Rays - 302 105 020 - 13 14 3Do you really need (or want) a recap?
Red Sox - 001 000 120 - 4 7 0
Pena and Longoria hit back-to-back home runs in the first and the Rays were off to the races. It was still sort of a game at 6-1 when Tampa Bay battered Delcarmen for a single, a triple, three walks and five runs in the sixth.
Crawford went 5-for-5, with two stolen bases, two RBI and two runs, and Aybar went 4-for-5 with a dong and five RBI.
The Red Sox started to hit the ball with a bit of authority in the seventh and eighth innings. Ortiz tripled to start the eighth and scored on Youkilis's groundout. In the ninth, Lowrie and Pedroia singled and Yook doubled. Kevin Cash's solo home run gave Boston a run in the third.
So the team's backs are to the ALCS wall yet again. It has become a familiar place. We'll see on Thursday if the Red Sox can rally for a third consecutive time in five years.
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The Assassin Has Returned!
***Red Sox Rays
Drew, RF Iwamura, 2B
Pedroia, 2B Upton, CF
Ortiz, DH Pena, 1B
Youkilis, 3B Longoria, 3B
Bay, LF Crawford, LF
Kotsay, 1B Aybar, DH
Crisp, CF Navarro, C
Cash, C Perez, RF
Lowrie, SS Bartlett, SS
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Andy Sonnanstine (Rays 20-12 in his starts)
Tim Wakefield (Red Sox 15-15 in his starts)
Sonnanstine faced the Red Sox twice this season -- in consecutive starts on September 10 and 16. He pitched 13 innings and allowed only two unearned runs, along with seven hits and two walks. He struck out 12 and the Rays won both games.
Wakefield made three starts against Tampa Bay in 2008 - one great, one average, and one shitty. He had a rough September (6.65 ERA in 23 innings over five starts) and did not pitch in the ALDS.One-third of the Red Sox lineup is hitting -- Pedroia (6-for-11, .545/.643/1.182), Bay (5-for-11, .455/.571/.818 and Youkilis (6-for-14, .429/.429/.786) -- and that is not enough. Ortiz, Ellsbury and Varitek are a combined 0-for-34 and Drew is 2-for-8. ... Crisp (3-for-6) needs to play CF tonight.
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Somewhere around the third or fourth inning yesterday, Jon Miller of ESPN radio started peddling this clump of horseshit:
Red Sox fans are not that far removed from 86 years of pain and suffering. ... doubts may be creeping in.I'm dealing with the radio delay to avoid ever hearing Chip "OMG!!11!!!1!1 The Rays Totally Rock" Caray, so this really pissed me off. If anyone is embracing the gloom-and-doom-woe-is-us-maybe-the-Curse-never-really-left meme, go right ahead. Make CHB's day. Just stay away from here.
Winning today will even the series. And we were in a deeper pit less than a year ago before roaring back, obliterating Cleveland and sweeping the World Series. (The Red Sox also came back from 0-2 in a best-of-5 in 2003 and from 0-3 in a best-of-7 in 2004 -- remember?)
Bay Being Manny:
We put up eight runs the other night. It's not the end of the world. And we won the first night [scoring two runs].And to hell with those people who left before the end of yesterday's game. Loyalty does not mean supporting the team only when they are winning. It's a shame you wasted space in a seat that an actual fan could have used.
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The shots did not work their toasty magic, so we need another source of mojo (though you should keep drinking whiskey). I believe I have found it: Kids playing AC/DC! Here's a 12-year-old kid playing "You Shook Me All Night Long":
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It's also Election Night in Canada. So FU to Stephen Harper.
461 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 461 Newer› Newest»I'm not quite ready to pack it in. Not even in my head.
See, that's the thing. Neither am I. The Red Sox aren't, either. But they've got to put their damn hard hats on and get to fucking work.
And we don't have Manny, we have a weaker and older Ortiz, a slumping LBJ who was the sparkplug in 07.
Ech, we all sound so negative.
Just got in from work, I'd like to say officially - Cocksuck Motherfuck.
