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[MartyBarrettMVP]

Great inning so far...

[Sprowl]

Isn't Lowell really the only guy in the infield with below average range?

I think that Youkilis, Gonzalez and even Pedroia have only average range -- their gold-glove worthy fielding skills come in other dimension: turning the double play, digging out errant throws, and the intelligence and diamond awareness to make the throw to the right base at the right time more often than most of their peers in the major leagues.

[aksoxfan]

Hmmm 1 hitter with 5 k's?
Return of the offensive funk?

[Sprowl]

Curse Al Michaels.

First he starts calling Roethlisburger Ben and now this. His name is Luke Nagheenanajar. It's not that hard: Na-ghee-na-na-jar. Nagheenanajar.

This is a different Luke. That one was sent to the Dagoba system.

[SMU_Sox]

I'm curious...

Do y'all think that because Texas is toast (no pun intended) and the Yankees are winning the division the Sox are more lackadaisical?

Edit: the pun is Texas Toast (I'm posting that because until I came down here I didn't know there was such a thing - sorry!)

Edited by johnlimberakis, 23 September 2009 - 08:18 PM.

[FenwayFrenzy]

Is it July again? WTF.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Tito told them they weren't facing Greinke again tonight, right?

[NomarRS05]

Good thing the team decided to lock up the wild card before putting on this shit show.

[Harry Agganis]

Well tomorrow they are recalling an aa guy that hasn't pitched in like 10 days

[Reggie's Racquet]

Road offense = Road kill

[RIrooter09]

I think that Youkilis, Gonzalez and even Pedroia have only average range -- their gold-glove worthy fielding skills come in other dimension: turning the double play, digging out errant throws, and the intelligence and diamond awareness to make the throw to the right base at the right time more often than most of their peers in the major leagues.

They do have UZR/150's of 8.7, 6.7, and 10.9 this year respectively.

[rundugrun]

We're playing the Royals, right? If we cannot beat this team with Beckett pitching...

[martybarrettoverdrive]

We're playing the Royals, right? If we cannot beat this team with Beckett pitching...

Well you know, it's a different animal and uh....allright I'll pipe down.

[SMU_Sox]

Maybe this will wake up the offense! I mean the boston offense.

[Harry Agganis]

Well this sucks a lot

[RIrooter09]

Jesus Yuniesky fucking Bettancourt? Quite possibly the worst everyday player in baseball?

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

cookie.

[FenwayFrenzy]

Betancourt, making himself look like Frank Catalanotto

Edited by FenwayFrenzy, 23 September 2009 - 08:26 PM.

[MartyBarrettMVP]

Yuniesky Betancourt? REALLY?!

[MartyBarrettMVP]

Fan fucking tastic

[Harry Agganis]

Fucking Floodgates

[NomarRS05]

God dammit. He's getting hit pretty hard this inning. What a shitty series.

[youkwalks]

I was afraid the Sox would over look this series, but not like this.

[radsoxfan]

Ellsbury looks like hes saving it up for the playoffs. Seemed like he could have made a dive for that ball.

[Sprowl]

Betancourt continues to kill Beckett and the Red Sox. He reasserts his place on the lead pipe list.

They do have UZR/150's of 8.7, 6.7, and 10.9 this year respectively.

Would you trust UZR numbers' assignment of zone more than your eyes? I think that for short-term fielding evaluations, your eyes tell you more than any of the zone-based fielding metrics. There's a good reason why people don't like to use less than 3 years' UZR data in arriving at an assessment of a fielder's quality -- there's just too much indirectness and subjectivity built into the data.

Of course, you may say your eyes tell you the same thing as UZR... in which case, go for it.

[Harry Agganis]

Victor's Fault

[Frisbetarian]

Did Jacoby let up on that ball? Was there some confusion with he and Drew?

Looked like a catchable ball.

[kieckeredinthehead]

Beckett sporting a slick 2.7 WHIP this evening.

[bosockboy]

That 10-1 debacle in Baltimore sent them on a month or more offensive tailspin; there's no way of quantifying it but there has to be a residual effect of massive gut punch losses like that. Monday night was certainly a mammoth shot to the gut...and we're seeing the offense go into the fetal position again.

[InsideTheParker]

I am not happy with BEckett. Are we going to lose this series almost everyone thought was going to be a nice cruise at the end of the season?

[Sprowl]

Well you know, it's a different animal and uh....allright I'll pipe down.

Speciesist

[MartyBarrettMVP]

Wait?! Are catchers allowed to do that?!

[PeaceSignMoose]

First man gunned down at second in 2009?

[Harry Agganis]

We're now well set up for a comebacker.

And we cut down runners

[NomarRS05]

He's having trouble putting hitters away. Another long AB here.

[mauidano]

Byrd-esque inning.

[NomarRS05]

Alright, I know the Royals are playing well and all, but this is pretty god damn worrisome to see from Beckett. Four fucking hits this inning? Two tonight by Maier?

[Buddy Rabbit]

Wow . . . I thought Beckett turned the corner on this shit. KC is all OVER him.

[BucketOBalls]

Lester, Buchholz, Beckett in the playoffs?

[Manramsclan]

To me, it looks like Beckett is having trouble locating. He's not hitting Victor's target at all. That last ball ran up and out over the plate.

[Harry Agganis]

How long and who

[bosockboy]

Tek will be starting in Game 1....book it.

[SemperFidelisSox]

Maybe making Lester the #1 starter in the division series will light a fire under Beckett's ass.

[Buddy Rabbit]

Man that pitch had movement . . .

[MartyBarrettMVP]

Tek will be starting in Game 1....book it.

So he's pitching like shit cuz of Martinez?

[EP Sox Fan]

Looking at Gameday, it seems that he's throwing all fastballs and cutters. Wonder what's up with the curve / change

[bosockboy]

So he's pitching like shit cuz of Martinez?

Who knows....but the gap in the splits is widening exponentially.

[mauidano]

Lester, Buchholz, Beckett in the playoffs?

No reason to panic...Josh gets two more starts before the end of the season. Two runs this inning is not insurmountable. Hopefully sooner than later we can hit the MF ball again!

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

He just tied his career high for IP. Looks like a little rest might be in order before the playoffs start.

[NomarRS05]

Jesus, finally. What the fuck is wrong with him?