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.
There is oatmeal
ReplyDeleteRED 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.
ReplyDeleteDespite 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......
ReplyDeleteThere 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.
ReplyDeleteMy team average is 300 for the Paw Sox
Was there a call-up made for a 4th outfielder?
ReplyDeleteBaseball! I haven't seen any all week, except for trying to avoid seeing the NYY home opener while having lunch at a bar.
ReplyDeleteWin tonight.
Mike Cameron's kidney stone is gone.
ReplyDeletewell, just typing now, so i'm trying nesn in my ear. ... cameron passed his stone!
ReplyDeleteRemy spent too much time on the golf course without a hat yesterday.
ReplyDeleteGamethreaders, do me a favour tonight: DNFTT, if applicable.
ReplyDeleteBut is he still stoned from the painkillers?
ReplyDeleteOr they slathered too much makeup on him.
ReplyDeleteoff to a nice start.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I used to say "THEY CANNOT CATCH HIM... THEY WILL NEVER CATCH HIM..." about LBJ. It applies to Crawford vs Red Sox!
ReplyDeleteJosh! Nice.
ReplyDeleteOTT
ReplyDeleteSoSh had a poll about what would be the first to happen:
ReplyDeleteOrtiz HR
Beltre BB
Opponent CS
(though there has been 1 CS)
DNFTT ??
ReplyDeleteGoogle it
ReplyDeleteI saw some old friends this weekend: Jeff Bailey, who is hitting .400, and Rick Burleson.
ReplyDeleteNow at bat, the corpse of David Ortiz.
ReplyDeleteWhere are they?
ReplyDeletePoll:
ReplyDeleteWhat 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.
ReplyDeleteBailey is playing 1B and Burleson is the hitting coach for the AAA Reno Aces (ARI).
ReplyDeleteOh cool.
ReplyDeleteI had to drive back and forth over 7,200 foot Donner Pass to see that game. Talk about a windy road.
ReplyDeleteThank you wind
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteOf 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.
ReplyDeleteScientists just disproved that the Donner party ate any of themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
ReplyDeleteThere's nada at the pass itself, the nearest town is Truckee where I had dinner.
ReplyDeleteGrab some pine!
ReplyDeleteAnother perspective: lack of bones is not definitive evidence.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're out in the desert, even a little, it's wild to imagine people crossing with horses and wagons, totally unprepared.
ReplyDeleteI guess Ortiz's corpse was up earlier (?) but here is the man himself.
ReplyDeletetyping 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".
ReplyDeleteThat would change the contract a bit.
ReplyDeletethis is better:
ReplyDelete"... shall not sell, lease or trade the Vehicle to any person whom Purchaser blew ..."
LOL
ReplyDelete"Please furnish us with a list of everyone Purchaser blew..."
this scan is hilarious:
ReplyDelete"... 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.
ReplyDeleteOh holy crap
ReplyDeleteWell damn Beltre loses it in the lights.
ReplyDeleteRemy: "You don't see many ground balls lost in the light tower."
ReplyDeleteThat is true.
If we can't get 2 runs on Tampa we are really struggling.
ReplyDeleteRunning wild, what else is new
ReplyDeleteK
ReplyDeleteThis thread is almost as exciting as this game.
ReplyDeletesweaty walk
ReplyDeletePeople are booing Ortiz.
ReplyDeleteI thought he got a piece of that, I heard the bat hit the ball.
ReplyDeleteMoot point since it was caught anyway.
ReplyDeletesquander
ReplyDeleteTake strike 2 you basehead
ReplyDeleteThe weather is farking us hard tonight.
ReplyDeleteACK!
ReplyDeleteOT; Has anyone here been to the Dominican Republic ever?
ReplyDeletePeople are booing Ortiz.
ReplyDeleteShitheads. Meaning there is nothing in their heads but shit.
they are hard to watch right now...
ReplyDeleteI haven't, as I'm not an island/beach person, but it's a very very popular destination for Canadians (as you may know).
ReplyDeletePunta Cana is where many Cdns go
ReplyDeleteThey are. It's true.
ReplyDeleteBut 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....
ReplyDeleteEwww. Thank you for sharing, I guess.
ReplyDeleteYeah! Nice DP.
