Atlanta - 200 000 210 - 5 14 1Nick Green hit a walk-off home run on Jeff Bennett's first (and only) pitch of the bottom of the ninth, giving Boston a win on a windy, misty Father's Day (shades of a homer in the gloamin'?).
Red Sox - 300 100 101 - 6 10 0
Green was also the very last person in Fenway Park to realize the game was over:
I didn't comprehend the fact that it was a walk-off. I realized it when I hit second base and everyone was standing at home plate -- then I realized what was going on.***
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Tomorrow 9 AM: A Special Historic Announcement!
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
ReplyDelete2. J.D. Drew, RF
3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
4. Jason Bay, LF
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Mark Kotsay, 1B
7. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
8. Nick Green, SS
9. George Kottaras, C
1. Nate McLouth, CF
2. Yunel Escobar, SS
3. Chipper Jones, 3B
4. Brian McCann, DH
5. Garret Anderson, LF
6. Martin Prado, 2B
7. Casey Kotchman, 1B
8. David Ross, C
9. Gregor Blanco, 2B
Not worried.
ReplyDeleteVerizon's mostly set everything up. Still waiting on the phones.
ReplyDeleteI just tuned in and heard Castig say Dusty Brown is up from Pawtucket.
ReplyDeleteCody's favourite player.
But I don't see him in our Oatmeal today.
Escobar jetered that one.
ReplyDeleteUch, two man on, no one out? Not what I wanted to see when I turned on the TV.
ReplyDeleteThanks to those who left anniversary greetings last night. I caught the last inning as we walked down Commercial Street in Provincetown last night after dinner. A complete game!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated anniversary, Amy
ReplyDeleteFY gets its started.
ReplyDeleteThanks, s1c.
ReplyDeleteWell at least we have one on with no one out.
Once again, they expect me to do work at my job. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI do hear Don getting ever so close (yet again) to the obvious idea that W-L record is an inaccurate measure of a pitcher, but I doubt it will sink in and last.
Hey, Allan, how about a hint about the special announcement?
ReplyDeleteHey, Allan, how about a hint about the special announcement?
ReplyDeleteNo!
hahahahaha
To quote Herm Edwards - "You play to win the game".
ReplyDeleteL-girl - you should be getting a request.
ReplyDeleteAh, so mean! I was never got at waiting for things....
ReplyDeleteThank god for the mist, now lets get the run home bay.
ReplyDeleteMist? Is that what they are calling light rain these days? Is the idea of rain just becoming too much for anyone to bear.
ReplyDeleteA run!
Is Eck gonna call this guy Jergens before the day is over?
ReplyDeletePAPI!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm calling it a mist since I am not seeing any big drops.
ReplyDeletePapi!!!
QUADRANGULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePAPI!
ReplyDeleteThe LARGE Father!
ReplyDeleteBig Papi going all Bob Seger. Against the Wind.
PAPI DONG!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that every time Papi hits a HR this season, I will be especially happy. For him and for us.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I know what the surprise is and you don't.
ReplyDeleteAmy I'm calling it a heavy drizzle.
ReplyDeleteAmy, me too, we're going to enjoy it extra all season.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why they called up a catcher for Daisuke's spot?
ReplyDeleteI am so sick of liquid precipitation that any other name is fine with me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like we are in for a slugfest here today. Must be the "mist"?
Now that is doubly mean! Two of you teasing us!!
ReplyDeleteThat was a fun first inning!
ReplyDeleteI can't thread much - working - but I am listening.
Fans cheering a routine fly ball. So annoying.
ReplyDeleteS1C, I assume that once Smoltz is called up, the catcher will be sent down, no?
ReplyDeleteSick of it too, fortunately the rain held off yesterday until after b-fly's graduation was over.
ReplyDeletes1c, i will keep my eye out for it. you have a mystery too!
ReplyDeleteS1C, I assume that once Smoltz is called up, the catcher will be sent down, no?
ReplyDeleteOr he or Kottaras could be part of a Penny trade.
Congrats to B-Fly!
ReplyDeleteIsh, the radio guys had the same idea as you! Played Against the Wind as they came back from commercial.
Happy Father's Day, S1C, and any other fathers lurking out there.
ReplyDeletel-girl - no surprise, just a recommendation kept popping up.
ReplyDeleteCastig doing his DO impersonation: said Bay was running "full bore".
ReplyDeleteDRINK!
s1c, ok... still intrigued.
ReplyDeleteamy thanks, made for a long day yesterday but worth it, of course i lost my bet on when bh would start crying. She held out until we got outside and she went to hug b-fly. I thought it would be earlier.
ReplyDeleteGraduations are surprisingly emotional. For the parents anyway.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin - I doubt that Kottaras gets traded. He has done real well catching Wake. I think he is here for this year and next now.
