I like Snyder. He's never going to be a stud, but I can see him rounding into a decent 4 or 5 guy.

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Just went over to SoSH to see what's going on, and there is some SERIOUS ass kissing from all the lurkers tonight.

unfortunately so. Gabbard and Corey are up. Which is a pity, since Snyder has actually been acceptable. I mean, we wish Lester and Beckett could pitch like this...

Can someone please check Juan Rivera for HGH? What's he hitting the past 3 months, like .600?

Did you SEE the lineup we threw out there? We're lucky we have 2.

...and Tito leaves Snyder in. Why?????

Edit: THAT'S why!!!

Nice job by Snyder.

He's gotten through 5 innings with around 90 pitches. Not bad for a #5 pitcher.

No you certainly aren't... one of the things that has kept me going these last few days is the thought of Pena playing every day for the rest of the year, doing everything you said and batting behind Manny next year.

Ugh...

Saunders hasnt been good, yet it took a dropped liner for our 2 runs- Timlin is right

Hinske better ****ing pinch hit here...

Speaking of Yaz....well, someone mentioned him early in this thread....Happy Birthday! At least for a couple more minutes on the east coast. As a birthday present the Sox are going to try really really hard to snap their 5 game losing streak.

Of course it would help if they got a hit with a runner in scoring position....

That would seem to make sense...don't count on it.

This inning is kind of symbolic of the Sox offense this year. Get a hit, do something stupid like get picked off, get robbed, get a walk... and no runs score.

Oh my ****ing god. He is letting Kapler hit.

Anybody want to check him for a pulse?

EDIT: Kapler with a single. Still a stupid move.

Who the hell was that? Looked like Kapler, but he got a hit.

DFA HIM!!!!!!!!!

Are we gonna put three runners on board again? And not score? Again?

Took the rook to school on that one.

Kind of early to PH, isn't it? Or are there no lefties in the Angels BP?

Anytime is time to PH for Gabe.

FWIW, there's J.C. Romero.

He's a witch.

BURN HIM!!!!

Only Romero, who is having an awful year.

Phew! Pedroia turns a routine bouncer into a half step adventure.

and still, I'm pretty sure he'd come on to face Ortiz. Not anybody else. And I'm not sure they'd leave him on for Youkilis, Pena, Lowell and Mirabelli just to face Hinske...

Yeah, when Kapler is your 4th OF, you're in trouble. The sooner he's gone the better.

Was that a 1-2-3 inning from a Boston reliever?

Remy is cracking me up!

I hope he stays as NESN's color guy for a long time.

Agreed. He was also my favorite Sox player as a kid (except Yaz)

Let's go Papi.

Funny exchange between Donnolly and Ortiz, Donnolly signing that he wanted to stay in and face Papi.

it's that he still thinks he's a Pawtucket starter. As soon as they'll convince him he's a Boston reliever, he might crash.

On a serious note, this is the third consecutively well pitched game by the Sox into the seventh inning... an improvement, especially given that during this stint we "rediscovered" Gabbard, Snyder, Wells and Foulke, plus obviously Schilling.

If Corey turns out to be good too, well... I'm crossing fingers.

one good outing. Good, but not great. They need consistency.

VIABLE OPTION YOUKS!

Big Papi has got some wheels when he finally pops it into 5th gear!

so, who was saying Papi is slow?

Incredible outfield these Angels have.

Scott Shields has to be the Angels worst reliever, everytime i see him he is either giving up gopher balls or cannot find the strike zone with a map. I'm very glad he is in there now because Willy Mo can rip one off of him easily

Well, that was a break for Boston. Sco -- however his name is spelled -- the Angels Manager over-manages the situation by taking out Donnolly, then Anderson must have been dozing off not to be able to get to Youks popup.

you're kidding right? Or you just don't watch enough West Coast baseball.

This is one of the best relievers in the AL. Had an ERA below 3 coming into this game, and career wise he's at 2.75, with a K:BB of 4.4, and more than 1 K per IP this year.

He's amazing for a non-closer.

It's just that we own him totally. It happens, but it doesn't make him a bad pitcher, and it's obviously poor judgment to just rate someone on how he does against a particular team. If we had Shields in Boston, we'd have solved 50-70% of our bullpen woes.

A-Rod jacks one 5-3 MFY leading

oh no, lead off walk

Leadoff walk, huh? Good thing our bullpen won't let him score.

/end sarcasm.

Great! Leadoff walk. Now that's the Boston BP I know so well.

What else is new?

I hate being this cynical but I hate it even more when it's true.

come on guys... O-Cab won't be harsh on us, and Gabbard is a groundballer. He'll walk Cabrera and then get a triple play on Guerrero.

Wow... that's scary how close you called that. Impressive.

maybe safer to actually get a groundball of Cabrera and face Guerrero with nobody out?

Anyway, pretty neat to get a double play with the runner going on the pitch...

DP just like they planned and I had said.

my timezone allows me to watch the game sooner than you guys do.

I was overexagerating. But, it's not just us who owns him - he is very home run prone to good hitting teams, like the Yankees, check the last series when the Angels played in NY. Also, his ERA has been climbing, during the month of August his ERA has been 4.38.

Is it just me, or for the last 15-20 games have we quickly given back any lead or tie we've gained?

So glad I just tuned in. Lovin' the fact that at least the Sox are consistent. Jeeze.

Pedroia looked smooth on that DP.

Mistake pitch to Vlad. Fortunately it was low enough so he couldn't take it out of the park.