Rays - 000 000 000 - 0 4 0Wicked Lester: 8-2-0-3-7, 105.
Red Sox - 010 002 01x - 4 7 0
Jason Varitek: two-run single in the sixth.
Plus: An email regarding Pedro/Koufax I sent to the radio booth was mentioned/read during the top of the 8th inning!
Friday night's pitchers return for Sunday's second game.
Lester threw 24 pitches -- and allowed three singles -- in the top of the first inning on Friday before the game was postponed.
I will be at this game
ReplyDeletebring us a win.
ReplyDeleteYankees trying to put a wrench in the plan...5-3 douches in top 7...
ReplyDeleteMeuniermr, cool, enjoy! IIRC, you are a long way from home.
ReplyDeleteI just saw the NYY score. There's still time for the birds to get the sweep.
Yeah man, enjoy the game. Should be a good one if Lester doesn't mimic Friday Jon.
ReplyDeleteHughes in for MFY...'heart' of the Os order due up...
ReplyDeletenow's the time feathered friends...
I just found this. Never heard it before.
ReplyDeleteIt's audio of the Stones playing Brown Sugar for the first time ever -- from Altamount.
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
ReplyDelete2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, 1B
4. J.D. Drew, RF
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. David Ortiz, DH
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
1. Jason Bartlett, SS
2. Carl Crawford, DH
3. Evan Longoria, 3B
4. Ben Zobrist, 2B
5. Willy Aybar, 1B
6. Gabe Kapler, RF
7. Dioner Navarro, C
8. B.J. Upton, CF
9. Fernando Perez, LF
Welp, Orioles being Orioles. Fuck it. Just one extra game to pick up between now and next Friday the 25th...
ReplyDeleteCool link, Allan. Listening now!
OTT all around.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have MLB audio? Mine's not working, don't know if it's my system or not.
ReplyDeletel-girl I do not have it on this flash 4 computer so cannot help (and B-fly just signed off fb to go to supper so I can't ask her).
ReplyDeleteI can get audio.
ReplyDeleteI switched over and the very first (and only) thing I heard was:
ReplyDelete"1-800-54-Giant"
!
Is it me or are they whisking through this game? Seems to be less commercials and crap.
ReplyDeleteIt is you tim, it is the power of the spinach.
ReplyDeleteGood ol NESN fucking things up. Heidi introduced some interview with fkr pitching coach about shields struggles @ fenway, interview that ran was actually about garza.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. I have nothing! I'll reboot the whole damn thing, maybe that will help.
ReplyDeleteFlorida Evans!
ReplyDeleteWicked Lester is wicked.
ReplyDeleteSit, sit, and sit.
ReplyDeleteAfter moving the time of their first game from 1:35 to 5:00, Rangers are still delayed by wet grounds.
ReplyDeleteReboot, jump up and down three times, click my heels together... and finally! Sound.
ReplyDeleteIf you had said it didn't work I was going to suggest clicking the ruby slippers ;)
ReplyDeleteGood thing it worked, I'm only wearing sneakers.
ReplyDeleteSit
ReplyDeleteTime for some more flo magic
ReplyDeleteDoctor, doctor, give us the news...
ReplyDeletesure looked like ball 3 to tiz was strike 3 (at his belt buckle)
ReplyDeletegift for us. go doc!
oh goody - loaded for duh cactus.
ReplyDeleteCactus with the bases loaded? Hey, stranger things have happened.
ReplyDeleteOnce or twice, anyway.
Squanderrific.
ReplyDeleteMagic cactus, do something useful
ReplyDeletewhy in the fuck would you swing at shit like that? tapping to the pitcher or 1b is the best you can do with that shit.
ReplyDeleteOr just ground out...
ReplyDeleteOK Allan, start typing. OB & Castig are talking about Pedro - OB watched Petey dominating the Devil Rays, the 1-hitter where Gerald Williams charged the mound. Castig called Pedro "the Sandy Koufax of his day".
ReplyDeletewhat is their email again?
ReplyDeleteNaw Koufax was better
ReplyDeletej/k
ReplyDeletej/k
ReplyDeleteyou should have waited about an hour to add this.
we have some good starting pitchers.
ReplyDeleteI just saw an incredible stat on the Dodgers/Giants game on TBS.
ReplyDeleteThe key NL acquisitions via trades and such...
