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June 14, 2007

G65: Rockies 7, Red Sox 1

Jeff Francis (3.81, 117 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (2.88, 155 ERA+)

Well, now. Lineup, from the Globe, from WEEI:
J.D. Drew, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jason Varitek, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Julio Lugo, SS
I like it.

Redsox.com:
Francis had a 6.52 ERA in April but has recovered with a 2.47 ERA and four wins since. In his last start at Baltimore, Francis got the loss, going seven innings and allowing four runs.

77 comments:

  1. 151-45 gay marriage mojo tonight. Hopefully not all the good vibes have been used up.

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  2. About all Drew has been able to do is walk this season, so he's not a bad choice at a .344 on base.

    Hrrrum.

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  3. Yes. Exactly. This should be the lineup every day. I wonder how many iterations we'll see.

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  4. In the spring, many people were calling for Drew at #2 spot (even leadoff).

    If I recall, I was pushing for a Yook/Lugo 1-2, but JD/DP is probably the best thing for now, keeping Yook at 5th.

    Now let's get a win, for fuck's sake.

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  5. gay marriage mojo tonight

    homojo?

    :>)

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  6. FSN on EI again (god those guys are bad!) but the Jays are off and Rogers Cable Sportsnet is showing NESN!!!

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  7. Last night they showed the Yankee game and left us w/ the Rockies Fox broadcast, so we're really in luck tonight.

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  8. MFY won again this afternoon 7-1.

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  9. Rockies pitcher is on my all girls team.

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  10. Not fair! Name isn't spelled Frances.

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  11. Instead of gnawing my own balls off in reaction to that Manny-Youk strikeout festival, I'll present this thought I had earlier:

    A lot of the people we've beat ourselves over the head for trading last year are not that great this year:

    Bard - was hitting .360 for much of the year last year behind Piazza. Nowhere near that this year.

    Cla - Decent but unspectacular (ERA pretty good at 3.86, WHIP meh at 1.46).

    Arroyo - 2-7, 4.98, 1.51 - not that I don't wish him well.

    Marte - still in the minors...right?

    Anibal Sanchez - minors? hurt?

    Hanley Ramirez is the only solid "D'oh!" at the moment. Not that I don't wish the other guys well.

    Anyway, anything to distract myself from the Yanks winning streak and our falling behind in this game already! Damn!

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  12. But for Hanley, as you well know, we got Lowell (who has been 100000% better than anyone could have hoped) and Beckett (6th best ERA, 2nd best OBA).

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  13. hanley:

    we gave up talent to get talent. that's usually what you have to do.

    i'm happy with the results so far.

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  14. "Not fair! Name isn't spelled Frances."

    Spelling doesn't count. My team, my rules. :)

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  15. My rule for my team right now is that they must score some runs in this inning. This means you, Mr. Drew.

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  16. At least he hit the ball well.

    Jeez.

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  17. coco DID throw it to manny.

    god remy can be such a moron.

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  18. josh is just setting up the triple play. all part of the grand scheme.

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  19. funny how their triple play looks just like a GS

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  20. coco DID throw it to manny.

    god remy can be such a moron.


    remy just loves re-hashing that play when manny cut-off johnny damon's throw that time in like 2004 or something.


    also, i just walked out of my livingroom and i'm forsaking the game for at least 10 minutes.

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  21. "remy just loves re-hashing that play when manny cut-off johnny damon's throw that time in like 2004 or something."

    it's one of his obsessions

    i think don has a crush on todd helton

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  22. it was funny tho.

    meanwhile this is major bullshit.

    ;(((

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  23. Anyone have any good news? I could use some after that last HR.

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  24. Anyone have any good news?

    I have a yummy ice cream cone (drumstick) in the freezer that I'll be eating later.

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  25. OMFG NESN... STFU about Tod Helton!

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  26. "Anyone have any good news?"

    Even if we lose tonight, we're still 7.5 games up.

    That's all I got.

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  27. "OMFG NESN... STFU about Tod Helton!"

    great acronyms there

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  28. Well, Don and Jerry making fun of the "Sox Appeal" couple is pretty damn funny.

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  29. don and jerry's dating tips

    omfg

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  30. Coming late to the game, but I-girl's comment just got me:

    funny how their triple play looks just like a GS

    Well, least that gave me a laugh. I could go for a nice late-game recovery. Are we still betting on Papi's 1st walkoff?

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  31. wow -- we can't even knock julio around.

    this is starting to piss me off.

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  32. Glad I could help.

    It's L-girl btw. Looks weird in lower case.

    I had the Papi walkoff for yesterday - my birthday. Who's got today?

