Something must have been wrong with Papelbon tonight (migraine?), because with the game on the line, Francona chose to go with Corey, Lopez and Timlin. Assuming everything was normal in the pen, that was a shockingly un-Tito thing to do. Naturally, things did not work out for the best.
Red Sox - 030 001 000 00 - 4 10 1
Rays - 101 200 000 01 - 5 11 0
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Tim Wakefield (3.96, 115 ERA+) / Matt Garza (9.00, 48 ERA+)
Garza pitched eight innings over two starts (12 hits and five walks), then went on the DL with radial nerve irritation. He returns to Tampa's rotation tonight.
Wakefield has 2.41 ERA at Tropicana Field over 101 career innings (14 starts and six relief appearances). Kevin Cash will (likely) make his sixth straight start.
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Bobby Kielty had surgery on his left hand and is expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks.
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201 -- ME!!!
Lugo with the wheels, allows the run to score!
I'll do this again for the 201-400 people:
"Report a bug."
It's not a redemption dong, but Ill take it.
££££££££
Cash isn't looking so shitty tonight.
Cash money!
Doug who?
It's not a redemption dong
Bob Marley?
Mirabelli hasn't put up a .753 OPS since 2003.
I think Cash will give us a lot of chances to loathe him in the box.
Come on Rays, quit doing that!
I think Cash will give us a lot of chances to loathe him in the box.
He already has, but he does have glimpses of good.
Why do you outfielders have to be so fast?
You know how close we were to a Thurston-Howell matchup?
You know how close we were to a Thurston-Howell matchup?
And if it happened in the 3rd!
AArdsma warming.
I wish I could effectively mute and still game thread...
The Baseball Diaries:
J Carroll singles in Little Grady, and the grinning savages are again up 2. (Traber has replaced the un-naturally quick recoverer.)
Listening to the Tampa Bay radio station: They have a silly promotion where if you bring a radio to the park, listen to the station, and wave with your radio in the air when they ask, they will give you....a ball.
Alligator Aki scores a goal.
"And if it happened in the 3rd!"
Nice touch.
Listening to the Tampa Bay radio station: They have a silly promotion where if you bring a radio to the park, listen to the station, and wave with your radio in the air when they ask, they will give you....a ball.
That's so they can see the six people who listen each night.
"That's so they can see the six people who listen each night."
Yeah, that's how they calculate the ratings.
"We did a five tonight!"
"Five share?"
"No, five dudes waving their radios in the air."
Between the steals and knuckle balls, Wake is tormenting poor Cash.
wake makes it thru 6 (113 pit)
wake makes it thru 6 (113 pit)
A far cry from last outing.
Youk is due.
If Youk doesn't get a hit here I'll buy everyone here a new Corvette.
That flag story annoyed me. Not quite enough to whip out the flag burning avatar, but close.
Ooh, he's sittin' on a Carbo Theory!
If Youk doesn't get a hit here I'll buy everyone here a new Corvette.
Better call your loan officer.
this date in 1976 - rick monday grabs american flag before two fans can light it on fire in the wrigley outfield.
i'm pretty sure there is film of this, but cheap rays tv shows only a b&w photo.
(Corvette offer not valid in northern hemisphere)
I'll have mine in black.
Where's my car at, jere?
Thank god. My Vette was so out of date.
If Youk doesn't get a hit here I'll buy everyone here a new Corvette.
i think you still owe us a million bucks for something last year.
Monday vid here
Rick Monday clip on youtube.
That vid complete with cheesy Patriotic music.
But a Vin Scully call!
(Corvette offer not valid in northern hemisphere)
you may still be fucked.
So apparently it's on youtube a couple times.
This game is putting me to sleep.
Indians 6 outs away.
Raymond is doing horrible things to Wally.
Albalade-prostitute in for the Yanks.
AAArdsma has been having trouble getting the third out...
Yay! Pizza's here!
horrible Globe ad. For so many reasons.