Oh, I am not packing it in, but last year it just felt different. This year its more of a give me a fragging break. Ortiz 0 for series, Tek 0 for series, Lowrie 0 for series, LBJ 0 for series, it's just like somebody has to start picking it up.
Well, there's the out.
Now, RUNS? Do I hear RUNS?
I don't think anybody is packing it in. But things have been shitty lately.
Bleh.
Not packing it in, just preparing myself psychologically.
FUCK
Yes and the Rays bats look fresh and crisp. Ours look tired and struggling to borrow a word from TBS.
Well, Laura has been saying it all season. The Rays are for real.
That should be obvious to everyone (except Andy) by now.
But we are for real too.
Even to Andy now, apparently!
Someone's got to shake things up. You know how these things go with offenses. It get contagious - you got to string some hits together, drive in a run, and go from there. Then you're in business.
But it needs to start. I was hoping for someone to drop down a surprise bunt and leg it out or something.
I wish Tito would go to tizzle and say look you fucking big lug go out there and be the hero. Stop jerking us around we are all waiting for you to spark the fire here. Do it while the team is in the field.
I say fuck the rays. They are not good. we need to stop this snowball from giving us the snowjob. fuck
I dare say none of us were "feeling it" after 2004 ALCS 3. SO who the fuck know what will happen?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
CASHIES GOIN DEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unlikely hero
DFA TEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cash!?!? Did he hear us crying?
Oh, I am not packing it in, but last year it just felt different. This year its more of a give me a fragging break.
What he said.
Also, last year we were in 1st place in the division for almost the entire season. No one could overtake us. That's where my feeling of strength came from.
MONEY!!!!!!!!
OK, if $$$ can dong, anybody can. Let's fucking do this.
And that's a run. Pluralize now!
one batter late but at least they have removed the goose egg.
SEE HOW ITS DONE ORTIZ?????
Cash money!... breaks open the gates with his dong!
Cash starts the rest of the series. Shoulda hit that one into the rays dugout jed.
Money money money
VEAL PARM, anyone?
I dare say none of us were "feeling it" after 2004 ALCS 3. SO who the fuck know what will happen?
Very true. I said the same thing about the election today. Some commenter said "I have a very bad feeling about this" and I told him the election won't be decided on his feelings. Same here. We feel crappy b/c we're down, but there's more baseball to be played.
why the fuck are you jogging lowrie?
there's more baseball to be played
That's pretty much all it takes for me. As long as we're the ones playing it.
Yes all back in one swoop. fuck i wish someone would line it right through the pitcher.
fuck you top of the lineup
If we can stop them from scoring, then perhaps we can catch them one run at a time. But can we stop them from scoring?
No rally there.
Yes all back in one swoop. fuck i wish someone would line it right through the pitcher.
You never know with these maple bats they keep talking about, could have a bat barrel lodged in his face by the end of the fifth.
Chocolate man is still terribly creepy.
Ouch, Tim. That's awful...
We're switching to CBC now. Game on radio and computer, election returns on TV. Plus we're both threading, and there's a thread on my blog too. It's all very confusing.
Those three had some good hacks though. Had some good swings, some good contact. Lowrie hit a couple of lasers foul... Pedroia had that at'em ball, and Drew just missed that fast pitch he got under ever so slightly.
Chocolate man is still terribly creepy.
Very true. So if I use Axe I'm gonna get laid a lot, then lose my nose and arm? No thanks.
You never know with these maple bats they keep talking about, could have a bat barrel lodged in his face by the end of the fifth
That long? Seems like we could manage it before then if we really put some effort into it.
So if I use Axe I'm gonna get laid a lot, then lose my nose and arm? No thanks.
Perhaps the target market is just really really desperate?
Chocolate man is still terribly creepy.
It is. But that girl in the hospital room, when she laughed (lit up my tv), one of those times that lightened the mood a little bit.
Two 20-something female co-workers of mine were puking over some guy smelling like Axe in the elevator. They were breathing into their hands until the door opened.
