Game 113: Freddy’s Big Test
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The Yankees decided not to trade for a starting pitcher before last Sunday’s trade deadline, instead putting their faith in the guys they already have. Freddy Garcia has been surprisingly effective this year, better than league average in terms of both ERA (3.22) and FIP (3.59), but he’s started against the Red Sox twice before this season and has gotten his brains beat in each time (5 R in 5.1 IP and 4 R in 1.2 IP). This isn’t a big game in terms of the standings (yes it’ll determine first place in the AL East for the time being, but both clubs have such a huge lead on a playoff spot that it’s not worth worrying), but it’s important for Freddy to show that he can at least hold his own against a great lineup down the stretch and heading in the postseason. Here’s the lineup that will be backing him…
Brett Gardner, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Eric Chavez, DH
Russell Martin, C
Eduardo Nunez, 3B
Freddy Garcia, SP
It’s an ESPN Sunday Night Game, so that means an 8pm ET start. The weather in Boston isn’t great, but the wet stuff is supposed to hold off until after midnight. Hopefully the game is over by then, but no guarantees with these two teams. Enjoy.
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Not confident at all tonight
Hopefully Tech-Share-a can do something tonight.
Apparently you need to be more specific!
The Red Sox spanked CC yesterday. Let’s return the favor by knocking out Beckett in the third inning.
Yesterday, clearly the reverse lock was in effect, which helped the Red Sox.
The Yankees are 2-9 against them. Time for stuff like those reverse locks to finally come back to help this team.
I am thinking a win since yesterday on paper should have been a win for them.
ESPN just forgot who the Red Sox were playing tonight.
ESPN – the world’s sports embarrassment.
Whoever the guy on the left of the desk was had a 2 minute thing on how fucking fantastic Beckett has been, how is having a better season than Cy Young, then he said he looks to do the same against the uhm…. the uhhh.. uhhh. the Yankees tonight.
The guy with the toupee. Red Sox fanatic. People in Ithaca want to forget that he went to school there as well.
If they could show two wicked baseball teams from Bawstann they would.
I don’t like this matchup. Not because there’s a good chance Freddy gets
fingeredclobbered, but because if it’s Beckett’s time of the month and he decides to throw at us than Freddy and his <90 mph fastball won't be able to retaliate.Wow, before watching this pregame I didn’t realize how terrible Freddy Garcia has been this year. Thanks ESPN.
The entertainment part of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network takes priority.
Random: Percent chance Yankees win tonight? I’m pegging it at about 42%. Thoughts?
Yea I’m with you. I’d say 45%
Way too high. More like 41.5%
You’re both nuts. It’s 40.98% at best! Sheesh.
Stop being such a pessimist.
Let’s just settle in the middle shall we? 41.4879321, we’re all happy now!
Random: Percent chance Yankees win tonight? I’m pegging it at about 2%
Fixed that for ya.
I think we have a shot tonight. Beckett’s numbers against us this year cannot continue forever. Freddy knows he has to show something against a good offense. He will be ready.
I don’t like the matchup either, but I’m hoping Garcia can keep the Yankees in the game.
And it’s past time for the Yankees to knock that smirk off Beckett’s face. Man, I hate that.
The soul patch! The soul patch! Aghh I hate it!
Josh Beckett is having by far the best season (187 ERA+) of his career. He’s dismantled the Yanks this season, pitching 21 innings across 3 starts while giving up a measly 2 Runs. Not only that, but he’s allowed just 10 hits and struck out 25 batters in those 21 frames. You know what we call that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD4eGDmrb4w
Total domination.
This only means the Yankees are due.
Let me fix that for you
This only means the Yankees are DOOOOMED! DOOOMED I TELL YOU!
So what’s the tally of batters they have hit vs batters we have hit? It is a bit ridiculous isn’t it?
Doesn’t Beckett hit someone every time he faces us these last 2 years?
I miss A-Rod.
