2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

what i want to know is how you going to have a potential BOS vs LAD World Series.. with no Manny?

dodgers are still paying manny $9 mil this year i think so he's still there spiritually

Obviously the option we need here is Who gives a flying shit?

Red Sox

dodgers are still paying manny $9 mil this year i think so he's still there spiritually

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:52 PM (19 minutes ago)

Amazing. Is Barry Bonds still on the Giants payroll?

no, but will pay Zito's seven million buyout.

Not quite as indifferent to this as I initially thought.

KILL MASSHOLES

Of what's left to root for, a couple of Kershaw/Verlander match-ups would be near the top of the list for me.

Leyland should sit Miggy today.

Vegas set over/under on Cabrera groundouts off the GreenMonster @1.5

With the right carom and throw, we could see a 7-3.

@FeinsandNYDN
Miguel Cabrera on what kind of challenge the Red Sox pitching staff presents: "I don't know. I'm tired."

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

why does morbs want me to die

u r not a masshole, sonny

I'm pulling for the Tigers to win but I think with Cabrera hurting and that scary bullpen I don't see them getting past Boston. I'm not so sure Boston isn't the most evenly talented team of the four left, they do the whole game pretty well.

"a splendid old-school matchup"

if nothing else, each sox victory = more lolz at bobby valentine

‏@Buster_ESPN
Miguel Cabrera was killing the ball in batting practice tonight, rockets all over the place.

Uh huh.

last time for Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.

well this and the World Series.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Joe West up in this bitch.

Sanchez out of a small jam.

Good old Orval, back in the news.

that beard meme is even worse than the #bestfaninbaseball trend

'Anibal Sanchez became just the second pitcher to strike out four batters in one postseason inning'

Really surprised in didn't happen more.

the hell was fielder talking to the plate ump about?

Pull him--no way I'd let him pitch to another batter.

Worked out...I wouldn't have let him stay in there. The something-something's not even an issue, since he won't be there at the end anyway.

He's got the bottom of the order in the next inning.

I don't know how solid Detroit's middle relief is, but I don't think I'd send him out. He looked like he was really laboring those last few batters.

Joe West trollin' HARD tonight.

oh a lefty facing cabrera, this will end well

see?

Not much talk from the Tigers fans who thought Peralta didn't deserve to be in the playoffs.

Avila willingly battered behind the plate all year but won't let a pitch catch his jersey with the bases loaded. Damn reflexes.

"Nooooooooo."

Eight innings, eight balls put in play.

(142 pitches.)

Terrific play.

those are my favorite plays to make in softball

Broken up!!

Nava doing everything he can to save this one

Well, I was getting sick of FOX showing Boston fans instead of the game.

wow, great slide

waited as long as possible to dive

I was going to ask about the two 1-0 games, but Joe Buck answered it before I got the chance.

red sox got a hit yay

Oh I didn't catch that, has it happened before?

Xpost

Would've been ticked about the crowd shots if they hadn't been so hilarious.

WOW

No, first time in the postseason.

First combination (near) no-hitter I've ever watched. I wanted to see it, though I didn't know who exactly I was rooting for.

The biggest story was almost 12 LOB for Tigers, or 1-11 RISP.
Grateful for the rested Peralta.
Thankyou-50-game-suspension!

I was getting sick of FOX showing Boston fans instead of the game.

I think u r confused about what the only national stories in AL ball are, young man

(Stankee fans, Bosawx fans)

3:56 to play 1-0 game = new nadir

322 pitches

According to Pitch F/X, West called five strikes out of the zone for both Sanchez and Lester. The two worst ones were in Lester's favor.

Right near the beginning, you can see Cookie Lavagetto break up Bill Bevans' no-hitter in the ninth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqDcNRp9gwc

Hmm that's quite the on-field celebration for 1947. Usually they'd just shake hands and run to the dugout after *winning* the WS.

ha that newsreal is delightful

Bleacher Report ranks '47 as the 10th greatest Series ever:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/903479-power-ranking-the-25-greatest-world-series-in-mlb-history/page/17

I'm guessing the on-field hysteria was some combination of the all-NY angle, Robinson's first year, and general post-war euphoria--lots of psychic energy out there. Between Cookie Lavagetto, Al Gionfriddo, DiMaggio, and Berra, was there ever a better Series for Italians?

Sanchez walked six last night; Bevens walked ten.

I bet the game took less than 2:30 too.

So will Peralta continue to be the postseason PED poster boy? Bet there'll be a lot less handwringing than if it had been The Centaur.

