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[Foulkey Reese]

Tito fucking owns Scioscia and it's not even close.

Sweep these fucks.

[bosockboy]

The pic cuts it off, but behind Scioscia Tito is dry humping him and yelling "Sacrifice This!"

[Dionysus]

It has to be incredibly disheartening to be the Angels right now. You just got fucked by the Sox on the nights when their 4th and 6th Starters were pitching against two of your best. You got fucked by the Sox on games when some of their best position players were unavailable.

All you know is that, come October, you are certainly going to be facing the Sox again - and it won't be Paul Byrd on the hill. It can't feel good. It has to sting a little and, frankly, if it wasn't the Sox involved, I might feel sorry for you. But I don't.

Sweep these fuckers. Put the fear of Josh into them.

Break their hearts.

[ilol@u]

i lol @ scioscia

[mikeford]

[MidnightC]

I'll be at this game, my first trip to Fenway in way, way too long. I'd like to see a win, please. Send the Angels home begging for mercy.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Again, it is bad luck for today's game thread to be below yesterday's game thread.
So we finally get to the game in this series where the pitching matchup is in the Sox' favor. And who woulda thunk it that the Sox won both previous games? Especially last night. I mean, seriously? Its like they watched the Patriots on Monday and said, "Oh yeah? We'll show you pullin' a win out of your ass."
But anyway, now we are, as I said, to the matchup that should actually favor of the Sox. Beckett is coming off a solid start. Although it was only five innings, and while its not guaranteed that innings six and/or seven etc. wouldn't have been any different had the rain not stopped the game, I'm pretty confident that Beckett is back.
Still, the last two nights not withstanding, this is the friggin' Angels. And I think they're gonna play tomorrow kinda pissed. Who wouldn't? Green probably struck out twice in that at bat. I'm not such a blind homer not to see that. That game has to hurt, it has to stick in their craw, and it has to really, really, piss them off.
That could work against them, though, like the Cardinals in '85 after the blown call in game 6. But I doubt that. I'm pretty sure Scioscia will get his team to channel the anger and frustration the right way. I know praising him isn't popular around here, but I still think he's one of the best managers in the game. If Tito ever left I'd hope they at least look into prying him away from the Angels.
(ducks)
So thankfully its still gonna be Beckett they have to deal with, against Santana, whose star just ain't that bright anymore. He's still okay, but nowhere close to as good as was touted to be a few years ago. Plus he's not gonna get the weaker lineup that Lackey and Saunders got, now that Vic will be back. Maybe Youk as well. Still Varitek with Becket pitching unfortunately. I'd rather see Kotchman play first and Vic behind the plate if Youk is sitting again, but some things you just have to accept.
Anyway, I think Beckett will be good for seven innings, two to three runs. I would say eight, but like I said, this is the friggin Angels. You don't even crack their batting order in the ninth spot unless you hit .285. Still, I'm confident Becket can mange to get to the seventh, and probably through it in good fashion.
Santana, on the other hand, won't be so lucky. I see him going five plus, four runs. Our bullpen holds, and the Angels go back home to fume about this series till we meet them in October.

Edited by Kilgore A. Trout, 17 September 2009 - 09:46 AM.

[OhBabyDontOrtizMe]

[Dionysus]

Let's keep this gamethread on top, ok? Like everyone said... its bad voodoo for it to be on the bottom.

Another thing on sweeping the Angels, it may not be very scientific, but I want them afraid. I want them wound up and tight going into our ALDS matchup. Plus, every loss they suffer now forces them to play more meaningful games down the stretch (assuming the Rangers ever win another game). That means less rested players and - dare I dream? - a rotation that isn't aligned. Go get them, Josh.

[rembrat]

I'm waiting for Mike Scioscia to break down and declare the Red Sox his daddy. Preferably with John Lackey sobbing into his man tits.