God its gonna be a long night, did anyone notice how many times they’ve referenced the red sox in the intro? “America’s Favorite ballpark”, “Number one offense in baseball”, etc.
who is that with Bobby and Orel?
I want CC to flatten Buster Olney
CC Sabathia has that “Get the fuck out my face” look towards Buster Onley.
I wonder how “special” this Red Sox offense would be if they didn’t get to play half of their games in Fenway Park?
Question, who would you guys rather have on your team Ellsbury or Granderson?
Both of their contract are up in 2 years, and Ellsbury will be getting a pretty big number in arbitration this offseason. Ellsbury is younger, but Granderson has been more consistent. I definitely say Granderson, even if this is really what Ellsbury is capable of, since he’s shown no signs of so much power before this, I still think Granderson has much more talent in an average season.
Granderson and I do not think its that close either.
The game hasn’t even started yet and I already feel better about muting these schmucks.
Josh Beckett is “fired and ready to go”? Ooooooo, I’m scared.
The Yankees are winning tonight guys. I dont know how, but they are going to win this game.
Alright Beckett, time for that FIP-ERA differential to equal out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zICxh9kKZg
I have a feeling I’m going to be playing this song by 9:00.
True or Extremely true: This is a must win game for the Yankees who will be doomed if they lose.
well, since those are the only two options I’ll just go with true.
Seasons over if they lose this.
Yep, might as well not even play the rest of the schedule.
The flip side of course, is this will be one of the sweetest wins of the year if they actually pull it off.
MLB instituted a rule before the game that the loser of this game is barred from the playoffs for the next ten years. So extremely true.
I miss Joe Morgan already
Me too! Bobby Valentine is a joke
You don’t mean that.
The frack was that picture of Youkilis?
First Pedroia dick sucking of the night.
First of many. Get use to it.
First of many
How often do MSM announcers/ writers say oh that W/L record is not a good indicator of Pitcher A’s season, and yet they still believe W/L record is a good way of evaluating pitchers.
Never, because MSM announcers/writers never admit that W/L record is not a good indicator of a pitcher’s season. Not being facetious, either.
Someone just said it on the broadcast, that Beckett’s been much better than 9-4 would indicate, and listening to some of the Mets game today, Howie Rose said something about RA Dickey not deserving of his 5-10 (or whatever it is) record.
Right. But the MSM does not practice logical consistency, and therefore fails to realize that both examples discredit the use of pitcher W-L entirely.
I mean, you’re right. This happens all the time. The problem is that it’s not presented as a discrediting of W/L not being a good pitching indicator. I know, I know, it doesn’t make sense to me either, but the MSM’s not in the business of making sense.
I like how they say that W/L is fluky for Beckett this season, and then cite his ERA.
What the fuck.
How many times a week can Chavez DH without significantly increasing the change of injury?
i’m close to vomiting at espn-sox love fest and a pitch hasnt been thrown
who the hell complained about joe morgan and jon miller? i would kill for them right now
If we had a drinking game where you drink everytime they slob Pedroia’s knob, in what inning would we be drunk? 3rd?
I’m already hungover.
Bottom of the 1st.
Before the game starts
Can they just get rid of that stupid ass k-zone? It means nothing.
This is my biggest pet peeve about the ESPN broadcasts by far. Where the ball hits the catcher’s glove does not determine whether or not it’s a strike.
Exactly, nor does it mean it’s what the ump is calling that night. It’s arbitrary nonsense they use to justify their point at any given moment.
Joe Morgan was just ignorant and egotistical. Valentine is that and batshit insane.
Bobby Valentine sounds like Kermit the Frog.
…actually, yes.
that, my fine friend, is an insult. how dare you?
EVIL HOMERS
This lineup would sure look a lot more dangerous with Montero DH’ing and Chavez playing third.
To be fair, we don’t know how Montero’s gonna do when he comes up. I’m confident that he’ll hold his own, but it’s far from a given that he comes up and kills the ball.
