― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)
So, of course, as I type this, Womack somehow ends up on 2nd base after hitting a single, & Jeter's at 3-1. Wheeee.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)
The guy they should probably have @ the #2 slot is the guy that thrived in that spot last year - Mark F&*#(ing Bellhorn. I don't mind Nixon up there, tho - he'll see some strikes w/ Manny behind him, and he can handle a fastball (& I still say he could hold his own against most lefties, tho I don't mind him riding the pine against folks like RJ). Renteria should be a bottom-order guy, w/ Varitek hitting 6th.
&, Yanc3, in Red Sox Nation, it's never too early for anything. I imagine the Woe Is Me Brigade saddled up after Sunday night's debacle. (NOTE: the Red Sox have lost FIVE consecutive Opening Days.)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)
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That's BLAINE. Blaine F#&@in' Neal.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)
John Halama + Jorge Posada = Yankee bingo. (This is a prediction, not a fact.)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)
ESPN's page is showing a recap of the Yankee's 3-run rally. What're you guys hinting at, huh?
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)
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― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)
These ex-Met ballpeeners are very generous.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)
Bullpen looks a lot better today. Thanks to Tony Womack again for working Keith Foulke for ONE PITCH. I think the guy likes playing defense / spitting seeds.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/players/04/04/on_location0411/t1_location.jpg
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)
Yay for more dumbshit woo-hoo fistpumping.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)
i wd be interested in foulke's stats in the 9th when he's already been in for an inning vs his stats in the 9th when he hasn't (also i'd be morbidly interested in his stats after two more years of getting used two innings of almost every game) .. we have guys who can pitch the eighth, i think we ought to use them .. i can understand wanting get get foulke warmed up at the start of the season, get him some action but bringing him in when yr DOWN by one? it smacks of desperation, or point-proving, or some comb of the two, a bit like bringing pedro into a late-game situation to give up lots of hits in the playoffs last year
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
Which leads me to agree w/Tracer, it *would* be interesting to see his stats split out for appearances of more than one inning.
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)
i can understand wanting get get foulke warmed up at the start of the season, get him some action but bringing him in when yr DOWN by one? it smacks of desperation, or point-proving, or some comb of the two, a bit like bringing pedro into a late-game situation to give up lots of hits in the playoffs last year
It smacks of desperation to bring in your best bullpen pitcher to keep a one-run deficit from becoming a worse defecit? Funk that - I wish MORE teams shucked off that LaRussa-perfected micro-managed bullpen horsesense (LOOGY / ROOGY / LOOGY / LOOGY / ROOGY / setup guy in 8th / closer in 9th / backdoor slider / blown saveski), & went to such "desperate measures" to keep games close! Forcefeed me a Krispy Kreme donut for every time a game was put out of reach because the bullpen waterboy found themselves in a save-sized deficit game pitching fungos to a like-sided fellow w/ guys on base, and I'll be dead in 30 minutes.
HOWEVER, Foulke was pitching to the ass end of the lineup when he entered the 8th - I guess, ideally, it would've been better to have someone else start the frame, get in trouble, and then bring in Foulke to keep him fresher for the 9th. But, then, (and apologies to Joe Sheehan), if you're going to bring in Foulke in the 8th if your guy gets in trouble, why not bring him in to start the 8th to avoid any trouble?
&, Tracer, since I'm feeling nitpicky, that Pedro appearance in ALCS Game 7 WAS a bit of a desperation move, given how, at that point in the series, the entire pitching staff had thrown approximately 5 billion pitches over the course of 72 hours and 40+ innings.
FWIW, I think Foulke threw as many pitches in his 1+ innings as Mariano threw in his 1. But, yeah, splits would be nice (by inning AND by pitch).
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)
David OTM. Tracer, I imagine you're not old enough to have seen it, but Before Bruce Sutter this is how the ace reliever was used ALL THE TIME.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)
(I wouldn't count on Schilling though.)
