Blue Jays - 040 020 000 - 6 8 2After Victor Martinez drove in two quick runs in the first -- Lewis had thrown only nine pitches -- Lackey allowed the first six batters to reach in the second. Then Boston sent ten men to the plate in the home half of the second, six of whom walked (including four of the first five and five of the first seven).
Red Sox - 241 000 00x - 7 8 1
A two-run dong by Jose Bautista in the fifth brought Toronto to within one, but the Sox pitchers allowed only one baserunner after that. Lackey (6-8-6-3-6, 95) retired the next four, Hideki Okajima pitched a perfect seventh, Daniel Bard issued a one-out walk in the eighth, and Jonathan Papelbon kept the ball in the infield for a 1-2-3 ninth.
More good news: The Tigers beat the Yankees 5-4 and the Angels beat the Rays 5-4 in 11 innings.
Lackey has pitched seven innings in each of his last three starts, allowing 3, 3 and 1 runs. ... Boston is 2.5 GB the third-place Jays. Both teams are 12-8 over their last 20 games.Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, C
Youkilis, 1B
Drew, RF
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Hermida, LF
McDonald, CF
Buster Olney, in yesterday's ESPN Insider column: "I'd be stunned if Ortiz finishes the month on the Boston roster." I no longer subscribe to Insider, so I don't know if Olney offered any reason/anonymous source/etc. ... Flo is hitting .286/.333/.762 this month, with 3 taters.
Red Sox team totals, AL ranking among 14 teams:
Batting:Mike Cameron begins a rehab assignment tonight as Pawtucket's DH. He will play center field tomorrow and meet with Sox staff on Wednesday.
1st in H, 2nd in SLG, 3rd in RS & OBP, 4th in BB
Pitching:
14th in RA, 13th in HR, 12th in H, 10th in BB & WHIP
My body feels good. It's been responding to back-to-back days of constant pounding. Other than like general soreness, I've got to let it go. ... I need to go see where I'm at ... I just have to be brutally honest with myself and brutally honest with the staff.Adrian Beltre wore non-prescription glasses last night to protect his eyes from the cold (47 degrees) and wind (20 mph to RF).
My eyes are really sensitive, and every time it's windy, I can't see. ... It was the first time I've ever worn them. Ever. I've had them for many years ... but I never had the guts to use them ... I'll probably use them more often.That's amazing. Never had the guts? I was initially embarrassed to wear my glasses to school back in 6th or 7th grade, but why would a 13-year MLB vet (who plays at the "hot corner") be hesitant to make sure his vision was not blurry during games? Is protecting your eyes against something as innocuous as wind unmanly?
Only two other AL games today: Yankees/Tigers and Rays/Angels.
Here is something that's a tad fucked up:
ReplyDeleteLaura asked a question on her blog recently (more musing "out loud" than anything) and someone from Citizenship and Immigration Canada called my work number and left a message answering her question. She had not contacted CIC in any way.
Four-eyes, four-eyes! What a frippin wimp that Beltre is!
ReplyDeleteIf I were his manager, I'd insist he wear them, so he could, like, make plays and maybe hit the ball....
Those CIC guys--no flies on them, eh? Semper vigilis!
ReplyDeleteThis is all that the Olney column mentioned regarding Ortiz. No sources are listed regarding Ortiz's status, it seems to just be based on personal opinion and reaction of others. If Flo keeps up the recent current pace (May), I don't think they'd cut him or move him. Here's hoping:
ReplyDelete"Sox making tough front-office decisions easier
The Boston Red Sox are 1-8 against the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays, after getting blasted on Saturday, and now are seven games behind New York and 7½ behind Tampa Bay in the American League East. It's way too early to say that they are done, but they are certainly in deep, and the terrible start could make it easier to make some tough decisions. If David Ortiz were hitting under .200 and the Red Sox were hanging in the race, well, releasing him would be a tough call. Demoting Tim Wakefield into the bullpen would also be a tough call. But now GM Theo Epstein can act aggressively, and rightly, with an eye on the big picture -- 2011 and beyond.
In a weird way, Boston's problems are liberating for the Red Sox front office. Epstein can make moves, such as the pursuit of Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, aimed to improve the Red Sox for now, but also to reconstruct the team for next year. Look, the Yankees took a step back in 2008, refusing to swap prospects in order to save what was a lost season, and keeping Phil Hughes turned out to be the smart play, and similarly, Boston should not overreact and spend resources on moves that will only help in 2010.
I'd be stunned if Ortiz finishes the month on the Boston roster.
