Diamondbacks - 020 000 000 - 2 6 0Lester: 7-4-2-3-7, 103. Three of the four hits he allowed came in the second inning. After that, Lester allowed only one hit over his last 21 batters (5.2 innings) faced. There were three walks and a HBP within that 21-batter stretch, but the only threat came in the fourth, when Arizona (trailing 4-2) had the bases loaded and one out. Lester struck out Rusty Ryal and got Chris Snyder to fly to center.
Red Sox - 202 000 20x - 6 10 0
Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run home run in the first. He also singled and stole second to begin the third. David Ortiz followed that with a walk and, with two outs, J.D. Drew's double scored FY and Adrian Beltre's second single of the night brought home Flo. Kevin Youkilis jacked a two-run dong in the seventh (Ortiz was aboard).
Marco Scutaro singled twice, Ortiz walked twice and singled. FWIW, Victor Martinez had three fly outs to the warning track. (Also, FWIW, Mark Grace, the "analyst" on the D'backs' FSN affiliate, is a Sutcliffian* moron. His stupidity is actually scary.)
* I think I just invented a useful word.
Daniel Bard had an easy eighth, but Ramon Ramirez allowed a walk and a single to start the Snakes' ninth. Ram2 got two fly outs from the 8/9 hitters before Tito handed the ball to Jonathan Papelbon, who retired Kelly Johnson on a fly to Darnell McDonald in left.
It was Arizona's 12th straight road loss -- a new franchise record.
The Rays lost 6-2 and the Yankees lost 6-3 (Burnett: 3.1-6-6-4-3, 87), so the Red Sox are now 3 GB.
Lester gave up six runs in six innings in his last start, but he still has a 1.96 ERA over his last 10 starts (since April 19).Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Martinez, C
Drew, RF
Beltre, 3B
Cameron, CF
Nava, LF
Also at 7 PM:
Phillies/Yankees
Rays/Atlanta
Happy Bloomsday!
ReplyDeleteI'm Rodridgo Lopez. You may remember me from such asskickings as:
ReplyDeleteApril 26, 2005: 3.1-7-8-4-3
May 15, 2006: 4-10-8-4-4
6:35: Tarp was on. Now it's off.
ReplyDeleteNo rain here in western MA. Weather should be ok.
ReplyDeleteI will be in and out, got stuff to do so we can head out to the Cape tomorrow.
Howdy. We are driving to DC area, waiting for the game to start to listen on XM. I'll probably be in and out of cell service.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo. We have WEEI.
ReplyDeleteMrsG, did you say you were heading to Boston and Chicago? By car??
ReplyDeleteNo. We are flying out of Dulles. We'll spend the night near Dulles and fly out in the morning. It's about a 2 hour drive to the airport.
ReplyDeletewe are stuck with the snakes fox team.
ReplyDeleteAhh, that sounds a lot less tiring than driving both to Boston and Chicago. What are you doing in Boston? Will you get to Fenway?
ReplyDeleteI would love to be driving to Chicago listening to the Sox on the radio. My idea of heaven. Have a great trip, Mrs G.
ReplyDeletei think mark garce is the color guy. he just said he did not realize lester could throw 96. ... well, lester is pretty new to the big leagues and he has never faced a NL team in a high profile situation like a world series. so it's understandable.
ReplyDeleteMrsG, for future reference, XM always uses the home team's announcers for its broadcasts.
ReplyDeleteWow, we almost have our starting nine in the lineup. 8 of 9.
ReplyDeleteAmy. We get to Boston on Saturday. Will make it to the dodgers game on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteGo figure. My son wants to switch drivers. So no more texting for me. He has challenged me to get 60 mph on his prius like he does.
Go sox
omg - mark grace is an idiot.
ReplyDeleteand he's a graduate of the rick sutcliffe "everything is the gereatest thing ever" school of broadcasting - he has the same speaking tone.
Whoops. I meant 60 miles per gallon!!
ReplyDeleteSafe driving! Don't text and drive!
