Game time: 8:21 pm EDT
Scheduled starters: Fausto Carmona (0,0, 1.00) v. Curt Schilling (1-0, 0.00)
The game will be on FOX, WRKO, and ESPN Radio
Boston weather: 1 pm observation at KBOS: Wind out of the northwest at 7 mph, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 4,500 feet, temperatur 58F, DP 33F
Forecast: Chilly, but not as windy or damp as last night. A low over northern NE will move east late this evening and pull along a cold front that will move through the Boston area. That will happen around the time the game is ending. With very little moisture in the air, all we'll likely get out of it is a sprinkle or two. There will be no effect on the game. The air will be cool, in the low 50s, and dry tonight, with light winds out of the west, which is blowing out, but will probably not be a factor.
Full Version: GAME 2: Cleveland at BOSTON, Saturday, October 13, 2007
Amped for this game. Can't wait to see Carmona v. Ortiz. Wonder if Fausto can forget what happened last seaosn.
All Schill has to do is give us six strong innings, and Manny D., Okajima, and Paps will take it from there. I think that we're going to Cleveland up 2-0, and will come back 3-2. Sox clinch it in game 6 at Fenway.
QUOTE(Tony Soporno @ Oct 13 2007, 01:24 PM) 
All Schill has to do is give us six strong innings, and Manny D., Okajima, and Paps will take it from there. I think that we're going to Cleveland up 2-0, and will come back 3-2. Sox clinch it in game 6 at Fenway.
This is an unfair advantage. Games 3 4 5 are at the Jake. That gives the Indians a chance to take a 3-2 lead. The Indians are pretty good at the Jake.
QUOTE(RedSoxExtraInnings @ Oct 13 2007, 03:21 PM)
This is an unfair advantage. Games 3 4 5 are at the Jake. That gives the Indians a chance to take a 3-2 lead. The Indians are pretty good at the Jake.
And the Red Sox are pretty good on the road. Would you rather they go 2-2-1-1-1? If the Sox can't win 1 out of 3 at Cleveland they don't deserve to be in the World Series anyway.
QUOTE(RedSoxExtraInnings @ Oct 13 2007, 02:21 PM)
This is an unfair advantage. Games 3 4 5 are at the Jake. That gives the Indians a chance to take a 3-2 lead. The Indians are pretty good at the Jake.
No, it's not.
We have home field advantage and preserved it with last nights win.
The Angels had the best home record, fyi.
QUOTE(BamaBoSox @ Oct 13 2007, 04:51 PM)
No, it's not.
We have home field advantage and preserved it with last nights win.
We have home field advantage and preserved it with last nights win.
Thats not true. If Cleveland wins tonight, they have home field:
Series tied 1-1
Games in Cleveland 3
Games in Boston 2
QUOTE(Ralpho316 @ Oct 13 2007, 05:58 PM)
Thats not true. If Cleveland wins tonight, they have home field:
Series tied 1-1
Games in Cleveland 3
Games in Boston 2
Series tied 1-1
Games in Cleveland 3
Games in Boston 2
Yeah and if pigs could fly...The Red Sox HAVE homefield advantage. They preserved that with the win last night. You can speculate on what can happen all you want but it doesn't change the facts.
God, some of you absolutely seek out things to worry about.
I really hope that wasnt directed at me, I am one of the least negative people on this site. He said we preserved it last night, but only for a night IF IF IF the Indians win tonight, they get it for the rest of the series.
Its all gonna be moot when we win tonight, I just thought he misspoke. Sorry boss.
Its all gonna be moot when we win tonight, I just thought he misspoke. Sorry boss.
QUOTE(Ralpho316 @ Oct 13 2007, 06:19 PM)
I really hope that wasnt directed at me, I am one of the least negative people on this site. He said we preserved it last night, but only for a night IF IF IF the Indians win tonight, they get it for the rest of the series.
Its all gonna be moot when we win tonight, I just thought he misspoke. Sorry boss.
Its all gonna be moot when we win tonight, I just thought he misspoke. Sorry boss.
Wasn't aimed at you Ralpho. I just used your post as a reference point. I just can't believe anyone here is worried about whether the playoff format is fair. Bottom line is that the Sox get 4 HOME games...the Indians get 3. That is home field advantage and it's perfectly fair.
game 2 alcs bring it on, signing on here from downunder, figure about 1 1/2 hours to game time, been an amazing night already, looking foward to capping it off with another (hopefully) demolition of cleveland, actually ill settle for a 1 -0 victory, suppose we all would,wish for all of you a great game, wish for all of you that you had this weather over there, 8 30 am and already about 74 on your scale, according to annie you have no rain though, thanks again for that,
bring it on cleveland, lets go red sox, 2-0 to take to the jake
bring it on cleveland, lets go red sox, 2-0 to take to the jake
We make it past the Tribe and face the Rockies, we got our work cut out.
