Rays - 012 100 000 - 4 10 2Jason Varitek began the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run, but the Red Sox could not push another run across.
Red Sox - 000 001 011 - 3 7 0
David Ortiz walked with two outs, but Kevin Youkilis (who had walked, singled, doubled, and singled in his previous appearances) flew out to the dirt of the triangle.
Boston also stranded runners at second and third in the eighth.
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Matt Garza (2008: 3.70, 120 ERA+; Spring 2009: 20.2 IP, 6.10 ERA) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (2008: 2.90, 159 ERA+; Spring 2009: 9 IP, 1.00 ERA)
Also: Junichi Tazawa gets the ball in Portland's season opener today.Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Bay, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jed Lowrie, SS
Jason Varitek, C
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Daniel Barbarisi has a ProJo article in which he discusses what the Boston lineup looks like
as the Red Sox evolve from the Manny-Ortiz home run duo to a top-to-bottom, grinding lineup.This is bizarre. Haven't we been hearing about the 1-to-9 grinders for at least five years? Hell, we heard that back in the dark pre-Tito years when the Pro was batting 7th and 8th?
Julio Lugo begins a week of workouts in Florida today. Mark Kotsay is scheduled to face live pitching next weekend.
Some Red Sox players (Jason Bay, Mike Lowell) had little beef about last night's home plate umpire Bob Davidson. Jason Varitek had no comment. David Ortiz: "Wow. That's all I've got to say. Wow. You can make your own comment on it."
Meanwhile:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
ReplyDelete2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. Jed Lowrie, SS
9. Jason Varitek, C
1. Akinori Iwamura, 2B
2. Carl Crawford, LF
3. Evan Longoria, 3B
4. Carlos Pena, 1B
5. Willy Aybar, DH
6. Matt Joyce, CF
7. Gabe Gross, RF
8. Shawn Riggans, C
9. Jason Bartlett, SS
Gorgeous day for baseball. Not a cloud in the.... Okay a couple of fair-weather clouds in the sky. Already it's 54° in Boston and is expected to be right around 60° by 1:30.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that bugs me about Ortiz, is that he does get bad calls from the umpires and I think it goes to his head. I see a lot of doubt in that man.
ReplyDeletePLEASE DON'T SUCK DAISUKE! I really don't want to lose to Matt Garza and The Rays again.
Plus he bitches way too much, though it is usually with head shaking and eye rolling. He really ought to cut that out.
ReplyDeleteI hate Garza. Him and his auto-pilot-spitting-1000-times-a-mintue. It's vile the way he spits. I don't usually mind ballplayers spitting, whatever right? But this motherfucker drags his front teeth along his tongue to gather his cotton mouth spittle before projecting it from his gob. It kinda drives me fucking crazy.
ReplyDeleteOk enough of that shite, just beat the son of a bitch.
Nice description of the spitting.
ReplyDeleteI love day baseball.
ReplyDeleteCrap. Rays announcers.
ReplyDeletefuck - i was right
ReplyDeletedee-wayne and ance face
Kevin "I last managed in MLB in 1995 and am totally qualified to manage again yet for some reason I have received not one call in almost 15 years, maybe they don't have my new number" Kennedy
ReplyDeleteThat was a very nice looking changeup. I'd like to see that more often!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad JD is back in the lineup. I wish he could hit lefties. I'm not sold on Baldelli...
ReplyDeleteI guess we'll see
2 quick outs
ReplyDeleteand KK complaining about a wide zone on crawford.
staats calling bob davidson "bob davids" and our pitcher "matsuzaki"
ReplyDeleteMatsuzaki. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteBah!
ReplyDeleteCastig: "Dice-K strands two in the top of the first inning and picks up where he left off last year."
ReplyDeleteHey all,
ReplyDeleteI ponied up my 15 bucks to mlb and am home listening to the game (first chance this season) on the internet.
It's been a while since I lived I was a Mainer and listened to the sox on the radio. Who's the new guy?
That that! I would love Carl Crawford if he was on our team. As it is, after him pulling Coco's hair and whining, I despise him.
