Yankees - 000 020 000 - 2 10 0Do you ever wonder when Manny Ramirez last felt pressure during a baseball game?
Red Sox - 311 202 00x - 9 15 0
After his comments of a week ago and his knee problems evolved into a weekend media frenzy, playing before a national television audience for the second straight day, and with his team facing the possibility of being swept by the Yankees and falling into third place in the AL East, you might think Manny would be concerned about having a good game.
Maybe he was nervous. But once the rain cleared and the game began around 9 PM, it looked like Manny didn't have a care in the world. He made a superb catch deep in the left field corner, over by the side door, to end the top of the first inning, gliding over cool as a cucumber. In the home half, he doubled to right-center on the second pitch he saw, driving in the Red Sox's first run of the night. That RBI also gave him the distinction of having the most career RBIs of any Dominician Republic-born player.
Manny ripped another double in the third (and later scored), hit a bomb that was hauled in by Melky Cabrera at the very deepest point in the park, singled in a run in the sixth, and skied to right in the eighth.
He was ably assisted by -- going down the lineup card -- Dustin Pedroia (single, double, run, RBI), Kevin Youkilis (single, 2 runs), David Ortiz (single, home run, 2 runs, 3 RBI), Mike Lowell (single, 2 RBI), J.D. Drew (2 walks), Jason Varitek (double, RBI), Alex Cora (2 singles, run) and Jacoby Ellsbury (2 singles, double, run).
Most of the Sox had their way with Ponson (4-10-7-1-1, 77), as 12 of the 22 batters to face him reached base.
Lester (7-9-2-1-8, 113) was aces once again, stranding one runner in each of the first four innings, falling into trouble in the fifth by allowing four straight singles and a walk before recording an out, then retiring his last nine batters.
It was a perfect, feel-good night -- a welcome tonic before the Angels series that begins Monday night.
***
Sidney Ponson (4.02, 103 ERA+) / Jon Lester (3.20, 137 ERA+)
Ponson's four starts with the Yankees:
22.2 IP, 28 H, 11 BB, 11 K
4.37 ERA, 1.72 WHIP, .318/.412/.477
Boston has scored more than four runs only once in the last nine games (4-5). In that stretch -- dating back to July 13, the game before the break -- they are batting .248 and slugging .356.
The current Boston roster has hit .379/.452/.546 against Ponson in 199 PAs, with David Ortiz (.444/.563/.722) and Manny Ramirez (.404/.481/.511) leading the way.
A loss tonight will drop them to third place.
Win.
Also: Rays/Royals, 2 PM -- Update: Royals 6-1!
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Or are you going to sell them on Ebay and make real money? :)
Yeah, JoS-1 at Fenway next year! Amy, you want to help me plan it?
No, got a pair for Sept 3rd, and a pair for Sept 10th
I'll have to get shirts made up!
Sarah you will have to come up from NY for it.
I am definitely in for JoS-1. Even if I am away from Boston for the summer, which is the plan, I will make it back for that...
I am definitely in for JoS-1. Even if I am away from Boston for the summer, which is the plan, I will make it back for that...
I'll have to get shirts made up!
Oh, HELL yeah.
You have the shirt design already, right?
Yes, Laura, I am up for the planning. We need Jere's expertise in scoring tickets though---I am bad at that. I am good at other details and at nagging people to come.
If I get rid of them, it will be for cheap. I need a few days to know I am Oregon Bound.
Joe Grav is going to make it twice!
You have the shirt design already, right?
I do, sorta. Gotta tweak it, though.
And maybe put a big FUCK YEAH! on the back!
Yeah, we'll totally be there. Probably won't bring the bunnies though. With or without bonnets.
Amy, cool, because I get tired of doing it by myself! Jere can be the point man for tix, and we can do all the other organizing.
And guess what? It will be ON A WEEKNIGHT!
Sept 3--a Wed night. I will be teaching Wed nights. But maybe my daughter will be interested (the good one...I mean the one who is a Sox fan).
I don't miss Lugo on the field, but just his presence. He's pretty ok.
Yeah, definitely! Yeah, definitely!
Maybe you could put some inflammatory political saying after the FUCK YEAH! Maybe you could put some inflammatory political saying after the FUCK YEAH!
Joe Grav, where you going NEXT summer? You plan far ahead!
