Yankees - 112 210 010 - 8 10 2Josh Beckett (8-9-8-0-5, 120) allowed a career-high five home runs, including one to Derek Jeter on his first pitch of the night.
Red Sox - 020 101 000 - 4 9 0
He is the 3rd Red Sox pitcher since 1954 to allow at least five dongs in a game. The other two are Dennis Eckersley (5 on July 1, 1979 at the Yankees) and Tim Wakefield (5 on September 15, 1996 against the White Sox and 6 on August 8, 2004 at the Tigers).
Fun facts from SoSH's "What the holy hell is wrong with Beckett?" thread:
He was scored upon in 10 straight innings before finally getting a scoreless one tonight.
He has allowed 9 home runs in his last 12 innings.
Beckett had allowed 7 earned runs at Fenway since May 23 -- and seven in 4.2 tonight.
A victory would put Boston 5.5 GB with 39 games to play, including three in New York in late September.
It is the first time the two pitchers have met since 2007 ALCS 5, when Sabathia was with Cleveland. (They also met in Game 1.) Beckett and Boston won both of those games.
2009 Beckett vs Yankees
IP H R ER BB K PIT SCORE
0425 NYY 5.0 10 8 8 4 3 116 Bos 16-11
0505 @NYY 6.0 10 3 3 1 5 108 Bos 7-3
0609 NYY 6.0 1 0 0 2 8 93 Bos 7-0
0807 @NYY 7.0 4 0 0 2 7 115 NYY 2-0
2009 Sabathia vs Red Sox
IP H R ER BB K PIT SCORE
0611 @BOS 7.0 6 4 4 2 6 123 Bos 4-3
0808 BOS 7.2 2 0 0 2 9 123 NYY 5-0
2009 Boston vs New York
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David Ortiz's home run on Saturday gave him eight consecutive 20-home run seasons. He's the sixth Red Sox player to have seven 20-home run seasons, joining Ted Williams (16), Dwight Evans (11), Jim Rice (11), Manny Ramirez (8) and Carl Yastrzemski (8).
Greg Montalbano was drafted by the Red Sox in 1999 and spent four years in the minor leagues. He died on August 21 of testicular cancer at age 31. Kevin Youkilis, who played in the minors with Montalbano, had "GM" inscribed on his cap yesterday.
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1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, 1B
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. Mike Lowell, DH
7. Rocco Baldelli, RF
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
Smoltz has struck out 7 in a row in San Diego (1 to end the 1st and all 3 in the 2nd and 3rd).
Fuck the heck?
Why can't we get pitchers like that?
Jeter, SS
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Rodriguez, 3B
Matsui, DH
Swisher, RF
Cano, 2B
Cabrera, CF
Molina, C
Why can't we get pitchers like that?
:>)
Loving the lineup, definitely our best 3B/DH/1B/C combination against left-handed pitching.
And it makes Lowell's range a non-factor.
I want another two touchdowns of runs. Let's send these overpaid babies home crying.
search string:
"pedroia francona you look like a moron"
I knew Smoltz would be good in St. Louis. At least at first. Piñeiro, Lugo, and now Smoltz...
Lugo just grounded into a double play with the bases loaded and one out.
Good to see he's back to his normal form.
In the Phillies-Mets game there was an unassisted triple play AND an inside the park dong. That's gotta be the first time that has happened...
Pagan, the guy who hit an inside the parker, also hit a more traditional dong that game.
Smoltz: 5-3-0-0-9, 75.
He also singled and scored a run.
I posted this in the wrong thread, I might as well try again here.
I'm psyched to win this game. Pitching duel be damned, I want to hammer them for another 15, 20 runs.
A fascinating comment, no doubt it needed to said twice.
FLIP THAT SWITCH, PLEASE!
IT.
IS
ON.
Fuckin' A! Let's pound these fuckers for 15 to 20!
I'll say it again.
It's ass-kickin' time
Pound the shit out of CCC ...
and win the series.
your charts are worthless, joe. worthless.