ReplyDeletethat was fun
ReplyDeleteon the yes network they show the pitch count with score so you always see it...really annoys me
ReplyDeleteCAPTAIN DONG!!!!!
ReplyDeletethat's right haters.....booooooooyahhhhh
ReplyDeleteI swear to you I was about to type "Tek ties it right here." Before I could type it, he did it.
ReplyDeleteSitting here wishing on a cement floor...
ReplyDelete/obscure music reference
ReplyDeleteIt bothers you to see the count?
ReplyDeletenot the count, the number of pitches like 77, 78
ReplyDeleteCactus musical reference, cute
ReplyDeleteOMG - he hit another one???
ReplyDeleteThis play-once-a-week thing agrees with his bat - he's hittin' like Poo-holes.
Oh I wouldn't like that either.
ReplyDeleteinstead of a total pitch count, they could keep a list of the pitches in the current AB:
ReplyDeleteb 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.
ReplyDeleteHello JOS!
ReplyDeleteI mean, Hello JOS!
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie
ReplyDeleteOh there you are :)
ReplyDeleteSo Tim, did you get to that Jays game?
ReplyDeleteBeen 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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
ReplyDeleteAllan should run a spreadsheet/graph...Tek's average and the Jays record, see what kind of correlation is there.
ReplyDeleteI would but I'm too lazy/burned out from spreadsheeting at work.
And I agree re: sox 'fans' booing ortiz.
ReplyDeleteScalpers for a Jays game! That's rarer than... can't say a Cactus hit, can I?
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteSo what's the deal? You were in the DR and you missed syrup?
ReplyDelete(Way to be a walking stereotype!)
I think that was the one game of the year where they make all their money.
ReplyDeleteBox 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
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeletePA-PI! PA-PI!
ReplyDeleteFU-CK! FU-CK!
PAPI HIT!
ReplyDeleteOh shit Yook out at the plate.
dammit to hell
ReplyDeleteWhy the DR for the degree?
ReplyDeleteJays "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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteWell, 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.
ReplyDeleteThere 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.
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteThere 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..
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that was that wild 8-6 (or something) Jays win, Friday night a few years back - I was there!
ReplyDeleteThere 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?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. The Sox did nothing the entire game. It would have been a weekday, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Allan will be around with the facts soon. :)
More than one Vernon 3HR game against Boston?
ReplyDeleteEwwwwww.
I know! I hope I'm wrong and it was the same game.
ReplyDeleteAlright, gotta bring Steph out for ice cream.
ReplyDeleteYay for the MLB radio iPhone app!
wells hit them off beckett.
ReplyDeletei 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.
ReplyDeleteit was may 30, 2006
ReplyDeletejays 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.
ReplyDeleteso tim - when you come back - was that the same game?
ReplyDeletethe asap work is done, now only about 3 hours of transcribing shit.
ReplyDeletei 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.
ReplyDeleteSo you're just saying Latina women appeal to you.
ReplyDelete"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.
ReplyDeleteHey, joining in for the final innings here. Beckett seems to have had a mighty fine start.
ReplyDeleteHi guys. Hey, we are not losing! Time to score runs before the ninth inning, please.
ReplyDeleteWelcome home, Laura!
WTF is this ad with FY on a trampoline? Yeesh.
ReplyDeleteHey, Ofer, you back in Israel or still in the US?
ReplyDeleteso -- tek walk-off tonight?
ReplyDeleteAmy - Guess how we got our run!
ReplyDeletechoate!
ReplyDeleteyay - win for us!
Tek? I am telling you---he's not washed up yet. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy! I was going to say the same thing as Allan re our 1 run.
ReplyDeleteAmy trouble at the border coming home, l-girl?
ReplyDeleteIsrael, Amy. In all its glorious, post-4:30 muezzin 5-AMness.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I have not seen any of his dongs yet this season.
ReplyDeleteaww - didn't stick around.
ReplyDeletenice fenway stats for small game james!
Ofer, I don't know how you adjust to all the jet lag!
ReplyDeleteAmy, have you been giving Laura trouble at the border yet again?
ReplyDeleteHi John. My border trouble is only entering the US, never entering Canada.
ReplyDeleteLOL! 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!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I didn't even see that typo. Here I thought it was the US military, but it's been Amy all along!
ReplyDeletecheck recent wmtc thread "border (something) - take 2" and comments for our fun on monday and my fun yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWe waived farewells as you left the homeland, eh?
