Red Sox - 001 000 000 - 1 6 0
Rangers - 001 200 00x - 3 10 0
Clay went only 4.Green donged, but what else? Fuck all!
Day off - clear our heads.
Clay Buchholz (1.59, 292 ERA+) / Dustin Nippert (5.40, 82 ERA+)Update: Vicente Padilla (4.67, 95 ERA+) scratched, flu-like symptoms. Nippert has pitched in four games this season, all in July, two starts and two relief: 10 innings, 13 hits, 4 walks, 8 strikeouts.
Also: Adam LaRoche will join the team in Boston on Friday. The Yankees beat the Orioles 6-4 this afternoon.
Adam Kilgore, Globe:On Friday, Clay Buchholz walked around the Red Sox clubhouse in Toronto and shook hands with some of his closest teammates. ... "Hopefully I'll see you soon," Buchholz told them. ...
Buchholz [had] assumed he would rejoin Boston in September or maybe next season.
Buchholz has thrown 104.2 innings total this season, and the Red Sox wanted him to take a scheduled, one-start sabbatical. He would rest for two days and then resume his usual throwing schedule.
The next day, Buchholz received a call from a Sox official telling him to throw. A day later, he was told to throw a complete bullpen session. "I sort of knew what was going on without them telling me."
1 PM: Orioles/Yankees.
Tim Wakefield, on the "sharp pain in my glute area":I felt a little twinge on Friday on my way to Toronto, and I had a lot of work to do that day - threw a simulated game. I felt fine, but just afterwards it just tightened up on me. ... I've been getting treatment every day. ... It's just a minor setback.Wake said he was "very confident" that he will be 100% by the time he is eligible to come off the DL on August 2 -- his 43rd birthday.
David Ortiz:
It happens, man. It's not always going to be roses and flowers. We go through this every year. There will be a point we'll get out of it. You just have to keep on fighting.
188 comments:
Enough of this shit.
Win.
And win big.
Amalie: "Looks like LaRoche won't be here in Texas tonight, though that's not 100 percent."
Yankees won 6-4.
Theo says LaRoche will join the team on Friday in Boston. 25-man decision will be made then.
Mazz quotes a scout on LaRoche:
"I like the move for the Red Sox. ... He’s real streaky [offensively] and an outstanding defender. ... Most of his bad at-bats come against lefthanded pitching ... He’s a rhythm hitter. If he’s a little off, he can look real ugly. If he’s right, he can get real hot. There’s no in-between with him. ... He plays the game with a very easy pace. Sometimes people criticize that because it can look lackadaisical. ... He’s not just a pull guy. He can go all over the field. There’s ability there. You can’t put up 25 [home runs] and 75 [RBI] every year and not have something."
***
The 'EEI dolts ain't gonna like that.
Also from Mazz: "In their last 21 games against righthanded pitching, the Red Sox are batting .221 with a .679 OPS."
Ouch.
Padilla scratched (flu-like symptoms), Dustin Nippert will start.
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
4. David Ortiz, DH
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. J.D. Drew, RF
7. Mark Kotsay, 1B
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Nick Green, SS
And John Henry's tweet tweet tweeting away.
"trading deadline hasn't passed but don't expect blockbuster(s). like this club; love the prospects it might take to do a blockbuster."
MLB Trade Rumors via St. Louis Post Dispatch sez the Red Sox traded Julio Lugo to the Cardinals for Chris Duncan.
This link goes to the MLBTR page.
Sounds like the Cards won't be responsible for Lugo's salary.
Theo's busy!
Also sounds like Duncan will go right to Pawtucket.
He did alright today at the flea market.
I want roses and flowers.
I agree with poster #1.
I will not be watching this game, but I will be receiving regular updates from someones iPhone at a kegger, then from tickers at the post-kegger bar. Last Wednesday summer kegger in the history of the world! of my school career.
redsock said...
Mazz quotes a scout on LaRoche:
... He plays the game with a very easy pace. Sometimes people criticize that because it can look lackadaisical. ...