Put 'em away quickly. I need some Good Things right now. It's Sunday evening and I fucking hate Sunday evenings.
New patio furniture - assembled
Wine bottle - open
Beckett - warmed up
Bob will be here shortly.
I've had a very good weekend - family stuff, music stuff, Temple stuff, and even a little Cathy moment. Not even time for garden work.
It's been very good but it will be SOOOOO much better if we get this win.
Josh - be Josh
If the starters are pretending this is the post season, we should be fine.
MOTHERFUCKER
FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!
OK, that's their one run.
nice pitch selection, tek.
that oughta piss josh off, and good.
ARGHHH!!! My fucking bubble has been burst.
I'm surprised there aren't more first pitch dongs.
I like that - that's all they get. I guarantee Josh will take that personally and will be extra good.
Jeter's dong looked like it might've been catchable. Would've been a great play, though.
A different team - yeah, this team has had 25 runs scored against it the last 2 days.
Sit
i see it's the "derek jeter show" on espn. why do they even bother showing the pitcher and batter?
Are you guys getting ESPN tonight or something else?
I hope they don't fix Joe Morgan's mike...
YOOUUUUK
Yook is a good third baseman.
i want to "hear" amy complain about miller.
Youky D
That was actually a nice quick inning. Didn't feel at all like a struggle or anything.
I'm liking our chances :)
so much for his natural talent!
According to fangraphs, that HR only increased their chances by 5%.
I'll take that
SoSock, isn't the Sunday night game always only ESPN? I'm listening on MLB audio, but TV has to be exclusive ESPN I think.
so much for his natural talent!
That was his natural laziness.
That sucked
that was quite bad.
crap
he read that move about as well as i read german.
Not a strike
I guess that was my question. Does NESN get to air the ESPN games or are they exclusive?
only pitch out fo the zone in fy's at bat was the called strike 3. -- and espn had it WAY OUTSIDE
he read that move about as well as i read german.
Scheisse.
exclusive.
Evening, all. Lots of Jeter worship....
Frustrating inning
I was fully expecting Miller to say something about Youk's sweaty head there.
God, I have to listen to Jon Miller AGAIN. Why do they have to make these games ESPN games?
OK, unneccessary, but still a nice looking play.
an average shortstop would have moved one step to his right, got the ball, set and thrown the runner out.
but jeter? no, he has to go the one freaking step to his right, then keep going to his right while holding the ball, and do his jump and throw show-offy move.
what a clown.
RS - you got your wish ;>
ESPN360.com just briefly switched to Portugese soccer, but quickly came back.
crap on toast
what the cock?
MOTHERFUCKER
FUCK
fuck again.
Beckett having probs with his 1st pitch
Conflicting edits: everyone pissed off.
Does everyone who hates listening to ESPN announcers know that audio is available on radio?
WHY DO YOU TORTURE YOURSELVES???
fuck again.
Well, this blows up the crap that the Cactus is somehow a magical catcher who calls the best imaginable game every time
Not that all of didn't already know that
WHY DO YOU TORTURE YOURSELVES???
i am watching on mute, but if i did that, i'd be bitching about o'brien.
*That was supposed to be "all of us"
next inning, how about you throw the first one to the backstop on the fly, okay, josh? get it out of your system.
I'm listening to the radio. Watching on TV. The delay is horrible but it's better than ESPN sound.
Exactly what I meant by unneccessary. As a coach I would shoot someone for not planting to make an easy throw when given the time that Jeter obviously had. As evidenced by how far V-Mart was out by.
"the computer" must have a master plan that we mortals cannot divine.
do not question the cactus.
I once tried the radio sound/TV picture, but the time lag drove me crazy. Mute may be a better option.
Alright Josh, whatever the Cactus calls for as the first pitch next inning, throw it in the dirt
see, kevin and i are not the same person. i said backstop, he said dirt.
I once tried the radio sound/TV picture, but the time lag drove me crazy. Mute may be a better option.
