Game time: 1:20 pm
Scheduled starters: Josh Beckett (14-10, 5.09) v. Chien-Ming Wang (17-5, 3.60)
New York Weather: 11 am observation at LGA: Wind out of the northeast at 12 mph, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 2,000 feet, broken layers at 4,500 and 6,500 feet, temperature 71F, DP 60F.
Forecast: A whole lot better than yesterday...
It'll be in the mid to upper 70's, with the wind out of the northeast to east, which is blowing in.
Full Version: BOSTON at New York, Saturday, September 16, 2006
we get White Sox/A's....Ode to Joy.....at least it's 2 potential teams I'll be rooting for versus the MFY in the first round of the playoffs.....
I thought we had seen the last of Fox baseball this year!?!?? DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Boston NY Yankees
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
SS Cora, Alex 1 16 .254 CF Damon, Johnny 22 77 .295
2B Loretta, Mark 4 55 .293 SS Jeter, Derek 13 93 .346
DH Ortiz, David 48 128 .282 RF Abreu, Bobby 3 31 .338
LF Pena, Wily Mo 11 41 .310 3B Rodriguez, Alex 33 112 .289
RF Nixon, Trot 7 48 .281 1B Giambi, Jason 36 108 .251
3B Lowell, Mike 17 70 .287 2B Cano, Robinson 10 67 .339
1B Hinske, Eric 0 2 .253 DH Matsui, Hideki 6 21 .279
C Mirabelli, Doug 6 23 .184 LF Cabrera, Melky 7 45 .284
CF Murphy, David 0 0 .143 C Fasano, Sal 1 5 .158
P Beckett, Josh (14-10, 5.09) P Wang, Chien-Ming (17-5, 3.60)
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
SS Cora, Alex 1 16 .254 CF Damon, Johnny 22 77 .295
2B Loretta, Mark 4 55 .293 SS Jeter, Derek 13 93 .346
DH Ortiz, David 48 128 .282 RF Abreu, Bobby 3 31 .338
LF Pena, Wily Mo 11 41 .310 3B Rodriguez, Alex 33 112 .289
RF Nixon, Trot 7 48 .281 1B Giambi, Jason 36 108 .251
3B Lowell, Mike 17 70 .287 2B Cano, Robinson 10 67 .339
1B Hinske, Eric 0 2 .253 DH Matsui, Hideki 6 21 .279
C Mirabelli, Doug 6 23 .184 LF Cabrera, Melky 7 45 .284
CF Murphy, David 0 0 .143 C Fasano, Sal 1 5 .158
P Beckett, Josh (14-10, 5.09) P Wang, Chien-Ming (17-5, 3.60)
09/16 13:18:41 ET
Yankees fans are chanting "Derek Jeter" as Ortiz is batting. That's real creative....
Another squander...
How many dingers has Beckett given up now?
Edit: You may not want to answer that just yet.
Edit: You may not want to answer that just yet.
To say I am discouraged would be an understatement. My question is how are they ever going to fix this in the off season. There are just so may problems ranging from health issues to complete failures to perform.
Ortiz keeps hitting off Wang, he owns that WANG!
Boy does our team miss Ramirez in the 4th spot.
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Sep 16 2006, 02:25 PM) [snapback]588019[/snapback]
Ortiz keeps hitting off Wang, he owns that WANG!
too bad Windmill Mo Pena bats behind him
Am I the only one that noticed when Beckett actually threw curveballs in the third inning, he resembled an actual, effective pitcher...
:rolls eyes:
:rolls eyes:
Clutch Dougie! 
Well, the Sox just took the lead, so it must be time for me to jump back into a game thread. A whole lot of bad things have happened since I lost my internet connection in Moscow back at the end of June. Now, finally, I'm up and running in Vienna. The Sox stop the losing now. Ain't nobody clinched nothing yet. Go get 'em, boys!
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ Sep 16 2006, 03:46 PM) [snapback]588029[/snapback]
Well, the Sox just took the lead, so it must be time for me to jump back into a game thread. A whole lot of bad things have happened since I lost my internet connection in Moscow back at the end of June. Now, finally, I'm up and running in Vienna. The Sox stop the losing now. Ain't nobody clinched nothing yet. Go get 'em, boys!
Good to see you back on board, you are right since you left the team has certainly nosedived. I admire your optimism though.
Iwish I could watch all of this game but I have a function I must attend in Halifax and have to leave in a 1/2 hour.
Ahh I love what these guys are doing out there. They could have easily packed in after trailing 0-2 but they fought back. Thank god, now all people who actually wanted Wang in the Cy Young conversation are shut up. How about 8 hits and 3 runs in 4 innings today?!?
