Blue Jays - 023 032 011 - 12 17 0From the start, it felt like a spring training game. The Boston lineup began with Joey Gathright, Josh Reddick and Casey Kotchman. Rocco Baldelli made his major league debut at third base in the seventh inning. And third-string catcher Dusty Brown pitched the ninth.
Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0 3 0
The Blue Jats hit another four home runs, including two from Randy Ruiz, who also singled and doubled. Toronto had at least two baserunners in every inning but the eighth -- when they had only a solo home run.
Roy Halladay (9-3-0-2-6, 100) began the night by pitching five no-hit innings and finished with his second consecutive complete game shutout.
Wakefield (3-7-5-2-2, 76) and Manny Delcarmen (1-3-2-0-0, 19) both pitched terribly -- the hits off MDC were a home run, triple and single -- and did nothing to show they belong on the ALDS roster.
And for Games 158, 159, 160, 161, and 162, they rested. With five games remaining in the regular season, Terry Francona's only concern should be making sure every player on the roster is well-rested and ready to go when Red Sox begin the American League Division Series in Anaheim next Wednesday or Thursday.
Jason Bay:
You want to kind of get your legs back under you, but at the same time, you don't want to get rusty, too. It's a fine line. ... The last thing you want to do is kind of go into the playoffs and have to flip the switch. ... A day or two for everyone around here would definitely help. ... just a refresher.Wakefield is making only his fourth appearance since the All-Star break. He is pitching on eight days rest. ... Halladay has a 1.80 ERA in five September starts.
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The always-traveling Ofer was at Fenway Park for the first time last night. He nearly saw one hell of a comeback (and celebration). He wrote about his experience here.
I Can't Believe It's Oatmeal!
1. Joey Gathright, CF
2. Josh Reddick, LF
3. Casey Kotchman, 1B
4. David Ortiz, DH
5. Rocco Baldelli, RF
6. George Kottaras, C
7. Alex Gonzalez, SS
8. Jed Lowrie, 3B
9. Chris Woodward, 2B
I was going to call it Wacky Oatmeal.
My initial thought was Funky Oatmeal.
L says we'll get 20 runs tonight.
The always-traveling Ofer was at Fenway Park for the first time last night. He nearly saw one hell of a comeback (and celebration). He wrote about his experience here.
Always traveling... till tomorrow. Tomorrow night I fly to Israel, for what should be at least a year. I'm starting school on the 18th (and hope to get many sleepless nights in my first two weeks as a university students.
In other news, that lineup is side-bustingly funny. Maybe the plan is for Halladay to break a rib laughing, then bring in all the regulars against the bullpen?
Oh, and yeah: am I glad that the game I went to isn't this one. Coming all the way from NY to see Gathright and Woodward is not my idea of fun.
LOL to the lineup.
Rogers here....hi def soon me thinks.
I get playing Gathright, but do you have to hit him at the top?
I know, I know, it doesn't matter...
Fuck off Rogers. No TV until tomorrow. ARGHHHHHH
Shit, Tim, even MLBTV would be blacked out. You need Sox radio?
A few SoSHers are thinking this could be Wake's last start for the Sox. Assuming no playoffs for him, surgery in the off-season and possible retirement.
A few SoSHers are thinking this could be Wake's last start for the Sox.
There's a reason to drink and watch the game!
A few SoSHers are thinking this could be Wake's last start for the Sox. Assuming no playoffs for him, surgery in the off-season and possible retirement.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict he'll have another good first half next year. And hopefully get to those 193 wins. Or maybe 192? We can start stacking up record holders right on 192. That could be fun.
In other news, that lineup is side-bustingly funny.
About this -- Extra Bases cracks that "Yes, they are charging admission" to see this lineup. But, just having finished Allan's book, it brings to mind how much more important the live audience was as a source of revenue -- really the source of revenue. In 1918, I'm not sure you could get away with fielding a bunch of depth chart members like this.
I don't mean to keep pumpin' Allan's tool in public, but I just finished the book last night and really liked it.
I don't mean to keep pumpin' Allan's tool in public
Now that's something we could charge admission to!
Wake - 193
It MUST happen!
way better than the last 2 nights
Now that's something we could charge admission to!
"Desperate times..."
maybe i typed too soon
They give the night off because he had to do so much running last night?
I just finished the book last night and really liked it.
Yay!
obrien is with espn in detroit, so it's rish with castig. much nicer.
Joba: F9, BB, BB, 1B...and now a K.
Still, not a great start.
last 19 games, flo hitting .365
Joba gits out of it 1-0 KC.
