Angels - 010 006 000 - 7 9 0Not much to say about this one, except that the game did not feel as close as the final score.
Red Sox - 000 201 011 - 5 11 0
A two-RBI single from Manny Ramirez gave the Sox their only lead of the game in the fourth. Then Dice-K, who had retired eight batters in a row, walked Figgins to start the top of the sixth. Ten pitches later, the Angels had a 6-2 lead. Kotchman hit a two-run homer, Izturis doubled, Guerrero singled and Hunter blasted a three-run dong.
In the bottom of the sixth, Lowrie's ground-rule double to right knocked in Ortiz (LAA 7-3) and chased Weaver. Arredondo walked Varitek on four pitches, loading the bases with two outs for Ellsbury. Lyndon was the potential tying run, but he struck out.
With one out in the seventh, Youkils and Ortiz singled, but Manny grounded into an inning-ending double play. Ellsbury singled in Drew in the eighth and Manny hit a home run into the Monster Seats with two out in the ninth.
After a shaking beginning in relief of Matsuzaka, Masterson set down the last five batters he faced with ease. Hansen threw nine pitches (eight strikes) in the eighth, retiring the Angels in order.
Toronto beat Tampa 3-1 and Baltimore clubbed New York 13-4, so the top three spots in the East standings remain the same. The fourth-place Blue Jays are now only 7.5 GB.
***
Jered Weaver (4.08, 102 ERA+) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (2.63, 166 ERA+)
ALCS Preview!
Atta way, Tito! That lineup kicks copious amounts of ass!Angels (64-40) Red Sox (61-45)
Figgins, 3B Pedroia, 2B
Kotchman, 1B Youkilis, 1B
Izturis, SS Ortiz, DH
Guerrero, RF Ramirez, LF
Hunter, CF Lowell, 3B
Anderson, LF Drew, RF
Kendrick, 2B Lowrie, SS
Rivera, DH Varitek, C
Mathis, C Ellsbury, CF
Elsewhere, 7 PM: Rays/Blue Jays & Orioles/Yankees
554 comments:
1 – 200 of 554 Newer› Newest»I wouldn't mind flip flopping Drew and Lowell for lefty righty sakes, but I love starting the game with a hardy FUCK YEAH!
This Angels team scares me. They are good.
Know what kicks about that, he moved Varitek to 8th and is batting Jedi 7th. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Should we call this the J line (J. Drew - J. Lowery - J. Veritek - J. Ellsbury).
That's a World Championship lineup right there.
Although if I had my way I think I'd flip-flop Drew and Lowell. R R L R L R S S L
w00t to getting the slingbox working! free baseball!
It does kick ass. Last night's intentional walking of Drew to get to Tek (even though the C got a hit)should signal Francona that Varitek's days as a middle of the line-up guy are gone. Lowrie won't get walked to get to Tek, at least this season, and if they walk Drew to get to Lowrie, I'll take my chances,
But what do you do when Cora's starting at short, you ask?
Don't start Cora at short!
Cora, Cash - if they start once a week, do whatever. 8th, 9th ...
mussina has to be stopped!!!
1st three batters life time vs Weaver - 14/36 (41 PA) with a 1.217 OPS.
That would be some table setting!!!
From Boston.com
Jack , you can only vote once.....:)
Should the Red Sox trade Manny Ramirez?
Yes.
54.7%
No. .
45.3%
Total votes: 27629
We own the Angels. Don't forget it.
TIME TO START A WINNING STREAK.
Redsock, working on sending you music now.
Where is the "FUCK NO" option?
Is'nt baseball amazing if we get anything from Ellsbury at 9 we see it as a bonus but if Lugo bats .265from that spot he is a bum.....
And could someone please find J.D. a match.....Man he is streaky..
Amalie on the telly
Casey---How do you think I'd vote?
(Hint; "Nixon's the one!")
Hell, I don't want to get rid of Manny---I just want to bitch about him now and then.
Kind of like my wife, my son, my parents, my teeth, my neighbors, my business, my theater company---you know; can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
i like our lineup.
