Game 28: You again
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Didn’t the Yankees just play a series in Fenway? I hate these games, they’re always so drawn out and overmedia’d, it takes the joy out of baseball. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s FOX broadcast and Sunday’s ESPN broadcast. At least now they won’t have to play in that place again until the final series of the year.
The Red Sox probably feel pretty good about themselves, since they just beat down on the wimpy Angels for four games and have their Opening Day starter on the mound. For the Yankees … meh, it’s another series. They’ve got nothing to prove. Here’s tonight’s lineup…
Jeter, SS
Johnson, DH
Teixeira, 1B
A-Rod, 3B
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Gardner, CF
Cervelli, C
Winn, LF
And on the mound, St Phil.
If you’ve missed all today’s roster news, then make sure you check this out. Nothing major, just a little furniture being rearranged. First pitch is at 7:05pm ET, and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
Photo Credit Winslow Townson, AP
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i’m so happy that i finally have free time for the first time in 4 months, as i took my last (well hopefully, anyways) of the CPA exams wednesday!
anyways, go yanks!
Congratumalations sir!
congrats. I got one more final on monday, then straight into studying for the bar. So tonight I’m treating like my last night on earth (and I have to get some RAB commenting in before I get incoherent and see you all back here at like 4.
thanks you guys, i am so happy, now i graduate next saturday and will enjoy this summer
Nice i take the first part on the 26th
granderson is back??
i think it’s supposed to be teh gritster
its a christmas miracle!!!
Wow I got all excited there
Ha, nice caption. Sneaky.
And I lost it. Technical issues.
Damn, disappeared just like that? Odd
What’d it say?
I’m working at an unsustainable pace here alcohol wise, but if I remember correctly, something like, “I wish I had as high an OPS at Brett Gardner”
“I wish I had Gardner’s OPS” or something to that effect.
If CC/AJ/Andy/Phil were pitching like Beckett has been this year, ESPN would be all over it. Yet somehow they still seem to think Beckett is an ace. I don’t really think he’s that different from Burnett, other than the fact that when he gets crushed its on hits and hrs, whereas when AJ gets crushed its usually the result of walks.
Yea, I tend to agree. He is not much better than AJ if at all, but maybe we are not giving AJ enough credit if you know what I mean.
This pregame line from Chad is awesome:
Alex Rodriguez has heard about the latest Dallas Braden rant, but he doesn’t seem to be taking the bait. “I really don’t want to extend his extra 15 minutes of fame,” Rodriguez said
Um, that sounds like he took the bait to me.
As Pedro would say, “Hoo, Hoo are you Karim Garcia.”
Mission for series: come out completely healthy and perhaps get the regression that is due for a few people out of the way
Lol @ “its a christmas miracle” I was like, Granderson’s back? “No, surely not, no” Nothing to prove tonight but St.Phil’s continued dominance!
Kinda glad I’m at work and won’t see this game beyond following it on my phone. Like Mike said, these games do seem to be pretty joyless and I don’t have to look at Fenway, so that’s a good thing.
Gotta love that bottom of the lineup
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
un-fricking real. If you don’t like baseball, don’t watch it, but I’d rather people play it well than play it this guy’s way.
SI actually lets writers publish such utter bullshit like this? Unbelievable.
th-that can’t be real.
how awful is it that I’m waiting for that generation to literally die off because I’m sick of their shit
Frank Deford used to (probably still does) make commentaries on NPR in the mornings about sports. Every one of them was some inane perspective just like that article. I’m not a big fan of reading laments. You’re old, and I’m sure childhood was much more fun and less achy and you could see better, but the most cliche thing a sports writer can do is talk about how things were so much better back in the day.
But here’s the thing: Is “working the count” really a new concept? Is this like a bank-shot criticism of today’s “stats obsession”, based on nothing?
To me, there is not much better than a 11-pitch at bat that ends in a HR (or a K if the Yanks are pitching).
Isn’t Frank Deford supposed to be smart? Guess not.
I have to say that Ciroc is by far my favorite vodka, price notwithstanding.
I am always looking for new alcohol though, ha. I got into Modelo Mexican Beer from asking for suggestions here last time, so, anybody have any vodka suggestions?
I’m strictly a Ketel man myself. Unless of course I splurge on the Goose.
Yea, Kettle definitely gets the job done.
And goose is always consistently a good option.
I can’t seem to get off Ciroc though recently.
Retardedly late edit
*Ketel
Over/Under 5 SB against Varitek.
I say over.
I’m going to say seven. Robbie will have two, Gardner will have three, A-Rod and Jeter will have one apiece.
Is that just for Gardner’s total tonight?
Phil is going to dominate this lineup tonight. You heard it here, maybe first?
Youk is the only guy he has to worry about. Keep Drew off base in front of him and it won’t be a problem.
With all these RH hitters this is a great lineup for Phil.
/boldish prediction?
I think I can feel myself start to shift out of my “it’s just the beginning of the season, all the stats are new, everything is fresh” mode. I like that mode, maybe I can hang onto it for another week or so…
yea, I know what you mean. But with the team dropping like flies, it feels like midseason already.
the Yankees don’t have “gritty moments” Michael Kay, don’t be silly.
I understand all the media BS leading up to and during these games are super annoying, but.. I wouldn’t say “it takes the joy out of baseball.” I still enjoy these games very much, even if I have to put up with Buck and Mccarver or Miller and Morgan.
Nice overdramatic intro.
Sure, it was overhype, but y’know, I actually thought it was edited together pretty nicely.
I know. It was just pretty funny, didn’t say it was bad.
So, any theories why A-rod is on such a prolonged slump? Is it his minor injury, or just bad luck>
*.
*?
My completely out of my ass, no evidence theory, is that he is taking time getting into top baseball shape this year. He seemed especially thin to me in Spring Training and I just think he enjoyed the offseason this year coming off the WS. He will pick it back up before May is over.
Probably bad luck. For a short period, he was smoking balls, but right at people. From a numerical standpoint:
A-Rod’s career BABIP: .321
A-Rod’s current BABIP: .274
i really wish these games were played on monday-wednesday slots, so the annoying fox and espn crews would stay the hell away
Just another series? Hell this series will kill the morale of their team which is in a rift and the hearts of their fans if the Yankees sweep. That’d be awesome. Tough winning the series should suffice.
How do you have a 631 era in 5 appearances and no losses?
*6.31
Reason 1,000,901 for why wins and losses are a meaningless stat.
I feel like he’s been decent for his past couple of starts but when he’s gotten beat up, he’s really gotten beat up
YES should have shown us angry Andy Pettitte.
Let’s get it done, HUUUUUUUUUUghes.
OMG that changeup is used < 5 times a game. He didn't win the competition because of that.
/bitter'd
eh, more like /truth’d
VMART is sitting! V-Tek is starting! Thank you!
And he’s not evening DH’ing. It goes to the corpse of David Ortiz.
Alert!!!! YES Network has just mentioned Beckett doesn’t fare so well against the Yankees!!!!
Don’t be ridiculous, NEvclam Chowder is exponentialy greater than Manhattan chowder.
*NE Clam
Absolutely incorrect.
I do NOT like cream based soups.
Does anyone else think that there’s something funny-looking about the way Becket stands on the rubber, like it’s weirdly pigeon-toed and flat and his pants fit his butt oddly? Right?
I don’t enjoy thinking about Beckett’s butt because gross but yes.
Damn, don’t strike out Jete.
Did you know Beckett pitches better with Varitek? DId you hear?
Damnit.
Tex blasts one over the monster… in the fifth inning.
Fuck, don’t make him look good.
damn beckett looked damn good
Doooooooomed?
It’s teh Varitek factor!!!!
Oh look a fluke midget MVP is up.
Hughes dialin it up to 95 five times in a row to start the game…nice
make that 7
Anybody remember the last time a Yankee/Red Sox series was not played over a weekend?
I saw the vodka conversation above and had to ask, has anyone had Costco’s store brand vodka? It’s ridiculously good, and obviously well priced (but not cheap).
I figured out why Cano is having such a good season. He’s channeling Larry Bowa through Bowa’s nephew Nick Johnson.
lol at the bird chilling out around the third base line.
did you see the game from last year where the guy had a walk-off in I think Cleveland and it hit this huge flock of birds? (Cleveland’s a weird place)
I saw it on a highlight reel over the summer. That was crazy. I remember laughing so hard when I saw that.
Ooh! Ooh! Did anybody else see YES’ pitch counter get off track just there?!
They mistakenly counted Hughes’ second pitch to Drew as the second strike, and then to fix it they added a ball, which made the pitch counter go up one, and then they subtracted the second strike from the count, but the overall pitch counter didn’t go down with it.
great play swish
Sweet Jesus I thought Drew hit that one out.
1-2-3, though not as clean as Beckett’s.
didn’t strike out the side, DFA.