ReplyDeleteMothers and grandmothers I think. b-h's grandmother started crying when she stood up to make the walk.
ReplyDeleteApparently Francona wanted to be able to give Tek a full day off without having to bring him in to PH or take over for Kottaras.
ReplyDeleteamy, you weren't on the other night but i posted pics of b-fly's senior pictures
ReplyDelete47 pitches through three. Back on pace.
ReplyDeleteSo they're auctioning off special gear that Tek isn't wearing.
ReplyDeletefragging cats, fragging hair balls
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, S1C! She's a beautiful girl. And I didn't know you had a blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy, fortunately she gets her looks from her mother. Though she looks more like me here.
ReplyDeleteWay to take charge there "Larry"
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteScorer scored that as a hit? WTF?
ReplyDeleteNobody touched the ball so, base hit (the game is in Fenway)
ReplyDeleteS1C, you should join the JOS group on FB! I just friended you, if that's ok. Great old photos from the 1970s. Boy, those sure were the days....
ReplyDeleteBases loaded, one out.
ReplyDeleteBLOW THE GAME WIDE OPEN.
Hey, Allan, how about a hint about the special announcement?
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama signing a bill giving FDA regulatory power over tobacco?
That's Monday. And historic.
Uh, only one was from the seventies, the one where I look really dorky.
ReplyDeleteWe ALL looked dorky in the 70s. It was the least cool decade ever.
ReplyDelete"Barack Obama signing a bill giving FDA regulatory power over tobacco?"
ReplyDeleteI can guarantee you that Obama does not figure in to the announcement in any way.
Or he or Kottaras could be part of a Penny trade.
ReplyDeleteWild, ridiculous, too-good-to-be true rumour I heard is Penny, Bard (or Buchholz) and Lugo/or Lowrie to Texas for Michael Young.
My money is on becoming official canucks
ReplyDeleteIs the announcement baseball related?
ReplyDelete(Angling for a hint here, now that we have eliminated Obama from the possibilities....)
I think you can forget Michael Young, the sox are not going to pay 14+ for a third baseman who appears to have started his down slide.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a good guess, S1C. I can't remember what the dates were for that.
ReplyDeleteAh, so that was the s1c request! I can't access FB from work, but I'll do it when I'm home.
ReplyDeleteAmy or I can send you the jos gamethread group link. I just started it (for no reason) the other day.
Young? He's not worth any one of those guys.
ReplyDeleteI'd even keep Lugo. He sucks, but he makes only 9 beans to Young's 16.
I'll drive to Boston and personally kick Theo's ass if he gets Young under any deal.
I think you are the official administrator, Laura, but I will see if I can send an invite.
ReplyDeleteI totally love the Eckism "beans"!
ReplyDeleteYeah, only administrators can invite people. Laura holds all the power.
ReplyDeleteNO HINTS
ReplyDelete"Laura holds all the power."
ReplyDeleteAllan: please note. :D
Michael Young, Schmichael Young!
ReplyDeleteThat young trad has been floating by the mb's on WEEI for awhile, Merloni had a blast showing how stupid the callers who would propose it were to even consider that a good deal for the Sox.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I can make you an administrator, you're on FB more than I am anyway.
ReplyDeleteBut I can only do that from home. No FB at work. (Which is fine with me.)
Today is the day that fathers get revered, idolized and respected. Monday it goes back to normal (card from my sister in law)
ReplyDeleteHeh, I knew Laura would like that power comment. :)
ReplyDelete"My money is on becoming official canucks"
ReplyDeleteSadly, no. That is still in process.
And that's IT no more hints!
I have no need for power at FB or elsewhere. But given the small arena of power I would get at the JOS Gamethreaders group, I can handle that responsibility.
ReplyDeleteThe other ridiculous rumour I heard is Penny, Bard and Lugo for Jimmy Rollins, but I said, "OK, that's just stupid..." Phillies would never do it.
ReplyDeleteLaura, you remind me of me when my kids would beg for hints about their birthday presents. No hints, but somehow they managed to narrow things down after a while.
ReplyDeleteActually considering that Rollins is hitting like a buck 98 for this year the phillies would probably jump at that trade.
ReplyDeleteThat's as narrow as it's getting. It's not about Obama (as if!) and it's not about our citizenship. C'est tout. Es todo.
ReplyDeleteSo you think that DiceK will ever pitch in the WBC again? I sure hope not...
ReplyDeleteMcAdam had a good article about Daisuke, (basically Daisuke has told the Sox to FO every time they tried to get him to change).
ReplyDeleteS1C, you should join the JOS group on FB!
ReplyDeleteOoow, I'll have to check it out.
I'm on the Jason Bay FB fan club.
I also joined the Ben Roethlisberger FB fan club, but then Ben kept posting Bible verses for us to all consider. No offence, but too churchy for me.
