Red Sox - 001 001 000 - 2 6 1An annoyingly slow, crappy loss.
Twins - 003 001 00x - 4 13 1
5-9-3-3-6, 102. Does that Dice line surprise you? However, he did lower his ERA to 8.82.
Jacoby Ellsbury singled twice (22!) and stole two bases and scored the third inning run. Jason Bay homered (#14) in the sixth. Mike Lowell singled twice. David Ortiz went 0-for-4 (K, F8, F8, PF3).
The Red Sox tied a modern record with six wild pitches, four by Matsuzaka (2 in the 1st and 2 in the 4th) and one each from Manny Delcarmen (6th) and Justin Masterson (7th). Also, all three Boston pitchers have nine-letter last names.
The Yankees beat the Rangers 9-2, so Boston and New York -- both 27-20 -- are tied for first place.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka (10.32, 47 ERA+) / Kevin Slowey (4.23, 101 ERA+)
Lineup:
Terry Francona:Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Drew, RF
Youkilis, 1B
Bay, LF
Ortiz, DH
Lowell, 3B
Kottaras, C
Green, SS
I can see our lineup being a little fluid for a little while. I can see us moving around a little bit here. Youk could hit third, we could hit [Dustin Pedroia] third -- there's a lot of things we could do. ...
In the next few days ... we may not have our full lineup. We are on turf, we have some quick turnarounds, we are going to see how guys come through these games and how they are swinging, how they feel.
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twins feed - "circle me, cocknuggets"
twins feed keep freezing every 2-3 seconds - SWITCH TO NESN, EI!!
we, meaning i, can do pbp if you need
Well just in case anyone wanted to know who would win in a race: Pedroia or a bouncing baseball, the answer is... PEDROIA!
that was fun--too bad Drew's ball yesterday didn't bounce that far back
the ball wasn't even in that race! Dustin steals third
Pedroia can also steal third! My oh my this Dustin Pedroia fella is impressive.
i can see it - but it just enough to be fucking annoying
FY tearing it up!
where's Tek at?
And as far as Allan is concerned Pedroia can run fast, stop mid-step, pause, run again and STILL beat the throw!
it's fluid now, Tek could very well be leading off and playing CF tomorrow
I want to see Penny catching, then. Nothing could get around that round belly 'o his.
in a matchup of Matsuzaka vs. a man named Slowey ... I think we can expect this game to go long into the evening...
Pedroia can also steal third! My oh my this Dustin Pedroia fella is impressive.My friend says she doesn't like Pedroia because he curses too much.
And the interesting thing is ... he's the *only player* out there cursing.
Yeah but they could get stuck in there, Patrick.
day game tomorrow, then wake on fri (i think), so this way kot does not play 2 in a row.
It's funny how the Twins retired numbers come with pictures of the guy: "no one will wear this number--or look like this--again!"
Of course. Pedroia's the only potty-mouth in the Major Leagues.
I mean, it looked like Drew just grunted or went "Gah!" when he swung and missed there. No swears there...
slowey: 55.1 IP, 4 BB
anti-dice
With the runner at third Kevin has begun to pitch slowey.
I mean, it looked like Drew just grunted or went "Gah!" when he swung and missed there. No swears there...Curse words make Baby Jesus cry.
'living up to his name'
Joe is joining in on the name fun.
Too bad Ellsbury's last name wasn't Slowey. Jacoby Slowey steals third! Quickly!
jays lost their 9th in a row
TOR: 100 601 000 02 - 10 12 0
BAL: 020 010 050 04 - 12 18 1
HAHAHAHAH!
Just turned on the radio and head, "and Youk steps out of the box, making SLOWEY wait..."
That's just sad. Apparently orioles prove to be fatal for blue jays as well. Not just dirty water.
commercials play fine -- looks like lots o' fun in the marines!!! -- so let's fix the fucking game, m'kay?
Hi, everyone. Tek has the night off?
That's just sad. Apparently orioles prove to be fatal for blue jays as well. Not just dirty water.Jays' soft pink underbelley being exposed, methinks.
Blue Jays are supposed to be feisty birds.
mauer needs to regress! Starting last night...
jays losing is never sad
span points to the lord for his single...
I do not like a leadoff hit.
Thank you God for putting my wood on that ball.
God can see through the roof?? Jesus, he's good.
assuming the lord can see down thru the dome roof to see span pointing at him
DP, please.
Yeah but it's an inflatable roof. Or something.
8 strikes in a row for dice!
K = 9
OMG!!!!
10
If Dice-K and Slowey could somehow merge, they would become the player I wish Dice-K actually was.
11
i can't believe what i just saw
the dream is dead
Man with one radar gun know how fast it goes.
Man with two is never sure.
wtf
Dice tries to send that ball to hell.
Turf is too tough.
the dream is really dead
that almost bounced in the grass in front of the dirt in front of the plate!!!
