White Sox - 100 000 010 - 2 7 0BIG PAPI Walkoff HR!
Red Sox - 010 001 001 - 3 7 1
Wakefield was brilliant (7-6-1-1-3, 94) and David Ortiz hit two home runs! The game-winning blast was clubbed down the right field line, plenty high and deep enough, and it stayed fair -- his first walkoff dong since September 12, 2007.Boston's other slugger -- Alex Gonzalez -- hit a solo shot in the sixth.
And Victor Martinez's night of dealing with the knuckleball was a complete non-event. It was never an issue. ... Plus, 21 of Wakefield's first 22 pitches (and 27 of 30) were strikes.
The Yankees beat the Rangers 9-2, so Boston stays 6 GB in the East. The Rangers fell 2.5 GB Boston in the Wild Card. The Blue Jays scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Rays 3-2 and drop Tampa 4 GB in the WC.
Wakefield returns from the DL (lower back and left calf) for his first start since July 8. His pitches shall float like a butterfly while the Red Sox bats sting like a bee. A big fookin' nine-stinger stabbin' bee. Well, maybe an eight-stinger bee, since Seabass will be in there.
Brave Victor Martinez will be behind the plate:
I'm really looking forward to it. I've had a chance to catch four or five of his [bullpen sessions]. ... I'm pretty excited. ... You don't have to look pretty catching it. You just have to make sure that you catch it.Since Wakefield's mobility in somewhat uncertain, Tito will go with strong gloves at the corners: Kotchman 1B and Yook 3B, with Tiz DHing.
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1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. J.D. Drew, RF
8. Casey Kotchman, 1B
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
1. Jayson Nix, 2B
2. Gordon Beckham, 3B
3. A.J. Pierzynski, C
4. Paul Konerko, 1B
5. Jim Thome, DH
6. Jermaine Dye, RF
7. Carlos Quentin, LF
8. Alex Rios, CF
9. Alexei Ramirez, SS
Go Crimson Hose! When I come home from my meeting, I want to see double digits for the good guys and goose eggs for the pale hose.
Search String of the Day:
"son dad and some other persons make a fucktrain"
V-Mart and the knuckleball...
Act 1 about to start. GO SOX!
It is ON
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WB Wake!
crap
fudge
Shit
Did Wake field AJ's bunt?
Alright, only one run, not too bad
11 pitches - all strikes
lots of swings and misses though. that looked good.
the bats will be there
Anybody else think Konerko's triple was going to be a pop-up off the bat? There must be a jetstream localized just above the ballpark or something.
It did carry farther than it looked like it would
That inning went too quickly
"son dad and some other persons make a fucktrain"
i *really* don't want to know what this person was searching for.
was not a bunt, though play went 3-4
If the wind is blowing to center that is when Wake's knuckler, really knuckles.
Of course MLB has it as a 12 mph wind W.
15 pitches, 15 strikes
As for the search - at least nuns weren't involved.
nesn had the wind at 10 mph to RF
Search String of the Day:
"son dad and some other persons make a fucktrain"
Wait...so this is a search string that yielded JoS as a result?
If you look how the park is situated, a wind from the west will blow to the triangle/corner of the bullpen.
jos is the #2 and #7 response to that search.
Sit
3 balls in 30 pitches, that's insane
Fucking Passedballa dong, 3-0 MFY
I have resolved my issues and am rooting for the Yankees as long as they're playing the Rangers or Rays.
Maybe I should revise that. I'm not rooting for them. But I am happy for them to win.
It seems like there's a difference.
OPPOSITE FIELD QUADRANGULAR!!!!
Papi!
Kennedy would have approved of that dong.
Dong, PAPI DONG!!!
(with scrotum references and dongs you wonder about your search string?)
Gigantic Ancestral Dong.
Rooting for the MFYs is just a manifestation of your Stockholm syndrome. It's more than a little sad, imho.
I need to stop wondering away from GDGD, I keep missing us scoring.
Anyway: PAPI!!
since we will win tonight, i shall root for texas.
Big Papi and other Red Sox persons make a dong train
As long as it's a slugfest and both Texas and New York have to burn up their bullpens, I'm happy.
Texas is Dubiyas's old team. They're only slightly below the MFY on my shit list anyway.
