Red Sox - 500 030 201 - 11 13 0***
Phillies - 001 310 100 - 6 13 3
Daisuke Matsuzaka (7.33, 64 ERA+) / Antonio Bastardo (2.45, 176 ERA+)
Lefty Bastardo, 23, made his major league debut on June 2. Tonight is his third start.
Slump: Dustin Pedroia is 3 for his last 32. His batting average has dropped 44 points since May 27. In those 15 games, he is hitting .167/.282/.250 in 72 trips to the plate.
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Mark Teixeira, on John Henry's joke about an "MT Curse":
There's no reason to get into a war of words with a 70-year-old man [Henry is actually 59]. It doesn't make any sense. ... I made the best decision for me, and it's worked out great.The Herald's John Tomase says the Yankees are whiny, sore losers.
Teixiera is stupid for even responding to that comment in any way other than jest.
ReplyDeleteThey are morons.
ReplyDeleteDamon remains obsessed with Boston and with Red Sox fans.
Memo to Johnny: We've moved on.
Teixiera is stupid for even responding to that comment in any way other than jest.
ReplyDeleteI took that response as jest. Don't you?
Bastardo, btw, is an awful name. How could anybody be called that? "Hi, I'm Scott Fucker" would make almost as much sense. In some ways Bastardo is even worse.
A question for the wise heads here - if Dice gets knocked out early, who is going to pitch relief? Aren't Delcarmen and Papelbon the only fresh arms tonight?
ReplyDeleteI love the name. I want him to pitch for us.
ReplyDelete(If he's good.)
PC last night:
ReplyDeleteMasterson - 42
Ramirez - 20
Bard - 19
Okajima - 16
Saito - 6
If Dice goes his usual 5, I guess you'd have MDC for 2 if possible (with Jeemer as a fill-in), Saito and Bot.
If he gives us 6, it shouldn't be an issue. As long as we don't have extras again.
Tonight I don't care if Dice throws 130 pitches. Innings innings innings. Importanté.
ReplyDeleteOfer, part of it was jest but then when he says it doesn't make any sense, etc. It turned serious.
Bastardo and Putz should be on the same team.
ReplyDeleteLikely going to miss much if not all the game tonight (or at least the game thread) as we will be out (toasting Laura on her birthday).
ReplyDeleteBut I wanted to let Benjamin know that my problem last night was with the router. New router, no problem, just $59 poorer.
GO SOX!
(I seem to miss good chunks of DiceK's starts. I wonder if that is subconscious or not. Watching him pitch irritates the hell out of me, even if/when he does ok.)
Nick--how about an All-Gross Team? We've already got Bastardo and Putz. My first new nominee would be Wee Willie Keeler.
ReplyDeleteGood evening all, and best of british felicitations for Laura's birthday. The day's almost over here!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lord. I'll pass it along.
ReplyDeleteNow get him home Youk!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy B-day to L-girl
ReplyDeleteGO SOX!
ReplyDeleteBeen a busy day, now I'm off to the downtown art district to celebrate L-Day!
I forget what it commemorates. Some supposedly famous person's birthday, a writer or something.
Kamakazee?, Carmaker?, something like that. I think she's Canadian
:>
Summer = Music on Trade Street. It's always fun, and I don't have to fidgit during a Dice game.
Here's a toast to our hostess with the mostest, and to a late night comment on a WIN that no one will read.
LMAO - Way to hustle for that ball Howard.
ReplyDeleteShambles.
ReplyDeleteSitting on the dong of the bay... watching the runners coming in....
ReplyDeleteLugo needs to get on so that Daisuke isn't leading off next inning.
ReplyDeleteMets hang on to beat the MFY's, yeah boy!!!
ReplyDeleteMets fan guest just watched the win over the Chokers -- and I see it's 4-0!!!
ReplyDeleteI hate to appreciate Lugo's contributions, but that was nice.
ReplyDeleteRain! Wahhh.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was on my own!
ReplyDeleteAt work, so having to step away every once in awhile to take care of customers
ReplyDeleteHello, sparse JoS Saturday night crowd. I did something I have never done before in my life: Not only did I run 2 miles for the first time ever, but I did it WITHOUT stopping, AT ALL.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty effin' proud.
I came in during the first and noticed 3-0 then 5-0! Then a rain delay??? That pissed me off because of the state of the bullpen - what if Dice can't continue?
Good for you Ish
ReplyDeleteDo it again, ish. Get good shoes!
