Royals - 000 031 000 - 4 4 0Matsuzaka: 4.2-2-3-8-1, 112. Yeah, 8 walks.
Red Sox - 000 111 000 - 3 9 0
Dice worked out of a bases loaded/no out jam in the top of the fourth -- which was pretty remarkable as the first two outs were soft line drives to Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia -- and Adrian Beltre knocked in Youkilis in the bottom half and Boston led 1-0.
But then Matsuzaka totally lost it in the fifth, throwing 42 pitches and walking five batters, including one with the bases loaded.
After Bannister (6-9-3-0-4, 104) left, the KC pen shut down the Sox. Rob Tejada, Blake Wood, and Joakim Soria each pitched a 1-2-3 inning.
J.D. Drew had three singles, Bill Hall homered in the fifth, and Jason Varitek had an RBI double. Manny Delcarmen pitched two innings, retiring six batters on 21 pitches.
The Rays beat the White Sox 5-1 and the Twins beat the Yankees 8-2, so Tampa leads New York by 4.5 and Boston and Toronto are both 6.5 GB.
Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Drew, RF
Beltre, 3B
Hermida, LF
Varitek, C
Hall, CF
Yankees/Twins at 8
Scott Podsednik LF
ReplyDeleteMike Aviles SS
David DeJesus RF
Billy Butler 1B
Jose Guillen DH
Alberto Callaspo 3B
Mitch Maier CF
Jason Kendall C
Chris Getz 2B
So how was the test? Have you been out celebrating??
ReplyDeleteActually, we had to race home! I'll explain in a bit.
ReplyDeleteDavid Ortiz may be berevement listed by Francona for Friday and/or Saturday in order for him to attend Jose Lima's services.
ReplyDeleteYes, I was beginning to worry whether you guys were okay when there was no oatmeal at 6:56!
ReplyDeleteThere was a LOT of waiting.
ReplyDeleteCocksuckers gave me FOX.
ReplyDeleteBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Lots of other new Canadians or more like a general bureaucratic dysfunction?
ReplyDeleteBUT JAYS ARE OFF -- AND ROGERS COMES THRU WITH NESN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
running around, turning on laptop, filling in lineups, etc., gotta feed dogs btw innings!
ReplyDeletethunder is freaking cody out too
I probably shouldn't be watching this game. DiceK does much better without me.
ReplyDeleteSlingboxin' it tonight which means no threading, computer will be tied up on fullscreen game.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this one. Let's hope for another one, just like the other one, from Dice.
Ortiz is in there. Lima's body was delayed in LA and will be in NY tomorrow, I read. Somewhere.
ReplyDeleteBye, Tim. Someday you need explain what you just said. Slingboxing? I have heard of it, but not sure what it means, how it works, etc.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the game on your slingbox!
Looks like I should turn off the game. Walks the leadoff man....
ReplyDeleteJust watching the game on my computer via my slingbox, which is hooked up to the Directv receiver at my dad's place. Basically the computer is a TV that you can log into from anywhere (with internet) and watch your TV back home....if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteAppt was at 4, and we lined up and they checked us in, then we waited until someone called us up to ask a few Q and check our info. The woman we spoke with was in no hurry and chit-chatted a bit. After that, we were each given a card like a lotto form where you fill in bubbles for the correct answers. And we went into a big room and sat down. It was about 4:20.
ReplyDeleteThe intro to the test and the actual came after 6:00! UGH. Really took the excitement out of the experience. I was a yawning machine.
20 multiple choice questions - needed to get 15 right (not 12). also there were 2 questions that absolutely had to be correct and then a group of 3 where we had to get at least 1.
we had 30 minutes to do the test, but we finished in maybe 10 or 15. we got out to the car at maybe 6:30. so instead of a pub, we grabbed something quick on the way home.
laura is 100% sure she passed, i am 98%. i would still like to know for sure. they said we would get a letter in the next 2 months .....
Last night someone on the barstool sports site posted a picture of Evan Longoria's (alleged) meat dong.
ReplyDeletethey said we would get a letter in the next 2 months .....
ReplyDeleteGimme a break! Don't kids get nearly instant results on their college-entrance exams and stuff these days?
tekballa
ReplyDelete2 months is fucking ridiculous. no reason at all for it. it takes what, 2 seconds to run a card through a scantron machine?
