October 3, 2009

G161: Red Sox 11, Spiders 6

Spiders - 220 000 200 -  6 10  0
Red Sox - 172 000 01x - 11 11 0
Victor Martinez hit his first career grand slam in the second inning. Dustin Pedroia hit a dong to lead off the first and Brian Anderson went deep in the third.

Beckett: 5-7-4-3-5, 98. After a very rough two innings -- poor control on both the fastball and curve -- he allowed only a single and a walk over the next three innings. Paul Byrd pitched three innings of relief, his first appearance out of the pen since June 2001.

Dusty Brown homered into the Monster Seats in the eighth inning. It was his first major league hit -- and he took a curtain call as the fans chanted "Dus-ty, Dus-ty!". Brown is the 24th player to homer for Boston this season, a new franchise record (23 players went deep in 1996).
Example

Aaron Laffey (3.91, 116 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (3.78, 125 ERA+)

114 comments:

allan said...

The Blue Jays have fired GM J.P. Ricciardi.

Rob said...

Sucks to be him.

A Conformer said...

The Blue Jays have fired GM J.P. Ricciardi.

Oh my GOD! Never in a million years would I have expected this...

Seriously, though, I wonder what the point is of doing this 2 days before the season ends. Why not wait till after the last game?

laura k said...

Seriously, though, I wonder what the point is of doing this 2 days before the season ends. Why not wait till after the last game?

Maybe the point is to humiliate him more.

There could also be a contract clause about some incentive bonus he gets if he's employed for the full season - that now they don't have to pay.

I wondered this about Eric Wedge - fired with 5 games left to play - while the FO lets all their best players sign with other teams, over so many years.

allan said...

1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Jason Bay, LF
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Jed Lowrie, SS
8. Brian Anderson, RF
9. Joey Gathright, CF

nick said...

I trust the iphone users here will rush right out and buy "Derek Jeter Real Baseball" lickety-split.

that's a licensing deal for ya. No MLB content except for his name and mug plastered on the game. sa-weet! Now if we could just have an in-game Youk wipe his brow between every pitch that'd be awesome.

laura k said...

The oatmeal is missing my favourite flavour!

Maxwell Horse said...

Damnit, they switched over to hockey on my antiquated version of NESN. I think I'm missing tonight's game.

allan said...

Twins about to be only 0.5 GB!

KCR: 000 000 13
MIN: 000 004 01


7 PM
CWS:
DET:

allan said...

KCR: 000 000 130 - 4 7 0
MIN: 000 004 01x - 5 8 0

Pressure is on Deee-troit.

allan said...

I cannot believe -- seriously, cannot fathom, like trying to understand infinity -- that the Jays still owe Vernon Wells $108 million.

That contract was one of the worst in baseball history before the ink was dry.

laura k said...

I cannot believe -- seriously, cannot fathom, like trying to understand infinity -- that the Jays still owe Vernon Wells $108 million.

That contract was one of the worst in baseball history before the ink was dry.


And the Toronto sports media acts like it was a big shock that the deal didn't work out! "No one could have forseen that one..."

How come I foresaw it right away?

laura k said...

Maxwell Horse, no radio or MLB audio?

laura k said...

Excuse me, but wtf is going on?

allan said...

keep leaving pitches out over the plate -- sounds like a plan.

allan said...

umm, josh, you're not planning on doing this in anaheim, are you?

allan said...

don clearly loves saying "valbuena"

laura k said...

Castig likes it too

laura k said...

Hey, it's a nice name.

allan said...

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

laura k said...

FUCK YEAH!!!!

nick said...

I concur.

nick said...

Are you both at work tonight?

laura k said...

Castig just referred to Ellsbury as if he just hit the dong.

laura k said...

Are you both at work tonight?

Yes, always on Saturdays.

nick said...

that's what I thought. just kind of funny to see you both on here and not much any else.

your signal wonky? mine keeps dropping to black and back.

nick said...

KKK took my baby away.

laura k said...

just kind of funny to see you both on here and not much any else.


At least we're not both home, that would be weirder!

I listen to MLB Audio at work.

allan said...

... and i just got some work (right after the dong).

laura k said...

I've been working off and on the whole time. Boring "no rush" kind of work.

laura k said...

1-0 CWS in 2nd

laura k said...

Cut the shit Josh

nick said...

well, time for the double play and movin' on.

nick said...

double play. double play.

laura k said...

Papi half dong!

nick said...

I was going to say exactly that, Laura! yuppers. let 'em roll.

laura k said...

I just posted something to wmtc that Emma might like. You might like it too, but it's for Emma.

laura k said...

Bases loaded, no outs... Brian Anderson? Sure, why not.

laura k said...

Single, that works.

nick said...

man..they can't glove those balls. roling rolling rolling.

nick said...

looks cool. my interwebs are crawling today for video. emma's back tomorrow. we'll definitely watch it before we head off to the Harvest Festival.

nick said...

emma and I were discussing the math of the AL central. She was really into it. She'll get into almost anything if we talk about the math of it.

another balked in run on a dropped ball.

laura k said...

She'll get into almost anything if we talk about the math of it.

Wow, that's cool. Plus these days girls have a better chance of holding on to that.

laura k said...

Tied!

laura k said...

Canuckingle

nick said...

tie game!

laura k said...

