Yankees - 112 210 010 - 8 10 2Josh Beckett (8-9-8-0-5, 120) allowed a career-high five home runs, including one to Derek Jeter on his first pitch of the night.
Red Sox - 020 101 000 - 4 9 0
He is the 3rd Red Sox pitcher since 1954 to allow at least five dongs in a game. The other two are Dennis Eckersley (5 on July 1, 1979 at the Yankees) and Tim Wakefield (5 on September 15, 1996 against the White Sox and 6 on August 8, 2004 at the Tigers).
Fun facts from SoSH's "What the holy hell is wrong with Beckett?" thread:
He was scored upon in 10 straight innings before finally getting a scoreless one tonight.
He has allowed 9 home runs in his last 12 innings.
Beckett had allowed 7 earned runs at Fenway since May 23 -- and seven in 4.2 tonight.
A victory would put Boston 5.5 GB with 39 games to play, including three in New York in late September.
It is the first time the two pitchers have met since 2007 ALCS 5, when Sabathia was with Cleveland. (They also met in Game 1.) Beckett and Boston won both of those games.
2009 Beckett vs Yankees
IP H R ER BB K PIT SCORE
0425 NYY 5.0 10 8 8 4 3 116 Bos 16-11
0505 @NYY 6.0 10 3 3 1 5 108 Bos 7-3
0609 NYY 6.0 1 0 0 2 8 93 Bos 7-0
0807 @NYY 7.0 4 0 0 2 7 115 NYY 2-0
2009 Sabathia vs Red Sox
IP H R ER BB K PIT SCORE
0611 @BOS 7.0 6 4 4 2 6 123 Bos 4-3
0808 BOS 7.2 2 0 0 2 9 123 NYY 5-0
2009 Boston vs New York
W W W W W W W W L L L L L W
David Ortiz's home run on Saturday gave him eight consecutive 20-home run seasons. He's the sixth Red Sox player to have seven 20-home run seasons, joining Ted Williams (16), Dwight Evans (11), Jim Rice (11), Manny Ramirez (8) and Carl Yastrzemski (8).
Greg Montalbano was drafted by the Red Sox in 1999 and spent four years in the minor leagues. He died on August 21 of testicular cancer at age 31. Kevin Youkilis, who played in the minors with Montalbano, had "GM" inscribed on his cap yesterday.
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beckett is not that stupid, but the media and fans are
Of courese Beckett didn't blame Tek. He would never say that.
The mediots blamed Beckett's bad start in Toronto on the absence of cactus.
show me jeter!
show me jeter!
show me jeter!
what is jeter doing now??
what is jeter doing now??
show me jeter!
show me jeter!
show me jeter!
what is jeter doing now??
what is jeter doing now??
show me jeter!
show me jeter!
show me jeter!
what is jeter doing now??
what is jeter doing now??
Yes, so if the absence of Tek was not the cause of his problem last time, then Tek's presence is likely not the cause of his problem tonight. The question is---what IS the cause of his problem?
OB: Bay leading, teixiera holding him.
That sounds sweet.
Ugh
LOL, Allan.
I am finding obsessing about Tek is helping me block out all the Jeter love and Miller's annoying voice.
I think this is the rant:
http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2009/08/g107-red-sox-at-yankees-7-pm.html?showComment=1249585904335#c326719876910507279
yeah, that one is sosh.
mine is a couple posts down, mentions mold.
Shit, that looked good off the bat.
no mention of lurkers by me.
rant link
Found it--thanks, Jake!
Alright, now we can get the two-out rally going
2 outs for tek
do the do
Isn't that MOULD, Allan?
no, he is a songwriter/guitarist
!!!!!!!!
jkdadklfaqerionadgolhroi
LOL!!
YES!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHQAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHQAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHQAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHQAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHQAHA
Yeah, that Cano is very talented.
If Hinske is the 10th man, Cano is the 11th.
It appears we have a 10th player tonight.
HQ!
Thank GOD (or somebody) he kept running!
Tek on base twice tonight. Granted, by luck this time.
Did that just happen?