There's been no handwringing at all, on TV they mention it in passing as if he missed two months rehabbing an injury.

fp'd clemenza for linking to bleacher report

pitching more like Horst Buchholz, amirite

So the sox don't like hitting the ball anymore, huh?

in-game interviews with coaches is a plague

Rockin' one leg.

so cute how Clay Buccholz tried to join the beard club.

http://open.spotify.com/track/7epXwVw37QDYrA0HWv2iGr

They should just leave him now... why not?

well this game ended in a hurry

a few batters too many

So much anger on that throw, Dustin.

inscherzmountable

lol excellent work Morbs.

well that collapsed pretty quickly

Peddy almost fell down on that swing

Scherzer almost fell down on that pitch.

cabrera hit that one about 410 feet, wrong part of the ballpark

That commercial with the pirate kid is cute.

why do the red sox hate hits so much, i dont understand, they've totally turned on hits

action bronson pinchot (sanskrit)
Posted: October 14, 2013 at 2:04:27 AM
so cute how Clay Buccholz tried to join the beard club.

man he looks so awful

I noticed this btw!

http://www.baseballnation.com/hot-corner/2013/10/13/4835828/boston-fan-rip-ball-out-gif

Joe Buck just can't help himself

Will Carroll newsflash: Miguel Cabrera limping a bit.

Sure he's overworked logging football concussions, but

O_O @ that dude who threw the ball back

i admire his passion

throwing hrs back isnt even a thing at fenway lol

If I ever sit in bleachers, I will bring a phantom ball to throw

i'll let a white guinea pig onto the field

roxy showing excellent thought leadership

Wow that ball thrower is a douche!!

torii hunter still struggling to field it

omg that visor dude

what if you threw a pocketed team signed '86 Mets baseball onto the field?

4-OUT SAVE ALERT

guys ortiz slam coming up

whoa missed how he ripped it out of a womans hands #TYPICALBOSTON

FUCK

Fuck

also TORII HUNTER

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

should have IBB'd him

guys ortiz slam coming up

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:21 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

are you in a different, future timezone?

WOW

Damn, Torii.

Biiiiiiiiigggggg Paaaaaapppppiiiiii!!!!!!!

LOL at Boston bullpen cop... please2gif it asap

Hunter nearly had that too

Fuckin peds

A night of crazy comebacks

Wow Ortiz, and Hunter missed it by an INCH

the large father

lol hunter someone get that man a guinea pig

action bronson pinchot (sanskrit)
Posted: October 14, 2013 at 3:23:38 AM
guys ortiz slam coming up

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:21 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

are you in a different, future

;)

timezone?

that'd be cool if they lose

realized today that even though the red sox are in boston, i'll never not be happy to see big papi win more titles

benoit looked so haunted walking off the mound

when are we going to get classless fans Torrrrrrrrrriii chant ala Darrrrylllll chant

ortiz is the best human

Torii needs to wear helmet in the field

ESPN Radio guy mentioned Coke less likely to give up HR to Ortiz than Benoit before it happened

ortiz is the best human juicer

h8r

no use for any Sawxwer cept maybe Bill James

lag∞n u are Biff from Back to the Future

1) I want my magazine back
2) know any good stock tips?

uehara puts so much mustard on the ball

haha now that hes not injured can we all agree tori completely obliviously over the wall was super hilarious

like did he forget there was a wall

nice effort, prince

http://i.imgur.com/2tqtZky.jpg

lmao

are dudes camped out in buzzfeeds office making this killer gifs one minute later? i feel like last year we had two days.

Instagifs are a permanent artifact of today's internet culture

Wow

well

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Good night sweet prince

well, that's a bad loss

Leyland shoulda loaded the bases there btw

IBB Ortiz to get to Carp next time IMHO

need gif of kid waving at fielder after the dropped foul pop up

Can't believe how quickly that unravelled for the Tigers.

that game was nuts

thank fuck both of these series aren't 2-0

no, we needed them to both go 2-0 tonight, as God is my witness

a Bos-St Louis rerun, how fucking delightful my boycott of that will be

and I don't wanna hear about any fucking Patriots game, it hasnt got shit to do with this sport

the patriots game was super crazy too

fp

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

this is october baseball

<3 large father

god bless america

how bout them pats, that game was crazy huh am i right just goes to show how related these 2 sports are

otm

lol post game interview ortiz is making fun of hunter for going over the wall

what were you thinking when the ball went over the wall

*beat* i was just watching tori *grins*

sox win probability was down to ~4%

well, that's a bad loss

Leyland shoulda loaded the bases there btw

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius)

There were about ten things they should have done, Fielder should have caught that foul ball, Benoit should have come out for the ninth, they should have loaded the bases, it was 20 minutes of staring into the headlights for the Tigers after the GS.