Oh shut up Red Sox fans. That wasn’t close to being out. But in other news….
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHES!!
i bet the second time through, they get to beckett
Did anybody else notice the kid in the Angels hat in the seats?
Code Amber Alert?
Stepping out of the box?!?! Embarrassing!
Disgraces
/West
man beckett is dealin
Damn, he’s looking sharp. At least Robbie worked the count.
Beckett’s four seamer is crispy early.
Beckett looks sharp tonight, not good.
When is this Joe West crap gonna go away?
Ok boys: “Now, look, I really don’t want to extend Becketts extra 15 minutes of fame.” get some hits
Damn Beckett is sharp tonight
my goodness
Fuuuuuck, he’s looking great.
Oof Beckett looks good. ‘Tis early though.
Beckett is dealing: 5 Ks and no baserunners so far. That will change on the second go-around.
Relax, it’s been two innings. They’ll get him the second or third time through the order.
He isn’t going to get 22 strikeouts?
I’m not really worried. The Yanks have the ace of the future on the mound and the offense will get to Beckett on the second time through the order.
Not really worries. just impressive for a guy to K 5 of the first 6 Yanks he faces
Now is this poll question assuming Buccholz going into the bullpen?
He’s their fourth starter now, right? Beckett, Lester, Lackey, Bucholz, Wake/Dice-K.
Yes, I was joking about Lou Merloni suggesting him going to the bullpen to shore it up.
More annoying: Joe West’s comments or Dallas Braden’s?
hard to say… looks like Joe West ate Dallas Braden.
“looks like Joe West ate Dallas Braden”
Classic. I’m laughing so hard right now.
West, if only for the fact that he’s supposed to be an impartial observer of the game. Braden is a jackass, but at least it’s doesn’t go against his entire profession to be a jackass.
Braden’s. West only said what he had to say once. Braden has been beating the dead horse for weeks now. At this point, Braden is a total attention whore.
Yeah, but see what I said above.
Braden. West has a point but said it and supported it terribly. Braden is an extremely annoying douche.
Oh, no wonder Youkilis has such a good batting eye! He left that perfect game early when he was a kid!
Why bother throwing a curve to Ortiz? He can’t catch up to a good fastball, don’t even give him a chance.
1st k of the night.
Man, throwing that high heat past Ortiz was like taking candy from a baby.
damn ortiz in 2006 would’ve murdered that fastball
Hughes>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ortiz (you are my bitch)
Can someone please explain why Ortiz is in as DH instead of V-Mart.
So Peter Gammons said on the radio today that there is a good debate about who is better between Gardner and Ellsbury.
As you can imagine, there are 1237 tiny pieces of my head scattered about my office.
:: head explodes ::
are they planning on getting rid of Ellsbury and hes starting the negative talk in the media?
To be fair, Gardner could actually get as good as Ellsbury, but as of now, Ellsbury>>>>>>>>>Gardner.
agreed.
Yeah, but Peter Gammons saying that is what’s completely insane.
Ohhhhhhh, completely missed the reason Bexy’s head exploded. My bad.
Nice play by Hughes.
great play by phil
Niiice recovery. See, Hughes can field, unlike another baserunner just called out who I won’t name.
Beltre can definitely field. But, I laughed.
I know, but man, 5 errors so far this year. That’s bad for anyone. But for a guy who’s main tool is his defense. Eesh.
Hah. I would agree with this, though from what I see he gets to EVERYTHING but tends to make dumb errors. So far, anyway.
Me: “Man, I’m glad he didn’t drop th…..AAAAHHHHHHH…..ohhh. Thank you”
hahahah my thoughts exactly
Thought for thought……get out of my head.
I guess that’s why Tex never tosses to the pitcher if he can help it.
If Beltre would have bothered to run hard, he probably would have been safe.
Also, they should play the Price is Right loser horn whenever Ortiz makes an out.
http://tinyurl.com/2gx8gh
The royalties eighteen teams in baseball will have to pay will be enormous.
A baserunner would be nice.
anyone picking up on becketts pattern? seems to start everyone out with a fastball and then follows a 2 strike curve with a fastball. Or did I miss something?
man ike davis is straight rakin for the mets
he just hit a homer
Man, in Gardner terms that ball was absolutely crushed.
Cervelli breaks up the perfecto.
I swear I posted that right before the pitch he hit!
I have to listen to the XM broadcast which is always the home team. I don’t know how much I can take, they have said at least 3 times/inning that beckett’s breaking ball looks good.
You’ve been Cerve’d
cervelli!!!!
Yay a baserunner.
Nice Cervelli
What a scrappy dive by Pedroia. Missed it by thiiiiisssss much.
Just give him the Gold Glove and MVP anyways.
The gods love Cervelli. He deserves it with the beanings and all.
Cervelli made one hell of a sacrifice to the BABIP gods. He couldn’t have rolled that better.
He did get hit in the head…that must be good enough a sacrifice.
Now, would Cervelli think about running? He’s not slow…
Of course. He’s actually a pretty fast runner. Any decent runner will think about running off of the Sox at this point.
He is fast for a catcher. He isn’t fast by any stretch of the imagination. He has 4 CS and 4 SB in the minors. 0 SB in the majors and 3 CS. Why send him this early?
Because Varitek sucks. That’s the only reason why I would send people facing him.
Don’t get me wrong, Varitek has problems throwing out runners for sure. I just think you shouldn’t be sending your catcher to try and steal when he is your first baserunner of the night. I wouldn’t have hated the attempt, it just isn’t my preference.
Really? Kay was going on a few games ago about teh Cerve’s speed. I believe you though.
I was wrong on the stats. He has 5 SB and 5 CS in the minors. Sorry about that. Baseball cube has his scouting report with a speed rated at 22. Ouch.
Beckett’s stuff really falls off when he’s out of the stretch.
regardless of the outcome, this is a great at-bat for winn
good job by winn
Just get into that horribly performing Sox bullpen.
amen
was thinking that as well
Someone’s stealing secconnnndddd.
Winn will go for second here.
Jeter rbi double
what the hell is beckett doing?? pitch the damn ball
jeez, jeter looks lost against beckett tonight
Embarrassing.
Jeter swinging at junk.
The problem is all of the junk is in the strike zone.
Ugh. I think everything Jete swung at was way out of the zone.
Come o Jete, and why wasn’t Winn looking to steal?
*on
Jeter is starting to piss me off. Even when he’s hitting, I’d REALLY like him to take a ball now and again.
Jeter looks bad. He’s swinging at pitches way out of the zone.
Derek Jeter is on pace for 30 walks this season.
Cano-esque.
Except, unlike Cano, Jeter’s line drive rate is about half of his career average.
The surface numbers look good, but he’s not been the Jeter of old.
dont usually see two bad ABs from Jeter to start a game
nice hoook, phil!
The only thing in baseball I hate more than Beckett and his Douchebag goatee is Papelbon’s Douchebag face.
The dead squirrel is third.
I’m putting Dallas Braden on that list now. Probably number one. I hate him so damn much. Talk about being more of a baby than Youk. Which before the incident thought was impossible.
I don’t hate him, I’d just like to see him get accidently tazed on the field.
I think the fact that our captain bats lead-off and theirs bats 8th (if he even plays) says a lot about these two teams.
Fuck. I have tickets to next Sunday’s game vs the Twins and Javy is pitching.
Crap. Montero might have gotten hurt. Pulled in the 3rd after running out a ground ball.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
/completely serious
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
/DarthVader’d
But seriously. NO!
Swisha!!!!!!!
Kay just took the words out of my mouth. He actually said something intelligent.
:: Head Explodes ::
Good grief, you can’t walk Jason Varitek.
Noooooo, teh perfect game!!!!!
walking varitek???
ugh
I truly hope Joe Girardi didn’t actually make the decision to pitch Javy first in interleague because he’s a good hitter o_O
sounds like a lame excuse. might be hoping he’ll get it going against familiar NL batters.
Do you still leave cookies for Santy Clause?
Ridiculous strike zone. That was a strike.
Walking Varitek? Just…what?
2 k’s
that curve was filth!
Barely missed so no not really a gracious call. Missed by half an inch.
Everything from Hughes is up tonight….
when it was up, it was always to the corner. methinks that be the spot
3 k’s!!
great K
Generous call there.
Nah not according to Brooks.
Phil Hughes can marry my yet to be born daughter.
I need to find a way to introduce my sister to him.
Oh crap, Montero is hurt?
Sweet location!
Hughes looked good out the stretch. I’m feeling confident Hughes can go deep into the game.
man Gameday had him at 96mph those last two FBs. nasty velocity and location
DEALIN
Lol what a question.
Nick is still not hitting… ugh!
Don’t look now, but all of the outfielders in our lineup tonight have uniform numbers that are consecutive multiples of 11.
Nice observation!