OH MY GOD
THIS
What is this assumption that Montero will come up and instantly start raking? Have we learned nothing from Phil Hughes, Joba, and Cano? These things take time. Montero will probably be pretty average in his first year, at best. He won’t be legitimately awesome until 4, 5 years from now.
He doesn’t have to be legitimately awesome to represent an upgrade over Cervelli and Posada.
Good AB by Granderson.
Grandy’s great, but what time did he show up to the ballpark and was it before Pedroia?
C’mon man. Pedroia doesn’t leave the ballpark.
(You must be this tall to use this exit).
Well now im not that stupid. Nobody can be compared to the little white man that could.
So the Yanks are no longer hitting to many homeruns?
We’re stealing too many bases now. Don’t worry.
First Tek-shara of the night
There goes Beckett’s PG
Why would the Yankees put Eduardo Scissorhands in the field if Chavez is in the lineup?
Are they afraid of Chavez hurting himself again?
Wouldn’t you be?
i love espns narrative of this game…yankees have to steal and run or they have no chance against beckett….espn is outrageous…yankees can pulverize beckett on any given night
Just try your best to block out what everybody says and remember that Beckett’s career ERA against us is 5.52.
This isn’t the 2003 world series anymore. We can handle Beckett, we have crushed Beckett in the past, and we will crush Beckett again in the future.
And historically, they have. Beckett has a career 5.5 ERA against the Yankees
The Yankees are going to lose tonight.
The Italian debt crisis is going to send the entire world into a economic depression.
Salma Hayek’s boobs are beginning to sag.
http://www.styleandmore.net/sa.....i/hayek_01
We’re doomed.
her boobs should be one of the 7 wonders of the world
http://www.fungur.com/uploads/.....pers-7.jpg
(SFW)
I’m calling a tex message
genius
Wrong number
RLYW had this tidbit up. Beckett just happens to hit Yankees at a much higher rate than he normally hits batters. Just a coincidence I’m sure.
Josh Beckett 2011 bf hbp hbp/bf
vs. Yankees 80 4 5.0%
vs. rest of MLB 457 3 0.7%
That’s what it tells him to do in his “Playing the Game the Right Way” handbook.
And Teix adds to his league lead in popups
I can live with a bunch of popups and swings above changeups if the end result is a 40 HR season.
Beckett doesn’t look too good. Poor command.
Fucken hell.
It’s amazing that ESPN could get rid of Miller and Morgan and actually downgrade.
Just turn down the sound and put on Sterling and Suz…never mind.
I actually don’t mind Schulman at all. But Orel’s a tool, and Bobby V is completely clueless.
Pedroia is an MVP candidate??
DRINK!
Except he is…
LOL, so he is. though he gets a lot of his fWAR value from his fielding.
And Pedroia doesn’t even have much of a Home Road split this year. Interesting.
How is Ellsbury 15 runs better defensively than Granderson?
Because of his grittiness.
cause granderson gets awful reads and isn’t that good of a cf
I believe in freddy
What’s your stand on unicorns?
teix road ops is 796, disgracefully.
at some point he a product of the short porch.
babip might be low, cause he hit pop ops all day
That no one ever mentions Jose Bautista in MVP discussions is a war crime, worthy of the rope.
It is ridiculous, every Red Sox fan seems to think the only candidates are on the Red Sox. Bautista has been the best hitter in all of baseball.
Joey bats is the new sammy sosa
Except hes having a better season than Sosa ever did
I can’t tell because it’s muted, but I assume ESPN is talking about how Tacos is going to have a walk-off home run in the first inning, right?
ESPN plus a really annoyingly loud HP Ump? Instamute.
To hear ESPN tell it it’s amazing the Sox have lost a game this season.
Nice Tex!!!!!
Tech-share-a flashing some leather.
Hey guys, were you aware that Pedroia plays the game the right way?
thats a strike for beckett
I am surprised Jeter got to that ball.
God damnit I wish his knees exploded on that slide.
Wow, back to back awesomeness.
Sliding into first doesn’t work moron
It was almost more like he was trying to fly into first. He could have sailed right by without ever touching the bag.
