Brewers - 000 003 300 - 6 9 4After Mike Lowell gives the Sox an early lead -- two-run double in the 1st, two-run dong in the 3rd -- the Brewers battle back. The leads changes hands twice in a sloppy 7th inning (two errors on each side), before Mike Timlin pitches a tidy eight-pitch 9th to nail down the Saturday sweep.
Red Sox - 202 010 20x - 7 6 3
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David Bush (6.06, 70 ERA+) / Tim Wakefield (4.25, 100 ERA+)
Game 2!
Current AL East
Tampa Bay 25 18 .581 --
Boston 25 19 .568 .5
ProJo has today's second helping of oatmeal:
ReplyDeleteEllsbury, LF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Lowell, 3B
Drew, RF
Crisp, CF
Cora, SS
Cash, C
Am wondering if this game is going to be on NESN. Right now they are showing the Mothers day miracle.
ReplyDeleteBrew Crew
ReplyDeleteRickie Weeks, 2B
Mike Cameron, CF
Ryan Braun, DH
Prince Fielder, 1B
Corey Hart, RF
Gabe Kapler, LF
Bill Hall, 3B
Mike Rivera, C
Craig Counsell, SS
I would think it has to be on NESN.
ReplyDeleteMLB.com says NESN, but no pre-game yet or anything. It etter be on NESN!!!
ReplyDeleteRyan Braun has been on fire. It's pretty amazing. 6 dongs in the past 6 games.
ReplyDeleteAh, here is Don!!!
ReplyDeleteI guess they decided to just go with Don and the Remdawg and no pre-game.
Thanks for coming back, everybody!
ReplyDeleteOnly 4 of the batters for the night game have had previous at bats vs Bush. Of course in a small sample size but they all have had some success.
ReplyDeleteDon on mlbtv!
ReplyDeletewoo hoo
I want the Red Sox to destroy anyone named Bush.
ReplyDeleteDale has grown on me at the same rate that I am growing sick of Dave O'Brien.
ReplyDeleteI'll listen to the Brewers radio for awhile too see how they are.
I love brother Dave.
ReplyDeleteYeah boy, I like that start!!!
ReplyDeleteDAAAAAAMn!!!!!
ReplyDeletewaKKKefield
ReplyDeleteNice! No commercials on the Brewers feed. Just sweet, sweet silence.
ReplyDelete11 of wake's last 12 pitches in that inning were strikes.
ReplyDeleteO man. That inning got the juices flowing. I'm lusty for runs now.
ReplyDeleteWow I missed this Findings from baseball's investigation have been turned over to federal authorities. The White Sox said the three were dismissed "for actions in Latin America that were violations of club policy and standards" but did not elaborate..
ReplyDeleteHave to wonder what the three White Sox employees were doing down there in SA.
It's nice to see Lowell back at third. I was unreasonably getting angry at Youk at third, after he spoiled me with an eternity of flawlessness.
ReplyDeleteYOOK "with authority"!
ReplyDeleteRUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
ReplyDeleteDr. Doubles!!!
ReplyDelete¡ʇıɥ ƃıq ǝɥʇ
ReplyDeleteAh, back to real baseball. Enough of that losing shit.
ReplyDeleteagain -- all starting with 2 outs and no one on.
ReplyDeleteOur friggin team scores early all the time now. I'm still traumatized from our previous 3 games.
ReplyDeleteMMMHMMM that man can swing not.
ReplyDeleteYes Patrick, I agree. We are all traumatized.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I'm curled up in a fetal position right now, drooling.
don says ball skips to backstop and lowell skips to third
ReplyDeleteremy says he likes that and don says "it's all new stuff" and he's "got a lot of new stuff saved up"
remy says he can barely wait to hear it
Coco Clutch time
ReplyDeleteand that happened
ReplyDeleteLook out Tamper, here we come!
ReplyDeletewith the 6-3, 13 straight strikes from timmeh.
ReplyDeletePFFT!?!?! No K?! Sigh.
ReplyDeleteand then he throws a ball.
ReplyDeleteThe last time I did not watch Wake pitch he was flawless. I am not watching now to keep that intact.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see Gabe getting some love!!!
ReplyDeletePapelbon is worrying me. He needs a rubdown or something. All he has to do is call.
ReplyDeleteWe'll call you when Ellsbury is at bat, Andy.
ReplyDeletehello hebrew hammer!
ReplyDeleteIt's the cookie monster!
ReplyDeleteHey, call me too! He's not ABJ, he's LBJ!
