July 13, 2008

G97: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1

Orioles - 000 000 001 - 1  7  1
Red Sox - 100 100 00x - 2 7 0
The Red Sox are back in first place (.5 GA)!

This was a long game (3:32) filled with plenty of baserunners, but very few runs. Boston stranded 11 runners in the first five innings. And until Aubrey Huff's single in tyhe ninth inning, Baltimore had six hits, seven walks, a hit batter and a stolen base -- and still had no runs.

Bot allowed three singles in the ninth, but slammed the door on the longest "first half" in team history (97 games) by retiring Melvin Mora (who stranded 11 runners all by himself).

Pedroia singled and took second on Freddie Bynum's throwing error in the second, then scored on Drew's double into the left field corner. Casey doubled to start the fourth and eventually scored on Pedroia's force out.

Cleveland beat Tampa Bay 5-2 and Toronto dispatched New York 4-1.

***

Daniel Cabrera (4.40, 95 ERA+) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (2.84, 152 ERA+)

Terry Francona announced the rotation to start the second half, which begins Friday night in Anaheim:
0718 @ Angels   - Clay Buchholz (6 days rest)
0719 @ Angels - Josh Beckett (9 days)
0720 @ Angels - Tim Wakefield (7 days)

0721 @ Mariners - Jon Lester (12 days)
0722 @ Mariners - Daisuke Matsuzaka (8 days)
0723 @ Mariners - Clay Buchholz
This will give both Josh Beckett and Jon Lester some extra rest.

At 1 PM:
Rays/Spiders
Yankees/Blue Jays

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allan said...

Oatmeal from the Globe:

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Adam Jones, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Aubrey Huff, 1B
5. Melvin Mora, 3B
6. Luke Scott, DH
7. Jay Payton, LF
8. Guillermo Quiroz, C
9. Freddie Bynum, SS

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. J.D. Drew, RF
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, DH
6. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
7. Sean Casey, 1B
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Alex Cora, SS

allan said...

Masterson had his 2nd relief appearance last night: another 1-2-3 inning, this time on 17 pitches. First app: 1-2-3 on 16 pitches.

allan said...

TBR: 0
CLE: 0

NYY: 0
TOR: 0

Both in top 2nd

allan said...

"it's vermont day"

holy shit, does don have the giggles already?

allan said...

YEP.

he can't say 3 words!

Sarah Haendler said...

Does anyone else get the occasional squeee moment when they say "world champion Boston Red Sox"? It's not like I forget or anything, it's just that every now and then it excites me to be reminded.

allan said...

WTF happened???

they are both unable to speak.

remy: "here's the red sox defense .........
.................
.................
......... and it looks good (snicker)"

Sarah Haendler said...

Wow - hope they have enough munchies in the booth, because it sure sounds like they've been hitting the wacky tobaccy...

JCal76 said...

Turned the game on a minute late. Anyone know what got Orsillo and Remy in a laughing fit? It's been about 5 mins now and they're still incoherent.

allan said...

doc says rays-clev 0-0 after 2.

i check gdgd and tampa is up 1-0 and still batting in the top of the 2nd.

jeez, don.

Sarah Haendler said...

I really need to rearrange this room. The addition of the second cable box continues to make life much easier, but since I'm exiled to the back room with the game (I'm only bothered by that if I'm getting the game in HD, and that's not usually the case), I tend to sit at my desk to watch the game, and my desk faces away from the tv. Hmmm...

allan said...

jays up 4-0, still in bot 2nd!

Sarah Haendler said...

Come on Cleveland - give those Sunbeam appliances* some arachnophobia.

*anyone else surprised that in these times of the ubiquitous corporate sponsor, Sunbeam hasn't gotten in on that Ray action?

allan said...

jays:

double
single, RBI
walk
scutaro 3-run dongaroonie

allan said...

that was amusing!

SoSock said...

Holy Shit!!
I'm home due to a rare off Sunday for big league. The Sox are on TBS and I've got a friend and some cold Coronas here ready to enjoy my 1st full game in quite a while. And DAMN if they don't have the #@$%^ game BLACKED OUT on TBS. Those MOTHERFUCKERS!
Oh well, I guess it's GDGD and JoS.
Thank g** for you guys!

allan said...

why would they black it out?

allan said...

