Rays - 001 000 000 002 - 3 5 1The Red Sox loaded the bases in the bottom of the 11th on two singles and an infield error, but could not score (Ortiz FC/3-2, Beltre GIDP/5-3).
Red Sox - 000 010 000 000 - 1 5 1
Then less than 10 minutes later, Pat Burrell hit a two-run home run off Manny Delcarmen. Jason Varitek doubled with one out in the bottom of the 12th, but Mike Cameron and Marco Scutaro could not advance him.
David Ortiz wanted to keep playing: "I was ready for a walk-off."
It is the Red Sox's first suspended since May 3, 1996 (Blue Jays at Fenway Park). The Rays had never had a regular-season game suspended.
Carl Crawford stole his 28th consecutive base against the Red Sox. Boston has not thrown him out since September 21, 2005. The Red Sox have thrown out only one of 17 attempted base stealers. Why don't teams run six, eight, ten times a game? It must be one of those "unwritten rules".
The Rays scored an unearned run off Beckett (7-4-1-1-8, 106) and Jason Varitek (!) tied the game with a solo home run in the fifth.
Tampa Bay is 6-3, tied for second place with the Yankees, 0.5 GB the Blue Jays. The Red Sox (4-5) are 2.5 GB.
Alex Speier takes an in-depth look at several of the Red Sox's current problems. Since that was posted, it has been reported Mike Cameron has a kidney stone (which are no fun) and Jacoby Ellsbury will not be able to play tonight.
Until Game Time: The All-Color Team, including Jimmy Lavender and Preston Purple.
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RED SOX
SS Marco Scutaro
RF J.D. Drew
2B Dustin Pedroia
1B Kevin Youkilis
DH David Ortiz
3B Adrian Beltre
LF Jeremy Hermida
C Jason Varitek
CF Bill Hall
Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett
RAYS
SS Jason Bartlett
LF Carl Crawford
RF Ben Zobrist
3B Evan Longoria
1B Carlos Pena
CF B.J. Upton
DH Pat Burrell
2B Reid Brignac
C Dioner Navarro
Pitching: RHP Wade Davis
Boston Herald Club House Insider!!!
Buried at work, have no idea what, if any, of this one I'll see or hear.
Despite his poor start, Drew #2 is nice. I can't imagine there is any other possible reason Tiz is up so high other than Tito wants a LH amid the RHs.
mmmmm......
There is oatmeal, and there is rock and roll.
Another miss for me. I'll be burying my head in some rock and roll tonight and tomorrow night as well.
And who's that team listed on the Red Sox lone-up card. That's not the 2010 Boston team I know. Not the one I want to come to know either.
Get well soon......EVERYBODY.
(muthaf#@r please!)
Drew may be allright in the 2 spot, but I just can't see moving laser-shot FY outta there. Eh, it's just me though.
Here's hoping my late-night alcohol-influenced comments are of a positive nature tonight ;>
I am playing a Red Sox franchise in MLB 2k10 and Reddick can't hit anything so far this season either.
My team average is 300 for the Paw Sox
Was there a call-up made for a 4th outfielder?
Baseball! I haven't seen any all week, except for trying to avoid seeing the NYY home opener while having lunch at a bar.
Win tonight.
Mike Cameron's kidney stone is gone.
well, just typing now, so i'm trying nesn in my ear. ... cameron passed his stone!
Remy spent too much time on the golf course without a hat yesterday.
Gamethreaders, do me a favour tonight: DNFTT, if applicable.
But is he still stoned from the painkillers?
Or they slathered too much makeup on him.
off to a nice start.
I remember when I used to say "THEY CANNOT CATCH HIM... THEY WILL NEVER CATCH HIM..." about LBJ. It applies to Crawford vs Red Sox!
Josh! Nice.
OTT
SoSh had a poll about what would be the first to happen:
Ortiz HR
Beltre BB
Opponent CS
(though there has been 1 CS)
DNFTT ??
Google it
I saw some old friends this weekend: Jeff Bailey, who is hitting .400, and Rick Burleson.
Now at bat, the corpse of David Ortiz.
Where are they?
Poll:
What rare event will take place first?
Beltre Walks [50] [55.56%]
Ortiz Homers [23] [25.56%]
The Red Sox throw out a runner trying to steal [17] [18.89%]
Gumball is with Arizona, I think.
Bailey is playing 1B and Burleson is the hitting coach for the AAA Reno Aces (ARI).
Oh cool.
I had to drive back and forth over 7,200 foot Donner Pass to see that game. Talk about a windy road.
