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[Rasputin]

Rudyard Kipling said that if you could fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run you'd be a man.

Beats the fuck out of being a Lugo.

Go Sox.

[luckysox]

If we're gonna play another game, we may as well win.

Edited by luckysox, 28 September 2010 - 06:37 AM.

[Flynn4ever]

To cross this Bridge of Death, we must answer these questions three

Can Lackey Pitch?
Can the kids hit?
Can the Yankees buckle?

We only need 3 wins (five sir) 5 wins and an epic Yankee failure.

Unlikely but fun to think about.

edit: too tired to embed the pic.

Edited by Flynn4ever, 28 September 2010 - 08:50 AM.

[mikeford]

Lugo sucks. Fuck Sabathia.

[topps148]

To cross this Bridge of Death, we must answer these questions three

Can Lackey Pitch?
Can the kids hit?
Can the Yankees buckle?

We only need 3 wins (five sir) 5 wins and an epic Yankee failure.

Unlikely but fun to think about.

edit: too tired to embed the pic.

My pleasure.

[bosockboy]

Live another day and the noose tightens a bit. One more day.

[Foulkey Reese]

Die in a fire Papelbon.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Lackey is fast running out of starts in which to make his dramatic late-season comeback to league average.

[Rasputin]

To cross this Bridge of Death, we must answer these questions three

Can Lackey Pitch?
Can the kids hit?
Can the Yankees buckle?

We only need 3 wins (five sir) 5 wins and an epic Yankee failure.

Unlikely but fun to think about.

edit: too tired to embed the pic.

Now WTF am I going to do for tomorrow's thread?

[E5 Yaz]

Now WTF am I going to do for tomorrow's thread?

Whatever you do, don't go to Camelot. It's a silly place

[Sprowl]

Now WTF am I going to do for tomorrow's thread?

There's always a coconut soundtrack, or in a change of pace suitable for playing out the string or drawing your terminal breath:

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

Die in a fire Papelbon.

It's all about Papelbon maximizing his burning potential.

[doc]

It's all about Papelbon maximizing his burning potential.

What else burns besides Papelbons and witches?

[BucketOBalls]

What else burns besides Papelbons and witches?

Kerry Wood? Unfortunately he was pretty much charcoal by the time he got traded, so he hasn't made fire as well since.

Edited by BucketOBalls, 28 September 2010 - 02:36 PM.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

What else burns besides Papelbons and witches?

A duck? No! A swallow! No, no--LUGOS!

[Ryo Sen]

This lineup makes me die a little inside.

Patterson CF
Drew RF
Martinez 1B
Ortiz DH
Beltre 3B
Lowrie SS
Reddick LF
Varitek C
Lopez 2B

Rob Bradfor'ds twitter

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Looks like Dr. Kevorkian helped Tito with the lineup card.

[Buzzkill Pauley]

[edit:] Ahhh...nevermind.

Like the lineup, there's not even any humor value.

Edited by Buzzkill Pauley, 28 September 2010 - 04:48 PM.

[InsideTheParker]

Hall was just saying that 2nd was his fave position. Guess Francona doesn't read the Globe. Are they playing this guy Lopez to make the draft-pick or whatever they are going to get for him less transparent?

[mikeford]

Eric Patterson still gets to play? Really?

[judyb]

Patterson in CF? I thought we were done with that.

[TheoShmeo]

That line-up is Tito's way of saying "the damn Yankees aren't going to tell us when we've been eliminated...we'll tell them, thank you very much!"

[Brianish]

Lopez trying his damnedest not to say 'because it was likely to get me the best offseason deal'.

[BucketOBalls]

Patterson in CF? I thought we were done with that.

The fact that he's hitting leadoff gets me more. Really? Eric-Replacement-Level-Player-Patterson? If your gonna experiment, I'd have tried Lowrie.

[judyb]

The fact that he's hitting leadoff gets me more. Really? Eric-Replacement-Level-Player-Patterson? If your gonna experiment, I'd have tried Lowrie.

Not that I'd pick him to lead off, either, but remember how we used to complain that Ellsbury really wasn't that good playing CF last year? That was so quaint.

[SemperFidelisSox]

I'm giving Lackey and this lineup three innings and then I'm flipping to the Ken Burns documentary.

[InsideTheParker]

I'm giving Lackey and this lineup three innings and then I'm flipping to the Ken Burns documentary.

I am taping it upstairs while I watch Lackey transform himself into the pitcher of our dreams and the very clever and speedy E. Pat work a leadoff walk.

[patinorange]

This lineup makes me die a little inside.

Patterson CF
Drew RF
Martinez 1B
Ortiz DH
Beltre 3B
Lowrie SS
Reddick LF
Varitek C
Lopez 2B

Rob Bradfor'ds twitter

Kalish and Dmac need to rest for the all important Yankee series this weekend.

[luckysox]

Drewfail

[InsideTheParker]

Figures seem to show Drew doesn't hit into more dps than anyone else. I hate numbers, as they completely contradict my memories.

[judyb]

Figures seem to show Drew doesn't hit into more dps than anyone else. I hate numbers, as they completely contradict my memories.

In case anyone's curious:
Beltre-25
Martinez-17
Scutaro-13
Ortiz-11
Drew-10, so 11 now
Lowell-9, in 70 games

[Sprowl]

John Lackey has the slackest jaw in baseball. It must be the weight of the wattle.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Figures seem to show Drew doesn't hit into more dps than anyone else. I hate numbers, as they completely contradict my memories.

Repetition effect. They're all 4-6-3's on pitches on the outer half of the plate.

[topps148]

If memory is good, Lackey just used more pitches in the first than DM and Buchholz combined in the last two games.

Edit: brain cramp

Edited by topps148, 28 September 2010 - 07:33 PM.

[nvalvo]

I guess Beltre's double play numbers point out the similarity of his offensive style to a certain hard-swinging Red Sox outfielder of my 1980s childhood.

[rundugrun]

I'm gonna miss ole rib-breaker... He's fun to watch.

[InsideTheParker]

Wonder why Beltre couldn't hit in the Bronx.

[Sprowl]

Dividend time!

[BucketOBalls]

Dividend time!

From the farm investment?

[rundugrun]

who is that guy wearing #33?

[Sprowl]

Is this Tek's farewell tour? Or does he come back in 2011 as bullpen coach and part-time player?

[nvalvo]

Dividend time!

It's good to see that the stockbrokers joke outlived Bay's move closer to Wall St.

[Pearl Wilson]

Thanks for the reminder about The 10th Inning being on. I'll record the 10 PM show.

Can anything be more exciting than the dawn of the Felipe Lopez era?

[foulkehampshire]

Jason Veritek: The gift that keeps on giving...outs.

[Buzzkill Pauley]

It's F-Lop's time, ba-bee!!!!

[BucketOBalls]

Is this Tek's farewell tour? Or does he come back in 2011 as bullpen coach and part-time player?

Can he coach third?

I think that is a joke.

[Pearl Wilson]

Awesome debut.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

Is this Tek's farewell tour? Or does he come back in 2011 as bullpen coach and part-time player?

The only time I want to see him with a bat in his hand next year is during Round 2 with ARod.

[rundugrun]

I guess this lineup makes sense... Scutaro hasn't been hot at the plate recently. Might as well give him a day off. /sarcasm

Edited by rundugrun, 28 September 2010 - 07:47 PM.

[Buzzkill Pauley]

Awesome debut.

That's our F-Lop for you!