Kind of like my wife, my son, my parents, my teeth, my neighbors, my business, my theater company---you know; can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
I sure hope you're kidding about your wife and son!
Where is this stupid poll? I'm good for a click. Link, pls?
Bitch about them sometimes? Nothing crazy about that.
Damn! Looks like in his ESPN column, Gammons repeats all the shit I quoted earlier and goes further. It's behind the pay wall, so I'll out that up after the game or tomorrow morning.
SHIT
FUCK
PISS
SHIT
CUNT
WHORE
ASS
FUCK
...
ESPN.
dan shulman with steve "i can't believe someone paid me to be a major league GM" phillips and orel "angry orgasm" hershiser.
SHIT
FUCK
PISS
SHIT
CUNT
WHORE
ASS
FUCK
my favorite words.
Enjoy your ESPN. :-p
am i gonna have to watch my third straight game on mute?
fuck this shit
i want OPTIONS with my package like i do with the radio.
...
closeup of orel = very effing scary.
Enjoy your ESPN. :-p
BANNED!
Supposedly, in England, if you have the dish or something, you have options to watch football matches from different camera angles and listen to different audio feeds.
espn, is it the silver haired one and the angry orgasmer?
We can only hope that technology comes here soon.
BANNED!
JoSoSH!
fucking usa with its third world technology ........
When we first got digital cable, and had it on a smart-card instead of a cable box, whenever we'd put on a channel with more than one audio feed (i.e., SAP), an option window would come up to pick one. For about two weeks, the feed labeled "Spanish" was game audio with no commentary. It was amazing. Eventually they picked up on their mistake and fixed it.
trying sound
and i hear:
orel: "dice-k has been on top of his game. look at that record: 11-1."
good god
phillips calls tek the mnost important defensive player in the game -- did he say in THIS game allof MLB??????????
..
orel referring to faking injuries
back to mute
JoSoSH!
Well done. Very well done.
gold glove-K
O!
fucking usa with its third world technology ........
eh canada, you're in our boot on this one, buddy
The sight of Scioscia gives me heartburn. Does that happen to anyone else?
he used to always look like he was about to cry
The sight of pizza give me heart burn. Does Sciocia look like a pepperoni pizza?
A little.
Does Sciocia look like a pepperoni pizza?
tavarez does.
The fantasy gurus told me to bench Dice-K for this game...
redsock said...
he used to always look like he was about to cry
or a little like deniro in raging bull (the heavy one)
A 1-2-3 1st inning from Dice-K is a good sign.
you were talking about scoscia, right? or weaver?
FUCK Y......what?
I like the size increase in our one two and three hitters. Small medium and large father.
FUCK NO!!
Shosher
small
medium
large father
BAD MAN
If youk wasn't signaling 'safe' he might have been safe
OK, probably not. It still bugs me when guys do that
Weaver, weaver, weaver YOU SUCK
Youk doesn't understand that whining isn't giving it his all. It's something else.
I can't thread b/c Allan is insisting on mute. I can only type during commercials.
whining is so dreamy! <3
Go Baltimore! Go Toronto!!
I don't know if that's the same trade poll, but I saw one, on X-Bases I think, and the choices were "No, he's not worth it" (the no choice was first), and "yes, his bat's too valuable." There was no choice that said you like Manny. It seemed to come from the assumption of, "Okay, we all hate his wild hair and baggy clothes, but would you trade him or grit your teeth and keep him?"
The media is making me hate them more every minute. There seems to me that there's no problem, yet they're just pushing it and pushing it until there is one.
NESN just died for me, so (I can't believe I'm saying this) thank god ESPN has it on
Bitch about them sometimes? Nothing crazy about that.
Nope. But "can't live with them" isn't too good when it comes to your spouse and child.
Roberts was thrown out at home trying to score on a Markakis 2B.
TB is threatening (first-and-third, 1 out) in the 2nd.
Grr.
Jere, I agree.
Jere, ESPN is showing the game from the "classic" camera angle, in case you have a choice.
