Red Sox - 100 000 000 - 1 4 0Victor Martinez hit a solo home run in the first, but Boston managed next to nothing after that off Hamels (7-3-1-1-8, 116). The Red Sox did not get a runner past second base until they were down to their last out in the ninth. With the bases loaded against J.C. Romero, pinch-hitter David Ortiz flew out to Shane Victorino on the warning track in center.
Phillies - 000 221 00x - 5 9 0
Lackey (5-6-4-5-3, 107) never settled into a groove. He walked two and allowed a double in the first three innings, throwing 55 pitches. Ryan Howard homered to start the fourth and a double from Jayson Werth and Victorino's single gave Philadelphia a 2-1 lead. Werth's two-run dong in the fifth made it 4-1 and Howard added an RBI single in the sixth.
The Rays lost to the Astros 2-1. The Yankees beat the Mets 2-1; Mariano Rivera allowed a run in the ninth on back-to-back two-out doubles, the fifth run he's allowed in his last three appearances (2.1 innings).
The Diamondbacks have a 7-3 lead over the Blue Jays in the 7th.
The Phillies are 25-15 (and 12-5 in May) and are 4 GA of the Marlins in the NL East. Hamels had a 5.28 ERA in five April starts, but has done better in May: 3 starts, 2.75.Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, C
Youkilis, 1B
Drew, RF
Beltre, 3B
Hall, LF
McDonald, CF
Lackey, P
In terms of aggregate weighted 2010-to-date winning percentage of opponents, which AL team has the toughest interleague schedule? The Red Sox. The Rays and Yankees are 10th and 11th, respectively. Since I already think interleague games should be abolished, this just pisses me off.
Also:
Yankees at Mets, 7 PM
Rays at Astros, 8 PM
Blue Jays at Diamondbacks, 9:30 PM
1904: Boston Americans shortstop Bill O'Neill makes six errors in a game against the Browns, including three in the first inning on the first three balls hit to him. He blames snakes.
1957: Boston baseball writers reaffirm their ban on women in the press box and refuse to allow Doris O'Donnell, a Cleveland feature writer traveling with the Spiders, to sit in the Fenway Park press area.
164 comments:
Phuck Philly.
Hanley Ramirez does something bad and of course Tony Massarotti and the Globe MUST insult Manny Ramirez.
Rollins, SS
Polanco, 3B
Utley, 2B
Howard, 1B
Werth, RF
Ibanez, LF
Victorino, CF
Ruiz, C
Hamels, P
That's funny. We get the best team in the NL and the Rays get the worst. Oh, Uncle Bud, you're such a joker with this inter-league garbage.
Oh, Uncle Bud, you're such a joker with this inter-league garbage.
yes x 1,000,000
Hanley Ramirez does something bad and of course Tony Massarotti and the Globe MUST insult Manny Ramirez.
I just looked at this, against my better judgement. Was glad to see at least a few people say, "You never miss an opp'y to bash Manny".
WTF is wrong with these ppl.
Don't answer that.
I added this to the main post. In terms of aggregate weighted 2010-to-date winning percentage of opponents, the Red Sox have the toughest interleague schedule among AL teams. The Rays are 10th and the Yankees are 11th -- so they have some of the most easy schedules.
I glared at out lineup for 30 sec, wondering why no Dh....DUHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I didn't add it last night, but watching Jon Lester , pitch last night was amazing , the speed in which he worked was mindblowing. He was so efficent and so in command of that game..
I like Werth. I wouldn't mind seeing him replace Drew in two.
I hate interleague for about 10 different reasons, but we shouldn't whine about the schedule. Baseball is not out to get us.
I'm really gonna hate hearing joe and OB bullshit about players they don't know anything about.
Werth is already 31, so I don't know ...
I'm really gonna hate hearing joe and OB bullshit about players they don't know anything about
And this is different from the other 161 games ...?
I'm sure OB feels right at home in Philly -- basking in the Drew hate.
