Red Sox - 010 001 110 - 4 7 0Penny (6-6-5-2-5, 117) was annoying and underwhelming, allowing two two-run home runs in the early innings -- Carlos Pena in the second and Carl Crawford in the third. Tampa Bay swept the brief two-game series.
Rays - 022 001 10x - 6 7 1
In the eighth, Dustin Pedroia walked and Victor Martinez, who hit his first Red Sox home run in the sixth, doubled. Boston was down by three, but had runners at second and third and no one out.
In came Dan Wheeler -- who retired the side on only five pitches. Kevin Youkilis grounded out to third on the first pitch (FY scored). Jason Bay (who had donged in the second) grounded out to shortstop on the first pitch. Mike Lowell popped out to shortstop on a 1-1 pitch. Inexcusable.
Yankees beat the Blue Jays 8-4 and are 2.5 GA of the Red Sox. The Rays are 5.5 GB.
It would be quite nice if Penny could give us seven innings tonight. If he does, it would be his longest start of the season. He has pitched 6.2 innings once, 6.1 three times, and 6.0 seven times.
So who will be available tonight? Here are the innings pitched, batters faced, and number of pitches thrown by each Red Sox reliever last night:
Also at 7 PM: Yankees/Blue Jays.IP BF PIT
Okajima 0.2 3 9
Delcarmen 1.0 4 13
Papelbon 1.0 3 15
Bard 0.2 7 29
Saito 1.2 8 31
Ramirez 1.2 8 33
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Ellsbury, cf
Pedroia, 2b
Martinez, 1b
Youkilis, 3b
Bay, lf
Lowell, dh
Baldelli, rf
Varitek, c
Lowrie, ss
Bartlett, ss
Crawford, lf
Longoria, 3b
Zobrist, 2b
Burrell, dh
Pena, 1b
Upton, cf
Kapler, lf
Hernandez, c
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I spent nearly the entire fucking day carting heavy boxes of my shit up from the basement to the 2nd floor. I am exhausted and I wanna see a Red Sox win -- 1-0, 6-2, 12-0 or 26-25. Whatever.
WIN.
Billy Traber , should be available in the pen.
Lowell @ DH. I like it.
I think RS should have his win. I mean, come on.
Plus it's Amy's birthday. Do we need any more reasons??? WIN.
Following up on 9c's comment, here is Mazz:
"The Red Sox have not yet made a formal announcement, but Josh Reddick is on his way back to the minor leagues with lefthander Bill Traber poised to take his spot on the 25-man roster for tonight's game with Tampa Bay."
Traber has a 3.32 ERA in 32 games (four starts) at Pawtucket this year.
I cannot tolerate two losses on my birthday, so WIN, GOD DAMN IT!
I will not be here...going out to celebrate the big 57. Please be sure not to blow the game, Red Sox.
Enjoy the game!
Amy, if you're not gone yet, happy birthday! Didn't get to tell you yesterday before you left the thread...
"Billy Traber , should be available in the pen."
This is a good move. I love Reddick's future but they need a long man on the team and what is Baldelli on the team for if not to be the 4th outfielder?
Yeah, as long as Bay and Drew are healthy (or relatively so), this move makes sense. Plus Reddick will be back on Sept. 1st at the latest.
Why not Bowden instead of Traber, though? Isn't Traber a human fuel can?
EI fuckbags better give me NESN...
SoSHer Cuzitt on who might have come up, from earlier today:
"Bowden is scheduled to start for Pawtucket today... so unless he is brought up today, he won't be the one coming up.
Cabrera needs to get on the 40 man roster to come up... and I'm not sure who you move off to accomplish this (Velazquez might be the best choice). Cabrera pitched last night as well.
Hunter Jones... who is on the 40 man roster, pitched 2 innings yesterday.
McBeth pitched on Monday... but can't come back up without someone going on the DL."
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Traber last pitched on July 31.
fucking shiteating pissbrained cocksuckers ... it's espn ....
more mute for allan.
(just looking at o'brien and sut makes me want to fucking vomit)
Got NESN here!!!
Lowrie Being Green!
DR: "similar to derek jeter"
(oy)
Dave Roberts: "Lowrie makes an off balance throw, similar to Derek Jeter."
Fuck you, Dave.
amy shares a b-day with crawford!
I hate cowbells, and I hate listening to Dave Roberts.
Seriously, just go away so I can keep my fond memories intact.
"many people refer to baseball as a game of quick recovery"
i know i always do.
amy shares a b-day with crawford!
Also Eric Hinske, Bernie Carbo, John Olerud, and Guy de Maupassant.
DOUNG!
CANADONG!
THUNDER!!!!!!!!!!!
HOMRE!!!!!!!!!!!
DOUNG!!!!!!!!!!!
1-0
jays 2-0 in the 1st
Also Eric Hinske, Bernie Carbo, John Olerud, and Guy de Maupassant.