Pedroia and his soft, childlike bones are so gritty.
Jeter gets the chipmonk
Got ya biatch
sorry pedroia, that only works for the grittiest of players, brett gardner
Brett Gardner is only grittier than Pedroia if you control for height.
He was out but what grit.
I think Pedroia’s grit propelled him thirty stories into the air. Also, did he miss the bag as he dove? Because that’d be hilarious.
WHAT GRIT!!!
What a gritty dive. He tries so hard!
Not gritty enough
Not enough grit there.
I used to think it was stupid/dangerous to dive into first, but not I know it’s the kind of thing gritty players with big hearts who love the game do.
Beckett throwing high cheese.
Freddy throwing government cheese.
Pedroia got jealous because Tex looked “grittier” than him for a minute, so he had to bellydive.
Garcia has been perfect so far.
Pull him now, it’s our only chance.
Usually he struggles out of the gate. Hopefully this is a good sign.
How did Freddy manage to get through a scoreless inning against the Sox? ESPN had me believing that would be unpossible
Unpossible? No. Inlikely, yes!
http://deadspin.com/5823128/wh.....mean-today
Replace all instances of “Bartolo Colon” with “Freddy Garcia.”
MVP candidates 1-9 in the lineup.
Eduardo Scissorhands makes the play.
Kick ass pop some champagne and get so Ho’s
Thats the New York/Yankee way.
The Boston/Red Sox way is:
Be Gritty, Drink beer and get some kids.
Pedoria’s HOF statue will be made of grit.
…and be 3 feet tall.
good job freddy get the lead 5 and fly
Now Cano can lead off the 2nd with a solo jack thereby confusing the ESPN commentary as they don’t know where to go with their storyline.
“Well it’s just a blip on Beckett’s radar.”
price is right: waa-wa-wa-wahhhh
“we go to the 2nd it’s 0-0 Red Sox”
How long before beckett hit one of our guys
Such discipline Robby.
Cano, swinging at the first pitch?
Now I’ve seen it all.
Curt Schilling is going to be on tue broadcast? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
*the
Yeah, the broadcast will actually get MORE biased in favor of Boston. At least they warned us.
Oh goodie. Curt Schilling is in the house. If I was ESPN, that’s where I’d go for some objective analysis to balance off my ball washing announcers.
Isn’t he that pitcher who embarassingly spilled ketchup on his sock?
Cano needs to take a few pitches 4 pitches so far this inning
At least chavy is working beckett
Strong inning for Beckett
Looks like Beckett fixed his command, yeah guys…he’s as good as the ESPN assholes think he is, unfortunately.
Not pretty
Get is over yet?
Nothing for nothing, but the bitching about ESPN kissing the Red Sox’s ass is worse than ESPN kissing the Red Sox’s ass.
Josh Beckett actually throws a pitch (he calls the U-235) that has so much movement, and so much deception, that home plate umpires ask HIM whether it was a strike or not.
Youlk looks like the toxic avenger
Those are strikes for Beckett
Beckett gets those last two calls
Really? Really?
Ok that is ridiculous. WTF were those pitches.
Are you shitting me with that ball 3 call?
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
UmpEd
I love how they never show k zone for Beckett
The whole damn game is fixed. It’s all corrupt from Bud Selig all the way down!
2 different zones
MVP Candidate David Ortiz.
I think the camera angle must be pretty weird
Clearly Becketts getting the calls while Freddy is not, total BS. These announcers should just wipe their respective mouths off and get off their knees..,no mention of it.
except that’s not at all true, not to ruin the narrative or anything
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
My eyes and ears dont lie.
Am I supposed to believe that shot of Phil Hughes after another 2-strike foul-off was not deliberate?
ESPN’s concerned trolling the Yankee staff.
Can we just be honest and admit to eachother that A-Gon is winning the MVP? It’s not fair, but it’s probably going to happen, just because.
