Red Sox - 010 131 030 - 9 13 0Recap: Things were very shitty.
Yankees - 510 010 004 - 11 13 0
Then they got better.
Then they got really good and there was much merriment.
Then they got very shitty again, very quickly.
The End.
Dear Red Sox: The season is almost one-quarter over. It's time to get your ass in gear.Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Drew, RF
Youkilis, 1B
Martinez, C
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Hermida, LF
McDonald, CF
Dice had one of his best starts in a Red Sox uniform against the Blue Jays on May 11 (7-3-1-0-9, 106). More like that, please.
Hughes (5-0, 1.38 ERA) is the first Yankees pitcher with five wins and a sub 1.50 ERA through his first six starts since "Bullet" Bob Turley in 1958. Hughes faced Boston back on May 7 (7-7-2-1-7, 101). His BABIP is an unsustainably-low .223.
Jacoby Ellsbury played for the PawSox today: 1-for-3 (single, walk, run). He will play the outfield for Portland tomorrow.
1939 - The first baseball game ever televised: Princeton's 2-1 victory over Columbia at the Baker Bowl is broadcast over W2XBS in New York City. The Times: "It is difficult to see how this sort of thing can catch the public fancy."
1945 - Every American League game is rained out for the fourth consecutive day.
1971 - Tommy McCraw of the Senators circles the bases for an inside-the-park home run when three Cleveland fielders (shortstop Jack Heidemann and outfielders Vada Pinson and John Lowenstein) collide while trying to catch his 140-foot pop-up.
1979 - On a windy day at Wrigley Field, the Phillies beat the Cubs 23-22 in 10 innings. Each starting pitcher lasts only 0.1 of an inning.
Victor down to #5.
ReplyDeleteJeter, SS
Gardner, CF
Teixeira, 1B
Rodriguez, 3B
Cano, 2B
Cervelli, C
Thames, RF
Winn, LF
Pena, 3B
The season is almost a quarter over? Wow, it doesn't seem possible. It's still cold outside!
ReplyDeletethis is game 39.
ReplyDelete40 x 4 = 160.
i am pretty sure my new little socks replacing the dfw circles = hot streak.
aerial shot of Yankee stadium:
ReplyDeleteEmma: "I can see why you guys call it the Toilet".
Go Team!
why isn't that girl on the thread?
ReplyDeleteGo Emma! She rocks.
ReplyDeleteOnly light threading for me. I'm transcribing this week, typing all friggin day, gotta save my fingers.
GO SOX
I like the little hanging sock divider.
ReplyDeletegroove a fastball - good idea
ReplyDeletenice start dice
ReplyDeleteOh, man, a hit already? Come on, Dice---I want to see you pitch well.
ReplyDeletenice start dice
ReplyDeletemy first "conflicting edits" of the year
ReplyDeleteOMG, WTF?
ReplyDeletePerhaps I can comment in all three letter acronyms tonight.
like
ReplyDeleteFUC KYO UDI CE!
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I'm in an interesting dilemma. I'm finishing up a paper in the lounge in my residence hall, and I am the only one here, so it's okay to put the TV on. The TV is all the way on the other side of the room, so I can't see it all that well; switching between the ESPN feed and the NESN feed, the picture on ESPN is better - but on the other hand, it's fucking ESPN.
ReplyDeleteWhat to do?
Nah, more like
ReplyDeleteFUD
YSB
tp pls
ReplyDeleteWho's doing the announcing on ESPN? If Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, it's not a tough call for me.
ReplyDeletedon't know re espn
ReplyDeletei thought OB which would be great, but no. espn has been on mute and i did not watch pre game
he is doing this so hughes has a long wait...
ReplyDeleteI think the DiceK who pitched last time was a clone, not the real DiceK. THIS is the real DiceK, I fear.
ReplyDeleteit's not miller/morgan. Sounds like dave o'brien, actually.
ReplyDeletei switched to NESN after dice loaded the bases. obviously, that will change the luck
we have sox radio - ob is on there
ReplyDeletebag of suck
ReplyDeleteThis is not going to be a fun night.
ReplyDeleteSo who do we have for long relief available now?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that is our first out. Yikes.
ReplyDeletewake up
ReplyDeleteWakefield
ReplyDeleteMorgan and Miller are Sunday nights only. There are lots of other ESPN guys, all loathesome, esp Sutcliffe.
ReplyDeleteBut no chance of Morgan/Miller on a Monday night.
It was the second out. They got that out at the plate. But it's the first out DiceK got.
ReplyDeletemorgan watch a baseball game on two straight nights? right .........