All of your favorite bands are playing after games at the Trop this year. LL cool J, and MC Hammer for example...
Ladies, and Jere, love Cool J.
MC Hammer? Really? Wow! Cool!
Wait... What year is it?
man, fugly swings from yook and drew vs howell.
"Tina got a big ole butt. I know I told you I'd be true. But Tina got a big ole butt. So I'm leavin' you."
Drew got problems with breaking balls
Please Patrick don't hurt 'em
Tropicana voted best parking.
Tribe 4 outs from victory martinez
I feel like Lugo should get on just to get by Cash for the next inning.
Castig: "Just for Men. The haircolor Tim Wakefield uses."
I bet the Yanks wish Borowski was still the closer.
White Flag warming.
Will he pitch like Feldman or Haim tonight?
The rare line out DP!
Nice aim!
££££££££!!!
payoff pitch to Cash--single! 3 hit night for Kevin.
Dougwho?
they go to the ninth in Midgeburg, 6-4 Natives.
Mo Money Mo Problems starts the ninth inning rally, setting the table for the top of the order. I'm smelling runs here.
they fear cash's wheels!
Midgeburg - nice.
FY got a chance to keep his hitting streak alive.
Castig: "Sometimes you gotta wonder. The Yankees are 1,500 miles away from here." Yankees Suck chants at the Trop.
Not even the mention of the bunt possibility for Jacoby there, from Remy? I know you don't like to take the bat out of his hands. But that's the go ahead run there--and Jacoby knows how to bunt.
goodness. Hit and run.
Remy notes a guy in an ARod jersey prompted that chant.
Bunch of sox fans getting kicked out for fighting...
Arod--who happened to pop out to first to start the ninth as I typed that.
Timlin's career possibly over, as he leaves the field....
Everybody's safe!!!!
Good baserunning by Cash, huh? He almost got gunned down at second, though.
hilarious baserunning by Cash
I hate the Yankees Suck chants. I'm not even crazy about them when the MFY are present, but it makes me nuts when they aren't.
Do they score that a hit?
Amy's withdrawl will be over.
We'll be seeing V-Tek tonight
Uh, is Tek well enough to catch?
I keep thinking I'm hearing Yankees Suck chants at other places on TV. Like Bruins games.
They need to go. There are a lot of people who give Red Sox fans a bad rap.
"I hate the Yankees Suck chants. I'm not even crazy about them when the MFY are present, but it makes me nuts when they aren't."
Just curious, why?
Just a FC (no hit, no E) in GD.
Uh, is Tek well enough to catch?
We'll see. But he will catch.
"They need to go. There are a lot of people who give Red Sox fans a bad rap."
Because we hate our rival? I've never understood this line of reasoning.
Tropicana Field has the widest assortment of noises in the background in MLB, I think.
Those damn cowbells and things.
Manny to the rescue. I can feel it.
I guess it's different for me, having grown up surrounded by Yankee fans, but to hear a group of people making fun of that shitty team, in any situation, anywhere in the world, puts a smile on my face. A very big one. Just imagine Hank's face if you're not feelin' it...
Man Ram time....
what makes you think it's always red sox fans starting the chant?
It's a matter of empirical reality that the Yankees do suck tonight.
I guess it's just a general dislike of negativity on my part. I'd much rather be FOR something than AGAINST something else. If the Yankees are around, then at least it makes sense, even though it's still not my style, but when they aren't there it just feels plain dumb.
And by the way, the Yankees do suck. Shout it proudly!!! Yanks lose, 6-4...
i don't participate in the chant, but i like hearing it -- it's as much a part of baseball as hot dogs and beer.
Because we hate our rival? I've never understood this line of reasoning.
The fights and things. That's not solely because of the Yankees Suck chants. But there are a lot of stupid Red Sox fans out there, and we all know this.
But that's the extent of my interest in what other Red Sox fans do.