Thank you wind
That sounds like fun.
Of course the name Donner doesn't make you want to stop for lunch.
Burleson turns 59 in a couple of weeks but it makes me feel much older to say he'll be 60 next year.
Scientists just disproved that the Donner party ate any of themselves.
The archeologists found no human bones at the site.
http://news.discovery.com/history/donner-party-cannibalism.html
I believe it's still up for debate. But I was only being silly.
There's nada at the pass itself, the nearest town is Truckee where I had dinner.
Grab some pine!
Another perspective: lack of bones is not definitive evidence.
When you're out in the desert, even a little, it's wild to imagine people crossing with horses and wagons, totally unprepared.
I guess Ortiz's corpse was up earlier (?) but here is the man himself.
typing the text of an old and fuzzy copy of an agreement that did not scan very well. funny in light of the discussion that i just corrected "eat such party" to "each such party".
That would change the contract a bit.
this is better:
"... shall not sell, lease or trade the Vehicle to any person whom Purchaser blew ..."
LOL
"Please furnish us with a list of everyone Purchaser blew..."
this scan is hilarious:
"... may send Purchaser information on products, services or events that may be of interest to Purchaser by mall or anal."
(should be "mail or email")
That's hilarious. Our work is not usually suggestive in that way.
Oh holy crap
Well damn Beltre loses it in the lights.
Remy: "You don't see many ground balls lost in the light tower."
That is true.
If we can't get 2 runs on Tampa we are really struggling.
Running wild, what else is new
K
This thread is almost as exciting as this game.
sweaty walk
People are booing Ortiz.
I thought he got a piece of that, I heard the bat hit the ball.
Moot point since it was caught anyway.
squander
Take strike 2 you basehead
The weather is farking us hard tonight.
ACK!
OT; Has anyone here been to the Dominican Republic ever?
People are booing Ortiz.
Shitheads. Meaning there is nothing in their heads but shit.
they are hard to watch right now...
I haven't, as I'm not an island/beach person, but it's a very very popular destination for Canadians (as you may know).
Punta Cana is where many Cdns go
They are. It's true.
But anyone who boos Ortiz (out loud, in person) should be banned from Fenway for life.
when I was young and we would go to the cape a lot of the french canadiens would like to sport the speedo, with hair pouring out everywhere, it was my first impression of the canadiens, just thought I share that....
Ewww. Thank you for sharing, I guess.
Yeah! Nice DP.
that was fun
on the yes network they show the pitch count with score so you always see it...really annoys me
CAPTAIN DONG!!!!!
that's right haters.....booooooooyahhhhh
I swear to you I was about to type "Tek ties it right here." Before I could type it, he did it.
Sitting here wishing on a cement floor...
/obscure music reference
It bothers you to see the count?
not the count, the number of pitches like 77, 78
Cactus musical reference, cute
OMG - he hit another one???
This play-once-a-week thing agrees with his bat - he's hittin' like Poo-holes.
Oh I wouldn't like that either.
instead of a total pitch count, they could keep a list of the pitches in the current AB:
b s b f
like that -- so when i go to type a comment and miss a pitch or two, i can fill them in really easy.
Dead air - only crowd noise - so nice. I wish we could have so much more of that. Not that I mind Don & Jerry but the game is so nice without any chatter.
Hello JOS!
I mean, Hello JOS!
Hi Stephanie
Oh there you are :)
So Tim, did you get to that Jays game?
Been watching the game, whilst cooking dinner. Also flipping between NHL and this, but Tek dong - what's that about?! Classic backwards April as usual - Tek doing well, Jays in first.
I was at the opening night for Toronto, GREAT game. They lost, which was sweet too.
Can't believe how hard it was to get a ticket to that, but I guess the attendance for the entire 4 game series averaged out.
Scalpers wanted (and were getting) $100 for a 500 level seat!!!! Face value of $13.
We ended up buying 2 single tickets in different sections in the 100s from a scalper, stood behind the plate for an inning then found a row of empty seats up from 1B we were able to sit at.
haha, i posted that before i saw your comment
Allan should run a spreadsheet/graph...Tek's average and the Jays record, see what kind of correlation is there.
I would but I'm too lazy/burned out from spreadsheeting at work.
And I agree re: sox 'fans' booing ortiz.
Scalpers for a Jays game! That's rarer than... can't say a Cactus hit, can I?
I've never seen that place sold out, not even for Red Sox or Yankees.
I know they go to Punta Cana and Samara a lot, I just wish someone would import maple syrup into the DR, none is sold in the country.