ReplyDeleteWell, at least that's something to be grateful for about Mondays.
ReplyDeletesee? long wait .......
ReplyDeleteThat was the out I meant, at the plate. My comment was just late posting.
ReplyDeleteGotcha. I am just grumbly here.
ReplyDeletewho has sound for that clev infielder clip?
ReplyDeleteIt blowed up real good.
ReplyDeletedumbo taught you well
ReplyDeleteWhy do people keep deleting the Red Sox lineup when I post it before games?
ReplyDeletebecause i have posted the lineup in the post around 4 or 4:30.
ReplyDeletethere's one
ReplyDelete"Red Sox start chipping away" -Don
ReplyDeleteHermeida you suck
ReplyDelete"People" can't delete comments. Allan is deleting your lineup comments.
ReplyDeleteOur much praised new defense does it again.
ReplyDeleteThis is hard to watch...yet, here we sit.
ReplyDelete2010 DVD: "Still, We Sit"
ReplyDeleteBTW, It's Aaron F'ing Boone on ESPN.
ReplyDeleteAaron Boone...much more hated (by me) than Bucky Dent or Bill Buchner.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
ReplyDeleteLast night my friends and I spent about an hour compiling a list of Top 10 most painful losses in Boston sports history.
There was pretty intense debate about Buckner vs. Boone, but no doubt about them being 1-a and 1-b.
Losing to the Yankees is always worse than losing to anyone else, even the Mets. So that's why Boone is the bigger evil for me.
ReplyDeletegah. been working on random technical ghosts that are screwing up the live broadcast of Stockbridge's annual town meeting. I can't get them resolved. crappy video ensues after an hour of that. The plus side is I haven't been watching the crap on NESN.
ReplyDeletePlus, I wasn't around for 1986, but it's hard to imagine a more likeable team than 2003.
ReplyDeleteAnd the way it all fell apart w/ Pedro and G***y L****e
Hard to imagine a more sucky defeat.
Not that we're gonna talk about this anymore.
Still, We Sit
ReplyDeleteha ha, funny
Aaron Boone. Terrible person. But not nearly as terrible as He Who I Will Not Name. At least Boone was just doing his job. Not giving the pennant away to the other team $%&?!#
True, true, about The Other.
ReplyDeleteThere can be no loss worse than 2003. No way, all context considered.
ReplyDeleteNot that we're gonna talk about it. :)
My vote is for the Boone homerun.
ReplyDelete1. It was the Yankees.
2. It was Game 7 vs. Game 6.
3. It was my son's first real interest in the Sox. He stayed up late for that game. Fortunately, his misery was short lived and 2003 was followed by some good years.
Plus 2003 came after 1986, meaning you've already lived through that, so it's more pile-up. Besides NYY, of course, as Amy says.
ReplyDeleteMrs G, 2003 took place on Allan's 40th birthday. :(
ReplyDeleteI never noticed that, I am never looking at the main page usually.
ReplyDeleteFor those inclined and slightly deranged enough, the list we settled upon was.
ReplyDelete1. Aaron Boone '03
2. Buckner '86
3. Super Bowl XLII
4. Bucky Dent '78
5. Pesky's "Held Ball" '46
6. B's @ Habs "Too Many Men on the Ice" '79
7. B's-Flyers "Too Many Men Part II," '10
8. Game 7, 1975 World Series
9. The Boston Massacre Yankees/Sox '79
10. Patriots-Raiders 1976 "Roughing"
What Red Sox moments would you put on the next tier?
What a bad topic of conversation! My apologies haha
Yuck.....
ReplyDeleteA quick comment on the EXCELLENT post by Laura. (I'm still on the bus, by the way)
I also used to watch almost every game, or at least the parts of them still going on when I got home from the little league field. I haven't been doing so this year, but not because they are not doing as well.
My life is different from what it was, and I'm a different person. I'm still a huge fan of baseball in general, and a die-hard Red Sox fan. They are the team whose roster I know, who I follow every night whether I watch the whole game or not, and whose success or lack of same affects my mood. But I'm not at home every night any more, in fact not very often. I'm watching if I'm here, I'm just nt here all that often. I do check this site almost as soon as I do get home, and usually make some late night comment only RS or LG will see.
I'm still a fan though, win or lose, and will not give up until we are mathmatically eliminated. I may accept that the odds are against us, but will still pull for the unexpected. As several have already mentioned, the unexpected happens all the time in baseball. That's a big part of why we love it!
Now, off to hear the band and watch the rest of the game on the big TV at the bar.
Manana!
Wow, that's a hell of a list, even with those other sports taking up space. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm going back to non-thread mode.
joe: #9 is also 78 not 79. i was at game 3 of that series....
