Hey Boston folks: will there be a game today? Weather reports seem to indicate the showers will come afterwards, but then again, Boston weather reports never seem to be right. (Tomorrow looks a lot worse.)
This can be done. Wakefield's the guy to do it. If it becomes 1-2...well, in every ALDS Game 4 it's 1-2. Hopefully the offense will wake up. They've spent the last 36+ hours getting pissed at themselves...
Seems like there will... the rain is supposed to be later. The NYY game tonight might be in dange, and both games tomorrow could be as well, but the afternoon game should be playable. Which is good, because I'm going to it.
ReplyDeleteIt is great out right now. Hot, actually...
ReplyDeleteThey'll get tonight's game in...
The heavy rains come tomorrow.
WEll the rain gods may help ups yet again. Remember last year's rain out of game 3 helped line up the pitching for the rest of the series.
ReplyDeleteWake goes tonight, Schilling on Sunday and then Wells back on normal rest come Monday.
Wow, listening to Phil Rogers from the Chi Trib and he has basically written off the Sox. among the things he has said:
ReplyDeleteWells on 3 days rest is not worrisome at all since he is so old.
CHI is a better hitting, deeper lineup.
CHI rotation are ALL guys that are capable of dominating.
The city of Boston is not buzzing anywhere nearly as much as it was last weekend.
And this is the whopper - he has a feeling that the Sox fans "know" that this season is different and he expects that this season Boston fans. who are known for their hostility, will be more gracious losers. And yes, he did use the word losers.
Chicago is a better hitting deeper lineup? He loses his argument right there.
ReplyDeleteSchilling can dominate.
Wells can dominate.
Wake can dominate.
Garland can dominate.
Buerhle can dominate.
Contreras can dominate.
Next???
Here's another thought...and maybe another thread is needed for this...
Here's the basic Sox lineup.
Damon
Renteria
Ortiz
Ramirez
Nixon
Varitek
Olerud/Millar
Mueller
Graffanino
Next year?
Damon- probably gone
Renteria- still here (probably lower in the lineup)
Ortiz
Ramirez (probably a Met)
Nixon
Tek
Olerud and Millar- gone
Mueller- gone
Graf- probably gone
That's strange, isn't it?
This is the last go round for this core...Next year is drastically different...
Yeah definitely the guy had his home glasses on, especially about the lineup. It was silly - he framed it more like "people who don't see this team every day don't realize that this may be the deepest lineup in baseball top to bottom." Silly.
ReplyDeleteAs for the pitchers, don't forget Garcia and the kid McCarthy was pretty good. apparently they led the league in QS - in fact he had an amazing statistic. White Sox starters had 51 games in which they gave up 0 or 1 runs. Frightening. And I think more consistently dominant that I realized.
19 against KC...no, I know it wasn't just them, but that probably didn't hurt...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, how about that "small ball"...? Podsednik now 1 for 3 in steal attempts...He's more of a threat standing on first because of that speed.
Damn shift!
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm sure a good number of them were against KC and probably DET as well. But I doubt the Sox have half that many - and it seems like Wells and Clement had a bunch of great games in the first half.
ReplyDeletepitched around Manny...Go Trot!
ReplyDeleteTime for johnny o to come through
ReplyDeleteTime for a classic Doug M HR....
ReplyDeleteTime for the next inning....booo
ReplyDeleteThe skies just opened up here. It was beautiful all day, now this.
The upside? 43 pitches in two innings for Garcia.
ReplyDeleteOk, start to play very slowly so we don't make it to the fifth inning...Damn, 1-0 on consecutive doubles...
ReplyDeleteI hope Jeremy is under the roof today...
ReplyDeleteHelp me remember here. Wasn't there a game earlier in the year against the White Sox where we hit in to 5 DPs?
ReplyDeleteActually I think that was against Detroit.
ReplyDeletePapi!!!!
ReplyDeleteI turn on the TV to see that. Down by 1. Let's get ten more.
ReplyDeleteNice...Go, Manny!!!
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember that game but can't recall who it was against.
ReplyDeleteI remember the game last year the Wake gave up 5 HR and we won - against DET.
With the way they are pitching Manny, he's going to have to reach out for it a la the Bad News Bear, Kelly Leach...
ReplyDeleteManny!!!
ReplyDeleteI AM A GOOD LUCK CHARM. Only 9 more.
ReplyDeleteMANNY!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt looked that way and then Fredo left one out over the plate. Big mistake. Especially to Manny with his opposite field power.
ReplyDeleteTrot!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh no.
welcome earl!!
ReplyDeleteBTW I watched your show the other night. It was pretty funny.
I've heard that from a bunch of people.
ReplyDeleteMy Name Is Earl: TV show for pissed off Red Sox fans.
Come on, John O...Ed O look alike...Earl, you know who I am talking about...