Two 20-something female co-workers of mine were puking over some guy smelling like Axe in the elevator. They were breathing into their hands until the door opened.
It smells like shit. Terrible stuff, smells like people are bathing in Aqua Velva.
So if I use Axe I'm gonna get laid a lot, then lose my nose and arm? No thanks.
Yeah, but you could grow that arm back, right? Or get a chocolate prosthetic.
You never know with these maple bats they keep talking about, could have a bat barrel lodged in his face by the end of the fifth
That long? Seems like we could manage it before then if we really put some effort into it.
I think if the pitcher dies of a bat shard before the middle of the fifth inning they stop the game, don't they? That's in the rulebook somewhere... I'm sure we'll do better in the makeup game.
I never understood Axe either. People probably put too much of it on.
No one who uses Axe seems to have any idea how much to use either. I've had that same experience on the train. I usually stick my nose into my hoodie or something.
I think everyone uses too much of everything. People smell like they've been marinating overnight.
I like people to smell like people. Just take a good shower and greet the day.
I think everyone uses too much of everything. People smell like they've been marinating overnight.
I like people to smell like people. Just take a good shower and greet the day.
I agree. Sans shower.
Thank you, JM!
Never mind CBC. They're not showing returns until the polls close, so we've got another half hour.
(And I almost posted this on the wrong blog.)
Another 0 posted on the board, runs now!
I agree. Sans shower.
Sans shower? Next time YOU get to sit next to the guy I was sitting next to on the R this morning.
I agree. Sans shower.
That must be why you're a backpacker and I stay in motels. :)
>| (poor keyboard equivalent of upside down K)
What do we want?
RUNS!
When do we want them?
NOW!
Wow, local commercial showing Joe D'ambrosia. The Man is huge! Joe lay off the snacks man.
Can't you even get Nova Scotia returns or whatever?
The Man is huge!
Igor Laden's bigger.
Papi can't buy a hit.
Sans shower? Next time YOU get to sit next to the guy I was sitting next to on the R this morning.
Deal. I actually have quite an insensitive nose. But I can say that Papi has stunk so far this postseason.
Atlantic Canada returns are in.
Nfld went Liberal, but the Tories picked up a seat in Nova Scotia. Overall they did one seat better than in 2006.
With the radio delay, I thought the "the man is huge" comment was in reference to Papi's at bat :(
Also, to see returns as people have them, go to the most recent post on wmtc.
frak. cruck. glag.
FWIW, I shower every morning or I don't exist and I use scentless anything I can.
Overall they did one seat better than in 2006
Remove all sharp objects from the L-girl's reach.
At least this Andy Sonastine isn't continuously horking towards the camera every 2 seconds like the Garzer from yesterday.
So Cash has more hits than Papi this series, in his one at bat.
You know that day off tomorrow is looking better and better. Get your crap together guys.
I hope the liberals are doing better than we are.
The Pelican likes to spit.
FWIW, I shower every morning or I don't exist and I use scentless anything I can.
Me too. No scent, ever, and I could die without a daily shower. In the summer two showers a day are not unusual.
This guy on CBC is cool. Host of "The Hour." A show I enjoy watching when visiting my grandmother in northern Maine.
He's a crazy garzer. Always garzin' all over the place. All that garz coming out of his mouth.
I love the "all my ladies to a nice dinner commercial".
That was a slider, but something like that can shake things up.
That's George Strombo. He's cool the first time you see him, then it quickly loses its charm (IMO).
He tries so hard to be so super hip.
That's George Strombo. He's cool the first time you see him, then it quickly loses its charm (IMO).
He tries so hard to be so super hip.
Helps that I only watch him once in a great while.
Anyone else lose the gameday audio feed?
Ish, right, that's the best approach for that guy.
I like CBC's diversity in their coverage. This feels more like a TV show than it does election coverage.
Runs in the Aybar family.
Unfortunately Tampa's mistakes aren't hurting them as much as LAAAAAA's hurt them.
WRKO is back on the MLB audio feed.