Dan Shaughnessy calls mayday; The Red Sox are losing touch in the tough AL East, writes Scott Lauber; Ortiz's smile is no longer a sure thing, writes Harvey Araton."
it is amazing how Papi is a scapegoat and Beckett seems to get a free pass...
ReplyDeletePapi maybe struggling at times, but Beckett just seemed to give up..
It seems as though his don't fuck with me attitiude could wear thin...Not that he is going anywhere but a little humility could go a long way.
PA: Josh Beckett's next start will be on Friday in Detroit and not Wednesday against the Blue Jays. Tim Wakefield will start on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteLewis, LF
Hill, 2B
Lind, DH
Wells, CF
Overbay, 1B
Gonzalez, SS
Bautista, 3B
Buck, C
Snider, RF
Thanks, D.
ReplyDeletemaybe Beltre has the same feeling about wearing non-prescription glasses that he does about wearing a cup while playing the hot corner...that man is a catastrophic (at least to watch) waiting to happen! lol!
ReplyDeletemute or bleeding ears*?
ReplyDeletehmmm ...
*: buck martinez/pat tabler
k
ReplyDeletevan every in rf
ReplyDeletedrew late scratch?
drew out with vertigo...
ReplyDelete(or maybe being lazy and going to a hitchcock film festival?)
Bah, JD Drew is for the Birds!
ReplyDelete(eh heh)
And this is a start to a game I can get behind.
ReplyDelete2-0!!! victor is getting hot
ReplyDeleteEight pitches, two runs. Yeah yeah.
ReplyDeletewe will pound 'morrow tonight.
ReplyDeletebuck martinez: "the question with ORtiz is whether he will turn it on again or are we seeing the beginning of the end?"
ReplyDeletethe end is beginning just now???
tabler trying to "explain" the philosophy of the red sox FO ....
ReplyDeleteand that is my limit.
mfy down 2-0 in the bot 1st in det
ReplyDeleteTigers over Yanks 2-0 after one inning.
ReplyDeleteseabass has 10 dingers!
ReplyDeleteand a .300 OBP
11?
ReplyDeleteumps will review seabass's dong ...
ReplyDeletewow - it looks like it hit the exact edge of the wall, where the vertical wall becomes the little shelf.
ReplyDeletecould go either way.
nope - the edge video now looks like it got the back of the shelf.
ReplyDeletebuck martinez cannot see it. he was saying ledge and i agreed, but a third viewing shows it hitting back of shelf. but buck doesn't see it this time.
correct call = 2-2 tie
umps rule double - i think that is wrong.
ReplyDeleteso take advantage of the gift, pls
ReplyDelete...
loading the bases is not the way to do it, tho
Tigers hold off Yankee threat -- still 2-0 mid 2nd.
ReplyDeleteoy.
ReplyDeleteThere seem to be lots of bad hops down at third base lately, huh?
ReplyDeleteSeems like a strange inning for Lackey. Walks, two ground rule doubles. Still no outs.
ReplyDeletesnakes
ReplyDeleteUch, not looking good.
ReplyDeleteFUCK WHAT THE FUCK -- WE NEEDED THAT RALLY KILLER!!!!!! FUCKIN UMPS
ReplyDeleteWell this fell apart quickly.
ReplyDelete...and it's one of those "*Still* no outs" situations.
ReplyDeletejesus they are scoring too fast for me to keep up with my scorecard ....
ReplyDeletethat is a bad sign
Christ, he hurt or something?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I heard right, but did DO say the Jays scored 4 unanswered runs?
ReplyDeleteThey're not done "talking" no chance to answer yet.
well, that's one out.
ReplyDeleteThat's spooky about the CIC guy, Allan. What did you say?
ReplyDeleteAnd I was in 7th grade when glasses were prescribed, and it took me until after college to admit that I needed to wear them all the time, not just to drive and watch TV. But I was not trying to play baseball.
I wondered what he meant by "unanswered" also.
ReplyDeletei got a voice mail. laura talked to someone (the same woman i think) today.
ReplyDeletewas FY even near the bag on that FC?
Nice play by Scutaro there. Two down.
ReplyDeleteemma is practically begging for one more strike.
ReplyDelete"please, please an out".
"yes!"
she seems very attached to this game.
Three unanswered outs! Yay!
ReplyDeleteemma is practically begging for one more strike.
ReplyDeleteshe seems very attached to this game.
has she had dinner?
Detroit 3, MFY 0, bottom 2
ReplyDeleteignore the troll pls
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ReplyDeletethere ya go, zen.
ReplyDeleteNo. no dinner 'til the games over! hmm... wonder if there's a connection.