There are more comments on this thread than there are degrees F outside.
if ish keeps talking
like that i will talk only
in haiku. dong. dong.
Castig gives both radar speeds. 91 on the scoreboard and 92 on the TV monitor.
I find watching DiceK quite frustrating.
the challenge is to keep the number of comments ahead of dice's pitch count.
there is no grass here
this here is the Metrodome
there is only turf
Dream is over. Nightmare beginneth.
NIGHTMARE ENDETH.
yanks up three-nothing
teix with a 2-run homer
yanks will choke in end
Dice-K hates striking guys out on 0-2 counts. He has a fetish for 3-2 Ks.
Wise man. Counting his syllables.
thirty minute first
multiply that by nine and
that's a lot of wine
Castig renewing his obsession with pulling strings.
0 and 2 so the string is out.
Swing and a miss. Slowey pulls the string.
saw a Bay T-shirt
on boy in Newport today
might get one myself
Saw a Bay t-shirt
on a department store shelf
I might get one too.
twins show tiz BP -- big blast to press area in deep RCF -- nails a bucket of popcorn on the ledge , sends it flying everywhere!!!
David Ortiz dazed.
David "Papi" Ortiz glazed.
David Ortiz Ks.
i half expected lowell to ground out on that one 7-3.
I am way too tired
To write a decent haiku
So settle for this
Tek taught Kottaras
how to end inning quickly
and get gear back on
infamous sosh haiku:
jeter anus face
jeter jeter anus face
jeter anus face
Mike lines one to left
Thought he'd be out 7-3.
That is Mike Slowey.
Amy considers
'tired' as two syllables
some might argue this
twins "heidi" is a very cute woman named marney.
maybe this station aint so bad.
i got it i got
it i got it i got it
i got it ka-thunk
I will not get in
a haiku contest with Jere
I will fail badly.
saw a Bay T-shirt
on boy in Newport today
might get one myself.
a boy?
Are we counting "1's" now? I see allan called it today. Not fair when you start the blog yourself.
I said I was tired
So give me a f-ing break.
I will try again.
where is 9casey?
I think he always talks in
haiku anyway
i didn't think we were counting anything.
from 3:08 to 7:57, no one commented, so i stepped in.
I googled "Marney twins" and the third hit was a hotness contest. Marney vs. Justin Morneau. Guy talks about having to squeeze between someone in a bleacher and Marney and his knee accidentally brushed along her back.
This is compelling reading.
What would DiceK say
If he read these haikus?
Where is the season?
Yes he was a boy
with the rest of his classmates.
In line, like ducklings.
Dice-K would read these,
look up at you and say
"This haiku. Ok."
i'd have commented
but i was down in Newport
counting Bay shirt boys
Green's bat is reddish.
The color didn't matter
as he flied to right
22
35 to go
Jere says counting Bay
boys when he was in Newport.
Much more like staring.
Twenty-effin'-two!
Watch out Joe DiMaggio,
Thirty-five to go!
LBJ has hit
In twenty-two straight ball games
Allan says, So what?
I want to a
burger, a burger burger
I'm hungry for a burger
ish, are you saying
jere was out trying to lure
boys with bars of soap?
L is out tonight
i'm sure she would say "i wish
he was STILL 22"
Fuck Yeah, what a guy.
Why can't they all hit like this?
I love Pedroia.
Slapped to left-center
Pedroia also with streak
Forty-seven left
Did a google image search for Marney Gellner and one of the results was This.
Dustin, Jacoby
Castig says they have some steaks
I am so hungry
Why would she wish that HE
Was still twenty-two and not
That she was herself?
Ahhhh, Ish! That was way to high resolution.
Allan I think Jere
was trying to take his Bay shirt
so as not to pay.
Bases are loaded.
Please score several runs now.
It would make me smile.
The four-pitch BB
Pitcher should go to dungeon
Cheney with the whip
it is not easy
to keep score and count out the
lines of new haikus
Now we have bases loaded
With the Youk to the plate
Please, oh, please, a hit
Thats all I gots
Before Jere says
I missed a syllable there
I already know.
Sweat sweat sweat sweat sweat
Please Youk hit a sweaty dong
Send them all home wet.
The Bay boy was clean
Unlike Yankee kids in class
Those kids were filthy
Sultan of sweat flies
to Span out in center field.
Sweaty scrotum fly.
I can not handle
when castiglione says
sox leave them loaded
Red Sox lead 1-zip
Bay will hit HR for boy
Catch ball in hat too?
Head is spinning fast
Have to stop writing haiku
Before I throw up
yay, oh, yay. Yay
Our man Youkilis
Drove in run No. 1
i bitch re NESN
but everyone else sucks more
"circle me bert"? fuck you
This is ridiculous.
5-7-6
shit
I gotta turn on the twins feed. you make funny bout it. Don't you have EI?
Rogers giving me Twins on what is EI.