ReplyDeletechokers also playing this afternoon.
ReplyDelete0-0 bot 1st
I think Daisuke will always have an ERA that defies his WHIP.
ReplyDeleteLETS SEE SOME STEALS!!
ReplyDeletethat's my boy :)
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I lived I was a Mainer and listened to the sox on the radio. Who's the new guy?
ReplyDeleteYou mean Dave O'Brien?
If you can drop one down and leg it out, why not? I loved that bunt.
ReplyDeleteDice-K went to his mouth in the top of the first...
ReplyDeleteSPEED KILLS, TAKE IT WITH ACID!
ReplyDeleteDo people ever use the word 'balk' in real life situations?
ReplyDeletePatrick, I've heard it used, yes.
ReplyDeleteWhat looks different about Youk? Is he bigger? Is his helmet bigger? something is different...
ReplyDeleteMy leg's balking at me.
ReplyDeleteYouk did shave the crazy beard for spring training and grew it back out through the course of the spring.
ReplyDeleteJ.D. Dong! (I am so bad at calling these)
ReplyDeleteI noticed something different about Yook, too. I think he's thinner, in better shape.
ReplyDeletefsn's cf camera is higher than usual, but i don't think you're watching that channel.
ReplyDeleteIsh, it's not that, yet I did follow his beard trends.
ReplyDeleteHmm...
I use the word balk.
ReplyDeleteOther than the beard I've got nothing.
ReplyDeleteFUCK
ReplyDeleteohhhHHHHHHHHHHHH..... Awwwwwww.....
ReplyDeletedon't forget Baulk!
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteYou mean Dave O'Brien?
yea what happened to Trupiano?
i forgot this last inning:
ReplyDelete"there goes the no-walker"
Eh...
ReplyDeleteGod damnit.
ReplyDeleteyea what happened to Trupiano?
ReplyDeleteHe was axed after the 2006 season.
Did he deserve it?
ReplyDeleteThat was like Saito's inning last night.
ReplyDeleteDid he deserve it?
ReplyDeleteWell, I liked him. I don't know why they let him go. In 2007 O'Brien only did a handful of games during the season and I didn't like the guy they used when O'Brien was doing ESPN games. I've banged on about this for awhile, but I wish Trupiano would have been allowed to stay. But I wasn't asked. Everyone has their opinions on him.
Speaking of, I WAS TRUPED!
ReplyDeletewhen the sox played the jays i was blacked out and had to listen on the net - i couldn't do it. hated trupe too much.
ReplyDeleteCool thanks. I also liked the dynamic the way it was is why I ask.
ReplyDeleteByron, I will say I really do like Joe and Dave on the radio too. I think at this point better than Trup. But I'm 21 years old - I grew up listening to Joe and Jerry.
ReplyDeletei'm in the clear minority, but i can pretty much take or leave castig too. the two of them were insufferable, but i can deal with castig & whoever now, for the most part (unless he starts in on college sports, then i flip out).
ReplyDeleteMeh I don't feel like pitching to you, Aki. Here's first base. Next!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna hafta log some hours before I get much of an opinion about the current personel. And speaking of hours ive run short on them...See ya folk...go Red!
ReplyDeleteAngels/A's game has been postponed tonight.
ReplyDeleteMOTHERFUCKER
ReplyDeleteI Hope our bats come alive today.
ReplyDeleteO's 1 - FUCKFACES 0
ReplyDeleteOK BATS. 3 RUNS ISNT INSURMOUNTABLE
ReplyDeleteTEX just hit a homer for the MFY. Sterlings Tex HR Call?
ReplyDelete"MARK DELIVERS A TEX MESSAGE!"
I think that's kind of cute, Tex Message.
ReplyDeleteGlad I don't have to hear it, but it is cute.
someone at sosh mentioned the call during the cubs exhibitions. also something like, you've made your mark, teixeira.
ReplyDeletebut his name has nothing like TEX in it. not the sound or spelling.
This'd be more fun if we scored some runs.
ReplyDeletei'm close to muting these shitheads and watching in silence.
ReplyDeleteYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOk
"Teixeira puts one right up their tush-era. You really know how to fark, Mark."
ReplyDeleteBleh, 3-1 MFYs on a Swisher dong.
I wonder what Sterling's Swisher dong call was.
ReplyDelete"but his name has nothing like TEX in it. not the sound or spelling."
ReplyDeleteBut it's his nickname, and it's used all the time. A-Rod's name isn't really A-Rod, Kevin Youkilis is not really Yoooook. Etc.
fuckety fuck
ReplyDeleteSigh. Maybe I should just go back to playing Passover.
ReplyDeleteIsh, he didnt really do a Swish call, but did mention something about Jolly St. Nick...
ReplyDeleteA fan reached over and took it away from Markakis, according to Sterling.
argh
ReplyDelete3-2 MFYs.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think sitting here with the window open at 63° out a bright, beautiful April afternoon watching a Red Sox game would make me very happy. Well, not only is this a really boring game but it's windy and dry out too. 18% humidity plus a stiff breeze... Well, try driving and holding your hand out the window at 63°... Your hand will get cold.
ReplyDeleteOh well. I know I shouldn't be complaining, but.
O's hitting the ball HARD off of Carol today.
ReplyDeleteAnother just missed a HR.
Joe and Dave talking about how fidgety Puffin Face is.
ReplyDeleteCastig: "He'd make a cup of coffee nervous!"
Obie: "He's like a cat on a high-tension wire."
UGH. it feels like this game is over, WTF?
ReplyDeleteI would say Josh Beckett is the Puffin Face. Or maybe that's just Puffy Face. He always looks a little swollen.
ReplyDeletefeels like we ought to be in the 14th inning or so
ReplyDeletebrawl pls
ReplyDeleteIs it too late to blame going to Japan?
ReplyDeleteI stayed home from work and vaporized...for this?
ReplyDeleteHi all, still stuck with the netbook which makes it impossible to type. But here watching Tek fly out. Boo. Hope everyone is well. I am also in the midst of Passover, so cannot stick around. Hope things turn around in this game.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Amy can't type on the netbook.
ReplyDeleteHappy Passover to those who celebrate. It was always my favourite holiday when I was observant.
Time for a SB?
ReplyDeleteI'd like to take a moment to remember Nick Adenhart, who passed away today after a hit-and-run following his first start of the year.
ReplyDeleteKeyboard is so small that I make numerous erros and have to keep making corrections. VERY annoying. BUt actually, I think I am adjusting. Did this one with only two errors that I corrected.
ReplyDeleteDamn Crawford. (That took at least four re=typings.)
ReplyDeletebedazzle?
ReplyDeleteVery sad about that pitcher and the others in the car. I didn't know who he was.
ReplyDelete* * * *
Amy, the more you use it, the more you'll adjust. If you keep using it, your old laptop will seem strange when it comes back.
Right...do I want to adjust again? Well, this is getting easier. The typing that is, not watching this game. UCH.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I've been watching this game all day. Since I woke up at 7 this morning.
ReplyDeleteanyone know if leyritz was driving the other car?
ReplyDeleteTrup'd there.
ReplyDeleteWhat car accident? I must have missed that story.
Passover was once my favorite holiday also, Laura. Not so much any more. Too much traveling and the food gives me an upset stomach!
I thought the hit and run reference in that comment was to a play on the field, not a car accident.
ReplyDeletemdc up
ReplyDeleteCar accident killed an Angels pitcher and 2 friends. Hit-and-run driver went thru red light.
ReplyDeleteI liked Passover for the political overtones. My family always related the seder to civil rights and other people's freedom movements.
Hey, Sox fans! Just dropping a quick note to say GO SOX (although that's not really happening today, is it?) and I hope everyone's doing okay.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad just snagged tickets to the Sox/Nationals game on June 23rd!! Woohoo!! I haven't been to a Sox game in a long time! I can't wait!
That is awful. (The accident.)