ReplyDeleteThis is when Wakefield makes Cash sweat.
ReplyDeleteEZ-Pass coaching 3rd for Milwaukee!!!
ReplyDeleteAndy's Boy Johnathon.
ReplyDeleteSeems pretty quiet here at work. I'm fairly confident I'll not be bothered.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to work and listen at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAlso trying not to pass out from the heat. No air in here this weekend, just a fan blowing directly at me to keep me conscious.
Cora can't regress to the mean. What's this.
ReplyDeleteAre they talking about Ish right now?? Ish, are you listening? Is that you Dave and Castig are talking about?
ReplyDeleteNice 2 outs! Exactly where we want them.
ReplyDeleteThey're talking about the appearance at Cabella's, and someone they met from Maine who is going to be at Fenway on June 12. And I half-remember Ish's real name... Is that you?
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't Ish.
ReplyDeleteIs a 10-pitch out still a productive out?
ReplyDeleteHeat Stroke L?
ReplyDeleteIt's just a barely-long at-bat.
ReplyDeleteUnless by productive you mean it helps to wear out the pitcher.
I really thought it was Ish :)
ReplyDeleteIs a 10-pitch out still a productive out?
ReplyDeleteOn some level, I suppose. But not really.
...
The Milwaukee Brewers have played in the AL West, AL Central, AL East and NL Central.
Hey gang! Absurdly difficult time getting from Manhattan back to Queens today. None of my trains are running where they're supposed to be. Dumb weekend trains. I did have an amazing lamb gyro from a halal street vendor though, which made up for it.
ReplyDeleteIn red tonight, eh?
Oh, and we can expect wonderful things from Ococ tonight, as I benched him today on my fantasy team, and he consistently makes me look silly when I do that.
They should change divisions every few years. Do the whole circuit.
ReplyDeleteDumb weekend trains.
ReplyDeleteBoy does that bring back bad memories. I worked weekends for more than 10 years.
How is Counsell still in the bigs he hasn't hit over 280 since 02
ReplyDeleteMaybe Counsell's son's first name is Lawyer?
ReplyDeleteDave O'Brien is telling a story about Counsell getting hit in the face with a pitch, his jaw broken in several places, spitting out blood and teeth on his way to 1st base, but still intending to play.
ReplyDeleteRickie Weeks on the All-Calendar Team with Zach Day, Matt Holliday and June Greene.
ReplyDeleteAll Calendar Team, nice.
ReplyDeleteDamned if I can think of anymore right now, but nice.
Ricky Ledee?
ReplyDeleteWasn't Counsell out for another season after that?
ReplyDeleteNO way! I love it!
ReplyDeleteCarlos May.
ReplyDeleteDP!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice dp!
ReplyDeleteUhh, Willie Mays?
ReplyDeleteJeff Frye (day) ?
ReplyDeleteToday has been full of unconventional double plays.
ReplyDeleteCincinnati Reds owner August Herrmann.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course Ococtober.
ReplyDeleteMike August Timlin?
ReplyDeleteOcoctober
ReplyDeleteLOL
Rick Monday!
ReplyDeleteMust be somebody named March.
ReplyDeleteSteve Christmas
ReplyDeleteRick Monday
Pedroia adding more to his case that he is faster than Youk.
ReplyDeleteI was even going over the days of the week but forgot Rick Monday! Good one.
ReplyDeleteTimlin's middle name is really August?
Luke Easter.
ReplyDeleteYes, Timlin's middle name is August.
Bobby Valentine's Day?
ReplyDeleteJulyo Lugo
ReplyDeleteYes Timlin has the middle name of August.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Weekly.
ReplyDeletePedroia adding more to his case that he is faster than Youk.
ReplyDeleteAnd he's 5-for-5. Look out, Lyndon!
Dr Dong!
ReplyDeleteDr. Doubles Dong!!!
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of Guses, any of whom could be called August.
ReplyDeleteLuke Easter
ReplyDelete"Luscious" Luke Easter!
I love that man.
ReplyDeleteDOCTOR DONG!!!!
ReplyDelete(Huge delay over here!)
DEAR DOCTOR!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDon: "That is very gone!"
Who says Lowell's a pull hitter.
ReplyDeleteOh wait.
How about back kcab!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Dr. sometimes gets two doubles in one at bat.
ReplyDeleteLeon Day.
ReplyDeleteAbner Doubleday?
nope, not meant to be. Drew is so not on fire.