Holy crap.
I forgot this was a legitimate set-up man. Dan Wheeler.
Well, hell.
"what makes you think it's always red sox fans starting the chant?"
Right, isn't it every citizen of Earth's god-given right to hate the Yanks? At the Sox Angels game Thursday, I saw an Angel fan with an "Angels-style" Yankee hater T-shirt.
UGH!
i don't participate in the chant, but i like hearing it -- it's as much a part of baseball as hot dogs and beer.
I'd say there's a time and place. When the Yankees are in town, I'd be all for it.
Looked like Bot was set to come in.
Jamesian bullpen theory at work. Visiting team, 4-4, bot 9th, home team could walk off, bring in your top bullpen arm.
as the game goes on, you go to 2nd best available, 3rd best available, etc. ... which means we see timlin in the 16th or so.
If Red Sox fans are stating fights anywhere, yes, they're giving the rest of us a bad name. But how do we know who started the fight tonight, or really any other fight, unless you're right next to it?
Corey still in.
No Flag.
If Red Sox fans are stating fights anywhere, yes, they're giving the rest of us a bad name. But how do we know who started the fight tonight, or really any other fight, unless you're right next to it?
I'm sure it's 50/50 generally. Easy to get a Sox/Yankees fan scuffle going.
Somehow, to me, the more the Yankees suck (and they currently do, oh yes), the less worth talking about it is. We're the better team, and our dust that they're going to eat all year should speak for itself.
Timlin went to the clubhouse a long time ago.
wtf tito? trying to squeeze an extra out from corey?
if he lets guys on, then you gotta go to snuffer anyway, but with guys on.
I agree Allan, why Corey?
and a 5-pitch walk.
christ.
BOT!
NOW!
Oi. Winning run on. Not much chance you'd be able to get a DP here. He doesn't bunt, interestingly. Come on, Crawford. Hit a grounder to FY.
Right, isn't it every citizen of Earth's god-given right to hate the Yanks?
Absofuckinglutely.
FUCK YEAH WITH THE DEE!
great job by FY there
why's he in the clubhouse? why'd you say "career probably over"?
Pena pinch-hitting.
Rut roh.
Sarah, you have a point, but I think for some people it would take decades of Yankee shittiness before they could say, Eh, I'll just forget about 'em at this point. Which is why you're just always gonna hear the chant.
corey semi-stomping around "mad hungarian" style.
Eh, I'll just forget about 'em at this point. Which is why you're just always gonna hear the chant.
and with Mr. Hanky running things... at least the entertainment factor goes up.
Oh, sorry. NESN said Timlin left and went to the clubhouse with a pissed off expression, like "something went wrong" while he was warming. And since he's 60 years old, I figure any little thing could put a fork in him at this point.
way to waste one, Feldman!
Why? Why is bot not in?
Right, Hank making this rivalry as fun as ever....
As for the chant itself, I'd be fine with changing it, improving on it, whatever. I just enjoy the blatant, out-loud, anti-Yankeeism.
Dustin was so close to getting that. Come on, Haim, just one.
Come on, Corey. Strike out the desperate housewife and send this thing to extras.
aw jeez Hart.
jesus fuck, tito.
Bummer Amy's not here, btw, given the return of Tek.
Oi. Bases loaded, and it's up to Lopez to face Hinske.
Makes me insides churn.
Please don't let this be a Pena/Hinske winning rally against us.
LoPez to dispense with the whoop ass.
drear eric:
if you want your world series ring, please make an out.
signed,
red sox mgmt.
o my. Hinske, didn't we just give u a ring? fail that fucking bat.
LOPEZ????????????
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????????
fuck, here comes the loss. right fucking here. lopez. fucker'll probably walk hinske.
This could be a big confidence booster for Lopez if he gets us through. A launching pad to true loogism for the rest of oh eight.