If you have a sizeable group, can you go through a group tix office? We did that for wmtc night in Toronto - but the ticket situation is very different up here. They basically beg you to take tickets and give you anything you ask if you buy some.
Why let W. Lester throw more than 104 with a 7-run lead?
Amy, Laura, let me know how I can help. The stage manager urge dies slowly.
Weeknights will be fine with me once classes are over at the end of April.
Joe Joe Grav Grav ha ha ha ha
Amy, I already have our travel plans for next year. Not week and day, but places I am shooting for.
I pretty much have our travel plans for the next 3 or 4 years.
Lester! He is so great!!
Intangible STRIKEOUT. He reaches out over the plate, making it seem like the pitch was outside.
There's a seat over there with your name on it.
SEE YA, CI!
I know nothing about group sales at Fenway, but I can ask. Our school alumni office buys blocks of tickets all the time.
Jeter out by the K!
SUCK IT JETER
My high school's senior class does their class trip every year to a Sox game in May, they get group tickets. Maybe I can ask the guy who runs that trip how they go about doing that...
I am fan of pulling starters for pitch count. Let's put in Timlin, fickrisakes!
Sarah, if you want I will dump the whole thing in your lap. I've been stage managing for so long. I don't even get paid for it.
So when are you planning to be in Boston? Will you be in western MA along the way?
And a nice 7th too. Though I didn't really expect to see him out for it.
Swoon! Lester is dreamy! <3
I also thought the club said they wanted to limit his innings in the second half.
NICE damn pick-up by Cora!
Joe, please ask, that would be great.
And so he has his lowest pc of the night!
18-13-13 15-29-16 8 = 113
lester > heidi
I just planned a mini-reunion for my best friends from college (only 4 people, but still lots of coordinating and details and nagging). It was lots of fun and well worth it in the end.
we probably need to set a limit of people included ...?
Joe Grav, where you going NEXT summer? You plan far ahead!
Washington DC, hopefully. I wanna do this program where you take grad school polisci classes at GWU during an undergrad summer.
Is it sad that one of the first things I thought of was "wow, I'd be able to go to a ton of cheap Nationals games"...?
Amy, do you mean me?
I don't have dates picked out yet, just where we want to go.
Our nephew isn't in Western Mass anymore, but won't we see you in Boston?
Allan, don't worry about stuff like that. In fact, don't try to get in on the organizing at all. We'll take care of it.
lester > heidi
DAMN STRAIGHT! It's not even close.
we probably need to set a limit of people included ...?
We could just go too high on the #... I'm sure we could find people who are interested in extra Red Sox tickets
Yes, of course, in Boston. I just thought if you were stopping there (Noho or Chicopee!)...
Once you know your dates, we can start planning the rest. I found that finding a date was the biggest hurdle in planning our reunion this spring.
Allan, don't worry about stuff like that. In fact, don't try to get in on the organizing at all. We'll take care of it.
LMAO.
LOL, I can see that Allan is not the organizer in your house!
I usually find it worth it, too. But I'm *always* the one to do it, and I sometimes get tired of it. So I take breaks from organizing once in a while.
Quick, everyone mute!
Fuck the Goose.
Or as Joe says: Fuck the Goose. Fuck the Goose.
Ha ha, I didn't think I was being funny, but yes, I am the organizer.
Amy, dates will depend on when the Sox are home on weekdays after your school ends.
note - we won't know the schedule until december or january.
good. i got important music downloading and blogging to do.
As soon as the schedule comes out, we can move on it. Pick dates, then email folks.
lester > heidi
DAMN STRAIGHT! It's not even close.
Well, obviously. Heidi's sinker stinks.
Not to mention Newfoundland photos to get online.
Einstein is 2-for-4! Nice job --
now Lowrie for the next 7 days.
LBJ foul hits Old Hickory?
Cora has more hits than Lowell.
That was hit hard. That sounded different off the bat.
Did you see that sign in the Sox dugout? "What happens on board stays on board" with the skull & crossbones
awesome
OMG, LBJ is hot hot hot!!
That's my boy! Having a good night, eh?
LBJ - a third!
9-hole Jacoby it is, then.
Amy, I agree!!
Shoulda listened to us earlier, tito.
Jacoby is is getting hits hits hits hits hits hits!