I would be able to watch this had I not disconnected the cable for the slingbox yesterday!
Rogers couldn't get into the electrical room after hours to remove the filter on the line. Fuck it. Tomorrow at 11 I will have the goodness of TV. And Sportsnet East is showing tomorrow's game! And I don't think I get Bruins coverage so I'll be able to catch the game, FINALLY.
First game of ball hockey at 7 though so I'll be missing half of it.
Also Allan, when you posted that Torii Hunter article, I immediately went to the MFAA schadenfreude post to laugh at dancing Aybar.
When I returned to JoS headquarters, you had edited the post and put that image on it. That made me warm inside.
fuck the doc
tiz into second a bit harder than normal.
Dunn vs. K-Rod in a classic bottom of the ninth, two out, bases loaded, down 4-2 situation.
He walks!
Zen--Dunn walking? Is the world ending? There is no way that happened.
fuck sakes.
sick of this 4-0 deficit bullshit.
This would've sucked in HD.
oh, come on.
There is no way that happened.
It totally did.
someone up for the sox prior to that dong, f-cab maybe.
So how about that postseason rotation!
Beckett/Sid
HH
Dice
*gulp*
Then...grand slam by no-name pinch hitter Maxwell!
Nationals defeat the Mets in the game with greatest ratio of drama to meaningfulness in years!
Justin Maxwell, 25-year old. 5th MLB HR, 99th at bat.
"Beckett/Sid" = 2 pitchers, no?
Tim--did Lester turn back into a pumpkin at midnight or something?
Yes, 2 pitchers. Unsure of who the #1 will be though.
Wake PC: 24-23-29 = 76
Thanks for posting to Ofer's blogpost. I love how he used the JOS nicknames!
I wonder if Westcoastsox is there. Not much of a game to come all the way from CA to see...
F-Cab taking over for Wake. That was too quick.
jo(h)n rish throwing out 500 words a minute but cannot be bothered to say which direction aaron hill went in when he "ranged over" for lowrie's grounder.
since i am watching on tv, i know lowrie went to his left. if i was listening on radio, where rish is working for fucks sake, i'd be clueless.
Yeah, sweet post ofer. I enjoyed reading that, your reaction of how small it feels is exactly how i felt too when I walked in in 07.
fcab was up even before ruiz's dong.
I meant Wake's outing was too quick.
I don't like listening to Rish, and the radio guys do like to take it for granted that people aren't watching, but I get annoyed when I don't know what pitch is being thrown, etc. It's just "low" or someone "ranges over" etc. Blah.
well, he *was* also telling us wakefield's pitches, "wakefield deals, a knuckler" -- umm yes.
castig said one pitch "dipped low" without saying it was very inside.
Thanks for posting to Ofer's blogpost. I love how he used the JOS nicknames!
He emailed me a shorter version earlier today. I see that he changed "the toilet" to "Yankee Stadium" in the final version.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
he probably didn't want his buddies and stuff to read that he was sitting in a toilet, and be all "wtf ofer"
anyone else enjoying this no-hitter?
I'd be pissed if this no-hitter was against the Red Sox. Kinda got the PawSox thing going. With Gonzo, Baldelli and Ortiz there on rehab assignments.
What's that you say Allan?
Roy Halladay's pitching a no-hitter?
Talking about watching sports in Hi Def.
Fuck you!!!!!
the game has apparently been stopped. sox radio doing a full fios commercial.
No hitter sucks, but can those 5 runs really be attributed to the scrimmage squad?
my grandmother just had shoulder surgery. I told her she needed to rehab quickly...the sox are gonna need her for the post-season.
full price Fenway Futures.
it is the pawsox, richardson relieving f-cab.
my grandmother just had shoulder surgery.
i'll bet she's thrown out a greater % of base stealers.
damn - game intruding on the 15-minute infomercial
that was a nice grab. but, ah... 7-0 all the same.
fuck this.
JtC down 3-1 now.
In this, the shittiest of times, we can take solace in the fact that brighter days lie in October.
I just emailed the booth with my displeasure at this extended IN-GAME commercial. The whole inning is an infomercial for Verizon Fios.
HATE IT
that was probably a bit embarrassing. good thing not many people saw that.
anyone wanna email the sox booth and bitch about the non-stop verizon infomercial?
do it now
soxbooth@weei.com
I want to, but feel it would be dishonest since I'm not watching the game.
I just turned on the radio stream and they said by to "bob"...in-booth PR visit?
Oh go on, be dishonest.
Bob is from Verizon. That's what we've been complaining about.
The entire inning was one giant Verizon ad. Barely any game at all.
after shilling for verizon, castig is all fucked up.
says wells is the 8th man to bat this inning, he's the 7th.