Thanks kkh
That's George Strombo. He's cool the first time you see him, then it quickly loses its charm (IMO).
He tries so hard to be so super hip.
Yup, was just about to say that. It's not cool if your job is to be cool. I can just picture him surfing the web before his show, looking for all the words the cool kids use. Then he goes on his show and says them all.
i
am
highly
annoyed
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I left the thread to sulk (and read the paper). I am back to ask WHAT THE HELL IS AXE?
FWIW, I hate cologne on men, perfume on women. Just be clean.
We need a Texas Rangers type inning.
I didn't know Robinson Cano played CF for Tampa...
SHIT, the Sox are killing Sonnastine and have nothing to show for it. Everything is hit hard.
The Rays are putting on a clinic, aren't they?
Man, we just can't get a break. Or they really are that good. Or both.
Given the past couple ALCSes, its clear that the Sox just don't play ball until they are facing elimination. Maybe that's what Tito's strategy is.
Cologne is pretty much outlawed here in this family. BH is allergic to most of them.
Fox must be grinding their teeth, the Dodgers about to go down and unless the Sox do another miracle comeback they are looking at a Philly TB WS.
I bet they are looking at the fine print to see if they can pass that WS to TBS.
I swear the Geico beach commercials were made at Cannon Beach Or.
I must say, though. I don't feel any different than I did after Game 4 last year or Game 3 in 2004. Both times I feel like they won't come back. I feel that way again. It's just the feeling I feel as the Red Sox face elimination.
THIS IS BULLSHIT. WE ARE A BETTER TEAM THAN THIS. FUCKIN FENWAY NEEDS TO WAKE UP. EVERYONE NEEDS TO FORGET ABOUT GAME 2 AND 3 AND GET THE MF SPANK ON RIGHT NOW. WAKE UP (INDY) WAKE UP!!!
/pscyho rant/qq over.
/re-initiate lurk sequence
Two runs per inning. Pretty simple, get on base then crank a HR.
MDC time and it is an even number inning so look for a 0 to go up on the board.
99 mph from MDC. Haven't seen heat like that from him before.
Dietcokegirl, nice to hear from you.
Hey Amy :)
cheeky little bastard going to third.
Yikes.
Somewhere there is a TB fan saying, "It's inevitable."
Hey tdcg! No need to lurk.
TDCG!!! My month is now complete!!!
fragging Bartlett.
Fucking christ.
Could we hit someone hard , right in the back that would make me feel better, tighten these guys up a little bit, enough cookies in the heart of the plate..
Fragging unbelievable.
The life has been sucked out of them.
:(
This is putrid. Going to be 11-1 in a minute after a nice grand slam.
Chip Caray's going to blow his wad.
I don't think we felt as out of the games last year as we have in these last two games, even when we were losing. At least that's my recollection. Scores against us were not as drastic, except that one game when CLE scored 7 runs in the top of the 11th inning.
The umpire didn't even look at that pitch did he?
I don't understand why the announcers always make up conversations between the manager and the players, "quoting" what they think was said.
We're gonna see Timlin soon.
Right now this game feels like game 3 of '04.
This is really no fun. I hope the election returns are better.
I don't think we felt as out of the games last year as we have in these last two games, even when we were losing. At least that's my recollection.
Yeah, thats how I feel too. Seems like these games get hopeless awfully fast. :-(
Oh good, useless fuckpez is in. Time to get into the double digits
Bases loaded, one out. I know, let's bring in Lopez to get us out of this jam!
Oh, yeah, the 19-8 game. That was worse than this.
How old is Caray? I think he's past the age that can recover and blow wad after wad.
godfuckingdamnitthisgamefuckingsuckasscockpiss
...
Someone please get me a shotgun and Manny Delcarmen's address.
Or a huge rally.
Either-or, really.
Just sayin'.
And you look at the players. They look about as down as we do. There's just no grit and no life to them now. It feels like they're just going through the motions.
And that's the most maddening of all. This is the PLAYOFFS. Do SOMETHING.
We're gonna see Timlin soon.
I feel like we have been all night.