A lot of MVP awards are won in the final two months. I’d bank on A-Gon’s .400 BABIP regressing a little, thus costing him the MVP
Completely ignore that the Sox pitching is pretty meh.
This announer is pro redsox i believe.
You seriously need a new handle. That thing looks like a bowl of alphabet soup.
Honestly, I’m not concerned about CC against the Red Sox. He hasn’t pitched well so far this season, but I’m confident he will in the future.
damn
it’s bout 2 get ugly
really
REALLY
Damn. That’s as tough luck as you can get.
To hell with you BABIP, you asshole.
Its going to shit get hughes up
no?
All because of those non strike calls against Youk
you mean the ones that were outside of the strikezone, yeah its all the umpires fault he didn’t call those balls strikes
Beckett got those calls
nope, the ump is giving the slightly high strike, not off the plate, Freddy’s were off the plate
Ok-we have too many righties on our staff. Manny B with another good outing today. Hurry up!
No.
No.
fuck fox announcers
I don’t think Freddy did anything wrong there. He went for the ball and then straight to the base when he missed the ball.
Is Hershiser freaking kidding?
Garcia got off the mound immediately, tried to play the ball, then hustled to the bag. He did absolutely nothing wrong on that play.
Turns out Carl Crawford’s fast.
get hughes up
If Garcia gets out of this inning with 2 runs giving up, I will sign up for that.
Garcia doesn’t have an out pitch tonight.
When was the last time he had an out pitch, 1999?
sweating like a whore in church
DP from Varitek
High pitch count for freddy
Big K! C’mon Freddy, get a DP
This is the difference from other lineups – so many foul-offs and pitch count climbs.
Can we get a DP from Salty?
Its veratek
Garcia officially going into fuck shit up mode.
That was an awesome AB by Reddick and an even better pitch sequence from Freddy
Varitek -even better chance.
/heart starts beating again
In fairness to Schulman it DID look like Gardner had it.
…wtf was that, and why wasn’t Gardner permitted to catch that ball?
Good job so far Freddy. But usually the 3rd out is the hardest.
It’s hard to play against a team with so much grit.
Gardner has so much range he gets to ball that is not his.
Its my ball Biatch!
God I hate BABIP.
Wanna guess which team leads baseball in BABIP?
Does it start with an R and end with a fuck this shit?
The team with a GIANT FUCKING WALL in left field?
Son of a bitch. Just when it looked like he would get out of the inning unscathed…
That’s aight, hold them at 1 and this is still a successful inning considering how it started.
Let’s keep it to one run now.
Nice, real nice
That sucked freddy already down a quart of sweat
that should end the game
If Marco Scutaro is beating you, you’re in trouble.
Soft groundball is not beating.
some shitty luck this inning
I just turned on the game. It’s looking bad for Freddy, but how good has Beckett looked?
Freddy could be doing much worse. Just a walk and two weak infield singles before that Scutaro hit
I actually don’t think Freddy has looked bad. He got into a bases loaded jam due to a tight strikezone and a seeing eye hit, but he’s keeping the ball down and nothing’s been hit that hard.
Beckett was a little wild in the first, but he had a great top of the 2nd. So far so good for him.
Seriously, if the Sox can’t be Freddie and the Yankees, they should be relegated to last place in the East.
Not bad Freddy, not bad.
Red Sox pulled a Yankees from yesterday…. lots of thunder on the bases but very little net result… for now.
Yes. Freddy really lucked out that inning Shulman
Gritty catch there
Considering the circumstances, escaping with just 1 run surrendered, that’s a major success.
Well that could have been a lot worse, unfortunately this next frame will be unbearable.
See, I told you this frame would blow complete ass.
1 run? That’s like 5 runs facing Beckett and his fabulous U-235 pitch.
We’re doooomed.
Don’t forget they’ve got the best reliever in the game waiting in the bullpen. I heard Beckett taught Bobby Jenks the U-235 because he liked his goatee.
Josh Beckett is the ONLY the second human to walk on water.