Doesn't that guy already play for us...
ESPN on EI. OB and Sut. (vomit)
Gotta go with the radio audio.
Decent moves today, filled the 1st base depth hole and got something in return for Lugo.
so i unmute while radio is booting up and i hear sut:
"the red sox are not a great team, they are a great home team"
OK Captain Obvious says the guys really need a win tonight. The Rangers starter has a career ERA over 6 so let's do this! :)
time for clay to fuckin' bring the noise -- and that orgasmic curve!
can't get l's computer to work, so it's mute and silence for me.
shit - does tek even throw to second on SB anymore?
K!
Yay for Rice's number being retired.
Back from a hard hour on an elliptical at the gym. Burned off maybe one third of the Papa Gino's from today. :>)
Not a very desirable night for the broadcasting side of things. Couldn't do ESPN if I wanted to (blacked out), Don and DR on NESN, Joe and Rish on radio.
...I heard Ian Kinsler recently passed his elevator safety inspection and is ready to elevate.
Maybe I'll just do my own pbp. Surely I can manage to spew a little less bullshit than Sut and DR. And sound better than Rish. Or I'll just close the ears down and enjoy the game.
Hey all. stranger here.
Sent my mom off to the airport this morn and see there's been some trade-io action.
Just climbing out of my hole because Joe said the Pirates hitting coach said LaRoche is "second to none at first [base] in the NL".
I didn't realize we were getting Pujols plus.
I think the Red Sox need to be reminded that RISP means SCORING NOT STAGNANT position!
Everything I read said LaRoche is in a terrible slump lately... that should provide a lift for the Sox right now ;-)
Nah. LaRoche is not in a slump. He's worse! He's batting .000 right now.
Radio guys killing time talking about the JFK assassination, WHARRRRGARBLE.
FINALLY got nesn on l's computer for sound. 2 fucking inning, it took. i get so pissed off, it's a wonder both laptops are not thru the living room window and out in the yard.
and i get to hear roberts say, of clay:
"he looks confident. he's confident. he just exudes confidence."
Does anyone know where my remote is? I'm addicted to that damn mute button.
Let's go for the GIDP here, plz. To think we wanted to dump Tek for the Teagarden.
Well there goes the perfect game...
And the no no.
Actually Clay looks like a little kid out there. A really tall little kid. He's wobbly and loose like a baby giraffe. Not to say that's a bad thing.
roberts: "They are pushing the envelope, being very aggressive .. if you are safe, it's a good play. if you get thrown out, it's a bad play."
thanks for that insightful analysis.
nesn, pls fire this guy now.
Double steal again!?!... didn't the Rangers used to be a perennial bottom dweller? Been improving ever since they got rid of Slappy!
Whew!
damn that hidden remote. I hate commercial audio..even more than roberts' insights.
Can we please have some solid batting average here (and no more of these fucking sox/mfy bobblehead ads--talking about the all-star game. why is it still on?!). fail.
geez come on 'Tek
Hey redsock please refrain from bad mouthing laptops tonight :)
At least until the call to the pen!
sut vs roberts is actually a tough call. (but don > ob seals nesn)
average=practice.
or something like that. y'know. hit shit. get hits and score runs, chicks, dope, whatever as long as it runs.
IT's EASY BEING GREEN
that's what I'm talking about. Green bat is red hot!
EARTH-FRIENDLY POWER!
Drought in Texas over! Green Dong!
good, Texas runners in stagnant position too (like that one :))
dead central, baby!
Now that's what I'm talking about.
So if I understand this correctly, JoS1 will occur the same night next Tuesday as Jim Rice's number retirement ceremony?
And I like Roberts. He's smooth. Eck irritates me though (although he CAN be entertaining). Casey's pretty good as well (as a broadcaster)
Dave Roberts Drinking Game:
a small sip at every "you know"
(aka suicide)
omg - that mets highlight!
SES, Hit'em where they ain't FY!