Although at least in the 04 game three, we scored 8 runs...
@ Tim-
When has Javy justified that kind of comment? He's been pretty much our most solid reliever all year.
Station to station to station.
Just hit the slam and get it over with, or hit a double play. God dammit.
Can we go break some Rays toes or something during this off day?
two fragging seeing eye singles and a checked swing single. Everything is just going Tampa's way. I'm ready to do an Elvis to the TV.
Get real comfortable rays. real comfy.
When has Javy justified that kind of comment? He's been pretty much our most solid reliever all year.
Umm...Delcarmen, Masterson, Okajima, Papelbon...
And I think RIGHT NOW he justifies that comment.
Can we go break some Rays toes or something during this off day?
Freak toe accidents!
WHERE THE FUCK WAS THAT STRIKE THE LAST 8 TIMES THE BALL WAS RIGHT THERE?
Tim: Yeah, Delcarmen's 4+ ERA inspires SO much confidence.
And, wow, he gives up, what, one inherited run? Who's doing any better?
This is good. This is generating rage. Like a warrior in WoW. I only hope the red sox bust out a little Mortal Strike in game 5.
Hey Sarah G! Yes lurking at this juncture is kinda fail, I admit.
Hey s1c! I only hope the red sox winning their 3rd WS in 4 years further completes your month :)
2 hits and 3 walks for mdc in .1 inning, but morgan says he pitched well "because he had good velocity".
I can't believe it is only the 6th inning. I feel like I have been watching this game for far more than two hours.
My bad, Manny's ERA wasn't that bad. Sorry.
This is good. This is generating rage. Like a warrior in WoW. I only hope the red sox bust out a little Mortal Strike in game 5.
I'm not seeing it. That's the problem. Just look at them. They look dead out there.
Never said delcarmen fared any better tonight. He's as useless as tits on a bull as well.
Dietcoke, is it more than fan rage? I don't see player rage. But I wish I had your optimism. Must be all that Diet Coke!
My bad, Manny's ERA wasn't that bad. Sorry.
5 ER in 0.1 innings? Isn't that an ERA of 450?
I'm tempted to put in the Game 3 2004 DVD to see how they looked. Memory said they looked bad then too, but were very up come game 4 post-Millar/Papi pep talks.
Then again, my memory sucks lately...
Okay, this is officially when I stop watching.
Thanks for ruining my night, Sox.
Problem is, I'm not seeing the same magic as last year. I dunno if we can do it.
Tim: Talking about over the season.
I'm not seeing it. That's the problem. Just look at them. They look dead out there.
How did they look after game 3 in 04? I'm not saying I expect the Sox to win this series (I do hope so, but I don't expect it) but I don't buy the "they look dead" angle.
This is good. This is generating rage. Like a warrior in WoW. I only hope the red sox bust out a little Mortal Strike in game 5.
I hope Daisuke's a better MT than Lester and Wakefield, because we've been wiping on the pull these past couple days.
Jake, who's going to give that pep talk this time? There is no one like Millar left on the team, and Papi is not the same Papi. Maybe a pep talk from Youk or Pedroia, but even they look listless.
Phil, what is MT?
Right now I am glad the weekly meeting has been cancelled tomorrow in the office. The MFY fans would be unbearable.
TDCG - another WS would just make it a super duper month.
What a fucking downer this has been. Time to have a sweet, sweet beer. This is the type of game that drives you to the bottle.
Right now I am glad the weekly meeting has been cancelled tomorrow in the office. The MFY fans would be unbearable.
Surprising, considering how shitty they are. At least we have a team to watch in October.
Timlin warming.
More fucking assholes leaving Fenway - in the seventh! What a waste of tickets.
Bay has never been here and might give the talk. If Manny inspires a similar Dodger comeback it could also inspire a reunion.
I just got a dinner invitation for Sunday, to which I replied "Sorry, watching game 7"
It ain't over til it's over!
Surprising, considering how shitty they are. At least we have a team to watch in October.
Misery loves company.