ReplyDeleteI probably would give Laura trouble at the border.
ReplyDeleteWaived farewells? As in decided not to say goodbye?
ReplyDeleteNot tired especially but never much of a typist either.
ReplyDeleteHmm, maybe that wasn't a typo. I thought you meant WAVED goodbye. But now I see the alternative meaning.
ReplyDeleteEnglish. Such a confusing language.
That was my thought, amy.
ReplyDelete:)
the artist formerly known as snuffer is up
ReplyDeleteGot to be a walkoff. A Tek walkoff would be sweet.
ReplyDeleteFree baseball looms on the horizon..
ReplyDeleteNah, 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 (-;
ReplyDeleteWhich 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.
ReplyDeleteThink about reverting to the old avatar, amy!
ReplyDeleteProcessing! Another wonderful word. We process papers, we process words, we process foods, and now we process people at the border.
ReplyDeleteYou will have to ask JGF which meaning he intended: did the US wave goodbye or waive goodbyes as you left the country?
ReplyDeleteI think people have been processed at the border for a long, long time.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to ignore the fact that Pap is pitching.
ReplyDeleteShit, that was close to a foul out.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am sure you're right. It just sounded funny. But then I am tired. Everything sounds funny.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll pass on the waive vs wave question. I'm just always so glad to come back to Canada.
ReplyDeleteEnglish teacher decided to play on wave/waive. No typo. I assume l-girl would prefer the most perfunctory goodbyes from our Homeland Security.
ReplyDeleteIn Canada, you can be processed, but you go through a PRO-cess, pro rhymes with toe.
ReplyDeleteand now we process people at the border.
ReplyDeleteAlmost 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?
ReplyDeleteWow, it's really raining. Has it been raining for the whole game this way? Supposed to be a miserable weekend.
ReplyDeleteif we are taking requests, how about a leadoff, first-pitch, mega-dong walk-off from the bedazzler?
ReplyDeleteSeconded.
One out. Finally.
ReplyDeleteI hear "human resources" so much that when I see HR, I think that before I think home run.
ReplyDeleteOh I'll third that second. Definitely my first choice.
ReplyDeleteIf we go to the tenth, I hope we do not see Pap again.
ReplyDeleteLaura, 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.
ReplyDeleteI just started drinking, so we should be winning in no time.
ReplyDeleteJohn, very true. I do wonder how long this will continue, when DHS will call it off, if ever.
ReplyDeleteit was raining when the game started, but i think it has gotten hard only recently.
ReplyDeleteI had a great time, Amy, thanks. Very relaxing and refreshing.
ReplyDeletemeant to post this before: attendance at jays season-opening season was 40-42K, then down to 12,000 and then barely 10,000.
ReplyDeleteOK, let's put this away, Former Snuffer.
ReplyDeletecrowd sounds ready to rock.
ReplyDeleteSecurity 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.
ReplyDeleteThese at bats are endless.
ReplyDeleteGlad 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.
ReplyDeleteUch.
ReplyDeleteJohn, that's a great image, the slamming-door farce. :)
ReplyDeleteif tiz goes deep here in the rain, will he finally become a real red sox?
ReplyDeleteWhy was Peña running to 1st on that walk...?
ReplyDeleteIs that well-known, Allan, or just your own inside joke/obsession?
ReplyDelete0-2 - get the out.
ReplyDeleteShit, when Peña steals on you without a throw, that's not very good...
ReplyDeleteOK, here we go!
ReplyDeleteFINALLY.
ReplyDeletePlease score A run. Please.
Yes! Whew!
ReplyDeleteThey've been stealing on us all night, as per usual.
ReplyDelete... maybe he has to wait until shemp gives him a hitting tip in cincinnati.
ReplyDeleteI expect to already be sleeping at 5:30.
ReplyDeleteyanks won, jays lost.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this, Michael Kay's greatest hit night?
ReplyDeleteDELAY??? NOW??
ReplyDeleteTARP? Fucking tarp NOW?
ReplyDeleteno, "stupid recent yankee myth night"
ReplyDeleteI am not sure I can wait for the rain to stop.
ReplyDeleteThis is the stupidest thing! I'm gonna take a thread break, see you post-delay.
ReplyDelete