So what's the deal? You were in the DR and you missed syrup?
(Way to be a walking stereotype!)
I think that was the one game of the year where they make all their money.
Box office walk-up was sold out.
Then they had the lowest attendance ever the next night (or the 2nd next night)...w/e. Stupid Jays 'fans'. I've already vented enough on facebook.
That's more like it, a few fans chanting PA-PI PA-PI
I'm planning to move to Santiago DR to get a Master's in Criminal Justice. I will still need Spanish as a 2nd language classes, I would say I'm intermediate. At least I have a Spanish for Law Enforcement workbook I can do.
PA-PI! PA-PI!
FU-CK! FU-CK!
PAPI HIT!
Oh shit Yook out at the plate.
dammit to hell
Why the DR for the degree?
Jays "fans" are definitely some of the worst in baseball. People here like to say that the team hasn't done anything since 92/93, so the fans stay away. Idiots. I can just imagine how they all became instant fans in September, then dropped out in May of the following year.
I have other reasons also, to get away from the rapidly forming USA police state and soon to come currency crash. Not to mention the weather and women in the DR. The drawbacks are needing bottled water, a genset to cover for spotty electricity plus your general developing country corruption.
Well, 90s were a different time for the Jays - I think attendance was still decent after the two WS wins, and fanfare was definitely rampant before that due to their success in the late 80s/early 90s.
There used to be a special go train each way leaving 30 min after the end of the game, regardless of the time.
Now...yup, definitely shit fans. It seems to be an excuse to get shitfaced for many people...and at $10 a beer, why not?! (/s)
It's 20k cheaper than the USA for a degree. PUCMM is a good school, it has dual degrees with the Sorbonne and Fordham.
I'm sure it was different. I mean the so-called fans blaming their lack of interest on the team's performance since then. Yeah, tell that to a Sox fan. Right.
There used to be a special go train each way leaving 30 min after the end of the game, regardless of the time.
That's cool! We once actually left a Sox-Jays game early to get a train. But after the third Vernon Wells dong, it seemed like the thing to do.
Dammit we had them on the ropes..
I wonder if that was that wild 8-6 (or something) Jays win, Friday night a few years back - I was there!
There were like 8 HRs hit, I think Manny had a couple, Tek had one, Overbay had a couple...I dunno. But that was ridiculous, just pissed the Sox lost.
"Women and weather"? Weather I get (although I would hate it), but what makes you think the women are any different there than anywhere else?
I don't think so. The Sox did nothing the entire game. It would have been a weekday, too.
I'm sure Allan will be around with the facts soon. :)
More than one Vernon 3HR game against Boston?
Ewwwwww.
I know! I hope I'm wrong and it was the same game.
Alright, gotta bring Steph out for ice cream.
Yay for the MLB radio iPhone app!
wells hit them off beckett.
i think he hit like 5 that year off him, probably 2007, that was josh's fuck you i have a fastball and i'm going to throw it all the time no matter how far everyone hits it season.
couldn't have been 2007. ray was at our place in port credit, could only have been 2006.
it was may 30, 2006
jays won 8-5; wells hit 3 and glaus hit 2 (beckett gave up 2 to each guy)
wells hit the 3rd one off david riske, but we were probably on the GO by then!
almost: we were walking through the "skywalk" on our way to the train. we heard the foghorn and cheering, and later some people told us it was wells again.
so tim - when you come back - was that the same game?
the asap work is done, now only about 3 hours of transcribing shit.
i think i shall take a break and watch the rest of the game.
Have you seen them? If you had spent time there this would need no explanation.
So you're just saying Latina women appeal to you.
"Them," like they all look alike. I lived in a Dominican neighbourhood in NYC for 15 years. "They" looked like all kinds of things - including old, fat and ugly.
Hey, joining in for the final innings here. Beckett seems to have had a mighty fine start.
Hi guys. Hey, we are not losing! Time to score runs before the ninth inning, please.
Welcome home, Laura!
WTF is this ad with FY on a trampoline? Yeesh.
Hey, Ofer, you back in Israel or still in the US?
so -- tek walk-off tonight?
Amy - Guess how we got our run!
choate!
yay - win for us!
Tek? I am telling you---he's not washed up yet. :)
Thanks Amy! I was going to say the same thing as Allan re our 1 run.
Amy trouble at the border coming home, l-girl?
Israel, Amy. In all its glorious, post-4:30 muezzin 5-AMness.
Of course, I have not seen any of his dongs yet this season.
aww - didn't stick around.
nice fenway stats for small game james!