ReplyDeleteI've got decent shoes right now that work fine but yes, I do want some proper running shoes.
ReplyDeleteI am kind of sad I didn't go to the gym, though. But that's mostly because there's a cute girl who works there on the weekends. I didn't have a car today! Oh well. Haha.
well, I think I will mute the game and put in Firefly on the computer, because there is only so much of this rain delay programming that I can handle.
ReplyDeletetjd said...
ReplyDeleteA question for the wise heads here - if Dice gets knocked out early,
You might think he could use Wake if he had to ,seeing Smoltz may pitch in his spot.....
Wake said he's available tonight if need-be.
ReplyDeleteHeidi sez a "window of opportunity" might occur around 9:15. Phillies and umps are hush-hush as to whether they will play anymore tonight.
Here's the question for if the rest of the night is rained out: Do they wipe out the first inning, or suspend the game and resume later?
Both teams have Monday off.
Any rays of hope on resuming this game? Wasting a 5-0 lead would be a shame.
ReplyDeleteAnd Ish, good going. I plan to start running tomorrow. Problem is, I've been planning that for at least 1000 tomorrows...
BTW, is it sunny in Toronto? That's also important, today.
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't it supposed to be always sunny in Philadelphia?
TC: 9:10 restart.
ReplyDeleteTarp's off the field!
ReplyDeleteOfer, I don't know how much you've run in the past but this 9 week Couch to 5k plan has worked wonders for me. Especially the first four full weeks will really get you going.
I'm on week 5 right now and was supposed to stop after a mile and walk for half a mile, then run another mile. Decided to keep going because I felt so good.
This couch-to-5k plan is very good for at least giving you a plan for how to get started back up even if you've run in the past.
today was wonderful
ReplyDeletecloudy morning, but sunny afterwards
Much better to start cloudy and go sunny than the other way around.
ReplyDeleteChad Durbin takes over for Bastardo as the game is back on!
ReplyDeleteGet well soon, Pedroia.
ReplyDeletehurray! Beisbol.
ReplyDeleteWell, Ish, back in the army I had two months in which I ran 7KM (about 4 miles, I guess?) three times a week. But the army was a long time ago. Since then, I've done plenty of hiking, but while walking 10-20 miles a day with a 45lb backpack might be hard, it ain't running.
ReplyDeleteHey, the ga,e's back on! But I've gotta pack. Shit. I'll check in soon, then. Go Daisuke- it's 5-0, throw strikes.
ReplyDeleteSo who's pitching for us?
ReplyDeleteD-BB, I see.
ReplyDeleteDaisuke still.
ReplyDeleteDaisuke is throwing strikes tonight. 39 p 28. So far so good.
ReplyDeleteI'm not excited to hear that.
ReplyDeletethe Dice-K part, not the strike part.
ReplyDeleteGood thing Durbin didn't start this game.
ReplyDeleteDurbin has a 4.01 era, so I don't think he strikes fear in anyone on the Sox.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think, from this silence, that people have something better to do on a Saturday night that thread and follow the sox.
ReplyDeleteIf he was a starter, that 4.01 ERA would be better than every starter on the Sox. But since he's a reliever, it's actually worse than every reliever on the Sox. If that means something or not depends on how many innings they're gonna let him pitch, I guess
ReplyDeleteA conformer - it is also in the league that has the pitcher batting.
ReplyDeleteBleh.
ReplyDeleteA conformer - it is also in the league that has the pitcher batting.
ReplyDeleteTrue. Although I'm guessing as a reliever he probably faces more PH than pitchers... but who knows? It's a moot point, anyway. The Sox are gonna kill him next inning.
Julio says fuck the haters.
ReplyDeleteSlugo!!!
ReplyDeleteHaters have cause, though.
ReplyDeleteThe PHers are generally going to be guys not good enough to start.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and her boyfriend walked in so I watched the game with them for awhile before they went back to her bedroom. Not what you think, lol. They've gone to use to computer and watch Nascar.
Meanwhile another Dice-K start with a high pitch count.
Ellsbury....drew a walk...TWICE?!?!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Ofer, I agree with you about walking vs. running. Doesn't matter how much you're carrying or where you're walking. Just like bike riding. I rode 54 miles once. I used to ride around 1,000 miles in a summer. I could walk for miles. But running? Ew not so much. I thought of running as the ultimate exercise. If I could run and keep running, I've made it. Almost there!
ReplyDeleteInteresting also, that when you finish running and transition to walking, that can hurt.