Amy - the WBC is huge in Japan, so every 3 years if he is asked he will pitch.
ReplyDeleteIt's brand new, Pepe. And no Bible verses allowed. :)
ReplyDeleteWe will see. Maybe he has learned something from this experience about overdoing it before the season has started. But if he is stubborn and arrogant, then perhaps not.
ReplyDeleteIt's brand new, Pepe. And no Bible verses allowed. :)
ReplyDeleteLike I said, no offence, but I didn't join Facebook to be preached at. (If I did, I'd join Kurt Warner's fan page. :)) I quit Ben's group over it.
But if he is stubborn and arrogant, then perhaps not.
ReplyDeleteIn the McAdam article, he said this is the first time that he has not said "that is how I pitched in Japan".
You can be sure that there will be religious preaching, but maybe some Red Sox preaching.
ReplyDeleteActually, so far it's just a list of people who are JOS threaders and on FB. Pretty harmless.
I meant there will be NO religious preaching.!!
ReplyDelete"Ooow, I'll have to check it out."
ReplyDeleteI would have invited you, but I don't know your real name.
"Actually, so far it's just a list of people who are JOS threaders and on FB. Pretty harmless."
ReplyDeleteAnd very likely to remain so.
Ah, poop. DP.
ReplyDelete"and lo on the 8th day, the lord looked down and said, "I must bring years of pain, followed by years of joyous ecstasy" thus was the boston red sox created.
ReplyDeleteJoy of Sox chapte 1 v1
St Papi
ReplyDeleteSt Petey
St Tito
etc
"I must bring years of pain, followed by years of joyous ecstasy" thus was the boston red sox created."
ReplyDeleteActually, first many years of joy -then came the many years of pain followed by ecstasy. Those deadballers didn't know how good they had it.
and playing the fallen angel - Damon played by Idiot - J Damon
ReplyDeleteThat camera lens is wet. It must be so uncomfortable out at Fenway today.
ReplyDeleteShit. One run game.
re - dead ballers, etc. I was using my poetic license.
ReplyDeleteTheo the OT Prophet, of course.
ReplyDeleteNeed ram-ram to hold the fort, Wake needs every win he can get before the AS break.
ReplyDeleteand playing the fallen angel - Damon played by Idiot - J Damon
ReplyDeleteI sort of think of Clemens as the "Dark One."
fragging kidding me
ReplyDeleteNeed ram-ram to hold the fort, Wake needs every win he can get before the AS break.
ReplyDeleteThat would be so cool if Wake makes the All-Star team.
Oh, well, No W for Wake.
DAMN. Arggh.
ReplyDeleteYOUK!!
ReplyDeleteGot Ram Ram out of a fix, sort of.
"I was using my poetic license."
ReplyDeleteI got that. :)
Youk!!!
ReplyDeleteKot!!!
ReplyDeleteruns pls
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of the ball hitting the fence.
ReplyDeleteBring him home!
ReplyDeleteON FIRE
ReplyDeleteOn FIRE brings him home!
ReplyDeleteYEAH!!!!
ReplyDeleteDoink!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mr. umpire.
It all evens out in the end.
Wow, way to blow up braves.
ReplyDeleteWTF? About a strike call?
ReplyDeleteI bet the Atlanta guys are making fun of the ump's porn mustache.
ReplyDeleteWith a one run game, that seemed pretty stupid.
ReplyDeleteI hate the sound of the ball off the wall!
ReplyDeleteAm glad they have tomorrow off, will be up at the lake for the next 3 days with no internet.
ReplyDeleteFeels like the leadoff batter has gotten on base every inning.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't get any of this never-ending "mist"!
ReplyDeleteShowers expected tomorrow morning, in the 70's, then 70's and 80's next two days.
ReplyDeleteb-fly's graduation party / fun time. Going to be like 7 or 8 kids with us.
well that sucked
ReplyDeleteWasn't for the rain I think Green gets to that ball.
ReplyDeleteThanks, NESN. No need to show us the game instead of whatever this bullshit is.
ReplyDeleteOk, lets win it for OKi.
ReplyDeleteGuess I'm the only one whose NESN feed cut out before the last out.
ReplyDeleteYou would think on fathers day I wouldn't have to get up to let the dog out!!
ReplyDeletefuck work, gotta watch the 9th
ReplyDeleteI hope we can finish this game in the bottom of the ninth.
ReplyDeleteshit, it's tied now.
ReplyDeletethis game has walk off written all over it.
ReplyDeleteThat looked like a strike to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd to Amica.
Nice try by Green.
ReplyDeletePlease do not let them score.
Damn wind.
ReplyDeleteAm I all alone here? It's so quiet....
ReplyDeleteShit. Pap not being Pap.
ReplyDeletejust get 1 out.
