Sox-M's Gamer

Hey, guys.  How about NOT FALLING 8 F$%CKING RUNS BEHIND IN THE SECOND INNING!??!

Another mellow Friday in front of the tube. Discuss the game here.

Comments

[YF]

Mr. Clutch: waiting for the ninth again!

[NickYF]

vicodin doing the trick yet, YF?

[SF]

YF: ruining his credibility with every post.

[whatever]

Funny how Moyer started throwing SLOWER and got out of that jam.

[YF]

Ortiz is clearly overpaid. (PS: it's Tylenol w/ codeine, and it's wearing the bleep off rapidly).

[SF]

Not before your last two posts it hasn't worn off.

[SF]

No jinx, I hope, but Curt looks really good so far.

[mattymatty]

I don't have the game - how does Schilling look?

[SF]

Carl Everett sighting. Hide your dinosaurs.

[mattymatty]

Its OK, he won't see them anyway.

[whatever]

Schilling is looking WAY too sharp for my liking.

[SF]

Really, really good.

[NicKYF]

mattymatty, he's a bit chubby and pasty.

[mattymatty]

nice...

So, has there been a bigger free agent bust than Adrian Beltre? He was terrible last year and he's hitting .139 this year. Ugh.

[NickYF]

Beltre's value in my fantasy auction draft plummeted from last year to this year. He went for $35 last year, and I got him for $1 this year. He's clearly not playing up to my price tag.

[Mayday Malone]

"Ortiz is clearly overpaid."

This coming from a guy who's team is paying Mussina, Pavano and Wright $34.6 mil.

You should probably shouldn't take any more medecine- you're obviously not thinking clearly.

[NickYF]

apparently, YF's codeine induced jokes are not well-received by the New Englanders.

[SF]

I got them. Don't generalize!

[mattymatty]

I think YF was joking, Mayday.

Nick - Sexson isn't doing much better. You don't have him too I hope.

[SF]

The jig is up: YF IS JOE SHEEHAN!!

[SF]

Wily Mo is very large.

[mattymatty]

What are the chances of Moyer throwing even one strike to Wily Mo all night? I'd put the over/under at about 20%.

[NickYF]

no, I don't, but my team sucks anyway right now. Crawford has stolen 1 base, my pitching staff is in shambles, I'm losing years to the stress.

[SF]

Wily Mo hit the ball very high. Unfotunately also very short. 2 down.

[mattymatty]

I don't play fantasy for the same reason I don't smoke: I'd probably like it too much, and its probably not that good for me.

Also, it would cause me to root against the Red Sox at some point, and I won't have that. Whats your policy on drafting Red Sox players, Nick? Are you opposed to it?

[mattymatty]

Oops! "Bathroom Break" Gonzalez got a hit.

(Come on, everybody! Play along!)

[SF]

Moyer just got totally hosed by the home plate ump on a clear strike.

[NickYF]

I thrown allegiance out the door. So, I've had plenty of Sox on my fantasy teams in years past. Oddly, none this year. I think it's because I had Foulke last year.

[whatever]

Moyer flirtin' with disaster.

[SF]

Come on, Loretta. Bases plugged. Though the inning should be over.

Youk really knows the plate. I can't believe it's taken him this long to get a full time job.

[SF]

Darn. Still, lots of pitches and lots of baserunners, and it's really early. Bodes well.

[whatever]

SF,
I'm glad you mentioned Moyer getting squeezed. Coming from a NY fan would sound a little, uh, biased.

[mattymatty]

Damn. Meat of the order coming up next inning...

[SF]

Love that improved infield D.

[mattymatty]

Schilling has thrown 37 pitches through 3 innings. Pretty economical. Just for comparison, Moyer has thrown 51 through 2.

[attackgerbil]

Thought Moyer had Papi looking on that third pitch.

[attackgerbil]

Who else has been trying ESPN's Gamecast beta? It's really, really slick. I have it going while watching the game live, and I have to say I am impressed.

[SF]

Manny looks off. Maybe it's the steroids.

[mattymatty]

Manny hasn't looked too good this year. He seems pretty far off. He's swinging and missing a lot.

[SF]

Manny started last year worse than this year.

[SF]

Way to go, Curt! Let's get him some runs, guys.

[mattymatty]

I don't like this slow start stuff. Its becoming a habit...

8 pitch inning for Schill. High quality stuff.

[SF]

I am not sure I like ESPN's gamecast. I find the MLB interface a little easier for getting a quick sense of the game. Also, there seems to be more information readily available.