I happened to finish my 2 miles halfway down a hill, so I had to walk back up. I was walking very gingerly, fearing I'd hurt myself.
Ellsbury....drew a walk...TWICE?!?!
ReplyDeletePlus: Lugo got a hit... TWICE.
Jeez! 22 dongs for Ibanez! Who'd thunk?
ReplyDeleteHow'd you measure 2 miles so accurately, Ish.
ReplyDeleteBTW, FU Ibanez.
Unacceptable.
ReplyDeletemother fucker. Damnit, Diesucky.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking we might see Daisuke on the DL again next week, when Smoltz joins the rotation. Shoulder fatigue, anyone?
ReplyDeleteI'll take it. DL, shoulder fatigue. Smoltz. Buchholz, whatever.
ReplyDeletePatrick, I used the little computer on my bicycle, rode on the left side of the road through a development next to my house with three cal-de-sacs. Went to the end of the road, around one cal-de-sac, went to another, and another. Staying on the left side of the street, not crossing until the beginning of the road again.
ReplyDeleteThat measured out to 1.5 miles. I separated the road into 12 sectors, 1/8 of a mile each and memorized the location of each checkpoint. So wherever I start from, 8 sectors is a mile, 12 is a lap and 16 is two miles.
's over. thank god.
ReplyDeleteI think he'll probably at least start the fifth, with a 1-2 runner limit.
ReplyDeleteWe'll, they played as many innings last night as we did. Hopefully their bullpen is spent, now that we're already in it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, pretty obvious trap there.
ReplyDeleteBaserunners are good.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell?
ReplyDeleteWe were rained out in downtown, just when Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin was starting his 2nd set.
Sux!
I get home expecting the game to be over, turn on ESPN where LSU is playing (one of their players was on an opposing LL team last year) and see we're up by 4 in the 5th.
Rain Delay! I think to myself - I can catch the end of the game. And then, in the time it takes me to get the puter cranked up they score 3 runs
PEEEYEEW!
now score some runs, get these guys home!!!
ReplyDeleteLast night's Phillies bullpen usage, 8th inning on:
ReplyDeletePark: 0.2 IP/11 pitches
Romero: 1.1 / 30
Madson: 1.0 / 17
Condrey: 1.0 / 9
Kendrick: 2.0 / 36
Kendrick was sent back to AAA today.
Baldelli's mitochondria were chugging on that play.
ReplyDeleteTEK!
ReplyDeleteRun(s)!!!!
ReplyDeleteCue ish?
ReplyDeleteRocco - beat out the DP?
ReplyDeleteSeems unlikely.
Shit, Daisuke's still going to pitch.
ReplyDeleteLUGO!
ReplyDeleteSlugo's getting into the act again!
ReplyDeleteMaybe this time he won't run into an out.
Dice-K's being pinch-hit for. Boo!
Big Papi PHing for Dice!
ReplyDeleteHURRAY! WELL DONE JUl....nevermind. Screw that run.
ReplyDeleteHah, the Daisuke on-deck circle appearance was fake.
ReplyDeleteMDC should pitch next inning. Warming in the pen.
ReplyDeleteLugie - 3 - 3?
ReplyDeleteBizarro Friday
gah
ReplyDeleteTaking Dice out with our pen in the state it is? We do have a game tomorrow, too.
ReplyDeleteNice to see that hit parade, though.
Obviously Tito has no faith in Daisuke.
ReplyDeleteBackfired.
Are they planning on a short game?
ReplyDeleteMore rain coming!
FY - comes up big!!!
ReplyDeleteMy mother kept saying the Red Sox were going to lose, they were going to lose, they were going to lose, because Dice-K was pitching and he sucks. Haha.
ReplyDeleteShe was half-right!
DUSTIN PEDROIA! FUCK YEAH! COMING TO SAVE THE MOTHERFUCKING WORLD, YEAH.
ReplyDeleteKeep the line moving please.
ReplyDelete"...break it wide open" -Joe C.
ReplyDeleteDRINK!
LBJ with three BB today. Bizzarro indeed.
ReplyDeleteWow! Hopefully the Sox can hold 4 runs cause Victorino just saved 3!
ReplyDeleteMore like Bastardo indeed.
ReplyDeletekudos to you, 'Rino.
ReplyDeleteWe need 3 quick outs so if it does start up again we're official.
ReplyDeleteThe only bad part about reformatting my computer is I forgot to store my bookmarks somewhere! Oops. Lost 'em all.
