Game time: 4:05 pm EDT, 1:05 pm PDT

Scheduled starters: Kyle Snyder (3-2, 6.23) v. Cha Seung Baek (0-0, 5.40)


Seattle weather: 11 am EDT, (8 am PDT) observation at SEA: Wind out of the north northwest at 3 mph, visbility 10 miles, few clouds at 25,000 feet, temperature 63F, DP 52F


Forecast: Another nice summer day. It should be around 80F by game time, with low humidity and with the wind out of the north t 10-15 mph.

The roof will be open and the wind will be blowing in from left.

Kyle Snyder (3-2, 6.23) will get the ball today for his sixth start with us this year. He's 2-2 with a 5.61 ERA in his first five outings with the club, lasting past the fifth inning just once. Man it could be worse.

How?

Edit: Wait! I don't want to know!

To me, Kyle Snyder is just like giving up. I would love to have to eat these words.

I really think this game is the equivalent of driving by a vicious motorcycle accident, it's sad and is unpleasant to look at.

Snyder will not last past the 5th inning and Baek, who hasn't had a major league win since 2004, will become a cy young candidate for a day. And I too hope I will have to eat these words

What I want is to win. What I really want is to win, while the Yankees and White Sox lose. (Yeah, it's good to worry about the Twins, but better to worry about the team standing between us and them)

What I really, really want, though, is for us to win, while the Yankees and White Sox lose, while last night's 3rd base ump has the plate for today's game and takes a foul ball off the nuts.

Is that too much to ask?

Today's lineups:

Crisp CF
Loretta 1B
Ortiz DH
Youk LF
Lowell 3B
Hinske RF
Pedroia 2B
Lopez C
Cora SS

Suzuki CF
Snelling RF
Beltre 3B
Ibanez LF
Sexson DH
Broussard 1B
Betancourt SS
Rivera C
Bloomquist 2B

[codebox]Boston Seattle
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Crisp, Coco 7 28 .266 CF Suzuki, Ichiro 6 37 .319
1B Loretta, Mark 4 51 .306 RF Snelling, Chris 0 0 .400
DH Ortiz, David 46 120 .286 3B Beltre, Adrian 16 60 .268
LF Youkilis, Kevin 13 65 .290 LF Ibanez, Raul 24 98 .281
3B Lowell, Mike 14 61 .289 DH Sexson, Richie 27 87 .234
RF Hinske, Eric 0 0 .256 1B Broussard, Ben 13 46 .298
2B Pedroia, Dustin 0 0 .133 SS Betancourt, Yuniesk 7 41 .299
C Lopez, Javy 8 35 .259 C Rivera, Rene 2 4 .145
SS Cora, Alex 0 14 .272 2B Bloomquist, Willie 1 12 .245
P Snyder, Kyle (3-2, 6.23) P Baek, Cha-Seung (0-0, 5.40)[/codebox]


08/27 14:59:28 ET

What a weak ass lineup, Snyder needs to shut the M's down if they are going to avoid the sweep.

I nominate the August 27, 2006 Red Sox for Worst. Defensive. Outfield. Ever.

Now Jon Lester is gone back to Boston to deal with a sore back! Kayson Gabbard is going to get his start. What has happened to this team?

Seems as though we're still paying the price for having an injury-free season in '03.

You could show these lineups to someone who hasn't seen the standings in a while and ask "which team has 60 wins and which has 71?" and the one with Papi would probably get more of the votes for 60 wins......

Covelli reached base vs. a RHP? Damn.

Who are we, the Angels?

What did i miss? Why no Manny?

Snyder has just gotten awful luck when he's pitched.

He's being Manny...

Ugh.

Ugh. Again.

Thanks Manny You should be out there.

This team is horrible and do they not care at all?

Well this is the ballgame right here in this inning. Can they get out of this mess?

Coco you suck!

Maybe if he breaks correctly on that ball he is in position and make a decent throw.

Coco has the arm of a youth league player. How could this team been so high on him as a CF. Makes Damon look like Willie Mays.