Right now Colorado is on the hottest streak in MLB post season history.
Whatever happens, this is setting up to be an epic showdown...
Right now Colorado is on the hottest streak in MLB post season history.
Whatever happens, this is setting up to be an epic showdown...
QUOTE(Eb70s @ Oct 13 2007, 06:40 PM)
We make it past the Tribe and face the Rockies, we got our work cut out.
Right now Colorado is on the hottest streak in MLB post season history.
Whatever happens, this is setting up to be an epic showdown...
Right now Colorado is on the hottest streak in MLB post season history.
Whatever happens, this is setting up to be an epic showdown...
Yeah, it's gonna be great.
QUOTE(Eb70s @ Oct 14 2007, 08:40 AM)
We make it past the Tribe and face the Rockies, we got our work cut out.
Right now Colorado is on the hottest streak in MLB post season history.
Whatever happens, this is setting up to be an epic showdown...
Right now Colorado is on the hottest streak in MLB post season history.
Whatever happens, this is setting up to be an epic showdown...
yes they are, but watching the game yesterday, the dbacks got some absolutely filthy calls at crucial moments, i know this is part of baseball but jeez some of those calls sucked, the rockies had some sensational defence as well, cant see the dbacks getting back from 0 -2 though
NESN is showing one of Fausto Carmona's closer experiment games right now.
Cruel, but hilarious.
Cruel, but hilarious.
QUOTE(jbelushi @ Oct 13 2007, 06:34 PM)
game 2 alcs bring it on, signing on here from downunder, figure about 1 1/2 hours to game time, been an amazing night already, looking foward to capping it off with another (hopefully) demolition of cleveland, actually ill settle for a 1 -0 victory, suppose we all would,wish for all of you a great game, wish for all of you that you had this weather over there, 8 30 am and already about 74 on your scale, according to annie you have no rain though, thanks again for that,
bring it on cleveland, lets go red sox, 2-0 to take to the jake
bring it on cleveland, lets go red sox, 2-0 to take to the jake
QUOTE(jbelushi @ Oct 13 2007, 06:49 PM)
yes they are, but watching the game yesterday, the dbacks got some absolutely filthy calls at crucial moments, i know this is part of baseball but jeez some of those calls sucked, the rockies had some sensational defence as well, cant see the dbacks getting back from 0 -2 though
Not to be a pain in the butt, but does Aussie English punctuation contain periods? I'm running out of breath reading this.
QUOTE(amanuel777 @ Oct 14 2007, 08:56 AM)
Not to be a pain in the butt, but does Aussie English punctuation contain periods? I'm running out of breath reading this.
lmao...isn't what commas mean, sorry i may have missed your point, but i'll try to be more succint in future mate
Checking in after a few weeks off from Minnesota....
We've got lots of cold brew for a few other New England transplants coming over, the big screen plasma set up with the mute button at the ready. No one here will be hearing Dirty Watah until the time is appropriate (thanks FOX ).
Let's ding Carmona around like his pancake-stacked counterpart and keep the sick offensive numbers from 2-5 dialed in.
We've got lots of cold brew for a few other New England transplants coming over, the big screen plasma set up with the mute button at the ready. No one here will be hearing Dirty Watah until the time is appropriate (thanks FOX
).Let's ding Carmona around like his pancake-stacked counterpart and keep the sick offensive numbers from 2-5 dialed in.
Carmona will be tougher than Sabathia was last night but if Sox hitters take the same, patient approach, they'll get to him. He's a young guy and while he has been very effective this year, the playoffs are a completely different animal. We know one thing, Schilling knows what it takes to win post season games. The question to be answered is, will Carmona be affected by the pressure? Let's face it, whether they are heading back to Cleveland or not, the Indians down 0-2 will be on life support.
Let's hope Schilling can continue his beasting(?) of the postseason, and that Carmona has nightmares about Fenway, where he hasn't been since he blew those two saves in three days. Then again, that was a very long time ago.