Pretty much.

cant come back from that, outfielder in the bullpen it's all over

fielder should have stopped iglesias' throw

Iglesias shdnt have thrown

that is true, but nevertheless

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

big papi v the whole universe World Series 2013 mark it down

they make me barf out of my mouth tbf

reasonable

even better: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html

Visor-wearing racists are the worst.

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

zachylon otm, also at least Det hasn't won the whole thing since '84

The first thing that baffled me last night was the short leash on Veras. He entered with a four-run lead in the eighth, is the "eight inning guy" (or the "seventh inning guy"), threw three pitches. And, of course, I'm not sure why you would want to bring in Benoit with the bases loaded.

That was the one-year anniversary of Valverde's blown save against the Yankees. He entered with a four-run lead.

eighth

Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke hadn’t pitched a big game for quite a while.”

gotta have a guy on the LCS roster for those nonbig games

Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke has sucked against all hitters all year.”

again, why is he on the roster then?

anyone know how many times a slam has resulted in four pitchers being charged with one run apiece?

that is nuts, i don't think a Baseball Ref search will do it

Rob Neyer quotes a long back-and-forth this morning between Dan Plesac and Daryl Hamilton on bringing in Coke. I don't get the MLB Network--maybe you all saw the exchange last night.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/10/14/4836042/alcs-game2-red-sox-tigers-jim-leyland-blown-lead-comeback

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/assets/3384749/ortizgrand.gif

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, October 14, 2013 12:17 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

i like the uniforms of all the remaining teams

I mentioned the other day about Verlander's career/post-season stats being very close. Looked at Ortiz this morning, and his slash stats are now almost identical:

Regular Season: .287/.381/.549
Post-Season: .284/.394/.542

Obviously, he sure picks his spots.

I'd tentatively still give Detroit an edge the rest of the way, based on (duh) starting pitching and Cabrera showing signs of life.

ortiz was insane for the first ~2/3 of his post season career and has been terrible since is m/l what it boils down to... until last night B-)

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1395943_10151918179733258_123769770_n.jpg

they put some extra folding seats out there in the isle

Pretty sure that's Chuck Eddy center frame, directly above--strange, as Chuck's from Detroit.

plz see clutch thread link re picking spots

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

Agreed about the Dodgers, but I don't think the Tigers are boring -- not with three 200+ K pitchers, one of the best hitters in the game, one of the best defensive shortstops, two comically bad corner infielders, and 3-4-5 hitters who are hysterically slow/gimpy.

It's an expression, Morbius--I'm not saying he willfully picks them. I'm actually suggesting that his post-season record isn't quite as superhuman as selective memory might indicate (without wanting to say so, because I don't want to diminish someone who's had so many memorable hits--most of them concentrated in 2004/07, hence the casual aside).

how dare you frankly

@Rosenberg_Mike
Lefties hit .188 off Benoit this year, with 1 HR in 151 PA. WHY DIDN'T LEYLAND KNOW HE WOULD GIVE UP A HOMER? #duh

Posnanski taking note of the four pitchers responsible for the grand slam, also complaining about four-hour 1-0 games--clearly monitoring ILB.

http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/?p=749#more-749

http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/10/grand-slams-with-4-pitchers-receiving-earned-runs

nick esasky!

Surprised how far back some of them go--four in the '80s, the first in 1961. Didn't check the managers, but one of them was Sparky with Detroit ("Captain Hook").

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

― k3vin k., Monday, October 14, 2013 11:05 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't say anything about "excitement"

the dodgers aren't going to win for one thing, and anyway i can't really in good faith root for a team that just spent a billion dollars after hating the yankees for the same thing over the past decade

tigers meanwhile have the best starting pitching in baseball and the best hitter in baseball and a torii hunter who's never gotten to play in a WS.

‏@gregorMLB 9m
Victorino claims he's disappointed Verlander said he sometimes gets hit by strikes. Guess he forgot when Buehrle hit him on pitch in zone.

‏@gregorMLB 9m
Victorino: "If he can prove to me and show me which one he thought was a strike that was a legitimate strike that I got hit on..."

‏@gregorMLB 8m
All Verlander has to do is pull up GameDay from Sept. 21: Buehrle vs. Victorino. HBP was an obvious strike and registered as such. #BlueJays

so i left and went to a concert last night, Primal Scream. i thought this game was over anyways. was really surprised out this outcome, too bad i missed it.

so i got curious what because of the angry ball-snatcher/thrower: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html

because = became

[–]Furoceous 37 points 11 hours ago*

Alright, some information is coming in. My friend was with his girlfriend most of the morning.

"Well that guy had already said a racist comment to this guy who is a Detroit fan who was wearing a Prince Fielder jersey and looks like him."