And THAT is why Cano is not the better second baseman
I have to leave soon - but I'm going to the building next door to watch the game in Allan's office.
TWO
OUT
MAGIC!
Yeah, how did that HQ appear in the same place in each line of HAHAs? Cut and paste?
And that happened!
Aww, he caught it. Too bad.
Alright, Josh, no more fucking around
a .500 fielding % on popups is not good
So, that's 16 of the last 17 runs with two outs.
Your building is right next to Allan's---how cool!
fat ass at 84.
he should not go more than 6.
let's shoot for 4.1.
So much for getting first pitch hits, Jeter.
3 AB, 3 pitches for CI
"let's shoot for 4.1."
No, 4.2, since all of our runs come with two outs
Miller - excited about the check swing
no mention of lurkers by me.
Sorry for the misrepresentation. I guess i misremembered.
Hey, Mrs. GotRibe, now that you are here, don't disappear.
sosock thought the rant was on friday. i said a week.
it was august 6!
I guess I can decrease the male to female ratio.
sit down, ya douche
August always flies by. At least for me. Days getting shorter, temps dropping, school starting. Only the slow pace of baseball slows it down, for which I am thankful. So August 6 doesn't feel that long ago.
Get out of there. No bounce.
Can an umpire change a strike/ball call? That's something I've never seen...
My how time flies!
Right, Mrs. GotRibe. These days it's just L-girl and me and occasionally LJCohen representing female fans. At least as far as I know. Some commenters have names that are gender-less, like Iridescence.
Has it really been that long? I vowed to begin posting after reading that. I guess I waited longer than I thought.
Also, August 6 I was at the McCartney concert, so probably only scanned the game thread and the rant.
God, I HATE him.
What the hell is wrong with Beckett???
Fuck
"These days it's just L-girl and me and occasionally LJCohen representing female fans."
Benjamin!
3 straight curves. asshole.
I really fucking hope the bats stay alive tonight
crap
And by "the bats" I mean the Sox bats
Two straight 7 run games for Beckett. This does not bode well.
I really hope that's it for Josh for the night
you're callin' a heck of a game, brownie.
Amy-my son wanted to make the trip to Boston for that concert. But he wanted to see MGMT more than Paul McCartney. He didn't like the talk of MGMT "opening" for McCartney. He thought they deserved equal billing.
RUNS PLEASE!!
LBJ with the attempted scrotum bunt. Sacrificing to get to two outs quicker.
At least get this fucker out of the game.
MrsGT, how old is he? I had not even heard of MGMT, and my daughter (24) said I wouldn't like them. I actually thought they were really good--guess I am not as uncool as she expected. But equal billing with Paul? Not a chance!
That was way too easy an inning for Sabathia.
I hate this umpire
He is 16 and loves music. I keep telling him he needs to read the Off-day Outtakes. He is a Beatles fan, even saved his money for the entire CD collection. He likes MGMT more though. They're growing on me. He has me listening to bands like The Killers, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, etc.
Nice D.....Mart
I like MGMT.
Can't say I have heard of any of those. As you probably know from lurking, I am pretty ignorant of current music.
what i have heard of the killers (very little) i like.
More Jeter-orgasms
I shudder to think of how much lurking trolls know about us. They're like glowing eyes in the night.
Go down an elevator, walk half a block, and they've scored 2 more runs.
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No history tonight.
Wow, an easy inning for Beckett. Was that actually OTT?
OTT!!?? - really?
Beckett YOU SUCK
(aka I love you and wish you well.)
Oh, NOW you remember how to pitch?
MGMT is huge in TO.
What is Beckett's pitch count?
89
89, 66 for strikes
"These days it's just L-girl and me and occasionally LJCohen representing female fans."
Benjamin!
What does this mean?
mdc was up, couldn't tell how far along he was - he had his hand down his pants
How far along in his pants he was?
gotta get to the bottom of the order - that's where we are doing damage.
couldn't tell how far along he was - he had his hand down his pants
reverse these 2 sentences, it's funnier
I had to ask the teens next to me for more information about MGMT, as I had never heard them or heard of them, until my daughter told me that they were the opening act.