Nick Johnson. Why. Are. You. Grounding Out. On the first pitch?!?!?!?!
This team has NO PLAN against Beckett. They’re just hacking.
…I’m pretty sure they have a plan. Not sure they’re executing it so well, but I’m pretty sure they have one, dude.
Completely inexcusable. Why NJ didn’t take a pitch is a mystery that i hope angers Joe G. to get in NJ’s face.
Good BB by Teix.
Beckett is pounding the zone first pitch. just didnt hit that ball well.
That pitch was at the belt and over the middle. If he doesn’t swing there, when does he swing? It’s not like Beckett has been making a ton of mistakes.
hmm I have no idea of the answer to this question. Anyone? (Three WSes with two different teams.)
Answer to the trivia question: Curt Schilling (01 with the Dbacks and 04 and 07 with the Sox).
no, it’s three WSes on each team, no?
I interpreted it as three World Series with two total teams. I think it may be the other way around.
The trivia question tonight is deciphering what it is asking.
Babe Ruth?
Tex still looks uncomfortable at the plate
Why are they swinging at the first pitch when that pitch isn’t even on the strike zone.
Beckett is looking great…. its gonna be a bullpen game
the answer is babe ruth? thats who i think
Is it bad when Randy Winn had the best at bat of the night.
great job by tex
Made an executive decision to start Barajas against Sanchez because he’s a lefty. He’s repaid me with a homer. Woot.
a-rod!
Hey, look! Progress!
Rally! Three run jack from Robbie!
Time for Cano to abuse that Green Monster.
Leiter’s having a good game, but my god, does it annoy me when he constantly peppers everything he says with “also too.”
It’s fustrating.
/Leiter’d
damn cano! :/
awful AB by Cano
Yankees did something not optimal, Hummingbird S. is here.
Nah. Great sequence by Beckett more like it.
Awful AB? He swung and missed at 96 mph gas on the outside corner. Let’s give Beckett some credit.
Beckett’s FB is lethal when located. Not many guys have plate coverage to foul off that pitch. Cano’s swing looked short and that FB tailed towards the outside lower corner. No. Chance.
curve ball coming next
cano average continues to plummet ! awful!
SWISH
KABOOM !!!
Swishahouse!
SWISHALICIOUS
nick the stick baby
SWISHER!!!
ROAD SWISH!!!!!!
A home run by Nick Swisher!
Fuck you and your curve ball Biaaaaaaaaach!
Swish in freak mode.
Totally thought that was an easily-catchable fly ball. Woooo Swish!
Swiiiiiish!
BOOM, BABY!
Brian Cashman got that guy for Wilson Betemit.
True story.
IETC.
I want to facebook like this comment.
Cash completely fleeced Kenny Williams for that deal. I’m amazed by it everyday.
your comment is funny but your name is awesome…
Awwww shucks guys….
Swishalicious def def def
SWISH DOG!!!
That t’was a hanger.
like Leiter said, good take on the curve before in the dirt.
wow, what a shot… great Ab
So if I get you straight- when a player strikes out it’s an “awful AB,” and when they hit 3 run homer it’s a “great AB”? Noted.
swishaaaaa
Human beckett’s back.
Gotta steal here.
and the machine is awaken
Beckett’s curve just got flat right there. Easily worst pitch of the night he’s thrown. Beckett’s still locating the FB so tagging on more runs is no easy task.
RUN Gardner RUN!
love it gardner
If Gardner doesn’t go, I’m startin’ a fight.
/my new haircut’d
Jaeger bombs!
Someone’s stealing seccooonnddd.
Wow, gotta love the crushed to DEEP center.
Name brand superstar pitcher!
whoa now
Ok. I want Pedroia hit for that.
more fun if it is Youk… he will really spaz
Fucking douche.
This.
u mad Beckett?
really, beckett??
what a loser
Hughes needs to retaliate….
Nah, just asking for trouble them.
Yes, let’s be just as juvenile and stupid as Josh Beckett.
Yes, he’d risk contracting the douchebagitis. It’s catching.
Cervelli needs to wink at him.
Hey, ump…if the pitcher ain’t gonna throw the pitch, call a ball!
Beckett is one of the biggest assholes in the game. He’s holding the ball for days, and he gets mad at the BATTER for stepping out? Really?
That rule only applies with the bases empty. With a runner on base, the pitchers is allowed to step off and on all he wants. That said, Beckett’s a douche.
I stand corrected. But I still hate Beckett. Remember when he threw at Abreu’s head last year, and then yelled at him as he walked to first?
Yep. That was a game after the Angels had paid tribute to Nick Adenhart, and supposedly he was talking shit about him when they had a bit of a mini-brawl. What a douchebag. It’s the only time I ever felt for the Angels.
Gardner you can CRAWL to second. Go!
ASSHOLE!!!
3 pitches, no steal. cmon Gardner get going.
what is gardner waiting for??
Dunno why it took 4 pitches to go. Run Brett Run!
Another bright side Cleveland is hammering the Celtics
Finally.
Teh Speed!
Another multi-hit game for Frank. Awesome.
Haha Beckett. You tampered with the BABIP god. You suck.
Love our flying catcher
Cervelli gets some payback for Beckett’s throw.
Two seeing eye singles for Angel Eyes- love it.
cervelli says suck my nuts!
I think Cervelli sacrificed a couple virgins to the BABIP gods.
Hit ‘em where they is, Frankie.
The baseball gods smile upon Francisco. And he has WHEELSS!!! That helps too.
nice long inning for Beckett… Hughes needs to come out 1,2,3
ike davis just hit another homerun in the game
incredible
Kid didn’t need AAA. He’s gonna be a contender for NL roy.
Heyward will win just based on his hype.
pitch count getting up there. get it up to 75 at least Winn
or not
Anybody think Cervelli and Ajax chat every night at laugh at BaBip?
I disseminate the accounts of the games all the time. Can i get in trouble?
Yay Swish, yay Gardy, yay Cerve, damn Winn.
could somebody tell me what happened to frankie? doing a take home exam and watching gameday
Beckett threw way up and in on him
Stepped out of the box and the next pitch was up and in and cervelli ended up face down on the ground
thank you sir
great inning by the yanks
Man after a good AB his last time up Winn does that.
Retaliation. Go!
first pitch swinging yet again…terrible
Man Reed Johnson would have been better than Winn. But it’s insignificant so meh.
still with Reed Johnson??
what did beckett do that everyone is calling him out for? (sorry , on gameday)
cervelli stepped out of the box for too long apparently, so beckett threw a pitch that made him dive out of the way
Pitched up and in to Cervelli for stepping out of the batter’s box.
He threw high and in at Cerv.
woops didnt realize somone just asked the same question
yay i got the trivia right!
I missed it, what was the answer?
Babe Ruth
Please nail a red sox player
Please don’t, it’s still a pretty close game and let’s not be as douchey as Beckett.
Brushback pitch would be sufficient. Just nt to JD Drew because I respect him.
Amen. praises to Mo
Uh, how about now.
*no
I got the trivia wrong mostly due to misinterpretation.
what was the answer? I totally missed it =/
babe ruth
Thanks. You too, JWZ.
Babe.
did Michael Kay just say his dad was at the Fenway opening?
no he said his dad was born the same day i think?
I think he said he likes to eat hey.
/telephone’d
*hay
Teh no hitter!!!!
damn…i know its early but i was thinking immortality
thanks Michael Kay
good job by Winn getting that in
Settle down Hughes.
I wanted to see a change-up to drew, meh
Winn ftw.
Marcus Thames would have had that.
(I crack myself up sometimes.)
good play Winn…
come on Hughes, don’t give it back
That was a ball?
have a feeling his great era will take a small hit here =(
Oh it’s Ortiz? No worries. Tough since I said that he’ll probably get an RBI.
Ortiz stares at his sac flies.
Phew, that was close.
well done Phil.
Standing ovation? Seesh.
That’s called really low expectations.
I mean it’s better than boo’ing like what we hear for Javy but honestly there’s nothing special about a sac fly.
We love warning track flyouts!!!!!!!!
Three years ago, and it’s a tie game. I like this version of Ortiz much better.
Well, that scared the hell outta me. Luckily, the old Ortiz is gone; otherwise that probably would’ve been gone.
Eiland told him to go back to the fastball more.
And he was correct in that judgment.
Be careful Hughes. That FB was right down the middle…
Hughes fastball really seems to jump the last 10 feet or so..
Did you know it’s actually getting slower during those last ten feet?
Your mind = blown
/Fox’d
can’t respond, picking up pieces of gray matter off the floor…
ietcvvm
Oh word…
Good job Hughes.
philthy fastball
4 k’s. Nice work minimizing the damage.
Is it just me or does David Ortiz look like the 800-lb gorilla in the Axa Equitable commercials?
/racism’d
Gotta love when a top prospect does that.
Speaking of Jesus, any word on the extent of his injury?