The longer the Rays stay up, the less chance the Yanks make the playoffs. We're gonna beat the Rays anyway, so I'm hoping they stick around. (But, if they don't, I'll be happy too because I hate them...)
Enjoy your ESPN. :-p
Aaand NESN is back!
Awww fuck!!
Gotta call that the "Jere classic" angle, I think.
Joe--I know--any visitor's feed or national feed will have the classic view, since the new cam is just for NESN. The outsiders still bring in their crew, stand in the CF camera well, etc.
However! You'll notice it's not as shaky on NESN tonight. That's because they've moved the new robot cam so that it's nailed to the back wall instead of perched atop it.
This team scares me.
Maybe it's an HD thing, but the players actually seem closer to me w/ the new angle
Baltimore on top, 2-0!!
Here's the pic I took of the cams Saturday. New robot cam at far right is now below top-of-wall level.
Hello JoS!
...3-0 even
Look at Manny's defensive lollygagging
Look at that lack of effort on that catch - Manny totally should've sprinted the 5 feet to grab it instead of walking...TRADE HIM NOW! I DON'T CARE IF WE GET GAGNE IN RETURN! ANYTHINGS BETTER THAN THAT!
joe, the players should appear smaller from the new angle. I've got a whole post describing why at my blog if you...eh, forget it.
TB leaves the bases loaded, fails to score.
And I guess it was Millar's 3R HR that put them up over Mussina.
I still hear Yankee fans in The Bar express their hatred for Millar.
Said the guy with the mummy avatar...
Throw strikes, you fucker.
I saw a fellow in the crowd wearing my Boston College hockey national champions hat. Get that man a beer!
dp pls
Dat's rite, patrick!
Fucking Diceclay.
joe, the players should appear smaller from the new angle. I've got a whole post describing why at my blog if you...eh, forget it.
I read the post, which is why I felt compelled to say that they seemed closer to me. (Awesome drawing btw)
Nice grab JD. 2 outs. I'll take that.
Bahhhhhh, nice grab to save a couple more anyhow.
Drew is my hero! <3
Tim, we're planning JoS-1 - Joy Of Sox Night at Fenway next year. You can drive down with us! (Woti too if he wants.)
cherish the cabin
Ramon Hernandez makes it back-to-back HRs vs. Mussina.
I will most definitely take that.
Bwahaha. Not bad dicey bastard.
Here comes Mummy...
Ooooh L, that would be excellent. LMK more details, clearly in like 6 months.
Posada out for year. If we didn't know.
Hey, I am getting ESPN and NESN on regular cable TV. So I just may switch to the classic.
and now mummy will tie it up...
tim, how was the show?
Details as we get em. :)
So far it's just talk, but we'll make it happen.
This full time cryptozoology gig is wearing me down. I romped around in the woods all day, and now I'm exhausted.
No yeti sign, by the by.
The Foot still hiding from you, eh?
The man is just trying to get Manny down!
I'm watching from NESN land.
Holy shit, what is this camera angle. Make them stop, jere.
tim, how was the show?
Was a good one, I'm pretty dead right now though...was in the front/pit area for most of the show so I'm a little tender.
Wow, terrible call in Toronto.
home plate ump has got martyfosteritis.
espn gamebreak shows mirror dong, anchor says millahhh in a boston accent -- hey espn, he's not from boston and he doesn't play in boston. you can stop that now.
Nice play, Anderson.
Anderson pulled a Manny...
I've got NESN (via the Slingbox) - it's Red Sox baseball, so I couldn't care less about camera angles right now. I'm just grateful to be able to watch it and not follow on GDGD =)
That's how I feel re camera angles. I'm watching baseball, it's the Red Sox, end of story.
Anderson pulled a Manny...
fuck that. mrs. garrett was back on the track almost. manny woulda caught that with ease.
Damnit, Burnett, show the world you are a stud.
Iwamura crosses the plate on a groundout. 1-0 TB. He was out at 3rd by at least 2 feet when Rolen tagged him, yet the ump somehow called it safe.
