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[drtooth]

Someone has to start it (both the thread and the game).

[Foulkey Reese]

Maybe the Rays can get 20 runs today.

[topps148]

With more hope than conviction, I fear, considering what we've seen so far.



Darnell, on the other hand, has been more than alright.

Edited by topps148, 08 September 2010 - 08:08 AM.

[I am an Idiot]

Every time I go to a game, it's friggin' Wakefield.

[MoGator71]

Maybe the Rays can get 20 runs today.

Remember when the Sox did that to TB all the time? I try to console myself with the fact that at least the Sox didn't sink to headhunting like the Rays always did.

[Foulkey Reese]

Every time I go to a game, it's friggin' Wakefield.

At one point from 2005-2007 I saw 5 Wake starts in a row. All losses.

I feel your pain.

[mikeford]

At one point from 2005-2007 I saw 5 Wake starts in a row. All losses.

I feel your pain.

My best friend has one of those 10 game packs you cant get anymore (he's grandfathered in so they still offer it to him yearly), one year, I think it may have been 2006... we seriously got Wakefield at like 7 out of the 10 games.


At least I got to see Dougie go deep.

[Al Zarilla]

Every time I go to a game, it's friggin' Wakefield.

Might be better than watching Dice-K at Oakland on Sunday. At least Wake works fast.

[I am an Idiot]

Look for me on TV. Two rows behind Heidi, wearing a maroon shirt, staring at the blonde.

SoSH thinks I look like Cap'n Tek, I may have a shot.

[judyb]

Lineup from Francona on WEEI:

Reddick, LF
Drew, RF
Martinez, C
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Lowrie, SS
Kalish, CF
Hall, 2B
Anderson, 1B

[Al Zarilla]

Lineup from Francona on WEEI:

Reddick, LF
Drew, RF
Martinez, C
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Lowrie, SS
Kalish, CF
Hall, 2B
Anderson, 1B

Day game? Nope. That's early for a lineup.

[E5 Yaz]

That's early for a lineup.

There's a lot of prep time needed for a wake

[judyb]

Day game? Nope. That's early for a lineup.

They asked him and he just rattled it off.

[The Gray Eagle]

So we're having the wake vs. Tampa?



In Memory of the 2010 Boston Red Sox

God saw you getting injured, and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered “come to me.” With tearful eyes we watched you, and saw you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. But never the fucking Yankees, even though Jeter and Rivera and Posada and Pettitte are a million years old. Assholes.

[E5 Yaz]

Lowrie scratched

Scutaro ss, Drew rf, Martinez c, Ortiz dh, Beltre 3b, Kalish cf, Reddick lf, Hall 2b, Anderson 1b

[mauidano]

A great day for the Wakefield family...Tim starts hitting big incentives in his contract today. He gets $75,000 for making the start today. AND...if he pitches 3 1/3 innings he picks up another $500,000 today!!!! He needs to hit the 130 inning mark for that to kick in so...Timmy will be focused. Regardless of anything else, let Tim fool the Rays today just to make all of us feel a bit better. Mrs. Wakefield will be happy, why shouldn't we?

Edited by mauidano, 08 September 2010 - 02:35 PM.

[mikeford]

So we're having the wake vs. Tampa?



In Memory of the 2010 Boston Red Sox

God saw you getting injured, and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered “come to me.” With tearful eyes we watched you, and saw you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. But never the fucking Yankees, even though Jeter and Rivera and Posada and Pettitte are a million years old. Assholes.

Its not an irish wake without

[strek1]

I estimate the Sox chances of winning tonights game at 3%

[strek1]

A great day for the Wakefield family...Tim starts hitting big incentives in his contract today. He gets $75,000 for making the start today. AND...if he pitches 3 1/3 innings he picks up another $500,000 today!!!! He needs to hit the 130 inning mark for that to kick in so...Timmy will be focused. Regardless of anything else, let Tim fool the Rays today just to make all of us feel a bit better. Mrs. Wakefield will be happy, why shouldn't we?

Tito will probably let him pitch 3-1/3 even if he gives up 10 by then. After all what's the harm?
Good for Tim though, all kidding aside. He's been a gamer for an awful long time.

[fenwaypaul]

[I am an Idiot]

drinking game thread. At the 21st Amend. Whales tale in hand.

[I am an Idiot]

Whales tale #4. I'm starting to warm up to this wakefield idea.

[topps148]

Tito will probably let him pitch 3-1/3 even if he gives up 10 by then. After all what's the harm?
Good for Tim though, all kidding aside. He's been a gamer for an awful long time.

