Red Sox - 000 010 000 - 1 5 0Alternate headline: Buchholz Fantastic; Francona Getting Dumber
Rays - 000 000 02x - 2 3 0
A team that scores one run in nine innings will not win too many games, but it looked like it might be enough for the Red Sox on Saturday.
Buchholz had pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, with eight strikeouts. He had retired 19 of the last 20 Rays hitters and only one of those outs left the infield. But he was at 94 pitches. And MDC, Jeemer and Papelbot were ready in the pen.
Francona sent Clay out for another inning. Why? What's the point?
Buchholz struck out the first hitter, allowed a single to right and got a fly ball to center. But Iwamura crushed a 1-1 pitch to deep right field -- it was Clay's 110th pitch -- and the Rays had two runs.
And that was that. Buchholz finished with a wonderful 8-3-2-2-9 line, but Tito should have been satisfied with 7-1-0-2-7.
Remember that Red Sox management was so concerned about Buchholz's shoulder that Theo ordered Tito to remove him from his no-hitter last September if he reached 120 pitches? He threw 113 today. Against Tampa Bay in late April.
With or without your top three bullpen arms rested and ready, that decision defies common sense.
Is there something in the air in the Trop wreaking havoc with Francona's mind? Does he hallucinate when he hears a cowbell? ... He has not been himself these last two nights.
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Clay Buchholz (4.79, 95 ERA+) / Edwin Jackson (4.63, 94 ERA+)
Amalie Benjamin, Globe:
Brandon Moss has joined the Red Sox in Tampa, and the corresponding move might be a trip to the DL for Sean Casey. ... David Ortiz was in the original Red Sox lineup, but a second lineup has been posted, and Ortiz has been scratched.Buchholz:Ellsbury, RF
Pedroia, 2B
Drew, DH
Ramirez, LF
Youkilis, 1B
Crisp, CF
Varitek, C
Lowrie, 3B
Lugo, SS
The thing I noticed with the Yankees, the first time I faced them, the first time through the lineup they were getting a feel for pitches I threw and the second time they saw me, that's when everybody started swinging. For the most part, teams I've pitched against this year have been basically the same way - they get a feel for pitches I throw the first time through, try to work you deep in the count. Next time they try to sit on a pitch and if they get it they're going to swing. I think [that] helps any pitcher.Justin Masterson is the first Jamaican-born pitcher to appear in the majors (his parents were missionaries). He is also "the first Sox starter to allow two or fewer hits while lasting at least six innings in a major league debut since Billy Rohr's complete-game one-hitter at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 1967".
The Yankees (with Ian Kennedy and his 9.64 ERA and 2.29 WHIP) play in Bugland at 4 PM.
Orioles beat the White Sox 5-1(Burres: 8-3-0-0-4, 98).
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CLE - 0
Clev 2nd: single, single, bunt, walk, walk (RBI) -- still loaded, 1 out, 1-0.
Kennedy walks in a run. 1-0 Spiders with one out.
ReplyDeleteDelluci sac fly. 2-0 Spiders.
ReplyDeleteHafner bloop single to left. 3-0 Spiders.
ReplyDeleteBruney may be out for the rest of the season with a torn foot ligament. Out at least until September.
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check out today's yankee "lineup of the future"
ReplyDeletedamon lf
melky cf
jeter ss
arod dh
juice guy #1 1b
s duncan rf
morgan ensberg 3b
j molina c
a gonzalez 2b
god, i hope this lineup continues!
No Flo tonight.
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Dear Red Sox,
ReplyDeletePlease win this game, and win it in 9 innings, so I can go to sleep.
- Ish
Big big DP for Sowers. 5-4-3 to close out a first-and-second jam.
ReplyDeleteNYY - 000 00
ReplyDeleteCLE - 030 0
Watching the last 20 seconds of a hockey semi-final - Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings... score is 5-1 Red Wings at home. 20 seconds left, and the crowd sings "Sweet Caroline"
ReplyDeleteWow, thought I was in a MFY game thread there for awhile. Ah, I see Ish has changed his avatar again, I fully blame you buddy for this three game losing streak while you were using that Maddox avatar.
