Red Sox (ss) - 000 101 000 - 2 8 1A Wednesday split.
Twins - 030 000 02x - 5 11 0
Wakefield struggled against the bottom of the Twins order, giving up four singles to the first five guys to bat in the second. Toss in an outfield throwing error from Brad Wilkerson and Minnesota led 3-0.
Gumball Bailey's single scored Yook in the fourth and Jed Lowrie's RBI triple brought Wilkerson home to close the gap to 3-2. But Billy Traber crapped the cot in the eighth, allowing four singles and two runs before recording an out.
Justin Masterson and Manny Delcarmen looked good out of the pen in relief of Wake. Ramon Ramirez pitched a strong seventh inning, striking out two of his three batters.
We have the Red Sox playing baseball again -- so all is well.
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BC Eagles - 000 100 0 - 1 5 0Water! Nick Green and Yamaico Navarro both went 2-for-2 (Navarro hit a dong). Chris Carter hit a three-run double. BP pitcher Ino Guerrero, 48, drew a walk in the fifth!
Red Sox (ss) - 000 061 x - 7 8 0
Josh Beckett threw two perfect innings (22 pitches, 15 strikes) with two strikeouts (one of them being CHB's son). Clay Buchholz retired the side in order on six pitches in his one inning of work.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed five hits and two runs over 1.2 innings for Japan in an exhibition game against Australia on Tuesday. He threw 38 pitches. The game was a tune-up before the WBC.
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There are baseball games today!
The Red Sox play their traditional spring opener against Boston College this afternoon, then they play the Twins tonight.
Scheduled pitchers:
BC: Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz, Kris Johnson, Junichi Tazawa, Felix Doubront, Daniel Bard
Twins: Tim Wakefield, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Javier Lopez, Ramon Ramirez, Billy Traber, Dustin Richardson
The night game will be on MLB.tv (in addition to NESN and MLBN), so I'll be tuning in!
Lineups vs Boston College
1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Rocco Baldelli, LF
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. J.D. Drew, RF
5. Chris Carter, 1B
6. George Kottaras, C
7. Jonathan Van Every, CF
8. Nick Green, 2B
9. Angel Chavez, 3B
154 comments:
1-0 BC Eagles after 4. Note: 7-inning game. Beckett pitched two strong, HH threw a 1-2-3. We apparently can't solve this BC staff!
Note to Tony Mazz: supposedly there's a large crowd for this February game vs. a college.
Tazawa in for Boston.
JES*- 000 1
BOS - 000
(*Jesuits).
Tazawa gets 'em OTT-style.
And some bozo commenter on X-Bases takes the four innings of the February BC split squad game and turns it into "the Red Sox will have problems scoring runs all year."
2-1 Red Sox. ANgel Chavez with our first two ribbies of '09
3-1 Sox. Pour it on!
And some bozo commenter on X-Bases takes the four innings of the February BC split squad game and turns it into "the Red Sox will have problems scoring runs all year."
my guesses:
1. mazz
2. chb
3. jim donaldson (dark horse pick)
How far behind is GDGD? It just showed the Bard DP.
3-1 Sox. Pour it on!
our bats are unstoppable. we're goin' all the way!!!!!!
whoever it was actually used the term "mark my words." By the way, speaking of CHB, they said he got pinch hit for after his one AB, in which Beckett K'd him. He was in the cleanup spot.
Ino Guerrero just walked! Yes, a coach is playing.
GDGD hasn't begun the bottom of the 5th yet.
Chris Carter, 3-run double. Doesn't look good for Jesus and Pals.
subject line of some spam i just deleted:
Make your boner so iron in could pierce a hole in ceiling
I like that: "so iron"
Let's see: "Dood, mark my words, the Red Sox offense is gonna be so iron this year."
Yep, it works.
the bozo has a point though.
if our starting lineup for all 162 games includes:
5. Chris Carter, 1B
6. George Kottaras, C
7. Jonathan Van Every, CF
8. Nick Green, 2B
9. Angel Chavez, 3B
we might have a slight decrease in runs scored.
"pierce a hole in ceiling"
*must be in top bunk
Thanks to my asking, they told us Corsaletti pinch ran for Ino Guerrero. So he didn't motor all the way around on Carter's double as I'd hoped.
Dice got rocked in a WBC tuneup exhibition today. Globe sez he "allowed five hits and two runs in 1.2 innings" though Japan beat Australia, 11-2.