No one is out to get us.
The inequality is what annoys me.
BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL IN PHILLY.
V-Mart SPECIAL!!!!
Extra Mart strikes early!
Hot Items -- at V-Mart!
Lots of Sox fans there.
And I have NESN tonight. Yay.
Yeah, I checked Werth's age after I said that. Not feeling as strongly about it.
No one is out to get us.
The inequality is what annoys me.
Inequality is frustrating. But Red Sox fans do seem to think baseball, or maybe the whole world, is out to get them.
I was surprised at his age too. He's hitting like a beast this year.
It should say no one is out to get us with the interleague schedule. (Probably.) There are other matters, however...
PHI 1-5 all over .300 BA. Impressive.
GDGD has the 2nd batter batting and mlbtv is stil in commercial.
MLBTV WAS SHOWING A FUCKING FASHION TV STATION AD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW AND MISSED 5 PITCHES.
5 pitches? Geez, even NESN doesn't do that.
i think it was called something like "shine". kim kardashian was talking in it.
It's funny how my feelings for the Mets endure. I just can't stop hating them.
SoSH thread on Mets Lineup Insanity (and other moronic stuff, which includes their GM)
It's Rich "Sha" Dubee!
Hello all. Lovely to be with you from the west side of the pond!
It never gets old.
MFY - 0
NYM - 0
Hi Lord, nice to see you here.
I wish that ad didn't have that bigot from Gino's Steaks in it. Should be Pat's Steaks. All the fame and taste with none of the racism.
Mets v Yankees. Can they both lose?
I know how NYY fans feel about being beaten by the Mets, the humiliation, so I guess I want the Mets.
But it hurts to say that! :)
Lovely to be by the Shore. Don't get beaches like this in London town. And then I come back to base and we have the game on TV. Shame I didn't get tickets!
LL: Where exactly are you?
Cape May. I know I could go through Stubhub, but I am comforted by the fact I get my first Sox game in two weeks in Baltimore. Only got so much cash!
It'll be nice having you here for more than 10 minutes.
Cape May is beautiful. The park is Baltimore is beautiful too, but bring your earplugs, the sound is brutal.
How long are you in the US for?
At least until the wife wants her laptop back!
I've tried to work out the pitcher I will see and I think it is Lackey. Given his displays thus far, I am the lucky one! One spot after Lester.
Here for three weeks, and we are heading down to the Blue Ridge Parkway for a week, ending up at Camden Yards - I have been there before. It was superb. Hope to see the Nationals new park the night before, but we are not decided.
Don't walk the pitcher. Lord....
I've got the Phillies broadcast, but it's sycnched up pretty well with WEEI.
Whew!
The new Houdini?
Really? Lackey, really?
That sounds nice, LL. Is your BH USian?
If you haven't been, the Babe Ruth Museum is nice for a visit. It's right near Camden Yards.
Lord, where are you traveling along the parkway?That's close to my neck of the woods in Virginia.
Slow, L. My better half (I presume that's what BH means) is American and we got married here 18 months ago.
mlbtv misses the entire mcdonald AB. and they were not showing any commercial. just did not come back.
so that is another 5 pitches missed.
Congratulations! When you said "wife" I thought, I didn't think he was married... So I remembered correctly.
Yes, BH = better half. But since you're Brit, I can say partner with no worries. :)
Asheville, then a stop where the mood takes us, and then up to DC area on Saturday. Hope to see the Salem Red Sox one night.
You'd think MLB TV would be able to SHOW THE BASEBALL GAME.
Evening, all. Hi, Lord! So you are on this side of the Atlantic? In our time zone!
I live in Asheville in the winter. I'll be back there in October.
I haven't been to Asheville. I hear it's great.
My annual visit Amy. Pity last year's was in November! The shame for me is I booked this in January and my soccer team were nowhere in the league. Next Saturday we play at the new Wembley in a game that if we win, we get promoted. Like my team's Superbowl....
