Coincidence aligns the stars so that Jon Lester ptches in his first home game while I go today for my clinicals and quarterly check-up. Here is to success on both fronts.
Kazmir's slider be damned, it has nothing on a tough SOB who beat cancer. Once you win that fight, all this other shit is a trifle. Just like my avatar, everything is looking up for Jon Lester.
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8/14 Tampa Bay at Boston
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Norm Siebern
, Aug 13 2007 11:32 PM
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 01:46 AM
Norm will lead us to the promised land.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 08:07 AM
So here's my question. If Tek faced Lester 1000 times, would he strike out 800 of them and have an OPS of about .022? 'Cause you know, he's got that big C on his chest and all.
And lets let this be the last mention of cancer until the postseason announcers get hard over it.
Beat them. Beat them hard.
And lets let this be the last mention of cancer until the postseason announcers get hard over it.
Beat them. Beat them hard.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 08:40 AM
Okay, well it worked yesterday so here is goes...
Jon Lester has clearly been rushed back to the field, and he's going to be exposed against the Rays tonight. Not to mention the D-Rays have Kazmir going who is pretty much unhittable for us..
Better pray for an O's win tonight..
Jon Lester has clearly been rushed back to the field, and he's going to be exposed against the Rays tonight. Not to mention the D-Rays have Kazmir going who is pretty much unhittable for us..
Better pray for an O's win tonight..
Edited by cabrera era, 14 August 2007 - 08:41 AM.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 09:13 AM
Kazmir still scares the crap out of me, but that bullpen is filled with so much suck. Work the count like they always do and they'll get to feast on the nougaty goodness that is the TB pen for a few innings. Mmmm mmmm bitches.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 09:25 AM
Fighting words from Posada"We want to win the division,. . ."
Let's respond by staying on a winning track, and kicking some TB ass! Just get some effective offense to back up Lester. Just win, one game at a time, one series at a time. Just do it NOW - time is running out.
GO SOX - WIN TODAY!
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 10:11 AM
And I want to play the Banana Splits theme out of my ass, but we can't always have what we want."We want to win the division,. . ."
Ksmir is good. Just make him throw a lot pitches. Get to the bullpen in the sixth or so and the rest will take care of itself.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 11:54 AM
Ksmir is good. Just make him throw a lot pitches. Get to the bullpen in the sixth or so and the rest will take care of itself.
For some reason, I read this in an Apu voice and it made me laugh.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 12:00 PM
Following an hours-long tradition ...
Fuck you Phil Nevin 23, you troll cuntrag.
Fuck you Phil Nevin 23, you troll cuntrag.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 12:38 PM
Yankees winning? Luck. Lester beating cancer? skill....and a big pair of these:
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:12 PM
Sox Lineup: Coco in, Drew out
Lugo 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz D
Ramirez 7
Lowell 5
Youkilis 3
Varitek 2
Crisp 8
Pena 9
Lugo 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz D
Ramirez 7
Lowell 5
Youkilis 3
Varitek 2
Crisp 8
Pena 9
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:14 PM
Sox Lineup: Coco in, Drew out
Lugo 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz D
Ramirez 7
Lowell 5
Youkilis 3
Varitek 2
Crisp 8
Pena 9
So much for today's Pena trade rumor. Unless, you know, things change.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:37 PM
From 4/10/06: Said Ortiz, "I told them, 'Wait till you play your first game at Fenway. You might need a diaper.'"
I assume that goes for "first game at Fenway after kicking cancer's ass" too.
You ready for this, Lester? Because it's gonna be something else walking in from the bullpen tonight. I just hope NESN has enough heart to show us the live feed instead of cutting to yet another Bob's Furniture commercial or Sox Appeal preview.
Go get 'em, kid. And welcome home.
(PS -- throw strikes, please!)
I assume that goes for "first game at Fenway after kicking cancer's ass" too.
You ready for this, Lester? Because it's gonna be something else walking in from the bullpen tonight. I just hope NESN has enough heart to show us the live feed instead of cutting to yet another Bob's Furniture commercial or Sox Appeal preview.
Go get 'em, kid. And welcome home.
(PS -- throw strikes, please!)
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made johnny damon think long and hard
Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:42 PM
I'm thinking that we're going to see a late Pena scratch from that line-up. But Nostradamus I'm not.So much for today's Pena trade rumor. Unless, you know, things change.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 03:47 PM
W.
Edited by Main Ingredient, 14 August 2007 - 03:48 PM.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 04:03 PM
8/14/07-- Eric Gagne's Middle Name is Serge
It’s time for Jose Melendez’s KEYS TO THE GAME.