ReplyDeletenot to mention the thousands of dollars that probably get paid out to the plugs involved in the "two month" process.
they could have a machine like they have to read lotto cards and if you passed, they say, "you passed, you will get a letter saying when the swearing in will be shortly".
ReplyDeleteif the person failed, they could say, "okay, your test is in the system, and we will let you know." (to avoid people freaking out if you told them they failed)
we took the test -- it's done -- but it feels like nothing happened.
I will actually leave this thread at some point, as per post 1 (by me).
ReplyDeleteWTF? You sat and waited for over an hour and a half for a thirty minute test? Must be all that socialism you got up there in the frozen north. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd it sort of figures that Laura would be more optimistic than you are, though 98% is pretty upbeat for Oscar.
Ryan from "The Office" in the stands, looks blitzed.
ReplyDeleteDid they ask any questions about Rush?
ReplyDeleteTim, thanks for the explanation. Not sure it helps much, but I appreciate the effort. I will go look it up on the internet.
ReplyDeleteReasons for sitting there for an hour and a half: The test proctor was probably at said pub, enjoying a few pints and dinner.
ReplyDeleteAny more news on what is wrong with LBJ?
ReplyDeletethey should have had the first 20 of us take the test, then the next 20, in waves. getting their first/early means nothing. we could have rolled in two hours "late" and have been right on time.
ReplyDeletelaura will likely have more on wmtc.
my test had nothing on rush. or april wine.
ReplyDeletethey have maybe 5-6 versions and they mix them up and pass them out, so the person a few seats over probably has a different set of Qs.
I do like to rock, however.
ReplyDeletewest: "sorry, david, your AB was taking too long. gotta move the game along."
ReplyDeleteDid Ortiz just get tossed?
ReplyDeleteStrike three to Papi outside on GDGD, but not, y'know, way outside.
ReplyDeleteRush is one of those bands: if someone tells me they absolutely hate them, I have no real argument. But I love them. I don't listen to them consistently -- I go through little phases. But I grew up on them. Seeing them in August.
OTT
ReplyDelete7 pitches!
How many of you were taking this test today? Is everyone moving to Canada???
ReplyDeletemaybe 40 people.
ReplyDeletewas millar on the pre-game?
ReplyDelete40. I had visions of hundreds coming in all day, 20 at a time.
ReplyDeleteI did not see the pre-game show.
I'm a little frustrated. We are going to the Dodgers game on 6/20. It is not sold out, but I can't buy tickets to the game from the Red Sox. They only include them with a double pack. You have to buy tix to an upcoming A's game to be able to get Dodgers tix. So, instead of getting tix straight from the Red Sox, I have to go to the secondary market...for a game that is not sold out. Grrr.
ReplyDeletePrices are jacked up for the Sox games in San Francisco -- they fluctuate with demand -- so I feel your pain, Mrs.
ReplyDeleteI'd better get down to the Bar. I will toast your citizenship.
Tek beats it...wow.
ReplyDeleteLooked safe to me.
ReplyDeleteUmp probably assumed Tek could never make it.
ReplyDeletedp pls
ReplyDeletetp, please?
ReplyDeletethanks for not getting out of the way asshole.
ReplyDeleteWhy do I always get THIS DiceK?
ReplyDeleteYOUK...I thought that was getting through.
ReplyDeleteNow, dp please
still 0-0, amy
ReplyDeleteIt's the curse Amy.
ReplyDeleteHoudini DiceK
ReplyDeleteHoudini...amazing.
ReplyDeletedice-k being dice-k
ReplyDeleteit's his game -- we all just play and watch it.
a little luck there
ReplyDeleteDid you pass your test?
ReplyDeleteQuick, what's the capital of Nunavut?
Beltre! Hot!
ReplyDeleteBeltre the belter!
ReplyDeleteBeltre is HAWT
ReplyDelete"cleans it out"
ReplyDeleteDRINK
we are very confident we passed.
ReplyDeleteBeltre is on fire! (He's not ON FIRE though, duh)
ReplyDeletedice setting up another bases loaded situation to get out of
ReplyDeleteDice-BackwardsK
ReplyDeleteRemy: You just can't be Houdini all night!
ReplyDeleteHeh, Jerry just took the words out of my mouth: "YOu just can't be Houdini all night." I thought only WE called him that!
ReplyDeleteI still hate watching Dice K pitch. I think you all are lying about his last outing.
