Colon Check: Sox-O's Gamer V

Because colon jokes never get old.

In all seriousness, Colon looked fantastic in outdueling Felix Hernandez last week and if that's any kind of portent, he could provide a big boost to a rotation that lost first Clay Buchholz (now healthy and trying to regain his no-hitter form in Pawtucket) then Daisuke Matsuzaka. He faces Brian Burres, who was plastered by the Yankees his last time out but who otherwise has been having a decent season.

In other storylines, Jacoby Ellsbury tries to become the first ballplayer ever to steal three bases in a game three consecutive times, and the Red Sox bullpen tries to continue its improbable (but most welcome) run of 11 straight scoreless innings.

If anyone's out there, comment away!

Comments

[rootbeerfloat]

oh god oh god oh god... just how hurt is Ortiz from yesterday??

[pale blue eyes]

X-rays were negative but he's going home to Boston for an MRI.

[pale blue eyes]

Runners on the corners with nobody out in the third ... and Manny drives in Pedroia with a double. 2-1 Sox.

[pale blue eyes]

Sac fly by Mike Lowell drives in Youk. 3-1.

[pale blue eyes]

And J.D. Drew drives in Manny with a two-out-single. Nine hits by the Sox already. 4-1.

[pale blue eyes]

Inning still going ... Jeff Bailey walks. Burres at 72 pitches.

[pale blue eyes]

Lugo pops out. Would have been a good time for an extra-base it to break it open.

[pale blue eyes]

Extra-base hit, I mean.

[pale blue eyes]

Extra-base hit I mean.

[pale blue eyes]

Easy 1-2-3 inning for Bartolo. (Yes, we're on a first-name basis already.)

[attackgerbil]

Damon Woo, who caught Manny's 500th, will return the ball to Manny.

“I’m so happy to have the ball,” Ramirez said.

“It’s his accomplishment,” said Woo, who lives in Manhatten but grew up in Massachusetts. “It’s his ball. It’s the right thing to do. They can call me crazy.”

Woo, you're crazy. And awesome.

[SF]

501! 6-1 Sox.

[pale blue eyes]

501 drives in Youk. 6-1.

[SF]

B2B, Lowell hits one out. 7-1.

[pale blue eyes]

Back-to-back!! Mike Lowell makes it 7-1!

[pale blue eyes]

SF, you're obviously a faster typist than me ...

[SF]

http://theremyreport.innuity.com/store/category/eel2/Mannys_500th_Homerun_May_30_2008.html

So Remy is (crassly?) selling copies of his scorecard from last night's game for $17.95, while the fan is returning the actual ball for nothing.

[SF]

Stinky Colon gives two runs right back on a Luke Scott dinger. Colon hasn't looked great to me today, that's about the fourth rocket he's allowed.

[SF]

And now an infield hit, Payton on first with nobody out. I have a feeling it's going to take 10 or 11 runs to get a win today, not the seven on the board.

[pale blue eyes]

Yeah, it's back to just Colon for me now. No more of that Bartolo stuff.

[SF]

There's nothing funny about an "overextended Bartolo", right? Why ever use the first name?!

[attackgerbil]

> So Remy is (crassly?) selling copies of his scorecard from last night's game for $17.95

Strange. What is the "value add" that makes a Xerox of Remy's card worth $17.95? Maybe he is donating the overage on the paper/labor/postage costs to some charity. Then, I can see it. Otherwise, yeah, it's opportunistic.

[pale blue eyes]

7-3 after four. Colon at 59 pitches.

[attackgerbil]

Then again, $18 is not a lot of money to spend for a snapshot of history should that snapshot be especially important to oneself.

[attackgerbil]

Just saw a replay of 501. That's not a pitch one should be able to hit out of the park.

[pale blue eyes]

Jacoby steals his 7th base of the series ... but DPod flies out to end the inning.

[pale blue eyes]

Colon allows his first walk in the 5th, but otherwise gets through the inning easily. Still 7-3.

[pale blue eyes]

Sox go down 1-2-3 in their half of the 6th.

[SF]

phenomenal diving stab and throw by Pedroia. Awesome.

[pale blue eyes]

Colon allows a two-out-single to Adam Jones, but strikes out Quiroz. 96 pitches now. Lopez in the 7th?

[pale blue eyes]

Dinger J.D. Drew. 8-3.

[pale blue eyes]

Jacoby drives in Coco who pinch-ran for Jeff Bailey who had reached on his third walk of the day. 9-3. Dustin pops out. Inning over.

[Dionysus]

I think you let Colon go until he gives up a baserunner for the 7th. With a 6 run lead and an exhausted bullpen, give them the rest if they can get it.

[pale blue eyes]

Colon back out for the 7th surprisingly.

[pale blue eyes]

And promptly hits Freddie Bynum.

[pale blue eyes]

And then walks Brian Roberts on 4 pitches. That'll do it. Mills should have gone with Lopez right away. Or, as Dio suggested, taken him out after the HPB.

[pale blue eyes]

HBP, of course.

[pale blue eyes]

Millar drives in Bynum. Good thing Lugo and Pedroia turned the great DP before that. 9-4.

[pale blue eyes]

White Sox and Rays go to extra innings. With the Rays about to come into Boston I would not mind them playing 18.

[pale blue eyes]

Manny gets double off first after Payton catches a long drive by Lowell.

[pale blue eyes]

Hansen gets through the 8th on 8 pitches.

[pale blue eyes]

Rays win on another walk-off home run in the 10th. This has got to stop.

[pale blue eyes]

Objectively speaking the Rays actually are quite exciting. Pity the people in Tampa don't seem to show their appreciation by going to see them.

[pale blue eyes]

MDC gets the final three outs, helped by another great play by Pedroia. Is this the end of our road woes or is it just Fenway South?

[pale blue eyes]

Yankees lose 5-1 to the Twins. Toronto leading 3-2 in the top of the 5th in Anaheim.
Things to do: sweep Baltimore on Monday and then take away first place from the Rays on the upcoming homestand. Bye for now.

[A YF]

After pointing out that Ellsbury wasn't stealing enough bases, and getting roundly criticized for at least ten hours, I'd like to point out that he's now on pace for 80 SB's (9 CS) when then he was on pace for 60 SB's (0 CS). And yet, he's still not stealing enough. He could have at least 100 if the team lets him. :)

[A YF]

By the way, unless he gets hurt, my guess is Ellsbury will wind up in the 90-100 range (at a 90% rate). He's simply too fast to hold back on the off-chance there might be a hit. The Sox appear to be slowly waking up to this fact with his running the last few games (8 SB in last four games).

[A YF]

One more note in the "A YF gets another notch" Department:

Ellsbury - SB by month:
April - 10 (60 SB pace)
May - 18 (108 SB pace) - ties team record for a month*

*Year = 54 SB by Tommy Harper in 1973

[Paul SF]

To quote dc:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[A YF]

Hahahaha! If I remember correctly, you spent a good deal of researching the "fact" that Ellsbury couldn't possible steal any more bases. Nice work! :)

[SF]

A:

can you please email me offline at our gmail address?

Thx

[SF]

A:

can you please email me offline at our gmail address?

Thx