ReplyDeleteNice one!
ReplyDeleteFuck yeah!
ReplyDeleteFUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletefuck you, snakes tv guys1
I think that's the last nail in the coffin of Pedey's slump.
ReplyDeletethis is the lopez we remember and love.
ReplyDeleteCarlos Pena -- leadoff bunt single.
ReplyDeleteGuess that's one way to raise your BA to .198.
2 run dongs by FY are always always fun!!!!
ReplyDeleteMLB Audio here we come...
ReplyDeleteButt-head in trouble vs. Philly. 1-0 Phils and bases loaded with one out.
ReplyDeleteVictorino clears the bases with a triple. Heh heh. 4-0.
ReplyDelete... when is that one going to come down?
ReplyDeleteOn Lansdowne St, or maybe the Pike.
ReplyDeleteAh. Blessed DP.
ReplyDeleteLoved the d-bax guys talking about how great Lester is because of his winning pct. Keep up the great work, guys.
ReplyDeleteOn a related note, swell immigration law your state recently passed!
On a related note, swell immigration law your state recently passed!
ReplyDeleteWe were just talking about that, how Allan hasn't posted about it yet. There's still an opportunity tomorrow.
I hear there was a little protest outside Fenway today, good stuff.
ReplyDeleteBack in kitchener for the night for steph's graduation tomorrow. Going out for delicious food and wine now so thats it for me in this thread.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the hopefully putridly dirty water.
PHI - 042
ReplyDeleteMFY - 01
phils still batting in 3rd
FKR - 000
ATL - 00
Atlanta 3, Rays 0!
ReplyDeleteOK, done packing for a bit. Good to see FY has found his groove again!
ReplyDeleteFY SB!
ReplyDeletelistening to castig and rish -
yay, no o'b!!!
Go Braves, my favourite team ;)
ReplyDeleteDamn, he was robbed!
ReplyDeleteGood catch, though.
ALL RIGHT! ON FIRE!
ReplyDeleteYeah Baby!!
ReplyDeleteDrewble!
ReplyDeleteDRUUUUUUUUUUU!
ReplyDeleteYeah! Nice. 4-2
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell?? I go check the dryer and there are two on base??
ReplyDeleteTHREE on base?
ReplyDeleteI just got a notification from Google that someone signed into my account in Nigeria. What does that mean? Identity theft? Anyone ever get anything like that?
ReplyDeletenever heard of that.
ReplyDeletemaybe change your password to something long with letters and numbers?
ReplyDeleteScary. If they got that password, they can get into a lot of my stuff. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteI stupidly use the same password on many different accounts. It's the only one I can ever remember.
ReplyDeleteLesterdini
ReplyDeletemaybe the notification is bogus? and that is the scam, asking you to log in or do something?
ReplyDeleteAre you sure it's a real notification?
ReplyDeleteI think most people use the same pw for multiple accounts.
Google doesn't usually send notifications to anyone. If they're asking you to change your pw, it's probably phony.
ReplyDeleteSpam right now is full of fake Facebook and Twitter emails asking you to "reset your password".
ReplyDeleteOK, I changed that password.
ReplyDeleteAmy, if you want, fwd the email to me. I can look at it if you want. B/c usually Google, Gmail, Blogger, etc. don't contact anyone. The most you can do is post to their user groups and a volunteer might answer your q.
ReplyDeleteI assume you changed the pw through the Google accounts page, not through that email.
ReplyDeleteIt was a notice at the top of my gmail inbox in black that then linked to a list of recent account accesses, including one from Nigeria. All the rest were from MA, so I don't think it was a scam.
ReplyDeleteAt any case, it's probably smart to change the password after all these years.
It wasn't an email. Just a notice on my Gmail page.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura. I should have done a screen shot.