...and JtC doesn't make it out of the fourth inning.
It's funny, he doesn't get totally bombed. Just high pitch counts, wiggling out of problems with minimal damage, and all that.
Those believing Joba "should pitch the 8th inning!" have been rightly ridiculed since the value of a starter is so much more. But there is such a thing as a pitcher who's just well suited to relief, isn't there? I mean, isn't that why Papelbon's not a starter?
Hey Tim, you and Steph should come over for a playoff game. Might be a little tricky to schedule, but we should try.
I want to, but feel it would be dishonest since I'm not watching the game.
bullshit. :>)
all i said was:
"enough with the non-stop infomercial.
DESCRIBE THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
But there is such a thing as a pitcher who's just well suited to relief, isn't there?
Of course there is. For one thing, pitchers who do very well the first time through the lineup, then decline sharply on the 2nd & 3rd go-rounds. They're going to do much better in relief. Just as an example.
buffyvision's on-field guy was in the scoreboard last inning, now he's helping to change the runs between innings. i am jealous and want to kill him.
now he;s back in the monster.
fuck you sam constantino.
I sent an email.
I'm a sucker for peer pressure.
I sent the email!
I admit it!
I did it! I fuckin' did it!
I ADMIT IT, GODDAMN IT!
(NSFW)
yay nick. if you have ever yelled "show the game" at nesn, you ought to email. it's the same thing.
LMAO Remy: "So what's up, Don? Anything new in your life? Cause uh, this game's kind of boring."
Let's take bets on what day it will be when the Red Sox next win a game.
I tried to be vaguely pleasant--I even referenced their cereal conversations of yesterday, but I entitled my email "There is a baseball game going on".
fuck a big fucking A. Each game seems worse than the one before. The batting is bad enough, but the pitching is killing me. a dozen HR in 3 games and it's not over yet.
i hope it's no later than oct 7 or 8.
man, wtf jays?
mdc planning on watching the alds at home?
I tried to be vaguely pleasant--I even referenced their cereal conversations of yesterday, but I entitled my email "There is a baseball game going on".
Perfect!
You gotta think this is it for MDC's postseason chances.
You also gotta think he's going to be good again someday. Just the up and down of a reliever.
He dare not give up the cycle in an inning
i wanna see the sox bunt for a hit.
or get lbj, fy, on fire, bay into the game.
hunter up - goodie.
mdc missing the double.
AFT
That's cause I just cracked open my comeback drink! surely so.
maybe I was just smoking a one-hitter. bah.
baldy at 3B!
jays have had at least 2 baserunners in every inning.
L - that sounds great, I'll email you after the Yankees pick a series and we'll see if we can set a date. How is the basement coming?
Gotta run to the store for a bit since this game is going nowhere fast. I'll look back at your response later!
Tim, reno hasn't started yet. :( Just demolition, landlord getting estimates, shit like that. He's upgrading the basement bathroom, but who cares, we just want our house back!
The good news is this means I will be pushing for a temporary rent reduction when we sign our new lease.
Look, a hit!
I've got to get going to. just ate dinner. I need to gather up for the radio tonight.
a hit! a hit!
dusty brown is warming!!!!!!!!!!!
yes, our third-string catcher is coming in to pitch!
NESN arrives a pitch late.
No one will notice.
buffyvision has missed the first pitch of two innings.
ruin the shutout pls
I love watching Roy Halladay pitch.
Just, you know. Not against the Red Sox.
rarely seen water this clean.
Goodnight!
Wow, that sucks about the reno. Hopefully landlord will have that done soon, I'd totally ask for a rent reduction since you only have access to 2/3 of the house...
He emailed me a shorter version earlier today. I see that he changed "the toilet" to "Yankee Stadium" in the final version.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Just changed it back. I started translating everything into layman's terms, then realised that if I really wanted people who weren't baseball fans to understand, I'd have to explain what "run", "strike" and "inning" means, so I just said fuck it, let's JoS it up. I'm guessing most, if not all, the people who'll read it are JoSers anyway. Most of my 'real life' friends (if I have any left after being away for 2.5 years...) don't even know I have a blog, I've mostly advertised to travel friends.
BTW, it's amazing how effective a tool booing is. No matter what you want me to do, if you boo me for not doing it, I'll do it.
I really was kidding. Typing "Shakespeare" is one thing, saying you sat in the toilet might be another.
...
...
And why haven't you given me $2,000?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
And why haven't you given me $2,000?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Your cheque's in the mail. Your address is joyofsox@gmail.com, no?
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