Red Sox - 020 022 100 - 7 12 11.5 GB!
Rangers - 000 000 011 - 2 7 1
Byrd was dynamite (6.2-3-0-3-4, 102), holding the Rangers in check while his mates battered McCarthy. Francona was thus able to use whichever pitchers he wanted to in preparation for the Rays series that begins tomorrow night in Fenway.
And once again, it was a team effort from the lineup.
Ellsbury - RBI single, BBToronto shutout Tampa Bay 1-0, completing a three-game sweep of the Rays. Los Angeles beat the White Sox 3-2 and Detroit beat Minnesota 7-5 -- so the Red Sox increased their WC lead to 6.5 games.
Pedroia - RBI single, BB
Ortiz - 2-run HR, single
Youkilis - double
Bay - solo HR, single
Casey - single, run
Varitek - single, run
Cora - RBI triple, BB
Crisp - RBI single, double, walk, 2 runs, SB
And Seattle beat New York 5-2, dropping the Yankees into fourth place!
***
Paul Byrd (4.58, 97 ERA+) / Brandon McCarthy (2.25, 192 ERA+)
RHP McCarthy has made only three starts this season: 16 IP, 13 H, 5 BB, 9 K.
Even after going 1-for-7 in the last two games against Texas, Dustin Pedroia is still batting .537 over his last 10 games. Since June 14 (70 games/335 PA), FY is batting .395/.437/.628!
Since August 18, Coco Crisp has hit .469 (23-for-49).
***
Out-of-town:
Rays/Blue Jays at 1
Tigers/Twins at 2
Angels/White Sox at 2
Yankees/Mariners at 4East
Rays 85 55 --- Magic #
Red Sox 83 58 2.5 20
Yankees 76 66 10.0 12
Blue Jays 75 66 10.5 12
Orioles 63 78 22.5 E
Wild Card
Red Sox 83 58 --- Magic #
Twins 78 64 5.5 16
Yankees 76 66 7.5 14
Blue Jays 75 66 8.0 14
Amusing stuff from Steven Kranser, Journal:
ReplyDeleteWhen the Jays' Gregg Zaun stepped into the batter's box against Troy Percival with the bases filled, two outs and Tampa Bay leading, 4-3, in the 13th, the Sox began chirping. Zaun, apparently, is not one of their favorite players. Or at least, he wasn't.
"Zaunie Bench," yelled one member of the Sox, derisively comparing Zaun, a journeyman catcher, to Hall of Famer Johnny Bench. ...
As the ball left Zaun's bat, the Sox stood as one, popping up off the couch or their chairs, some of them raising arms in hopeful triumph as the ball soared toward right. And when the ball cleared the fence, there was a loud cheer, almost as loud as if it had been the Red Sox who had captured a dramatic walkoff win. ...
"What a hitter. We love him now," said another.
*********
Andy, last night:
ReplyDeleteI have a riddle. How many runs would have to score in a half inning to guarantee that every player scored at least one run?
It has to be 9, right? Every player gets on base, comes around on future hits, then the 9th guy dongs so he also scores on his own at-bat. 9 runs with 9 batters. I can't see how there is a trick involved.
I have one:
"How can a team get 2 triples, 1 double, and 3 singles in one inning and not score a run?"
This probably isn't exactly how I first read it, but it works.
Andy elaborated that eight players could have scored those nine runs. You could have 24 runs by having eight players each dong thrice but the 9th make all three outs. With 25, there's no way for the 9th to make a third out before he scores the 25th.
ReplyDeleteTriple.
ReplyDeleteDouble, but baserunner doesn't advance.
Triple, out at home, out at home.
Single
Single. Bases loaded.
Single, but leading baserunner interferes with play after the batter reaches first but before the runner reaches home.
?
Your post baffles me. What's this 24 and 25 stuff? Who said anything about players scoring 3 times?
ReplyDeleteWait, do you mean everyone on the 25-man roster each scoring a run?
Triple.
ReplyDeleteDouble, but baserunner doesn't advance.
Triple, out at home, out at home.
Single
Single. Bases loaded.
Single, but leading baserunner interferes with play after the batter reaches first but before the runner reaches home.
