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[Brianish]

We're sticking with the newer Westerns tonight.

Jon Lester is pitching.



The part of gamethread Jon Lester will be played by Ben Wade.



He's smart. He's tough. He'll beat you tricky, he'll beat you hard, he'll just beat you. And I have it on good authority that the ladies love them both.



So the strikes are coming. The hits are coming. The runs are coming. The Sox are coming.

Win the goddamn game.

[Brianish]

And that would make A.J. Burnett this piddling little asshole:

Edited by Brianish, 31 August 2011 - 11:22 PM.

[LeoCarrillo]

Okay, Brianish. Have it your way.



You tell 'em Lester's coming, and hell's coming with him.

Edited by LeoCarrillo, 31 August 2011 - 11:55 PM.

[JohnnyTheBone]

You tell 'em Lester's coming, and hell's coming with him.

Awwwww yeahhh!

[Sampo Gida]

You tell 'em Lester's coming, and hell's coming with him.

Yankees calling up Jesus, and we know what happened last time.

I can't imagine AJ getting past 3 innings, even with divine intervention.

[LeoCarrillo]

Yankees calling up Jesus.

(Sorry to over-Lebowski, but it was teed up.)

Eight-year-olds, dude.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Eight-year-olds, dude.

Is this the face of a pederast, Walter?

[SemperFidelisSox]

Boston bats blast blonde bomber.

[abty]

A.J Burnett is from outer space:



Time to take out the trash:

[Maurice09]

Happy AJ Burnett day everyone.

[PeaceSignMoose]

A plague on you. A plague on the whole stinking lot of ya, without morals or laws. And all you whores got no laws. You got no honor. It's no wonder you all emigrated to New York, because they wouldn't have you in Boston. You're a lot of savages, that's what you all are. A bunch of bloody savages. A plague on you.


Win it for English Bob.

Edited by PeaceSignMoose, 01 September 2011 - 07:46 AM.

[topps148]

Awwwww yeahhh!

Okay.



Bonus pic of the MFY's leaving town after Clint, I mean Jon, gets through tonight.

[trekfan55]

Today is my wife's birthday and she is sick in bed. Lousy way to spend a birthday. So how about we end her day on a high note? Win, and win big please.

[I am an Idiot]

Whatever his antecedents he was something wholly other than their sum, nor was there system by which to divide him back into his origins for he would not go. Whoever would seek out his history through what unraveling of loins and ledgerbooks must stand at last darkened and dumb at the shore of a void without terminus or origin and whatever science he might bring to bear upon the dusty primal matter blowing down out of the millennia will discover no trace of any ultimate atavistic egg by which to reckon his commencing.

[LeoCarrillo]

Is this the face of a pederast, Walter?

Girardi looks like Elmo Blatch (the guy whose crimes got pinned on Andy Dufresne).

[HangingW/ScottCooper]

I'm sure it's posted somewhere but I couldn't find it. Where is Curt Young - is there a health issue?

[PeaceSignMoose]

I'm sure it's posted somewhere but I couldn't find it. Where is Curt Young - is there a health issue?

His dad died.

[gixer1k]

Can't wait to browse the new "Insect Performance" thread at MFYFans.

Those little bitches are always looking for an excuse for losing.

Tonight they only have to look to the mound for the reason they got their asses kicked.

[Foulkey Reese]

The YES post game will be spectacular if Burnett gets smashed around again tonight. Please make that happen.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Teixeira has apparently asked Girardi to be out of the lineup in order to re-cooperate from the "mental and physical exhaustion" of playing baseball. Girardi was not mum on the matter.
"Yeah, Tex was exhausted. He gets exhausted easily. It's not like a Rocco Baldelli thing, though. But he gets exhausted nonetheless. Work makes him exhausted. Not sleeping well makes him exhausted. He gets exhausted." Girardi made sure to point out he was indeed, exhausted. He went on further.

"You know, it's getting to the point where baseball needs to get there act together. Four hour games? Moths flying into Phil Hughes eye? AJ Burnett's hair? AJ Burnett? How are we supposed to win games in these conditions. It's getting to the point where it's unfair to ask a ballplayer to play the game. It's certainly unfair to ask me to manage like this." When a member of the media corrected him and said he over-manged instead of managing by calling for Jeter to bunt in the first, he gave insight into why that was. "You know, would you believe it if the same moth flew on my right arm sleeve? And obviously I had to brush the bug off, which coincidentally is the sign for the bunt. Would you believe that?" The media did. Girardi continued.