Ofer, I don't know how you adjust to all the jet lag!
Amy, have you been giving Laura trouble at the border yet again?
Hi John. My border trouble is only entering the US, never entering Canada.
LOL! I was going to tease JGF about the typo, but figured he's probably as tired as I am. But not as tired as you must be!
Ha ha, I didn't even see that typo. Here I thought it was the US military, but it's been Amy all along!
check recent wmtc thread "border (something) - take 2" and comments for our fun on monday and my fun yesterday.
We waived farewells as you left the homeland, eh?
I probably would give Laura trouble at the border.
Waived farewells? As in decided not to say goodbye?
Not tired especially but never much of a typist either.
Hmm, maybe that wasn't a typo. I thought you meant WAVED goodbye. But now I see the alternative meaning.
English. Such a confusing language.
That was my thought, amy.
:)
the artist formerly known as snuffer is up
Got to be a walkoff. A Tek walkoff would be sweet.
Free baseball looms on the horizon..
Nah, if I was tired I'd be sleeping. Was reading some atheist-theist debates online, even though at some point they became a pretty boring blowout for the good guys (-;
Which is not what we're seeing tonight at all, I must say. Will we get Shakespeare for the 9th?
Hm, not sure I'm following this waived/waved homeland thread here. My trouble started when I used my passport to help someone the US doesn't want helped.
Think about reverting to the old avatar, amy!
Processing! Another wonderful word. We process papers, we process words, we process foods, and now we process people at the border.
You will have to ask JGF which meaning he intended: did the US wave goodbye or waive goodbyes as you left the country?
I think people have been processed at the border for a long, long time.
I am trying to ignore the fact that Pap is pitching.
Shit, that was close to a foul out.
Yes, I am sure you're right. It just sounded funny. But then I am tired. Everything sounds funny.
I think I'll pass on the waive vs wave question. I'm just always so glad to come back to Canada.
English teacher decided to play on wave/waive. No typo. I assume l-girl would prefer the most perfunctory goodbyes from our Homeland Security.
In Canada, you can be processed, but you go through a PRO-cess, pro rhymes with toe.
and now we process people at the border.
Almost as good a term as 'human resources'.
if we are taking requests, how about a leadoff, first-pitch, mega-dong walk-off from the bedazzler?
Wow, it's really raining. Has it been raining for the whole game this way? Supposed to be a miserable weekend.
if we are taking requests, how about a leadoff, first-pitch, mega-dong walk-off from the bedazzler?
Seconded.
One out. Finally.
I hear "human resources" so much that when I see HR, I think that before I think home run.
Oh I'll third that second. Definitely my first choice.
If we go to the tenth, I hope we do not see Pap again.
Laura, glad you are glad to be back home. I hope you did have a good time while in NY/NJ.
An Ortiz walkoff would be very sweet also.
I just started drinking, so we should be winning in no time.
John, very true. I do wonder how long this will continue, when DHS will call it off, if ever.
it was raining when the game started, but i think it has gotten hard only recently.
I had a great time, Amy, thanks. Very relaxing and refreshing.
meant to post this before: attendance at jays season-opening season was 40-42K, then down to 12,000 and then barely 10,000.
OK, let's put this away, Former Snuffer.
crowd sounds ready to rock.
Security theatre at DHS, l-girl, and when you show up, they decide to mount a farce--lots of slamming doors, misunderstood communication, surprise entrances and exits, everything a farce needs except sex, fun, and effervesence.
These at bats are endless.
Glad to hear it was a good trip, Laura.
Oh it's definitely Security Theatre. They know I'm no threat. It's also political intimidation theatre. As if.
Uch.
John, that's a great image, the slamming-door farce. :)
if tiz goes deep here in the rain, will he finally become a real red sox?
Why was Peña running to 1st on that walk...?
Is that well-known, Allan, or just your own inside joke/obsession?
0-2 - get the out.
Shit, when Peña steals on you without a throw, that's not very good...
OK, here we go!
FINALLY.
Please score A run. Please.
Yes! Whew!
They've been stealing on us all night, as per usual.
... maybe he has to wait until shemp gives him a hitting tip in cincinnati.
I expect to already be sleeping at 5:30.
yanks won, jays lost.
What is this, Michael Kay's greatest hit night?
DELAY??? NOW??
TARP? Fucking tarp NOW?
no, "stupid recent yankee myth night"
I am not sure I can wait for the rain to stop.
This is the stupidest thing! I'm gonna take a thread break, see you post-delay.
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