In their only spring meeting, both teams are expected to field something close to their regular lineup, although Manny Ramirez will not be making the trip to Tampa.
Colon should pitch no more than three innings and be followed by Julian Tavarez and Javier Lopez. Pettitte skipped his last start with a mild left forearm strain and is scheduled to throw 60 pitches.
The two teams meet for the first time during the season on April 11.
Michael Silverman, Herald:
Is Joe Girardi really ready for the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry?
By the looks of it, no.
I hope Girardi can finally bring a voice to the voiceless: the MFY fans who'd rather whine than win, who'd rather fight than achieve.
ReplyDeleteFor his sake, he should remember that when inserting his foot into his mouth, raised spikes hurt.
Alright -- firing up the old MLB.TV for this one.
ReplyDeleteWE HAVE OATMEAL!
Lugo, ss
Pedroia, 2b
Ortiz, dh
Youkilis, 1b
Lowell, 3b
Varitek, c
Ellsbury, cf
Carter, lf
Moss, rf
Damon, lf
Jeter, ss
Abreu, rf
Giambi, 1b
Posada, c
Matsui, dh
Cano, 2b
Betemit, 3b
Cabrera, cf
Out of Sox pen: Tavarez, Lopez, Hansen
Out of MFY pen: Albaladejo, Traber, Philips
SHIT -- YES on MLBTV.
ReplyDeleteAlready got to watch a game on mute. Will try to keep a running log of the game.
ReplyDeleteSox 1st:
ReplyDeleteLugo (cbb) 6-3, chopper up middle.
Pedroia (fbs) K swinging (low/inside).
Ortiz (ccbbf) K swinging (check swing).
Pettitte's pitching like there's an HGH shipment waiting for him to sign for.
ReplyDeleteNo St. Patty's Day jerseys. Woohoo!
Yankee fans got all the box seats, but Sox fans definitely heard cheering for each player from the cheap seats.
Yankees complaining on every strike call. Damon and Giambi with a look back after being called out, while Abreu gets the benefit of the doubt on a 3-2 pitch for ball four. Ump has a high strike zone, though. Colon throwing well over 90 at times. An early mound visit as he's walked 2 in the 1st.
ReplyDeleteDicks on the pond!
The two hits weren't exactly scorched. Okay, that one by Cano was legit. 4-0 Yanks. "The curse is back, baby!" A semi-Colon inning here. He's up up up. Get it down, man.
ReplyDeleteRemy: "His stuff is good, his location is not."
42 pitches for Colon -- and that's his day. Still in the first inning:
ReplyDeleteDamon (ccb) K looking.
Jeter (bbf) single thru middle, cf.
Abreu (bcbffbff) walked.
Giambi (bff) K looking.
Posada (bbbc) walked (loaded).
Matsui (fbc) double down LF line, ground rule, CI and Abreu score.
Cano (bb) singled lined LF, Dumbo and Shemp score.
Betemit (bcfbbfff) walked.
he was hitting 95-96 often, but poor location.
Sexy Lips in.
ReplyDeleteMilk Dud (b) grounded into 6-4 FC.
4-0 MFY after 1.
Let's see if Colon's plan to slow down Andy's rhythm with a long bottom 1 works!
ReplyDeleteHP ump calling what many would think is a high strike for both sides. Only batter that did not get strikes called on pitched at or above the belly button: Jeter.
ReplyDeleteTerrible call by Orsillo. "Ground ball right side, well placed...fielded by Cano for the out." Wasn't that well-placed in hindsight, was it Don?
ReplyDeleteFinally a baserunner on a Tek walk.
Sox 2nd:
ReplyDeleteYook (bcc) 4-3.
Dr. (1-1) 5-3.
Tek (bbcb) walked.
Lyndon (bsbsb) P4 in short RF.
SoSHer mabrowndog has Colon pitch-by-pitch:
ReplyDeleteDamon - SL (inside corner), SS (fastball down the middle), B (high & outside), SL (2-seamer on the low-outside corner) - STRIKEOUT
Jeter - B (up high), B (changeup high), F (fastball inside pulled down the 3B side), H (2-seamer that didn't sink enough, grounded up the middle) - SINGLE
Abreu - B (fastball high), SL (fastball on the high-inside corner), B (changeup high), F (inside fastball fouled behind the plate), F (fastball high, fouled behind the plate), B (2-seamer up high), F (fastball inside, fouled back to screen), F (fastball high, popped foul into LF stands), B (just missed on the outside corner, the ump screwed Colon) - WALK
Giambi - B (2-seamer up high), F (fastball outside, fouled to LF side), F (2-seamer, fouled behind stands), SL (slider that looked high & inside, but Colon got the call) - STRIKEOUT
Posada - B (fastball up high), B (changeup high), B (93-mph fastball, outside), SL (91-mph fastball on the outside corner), B (fastball high & outside) - WALK
Matsui - F (popped up down 3B line, bounced into stands), B (fastball outside), SL (fastball on the outside corner), H (rifled down LF line, bounces once and into bullpen) - GROUND-RULE DOUBLE, 2 RBI
Cano - B (fastball inside), B (slider down low), H (fastball up high & outside, line drive to left field) - SINGLE, 2 RBI.