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  33. thanks tdcg :)

    one of my presents was red sox earrings

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  34. doh! sorry about that. Wasn't sure and didn't take the time to check.

    Happy birthday!

    There ya go. Manny's on--clearly we going to recover now.

    whoops! ok now he's around. we're on our way.

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  35. "we can still come back."

    yup, here we go

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  36. one of my presents was red sox earrings

    hehe, sweet. i almost bought a red sox bangle today (its cool it's made from a baseball skin)

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  37. "doh! sorry about that. Wasn't sure and didn't take the time to check."

    Oh, no problem. Happens all the time. :)

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  38. one of my presents was red sox earrings

    her first red sox gear!

    i think a cap is next. or a 'bot shirt.

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  39. we scored a run. i'm fucking tickled!!

    *tantrum*

    i really am a little tickled actually. sad.

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  40. re our comeback:

    timlin in now.

    :<(

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  41. faijaljcanwojffaonfaonvaldal.

    that is all

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  42. "her first red sox gear!"

    and in the old days i used to wear ny earrings...

    "or a 'bot shirt."

    yes please :)

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  43. re tickled, i know, we're too happy about one run

    ugh, here's timlin

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  44. yah someone needs to get L-girl a sox hat STAT ;p

    c'mon you gots to have one ;)

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  45. tim's looked better last night tho.

    meh ;/

    i'm only going to be partially appeased if woger gets SLAMMED tomorrow by the mets.

    and we rout whoever the hell we're playing. i honestly do not know.

    SF i think?

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  46. giants = yes.

    have i mentioned recently that timlin should have been sent to the glue factory months ago?

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  47. yeah, giants coming next

    so everyone except me can boo bonds

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  48. 12-2: good time for timlin.

    6-1: no. game still too close.

    D-F-A
    D-F-A
    D-F-A ...

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  49. we should be able to get some runs off this corpse guy

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  50. i have no inbetween modus operandi right now. it's either 'this fucking sucks' or 'we can do it' mentality.

    so i'm forsaking for now.

    lol @ 'corpse guy'

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  51. this is gonna be some kind of 9th inning comeback!

    right?

    ...

    ...

    ...

    right?

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  52. piffle. the worst thing about slumps is not knowing when they're gonna end. you know?

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  53. This team needs a shot in the arm.Tito seems to be looking for a leadoff hitter.......Lets see if Theo has any balls to call up the kid........let him leadoff for a week....Make some people wonder how secure their jobs actually are..

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  54. Happy Birthday L, Gemini who knew :)

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  55. MMkay. How many runs have we scored since Oakland started this disaster? I bet half of that total was in the 13 run game. This sucks.

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  56. Balls.


    At least I finally tried a pint of Keith's Red tonight. Delish! (sorry, I've seen too much of that Dunkin commercial with that obnoxious broad with the tar heels)

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  57. i know who is that chick?!?!

    she has two commercials and it's like 'UM, AND YOU ARRRRRE????'

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  58. The chick is Rachel Ray. I had to ask too, 'cause she's really annoying. I thought at first she was just some talking head morning personality (Kelly Ripa, the staff of the View, etc.) and was really bothered by it.

    Then I found out she has a cooking show, which mean she **may** have some redeeming qualities.

    This slump has me discussing Rachel Ray. It's really bad.

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  59. I like Rachel Ray! Her cooking show is super popular, so it's odd that I like it, but I do.

    But man, I would kill for a Dunkin Donuts around here, just to get an iced coffee every day. Ontario doesn't know what an iced coffee is. It's the thing I miss most. Actually, it's the only thing I miss...

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  60. Hey, thank you, 9Casey! Fellow Gemini?

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  61. Rachel Ray on the Food Network.

    Apparently she's become a brand with a million things going on, so maybe she's not even good anymore. But her cooking show used to be really cool.

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  62. She's also a big Sox fan, apparently.

    But I didn't recognize her in the DD commercial. Either she had on a ton of makeup or has had work done.

    become a brand

    Yeah. Also seen her name on the covers of various celebrity rags, so ...

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  63. Then I found out she has a cooking show, which mean she **may** have some redeeming qualities.

    lol and just wth is that supposed to mean?! ;p

    cooking shows are fun tho (most of them) i remember this one cooking show on pbs called 'two fat ladies'. they were british and fat and awesome :)

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  64. I used to love Two Fat Ladies!

    The only one I seriously dislike is Emeril. He's just gross.

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  65. The only one I seriously dislike is Emeril. He's just gross.

    BAM! KICK IT UP A NOTCH!

    hah, he was the inspiration for a hockey team i was on one year, we would always yell at each other to kick it up a notch, and say BAM! at various things.

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