ReplyDeleteThat's what I always enjoy about Passover also--the whole anti-oppression liberation story. Somehow these days that gets lost these days. My brother-in-law's seder is very traditional and virtually all Hebrew; my parents is chaotic and fun, but hardly inspiring!
Baltimore really doesn't want to win this one.
ReplyDeleteOK, time to go get ready to drive to Boston for the second seder after getting home at 1 am last night from NY after the first seder.
ReplyDeleteI hope the Sox find their bats.
yoooook
ReplyDeleteLife!
ReplyDeleteWhy are they playing that music in Fenway? Very Yankee Stadium-like.
ReplyDeleteTripleu
ReplyDeleteFucking Lowell.
ReplyDeleteGuy on third. One out. Nah, leave'im.
ReplyDeleterays giveaway in a few days -- replica world series rings.
ReplyDeletebrilliant idea. why the eff didn't the sox do this?
manny being dice
ReplyDeleteThrow strikes, asshole.
ReplyDeletemdc is on the fuck you train
ReplyDeleteboner.
ReplyDeletethere we go Nomar
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling runs, nowish
ReplyDeleteWhat happens to people that makes them wear a Fenway Park replica on their head? Childhood trauma? Bullied excessively in middle school?
ReplyDeletei wonder when tito will first PH for tek this year?
ReplyDeleteCan we just have Youk bat in all nine slots? Others can pinch run.
ReplyDeleteNHL Winter Classic will be played Jan 1. 2010 at Fenway! Cool beans. The Bruins against... well most likely either Montreal or the Rangers. The NHL has just approved it today.
ReplyDeleteaww dammit...
ReplyDeleteIsh, hopefully not Montreal, if so there will be 15,000 obnoxious Habs fans there.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Boston vs. NY is most appropriate for Fenway
....hearing "Ole Ole Ole Ole" and "Go Habs Go" ring out from the hallowed seats at Fenway Park would be too much for my heart to bear.
ReplyDeletehere is something for jere to get annoyed at:
ReplyDeleterays are selling tix to an upcoming homestand called "championship week". they are playing the yankees and white sox.
I agree whole-heartedly, Joe. You know that the nervous Habs fans have already eaten up a lot of the tix to tonight's game. Hearing Ole Ole at the Garden is enough for me as it is.
ReplyDeleteWhat a catch. Doctor doing some lunges.
ReplyDeleteIsh, I half want the Habs to win just so they stay in 7th and not get to 8th and matchup with the B's.
ReplyDeleteBut if they fall out of the playoffs... HAHAHAHA
Joe I think I'd rather play the Habs first round because the Rangers are just beginning to turn it on at the right time. Plus the Bruins have owned Montreal this season. Seven game series is not real fun sounding but they seem like the easier opponent right now.
ReplyDeleteBrian Shouse doesn't sound like someone who will get the Red Sox out in order here in the 8th. Then again he must be in here just to get Ortiz.
ReplyDelete7 run rally here, Sox.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Shouse stays out there. Looks a lot more like a match-ups guy.
ReplyDeletestays in for yook, and gets drew.
ReplyDeletethere we go
ReplyDeleteSweat-Powered!
ReplyDeleteYook now batting .727
ReplyDeleteWHAT DO WE WANT? DONGS!
ReplyDeleteWHEN DO WE WANT 'EM? NOW!!!
Castig has put the word "pillow" into the rotation for describing bases.
ReplyDeletecrack a doung!
ReplyDeletehit a homre!!
homre!
ReplyDeleteis that new? did we not think of that until now?
CALL THE D0CTOR
ReplyDeleteDr. Doubles!
ReplyDeleteR MOTHERFUCKING X!!!!
ReplyDeletejed - lugo wants your job. what you gonna do?
ReplyDeletethat is outside, shithead
ReplyDeletefuck nuts
ReplyDeleteJust brutal.
ReplyDeleteshitpile
ReplyDeletemore good news
ReplyDeletein the 9th: nyy 9-2.
homre
ReplyDeleteYeah, that is new.
Sadly, no homres yet this year.
At least we have life with an inning to go.