Not yet.
Very nice for Castro. He homered in his first AB.
Ugh, take a fucking pitch, Jeter!
Still can’t shake lingering Jeter worries…
Starlin Castro. Frankly, i never even heard of this kid till BA’s ’10 preseason prospects list. I guess he’s got some skillz.
Ah… Jeter being Jeter.
WTF is with this shit?
Please no injury. Please no injury. Please no injury.
oh god Nick Johnson dont get injured now
Fuck. What’s up with NJ?
Uh oh. Jeter clearly didn’t donate his bubble wrap to Johnson.
what was the story with jete and bubblewrap?
After Mo, Pettitte & Posada were hurt a bubblewrap manufacturer sent Jeter a customized roll and a letter telling him to stay healthy
Uh oh.
Aw crap.
Nick Johnson hurt?
ugh we needed nick
a;l iesfu;aleri u’ Thames up for Johnson panicing ;eUR C;ler ‘
Don’t be hurt, NJ.
Maybe Jeter is a monster at home and just weirdly bad on the road this year?
Why is NJ being PHed for? I hope he isn’t hurt…
NJ got another fucking booboo? Ay yay yay.
Well, at least it was a hard hit ball.
Alright. Posada available to DH?
I’m not sure why so many people expected him to start over 150 games. Considering he’s never done it in his entire career.
And who said that?
So that means we can’t get worried when he’s pinched hit for?
Relax. He’s just making a point, not saying don’t being worried.
I’m not sure what his point is. I don’t remember anyone saying Nick Johnson would start 150 games.
people were saying johnson would get more starts than matsui, and also that johnson/winn would outproduce damon/matsui
making stuff up never helps you mike c.
i remember definitely reading damon-bashing comments right after the winn signing… i still don’t know why people came with all the disrespect to the guy, he was a great player
I think people were bashing Damon’s way of negotiating and such, not his ability as a player. Would I rather have him on a one or two year deal to DH rather than NJ? Yeah. But it wasn’t gonna happen.
lol.
This is just not true, at all.
Incorrect, haters were saying johnson/winn would not make up for Damon/Matsui. We responded that it was Granderson, not WInn, that was supposed to, along with NJ, make up for Matsui/Damon.
His point is that we can’t be surprised when Nick has a bunch of small injuries and misses time. There were several people suggesting that playing DH and not the field, nick might put his injury woes behind him.
I don’t recall anyone saying he’d start 150 games.
Yep. Really just wishful thinking. I just hope he avoids major injuries and plays like 130.
The injury bug moved in from Citi…
top of the lineup letting Beckett get through that inning too easily
Damn, really shor inning.
*short
Watched Darnell McDonald play in high school here in Colorado. He as his brother went to Cherry Creek High school – same as Brad Lidge – his baseball coach said McDonald was the best 5 tool player he had ever coached in high school.
right now Tex’s offense is like Giambi’s defense….I hope he starts picking it up.
Jeter’s lack of patience is a little troubling. He seems anxious at the plate…but who am I to doubt his approach. He has really never let us fans down before.
Thames, Winn and Cerv in the lineup. Please Jorge DH.
Eh, not worth it. Tomorrow’s a day game. Let that calf have another night of rest.
This.
don’t get cute with the the lineup, that’s why we don’t have a healthy godzilla right now
All this first pitch hacking and they haven’t gotten a hit out of it yet. Maybe it’s time to try something new.
Is that Jason Bay’s twin batting
HeeHee, Kay and Leiter laughing at the DK signing. Gotta love it.
oh I am so glad we did not get Dice-K. I found a thread on another site from prior to 2007 that was absolutely killing the Yankees for getting outbid for Dice-K and “cheaping out” by re-signing Pettitte. Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don’t make.
He goneee
There we go. Crappy V-Tek.
Teh Swish!!!!!
Gotta love Swish
Is Swish limping?
/paranoia’d
So when will Mickey Ds come back down to earth?
Oy. Hughes. C’mon.
What is this? On another note, Swish saved an RBI.
cmon phil, you got it
Good job again Hughes.
Can someone explain to me what it means, in the Fangraphs play by play, when it says things like “Fliner (Liner)?”
Part fly ball part liner? That’s a guess.
good job
If anything Phil should be throwing the fastball even more. Curve and cutter are nice weapons but that fastball is just vicious right now.
Just arrive from work, Tell me what I miss.
Phil is a little shaky today but otherwise good. Swish is also a beast with a 3 run homer.
And in obivous news Josh Becket is a dick.
We’ll settle. Pitching and Defense Boston, wasn’t that your Motto.
I can live with this version of A-Rod. Nice stroke. He’s seeing a very lively FB really well. Great sign.
Michael Kay does not like Citgo
Is it me or is A-Rod hitting a metric fuckton of line drives this year, but not lifting the ball very much?
Michael Kay- official billboard designer.
Hugo Chavez doesn’t care for the Red Sox. He always talked about wanting to play at Yankee Stadium when he was younger.
FUCK YOU BECKETT.
NESN trivia question: Who are the 4 players on the Yankees top ten most games played list who are not in the Hall of Fame?
Jeter
Mattingly
ummmm that’s all I can think of? Is that bad?
Fuck off, Beckett.
Good grief.
shit that wasnt good
Oh shit be ok Robbie
I swaer to god, no no no.
Ok. Now THIS is scary.
Beckett sucks. Beckett sucks. Beckett sucks.
Motherfuck. Time to set Boston on fire.
(Figuratively, of course.)
Literally.
Motherfucking Beckett. Hit him in the same spot that Guthrie drilled Posada in.
Cano, pleeeeease be okay.
I just dont know what to think… That couldn’t have been intentional.
wouldnt expect it to be either. people will think that tho
It’s not that it’s intentional. It’s that he doesn’t give a shit if he comes way too far inside.
First base was open. And that fucking smirk on his fucking face.
Wasn’t intentional but have we retaliated once this entire year? For anything?
Shit.
Nah don’t retaliate… Just let em bean us.
Until…?
He’s being sarcastic.
If cano is hurt, I’ll hate you buckett
OMG TeH DEFENSE!! TeH Pitching!!!
Pedroia better be getting a fastball at his back next time he’s up
I am with you
And I ain’t talkin’ about Brett and that 12-year-old from down the street
This is getting ridiculous
Phew, they wouldn’t leave him in if there was any chance of injury.
Uh-oh.
Cano’s only staying in the game because he doesn’t want to walk back to the dugout.
/lazy
I hope Swisher does it again right here.
Dustin Pedroia is the ultimate warrior and would’ve sprinted down to first there.
/MSM’d
Oh…my…god.
I’d love to see Swish line one right up the middle off Beckett’s leg.
Fuck.
FUCKKKKKKK
good god
Fuck not good at all.
This is ridiculous. Beckett is a douche. Intentional or not you suck.
Well, there goes Cano; this f’ing sucks.
yea thats not looking good.
Now i’m fucking furious. Green light time!
Pinch runner, oh boy…
I dont care if it was intentional or not i wanna see a fastball at someone.
Pedroia now has to be hit. Has to be.
Beckett’s even hitting his own team mates.
ugh thats a crossup that has to hurt.
We might just have to throw at Kevin Youkilis. Like so:
http://cache.daylife.com/image.....O/610x.jpg
Beckett is even hitting his own damn team.
Beckett really is a douche bag he hits his own players.
….snd he called it a ball.
Oh my goodness Robbie PLEASE be okay.
I want to see a 95 fastball in Pedroia’s knee.
Oh, fuck you Josh.
aaahhh Robbie is out of the game. I really hope he is fine. I’m confident he is because unlike Posada, Robinson’s knees are in a better condition and he only might have to miss tomorrow or Sunday at worst.
If they just took out our best hitter for the whole series I will be seriously fucking pissed.
That’s why the call him Robinson “Well-Conditioned Knees” Cano.
How do you hurt your wrist when you don’t hit and don’t play the field?
…you know…when you’re lonely…….
handling his own stick
The only way to stop Cano is to hurt him. Gald Beckett decided to take that route.
Even if the Beckett pitch wasn’t intentional, after the throw to Cervelli and this, they have to retaliate, right?
I asked this earlier, but have they retaliated once yet this entire season? I don’t think so.
I want another 3 runs this inning, then one on Pedroia’s knee.
I hope they get a big lead and Romulo gets to be the retaliator.
That would be fantastic. Maybe Youk tries to fight him.
We are basically about to enter full-scale emergency mode.
Cervelli will have to break out the IF glove if anything happens.
Noooow we drill them.
Awww. Wittle Nick Johnson wist huwt.
Where did Cano get hit… Im stuck in the UK with no baseball.
Left knee.
Cano got hit on his back knee.
Drilled on the left knee.
Right on the inside of left knee cap
Damn well hope hes ok…
Apparently Nick Johnson left the game because of a sore wrist.
