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[drtooth]

Again, because someone has to start the thread.

[topps148]

From a Western Mass proto Red Sox fan (you're a proto-fan if the object of your fandom doesn't even come into being until you've been dead for fifteen years):

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

[went9]

Rays on the road throw Shields, Davis, and Niemann (all have struggled lately) vs Cecil, Romero, and Marcum (all have pitched well at home for the spoiler Jays)
Jays sweep.... Sox sweep.
Monday morning...4 back in the WC loss column with 19 games to play...we fly to Seattle and the Rays fly into the toilet to face the pinstripes.

I have a dream......

[Andrew]

LET US MAKE THIS HAPPEN

[exGloucester]

Clay can steal my laptop if he wins this game.

[InsideTheParker]

From a Western Mass proto Red Sox fan (you're a proto-fan if the object of your fandom doesn't even come into being until you've been dead for fifteen years):

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

[Andrew]

I bet you live in Emily Dickinson's neighborhood.

[InsideTheParker]

I bet you live in Emily Dickinson's neighborhood.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, and after finishing their dinner they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.

"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." "I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes" exclaims Watson. "And what do you deduce from that?" Watson ponders for a minute. "Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?" "Watson, you idiot!" he exclaims, "Somebody's stolen our tent!"

[Sille Skrub]

I think I will go to this game tonight.

[86spike]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

[scratches balls]

what?

[Sprowl]

I think I will go to this game tonight.

Give my regards to the Berkeley Hills.

The last time I was in Alameda County Coliseum, Mark McGwire hit a ball off the Budweiser sign over left field and Rob Murphy's Red Sox career finally ground to a halt.

There Is No Such Thing as a Rubber Arm.

[Sprowl]

15-6 vs 15-6 should be quite a pitching matchup, but Trevor Cahill has a -1.50 ERA-FIP, lowest of any starter in baseball, along with an opponents' BABIP of .224. He's been lucky, damned lucky. He'll feel the irresistible pull of the mean.

Second luckiest?

Spoiler

Clay Buchholz: -1.36 ERA-FIP. Buchholz's BABIP is higher, at .263; but his HR/FB is a very lucky 5.9%.

It will probably be a 14-9 game. The Red Sox win.

[foulkehampshire]

Spoiler

Clay Buchholz: -1.36 ERA-FIP. Buchholz's BABIP is higher, at .263; but his HR/FB is a very lucky 5.9%.

It will probably be a 14-9 game. The Red Sox win.

Coco Crisp has the highest SLG% in Oakland's lineup. It would be shameful and disgraceful if they scored that many runs.

[SemperFidelisSox]

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

[Sprowl]

That's a whole lotta lefties in the Red Sox lineup.

Cahill's 2010 OPS splits: .629 vs LHB; .565 vs. RHB.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Still over an hour before this game starts? A man can only furiously masturbate for so long.

[budcrew08]

I like that tito is putting in the young guys. In the rays series, he used the young guy lineup for the two wins and the old guy one (lowell etc) for the loss. I say keep using the young ones down the stretch.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Is McDonald considered a young guy or an old guy?

[judyb]

Is McDonald considered a young guy or an old guy?

On this team right now? Lowrie could already be considered one of the old guys.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

On this team right now? Lowrie could already be considered one of the old guys.

I know. That's why, other than Lowell, I'm trying to figure out which is the old guy lineup.

[mauidano]

I like that tito is putting in the young guys. In the rays series, he used the young guy lineup for the two wins and the old guy one (lowell etc) for the loss. I say keep using the young ones down the stretch.

What the hell, why not? Let's have some fun with this and see what we got. No pressure anymore; all in, let it ride.

[bean8282]

Jose Bautista is insane. Beat Oakland.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Jose Bautista is insane. Beat Oakland.

Is insane another word for juiced? I'm behind on my slang.

[bean8282]

Is insane another word for juiced? I'm behind on my slang.

Not that I know of, yet, it is hard to believe that he has naturally played "out of his mind" this season.

[Rooster Crows]

Fight the good fight, lads - until you're out, you're in. Kick ass and beat these bozos.

GO SOX - WIN TONIGHT!

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Somewhere, in a Turkish bath, Brady Anderson is smiling.

[mauidano]

Well Toronto just threw away the ball in a tie game against TB in the top of the ninth. 9-9, TB. WTF?

[bean8282]

Does anyone know of a link to a stream of the game tonight? Myp2p and atdhe.net don't seem promising tonight. Thanks in advance.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Kevin Gregg makes Papelbon look like Rivera

[LynnRice75]

Sigh. 2 walks and an error give the Rays a 1 run lead going to the bottom of the ninth. Would love a Jays comeback.

[mauidano]

I'm "stuck" here in Hawaii with no game on MLB TV or on mlb.com at all because Oakland is considered "viewing" area. Really. I'll be "enjoying" Gamecast and the melodic tones of Joe Castiglione and Dave O'Brien.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

It must suck to be in Hawaii

[foulkehampshire]

Damn you Coco.

[mauidano]

Rafael Soriano is having a monster year for TB. 42 saves. Fuck him and TB just because.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Damn. Can't help but like Crisp, though.

[Pearl Wilson]

Did you SEE that catch Coco made?!

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Did you SEE that catch Coco made?!

Happy flashback of great outfield play

[Cokes311]

That guy Crisp... what an asshole!

[foulkehampshire]

Damn. Can't help but like Crisp, though.

Except that he could barely hit his weight in Boston.

[AimingForYoko]

That was quick.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Three runners and two runs in ten pitches. Very efficient.

[patinorange]

Great start.

[Back Bay]

ahaha Suzuki again. what an asshole

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Except that he could barely hit his weight in Boston.

Eh. He is who he is. The fact that he wasn't Johnny Damon was hardly his fault.

[pat3734]

Dear Clay,
Please adjust to Pacific time. And get your head out of your ass.

2-0 A's no outs.

Christ.














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Edited by pat3734, 10 September 2010 - 09:22 PM.

[mauidano]

I am beginning to dislike our local hometown kid, Kurt Suzuki. He hates the Sox.

[Sprowl]

This does not look good. In fact, it looks very, very bad.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

At least that embedded Sox knows his job.

[AimingForYoko]

A bunt? jesus.

[patinorange]

At least that embedded Sox knows his job.

It really hasn't gone too well for Jeremy.