Matsuzaka started out strong, striking out three of the five batters he faced in the first inning. But he allowed three hits, including a two-run double, in the second inning before he was relieved.
maybe "rocked" is too strong a word.
A-Rod hit a dong, Yanks up 4-1.
It's still 2-1 on GDGD. I wonder why they even bother.
Navarro dong. (For us.)
On this page, it's at least 3-1. Is that what you're using, or are they actually doing a GD?
I wonder if GDGD would get the updates faster if they were delivered in A-Rod's trainer's duffel.
(Okay, I'll stop whining. For now. About this one thing. Unless I don't.)
I linked to it up thread. They're about a half hour behind.
The one time all year I root against the Red Sox ;) I expect the final to end up closer to the traditional 22-1, but it must have been a thrill for those guys to be beating half of the Red Sox for half of the game. :p
MFYs pissing off long-time fans.
BP ran a similar piece yesterday about MFY tickets.
DW/Tessie/JTTW
I just want to take this moment to observe that I missed baseball and am glad it's finally here, even if only sort of.
It was good to see all your smiling faces again for this first thread of '09. Okay, two commenters' faces. And one Webmaster/patriarch's face.
Hey Phil, I've only vaguely followed your name-changing ways--what's the story behind it again? Are you officially Benjamin for '09?
Yeah, "phil" was always a pseudonym. It was time to set aside childish things.
Was about to say MLB is in mid-season form: 7:00 and the link for a 7:05 game is not yet up at mlbtv. But now it is.
Remy's got an infection (!) and that means Don is doing this game Vin Scully style! Solo!
BASEBALL. Okay, I'm excited.
Oatmeal!
Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Youkilis, 1B
Bay, LF
Wilkerson, RF
Lowrie, SS
Bailey, DH
Bard, C
Velazquez, 3B
FY!!! baseball!
FY stranded at 2B by Yook and Bay (both fly to RF).
Bard catching Wake.
Oh my fucking god this is sexy.
I saw Tazawa in the box score and for a second I thought it was Tavarez. ah...
For someone who doesn't pitch with a lot of heat Wake sure does sweat a lot.
person running nesn's on-screen info bar missing more than a few pitches.
Look at all the grandpa's in the stands with kids. Retirement is good for fans down there.
Jedual Healing baby
let's see what ya got, jedi.
GUMBALL rally.
Jed had wood.
way to go varibard
Joe McDonald of ProJo in booth now.
Any chance we get Amalie in there later?
Homewrecker
That was MVP back up there DP
o'neil plays it on a hop.
Drew had that catch. Drew also woulda had that throw
what was the error on that throw? I didn't see it well enough.
mlbtv ain't so great, but i say shitty throw to the plate, up the 3b line.
This casilla guy is funny to watch. it looks like he never saw a knuckleballer
As usual, I'm concerned people 50 years from now will think Orsillo did some or all of this game solo, so I will clarify that the plan is to divide the color role among several special guests.
I'm watching on MLBN, as I feel it gives me a better chance of seeing screw-ups, like when they leave the feed on too long and we hear cursing.
First game jitters.
Youk just ran right past that ball.
DOOMED!!!!!!
The McDonald announcer sounds like Casey Affleck
Horrible throw Varibard. He will be that to me until he proves different. If we wanted that caliber of play we would be ok with Tek catching all 162 games.
hmmm, sounds like mcdonald like the booze.
I'm giving up on the Red Sox. The season is over. Those runs never would have scored if we had Teixiera.
Josh Bard = 4 letters/4 letters
Babe Ruth = 4/4
Josh Bard's # = 3
Babe Ruth's # = 3
Both were sent out of Boston and eventually returned.
The curse is either back or gone! Or both!
Hell Johan Santana would not have given up anything.
come on tito -- give him the hook!!! christ!!!!!
Holy shit #3 isn't retired? HEY there is the sexy bitch Masterson. He is pedophile bait.
It should be retired. For Pokey Reese!
i am scoring this game, btw. gotta get my pens in shape.
What are this guy's responsibilities? Manny trashing?
they should have retired it after 2003.
according to mlbtv's linescore, the twins just went ahead 1-0.
Velazquez is slow or maybe he's not running it out, let's ask the COO.
Did you see Tito's '09 photo? It's like an Annie Liebovitz.
nesn running a red sox commercial with during the entire half inning.
LBJ gets some wood too.
we need dennis leary and that lenny loudmouth in there.
oh fuck nascar.
fuck it in the tail pipe.
