Bases loaded!

Come on Sox...no outs..don't waste this opportunity!

Cool, Pedrioa's going to hit a GS in his first ML ab.

Edit: Forgot Kapler was next.

TRIVIA:
Who is the only major league player in the history of baseball to hit a GS in his first MLB AB?

He'll still get the chance


I must be psychic

What does that mean?




Yeah, I remember something about that. It was a joke, but something happened that Millar didn't expect. Can't remember all the details.

Kapler sucks.

First AB grand slam maybe? I'd settle for a bases clearing double.

Great at-bat, Gabe.

Great lineup card, Tito.

So, can we start calling him Krapler yet?

Pedroia will be second...hopefully.

TRIVIA:
Who is the only major league player in the history of baseball to hit a GS in his first MLB AB?

any guesses?

Ouch. Bad luck there.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

nevermind

You have to be ****ing kidding me.

This is the unluckiest team in baseball...



Hermedia.

Should we even be surprised?

HINT:
It happened last yr.

Nice swing by Pedroia. I think he's gonna be great next year. Hopefully, he'll have to get acquainted with a new manager.

Or not. He got good wood on that ball though.

I'm so sick of LOB!

DING DING DING

Kapler is a waste of a roster spot. I know he is a "team guy" and all that crap, but he just can't do anything.

Tough luck with Pedroia. OC robbed us damn it!

Should I bother staying up for this crap?

Who didn't know that was going to happen?

Bill “Frosty” Duggleby

Without Manny who else are you going to put out there?

Are you serious?

Hinske is on the bench, as is Cora. Papi can play 1st.

There are better options. Francona sucks.

Edit: Not to mention Murphy, who should be on this roster before Kapler.

Against a lefty? Hopefully we'll see Hinske as soon as we get to the bullpen.

Hinske?

Cora? (Alex or Joey)

Darren Lewis?

Yaz? (as in, right now Yaz)

Anyone with a pulse?


Man, I'm full of sunshine tonight. I'm getting a beer. Who's with me?

Can't argue with that.

Hinske vs LHP:

.132/.250/.237 for an OPS of .487.

Hinske, unbelievably, has been poorer than Kapler against LHP's. So I would go with Cora at second, Loretta at first and Youkilis LF.

Or Ortiz playing in the field, and Javy or Cora or anybody else DH, but Kapler and Hinske.

Pedroia makes a catch! Not exactly complicated, but still, nice job.

Bobby Abreu.....oops, we didn't make that trade. Sorry

With that lineup, the drop off in defense would far outwiegh the gain on offense.

Exactly. And Kapler has been decent vs LHP over his career.

I'm not saying we should be wasting a roster spot on him, I'm just saying....

Yeah, I know. I just hate seeing Kapler up with th ebases loaded. And I'm so sick of Francona that I blame him for shit that isn't really his fault.

Edit: That being said, Kapler's season line vs. LHPis .194/.293/.361 ...and I think it's safe to say that his career is on the downslope.

Double-edit...screwed up & said "career" instead of "season"

Which renders the entire post meaningless. I'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitresses.

Was that the kid from Mystic River???

you mean that placing Ortiz in defense outweighs the fact of having a hitter with a .924 OPS against LHP's (Cora this year) as opposed to .637 (Kapler)?

I'll take my chances with Ortiz at first. And Youks in the outfield. I really don't like Kapler defensively anyway.

And anyway, Cora at second and Loretta spelling first?

Papi is struggling.

Is anybody else listening to the Angels' broadcast, because these announcers are idiots.

this is what happens when you have no Manny. Ortiz becomes human cause he must go after pitches that he would take with Manny behind him.

No, EI has NESN tonight.

I love Remy.

Or he walks 5 times a game.

Tonight's quiz:

The only manager to lead the Boston Red Sox to a World Series Championship since 1918 was...?




You're serious? You think Ortiz has to change his approach because of who is hitting behind him?

Now that's a brain fart.

Yes, we finally catch a break!! Figgins can't catch/hold onto the ball. 2 runs score. 2-1.

He sucks, Cambridge.

Deal with it.

Schilling, Martinez, Lowe, Papi, Manny, Keith Foulke, Johnny Damon and and a walk & a stolen base won it. It was serendipity. It was beautiful. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

But I never - not even for one second - thought Francona was an above average manager.

Quite the contrary.

Was that a good break?

Is that what one looks like?

Wow, that was huge.

Ummm....yes?

absolutely. If you know the guy behind you can do it, then you essentially change your one into the size of a very small circle (like the size of a serving plate). If the guy behind you cannot do the job, then you expand your zone. It happens to any great hitter. David knows that if Manny is behind him, he can walk because Manny is great.

hey, wtf happened? Gamecast froze.