"That woman was his wife/girlfriend/baby mama and she had already been mad at him for being an ass and because they almost kicked his ass. But the homerun landed behind her but she got the ball. She jumped up in celebration and was so happy and some of us were saying 'just throw it back!'".

"Then her guy, the asshole, ripped it from her hand and threw it back and they came to take him away. That Detroit fan stood up and said 'see you later' and that ass hole fan said 'sit down trevon' which is a black name racist thing to say and so about 5 police held back that big black man and his dad, and they escorted both parties (including the poor girl who caught it) out of the park. But later the detroit fans came back as they should have and many Red Sox fans went over and shook his hand and apologized".

I'm fairly certain that the Detroit fan my friend was talking about is not in the OP's .gif, but I'll include a picture once I get it off my phone.

Link to picture of the Detroit fan: http://imgur.com/2pbUaqD

http://r2.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1oed4a/an_aggressive_red_sox_fan_rips_a_home_run_ball/ccrfowe

No, that's the Weeknd.

Verlander with an 8-pitch 1st

this is not looking the best so far

#freenava

fuuuuuck

r u rootin for Boston or sumpn

uh yeah hello

Great timing with the outage -- rain possibly on the way.

go rain go no lights

it looks like its daytime tho not to give then any ideas

yea this massively favors bos

plz do not give them ideas

Game will finish around 1:00 a.m.

Erin Andrews just said "Joe Leyland."

so lights are out? If this lasts long enough I can go home and not to gay sports bar.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/192pjf60daehhgif/ku-xlarge.gif

best defensive play of ortiz's career

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/wp-content/gallery/krista-lackey/krista-lackey.jpg

lawl

six straight Ks

red sox be lovin to strike out my god

shd prob pull verlander now

Last team to score off him was the Mariners, almost a month ago.

gomes came SO close to getting that hr

come on

Think I know Joe Buck's trivia--Whitey Ford broke the record previously held by famous pitcher Babe Ruth.

Forced to watch an internet feed again (better than last time). Was hoping this would be the fourth straight game where a Detroit starter hadn't allowed a hit through five. That surely would have been one of those esoteric firsts. No more, though.

YAAAAAAA

shd prob pull verlander

andy i literally never tire of that picture

i'm not really down with the beard-pulling

do all the Red Sox have playoff beards?

theyre more regular season beards

it's incredible that john lackey has shut the tigers out by literally throwing the same curve ball to the outside part of the plate for seven innings

shd prob pull verlander

we are v interested in yr dispassionate analysis

is there even a clean shaven player on the Red Sox team

motherfucking bs strike one

tazawa maybe xp

David Schoenfield about an hour after Ortiz's home run the other night: "My prediction: Verlander throws more than 108 pitches in Game 3."

If the Tigers don't score here, that's cool -- just want to see the inning prolonged for more shots of tense Lackey.

they trot out that Ford/Ruth question every October

lol this show abt the fussy robot

yeah

Torii can barely move.

Wonder why.

obv didnt put enough tussin on it

ah gdamn it

can't understand why Leyland isnt using his stellar bullpen like icey wants

At 120 and allowing more contact but still the best option.

i know wtf xp

it was mathewson in the trivia innit

Game's on mute, so maybe it's been said -- but Verlander must be out of the game since he's dipping.

yup

fuck still no uehara

whyyy

wau

omg

Man, if Fielder strikes out.

Mike Trout would've hit one down the line.

wowww

ffs

What's a Walkoff Prayer for a non-superstitious athiest?

Phil Coke: What Could Have Been

only 45 hours too late

YOU FUCKERS WANTED PHIL COKE
HERE'S PHIL FUCKIN' COKE

lol

Really don't understand why anyone thought that Coke was the obvious call the other night.

o come on this game for serious

Easy, Tiger.

...and 3-4-5 hitters who are hysterically slow/gimpy.

― Andy K, Monday, October 14, 2013 12:19 PM

yeaw

what a fucking fraud, Mr Arbiter

sick

did the Bosox get these calls during the season? it wd explain a lot.

the red sox get all the calls because they are a cool team

detroit got those calls last nite

sunday rather

series is nuts

According to SweetSpot, the 11th 1-0 post-season game won with a solo home run. The first was in 1923, and the home run was hit by Casey Stengel.

(Sorry, can't get the NL game either, so this is how I fill my time. There are ten zillion more stations now than in the '70s, yet I got to see every playoff game then.)

It's only 2 games to 1, why have u ppl given it to the Sux already? Fister will fist em.

This series has been TREMENDOUS

yup

I showed the Ortiz clip four times in class yesterday. It really is incredible. Once for Ortiz and the drama of the moment, once focussing on Hunter, once focussing on the cop, and a fourth time for the bullpen catcher.