SMOKIN'!

Patrick said...

Hey guys! Beautiful day here in south east NH.

I'm going to listen to this one from my car radio out in my driveway while eating mashed potatoes.

So good luck without me.

and god speed.

Sarah Haendler said...

That sucks SoSock - I can't imagine how you could be overlapping with the MASN area, which is the only reason I could think of.

Sarah Haendler said...

mmm... mashed potatoes...

allan said...

Einstein with the Jeterian move on the popup!

allan said...

Man, I am a yawning machine right now.

Joe Grav said...

G'afternoon

I'm at school today, and the 5th orientation session has just gotten underway. I'm watching on one of the plasma TVs in the dining hall, and this kid from NY sits down next to me and starts cheering on Baltimore.

I tell him, "you really ought to be rooting for the Red Sox."

He asked why, and I said "so Baltimore doesn't catch you for 3rd."

I hope I didn't give him a bad impression of the student body on his first day at orientation :-p

tim said...

Good afternoon fellow Jossers!

Sarah Haendler said...

Joe, somehow I doubt that's the worst he's going to get. May as well ease him in, right?

allan said...

NYY: 000
TOR: 040

TBR: 011
CLE: 001 (still batting in 3rd)

Sarah Haendler said...

Hiya Tim.

Joe Grav said...

Watching Don & Jerry on Mute is hilarious.

allan said...

Joe: Tell him he'll have lots of study time in October.

tim said...

I hope I didn't give him a bad impression of the student body on his first day at orientation :-p

I'd say it's probably fairly accurate. Much tamer than he'll probably get come September (I hope).

Joe Grav said...

Ohh, that would have been a good one.

Joe Grav said...

Much tamer than he'll probably get come September (I hope).

I hope that come September, nobody will give a rats ass about the Yankees since they will be in 3rd 14 games behind Boston

allan said...

Thought of this while L and I drove in to work today:

Amy parody: "I can't keep these new-fangled stats straight. What does RBI stand for again?"

allan said...

Then L had a Tim parody:

Bottom for the 9th, Sox down by 2, bases loaded, Ortiz up:

"I'm going out for a bag of chips. Got a craving. Be right back!!"

Joe Grav said...

HAHA

Joe Grav said...

Varitek parody
Swing and a miss!

tim said...

Only 14 GB?

I dunno, they always seem to come around.

I've got tickets for the last two games of the year - I just hope that the intensity at Fenway is still at it's best, even though the MFYs will be long gone.

tim said...

Someone really needs to explain this parody thing to me :P

allan said...

My Spidey Sense says Clev has tied it 2-2.

allan said...

The topic of self-parody came up in the Lowell Cell Phone post, then on Friday night, we started writing parodies of ourselves and each other.

allan said...

fan with sign has a college freshman picture of orsillo!!!!

Joe Grav said...

Awesome.

Joe Grav said...

I wonder what he was like in college.

nixon33 said...

hey all !

nixon33 said...

whoa, orsillo looked like maddog russo in college!

allan said...

Cheers!

nixon33 said...

for some reason i cant ger GDGD to work for me. it wont load, and im trying to follow the FKR game.
also, its weird they arent showing that game on the MLB package.

Joe Grav said...

Fuck yeah

allan said...

MLB is brilliant:
The Yankees, in the last year of Yankee Stadium, end the season against the Red Sox ... at Fenway Park!

andy said...

The sox are tickling my fancy lately.

Sarah Haendler said...

That's odd Nix - I've got it on my EI.

nixon33 said...

really sarah? hmmm... so weird.

allan said...

NYY: 000 00
TOR: 040 00

TBR: 011 0
CLE: 002 0

allan said...

Speaking of Vermont Day, we were hooked on anagrams one day last season, and Jeer came up with this one:

we move to canada =
a wood - vt menace

...

i was born in vermont.

tim said...

Then L had a Tim parody:

Bottom for the 9th, Sox down by 2, bases loaded, Ortiz up:

"I'm going out for a bag of chips. Got a craving. Be right back!!"


Ahhhh now I get it. I get jokes!

nixon33 said...

4-2 spiders!

Sarah Haendler said...

Yay Tim! Tim gets jokes!