Press release saysYes. AWESOME!
Psst. Love me some dead central grassy greeny dongage.
ish: YES
and we have 1 ticket available!!!!
Nick Green, Our "Captain Clutch"! (a lot cheaper than Jeter too) :)
there may be an issue with pre-game dinner vs rice pre-game ceremony... maybe some will leave for the park early
flo 2-2!
That's one way to beat the shift, the old drop shot.
My dad and I will definitely want to see the ceremony.
i wonder when it starts.
So we'll see how it works out. I can't imagine the ceremony starting earlier than 6:30 or so, do you?
i can email someone at the red sox. maybe i can find out.
i sent off an email. i'll let you know.
Cool! Thanks, Allan.
I'd skip it myself, but I'm sure many people would be curious.
It;s amazing how Nick Green has become the X-factor
Red Sox Record in His starts
43-19
Damn it Kinsler
i'd expect the sox to announce times for it this weekend, too.
Good job Ian..lol
Laptop needs processor upgrade--he's pitching at the pace of my Commadore 64!
"one aside"
time for wine!
A quick glance at the extended forecast shows good weather for Tuesday night. Sunny Tuesday, low 80s (26-29 C for those of you in Metricland)
Tuesday night starts off partly cloudy, goes mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. They tend to throw that in there most days/nights in the summer.
I don't know what they were talking about but it ended with DR telling Don his nose was growing.
something about dr's name in do's mailbag
i am not even *considering* the possibility of bad weather next week.
Nippert is a terrible pitcher. Why are the Sox swinging at crap and not lighting him up like a roman candle? argh
Murph; why can't we get players like that?
great work by roberts.
after seeing murphy line a single to right, cruz go from 1st and 3rd and the rangers have a potential nice inning going, he says:
murphy lined a single to right, cruz went from 1st to 3rd and the rangers have a potential big inning going.
you know, obviously.
And I hate that commercial "Yeah, The Sox really won in '04 cos you and your dad SAT in the same place" Douche...
OK I'm done bitchin' (for the moment) :)
No time to thread tonight, but I saw on FB from Ish that Rice's number will be retired next Tuesday. Will we be there?
I am psyched for next week!!
Or maybe not quite yet...argh
I love it when the WRKO guys start bad mouthing the fielding efforts of the fans at away games :-) Constantly saying the fans with the best hands populate the friendly confines of Fenway!!
roberts: gotta give credit to buchholz. it's not enough to show up, you know. you gotta compete.. blah blah blah"
STOP SAYING "YOU KNOW" EVERY FOURTH AND FIFTH GODDAMN WORD. WOULD SOMEONE SIT DOWN WITH ROBERTS AND TELL HIM THIS?
I AM GOING INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These Rangers are playin some asswhoopin baseball!!
WTF? That should earn a Texas batter a beaning later in this game. Don't they know that's against the unwritten rules in the AL?
crappers. I gotta go play radio in a few minutes. Red Sox, this was not how I wanted to spend our time together.
thanks, ump.
To be fair those guys gotta talk for 3 hours straight, unless you're Vin Scully or Dave Van Horne there's gonna be some inanity.
Fuck unwritten rules. Beautiful bunt. Gutsy play. Shit.
nope, they gotta be better than a nobody off the street.
he should not repeat what orsillo says, he should not recap what we just saw and he must stop with the "can't give in" and "good at-bat" and "being aggressive" over and over and over and praising players for showing up at the park -- and the incessant "you know".
get someone who can do the job.
red sox fans deserve better than this.
i love him as a player. he sucks in the booth.
and i am muting nesn now. i didn't do that even when remy was hawking his shit website every other batter.
there's an unwritten rule against the squeeze play now? Personally i think anything the ump's will let you do that helps you win is fine. Screw unwritten rules.
I mean if or Pedroia squeezed you'd love it right?
Laptop '09 lookin a lot like laptop '08 in this game.
To much travelin?
yeah, thank god HH is in the rotation.