Wait wait wait....NASCAR is similar to baseball? Look, we're just not interested.
Yeah the nascar thing is a distraction.
The Japanese people in that hat commercial say Ortiz like that one idiot does.
BULLSHIT mr. dee - they DO drive in circles.
It just hit me that Masterson's my favorite player. I think. I think I'll be him as my avatar in '09.
so this guy quit the beastie boys to join the sox?
...
what did we call masterson? donkey something? it wasn't donkey balls....
I will be at the April 11 and 12 Angels games in LA. Upper deck behind the plate. I am gonna buy more tickets now for other games.
Donkey Puncher?
jed - smooth.
I want to be the California Governor
oh good god. Without Remy I'd rather have silence when DO isn't speaking.
jack bingo = drinking game.
does orsillo know he's probably even more ripe for that shit?
I grew a beard last fall and thought I'd keep it through the winter. maybe I should shave it like Youk.
Mike Dee should change his name to Michael Diamond.
nick, if you do, we need a pic.
Youk's mustache just makes sense.
look at Jed's baby goat
You want some Nathan?
I dunno if I'm man enough for that. I also thought it'd be fun to do that one where you shave the chin, but it's still a beard around.
Bailey just beat out papi for that job thats for sure.
gumball ribby.
Come on Baby Babe
Josh Babe
Youk lookin a bit lumbering there. I'm so happy to be able to write disparaging comments during real live baseball.
I want to see Bard pitch to Bard
jays getting in mid-season form of rolling over for the mfy 6-1 -- aroid roids a dong.
Clemens 20k game can't win. He should be wiped off the Sox books.
Not for roids but for all the other bullshit
poll
anything pedro > schilling
don fueling the "boring team" mantra.
he mentions it's hard for writers "to make something happen" -- interesting choice of words.
I like the quiet camp. No distractions no problems.
Tito is becoming Brad Mills. They are merging.
if a blind tito can win 2 titles, what will he do when he can SEE?
Trenni is no Heidi.
I google imaged myself and found little amongst all the others with my name. Here's one from a couple years ago. I always looked stoned/drunk in pictures.
sit down, frenchy.
off to put emma to bed. happy baseball everyone!
remy wishes emmer a good night.
i notice daubach doesn't mention he was a replacement player scab
BASEBALL??? WOW!!! Just got home from teaching the night shift. And I see baseball and a game thread!
OK, too tired to stick around, but wanted to make my appearance at the plate for the night.
hey amy!
tie it up, gumball.
Barditek GIDP.
Hey, Allan and Nick and Andy (and anyone else lurking)! Enjoy the game, and I will be back when I can keep my eyes open.
yook-fu!
Barditek > Varibard?
don falling down on changes. chip ambres in right, but who the fuck knows it?
Was Lars in the first game?
Who the fuck is Chip?
No Lars this afternoon.
that bow flex commercial scares me
hahahah fuck the jays
ummmm, daubach, nomar was not on the red sox at the end of 2004 season in st. louis.
OTT for Ram-Ram.
LARS!
Who was the guy with the double flap helmet with no B on it? They said it but I immediately forgot.
The stands are so steep it looks like totem poles behind the plate.
hold the line, traber. dick.
Traber's a Yankee spy
fuck you, traber.
Do the American Defenders scare you as much as they scare me? Are they gonna have Dittohead night and Ann Coulter Bobblehead giveaways?
i hit the mute when that started.
Blackwater Bombers?
(though they have changed their name to Xe)
alright -- 9th inning rally time -- though thanks to don, we have no idea who is batting. 8-9-1.
reddick is 3rd, i guess.
Don now admitting he doesn't know who's on the field anyway...
sean henn? mfy reject?
yay!
dusty "pound for a" brown
Two minutes before the first pitch, our cable went out! But it is now back on. It was convenient that WRKO was broadcasting the game as well.
This is the guy! The two flaps, no B guy.
nesn doesn't even have the player's name/stats for these guys to show when they bat.
first game snuck up on ya, nesn?
DOes Andy have a Red dick for Reddick?
Tying run up! Nice bingle by The Ocho
we needs a big dong
BUM.
henn laid a goose egg on us. Twins magic number is 2 in the MC race.
Well the water is clean... well, as clean as it can be in Florida. But oh well. Glad to see some baseball again.
holy fuck this is the best shit I have read by you Jere. Two Flaps No B Guy. If he makes it big that has to go into the glossary
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