[Wade Boggs Hair]

Afterward, closer Brian Fuentes claimed the Red Sox get calls from umpires at Fenway because the umps are afraid, and that players on his team and on others agreed with him. "It seems like some times, especially here and some other places, some guys are timid to make a call," Fuentes said. "It just seems like that’s the way it is. At Fenway. You hear it time and time again from other guys. The same thing happens when they come through. It’s something you have to live with. It’s either human mistake, or they’re scared. It’s one of the two."

http://www.boston.co...as/extra_bases/

lol boo hoo

[86spike]

Josh Fucking Beckett

[Foulkey Reese]

http://www.boston.co...as/extra_bases/

lol boo hoo

Says the guy who let Jed Lowrie, Nick Green, and Alex Gonzalez beat him.

lol boo hoo indeed.

[D Jack's Dome]

http://www.boston.co...as/extra_bases/

lol boo hoo

lol @ fuentes

[24JoshuaPoint]

One close call in the Red Sox favor and Scioscia is going to pull one of those scenes where he pulls second base out of the ground and pretends to throw fake hand grenades at the umpires. It could be epic! I hope he pulls out the fake machine gun too and maybe a fake rocket launcher or something. That would be totally cool.

[Bellhorn]

Its like they watched the Patriots on Monday and said, "Oh yeah? We'll show you pullin' a win out of your ass."

Yeah, I almost feel a little guilty being a New England sports fan this week. Almost.

[OhBabyDontOrtizMe]

One close call in the Red Sox favor and Scioscia is going to pull one of those scenes where he pulls second base out of the ground and pretends to throw fake hand grenades at the umpires. It could be epic! I hope he pulls out the fake machine gun too and maybe a fake rocket launcher or something. That would be totally cool.

Or pretends to do this? I'd love to see his ninja moves.



Edit: Dead animated Scioscia!

Edited by OhBabyDontOrtizMe, 17 September 2009 - 10:55 AM.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Or pretends to do this? I'd love to see his ninja moves.

That. That is fucked up. Who the hell confronts a burglar with a ninja sword? And what burglar charges at a man with a ninja sword?

[gixer1k]

It's the guy that says in his Crocodile Dundee voice, "That's not a knife......this is a knife!"

[Wade Boggs Hair]

That. That is fucked up. Who the hell confronts a burglar with a ninja sword? And what burglar charges at a man with a ninja sword?

You've obviously never been an undergraduate at THE Johns Hopkins University.

[rajendra82]

The student had to be pretty adept at using the sword too, since he nearly decapitated the burglar with it.

By the way, the only thing Scoscia is capable of doing with a ninja sword is harakiri.

Edited by rajendra82, 17 September 2009 - 11:36 AM.

[Brianish]

Fuentes bitching cracked me up.

It couldn't possibly be that you left everything high and when you finally threw a low strike the ump was fooled.

Nah.

[luckysox]

I'm repeating what I said in last night's thread: there is something special about ths season.

Keep it coing, Josh.

[C4CRVT]

I'm assuming that today's lineup will still include Tek (and Vic) with Youks still out? Or will he rest Tek and get Kotchman into consecutive games. Hmmmmm.

Which of Beckett's games has Vic caught?

[C4CRVT]

Here's the bat vs pitch for the RS hitters against Santana:

espn link

According to this chart, Tek should really be sitting this one out. 0fer 11 with one walk and 4k.

Ellsbury on the other hand is "due"

[mikeford]

I'm assuming that today's lineup will still include Tek (and Vic) with Youks still out? Or will he rest Tek and get Kotchman into consecutive games. Hmmmmm.

Which of Beckett's games has Vic caught?

This debacle

[rajendra82]

I'm assuming that today's lineup will still include Tek (and Vic) with Youks still out? Or will he rest Tek and get Kotchman into consecutive games. Hmmmmm.

Which of Beckett's games has Vic caught?

