Game time: 7:05 pm EDT
Scheduled starters: Jon Lester (3-0, 5.26) v. Daniel Cabrera (9-14, 5.06)
The game will be on NESN.
Baltimore weather: 4 pm observation at KBWI: wind out of the southeast at 13 mph, with gusts to 18 mph, visibility 10 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, temperature 89F, DP 71F
Forecast: With the high right off the coast, it'll be a quiet weather pattern at least through tomorrow evening. It'll be warm and a bit muggy tonight, with the wind out of the southeast to south, which is blowing out toward left/left center. The winds should diminish after sunset.
Full Version: BOSTON at Baltimore, Friday, September 7, 2007
Lets see who can walk the most tonight...Lester or Cabrera. Should be fun.
Awesome! 5 hour game, here we come. Sox win, 14-11.
Boston:
Ellsbury-LF
Pedroia-2B
Ortiz-DH
Lowell-3B
Youkilis-1B
Drew-RF
Varitek-C
Crisp-CF
Lugo-SS
SP-Lester
Baltimore:
Roberts-2B
Mora-3B
Markakis-RF
Tejada-SS
Millar-1B
Huff-DH
Hernandez-C
Payton-LF
Redman-CF
SP-Cabrera
Ellsbury-LF
Pedroia-2B
Ortiz-DH
Lowell-3B
Youkilis-1B
Drew-RF
Varitek-C
Crisp-CF
Lugo-SS
SP-Lester
Baltimore:
Roberts-2B
Mora-3B
Markakis-RF
Tejada-SS
Millar-1B
Huff-DH
Hernandez-C
Payton-LF
Redman-CF
SP-Cabrera
QUOTE(bosockboy @ Sep 7 2007, 05:14 PM) 
Boston:
Ellsbury-LF
Pedroia-2B
Ortiz-DH
Lowell-3B
Ellsbury-LF
Pedroia-2B
Ortiz-DH
Lowell-3B
Phew, thank you Tito for this batting order. Maybe now I can actually watch a game this week without having to curse Tito all night from my living room couch. In turn, my GF no doubt will thank Tito for this lineup as well. Who knows, if they win tonight somebody may be getting lucky....
Anyone think Cora will PH for Pedroia tonight to lay down a bunt? 
QUOTE(Red Sox Fan2 @ Sep 7 2007, 05:38 PM)
Anyone think Cora will PH for Pedroia tonight to lay down a bunt?
I was thrilled to see Ellsbury at the top of the lineup and you had to ruin it with that thought. Thanks a lot!
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Sep 7 2007, 05:42 PM)
I was thrilled to see Ellsbury at the top of the lineup and you had to ruin it with that thought. Thanks a lot!
Hey, he's the smartest player in baseball
QUOTE(VoteRiceIn @ Sep 7 2007, 02:29 PM)
Phew, thank you Tito for this batting order.
I guess I have to withdraw my selection of Jermaine Van Buren Fan in the RSN death pool.
Why the hell was Wally on Sportscenter with the kinda good looking chick?
CODE
Boston Baltimore
------ ---------
Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
LF Ellsbury, Jacoby 2 7 .444 2B Roberts, Brian 10 49 .296
2B Pedroia, Dustin 6 45 .325 3B Mora, Melvin 13 50 .266
DH Ortiz, David 27 96 .317 RF Markakis, Nick 16 91 .297
3B Lowell, Mike 18 101 .327 SS Tejada, Miguel 17 72 .308
1B Youkilis, Kevin 16 76 .291 1B Millar, Kevin 15 59 .261
RF Drew, JD 7 49 .252 DH Huff, Aubrey 15 65 .274
C Varitek, Jason 13 61 .264 C Hernandez, Ramon 8 55 .243
CF Crisp, Coco 6 54 .270 LF Payton, Jay 5 47 .253
SS Lugo, Julio 6 65 .239 CF Redman, Tike 0 6 .357
P Lester, Jon (3-0, 5.26) P Cabrera, Daniel (9-14, 5.06)
------ ---------
Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
LF Ellsbury, Jacoby 2 7 .444 2B Roberts, Brian 10 49 .296
2B Pedroia, Dustin 6 45 .325 3B Mora, Melvin 13 50 .266
DH Ortiz, David 27 96 .317 RF Markakis, Nick 16 91 .297
3B Lowell, Mike 18 101 .327 SS Tejada, Miguel 17 72 .308
1B Youkilis, Kevin 16 76 .291 1B Millar, Kevin 15 59 .261
RF Drew, JD 7 49 .252 DH Huff, Aubrey 15 65 .274
C Varitek, Jason 13 61 .264 C Hernandez, Ramon 8 55 .243
CF Crisp, Coco 6 54 .270 LF Payton, Jay 5 47 .253
SS Lugo, Julio 6 65 .239 CF Redman, Tike 0 6 .357
P Lester, Jon (3-0, 5.26) P Cabrera, Daniel (9-14, 5.06)
For the record, Jacoby almost beat out a routine ground ball. I like the lineup a lot.