Beckett hopefully can keep his act together, ahhh walked Giambi again. Nice to see David Murphy contributing.
GO RED SOX!!!!
Beckett hopefully can keep his act together, ahhh walked Giambi again. Nice to see David Murphy contributing.
GO RED SOX!!!!
Josh didn't get the memo: the losing STOPS now!
QUOTE(czar @ Sep 16 2006, 01:38 PM) [snapback]588025[/snapback]
Am I the only one that noticed when Beckett actually threw curveballs in the third inning, he resembled an actual, effective pitcher...
:rolls eyes:
No, you're not. I started watching in the 2nd inning, and Beckett threw nothing but fastballs until finally on 0-2 he threw two curves in the dirt to Matsui.
He later got Damon to hit into the DP on the curve, as well as punching out Jeter and getting Arod off balance for a fastball K.
Yeah, Matsui misses almost the whole year, then comes back with 6 hits in 11 AB. Nixon misses over a month and comes back with 1 hit in 21 AB.
Sigh.
QUOTE(scotian1 @ Sep 16 2006, 08:50 PM) [snapback]588031[/snapback]
Good to see you back on board, you are right since you left the team has certainly nosedived. I admire your optimism though.
Iwish I could watch all of this game but I have a function I must attend in Halifax and have to leave in a 1/2 hour.
What freakin' choice do we have other than optimism?!?! Never willingly lose, not against the MFY, not against anybody. I love baseball too much to give up. Sure it's not likely, but folks said the same thing after Game 3 of 2004 ALCS. Miracles can and do happen. Like Beckett getting out of this inning without giving the lead back. (Crosses fingers...)
QUOTE(johungde @ Sep 16 2006, 02:55 PM) [snapback]588034[/snapback]
No, you're not. I started watching in the 2nd inning, and Beckett threw nothing but fastballs until finally on 0-2 he threw two curves in the dirt to Matsui.
He later got Damon to hit into the DP on the curve, as well as punching out Jeter and getting Arod off balance for a fastball K.
Yeah, Matsui misses almost the whole year, then comes back with 6 hits in 11 AB. Nixon misses over a month and comes back with 1 hit in 21 AB.
Sigh.
too be fair Matsui might just be a little bit better than Nixon.
just a scoach...
Nice to get Cabrera. Now let's keep Damon in the on-deck circle, 'Kay?
Attaboy, Josh. Maybe there's hope for him yet. I'm just "watching" on gamecast, which is good for pitch location, but says nothing about pitch type. Did he throw anything other than fastballs that inning?
Attaboy, Josh. Maybe there's hope for him yet. I'm just "watching" on gamecast, which is good for pitch location, but says nothing about pitch type. Did he throw anything other than fastballs that inning?
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ Sep 16 2006, 02:05 PM) [snapback]588038[/snapback]
Nice to get Cabrera. Now let's keep Damon in the on-deck circle, 'Kay?
Attaboy, Josh. Maybe there's hope for him yet. I'm just "watching" on gamecast, which is good for pitch location, but says nothing about pitch type. Did he throw anything other than fastballs that inning?
Lots of curves, and according to the announcers 1 splitter.
He definitely had the hitters off balance. In the 3rd and 4th innings no one was able to tee off on him.
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ Sep 16 2006, 03:05 PM) [snapback]588038[/snapback]
Nice to get Cabrera. Now let's keep Damon in the on-deck circle, 'Kay?
Attaboy, Josh. Maybe there's hope for him yet. I'm just "watching" on gamecast, which is good for pitch location, but says nothing about pitch type. Did he throw anything other than fastballs that inning?
Welcome back!
Now, let's see if Wily Mo can hit a breaking pitch...
WMP 2 K's 1 GIDP already so far
QUOTE(RedSoxAnni @ Sep 16 2006, 09:08 PM) [snapback]588040[/snapback]
Now, let's see if Wily Mo can hit a breaking pitch...
Don't know if it was a breaking pitch, but at least we know he can hit 'em to shortstop!
Pena has been putty in Wang's hands today.
QUOTE(Jeff Co-nine @ Sep 16 2006, 11:37 AM) [snapback]588023[/snapback]
too bad Windmill Mo Pena bats behind him
And the pendulum on the Arroyo for Pena trade swings back. Actually, it's stuck at about 90 degrees. Pena with his big wild swings simply just sucks.
Jeter steals 3rd. Sox totally asleep. That's happened all season long.
QUOTE(johungde @ Sep 16 2006, 09:21 PM) [snapback]588046[/snapback]
Jeter steals 3rd. Sox totally asleep. That's happened all season long.