Parody Sarah: ...food...family...bunnies...food...arbitrary topic... baseball?

allan said...

Peralta had a 2-run dnog to give Clev the 4-2 lead.

allan said...

TBR: 011 00
CLE: 002 02

NYY: 000 000
TOR: 040 000

allan said...

looks like the slow mayor was out.

nixon33 said...

casey= running under water

andy said...

speed kills

SoSock said...

Casey leads off with the deuce!
With Tek's struggles, why the hell not bunt him?

allan said...

could casey beat slowell in a race? i'll bet he could.

nixon33 said...

this is one of those games where it feels like we're winning 5-0, with all the baserunners we've had, etc.
but, it SO isnt.

allan said...

Tek - 8 pitches in each AB

P6 and BB

nixon33 said...

COME ON OBY

nixon33 said...

OK, LETS GO FY!

Jack Marshall said...

Good to see that Cora re-learned how to bunt. I think he had botched his last three attempts.

Rob said...

I love the bullpen music.

They're using the spikes that hold the tarp in place, and Craig Hansen's banging two baseballs against the wood on the bullpen seats to add bass.

Sarah Haendler said...

I'm totally with you Nix.

Zenslinger said...

'Tek's one advantage over a poor-hittting catcher is that he knows how to take a walk. His OBP is usually a decent amount above his BA (now 220/299).

allan said...

we need at least one here, fy

Sarah Haendler said...

Ok - getting closer to that 5-0 it feels like...

allan said...

don says feels like sox have a bigger lead than they do.

is he reading comments?

nixon33 said...

double clutch run!

nixon33 said...

fire make it 5-0!

Rob said...

5-2 Cleveland

allan said...

danielle yelling at the ump after ball 1 to werd.

Rob said...

Heh. Don the lurker.

Rob said...

LMAO. Safe!

Rob said...

Bases loaded for Manny.

BE IT!

nixon33 said...

manny, get closer to the iron horse

Rob said...

Manny looks focused.

allan said...

Daniel Cabrera is not a good major league pitcher.

allan said...

#21 for #24?

Rob said...

2 for 10 with the bases loaded this year.

No GS since 05.

allan said...

MBM totally due for a GS

Rob said...

He's one of those guys who seems to have gotten his opportunity in the big leagues because he can throw hard. It's like a girl going wild over some guy just because he's tall, even if he's a total asshole.

allan said...

Again, Don says no GS for MBM since 2005!

Post a comment, Don!

nixon33 said...

weak grounder...

Rob said...

Oh well. Still got a run.

Rob said...

What do you think Don's screen-name would be?

SoSock said...

Damn.
I hate seeing that (outs) after the "in play"

allan said...

announcerboy?

allan said...

TBR: 011 000
CLE: 002 021

NYY: 000 000 00
TOR: 040 000 0

Sarah Haendler said...

I disagree ish - at least with the girl, sometimes the asshole is part of the attraction.

Zenslinger said...

What do you think Don's screen-name would be?

stonerdude_69

Rob said...

Jacoby getting dirty!

Sarah Haendler said...

Pretty!

Joe Grav said...

let's go dice

nixon33 said...

neckface = dons username

Jack Marshall said...

Now Cleveland 5-2 over Rays. If Tampa limps into the break having lost first place, four games to the pathetic Spiders (and two horrible starters) and 7 over-all, they will be beset with doubts and self-loathing....

Rob said...

IHateRemy

Rob said...

Or something like DonnyBoy43744237

tim said...

Back. Was eating in the other room. That was a disappointing 4th...

Goddamn, dice-k has to be one of the slowest pitchers.

Sarah Haendler said...

mmmm... self-loathing...

Rob said...

I actually expect the break to really help Tampa - I think they'll start off strong when they get back.

nixon33 said...

WellYouKnowDon

tim said...

Statman420@nesn.com

allan said...

IHateRemy

I was going to post that exact name about 2 minutes ago.

tim said...

OK DP now pls. K thx.

Rob said...

MeAndReneRousseau

allan said...

tim said...
Back. Was eating in the other room.


See?
That's why my parody was funny!

Rob said...

Or, if Don was feeling particularly clever, he'd probably go with ByWayoftheK

nixon33 said...

come on dicek!

tim said...

