Red Sox - 010 001 110 0 - 4 8 2
Orioles - 200 100 010 1 - 5 9 0
Lackey (7-10-3-2-3, 111) beat the Birds last Saturday, while Hernandez (5-4-3-3-1, 97) took a ND at Fenway on Sunday.Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, C
Youkilis, 1B
Drew, RF
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Hermida, LF
McDonald, CF
The Red Sox have won seven of their last nine games. ... What spot in the batting order has the best on-base percentage so far this year? #8. And the worst? #3. (Interesting lineup optimization post here.)
Jones, CF
ReplyDeleteMarkakis, RF
Wieters, C
Tejada, 3B
Scott, LF
Wigginton, 2B
Hughes, DH
Atkins, 1B
Izturis, SS
According to The Book, the optimal lineup probably looks something like this:
ReplyDelete1. Pedroia
2. Drew
3. Ortiz/Lowell (assuming Ortiz isn't completely toast)
4. Youkilis
5. Martinez
6. Ellsbury
7. Cameron
8. Beltre
9. Scutaro
#3 and #6 could possibly be swapped.
Crap. MASN. Guess it's MLB audio to the rescue.
ReplyDeleteLet's fuuuuck!
ReplyDeletewouldn't mind seeing that lineup for a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteA OTT inning for a crappy pitcher on the worst team in baseball. WE'RE DOOOOOOOMED!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBad lineup, Tito -- read THE BOOK!!!
ReplyDeleteBad lineup, Tito -- read THE BOOK!!!
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, this terrible lineup probably cost us 0.005 of a win.
Lackey...you suck.
ReplyDeleteget yer head out of yer ass, lackey.
ReplyDeleteSee? Doomed.
ReplyDeletelackey is keeping his pitch count down at least.
ReplyDeletefirst time seeing the pitch count in the info bar -- i love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat, something on NESN?
ReplyDeletenow they need a clock measuring how long of a wait the opposing pitch has until he gets back out to the mound ...
ReplyDeleteYeah! I love strike-em-out throw-em-out DPs.
ReplyDeleteCS -- even with a double pump?
ReplyDeletenow they need a clock measuring how long of a wait the opposing pitch has until he gets back out to the mound ...
ReplyDeleteThey have that, his name is Don Orsillo.
Okay, husband's out of town on business, son's out playing golf (I think). It's just me and the dog. So I'm thinking I'll have a chance to watch and thread tonight. I just got home from work, listened to the top of the first in the car. Come in between innings and before I can get upstairs, let the dog out, and turn the TV on it's 1-0 with 2 on. WTF?
ReplyDeleteCome on Lackey.
YAY! Caught stealing.
Consolation = the White Sox have scored three vs. Petite and are still going.
ReplyDeleteCS -- even with a double pump?
ReplyDeleteWell, you have to employ a rather liberal definition of the word "caught" here, but yes.
ON FIRE
ReplyDeleteJ.D.ong
ReplyDeleteFIRE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNice "catch" by the Yankee fan in the stands.
ReplyDeleteOooh, Firey.
ReplyDeleteJ.D.ong, I love it.
ReplyDeleteI think I got it from Edward
ReplyDeleteLOL throwing Ortiz a 3-1 slider.
ReplyDeleteThat dong would have tied the game if he truly cared about winning. :<(
ReplyDeleteLots of WTFs (warning track flies)
ReplyDeleteFKR up 1-0 in the 2nd in KC
ReplyDeleteIf Joe shops at Shaws I'll eat my sock
ReplyDeleteYou can bet Joe shops at Shaw's - most likely for free. Announcers lives are full of freebies.
ReplyDeletenevermind...
ReplyDeleteThey're talking about crab cakes and hardshelled crabs, making me hungry.
ReplyDeleteI'm 8 days younger than Adam Jones.
ReplyDeleteon mlb.com they say games on mlb.tv are in Hi-Def....do I need a Hi-Def computer monitor to get that?
ReplyDeleteL-girl said...
ReplyDeleteThey're talking about crab cakes and hardshelled crabs, making me hungry.
I am not really fond of seafood , but i like me some crabcakes..
Lackey got himself straightened out or what.
ReplyDeleteHey Allan, I wonder if anyone is buying your book at the Babe Ruth Museum this weekend. They're your most consistent order. (Orderer?)
ReplyDeleteL-girl said...
ReplyDelete(Orderer?)
Customer?
I'm 16 days older than Sam Horn.
ReplyDeleteCustomer! There you go.
ReplyDeleteI wrote so much today, I must be all out of words. Thanks. :)
No MLB player was born on the same day I was.
ReplyDeleteI'm 53 days younger than Don Mattingly.
ReplyDeleteL-girl said...
ReplyDeleteI wrote so much today, I must be all out of words. Thanks. :)
I am here to edumacate....