I think we're on pace for a 7 hour game.

nick said...

like I was saying. somebody greased their gloves.

laura k said...

VMART GRAND SLAM!!!!!!!!

nick said...

not tied no more!

allan said...

BLUE LIGHT GRAND DONG!!!!!!!!!!

laura k said...

Extra EXTRA Mart!!!!

laura k said...

Shows you what bad defense does for you. He was out on the previous pitch.

laura k said...

batted around and still only 1 out

hey, that was v-mart's first GS

allan said...

22-minute wait

allan said...

PC

Laffey: 23-42
Beckett: 26-27

nick said...

3 Youk burritos for the price of 1. That'll give you the sweats.

laura k said...

You'd be lucky if that's all it gave you.

Unknown said...

Well, I see we have one hell of a game going on here.

laura k said...

DONG FOR A MAN WITHOUT A NICKNAME

nick said...

uh oh. they're gonna use up all their runs before the post-season. time to start fretting!

Unknown said...

Wow, Brian Anderson is actually looking like a decent player tonight.

SoSock said...

Wow, looks like we had a true Blue Light Special.

laura k said...

His first GS ever!

allan said...

TBR 3, MFY 0 (5)

laura k said...

We should play Cleveland more often.

allan said...

2 pitches, 2 outs

SoSock said...

Holy Shit. Did this game start on time? Hour and a half and just finishing the 3rd.
Of course, a 7 run inning will take a while. :)

laura k said...

It was Beckett too - check out his 1st.

allan said...

first pitch at 7:10 on my computer.

1:34 so far

nick said...

those were some bored looking fans and the camera stayed on them for a loong time. Also not digging the giant smudge on the camera shooting from behind home plate.

good play.

allan said...

DET at 1 and MIN at 2 tomorrow. So the earliest we'll know when we start the ALDS would be 6 PM-ish.

If they tie, a one-game playoff will be played at MIN on Tuesday afternoon.

laura k said...

If they tie, a one-game playoff will be played at MIN on Tuesday afternoon.

And we all know why it's not being played on Monday, right?

SoSock said...

So, Beckett's 1st was pretty stanky too, although he got out in better shape than it looks like he would have.
What? Around 20-25 pitches that inning?

allan said...

byrd up

allan said...

Beckett PC:

26-27-20 10

laura k said...

So, Beckett's 1st was pretty stanky too

1st & 2nd IIRC

SoSock said...

Wow - 73 thru 3. That's a pretty rough 1st 3 innings.
Hope the 4th is the start of a trend.

allan said...

prob beckett's last inning.

5-7-4-3-5, 98

allan said...

remy: gosling was in the minnesoder organization.

allan said...

ALDS Roster:

Kottaras on, Bowden off

laura k said...

seems like FY has walked a lot in this game

allan said...

Thrice.

SoSock said...

Not so crazy about J-Bay in the 2-hole.

laura k said...

Dusty Brown! (our dog Cody's favourite player)

SoSock said...

Wholesale changes.

laura k said...

CWS 4 - DET 0 / 7

laura k said...

OB announced him as "noted hurler Dusty Brown"

laura k said...

A, good thing you're not listening on radio right now...

allan said...

oh, why is that?

college sports? jeter? more anti-pedro garbage?

laura k said...

college sports

laura k said...

were they anti-pedro?

laura k said...

I'm getting ready to leave. Rain and wind and the all-night arts festival going on here. Should be a lovely trip home.

Don't blow this lead, Sox.

allan said...

mmlbtv stays with nesn:

remy: "i like byrdie, you know? it's like wakey."

don chuckles.

allan said...

were they anti-pedro?

just referring to the koufax silliness.

SoSock said...

Slow game, slow night

allan said...

A POUND FOR A BROWN!!!!!!!!

SoSock said...

How bout that?
A dirty, dusty home run.

allan said...

1st major league hit too!

Rob said...

I love it. This catcher strikes out his first batter before hitting his first dong. But there it is!

I've been watching the Bruins on the big TV. The ice is dirty!

Rob said...

Somebody get that ball.

SoSock said...

1st hit? Seriously?
Didn't catch that.

allan said...

I thought it was, and checked.

0-for-1 before today.

Flew out to RF in the 6th and then donged.

Unknown said...

WATER

allan said...

The water is dusty and Muddy!!!

Rob said...

After one of the worst days of my life (ranks in the top 10), I'm glad to see dirty ice and dirty water tonight.

allan said...

After one of the worst days of my life (ranks in the top 10)<

That sucks. I hope things improve.

Rob said...

Well that's the neat thing. I'm pretty sure it can only improve from here.

Starting with the games tonight!

SoSock said...

Sorry to hear that Ish. I've had about the roughest 3 weeks I think so far. Lot of just plain stuff popping up now.
Anniversary, High Holy Days, birthday, all in a row.
As you said, can only get better.

SoSock said...

So tonight it's - DUSTY water!

allan said...

White Sox 8, Tigers 0!

Detroit and Minnesota tied at 85-76 -- with 1 game to go!

SoSock said...

I forget. Who are the Twinkies playing?

allan said...

White Sox/Tigers at 1

Royals/Twins at 2

(Verlander goes for DET)

laura k said...

I missed the dusty dong - very cool.

Ish & SoSock, I'm sorry you're having rough times. Here's to a happy October for all of us.