ReplyDeleteHate to see Big Papi, sitting tonight, especially since he was 4 for 9 with a HR and 4 RBI's vs Jackson. However, I am glad to see ocoC playing with is .308 / .357 / .462 average.
Varitek? 0 for 7 lifetime vs Jackson.
The Sideways Dice avatar is off to an 0-1 start, too. I may have to bring back the yawning cat.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with chronicling MFY failures in a Sox thread.
ReplyDeleteJust a final comment from the older thread/...
ReplyDeleteYeah, Old Yeller is damn true.
At least when he comes out of the pen we can all say "oy, wtf"
(old yeller, white (toast) flag
any takers? haha...
just got home from work, i think i'll be missing this one as well though, got to spend quality time with loved ones since i'm neck-deep in tax returns Mon to Fri. My dad's also having a party with his drinking buddies who put teens to shame with their ridiculous antics (his friends, not him) so I don't want to be anywhere near this house come 8pm.....
Where does tax season continue in the end of April?
ReplyDeleteIsh - I missed last night's thread so I did not notice the side cap. Tough loss last night, but hey, today is another day and tonight the Sox get back to their winning ways!!!
ReplyDelete1 and 2 w / 1 out in Cleveland and Shelley coming up to bat. (how about those razorbacks, two running backs taken in the first round).
ReplyDeleteCanada - April 30 is the deadline
ReplyDeleteJune 15 if you have self-employment income, but they backcharge interest to April 30, if you owe money.
Pitching change in Cle. with the bases loaded for the MFY's and 1 out.
ReplyDeleteSo Girardi goes to his bench, grabs Canooie and he goes down on strikes. Now here's Posada. Another K? Please, Jensen Lewis?
ReplyDeleteDumbo clears the bases. 3-3.
ReplyDeleteOh cock. Bases clearing Ultra Dumbo Triple.
ReplyDeleteNYY - 000 003
ReplyDeleteCLE - 030 00
When I lived in Virginia as well, state taxes weren't due until May 1.
ReplyDeleteHere in NJ, you automatically get an extension until sometime in the fall if you just ask.
ReplyDeleteHawkins's first six pitches are balls.
ReplyDeleteNever seen them do moundplasty during a game like this.
ReplyDeleteWOW. Cabrera safe at first. Heh. HGH at first base.
ReplyDeleteOk, so there is one situation in which sliding into first makes sense.
ReplyDeleteOrtiz banged his knee last night, why he's not in the line up.
ReplyDeleteOrtiz banged his knee last night, why he's not in the line up.
ReplyDeleteWhen he went bumbling and stumbling and diving into first base?
Yep
ReplyDeleteWhat a strange inning!
ReplyDeleteEck - Remy is being nice, but that bullpen has no chance. It's april!
ReplyDeleteAnybody besides me rather surprised Drew is DH instead of Manny?
ReplyDeleteSomewhat, yeah.
ReplyDeleteMcCarver, on A-Rod's swing with his quad soreness: "It's not A-Rodish."
ReplyDeleteA-rod finally strikes out on the 11th pitch.
ReplyDeleteNYY - 000 003 0
ReplyDeleteCLE - 030 000
Lead-off walk for Sizemore.
ReplyDeleteAlright, got MFY tuned in...let see some midges!
ReplyDelete3's are wild.
ReplyDeleteMFY 3
CLE 3
LAA 3
DET 3
Eck giving Cash some love!!!
ReplyDeleteNot like Mirabelli, no power, but he does put the bat on the ball!!!
What good is power if you always K?
ReplyDelete... trying out a new avatar also.
Masa Kobayashi's got a good changeup.