Dustin is a ninja.
Dustin is a ninja.
Nice double by The Ghost of JD Drew.....
holy shit a double by jd drew
Cabrera is such a f*&king idiot!!! Whose fault is it the balk?
And who did he wanna fight?!
And who did he wanna fight?!
This has to be the only brawl or near-brawl in history where the HOME team announcers are entirely on the visiting team's side. Its hilarious. Jim Palmer is totally going OFF on Cabrera and calling for him to be suspending for hitting Pedroia. Then Gary Thorne says that Cabrera should be out of this game.
QUOTE(MFLetou @ Sep 7 2007, 08:24 PM)
This has to be the only brawl or near-brawl in history where the HOME team announcers are entirely on the visiting team's side. Its hilarious. Jim Palmer is totally going OFF on Cabrera and calling for him to be suspending for hitting Pedroia. Then Gary Thorne says that Cabrera should be out of this game.
True, true.
They repeated 5 times how somebody with such tenure in the majors can't be that dumb.... oh, well. Bullpen time.
QUOTE(amanuel777 @ Sep 7 2007, 05:25 PM)
True, true. They repeated 5 times how somebody with such tenure in the majors can't be that dumb.... oh, well. Bullpen time.
They repeated 5 times how somebody with such tenure in the majors can't be that dumb.... oh, well. Bullpen time.Details of the incident, PLEASE. For those of us who can't watch.
How many times does Cabrera implode before Baltimore turns him into a closer/reliever?
It must be something in the Baltimore water. Remember when another pinhead, Armando Benitez, hit Darryl Strawberry, then challenged the entire Yankee bench to a brawl a few years ago?
QUOTE(Yaz888 @ Sep 7 2007, 08:28 PM)
Details of the incident, PLEASE. For those of us who can't watch.
Cabrera had a balk. Coco scores, Cabrera gets pissed, throws at Pedroia. Umpire goes to warn him, but at that time Hernandez gets fired up and starts yelling.
Bullpens come in, yelling, screaming, no fighting. Cabrera gets ejected.
This is the gist of it.
QUOTE(Yaz888 @ Sep 7 2007, 08:28 PM)
Details of the incident, PLEASE. For those of us who can't watch.
1) Coco tried to bunt his way on. Fouled it off. Cabrera stared him down, for some reason.
2) Coco singles, gets around to third, jumps around and makes Cabrera commit one of the most blatant balks in major league history. Coco scores.
3)The next pitch sails over Pedroia's head. Benches empty, no punches thrown. Cabrera ejected.
Listening to the game on XM. I will give Joe and Fred, (Orioles broadcasters), credit. The put 100% of the blame on Cabrera. Very rare that the home team broadcasters will turn so quickly. The way they described it, Cabrera may have been upset by Coco casuing the balk. But they say he should have been upset at himself, not Coco. Then, he threw a fastball over Dustin's head. Again, to give them credit, saying Cabrera had no right to do that.
What the hell was Hernandez yelling at Tito about anyways ?
What the hell was Hernandez yelling at Tito about anyways ?
Cabrera's a pinhead.
QUOTE(Leephus Pitch @ Sep 7 2007, 05:33 PM)
Cabrera's a pinhead.
Cabrera vs Tavarez. Cage match!
Id love to know who Hernandez and Cabrera were going after or yelling atHere also comes the inning where Lester loses it
QUOTE(Ralpho316 @ Sep 7 2007, 08:35 PM)
Id love to know who Hernandez and Cabrera were going after or yelling at
I know. I saw Papi was out of the dugout, but I don't think it was him... do you?
QUOTE(Leephus Pitch @ Sep 7 2007, 05:32 PM)
3)The next pitch sails over Pedroia's head.
Not that that's hard to do.
Let's just hope the Sox move on and don't retaliate. Not worth it. Not at all worth it. We have more important things to worry about.
In the meantime, somebody has to teach Lester how to throw a strike.
QUOTE(amanuel777 @ Sep 7 2007, 08:39 PM)
In the meantime, somebody has to teach Lester how to throw a strike.
He was doing a good job until this inning.
Well it looked like Tavarez was trying to play peacemaker actually---I'm thinking he must know Cabrera somehow to go up to him and sort of pat him on the back.The best part was Cabrera upbuttoning his shirt and throwing down his glove like he's trying to fight somebody. Crazy mofo. Ump should have thrown him out right away to begin with--not doing so made things worse, and the Sox had justification for being pissed--why do THEY get a warning when somebody throws at one of those guys for absolutely no reason at all.MASN bugs me FAR less than any other road broadcast. Most of the time, they're pretty fair.I hope we do NOT retaliate--its not worth messing with--we are playing for something, they aren't.