RS - sorry, shouldn't have mentioned it.
ReplyDeletewe decided to experiment with frozen yogurt by taking individual yogurts and freezing them.
ReplyDeleteTurns out they're frozen. As they thaw, we're discovering it's yogurt, but y'know frozen.
feel free to repost your wells comment without the other stuff and i'll wipe it out
ReplyDeleteI like how Heidi is saying Morrow has "turned it on in his last four starts" just after Morrow airmails one to the backstop for ball four. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteIs vertigo a long term problem? In other words, will Drew be out long term or is this a day to day kinda thing?
ReplyDeleteNick, I have wondered about that and freezing yogurt. Thanks for saving me the trouble.
ReplyDeleteThe rare conditions that cause long-term vertigo make one's life pretty hellish. I'm sure Drew's problems are temporary.
ReplyDeletei'll delete this later but
ReplyDeleteBR: calling me a "huge fag" is not banter. you crossed the line many times last year and this season.
he has suffered from it bfore.
ReplyDeleteNever ever called you a huge fag...may have talked shit about the Sox, never did that....
ReplyDeleteHopefully Drew recovers quickly.
ReplyDeleteWe're less than two innings through this game and there have already been six walks.
should i post a link to the screenshot jpg i took?
ReplyDeleteSeven
ReplyDeletered sox going on a collective evening stroll.
ReplyDeletei think i will.
ReplyDeletemod is back on though.
Come on FY. Take care of business.
ReplyDeleteIs the strike zone very small today or are both pitchers having some control issues?
ReplyDeleteswing the bats, you bums!!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Amy, it's a bit underwhelming. Not that I was expecting magic, but still. It's OK, just not great.
ReplyDeleteBall 3...
When I was a kid, one of my dad's favorite desserts was frozen grape juice boxes.. you shave off the top. tasty stuffs.
Ball 4!
Eight total walks, five by Morrow, four in just this inning. Credit the Sox with taking some pitches.
ReplyDeleteMorrow has used 49 pitches to get four outs.
Amy - I think the strikezone isn't the issue. Both pitchers have had severe control problems in this inning.
ReplyDelete2 strikes. he might actually have to swing that lump of wood.
ReplyDeleteI was some RBIs here.
ReplyDeletewheeeeeeeee
ReplyDeleteI was about to curse that double play...
ReplyDeleteErron Hill
ReplyDeleteNow that was fortunate!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the answer, Mattymatty.
ReplyDeleteYEAH!
ReplyDeleteAnother gift from Aaron Hill on defense.
Nick, I was already cursing it.
ReplyDeleteRS - living in Toronto, do you take extra enjoyment in beating the Jays?
ReplyDeleteyes.
ReplyDeleteyes, i do.
i cannot wait until we pass these shitheads in the standings. at least tampa and nyy are good teams.
ReplyDeletedoes buck martinez gets an extra $5 every time he says "fisted"? it's been 4-6 times tonight.
ReplyDeleteMorrow living off the charity of the hp ump right now.
ReplyDeleteThe air of cursed breath was nearly out my lips when ripped back with a gasp.
ReplyDeleteGrant Ballfour.
start burning that pen now cito -- or let morrow walk 4 or 5 more guys!!!
ReplyDeleteYES!!! Love when Papi gets an RBI.
ReplyDeletefuck yeah!
ReplyDeleteflo with the first hit of the inning!!!!
A little help?
ReplyDeleteMy son and I are headed to Chicago in June. He is going to see MGMT in concert and I wouldn't let my 17 year old go to Chicago alone. "What could go wrong" he said. Anyway, I'm going to a Cubs game on a Friday afternoon. Any suggestions of where I should sit? I will be by myself.
Morrow probably wondering why the hell they hadn't pulled him yet.
ReplyDeletethere they go.
What is the gap between Toronto and the Sox? 3 games still?
ReplyDeleteBig Papi!!
ReplyDeleteGotta like the four run inning to answer the four run inning.
The bad news? Lackey gave up four in the top of the second.
ReplyDeleteThe good news? Morrow is out of the game after 1.2 innings.
Never ever called you a huge fag...may have talked shit about the Sox, never did that....
ReplyDeleteYou are a lying, homophobic asshole.
Case closed.
Did they take Morrow out or did he just change his uniform?
ReplyDeletesee... not you. I don't know who this Alan dude is.
ReplyDeletefunny - once i mentioned the screen shot, he has not tried to post anything.