Exactly. But I was watching!

allan said...

or_silly_o

tim said...

Dice-BB.

Rob said...

Suddenly this game feels more snug.

allan said...

fucking christ, dice ... OUTS!

allan said...

remy sez pen is quiet.

Rob said...

Bullpen bass player Hansen warming.

Zenslinger said...

I actually expect the break to really help Tampa - I think they'll start off strong when they get back.

I read, maybe it was in the Globe, that it's pretty clear that Tampa has an easier schedule than us after the break (and that the Yanks' is harder).

allan said...

SOX LOB by innings: 122 3

grrr....



hansen up?

nixon33 said...

from SoSh
"Diceclay Matsuzacholz"

allan said...

Come on, Houdini Jr.

Rob said...

hansen up?

Yep.

tim said...

"Diceclay Matsuzacholz"

Heh, yup.

Rob said...

OUT.

allan said...

nix - are the soh game threads still wide open? when they went that way, that's when i left them.

hit refresh and there would be 40 new comments. too much.

tim said...

Thank you sir, may I have another?

allan said...

Huff won't be masturbating to that AB.

nixon33 said...

if by wide open you mean anyone can post, no.

kind of bullshit if you ask me.

Zenslinger said...

Holy crap, if he gets outta this one...

nixon33 said...

that was a gift strike.

Rob said...

MFY: 000 000 00 - 0/4/0
TOR: 040 000 00 - 4/9/0

Top 9th

tim said...

Damn I love this computer!

Come on Dice....

allan said...

i loved it when only members could post. then (in 2006 i guess) they allowed lurkers (like from the sandbox) in the threads. it got so crowded, i could not follow the thread and the game. that's when i started hoping to start some here.

nixon33 said...

HOLY SHIZER!

tim said...

Houdini II!

Rob said...

Not a fan of big forums like SoSH. Too much to keep track of. Too many power-hungry children making up lots of inane rules.

THAT is a squander!

allan said...

CY YOUNG, baby!

:>+

Joe Grav said...

Yay

tim said...

Bud Light Lime? What the hell is wrong with you Americans?

nixon33 said...

yeah i can understand that. its locked for members only, sandbox, anyone can thread.

this place is better.

allan said...

I prefer the message board format though. I can post my silly jpgs.

tim said...

McDonalds breakfast commerical pimping out chicken sandwiches...

again i ask - wtf america? chicken sandwiches for breakfast?

Zenslinger said...

I don't think anyone tracks ERA-to-WHIP ratio, but I imagine Dice is at the top of that list.

Joe Grav said...

You can just post links to your silly JPEGs now

Rob said...

Bud Light Lime? What the hell is wrong with you Americans?

Sounds better than clamato.

Sarah Haendler said...

"Bud Light Lime? What the hell is wrong with you Americans?"

Not a thing wrong with me, I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole. Eww.

tim said...

I prefer the message board format though. I can post my silly jpgs.

Ditto. If only there was a way to do that here...

allan said...

Bud Light Lime? What the hell is wrong with you Americans?

That's a bit far down the list of atrocities, but .... yeah!


(Actually ... Bud itself ... WTF?)

Rob said...

again i ask - wtf america? chicken sandwiches for breakfast?

Southern-style.

I think if you want to give northern USA a piece of the south, open up Waffle Houses everywhere.

Rob said...

I prefer the message board format though. I can post my silly jpgs.

Ditto. If only there was a way to do that here...


I agree.

Nothing like a fresh bruise to take with you to the ASB.

tim said...

Not a thing wrong with me, I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole. Eww.

good.

and for the record, the caesar is delicious.

nixon33 said...

cabrera is an ASSHOLE!
i hope someone gets fucking beaned.
hes been doing this shit his whole career

allan said...

You can just post links to your silly JPEGs now

jpg

Not the same.

Rob said...

cabrera is an ASSHOLE!
i hope someone gets fucking beaned.
hes been doing this shit his whole career


Best way to do it is to hit a line drive right at him. Preferably the mid-section.

tim said...

Yeah really, Cabrera has anger management issues. Which Don and Jerry have made a point to remind us of.

Sarah Haendler said...