Pretty much sums up the season indeed. Except the run did NOT score. See? The losing STOPS now.
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Sep 16 2006, 12:09 PM) [snapback]588041[/snapback]
WMP 2 K's 1 GIDP already so farI would tell him to watch an hour of Manny film a day and copy his swing. If he doesn't want to do that, or otherwise work on his swing somehow every day, get rid of him. Another thing, does he ever hit good pitchers?
Josh looks like he's running out of gas. His fastball is down to about 94 now.
He's pitched okay today, but he just doesn't go deep into games.
I noyice, too, how much energy he wastes with his high fastball. No one ever swings at it. Just another 97 MPH pitch wasted.
He's pitched okay today, but he just doesn't go deep into games.
I noyice, too, how much energy he wastes with his high fastball. No one ever swings at it. Just another 97 MPH pitch wasted.
DM gets us started. Nice to see him back, too.
Nice stroke by Lowell. That's it for Wang.
Omigod, please don't tell me Tito will PH Kapler...
I hate players with names like "Wang." Everything you say is a dirty joke.
Omigod, please don't tell me Tito will PH Kapler...
I hate players with names like "Wang." Everything you say is a dirty joke.
Boy, Dougie's season stats don't look impressive...
Francona's got to get the team under control. Asleep on Jeter's steal, now Hinske stops running.
Have a little pride, boys.
Have a little pride, boys.
Hinske showed little or no effort to run down the line earlier in the game. Now he simply stops on a ball back to the mound. Get that man the hell off the field and out of uniform. Either he's hurt, or he just doesn't care.
DM dies on the vine at 2nd. Boo!
QUOTE(Cambridge @ Sep 16 2006, 02:33 PM) [snapback]588055[/snapback]
Hinske showed little or no effort to run down the line earlier in the game. Now he simply stops on a ball back to the mound. Get that man the hell off the field and out of uniform. Either he's hurt, or he just doesn't care.
He's not hurt. He acted like a baby because the pitcher came up with his grounder. Poor unfortunate Eric!
Francona should bench him for that.
Great, Josh. A leadoff walk.
Oh goodie - a leadoff walk. With Beckett over 100 pitches. This has danger written all over it...
Ha! Followed by a double play ball!!! I'll say it again: the losing STOPS now!
Ha! Followed by a double play ball!!! I'll say it again: the losing STOPS now!
No, Tito didn't bench Hinske.
Nice DP by the Sox.
Okay, Josh gave them his 6 innings.
An encouraging outing considering what has gone before.
But he wastes a lot of gas.
Nice DP by the Sox.
Okay, Josh gave them his 6 innings.
An encouraging outing considering what has gone before.
But he wastes a lot of gas.
QUOTE(johungde @ Sep 16 2006, 09:47 PM) [snapback]588059[/snapback]
Okay, Josh gave them his 6 innings.
An encouraging outing considering what has gone before.
But he wastes a lot of gas.
Amazing, actually, how much wasted effort there is with him. Consistently high pitch counts, low innings. A clear example of someone who needs some harnessing. I had hoped that Schill would fill that role.
Well, if it is true that WMP can't hit good pitchers, but kills mediocre ones - here's when we see a dinger.
Something I've noticed this year is that every time there's a pitch in the dirt the Ump puts a new ball into play. But after a hit or ground out, they let the pitcher use the same ball.
This time WMP doesnt K's or GIDP he draws a WALK!!
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Sep 16 2006, 09:57 PM) [snapback]588063[/snapback]
This time WMP doesnt K's or GIDP he draws a WALK!!
A victory is a victory, no matter how small! The losing STOPS now!
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ Sep 16 2006, 03:58 PM) [snapback]588064[/snapback]
A victory is a victory, no matter how small! The losing STOPS now!
Not when we let a pitcher in trouble off the ropes like that.
what a horrible AB by Hinske!!!!!!!1
QUOTE(RSN Diaspora @ Sep 16 2006, 10:03 PM) [snapback]588066[/snapback]
Not when we let a pitcher in trouble off the ropes like that.
The glass is half empty: we wasted a bases loaded, one out opportunity.
The glass is half full: we scored a run without getting a hit.
The losing STOPS now!!!
Real smart hitting by Hinske. Against a pitcher having trouble throwing strikes he swings at the first 2 pitches out of the strike zone.
I'm fast losing any liking for Hinske.
I'm fast losing any liking for Hinske.
QUALITY OUTING BY BECKETT!!!! AWESOME!!!!
Carlos Pena in.
Why oh why hasn't Francona been playing him?
Why oh why hasn't Francona been playing him?
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