None on my birthday either.
ReplyDeleteCastig talking about Babe Ruth's young life, and amazingly, everything he said was right.
ReplyDeleteI am here to edumacate....
ReplyDeleteI did a lot of journamalism today.
Andrew Lorraine
ReplyDeleteThat guy was born on B-day , and we are both left handed........crazy, right
I got Jose Contreras and Adam Hydzu born on my birthdate.
ReplyDeleteOB doesn't know if it's good or bad to take a lot of pitches.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Lorraine, girls team
ReplyDeleteThe other night at Skydome I wanted to tell someone that Dana Eveland is on my girls team, twice. But it was too hard to explain to a marginal baseball fan, the whole "All ____" team thing, then the women's names... I needed to thread!
ReplyDeleteTake bad ones, swing at some of the good ones. Collect $.
ReplyDeleteThis just in: Ortiz couldn't hit the fastball!
ReplyDeleteI was born on Tim McCarver's 22nd birthday.
ReplyDeleteI am almost certain that he never met my mother.
Alexi Casilla was born exactly one year before L and I met. This is his 5th year in MLB.
ReplyDeleteTim Allen, the Olsen Twins, and me. Don't think about that too much.
ReplyDeleteBeltrE
5 E's on Beltre for the year.
ReplyDeleteOuch.
outs pls
ReplyDeleteTriple play?
ReplyDeletethat was close. K?
ReplyDeleteEddie Izzard in Toronto tonight.
ReplyDeleteeasy as 1-2-3!
ReplyDelete2/3 of a triple play
ReplyDeleteYes. Just one more out.
ReplyDeleteAnd getting the first one at home is nice.
ReplyDeleteSquander
ReplyDeleteLook, other teams squander too!
ReplyDeleteCWS: 310 0
ReplyDeleteMFY: 200 0
KCR: 000 00
FKR: 010 00
"hernandez, who had a 19 minute wait"
ReplyDeletedon: "that didn't work out at all!"
ReplyDeleteScutaro SASAHE
ReplyDeleteNo, Don, it did not.
ReplyDeleteOTT
ReplyDeleteFUCK YEAH DONG
ReplyDeleteFY!!!
ReplyDeletei have left to go get water or tea twice tonight. and both times, the sox hit a dong (and i missed it). hmmm.....
ReplyDeleteDrink more.
ReplyDeletevictor had K'd, now on first!!
ReplyDeletemaybe hernandez will get distracted.
Laura,
ReplyDeleteI saw your post about the Buckminster the other night. We have thought about staying there. We usually stay at the Hotel Commonwealth because of location, but it's crazy expensive.
Do you recommend the Buckminster? It's about half the price of HC.
Drink more
ReplyDeleteThat's what I have saying for the last 24 years!
That's what I have saying for the last 24 years!
ReplyDeleteOpen goal.
Mrs G, I do recommend it, but it depends what your standards are and what you're looking for. We wanted just a clean, basic, non-scary room. Money is very tight for us right now, so price is a big consideration. So with that in mind, we were very pleased.
ReplyDeleteIt's not posh at all, and low on amenities. But the room was fine, the location is great and the price was terrific.
You already have location at the Commonwealth. We've stayed a couple of times at the Copley Plaza, which was very nice, but for the price difference, I'd go with the Buckminster again.
Thanks L. Clean and non-scary are good criteria. I think we'll stay there next time. We have become spoiled being at the Commonwealth and just walking to Fenway. We don't want to stay further away. And the views of the park from the hotel rooms are amazing. But it's getting harder to justify spending that much for a bed. We will definitely try the Buckminster.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
buckminster is a 5-minute walk from fenway -- and sosock (last year for jos1) had a view of the monster seats out his window!
ReplyDeletewe need more than solo dongs to win this one, me thinks.
plus the white sox planned part of the 1919 ws fix there during a september series against the red sox!
ReplyDeleteOh fuck. They're calling it a DP b/c of interference. They get away with that ridiculous throw to 1st.
ReplyDeleteBAD BAD call.
ReplyDeleteA, the Commonwealth is where we saw Fisk being interviewed last year in the sidewalk cafe.
ReplyDeletebeltre also slid very late, like passed the bag, watch his ass hit the ground hard passed the base -- with the hand grab, out looks like the right call
ReplyDeleteyeah, maybe a good call. I didn't see the hand grab the first time around. Still, that never gets called.
ReplyDeletePalmer (yes I have to listen to MASN) seemed to think it was questionable.
If you don't need luxury and want to have a decent budget room, I think you'll be satisfied. There's no restaurant or bar, but there's no shortage of those in the area.
ReplyDeleteOur only complaint was that they said there was wireless internet in the rooms and there was not. I can live without, but it would be nice to know in advance.
i'd call it more on the slide than the hand, i think.
ReplyDeleteOK, opportunity here...