I do it all the time - have for years - so I guess I'm used to the delay. But MUTE is always an option. You're not getting anything out of the broadcast - except furious.
Another blown call
No wonder Youk was pissed off.
see, kevin and i are not the same person. i said backstop, he said dirt.
Just a clever disguise to throw me off.
CC gettin' an extra foot outside.
The only thing I get out of the sound is crowd noise, which when at Fenway is good, and aggravation. I should turn off the sound, but then it is SO quiet here.
Crazy Phils-Mets game today. Pedro batted in the 1st. ITP HR, and the 1st ML game to end on an unassisted TP. Wish I had seen it.
RX!!!
All, Dr Doubles!
Slowell makes it!
Play some music.
DOCTOR with the leg work!
Wait, did Pedro hit the inside-the-park home run? Or was it just in the game at some point that it happened?
I saw the TP on YouTube, but I would have loved to have seen it "live." I have never seen one live.
The doctor living up to his name
what the hell waas damon doing? just running into the wall for the fun of it?
RBI Baldy!
YES!! Amazing, Lowell with some speed!
YES!!!!!!
RICO BALDY!
and the 1st ML game to end on an unassisted TP. Wish I had seen it.
Second. First was back in 1927 with for Tigers.
Another two-out run!
Nice hit, Baldy
The only thing I get out of the sound is crowd noise, which when at Fenway is good, and aggravation. I should turn off the sound, but then it is SO quiet here.
Allan says that about crowd noise and mute, too. But I'm so done listening to him complain about announcers. It's mute or radio or shut up!
past jeter - 2 steps to his left!!!
red sox have scored 41.6% of their runs this year with 2 outs
best % in the AL
Second. First was back in 1927 with for Tigers.
Oh yes, thanks, I did hear that. Something else in the game was a ML first... will have to check.
I only complain about Jon Miller, generally. The others I block out. I don't even mind Joe Morgan. It's that Miller voice.
TIE SCORE!
WE'RE TIED!!!!!!!
Cactus!!
Heh, my Cactus has an RBI!
ESPN's camera angle makes CC's ass look even bigger than NESN's would.
I only complain about Jon Miller, generally.
Yes. True. But I still say, why torture yourself.
Can we start every inning with two outs?
How the hell does Tek blow it 80% of the time and then get a clutch hit?
Why torture myself? That question requires so much more of an answer than I can give. :)
that is how he's batting .200 amy!
LOL @ Amy & Allan
Yeah, I know, Allan. What I mean is that when he does get a hit, it is usually not a wasted hit. True, he blows it in many, many clutch situations, but the hits he gets often are meaningful.
Just me trying to point out something positive about the aging Tek.
Ending on U TP - 1st in NL history. New there was a 1st in there somewhere.
Can we start every inning with two outs?
Vanover's doing his best to oblige.
KNEW
duh
i wonder if his RBI% is among the highest on the team
Some more Jeter talk coming up.
That's a much better first pitch of the inning
I think you are toying with me now.
First two guys for the Red Sox should just bunt each inning.
based on how many runners he has on base when he comes up and how many of them he drives in, he is dead last among the regulars.
O'B talking about 1912 matchup btn Walter Johnson and Smoky Joe Wood.
One thing's certain: it was the 15th to end an inning.
I think Beckett is about to drill the ump.
See here is one thing I just learned from the announcers---that NYY have never had anyone with 3000 hits. That does seem odd.
damn - brother called about business shit. Got to see all the 2-out fun but couldn't yell about it. OK, maybe I did once - Amy ;)
Q: Could Jeter have cracked the 25-man roster of the 75 Reds?
Like I said, he blows it most of the time with MOB. But here's a different question: how many of his hits have resulted in at least one RBI? (Not sure that is a stat that means anything to anyone but me.)
DP please
One thing's certain: it was the 15th to end an inning.
Yes. But the other 2 factoids are certain too - 1st in NL, 2nd in MLB.