Curt Schilling was the other – both were created from the rib of Carl Yazstrimski
You forgot Tiger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1st1Vw2kY
Only one run, but lots of pitches.
Let’s put up a big number with Schilling in the booth
The producer has made the Sox The Story for the night. The Yankees’ job is to sabotage it and force them to change direction.
I’ll take that. You know what else I’d take? Multiple Yankees runs this inning so I can hear ESPN cry.
I think we can hit Beckett. The Sox had better not waste another opp like that one. I an early bullpen takeover here as well, Freddy just threw 800 pitches getting out of that shit storm.
Mute button at the ready
In baseball related news, im glad that Strasberg made his comeback debut today. If your a real baseball fan, you gotta root for this guy to be 100% and pitch to his potential. One of the most fun players I have ever enjoy watching in baseball.
Absolutely. No one wants to see a guy’s career get cut off at the knees like that.
How did he do?
1 ER 4k in 1.2 innings.
Side note, I knew met a few ESPN personalities and confirmed that Ravvy is a Sox fan and that thing on his head is not alive.
It’s not exactly a secret that Ravvy’s a Boston guy–his wikipedia mentions that he’s an “avid Red Sox fan.”
To Ravech’s credit though, I don’t think that he lets his bias affect his work very much. I’ve always thought that he treats the Yankees very fairly.
Yeah, I’d agree with that last part…he gets a bit excited when covering Boston, but it’s more pro Boston than Anti-Yankee.
I’ve been on the “Freddy Garcia knows how to pitch” bandwagon for a while now and, win or lose, that half-inning was a textbook example of a veteran maintaining his composure in probably the most difficult of circumstances. I wish we could bottle some of that.
I hope Jeter smacked Gardner and Nunez upside the head in the dugout for that almost-botch.
And muteing now
There goes the no no
Hey guys, were you aware that the Red Sox won a playoff series against the Yankees in 2004?
SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP
I was aware that the Red Sox missed the postseason in 2010, and the Yankees won the World Series in 2009, though.
Oh dear god, 2004 flashbacks.
There’s our first 2004 reference for the day.
2004 was, what, a thousand years ago? Are there a combined six players between these two rosters who played in that series?
Jeter, Mo, Posada, Ortiz, ____________
Arod, Varitek
Youk
A-Rod, Wakefield
Wakefield, Beckett
Woops, my bad.
Fairytek and Wakefield were also on the Sawx
So 8 (Jeter, Posada, Rivera, Rodriguez, Varitek, Beckett, Ortiz, Wakefield). Considering A-Rod’s currently on the DL, that means there are 7 players on these two teams active rosters who played in the 2004 ALCS. Out of 50 players. That’s less than 1/5.
Yeah, I think it’s safe to say the 2004 ALCS is about as relevant as, say, the 2003 ALCS. Or the 1999 ALCS. Which is to say, not very.
Forgive me, that should be 9 and 8 (forgot Youkilis). Point still stands.
Actually, Youkilis wasn’t on the ALCS roster that year, was he?
Side note about Ass Face and the Boston fanbase: there was a thread on SoSH where he threw a bitch fit and turned on the board.
Jason Varitek has not wiped his ass since 2004. Therefore, the magic is still there.
Curt Schilling won’t give me the bloody sock to use.
Gritty Russ
fuck yeah bitches
/classless Red Sox Fan
What’s up biatches
/Jeter
+1
Truthfully? Stephen Strasburg > anyone on the Red Sox
Lesters proven though.
Not gritty
If Josh Beckett were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off the urge to thank him.
He is….the most interesting pitcher in the world.
Curt Schilling: Still pissed at Joe Carter
Fuck.
fucking BABIP
SUCH GRIT!
Now thats grit
Shit, the BABIP gods hate us today.
Yesterday too. I might become a satanist at this point.
You’re a Yankee fan. You’re already satanic.
/NESPN’d
I hate BABIP. Something has to give!
That’s at belt level for other second basemen. Pedroia had to jump for it.