I have resolved my issues and am rooting for the Yankees as long as they're playing the Rangers or Rays.
I'm cool with the Yankees taking the division and going up against Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson 3-4 times in 5 games while Boston whales on the Angels.
".. has tied this game at one aside".
DRINK!!!!!!
"FULL BORE"
keep drinkin'
"equadistant"
glug glug
don is on a roll
TIMMEH!!
Sit
That was quick
Looks like Wake is on. Sorry: ON.
Stockholm syndrome
I just said I wasn't rooting for them!
Stockholm syndrome...hm. I'd rather be in first place than second, but I'm not sure it's that severe. Clever of you to make the comparison, though.
I'm cool with the Yankees taking the division ...
This seems worse than any racist or sexist comment.....
Sorry, double post.
C'mon, Toronto. Bases loaded vs. Kazmir...run(s) already!
The Jays are leading the league in LOBotomies unfortunately.
3 innings in 40 minutes
Damn, DP train is coming.
Hah, there's another porny phrase for Google:
DP Train!
I would rather the Sox take the division for home field advantage. I think having HFA in 2 series is bigger than playing the Angels instead of the Tigers.
DP, nice
people can actually think what they want, i hope i did not scare edward off. :>)
Since rooting at home in front of the computer or tv has no impact on the result, why debase yourself? It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world, but for the Toilet?
You're going to have to live with the result regardless. No need to root one way or another.
C'mon, Toronto. Bases loaded vs. Kazmir...run(s) already!
No, go Rays! I want the MFY in third place and at home in October...
(I am, of course, aware that that is borderline insanity).
Don't know how he'd expect a different reaction to that comment from Red Sox fans.
Wake's getting shitty run support even with a real catcher in the lineup.
GIDDAMN IT
fuck
Hey, I was rooting for the Yankees to beat the Indians in 2007 as well, because I thought they were clearly the worse team. Didn't turn out that way, but having money on the Indians (1.8:1 dogs) was nice.
should have been dead at 3B
fuck
Didn't turn out that way, but having money on the Indians (1.8:1 dogs) was nice.
All today's fans care about is the money.
And the stolen base ends up not mattering at all
Let's get some runs
Wow, I didn't realize I missed Wakefield, but it is great to have him back.
One hour -- bottom of 5th
"Wow, I didn't realize I missed Wakefield,"
You haven't watched many Penny and Smoltz starts have you?
Hey, all. I see my guy Wake is back and doing just fine.
I appreciate him all the more because of Penny and Smoltz.
LOL "fastest fastball in the fifth inning" 67 MPH
Gotta love Wake.
All today's fans care about is the money.
Fucking fans these days. Back in my day, we didn't have beer: we drank choleric water and we LIKED it. And don't get me started on team apparel. When we wanted a red jersey, we wore the shirt we wore while tending to our hemorrhagic comrades.
Wake leads the Al in winning %.
CY YOUNG for Wake!!!
nix is narrowly nipped.
nice alliteration
Wake leads the Al in winning %.
CY YOUNG for Wake!!!
About time you woke up and realized the greatness of Wake and decided to endorse his cy young award.
Thank goodness that stayed in the park.
Nice to have Remy back also. Feels like things are back to normal with Remy and Wakefield back.
the bit with remy doing a rehab to read some promos is funny.
remy saying nah, the rehab guy has to buy dinner for the team and he's too cheap to do that!
victor to cactus: "knuckleball -- what's the fuckin' big deal?"
Wake's looking pretty damn good so far
Since Gonzalez and Wagner have their logjam at uniform #13 and Masterson's left, Gonzalez should get 6-3.
I read somewhere that if you take salary into account you could make a case for Wake as Red Sox MVP many years. It wasn't a totally far out argument either.
Hahaha, WS announcer just said the Sox' outfield has good arms all around...
He's right. Except for LBJ and Bay.
Wake and V-Mart making the infinite Timmeh option a no brainer for next year.
it's time for a rally.
OMG ___ SEABASS!!!!!!!!!!!!
he CAN sting like a BEE
Seabass?!?!?!!??!!?!
Fucking A
Gonzo DonG!!!! (loving me some fish)
I am loving Seabass!
SEA BASS!!!!
Holy crap A-GONE!
Whoa whoa A-Gone!
He may be my new favorite SS.