[mattymatty]

I never use ESPN anymore. MLB is, IMHO, far superior.

[SF]

Rally, baby!

[SF]

Is YF passed out in a codeine-induced puddle?

[attackgerbil]

Hmm. Should Moyer load them up?

[mattymatty]

Rally!! Come on WILY MO!

[SF]

With Wily Mo? Aren't the odds in Moyer's favor?

[SF]

TAKE. PLEASE.

[SF]

The Black Hole comes through!

[mattymatty]

Alright, Bathroom Break! Sox finally break through!

[stuck working]

...and WHY did Alex Cora pinch hit for him last night, again?

[SF]

By the way, the "Black Hole" nickname was meant in purely astronomical terms.

[SF]

GGOW.

[mattymatty]

Say it with me now...

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUK!!

[SF]

Minor squander there. Still, a lead.

[mattymatty]

We're leaving guys on base at a pretty high rate... Don't like to blow so many good scoring ops... Did anyone see if Gonzalez was really out at home? Was it even close?

[SF]

The Sox are going to regret not cashing in the cheap runs, like the Mariners just did.

Beltre has poor career stats against Schilling.

Johjima is great fun to watch.

[attackgerbil]

What an amazing at bat by Johjima. No wonder so many pundits picked him as ROY.

[attackgerbil]

Morneau had a really good AB there.

[attackgerbil]

Sorry.. wrong thread.

[mattymatty]

Sheesh, Manny... Does anybody K twice against Moyer since like 1963?

[SF]

Manny is really, really struggling. I can't remember this many bad at-bats. And he stunk last year, too. But this seems a tad more futile to me.

[SF]

The bottom 4 of the lineup has 5 hits, the top 5 has one. Not expected.

[mattymatty]

Weird night... Hopefully we can put a few more on the board. I don't really feel secure with only a one run lead.

[mattymatty]

Weird night... Hopefully we can put a few more on the board. I don't really feel secure with only a one run lead.

[attackgerbil]

SF - This may sound like mumbo jumbo, but it seems like Ortiz and Ramirez feed off each other. I need to look it up and see if there really is a correlation.

[SF]

8 men LOB in 5 innings, most of them in scoring position it seems. This is the type of game many teams lose, when they don't put guys across the plate.

[SF]

How does that explain Ortiz' hot start, AG?

[attackgerbil]

SF - Small sample set? I was more speaking across a season. Anyway, like I said, I need to investigate stats to back this up; I may be full of it. It's more of a reaction based on watching a lot of games, with what may be false memories.

[SF]

Nickel and dime shit here. Maybe the Sox should emulate.

[SF]

Come on Curt, one more. Well done so far.

[SF]

WHIFF!!! Great job by Schilling, King two guys in a row with a man at third.

[attackgerbil]

If the M's are going to have a chance in the West, they have to nickle and dime. Meanwhile, Javy Lopez looks overmatched.

[SF]

It's Jose Lopez, not Javy.

[stuck working]

i smell a big inning coming up for us.

[attackgerbil]

Sorry. Good catch SF. And Jose was outmatched.

[stuck working]

...after the obligatory Pena K.

[SF]

I know the bottom of the lineup is doing well tonight, but I can't help but look forward to the day that Crisp and Nixon are back as regulars. The depth is so important.

[attackgerbil]

Moyer is over 100 pitches. Amazing how durable that guy is.

[attackgerbil]

Second k for ARod

[attackgerbil]

Second k for ARod

[attackgerbil]

Double post. oops.

[SF]

Jeez, take a friggin' pitch, Lowell.

[SF]

I think Curt is back. For real.

[stuck working]

think he'll pitch a complete game, SF?

[airk]

104 pitches for Curt. Meh. Bring in Papelbon.

[attackgerbil]

Stuck- Schilling's next start is against Tampa. Why not?

[SF]

I think it's JP time.

[mattymatty]

Wouldn't this be some seriously painful poetic justice?

[SF]

Ichiro whiffs! One to go.

[SF]

Just BLEW that one by him.

[SF]

Scary, wall-banger. Nice play by Manny to keep it to a single.

[SF]

DONE! Another save for Papelbon, and another win for Schilling.

"Beckett and Schilling and..."

[airk]

game set match!

[Hudson]

.700 record, baby.

[rk]

Just got back from Mexico - what'd I miss? Nice to see a W today, regardless.

Coco and Papi locked up, Coco and Trotter down, JP still rocking it, .700 record, found the real Schill, Beckett yelling at people, Riske on the "DL" . . .

Wow, you guys have been busy this week.