I really feel like I should be going to bed now. This is odd! It's still light out...
What a nice person, saying "soccer" to avoid confusion. :)
Saw the Phillies yesterday on TV against the Cubs. They had Contreras closing. Oh what could have been, eh?
I'm very curious how much more of the game they will be denying their customers.
There has been 103 pitches so far, so they have failed to show about 10% of the game.
Phillies announcer just said our Fenway sell out streak "may end soon". Do they know something I don't?
DREW!
We're having some nice OF defense tonight. (And we need it.)
LL-you'll be driving right past me. We are about 100 miles northeast of Salem. I hope you have nice weather and beautiful scenery.
A-mlbtv has been doing this a lot. It's almost like they forget to come back to the game.
i get the feeling not all the games have actually sold out.
Re MLB TV, I wonder if fans are complaining. They really should be.
sosh on the sellout stuff.
Not all the games at Fenway have not sold out? Wow. Drop in the rankings and people no longer want to see the games. What a shame.
Concerning the sell out streak, there was an article in the Globe a few weeks back. They define a sell out as paid + complimentary tix = capacity. I think they said they will be fine until Sept, but may be a little worried if the Sox are out of it once school is back in session.
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NYM - 000
Boy, I just re-read my comment. Too many "nots." Must be sleepy.
Times are tough, tickets are expensive. Most people are less likely to buy tix when a team isn't winning as much. Sox fans are no different. (Blasphemy, I know.)
Sox fans are just like everyone else? How dare you! :)
Globe Story
that globe story is mentioned/ quoted in that thread link.
i don't much care if they have 5 or 10 or 300 tix unsold for a game.
I did the Fenway tour in 2007 in June and you could get tickets for September games then, I am sure. That was a WS year. I'm sure they knew they'd sell out - maybe it is the fear over this season with the Rays smashing all in sight.
Then again, I've never had problems getting Phillies tix on my previous visits here, but the game I had lined up, a Monday game against the Padres is "sold out".
Sox fans are just like everyone else? How dare you! :)
That's my story and I'm sticking with it. :)
That missed, Hamels. (He says not checking GDGD)
Plus as I've said here before, I don't get the whole emphasis on attendance. I don't know why we should care.
Sox fans are just like everyone else? How dare you! :)
good thing jere is not here.
Where's Mr Chinstrap tonight? (Hermida)
also, since the streak is so long, it forces the sox to be creative if they have to to keep it going
god - and mlbtv quickly turns off at the end of the inning before nesn goes to commercial; don had said about 3-4 words of his outro.
good thing jere is not here.
no comment.
no hermida vs the lefty.
crap!
well, they let me see that one.
Did mlb tv get back in time for that, redsock?
CSN guy said "pitcher's duel" right before the Howard dong.
that reminds me of when nesn was always trying to squeeze in an extra commercial and would miss pitches. they came back to the game and someone (nomar?) had hit the first pitch over the wall and was rounding second base in his trot. ...
werth gets the bad news.
"gets the bad news"
DRINK!
As we say down my way.. what a jakki brambles.
And NESN stopped doing that - because fans complained. (At least they stopped doing it regularly.)
Fans have to complain about MLB TV, too.
So, on the Phillies broadcast they were escorting the guy who caught (CRAP on the Drew muff) the home run ball up the stairs. I turned the sound on to find out that if you catch a home run ball there, you get it signed. I assume it's signed by the hitter. Pretty cool.
Fans have to complain about MLB TV, too.
I will do that.
Drew lost the ball in the sunset
That is cool. I hope no one gets stomped on trying to get one.
That's a nice park in Philly. They had a huge change in parks, almost as dramatic as Seattle's. The Vet was really hideous.
Oh shit, 2-1. Bah.
they are taking him to get it signed right away?
It's very small though L.
