Chopped Lilly Liver: Sox-Jays Thursday Action

We don't like losing streaks. And we hate the sleepy-eyed lefty curveballers who make their living setting down our beloved Bosox.  So tonight, this second night of Pesach, we turn to Matt Clement and our jury-rigged outfield to reverse this atrocious one game losing skein and (for once, please) make Ted Lilly look like the guy with the nearly 5.00 career ERA that he is.  After missing last night's boomtastic debacle for a well-prepared short rib, we're gratefully heading back to the couch to listen to the Remdawg, to watch our lads make the move to 7-2.  Consider this your thread for all things Sox/Jays.

Comments

[Brad]

You forgot to mention the chance to catch the rare shot of Kelly down the third base line.

[SF]

Papi. Seems like he's hitting lefties well this year, no?

[SF]

Well, that was good swing from Manny. Laser beam. Right to Glaus, unfortunately.

[stuck working]

c'mon guys, I'm stuck working on a computer without Flash that can't even run GameCast -- give me a little color commentary here. I'm dyin'.

[SF]

Clement looks shitty. Tied up 1-1 on a double by Gregg Zaun after a single by Hinske.

[SF]

Sox went up 1-0 in the bottom of the first and Clement gave it back in 4 pitches. Nicely done.

[SF]

Ugh, another rocket. Clement doesn't look shitty. He looks really shitty.

[SF]

After the effort by Wells and the way Clement looks tonight, I wonder if Theo is IMing the Rocket already...

[NickYF]

Clement puzzles me. He's one of these guys with electric stuff who just can't seem to put it all together.

[stuck working]

ugh. i should've known when I asked for color commentary on the game that the color would turn out to be shit brown.

[NickYF]

ditto for Cash, after the Wang and Chacon performances.

[SF]

Good play by Lowell and Tek - quick grounder to Lowell, who caught Zaun breaking off third. Big first out. Men on 1/2, 1 down.

[SF]

Another hit. 2-1 Jays. Clement is awful tonight.

[SF]

Bases loaded. Seems like a fine time to go cook dinner. Which, ironically, happens to be meatballs. Back in a bit.

[SF]

Oy. Grand Slam for Wells. 6-1 Jays.

[walein]

I've watched CLement for a few years. You need him to sharp in the first half of the season, cause he usually gets strictly mediocore by the second half.

[YF]

Vernon Wells, we kiss you!!! BoSox lead in the standings slipping away, and fast.....

[walein]

I think Theo just canceled whatever nice dining arraingement he had for himself and Matthew after the game.

[NickYF]

the clamminess of Sox fans is astounding. Where are they now?

[YF]

And a Wily Mo K.

[SF]

Dude, I had to put my kid to bed and now I am cooking dinner. Cut me some slack!!

[NickYF]

No dinner for you. Suffer!

[stuck working]

well, coming back from 5 runs down this early in the game certainly isn't out of the question, assuming we don't fall too much further into a hole.

But I'm just being quiet because I can't even watch the game on GameCast; without any info, I'm hardpressed to add much.

[SF]

I think Clement might be the second coming of Derek Lowe, without the postseason stones.

[stuck working]

does that mean we're gonna be stuck with years of Sports Guy columns about the Matt Clement Face? Because I don't think I need that.

[whatever]

Ah, the ebb and flow, the ups and downs, the peaks and valleys of a 162 game season.

[SF]

Gonzalez with the leadoff single after Clement sets them down 1-2-3. Chip away, boys.

[stuck working]

i can only surmise that things most not be going terribly for the Sox since all the YFs seem to be off being clammy or something.

[SF]

Look, 3 Yanks fans to 2 of us Sox fans. And I thought you guys didn't really concern yourselves with our team...

[whatever]

I never said that SF.

[NickYF]

SF, that's weak. When did any of these three Yanks fans claim otherwise?

[YF]

DP! The night gets better!

[whatever]

SF is probably thinking of John.

[SF]

You didn't. But I can't help needling John, even when he's not around.

[SF]

"chipping away" would entail NOT hitting into double plays with two guys on and none out, with Papi and Manny coming up...

[YF]

Oh. So sad. Mr. Clutch takes one looking down 5 with a man on third. Guess he's waiting until the 9th inning.

[stuck working]

maybe he figures that's the way to win the AL MVP, YF.

[whatever]

Nice catch Mohr

[SF]

Or he got a hit in the first inning to drive in a run, and he's not inhuman.

YF with the uninformed cheap shot!

[SF]

Nothing like the pitcher who can settle down nicely after putting his team in a 6-1 ditch.

