. Little and green.
Will be glad when all these opening days are over. The only thing about the baseball season I don't like, is the Opening Day ceremonies.
Direct link to me here. Should work in a couple minutes.
Where cab I get the baseball card for the Jays' Massage Therapist? MLB.tv is awesome this year
Time for some Bullets!
- I do not like that the Bruins and Red Sox are playing at the same time, but it's only one game out of 162. Got the game thread, got the radio, and got that little button that switches back and forth, from NESN to NESN.
- I just spent the day in rainy, dreary Boston, with terrible Friday traffic. Let's just say, I can't describe how nice it is to be sitting at home in my chair right now.
- That NASCAR wreck was awesome. Not good awesome, but the actual definition of awesome. Awe and wonder. Guys have been killed with less impact than that. It's just amazing now that you can have a crash like that and walk away with a slight limp.
- I like being able to come home from a long day and see Kathryn Tappen on my TV screen.
- PLAY BALL (PUCK)!
I hated MLB.TV, probably because I had it when I had a really crappy internet connection. I should probably get it now.
Wow ish, I completely agree with every single point you made :P
Very yucky weather day in town.
Yucky weather here too, wet and dreary. But it's supposed to be warm and sunny soon. I can't wait.
(puff--puff)
My satillite hook-up is two floors down, and I don't have a laptop---gotta run upstairs to get on-line, then run down to catch the game. See you at crisis points and between innings.
Assuming I don't drop dead, of course...
Good crowd at the Rogers Cent-ray.
if your computer can handle the 1.2mb stream it is a sight to behold from an internet shown game compared to years past. I have to run it at 800k on my big screen computer which is still miles ahead of last year.
We dont have EI here so I have to do MLBtv or nothing at all.
I call it Skydome :)
Comments will be stuck for a minute, brb.
Well, I do know how to semi-legally [;)] watch the 'mosaic mode' that shows all the games at once, which is pretty cool. But I don't do it often (you can't see the games that well, and besides, I don't like breaking the law - I don't even have pirated music, which is like going against the college student bible)
SkyCentray.
s1c said...
Will be glad when all these opening days are over. The only thing about the baseball season I don't like, is the Opening Day ceremonies.
Unless of course they are passing out jewelry in Fenway.......
Or raising some flags...
L-girl said...
I was in NYC this week and the money looked so weird. Little and green.
Do you need bigger wallets in Canada?
That's never a bad thing :D I had almost forgotten about that since it feels like the season has been going on for about seven weeks.
bat on ball
Good question. :)
We have $1 and $2 coins. They do take up a lot of room. But they're great.
They're called Loonies and Toonies, by the way.
I think the paper money fits in regular wallets.
Unless of course they are passing out jewelry in Fenway.......
Ah, but I consider those RING CEREMONIES, not opening day!!! Besides, those are becoming routine!!!
routine, ha ha :)
Damn carpet...
Obviously the Jays fans didn't learn anything from the Cleveland fans, they are waving white hankies.
Roof closed, I am aexpecting the good Knuckler tonight. 7ip - 2 hits - 0 runs for the knucksie tonight!!!
thats how i would start every outing
I know of the LoonieToonies. Don't you find the coins to be a bit clunky though? Do you have a zipper in there to keep your coins in? haha
I love the coins. It's so convenient. You dig into your change cup and there's $12 or $17 in there.
That's pretty good, knowing what a Toonie is. I never heard of it til I moved here.
Big Hurt loves the knuckler.
True, good point - I never thought of that. I always feel accomplished when my change jar builds up to $5-6 US, which is like $0.40 CAN at this point.
Does he ever. Allan and I had the unpleasure of sitting through that last year. Thomas had 3 HRs in one game, 2 against Wake.
I'll be honest, I've only heard of the Loonies and Toonies because of Dave Barry columns poking fun of Canada (in a very friendly way, of course)
I think its the smoke messing with the Knuckle.
Good work Timmy!
Good work Timmy!
That has more than one meaning tonight. Right, Joe? (nod yes.)
No hockey talk please!
Anyone get truped on that one?
No hockey talk please!
Of course not. No worries.
indeed ish, indeed.
Quick inning. I see Eck gritted his way onto first.
What the frag happened with the work the count. Geez, I blinked and its time for knucksie again.
thanks :)
but don't worry, i won't strictly enforce it.
I know, everyone's impatient.
I won't blab L, but I'll probably feel compelled to say the score when someone scores. Is that kosher?
And in other news, it appears that MLB.com gameday is way less delayed than it used to be.
I was going to say "I won't reject comments if something exciting happens"... so I guess scoring counts as that.
Well, enjoy the game, folks. My computer is fucked up so I have to go work at another desk.