The way I remember it is:
triple, out at home.
triple, out at home.
double
infield single, 1st/2nd
infield single, loaded
one runner gets hit by batted ball, third out, but batter gets a single
there may have been more action to make it even more nutty, but i can't remember. you could also have a few dropped foul pops count as infield or outfield errors!
His riddle wasn't phrased the best, but his point was you can't guarantee that everyone scored a run if you're told that 9 runs were scored in that half inning, because there are ways to score 9 runs without one of the batters participating. It isn't until 25 runs have scored that you can be sure that all nine batters each scored a run.
ReplyDeleteIt's the difference between "minimum number of runs to have all nine batters each score one" (9) and "minimum number of runs to guarantee that each batter scored one" (25).
ReplyDeleteFKR go down in eight pitches in the top of the first.
ReplyDeleteInglett and Scutaro both K on seven combined pitches, but Rios gets a triple.
ReplyDeleteWhich Wells erases on his first pitch.
ReplyDeleteFKR - 0
TOR - 0
FKR - 00
ReplyDeleteTOR - 01
The Sack is back!
ReplyDeleteI know this is a USian-football-free zone, but a certain someone had something happen to him today.
ReplyDeleteAnd every Patriot fan in America had heart palpitations. Good thing I'm a Cowboy fan!!!
ReplyDeleteRecently, L wanted me to find a football with a red circle and line through it and post it on the side bar! (I found soccer balls with circles/lines, but no football.)
ReplyDeleteNo dogs or football allowed.
ReplyDeleteFootball not allowed.
ReplyDeleteThat top line can be easily erased!
ReplyDeleteRF Lyndon
2B Fuck Yeah
DH Florida Evans
3B Sultan of Sweat
LF Bay
1B The Mayor
C Tek
SS Einstein
CF Funix
2B Joaquin Arias
SS Ramon Vazquez
DH Michael Young
CF Josh Hamilton
LF Marlon Byrd
1B Hank Blalock
RF Nelson Cruz
3B Chris Davis
C Taylor Teagarden
Strictly no football allowed in this area.
ReplyDeleteFootball not allowed
ReplyDeleteI like that one!
The circle/line would have worked well with the blog's colour scheme.
FKR - 000 00
ReplyDeleteTOR - 010 00
The bricks match the color scheme pretty well, though. You'd just have to crop it a little to make it smaller, rather than extract the sign from the wall.
ReplyDeleteWhy I really hate football:
ReplyDeleteComing home from work on September weekends in NYC at 9:30 or so, when the pennant races are going full bore -- and having to sit through 30 minutes of boring football shit on Sportscenter before ANYTHING baseball-related, even Sox-MFY. Horrible.
And now in Canada you have to sit through hockey coverage instead?
ReplyDeleteAnd now in Canada you have to sit through hockey coverage instead?
ReplyDeleteNow, I don't watch anything.
Resized to be the same dimensions as your Canadian Blog Awards pic.
ReplyDeleteFKR - 000 000 0
ReplyDeleteTOR - 010 000
LBJ with a lead-off pop-up out.
ReplyDeletesurprising
Should've kept him batting 4th.
ReplyDeleteRedsock check your e-mail
ReplyDeleteNo dogs or football allowed.
ReplyDeleteHalf right, half abomination!
Coming home from work on September weekends in NYC at 9:30 or so, when the pennant races are going full bore -- and having to sit through 30 minutes of boring football shit on Sportscenter before ANYTHING baseball-related, even Sox-MFY. Horrible.
Ditto. First the games themselves, which never end, then football news on SportsCentre. Grrr.
Whistling while you trash america's favorite sport. Nothing to see here, move along, just keep moving!!!
ReplyDeleteamerica's favorite sport.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I deeply care about what's favourite in the US.
'Nt.
And anwyay, isn't that Nascar?
And anwyay, isn't that Nascar?
ReplyDeleteCockfighting.
Everybody drink!!! Tek got a hit!!!
ReplyDeleteCockfighting.
ReplyDeleteThat's only every four years.
Cockfighting.
ReplyDeleteAnd anyway, isn't that what Andy wants to do with Lowrie?
1-0, yeah boy!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd anyway, isn't that what Andy wants to do with Lowrie?