ReplyDeleteMcCarver, "Kobayashi getting Giambi on a backdoor slider--I don't even know what that is. Maybe a backdoor slider. The first time Giambi has seen Kobayashi, and the first time I've seen Kobayashi."
ReplyDeleteJoe Buck said maybe it was a gyroball.
NYY - 000 003 00
ReplyDeleteCLE - 030 000 0
Oh man!
ReplyDeleteKobayashi makes Dumbo look even more dumb than he could possibly get! 1-2-3 8th.
Hm, since posting random pics of what I cook worked so well last year...here's #1 for 2008...my attempt at "trendy" "gourmet" ness...
ReplyDeleteLamb.
This pic may also be used if we ever play against that 1B, Mike Lamb or whatever his name is.
Bonus: Try to find which part of the pic is photoshopped! Should be fairly easy...
Mop Up pitching for the MFY.
ReplyDeleteWho would you rather have on the mound for your team from the following two...? Mop Up Farnsworth, or White Flag?
The Mop in, I'm fully expecting CLE to take the lead here.
ReplyDeleteFarnsworth is having trouble throwing strikes but so far hasn't thrown at any non-Beings' heads.
ReplyDeleteWho would you rather have on the mound for your team from the following two...? Mop Up Farnsworth, or White Flag?
ReplyDeleteIs Wally the Green Monster an option?
Another lead-off walk. Maybe they'll finally cash him in here.
ReplyDeleteGreatest matchup ever: Wally vs. Raymond
ReplyDeleteAlternate caption for the lamb pic i posted...
ReplyDeletePhil's Avatar = before.
My pic = after.
WIDE throw from the Intangibles!
ReplyDeleteFC. Oh well...Guy coming out to argue something. TV on mute, listening to some reggae music.
ReplyDeleteReggae > Buck + McMoron
Wow. Ball was juggled by the Canoe. Wedge gets run.
ReplyDeleteShould be two on, 0 out. Instead it's 1 on, 1 out.
Why aren't the umpires conferencing?
Tribe mgr getting tossed...I guess that would be comparable to a fight in hockey?
ReplyDeleteHorribly blown call at second.
ReplyDeletebrak brak
ReplyDeleteOhping for a ohme rnu here from jhonny
ReplyDeleteOhping for a ohme rnu here from jhonny
ReplyDeleteGetting into the strong drink already, huh Tim? :P
Ohhh I get it.
ReplyDeleteNevermind.
haha, i wish.
ReplyDeleteooo shitty throw dumbo!
BBi for Dribble.
ReplyDeletei prefer Ass dribbler.
ReplyDeleteMop Up's got himself a good hook tonight.
ReplyDeleteShould've said 'Dribble.
ReplyDeleteNeed FY to get a hit tonight to keep my BTS streak going. Would be at like 14 had i not picked fucking Alex Rios one day, I think it was when the Sox were facing the new Texas pitcher, which they ended up lightin up... But yeah, lesson: never rely on the Blew Jays for anything.
ReplyDeleteEvery other hit in my streak = Sox. Mostly Manny and FY, had a couple Caseys in there, LUGO one game - that was a risk...
Looks like Red Sox radio isn't working...? The two affiliate stations I can hear - one has dead air. The other is playing music.
ReplyDeleteRemy and Orsillo wearing bright red shirts. They're missing their lip stick.
ReplyDeleteRemy saying that Flo hurt the surgical repaired knee.
ReplyDeleteGood backhanded play by Brak Brak in the hole.
ReplyDeleteRemy saying that Flo hurt the surgical repaired knee.
ReplyDeleteTito downplayed it. Said he just bruised it. Shouldn't be long. Maybe back tomorrow?
Whoa, I log in to the thread 5 mins before game time and there are already 78 comments. Threading the Spiders, I see.
ReplyDeleteI will stick to the Sox.
Shit -- FSN and Mr. Migraine on mlbtv again. Mute.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I believe Mr. Farnsworth is simply "The Mop".
Top 9 in Cleveland. Shouldn't be long now. But they are tied.