This stinker:

Bos 10: Tor 9

[rajendra82]

You learn something every day. If Wikipedia is to be believed, Mike Scioscia's nickname is Sosh. That explains how the Angles always screw up against us while following his every signal.

Edited by rajendra82, 17 September 2009 - 12:18 PM.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

You've obviously never been an undergraduate at THE Johns Hopkins University.

This is true. However, its Baltimore- I wouldn't confront a criminal in that city with anything less than a semi- automatic.

[rajendra82]

This is true. However, its Baltimore- I wouldn't confront a criminal in that city with anything less than a semi- automatic.

Don't you know that true ninjas can slice those bullets in half with their katana.

[Myt1]

Ninja don't use katanas.

[rajendra82]

OK, Ninjatō then. But still better than a semi-automatic.

[Sprowl]

Don't you know that true ninjas can slice those bullets in half with their katana.

It's a lot easier just to deflect the bullets with your light-sabre.

[Foulkey Reese]

It's a lot easier just to deflect the bullets with your light-sabre.

Wouldn't they just melt the bullets?

[Mystic Merlin]

Wouldn't they just melt the bullets?

I'm thinking more along the lines of 'incinerate'.

[foulkehampshire]

Ninja don't use katanas.

My ninja does. And he has 76 hitpoints. Not to mention that vorpal wakizashi...

[nvalvo]

http://www.boston.co...as/extra_bases/

lol boo hoo

Isn't it more likely that the umps were pissed off at Scioscia's antics following the blown check-swing call?

[TeddyBallgame9]

Fuentes bitching cracked me up.

It couldn't possibly be that you left everything high and when you finally threw a low strike the ump was fooled.

Nah.

My Angel-fan friends out here started calling him F.U. Entes. In April. They fucking hate this guy, evidently with good reason!

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Don't you know that true ninjas can slice those bullets in half with their katana.

So, you're assuming the kid with the sword was a ninja who's studying to be a optometrist or something?

Oh, and Fuentes- all that bitching about the umps not calling a straight game is really gonna help you next time out with your strike zone.
Stay classy Fuentes. Stay classy.

[Dick Pole Upside]

The Sox owned Fuentes in the '07 WS, and he let Moe, Larry, and Curly beat him last night. Then he goes all Jeter on us with the Aura and Mystique excuse. How he could come out and demonstrate that the Sox are in his head is beyond me as the closer. He's toast.

Pathetic.

Finish them.

[BucketOBalls]

Big game for Beckett. If we get "good Beckett" again, I think we can say he has turned the corner(again?).

That would be nice.

[mikeford]

My ninja does. And he has 76 hitpoints. Not to mention that vorpal wakizashi...

NERD

[bosox188]

I've had a shit day of classes and I'm angry. Humiliate them.

[NomarRS05]

The Angels never STFU, do they? Whether it's Garrett Anderson, John Lackey or Brian Fuentes, they seem to be pretty sore losers. It really makes me want to see them suffer a sweep at our hands in the ALDS.

[foulkehampshire]

NERD

At least I don't hate 10% of the world's population.

[The Hit Dog]

so like... hit it to Juan Rivera...

[mikeford]

At least I don't hate 10% of the world's population.

if that's a shot at me you grossly underestimate my level of contempt and hatred for humanity. i'd go as high as 99.9%.

[foulkehampshire]

if that's a shot at me you grossly underestimate my level of contempt and hatred for humanity. i'd go as high as 99.9%.

Touche.

Anyways, win it for SemperFidelisSox's sister, at your own risk...

[doc]

So, you're assuming the kid with the sword was a ninja who's studying to be a optometrist or something?

Oh, and Fuentes- all that bitching about the umps not calling a straight game is really gonna help you next time out with your strike zone.
Stay classy Fuentes. Stay classy.

samurai proctologist

[FenwayFrenzy]

You've obviously never been an undergraduate at THE Johns Hopkins University.

Thank you for remembering the "THE" of my alma mater. It pisses me off to no end when people say "John Hopkins".