OK, we will wait for the schedule and go from there. Lots of time to plan. Only Joe G has all his summer plans for 2009 set already.
JOS - 1
well, like I said before, once we know dates will have to see if the lake house will be available. Its close to Putnam CT but that would be the cheapest since it has so many bedrooms. If the house isn't available though, I guarantee cheap Hotel rooms in the Enfield and Ashford CT areas.
Are we all feeling just a wee bit better tonight?
s1c, that would be amazing! What fun.
MDC in.
Are we all feeling just a wee bit better tonight?
Drew doesn't have a hit.
Fuck that guy.
I'd be able to convince the 'rents to take on a few guests in the Boston area, but obviously wouldn't be able to host everyone
My 2010 summer is pretty well set, too, actually
My 2010 summer is pretty well set, too, actually
Kidding, btw.
Kind of
Lester: 7-9-2-1-8, 113
I loved the rant and rave posts today.
We need to have a real JoS rave
I'll leave the drugs details to you and nix.
Yes, those really lifted my spirits (rants and raves). So therapeutic. As is tonight's game.
(PS My resident Yankee fan went to sleep....)
I'll leave the drugs details to you and nix.
Check!
I loved the rant and rave posts today.
Jack Marshall's post in Rave was actually one of the better things I've read in a long time.
Yes, Jack showed us his positive passionate side.
Bowie Kuhn can eat shit.
Yes, and it was impressive! I was glad to see it.
welcome to the Big Leagues Nady
Are we all feeling just a wee bit better tonight?
Fuck yeah!
I don't do drugs. I assumed that everyone from canada did
GET THESE ASSHOLES OFF MY SCREEN PLEASE
MDC throwing 98
thank you
Xavier Roberts is 0-4 tonight with a K. The Sox are tattooing his ass.
Are we all feeling just a wee bit better tonight?
Funny you wrote that.
I was just telling Bob as he was getting up to leave that the mood was so much lighter on the site tonight. That I could almost hear the smiles.
With good reason.
I'm going to kill one of my rabbitys. Jupiter is dead set on chewing up the power cable for this laptop that I'm using. Which would certainly lead to a dead rabbit. I think this is why I usually watch and thread in the other room. It's a tossup today with the HD in here and the no chewers in the other room...
I haven't done a drug in so long I forget what they're like. But I've done my share.
And maybe Joe Grav's and Jere's shares, too.
You don't have to DO them, you have to GET them.
yeah baby! OTT!
anyone think there's still a chance of a dust-up tonight? i think the MFYs are content to play out this one and go home
LBJ is into holes and now someone is getting a tattoo on his ass.
And a bunny is trying to electrocute itself. Crazy stuff.
sarah: rabbits are resilient. My childhood bunny chewed through a couple nintendo power cords in his/her life and lived to a ripe old age.
I haven't done any drugs since college. Which was a LONG time ago. Now the only drugs I use are those I get with a prescription....and alcohol.
I bummed up a spud or two and my wife cooked up a tater stew.
Rabbit's not bad in a soup...
Are we all feeling just a wee bit better tonight?
Yeah, I'm not sure those particular house guests can come back for yankees-sox weekends again... At least they weren't yank fans though.
Sarah, we once came home and Tala had completely destroyed all the cables connecting the TV, DVD and stereo. There were thousands of shreds of plastic and wire everywhere.
Now she's crated when we're not home.
anyone think there's still a chance of a dust-up tonight? i think the MFYs are content to play out this one and go home
Not seeing a dust-up tonight. I think it's over and done with.
You don't have to DO them, you have to GET them.
In which case, you guys are definitely going to have to take that one... or else I will be locked up for 10 years and blacklisted from the job market for possession of 1 oz of marijuana
I'm guessing Laura got through the eighties without owning a Cabbage Patch doll.
Oh plenty of rx meds! And alcohol. And caffeine.
But nothing better than that, sadly. But I would, in a heartbeat.
(Just in case you're reading, Nix.)
Sarah, one of my kittens chewed through my laptop power cord last month. I had to spend $120 to replace it (though then found a cheaper one on line and returned the $120 one). Be careful!
For some reason, one of the kittens is just obsessed with electrical cords. Makes me crazy.