Tito playing for the tie at home, the loss on the road...
i say weak ground out
I'm all for decades of Yankee suckitude, and I guess when it comes right down to it, if you are where the Yankees are, telling them how you feel about it is all to the good. If they aren't though, it's just making them more important than they are.
And if they aren't there, the potential for Hanky Baiting is really limited!
Or a confidence killer if he doesn't get him.
that's not reverse mojo, by the way.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
clap clap clap. Okay, now we win in Xtras
Runs, please.
CATCH!!!
I was SCARED for the game right there.
Castig: "Drew makes a backhand catch! ...He had it all the way."
Bonus baseball!
It's ok, Hinske, don't feel bad... Look! I got you this ring! It's shiny!
ish, I finally started Broadcast Rites & Sites.
jesus. dodged a bullet there f'coma. ... assassin mgr tito must have been taking a dump this inning.
dumb dumb move. lucky it worked out.
I'm feeling confident now. If we were going to lose, that was a great opportunity. Let's go!
Oh ya. And I'm calling for a J.D. Dong right here. For realz
ish, I finally started Broadcast Rites & Sites.
I've read the first half of that book. Might come back to it at some point.
He who Trevs, he who Mills, in for the Raze
Pap back to the pen. I say he goes 10 and 11 if nec.
Timlin's back in the bullpen.
And Timlin back in pen. Flag nation worries...
Youk! Way to be a Greek God. Let's have that JD Dong now, shall we?
Timlin pulls a near-Cornholio! (pulls jersey nearly all the way over head..I guess to stretch it out...)
why is that ad behind home in japanese anyway?
Time for a Jedi mind trick.
"why is that ad behind home in japanese anyway?"
I dunno but Richard Gere's involved.
Let's make this one of those games where the morning people get up and they say, "13-6...in extra innings???"
lugo
Ow. What a crazy DP there.
So Bot and Timlin were up. Tito gonna start with WF and hope he can buy another inning?
WF, I'm sure.
More Lopez.
GDGD has Lopez starting the inning
It's MDC's fat brother.
Rally killer.
lopez will appear in more games by the end of the year than tizzle.
Eventually, it will be Timlin.
This will be blown game 4 if he pitches to form....can he surpise us, Laura?
Strange play, there. liner toward center. Lopez gets a piece of it (leaves a shoe behind), the ball kinda dies toward second, and FY picked it up, throws wide to first, not in time. Youk had to chase after it.
jack, I see you're counting the game where he came in trailing and gave up an insurance run that we didn't get back anyway in the blown game column. As well as this one, that he hasn't even entered yet.
Why is my side the cra-a-a-aazy side again?
Lopez does a very good job here.
White Flag time.
fasten your seat belts.
It's on, people, Abortion enters the game.
And here's the flag...
maybe bot's got a migraine tonight.
Why is my side the cra-a-a-aazy side again?
I'd like not to get into that again tonight.
I'm hoping Jere makes us all eat our naysaying words right here.
Come on, Timlin. I want my free iced tea tomorrow.
Well, it's quite clear my side needs its own nickname for the man. It's gotta be confidence building. I'm going with SuperAmazing Man!
Come on, SAM!
opponents hitting .480.
whooo-kay.
Bear in mind he is in the smaller office.
SupAm Man causing much fouling off footing!
I liked that. ...
Do it again.
Those are the kinds of calls that the Devil Rays announcers are supposed to end up complaining about!
It should be known that if Lugo hadn't put that E on the board, we might not be here right now.
New nickname for Mike:
Awesome Boy: Our Rightwing Thowin' Icon Of Nation!
The A.B.O.R.T.I.O.N. issue continues to divide a nation.
So...thank u lugo....
I like it, Patrick! Yes... spread the blame, spread the blame!
okay let's get some runs now. seriously you guys.
Ramirez = Bad Man
Oh wow, jere - that was painful!
nice work, timlin.
now ... we've got 1 run in our last 8 innings against this staff of suckitude. BATS NOW!
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