/hyperbole
Damn, that’s two hard hit balls for outs by the captain tonight.
Let’s see how Garcia can bounce back from the long inning.
jeter smoked that, nothing you can do that
Jeter is having the best swings in the lineup.
Yeah, Ochocinco’s girl was pretty hot.
“If you’re gonna be a Patriot, you better root for the Sox”
http://www.gothamist.com/attac.....yankee.jpg
Whoops
Can’t wait until ARod gets back. Although this lineup,today, is better than yesterday’s, it would, of course, be much better still with ARod at 3rd rather than Nunez. As things stood as of yesterday, without Alex and WITH Posada, this team is clearly not on a par with Boston. Alex changes the correlation of forces.
Yeah, but what about how things stood as of two days ago?
I can’t even…
How many DRINKS are we up to this inning?
Either youlk is doing HGH or sufffering from elephantitis
Looknat his head and jaw
Many pitchers throw the forkball, Josh Beckett throws a knifeball, spoonball and complete-set-of-china ball.
He is…the most interesting pitcher in the world.
Yeah, the Ushers show up at about five-ish for a game at eight.
Did Dan Schulman really just call Pedroia a “dirt dog scrapper?”
I know that it’s annoying to sit here posting all night complaining about ESPN, but come the fuck on.
That was the most graceful fielder’s choice I have ever seen. EVER.
So much Red Sox dick sucking going on in that booth.
That was a sweet play by Jeets.
Jeet is killing it tonight!
I can’t stop laughing.
“… and we go from the gutty, gritty, dirt dog that is Pedroia to the fluid swinging phenom in Adrian Gonzalez.”
And… MUTE
finally BABIP fucks the Sox
Wow, to make that even close to a DP was impressive.
Wow that play was amazing…
Glacial pitching pace by Beckett. I mean can you take any longer in between pitches? He’s trying to psyche us out. Its fucking annoying. Just pitch you fucking pussy. Wow. I can’t wait for this game to be over. Not only because we’ve had our asses handed to us by the Sox this season but the announcers, umpiring, and bad luck have been tear your eyes out horrible.
Aaaand muted
Oh my god, this Red Sox dick sucking is on another level….
I might as well watch NESN. ESPN’s broadcasts have been bad, but this is beyond gratuitous.
NESPN
I like that.
New England Sports and Programming Network. Proud partner of NESN
I liked the Everything Sox Programming Network that someone posted a few days ago.
That would work if the Red Sox were the only New England sports team they creamed their pants over. Unfortunately that’s not the case.
Funny thing is, I don’t at all mind watching Sox games on NESN.
NESN broadcasters are about as big homers as Yankee broadcasters. Worst thing I heard from them was that Adrian Gonzalez was the no doubt MVP of the season so far.
Agreed entirely. Sure they’re a little homerish (like every local TV crew,) but they know baseball.
so are the yankees even on the field tonight, i couldn’t tell based on the announcing?
But look, all you say is true. These announcers are hopelessly biased. Nevertheless, it would be harder for these guys to get away with it, if the Yankees were, say, 5-4 (or even 4-5) against the Sox this year. As it stands, the Yanks are opening the door for this ESPN suck-fest.
Wow shilling is fat
If the Yankees could just show up to the clubhouse earlier…
I’m not saying that Pedroia doesn’t love his son…but if he cared so much about spending time with him he probably wouldn’t show up 8 hours early for every game.
/pedroia’sbrotherprobablyloveshissonmore
//thatwasmean
Is it just me or do the commentators want to make sweet love to Pedroia?
It’s not just you!
Does this Stoolman guy ever shut up?
I miss joe morgan
Actually I generally like Schulman. He’d be better if he wasn’t saddled with Hershiser and Valentine.
too quick Granderson.
When Curt Schilling dies, he should donate his ego to Harvard Medical School
I get why announcers who say stupid things are annoying, but I don’t see why you guys care that they root for the Sox. I have no problem watching NESN, and I routinely listen to the opposing radio broadcast on MLB.tv when the game is blacked out rather than listening to Sterling.
