Red Sox - 040 001 010 - 6 11 2***
Phillies - 100 040 60x - 11 14 2
Josh Beckett (3.77, 125 ERA+) / J.A. Happ (2.98, 145 ERA+)
wmtc4 was a huge success, I slept in till 11:30, there is afternoon baseball, the Red Sox are 3 GA in the East and the weather will remain gorgeous for many evening hours of patio relaxation. Perfect.
Since the end of April, Beckett has a 1.70 ERA in seven straight quality starts; in the one game he was tagged with a loss, he allowed one unearned run in eight innings. Over his last four starts, his ERA is a paltry 0.31, with opposing batters hitting [sic] .115/.198/.167.
Happ started the year in the bullpen, but his last four appearances have been starts (log). In those starts: 23.2 innings, 17 hits, 9 walks, 17 strikeouts, 4 home runs allowed, .205/.298/.410.
Jacoby Ellsbury, hitting in the #2 spot last night, homered, singled, walked three times, and stole a base. He's hitting .367/.472/.500 in June. ... A Julio Lugo impersonator went 4-for-5 last night, with two doubles.
Brad Penny, on Joe Girardi's comment that Penny hit Alex Rodriguez intentionally on Thursday night:
I don't care what he thinks. ... We don't go back and say they hit us intentionally. We've got games to worry about ... He needs to worry about managing ... I think he's just frustrated that we have a good team and a good lineup. ... And they called the commissioner's office. Come on.John_W_Henry:
Hope I didn't hurt Mark's feelings!
Lugo, SS
ReplyDeleteEllsbury, CF
Youkilis, 1B
Bay, LF
Lowell, 3B
Baldelli, RF
Green, 2B
Kottaras, C
Beckett, P
Rollins, SS
Victorino, CF
Utley, 2B
Howard, 1B
Werth, RF
Dobbs, LF
Feliz, 3B
Coste, C
Happ, P
NESN!
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Let's go, Mets!
It's quiet here! Headed out for various events; will be following the action on the blackberry. No Drew, Pedroia, Ortiz or Varitek, eh? Should be an interesting game.
ReplyDeleteI'm here!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to get used to Castig saying Happ. Sounds a lot like Pap!
ReplyDeleteI'm here too, although taking it easy. SO nice to be home today!
ReplyDeleteLugo regressing ....
ReplyDeleteBUNT! Ellsbury ran so fast he had to jump over Utley!
ReplyDeleteEllsbury puts nitrous oxide in his cheerios each morning.
ReplyDeleteAussie Happ!
ReplyDeleteWow! They had Ellsbury picked off but the throw to second went into the outfield and LBJ goes to third!
ReplyDeleteMy Boy working his away around the bases... :)
ReplyDeletePsst: Ellsbury might have beaten the throw to second.
ReplyDeleteLyndon's a workin' boy.
ReplyDeleteSHOW THE GAME.
ReplyDeleteDon't show replays, don't show ads and come back when the ball is over the dirt in front of home plate. COME BACK BEFORE THE PITCH!
MFYs got runners at the corners with 2 out in the 2nd... Scoreless.
ReplyDeleteCervelli dunks a looper into right field, scoring Douche Canoe and it's 1-0
ReplyDeleteyou see the frod/bruney back and forth?
ReplyDeletebruney said frod's actions are embarrassing and high-schoolish -- frod says he might pay attention to bruney if bruney was a decent pitcher.
Jeter singles to left, Shemp scores it's 2-0.
ReplyDeleteIsh, is your NESN feed hiccupping and stuttering all the time? I am wondering if it's a NESN issue or a Rogers Cable issue. It's SO annoying!
ReplyDeleteI read that exchange. K-Rod might want to shut up because Bruney's gonna go all Nazi fucker on his ass.
ReplyDeleteNESN's working fine here.
ReplyDeleteROCCO!
ReplyDeleteRico BALDY hits a LASER.
ReplyDeleteBALDY DONG!!!
ReplyDeleteOK, right now, anyone's NESN fucking up?
ReplyDeleteRocco taking over the Laser Show
ReplyDeleteMy NESN is still not fucking up. Surprisingly.
ReplyDeleteMy NESN feed's fine.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I think Dave Roberts said something negative last inning, so it might be defective.
ReplyDeleteBack to Back!
ReplyDeleteGREEN!
ReplyDeletelmao Ben
ReplyDeleteSo I guess that means it's a Rogers problem. It's AWFUL. Sometimes it's every few seconds.
ReplyDeleteOMG NICK GREEN I'M SORRY I DOUBTED YOU
Live by the bandbox, die strangled wearing fishnets with a rope around your genitals in the bandbox.
ReplyDeleteFishnets?
ReplyDeleteCarradine was a fan of the fishnets.
ReplyDeleteSomeone's got the count wrong. Joe 0-2 NESN.... Now 0-2 lol
ReplyDeleteNESN did say 1-1
ReplyDeleteBeckett gave it a ride! Not far enough!
ReplyDeleteBeckett goes deepish.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, Beckett gave that a ride.
ReplyDeleteOh right. I'm not up on the celebrity death gossip.
ReplyDeleteA Loogy liner!
ReplyDeleteHolioshit Lugo.
ReplyDeleteSecret Weapon's a roll lately, eh. Too bad. If he keeps hitting like this, we may have to keep him.