ReplyDeleteVery nice half inning by Wake!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I never thought about that. Maybe because Papelbon looks exactly like his best friend from college. It's sort of scary actually.
ReplyDeleteIt'd be nice to get two on here for Papi...
ReplyDelete95 pitches for Garcia...Papi coming up...
ReplyDeleteYuck. That would've been nice, C'mon Tim.
ReplyDeleteCrap...Leadoff walk...
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or does this game smell like a "game to be won by Ortiz or Manny on a HR."
ReplyDeleteFuck!! Konerko pisses me off.
Still smells like the above to me.
...and then that. Crap.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say it but I felt that coming...Damn...It's going to be tough now probably against their pen...
ReplyDeleteOk, I don't get this...He just gets Everett...71 pitches...and he's gone?
ReplyDeleteThis is a very bad move...Sorry, but it is.
...and here comes our pen.
ReplyDeleteIf Boston loses, you just know all the same people who were screaming about Tito's slow hook with Clement will be yelling about his quick hook here.
...but yeah, it does seem premature.
ReplyDeleteOops...I just realized I am watching it on GameCast and Wake covered first on the last play. did he get hurt?
ReplyDeleteWell, that worked. Nice job Chad.
ReplyDeleteI need beer.
ReplyDeleteOne pitch, one hit...Now Myers...
ReplyDeleteNo, Wake's not hurt. It's just Rowand owns him. And he really looked pretty terrible facing Dye, Konerko, and Everett. Weird that he could be so dominant in the 5th and so terrible in the 6rh
ReplyDeleteDid he look as bad as that out over the plate pitch that Bradford threw?
ReplyDeleteHere's another question...Does Bill Mueller have a hit in this series?
Well, Everett very nearly hit a double; it was a flashy play by O-Rud that saved it.
ReplyDeleteNo, Miller hasn't gotten a hit.
Pierzynski is the biggest dick in baseball.
ReplyDeleteA hit, a steal, and a walk...Stellar.
ReplyDeletePaplebon in the 6th? Is he going to go 2-2/3 like he did against TOR? Or will they get Arroyo and/or Clement up?
ReplyDeleteTimlin for two innings at the end of the game is my guess...pray we get ahead and that there is a rained out game tomorrow
ReplyDeleteHuge out...c'mon papelbon
ReplyDeleteCan he pitch every inning this series!!!
ReplyDeleteThat was a bomb.
ReplyDeleteRed Sox 6-9 hitters: 2 for 22 this series. Both hits by Graff. Mueller....?
ReplyDeletePromosing - 2 on 0 out.
ReplyDeleteLets go!!!
Juiced baby!!!
ReplyDeleteGo TEK!!!
Ozzie Guillen totally yapping at the Home plate umpire. What an ass.
ReplyDeleteCmon Tek!!!!
As Berman said: Varitek is "coming in to pinch hit in the 8-hole."
Ugh -- tek, always with the high fastball.
ReplyDeleteCmon Graff. Time to be the hero.
who do I have a bad feeling about this?
ReplyDeleteLets go TGRAF!
ReplyDeleteAll year long I've been saying Ozzie is a dick.
ReplyDeleteFuuuucccckkkkk....cmon Damon.
ReplyDeletePierzynski is a dick.
ReplyDeletedon't celebrate just yet AJ.
Wow - close.
ReplyDeletePathetic.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Damon is a dick
ReplyDeleteJust kidding.
It was a swing dammit.
Lets get Renteria on for the big boys.
ReplyDeleteThis umpire is painful to watch. Takes 7 seconds to make the strike call.
ReplyDeleteRenteria strikeout. Awesome.
That's the most ridiculous Ortiz shift I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteOrtiz. 3 pitches.
ReplyDeleteYep, ortiz or manny hits a GW HR in the 9th.
ReplyDeleteso does that mean sutcliff is rooting for CHI since he said he would like to see Dookie go upstairs on Manny for the K?
ReplyDeleteUgh. I think we just saw Ortiz and Ramirez's last at-bats of 2005.
ReplyDeleteTek, again with the high fastball.
ReplyDeleteAwesome.
This is starting to suck
ReplyDeleteYeah, this blows. Not like we didn't see it coming though. We knew they were in trouble back in August -- and that was before the offense suddenly became cold.
ReplyDeleteHey, this is awesome!
ReplyDeleteGraff, Damon, Rent. Are they even going to make it interesting?
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to get one of them on and let Ortiz have a crack at it.
ReplyDeleteRenteria as the last out...that's familiar.
ReplyDeleteFFFFFFFF.......
ReplyDeleteabsolutely pathetic.
ReplyDeleteWait till next year.
Well that sucked.
ReplyDeleteSo, um...now what?...no more Red Sox? Until March?
ReplyDelete...Really?
88 (now 89) comments? About that game?
ReplyDeleteImpressive. Highly impressive.