"All these four hour games are now being played under protest. It's bad for baseball; it's killing Tex; and we lose most of them anyways. The Red Sox aren't better than use; they are just less exhausted. That's critical to winning. I think Curtis is getting signatures of players right now, actually. You know, he's so well spoken, he's going to approach the player's union about the 'unfair and unsafe' work conditions that come with four hour games. Joe West just suspended his game in order to personally sign Curtis's thing. We'll see what happens, but I have a good feeling about this."

It should be noted that camera's at last night's game caught Girardi saying "I have a good feeling about this thing" when he brought Boone Logan into the game. Stay tuned to further developments.

NOTE: Nothing written here has any credence and is completely fabricated. Just a work of fiction to show the ludicrousness of Girardi and Tex bitching about anything they can.

Edited by greek_gawd_of_walks, 01 September 2011 - 01:40 PM.

[SoxScout]

How's this for some Sox news, lol

The Boeing Co., with help from its government friends, was able to stifle much of the information about its role in those infamous, and still ongoing, CIA "extraordinary rendition" flights the past four years. A challenge by the ACLU was thrown out after the U.S. claimed that revealing details about the torture flights arranged for the CIA by Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Data Plan Inc. would harm national security.

But a trove of similar details - 1,700 operational and legal documents - has been languishing in a New York court filing room, showing how a plane belonging to Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club mogul Phillip Morse and often used to fly sports teams was employed by a flight broker to ferry suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA prisons.

http://blogs.seattle...ils_that_bo.php

Edited by SoxScout, 01 September 2011 - 11:05 AM.

[LesterFan]

Montero is expected to be called up and be in the lineup

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Montero is expected to be called up and be in the lineup

Burnett being caught by a rookie catcher. I like it.

[LesterFan]

DH, most likely. Russell Martin is also returning tonight.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

DH, most likely. Russell Martin is also returning tonight.

Ah, my mistake. That makes infinitely more sense if Martin's healthy.

[joe dokes]

Does anyone else have an itty-bitty hope that Gardner gets on base to leadoff the game just so Jeter can execute an asinine bunt?

[Al Zarilla]

It should be noted that camera's at last night's game caught Girardi saying "I have a good feeling about this thing" when he brought Boone Logan into the game. Stay tuned to further developments.

That would have been awesome to see. I very much enjoyed ESPN catching Josh saying "fucking asshole" after he had struck out Teix in the first and then glared at Gardner who had been at second base. On this morning's Sportscenter, they did the moving squares thing on Beckett's mouth to hide it. I don't think I've ever been able to lip read an epithet better on TV, HDTV really helping of course.

[mauidano]

(Sorry to over-Lebowski, but it was teed up.)

Eight-year-olds, dude.

Teed up it was and nice swing and hit!

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

That would have been awesome to see. I very much enjoyed ESPN catching Josh saying "fucking asshole" after he had struck out Teix in the first and then glared at Gardner who had been at second base. On this morning's Sportscenter, they did the moving squares thing on Beckett's mouth to hide it. I don't think I've ever been able to lip read an epithet better on TV, HDTV really helping of course.

I wish it did really happen, but it didn't. I felt like it made a solid embellishment on my faux-article though, don't you? That fact that nobody would question that really illustrates how lowly people think of Girardi around these parts.

I always wondered this, and I'm biased obviously, but do Yankee fans hate Tito like I hate Girardi? I don't see how they could. Dislike him, sure. He's the enemy. I disliked Torre. But I fucking hate Girardi.

Edited by greek_gawd_of_walks, 01 September 2011 - 01:59 PM.

[Bucknahs Bum Ankle]

I don't hate Girardi. I do think he's a train wreck of a manager though. Therefore, I hope he continues managing the Yankees for years and years to come.