ReplyDeleteback kcab
ReplyDeletetook me a full minute to figure this one out.
Doctor to Bush: "This may hurt a bit."
ReplyDeleteAbner Doubleday counts twice.
ReplyDeleteRay Knight?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't noticed that baseball-reference.com sends you to amusing pages if you search for certain words but not others.
ReplyDeleteI didn't click on the links but I think Jere has demonstrated that here.
ReplyDeletePhil Marchildon
ReplyDeleteThree minor leaguers since 2000:
ReplyDeleteAgustin Septimo
Leyson Septimo
Sandobal Septimo
Gino Minutelli?
ReplyDeleteI think all the looking up is a little bit cheating. You're supposed to be thinking of them your own self.
ReplyDeleteRoss Albert (the Second) Grimsley?
ReplyDeleteNah, you come up with all sorts of obscure and goofy names this way. I promise not to enter myself in the olympics, however.
ReplyDeleteWAʞEY!
ReplyDeleteI heard an interesting stat that the Major League is on pace to hit 1,000 less home runs than in 2006.
ReplyDeleteYes, all the announcers are talking about that.
ReplyDeleteRoss Albert (the Second) Grimsley?
ReplyDeleteAnd this is part of the calendar team how?
Nah, you come up with all sorts of obscure and goofy names this way.
ReplyDeleteLike one of my faves: Chicken Wolf.
And Bud Weiser.
Baseball Musings looked at that a couple of days ago. Weather related, colder this year than last year, fewer home runs.
ReplyDeleteWTF? I just called Kapler Cookie monster because he is the reining cookie off champion, but I just found out at baseball statistics that Ortiz already had that nick name:
ReplyDeleteDavid Ortiz
David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (Papi or Cookie Monster)
Where was I?
Urban Shocker. One of my faves.
ReplyDeleteFernando Lunar
ReplyDeleteYou didn't know Papi was the Cookie Monster?
ReplyDeleteWhat else don't you know?
Laura: "second" is a unit of time.
ReplyDeleteOK, I'm getting ready to leave. The score when I get home will be...??
ReplyDeleteLaura: "second" is a unit of time.
ReplyDeleteYes it is.
Remy 3-for-9 against Fingers, with a double.
ReplyDeleteWhat else don't you know?
ReplyDeleteLet's not go there. It gets uncomfortable real fast.
I'm sorry, Patrick. I'm sure I don't know more things than you don't know.
ReplyDeleteOr less things. However that works.
You didn't know Papi was the Cookie Monster?
ReplyDeleteSomeone hasn't read The Glossary. (shakes head disapprovingly)
Flo's daughter calls him that.
Make that fewer things. Nabbed by my own grammar police.
ReplyDeleteNo score predictions for when I get home? 20-30 mins from now. Make it 30 so I can take my shoes off and let the dogs outside.
ReplyDelete7-0 Sox with 3 more rbi's from Lowell.
ReplyDeleteI hope Cookie Monster is in the Glossary! :>)
ReplyDeleteOK, Patrick's in with 7-0.
ReplyDeleteI'll say 6-0.
7-2
ReplyDeleteGDGD sucks. They seem to be calling IDing Wake throws a knuckleball, even though the speeds of two consecutive pitches to Counsell were 59 and 77.
ReplyDeleteI like the linescore pattern. 20202020...
ReplyDeleteWith the 00000 for the other team, of course.
See you later.
ReplyDeleteIt's in there. Just checked.
ReplyDeleteMake it 30 so I can take my shoes off and let the dogs outside.
ReplyDeleteMaybe my eyes are blurry from wearing contacts all day, but I first saw this as "let the dongs outside".
I'm all for letting the dongs outside, as long as they're sox dongs.
ReplyDeletecool skull and crossbones flag out in the sox pen!
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAH! I love Wake.
ReplyDeleteOur bullpen always seems like it's having a pretty damn good time.
ReplyDeletelyndon on first with second open!!
ReplyDeleteSB!!
ReplyDelete25 for 25!
Muahahahaha! You cannot catch him!
ReplyDeleteWatch out Ichiro. Here comes Jacoby.
ReplyDelete"You'll never catch him." (/laura)
ReplyDelete5-0!!!
ReplyDeleteThat was ugly. In a good way.
ReplyDeletehahahahaahahah....
ReplyDeleterun!
Well, time to start getting ready for work, catch up when I get there.
ReplyDeleteAWWWW! my prediction was close to being fulfilled.
ReplyDelete"You'll never catch him." (/laura)
ReplyDeleteyeah, that's what I was thinking when I typed something quite similar.