ReplyDeleteLOL -- I was just about to post something like "Who won the match between Andy and Jedi?"
Finishing up work.
WTF JUST HAPPENED? TEK SCORES FROM 1ST ON A CORAS TRIPLE????
ReplyDeleteI DIDNT EAT THE ACID YET!!!
!!!ocoC
ReplyDeleteFUNIX STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFU NIX!
ReplyDeleteBTW IM WITH YOPU ALLAN THE ANSWER SHOULD BE 9, NUFF SAID
;P
ReplyDeleteNix becoming even more disoriented.
ReplyDeleteHeh, I try googling "penis fencing" for a minute and we end up 2-0.
ReplyDeleteIM WITH YOPU ALLAN
ReplyDeleteAss-kisser.
...
I got the jpg, btw. Not crazy about the yellow.
Everybody drink!!! Tek got a hit!!!
ReplyDelete...
I DIDNT EAT THE ACID YET!!!
Substance abuse abounds :)
JoS is "Hooked on Funix"
ReplyDeleteWe gotta get this guy Teagarden on a team or two.
ReplyDeleteBeverage team, house team (with Stairs, Mesa, et al), outdoor hangout team...
and all with 2 outs and 0 on.
ReplyDeleteWhen Teagarden was a prospect, SoSH was super-high on him as a backup and then regular c.
ReplyDeleteAss-kisser.
ReplyDeleteFU
damn, I thought of an all-something team the other day when I wasn't online... I think it was only a two-person team, though; maybe it'll come back to me during this game.
ReplyDeleteTeagarden could also be on the all-old-jazzbo team with Mike Hampton, any number of Millers, and others.
wow toronto's bullpen is horrid
ReplyDeleteexcept for getting out of that inning.
ReplyDeleteFKR - 000 000 00
ReplyDeleteTOR - 010 000 0
FKR: 000 000 0
ReplyDeleteTOR: 010 000 0
LAA: 000 00
CWS: 000 11
DET: 020 0
MIN: 012 0
Not crazy about the yellow
ReplyDeleteI can send it in RED!!!
turned on mlbtv -- game is something called "my 27"
ReplyDeletepublic access?
I like Phil's sign on the brick wall better.
ReplyDeletemy 27
ReplyDeleteJust another former UHF station. UPN and the WB turned into the CW and MyTV took over the UPN stations.
2-1 CWS. LAAAAAAAAA has second and third with one out.
ReplyDeleteFUCK YEAH!!!
ReplyDeleteHey, Rangers... THIS is how you play defense!
ReplyDelete"my 27"
ReplyDeletepublic access?
it's the over-the-air station in Texas... there are a bunch of Fox-owned stations that aren't Fox Network affiliates that use the "my" branding, including Ch. 9 here in NJ, which carries the few Yankees games that aren't on YES
That is the way to turn two!!!
ReplyDeleteFY
ReplyDeleteI play 2B.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Yeah.
Fuck Yeah.
ish with the much more concise explanation. :)
ReplyDelete"my 27"
ReplyDeleteLike My 9 in NYC, and "My Fox Buffalo" we get on 28.
Just more advertising crap.
I like Phil's sign on the brick wall better.
ReplyDeleteSuck it, s1c.
Teagarden could also be on the all-old-jazzbo team with Mike Hampton, any number of Millers, and others.
ReplyDeleteNice!
My name is Yeah.
ReplyDeleteFuck Yeah.
LOL!
Although it might as well be public access, quality-wise.
ReplyDeleteMy Fox Buffalo
ReplyDeletewhoops, I should have said "that aren't *necessarily* Fox Network affiliates."
Tiz running at 3/4 of Manny's speed, but the media will be silent.
ReplyDeleteis youk rocking the "STATE TROOPER GIAMBI" stache or is it the shadows...?
ReplyDeleteoh, ok, for a sec it looked like he only had a stache...
ReplyDeleteCan't be worse than Vazquez's GDGD 'stache. That thing's drawn on with a magic marker.
ReplyDeleteI like Phil's sign on the brick wall better
ReplyDeletemumble,grumble,mumble,grumble
FKR - 000 000 00
ReplyDeleteTOR - 010 000 00
Top of the ninth. Carlson in to close.