ReplyDeleteI miss Paps.
ReplyDeleteI am to busy biting my fingernails
ReplyDeleteSee? It works out. This umpire is equally bad for both sides.
ReplyDeleteFINALLY! Phew.
ReplyDeletenow THAT is some sasafuckinghe!
ReplyDeleteThe good kind of squander.
ReplyDeletebot is pissed at himself
ReplyDeleteOk, just who I want coming up in the ninth, well except for green
ReplyDeletewell, maybe except for kottaras
ReplyDeletewho wants to be our gabby hartnett today?
ReplyDeleteGREEN!
ReplyDeleteA Pesky Pole DONG!
ReplyDeleteGreen!!!
ReplyDeleteA walk off Green HR on the first pitch!!!
HOMER IN THE GLOAMIN'!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSee? We need Michael Young!
ReplyDeleteNICK GREEN I'M SORRY FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDIRTY GREEN WATER!!!!!
Dirty misty water today!
ReplyDeletedirty!!!
ReplyDelete"Ok, just who I want coming up in the ninth, well except for green"
ReplyDeletemake s1c apologize!!!
L FUCKING APOLOGIZE ALREADY!!!!
ReplyDeleteWOOOOOOOO!!!!! Hahahaha YES!
Obviously wasn't threading but I was watching!
Laura, you have atoned aplenty. I think Green and JOS has forgiven you!
ReplyDeleteI apologize!!!
ReplyDeletehave forgiven you
ReplyDeleteHe's pretty cute also.
lmao I say fucking apologize after L apologizes hahaha TIMING!
ReplyDeleteLove me some dirty water.!!!!
How could he not know it was a walkoff???
ReplyDeleteI never bad mouth a player before they swing. It will make you look bad.
ReplyDeleteI only bad mouth them after they take a called third strike down the middle of the plate.
"Laura, you have atoned aplenty. I think Green and JOS has forgiven you!"
ReplyDeleteHa ha, don't worry, I'm not atoning, I'm enjoying. Maybe it was my calling Green a worthless waste of space that spurred him on!
"I never bad mouth a player before they swing."
ReplyDeleteI badmouthed him about 2 weeks ago, and he's been great ever since.
Back to work! No game tomorrow, see you Tuesday. (See you tomorrow for special historic announcement!)
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, the L-girl power! I should have known! :)
ReplyDeleteGREEN!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a good day off. I will set my alarm for 9 am to get the big announcement. ;)
ReplyDeleteHahaha Green didn't even know he hit a walk-off home run (he forgot it was the 9th!!) until he was at second base and everyone was at home plate "I was like, 'what the..?'"
ReplyDeleteI will set my alarm for 9 am to get the big announcement. ;)
ReplyDeleteHeh. I miss that schedule.
I'm gonna be pissed if 9:01 rolls around and there's nothing. :>)
ReplyDeleteI'll also be pissed if you say your big historic announcement was something similar to, "I just ate an omelet."
I will read your announcement whilst I am defecating.
ReplyDeleteAndy, we only said it was historic. Not that it would rock your world.
ReplyDelete"Ah, yes, the L-girl power! I should have known!"
ReplyDeleteWhole religions have been built upon such coincidences. :)
The post is scheduled to appear automatically at 9:00.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day off. I will set my alarm for 9 am to get the big announcement. ;)
ReplyDeleteMahmoud Ahmadinejad resigns?
I bet that's it. I bet they have some secret pipeline into the heart of power in Tehran.
I think the global-significance angle might be a dead end.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is Babe Ruth ate a hot dog and banged a dancer 90 years ago today.
ReplyDelete"My guess is Babe Ruth ate a hot dog and banged a dancer 90 years ago today."
ReplyDeleteOn any given day, that is probably a safe bet. Although not what we are announcing.
And put dancer in quotes.
My guess is Babe Ruth ate a hot dog and banged a dancer 90 years ago today.
ReplyDeleteAnd by "a", I assume you mean "10".
...
(In both cases!)
MFYs lose 6-5. Rewrite the announcement post to incorporate some keen schadenfreude.
ReplyDeleteL-girl said...
ReplyDeleteAlthough not what we are announcing.
We? I think they are they are moving to Sweden or Gettin' Hitched....
Oops, I meant "is being announced", not "we are announcing".
ReplyDeleteHa! Check out John Henry's twitter post:
ReplyDeletehttp://twitter.com/John_W_Henry/statuses/2268085126
4 ahead of the MFYs!
C&L, can you post the text of the tweet? The URL isn't coming thru.
ReplyDeleteHenry (my emphasis):
ReplyDelete"Papi just hit one into the strongest wind Ive seen here. Happy Fathers Day to all dads. Awful wet for a knuckler. 3 ahead of $400m offseason"
about 10 hours ago from TwitterBerry