No I hate the squeeze play, it almost never works, the Sox are sleepwalking though.
Well when I'm not listening to these guys I'm usually listening to Jamie Campbell so my standards have been lowered a lot. God I miss hearing Dave Van Horne every night
HH at 90 pit. is that it?
Why am I eating beans?
I'm usually listening to Jamie Campbell so my standards have been lowered a lot
BUFFY!
You want to smell for some reason?
'cuz farts are funny?
What is it about beans that make you fart, though? I eat other foods with high fibre contents and they don't get the jet propulsion going like beans.
"bill of the cap high"
yes, mute is off.
they better get their shit together by tuesday. I'LL BE IN NO FUCKIN MOOD FOR THIS SHIT.,
i sense a sweating dong about to be sprung.
i must be seeing the distant future.
Can someone explain why they are always swinging at the 1st or 2nd pitch against this junk pitcher?:(
mdc in
HH PC: 17-23-23 27 - 90
Not a terrible start for Buchholz considering it's Texas Bandbox. The bats just need to get going and be more patient.
RANGERS running WILD!!! Damn it. Maybe the whole Sox team has "flu-like symptoms."
This is a big difference between Buchholz and Halladay that won't change. Buchholz will not consistently go deep into games. Maybe in a few years he can learn to be consistent enough to go 6-7, which is fine these days. But Halladay would give you more. But for how long?
HAHA. Hit by batted ball and almost bat that hit batted ball!
This just in: Ron Washington thinks Varitek has a noodle arm.
JD's been offering advise on throwing to Tek :)
Meaning Johnny Damon... not Drew.
i smell run(s)
OK when did the Rangers become the '85 Cardinals? lol
So Nippert, who is NOT stretched out, has out-lasted HH.
run(s) or the rotting corpse of the sox lineup.......
Seriously. Who does Washington think Tek is? Posada?
"Another poor play by a Texas fan!"
If only the Rangers played like their fans :)
i am reminding of when i typed in august 2004 that this was the most frustrating goddamn red sox season of my life.
moral: ya never know what will happen.
pitch count ..... rising
Yeah true RS, it is a long season and I'm sure they'll snap out of it eventually but that only makes it a little less frustrating to watch.
i need a passive dong here.
Reminds me a lot of the June Swoon in '04.
better at-bats this inning at least. Good job Papi and Bay
TEABALLA.
Teaballa. Nice.
L home - says Hi.
Assumes you are all in a fine mood!
I keep waiting for the woman, in the red dress behind home plate, to Sharon Stone us.....I'm a pig I know.
I'm concerned that I haven't noticed this woman you speak of.
right behind the left batters box up about 3 rows
Fucking NESN truped the shit outta me there. Phew.
Damn, can't see her on the radio :)
Oooh nice, 9C.
C'mon Shakespeare-- you're supposed to be one of the few bright spots of this road trip.
Wake went on the DL... didn't anybody tell the Rangers so they wouldn't run so much?
tex 6-6 in SB tonight
10-10 this series.
yay tek.
you say this now, 9C, that I've switched to GDGD.
this game needs more distraction.
A charming sonnet of a half-inning!
Thank you Bard!
"Shakespeare" You guys are brilliant with the nicknames :) Love it...
FY please reward LBJ for his speed!
Hamilton and Cruz showing the Man Love there.
Great catch! Let's hug it out.
Crap - the night's not getting any better for me is it?
maybe the Sox should try hugging, they need some good energy from somewhere
Watching Bronson Arroyo pitch to the Dodgers with Vin Scully calling it.
Salvaging the evening.
IBB - good call
Feels like such a long time since I saw Arroyo perform a free concert in the heart of Portland, Maine. 2005.
Texas suffering through a LOBotomy, something we've been very familiar with in the past, especially early on.
I hope the procedure hurts them as much as it has us before.
Ish - 2005 WAS a long time ago.
Vin: "Time called... There is a dreaded beach ball loose in center field. They free the beach ball and we resume."