QUOTE(rominer @ Sep 7 2007, 08:38 PM)
Not that that's hard to do.Let's just hope the Sox move on and don't retaliate. Not worth it. Not at all worth it. We have more important things to worry about.
EXACTLY!
QUOTE(MFLetou @ Sep 7 2007, 08:43 PM)
I hope we do NOT retaliate--its not worth messing with--we are playing for something, they aren't.EXACTLY!
Agreed. We have far bigger fish to fry.
On another note, Royals' pitching sucks. MFY take the lead with back to back HRs by A-Rod and Posada.
Then, the MFY pitching decides it can show that it sucks just as hard. 2-1 now.
Edit: 2-2
Then, the MFY pitching decides it can show that it sucks just as hard. 2-1 now.
Edit: 2-2
man, seeing tavarez walk up to those two with nobody paying attention was sort of like watching mike myers approach a couple making out in a secluded location
it didn't work out nearly as cool, but i was giddy watching him approach. Then i spent the next 10 minutes discussing with my roommates what he could have done there that actually would have surprised me. We were hard pressed to come up with anything. God i love julian
it didn't work out nearly as cool, but i was giddy watching him approach. Then i spent the next 10 minutes discussing with my roommates what he could have done there that actually would have surprised me. We were hard pressed to come up with anything. God i love julian
QUOTE(teddykgb @ Sep 7 2007, 08:53 PM)
man, seeing tavarez walk up to those two with nobody paying attention was sort of like watching mike myers approach a couple making out in a secluded location
it didn't work out nearly as cool, but i was giddy watching him approach. Then i spent the next 10 minutes discussing with my roommates what he could have done there that actually would have surprised me. We were hard pressed to come up with anything. God i love julian
it didn't work out nearly as cool, but i was giddy watching him approach. Then i spent the next 10 minutes discussing with my roommates what he could have done there that actually would have surprised me. We were hard pressed to come up with anything. God i love julian
It was, but Tavarez seemed to cool out Cabrera; I liked it.
Millar squatting down to watch in the middle was kinda cool, too... didn't really know where to step in.
QUOTE(Sox Sweep Again @ Sep 7 2007, 09:04 PM)
It was, but Tavarez seemed to cool out Cabrera; I liked it.
Millar squatting down to watch in the middle was kinda cool, too... didn't really know where to step in.
Millar squatting down to watch in the middle was kinda cool, too... didn't really know where to step in.
I'm not sure what side Millar would have fought for. It looked like he was thinking about it.
QUOTE(MFLetou @ Sep 7 2007, 09:09 PM)
I'm not sure what side Millar would have fought for. It looked like he was thinking about it.
Yep. He really looked troubled.
On another note:
John Smoltz has a no-no through 6 and has retired 13 Nationals in a row...
QUOTE(Sox Sweep Again @ Sep 7 2007, 10:18 PM)
Yep. He really looked troubled.
On another note:
John Smoltz has a no-no through 6 and has retired 13 Nationals in a row...
On another note:
John Smoltz has a no-no through 6 and has retired 13 Nationals in a row...
Wait for Wily Mo to hit it outta there.
Wow Ellsbury is fast
1 more for Lester ? I would say yes but on a TIGHT leash! hes currently at 90 PC
Man, Tek rarely do well whenever the bases are loaded! UGH
Man, Tek rarely do well whenever the bases are loaded! UGH
I don't like to bitch about the umps, but the third strike to Lowell and the second strike to Varitek were horsesh&t calls.
its too bad watching Seattle M's just fading away slowly! god damn it, MFY will probably get the WC spot!
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Sep 7 2007, 09:39 PM)
its too bad watching Seattle M's just fading away slowly! god damn it, MFY will probably get the WC spot!
Note that the Mariners are playing Detroit and have been very successfully replaced by them. Detroit is a scary team to face in the playoffs.
Wow, its weird seeing 2 same last name pitchers for Balitmore ...
Lester has pitched an excellent game it looks like? I just got home from dinner with friends and I was very pleased to see Lester pitching 7 shutout innings....has he been as good as the boxscore indicates?
Go defense.
And go KC.
And go KC.
This outfield is just a joy to watch.
Nice catch for Drew.
Palmer of course says the ump missed the pitch to Lowell and it should have been a ball. Why don't we adopt Jim?
Palmer of course says the ump missed the pitch to Lowell and it should have been a ball. Why don't we adopt Jim?
Hum... Dirty Water
That's nasty.
That's nasty.
Oooh, Jabba Chamberlain is about to pitch against the Royals.
2-2, NYY at KC in the 7th.
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