WHERE IS TEK?
infield hit. fuck it.
we'll just throw to centerfield
let 'em score some runs
I thought I missed a
play that went third to left to
short. But you meant lines.
day game after night ...
bah -- i explained all of this
in 8:20 post
swinging on 3-0
sacrifice fly to left scores
the lead off batter
Khara Khara Shit
Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit
Khara Khara Shit
You must waste a pitch!
Make them chase on 0 and 2!
Terrible job, Dice.
My EI has both home and away feeds. Check yours again.
how tall is morneau?
marney is much shorter, pe-
tite increases a-
(ppeal)
I don't like hockey.
But a rink on Fenway's field
would be pretty cool.
double happy twins
score again and go ahead
up now 2 to 1
Maybe next time Terry won't give the backup catcher unneeded games.
andy: not mine. boo.
This game is more about tek then the greek
hit the cutoff man.
if there's no play at the plate,
hit the cutoff man.
I am hating this.
Can we please stop the damn Twinkies?
I am feeling pissed off.
the bright side for sox?
a long wait for slowey
flo, doctor, kot
Ah, the left-handed
kitchen ad. Those people were
sold the Brooklyn Bridge.
NESN missed a pitch.
I hate that more than all things.
Show the freakin' game!
comedy all-stars
comedy all-crap and still
ortiz is hitless
Haiku night isn't working out so well.....
Oh day game after night game now I see why Tek is sitting today.
I thought EI was the same everywhere. That sucks. Fuq Canada
I will stop haiku
It seems 9C is correct
Not bringing us luck.
Allan brought it up
In the 8:20 comment.
Everyone got it?
maybe it's the *quality* of the haikus that is the issue!!
Runner was going.
Dustin's not afraid to flip.
We still turn the deuce.
Best DP I've seen since I was on tube8.com
i fear that may be a different kind of DP.
Yeah, I think Amy
turned a 5-8-6 before.
Lost steam on fastball.
Kottaras needs work.
Appreciate Varitek.
All you naysayers.
Oh I know that one.
I saw the world premiere of
Thrustin' Porneau there.
TNT for Morneau
He can't be all bad.
5-8-6? Second to center to SS?
Or too many syllables?
5 = 3B
I've been splitting my attention between the game and some other stuff tonight, but DAMN, 4 wild pitches in the game already?!
Yeah, how did I do that? Tired, as I said. Too much time reading boring cases today.
What ever happened
To Joe Grav? And what about
that other dude Tim?
How may games out
are the Toronto Blue Jays?
Like a thousand now?
Tim still pops in, but he has been busy with school.
I have not seen Joe Grav much, though I think he was around for a game a while back. And his friend Grant.
we need runs, mr. mvp
This game feels ENDLESS.
it also feels to me like we are down 8-1.
yet on fire could tie it.
I step away for
a few minutes for some food.
Still using haikus.
Yeah, why is that? Why do I feel like we are not just two runs down? Probably all those wild pitches and long counts by DiceK. Just not dazzling.
Some of us have stopped, Ish. Too hard for me to count, watch, type, and think all at once.
I feel like I've reached my haiku quota for the year.
plus closing in on 2 hours in bot of the 5th!
And all these damn hits. How many runners have there been in this game for the Twins? It feels like 100.
mdc up
11 runners.
they have had 11, we have had 6
Bay! Finally we score a run!!
Doung homre Thunder Bay!
HOMRE!
HOMRE!
but no one on, streak ends.
Papi trying to do a B2B.
L home, says HI
What is DiceK's pitch count? Is he coming back?
Hi, Laura. I hope her night was more satisfying than this game.
Almost, Papi. Don't look so sad.
102 - saw dugout, he's done.
Good, I will be happy to watch someone else pitch.
My cat is chasing the cursor on the screen.
Boy, this game seems to have put everyone to sleep.
donkey up
Orsillo keeps sounding excited by Twins hits. WTF?
Ynkees lead 8-zip
MDC seems to be toast
I don't do haiku
Greetings all.
WTF is up?
I was SO ready for that pitching change.
This game is painful. SoSock, I think everyone either left or just is too disgusted to comment.
OK, maybe I shouldn't have been so ready.
HBP?
With bases loaded and ahead in the count?
AARRGGGHHHH!
Game boring.
I had to leave the TV. doing my radio show. watching with meh-thusiasm on GDGD.
In theory, a score that could easily be traversed, but it doesn't feel that way.
I have stopped doing
haiku. If this is one, it's
a coincidence.
I agree, Andy. But more annoying than boring.
It's the Twins, people.
Two runs is nothing. We can
come back in this one.
Bronson Arroyo threw a complete game 3 hitter tonight on just 92 pitches.
Nick Green
You're 0 - 3, you're leading off, and we're down by 2. - TAKE A F*ING PITCH!
I liked Bronson. Too bad he wasn't our pitcher tonight.
Texas fin'ly scores.
Too bad they are down by six,
those motherfuckers.
what is this wild pitch shit?
fuck you tolbert!
wall of canadda!!
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