1. Following yesterday’s KEYS, wherein Jose assigned Eric Gagne the middle name Heathcliff because he couldn’t figure out his real middle name, a number of Jose’s astute (note: know-it-all) readers let him know that Gagne does in fact have a real middle name. It is “Serge.”
This raised an obvious question: Does the President know this?
Jose confessed he was not thrilled by the idea of using a serge in Iraq when he thought the President was talking about sending more troops there, but to send Eric Serge Gagne? That just seems crazy. For starters, he’s Canadian, so Jose is pretty sure the President of the U.S. has no authority over him. But just as importantly, is Gagne really the man for the job? What Jose has seen in Gagne’s brief stint in Boston has left him with deep concerns about his ability to preserve a win. If he can’t preserve a win in Camden Yards, how on Earth is he going to preserve one in Baghdad? Even worse, before Gagne came here, Jose was always hearing about how filthy he was. Filthy fastball, filthy change. Is someone so filthy really equipped to deal with Baaths? (Note: KEYS TO THE GAME, winner worst Iraq War pun three years running. No, not really.)
If we were going to hinge our foreign policy to a relief pitcher, Gagne would not have been Jose’s first choice. A far better option would have been Mike Timlin, as he is proficient with small arms and likes to wear camouflage. Of course, the President may be saving Timlin until we have four more years of war. You know, Timlin in the eighth. Then Scott Williamson would take over the war in year nine. Who says Bush can’t learn from past mistakes.
2. Jose loves pork chops. He just loves them. Maybe the best thing about the modern, lean pork chops is that they are at their absolute best with no seasoning more exotic than salt and pepper. From time to time, Jose will lose his senses and sprinkle a pork chop with some exotic rub designed to accentuate its fatty deliciousness, but the result is invariably disappointing. When it comes to pork chops, Ockham’s Razor presides.
Last night, Jose thawed out a couple of pork chops for dinner. Summer grilling, you know. As he prepared to salt and pepper them, he noticed that one of the chops was kind of strange. Rather than having the white-pink hue and smooth texture Jose is accustomed too, it was redder, the grain thicker. At first, Jose was concerned that there was something horribly, cataclysmically wrong with this pork chop, but then he realized the awful truth—it wasn’t a pork chop at all. Instead, it was a piece of sirloin steak cut in a shape that vaguely resembled a pork chop. When cooled to freezing the vast tundra of Jose’s ice box, the slab of cow was indistinguishable from the swine upon which Jose so gleefully digs.
The reason Jose brings this up is that he’s been thinking that Kevin Youkilis is a lot like that steak that appeared to be a pork chop. Maybe he wasn’t exactly what you thought he would be, an everyday third basemen, but what he turned out to be, a slick fielding first baseman is pretty good, though maybe he needed a bit more seasoning than he would have at first. Also, like the steak he is conceivably, though not certainly kosher, while Pork Chop Lowell, most clearly is not.
For KEY 3, an examination of John W. Henry's personal life, visit http://keystothegame.blogspot.com/.
It’s time for Jose Melendez’s KEYS TO THE GAME.
1. Following yesterday’s KEYS, wherein Jose assigned Eric Gagne the middle name Heathcliff because he couldn’t figure out his real middle name, a number of Jose’s astute (note: know-it-all) readers let him know that Gagne does in fact have a real middle name. It is “Serge.”
This raised an obvious question: Does the President know this?
Jose confessed he was not thrilled by the idea of using a serge in Iraq when he thought the President was talking about sending more troops there, but to send Eric Serge Gagne? That just seems crazy. For starters, he’s Canadian, so Jose is pretty sure the President of the U.S. has no authority over him. But just as importantly, is Gagne really the man for the job? What Jose has seen in Gagne’s brief stint in Boston has left him with deep concerns about his ability to preserve a win. If he can’t preserve a win in Camden Yards, how on Earth is he going to preserve one in Baghdad? Even worse, before Gagne came here, Jose was always hearing about how filthy he was. Filthy fastball, filthy change. Is someone so filthy really equipped to deal with Baaths? (Note: KEYS TO THE GAME, winner worst Iraq War pun three years running. No, not really.)
If we were going to hinge our foreign policy to a relief pitcher, Gagne would not have been Jose’s first choice. A far better option would have been Mike Timlin, as he is proficient with small arms and likes to wear camouflage. Of course, the President may be saving Timlin until we have four more years of war. You know, Timlin in the eighth. Then Scott Williamson would take over the war in year nine. Who says Bush can’t learn from past mistakes.
