Game time: 7:05 pm
Scheduled starters: Paul Byrd (8-11, 4.61) v. Sidney Ponson (7-4, 4.67)
The game will be on NESN and on ESPN
New York weather: 4 pm observation at KLGA: wind out of the northeast at 13 mph, visibility 10 miles, thin broken layer at 25,000 feet, temperature 76F, DP 43F
Forecast: Another pleasant late summer night... The high to the north is keeping what's left of TS Fay off to the south, but the NY area is starting to see some high clouds from that system. The wind is out of the NE now, but as the high drifts to the northeast, the winds will shift east and possibly southeast later tonight. Northeast is blowing in from left and southeast is blowing in from right.
Full Version: BOSTON at New York, Wednesday, August 27, 2008
QUOTE(RedSoxAnni @ Aug 27 2008, 03:09 PM) 
Scheduled starters: Paul Byrd (8-11, 4.61) v. Sidney Ponson (7-4, 4.67)
I somehow get the feeling this will not be a low-scoring affair.
QUOTE(Bergs @ Aug 27 2008, 05:32 PM)
I somehow get the feeling this will not be a low-scoring affair.
Since we all expect a high scoring affair that pretty much guarantees a 1-0 nothing pitcher's duel.
QUOTE(Edmund Dantes @ Aug 27 2008, 05:34 PM)
Since we all expect a high scoring affair that pretty much guarantees a 1-0 nothing pitcher's duel.
Better than a 1-0 something pitcher's duel
I expect the same thing we got last night, a Sox win in time to see a Clinton speech.
Son of a bitch 
Next time I see you behind me on a one lane road with a 65 mph speedlimit I'm going 15.
Next time I see you behind me on a one lane road with a 65 mph speedlimit I'm going 15.
Looking at his slits, Byrd has some crazy lines in his two starts vs. NY this season.
Starts-2
ERA-6.75
IP-12
Hits-14
HR-6 (gulp)
K-0
BB-0
12 Innings pitched, no walks, no K's & 6 out of 14 hits went yard!
Lifetime v. Byrd, Giambi is 4 HR and a .316 avg. Jeter is also sporting a .364 avg.
Let's go Sox, 2 more in NY should put these guys to bed:
Starts-2
ERA-6.75
IP-12
Hits-14
HR-6 (gulp)
K-0
BB-0
12 Innings pitched, no walks, no K's & 6 out of 14 hits went yard!
Lifetime v. Byrd, Giambi is 4 HR and a .316 avg. Jeter is also sporting a .364 avg.
Let's go Sox, 2 more in NY should put these guys to bed:
I'm worried about Byrd and homers, but they should be able to get to Ponson. If Byrd can keep other guys off and limit the damage they should be okay, but he also needs to go some innings after most of the pen pitched last night.
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Boston NY Yankees
------ ----------
Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
RF Ellsbury, Jacoby 7 38 .263 CF Damon, Johnny 11 57 .313
2B Pedroia, Dustin 14 64 .315 SS Jeter, Derek 8 60 .294
DH Ortiz, David 17 65 .263 RF Abreu, Bobby 15 82 .298
1B Youkilis, Kevin 24 90 .319 3B Rodriguez, Alex 28 78 .308
LF Bay, Jason 4 20 .341 1B Giambi, Jason 25 77 .247
3B Lowrie, Jed 2 32 .296 LF Nady, Xavier 8 23 .321
C Varitek, Jason 11 36 .223 DH Matsui, Hideki 9 38 .310
SS Cora, Alex 0 7 .278 2B Cano, Robinson 12 58 .269
CF Crisp, Coco 7 32 .263 C Rodriguez, Ivan 5 32 .283
P Byrd, Paul (8-11, 4.61) P Ponson, Sidney (7-4, 4.67)
------ ----------
Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
RF Ellsbury, Jacoby 7 38 .263 CF Damon, Johnny 11 57 .313
2B Pedroia, Dustin 14 64 .315 SS Jeter, Derek 8 60 .294
DH Ortiz, David 17 65 .263 RF Abreu, Bobby 15 82 .298
1B Youkilis, Kevin 24 90 .319 3B Rodriguez, Alex 28 78 .308
LF Bay, Jason 4 20 .341 1B Giambi, Jason 25 77 .247
3B Lowrie, Jed 2 32 .296 LF Nady, Xavier 8 23 .321
C Varitek, Jason 11 36 .223 DH Matsui, Hideki 9 38 .310
SS Cora, Alex 0 7 .278 2B Cano, Robinson 12 58 .269
CF Crisp, Coco 7 32 .263 C Rodriguez, Ivan 5 32 .283
P Byrd, Paul (8-11, 4.61) P Ponson, Sidney (7-4, 4.67)
That's what I like to see from our big guys. Double-Double, and 2 runs in.
Is it just me or would Nady have caught that if he had extended his arm? It looked like he didn't extend the arm so he could protect his body from the ground with his arm.
Missed the start of the game -- where/what was Ortiz's double such that Pedroia was held at 3rd?
Terrible baserunning. Just awful. Why would you take that stutter-step and then go?