ReplyDeletewhy are remy and don saying nothing about the slide????
ReplyDeleteplus the white sox planned part of the 1919 ws fix there during a september series against the red sox!
ReplyDeleteReally? That's very cool.
Mrs G, you don't have MLB Audio? $15 for the whole season and you don't have to listen to those clowns.
ReplyDeleteI have MASN on TV, too, but I'm using Red Sox radio for sound.
very piss poor job by remy and orsillo. choosing to ignore the most obvious part of the play.
ReplyDeleteno way in hell they believe that was a legit slide, beltre started his awkward slide about 2 feet from the bag, and his ass plopped down hard like he was sliding down some stairs.
Re Buckminster & fix, Allan didn't recognize the name, but when we drove up to the hotel, he was like, THIS place? This is where the 1919 WS was fixed!
ReplyDeleteWow!
Uh oh, no wireless might kill it for the rest of the family. I think we'll survive though.
ReplyDeleteIt's not looking like we'll get up there as a family this summer. Money is tight everywhere. A trip to Boston is expensive, especially when you add in game tickets.
There is a chance I'll have a conference in Waltham and may be able to catch the Sunday Dodgers game. My son would come with me to tour Northeastern and Berklee School of Music. We'd stay in Waltham though.
LOVE THAT JOCKEY!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, tie game!!
ReplyDeleteWhere do you live, Mrs GoTribe?
ReplyDeleteI'll join you in a bit. My husband's on the phone.
ReplyDelete"21 minute wait for lackey"
ReplyDeletejeemer up
ReplyDeleteNot only can I see she's from Virginia, but I wrote GotRibe wrong.
ReplyDeleteGo figure, he's in Northern Virginia but not getting MASN. Although I don't know why he didn't get on MLB.
ReplyDeleteYes, we have MLB TV and can get the audio. I sometimes try to synch things up with Don & Remy or the radio but I just haven't done it tonight.
We live in Bridgewater, VA which is in the Shenandoah Valley (western part of the state).
Ha! Nice.
ReplyDeleteNice inning ender.
ReplyDeleteand tito steals another inning with lackey!
ReplyDeleteSome of the out of town announcers don't bother me, but Thorne... ugh.
ReplyDeleteand tito steals another inning with lackey!
ReplyDeleteRight, very cool.
My son just got home. He had a package waiting for him from Yawkey Way Store. Lots of good clearance items. He's pretty happy.
ReplyDeleteOB is obsessing on how many pitches JD has taken. He simply cannot get over it.
ReplyDeleteI AM THE GOD OF HELL FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteClearance items, you say. I wonder if anyone has a birthday coming up in, say, 6 weeks.
ReplyDeleteOMG J.D.ONG!!!!
Is that Ok Dave OBrien?? Do you see what patience does???? YOU MORON
ON FIRE!!
ReplyDeleteI swear OB is only grudingly admitting that maybe JD knows what he's doing. Two swings, two HRs.
ReplyDeletegrud^g^ingly
ReplyDeletejd should have swung at the first one and grounded out ... and then threw his helmet and cursed really loud!
ReplyDelete"Sometimes his immense patience can be infuriating."
ReplyDeleteDave, that's your problem. Not JD's.
A, you could listen to this broadcast and blog about this bit.
ReplyDeleteThat was sweet. We might just win with these solo shots.
ReplyDeleteLaura, you convinced me to get the audio. It's way behind though. I can't get the MLB TV because we're blacked out.
How about his immense dong?
ReplyDeleteFunny, I just made a note on my card about it....
ReplyDelete"Fire Dave O'Brien"?
ReplyDelete:>)
Orioles pitches fear Darnell McDonald obviously.
ReplyDeleteKirk's pitcher is in tribble -- I mean trouble!
ReplyDeleteLots of clearance items. Bay shirt for $5, Ortiz world series shirt for $5, and a DiceK jersey for $35!
ReplyDeleteHe's still talking about the number of pitches JD took!
The trouble with tribbles!
ReplyDeleteVery, very funny.
We need people to pick one announcer and listen every day and catalogue their (mis)statements. ... Though that might cause too many people to fly into homicidal rages.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there's a big delay. When I have the audio on, I end up listening more than watching - but I really enjoy that. I love baseball on the radio.
ReplyDeleteKirk's pitcher is in tribble -- I mean trouble!
LOL, rare Star Trek joke from you.
when did ob start talking about this re drew? just this inning? (unlikely, though, since drew looked at 4 pitches and K'd in the 6th)
ReplyDeletethere is always the infuriation factor in doing this ...
I agree, baseball is a sport meant for radio.
ReplyDeleteBARD.
ReplyDeleteVan Every
ReplyDeleteIs there a JOS nickname for him?
ReplyDeleteYOOOOK!!
ReplyDeleteyooooook!