I think hockey scores are okay!
Man that haze is so bad, I couldn't see MBM.
what kind of Canadian would you be otherwise ? :-p hooray stereotypes!
Good luck with your work Blogmaster!
TB 1 - MFY's 0 bottom of 2nd.
There goes the no hitter
Here come the thefts.
Cash has a gun to go with that release, if only he could hit.
Mets/Braves PPD, rain
B's scoreless. Florida leading Carolina 2-1 after 1 period (gee, there's two real hockey hotbeds)- Carolina losing=good for Boston
Bruins game must be exciting, it went quiet here.
LOL - and the first hit of the night by the Sox is Kevin Cash!!!!
c'mon FY
good bye belli
Shabbat shalom, all. Just tuning in to another 0-0 score just like last time. Ready for some action.
you think it's quiet there...
these announcers are so full of themselves
Jere, I can't listen to you tonight - wish I could.
don't worry, no one's listening at all....
Still scoreless, but lots of interesting goings-on, power plays, etc. I see Ca$h-Mon3y got a hit.
How do you know no one's listening?
Very gritty out there.
Last year re Cash we did an All Money Team. People had great ideas. Maybe Allan can find the thread when he's not busy. (I think he's slammed w/ work tonight.)
Matt Stairs = Canadian
Is he going to heroically lead the team to victory at WBC next year?
I just hope we (US) don't embarrass ourselves - that's our new goal in international competition I think
don't worry, no one's listening at all....
Since I do the game threads on the old laptop, and since it is so out of date (flash 4, time says 7:02 when it is 8:02), etc. I can't listen to you.
of course, having Clemens on the team was embarrassing in and of itself... I wonder if Beckett gets the ball next year
Jere, I can't listen tonight either. My Sox fan daughter is here so we are watching NESN. Sorry.
At this rate the Sox game will be over before the Bruins. I figured the opposite would be true
amy, all the more reason to listen
http://youcastr.com/casts/listen/797
First round of WBC games will be in Toronto. I hope we can get some tix.
The sound is bad on this computer, plus she would just not appreciate the humor... She's not as cool as I am.
Let's see if Buffyvision can manage to praise Manny without also backhanding him.
Not much action in this game, huh?
Most Sox fans can't even do that, L
You don't like a pitching duel?
Laura, when did you get back? Yesterday? How long was your drive?
Joe, too true!
Pat & Buffy are really bad that way. As are most announcers.
Often including Remy!
I do like a pitching duel, but coming in late I am just trying to figure out if that's what it is, or is it just no scoring.
It was lonely here without you during the last two games. The women were sorely underrepresented.
Amy, got back yesterday, and I flew. Allan picked me up in Buffalo. If I only go for a few days (and by myself), I always fly.
Thank you :)
I am trying to comment less now. So far I'm not doing so well with that.
Ah, flying. That makes sense---a long car ride to do alone.
It's too addicting.
Damn. Almost had it.
Right, plus I was only there for a few days. And I don't need a car when I'm there.
jere you are 2 pitches ahead of me on mlbtv
What is? The thread?
0-0 in the B's game after 1 period.
Got the Sox on now. They were waiting for me to put it on before they scored - no worries
No 1-2-3 innings by Wakey, but he looks good.
ISH- any score yet? down here in ct I can't find the Bruins game
jere's announcing is ahead well more like 3 pitches.
Checking in.
If this job wasn't a rush, I could do a little here and there and still keep score via GDGD. Alas.
I guess I'll watch the condensed game tomorrow. I assume once they're archived, MLB doesn't continue the blackout.
More bagels from Timmeh.
I am really liking our pitching so far.
Bye.
Cash seems to be handling the knuckler pretty well from what I have seen so far. Maybe we won't be calling Mirabelli back this time.
Where is he, by the way? Did any team take him?
CT gets screwed on this NESN-Plus arrangement.
Slowell!
amy - the Brockton Rox maybe :P
That's another thing, Jere. It's disconcerting to hear the game before you see it. It sort of makes watching irrelevant. I love the commentary, but I found that distracting.
Ancrs: Lowell might have been able to pick up a base if he had run a little harder. Guys, I'm sure he was running as hard as he possibly could.
gnasty pitches there. I don't remember Marcum being this good.
I gotta keep reminding myself that the offense is gonna need some time to wake up, with all these early-season travels.
Where is he, by the way? Did any team take him?
Amy not yet, and after his sob story to the Padres in '05, I would be surprised if he did get a nibble.
TB 6
MFY 0
Goint into the bottom of the third!
Poor Doug. Is he really nowhere? I guess I am not really surprised.
joe: CT always gets screwed.
