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[ngruz25]

Nice catch Jacoby.

[tailwind]

Lowrie has a nice-looking swing.

[mabrowndog]

Casey singles up the middle, advances to 2nd on a passed ball, then to 3B on a Lowrie ground-out.

Casey scores on Moss's line-out to right. Kemp had to run in and dive for it, and the sloth-like Casey beat the bouncing throw home (which got away from Martin anyway).

1-0 Sox

Edited by mabrowndog, 06 March 2008 - 01:40 PM.

[tailwind]

OMG Jacoby is so hot!

[JimBoSox9]

Welcome back, Tacoby

[mabrowndog]

Jacoby just clocked that one to the RF-CF gap. Bounces over the wall for a GR-double. Mirabelli, who was HBP, would have scored but was sent back to 3rd.

[TheoShmeo]

ESPN splooging all over Jacoby AND giving Crisp's defense equal time.

[mabrowndog]

Pedroia clubs a shot to the LF-CF gap to plate both runners.

3-0, Sox

[mabrowndog]

Dustin heads to 3rd on a wild pitch with Papi up.

And the Derek Lowe Face makes its first appearance...

He's up to 41 pitches already.

Tiffee makes a great play on a shot by Papi to save a run and end the inning.

Edited by mabrowndog, 06 March 2008 - 01:45 PM.

[SpinnersRock]

God, I love the top of this lineup.

[templeUsox]

Gee, sounds like it sucks to be in Dodger-land.

[TomRicardo]

TAKE THAT, TOMRICARDO!

Nice diving grab by Ellsbury, ranging deep and to his left on a hard-hit liner. Not a Coco-esque catch, but still pretty sweet.

Nice try robotard.

Edited by TomRicardo, 06 March 2008 - 01:53 PM.

[templeUsox]

I guess Lowrie is living up to the reputation that one scout placed on him last year when he said, "He does one thing at SS every game that annoys me."

[SawxSince67]

I guess Lowrie is living up to the reputation that one scout placed on him last year when he said, "He does one thing at SS every game that annoys me."

Yeah, DP's throw looked toward the bag.

Good Timmeh today...K and a flyout get him out of it.

[tailwind]

The bats are looking pretty good so far.

Manny walks, Carter comes on to pinch run, Lowell lines a single to left, and Casey smokes a ball off the wall in right-center to score Carter.

[mabrowndog]

And DLowe's done for the day, though he was yanked by Honeycutt instead of Torre.

[mabrowndog]

Timlin on for the 4th

Wake's line: 3 IP, 1 H, 3 K, 2 BB, 0 R

And Matt Kemp greets Timlin with a shot over the LF fence. He left a fastball slightly inside on the plate, right in his wheelhouse.

Edited by mabrowndog, 06 March 2008 - 02:15 PM.

[BoSox Rule]

Timlins in midseason form.

[templeUsox]

He was too smiley after losses? Are you kidding me?

[mabrowndog]

Never too early to scoreboard watch (or enjoy a little schadenfreude)...

Reds leads the MFY 6-0 in the 4th. All the runs came off Wang (6 H, 2 BB, 0 K), who didn't get out of the 1st inning. The MFY offense has 2 hits, both by Damon.

Edited by mabrowndog, 06 March 2008 - 02:30 PM.

[Jack Sox]

I guess Lowrie is living up to the reputation that one scout placed on him last year when he said, "He does one thing at SS every game that annoys me."

I know this is just one photo but when I saw it, I immediately thought of that scouts quote.

[Foulkey Reese]

Never too early to scoreboard watch (or gloat)...

Reds leads the MFY 6-0 in the 4th. All the runs came off Wang (6 H, 2 BB, 0 K), who didn't get out of the 1st inning. The MFY offense has 2 hits, both by Damon.

Combine his 2007 post season with this performance today...and Wang is a pretty terrible pitcher

/nyyfans

Edited by Foulkey Reese, 06 March 2008 - 02:30 PM.

[Jack Sox]

I can't really put my finger on it, but he just looks awkward. Might be his feet.

[mabrowndog]

David Aardsma on to pitch

[Steve Dillard]

Wow,
that's my intro to Lowrie at short.
A bobbled grounder and two high throws on doubleplays.

Yikes.

[Jack Sox]

His feet do look awkward, as you'd expect him to be more perpendicular to his target, but you have to remember that that photo was taken well into the follow through. We can't really judge from the photo how far the ball is to its target.

Oh I agree. As I said, it's a picture and it really doesn't tell the whole story, I just remember thinking about that quote after I saw it.

[Foulkey Reese]

Wait, the Red Sox think who is going to be in the Top 10 relievers in baseball?

Who were they speaking of?

[templeUsox]

In the picture you posted there is nothing awkward. I'm not sure why you chose that as an example.

[curly2]

Who were they speaking of?

Delcarmen. They were talking about how great he looks this spring.

[Foulkey Reese]

Delcarmen. They were talking about how great he looks this spring.

Thanks....they may very well be right actually. His stuff is just awesome when he can harness it.

[Jack Sox]

In the picture you posted there is nothing awkward. I'm not sure why you chose that as an example.

You're probably right, but that was the first thing to come to mind.

[Kevin Youkulele]

Aardsma allows one hit in his second inning of work. Watching on sopcast so it's hard to say much, but it looked like some of the pitches were pretty hittable.

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

The most awkward thing about Lowrie from that pic is the white man overbite.

[mabrowndog]

Aardsma allows one hit in his second inning of work. Watching on sopcast so it's hard to say much, but it looked like some of the pitches were pretty hittable.

He didn't really keep the ball down in the zone. Left a lot of pitches up. That DP ball bailed him out in the 5th.

[Kevin Youkulele]

Lowrie and Moss line out to the middle infielders, and SWHB gets a walk after getting repeatedly buzzed inside. Ellsbury grounds out weakly to first.