ReplyDeleteOh that's good, a notice on the page, not an email. Yes, good idea to change it if it's been unchanged for years.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet I found this on the Google page regarding security:
ReplyDelete"Please note that we aren't able to provide you with information about attempted logins to your account including, but not limited to, the IP address from which the attempted login was made, and the time and date attempted logins occurred."
????
Oh, well, I will hope it means nothing.
Google may not contact people directly but for all sorts of reasons having to do with perceived or possible TOS violations, they do lock up accounts. I know, because it happened to me a few days ago--and I swear I wasn't sending out 5 million emails about vi*gra or promising anyone a big payday if they would only wire me a little earnest money.
ReplyDeleteGoogle did give me several ways to restore service, but for a few hours I was really really hating life--a lot of my school/work stuff is totally tied to google/blogger.
If you wanted, you could go to one of the Google user groups and do a search, to see if they are actually posting notices like this.
ReplyDeleteChanging the pw is good, but I still wonder if that was real or not.
I went back to my Gmail page, clicked on Details, which shows activity on your account, and this was the top entry:
ReplyDeleteAccess Type [ ? ]
(Browser, mobile, POP3, etc.) Location (IP address) [ ? ] Date/Time
(Displayed in your time zone)
Unknown Nigeria (41.211.230.107) Jun 11 (5 days ago)
I will see what I can find through Google Help.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions.
Yay, Scutaro!!!!
Scu Scu Scutaro!
ReplyDeleteNice leather, ScuTARo
ReplyDeleteWow John, that sucks! I don't know that they never contact users, just that they don't normally and it's almost impossible to just deal with them directly.
ReplyDeleteAmy: You are not alone.
ReplyDeleteSo if we start receiving email from Amy asking us to wire $10,000 in emergency funds to release her inheritance, we'll know why.
ReplyDeleteAt the hotel. Headed up to the room. Keep the lead.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Allan, for the link. Damn it!! I have now changed my password, security question, recovery options, etc. But what if they now have this password and access other accounts? I guess I'd better be pretty vigilant.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, if you get spam from me, please let me know!
I had changed my Facebook password a while back because someone hacked that account.
And what the hell is with Nigeria?
I read a good story about why Nigeria. I'll see if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteBut what if they now have this password and access other accounts? I guess I'd better be pretty vigilant.
ReplyDeleteWhy not change all your passwords? It would seem like the thing to do.
Easier said than done. I have more accounts than I can remember! As I use them, I can do that, but who even has a list of every place that asks for a password? Every website I subscribe to or shop on? I have no idea.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's necessary to change passwords for places you shop online, at least not until you go to use those sites. If anyone is shopping under your name there, you would soon be notified.
ReplyDeleteI mean important, sensitive things like banking and credit card. You can change those immediately, and you can notify the banks and cc companies that you are at risk for fraud.
Then every time you use any different site, change your password.
ReplyDeleteKeep a spreadsheet with your new passwords and keep it only on your computer at home and/or on a flash drive, and don't email it anywhere.
Amy. What a bummer. That would be a huge pain. Good luck
ReplyDeleteI read a good story about why Nigeria. I'll see if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteVery interested.
i have my logins and passwords on a piece of paper. very old fashioned.
ReplyDeletePiece of paper works too. I just type everything, and I like the neatness of a spreadsheet. A piece of paper I'd have to look for each time. A spreadsheet, I always know where it is.
ReplyDeleteThe Nigeria story was from my school. I'll try to get it off a database.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. Fortunately, I do not have credit card information or banking information on line with that password as Harvey deals with all that (thank goodness!). I changed Amazon and Ebay and for now, that's all I will do. But a piece of paper! What a novel idea. But what happens when I can't find the piece of paper?
ReplyDeleteSULTAN OF SWEAT!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy biggest problem is forgetting my own passwords, so keeping them in some form, electronic or otherwise, makes sense.
ReplyDeleteYOUK!!!! (Yes, I am still sort of watching the game while fuming here.)
SWEAT POWER BABY!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the Nigeria article also.
ReplyDeleteA big ol' sweaty dong was just what I needed.