Ortiz obviously added to his legend (exaggerated or not). If it's possible to not make a catch and add to your defensive legend (again, exaggerated or not), then I think Hunter did too.

I think by definition calling a player who is not HOF-caliber a "legend" is exaggerated.

C'mon...again, even if you don't agree, the popular perception of Ortiz is that he's a legendary post-season performer. (If you're conceding that that's true and just disagreeing with the perception, that's fine.)

I don't know if Buehrle will ever go to the HOF, but he'll be legendary for me because of that Buehrle-meter play.

Lots of players who aren't in the HOF are legendary for a variety of reasons: Mark Fidrych, Dusty Rhodes, Joe Pepitone, on and on and on. As someone who's regularly dismissing the HOF, you're attaching a great deal of importance to it on this one narrow point.

dock ellis

Buddy Biancalana

Phil Linz and his harmonica.

Mike Kekich and Mike Kekich's best friend's wife.

pete rose

Mario Mendoza

legends of umpiring

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3397561/Screen_shot_2013-10-15_at_7.04.36_PM.png

"(Kulpa's) single worst call might have come at the single worst possible time for the Tigers. Which doesn't really mean anything, except that baseball will drive you crazy."

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/10/16/4843104/alcs-game3-peralta-bad-call-one-run-games-red-sox-tigers

clearly the tigers haven't been paying their tribute to the umpires guild these past few years

mea kulpa

Huh!

Hunter 9
Cabrera 5
Fielder 3
Martinez DH
Peralta 7
Avila 2
Infante 4
Jackson 8
Iglesias 6

Harold Reynolds not gonna like that

interesting

can't believe the best hitter is batting second, a spot reserved for a speedy player who can lay down a bunt

Friend who's been nonstop complaining about Jackson saw the lineup and said he hates it because it is an obvious panic move.

IS LEYLAND JUST GOING TO SIT THERE AND WATCH THE SEASON SLIP AWAY OR IS HE...WHAT THE FUCK? NOW he's doing something?! Don't like it. They had so much success during the season and this sudden, drastic move is pure panic. Spineless.

IF LEYLAND ACTUALLY GAVE A SHIT ABOUT HIS OFFENSE REFUSING TO SHOW UP HE'D DH MIGGY, PUT V-MART IN LEFT, PERALTA AT 2ND, INFANTE AT SHORT, CALL UP CASTELLANOS FOR THE BENCH, AND HAVE QBERRY AVAILABLE TO RUN -- OH THAT'S RIGHT, QBERRY IS ON THE RED SOX BECAUSE DUMBROWSKI DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO RECOGNIZE TALENT. ENJOY YOUR WINTER, BOYS. GOD.

(Obviously the fans are bugging me more than the players and manager.)

Are those quotes from your friend, or is that you, Andy?

Caps stuff: exaggerations of stuff I've seen/heard.

Iglesias not available tonight as a pinch-hitter

I think by definition calling a player who is not HOF-caliber a "legend" is exaggerated.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:44 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is this about ortiz? u kno he's probably gonna get into the HOF bc of "legend" rite. also probably having 500 home runs.

detroit deserves to lose for having that tunnel right behind home plate what a dreadful decision

Cabrera batting second is so funny. Bunts, hit-and-run, anything could happen. (Batting order mostly proven to be not as important as believed anyway.)

Yikes

swinging on 1st pitch right after guy walks in a run on 4 pitches. CHRIST, DOES ANYONE TEACH ANYMORE???

. also probably having 500 home runs.

lol, chickenfeed these days

i can't believ fox is running features on the beards of each red sox

cant ya?

that's some good fistin'

morelike jake pervy

seeing the sox stroke their finely groomed beards in HD is what the fall classic is all about xp

haha what's up with peavy's water bottle

lol

what the hell is shaved into workman's head

shouldn't Miggy get one in the ribs next time for stealing w/ a 7-0 lead?

(if he has ribs)

workman must have a hell of a tell

ortiz gonna hit a double grand slam in a min

xander has a really cool name!

I saw him in the Futures game at Citi Field in July

(thrown out stealing)

There's your Phil Coke, analysts.

xander has a really cool name!

― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:19 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e4feea60743c363c6e2a8e8b31f570c/tumblr_mude0twsKk1reop97o3_250.gif

fucking hell, leyland and his parade of pitchers and the accompanying extra long commercial breaks can all go fuck themselves

Talkin' beards, golf, football, birthday cake.

Nice try, Shane.

Is Bogaerts paying tribute to White Sox-era Fisk with that number?

Here comes the weird shit.