CODE
Cleveland Boston
--------- ------
Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Sizemore, Grady 1 1 .286 2B Pedroia, Dustin 0 1 .176
2B Cabrera, Asdrubal 1 4 .200 1B Youkilis, Kevin 1 2 .313
DH Hafner, Travis 2 3 .263 DH Ortiz, David 2 3 .778
C Martinez, Victor 1 4 .286 LF Ramirez, Manny 2 7 .500
1B Garko, Ryan 1 3 .385 3B Lowell, Mike 0 6 .333
SS Peralta, Jhonny 0 2 .421 RF Drew, JD 0 3 .154
LF Lofton, Kenny 0 4 .400 C Varitek, Jason 0 3 .188
RF Gutierrez, Franklin 0 0 .143 CF Crisp, Coco 0 2 .214
3B Blake, Casey 0 2 .200 SS Lugo, Julio 0 0 .286
P Carmona, Fausto (0-0, 1.00) P Schilling, Curt (1-0, 0.00)
--------- ------
Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Sizemore, Grady 1 1 .286 2B Pedroia, Dustin 0 1 .176
2B Cabrera, Asdrubal 1 4 .200 1B Youkilis, Kevin 1 2 .313
DH Hafner, Travis 2 3 .263 DH Ortiz, David 2 3 .778
C Martinez, Victor 1 4 .286 LF Ramirez, Manny 2 7 .500
1B Garko, Ryan 1 3 .385 3B Lowell, Mike 0 6 .333
SS Peralta, Jhonny 0 2 .421 RF Drew, JD 0 3 .154
LF Lofton, Kenny 0 4 .400 C Varitek, Jason 0 3 .188
RF Gutierrez, Franklin 0 0 .143 CF Crisp, Coco 0 2 .214
3B Blake, Casey 0 2 .200 SS Lugo, Julio 0 0 .286
P Carmona, Fausto (0-0, 1.00) P Schilling, Curt (1-0, 0.00)
10/13 19:34:39 ET
I just want to get this meaningless game over so we can watch the Bruins take on the Sharks.. 
I kinda wanna quit my job so I dont hafta be working during tonights game
QUOTE(jbelushi @ Oct 13 2007, 07:00 PM)
lmao...isn't what commas mean, sorry i may have missed your point, but i'll try to be more succint in future mate
I was j/k, of course... Post any way you like, as long as we keep winning. 7 left.
Go Sox!!!
Just went to the store in my Sox attire... Goes without saying, not too many happy faces.
Is it my fault that the MFY players are golfing right now? I even felt bad for Mets fans.
QUOTE(The Ghost of Ned Martin @ Oct 14 2007, 09:39 AM)
I just want to get this meaningless game over so we can watch the Bruins take on the Sharks..
how did BC and the patriots go?
QUOTE(The Ghost of Ned Martin @ Oct 13 2007, 07:35 PM)
Carmona will be tougher than Sabathia was last night but if Sox hitters take the same, patient approach, they'll get to him. He's a young guy and while he has been very effective this year, the playoffs are a completely different animal. We know one thing, Schilling knows what it takes to win post season games. The question to be answered is, will Carmona be affected by the pressure? Let's face it, whether they are heading back to Cleveland or not, the Indians down 0-2 will be on life support.
After game 2 with the Yankees, Carmona scares the crap out of me. They swiped over 50 flies off his neck and he was unfazed (unlike Joba
)
Is anyone trying to watch the "pregame" coverage on foxsports.com? I thought there was going to be a pre-game show, but it says to "stand by for the post-game show."
I was looking forward to watching some of this before Fox went on the air. Oh, well.
I was looking forward to watching some of this before Fox went on the air. Oh, well.
QUOTE(amanuel777 @ Oct 14 2007, 09:45 AM)
I was j/k, of course... Post any way you like, as long as we keep winning. 7 left.
Go Sox!!!
Just went to the store in my Sox attire... Goes without saying, not too many happy faces. Is it my fault that the MFY players are golfing right now?
I even felt bad for Mets fans.
Go Sox!!!
Just went to the store in my Sox attire... Goes without saying, not too many happy faces.
Is it my fault that the MFY players are golfing right now? I even felt bad for Mets fans.
yeah i dont have that problem down here, so many arseholes wear MFY caps as a fashion statement it makes me puke
i can walk up to someone in the street (and i do) whos wearing a MFY cap, and ill be wearing sox gear, and ill ask "so who's your favourite yankees player".
99% of the replies are along the lines of " what the F#@! you talking about mate"............it really pisses me off, i want to rip that shit off there head and throw under a truck or something
QUOTE(BillyJo @ Oct 13 2007, 07:48 PM)
Is anyone trying to watch the "pregame" coverage on foxsports.com? I thought there was going to be a pre-game show, but it says to "stand by for the post-game show."
I was looking forward to watching some of this before Fox went on the air. Oh, well.
I was looking forward to watching some of this before Fox went on the air. Oh, well.
I was watching it before, but I went through the MLB.com link. It worked, although you are not missing much. I turned it off after about 10 minutes.