ReplyDeleteThe main thing I was thinking of was banking and credit card, as I do all of that online, for both A and I. Shopping sites are not really important. You can change those pws as you get to them.
ReplyDeleteI don't like having stuff on pieces of paper, other than daily to-do lists. For me a spreadsheet is just easier, neater and I always know where it is. But either way, you're good.
I am emailing myself a reminder to find that story! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm busy tomorrow and Friday but I can look for it over the weekend from work.
A delayed YOOUUKKK!!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to pay for internet at the hotel, so we're watching the game on our phones and I'm in the lobby to join the discussion here. (The internet lobby is too slow to get the game on the computer.)
This is an interesting story, from the New Yorker, on someone who fell for a Nigerian scam: link.
ReplyDeleteOK, I made the spread sheet. And I also remembered to check my PayPal password. That's the one that I should have thought of first.
ReplyDeleteAnd we are breezing along here.
This was not how I wanted to spend the evening, but at least the Sox have made it pretty stressfree!
Yes, PayPal, I include that with banking, since it's linked to your bank account and/or credit card. Good thinking.
ReplyDeleteat my 1918 email address, which i don't use except for some old mailing list things, i get a lot of emails from "paypal" saying my account has been suspended and i need to login and do stuff to unlock it. obviously, those are scams.
ReplyDeleteFortunately my PayPal password was already different since they required more characters than my usual password!
ReplyDeleteSo who pitches the 9th with a four run lead?
ReplyDeleterichardson?
ReplyDeletehall?
pedroia?
I vote for Pedroia.
ReplyDeleteWho is Richardson?
ReplyDeleteRam ram...I should have known.
ReplyDeleteWho is Richardson?
ReplyDeleteI think he set you up for that one. :)
You wanna get your "Who's this Doubront?" out of the way before Friday night?
ReplyDelete..
Bot up. & Richardson!!!!
You all know what I am thinking. I won't even type it.
ReplyDeleteI read your post about Doubront. I am all set.
ReplyDeleteBUT CAN WE PLEASE GET RID OF RAM RAM??
Not a Ramram proof lead tonight.
ReplyDeleteDP, please, now.
ReplyDeleteIf we lose this game, I will fly around my apartment, chattering like an angry squirrel.
ReplyDeleteSo...there is no Richardson? :)
ReplyDeleteZen, that made me smile for the first time since Youk donged it.
ReplyDeleteDrew Junior---no fire, please.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy.
ReplyDeleteWhen I said "fly", I meant in the air. Levitating.
If I knew how to use B-Ref well enough, I could probably find out how many times DJ and Stephen have played each other in ML games.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Richardson!
ReplyDeleteYes, I had the right image, Zen!
ReplyDeletewtf is tito wasting bot here?
ReplyDeleteOne. Two.
ReplyDeletei also wanted richardson to get the ball to show amy that he actually does exist.
ReplyDeleteGood to know MrsG has her job covered down there at Dulles!
ReplyDeleteMaybe Pap needed to throw the ball a bit.
ReplyDeleteSo this becomes a save because?
TB loses, 6-2.
ReplyDeleteNot easy, my phone can't always keep up.
ReplyDeletePosada tying run at the plate with two out in the ninth...strikes out. Yanks lose.
ReplyDeleteThe water is Muddy!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't drink the water!
ReplyDeleteDirty water!
ReplyDeleteARZ has lost 12 straight road games -- new franchise record!!!
ReplyDeleteSox win, FKR lose, NYY lose. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThree.
ReplyDeleteDirty>>Clean.
Let's gain a game.
wtf is tito wasting bot here?
ReplyDeleteBecause I'm going tomorrow, and they're required to use him up the night before so I won't get to see him....
Aside from my Nigerian hacker, a good night---Sox win, Rays and NYY lose.
ReplyDeleteSee what I mean? I was behind on all of that info.
ReplyDeleteYea, gained a game!!!
Dustin Richardson, BTW. I looked it up.
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