Pedro
John Smoltz
Vincente Padilla
Brad Penny
Jon Garland
Cliff Lee
Jose Contreras
I forget if there was anyone else, but combined since the changed teams (or signed), they are 18-3 with a 2.86 ERA. Incredible.
Smoltz's first two starts were stellar. His last two were mediocre, and supposedly he will miss his next.
ReplyDeleteBrad Penny's just given up his first couple of runs in the second vs. LAD. Giants have the game in hand, 7-2, but it's probably not going to be enough to get the Giants the WC. We'd need Colorado to just lie down & die.
I'd like to go down to the Bar to watch some of the Sox game, but I can hear from here that the Bar is full of NY Giants fans. The screams when they score are identifiable by loudness and the quality of the screaming (Saturday morning Wisconsin football fans there can be just as loud, but sound a little more human).
what is their email again?
ReplyDeleteIt was the Jays booth you asked for last time.
you should have waited about an hour to add this.
ReplyDeleteAnd risk getting banned?
you should have waited about an hour to add this.
ReplyDeleteWas afraid of page and half screed about how I was a low life troll who should spend his time elsewhere. lol
:>)
ReplyDeleteright on the corner and to close to take.
ReplyDeletedr, dr
ReplyDeleteDEAR DOCTOR
ReplyDelete(shields is damaged...)
tek is gonna end an inning for the 3rd time tonight, isn't he?
ReplyDeleteoh geez louise can you swing at a strike just once today cactus.
ReplyDeletethank go for lousy defense.
ReplyDeletehmmm,. mlbtv is on a fritz. it's showing tek with a 2-run single. ... i'll just put down "K" in my scorecard.
ReplyDeleteBad hop at first base, but still should have been handled.
ReplyDeleteOkay what's this about j/k and getting banned?
ReplyDeleteI feel like someone just told a joke and I only heard the punch line.
"Eh?? I don't get it!"
Wait...did the Cactus actually get a clutch hit that inning?!
ReplyDeleteI need to get distracted when he's batting more frequently.
Inappropriate Degree of Veneration for Sandy Koufax, I believe.
ReplyDeleteman o man am i tired of hearing
ReplyDelete"HEY UMP"
hmmm,. mlbtv is on a fritz. it's showing tek with a 2-run single. ... i'll just put down "K" in my scorecard.
ReplyDelete:>)
Ish, it has to do with Allan's adoration of Pedro. Scroll up to my comment re radio babble.
More an Inappropriate Degree of De-Veneration for Pedro Martinez.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and her boyfriend were at the gas station today, saw a co-worker who was getting gas and told them he had a pair of tickets to this game and he couldn't go. Asked if they wanted to go. So they did.
ReplyDeleteAnd they're sitting four rows behind the Red Sox dugout.
Ish: that's awesome.
ReplyDeleteOf course if you were to ask Pedro he'd say "Put him in the batters box and I'll hit him in the butt".
ReplyDeleteob and castig say they get emails.
ReplyDeleteanyone have the address?
isn't it redsoxbooth@something?
wow, ish.
ReplyDeletebard up.
More an Inappropriate Degree of De-Veneration for Pedro Martinez.
ReplyDeleteTrue. But I posted it b/c of your (well justified) adoration.
Got it!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see Pedro pitch tonight.
With the Three ESPN Goons on mute, of course.
Sock, probably @wrko.com
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that they don't watch the Red Sox or care as much as others might. Cause, ya know... SOME of US might like going a little bit more. :>)
ReplyDeleteBut I'm not complaining. I've already been to Fenway this year.
My sister said, "I'll try to get you a ball or something." Like everyone behind the dugout gets a baseball. Right.
And it would be Soxbooth.
ReplyDeletei found it - no thanks to any of you.
ReplyDeletesoxbooth@weei.com
it's... soxbooth@weei.com
ReplyDeleteBut I don't think you'll get O'B & Castig. Probably get Jon Rish.
oh - okay, some of you helped. belatedly. (and wrongly). but you helped!
ReplyDeleteHey, get it right. I helped belately. The rest of them helped wrongly.
ReplyDeletesoxbooth @ i don't know what, maybe wrko.com
ReplyDeletedid i mention i got a foul ball on wednesday night? because i did. get a foul ball. at an actual game.
ReplyDeleteCastig: "He's going to appeal to Lance Barksdale and say it hit his foot."
ReplyDeleteO'B: "And yes, he agrees! He's going to be hit by the pitch!"
Um, he was already hit by the pitch!