ReplyDeleteWe changed the channel during the commercial. Revenge of the Sith is on. I've never seen in. Holy moly the acting is bad! I walked out of Episode I after a few minutes of Jar-Jar Binks and couldn't take my memory of the original trilogy being tarnished anymore. This one isn't helping.
ReplyDeleteNick - The acting and scripts in all of the pre-quels are just awful. I really wanted to like them, but I just couldn't.
ReplyDeleteMy, my. What wild stuff goes on while I'm walking home.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe we have four hits but six runs.
ReplyDeleteThe Jays are really trying to lose this one. We'd better take 'em up on it.
ReplyDeleteWow, 6 walks in an inning? Now an error to boot. These guys are not good are they?
ReplyDeleteD P!
ReplyDelete2 1/3 inngs in - 7 outs and 7 walks. Plus 2 errors. Oy
ReplyDeleteAnnakin was just emotionally expressing his turn to the dark side. Geez. The "Waiting for Guffman" community theater group would be better. Just shameful. I will relish the geekery of my youth. Go Tron!
ReplyDeleteI think the problem with a lot of big-budget special-effects moviemaking is that they plan the set pieces out first. Then they try to fine tune character and story around that. The director and stars of the first Iron Man said so plainly. They said they had to go through many shooting iterations of the characters actually interacting until they got it right, but I don't think Lucas left room for that.
ReplyDeletePlus, there's a reason he hadn't directed since Star Wars.
But fuck all that, I want more runs. Youk?
I have to say - I think the 1st 3 Star Wars movies were every bit as good as the next 3 are bad. I liked them so much that I could watch the next 3 just to follow the story. Unfortunately they didn't even do a good job fo filling in the storyline. I couldn't sit through any of those 3 again. The 1st 3 however.....
ReplyDeletePer GDGD those looked like 3 good pitches to hit. Tis a shame he didn't
ReplyDeletewe saw the jarjar movie in the midst of a hellacious blackout in our nyc neighborhood. after 2+ days of no electricity, the subways started working again.
ReplyDeletewe (we had two friends from london staying with us...) went down to the upper west side to see the movie, knowing the theater would be nice and chilly with AC. coming out of the subway i remember being surprised by the working traffic lights. they actually looked foreign!
the movie sucked, but the theater was cold -- and that was far far more important.
p.s. fuck con edison. fuck 'em hard.
"fo"? So I'm going dyslexic now?
ReplyDeleteYOOOOUK! Nice pick at first.
ReplyDeleteScut-err-o
ReplyDeleteI guess this is just gonna be one of those games...
ReplyDeletetabler might be the worst color guy around. first he says during a replay that hill hit yook running by him, then says yook landed funny on his right ankle.
ReplyDeleteno contact and he landed on his left foot.
however he did teach me tonight that the way a pitcher can go deep into a game is to throw as few pitches as possible as you go. be economical! he repeated it 3 times. i'll never forget it.
desire for air conditioning will allow one to forgive (at least temporarily) many things.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone else noticed that Victor lobs the ball back to Lackey , but rifles it back to Lester.......And is the Beckett bump more of a Varitek thing or a Beckett thing?
ReplyDeleteWait - so to get my starting pitchers to last longer in the game, they just have to throw fewer pitches like each inning? That's all? Genius!
ReplyDeleteMy Little League team might never lose another game
i don't know why no one thought of it before. suck on that, bill james!
ReplyDeleteDamon solo HR. DET 4, NYY2.
ReplyDeletewhy can't we get hitters like that?
ReplyDeletebedtime for bonzo. be back in an hour for the 6th.
ReplyDeleteredsock said...
ReplyDeletewhy can't we get hitters like that?
The yankees as well....imagine giving that mope Nick Johnson the spot over Damon
Gotta get - there's a cold beer or 4 waiting at the bar and the boys in the band are probably firing up as we speak. Really wanted to see a couple more runs ere I parted.
ReplyDeleteLooking for dirty water when I return!
2 pitches? - 2 outs
ReplyDeleteDarnell McDonald's OPS...
ReplyDeletevs Left-handers: 1.323
vs Right-Handers: .516
All stats 2010. This is before his 0-3 tonight. This just in, dude can't hit right handers.
fuck
ReplyDeleteLackey is lacking today. By the looks, he's got a case of the becketts.
ReplyDeleteGoddamn son of a bitch!
ReplyDeleteNext Sports Illustrated cover:
ReplyDelete"Seabass. Unstoppable."
jeemer up
ReplyDeletelackey at 88 thru 5
ReplyDeletenow 91 thru 5.2!
ReplyDelete3 pitches, 3 outs. Come on, here we go!