ReplyDeleteIsh, I have Red Sox radio on MLB audio. Is yours fixed?
ReplyDeleteIt's new avatar night!
ReplyDeleteBroken bat looper into right center for Damon.
ReplyDeleteIsh, I have Red Sox radio on MLB audio. Is yours fixed?
ReplyDeleteIt's freaking out, heh. Van Halen's "Jump" is looping over and over again.
And now more dead air.
ReplyDeleteNow, a song.
Oh cherry, oh cherry, oh baby,
ReplyDeleteDontcha know I in need of thee,
You don't believe it true,
Why don't you love me, too?
Its so long I been waiting,
For you to come right in,
Now that we are together,
Is make my joy run over
Whoaoh, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
Whoaoh, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah
Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah
Judas is having a good game for himself. 4/5.
ReplyDeleteAllan, I see you gave up your pilfered avatar. That's good.
ReplyDeleteYour new one, I don't know...
I love that cute little sheep.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know why Tim is singing that?
ReplyDeleteL with the futurama avatar, nice.
ReplyDeleteCause i was listening to it?
ReplyDeleteDo I dare listen to Migraine?
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have the audio on, since I'm clicking between mlbtv, gameday, the comment thread, and gmail to see the comments come in. Oh and keeping score too. ... While at work!
I don't know either.
ReplyDeleteRed Sox's flagship station is working. Joe C calling the game as always. None of the affiliates work, though, it seems.
ReplyDeleteFiled in the "sometimes it just doesn't make sense" folder. Jackson 4-10 at the Trop. 2-0 vs the Sox at the Trop.
ReplyDeleteLBJ!!!
speed kills ... the rays!
ReplyDeleteEllsbury conveniently presses his nitrous button.
ReplyDelete"L with the futurama avatar, nice."
ReplyDeleteThanks! Blurnsball. :)
"Cause i was listening to it?"
Good a reason as any, I guess. I like that album. Assuming you were listening to the Stones' version of that.
****
That's my boy! You cannot catch him!! No one can catch him!
Frack
ReplyDeleteCI just GIDP'd to end the top of the 9th. Whee.
ReplyDeletei pity the water cooler.
ReplyDeletedp, damn
ReplyDeleteaint no beating the streak there...dammit
ReplyDeleteallan, sounds like a productive night @ work!
TEN THOUSAND COWBELLS!
ReplyDeleteJeez.
If you must break your bat, aim the barrel at the first baseman!
ReplyDeleteDear Sox hitters:
ReplyDeleteMAKE TITO APOLOGIZE!!!!
Heh, talking about the cowbells at the Trop, Joe C said, "It's loud. It's always loud in here... some of it artificial."
ReplyDeleteDorf pitching for the chokers in the bottom of the 9th.
ReplyDeleteAssuming you were listening to the Stones' version of that.
ReplyDeleteYup, solid album. I did, after, find the 'original' on youtube - and was also awesome. I am now downloading some sort of double-reggae album with the original on it, as well as a lot of other promising stuff...
ON FIRE!!! bats flyin!
Yay! Radio is back.
ReplyDelete1 on 1 out for Spiders
ReplyDeleteDear M,
ReplyDeleteplease B M. That is all.
-tim
I distinctly said "B M" - not K. Boo.
ReplyDelete2 on 1 out for spiders.
Sizemore on first for Cleveland.
ReplyDeleteBase hit for... I think Carroll. Sizemore twisted his ankle on second base, while looking at Abreu in right field. That looked rather ugly.
Sizemore looks okay. He should stay in the game.
ReplyDeleteWinning run's on second... for Pronk.
So I guess Ross Ohlendorf is going to be the latest Yankees pitcher to be Quantrilled/Sturtzed/Gordoned/Proctored? (16 IP, and the month isn't over yet)
ReplyDeleteCastig and O'Brien going through the Cowbell Etiquette. Nobody follows the rules.
ReplyDeleteWILD PITCH. Sizemore to third.
