June 14, 2008

G71: Red Sox 6, Reds 4 (10)

Red Sox - 100 101 010 2 - 6 13  0
Reds - 010 000 111 0 - 4 8 1
Back-to-back home runs from Kevin Youkilis and Coco Crisp led the Sox to an extra-inning win -- after Jonathan Papelbon had surrendered a game-tying dong in the ninth.

Jacoby Ellsbury stole his 30th and 31st bases of the season, tying the team's rookie record. Amby McConnell stole 31 bases in 1908.

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Tim Wakefield (4.33, 101 ERA+) / Edinson Volquez (1.56, 283 ERA+)

Volquez's highly impressive game log (14 games, 13 starts).

He made 17 starts over three seasons with Texas (2005-07). The only current Red Sox player he has faced is Sean Casey (1-for-2).
Red Sox           Reds
Ellsbury, LF Bruce, CF
Pedroia, 2B Janish, SS
Drew, RF Griffey, RF
Lowell, 3B Phillips, 2B
Youkilis, 1B Dunn, LF
Crisp, CF Encarnacion, 3B
Cora, SS Votto, 1B
Cash, C Bako, C
Wakefield, P Volquez, P
Lineup change: Cora in for Lugo (stomach ailment).

Also: Marlins/Rays at 6 PM and Yankees/Astros at 7 PM. Can New York go three games over .500 for the first time this season?

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allan said...

Lineup change: Cora in for Lugo (stomach ailment).

Other Globe stuff:

Manny: planned day off ... Varitek spent 7 hours in a Cleveland airport, stranded because of weather ... Trot Nixon is with the Mets ...

allan said...

Trot to Stems

laura k said...

Let's see if I can listen, work and thread at the same time.

allan said...

Fox = Mute

allan said...

Remy on Fox!

laura k said...

Remy on Fox can be amusing.

On audio, ads are everywhere, so I'm going with the Boston feed.

Zenslinger said...

Oh, he'll be on his best behavior on Fox. He knows he can't get away with shit.

laura k said...

I like when he says "we", then quickly corrects himself: "we, uh, the Red Sox".

allan said...

With Fox, Remy leaves his bong at home.


No Buck or McCarver= rethinking mute!

laura k said...

I have to remember not to refresh too often, b/c of the radio delay.

allan said...

BAKOBALLA!

allan said...

speed!@!!!!!!!!!

laura k said...

HE DID IT!!!!

We've been waiting to see that all year. :)

allan said...

he did what? not steal home.

laura k said...

The bad thing about last night's argumentative game thread was missing so much of the game. I feel like I hardly saw the game.

laura k said...

he did what? not steal home.

Yeah. I realized that after I posted.

Oh well. Still cool.

Benjamin said...

Neither wild pitches nor throwing errors will deter Jacoby from stealing the rounds.

laura k said...

It's tempting to give him a new nickname: the postman.

Zenslinger said...

That run was all LBJ, unless you count help from Bako and Volquez -- not a lick of help from Pedroia, whose groundout would have been a DP.

There was a brief shot of Pedroia being restrained by Varitek in the dugout, looking all pissed off perhaps at the other dugout.

laura k said...

Pedroia being restrained by Varitek in the dugout

Why? I don't get it.

nixon33 said...

I CAN BELIEVE REMY IS DOING THE GAME! he sounds like hes shouting though!

I AM PSYCHED TROT IS ON THE METS!

laura k said...

Radio guys giving Wakefield stats vs. Reds, from his Pirates days. That is always strange to me - irrelevant.

laura k said...

I CAN BELIEVE REMY IS DOING THE GAME! he sounds like hes shouting though!

I AM PSYCHED TROT IS ON THE METS!


You are shouting too. :)

nixon33 said...

haha...i woke up to the trot news on wfan.
omar m. acquiring more broken down older players...

Benjamin said...

Damn, I turn around and miss the bottom of the inning. Curse that efficient Tim.

nixon33 said...

wow mets tix are CHEAP. not used to it with the whole fenway thing.

laura k said...

like how cheap?

allan said...

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHA

idiot!

Zenslinger said...

Ha ha, interesting play on the attempted steal x 2.

But then Dunn's HR...2008 future Sox member?

laura k said...

Geez, I got interrupted (stupid lawyers). Can someone fill me in?

nixon33 said...

i went on stubhub and saw tix for $3, $4, $7 dollars.
even on mets.com the innerbox seats are $37 or so.. and available.
def not used to that!

allan said...

i missed the end of the inning too.

phillips singled and took off for 2B on the first pitch. throw was high, shift was on, so 3B was open. phillips kept running -- but wakefield ran over, got the throw, spun around and easily tagged him out.

then the next pitch dunn donged.

laura k said...

thanks

and that IS cheap

allan said...

another red got on and he was out in a rundown of sorts btw 1st and 2nd, but i missed most of that.