ReplyDeleteso i wanna see some of fallon's exile-related show tonight -- i don't even know if we get it up here -- i also assume it is usually unwatchably bad.
ReplyDeleteBruins gagged to a 4-0 loss, game 6 on wed.
ReplyDeletejeemer in
ReplyDeleteand 1 down!
everyday daniel bard up
ReplyDeleteL is home, says hi.
ReplyDeleteAfter a crazy first couple of innings we've kinda settled in a bit.
ReplyDeleteDetroit's up 5-2, b7.
Hi JOS!
ReplyDeleteBeen super absent due to ridiculous work and Bruins watching.
After that stinker tonight, time to watch some sweet Jays domination by the sox.
I think Bard should grow a ZZ Top beard.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that exile link btw, should be on NBC for us, A...I'm going to tape it and watch tomorrow - past my new bed time!
ReplyDeleteEleventh total walk of the game there.
ReplyDeleteNice play, JVE!
ReplyDeleteThat's it, Menino's toast:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/10/AR2010051003802.html
Why, oh why, can't we get a shortstop like Seabass?
ReplyDeleteYankees closing the gap with Detroit, 5-4
ReplyDeleteSo if Wake is starting, who's out of the rotation?
ReplyDeleteokay amy - do a shot of vodka - it's bot time.
ReplyDeleteOK, good, Allan, I was afraid I was alone.
ReplyDeleteIs no one here providing me with support while Papelbon pitches?
ReplyDeletesasahe to lewis!
ReplyDeleteJeeze/
ReplyDeletefah. having faith but that one scared me.
ReplyDeleteJust one more....
ReplyDeleteI'll take that!
ReplyDeletefuck thuuu jays.
ReplyDeleteThe water is Muddy!!!
OK, my confidence in Pap is rebuilding.
ReplyDeleteDIRTY WATER.
Now if the Yankees and Rays lose tonight, it would be very sweet.
I showed up just in time to trample through everyone's dirty water! Hello and goodbye, all!
ReplyDeleteMFY: 002 000 020 - 4 8 1
ReplyDeleteDET: 210 010 10x - 5 8 1
FKR: 00
LAA: 1
BTW, those four "unanswered" runs were answered that same inning.
ReplyDeleteOMG - what a fuckin meltdown by the LAAAAAA.
ReplyDeleteUp 4-1 going into the top of the 9th, but fuentes gives up a dong to aybar, but with two outs there's a guy on first when he walks zobrist, then eva doubles two runs in to tie it, pena gets hit, there's a wild pitch, then a third out.
angels better win this fucker.
wheeler in for the fkr.
ReplyDeletekendrick, napoli, wood.
FKR: 000 000 013
ReplyDeleteLAA: 101 200 00
LAA goes 3-1, K, 5-3. Dicks.
ReplyDeleteAnd so to bed.
"Is protecting your eyes against something as innocuous as wind unmanly?"
ReplyDeleteWell the wind is such a female thing you know, the cradle of life... But wait a minute! The wind is like a spear, a projected force - so it's a masculine symbol. So now I don't know what to say. 'He got cuckold by the wind, what a wimp'? Or, 'He got bitch slapped by the wind, what a man!' Standing up to the wind and all.
On Rogers Broadcast tonight Buck Martinez was pronouncing his name with an accent on it's french root, Bel-Tre. Buck is anal and as well studied as anyone, he never gets anything wrong. He likely talked to Adrian and got the pronunciation.
So... because of that the wind is definitely male and Beltre is therefore an effeminate 3B. Just like Stephen Colbert. :)
P.S. Wondering also in what century the first gay baseball player is going to 'come out' and why it hasn't happened already. MLB is worse than the friggin' army that way.
Also, I understand they don't grow up until *after* their careers are over - or their hair goes gray, then they *have* to.)
Michael Holloway
Way cool. Saw the Yankkees lose at the bar. Saw the ticker score that said the Sox held on. Came home and was going to watch the FKR lose but fell asleep. At least they did anyway. Gaining ground.
ReplyDeleteAnd I heard great music while all this was going on.
Good day all around!
2 days
ReplyDelete2 wins
2 games closer to 1st
Cool Standings is not playing along: playoff chances are up only from 4.3% to 6.9%.
Buck is anal and as well studied as anyone, he never gets anything wrong. He likely talked to Adrian and got the pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteDid he also have a chat with David OR-tiz?
***
I have issues with Orsillo/Remy (and can't stand our radio guys), but I truly feel sorry for any serious Jays fan saddled with Martinez/Tabler. Good god: Tabler -- Jays fans would get better analysis from a bowl of poutine.