ReplyDeletewhen the globe writers come out of the mgr's meeting around 4pm, they post the lineup to extra bases. that is usually when i put up the game post.
That's a lousy way to spend your 40th birthday, Allan.
ReplyDeletemost the day was great!
ReplyDeletenot so much for the last 45 minutes and into 10/17
STOPSHOWING BOONE IN THE BBOTH
ReplyDeleteSoSock, I hope you are out doing things you are enjoying! Good for you. Find whatever makes you happy.
ReplyDeleteThat is one painful list (though I admit that the non-baseball ones mean nothing to me). Are there no Celtics moments? There must be, no? (I wouldn't know; I do not like basketball at all.)
ReplyDeleteWhat was the Boston Massacre in 79? I don't remember that.
massacre - early sept 78
ReplyDeletep.s. zimmer must die.
we actually spent some time straining to find a Celtics moment to no avail. When you've won 500000213 (estimate) championships, I guess you haven't had many bad moments.
ReplyDeleteI don't care for basketball either. Or football. ALthough despite my personal feelings it's undeniable that in the wider scope of things, that Super Bowl is in the eighth circle of hell.
Was that the series the Yankees swept to erase the Red Sox lead, leading to the Bucky Dent game?
ReplyDeleteamy: yeah yeah yeah ... shut up
ReplyDeleteJoe, which Superbowl was that? I can't read Roman numerals. :) Seriously, what game was that? The numbers mean nothing to me.
ReplyDeleteI am not a serious fan of football, as per Laura's post, but I at least enjoy the games I do watch. I find basketball boring. Hockey also (sorry, Joe).
Wow, Allan, you should be impressed that I can remember something that long ago!
ReplyDeleteMartinez making Tek look better than even I would have expected.
ReplyDeleteit was 78. that is likely seared on your brain, like a wedding or child's birth or something.
ReplyDeleteLaser Show
ReplyDeleteQUADFUCKINGRAGULAR!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFLO!!!
ReplyDeletePapi of old.
PAPI DONG!!!
ReplyDeleteWe love you Papi! We always will :)
Had to lg back on long enough to say - PAPIIIIII!
ReplyDeleteCome in back, baby come on back.
DO: Do you want to suck today or should I?
ReplyDeleteVM: I'm thinking I'll suck today.
DO: Good. I'll go long then.
Papi!! Hey, there are some signs of improvement on the team.
ReplyDelete1978---it is seared in my memory. Graduated from law school, moved to a new apartment, started a new job.
And Bucky Dent.
Amy, the Super Bowl was the one in the '07-'08 season when the Patriots went 16-0 during the regular season, then lost the Super Bowl.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty ridiculous.
Red Sox fans have trouble remembering the year 1978??? Come on.
ReplyDeletetiz = good, but we need to pick up the pace of our chipping away ....
ReplyDeleteI had not read L's terrific post before stating, "yet, here we sit." And then Allan's "Still, We Sit."
ReplyDeleteIt all fits together very nicely.
Thanks, Joe. I do remember that, of course. I just don't know what Superbowl has what number. Wish they would just use dates, like baseball does! Can you imagine having to refer to a particular WS as WS LXIIV?
ReplyDeleteI'd imagine that, if the world exists past 2012, it's gonna get pretty silly to start roman-numeralling Super Bowl 84, etc.
ReplyDeleteAmy - thank you, I am. :) I have rediscovered my passion for all things music, I actually blew off my little league game Sat. to spend the day at a bluegrass/americana festival at the base of Pilot Mountain - beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOK, gotta go or my status as the band's unofficial sound guru will be jeopardized.
Only 4 more of those dongs and we have a new game!
what would be the longest SB number?
ReplyDelete33: XXXIII
83? LXXXIII
I think 83 would probably take the cake
ReplyDelete183
ReplyDeleteCLXXXIII, right?
Joe Grav,
ReplyDeleteI could tell you a very sad story about a college that had never been to the NCAA basketball tournament, went undefeated in their conference in 1983, and lost in the conference tournament final. Now, in 2010, they have still never been to the NCAA tourney.
But, I'll spare you. :)
well then I guess we could start getting silly and talking about super bowl MCMXLIII.
ReplyDeletei guess we'll stick with 83.
Mrs.GotRibe, is that a new england school?
ReplyDeletethey should just use I, II ...
ReplyDeleteSo 45 ...
SUPER BOWL IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
We're gonna need some fucking pitching.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's a Virginia school. But we beat a Boston school in the conference tournament this year.
ReplyDeleteRemember that old taunt---We need a pitcher, not a glass of water?