Ish - if you're looking for something to watch between games tonight, check out ESPN2 - the Bemidji State Beavers of Destiny continue their improbable Frozen For run against Miami (OH). Probably the best Underdog Story Nobody's Ever Heard Of in sports right now.
ReplyDeleteBaldelli for Tek, singles
ReplyDeleteJacoby singles, 1st and 3rd
Pedroia singles
Papi smash
hold the line, jeems, then it's time for "the day before good friday miracle".
ReplyDeletewill tek bat? will tito use carter?
i can't see tito phing for tek. not in game 3. he should, but ....
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad they're tearing down the old Yankee Stadium. They should have done something like this to it.
ReplyDeleteHoly Thursday Miracle
ReplyDeleteKK thinks Tek will hit -- "no matter what the score is, in the bottom of the 9th"
ReplyDeleteWTF - ring him up
ReplyDeletepiece of shit ump.
ReplyDeletethis inning was over 8 pitches ago.
THROW STRIKES, YA BUM!
ReplyDeleteJeemer being Dice-K.
ReplyDeletegod dammit -- get one fucking out, for fuck's sake.
ReplyDeleteaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
ReplyDeletedonkey time
ReplyDeleteRuns, please.
ReplyDeletepercival?!!
ReplyDelete... lock and load ...
lets GOOOO
ReplyDeletewe don't get paid for overtime
ReplyDelete3 runs - now.
These two men do not walk softly.
ReplyDeleteno balls, tery, no balls.
ReplyDeleteRide, Captain, ride on your mystery ship!!!
ReplyDeleteOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
ReplyDeleteAnd that was a mystery too! Anti-truped there!
ReplyDelete!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tek! Just listen to Magadan please. You're kicking ass!
ReplyDeletetito = genius
ReplyDeleteWhat's great about this is now we start the ninth anew, down a run with the top of the order.
ReplyDeleteHe's the conductor of the fuck train! It's leaving the station!
ReplyDeleteVaritek thunders above .100
ReplyDeletepercival era in 21 games at fenway: 8.44
ReplyDeleteI find it funny that the Rays expect to go deep with this guy as their closer.
ReplyDeleteNOW he calls that shit
ReplyDeletefuck you
It's ok though. Percival's just punched his ticket to the Laser Show.
ReplyDelete:(
ReplyDeletePlease.
ReplyDeletewin it, yook.
ReplyDeletewin it
Oh youk. You could repay all of my anguish (not much) with just a glimpse of your dong.
ReplyDeleteFail. The water remains clean.
ReplyDeleteI hear though, that the water is dirtier out west.
:(
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ReplyDeleteFUCK! so close, yet so far...
ReplyDeleteWHAT A TEASE
Gary Thorne used to be the #1 NHL announcer, Ish
ReplyDeleteThat game was such a Red Sox (TM). They love to tease.
ReplyDeleteOh well. 159 more
Gary Thorne used to be the #1 NHL announcer, Ish
ReplyDeleteShows you how much I know! I really only got into hockey after the lockout.
"here is something for jere to get annoyed at:
ReplyDeleterays are selling tix to an upcoming homestand called "championship week". they are playing the yankees and white sox."
Isn't that just referring to the fact that it's the week in which they celebrate last year's AL championship? I know the Phillies had several days of events--they didn't get their rings till day 3 I think.
How do you pronounce "Teix" as it is written on on the cover of one of the papers you posted.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that just referring to the fact that it's the week in which they celebrate last year's AL championship?
ReplyDeleteYes, but I thought you might take exception to the MFY being included in anything relating to a championship.
How do you pronounce "Teix" as it is written on on the cover of one of the papers you posted.
ReplyDeleteTuh-shuh?
How do you spell shuh so it rhymes with Tuh?
"Teix"?
ReplyDeleteTesh?
"Yes, but I thought you might take exception to the MFY being included in anything relating to a championship."
ReplyDeleteHa, well, if they priced certain games as "championship games" and those were only Yanks, then I'd be pissed. Or especially if they called them "Class Games."
We're almost getting a 200 out of this game--you know, if I hadn't been there, this was a definite 200...