ReplyDeleteOh come on this is ridiculous
ReplyDeletei think his last start was all a dream, too.
ReplyDelete7 walks? Get a grip Dice.
ReplyDeleteIt is no longer 0-0.
ReplyDeleteHook.
ReplyDeleteUch. That's it. I am never watching him pitch again.
ReplyDelete109 pitches in the 5th.
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ReplyDeletelong wait for bannister
ReplyDeletethat might be good....
I think Dice-K left his control in the capital of Nunavut...
ReplyDeleteHOOK.
ReplyDeletewhat a shitshow
ReplyDeleteOMG. 5 walks in this inning! Goodbye Dice.
ReplyDeleteOK, pitching change. Good or bad? At least the pen is rested.
ReplyDeleteNow how hard was that? DiceK, you suck.
ReplyDelete5BB in one inning? ouch. Least it extends the game so I might be able to watch some at home in half an hour.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to accept sweeping the Rays to be defeated by the Royals.
Anyone remember those candies called Royals? vaguely remember them from when I was in 2nd grade (early '80s). Like minty M&Ms.
2 hits in 5 innings -- what's wrong with that?
ReplyDeleteHALL DONG
ReplyDeleteHall hits it out of the hall!
ReplyDelete31 minute wait for bannister -- and hall goes deep.
ReplyDeleteHa. apparently they were Canadian. some link.
ReplyDeletecoming back (in the game). I'll be back round in a while.
ReplyDelete8-3 upon my return.
Nick, 2nd grade in the early 80's?
ReplyDeleteThat's a bit after my time.
LOL, Mrs. G. In the early 80s, I had young kids!
ReplyDeleteSomebody who knows more about Star Trek than me has to come up with a name for Joe Nelson's splitter.
ReplyDeleteHope you did better on the citizenship test than West is doing umping.
ReplyDeletenice way to play the carom, hermida. christ
ReplyDeleteYoung kids in the 80s?
ReplyDeleteI'm just gonna sulk.
So maybe we can start getting 2 good starts out of every 3 from Dice. Would that be pushing our luck?
i could fill in the answers without seeing the questions and do better than west
ReplyDeleteWell, that's not exactly the score I was expecting.
ReplyDeletewerd elgnis!
ReplyDeleteif drew cared, he'd be 5-for-3.
ReplyDeleteThat pretty much how West does it too, RS.
ReplyDeleteWere you wearing the Wood Hood (tm) when you took the test?
ReplyDeleteIf Drew really cared he'd have swung at the 1st pitch and scored from 1st on the ensuing sac fly by Belter
ReplyDeleteBelter for Beltre---sort of the reverse Canadian spelling AND descriptive of his hitting recently!
ReplyDeleteTEK!!
ReplyDeleteTEK!! I STILL LOVE YOU!
ReplyDeleteWhy are you sulking about having young kids in the 80s, SoSock? Weren't yours also born in that decade?
ReplyDeleteJ-Bay just hit an rbi double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead over Philly. Why can't we get.......nevermind.
ReplyDeleteFKR up 5-1 now, bottom 8th. Twinkies still winning 3-1 at the Toilet.3
TEK-MAN! Coming back (team and individual) :)
You're right Amy. I spoke too soon. Realized that mine were actually young still in the early 80s. Born in 78 and 81. The daughter we adopted later was born in 74. So I should have just deleted that comment. When I think 80s I think later in the decade, and mine weren't so young then.
ReplyDeleteMine were born in 1980 and 1984, so they are just a bit younger than yours. You met my younger daughter last summer at JOS1---hard to believe she will be 26!
ReplyDeleteOTT for MDC!
ReplyDeletemillared it
ReplyDeleteAmy, I do remember meeting her now. Lovely young lady. Who just recently got married? A niece maybe? I saw some FB pics you were tagged in
ReplyDeletePop up to right is much less exciting than homer to left.
ReplyDeleteGo Go Gadget Papi!
No, the almost 26 year old is single. Says she has no plans on settling down for a long time.
ReplyDeleteBut the almost 30 (yikes) year old is married and expecting our first grandchild in FIVE weeks!!
Hate it, but that was just a good pitch. Just outside, but too close to take with 2 strikes. Petey predictably hits it off the end of the bat to right field. God I wish I could box that up and feed it to my pitchers
ReplyDeleteOh, and thanks for your kind words about Maddy (the younger one). She's my Red Sox fan daughter, an important bond for us since otherwise she is generally a real Daddy's girl.