Vazquez
ReplyDeleteMy Fox Buffalo
ReplyDeletewhoops, I should have said "that aren't *necessarily* Fox Network affiliates."
i wasn't nitpicking. i was so busy copying the My9 link i didn't notice the question had been answered.
Aybar K. 1 out.
ReplyDeleteNice that Giambi's has not been updated in a couple of years.
ReplyDeleteBartlett 5-3. 2 out.
ReplyDeleteno worries, I didn't think you were nitpicking at all - it hadn't occurred to me that in smaller TV markets there probably wouldn't be a Fox station and a 'my' station.
ReplyDeleteWhen Giambi went to the Yankees, at the press conference, ppl were asking him about having to cut his hair and get rid of his scruffy (ugly, IMO) facial hair.
ReplyDeleteSomebody said, You can still have a mustache. Are you going to do that?
He said, A mustache??? [Like he thought it was a crazy joke!] Do I want to look like I'm 40 years old??
Then he must have seen the looks on some writers' faces, and he said, Uh, uh, not that there's anything wrong with looking 40, if you are 40, but, but...
Carlson closes it out- 1-0 TOR.
ReplyDeletePerez K.
ReplyDeleteRAYS LOSE
FKR - 000 000 000
ReplyDeleteTOR - 010 000 00X
8 in a row for the jays?
ReplyDeleteThe Fox Buffalo station is a riot. I use it to watch conveniently timed Simpsons and Seinfeld re-runs.
ReplyDeleteHalf the ads are for personal injury lawyers, the other half are used cars. Buffalo must be a helluva town these days.
FKR - 000 000 000
ReplyDeleteTOR - 010 000 00X
Wow! Yeah, 8 in a row.
Yeah, eight in a row.
ReplyDeletePssst, something happening in Milwaukee.
yeah, #8 for TOR - they're now tied with the MFYs.
ReplyDeleteRays lose!!!
ReplyDeleteFKR: 000 000 000 - 0 6 2
ReplyDeleteTOR: 010 000 00x - 1 6 0
Purcey: 8-6-0-3-7, 111
Upton had 3 of FKR's 6 hits
LAA: 000 002
CWS: 000 11
DET: 020 001
MIN: 012 01
Great way to come back from getting a ball to the face. Keep the other team from hitting the ball at all.
ReplyDeleteI always liked Chris Young.
MFY HAVE to lose! 4th place!
ReplyDelete6 IP so far.
ReplyDeleteOld friend David Riske getting torched at the moment.
MFY HAVE to lose! 4th place!
ReplyDeleteI know, that's what I was hoping for yesterday! Didn't quite work out that way...
I'm actually going to two of the TOR-BOS games in a couple of weeks, I hope they cool off by then!
COME ON BYRD, DONT FUCK AROUND
ReplyDeletewasn't pretty but put that 0 up on the board. Now lets get some runs!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW
ReplyDeleteNice stop.
ReplyDelete4-4 DET.
I'm actually going to two of the TOR-BOS games in a couple of weeks, I hope they cool off by then!
ReplyDeleteThey always give us fits. Games at Fenway or Skydome?
2-2 LAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
ReplyDeleteRemember when Casey's average was something like .380? Good times.
sock, my answer to your riddle was the same as yours, except my first two triplers just get picked off third.
ReplyDeleteHere we go with the giant part of the order!
ReplyDeletesock, my answer to your riddle was the same as yours, except my first two triplers just get picked off third.
ReplyDeleteyou could have them both try to score on wild pitches and be tagged out. puts more stuff into the question.
Still interesting in Milwaukee.
ReplyDeleteThey always give us fits. Games at Fenway or Skydome?
ReplyDeleteSkydome! It's a little pre-birthday trip/present from (and with) my gf. The Fri and Sat games of that series. I know, given the way the season series with them has gone so far I'm hoping for at least *one* win up there!
A hit would've put Cora over .300.
ReplyDelete7 innings done in Milwaukee. Young at only 71 pitches!
ReplyDelete5-4 DET.
ReplyDelete"you could have them both try to score on wild pitches and be tagged out. puts more stuff into the question."
ReplyDeleteYeah, you have a lot of options with that question.