McCarver says all slow-motion replays of check swings look like strikes...pauses to watch slow-motion replay of check swing...concludes yes, based on slow-motion replay, that was definitely a strike.

http://nbchardballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-17-at-8-13-48-am.png?w=499&h=314

"Out!"

welcome to the neighborhood

Funny "Hey Bill" that I'm sure will drive Morbius crazy. (James may have a slight bias here...And for what it's worth, I've never once thought of Ortiz in this way; I think of him more in terms of Orlando Cepeda or Tony Perez.)

Hey Bill, did you ever think of David Ortiz as the new Babe Ruth? By that I mean if Ruth had been born in 1975 rather than 1895, he'd have not just Ortiz' statistics but his demeanor, his build, his stature on the team...Once that idea came into my mind, I can't look at David Ortiz and not see Babe Ruth. Do you think that's a fair comparison?
Asked by: TJNawrocki

Answered: 10/17/2013
Honestly, I do the exact same thing. I think of Ortiz as a modern Babe Ruth literally every day; I'm kind of shocked that you asked. It started for me one time about 2006 when David stopped in our office...which players do not do very often...and was wearing a leather hat. I don't know the name of the hat style, but it was very much like a hat that I have seen pictures of Ruth wearing, out of uniform. I thought then that this man has a lot of Babe Ruth in him, and...as you point out...once you start thinking that way, it fits like a glove, so things happen constantly to re-inforce that way of thinking about him.

I can't deny the guy has tons of personality and larger-than-life persona, and that he has hit characteristically well in the numerous postseasons he's appeared in. (Babe Ruth had some qualities I hope Ortiz hasn't emulated.)

Why he should go in the HOF when Edgar Martinez hasn't come within shouting distance, I don't know.

It started for me one time about 2006 when David stopped in our office and was wearing a leather hat. I don't know the name of the hat style

lmao

guys the hall of fame is stupid, lets talk leather hats

I found the hat--very sporty, very Ruthian.

http://www.caphut.org/images/Product_4/Boston-Red-Sox-New-Era-59fifty-Fitted-Purple-Leather-Hat7181.jpg

god i see that hat and i just think of ruth, v evocative

i could see him wearing several of those if he were around now. and crocs.

haha

http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af252/bucket3nyy/Ruthpicsthread10.jpg

1915--not even famous yet.

(Actually, having his first good year as a pitcher, so maybe somewhat famous--obviously nowhere near where he was headed. Read Creamer's bio years ago--was Ruth already known as a character before he hit the majors?)

http://www.csnwashington.com/sportsnetWashington/thumbnails/Sportsnet_-_Baltimore/932/968/ortiz-sunday_640x360_2050959916.jpg

who wants ta visit Babe's grave sometime? Houdini and Billy Martin in the same boneyard.

at a midtown sports bar tnite, u guys watch lagoon carefully

This MLB.com headline is next-level: "Red Sox hope to be Anibal crackers in Detroit"

well theyre already crackers haha am i right folks

btw that one blown double play in the 2nd last night, it all couldve been so differnt

i can't believ fox is running features on the beards of each red sox

― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

saltalamacchia is so gross to look at, i want to kill him

lol otm

is he just really sweaty or does wear some kind of Soul Glo product to get those glossy locks?

and speaking of which, despite being a Sox fan, the close-up beard fetish profiles last night were rather disturbing and wrong in big screen HD.

they showed him pouring a bottle of water over his head in the first inning last night might have something to do w it

ah, so that's his secret!

can we talk about jake peavy's water bottle, from what i can tell it's a regular 20 oz plastic bottle w/ a piece of printer paper rubberbanded around it and on it is written 'PEAVY' in thick black sharpie

yeah lets talk about them shits

lol

It started for me one time about 2006 when David stopped in our office and was wearing a leather hat.

..that's what I call a Taxicab Confession.

saltalamacchia is so gross to look at, i want to kill him

― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 17 October 2013 21:30

he's very... pubic

yeah lets talk about them shits

bet peavy was the kind of kid who wrote his name on his n64 in white-out

Pitch around Ortiz with a 1-2 count? OK, Tim.

whoa prince go find your own bat

Tom Brookens

Waved him in, then tried to hold him up -- like Cabrera can just stop on a dime and retreat.

rarely is the phrase 'watching a car crash in slow motion' appropriate but that literally was like watching a car crash in slow motion

that one a tag, morbs?

Sanchez looked like he was pitching in the seventh.

Napoli HR would've been out at Tiger Stadium.

his 4th home run of the year of at least 460 ft O_O

Dang, I step away for a few minutes and suddenly the sox are up by 3

smh baseball trying to steal footballs concussion glory

wow iglesias

that ball just disappeared

i like how he just stabbed out at the last second

almost popped out of there glove there too!

Could have scored from 2nd w/ infield fly rule.

napoli is an angel

Maybe Sanchez shouldn't be pitching right now.

sanchez is shook

yup

And maybe Avila shouldn't be catching.