I actually keep intending to blog about the recent McDonalds attempts to grab more of the poor southern market by knocking off Chick-fil-a. It's very irritating to me on several levels.

Rob said...

Ha ha ha ha. Wildness can pay off, though.

tim said...

yook with the wheels!

and yeah - the anheuser-busch company is just terrible

allan said...

YOOOOOK!

alright!

nixon33 said...

i hear ya sarah. chick-fil-a came to mind when they started these ads

Joe Grav said...

I would never eat one of those southern style chicken biscuit things - EVER

especially not for breakfast

Sarah Haendler said...

It's that and the sweet tea.

And, Joe, there's some sort of crack in the breading on real Chick-fil-a chicken. I would eat it at any time of day.

tim said...

Hmm, sounds like I'll have to check out this chic-fil-a place next time I'm down.

nixon33 said...

it is VERY good, chick-fil-a

Rob said...

i hear ya sarah. chick-fil-a came to mind when they started these ads

Add the southern-style sweet tea...

They have a commercial on the radio where there are two girls talking, and one of them has a heavy southern accent because she drank the mcdonald's sweet tea. The other girl says, "But you're from Connecticut." Southern-accent says, "Ah know! Ain't that just a kick in the pants!"

Shoot your radio.

Zenslinger said...

I would never eat one of those southern style chicken biscuit things

I had one when desperate. It was dry as a bone and god awful.

Rob said...

it is VERY good, chick-fil-a

I LOVE Chick-Fil-A. I usually stop there on the way back from Boston. There's one in the North Shore Mall in Peabody. Also one in Burlington.

tim said...

"Varitek tardy on the cut"

Drink (i think)!

Sarah Haendler said...

I think if you want to give northern USA a piece of the south, open up Waffle Houses everywhere.

I hit cracker barrel when I'm craving that bigoted southern food love.

Country ham...

I have to go now...

allan said...

Jason Varitoast

Rob said...

I hit cracker barrel when I'm craving that bigoted southern food love.

Oh yeah. Unfortunately the closest Waffle House I've seen to me is in Maryland. I can think of one Cracker Barrel in NH, two in MA, and at least one in CT.

tim said...

Cracker barrel is delicious. And quite the fitting name.

allan said...

SO FAR:

6 hits
6 walks
1 HBP
1 error
1 wild pitch
=
2 runs

WTF?

SoSock said...

You guys jst haven't lived till you've been to a Bojangles.
Cajun chicken and Dirty rice!

nixon33 said...

MAKE HIM PAY!

tim said...

36 BB in 40.1 innings? Man, glad he's not on our team!

Rob said...

They should change the name of when someone scores from a run, to a walk.

Change walks to bases on balls.

Come on! Score a few walks!

Zenslinger said...

I just don't understand why they think it's OK for that CF camera to be moving around all the time.

allan said...

let's go something, lyndon.

allan said...

or "do" something!

nixon33 said...

MOTHERFUCKER

tim said...

fuckdamnit

Rob said...

You guys jst haven't lived till you've been to a Bojangles.
Cajun chicken and Dirty rice!


I saw a few when I was in the south a couple of years ago - I was curious, but not enough to stop in because we were on our way back.

We did our fair share of southern-food stops, though. Waffle House, Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel, Stake and Shake, Hardee's, etc.

Zenslinger said...

Well, LBJ hit it well. What can you do?

Yanks lost.

allan said...

10 LOB in 5 innings!

Rob said...

It's amazing that none of those places have made it further north, though. I guess New England isn't real desireable for those companies.

Rob said...

Rut roh. Youk's out of the game from that HBP.

Joe Grav said...

chick-fil-a is amazing

chick-fil-a forever
mcdonald's never

allan said...

TBR: 011 000 00
CLE: 002 021 0


NYY: 000 000 001 - 1 6 0
TOR: 040 000 00x - 4 9 0

NYY: 50-45 at the break

Sarah Haendler said...

I haven't heard that commercial, ish. And it's a good thing too. Something bad would have happened.

For the record, I have no intention of eating this McDonald's bastardization ever.

Rob said...

Heh. Scott gets applauded for picking up a napkin and putting it in his back pocket.

allan said...

sorry -- 11 LOB in 5 innings.

Rob said...

They had an overshift for Scott.

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