Betemit - B (fastball outside, SL (changeup), F (4-seamer low & inside, fouled back), B (fastball well inside & low), B (slider inside), F (fastball, fouled into dirt at the plate), F (slider, fouled down 1B side), F (4-seamer up high, just fouled off), B (fastball inside) - WALK
Jeter HBP from Lips -- yeah!
ReplyDeleteJeter plunked in elbow by Tavarez. ABreu follows with a bomb. 6-0.
ReplyDeleteNext pitch -- Abreu 2-run dong to RF. Boo.
ReplyDeleteFuck the dong!
ReplyDeleteIt's only exhibition... but still.
We continue the "make Andy wait" theory...
ReplyDeleteAlmost 2 innings played, almost 2 hours have passed.
yay - they send only 8 men to the plate this inning:
ReplyDeleteDamon (cbb) F9 in RCF.
Jeter (ccb) HBP.
Abreu 2-run HR to RF.
Giambi (fbb) double into RF corner.
Posada 4-3, HGH to 3rd.
Shemp (b) singled to CF, past diving FY, HGH scores.
Cano (cb) singled to RF, Shemp to 2nd.
Betemit (bbbcf) K looking (was actually ball 4 up and away).
7-0 after 2.
that it! jere's strategy is now clearly working!
ReplyDeletethere goes the no-hitter.
ReplyDeletehere we come!!!
PASSEDBALLA???
ReplyDeleteno, no advance.
Haha. Love seeing Damon eff up.
ReplyDeleteOh man, a fan getting on Lugo over the whole domestic violence thing... Is Yes picking up the same audio?
ReplyDeleteGeorge (H.W.) Steinbrenner shown on NESN now, enjoying the sunshine on his cold, lizard-like skin. 7-2 now as Posada lets one get through.
ReplyDeletePASSEDBALLA!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRUN SCORES
SoSHer quotes Kay on Lugo:
ReplyDelete"Nobody thought the Red Sox could do it with bad defense up the middle, but they went against conventional wisdom and made it work."
Man, such a balk move. But it always has been...
ReplyDeleteDusty picked off 1-3-6.
ReplyDeleteSox 3rd:
ReplyDeleteCarter (bbccff) single, bloop to CF.
Moss (cb) doubled to LF, Damon lost it in the sun towards the corner, gave up, it fell fair, and he had to hurry up and go after it, Carter to 3rd.
Lugo (bbcfff) 6-3 (CI to his left?!?!?), Carter scores.
Pedroia (bcbfb - WP/PB Moss acores) walks.
Tiz (bbsf) K swinging.
Bos - 002
MFY - 43
sit down damon!
ReplyDeletetucan at 60 pitches -- which was his limit. mfy pen time!!
I just realized, I'm currently in my longest "haven't heard Michael Kay's voice" streak in at least a decade. And it is good.
ReplyDeleteLips shuts 'em down on 7 pitches:
ReplyDeleteDud (f) F7
Damon (cbf) K looking
CI F9
The classiest cheater still in to start the 4th.
ReplyDeleteDONG Yooouukkkkk
ReplyDeleteFor his second spring start, Colon looks pretty damn good.
ReplyDeleteNice arm action, was hitting mid-90s with what looks like minimal effort. Fuck it, for a #5 starter, I'll take it. I am hopeful.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK
ReplyDeletedong work for yuda!
Near-DONG Lowwweeelllll. But an out. ClassCheat out now.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure, but YES may have missed the dong while showing the ever-exciting shot of Girardi sitting on the bench.
ReplyDeletetek greets heath phillips with a liner to right for a bingle.
ReplyDeleteTek reaches again. We're hitting a cool grand against their pen, as the Let's Go Red Sox chant is heard at Legends Field. But, hey, Red Sox Nation DOESN't EXIST.