2.5 innings in 30 minutes!

allan said...

Thom Brennaman tells a story about Terry Francona playing on Opening Day for the Reds in 1987: Great game, 3 hits, 3 RBIs, Then only 1 more RBI the rest of the season.

Completely wrong on all counts.

Tito did play in G1, but he had 2 hits and 2 RBI. And he drove in 10 more runs the rest of the season.

Pitiful.

nixon33 said...

GOOD WORK REDSOCK!

allan said...

TRIPLE _ ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!

laura k said...

You'd think these days when it's so easy to check everything, people would be a bit more careful.

Jere said...

JUst got in. Sounds like I missed a great "baseball tale that's totally untrue."

Three-bagger!

And Remy on the national, ha.

nixon33 said...

anyone know anything behind this remy doing the ntl. broadcast?

Jere said...

Great camerawork, Fox

laura k said...

MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL POST IN ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME

laura k said...

j/k

allan said...

BAKOBALLA II!

laura k said...

bockoballa?

Jere said...

Sometimes they have the local color man do it

allan said...

he does fox games sometimes -- a few times a season.

laura k said...

i guess so!

Zenslinger said...

Volquez working hard not to fuck up his ERA!

laura k said...

earlier, castig said the sox are without their big sluggers - manny, ortiz and varitek.

ok...

Jere said...

I think that's how they skimp on having to pay employees: You 've got the main Buck/McCarver team, then another team, then singletons that team up with one of the team's color men, since they're in the city anyway.

laura k said...

Yeah, cause you know the budge must be really tight at Fox.

Jere said...

But it still amuses me to have "my" announcer heard by everyone. It's like your kid be in the school play. I think.

nixon33 said...

ahh, ok, you have to remember that being in NY i dont get to see most of the sox fox games...so this is definitely a first me hearing remy on ntl. tv

laura k said...

that is budget

allan said...

Just sent a email to Fox Sports telling them about Thom's gaffe and asking that they please stop trying to emulate the Fox News Dept. when it comes to easily-checked facts.

laura k said...

please stop trying to emulate the Fox News Dept. when it comes to easily-checked facts

:>)

allan said...

FOX Feedback Support 4:46 pm (2 minutes ago)

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Thank you for contacting us. Please be patient with us as will address your issue and/or forward it to its appropriate party.

Sincerely,
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"... as will address ..." is actually in the email.

Jere said...

Your next email should be about correcting the mistake in their automated response.

allan said...

Einstein with the Oriole Special!

Jere said...

I'd hope every baseball fan knows who Oil Can Boyd is. Then again...

Nice doobler, Cora.

Jere said...

Oh right, a Balti-dong

Jere said...

Why would Cafardo post something to Extra Bases mid-game about the struggles of a minor leaguer?

allan said...

Beats hitting a home run!

laura k said...

Castig was talking a bit about Reds history, how they were called Red Legs. Kinda like Freedom Fries and Liberty Cabbage.

Amy said...

Remy on the Fox broadcast??

Come on, LBJ!

(Hi, all.)

Amy said...

Nixon on the Mets? I wonder what my son in law thinks.

laura k said...

Amy, check out how the Sox scored their first run. You'll enjoy it.

Oh wait, you're not doing GDGD. Someone will have to fill you in.

Amy said...

What was Tek doing in Cleveland? Is he still sick, or is this just Cash's game anyway?

And, Laura, are you suggesting he isn't one of their power hitters?? :)

laura k said...

I assumed Cash is in b/c it's Wakefield.

And yes, I am insinuating. :)

Jere said...

Wake on mound, Cash behind plate. But since Tek wasn't playing anyway, I guess he flew on his own to Cincy.

Amy said...

All I can get on the first run is that Drew scored on a wild pitch.

More info?

laura k said...

You mean flew to Cleveland? Or I'm missing something.

Amy said...

Would you go to Cleveland if you were trying to get to Cincy??

laura k said...

LBJ singled, went to 2nd on an error (wild pitch?), stole third, then scored on another throwing error.

That's from memory, plus I was working, so something might be off.

laura k said...

Would you go to Cleveland if you were trying to get to Cincy??

Best to avoid Ohio altogether. :)

allan said...

Remy says this is the first time he's ever been in Cincinnati. It comes out that he was at Game 6 of the 1975 WS.