Hrmph. We were better off not knowing where all the Coreys had gone.
ReplyDeleteAardvark up and at em.
ReplyDeleteDon't quit on my now, Wakefield. I want 5 more outs from you.
ReplyDeletewow that ball 4 came in and made a huge right turn!
ReplyDeleteNow let's see if a Sox reliever can finally strand some runners. I was racking my brain trying to remember the Sox middle reliever in the 90s who had good ERAs but let all his inherited runners score. Drove me nuts, because the national announcers kept saying how great a season he was having. Finally remembered his name this inning: Dennis Lamp.
ReplyDeleteIt's no fun getting senile.
Get off my lawn!
Things were exciting enough already, Aardvark.
ReplyDeletePoop.
ReplyDeleteDagnabbit!
ReplyDeleteThis is ridiculous! Can't anybody come in and get a couple outs without giving up a walk and a hit????
ReplyDeleteI was racking my brain trying to remember
ReplyDeleteI meet interesting people when I pick up raw milk from a local farm. Last time I went this woman told me that saying the word "reach" helps you remember a word or name you can't remember, or find something you lost.
It hasn't worked for my, but maybe that's because I don't remember thing due to the little worms eating my memories.
did remy say the weeks AB was 12 pitches? it was 7.
ReplyDeleteTrying to get an out part 3...
ReplyDeleteremember that 3-pitch K you did when you came in? do more of that.
ReplyDeleteAardsma's too wild to bring on with men on base; Delcarmen's too inconsistent; Okajima's jinxed; Timlin stinks, and who knows what Hansen will do. Great options out in the pen. Christ.
ReplyDelete5-1 when I walked in, 5-3 two seconds later...
ReplyDeleteThe sox have been shopping Aardsma and Lopez...
ReplyDeleteI see a missed my Man Of Steal! Thank you for filling in for me while I was gone. :)
ReplyDeleteYOU WILL NEVER CATCH HIM!!!
That'll do, Youk.
ReplyDeleteOkajima is jinxed?! What a hoot.
ReplyDeleteI just swallowed a peanut M&M. Not comfortable.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Patrick. I had a college professor who claimed "the tip of the tongue" phenomemon could be addressed by saying the first word that came to mind, and then to try to find similar characteristics of that word in the word you couldn't think of. Like for "Lamb" I might only be able to come up with "ram" or even "veal." It works sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could think of the professor's name...
Okajima's jinxed
ReplyDeleteDan? Is that you?
"bill of the cap high"
ReplyDeleteDidn't you know, L-Girl? He has the "can't get the first fucking guy up when he comes in" Jinx.
ReplyDeleteDon says: "Sometimes you feel like a pickle."
ReplyDeleteMaybe he has the Tooth Fairy or the Santa Claus.
ReplyDeleteI find the best thing for the Tip Of The Tongue phenom is to do something else entirely and let your mind work on it without your awareness. Then you get the "a-ha experience" later.
ReplyDeleteHe has the "can't get the first fucking guy up when he comes in" Jinx.
ReplyDeleteThat is more properly known as poor performance and/or bad luck.
Ok Cash, stop regressing to the mean for just a moment here and get Oco in.
ReplyDeleteHow Eastern of you, I-Girl. Yes, that works sometimes. I just thought of the Harvard professor's name using that method: Roger Brown, who did a lot of great work in cognitive dissonance. And great at keeping inherited runners from scoring, too...
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected, Wise One.
ReplyDeletewho did a lot of great work in cognitive dissonance. And great at keeping inherited runners from scoring, too...
ReplyDeleteLOL
Jack Marshall said...
ReplyDeleteHarvard professor's name using that method: Roger Brown, who did a lot of great work in cognitive dissonance.
What?
Hansen in.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad SOMEBODY has a sense of humor...
ReplyDeleteI look at these final three frame, and it almost feels like a new game is just beginning. I believe Dave would be saying "This thing is far from over".
ReplyDelete9Casey: what WHAT?
ReplyDeleteSome people don't like Craig Hansen.
ReplyDeleteDid Jack Marshall just call me I-Girl?
ReplyDeleteI wish had more confidence that we could hold onto leads.
ReplyDeleteOnly because I'm Typo-Lad. Sorry, Laura.
ReplyDeleteDid Jack Marshall just call me I-Girl?
ReplyDeleteSomeone worked some voodoo on his keyboard.
Yo Hansen -- OUTS!
atta boy
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