Bay doesn't have a terrible arm, it is rated above average last defensive I've seen.
pleasantly surprised at Sea Bass's not completely horrible offense.
"Bay doesn't have a terrible arm, it is rated above average last defensive I've seen."
He has 12 outfield assists this season, definitely not a terrible arm
Regardless of how good or bad things seem, at least we're not the Mets. What a sad, sad club.
wow - that white sox trainer is a major pile of goo. guy could lose 70 pounds. there's a guy i wanna take health advice from.
I don't hate the Mets bu their fans need to quit whining. Try being a Royals fan if you want a truly hopeless team.
Alright, time for a two-run Blue Light Special
now if the mets' cloud of suck can move a bit north-west....
I read somewhere that if you take salary into account you could make a case for Wake as Red Sox MVP many years. It wasn't a totally far out argument either.
Fangraphs calculates WAR (wins above replacement) for players and converts that to dollars; Wakefield's figures are here.
Wakefield provides quite a bit of value over his salary, maybe the most on the team if you throw out the cost-controlled guys.
Good evening, Thread. Good one we've got going. Pleasantly surprised by Wake's outing so far.
tizzle squeeze???
The Mets really are a sad story. I feel for the many Mets fans in my extended family
Talking about value per dollar, I think Lester is far and away the best deal for this team.
tizzle squeeze???
IIRC he bunted for a clean base hit against the Cards in 2004. That was awesome.
i have read crazy things about that fangraphs $ formula, like (not actual example) nick green being worth $14 mil. (no idea how it works, tho)
If Nick Green is worth $14 mil, I should be worth a cool $500,000 for just being me.
As awesome as Nick Green is, he only weighs in at $1.2 million for this season, and actually took money off the table in 2006 and 2007.
Green is worth $1.2 million this season, supposedly.
He somehow managed to have a negative $2.3M value in 2006.
All right, I'm starting to get creeped out by how frequently I have nearly the exact same thing to say as other threaders.
Oh god. That radio telethon is starting soon.
Ish, you are worth far more than that. Maybe not to a baseball team, but in general!
wake - 94 thru 7.
ish hosts other threads -- but is that really worth a half-mil?
i'd say $20 K tops. it's only 5-6 games a year.
Former Red Sox prospect David Murphy dong off of Pettitte, 4-2 MFY.
Alright, time to start piling up the insurance runs.
Actually, the blog generates no money whatsoever.
Sorry, ish, you get nada.
73 strikes for Wake. out of 94 pitches. Wow.
FAIL. But putting other things that I do in my life into consideration... If Green should get $14 mil I should get .5mil.
My ego enough is worth a couple mil.
Stolen BAYse nice.
Le steal.
Thunder on wheels!
Go for it, Ish. Go for the full million!
Where do you get Green at $14 mil? FG has him 0.2 WAR this year
actually, we are in new mexico for a week very soon. ish may earn his imaginary money after all.
i made it up (and said so)
I agree their projections sometimes seem a little off but usually not THAT bad :)
It says Wells has been worth -3 million so far this year.
Talk about an unforgivable contract.
i made it up (and said so)
Who do you think you are, CHB?
there was a sosh discussion about drew and his contract. posters named a few people i did not recognize as being "worth" 14-16 mil. but again, i know nothing about the stat.
ram ram a comin' in
wake = superb
Time for some hot Ram-Ram action.
Not that kind of action.
damn
I've been noticing this blatant jeter/yankees love in an unexpected place: The MLB highlights in the MLB audio.
Take a look now if you have it up. One of the highlights is "Jeter's golden glove". The "HIGHLIGHT" is a routine double play. ROUTINE!
I noticed it a lot during the sox/yanks series, but it wasn't blatant enough to point out.
Time for some hot Ram-Ram action
It is not april or may any more.
Well...there goes Wake's win.
Pedro, wtf?
that wells deal was among the very worst contract in baseball before the ink was dry.
yo, assassin, time for action!
Ugh, Pedro, don't fuck this up
I believe Scott Podsednik should be tested immediately after the game. He's never hit a ball that far in his life.
top of the order for us in the bot 8th.
3-spot
yooooooooooooook
sit yo ass down 'zynski
Now, lets get a dp and get the bats going!!!