Shook, aka drained.

from tonight's parks & rec, apparently

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BW0fpFlCMAA6vdu.jpg

ha just abt to post that

isnt that what caused avila to get concussed last time

lmao bogarts boston accent

are we sure iglesias foot touched the bag

idg why people care if 2nd base is tagged, its obvs a convention to protect players from injury which seems like a good idea, if w/in that you turn a few extra counterfeit double plays so be it

Looks like Lester might be gassed too.

oritz showing great skill w/ these bloopers

siiick

nice job redeeming self

Tigers shouldn't be complaining after getting the fake double play

wasn't a particularly close play at first

it was v close!

sick that cabrera wears franklin batting gloves, i wore franklin gloves in little league, dont give into Big Nike

get lester out of there

Yeah, if he can't get peralta out, he's gotta go

ross took that like a champ

lol infante stand up bruh

ugh

HD lets you see the exact moment jacoby closes his eyes

tazawas done

phew

http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/2/2/6/63087226/cuts/napoli_ctepugqp_d5bfvrdb.jpg

what the fuck is this the fucking hobbit fucking david the gnome what the fuck

lmao the entirety of the red sox could prob star in the upcoming hobbit movie

would screen

fn a

walk cabrera and get prince to ground into a triple play, obv

this is getting good

wow why swing at that

Great AB from Hunter. I wonder if Boston will bring in Uehara to start the eighth?

Not to take anything away from the pitcher, but that was such a tepid swing from Cabrera.

kid rock: still getting box seats to tigers playoff games in 2013

with chris chelios lol

ooh uehara for 5 outs v rare

uehara probably has the highest pitches-per-minute rate in the mlb

for anyone who didnt keep up on what an epic season he had do yrselfs a favor and check this out http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/75007/the-dominance-of-koji

woww

Thanks, blue.

holy shit i have never seen a catcher cover third

better throw would have had him

ump standing back mightve had him

also terrible call on that check swing

he didn't have time to spin all the way around. check swing call was p. bad

good job walking ellsbury only to have him take second and ruin the dp opportunity

i'm really confused as to why the tigers use their best reliever in the middle innings

they walked him just cause hes hitying better than victorino, not playing for the dp xp

holy shit i have never seen a catcher cover third

― 乒乓, Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:39 PM (8 minutes ago)

it's one of the coolest things that can happen in baseball. jeter dislocated his shoulder in...2002? when he slid headfirst into third and got kneed by the catcher covering

jeter getting hurt wasn't cool obv

suck it jeter

i'm really confused as to why the tigers use their best reliever in the middle innings

― call all destroyer, Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:43 PM (6 minutes ago)

more teams should do this. these innings have been p important!

so many balls to shallow left center tonight

sure sure i guess i'm just saying veras is by far the best dude they have and they don't seem to see it that way

uncool beard tho

really don't understand why uehara doesnt have a beard

he could just glue one on

woooooo

he had one earlier in the year not sure what happened to it xp

yaaaaaaaaa

that dork and his bowties

srsly

Uehara is unstoppable right now.

david ross looks like he's been shoveling snow in maine for the past 20 years

if the red sox lose this series im pretty sure they will all retire to the forests of the upper peninsula of michigan and start a militia

david ross looks like he's been shoveling snow in maine for the past 20 years

― call all destroyer, Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

lol

whoa koji's numbers this year were pretty insane

he kinda had an all time great season

yeah one of these days teams will learn to stop paying real sums (money/players) for established closers

one of these days

and the red sox are not exempt at all! they kinda just fell into it

catchers covered third all the time in my day.

i watched the first 6 innings with a hetero Red Sox fan from Texas, who said "This game has been v homoerotic"

...and not just bcz Anibal Sanchez is so fucking handsome

uehara was supposed to be a middle reliever lol

was it when the home plate ump was perving on ross's beard xp

Keith Law said in a chat today that anytime you can trade an 'established' closer who has market value, DO IT.

anibal sanchez is a good looking dude

i love this guy

http://cjzero.com/gifs/KojiHugRossALCS5.gif

http://cjzero.com/gifs/KojiHugRossALCS5.gif

well what abt the ass slap Avila got after being crushed at home

also this series is basically Bears vs Twinks; if there are any gay sports bars where they find these hairy uglies hot, the walls are probly covered in come.

koji has so many feels

J0rdan you finally show yourself after 3 months and give us nothing but broken links?