ReplyDeleteTim said "B M"
ReplyDeleteheh heh heh .....
Wild pitch, ha.
ReplyDeleteThe wild pitch opens up first base. Hafner will be put on.
ReplyDeletePronk getting the BBI.
ReplyDeleteLoadin' em up with 1 out.
Sac fly would work.
So, the bases are loaded, but the only man that matters is Sizemore on third.
ReplyDeleteVictor Martinez facing the Dorf.
sox: good K
ReplyDeleteso what is the fruitbat status? same situation as last night for girardi -- tie game bot 9th
ReplyDeleteMFY: am i the only one who finds the 112pt "RIGHT NOW!" incredibly obnoxious?
ReplyDeleteCabrera swings at ball 2... 1-1.
ReplyDeleteHow you know a team is bad file. "longest tenured ray at 5 years".
ReplyDelete2 up 2 down, only 25 more to go HH
I mean Martinez.
ReplyDeleteSo where does one get a catcher hitting .364?
ReplyDeleteThose 3b stats for Crawford are amazing. For anyone listening to Sox radio.
ReplyDeleteMFY: Probably wants to save his "closer" to "close"....
ReplyDeleteSpiders win.
ReplyDeleteThaaaaaa Yankees lose.
ReplyDeleteARACHNIDS WIN!!!
ReplyDeleteOpposite field single for Martinez.
Single to LF by #41...player...
ReplyDeleteWords I like to see "in play run(s)"
ReplyDeleteI'm generally cool with spontaneous on-field dogpile celebrations like these, but this is April.
ReplyDeleteCan't you hear me knockin?
ReplyDeleteYeah, after this inning I'm gonna head out for the aforementioned quality time.
A Stuffy McInnis sighting on the radio. Allan, if you have the Fox Morons, why don't you use audio instead?
ReplyDeleteI'm generally cool with spontaneous on-field dogpile celebrations like these, but this is April.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it did seem over-the-top...would've been cool if they had rallied from down 0-3 in the bottom of the 9th. But they didn't.
Where did Can't You Hear Me Knockin come in?
ReplyDeleteThere's Exhibit B of Idiot Manager Tricks.
ReplyDelete/...
I want TV.
Where did Can't You Hear Me Knockin come in?
ReplyDeleteSee answer to your first Stones Q...
I probably shouldn't have italicized it, looking back.
Well, Redsock, is it any consolation that Joe Girardi is "old school" too when it comes to not using the closer in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game on the road?
ReplyDeleteTV on mute is way better than sox radio.
ReplyDeletealright, signing off game thread...till next time. could be later. could be not...
ReplyDeleteIt helps that Girardi is a moron, yes.
ReplyDeleteYanks now 12-13.
Wish I could get the Sox on tv. Or radio. This Gameday stuff is killing me, but not enough to shell out for mlb.tv.
ReplyDelete"TV on mute is way better than sox radio."
ReplyDeleteAgreed. But I'm actually working, too. TV would be too obvious.
Upton's SB% is 50% (4-4). Is that lots of blown hit&runs or just bad judgment?
ReplyDeleteradio is like $15 for the entire season.
ReplyDeleteThats better!!!
ReplyDelete23 pitches through one, but not too bad.
ReplyDeleteTim - Flyers up 2-0 on the Habs in the first period.
ReplyDeleteso the orioles are actually percentage points ahead of us right now, in first place.
ReplyDeletewin.
so the orioles are actually percentage points ahead of us right now, in first place.
ReplyDeletewin.
Who else from the AL East is a threat in September? Does Baltimore fall under that list? I'm not worried.
Phil, MLB radio is a great deal. $15 for the whole season and post-season. Splurge.
ReplyDeleteI'll probably just get mlb.tv in a month when the price drops.
ReplyDeleteWho else from the AL East is a threat in September?
ReplyDeleteNo one.
Radio $15, plus you can watch the entire game on replay at the 400K.