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)
"Outslug 'em" was the Red Sox mantra since at least the Jim Rice days, and probably before. It never worked.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 22 September 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 22 September 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)
AND NO I AM NOT UPSET AT THIS TURN OF FUCKING EVENTS.
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 22 September 2005 04:48 (twenty years ago)
I am going to the BOS/NYY game next Friday. It'll be a miracle if I have any fingernails left after that one.
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Thursday, 22 September 2005 05:27 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 24 September 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 24 September 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)
I'm so down w/Graffanino -- especially after last night's cool-ass clutch double in the ninth -- I feel like the trade for TG has been way underrecognized as a huge move for these guys (considering how badly they need killer hitting to make up for what they're trying to pass off as "pitching").
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Sunday, 25 September 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)
Gordon Edes turns on the waterworks:
BALTIMORE -- The sweep of the Orioles accomplished, the road portion of the schedule completed, they're coming home.
Home, where the air is redolent of Fenway Franks, Legal's chowder, and Sam Adams beer.
Home, where Molly Walsh answers the phone, and Joe Silva and Mike Chester park the players' cars, and Joe Flanagan, the retired cop, stands guard at the clubhouse door, and the widowed but still-smiling Johnny Pesky, who turns 86 tomorrow, sits just inside.
Home, where Dave Mellor manicures the lushest lawn you'll ever see, and Andrew Crosby places the bats in the bat rack, and Luke Ansty prepares the players' postgame spread, and Bob Levin checks the reporters' passes.
Home, where David Ortiz pops some reggaetron into his car stereo (''Daddy Yankee," we kid you not, is a reggaetron star) for the ride to the ballpark, and Doug Mirabelli, without fail, stops at Starbucks for a grande nonfat latte.
Reggaetron!
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Monday, 26 September 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)
I think his addition to the team is definitely analogous to Cabrera's last year, in terms of adding infield defense and a major upgrade over Bellhorn/Vazquez/Cora/whoever offensively. If they're smart they'll resign him and give Pedroia another year in the minors.
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:26 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)
The Red Sox are like the guy that's a decent enough player when he gets cards, but can't do a damn thing when the cards are against him, and picks the exact wrong time to make a move because he's frustrated.
The Yankees, OTOH, are the free-wheeling asshats sitting to the left of the Red Sox, just raising and chasing flushes and straights, and somehow, after being whittled down to nothing, gets on a run where folks give him chips thinking he's bluffing when he's not, and now has a big fuck-you stack and can bully with impugnity.
The Orioles are those fuckers that have no fucking idea what they're doing - they gave the Yankees 95% of their chips in the span of 6 hands.
PS - I've lost $200+ in the past 3 days = GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 29 September 2005 13:58 (twenty years ago)
After this cycle repeats a few times, they're down to the final three and are short-stacked (but not by much). Finally, they stupidly go all in with Q-10 suited, land nothing, and are eliminated by two pair.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 September 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)
"Hey how do you play this game anyway?"
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 29 September 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)
"Damn, nice flush. I only have three 9s and this stupid pair of 2s. Wait - why do I get the chips?"
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 29 September 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 September 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)
ts: mike stanton vs alan embree
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 29 September 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)
Sox hitters still absolutely crush bad pitching. The problem is, everyone else crushes Sox pitching, so it all kind of evens out. We are flawed, flawed flawed.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 29 September 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)
I think the NL wins the Series this year.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:42 (twenty years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 30 September 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)
― bingo (Chris V), Friday, 30 September 2005 09:27 (twenty years ago)
Basically incapable of functioning here while thinking of this weekend; I'm not one to lightly throw around Clemens comparisons, but is Papelbon afraid of anything?
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Friday, 30 September 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)
PS - I am no fan; I only watched a little bit of the game, after they went down 4-1, and then went to read comic books & play poker.
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)
― bingo (Chris V), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)
― bingo (Chris V), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)
< / dork >
― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 30 September 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 30 September 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Friday, 30 September 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 30 September 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)
― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 30 September 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Friday, 30 September 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 30 September 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 1 October 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)
― bingo (Chris V), Monday, 3 October 2005 09:57 (twenty years ago)