2. Jose loves pork chops. He just loves them. Maybe the best thing about the modern, lean pork chops is that they are at their absolute best with no seasoning more exotic than salt and pepper. From time to time, Jose will lose his senses and sprinkle a pork chop with some exotic rub designed to accentuate its fatty deliciousness, but the result is invariably disappointing. When it comes to pork chops, Ockham’s Razor presides.
Last night, Jose thawed out a couple of pork chops for dinner. Summer grilling, you know. As he prepared to salt and pepper them, he noticed that one of the chops was kind of strange. Rather than having the white-pink hue and smooth texture Jose is accustomed too, it was redder, the grain thicker. At first, Jose was concerned that there was something horribly, cataclysmically wrong with this pork chop, but then he realized the awful truth—it wasn’t a pork chop at all. Instead, it was a piece of sirloin steak cut in a shape that vaguely resembled a pork chop. When cooled to freezing the vast tundra of Jose’s ice box, the slab of cow was indistinguishable from the swine upon which Jose so gleefully digs.
The reason Jose brings this up is that he’s been thinking that Kevin Youkilis is a lot like that steak that appeared to be a pork chop. Maybe he wasn’t exactly what you thought he would be, an everyday third basemen, but what he turned out to be, a slick fielding first baseman is pretty good, though maybe he needed a bit more seasoning than he would have at first. Also, like the steak he is conceivably, though not certainly kosher, while Pork Chop Lowell, most clearly is not.
For KEY 3, an examination of John W. Henry's personal life, visit http://keystothegame.blogspot.com/.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 04:03 PM
This lester beating cancer angle is a great story and I'm thrilled for the guy. Now, does anyone have any confidence that Lester is a decent major league ready pitcher at this point? I don't. I would love to be proven wrong.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 05:22 PM
Sox Lineup: Coco in, Drew out
Lugo 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz D
Ramirez 7
Lowell 5
Youkilis 3
Varitek 2
Crisp 8
Pena 9
My daily lineup bitch: Please stop with the Lugo nonsense and put Youkilis either 1st or 2nd.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 05:25 PM
My daily lineup bitch: Please stop with the Lugo nonsense and put Youkilis either 1st or 2nd.
It's the lefty-righty thing. Youk goes up when Drew plays.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 05:26 PM
Doesn't make it any less retarded.
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ERA=(ER/IP)*9
Posted 14 August 2007 - 05:41 PM
Doesn't make it any less retarded.
Post ASB, Lugo is hitting .339/.372/.455
Could be a SSS, but right now he's not a bad leadoff hitter. And not quite what I'd call retarded.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 05:49 PM
Is that fish pic real? That thing is bigger than the one in the Hemingway story.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 05:59 PM
My daily lineup bitch: Please stop with the Lugo nonsense and put Youkilis either 1st or 2nd.
Post ASB
Youks ops .762
Lugo .825
If you ask me though part of it is Youks batting 5th a lot.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:02 PM
Why are you under the impression this requires daily repetition? We get it.My daily lineup bitch:
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:02 PM
In Baseball America's tools issue, Kazmir is chosen by MLB managers as having the 2nd best slider in the american league, behind only Bonderman.
(Of course, this polling is far from flawless. Best AL defensive shortstop? He does it intangibly!)
(Of course, this polling is far from flawless. Best AL defensive shortstop? He does it intangibly!)
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:04 PM
He caught THAT fish with THAT rod???
Ted encourages more fishing!!!
Go get'm Lester
WIN
The man WAS superhuman!
Go SOX!!!
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:05 PM
And Santiago's got eaten by sharks. Of course he fucked up and admitted rooting for Dimaggio.Is that fish pic real? That thing is bigger than the one in the Hemingway story.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:05 PM
Nice of NESN to show Lester's walk from the bullpen to the dugout. Fenway is already loud.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:09 PM
Please throw strikes. Please.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:09 PM
Okay welcome back is over throw strikes cancer boy
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:11 PM
Someday I didn't know that Jon Lester's name does not contain an H will throw 100 pitches in one inning
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:15 PM
Does anyone have a proxy for the game tonight. I am blacked out in my area of Florida, although they are not showing the game on TV where I live. If anyone has a proxy, I would be thankful.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:17 PM
Lester has a killer hook going so far today.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:18 PM
That's an easy HR at the Toilet. Reason #3414 why the Sox need to win the AL East.
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Posted 14 August 2007 - 06:19 PM
Freddy Sanchez is on fire right now. Doubles in bottom half of 1st
Since the all-star break:
OBP: .394
Slugging: .548
Average: .330
Since the all-star break:
OBP: .394
Slugging: .548
Average: .330
Edited by Bleedred, 14 August 2007 - 06:21 PM.