QUOTE(BillyJo @ Oct 14 2007, 09:48 AM)
Is anyone trying to watch the "pregame" coverage on foxsports.com? I thought there was going to be a pre-game show, but it says to "stand by for the post-game show."I was looking forward to watching some of this before Fox went on the air. Oh, well.
i wish there was a pre game show, instead im sitting watching live coverage of the governors generals gate because our PM is about to disolve parliament............."oh well, thats the end of this suit - (country)" sic..mel brooksQUOTE(Red Sox Fan2 @ Oct 14 2007, 09:48 AM)
After game 2 with the Yankees, Carmona scares the crap out of me. They swiped over 50 flies off his neck and he was unfazed (unlike Joba )
yeah he was much more composed than jaba, lets hope the boys get to him early, and i'd expect/think he might be intimidated a bit at fenway
)QUOTE(Red Sox Fan2 @ Oct 13 2007, 06:48 PM)
After game 2 with the Yankees, Carmona scares the crap out of me. They swiped over 50 flies off his neck and he was unfazed (unlike Joba )
)CC might be the "Ace" but Carmona is the pitcher who showed up when it mattered in the ALDS. I agree with you there. If the Sox are patient and keep fouling off his dirty sinker, I think they can slowly tire him out. Patience is the key; no swings at crappy 2-0 pitches.
I think ESPN and Fox are both still sobbing over not having Joba in the ALCS to fawn over and proclaim as the next best thing since rye bread. I'm over it.
Does Bruce Springsteen make an effort to sing less coherently with every new album?
QUOTE(jbelushi @ Oct 13 2007, 07:51 PM)
yeah i dont have that problem down here, so many arseholes wear MFY caps as a fashion statement it makes me puke
i can walk up to someone in the street (and i do) whos wearing a MFY cap, and ill be wearing sox gear, and ill ask "so who's your favourite yankees player".
99% of the replies are along the lines of " what the F#@! you talking about mate"............it really pisses me off, i want to rip that shit off there head and throw under a truck or something
i can walk up to someone in the street (and i do) whos wearing a MFY cap, and ill be wearing sox gear, and ill ask "so who's your favourite yankees player".
99% of the replies are along the lines of " what the F#@! you talking about mate"............it really pisses me off, i want to rip that shit off there head and throw under a truck or something
Not surprised at all. A friend from Europe alternates a Mets hat with an MFY one. When I started talking to him about baseball, it turned out he thought that's the same team's hats, just different colors.
QUOTE(MNDirtDog @ Oct 14 2007, 10:00 AM)
CC might be the "Ace" but Carmona is the pitcher who showed up when it mattered in the ALDS. I agree with you there. If the Sox are patient and keep fouling off his dirty sinker, I think they can slowly tire him out. Patience is the key; no swings at crappy 2-0 pitches.
I think ESPN and Fox are both still sobbing over not having Joba in the ALCS to fawn over and proclaim as the next best thing since rye bread. I'm over it.
I think ESPN and Fox are both still sobbing over not having Joba in the ALCS to fawn over and proclaim as the next best thing since rye bread. I'm over it.
yeah they were sickening about him, and the rest of the scum
QUOTE(Ralpho316 @ Oct 13 2007, 04:58 PM)
Thats not true. If Cleveland wins tonight, they have home field:
Series tied 1-1
Games in Cleveland 3
Games in Boston 2
Series tied 1-1
Games in Cleveland 3
Games in Boston 2
Currently?
Yes, we do have home field. Lose tonight? Obviously, that's a different situation...
QUOTE(acr @ Oct 13 2007, 07:02 PM)
Does Bruce Springsteen make an effort to sing less coherently with every new album?
Working on a duet with Bob Dylan perhaps.
Not a dig at all. I like 'em both. But yeah.
Jesus tapdancing Christ, is there a Fox Sports missive saying that they have to mention the Yankees in every broadcast?
woohoo...i have live baseball...almost
I haven't paid much attention lately, but McCarver is looking r-o-u-g-h.
"I have no clue, and I'm not alone"
The truest words McCarver's ever spoken.
The truest words McCarver's ever spoken.
Is it just me or did it just sound like McCarver might be losing his voice? What an absolute pisser that would be!(Sarcasm dripping!!)
If FOX starts talking about Camera-gate like Peter King, I swear to God. I am not even watching it, I am just saying that aloud
QUOTE(dtkendrick @ Oct 13 2007, 08:17 PM)
Is it just me or did it just sound like McCarver might be losing his voice? What an absolute pisser that would be!(Sarcasm dripping!!)
Our luck, you know he will finally lose it just after the world series and will have several months to heal it back up to "full' strength.
Won't this game start already!
"The Man who loves Brady Quinn." 
....followed by his intro for Peralta..."The Man....." uncomfortable pause.
Lofton cracks me up.
....followed by his intro for Peralta..."The Man....." uncomfortable pause.Lofton cracks me up.
92mph on the gun early on.
Here we go Schill. Bring it.
Bad bunt
Nice bunt, Baby Omar.
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