ReplyDeletepitcher of water? i honestly have never heard that until now.
ReplyDeleteYea, I always thought it was a belly itcher.
ReplyDeleteDon and Jerry sound more like Yankee announcers.
ReplyDeleteWe used to yell it at bad pitching at little league games. Not very sportsmanlike, I guess.
ReplyDeletei think a belly itcher might be an improvement tonight - or a belly dancer.
ReplyDeletethat was a strike.
ReplyDeleteHere comes our age difference. Amy posted what she was doing in 1978. I graduated high school and began university. Saw the Stones and lots of baseball. Same baseball Amy and Allan were watching, from a different perspective. And a lot of other fun stuff that is not appropriate in a family thread.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else?
I never heard of the belly itcher one, though it came up before mine on Google. There are a whole bunch of references to the glass of water one, so I guess it wasn't just my home town.
ReplyDeleteWe want a pitcher, not a glass of water. We said that all the time, too.
ReplyDeleteI never heard belly itcher. That's cute too.
In 1978 I was not quite around.
ReplyDeleteLaura, did you ever hear the glass of water taunt? Maybe it was a New York thing?
ReplyDeleteNever mind---you beat me to it! I bet it's one of those regional things. Where are you from, Mrs GotRibe?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how Joe would say where he was in 1978! :)
ReplyDeleteWe are very multi-gen here, I love that.
In 1978 I thought I was a grown up. Little did I know!
ReplyDeleteYou were a young grown-up.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of multi-generational awesomeness, L, I spoke with Mr. Ish today about Mini-JoS in August and he said he'd look into it.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I'm from Virginia. Maybe it is a regional thing.
ReplyDelete1978--let's see. I was a junior in high school, starting to learn that there was a bigger world out there.
Concerts? Doobie Brothers, Eagles
Sports? Redskins
Yeah, in 1978 I was the same age that my younger daughter is now. She is, however, at a whole different place than I was at her age: married, starting a career, thinking about starting a family. She says she has no plans to settle down for a long time and is not at all sure what she wants to do with her working life.
ReplyDeleteCome on Pedey, do something here.
ReplyDeleteJoe, that would be great!
ReplyDeleteI meant to say it earlier, Joe has revived interest in JoS2. He and Ish might drive up together. I'll check in w/ Tim and Woti about it, since they are near (relatively speaking).
So if anyone else is up for it, let us know.
Hey look, there's a game on. We have two on!
ReplyDelete14 yo in summer of 78 - going to be a sophomore in high school in the fall.
ReplyDeletea good werd could mean 6-5....
ReplyDeleteI love FY. He reminds me of what our team could/should be doing.!
ReplyDelete1978 Ramones Talking Heads Elvis Costello
ReplyDeleteNo Eagles or Doobies on my playlist! :)
Amy, how old were you when you and Harvey got married?
DREW
ReplyDeleteON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe were married in 76. I was turning 24 that summer, he had just turned 22. Just babes!
ReplyDeleteON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDREW!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFUCK YEAH, YOU NO MUSIC ATBATTING MUTHERFUIVKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNice call Allan.
ReplyDeleteJ.D.ONG !!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG, we scored THREE runs!! DREW!!
ReplyDeletej.d.: "eat shit, o'brien."
ReplyDeleteWoulda been five runs if Drew cared. :(
ReplyDeleteDoes this joke ever get old?
NOUS AVONS UN MATCH DE BASEBALL
ReplyDeleteHey wow, Allan called it!
ReplyDeleteON FIRE
Edward - no
ReplyDeleteEL, no, never !
ReplyDeleteDrew also showed some emotion his last AB when called out on strikes. So there, O'B.
ReplyDeleteHey Ish, I used more exclamation points than you did.
ReplyDelete1978 Ramones Talking Heads Elvis Costello
ReplyDeleteNo Eagles or Doobies on my playlist! :)
Always the rebel, huh?
Yes you did, Mrs. GotRibe. I pushed the exclamation point button until I got bored.
ReplyDeletenever gets old. never not funny.
ReplyDelete... good thing drew decided he felt like playing tonight rather than nurse a broken fingernail .........
Amy, that is about the same age A & I were when we moved in together. I am also 2 yrs (+ a bit) older than him.
ReplyDeleteoh and of course
ReplyDeleteDON'T FUCK THIS UP DICE!
I was a rebel, yes, but I had plenty of company with the punk and new wave sounds.
ReplyDeleteWhich reminds me, Laura.... we were promised a certain story during the baseball season.