When NJ had surgery on his wrist, was it the same one that’s now sore?
Same wrist as his 2008 injury (right)
Lame. Thanks.
Question: When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it. Does Nick Johnson get hurt?
Yes
You know, I hope Beckett gets a fucking line drive to his fucking face.
You heard me, I don’t even care anymore if that shit was intentional or not.
Beckett just called Swisher a “fag”.
Seriously. They should it on NESN
showed
Irony is pretty damn ironic. Not insinuating Beckett is homo by the way.
Can you get suspended/fined for that?
probably not but you should be. Profanity is one thing, but homophobic/racist/ethnic slurs caught on camera should result in at the very least a fine.
I sure hope not. That would be the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
I disagree. That’s a helluva lot worse than a swear, I think. They shouldn’t be punished for saying it, but being caught on camera doing so could easily be considered a misdemeanor against the integrity of the game, no?
Eh. I’m not PC so don’t ask me. I call my friends that all the time so I’d be a bit hypocritical to complain about Beckett.
That aside. I think the fines/suspensions/warnings are out of control already.
He’s such an asshole, I really can’t deal with it.
He’s worried that Braden is usurping his crown as biggest douche in baseball.
Well he got it.
Come on Swish, get something for the team!
very slightly above the kneecap. Probably caught some bone. This sucks.
Cervelli, please make this fucker pay.
Give this injury bug to someone else. Both NY teams suffered enough.
comon gardner, we have to score a run here
comon Cerv!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
“Bad move! Bad move! Cervelli’s hot, baby!”- Drunk Yankee Fan
P.S. FUCK BECKETT!
Intentionally walking Brett Gardner. That made my year!
oh come on Frankie, get back at him here
attention, world: Brett Gardner is being intentionally walked. I can die now.
intentional walk?? wow
gardner is feared
gardner is feared
Goddammit, beat me to it.
This makes him a lock for the HOF
/Jim Rice’d
Castro wih a three run homer and a three run triple in his debut. Pretty crazy.
They IBB’d Gardner to get to Cervelli. The BABIP gods are with him. Have the Red Sox not noticed that yet?
Yeah Beckett retakes top place ahead of Braden for the biggest douche in MLB history.
Did you see Braden’s comments today?
I saw. He’s crying for attention. Beckett loves being a douche. Braden will fade out, Beckett is be a dick forever.
HAHAHA YOU WALKED CERV FUCK YOU BECKETT.
Please don’t k.
I can’t believe we know boast a lineup containing Marcus Thames, Ramiro Pena, and Randy Winn.
and Francisco Cervelli.
I excluded him out of respect
Scoreboard!
Win one for the Gimper…NJ…
Love the time call, Frankie.
SUCH A DOUCHEBAG
Yay for Cervelli, I gonna kill you Beckett.
wow beckett go eff yourself
4-1 yanks
Ha ha Fuck you Beckett
ACES WILD.
Thanks for the BB you douche.
HA. Get fucking owned by your own arrogant homophobic stupidity beckett.
FRANKIE!
TRUE YANKEE
WIINNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YOU BECKETT!!!!!!!
RANDY WINN FTMFW!
And Randy Winn with the timely hit.
randy winn!!
5-1!
are you kidding me. no way its intentionally but hes fucking annoying
Yay!!!!!!!!! Now you drill those fuckers to hell Hughes.
Good job Winn.
Think Girardi is going to give the same “He’s got to be more careful” speech about Beckett that he did Guthrie? That would up the ante on the season series.
Good time for a message pitch there, champ
Jesus, Beckett likes to deal way inside. Cost his team a run there. Also, Winn had an RBI single. Suck on that bitch.
Randy Winn’s ghost comes through yet again. Wow.
Beckett is such a fucking asshole.
Fucking asshole is an insult to all assholes.
He’s a fucking ass goblin, that’s right. A fucking ass goblin.
Cervelli’s dive back to second was hilarious.
Winn is clutch.
Cerve should’ve charged him.
that woulda been bad for his health.
Randy Winn has one of the ugliest stances on the team.
In the game.
Warn the benches yet?>
But all teh strike outs though111!!
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the dickfaces.
i laughed.
Grand slam this shit. Get this motherfucker out of this game.
Wow- right before ball 4 to Cervelli the NESN guy who isn’t Remy goes “Beckett’s been coming inside, certainly won’t do that here with the bases loaded.” He underestimated the stupidity/douchiness/awfulness
DOUCHE DOUCHE DOUCHE
I don’t care that it’s uninentional, this is incredibly ridiculous. Control your shit, Beckett.
get the fuck out of here, this is too much now
Only in for the game…hows Phil throwin’? His line certainly looks good
THROW HIM OUT OF THE GAME!!!!
I swear to God.
FUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahhahahahhaah, fuck you beckett!
this is bullshit
He’s just trying to get a warning now.
How many people are they going to let him hit? Where’s the warnings?
the only reason theres no warning is because the bases are loading so they dont believe its intentional. or cant believe Beckett is that dumb
There will be a brawl in this game.
Wow. Just… wow.
WTF can someone please kill Beckett. CC looks pissed off.
Beckett just die okay?
We are all witness to Josh Beckett’s complete brekdown!
No kidding. He might just sit down on the mound like the Baumer.
They haven’t even given a warning yet?
Hope Jetes had the bubble wrap on under his uniform
When Mariano gets out there, SHIT IS GOING DOWN
Why is he in the dugout and not in the pen?
I believe he usually starts in the dugout, then goes out to the bullpen around the 7th. But he also might be there in case a brawl starts so he can go kick the shit out of Papelbon.
Arod: “FUckin Asshole”
For real?
Your Yankees team RBI leader…Derek Jeter? WTF?
This utter ownage of beckett’s life is my favorite kind of retaliation
HAHAHAHAHAHA WINNNN IS FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fire up the Yanks Beckett. go ahead, help your team out like that
Where’s the smirk now, Josh? No fucking smile now, huh?
Do Red Sox fans even like this guy? He does absolutely nothing for them, he’s a douche and an embarassment. And they gave him a new contract? Really?
Wooooooow. Way to make yourself even mroe hated by the Yankee fandom. Why don’t you…….yay!!!!!!!!!
My wife just yelled at the TV: “SUCK IT, BECKETT!”
I love my wife.
Your wife wants Beckett to suck her penis?
/had to
this is greatness
No really we need to fucking go after them. Wait til Phil leaves the game, bring in Sanchez or Logan, and have them nail somebody. And pray the Red Sox start shit.
Really Tito? Tell your pitcher to learn how to pitch damn it! I know he’s not that stupid.
Tex will have a grand slam. Book it.
Only have the game on Gameday…is Jeter okay?
He seems totally fine.
seems like it
Hughes better drill someone this inning.
Na, Sanchez hits the smurf in the 8th.
Hahahaha I love that the bases are STILL loaded
Posada looks pissedddd
A-Rod is ready to rush the field, he wants a piece of Beckett real bad.
But, since no benches have been warned, I say Phil takes his pick of:
Ortiz
Youk
Pedroia
Varitek
I personally wouldn’t hit Varitek, but I think Pedroia or Youk are pretty good candidates.
I don’t think anyone has good enough control to hit Pedroia…dude’s a midget
No point in hitting the corpse of David Ortiz. That pitch you’d be back would stink of rot.
Wow, the only thing worse Beckett could do is to hit Marian….did you just do that to Tex????
Enough of this crap already!
lol at the guy near the camera. “I hate you A Rod!”
Yeah i heard that too. I laughed a little. The funniest fan yelling ive heard on TV was a year or two ago someone was yelling at Matsui saying, “ichiro give me your shoes. Ichiro give me your shoes. Ichiro give me Jeter’s shoes.”
he has zero command
this is nuts, pull his ass out tito
Gotta say, Beckett’s got no business still being hin this game. Headhunting or not, he’s cooked.
TEIXXX!!!
Fuck you again Beckett.
Fuck yes Teixiera. Eat Shit and die Beckett
8-1
thank god
Why does all this injury scare have to ruin such a fun game to watch otherwise?
Bye Bye asshole.
Enjoy paying this guy $68 mill, Boston.
I didn’t think I could loathe Beckett more. I guess you learn something new every day.
Get the fuck out of there you bum.
Bum is an understatemate.
Beckett is the biggest asshole from a state that produces lots of assholes.
Clearly Beckett didnt try to hit anyone…Yeah, sorry, Im not even sure a blind person can believe that.
I want to see Romulo Sanchez drill Youkilis in the ribs.
See? No warning. Now Phil gets to get payback.
i dont want Phil to do it. let him keep pitching his game and get through his stint in the game. bring in someone to throw at Youk’s dome then point at Beckett
Hope Hughes responds.
STILL loaded. This is so awesome its making the injuries leave my mind
I say Phil should drill the side. Maybe unleash Joba’s 100 mph on Youkillis’s balls.