hes a cool dude xp

anibal's story is pretty amazing... threw a no hitter at a super young age and then couldn't stay healthy at all PLUS his infant son gets bit by a mosquito of dengue fever but then he gets healthy and becomes one of the 15 or so best pitchers in baseball

i dunno man, this is the gif https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/391050941769588736

four of five are one run games, nuts series

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1742911/miggy_pena_cookie2.gif

i haven't looked up the exact number but i believe the tigers have hit into 90 double plays in this series

anibal is sixth in fangraphs WAR for pitchers since 2010 (ahead of david price, hamels, greinke, halladay, wainwright, shields, cain etc). dude is wild underrated.

seems wrong that the game didn't end with prince grounding feebly to second

Morbs is right, these Red Sox are the ugliest playoff team in recent memory (I knew yr hate was about more than MASSHOLES and the payroll).

such haters
much jealous

well my bro-in-law and his family are from MA, I get Bosox/Pats in my FB feed unless I hide em all.

http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/the-uehara-phenomenon/

posnanski on koji

A couple of interesting tidbits — at No. 11 on the list in Uehara again in 2011. No. 12 on the list? Pedro. That was 2000, his WHIP was 0.737. And when you consider he threw three times the innings of the rest of these guys, when you consider that his strikeout-to-walk that year was 284-well, it’s no wonder many believe Pedro’s 2000 season was the best season in baseball history.

def the most ive ever enjoyed baseball was watching this era of pedro, only player ive seen who seemed better at baseball was bonds during those years where you had to walk him or hed hit a hr

btw this piece has more on ueharas japanese career and its pretty interesting http://espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=9761870&city=boston&src=desktop

oops http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9761870/

I’m now going to give you Uehara’s numbers the rest of the season. Please hold your applause until the end.

Innings pitched: 44 1/3
Hits allowed: 14
Hits allowed (seriously): 14
Come on, how many hits did he allow?: 14
That’s ridiculous: I know.
Runs allowed: 3
Home runs allowed: 1
Strikeouts: 59
Walks: 2
OK stop it right now: 2 walks. Look it up.
Batting average against: .097
On-base percentage: .108
Slugging percentage: .152
WHIP: You sure you’re ready for this?
Say it already: Ask nicely.
WHIP: 0.358

Japan has a rigorous exam system for incoming university students. Uehara did not pass his exam. He spent the next year studying in advance of retaking the test. "It was a very difficult year," he said, "because I had to study all the time."

To make ends meet, he said through Matsumoto, he took the job as a security guard. Baseball? "I wasn't even playing at that point," he said. "My dream was to teach."

But he did read Ryan's "bible," and from it picked up some weight-training techniques that paid off in added strength when he entered Osaka University of Health and Sports Sciences, and returned to playing.

"My college was not really a baseball school," Uehara said, "so the manager told us just choose whatever position you want to play. The last year in high school, I pitched five innings and I thought it was fun. I thought pitching would be fun."

The MLB clip of Iglesias's catch, three different calls. Love the second one from WXYT. Half-second before he catches it: "Iglesias on the run, he won't get there..."

http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=31155161

eh, okay he's fast. i'm still trying to get over this one: http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=29653669

Fenway fans convinced that routine grounder was gonna score 2

forced to hear BuckCarver tnite

i just realized that i don't have fox??

home plate ump is crazy tonite

Tim YOU SHOULDNT GET PITCHES LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE BALLS

givin gifts to a pitcher who looks like he played Junkie Mugger in every episode of "Kojak"

update: i have fox

i see we've played a scoreless inning and a half in an hour, good job everyone

blame buchholz

all games are like game seven, pretty much

jonny gomes gives the red sox lineup 'a different look' than it would have with daniel nava, a better hitter, in it

game hasn't been on that long it start an hour ago now. all the other stuff was pre-game.

wow scherz

wowww pedroia missed that by 6 inches

hard to tell how much, maybe a foot

As much as I'd like that to be a HR, this whole delay to review is just stupid

hope avila gets workmens comp

As much as I'd like that to be a HR, this whole delay to review is just stupid

― Moodles, Saturday, October 19, 2013 9:28 PM (4 minutes ago)

it was like 2 minutes. they could just have a replay official in the booth to speed things up i guess

cannot handle buccholz hair in HD

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man, avila should try catching the ball in his glove instead of with his face, imo

Finally, a quick half-inning.

9 pitches!

http://simlb.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/clay-buchholz.jpg

buccholz hair looks clean here, friend thinks he's doing a foreign substance thing, prob greased his hair w lugnut juice

these guys are just copying chase utley

jonny gomes, two singles and six strikeouts in 14 plate appearances

uh oh

tigers are done here

that throw was worthy of Johnny Damon

really, no one can hit a cheap Pesky Pole HR off the Wet Look?

Prince up this inning!

that Miggy-Prince double play they turned earlier was the fattest I've ever seen

saw buccholz touch his hair, that was a full grope. Grossssssss