ReplyDeletex 2
ReplyDeleteoh boy, tied again
ReplyDeletehe hit that well.
ReplyDeleteUgh.
ReplyDeleteNickname for who? Bard is Shakespeare.
ReplyDeletereally cranking up the noise machine at camden ...
ReplyDeleteNo, for Van Every
ReplyDeleteNo, not just this inning. IIRC, he started counting in Drew's 2nd AB. You could just listen to innings where Drew batted. You really should hear them all, to hear the progression in Obie's barely disguised annoyance. He said "I don't know if it's a good thing or not" but it was clear he meant not.
ReplyDeleteYou can also search for my comments in the thread - I said it earlier too.
fy
ReplyDeletevm
ky
jd
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Some ppl called him Everyman. But I don't know if he was around enough to have a real nick. No glossary mention, I see.
ReplyDeleteAnyone?
De todo
ReplyDelete"nina" simon(e) in for duh boids.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I'm glad I had MASN muted for that home run.
ReplyDeleteRays lost!
ReplyDeleteKCR: 000 000 102 - 3 6 0
FKR: 010 000 001 - 2 4 1
Last call for the White Sox
CWS: 310 000 00
MFY: 200 020 20
That's not very nice to Nina Simone.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm sure mute was very necessary right there.
Obie on it again, "...not taking the bat off his shoulder." Obsessed, I tells ya.
and that is how the anti-drew shit gets spread. fans too dumb to know any better.
ReplyDeletewould it be better if he swung and missed and struck out rather than looked at strike 3? do you get extra points for that?
maybe extra "OB" pts.
ReplyDeleteOB cannot understand OB (on base).
Tek coming in from the bullpen.
ReplyDeleteWhen you gonna give it to me, give it to me. Is it just a matter of time, Simona?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see On Fire hit another dong and shut OB up. (Not to mention probably win the game for us.)
ReplyDeletealright. drew is not having a good year so far. he leads the team with 24 k and has the 2nd worst OBP among the regs.
ReplyDelete2nd best OBP last year. 4th in K, 53 fewer than bay!
i would ask OB: why is hacking good?
wait - tek is pitching the 9th?!>!>
ReplyDeleteThere, satisfied, OB? Swing and miss.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY NOW, DAVE, YOU FUCKING IGNORANT ASSHOOLE???
ReplyDeleteit's time to become SUPERTIZ!
ReplyDeletePapi, be the Papi of old.
ReplyDeletechokers won.
ReplyDeleteI read that as SUPERTITZ.
ReplyDeletegot home in time to see it tied up again.
Here we go!
It doesn't look like the chokers are going to lose many this year.
ReplyDeleteSUPERTITZ, that's what I read also.
ReplyDeleteCrap, the Papi of now.
ReplyDeleteThe Ortiz of new.
ReplyDeleteSUPERTITZ was a bust.
ReplyDeleteToo early to tell about NYY. That must be true because I maintain it's too early to tell about us. :)
ReplyDeleteA bust, ha ha. You are so funny tonight.
ReplyDeleteramram in
ReplyDeleteLosses so far:
ReplyDeleteNYY - 8
BOS - 11
shrug.
fat albers up for bal.
ReplyDeleteYou're right A, that is worthy of only a shrug. Maybe I should have said the Rays aren't going to lose many, but come on...
ReplyDeleteI hear "Fat Albert" every time.
ReplyDeleteHey, hey, hey.
ReplyDeleteOn this current upswing of wins for the sox, emma's been pontificating on what a season would look like where the sox won every game. Not to burst her bubble, but it's statistically unlikely.
ReplyDeleteWe'd live at the 99 and I'd die of a broken stomach.
Nick, how old is Emma?
ReplyDeleteRamRam looking good lately.
ReplyDeleteraminator -- they can't lay off that slider!
ReplyDeleteThank you RamRam
ReplyDeleteEmma is a cool girl. I'd like to go another game with her.
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a great girl. Wasn't she keeping score at JoS1?
ReplyDeleteShe's 9. I like her. She's got a cold (which I just got over), but we went to the father/daughter dance at her school tonight. I scored a great deal on a dress at Macy's today (for her).
ReplyDeletejeem up again
ReplyDeletemdc up too
ReplyDeleteShe's a mathgeek and a bit of a taxonomy obsessive (like me--messy but fascinated by things in their places), so keeping score is appealing to her. I should learn the intricacies of it better. maybe we could do it at home.
ReplyDeletedamn!
ReplyDeletemillared it.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that she loves the Red Sox like you do. That's how I became such a big sports fan--being in front of the TV with my father and younger brothers on Sundays.
ReplyDeletei think she had second thoughts about keeping score. perhaps my using three different color pens scared her off.
ReplyDeleteMy son just got an app on his iPhone that keeps score. Not quite the same, though.
ReplyDelete