We can all be morons sometimes.
oops, i'm late on that. stupid lawyers.
ReplyDeletei was thinking. koufax would make a solid #4 on our staff.
ReplyDeleteHi, everyone! I am finally back on a thread after what seems like forever. Of course, it is the bottom of the seventh, but it feels nice to catch a few innings with you all. We were gone all weekend at a family bat mitzvah, and I was too busy last week to watch and thread, so I just watched while unpacking.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the foul ball, Allan. Of course, we would be more excited for you if you had gotten it at a major league game.
ReplyDeleteAnd Drew continues his 1.000 OBP for the night.
ReplyDeletei gotta start small. in another 35 years or so, maybe i can get a MLB ball.
ReplyDeleteb-fly took hers to Marist (along with her Red Sox Blanket)
ReplyDeleteThey're reading an email now, but it's not Allan's.
ReplyDeleteA "very interesting" email.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy. I'm not really here, very busy at work. But nice to see you for a split second.
ReplyDeletewagner up with bard
ReplyDeletecactusballa?
ReplyDeletelooks like bard is our 9th inning man tonight.
ReplyDeleteOH SNAP. This might be Allan's e-mail.
ReplyDeleteIT IS!
Named on the air!
they're reading Allan's email now! AND THEY PLUGGED HIS BOOK!!!!
ReplyDeleteget -- OUT!
ReplyDeleteCastig: Allan Wood, the author of "Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox," and he makes a good point.
ReplyDelete[game]
Now calls him "the Blogger Allan Wood" - and they're reading it.
YAY!
VERY COOL!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's reading the whole thing and he's agreeing with you. He says "he makes a great point and I would agree".
ReplyDeleteYee-hah! 1918 free promo!!!
I'm beaming right now.
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here and I'm like, "I KNOW THAT GUY!"
I didn't even know what your email was about, except for the Koufax/Pedro thing. But I didn't know in depth what you wrote so it was fascinating to hear... from Castig's voice! Very neat.
Oh, yeah, he dropped the F-bomb and maybe even the MF bomb. Bye Bye
ReplyDeleteThis is what I sent (notice how I lie int he first sentence):
ReplyDeleteJoe:
I heard you refer to Pedro as "the Koufax of his day" during the second game tonight.
While their raw numbers look similar, Koukax pitched from a higher mound (in a pitcher's park (LA)) and at a time when the rule book strike zone was enforced. Pedro's home park favoured hitters and he worked in one of the highest offensive eras in the game's history. With no disrespect to Koufax, Martinez leaves him in the dust.
Check out these posts:
http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2006/06/el-rey.html
http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2007/03/matsuzaka-santana-koufax-pedro.html
On the all-time ERA+ list, Pedro has the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 25th and 39th best seasons.
The only pitchers in history who can touch him are (in order) Walter Johnson (5th, 10th, 22nd (twice)), Roger Clemens (12th, 16th, 27th), Greg Maddux (4th, 5th, 50th (twice)), and Christy Mathewson (11th, 15th). That's it. ... Sandy Koufax posted the 56th and 70th best ERA+ seasons.
[ERA+: The ratio of the league's ERA, adjusted to the pitcher's ballpark, to that of the pitcher (above 100 is above average, below 100 is below average). It is good for comparing pitchers from different ERAs.]
Allan Wood
Author, "Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox"
Blog: "The Joy of Sox"
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i'll have to go back to the archived game and check it out.
ReplyDeleteThanks for tipping me off, L!
ReplyDeletePesky dongage
ReplyDeleteTHIS DOUNG'S FOR YOU!
ReplyDeleteoh waaa waaa oh waaa waa ...
ReplyDeleteTHUNDER!
THUNDER BAY!!
ReplyDeleteThinking it'll be Wagner for the 9th.
ReplyDeleteKapler Makes that catch on thunder.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Allan!! Wish I had heard it...but no radio in here yet!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of an old post:
ReplyDelete10.24.2004
The Naked Truth. If the Red Sox win the World Series, Johnny Pesky says he's "gonna take off all my clothes and run around the ballpark. Then I can die happy. Not that I'm going to die. I mean, I am going to die. But not soon." ... This will give new meaning to Pesky's pole.
Stupid lawyers, made me miss a dong.
ReplyDeleteSomeone just emailed me to say Allan was mentioned on the radio. But the email address is a phone number. No idea who it was.
It was Andy!