I remember a U TP in the late 80s (87 or 88), so cool to see.
Cactus has hit best in High Leverage situations this year.
i love being able to do that on a computer. at home, i can't do shit, it would take 4 innings.
shit
Dammit Josh, get the fucking outs
This is not the Beckett I expected tonight.
fuck again.
How do they define High Leverage situations?
Come on, Josh, be Josh.
click the link. there is a gloassary somewhere.
click me
it still doesn't answer your question though
crap
Ugh...rbi groundout
Alright, get those motherfucking runs back
Thanks, Allan. It's a start, but still doesn't really explain it.
Oh yes, thanks, I did hear that. Something else in the game was a ML first... will have to check.
L--I think it was the first game to have both an inside the park homerun and an unassisted triple play.
By the way--Hi to everyone. I am one of those lurkers who Allan included in his "fuck list" the other night.
L--I think it was the first game to have both an inside the park homerun and an unassisted triple play.
Thank you, kind stranger.
I am one of those lurkers who Allan included in his "fuck list" the other night.
Hmm.
which list is that?
Yea, I wasn't sure how to word that. But I'm in Virginia and have never been to Toronto, so no concern.
I wonder if that is a niece in GotRibe's photo?
i think work is coming. shit. if he needs to right away, i'll have to go radio, i guess.
he's going to come right to me with it, so how can i pawn it off on the overnight person?
Heh, no concern anyway. :)
I believe I remember that list. I don't think you were a very happy camper that night
oh, that rant.
what did i say about lurkers?
patrick <3 nieces!
Work that pitch count, FY
FY
Fuckyingle!
How many pitches was that? He took 7 in his first.
I call a sweaty dong.
would someone make another out so we can start a rally?
I have two beautiful nieces, but maybe I shouldn't introduce Patrick.
7 + 9
Another hit! We cannot score yet, only 1 out.
fuck it, we'll do it with 1 out.
now we're cooking - time for a sweat-powered blast
Looks like we may be going for the elusive one-out rally
7 + 9
=8?
Your nieces are all safe. I rarely leave my room these days.
Damn.
crap and more crap
Son of a bitch
squanderage
Fuck. You can't get a 2-out rally if you're never at 2 outs...
Aw Patrick, now I want you to meet her.
Overnight person is transcribing something. Poop.
God damn interfering work. (Though if it is due in the AM, I could sit on until the game is done.)
So did anyone figure out what list Mrs. GotRibe was talking about?
Allan ranted - Friday maybe?
Rays and Rangers series turned out perfect. 2-1 Rays is exactly what I wanted.
i would say about a week ago.
?
godfuckingdamnit
Uch. WTF?
Yeah, hang the curveball right in the middle of the plate, that's fucking brilliant
Thin air?
None of these balls appear that well hit
2006 Gopherball Beckett is back.
OK, I guess I don't recall him ranting about an unknown lurker!
So did anyone figure out what list Mrs. GotRibe was talking about?
I knew right away - sorry, didn't know you were wondering. There was a big FUCK THIS... FUCK THAT... post recently. Some of it was from Sam Horn, some was Allan's own.
So did anyone figure out what list Mrs. GotRibe was talking about?
I'm looking, I'm looking. It was a classic.
i posted someone's rant from sosh, then i did one myself. it was not a classic, imo.
a sox pitcher better put a 0 up on the board soon or i'm gonna get annoyed.
Finally...
Yeah, I recall the general rant now. Just not anything about lurkers.
Can we please stop these jerks from scoring and score more runs?
So Tazawa shuts them down and Beckett gives up at least 5... I guess that's why they play the games and all that.
Where's the magical Cactus influence? (this question would make a lot of sense in a much different- and better- circumstance)
FWIW, Beckett did not blame Tek for his poor performance last time, so hard to blame Tek for his poor performance tonight either. Maybe Beckett is just off his game.
Oh sure it was classic. Look, it brought MrsGotRibe out of lurkdom.
Nice bloop!
Yay, bloop hit
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