Agreed.

I remember Gil Santos on WBZ talking about how Boston had 'caught lightning in a bottle' with Wakefield, that he was a wonderful human interest story, but that it was time for the Sox to face reality and move on.

I'm pretty sure that was during the 1996 season.

Good call, Gil.

Unrelated thought: how many victories over 200 would Wake be by now if he'd pitched more games to less offensively-challenged battery-mates?

Edited by topps148, 08 September 2010 - 04:58 PM.

[strek1]

Agreed.

I remember Gil Santos on WBZ talking about how Boston had 'caught lightning in a bottle' with Wakefield, that he was a wonderful human interest story, but that it was time for the Sox to face reality and move on.

I'm pretty sure that was during the 1996 season.

Good call, Gil.

Unrelated thought: how many victories over 200 would Wake be by now if he'd pitched more games to less offensively-challenged battery-mates?

Yes, and sadly with all the "What have you done for me lately" fair weather fans the guy gets next to no credit for always being helpful to charities and being constantly visible for any function thanking fans through the years. There aren't a lot of players with his track record in that regard. He seems to appreciate his success.

[topps148]

Yes, and sadly with all the "What have you done for me lately" fair weather fans the guy gets next to no credit for always being helpful to charities and being constantly visible for any function thanking fans through the years. There aren't a lot of players with his track record in that regard. He seems to appreciate his success.

In a lot of ways your last sentence defines the players that I like to root for. Those with a sense of entitlement leave me pretty cold, no matter how much talent they have. Give me the guys that appreciate what they've got and where they are.

Like Darnell.

[ivanvamp]

All I can say is this: The Sox may as well win this game. I mean, why not?

[Rooster Crows]

Lead on Wakes - give it whatever gas you've got left in your tank, and lead the kids to a kick ass win!

[Ferriss Fan]

Every time I go to a game, it's friggin' Wakefield.

I feel your pain, but it could be worse. I made it to seven games last year and saw Brad Penny make four starts. The highlight was clearly the 7/29 mess where he had given up five runs before I could get to my seat.

[SemperFidelisSox]

I don't even care about the playoffs anymore. I just want to see Tampa and New York both go down in flames and suffer horrific injuries along the way. So here's to Matt Garza tearing his labrum in the 1st inning and never pitching again this season.

[AimingForYoko]

I wish we could've given Lackey's run support to Wake.

Or at least not have had Hall in right field.

[gcapalbo]

We were at last night's game and unlike 2/3 of the crowd stayed to the final out.Screw all of it, just win one tonight!

[Domer]

Dave O'Brien just cited baseball-reference.com during his play-by-play duties.

[I am an Idiot]

Red hat. Two pitchers of pumpkinhead each. Off to Heaven...err behind heidi's ass

[AimingForYoko]

Really?

[fenwaypaul]

Hey, no fair! The Rays are trying.

[InsideTheParker]

Not wearing my WhyNotUs T, because I believe that question was answered last night; however, congrats to Wake for getting out of the first without giving up 3 runs, as I had expected.

[Beomoose]

Hey, no fair! The Rays are trying.

Somebody has to

[genivive]

16 users on this thread Sweet Jesus wept

[Beomoose]

Yeah, moron, because one hit in an all-star game would have given Hawpe a fucking multi-year extension. They might even have retired his fucking number right then and there.

[Pearl Wilson]

16 users on this thread Sweet Jesus wept

It's an intimate group for sure.

[bobesox]

16 users on this thread Sweet Jesus wept

Yes he wept because the Sox have a better record than the Rangers. There is no justice in this life, only in the next.

[topps148]

Yes he wept because the Sox have a better record than the Rangers. There is no justice in this life, only in the next.

The way I've (mis)spent mine, I'm hoping for mercy.

[Pandemonium67]

Well, there's the three runs you were expecting, plus one.

I think we're seeing the last of Wake.

[absintheofmalaise]

This is getting better all the time.

[Pearl Wilson]

That didn't take long.

[FenwayFrenzy]

Color me shocked if Wake makes it to 3.1 innings to get his extra $500k.

[genivive]

Good job...Just great

[topps148]

This is getting better all the time.

I'm going for 'bitter.'

[InsideTheParker]

Color me shocked if Wake makes it to 3.1 innings to get his extra $500k.

 




I would be shocked if he doesn't. What I don't get is the whole Scutaro scenario. Why is he playing at all? 

[bobesox]

That didn't take long.

Is the streak over?