QUOTE(chicowalker @ Aug 27 2008, 07:15 PM)
Missed the start of the game -- where/what was Ortiz's double such that Pedroia was held at 3rd?
Ripped down the line in right.
That play at the plate was karma for letting Tek swing 3-0.
Edit: if I said "swing 3-0 nothing" would it have been overkill?
Bay, you ass. If he's running hard the whole way home he scores, instead he's looking back at Abreu.
BS - Nady took a bad route and had to reach forward for the ball as he was diving to the side... his glove hit the ground as he was reaching for it -- he actually wasn't being a vagina.
Rom - He probably would have been out, but he should have give himself a chance against an arm like Abreu's. But what does the ball not being hit hard have to do with it? Isn't it better to run on a ball that is hit softly? It's a shorter throw, sure, but i'd rather have that extra time it takes for the ball to get there.
BS - Nady took a bad route and had to reach forward for the ball as he was diving to the side... his glove hit the ground as he was reaching for it -- he actually wasn't being a vagina.
Rom - He probably would have been out, but he should have give himself a chance against an arm like Abreu's. But what does the ball not being hit hard have to do with it? Isn't it better to run on a ball that is hit softly? It's a shorter throw, sure, but i'd rather have that extra time it takes for the ball to get there.
QUOTE(Renton @ Aug 27 2008, 04:18 PM)
Bay, you ass. If he's running hard the whole way home he scores, instead he's looking back at Abreu.
I think he was dead either way.
Honestly, even with two outs, I didn't like the decision to send him there even before he was out by 20 feet. Not a hard hit ball. Abreu was charging hard, and it was a short throw. Ponson was coming unglued. I'd rather make him deal with a bases loaded jam (even if it is against Alex Cora) than take a risk that has a better than even chance of failing.
That was my read, anyway. I am a terrible basecoach, though.
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The reason the ump thought it was strike 3 on Abreu is because it should have been. Ball 1 was a strike.
Oh well. Now the Yankees are on the board. A-Rod with more 1st inning heroics.
If gameday is even close, it looks like we've got a starfish shaped strikezone tonight.
QUOTE(Renton @ Aug 27 2008, 04:18 PM)
But what does the ball not being hit hard have to do with it? Isn't it better to run on a ball that is hit softly? It's a shorter throw, sure, but i'd rather have that extra time it takes for the ball to get there.
Normally, yes. But Varitek was batting. Abreu was playing him to hit the ball about 180 feet. He got to that ball pretty quickly. If Ortiz hits that, Bay can walk home.
QUOTE(rominer @ Aug 27 2008, 06:35 PM)
Normally, yes. But Varitek was batting. Abreu was playing him to hit the ball about 180 feet. He got to that ball pretty quickly. If Ortiz hits that, Bay can walk home.
You know, from my point of view, he wasn't playing him shallow. Why do you think that he was? Maybe shallower than he usually does, but that's because Abreu usually plays 10-15 ft. deeper than your average MLB outfielder. What you're trying to tell me is that you don't know that?
As a relatively impartial observer, I think you are wrong. That is just my opinion. Isn't this an internet message board designed for people to give their opinions? You can have yours, and I can have mine.
/imgran
P.S. Who is this person talking? Sutcliffe? He can suck my balls.
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Aug 27 2008, 07:18 PM)
Ripped down the line in right. That play at the plate was karma for letting Tek swing 3-0.Edit: if I said "swing 3-0 nothing" would it have been overkill?
No not at all... overkill would have been swing on a three 3-0 nothing... that would have been overkill. Otherwise I deserve the ribbing after I wrote it originally.
getting the YES Network fellatio of Varitek. Ugh!!! You can take the end of his hitting career. Please take him Flaherty and Leiter. At least they waffled on whether the sox should give him four years when kay asked.
They definitely danced around it because of the posada deal.
I meant to post this earlier. On PTI today they said that for the season from the 7th inning on, ARod has 3 RBI. Is that even possible?
Huge K of Nady!! (hopefully)
Huge K of Nady!! (hopefully)
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Aug 27 2008, 07:14 PM)
I meant to post this earlier. On PTI today they said that for the season from the 7th inning on, ARod has 3 RBI.
Is that even possible?
Is that even possible?
Maybe it's possible, but it's not true. They probably said or meant 8th inning on, which is true. He has been especially craptacular late in games this year. Last year the 9th inning was his best by far, and the year before that he was awful late in games again. Then the year before that, 2005, he was good in the 9th again. All of this can only lead me to one conclusion....
Saying that his stats in the 9th inning mean anything is stupid.
QUOTE(Renton @ Aug 27 2008, 08:19 PM)
They probably said or meant 8th inning on,
It's also possible that I got it wrong because the only time I'm always correct is in PI.
(yes, that was a joke)
QUOTE(Renton @ Aug 27 2008, 04:56 PM)
You know, from my point of view, he wasn't playing him shallow. Why do you think that he was? Maybe shallower than he usually does, but that's because Abreu usually plays 10-15 ft. deeper than your average MLB outfielder. What you're trying to tell me is that you don't know that?
