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[C4CRVT]

Winning a close meaningful game is fun. This team can still be good.

[JakeRae]

Winning a close meaningful game is fun. This team is good.

Fixed.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Lost in all the excitement....Mike Aviles with the game winning blast.

[Ed Hillel]

Silence of the Lambs on, too. What a great night!

[Rudy Pemberton]

Good game, all. It looked bleak at the beginning, we got a few breaks in the middle, and held on at the end. hopefully the season ends up the same way.

[Reggie's Racquet]

Great win but in all the euphoria let's not forget that Bogar could have cost us this game.
When are the Red Sox going to deal with this glaring problem? I hope before he costs us a really important game.

[natpastime162]

Not going to a gassed Beckett to start the 7th, Salty pitching hitting in the bottom of the 6th. Papelbon warming in the 8th inning. Playoff Tito!

[mikeford]

Yo whats our magic number? Somebody sober hit me with the math.

[Stu Nahan]

http://www.google.co...=1t:429,r:2,s:0

[Ferm Sheller]

Yo whats our magic number? Somebody sober hit me with the math.

Nine.

[natpastime162]

Yo whats our magic number? Somebody sober hit me with the math.

9

[Soxaholic]

Yo whats our magic number? Somebody sober hit me with the math.

9

Edit: Too slow.

Edited by Soxaholic, 16 September 2011 - 09:55 PM.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

http://www.google.co...=1t:429,r:2,s:0

Well said

[Age of Aquarius]

Not going to a gassed Beckett to start the 7th, Salty pitching hitting in the bottom of the 6th. Papelbon warming in the 8th inning. Playoff Tito!

Yep. But you know, he basically does that every year. The two World Series rings aren't an accident.

[mikeot]

And he will be a member tomorrow. Thanks for being a good sport.

Glad to see this ... sorry I misjudged him.

[rembrat]

The division is still within reach...

[Reggie's Racquet]

Not going to a gassed Beckett to start the 7th, Salty pitching hitting in the bottom of the 6th. Papelbon warming in the 8th inning. Playoff Tito!

And if Playoff Tito had shown up two weeks ago we would have already clinched a playoff spot and we wouldn't need to go through this.

[LynnRice75]

10 of the Ray's last 12 outs were strikeouts.
Not a bad pitching night.

[BroodsSexton]

And if Playoff Tito had shown up two weeks ago we would have already clinched a playoff spot and we wouldn't need to go through this.

It's a game, and they get paid to entertain.

[Age of Aquarius]

And if Playoff Tito had shown up two weeks ago we would have already clinched a playoff spot and we wouldn't need to go through this.

How, by pitching Papelbon every night for a complete game? Come on. The team's funk has been the result of bad injuries, John Lackey being John Lackey and a bad stretch from Bard, not Tito refusing to be Tony LaRussa like Maddon was tonight.

Edited by Age of Aquarius, 16 September 2011 - 10:02 PM.

[Poulsonator]

Happy fucking birthday to me

Me too. A Sox win was a great capper to the day.

[Foulkey Reese]

Is it just me, or does Beckett look really fat in the post game?

[Jed Zeppelin]

Sign Pap for as much money and as many years as he wants. He is the best.

[LesterFan]

Wow, 8-0 against the Yankees and Rays when Beckett starts.

[irinmike]

Great to see Bard's command return and be able to set up Papelbon for the ninth.

[genivive]

Is it just me, or does Beckett look really fat in the post game?

sympathy pregnancy

[moonshotmanny]

Relieved water! Just finished rewatching the 9nth!

[LesterFan]

Harold Reynolds just called Michael Young his MVP. Jesus.

[LesterFan]

Maddon still bitching about the strike zone.

Marc Topkin #Rays Maddon: Strike zone was "egregious" and "one-sided"

[BigPapiLumber Co.]

Maddon still bitching about the strike zone.

Marc Topkin #Rays Maddon: Strike zone was "egregious" and "one-sided"

If I were a Rays fan, I'd be pissed. We definitely got the better of the strike zone tonight.

[LynnRice75]

For what it's worth....

The American League Playoff Odds from CoolStandings.com
(After tonight's win - The Rays do not even factor.)

41.3% Texas at New York
Boston (wc) at Detroit

29.7% Detroit at New York
Boston (wc) at Texas

6.3% Texas at Boston
New York (wc) at Detroit

4.6% Detroit at Boston
New York (wc) at Texas

3.6% Los Angeles at New York
Boston (wc) at Detroit

Edited by LynnRice75, 16 September 2011 - 10:27 PM.

[Norm Siebern]

Maddon still bitching about the strike zone.

Marc Topkin #Rays Maddon: Strike zone was "egregious" and "one-sided"

Maddon is Scocia's boy. That coaching tree has sour grapes as it's seed. The Angels and Rays. All they ever do is fuckng whine.