ReplyDeleteI threw a hard fastball today. I took a can of diet coke (don't tell tdcg!) and spiked it onto the brick walkway leading up to our house. It skiddered 50 feet away! Fastball indeed.
ReplyDeletePart of the reason it went so far was it had ice in it.
ReplyDeleteBleh some more.
ReplyDeleteFuckin' slugfest.
ReplyDeleteMDC sure has been having a crappy June.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand the enigma, that is Manny Delcarmen.......He has an above average fastball and a decent curve, but he sometimes just can't put it all together.him and Craig Hansen are a lot alike....
ReplyDelete'sOK to fuck up some. Just no total implosions...damage control.
ReplyDeleteOne more, Manny!
Er, uh, you probably have another inning after that, but, for now...
Fastball control, don't hang the curve and use the change-up more.
ReplyDeleteThat's how MDC will become a Class A pitcher.
Maybe it was too much lipsyncing during the rain delay.
ReplyDeleteNo 2IP outing for MDC today, I wager... haha. Just get the fucking third out.
ReplyDeleteI'm out after this out, when it comes. please get him out.
ReplyDeleteTwo change-ups, two ugly swings.
ReplyDeleteLet the pain stop.
ReplyDeleteGood luck RSN. I'll cherish a swig of the dirty water tomorrow morning.
ReplyDeleteThe way this game is going, I wouldn't mind if some dirty water fell from the sky soon. Although who knows? Maybe the Sox will put up another crooked number on there this inning.
ReplyDeleteDirty water about to fall here in southern Maine... We're expecting 1-2 inches of rain overnight. Turd floater!
ReplyDeleteJeemer and Drew in. MDC, Baldelli out.
ReplyDeleteJeemer bats 6th, Drew bats 9th.
Clean innings exist.
ReplyDelete7 pitches. Gotta bring him back for the 7th.
ReplyDelete7 pitch inning!
ReplyDeleteGo Jeemer, go Jeemer
Castig sez it's raining again!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit, Lugo.
ReplyDeleteAnother loogy liner!
ReplyDeleteThis game is just another 9-5 workday.
ReplyDeleteBy way of comparison, it's LAA 9 - SD 1 in the top of the 9th.
ReplyDeleteI see run(s) !!
ReplyDeleteBig Donkey warming.
ReplyDeleteOkajima batting for himself!
ReplyDeleteOki looks a lot like Dice-K with a batting helmet on.
ReplyDeleteThis looks weird!
Jeemer's only major league at-bat is a 6-3 soft liner.
ReplyDeletehey contact not to shabby
ReplyDeleteNot bad at all. He had a good swing too.
ReplyDeleteJohn Sterling would say "That was sooo Werth it!"
ReplyDeleteRuns, please.
ReplyDeleteThis game is madness.
ReplyDeleteLugo is retired for the first time tonight!
ReplyDeleteRam-Ram with Bot warming.
ReplyDeleteCastig has mentioned that Stairs is from Bangor, Maine.... Three times tonight.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's for one PHing appearance!
LBJ!
ReplyDeleteEllsbury whips out his dong!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Laura would have wanted to see it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Laura would have wanted to see it.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think her birthday surprise was?
I'll bet Allan put in a call. Hey, Lyndon. Show L your dong tonight!
ReplyDeleteHe obliged!
Red Sox chants!
ReplyDeleteAhem, water.
ReplyDeleteDirty rain drops keep falling on my head! /phillies phans
ReplyDeleteGoodnight!
ReplyDeletewater see ya later Rauuuuuuuuuuuuuuull!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe watched the last 2 innings and saw the dong!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, enjoying all the L-girl/LBJ dong refs.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the rain delay, when everyone left, Allan and I watched the last few (2?) innings. So I saw the Boy's Dong! And so my birthday was complete. :-D
Gamethreader EFD was at the game (which I learned on Facebook).
"Teixiera is stupid for even responding to that comment in any way other than jest."
ReplyDeleteYES! Highly stupid. I don't think he (Teix) meant that as a joke at all.
"I forget what it commemorates. Some supposedly famous person's birthday, a writer or something.
ReplyDeleteKamakazee?, Carmaker?, something like that. I think she's Canadian "
ROFL
THis is so funny! SoSock, little do you know, that my last name has been butchered into both of those - Kamakazee AND Carmaker! A few college buddies used to call me the Kamakazee Kid, from a prof who said my name that way. And Karmaker is quite common.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes here too.
Ish, awesome. You're inspiring!
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