I don't have a pious opposition to drug-using, I just never felt the need. My mind is altered enough naturally, and I find enough distractions from the tediousness of life w/o them
Tek hits + Cora hits + LBJ hits = 6x Youk hits.
JETER ASKS OUT OF THE GAME!!!
HE WON'T PLAY 9!
AOOOOO-GAAAAA
AOOOOO-GAAAAA
sarah: rabbits are resilient. My childhood bunny chewed through a couple nintendo power cords in his/her life and lived to a ripe old age.
Funny you should mention that - I tried to turn on the Wii on Wednesday and found that I needed to splice the power cord to repair the gaping hole left by Jupiter when I wasn't looking. Apparently 120 is safe for bunnies.
I'm guessing Laura got through the eighties without owning a Cabbage Patch doll.
Where did this come from?
And yes, I never owned one of those.
Well the lake house would depend on the date. During the summer it gets used a lot. BH and B-fly have been up a couple of times this year and the family parents are having a week soon (best thing about the kids being old enough to leave at home to look after the pets).
Has 5 bedrooms with 2 full baths plus an outdoor shower and is right on the lake.
Joe, it's not a need, it's a desire. I didn't need to do drugs. I chose to.
I like to do everything I can. I like to say YES as often as possible.
Give us a dong and a mummy! Let's cap this night off right!
Yeah, I have no interest in drugs. Never much did, even in college. Found getting high just made me paranoid.
But as long as you have no pious opposition. :)
Depends if the rabbit chewed through the wire before or after the transformer. 8v or whatever Wii is would be a curious tickle.
that guy next to theo checking jos???
S1C, where is the lake house? Did you say Pomfret? (Too lazy to scroll up and find the post.)
from SoSH:
Xavier Gagne.
hahaha
Ninth inning!
Every cable that is permanently in this room is either encased in garden hose or blocked off completely, so the rabbits are free to roam around in here. The Wii was eaten before I had a satisfactory method of keeping the rabbits out from behind the entertainment center. (Answer: wood) Only Jupiter has any interest in them, Juno could care less. Using a laptop though presents a new challenge.
Cabbage Patch dolls have Xavier Roberts tattooed on their asses. It looked like the reference went over your head back there.
Judging from google image search, lots of white girls have gotten their asses ironically tattooed with it too.
Actually its in Woodstock. Just outside of Putnam.
No pious opposition to drugs. Definite pious opposition to being pressured to using them though!
I have no pious anything.
I didn't mean to phrase it as a 'need.' Let me rephrase: I've never had the desire.
My son keeps trying to get me to burn one with him. Especially when we go to concerts. He knows I did more drugs "in the day" than he's ever seen. I, in turn, keep trying to get him to quit, although he's such a part-timer now that I don't bother very often.
I have told him that when he's ready to smoke his last joint, I'll smoke it with him.
Wow, these bunnies sound challenging. I've been determined not to let any more dogs destroy any more of my stuff.
We had a lot of that with our first dog, before we knew what we were doing. And we were so poor, and she just destroyed eeeeevvverything.
8v or whatever Wii is would be a curious tickle.
We're talking oldschool nintendo here. Pretty sure he got it coming out of the wall.
He also ripped his side open a couple times and required major surgery twice. That was when I learned as a kid that rabbits don't bleed.
Timlin in.
You sound pretty effing cool, SoSock.
I have told him that when he's ready to smoke his last joint, I'll smoke it with him.
I like that answer.
Oh yeah, whoosh, right over my head.
Garden hose---good idea. We bought these crazy things from Staples to house the cords. But for some cords, that doesn't work, and I find I am constantly moving the cord, the kitten, or something to block the cord.
Just got the conflicting edit message, and I refreshed through it. No prob.
TBH, around 95% of people on this blog sound pretty damn cool. And no I'm not just sucking up... I only suck up to redsock and L because they can ban me
Opium is just tops! That is all...
Nail 'er down, Flag.
also because i desire their assistance for lodging while in the greater toronto area
We used to get high with all our nieces and nephews. It was a rite of passage, smoking up with their aunt & uncle.
That's pretty funny.
It was long after I had stopped smoking weed, but I had to, just for them.
lost track of time - this is perfect - game will end - and i leave work at 12.
Kittens, unlike dogs, are just not educable. No matter how many times I scold, move, distract, she just keeps coming back. I assume the same with rabbits.