I don't even remember anymore. He got to that ball in a hurry, though. Maybe because it wasn't confusing, like those pesky flyballs. God, Abreu looks like an idiot sometimes with the routes he takes to balls. It's like, "I play deep, therefore I should never have to run back, only laterally...but, wait. Shit. I guess I was wrong about that. Is it too late to lunge?"
QUOTE
As a relatively impartial observer, I think you are wrong. That is just my opinion. Isn't this an internet message board designed for people to give their opinions? You can have yours, and I can have mine.
No. That's not how it works.
I didn't even mean any of that rom. Completely made up the Abreu stuff.
I actually said 'no!' while that pitch was on the way to Cano. Tony Pena Jr. could have hit that one.
I addressed this very real possibility.
I actually said 'no!' while that pitch was on the way to Cano. Tony Pena Jr. could have hit that one.
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Aug 27 2008, 07:22 PM)
It's also possible that I got it wrong because the only time I'm always correct is in PI.
I addressed this very real possibility.
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Aug 27 2008, 08:22 PM)
It's also possible that I got it wrong because the only time I'm always correct is in PI.
(yes, that was a joke)
(yes, that was a joke)
And Super Bowl predictions involving an undefeated team.
Too soon?
QUOTE(Renton @ Aug 27 2008, 05:26 PM)
I didn't even mean any of that rom. Completely made up the Abreu stuff.
He does kind of like to stand way the hell out there in right field at Yankee Stadium.
Or maybe I'm making that up because you put it in my head.
Why are his eyes so close together?
QUOTE(rominer @ Aug 27 2008, 07:31 PM)
He does kind of like to stand way the hell out there in right field at Yankee Stadium.
Or maybe I'm making that up because you put it in my head.
Why are his eyes so close together?
Or maybe I'm making that up because you put it in my head.
Why are his eyes so close together?
Right now he is, but it might be because Ortiz is hitting.
Holy shit that's scary. You could drive a Ponson through the space between his eye and ear.
Nice play by Pedroia.
Let's see if we can get something together here.
Need runs.
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Let's see if we can get something together here.
Need runs.
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Sac flies by Bay suck! They don't hurt your BA but they hurt your OBP and could cost the Jimmy Fund money.
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QUOTE(Renton @ Aug 27 2008, 08:26 PM)
I addressed this very real possibility.
Wow. I guess I get an F in reading comprehension.edit: not delayed to avoid the auto merge of posts
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Aug 27 2008, 08:42 PM)
Sac flies by Bay suck! They they don't hurt your BA but they hurt your OBP and could cost the Jimmy Fund money.Wow. I guess I get an F in reading comprehension.
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Sucker!!!
Lowrie you need to wait on a pitch or two.
Hmmm interesting two umps having a long convo with girardi. I always wonder what those between innings talks are about.
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Aug 27 2008, 08:42 PM)
Sac flies by Bay suck! They they don't hurt your BA but they hurt your OBP and could cost the Jimmy Fund money.
I agree wholeheartedly. I do like the run, though.
Great outing by Byrd. Let's hope Manny can hold it down!
Nice recovery there by MDC against Cano. Now keep that momentum going.
Hell. Yes. Really enjoying that extra run.
I thought that would get out. But Bay will still come home.
Edit: See?
I thought that would get out. But Bay will still come home.
Edit: See?
Thank you Bobby Abreu for playing that outfield as well as I said you did.
Manny who?
QUOTE(garedsox @ Aug 27 2008, 09:37 PM)
Manny who?
Manny Pacquiao
Keep tacking on. Wear out their bullpen.
SWEEP THE LEG!!!!!
I kinda liked this Veras guy.
PEDROIA!!!!
YEAH! GET 'EM A BODY BAG!!!!!
YEAH! GET 'EM A BODY BAG!!!!!
This guy isn't half bad either. I almost like him as much as veras.
GRAND SLAM!!!!!
Yankee Stadium, oh Yankee Stadium, land of greatness. We will miss you so.
Good night, everybody! Looks like Paps can relax tonight, to complete the sweep tomorrow afternoon.
QUOTE(Edmund Dantes @ Aug 27 2008, 09:51 PM)
This guy isn't half bad either. I almost like him as much as veras.
LMAO!!! You beat me to it.
Well the fake fans are heading for the exits, and it's about time for some fights to start. It's going to get ugly in the upper tiers.
QUOTE(Edmund Dantes @ Aug 27 2008, 09:53 PM)
Well the fake fans are heading for the exits, and it's about time for some fights to start. It's going to get ugly in the upper tiers.
True, true. A week or so ago I was at a game at Fenway with my friend ( a die-hard Yankee fan). It happened to be the 10-0 Rangers game. During the 9th, my buddy kept looking around and kept saying how he can't believe nobody left.... he hated it!!!
He was like, "If this was yankee stadium, it'd only be you and me right now".
On a different note, did you see Papelbon after the slam? I'd love to get a high-res picture of that.
Well Pedroia should be able to get his hands on his first career grand slam ball. Looks like it rolled up and over the net above monument alley.
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