They really love defense on FG. Guys like Franklin Guitierrez and Adrian Beltre get rated very highly there. Depends how much you buy into their defensive stats. I personally don't think they're as accurate as offensive stats yet.
Well, that makes the DP a hell of a lot more difficult
WSJ in the Skydome! 2-0 Rays
Alright, one more out
Do not let Beckham score
Ooh, Bard time
Franklin Guitierrez is really, really good. Beltre seems very good, but I'm not sure how much of a difference a 3rd baseman can make vs. what an outfielder can make. I mean, Mike Lowell is a great third baseman, but he doesn't really have all that much range and really hasn't ever. He's just got great instincts, a strong, accurate arm, and soft hands. So if you can play a brilliant 3rd base without great range, then you're not really responsible for that much territory, right?
But yeah, FG spits out some strange stuff. It's got Teixeira as below average and Jeter as above, when it seems like, watching them play, a lot of the plays Jeter's been making have been Teixeira digging out rushed throws. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't have a lot of faith in advanced defensive stats.
What's up everybody?
They really love defense on FG. Guys like Franklin Guitierrez and Adrian Beltre get rated very highly there. Depends how much you buy into their defensive stats. I personally don't think they're as accurate as offensive stats yet.
Positional scarcity counts for a lot.
bardburner!
Sit
That was a quick K
"Thome strikes out Bard!"
we have not had a tizzle walkoff in quite a long time.
So, looks like we're going to have to win this one with a walk-off
Fine by me
mfy up 9-2
Bard's is bringing it tonight
Rangers have the bases loaded with one out
Home in time to see Shakespeare keep it tied!
Have I mentioned .......
nevermind
yook
flo
bay
werd
4 good shots at a walkoff
Daniel Bard is made of awesome
Perhaps a tad too little too late from the Rangers, but then, ya never know do ya?
3-1 sox leave the bases loaded
quadrangular pls
PAPI!!!!!!
PAPI!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO SHIt!!!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
YESSSSSS
Dirty h2o
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feels like it's been so long. :)
YOU FUCKING CALLED IT! DIRTY WATER! HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU GO TO THE WELL?!!?!
Large father leads the dong train!
OH SHIT!
I see RUN(S) !!!!!!!!
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
The water is Muddy!!!
WASN'T THAT A MAN!
GOOD TIMES!!!!!!
EXTREMELY DIRTY WATER!!!
That is so awesome. Man. I'm starting to feel better about this season.
Heidi: "What were you thinking in that at bat?"
Papi: "I dunno."
BELIEVE
YOU BAD MOTHERFUCKERS
BELIEVE
Yayayayayayay
Tiz pulling the bus!!!!
Oh yeah, I am liking that little dress that Heidi is wearing!!!
So Papi makes what started out to be a bummer of a night not-so-horrible after all.
I was headed to Charlotte to see Hot Tuna when I got a call saying the show had been cancelled.
Bummer.
Hope it's just tonight. They're in Chapel Hill next week, so we're shooting for that now.
I was here watching but got a phone call and could not thread.
BUT YAY PAPI!!!
First multi-homer game for Flo since September 17th of last year.
Hot Tuna? They still exist?
Boy do they. Doing some of their best music right now.
Though definitely a little more laid back.
Check out "Live at Sweetwater" sometime.
I so stoked about Papi's walk-off. I tried to BR the last time he did that but I'm not a paid subscriber and couldn't figure out to get it without being one. Probably could be done but would take a little more imagination than I have right now.
That was awesome...
Wakefield, is the X factor...
PAPI!!!!!!!!
Is anyone watching the postgame? Is Jim Rice missing his teeth?
and a sign I see when Papi walks off.....
WILL MISS YOU TEDDY!!!!
isn't that wrong shouldn't be WE'LL
First walk off since Sept. 12 2007
s1c said...
Oh yeah, I am liking that little dress that Heidi is wearing!!!
I think it was actulally a skirt paired with a lovely blouse...........but I hear ya!!!!
Since the "Does Papi belong on the bench" post (8.14.09), Ortiz has put up a line of .317/.440/.974 for an OPS of 1.414.
Can we get a "Should J.D. Drew be benched?" "should Tazawa be sent to the minors?" and, "is the AL East race over?" posts?
9casey said...
First walk off since Sept. 12 2007
For Papi
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