ReplyDeleteYay grandkids! They're the bomb. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteBetween the older girl we took in and a couple of "step-grandkids", I have 6 running around when we're all together
She's my Red Sox fan daughter,
ReplyDeleteBig :)
SCORE RUNS NOW!
ReplyDeletei'd disown the non-sox kid.
ReplyDeleteMDC warming to the task. 6 straight.
ReplyDeleteOf course, this IS the Royals.....
I have yet to meet a person who says something negative about having grandchildren! I am definitely psyched. I am a real baby person, so I know I will fall in love immediately.
ReplyDeleteWell, if she had become a Yankee fan, I might have. But she is totally indifferent to sports. When she was little, she was a Sox fan, though she never could remember how many innings there were in a game or how many outs to an inning.
ReplyDeletePlus she is the one providing the grandchild....
Time to get wood.
ReplyDeleteI mean.....Wood.....I mean get TO Wood....you know
alright, she stays in the will.
ReplyDeleteWhen she was little ... she never could remember ... how many outs to an inning.
Like Trot....
ram and bot up - amy is thrilled.
ReplyDeletethe inseam of the grass????
LOL re Trot.
ReplyDeleteThis whole game will be a trifecta nightmare for me in terms of pitchers if DiceK, Ramram and Bot end up pitching.
ReplyDeleteI am seriously thinking about not watching any more DiceK games...
drew swung at 6 of 9 pitches inthis AB so far
ReplyDeleteFunny. My older one was never a huge sports fan. Very athletic. Great dancer, skateboarder, etc. But played a little soccer, then baseball from about 9 to 13. Then he was done. And nevr cared to "learn the game". Which is fine. Thank g for a little diversity. The younger one is a baseball addict like his dad.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteJust saw the Trot reference.
and here comes ramram!
ReplyDeletedrew is clearly fucking with OB's mind: swinging at 11 of 19 pitches tonight.
ReplyDeleteYes, there is no predicting what kids will be interested in. The ironic thing for my older daughter is that she married an sports fanatic. He is a very loyal Mets and Jets fan (and thus knows all about suffering). She can't believe how much time he can spend watching, talking about and thinking about and reading about sports!
ReplyDeleteWhen she was little ... she never could remember ... how many outs to an inning.
ReplyDeleteHa, when my daughter was little (3 yrs old), she always tried to get us to let her stay up later. We'd settle on one more song on the CD player. My brother taught her to ask for Freebird. We also would tell her she could stay up until the end of the inning. One night, it took forever...a lot of runs and a couple pitching changes. Fun things to remember.
Run(s) have now become a necessity.
ReplyDeletehermida
ReplyDeletecactus
hall
stranger things have happened ...
See now with my daughter, we could have just told her the inning was over after one out, and she wouldn't have known better.
ReplyDeleteRamram actually did a good job!
Now we really really need a run, at least one, preferably two.
Couldn't we have a Dr. pinch hit or something?
ReplyDeleteCome on, VMart. Hit a dong with your sore toe.
ReplyDeleteWell, not the doctor, but make it something!
ReplyDeletefrak.
ReplyDeleteBleh.
ReplyDeleteClose but no cigar.
ReplyDeleteI am so done with DiceK.
that was a quick 9th.
ReplyDelete1st pitch swinging when you're down to your last out - NOT a fan. At a damn cutter even
ReplyDeleteUgh. Do it tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteCWS - 000 000 010 - 1 4 2
ReplyDeleteFKR - 100 011 02x - 5 7 0
MFY - 000 101
MIN - 120 011
Sox tied with idle Jays for third at 6.5.
mmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteswitched GDGD to the MFY game. I thought they were at the Toilet, but no. Wrong again.
Twinkies tack on 3 in the 7th, up 8-3 over the Evil Empire, top 8th.
ReplyDeleteDid any one else see this article by Tony Massarotti?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/massarotti/2010/05/central_issue_concerns_his_des.html
He is questioning Ellsbury desire to play. Seems like quite a bit of conjecture on Tony's part. Ellsbury always seems to play very hard when in the lineup.
Why is it that these media guys love trying to make players out to be lazy?
A) I think it's sort of a filler topic for sportswriters. If they don't have anything useful to say, they can pick on player X.
ReplyDeleteB) It's Tony Massarotti. He never has anything useful to say.