A, I think Patrick was kidding. You're pulling a Laura.
I'm watching baseball, it's the Red Sox, end of story.
Yup.*
* - with the exception of that horrific camera angle from the preseason game in the coliseum. That was brutally near-unbearable.
I'd love an angle from behind the plate, looking out at the pitcher
exactly
This is terrible. Weaver keeps obscuring the plate. WTF would they do this?
I'm calling my congressman once I move here.
Burnett with 7 Ks through 3?! Did I hear that right?
I can take a hint. But I'll still talk about the camera out of spite. You lose! (Until I'm banned.)
Yup. AJ mowin down the Rays.
7Ks isn't so fun when he has given up a run...to TFR no less.
It wasn't a hint from me. Just my opinion! I swear.
thanks for the file, joe!
If Dice-K doesn't make it though 6 I'm afraid my left testy might shatter.
This guy gives me pent up angst.
I don't care...If I had the luxury of NESN on cable, I would most definitely be bitching about it, alongside you. But I get shitty Blue Jays, so any Red Sox baseball is good. It's like that hierarchy of needs theory. Once the basic need is fulfilled (Sox baseball), you move up to the next level (camera angle)
is joe helping redsock break out of jail? oh, right. modern times and all.
Guess we drew shitty Matsusaka tonight.
No infield fly rule?
Take that you fruit!
NTTAWWT
It's not so much the angle as it is the fact that they CHANGED from something that was fine for no reason.
Throw strikes, you fucking fucker.
And these fuckers at NESN, for not giving me any games for 30 years despite living in New England, owe me!!!
That seemed like a lot of luck for Dice.
Yeah, makes sense. I'm not a fan of mindless changes which make things worse than they were before either.
the old angle was very good.
the new angle is better.
that is all.
And these fuckers at NESN, for not giving me any games for 30 years despite living in New England, owe me!!!
DRINK!
But you can't see the plate. Don't you care about seeing the plate? This is inexcusable.
Doesn't NESN watch its own programming?
52 through three could be worse.
It's amazing how many ads there are - constantly - for unhealthy food.
I was going to write "disgusting, unhealthy" food, but even without my own opinion on the food, the unhealthy part is a fact.
It's just constant, every inning.
I wish I could get voice-in-picture so I could listen to Remy and friends while watching the ESPN feed.
well i don't wanna be pretentious and assume people know stuff about me. If I just said they owe me for not being able to see games for 30 years, and then somebody asks why, I'd just have to explain it, so I try to keep it to one post. I don't enjoy typing the same thing every time, but I do it so people know what I'm talking about.
Close. Man.
jail breakout - cute :)
I'm watching ESPN. That Tek near dong looked so great. I could tell where it was going. On NESN it would've looked like a pop up that was going anywhere from second base to a hundred feet foul off first.
It's amazing how many ads there are - constantly - for unhealthy food.
And we have an incredibly terrible health care system. The whole thing is very perverse.
Take some pitches. C'mon.
Jere, I feel that way sometimes about my shady baseball past. I think in game threads it's safe to assume everyone knows certain things - about all of us.
But that could be an incorrect assumption.
Why is it I'm getting it on both channels? How come sometimes it's a blackout but other times I get it on both? I thought I had it figured out, that if it's a regional ESPN game I get it on both, but that didn't work last time.
4-0 Baltimore.
It's amazing how many ads there are - constantly - for unhealthy food.
And we have an incredibly terrible health care system. The whole thing is very perverse.
But the health care is for profit, so there's money to be made in unhealthy eating.
When is truck day? We need to bring the lumber back to Fenway.
I think disgusting is fair too, Laura.
I think so, too, Sarah. The whole industry is just gross.
But Wendy's is "way better than fast food," and McDonald's is saying "let's hear it for nonconformity," so everything is ok
Interestingly, I have both ESPN and FSN on the EI feed. No blackout. I'm going with ESPN.
I'm lovin' it!