Maybe unleash Joba’s 100 mph on Youkillis’s balls.
You mean 93 mph fastball, right?
I’m in a delirious state that combines happiness, anger, and opptimism.
It’s cool, guys. We have Romulo, a fucking monster with a 99 mph fastball who has no idea where it’s going. Just sayin’.
and whose suspensions don’t really affect us.
here is beckett mouthing to swisher
http://www.sawauto.com/uploade.....faggot.gif
what a little !#!$%
I believe you that he said it, but I had trouble reading his lips there.
We hated these guys when we went to high school with them, but worship them when we watch them on tv. It’s moments like these that remind us of how many of them are man-children.
Hello, RAB.
At game.
Had to pop in and say:
Tee Hee!
That is all.
So can we use Sanchez this game? I mean he doesn’t have good control, so he might accidentally drill Youk with a 98 MPH fastball. Yeah, accidentally. *shifty eyes*
Logan has the same M.O., he’d be good too.
I’m worried about Phil getting tossed and suspended if he hits someone. Would play right into their hands. Considering the lead, I say pull him after 6 and get someone in their to punish the Sox. We cannot stand for this shit.
I’m raging so hard right now, I would’ve paid money for a rocket comebacker at Beckett.
Excluding Cano’s injury, this has been a delightful game to watch.
yea, that could be bad. praises to mo
I knew we’d get to JB, I didn’t think it would be like this though. He’s stuff was super legit early in the game.
Goodbye, you fucking asshole.
Remember the first inning when we were DOOOOOOOMED? I don’t. Wow, Beckett implosion.
First pitch from Phil should be a big looping curveball
What’s a strike?
They weren’t booing Beckett. They were simply yelling, “PUBES!“
The Fenway crowd impressed me twice tonight: 1) They did not cheer when Cano left the game; 2) They booed the bejesus out of Beckett as he walked off. I only marginally hate them this evening!
I’ve never seen this much anger from RAB regs. That says something. Beckett is a big stupid-head. What a butt-face.
/kid’d
we gotta hurt youkilis now, no mercy
This entire inning reeks of bush league Texan douchebag. The Yanks’ can’t afford to lose Cano and Johnson for an extended period.
What’s a strike.
I ask myself,…How the hell he Shut out the Yanks in 03 game 6.
Ha add another run to Beckett’s line.
9-1!!!!!
This is the type of game I wish Clemens was pitching for us. lol
a-Rod should have ran over the mound on the way back.
A-Rod should have run across the Sox dugout and punched Beckett in the face.
But IETC, anyway.
I liked AISD’s comment. I super-liked Ana’s comment.
That would have been some funny stuff.
What’s the ‘biggest hit’ going to be on the recap?
Cano, sadly.
OMG Yankee killer Beckett!!!!!!
Enjoy hitting cleanup Ramiro. Its not gonna happen too often.
Nitpick: He is hitting 5th, not cleanup
He’s hitting fifth, but he’ll still never hit in a power spot like that.
Just curious, which is Pena’s power side????
neither?
Wait til they bring in Fat Sanchez to hit somebody. Dude throws 99, and if MLB decides to hand out some bullshit suspension, better him than Hughes. Don’t mess with the Phranchise
This game is taking, literally, forever.
I love Phil Hughes. Classy, great pitcher, and leaves the retaliation for the flame throwers in the bullpen named Boone Logan and Romulo Sanchez.
I vote for little dick face midget to get hit from any pitcher..preferably CC tomorrow..let him charge the mound…if Youkilis needs to get hit, it has to be Joba.
I would laugh my balls off if Pedroia charged CC.
I don’t dislike Pedroia at all anymore. He had so many good things to say about cano the other day i was like “oh ok fine come here you”. I would prefer for Sanchez to come in and then throw a ball at Beckett in the dugout. I don’t really hate any of the sox’s current position players. God i wish Kevin Millar was still around.
Beckett smiled when he got replaced! What a prick!
he also smiled when he hit Cano, which makes him an even bigger prick
Seriously, somebody explain to me why they gave Beckett a contract again? Before he’d even pitched this season?
Epstein knows all..
They saved one million per year on Teix so they could re-sign JB.
Uhhh, because he’s a pretty good pitcher, and they don’t let single games affect their contract signings.
This. He’s a very good pitcher. Of course, I hope he is broken terribly.
So far this year in 40 innings he has a 7.41. He posted a 3.86 last year-certainly quite good for the American League, although far from mind-blowing. He’s consistently owned by the Yankees. They just gave a ton of money to John Lackey, their supposed to be developing top starters in Lester and Buccholz-they couldn’t have waited til the end of the year to see if he was really worth the number 1 money?
he hasnt been too good for a long time now
From Dicek-K to Beckett (with injury history!) to the revolving door at shortstop, I think the sheen is wearing off of The Boy Genius.
the only way the sox have a chance in this series is to keep trying to take our guys out the game. douche-bags
out of everyhting that just went on, i just hope that everyone is okay…
Don’t hit Drew. He’s classy.
I like JD too. Imagine the Yanks’ OF if they had signed him back in 2007:
LF: Gardner
CF: Granderson
RF: Drew
A decidedly unsatisfactory amount of Nick Swisher in that outfield though.
Whoops. Forgot to add him. It would end up being:
LF: Swish
CF: Granderson
RF: Drew
If I were a pitcher, I’d be scared to face that OF.
Even better. Your former OF, but DH teh Swish. Gardner is one of my favorite players.
I think CC on sunday should hit somebody like Pedroia. I love to see the 5″1 100 poung unathletic white guy charge the mound against, a 6″7 300 Pound athletic angry black guy.
Can Pedroia get any shorter or smaller? CC will show us.
Ha. That would be a sight to see.
What a fucking embarrassing job by a “veteran” pitcher.
He literally just gave up on his team, because he could not control his emotions.
You could tell the way he was throwing he just could not care less where the ball was going.
If I was this guy’s teammate I would stuff his ass into his locker and make sure he never pulled this shit again. What a gutless performance.
hughes was on the bench for ages
Sooooo Josh Beckett doesnt have the mentality to pitch in the Boston-New York rivalry right?
I hate this dumb “he’s from Texas! he just can’t help it!” shit. Andy Pettitte is also from Texas and he can apparently control himself from being a massive jackass and calling players faggots (language apologies, but I am angry).
That said, I’m not sure why he’d be trying to hit Francisco Cervelli and Derek Jeter with the bases loaded.
you shouldn’t be in game if you can’t command fast ball with bases loaded.
…and your fucking fastball sits 95-96 MPH.
Shit was tense.
bexy right now = http://images.eonline.com/eol_.....033108.jpg ?
Josh Beckett had no control today but he fought valiantly. The umpires were clearly against him which didn’t help in attacking the vicious Yankee minions! Their empire is strong but Beckett proceeded to fight til his last breath. He was able to take out several Yankees in his valiant effort to stop the hated New York Yankees.
/Every Damn Sports Media After Today’s Game’d
so glad this game isn’t on fox
Ortiz has 2 rbis.
I know Lowell and Beckett were instrumental in the 2007 title for the Red Sox, but you think maybe they are regretting trading Hanley Ramirez for them now????
I guess not cause they again did help them win a WS and Beckett should still be at worst a decent pitcher for the next few years but still interesting debate maybe??
It was good for both sides.
Yup totally. Although the Marlins might just get more great years out of it. Signing Hanley when they did was huge for them.
I’d say both sides won but the Marlins got the better end.
I know Kay and Leiter would never call Beckett out on TV, but do not tell me those were accidental.
The Yankee players and coaches knew exactly what Beckett was doing. That is why they were all so visibly pissed.
That was a punk on the mound who gave up on his team.
Really though, logic would say that he wasn’t hitting them on purpose, so I don’t blame Leiter (especially) for saying it was accidental. My guess is that the Yanks are just furious with being hit (and injured) this much in principle.
Yeah I know and that is why Leiter can’t call him out on TV.
If you watched this whole game and that inning there was a stark contrast in Beckett’s control and demeanor.
He was just on the mound and could not care less. The way he was throwing the ball was very different from earlier in the game.
He gave up on his team. I am very confident saying that.
Agreed. I would say he probably didn’t care where the pitches ended up as that inning piled up, which is definitely not a quality you want in your “ace.”
And at some point, regardless of intentionality, you just have to be more careful. Even if he wasn’t deliberately trying to come inside on all those hitters, he was showing absolutely no regard for whether he would hit someone or not. A driver is still held responsible for hitting a pedestrian, even if he didn’t intend to.
I don’t think he hit two players on purpose with the bases loaded. His command was way off, and look at his inability to pitch inside to Cervelli. No matter what, he wouldn’t be intentionally hitting Yankees with the bases-loaded.