How sweet of you
... and not a lick of work!
Did you say nieces? Nieces are dreamy! <3
12?!?!
How sweet of you
Yeah, you don't want to sleep in the backyard.
And yeah, opium is great.
I got that also, Laura, and also just refreshed through it.
Weird.
Kittens, unlike dogs, are just not educable. No matter how many times I scold, move, distract, she just keeps coming back. I assume the same with rabbits.
I try to explain that to my cat-loving girlfriend all the time, when she says "WHY DOES CHIP KEEP LYING ON MY BED WHEN I KEEP THROWING HIM OFF?!?!?!"
Bot warming in the bullpen.
Confused here.
Yeah, you don't want to sleep in the backyard.
Is the backyard free? :-p
Dogs never learned to stop destroying. We just learned how to deal with separation anxiety.
But yes, cats do seem less educable than dogs. Not that I want to get into the dog vs cat debate.
Yeah, you don't want to sleep in the backyard.
BUT THE CLIMMET IS SO CLOD IN CADADA!!!!!!1
piece of cake.
Some say dogs are smarter, but I think cats are smarter. THey know they will get what they want whether they do what we want or not. They don't care about pleasing us. Dogs, OTOH, are much more dependable and trustworthy!
I LOVE ME SOME DIRTY WATER.
Patrick, if you saw my nieces, you'd know what dreamy is. Two gorgeous and brilliant babes.
"WHY DOES CHIP KEEP LYING ON MY BED WHEN I KEEP THROWING HIM OFF?!?!?!"
Because cats assume you're already dead.
the water is filthy!
THE WATER IS COLD AND DELICIOUS AND DIRTY
After tonight, Sox will be 6-6 vs MFY's this year. 3-3 each park!!!
Watah is dirty
Smoke on the water.
No debate for me. I love them both. And each offers different things.
WE WIN!
When I was a kid my Canadian friend told me there was a water park he liked to go to in Cananda. I was really surprised because I thought it would be too cold for a water park. "Wouldn't it be ice?" I asked.
ANY OPIATES ARE TOPS= my favourite
Yes - 12!
Damn, am I going to have to call TCAP
Ballgame! And some nice filthy water!
Yeah, totally before the transformer here too, which was nice for me, as I just shortened the cord and put a new edison plug on it.
They are sort of challenging, but totally worth it. Aside from Jupiter's desire for the juice, they aren't terribly destructive. Juno love to rip up magazines, but she's perfectly happy to make it the magazines I put on the floor for her.
Ponson shitting the bed + some pre-game rain = Dirty Water!
Two gorgeous and brilliant babes.
AHHHH!!! PICS!!!!
OK, I am off to bed feeling MUCH better. We are still ahead of the Yankees and closer to the Rays.
BUT THE CLIMMET IS SO CLOD IN CADADA!!!!!!1
Ha! Bring your tent, you can sleep on the frozen tundra.
Gross
Don't look now, but Timlin is pitching well.
lester= the new beckett?
AHHHH!!! PICS!!!!
I'm not sure if I'd share pictures of my nieces w/ patrick
just kidding :D
When I was a kid my Canadian friend told me there was a water park he liked to go to in Cananda. I was really surprised because I thought it would be too cold for a water park. "Wouldn't it be ice?" I asked.
Heh. I remember going to this big water park in western New Brunswick, near the Québec border... all I thought about was why the fuck are all these guys wearing speedos?!
Timlin is pitching well.
I regret to inform you that you've lost the right to post to your own blog.
.5 GB
Yeah like I am going to post pictures of my nieces here.
why the fuck are all these guys wearing speedos?!
LMAO!
1 GB
Timlin is pitching well.
I regret to inform you that you've lost the right to post to your own blog
ROFL
I wonder what life is like on the other side of the mystical frozen border... I shall find out soon enough
Water. Give it to me Dirty!
We're all very civil, god fearing citizens in here, Laura. I just want to admire your family ;)
what's gross?
that win went down smooth.
redsock's description of the dirty water
Patrick, I'll tell them you said so.
Sox have to face Weaver, Lackey and Saunders next three days. Would be nice to see some payback the next three days.
We're all very civil, god fearing citizens in here,
I have no fear of any mystical, probably non-existant being who I have never seen before, who offers wisdom in the form of the written word - except for L-girl
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