Brennhan asks him: "So you grew up a Red Sox fan, but you broke in with the Angels. So you're at Fenway rooting for the Red Sox but you are a member of another team. Was that weird?"

Remy: "Not at all!"

allan said...

yeah, second on a WP. and the catcher made a wild throw to 3B. lyndon is 6-6 at stealing third.

laura k said...

Remy says this is the first time he's ever been in Cincinnati. It comes out that he was at Game 6 of the 1975 WS.

Good thing it was nothing memorable.

/eye rolling

laura k said...

How's Timmy's hair colour? Is it keeping him in the game?

allan said...

How's Timmy's hair colour? Is it keeping him in the game?

Hard to tell. He's wearing a cap.

Amy said...

Why wasn't Remy at the earlier games in 75? He was the regular 2B back then, as I recall. I sort of figured that's why he was doing the Fox thing since this is the Sox first return to Cincinnati since 75.

1975: My first Red Sox World Series. Memorable enough for me, why not Remy?

laura k said...

Hard to tell. He's wearing a cap.

Oh right.

"The hair colour Tim Wakefield uses..."

Jere said...

L, I assumed a stopover in Cleveland. Or an emergency landing since he was held up by weather.

Amy--yes, Remy has done a bunch of Fox games over the years. They often use one of the team's announcers in the regional Fox games. I think they've even done three-man booths, one main guy, and one each from the two teams. Then again, Brennaman's the Reds announcer anyway, right? So they didn't have to fly in any announcers at all for this one. I also wonder if, since Remy used to "work" for Fox, meaning being on the old Fox 25 games, if he somehow kept a contract with them so he's able to do these when they need him.

laura k said...

I sort of figured that's why he was doing the Fox thing since this is the Sox first return to Cincinnati since 75.

Could be, but he does do some national games, a few every season.

Amy said...

I am still trying to figure out the first run. I take it LBJ stole third? Not sure how Drew figures in.

laura k said...

Memorable enough for me, why not Remy?

the bong

allan said...

Remy was on the Angels in 1975. He said he got tickets from his manager, Dick Williams. Sat in RF.

laura k said...

LBJ singled,

went to 2nd on a wild pitch,

stole third,

went home on a throwing error.

Amy said...

Fuck yeah! And YOUK!

allan said...

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

Jere said...

3-1 us! Baby, if you ever wondered....... wondered, whatever became of Yooooooook

laura k said...

Why wasn't Remy at the earlier games in 75? He was the regular 2B back then, as I recall.

You totally confused me with this. I never knew Remy was on the 75 Sox! (Because he wasn't.)

Amy said...

Hmmm. So when did Remy join the Sox?

God, I HATE my failing memory.

laura k said...

Yooooook has tons of family and friends there today tooooooooo.

Jere said...

Yeah, Remy's near-miss as a Sock was '78, not '75. Freakin' Piniella.

Amy said...

Sounds like the first run was "all the way with LBJ."

allan said...

1978 was his first Sox season

Jere said...

Amy, there are some awesome and TIME-CONSUMING sites which can tell you all you need to know about every single baseball player ever:)

Amy said...

Thanks, Jere.

Do you guys just KNOW this stuff, or do you have to look it up? (I hope the latter so I can not get neurotic about my memory!)

laura k said...

Yeah, Remy's near-miss as a Sock was '78, not '75. Freakin' Piniella.

:D

laura k said...

Do you guys just KNOW this stuff, or do you have to look it up?

Safe to assume it's a bit of both.

allan said...

Amy, I knew it, but I gave you a link, too!

BR wants to be your friend!

Jere said...

I know a lotta shit, I look up a lotta shit. (But the more you look up, the more you remember.)

allan said...

i think fox showed wake at 54 pitches thru 5!

allan said...

(But the more you look up, the more you remember.)

Sometimes.

allan said...

I think Remy was outside Fenway Park in 1975 selling t-shirts!

Jere said...

As far as remembering the span of a guy's career, the post-seasons help. I just think, Okay, Remy, was he in the '75 WS videos I've seen a million times? No. Was he in the '78 one-game playoff video I've seen a million times? Yes. Was he in the '86 WS videos I've seen a million times (and unfortunately remember all too well)? No. So, his tenure was late seventies to mid-eighties.

laura k said...

(But the more you look up, the more you remember.)

Sometimes.


Never for me.

I know what I know, and nothing I look up sinks in. I don't retain any of it.

laura k said...

Jere, I guess I use a similar process.

Jere said...

"(But the more you look up, the more you remember.)