Just read a Shaughnessy article on Boston.com that was the usual load of old negativity.For many reasons I've not been able to follow the Sox as much this season, but is it really that unbearable there?
I think more teams should do that with the home run balls. That's a nice thing for the fans. I went back and listened to the commentary. They can get that ball signed by the hitter. It is signed at another time and sent to the person.
Small as in hitter-friendly?
unbearable only if you pay attention to it.
Yep. Left field looked very short to me.
LL, you know better than to listen to CHB.
I don't know if it's unbearable there, but the Sox are very middling so far this year. For those who care only about winnings and standings, the season seems to be a wash-out.
For the rest of us, there's a lot to be interested in, but 2007 it ain't.
rays up 1-0 (of course) in the 2nd
Yep. Left field looked very short to me.
I'm sure you're right. I was thinking only from a fan's perspective. Huge improvement.
Lackey. Lackey Lackey Lackey.
yeah, lucky you, you'll see lackey....
i have no idea what the sports radio is like. and i avoid chb and the herald hacks 95% of the time. but i assume that i would be highly annoyed if i exposed myself to it.
Amy, get ready to say WHO? :)
It is a lovely stadium, L. I love everywhere I've been sports-wise because it shames the nonsense I have put up with for years in English sports venues.
OK, good, runs please!
Javy has a no-hitter thru 4 vs the Stems!
Interesting, LL. I can only wonder what you mean.
only missed 3 pitches (and one out) that time.
Wow they suck!!
i want a partial refund for this game.
Crap Lackey. What are you doing???!!
for an old fart, he can still hit .....
was lackey yelling at himself or at martinez?
I want a full refund for this whole season. :/
I didn't see yellling. I hope at himself!
Well, at least the bullpen is rested.
But, c'mon Lackey!
Lackey has thrown more pitches through 4.2 than Lester did the entire game.
i guess if it was at victor, i assume that martinez or farrell would have paid him a visit.
and he has faced only 6 fewer batters
I was amazed to read that Lester has the highest winning percentage of any pitcher (EVER) to havge pitched at least 100 games.
Hi LBJ!
Lester is great, but winning percentage doesn't mean anything.
it means something -- i assume that most if not all of the pitchers on that list are not shitty -- but it is well down the list on what to look at to see if he's effective.
or so says dice's 18-3 record in 2008
Yea I know there are a lot of other factors that go into winning percentage, but that is still a nice feat. You have to be good to be in the mix. Lester gave a lot of credit to the teams for his wins.
signing off for now. Here's to a comeback...
Yes, an exaggeration to say it doesn't mean anything. But it doesn't tell you much about how a pitcher is doing, is all I meant.
*sigh*
FKR - 100
HOU - 001
MFY - 000 000
NYM - 000 000
Mets have 1 hit.
why have a shift on when you are trying to pitch Howard away.....
came in in mid-delivery on the first pitch there.
Gotta leave the thread for the night. Hopefully I can listen to LBJ's return tomorrow from work.
naturally, the home depot commercial is in the way of the replay.
heh - remy saying it's interesting that vazquez finally has a good start and, how about that, it's against an NL team ...
Fangraphs has us at 1.6% chance to start the 9th.
two on -- keep going.
it's a shame that drew will make it only 5-4 and not tie it when he dongs off romero.
I know, right? Asshole.
i mean he could really stick it up the ass of these fans ...
though, yeah, if he was a real man, he'd hit a 5-run home run and give us a lead.
TIZZLE TIME!
Have a seat, Bill Hall. Let the big man take care of things.
"way back in the day"
boooooooooo, don!
Papi, Papi, Papi
take us for a ride, flo!
PA-PI! PA-PI! PA-PI!
Ah well. The water remains drinkable.
Almost. Wow that was close.
boooooooooo, don!
I thought of you when I heard it. :)
Non-poisoned water.
Damn.
FKR - 100 000
HOU - 001 001
MFY - 000 000 20
NYM - 000 000 0
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