Besides office is on the dividing line in CT. West MFY's, east Sox country.
tbs showing shiteating "fans" leaving park and out on yawkey way. they are lower than mfy fans.
I just got a dinner invitation for Sunday, to which I replied "Sorry, watching game 7"
Yeah, turned down some work today for that very reason.
Hey, OTT!
tbs showing shiteating "fans" leaving park and out on yawkey way. they are lower than mfy fans.
Bandwagon Nation residents really should be barred from buying tickets to postseason games.
Well I see the Greens in Canuck land are doing about as well as they do in the US.
Runs, please, lots of runs.
*Begins to pray*
Er, this could be like that 19-18 win over the Rangers! Who cares about ERA if we win!
Yep. Wishful thinking.
I'd like to see Ortiz drop a bunt here.
Anyone else like to see that?
I like this better.
Triple for Papi!!!
Shake things up!
COMEBACK BEGINS!
Large Father returns! This is the turnaround.
Cathartic.
Papi shows there is some life left.
But how did that ball NOT leave the park?
Oh, wow, an Ortiz triple? That's less likely than Cash's dong.
ALLRIGHT!
I hope we don't get any ideas about coming back in this game, because as long as we lose this one - WE"VE GOT THEM RIGHT WHERE WE WANT THEM !!!
Seriously, this blows. I called Bob as soon as I got the van loaded and left the field we played at tonight. I knew as soon as he answered it wasn't looking good. He sounded so down. "Heeeey Tiiiim..." in his best Eyore voice. It was 6 - 1 at that point. He said it wasn't worth coming over to watch.
I'll just celebrate my team's best played game of the fall season, a 6-4 win, and get ready for the ass-kicking to commence on Thursday.
Papi's getting tuned up as I type :)
Oh, and Joe - sorry about the break-up. Never an easy thing. But it will get better. "This, too, shall pass"
But how did that ball NOT leave the park?
If it would've left the park, it wouldn't have been the special event that a 3B is. A Papi dong is par for the course (although not lately)
So can we has 6-7 running inning plz?
String 'em together, boys. Keep the line moving.
It was still kind of a passive triple, if I may. He kinda wanted to stop at second but then saw he had some time to go to third. He is a big man but I'd like to see him hustle some more on the basepaths.
FUCK YOU UPTON.
Great. Up to Coco now. Woo.
Upton better be glad I'm not an opposing pitcher. I hate that guy.
Congrats on your game, SoSock.
And Joe G hasn't returned. Hope he is ok.
Ish, I think he thought it was out?
Notice how all of the video updates on Gameday are Tampa runs?
Not even Ortiz's triple was worthy, apparently.
Nice at bat from Ococ.
Nice to see two men on base at the same time for Boston.
broke...
Shit.
Nice way to balance out the homer, Cashy.
It's a time like this when I realize I've put way too much into baseball and the Red Sox, which is great when they win. But when they're losing like they are tonight, it's unhealthy.
Okay, Timlin's in, game's over.
Some stupid idiot fucking stupid idiot idiot fuck stupid head had a poster that simply says, "Am I on TV yet?"
Yes you are. Now go eat a knife.
Ish, this game has definitely brought out your angry side (mine, too).
Ish, this game has definitely brought out your angry side (mine, too).
You don't realize how much you have invested in this team emotionally until things go south like they have the last two games.
Nice play by Kots.
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Yeah, I know. I thought surviving all those years when the Sox never made the post-season or lost like they did in 75, 78, 86 and 03 made me tougher, but alas, I have been spoiled by 04 and 07. I am trying to get more Zen-like and not get too upset. It isn't healthy. 2003 was devastating, and I was sure I'd never let it get to me like that again. Easier said that done.
OK, ten runs behind again.
Timlin shouldn't be in a game. Ever.
I was hoping we could end this with some bite and fighting spirit, to carry over to game 5, but this bitch is trying to make sure that doesn't happen. Hate him. Go get yourself shot by a kangaroo on a hunting trip ya dobie.
Well, Timlin should never play baseball again. I bet even Jere would agree. Where is he? At Fenway?
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