Sometimes."

What I meant by that is the more you look up, the more stuff switches over to the "stuff you know" column...

"I think Remy was outside Fenway Park in 1975 selling t-shirts!"

Ha! I wish he'd give us a seat location so we could look for him on the DVD... did he actually say he was at game 6, or did he say all the games, or what? I kinda missed that story since I was typing...

Ofer said...

It looks like runs are hard to come by in this series... and Wake at less than 70 pitches through 5.2 is pretty impressive.

The bad thing about last night's argumentative game thread was missing so much of the game. I feel like I hardly saw the game.

Wasn't here yesterday- anything interesting? Was it the good or bad kind of argumentative?

Amy said...

Me, too, Laura. Jere, I wouldn't remember whether Remy was in those clips or not.

Yeah, I COULD look up a fact every time I post something like that, but I thought I remembered correctly. Plus if I had to look up everything before posting, I would never post.

Plus what would you guys have to pick on me for if I didn't make mis-statements?

And besides, I am not a journalist so I am not necessarily accountable for the truth of what I say. :)

Ofer said...

BTW- first time "watching" Wake on GDGD. He sure does throw a lot of knuckleballs...

laura k said...

What I meant by that is the more you look up, the more stuff switches over to the "stuff you know" column...

Right, that's what I thought you meant. For me, that happens exactly never.

When it comes to sports, I either know stuff by my own experience, or because I read a book about a player or a season. If I don't know it either of those two ways, and have to look it up, I never retain it.

Jere said...

It's a good method to use for Red Sox, since we had that "one World Series per decade" policy going for a while there.

allan said...

Ofer: I think GDGD lisst everything Wake throws as a knuckleball. I often follow along while watching NESN -- and they never put in fastball.

All Remy said that I heard was Game 6 and RF. He was probably at G7, but I'm not sure he said that.

laura k said...

Was it the good or bad kind of argumentative?

Hm, good question. For me it was bad.

But it wasn't a troll or anything. It was a non-baseball argument among gamethreaders.

Benjamin said...

Wake's fastballs aren't very fast, so they still get listed as knuckleballs.

Amy said...

Laura, I don't even remember what I once knew. Like all that math I learned in school or the plots of books I once read or who played on the Red Sox in any given year.

As for retaining new stuff, fuggedaboutit.

Jere said...

"If I don't know it either of those two ways, and have to look it up, I never retain it."

That's true to a degree for me if you're talking specific numbers. But these sites tell so much more, that I gain a lot of info that I hold onto. Like, if I look up Babe Ruth's OBP from 1932, I'm not gonna remember it tomorrow because I don't really need to. But if I learn a more interesting thing about a player through those sites, or like a record they set, I'm more likely to remember.

Benjamin said...

I love how ESPN photoshopped the crazy hair off Volquez's GDGD photo.

laura k said...

Laura, I don't even remember what I once knew. Like all that math I learned in school or the plots of books I once read or who played on the Red Sox in any given year.

That's the same for everyone as we age. Every single one of us.

None of us remembers what we don't use.

I used to know tons and tons of rock facts and trivia. I don't anymore, because I learned a whole bunch of other stuff that crowded that stuff out. And I'm sure I forgot half of that, too.

Luckily anything I want to know, I can look up.

Amy said...

I like when Wake pitches well. But can he hit?

Interleague play still sucks.

Ofer said...

Wow, that Hamilton-Volquez trade sure turned out to be a low-key blockbuster. At least so far.

laura k said...

I used to know tons and tons of rock facts and trivia.

And I was just using that as one example. That is only one tiny example of things I used to know and no longer do.

Amy said...

Luckily anything I want to know, I can look up.

God bless the Internet.

Amy said...

I guess Ellsbury's wrist is feeling okay.

laura k said...

Did I just hear right? Who is pitching for the Reds tomorrow?

Amy said...

Hahaha! Love to watch that boy run!

Jere said...

Jacoby almost fooled. Announcers don't mention it! COme on! Three replays!

laura k said...

Love to watch that boy run!

Love to watch that boy.

allan said...

31 SB!

lyndon ties red sox all-time rookie sb record - on june 14

laura k said...

YOU CANNOT CATCH HIM!!!!

Jere said...

I have heard that every single thing you've ever learned is stored in your mind, we're just not able to tap into it all. I like to think that's true--it's encouraging. Like, maybe I'll up and remember some really cool stuff!

nixon33 said...

RS, why are the mets called the stems?

Jere said...

That really was a great deek by the shortstop, and it almost worked. How do they not mention it??