ReplyDeleteSingLBJ, two men on.
Lyndon single to RCF.
ReplyDeletecarter ropes one, but cano leaps and snares it.
ReplyDeletelet's go moss!!
Yeah Moss. 7-4 now.
ReplyDeleteheath, buddy, you ain't foolin' no one.
ReplyDeleteCome on, Lugo, dong will tie it... and he ends the inning. But we're back in it, 7-4 after 3.5.
ReplyDeleteSox 4th:
ReplyDeleteYook dong to LF.
Lowell F7 deep to wall.
Phillips in for Pettitte.
Varitek (b) single to RF.
Ellsbury (bb) single to RCF.
Carter L4.
Moss (bcbbc) sngle to RF, Tek scores.
Lugo (bc) looper to 4.
Sox - 002 2
MFY - 043
Not a great day overall for the Ass Kissing Duo (Lips-Colon).
ReplyDeletePosada is slow. Way to cover on the 1-6-3, Julian.
ReplyDeleteSox - 002 2
ReplyDeleteMFY - 430 1
Gotta step out for a few minutes.
Legends Field with a Hooters sign on the outfield fence. Only the classiest boobfest restaurants make the cut.
ReplyDeleteDamon Being Shemp in LF -- LBJ 3B!!!
ReplyDeleteMore eff ups for Damon. Rally time.
ReplyDeleteEllsbury singled before, it was Carter who hit the ball Johnny botched. Jacoby went to 3rd.
ReplyDeleteMother Teresa is getting down with some AC-DC this afternoon!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay -- my MLBTV screwed up. I thought Lyndon was still hitting, then I saw him on third.
ReplyDeleteDamon still sucks!
Slappy wouldn't have had it. Damn.
ReplyDeleteHansen in, falls behind Dumbo 3-0, gets two called strikes, then a miss and a 2-3 PO.
ReplyDeleteTime for the Bats!
Who do we got?
ReplyDeletePedroia
Corsaletti
Thurston
Ginter
Go "Sox"!
Yankee subs in at every position.
ReplyDeleteDown 1-2-3.
ReplyDeleteNY 8-4, mid-7th.
Lyndon with the wheels!
ReplyDeleteOkay, 8th inning lightning.
Remy says Waldman said it took her "til July" to get back to normal after the Yanks' Japan trip in '04. While Sterling said it took "a week." So now they think Georgie Girl was just trying to psych them out.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Ma Teresa is headbanging to For Those About To Rock.
Fire!
Brian "Spruce Goose" Bruney looks so different with the longer hair. Skinnier, too. He's gonna get fine any day now with that cut.
ReplyDeleteOne time, back when I was in a band, we were driving to a gig, and we heard For Those About to Rock on the radio. And I thought, Wow, for the first time in my life, AC/DC are saluting ME, as I was literally about to rock. (I told the crowd this, but they didn't seem to get it or care. Or couldn't hear me as usually when you try to talk to the crowd it sounds like HEAYHA YOUZ GAGHGGGGA RIOKKKKK.)
ReplyDeleteHunter Jones in for us. And I don't mean Mike Timlin.
Hunter facing Ransom.
ReplyDeleteOops. Orsillo says "Chris" Hansen. So you know he watches To Catch a Predator.
ReplyDeleteBon:
ReplyDeleteI'm dirty, mean, and mighty unclean
I'm a wanted man
Public Ememy Number 1
Understand?
Genius.
Spelling "enemy" with two "m"s -- not so genius.
ReplyDeleteMy Brian Johnson "connection."
ReplyDeleteHe's no Bon. But, uh, at least he's alive, I guess.
ReplyDeleteSo many people left this game early. Stick around. It's fucking Florida.
ReplyDeleteGotta get to the early bird.
ReplyDeleteTerrible heckle to Iggy Suarez just now. "Rrrrico...suave." What? It's not Iggy Suave. But it works, as he backwards Ks to end it.
ReplyDelete"Gotta get to the early bird."
ReplyDeleteGood call. Probably true--it's almost 4:30.
I followed the season of Iggy Suarez a couple of years ago in SoSH's Adopt-A-Prospect forum. Hadn't ever seen him "live" until now.
ReplyDeleteAnd he's caught looking to end the game by Strickland Propane.
"He didn't have a Coke!
ReplyDeleteNice call on Propane. Other possibilities: That principal in Back to the Future, Mr. Strickland.
ReplyDeleteNice call on Propane.
ReplyDeleteIt felt like something I'd read at your blog.
I wish I'd come up with that one.
ReplyDelete