Speaking of Giambi's press conference, I also remember him pissing me off by saying "if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em." But his theory hasn't worked out for him.
that was like a slow motion DP
ReplyDeleteSkydome! It's a little pre-birthday trip/present from (and with) my gf.
ReplyDeleteCool! You'll be right next door to us, but we'll be working. (That's why we'll be nearby.)
If you come up early, like Thursday, we could all meet for dinner or a drink or something.
Nice.
ReplyDeleteI also ducked out of work one Saturday after the last Sox series up here and had a beer with a JoS reader. I am not opposed to doing that again.
ReplyDeleteYou've got to be some shitty kind of baseball team to give up ten runs to San Diego. They've got a new kid with .161 OPS leading off.
ReplyDeleteByrd at 60 through four. Pretty good.
ReplyDeleteright, I remembered that you(se) have weekend work schedules... we are flying up sometime Thursday; I forget what time we get in, but I think it's the afternoon; I'll check the flight and will let you know via email. Would be cool to meet up if the timing works!
ReplyDeleteI also ducked out of work one Saturday after the last Sox series up here and had a beer with a JoS reader. I am not opposed to doing that again.
ReplyDeleteI was going to mention that, but didn't think I should volunteer you.
They've got a new kid with .161 OPS leading off.
ReplyDeleteHe clearly doesn't clog the bases.
Efd, if you are renting a car, we are very near the airport, then it's super easy to get from our place to downtown.
ReplyDeleteWould be cool to meet up if the timing works!
ReplyDeleteOf course, I will only talk to Allan and you will have to only talk to my gf. ;D
Yeah:
ReplyDelete"Gee, Allan, would you like to leave work for an hour or so and drink a couple of beers with a Red Sox fan?"
Hmmmm, let me think it over....
Of course, I will only talk to Allan and you will have to only talk to my gf. ;D
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, I think I'm busy that day.
Whatever day it is... :)
And Chip Ambres is batting second with .473 OPS. Kazmar is eighth with .495 OPS.
ReplyDeleteBasically that lineup has four pitchers in a row.
Crips = on base machine
ReplyDeleteCI dong. 1-0 MFY.
ReplyDeleteFunix is an on base machine.
ReplyDeletelemme guess, LBJ Pop-up out?
ReplyDeleteI love the Rays getting swept by Toronto right before they come to Fenway! Love!
ReplyDeleteDO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE????
I love the Rays getting swept by Toronto right before they come to Fenway! Love!
ReplyDeleteI will only love it if they keep losing once at Fenway. Other than that, pfft.
On second thought, I think I'm busy that day.
ReplyDeleteheh... I don't think we're renting a car, but I'm sure we can figure something out.
lemme guess, LBJ Pop-up out?
ReplyDeleteNot yet, but there's still time.
Kapler dong ends the perfect game.
ReplyDeletethat is ridiculous. the balancing act of the 08 Sox continues.
ReplyDeleteHeh. Gape Kapler breaks up the perfect game with a dong!
ReplyDeleteNot yet, but there's still time.
ReplyDeletewell he already did it to lead off the game...
not a productive out FY.
ReplyDeleteorDONGyez. 6-4 DET
ReplyDeleteI don't think we're renting a car, but I'm sure we can figure something out.
ReplyDeleteI just realized, maybe you're flying Porter from Newark? In which case the airport is near downtown and you don't need a car - and you're also not near us. (Although we can meet you in town.)
If you're flying to Pearson (the usual way), then you will be near our homestead.
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WSJ breaks up the perfecto.
CI dong
ReplyDeleteYou know, after reading the whole WOW affair, every time I see CI I think of that first. It'll probably dissipate soon. It's negative vibes either way, so it fits, I guess.
Ofer, me too (of course). And since I don't hate Jeter the way you all do - I don't care about him one way or the other - for me it's WAY more negative.
ReplyDeletePapi certainly knew that was gone!
ReplyDeletePapi Dong!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah Boy!!!
3-2 LAAAAAAAAAAA.
ReplyDeletePAPI-DONG!!
ReplyDeleteDONG ALERT.
ReplyDeleteWAIT ORTIZ ACTUALLY HIT A HOMERUN AGAIN?
ReplyDeleteWOW
PAPI DONG!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI had it the other way. When I read the diahreea at those blogs, I thought of ol' Capt. Molasses.