Jere spent the first thirty years of his life living in the Mount Weather nuclear bunker, which, despite being a little more than 300 miles from Connecticut, is not in the NESN broadcast region.
I still need to blog about how much the McDonalds "Southern Style" annoys me. It's on my to-write list, but I've been lazy.
I'm watching ESPN. That Tek near dong looked so great. I could tell where it was going. On NESN it would've looked like a pop up that was going anywhere from second base to a hundred feet foul off first.
And you're serious, right? Not exaggerating?
I feel like you're watching some kind of fun-house mirror version, and we're just watching regular TV. I never see anything even remotely resembling that.
i thought it was the CF camera on pitches that bothers you.
a dong/foul down the line is from a different camera -- one that is still the same as far as i know.
<10 pitches. nice.
KFC is hawking "Asian-inspired" meals!
*poof*
That's my head exploding.
(I have a long to-write list, too. But it's not laziness, it's time.)
"And you're serious, right? Not exaggerating?"
I'm talking about right off the bat (ooh, the literal version of that phrase!). I can't judge distance on NuCam and often left-right on fly balls.
CHC vs. MIL just starting. Pretty interesting as far as NL goes, which is to say, not much.
fast-food. bad for:
health
nutrition
environment
labour
animals
local landscape
taste buds
anything else?
It's balls right when they're hit before they switch to the other camera which, yes, is the same as always.
I am here, at last, with my gigantic and delightful burger with cheddar cheese, baby spinach, A1 sauce, green pepper, and a little bit of salsa on top.
Crazy, I know. But it's tasty.
(ooh, the literal version of that phrase!)
Literally!
well, i don't get it. pitches look better and i see/feel literally no difference when the ball is hit.
KFC is hawking "Asian-inspired" meals!
I saw that advertised at the local KFC earlier. WTF!
(I have a long to-write list, too. But it's not laziness, it's time.)
It was time. Until today, which I largely spent playing video games and reading. Then it became laziness.
Spirit
Culture
I love that Ish unknowingly joins our conversation with a burger. So funny.
but you probably needed a video game & reading day. it's good for your mental health.
patrick: yes, two more things fast food and its culture chips away at
Papi!
papi half dong!
Speaking of unhealthy food (but awesome) - off to Morty's for me now!
(The local wing restaurant I was talking about and waiting for my delivery of during last Monday's game)
Back in a bit.
Well I'll try the example I always use: A ball hit right at you (straight toward the camera) is gonna be up the middle. On the old, it's closer to the shortstop's position. I mean, the two cameras are 20-30 feet off side-to-side, and 20 feet apart up-down, so the batted ball has to appear different from each angle.
Baltimore Dong for Tizzle.
Ah the Pater Magnus.
Father doubles!
some unhealthy food is still worth eating!
Yes, but Ish, unlike the commercials, made me want a burger.
And some more of the amazing corn I had this weekend. I need to go back to the market. Union Square should be closer to me.
I don't care what my mom thinks. Ice cream is good for you.
Manny!
FUCK YEAH, YOU BAD MAN!!!!
Let's get rid of that guy. Honestly, no dong?
Manny sucks!
Manny's been have a TON of problems against Weaver. Such as striking out SIX times.
...NOT THAT TIME!!!
MANNY! 2 ribeyes!
Papi with wheels.
Take that haters!!!
only a single, manny? too lazy to hit a double?
I am all for eating unhealthy food sometimes, I just think it should be worth it, and fast food so rarely is.
Union Square should be closer to ME!
Union Square Cafe is our fave restaurant.
Great greenmarket too.
We should totally trade that guy.
The FACE!!!
Ice cream is not bad for you, the natural kind. Unless you're lactose intolerant or sumpin.
Union Square should be closer to ME!
Ha ha - I thought you might say something like that.
Sarah, same here, I do the same equation. Totally delicious unhealthy food is one of life's great (occasional) pleasures. But none of that shows up in those friggin commercials.
When I'm in NY, I'm 2.5 blocks from the Union Square Greenmarket. Stokes still doesn't have any heirloom tomatoes this year.
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