That's a start! YOUK!
yoooooook
I'll never forget the day Manny was traded. I saw for the first time just how many people watch this stuff.
I told someone at work the next day - "I feel like I need to close all my curtains....tight" :)
Alright, good way to start the inning
Beckett might just go 7 innings, while giving up 7 runs. You don't see that often.
Half a dong is covered in sweat.
saw for the first time just how many people watch this stuff.
You mean lurk on gamethreads?
Allan has more than a 1000 daily readers. I don't know how many of them lurk on threads.
Laura, I was wondering about the Benjamin comment also---I decided it must have been a reference to the fact that he is a lawyer representing people?? No clue, really.
couldn't tell how far along he was - he had his hand down his pants
reverse these 2 sentences, it's funnier
HILARIOUS!!!
I thought maybe JohnGoldfine thinks Benjamin is really female.
Patrick & Sosock--
You are right. I am refraining from some comments because I feel I know you, but you don't know me yet.
nice play johnny
Gotta love the Yankee defense tonight
Good job by CI giving up on that one.
And yes - I meant watch gamethreads. I know he gets a loyal following for his stories.
Rightly so, I might add.
This field contains more flopping than a futbol pitch.
MrsGotRibe, I think you should let it rip. It gives you cred.
I only worry that one of my students is lurking and is shocked by my foul "mouth."
Castig: What they need is a long ball [Dong]
BT out of position there.
Where is all of this great fielding I heard talked about on the radio today?
Why didn't A-Rod stay on third?
time to lose one, rico
OK, only a three run gap now.
Alright, not a GIDP, and we get a run
time to lose one, tek
Does a scrotum count as a 2-out run? I mean, there are two outs when the runner actually scores...
yeah, dive right in
Sometimes when we meet people in person for the 1st time - ppl we know from wmtc - they say, This must be weird b/c I know so much about you and you don't know anything about me.
But I never find it strange. I would never think of that.
I thought maybe JohnGoldfine thinks Benjamin is really female.
He thinks I'm on Allan's fuck list. And let's face it, I should be.
Kill the rally, oh magical Cactus.
Pop up poop.
And let's face it, I should be.
Be my guest.
cactus: "I thought you meant that literally."
Dang
Magical Cactus, that's even better
There's one!
I not only thought JGF thought Benjamin was female, since there was no follow-up I figured maybe I was just behind the curve and it was true.
JGF - explanation maybe?
I only worry that one of my students is lurking and is shocked by my foul "mouth."
Amy--I have wondered about that for you. I've also wondered if A & L's landlord reads this blog?
We can say "Time for a little Cactus Magic..."
(Then he'll K, of course)
LOL, Benjamin and Laura.
landlord?
My landlord doesn't read the blog. I am quite sure of that.
I don't mean what I say. I just love to use the words, lurker, and troll in a sentence.
Hope these last 2 games are just a temporary bump in the road for Beckett
I love how Cialis and Viagra ads always tell you that if you have a longer than 4-hour erection you should contact your doctor. A 3.5 hour erection is totally cool, apparently.
MrsGotRibe, are you lurking at wmtc too? Big landlord discussion there.
the best was whoever said the C on his shirt stood for "cactus"!
Sit
Well, no student has ever said anything about it. They all know I am a Red Sox fan though, so anything is possible. I don't think I have said anything here I wouldn't want others to read, except all the profanity.
the best was whoever said the C on his shirt stood for "cactus"!
ROFL
I missed that one! Very glad you repeated it.
The game 3 Manny dong was 3.9hour caliber.
We can say "Time for a little Cactus Magic..."
I was thinking of calling him San Pedro or peyotl. That would be a nice nickname evolution in my eyes.
CI finally takes a pitch!!!
5 shutout innings 9 Ks...Fuck you, Smoltz.
I don't think I have said anything here I wouldn't want others to read
That's a good rule on the internet, in general. Those are my blogging guidelines too. If I'd be embarrassed if anyone I know IRL read it, I shouldn't be writing it.