I don’t like what he did either, but I don’t think he was intentionally hitting people. The coaches and players should be pissed because two guys were hit in the inning. But the intention was just to come inside, not hit Yankees with the bases loaded.
By the way, Youk had the most unnecessary dive there on that line drive.
Hughes continues to pump the gun at 94 mph. I like this.
Phil is sooo classy, I love him. I don’t care if I’m a guy I’d marry him.
/Semi-Serious’d
Ill be your best man if you want
Haha you got it.
That cutter he just threw made my pants a little tighter.
Josh Beckett just called you a fag.
Tell Beckett to learn how to pitch. To not be homophobic. To not be a dick. And to not be horribly stupid.
You have to fight me first. And I’m a girl.
Nothing like a “Yankees suck” chant when the Yankees are up by seven.
You’ve got the love the old “down 7 runs Yankees suck chant.”
Lol, “Yankees suck” when they’re down 9-2. Boston jerk-offs
Whoever called Rumolo as being the designated headhunter, i believe you are going to be correct.
He’ll be instantly loved by all.
I wanna see CC and A.J. throw the hell down.
/really late on that one
Last inning for Hughes? The location is just waaay off right now.
2 strikeouts?
Meh. I’ll take the above post back. That FB to Hermida was all location. Hughes won’t go above 120, but he should learn to compete with 100 pitches thrown.
I bet you see Punky Brewster being replaced next inning too.
great job by hughes
I don’t remember the last time a game has made me this angry.
Fuck you, Josh Beckett. Fuck. You.
HUUUUGHHHHES!!!!!!!!!!
And Kay noticed the lack of changeups! PROGRESS.
WTF is Hermida throwing his bat for? God I hate these fuckers.
You know Hughes is confident when he throws a fastball on the outer half and walks off before the ump can blink.
Cat took a dump, had to clean it so I missed the half frame. Did the Yanks throw at anyone?
Hughes threw at Cervelli a few times. Don’t know what that’s about.
Instant cleanup? Let that shit settle.
/freshstep’d
Oh JMK, I just spit out my drink. I don’t know why I found this post so hilarious.
It’s funny if you don’t have to clean it. One of the others, Chloe Monster, has crystals when she pees. Horrible.
Maybe having 6 cats was a mistake…
Are you serious? Six cats?
Man Phil was nasty with them cutters.
Loved seeing Hughes K the last 2 batters that inning after a rough start to the inning, but Clemens wouldve drilled somebody that inning if not at the minimum come up and in on somebody.
This has been the worse total domination win over the Red Sox ever.
*worst
When A-Rod crossed the mound on Braden was it at the end of an inning? I saw A-rod make the 1st out of a double play. Did the double play end the inning?
haha Hughes is like “I don’t have control anymore either, but I’m going to strike everyone out instead of hit them”
Phil, I love you.
I think Pettitte overheard that, he is now crying in the corner… what have you done??
Andy knows my love for him is my one true love. All other loves are secondary.
*resists urge to make Pettitte joke*
Why won’t Tampa Bay lose?
They will. It’s still early and they’ve played an easy schedule.
I know, it’s just so frustrating being over 700 and not being in 1st.
Tampa’s schedule hits a tough bump this month when they play the Yankees for a two game set and Boston for a three game set.
have you seen their schedule? they play the school of the blind every day
Ok, missed the big inning…. was jeter hit on purpose.
Probably not but who knows. Beckett is stupid.
Forget Jeter, it was Cano that we need to worry about. As for intentional or not, hard to tell.
Oh STFU Michael. I could give two shits about Queen Latifah atm.
Hah beckett took varitek out too. Douche
lol we go from seeing 96mph heat from beckett to this junk
Even if Wake hits you it’s like 60MPH. So thankfully no one should get hurt.
Wow, and 37 isn’t even that old for starters. I guess all the older guys are in the NL.
47 year old junkballer Jamie Moyer threw a 2 hit complete game shutout against the braves
LOL
Well Jobamania, you just can’t predict baseball
I’m going to be upset if Youkilis doesn’t get drilled.
I’d be upset if there was no form of retaliation in this series. You don’t push the Yankees. You do and you get burned both my the score and on the field.
CC will take care of it tomorrow, thats not a job for the kid
Phil is at 92 pitches, I doubt he’ll still be in by the bottom of the 9th.
Agreed. But I say CC should toy with them, let them live in fear, and hit no one. Then, when they think they’re off the hook, AJ comes in on Sunday and drills Pedroia and Youk.
Beckett a veteran? Guy can’t even grow a real beard!
Damn Gardner got robbed
Uhg, robbed of another hit.
“At various points in the inning, Beckett seemed to be rearing back and just throwing as hard as he could with little regard for where the ball was going. He hit two batters and nearly hit Cervelli and Teixeira.
Several of the Yankees, including the normally placid CC Sabathia, were on the top step of the dugout yelling at Beckett.”
Pete Abe is right on here.
If you watched the way Beckett was throwing his fastball it was night and day different than he usually throws it and in particular in this game.
It may not have been “intentional” but he did not care whatsoever if it ended up hitting someone.
Let’s get CC involved. Let’s see them try and mess with him.
You saw what Porcello did to Youk…good god CC would have a field day.
I’d imagine it would go something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related (safe)
They probably can’t even make CC move. He could just sit on them and they’ll be knocked out.
/Rikishi’d
his FB in the first 5 innings was pinpoint accuracy. completely lost that in the 6th or maybe just had no regard for putting the ball where he should’ve
Who ever was asking where robbie got hit LoHud has a picture of it.
Somewhere Dallas Braden just added Josh Beckett to his list – Braden is pissed Beckett hit Jeter and not Arod.
Maybe that’s how they do it in Texas, but not in the 209.
/boneheads, all of ‘em’d
Picks up freshman?
That was awesome… not in the 209 LOL!!!!
OMG!!!!! that was hilarious… thank you, I just spit beer out of my mouth laughing.
He called Swisher a fag, Kay! Go fuck yourself Beckett!
come on flaherty! i thought you were supposed to “tell it like it is”
Could it be that he actually believes that? I know it’s a crazy idea and all…
yeah maybe he believes swisher’s a fag too then i guess
what did he say? I missed it.
kay asked if he thought beckett was out of line and hitting people on purpose… flaherty said it was absolutely not
Kimberly Jones working the clubhouse.
JMK = aroused
as am i…
Someone get Romulo a cheeseburger, stat.
look at Romulo sitting there. just ready to throw at someone.
93 MPH still for Hughes.
Jeter just got retaliation! lol
Mo was telling the younglings in the pen whom they should hit
Phranchise baby. great outing
Great job by Phil tonight.
excellent job by hughes
*standin ovay*
I’ll join you. Near Future ace.
My projected rotation for 2013:
CC
Hughes
Lee
Nova
ManBan
no AJ?
AJ’s contract runs out in 2013, so typo on my part. I meant 2014 rotation.
My hopeful rotation
CC
Hughes
Joba
ManBan
ZMac
With Jose Ramirez in the ready.
Jose Ramirez is debuting in 2013 as the 5th starter. Have no fear. Ramirez will be pitching in Tampa soon enough. I’d bet Nova is long gone by 2013, having been traded for bench depth.
Boone Logan 98 MPH coming in on a right hander. ooooooooooh that’s gonna hurt.
Heh..
It’s funny, as pissed as most of us are. I’d bet Joe G is even more angry.
He’s gotta be seething. Can you imagine Scoscia right now? He’d be having an apoplectic fit on the bench.
Wow. Philip Tiberius Hughes, you are awesome.
that can’t possibly be his real middle name…right?
Very good job by Hughes. 7 innings of 2 run ball with 7 K’s, not to bad, not to fucking bad.
Especially with shaky control.
I didn’t think his control was that shaky. Not razor sharp, but he seemed to be hitting the glove a lot.
Nice one, Phil.
I take back everything I said about Winn earlier.
randy is on fiya!
yezzur
i hear some grunting and farting coming from the bullpen…
NESN hasn’t mentioned the Celtics score all night.
Martinez looks scared of the ball
38 points by James? So is he hurt or isn’t he? If he is that is a pretty impressive score for being hurt.
he had 23 in the first quarter. it looked like he would go for 50, then he let up and let the others score and left in the 3rd quarter
Celtics are on Comcast, Bruins are on NESN. Plus the C’s got kiiiiiiiiiiilled. Bruins game is ridiculous though. Just went to OT on an extra-attacker goal with 32 seconds left
I just figured being a “great sports town” like Boston, they would at least mention the score of the game once. Then again, they probably aren’t announcing the score of the Red Sox on the Bruins telecast.
Oh no, all the bruins fans would be watching that anyway. Bruins fans are a proud people, mostly because they have the smallest bandwagon at the moment and still have some shame, the pinkhats haven’t invaded yet.