Nice Texas Hold 'em from Jeemer. Now can we please have some runs?
Arroyo has struck out 6 in 3 innings.
Why can't we get guys like that?
le sasahe
"Heart" of the line-up--weak, just weak.
We really are sucking wind right now.
Oh well, survive and adjust. Then kick ass.
the meat of the order is rancid.
Back to the "swing at everything" approach *groan*
Papelbon pitching with the Sox down by 2 in the 8th.
This should be fun.
I like my meat rare, not my hits.
he's gonna vulture a win.
really?
yeah, whatever. sure.
Way to keep it in the park Bot!
time for the "July 22 Miracle".
I see some prime candidates for pinch-hitters coming up, I'm just not so sure who we throw out there that would improve our chances.
But there HAS to be something besides werd, kotsay, and Tek.
Geez maybe the 23HRs have some co-relation to why Kinsler has 59 RB out of the leadoff spot? That was buffyesque :)
Silver lining great effort by the pen tonight: One last chance not to waste it.
we need to be able to type "tek" with a backwards k.
Brutal, just brutal... a lot of hard hit balls just not falling in...
I believe the term is SNAKEBIT!
Ugh. One of those losses where the guys just hang out in the dugout and wonder what the fuck is going on.
They looked and looked but there was no dirty water to be had in Texas.
Dear Red Sox:
It is clear you will not be winning any more games this season. However, if you could arrange to pay off the A's to allow you to gain a "victory" next Tuesday night, that would be most appreciated.
rs.
Ugh, Sox were owned by Dustin freakin Nippert and his 6.35 career ERA. Pretty much says it all unfortunately :(
Seriously - you don't bat for Tek there?
That water is crystal clear clean.
At least my LL team didn't lose. Although we BLEW a victory. Lightning stopped us after 4 1/2, 1/2 an inning after my 2nd baseman booted a ball into RF that let 2 runs score with 2 outs and tie the damn game. Next batter K's. Lightning stops the game before we can score so we have to finish it later. Without the error, it's official and we win.
No shame on the mound this trip (pitchers held the opponents to 4 or fewer runs in 4 out of 6 games giving up 6 in each of the other two)... the failure all lies with the offensive offense. We should have gone at least 3-3 on this trip.
Enjoy the day off boys... not gonna be a fun flight home.
How sweep it is
Well at least it was nice chatting with you guys. Been lurking here a while but will have to "hang out" heremore during games.
And remember they have to work really hard to lose the WC, although of course we all want the division.
Yeah... but they're "workin" plenty hard enough to finish out of the wild card right now.
These blessed Rangers now trail by only 2.5 games in the WC.
Look! A Rangers fan came by ...
... to celebrate the high point of their season.
Irid: With the Buffy reference, you must be in Canada too?
Seriosly, I for one would never have dreamed we would offense issues coming into this year.
At least not the kind of issues we are having right now.
I mean everyone hits a slump once in a while, but how often does an entire freaking team slump at once?
Let's hope the off day and some good jams from RS, along with a return to Fenway, will put things aright.
OK, RS must be writing the wrap-up. I hope you're bitching a little ;>
I'm off to the showers. With my upcoming schedule I might not be live again until we're REALLY live!
I'll continue to talk to myself after the games as usual though :)
RS: Yeah I'm in Northern Ontario and used to live in Toronto and Ottawa. I followed Pedro to the Sox with my fandom when being an Expos fan just became too heartbreaking back in the late 90s.
Haiku wrap-up:
H H went 4
Green donged, Tiz, F Y two hits
Now 2 G B
I guess the question is is this 2004 (A slump followed by an awesome recovery) or 2006 (a slump that just kind of becomes permanent.)? My money's on more like 2004. I think this team's too good to tally fall apart.
Hey rs
Aren't hiaku's
5
7
5
syllables?
5-7-5 -- yes. so my skills are = to the sox efforts tonight.
how about:
Clay went only 4.
Green donged, but what else? Fuck all!
Day off - clear our heads
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