ReplyDeleteThat was a bomb, an absolute bomb!!!
ReplyDeleteBig Papi was looking at his stats today and said: "Fuck the heck? I'm tied in dongs with the bald midget? FUCK THAT!"
ReplyDeleteWay to not squander.
love that casual "i hit that 10 miles, won't be needin' this for awhile" bat toss
ReplyDelete7-4 DET.
ReplyDeleteLARGE FATHER!
ReplyDeleteQUADRANGULAR!
WHO LET THE DONGS OUT?
...
etc etc etc
We're not done yet.
ReplyDeleteOkay, now we are.
ReplyDeleteLAA: 000 002 01
ReplyDeleteCWS: 000 110 0
DET: 020 003 2
MIN: 012 010
NYY: 1
SEA:
FKR: 000 000 000 - 0 6 2
TOR: 010 000 00x - 1 6 0
I just realized, maybe you're flying Porter from Newark?
ReplyDeleteI thought I had an email from my gf with the itinerary, but I can't seem to find it so maybe not; I'll ask her to send me the info. I'm almost positive we're flying out of Newark, but not sure which airport we're flying into. I'll let you guys know when I find out!
Bay completely off camera when he makes the catch.
ReplyDeleteFor a porn fiend and a fundie, Byrd isn't terrible.
ReplyDeleteEfd, ok.
ReplyDeleteThere's a new-ish discount airline that flies from Toronto's little-used island airport, to Montreal, Ottawa and Newark. Much less expensive and you don't need a car, so perhaps that's what she arranged.
Porter Air
(maybe on HD he was on camera)
ReplyDeleteGDGD says it has video of the Papi dong but isn't coughing it up.
ReplyDeleteBay completely off camera when he makes the catch.
ReplyDeleteRadio said Ococ caught it.
Or this is yet another joke I didn't get.
HGH dong. 2-0 MFY.
ReplyDeleteGDGD says Bay caught it.
ReplyDelete72 through five. On pace for seven.
ReplyDeletelove that casual "i hit that 10 miles, won't be needin' this for awhile" bat toss
ReplyDeleteDave O'Brien likened it to flipping the keys to the valet.
Crisp caught the first one (with Bay nearby), then Bay caught the one after that off-camera - I guess NESN thought Crisp had that one too.
ReplyDelete7-5 DET.
ReplyDeleteNady hit a solo HR, MFY up 2-0.
ReplyDeleteCasey earned that single.
ReplyDeleteNady hit a solo HR, MFY up 2-0.
ReplyDeleteGDGD had awarded it it HGH. GD that GDGD.
GDGD had awarded it it HGH. GD that GDGD.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see it, but Yahoo says it was Nady.
Rather, GDGD gave Giambi a dong and then corrected it to a fly out. Nady subsequently hit an actual dong.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder it's called GDGD.
ReplyDeleteCora is on fire^H^H^H^Hbase.
ReplyDeleteCoco has a 1.292 OPS for the month.
ReplyDelete8.35 ERA
ReplyDelete.339 opponents batting avg
...
good choice.
Unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteStill, going into baseball with the name Mendoza can't be advisable.
ReplyDeletethat was a "Pedroia circa August/September '08"-ish hit. Just swing and you get a hit automatically.
ReplyDeletesay, l-girl, who drove in that run??
ReplyDeleteFunix2 didn't fly out that time.
ReplyDelete6-0 our team
ReplyDeletewooooot
ReplyDeleteStaring 1.5 GB in the face!
Sorry, I can't update too often, or I read the play before the batter even steps to the plate.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, I have no idea what anyone is talking about. :)
LAA - 000 002 010
ReplyDeleteCWS - 000 110 000
Pale hose lose.
goin' bottom 8 in MinnyHaHa, 7-5 Catz.
ReplyDeletebut Angels win...we gotta get that best record...
ReplyDeleteLAA: 000 002 010 - 3 8 1
ReplyDeleteCWS: 000 110 000 - 2 5 0
DET: 020 003 20
MIN: 012 010 1
NYY: 11
SEA: 00
FKR: 000 000 000 - 0 6 2
TOR: 010 000 00x - 1 6 0