Coming into today, I was hoping Hughes would be the story of the game. He did a great job, but those fucking Red Sox…even when they lose the game, they somehow manage to steal the narrative.
oh look at that, martinez can’t field the knuckler
i’m loving this
ha. Cap’n America can’t catch him either.
I could get used to this Wakefield-Martinez comedy hour.
QUICK!! Trade Daniel Bard for Dog Mirabelli!!!!!!
/Theo’d
I want JD Drew.
Thames has some POWER. That was a flick.
it was a knuckleball though
Maybe Epstein wasn’t so wrong in his comments after all…
The inning is now Martinez vs The Knuckleball. So far, the knuckleball is winning.
Interesting that Teixeira was batting from the right side against the righty knuckleballer. Is that his natural side?
Swisher did it too.
Yeah, Tex is a natural righty.
Get back on track D-ROB!
i love this offense
great game for the O
LBJ picking up his Yanks by spanking the Celts…AWESOME.
God I hope he comes to the Knicks. The guy screams New Yorker.
Prediction-Robertson is being demoted tomorrow to make room for Moeller/Russo/somebody. He is therefore free to drill Sox.
cmon david, you got it
In a moment of redemption, David Robertson smashes a blue smurf.
Good opportunity for D-Rob to get his stuff back together.
hahaha pedroia really swung at that??
Robertson please pull through. You are the closer of the future after Mo.
Ok maybe not, but made him look funny!
Punky Brewster was bailing out, and tried to save face by swinging at that last pitch.
cliff lee also throws that spiked curveball, i didnt know anyone else did it, too
And it’s not even his best pitch. That’s the crazy part. Lee’s changeup is fantastic.
his changeup is scary. i feel sorry for those who have to face him
Oy. C’mon Robertson.
walking van evry?? who the fuck is that guy?
Random guy. Pitched for the Sox last year because they were sucking one game. Pulled a Swish.
interesting
wasn’t it Nick Green that pitched? Maybe Van Every too.
I don’t know about Green but here’s Every’d game.
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/n.....8;c_id=bos
Stupid spam filter. Let’s try this again.
Van Every – http://www.baseball-reference......4300.shtml
Green – http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/n.....8;c_id=bos
Copy/paste fail.
Green – http://www.baseball-reference......8270.shtml
lol.. We’re really not going to hit Youkilis?
D-Rob? He wans’t exactly Mo in his first few outings Kay.
What do people think about not retaliating now, when the game is well in hand? I think we’re missing an opportunity.
Agree!!!!!!!
joba comes in for the 9th
i would romulo pitch the ninth
God Robertson’s starting to get irritating
Man i really want to see robertson figure it out
Ugh. I wish D-Rob would get right.
Damn. Robertson is a frigging mess. This kid has no confidence in his stuff.
I’m in Twitter jail so algjlasgjlsajg;ljagl D-Rob come on.
Twitter jail?
It’s when you update Twitter too often and you can’t update for a while.
It’s just the Tweetdeck client, to my knowledge. Not all of Twitter.
It’s not letting me upload it on the web
and by “upload it on the web” I mean update from the web.
Robertson is quickly becoming the next Veras/Edwar in my book.
God I hope not. You can add Bruney to that list as well.
theres been at least 3 FBs that 2004-7 Ortiz would’ve crushed tonight
2010 Ortiz could crush them if he hadn’t gotten rid of the syringe
Bravo.
Eiland is all pumped up too.
Bitch some more Ortiz. Yankees didn’t even bitch as much as you when they got fucked around with.
Man, does anything by Robertson get out into play? Seems like the whole year it’s been walk, strikeout, or homerun.
20 pitches and erratic = not good
At least Beltre hit a good pitch there.
Robertson sucks. There I said it.
..at this time.
Hopefully not for much longer.
hehe, Kay “it’s not okay” to his miscall
I hope Robertson pitches the 9th
So by not retaliating tonight, we know CC will throw at someone tomorrow, prompting a bench warning, which will put our pitchers at a disadvantage.
Red Sox will throw at someone in the top of the 1st. A warning will be issued and we won’t even be able to retaliate.
Shit. That probably will happen. God do I hate that team.
hopefully joba comes in for the 9th to greet his old friend youkilis, grunting and farting
He’ll get it with time.
contusion for varitek…caused by josh the douche beckett
So much to like in this sentence.
I want Pena to steal 2nd. In a 10-3 game.
Yeah, no calling of the dogs bullshit.
*off
Bruney tonight for the Nats: 1 inning, 3 hits, 3 walks, 2 runs.
looks like Bruney we know …
The WHIP! It burns!
lol the MLB pitchers the yanks let go of suck so bad this year
Goddamnit.
Got em on the curveball. Sneaky bastard.
Heh. Call Beckett a douche on Over the Monster you get banned. Call A-Rod a tranny hooker you got a recommended comment.
Beckett is representing that city well.
Pedro and Clemens were douches too, but at least they got outs.
Pedro and Clemens were at least respectable aces. They both are douches but hey they have some sort of right for being so damn good.
Beckett is nowhere even close to that caliber.
Beckett isn’t even the ace of his own staff.
/still irked by this
Beckett is a top tier number 2 fringe number 1.
I still like this commercial.
You guys ready to rent some cahhhs?
(I like that commercial too)
fuggedaboudit
and I’m pretty sure it’s rent.
/nitpick’d
man I’m an idiot, I mean I’m pretty sure it’s sell
It’s Avis. They rent cars.
v-mart is a good mark, just saying
Anyone know why Montero was pulled in the second inning?
Thanks for reminding me, and no.
Felt something running to first base.
with 2 outs, Boone needs to drill someone
And the Boston crowd goes crazy. Apparently they don’t know simply counting.
Here comes Boone Logan throwing his heater with no command.
Boone. Logan. Throw. Strikes.
I’m disappointed in the lack of steals in this game. However, Beckett would probably balk and throw the ball at someone.
The horse is dead but.. I’m kind of irked that we let the Sox abuse us tonight.
blowing them out is the best revenge.
Yeah but I’m not gonna like this happening again.
eh. Bullshit. We can blow them out, and hurt them.
this
who gives a flying piece of crap that they hit our hitters
we won the game
ballgame over
yankees win
Cano got hurt a lot. Jorge is out because of a hit pitch. Retaliation will hopefully stop this bush leagueness.
…So if Cano is out for 2 weeks, and Jeter’s back tightens up, you really don’t give a shit that they hit our hitters? I’m tired of our guys getting hit.
And if Jorge’s calf acts up again…
and they were throwing at cervelli’s HEAD– after they knew we didn’t have another emergency catcher with pena in the game
perfect time and hitter.
for a Yankee/Red Sox game that was outright speedy.
I’m a little pissed by the lack of retaliation.
I am too. Tonight would’ve been a perfect time to get vengeance considering the game was a blowout.
Sox lose, Bruins lose, Celtics lose.
G’night Boston!
sweep the series
Yeah this guy is such a fag right Beckett?
It’s funny, when I note the epic douchetisity of Beckett, sawks fans counter with Swisher. Why?
I love Swish!
Pedroia looked extremely tentative at the plate his last 2 at bats.
He knows what Beckett did, he knows retaliation is coming at some point, and he knows he is a good candidate for it.
Looked very scared up there to get close to the plate.
swisher hit a homerun for a kid in the hospital
i love those stories
He shoulda pointed!!!!
See Hughes Boston? That’s a REAL pitcher.
Loving Hughes’s BB/9 rate.
Player of the game is Josh Beckett.
Another great win for the Yankees this season, although it will be interesting to see what lineup they trot out there tomorrow afternoon.
BTW for all those complaining about no retaliation, werent there a bunch of people here who used to talk crap about Torre cause his teams never retaliated if Clemens wasnt pitching???? Im pretty sure though CC will hit or brush someone back tomorrow.
Youkilis in the back with the fastball/clue’d
Im pretty sure though CC will hit or brush someone back tomorrow.
Which will more than likely result in a bench warning… The umps will be on red alert mode tomorrow.
Oh fuck NJ is going back to New York.
There has to be some retaliation of the nonsense pitching we saw tonight. Beckett looked like a minor leaguer with good stuff but poor command. The unprofessional part was his victorious grimace after he hit Cano.
However, I would argue that Yanks should hold on to the retaliation till the right moment. Now the Redsux are anyways down, when they get back up, CC should bore in on the fingers/wrist of whoever is their best hitter later in the season (possibly breaking it and ending that persons season). That would be true retaliation and would serve the Yankees the best, it would be the biggest “bang” per buck.
I am all for being classy. But when the opponent gives you an opportunity to expand your set of strategies, make the most of it, that is true professional winning baseball.
I want the entire Red Sox team dead.
I see. So to get back at Beckett, we should cripple a player who had nothing whatsoever to do with Beckett’s antics. Makes complete sense to me.
Say, do you mind if I shoot you in the face in retaliation for 9/11?