Benjamin said...

Bailey's pitching tomorrow.

Amy said...

I looked away for a second (to catch a naughty kitten at something). Was he just picked off? Or did FY make an out?

Jere said...

ohw sllac meht eht Stems?

Benjamin said...

Because it's METS backwards?

Benjamin said...

FY check swung and grounded out 1-3.

laura k said...

Jere, I've also read about that. The issue with memory is accessing it - unless you had a brain injury.

Sometimes I've been shocked at what I do remember. Like high-school Spanish coming back to me in Spanish-speaking countries.

nixon33 said...

duh me.

Amy said...

Jere, I believe that. The problem is accessing it all. Sometimes I am amazed at some stuff I do remember.

laura k said...

And what's Bailey's first name?

allan said...

It is Mets backwards. I think I got it from some Village Voice writer like 15 years ago.

Jere said...

Brenneman really fuckin up this military speech

laura k said...

Amy, you owe me a coke.

But please make it a glass of wine.

Amy said...

OK, Laura, that was scary. Were we engaging in telepathy?

allan said...

DONG BAILEY!

allan said...

Brenneman really fuckin up this military speech

Got confused on various "lands".

Amy said...

Wine is fine. Red or white?

Amy said...

Shit.

We need insurance runs.

laura k said...

Exactly. A pitcher's first name is HOMER!!

allan said...

That's a very red dong.

laura k said...

Red, unless it's really hot out, then some crisp white will do.

Telepathy, yes!

Benjamin said...

What's with the haze in front of the centerfield cam?

laura k said...

That's a very red dong.

Not a good image. Remember the alleyway next to the Algonquin?

allan said...

all cloudy because of post-dong fireworks. jeez.

allan said...

I never saw that red dong (whew)!

laura k said...

I don't mean to be inside-joke-y here. But you do not want to know this.

Amy said...

Red it is then. (I was at first confused about whether you were referring to wine or dongs, since it followed the red dong post.)

Benjamin said...

89 pitches through seven.

allan said...

so ... read any good obits today?

allan said...

just your standard new york scene of someone pleasuring himself in a midtown doorway. keep walkin', nothin' to see here ...

Jere said...

Another incredibly fast Wake game? Wallace Matthews is slooowly spinning in his grave.

Jere said...

Or Tim Russert's grave or something.

Benjamin said...

Feels hard to justify putting Pedroia between Ellsbury and Drew, apart from the L/R/L thing.

Amy said...

Now, Alan, we are all getting along so nicely. Let's not get everyone stirred up.

Almost a Dong for On Fire!

laura k said...

boy did i get truped on that one!

laura k said...

oh it's corky!

Jere said...

The undercard death yesterday was announcer Charlie Jones....

allan said...

corky weathers in.

laura k said...

just your standard new york scene of someone pleasuring himself in a midtown doorway. keep walkin', nothin' to see here ...

Better - it was a trash-strewn alley. And I would say someone else had been there very recently.

Amy said...

That was foul? NOt on my TV.

Jere said...

goddamn i wish that'd been fair.

laura k said...

so ... read any good obits today?

hee hee

allan said...

looked obviously fair on my puter??? strange

Amy said...

Near the Algonquin? Those literary sorts must have been having too much fun inside.

Benjamin said...

Who's on first? :)

Amy said...

Doc delivers the baby!

Jere said...

There's a run, that's a run.

Lowell wins the race to first! With a head start....

allan said...

Doc performs an addaruntome.

Benjamin said...

Lowell isn't very fast.

allan said...

when thom says "staggering", drink!

Jere said...

The guy who cut it off should've run right at Lowell, woulda had him.

Amy, hate to say it, but the other ball was foul (on my TV).

DeMarlo Sveum there.

allan said...

slowell very out.

laura k said...

Near the Algonquin? Those literary sorts must have been having too much fun inside.

I'm not that old. :)

Those days are long gone. But we used to like to have a drink there now and again. I love hotel bars.

Amy said...

Damn, Lowell, you are not Jacoby. Stupid Hale call there.

laura k said...

damn. who would send slowell?

allan said...

FEAR CORA'S BAT!!!!!!!!!!!

Benjamin said...

IBB Cora? Seriously?

Benjamin said...

Now Cash walks and Wakefield gets a clutch single.

Amy said...

Cash it in!

allan said...

being on deck!

laura k said...

can we cash in? or will they ph for $$?

Benjamin said...

Except Manny's going to pinch hit. Damn.

laura k said...

MANNY?!?!

Benjamin said...

Cash bats; Manny pinches for Wake.

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