I had nothing but respect for Torre (albeit begrudgingly so) when he managed the Yankees, but that is fading away every time he opens his mouth as VP of baseball operations.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Lineup time

Per BaseballPress
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Marco Scutaro ® SS
3. Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B
4. Dustin Pedroia ® 2B
5. David Ortiz (L) DH
6. Carl Crawford (L) LF
7. Jed Lowrie (S) 3B
8. Josh Reddick (L) RF
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C

Edited by greek_gawd_of_walks, 01 September 2011 - 02:24 PM.

[Bucknahs Bum Ankle]

Crap, I really liked Pedey 2 and Papi 4. Why the hell did he go back?

[SoxScout]

Why the hell isn't Salty hitting 7th?

[canderson]

Guys we have no shot winning. Haven't you heard? Montero is playing so he'll no doubt go 5-5 with 3 HRs and 8 RBIs.

[kieckeredinthehead]

Not sure if this is new, but it's kind of cool: b-ref has splits by umpire for pitchers:

Burnett with Marquez as HP Ump (plus career numbers):

I             Split G  PA  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO SO/BB   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+
    Alfonso Marquez 8 208 178 29 50 13  1  2  6  6 26 37  1.42 .281 .373 .399 .771 71   5   0  4  0   2   2  .345   118
    Career Totals 308 8250 7219 963 1756 362 34 197 226 75 815 1755  2.15 .243 .326 .385 .710 2777 169  96 59 61  27  81  .293   100

Lester hasn't pitched with Marquez at home.

edit: sorry for formatting issues; generally, Burnett's been even worse than normal with Marquez as ump (including a higher walk rate).

Edited by kieckeredinthehead, 01 September 2011 - 02:57 PM.

[SemperFidelisSox]

Why the hell isn't Salty hitting 7th?

Very SSS, but Salty is 1-5 with 4 K's vs Burnett.

But I've stopped trying to figure out 2011 Tito.

[rembrat]

Tito could have picked his lineup out of a hat and it wouldnt bother me.

AJ Burnett is pitching.

[trekfan55]

Felix Doubront has been called up. Let's see if he can take on the role of bullpen lefy.

JoeyMac tweet

[TFisNEXT]

That would have been awesome to see. I very much enjoyed ESPN catching Josh saying "fucking asshole" after he had struck out Teix in the first and then glared at Gardner who had been at second base. On this morning's Sportscenter, they did the moving squares thing on Beckett's mouth to hide it. I don't think I've ever been able to lip read an epithet better on TV, HDTV really helping of course.

Its pretty easy to lip read Beckett, lol. I was at the game last night, but I saw him mouth "fucking asshole" after the Teixeira K when I saw it on TV.

[Doctor G]

I totally agree with Beckett's assessment of Gardy. This guy spends more time politicking the home plate umpire than any player I've ever seen. If i was the opposing pitcher that little shit would be asking "Where was that one ?' from a seat in the left hand batters box.

[No. 19]

win.

[trekfan55]

Watching the batting practice stream and JD Drew is at Fenway, in full uniform. He just made a very nice catch in RF. With rosters expanded he can be activated today without any corresponding move.

[Jed Zeppelin]

It's going to be so awesome when JD finishes with a flourish and rides off into the sunset with another ring on his finger.

[SouthernBoSox]

It makes my stomah hurt thinking of the possibility of a healthy Hill in this bullpen. But that can't be changed, hopefully Dubront can ease the pain.

[TFisNEXT]

I think one of the reasons Tito put Pedroia back to cleanup (while bumping Scutaro to #2) and moved Ortiz back to 5th is because Scutaro has decent numbers against Burnett and Lowrie does not. Whether that is really a legit reason to make the move, I think that was likely the primary reason.

[trekfan55]

Watching the batting practice stream and JD Drew is at Fenway, in full uniform. He just made a very nice catch in RF. With rosters expanded he can be activated today without any corresponding move.

Replying to myself because I just saw this:

Drew said he hurt finger totally on follow through on swing. "not a couple day thing" X-ray showed slight sliver of bone

Bradfo tweet

Nevermind. It's quite possible we will not see him again.

[boxosII]

It's going to be so awesome when JD finishes with a flourish and rides off into the sunset with another ring on his finger.

one more time

[gatorgurl67]

This should keep things interesting.Kevin Millar to Be Mic'd Up in Seats Next to Red Sox Dugout for Red Sox-Yankees Game on NESN

[SoxScout]

[hittery]

Do that winning thingie again, please.