And my mom.
DR on making up the lineup: "It's all about winning ball games."
Interesting analysis.
Redsock - I feel your basement pain. Have a few cold ones and enjoy Penny pitching 8 strong and keeping their running game in check. haha.
how about a new aspect to the old nesn drinking game - a drink every time DRoberts begins his comments with either 'yeah' or 'no'. If I'm not mistaken at least once last night he began with 'yeah, no....' - that's a drink finisher right there
i can tell i am going to be sorer than a mf-er tomorrow. putting shit in new boxes from the liquor store and carting them from the basement or 1st floor to the 2nd (spare room) has been quite a workout. (also drying stuff out in the sun in the backyard today and tomorrow)
because we were home when the rain hit and the water backed up, we were able to get most stuff to higher ground right away.
also the cardboard absorbed a lot of the water. i'm very very lucky. if this had happened last tuesday afternoon, when we were in boston, i'd be mighty fucked. turns out most of the houses on our street had flooding.
Finally, I get to watch a game on the TV like a regular human being. Actually, there's a really good stretch now: four games on the TV between today and Monday.
I can't believe it! A SB off of Tek!
i REALLY hope things are quiet at work this weekend.
I'm curious how much standing water was in your basement.
Fuck.
Sigh.
cocknuggets.
Fuckin' a Pena dong.
i have carpet down there and it was bubbling under that, so i cut it open. maybe an inch or two? i have several bookshelves and the water was almost at the lip of overflowing onto the first shelf. i still splash when i walk down there.
it may not seem like much, but i usually have a lot of shit on the floor and many boxes of stuff scattered about.
i'm thinking of putting down wooden pallets now.
i think i figured out what roberts sounds like. even now, months into the job, he still sounds like a kid trying to bullshit his way through some essay question on an exam he didn't study for. repeating don's words in a slightly different words, throwing in some mindless, meaningless cliches and then repeating the beginning words again.
penny came into the dugout and called farrell down into the tunnel ....
Crazy close to a broken bat dong.
near dong to left for tek.
penny came into the dugout and called farrell down into the tunnel ....
Motivational blowjob?
"yeah ... no ..."
drink!
Drink!
Yeah! No!
Would it be too crazy to say we take a drink every time he says 'y'know' in the middle of a sentence? We'd all be legless by inning 3. I'm holding out for a sentence with 'yeah', 'no' AND 'y'know'....
Great, Penny, just great. Keep up giving dongs, why don't ya?
we saw a sign at fenway last wednesday: "penny, you're worthless"
i thought that was a bit mean, but ...
Time to give Saturn Balls another try.
roberts says wakefield is having "a career year" -- ??
nice arm, tek.
yook.
MFY: 002
TOR: 20
DR also big on:
"if you're x ...."
if you're jed lowrie ...
if you're terry francona ....
if you're the red so x....
Why can't the fucking foul balls go the extra 5 feet into the stands?
fuck these fucking foul pops
I bet we don't beat the rays again at Tampa this season, head to head we just always find a way to lose
Fuck the fucking organ music also.
I bet we don't beat the rays again at Tampa this season, head to head we just always find a way to lose
Fuck that. We're beating them today.
tek is shit vs runners.
it's a wonder teams don't steal 6-7 bases a game against him.
must be an unwritten rule:
"thou shalt not embarrass the computer."
Sutcliffe just said that it's "kind of ironic" that TB has been about 5 games out of first all season. That's deep stuff right there.
psst, red sox ....
WOULD IT KILL YOU TO SCORE A COUPLE OF MOTHERFUCKING RUNS??????????
fuck you rico
BJs back on top.
Come on, FY, give us a hit, eh?
nicdedouble. -- come on fy, bring us back.
Come on Dustin!
scoreboard says "make noise'
that's why the fans are making any noise at all. sheep.
Still, it gets so loud in there that the mic gets overdriven!
I hate that. Real fans don't have to be told when to cheer
I know advertising is 211% bullshit, and US national brands of beer are all shitty anyway (expect Sam Adams, I guess), but seriously: why the fuck would you need a label to tell you if a beer is cold? What's wrong with just touching the motherfucking bottle. Do people really need to be reassured of absolutely every-fucking-thing before they can move a finger?
I suppose sometimes the can might not be completely cold but the beer inside still is pretty cold. Still it does seem pretty useless.
OK, new tactic: Smoltz pitches innings 1-4, since he mostly doesn't suck in those. Then Penny pitches 5-8, 'cause he always looks like he's gonna give up eleventy runs but then settles down.
Obviously, in that idea, Penny would pitch innings 5-8, not pitches 5-8.
hm that might work I guess. Although Penny hasn't stunk too much tonight. Just a couple of mistakes + no offense.
Extra Mart!
as if on cue...V-MART!
hey - a dong!
Let's put a few baserunners on and then hit another one of those, what d'ya think?
sounds crazy but it just might work.
is lowell even looking at the ball? or is he just swinging wildly like a doosh at anything?