ReplyDeleteNot a bad deal at all.
I wonder how many doubleplays we've avoided so far by being so damn speedy.
ReplyDeleteHaving MLB audio has changed my life at work. Makes it a lot more liveable than gdgd.
ReplyDeleteOoof. Bad coco.
ReplyDeleteI can't even get gdgd at work, so streaming audio's completely out.
ReplyDeletecrap!
ReplyDeleteBad coco?
ReplyDeleteStraight steal, there as ocoC! never in looked at the plate.
ococ slid into second head first as upton caught the ball. sigh.
ReplyDelete"ARACHNIDS WIN!!!"
ReplyDeleteThat's so weird to hear on a Yankee loss, since in our family, we always referred to that Yankee "NY" logo as "the arachnid."
Good separation between HH's FB and CU, 15-18 MPH.
ReplyDelete1-2-3!!!
Yeah, boy!!!
34 pitches through 2 is more like it.
ReplyDeleteThe Low' method works.....
ReplyDeleteLet's see if Lugo can postpone regression to the mean a little longer.
ReplyDeleteless cowbell
ReplyDeleteJere: I've been listening to Low's "Things We Lost in the Fire" this inning.
ReplyDeleteThat was ridiculous. Remy talking about Upton playing shallow before the play. Then Lugo hits it right to him.
ReplyDeletelugo is pretty "mean" now -- it's a very hollow .306.
ReplyDeleteerr, .302!
"Jere: I've been listening to Low's "Things We Lost in the Fire" this inning."
ReplyDeleteThat's weird. I was referring to the hitting method of Charlie Lau. Lau-rie. Glad your Low method worked, too, though!
A double would go a long way here.
ReplyDeleteGot a word q. The other night, Jere gave me "spelunking" for link spammers.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call it when someone says "I'm not racist, but..." then tells you how [these people] are always so lazy/smelly/stupid/tricky.
Or says "I'm not gossiping, but..." then tells you personal details about your co-workers that you aren't supposed to know and would rather not hear.
They always preface it by announcing that they most definitely are not the very thing they are about to display that they are.
Gimme a word for that.
You guys must have loved that Thurmon Munson tribute on the radio. :)
ReplyDeletehypocrite?
ReplyDeleteless cowbell
ReplyDeleteGood one.
Ok, if the Good Guys don't win tonight, I'm giving up furniture. Just finished the first coat of poly on the table...
I'd call that person 'Johnny Paycheck,' because Allan recently brought it up and said he'd bet his next five paychecks the person is a racist.
ReplyDeleteYou know what else I hate? When someone has a problem and admits to it, but just warns you instead of trying to fix their problem.
Hypocrite for sure. But that can mean a lot of different things. I want something for this precise behavior.
ReplyDelete"I'm not sexist, but I just cannot work for a female supervisor. They're always such bitches."
It can be a made-up word. In fact, only a made-up word will do.
luv that curve!
ReplyDeleteBut-head?
ReplyDeleteJohnny Paycheck is good. Or maybe just a Paychecker?
ReplyDeleteYeah, as if just admitting it somehow makes it ok. I'm sure I do that about some of my prejudices. (Rednecks, wingnuts, racists...)
I'd call that person 'Johnny Paycheck,' because Allan recently brought it up and said he'd bet his next five paychecks the person is a racist.
ReplyDeleteI did? How recent?
But-head! That is very good. :)
ReplyDeleteA, I remember it. I wouldn't have thought of it, but when Jere said, I remembered it.
ReplyDeleteIs he gonna drop that crazy breaker in on 3-2?
ReplyDeleteAlso, would it be ok if I hit someone the next time I hear this?
ReplyDeleteNope. But Coco saves him.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a violent person, but swing away, Laura.
ReplyDeleteSounded like a nice grab by Ococ.
ReplyDelete!!!ocoC
ReplyDeleteYou know if HH's curve was a 1-7 or 11-5 it would be a kneebuckler.