That's why we gave up trying radio w/ the TV. The delay.
I was waiting for Jere to say that re CT.
ISH- any score yet? down here in ct I can't find the Bruins game
The ice isn't tilted in anybody's favor. 0-0 after 1 period (Joe Grav's got the game on, too. I've been in the living room watching). So, everything's even.
You can count on a hockey game to be 2.5 hours long. Doesn't usually change unless special circumstance. That'd be something if the Sox beat it out time-wise.
Gotta get a run or three, first.
L: Lowell DID NOT run hard at first. I said the same thing on my broadcast as they did. He loafed it out of the box because he was pissed, and it cost us a leadoff man on.
This guy's pitching too well.
Jere, I disagree.
L, I used to always listen to WEEI while watching the game - ESP. w/ national broadcasts. The delay used to be like half a second, nothing too bad. Now, it always ends up being 5 seconds one way or the other.
Marcum is looking like Cy Young tonight.
FY's Sullivan Tire ad, give me a break, Tito was better.
It was right on TV! I didn't imagine it. He dropped the bat all pissed off and jogged out of the box. Check a replay for proof.
comments will delayed, brb
What's the NESN plus arrangement and how did CT get screwed?
Well. Sox are 1/2 way done, B's 1/3. I assume the Sox pace will change, though (it seems like the games that start fast always end up dragging on at the end)
L, I used to always listen to WEEI while watching the game - ESP. w/ national broadcasts. The delay used to be like half a second, nothing too bad. Now, it always ends up being 5 seconds one way or the other.
Time Warner here in southern Maine... although it has a stupid channel lineup and no commercials for businesses just across the river into New Hampshire... the timing is fantastic for TV mute and radio on. It's about a half second to a second behind the radio.
Now, it always ends up being 5 seconds one way or the other.
'04 I always had Uncle Joe and Trupe on during the playoffs, the delay was like 1/2 sec. Now, because of the foul language time delay (5-7) seconds its the other way around.
Need another Bagel by the Old Timer.
They put the Bruins on 'alternate channels,' none of which are available in some parts of CT.
Jere, I am also watching TV. I saw it differently. Not a big deal.
gritty popout by Eck
NESN Plus Channel Listing"
It might not be covering an existing channel, s1c. Try your 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Wow, five innings in under 90 minutes.
I actually remember when a whole game could be played in two hours (especially pitching duels) and when games typically took two and half. What made them longer---commercials, designated hitter rule, more pitching changes, slower pitchers, all of he above?
Wow Ish, that's great. Sometimes we would be as much as a full batter behind. The AB would be over, and the batter hadn't even stepped to the plate yet. Crazy.
gritty popout by Eck
I am assuming that you don't like eck.
You mean Gritty McDirtystein?
2nd period. I'll be around sporadically.
For me it's not that I dislike him, it's just the whole stupid gritty thing. The second coming of Gritsus.
More animals for me to worry about---pigeons locked into the stadium in Toronto.
it stinks to be announcing a game and have everyone complaining about the announcers. Try me!
Hockeytime. I'll be 'round.
Oh, man, he was robbed!
I'd like to Jere, but I can't. My laptop can't do it.
But I'm not complaining about the announcers.
fastest game ever
i understand, L.
what's with all the hockey talk? Is it the playoffs or something? (I don't care for hockey, obviously.)
Thanks Amy :)
I called a moratorium on non-baseball sports talk, but I didn't want to be a jerk about enforcing it.
Basically, amy. The Bruins need to win one of their last two games to make the playoffs.
Bah. Stupid Canuck.
At least. (Depending on scenarios)
Damn. Damn. What's with the white hankies? Don't they know that used to be a way of indicating surrender?
Ish- Yeah, its on CN8, when I looked earlier it had something else on the guide, so I figured I was getting screwed.
TB 6
MFY 4
After 3 in duh Bronx. Girardi is not on the bench, must have gotten tossed.
Matt fragging Stairs. He seems to always kill the Sox.
Damn, I'm missing a good one.
OH FUCK YOU ALEX "GOD" RIOS.
Crap, 1-0 TOR. Dong?
Canuck Dong. Stairs.
Thanks, Joe. Now I can just focus on baseball anyway. :)
Stairs?
GDGD effed up.
Heh. you said 'canuck dong.'
Hey guys I'm in Ct and have the new At&t UVerse , its fantastic I get the nesn alternative, and shitload more channels the comacst can offer and they rewired the house with Fiber Optic lines, the pic is so clear I cancelled the HD option......
(puff! puff!)
Typical early season Wake game, huh? No support. If he loses, they'll say it's because he misses Mirabelli.
Fucking Rios.
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