Fuck the Yankees. 3-3.
Swishy Dong for MFY, 3-3.
Living in an apartment with one television and a non-sports fan = SUCK
Dave Roberts Drinking Game:
"obviously"
That's it. Enjoy your liver poisoning.
fuck you penny fuck you fuck you
...
got your pics link, joe.
crap...
mdc - traber up
Time to see if we can get a waiver pickup that is better than Penny.
excellent. i think i got some good ones. i hope so, anyway.
Sutcliffe encouraging violence on air.
Does BJ Upton come in to bat with "Money"? That seems out of character.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*dogs barking*
OK, now we are winning this game. A Tek CS must be a sign.
MFy, btw, running away with it. 6-3.
outside the dogs are barking
and the day is getting dark
Well it was Carlos frekin' Pena he managed to CS not CC.
E
First a Tek CS, now a break going our way... let's do this.
LOL nice defense Devil Rays!
That was a fucking obvious ball.
I guess with lefty Tek hitting, moving the runner over is about the best you can expect.
I meant that as a reference to "Been caught stealin', once when I was five.."
Back in it for now..
how do these umps have jobs?
way outside - strike!
outside edge, but in the zone - ball!
jesus.
man, these burger king commercial portraying the king a total pedophile are not subtle, are they?
Eat Burger King or a weird guy with a mask will rape your 7 year olds?
more like -- if you like sneaking into a young girl room and diddling her while she sleeps, maybe you'd enjoy it even more with a large fries.
god
damn
this
fucking
shitty
shit
Oh, come the fuck on. Sutcliffe, talking about the rays tank: "supposedly there are no sting rays in there, but you never know". Yeah, like that's a mistake they would make... accidentally put in an animal that could kill you in the tank.
This whole dong thing has gotten old...
fucking small tank too -- what a life for that ray. swim in tight circles hour after hour while shitheads stick their hands in your water.
Good evening, ___ Nation. Not much joy in this one so far.
Tonight it seems to be a large room with a bunch of guys showing their dongs to each other.
I feel like a creep watching this.
fy bb.
it's go time.
RIP!!!!!!!!!!
NOW would be a good time for a dong. Fuck all that solo shot shit.
when this half-inning is over, we will have the lead. book that shit.
even a single or 2 well placed ground balls or flyouts would be excellent here.
and L pulls in.
the party starts now.
Allan, TMI!
Wow, woulda been out by a mile at home.
This is not the way I envisioned this inning unfolding.
dr can rx it
Or maybe he can't. :<(
damn thought that ball was gonna drop
2nd/3rd no out --
and wheeler needs only 5 pitches to retire the side. that is unforgivable.
green in lf??
Green in left field!
oh great Green in the OF.
Someone tell Reddick to make a u-turn.
...and head to NY, I guess...
Reddick got sent down?
Wait, I'll find the scoop.
Billy Traber! Got to be kidding me. Oh well.
I miss Reddick already. I wonder if he's being sent to Pawtucket or Portland.
P'tucket.
That's good for him. Reminds me of Aaron Bates, I think. Wasn't Bates called up from Portland then sent down to Pawtucket?
Sox signed Paul Byrd to a ml contract. Amusing.
That is amusing.
I hate not having the laptop :(
I like actually being able to watch a game on TV like a normal human being.
Here for the bitter end...Can we please score three runs? Please?
l calls tek dong
how was the rest of your birthday, amy
I already miss Reddick
you didn't tell people what your wish was when you blew out the candles, i hope....
enjoy the view, tek?
no papi for tek? or does he have really shitty numbers or something?
My birthday was great.
But losing twice in one day SUCKS.
I am starting to hate this team. Until tomorrow.
Shitfuck.
TIM; yes, Castig said Papi was .138 against this guy in 10 AB.
Fucking clean water. Goodnight.
I would wish on my birthday cake for a W but my bday isn't til December.
Shit.
Now we'll only be 1 1/2 up when we leave NY.
after hating baseball last week, i liked it again this past weekend. now i hate it again.
fuck the fkr.
sosock knows what time it is.
Thank you mm...i figured that. Still don't think ol' buck-thirty-eight jed should've been up there either, but hey, that's why Tito's managing and not me.
Frustrating as shit 2 games there. After yesterday's Octoberesque game (at least, thats how it felt to me watching it) this one is depressing. Fuck David Price. Piece of shit motherfucker. FUCK.
Oh, and fuckin' right, sosock.
The Red Sox have signed free-agent righthander Paul Byrd to a minor-league contract.
We are all set now.....
Should've got Pedro.
Paul Byrd will save us.
For fuck sakes. I need some extra strength advils and I want to gouge my eyeballs out with rusty spoons.
I just spent a few minutes perusing the comments section of Extra Bases on the globe. WOW. All hope for humanity is officially abandoned in my books.
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