Game time: 7:05 pm PDT, 10:05 pm EDT

Scheduled starters: Josh Beckett (14-8, 5.21) v. Kirk Saarloos (6-6, 4.66)

Oakland weather: 11 am PDT (2 pm EDT) observation at OAK: wind out of the west southwest at 9 mph, visibility 10 miles, overcast layer at 800 feet, temperature 58F, DP 52F.

Forecast: The low clouds are taking a while to burn off again today. OAK has 800 ovc, and SFO is reporting 900 ovc. When the overcast burns off, it will be a nice sunny day, with highs in the low 70s. The winds will be out of the west at less than 15 mph. That's blowing OUT toward left center.


Anni

Wind Blowing Out + Beckett + No Papi makes mascho something something...

dangerous to be around sharp objects, prescription drugs, illegal drugs, guns, etc?

Sounds about right.

Have no fear as newly acquired Mike Burns is expected to be with the team tonight. That 8.78 ERA in the national league might help us tonight...


http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds...itcher_ton.html

...scrounge through the medicine cabinet in his parent's bathroom for something that will put him to sleep for 8 -10 hours.

I've been looking for info regarding Mirabelli because I could have sworn I heard Remy say that Mirabelli feels his ankle <is fine> and wanted to start last night. Has anyone heard anything further?

Wow. Apparently I come across as a 17 year old teenager. That's freakin' awesome.

He told francoma he would be ready for tonight. I found it on the globes notebook page 2.


http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds..._lineup/?page=2

I am predicting a one hit shutout by Beckett tonight. Why? How do I know but when a premonition hits you don't ask why. You read it here first. Sox win 1-0 on a Carlos Pena dinger.

This quote from the article was interesting:



Something tells me things might not be a-ok with Beckett

Yes, but its a good news/bad news thing.
Good news is his ankle is feeling better.
Bad News, coco slammed his bad finger in a newspaper vending box this morning so Mirabelli is penciled to make his first ever start (at any level) in centerfield.

Also to booster the offense, the FO has purchased a vintage GI Joe action figure with kung fu grip on EBay. Look for him to be the DH tonight.

Will the on-deck batter have to manipulate his hands so he can hold a bat?

I was sky-high with hopes of Beckett pitching two good games in a row. Until I was reminded of the cut he suffered in his previous start. But all he has to do is hold then line for 5 innings until Mike Burns comes in for the final four!

As opposed to a 17 year old twenty-something??

-- globe blog.

We could end up with Schilling in the outfield before the night is over...

Before you run off to myspace.com to update your profile and revise your age, just remember the laws that are out there, brother......that's all I'm saying. It would be a shame to see your signature change to "Masho from: cellblock G"

Hey, nothing else has worked. Why not?

I say put Timlin in left field - he ought to be pretty good at judging deep flies by now.

Here's my lineup:

C Lopez (he can't hit, so what the hell, let's just bat him leadoff and get it over with)
2B Youkilis
CF Pedroia
SS Hinske
3B Kapler (remember, in '04 he took ground balls there in spring training...anyhow, his defense can't be worse there than it has been in RF lately)
DH Delcarmen
RF Tavarez
1B Cora
LF Timlin

P Beckett
first out of the bullpen: Coco Crisp. Can you imagine trying to go from Beckett's 97mph fastball to trying to hit the Coco Crisp eephus? Oakland will be in a slump for a month.

I'm so bummed out right now....I'm just trying not to remind myself of what it is like without the Sox in the playoffs.

I'll still watch though, because I realize I love baseball that much. I hope that whoever ends up playing just tries to have fun and to not get hurt.

At least they know now that there is no pressure, because we don't expect much. I do expect them to still TRY to win, no matter what the standings are or who is playing.

I'm not asking the team to win 20 in a row. I'm just asking for one win tonight. One win for Big Papi! Who knows what he is thinking right now, and the least the Sox can do is at least give him something good to watch on TV.

So Just Win.

This always cheers me up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2JbRYrmf74

Yankees/Tigers got rained out tonight. They'll play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Yeah this is kinda weird, watching Sox games and knowing that they're pretty much done. We as a fan base have been pretty spoiled since '03.

Which doesn't make watching the team turn into a MASH unit any less frustrating, but still.

[codebox]Boston Oakland
------ -------

Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Crisp, Coco 7 28 .263 C Kendall, Jason 1 36 .292
SS Cora, Alex 0 14 .270 CF Kotsay, Mark 7 48 .267
DH Loretta, Mark 4 51 .302 RF Bradley, Milton 10 38 .270
LF Youkilis, Kevin 13 65 .287 DH Thomas, Frank 28 78 .265
RF Hinske, Eric 0 0 .252 3B Chavez, Eric 16 56 .239
3B Lowell, Mike 15 62 .287 LF Payton, Jay 10 51 .292
1B Pena, Carlos 0 0 .000 1B Swisher, Nick 28 77 .250
C Mirabelli, Doug 6 21 .185 SS Scutaro, Marco 4 30 .245
2B Pedroia, Dustin 0 0 .136 2B Ellis, Mark 9 39 .230
P Beckett, Josh (14-8, 5.21) P Saarloos, Kirk (6-6, 4.66)[/codebox]


08/29 20:59:45 ET

So what's our bench tonight? Lopez and Kapler?

Let's hope Cora or Dustin doesn't get hurt, Beckett will be hitting in the 3 hole

Tonight's lineup total HR: 45

Papi: 47

Egads.

I haven't been watching the team much lately but where WMP? I've heard about the Manny and Ortiz stuff but not my man WMP.

His left wrist is bugging him, he's back in Boston for tests.

Similarly, my wife will say, like, the plane's coming in at 4 a.m. in the morning. Well, that nails it good. Actually, I hear TV people doing that kind of redundant reporting too from time to time.

And away we go... let's just hope it's not quietly into the night.

[quote name='SuperManny' date='Aug 29 2006, 06:28 PM' post='581054']
I haven't been watching the team much lately....

That's actually a good idea.

Crisp out = Mr. Automatic


Quick update: Ortiz admitted to Mass General for observation

here come the fastballs with no particular location

Anything a bit more original anyone? :rolls eyes:

I know, let's razz Lowell and Loretta and Pedroia and Belli after every single at bat for the next two weeks too!

When Mark Loretta is DHing, you know you're ******.



What, you don't like CocOut?

Alright, Beckett looked better against Bradley and Thomas.

Still 20 pitches that inning.

there we go, offspeed for the SO. Wonder how long he is going to last tonight and which ailment will take him out

Nope. Just Coco.

I can't find it on EI.

Ch. #4 (423 on iO).

You're the man.

Wasn't it supposed to be Game 1?

Yeah, but the CHC-PIT game isn't over yet.

Nice half.

Pedroia has to work on shortening that swing when he heads back down

take note Loretta, that is what they call range. but you already knew that

Jeepers... you're not criticizing them, are you???!!! /s

Rally, rally, rally!!! C'mon boys, wake 'em up.

EDIT - Oh well.

16 consecutive scoreless innings for this anemic offense.

I get this sneaking suspicion that Carlos Pena has a hard time with the change up.

Odd, all of a sudden I'm re-gaining confidence in Beckett.

I get this sneaking suspicion that Carlos Pena has lost all ability to hit. Jaezus, everybody they bring in sucks.

Either that or he's blind in one eye.

Beckett has been good lately. Granted, he is facing the pathetic a's offense, but he is pitching well.