ReplyDeletePesky Lied!!!
ReplyDeletedid they mention jos?
ReplyDeleteThanks for tipping me off, L!
ReplyDeleteYou know, when I said "start typing," I was kidding. If I thought you were going to email, I would have given you the address right away.
Great book plug. Too bad he didn't mention Joy of Sox, but he did say "the blogger Allan Wood".
did they mention jos?
ReplyDeleteNot by name.
it's a good think i never sent any dfw-length screeds against castig's college sports fetish or o'brien's embrace of the gloom -- they'd have set their mailbox to dump any future mail straight in the trash!
ReplyDeleteit's a good think i never sent any dfw-length screeds against castig's college sports fetish or o'brien's embrace of the gloom -- they'd have set their mailbox to dump any future mail straight in the trash!
ReplyDeleteAs I always tell you. Good to see you're coming around.
Just got back in - lovin' the score, and that's amazing! Allan's email got read on the air....wish I had heard it. You're gonna have to make an mp3 of it and post it =)
ReplyDeletejust the opposite. now i know the mail will get through. now i can tell them off!
ReplyDeleteBard and Tazawa warming
ReplyDeletei have no idea how to do that. anyone have a clue?
ReplyDeleteI could probably figure it out....I mean....I have a MAC...
ReplyDeleteok, you can stop with the Gagne impressions.
ReplyDeleteplayoff tito - where are you?
ReplyDeleteI just don't have access to the archived games. Unless they're free?
ReplyDeleteCome on alpaca farmer, finish this up.
ReplyDeleteKnew I shoulda bet on the 49ers.
ReplyDeleteSit
ReplyDeletesmokin' sasahe
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone can tell us how to fix the vid of Tala?
ReplyDeleteShit, I can't explain... work. Maybe A can.
Bee-dubbbbbbb
ReplyDeleteDIRTY
FUCKING
WATER.
dirty water!
ReplyDeletefilthy freaking water!
ReplyDeleteWATER
ReplyDeleteThe water is doubly Muddy!!!
ReplyDeleteheh....acronym of dirty fucking water.
ReplyDeletedirty h2o,
ReplyDelete3 wins in less than 24 hours!
ReplyDeleteNow just under 48 hours until they play again!
Rays officially eliminated from the division
ReplyDeleteNow just under 48 hours until they play again!
ReplyDelete*gulp*
Remind me to hit the LCBO hard before that one. The return of the one named dice.....hoooooo, that will be a doozy. Especially with steal-happy LAA...
this is the new no-shit-taking dice. he will surprise. i say right now -- only one walk.
ReplyDeleteSo, you know how I said my sister told me she'd get me a ball?
ReplyDeleteShe didn't disappoint. Got one from Big Papi... AND one of his batting gloves!
Pre-spit or post-spit? Not sure.
Tizzle DNA!
ReplyDeleteYay Pedro pitching!
ReplyDeleteMost cool on the email, Allan! I missed it (was listening to the radio while I was cooking dinner) but hubby heard it.
ReplyDeleteSo, you know how I said my sister told me she'd get me a ball?
ReplyDeleteShe didn't disappoint. Got one from Big Papi... AND one of his batting gloves!
Get the fuck out! Considering how she got the tickets, this is unbelieveable!
acronym of dirty fucking water
ReplyDeleteMuch better than Dallas Ft Worth!
Wow, what a day!
ReplyDeleteSox get 2, Allan gets a shout-out, or read-out, from Castig, and Ish gets one of Big Papi's balls.
Ummmmm......I mean ;>
I assume you're home from work and searching for audio by now.
Holy crap!!
ReplyDeleteI watched Pedro pitch all 7 scoreless innings, 107 pitches... 5 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts... Then I stopped paying attention because I thought there was NO WAY he'd throw another pitch.
But I was WRONG! He threw one more inning! Ended the night having thrown 130 pitches!!!!!
8-6-0-2-7, 130/80
!!!!
Pedro - 8 innings of shutout ball tonight. 6 hits but no runs. 2 walks and 7 Ks.
ReplyDeleteSandy who?
;>
Mariners up 5-0 in 7th. 4 GA - coming up!
Roll on big train.
Or are we on the bus now? I'm confused.
And lastly (I promise)
ReplyDeleteJim Carroll can add his own name to his most famous song - People Who Died. :(
Pedro threw the most pitches in a game tonight than any game since 2001. WOW.
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