[SF]

And look at that. Another Sox game thread obliterates a Yankees game thread. This is getting to be a pattern, guys and gals, even if it did take a couple of YFs tonight.

[whatever]

Those were three day games against KC. I, for one, had to work.

[SF]

That's no excuse!

[whatever]

2 on, no outs.

[SF]

Ok, second straight inning with the first two guys on base. We're DUE.

[whatever]

stuckworking, are you relying on what's being said here to follow the game?

[SF]

Blech, ankle high cutter called a strike. Come on, Blue!

[whatever]

Let's see if Lilly can handle Mohr and Pena.

[stuck working]

I can follow the scoreboard on espn.com -- so i've got some idea. Not exactly real time, however.

[whatever]

on the black.

[SF]

Boy, the Red Sox are in one of those insanely frustrating to watch "getting guys on base but can't do shit" modes.

[whatever]

Stuck, at MLB.com for 15 bucks you can listen to home and away radio broadcasts for the whole season for all the teams.

[SF]

10 bucks a big hook coming to whiffy mo...

[SF]

Pathetic. Even I knew it. Another waste.

[stuck working]

thank for the suggestion, whatever. Usually I've got better access than I do today -- I'm just not using my usual computer.

[whatever]

Tavarez coming in. This should be interesting.

[stuck working]

that's weird. typepad ate my post.

all i said was: gulp. (with reference to Tavarez)

[NickYF]

it acted out the sound

[YF]

7-1! hoot.

[stuck working]

that's some smart blogging software you got here, then.

[YF]

nogthing but the best at yfsf, sw.

[whatever]

stuck, Tavarez jams the Jay's hitter and gets an inning ending DP to get out of bases-loaded jam.
Bottom of 5th. 7-1 Jays.

[NickYF]

I have a feeling that Julian's tenure with the Sox is going to be the stuff of legends. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a car accident-type of legend.

[stuck working]

nice. almost makes sense for ME to say, "7-1! hoot."

[whatever]

Quiet crowd at Fenway, waiting for something to happen.

[whatever]

Sox down in order. On to the 6th.

[whatever]

It's not often I sit at the computer and try to describe some of the game so a Red Sox fan who's stuckworking can have an idea of whats going on.

[stuck working]

believe me, it's appreciated, whatever. Although you can't be too upset to be the bearer of bad news.

[whatever]

Back to back doubles for the Jays. 8-1. Wells flys out.

[whatever]

I guess your right about that, stuck.

[whatever]

Glaus lines out. 2 down.

[whatever]

Overbay grounds out to Youk with the pitcher covering. Bottom of 6th coming up.

[whatever]

Ortiz, Manny, and Tek due up.

[whatever]

Ortiz fouls out.

[stuck working]

guess everyone else lost interest, huh?

Can't imagine Sox'll end the game with one run.

[whatever]

Manny K's. Timlin up in the pen.

[whatever]

Lilly's looking tough.

[stuck working]

hmm. well, it's certainly *possible* for the Sox to end the game with one run.

i still say it's unlikely, though. maybe another Lowell HR?

[whatever]

They're probably infatuated with my play by play. Heh heh. Tek grounds out. Top of the 7th coming up.

[whatever]

Hard to hold the Sox down, especially at Fenway. 3 more innings to do some damage, stuck. Timlin in game.

[stuck working]

timlin here. and some garbage time for foulke, maybe?

[stuck working]

it's sweet of you to cheer me up like that, whatever. really.

[whatever]

bloop single

[whatever]

Double play. Youk looking good at first.

[whatever]

No big deal, stuck.

[whatever]

say stuck, are you of the female persuasion?

[whatever]

groundout to Gonzo, bottom of 7th on tap.

[stuck working]

"persuasion"? That's an interesting theory of gender identity you've got there.

Anyway, no, I'm not. But I guess you're welcome to try to persuade me otherwise.

[whatever]

huh?

[whatever]

that "sweet" remark made me wonder.

[stuck working]

just a joke. nevermind.

[whatever]

Another Lilly K. 10 in the game. Wily Mo up.

[stuck working]

i take it my faux-prediction of a Lowell HR has not come to pass.

[whatever]

Blue Jay throwing error. Wily on 1st.

[whatever]

Not yet.

[whatever]

ground out. top of the eighth coming.

[stuck working]

well, with that, i think i'm going to retire from the blog for the evening, whatever. While the Sox can come back and the big boys will get another shot, I think I'm better served trying to finish my work and get out of here. thanks for the play-by-play, though. i do appreciate it.

[whatever]

flyout to Wily Mo.

[whatever]

Glad to help you out a bit, stuck. Sorry I couldn't have described an amazing comeback for you . Take it easy.