The 4-hour erection ads always remind me of the old joke - 2 spinsters who own a drug store....
Like, I wouldn't touch that erection line with a ten foot pole. :)
Smoltz was vs Padres
No big deal.
Funny: Here was my search for finding that rant.
10 ft pole :)
sometimes comments come up in a search. but often not.
i wish i could search them.
I don't know that joke, SoSock. (And if I did, I wouldn't admit it in case a student is reading.)
Alright, time to tie this game up
If only our starting pitcher had been this good.
oh....wait......
Now Beckett decides to pitch. Thanks.
ARGH!! Radio "will keep it right here" for GBA.
Okay, OTT
Still plenty of time left. SCORE SOME RUNS.
7 in a row set down by JB!
he's rollin' now.
You'd best be singing along! Big brother is watching.
Like, I wouldn't touch that erection line with a ten foot pole. :)
If you position the page break right, that comment comes out really funny.
He ain't watching up here.
Yet.
You know what I'd tell Big Brother, but Amy's students might be reading.
Maybe we'll pull a Garrison Keillor and have "joke night" one night.
Hey Allan, did you hear there's going to be a fall election? Yuk yuk yuk.
Let's make CC ask "Why?" a few times.
I actually intended that just the way it came out. Not quite that oblivious. :)
do they chain fans to their seats for GBA in boston like they do in NY?
Amy, I knew that. :)
MrsGotRibe, are you lurking at wmtc too? Big landlord discussion there.
Nope, not lurking there. I visit it every once in a while when it's referenced here. I'm much more into sports than politics.
I have not heard GBA at Fenway. Who said they were singing it?
They do it on Sundays, apparently. I mention it every time - I'm always surprised.
hughes up
Nope, not lurking there. I visit it every once in a while when it's referenced here. I'm much more into sports than politics.
I always forget I write a political blog.
I guess that means I have not been to a Sunday game. At least not in a long time. And they don't show it on NESN.
That sucks, no offense to any Americans here but I hate that song and forced public displays of patriotism of any kind.
That sucks, no offense to any Americans here but I hate that song and forced public displays of patriotism of any kind.
Where are you from, Irid?
3 runs -- come on.
I really wish our leadoff hitter could occasionally get on base...
OK get that fat fuck out of there and tee off on the bullpen.
That sucks, no offense to any Americans here but I hate that song and forced public displays of patriotism of any kind.
I am an American and I hate that song
and so beckett goes longer than cc.
wait - didn't I hear earlier that Petey had NEVER gotten a hit off CC?
wtf?
Irid, you've got a lot of company in that one. I've written about not standing for GBA at the Stadium and the shit I used to take for it.
Conformer- Canada (north Ontario). I feel the same about our anthem being played at games. Hate it.
and so beckett goes longer than cc.
I think he'll even come out for the 8th.
I think GBA is worse b/c it's not even a national anthem. Just god-loving-patriotic bullshit.
When I read "north Ontario," I immediately think of the first line in Neil Young's song, "Helpless," a favorite of mine.
yep, more beckett.
must really want to give up that career-worst 5th dong.
Yes, I agree L.
I do not hate that song. I do hate that it has become something "sacred". I also hate that it is forced onto people at a sporting event, where it has no business and that it is now considered a sacrilige not to show unadulterated reverence for it.
I also wonder how many of the good christian folks out there demanding that people respect the religious aspect of our history realize it was written by a jew.
Shit, Josh, way to get on the fuck train too late.
I think it is the religious tone of GBA that bothers me the most. Why should God bless America as opposed to all places and people?
that train left the station awhile ago. josh is walkin' down the tracks like a hobo.
Why should God bless America as opposed to all places and people?
That's part of why I despise it. The chosen people. Gag.
Sit, BT
I'm back, maybe I shouldn't be...sorry if I got genders mixed and unmatched or anything. Wuold not be the first time. I thought B was F.
I was going to post a link to my GBA essay but it outs my dark past. Irid will have to find it himself. :)
That's funny, JohnGF. We met Benjamin at JOS1. Definitely a guy.
and there it is.
5.
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