[bosockboy]

Win tomorrow and we got this.

As flawed as this team seems to be, there is no monster in the AL. They can win the pennant on the back of Beckett/Lester/Aceves/Bard/Papelbon and the offense.

[LesterFan]

Maddon is Scocia's boy. That coaching tree has sour grapes as it's seed. The Angels and Rays. All they ever do is fuckng whine.

To be fair, our guys bitch a lot, too.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Fuck yeah! Fuck these fucking Rays (and your strikezone gripe, Joe)!



Seriously though, PitchFX shows no "egregious" calls. Sure, a few off the plate were called strikes, but that's every game. Joe just being grumpy.

Edited by greek_gawd_of_walks, 16 September 2011 - 10:45 PM.

[richgedman'sghost]

DeWayne Staat talks about the Rays as the greatest, most exciting team in baseball. Which is fine except for the fact that he's been doing it since they were a last place team. He'd be great for the Yankees.

Fuck.

Dewayne Stats actually did announce Yankees games on MSG in the early 90's (Stump Merrill "error") with Tony Kubek. Stats was brutal then and is brutal now.

[TFisNEXT]

Win tomorrow and we got this.

As flawed as this team seems to be, there is no monster in the AL. They can win the pennant on the back of Beckett/Lester/Aceves/Bard/Papelbon and the offense.

I'm still feeling a huge start by Bedard in the playoffs where he completely sacks up and shuts down the opposition when nobody is really expecting it.

[redsox102704]

Thank the maker. Tomorrow Lester needs to be Jon F. Lester, not Daisuke Matsuzaka.

His pitch count is already at 35. I kid, I kid. The big question is - can the offense get timely hits two games in a row? We haven't seen it in weeks. I trust Lester to do his part.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Also, those railing on Toronto for "laying down" to New York can lay that theory to bed. Nobody lets anybody win (except the 1919Black Sox).

[Foulkey Reese]

I'm still feeling a huge start by Bedard in the playoffs where he completely sacks up and shuts down the opposition when nobody is really expecting it.

This is insane, but I have the same feeling about Lackey.

[BucketOBalls]

Weird note from the postgame.

Papelbon's last save opportunity was a month ago(28 days, so a small one,but still).

[TFisNEXT]

This is insane, but I have the same feeling about Lackey.

Yes. Yes, that is insane.

[Joe D Reed30]

Weird note from the postgame.

Papelbon's last save opportunity was a month ago(28 days, so a small one,but still).

So zombie Red Sox come alive 28 Days Later?

[Fragile Freddie]

This is insane, but I have the same feeling about Lackey.

You'd better be careful you don't get alcohol poisoning.

[JohnnyTheBone]

You have to hand it to Jonathan Papelbon. He carried his nuts around in a wheelbarrow and insisted that he was going to set the market for closers. He gambled on himself and eschewed many a lucrative long-term extension to take his chances in arbitration. He's been all about maximizing every last dollar, and in order to do that he had to be absolute nails this season. What does the motherf*cker go out and do? He's absolute nails. Papelbon knew the entire baseball world was watching tonight, and he flat-out blew away the best the Rays had to offer. Meanwhile, the assumed closer in waiting has turned into a highwire act.

I was more than ready to let Papalbon walk, but I've come around. Pay dat man. Pay dat man heez mahney.

[William Robertson]

How the hell is this thread not 100 pages? We should be ashamed of ourselves.

Well, after being away from the computer tonight, I'll now make my tardy contribution: that game was a helluva fun. A one-run game that matters is inherently dramatic, and that one was particularly so.

It ain't The Red Seat, but blasting a hole in the sign over the wall (for the game-winning run, at that) is pretty darn cool.

[kieckeredinthehead]

Maddon still bitching about the strike zone.

"I think I blue myself."

[boxosII]

great game to be at. it felt great when Daniel got his inning.

[budcrew08]

Fuck yeah! Fuck these fucking Rays (and your strikezone gripe, Joe)!



Seriously though, PitchFX shows no "egregious" calls. Sure, a few off the plate were called strikes, but that's every game. Joe just being grumpy.

I love the picture of the old guy from Up with a TB hat on... my favorite meme on this board.

[ivanvamp]

Great to see Bard's command return and be able to set up Papelbon for the ninth.

He got it together, but remember, he really hit the first batter and walked the second one. If the ump hadn't (probably mistakenly) called Damon out on the HBP, the inning would have started off with two on and nobody out. We all would have seen a double steal, and then the Rays would have had runners at 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. I think we'd have seen Bard's outing in a little different light there.

But hey, it all worked out, and if this gives Bard confidence moving forward, that's great, great news. And Papelbon was unbelievable.