In Coco's defense, his arm has been far weaker than it has in previous seasons, and just yesterday he admitted to shoulder soreness to the point he was using cutoff men on throws he had not been using them on in his Cleveland years.

That could have been a whole lot worse too.



Haha, first off, that's a ton of "ifs."

Secondly, only in Boston could a player elicit this type of reaction on a SAC FLY in the SECOND INNING of a SCORELESS ballgame after a FIELDING ERROR.

Do you have some inside knowledge of the condition of his knee?

What is amazing to me is that with the second highest payroll in the majors this team has absolutely no depth what so ever. I do not blame the players, they are what they are.

Yeah, and it's pretty disheartening for a run to score with ease on a shallow fly to center regardless of the inning, score or previous play.

Look... no team in baseball has enough depth to cover all the losses the Sox have had. That's just a fact. Teams don't have .310 hitting 25 HR hitters just stashed away on benches and in AAA...

Boy who would have thought the way Dave Henderson is going on this weekend about how awful a place Boston is to play and how their defense is good for Fenway only that he was once one of our heroes.

Javy? Threw someone out?

These announcers going on about how Clemens is going to be available this week, we sure could have used him a few weeks ago. Is it too late to make that move now?

Yeah, I do. He played yesterday and the team is in need. He's a goddamn pussy and Tito obviously, from the quotes, feels he should be playing too.

After he moved on to bigger success with the A's he always seemed to make a point of identifying himself as an Athletic. I guess he didn't like being shipped out for Randy Kutcher (!) to make room for Burks in CF...what a bad trade THAT was for the Sox. Sounds like a diminished case of McCarveritis?

Say, I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Baek has not allowed any hits thus far. That's right, I said he's working on a NO HITTER. *cough*

I keep hearing "Beck" but, alas, no mullets or moustaches are in view. This "Baek" (pronounced "Beck") is pitching a no-hitter, apparently.

I thought it was "bay-ek," like when Chris Berman does his home run call with a supposed Boston accent during games at Fenway. "Bay-ek, bay-ek, bay-ek. It's ovah the mahwstah."

God I hate that guy.

Pedroia doing his Manny routine. But at least its tied.

Playing yesterday has little to do with playing today. By that "logic" no player would ever miss a game.

"He's a pussy" Guy plays more than anybody on the team, 150+ games per year, but yeah, you're right..




This announcing team is terrible. Yeah, the Monster is why Youkilis misplayed the ball -- has nothing to do with Youkilis being an infielder.

Goodnight.

Waiter? Check please.

Oh, that "logic"? This team is falling apart and has to start winning. This is an occasion where Manny has to suck it up and play. He's the best player on the team and is very much needed. How can you not see that? Or do you like Youks in left and batting clean-up?

Ohhhh, grand slam. The collapse continues. Lots of rest upcoming for your boy, I'm sure.

Nice work Snyder, nice work offense, nice work Tito and just to get a jump start on later in teh game...nice work Timlin

Its hard to be a playoff team with no starting pitching, no bullpen, and a manager with bad baseball instincts.

Yes, Manny surely would have kept that slam in the park if he were playing.

Well thats that for this one I guess. For this group to pull this one out of the fire would be something else.

"How can you not see that?" "do you like Youks in left and batting clean-up?"
More brilliant "logic".

I'm aware that he is the best player on the team and very much needed. That's separate from his ability to play.

I'd like for him, Varitek, Trot, Wake, Foulke, Delcarmen and Pena (have I forgotten anybody?) all to be healthy. They aren't. Unlike you, I'm not going to sit here and whine and call them pussies.

(I assume you're going to somehow blame Manny for the GS, too? )

I actually blame Timlin for that grand slam

I'm sticking around to see if they break up the no-hitter, at least.

David Ortiz says "Get on my back you losers"

And Papi did, with No. 47. At least we've got something to look forward to as this dismal season winds down.

Well at least they will shut up about the no hitter.

The pursuit of the team's home run record may be the only joy left of this year.

Agreed....It will be nice to see Papi break the Sox single season HR record.

Lowell!!!!!!!!!!!!