ReplyDeleteanother reason why last inning was fun:
ReplyDeleteF8
5-3
1B
2B
HR ***
PF3
the ol' 2 outs and nothing going on rally.
Amy, I have not forgotten. I am posting it on the anniversary of the actual date, as promised.
ReplyDeleteI would say bring in a new pitcher, but who?
ReplyDeleteIs Wake still in the rotation or is he back in the pen? I haven't been following the day to day rosterness during the playoffs of a sport that will not be named
july 20, amy.
ReplyDeleteThat's about the same age we were married, too. I was 23. Jay (Mr. Ribe) was 24.
ReplyDeletePoor Joe
ReplyDeletecomeon Dicey
ReplyDeleteThat's nice, Mrs G. Funny to think of those young days, isn't it.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. Hope.
ReplyDeleteHey Ish, you would get this-
ReplyDeleteTo make myself feel better after the other night, I played NHL EastSide Hockey Manager and cheated to trade for all 4 top picks in the draft, and took Hall, Seguin, Connolly and Fowler.
Wow, that's pretty amazing---what are the odds that we would all still be in the same relationship that we started when so young?
ReplyDeleteJoe: A++++
ReplyDeleteMy tweet extolling the virtues of JD Drew was just re-tweeted by a popular Boston blog, it won't be long before I get people replying to me to tell me about how he sucks.
ReplyDelete"Still, We Leap Up And Cheer Because Drew Is On Fire"
ReplyDeleteWAKE!
ReplyDeleteJoe, I could tell you a sad story about a hockey team with the best record in the NHL this year who didn't even make it out of the first round of the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteBut, I'll spare you. :)
(You have to remember, I'm from Virginia, not Boston.)
July 20, moon landing day. (Don't ask why I remember that.)
ReplyDeleteStill, We Sit and Hope Dice Does Not Blow This Even More Than He Already Has
ReplyDeleteAnd no sooner do I type that...
ReplyDeleteDiceK you suck immensely
ReplyDeleteI'm not from Boston.
ReplyDeleteNeither is Amy.
Or Allan.
Still, It's Only The 5th Inning, People
ReplyDeleteMrs.GotRibe, boo-hoo. :-p
ReplyDeleteImmense suckage
ReplyDeleteSuckage of grand proportions
Still, We Prepare for ANother 5-hour Red Sox/Yankees Game
ReplyDeleteYea, I know. I just meant that I'm a Caps fan and not a Bruins fan. That's all. Maybe I didn't imply that very well.
ReplyDeleteGet Dice out of there. Let's at least try to keep this game close.
ReplyDeleteAnd I said I wasn't threading to give my poor fingers a break. I'll be typing 8 hours a day all week...
ReplyDeleteOh I gotcha, I was just playing the "our horror was worse than your horror" game.
ReplyDeleteI know what you meant, I was just being stupid. I used to be an Islanders fan, 100 years ago or so.
ReplyDeleteHaha, Islanders.
ReplyDeleteThey really need to move off of Long Island.
RUNS pls
ReplyDeleteNo, I got that Joe. And, I wouldn't want to get into the debate about which was worse. Plus, if you were at Game 7, then you win!
ReplyDeleteI'm checking out for a little bit. Mr. Ribe won't watch Yankees/Red Sox games (too nerve racking) so we're going to watch 24 now.
I'll check in periodically.
chan ho parkis up?
ReplyDeletethat = 4 runs\, at lea
Blue Light special, only at V-Mart!
ReplyDeleteBLUE LIGHT
ReplyDeleteyour friendly neighborhood V-MART
ReplyDeleteExtra Mart!!
ReplyDelete"4 runs, at least"
ReplyDeletei got fucked up and vmart went deep
VMART is back!
ReplyDeleteGoing to watch another TV show while this game is on! Can't imagine it. But there you go. All different ways to be a fan.
ReplyDeleteShift this!
clev 3, tb 2 in 6th
ReplyDeleteDo you guys see these ads with the faux Hemingway guy, "Stay thirsty my friends" ?
ReplyDeleteI think they're clever. Just saw the one where he's feeding the eaglets with an eye dropper.
L, you're a little behind :-p those have been cultural sensations (in the US at least) all year long.
ReplyDeleteI actually read a pretty good article about that campaign in a communications research magazine - a successful, funny, but "highbrow" ad campaign for beer is a rarity
Ads, what ads? :)
ReplyDeleteFigures, we're always behind here. :)
ReplyDeleteActually I've seen them for a while but never asked on-thread. I don't read about ads and marketing anymore. (I used to. Now I just complain about them.)
let's get wakefield another W ...
ReplyDeleteAmy, I envy you :)
ReplyDelete