ReplyDeleteLyndon Scrotum Fly!
ReplyDeleteRBLBJ
ReplyDeleteDave Roberts prefers plywood runs.
ReplyDeleteBay!
ReplyDeleteLugo running awkwardly there.
ReplyDeleteyay
ReplyDeletedon mentioning pitch counts and the rangers/nolan ryan idea to have pitchers in their org go longer.
ReplyDeleteno one has mentioned what will happen when texas trades for a pitcher who has not been used to that workload. how can that work?
it's destined to fail.
Hi everyone. Glad to hear WMTC4 went well. I can't hang out too long, but wanted to say hi. YAY! We are already ahead and hitting the hell out of the ball.
ReplyDeleteNow we need Beckett just to be Beckett for the rest of the game.
Thanks Amy. :)
ReplyDeleteThis whole idea of "pitchers today are babied, too much attn to pitch counts" strikes me as ridiculous. They always use Ryan as an example, even while admitting he was a freak, in a class by himself.
I've always said and thought it'd about the pitching and the pitchers rather than the pitch counts. If you want your pitcher to go deep, he needs to improve control and pitch selection and not to nibble nibble nibble. And yes, you can stick to the strike zone and not get lit up. Ask Maddux and Glavine.
ReplyDeleteHell, even ask Gabbard that one day he threw a CG.
I really love how many games Baldelli has been able to play this year.
ReplyDeleteGreen says: "Make Laura apolgize!"
ReplyDeletedamn, thought happ was gonna grab it
ReplyDeleteUsually striking out by inches refers to the strike zone. Not the foul line!
ReplyDelete76 pitches for Happ!
ReplyDeleteso lugo hits after rotting on the bench for 7-8 days? strategy for tito.
ReplyDeletedo NOT strand them, lyndon.
ReplyDeletePlayoff assassin.
ReplyDeleteHapp is imploding.
ReplyDeleteSquander.
ReplyDelete7 LOB in 3 innings.
ReplyDeleteboo.
Happ at 83 thru 3!
mfy 7-0, bot 4th
ReplyDeletefirst 5 nyy reach against santana in the 4th and he is pulled -- now 8-0
ReplyDelete9-0
ReplyDelete11-0!
ReplyDeleteOf course the Yankees are doing all of this just to stay 3 GB.
ReplyDeletehoping for a 17-14 mets win....
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that.
ReplyDeleteafter the hiccup, beckett has retired 10 straight.
ReplyDeleteUntil that.
ReplyDeleteSantana's ERA went from 2.39 to 3.29
ReplyDeleteCastig keeps pronouncing Rollins' name as Rahl-lins
ReplyDeleteo'neil plays it on a hop
ReplyDeleteafter the hiccup, beckett has retired 10 straight.
ReplyDeleteBut now we have seizures.
E5 and single.
ReplyDeletePoo and teacakes.
ReplyDeletephuck.
ReplyDeleteThis shit's bad when Howard steals third.
ReplyDeleteoh god
ReplyDeletehoward steals third.
BECKETT IS PISSED!!!
ReplyDeleteSO HE ITS A DONG AND TIES IT HIMSELF!!! CRUSHED!!!
ReplyDeleteHITS!!!* lmao
ReplyDeleteFuck this, he'll do it himself.
ReplyDeleteFUCKING A JOSH!
ReplyDeleteshit, i missed it
ReplyDeleteAllan, he absofucking crushed it. 400+ feet I'd say.
ReplyDeletesaw the replays, at least.
ReplyDeletephils get 1, we come right back with 4
ReplyDeletephils get 4, we come right back with 1
"ownage"?
ReplyDeleteI was waking up (involuntary nap!), didn't have my glasses on, and I thought, I think that's Josh Beckett trotting around the bases.
ReplyDeletebayingle!
ReplyDeleteour feed is so fucked up. i hate it.
ReplyDeleteSo's this game.
ReplyDeleteit doesn't look good. but it's not over yet.
ReplyDeletealtho if we lose, it will be our first L in a while.
Shit.
ReplyDeleteI prefer our other Ls.
ReplyDeletethis game was more fun earlier.
ReplyDeletemr bard, you just walked a pitcher on four pitches. hang your head in shame.
ReplyDeleteSo is the plan just to tank this one and cripple them in case we face them in the WS?
ReplyDeletesaito = not the answer
ReplyDeleteSTOP THIS RIGHT NOW!!!
ReplyDeleteall 4 BB this inning have been on 4 pitches.
ReplyDeleteW
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rally?
ReplyDeleteNot a strike.
ReplyDeleteStepped out to pick my mother up from the ER.
ReplyDeleteIronic that last night's game ended up 11-6 and right now this one is 11-6 the other way.
What isn't ironic, but instead downright frustrating, is not getting adequate care at the ER. She left there worse than she went in with dehydration and a migraine, etc., so now making some calls to find her primary care doctor and/or a neurologist at another hospital.
Seriously pissed about it.
Ish, why was your mom in the Emergency Room? Is she ok?
ReplyDeleteheading for some clean water any minute now
ReplyDeletegreen determined to show laura is wrong about him.
ReplyDeletealas.
ReplyDeleteL, migraine, nausea, dehydration - it's been going on for a few days, the latter two anyways. She's headed to a different hospital now. Chances are they'll actually give her adequate care.
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