Yes, the national guys are supposed to be unbiased, but who cares? Just pretend they’re opposing announcers.
I would say NESN is more objective.
NESN is better than ESPN, I just get a kick out of the announcing. Amazing with all the money ESPN pays they couldn’t get better announcers.
Here’s the difference: when I watch NESN I have to listen to Don Orsillo and Jery Remy talk about how Pedroia should be an MVP candidate because he puts up huge numbers and is a great defensive second baseman.
When I watch ESPN, I have to listen to Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine talk about how Pedroia should be an MVP candidate because he’s a “scrappy dirt dog” who shows up to the ballpark before the hotdog vendors do.
I don’t care if the announcers are biased, I care if they suck.
Yeah, that’s fine. Like I said, I understand why stupid announcers are annoying, and I agree ESPN’s announcers are stupid. It’z bizarre that they can’t get better ones.
Tex message here
He’s over his limit.
i wonder if teix cares about hitting, he pulls everything clearly not working, yet i don’t think he cares
You’re right, he probably doesn’t care.
/rolls eyes, makes wanking motion
From what Singleton said last week, I think he (and K. Long) care primarily about HRs and RBIs. I forget how Singleton phrased Long’s comment, but it was very dismissive about batting average.
I remember Tex saying something very similar in a pre or post game interview last week after he hit two HRs in one game. He basically said the guys in front of him need to get on base, so OBP was a big deal, and then he needs to get them in, so RBIs are his focus.
As I said earlier, I’m cool with Tex swinging over some changeups and hiting some popups if the end result is 40 home runs.
Lets go Cano.
ESPN need the baltimore announcer Gary something that guy can make a game of chess exciting
Gary Busey?
Gary roberts gary adams gary smith he can call a great game
Hell even Joe Buck and Tim Mccarver would be better than these ESPN pricks.
“HANG ON TO THE ROOF!!!!!!!!!!”
long at bat for rob…
Nice at-bat, Robbie. Regardless of outcome.
Agreed.
Agreed, it’s not easy to hang in with Beckett in a 2 strike count.
At least he moved the runner over.
Becketts doing a nice job of hitting corners. I’m hoping the Yankees get more aggressive the third time around.
Come on Montero….oh wait my bad.
fuck Fenway.
I get my narratives mixed up. Is it too much of a bandbox or is it too deep?
GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn, Yankees hitters can’t catch a break with RISP
Ugh, wrong part of the park.
…seriously, when do these start falling for hits? Tomorrow?
Tomorrow the Yankees have a day off.
Beckett might be the luckiest pitcher in the AL.
ughhhh FUCK fenway
Wow, Swisher you were SO close!
Fuck this piece of shit ballpark
How fucking lucky can beckett get?
Fuck this stupid ballpark designed for one god-damn team.
It absolutely cracked me up when the Red Sox decided that they were gonna try to build their team around pitching and defense.
Building a team around your home park seems like the simplest concept in the world, but tons of teams fail to do it every year.
Just amazing how lucky they were to get that run and how unlucky we’ve been with Jeter’s line drive and Swish’s long fly ball.
d@mm it
1 fucking hit.
Swisher the utimate tease
Doesn’t seem like anything is going the Yanks way at the moment. Steve Trach- I mean Josh Beckett doesn’t even look that sharp
Only part of the park that’s not a huge hit.
This team’s had enough trouble with the Red Sox this year. Bad frickin’ luck seems insult to injury.
Shit Shit Shit. BABIP fucked again. He hit it to the only part of the ballpark where that wasn’t far enough to be a HR.
It’s coming. We will score. Beckett is not at his best. Freddy has got to hold on for at least 2 more innings and give up no more than one more run. That’s saying a lot.
Amazing. They’re interviewing the Yankees hitting coach between innings about Josh Beckett.
See Mike, you cant complain when yankee fans are bitching about the anti-yankee stuff/pro sox shit. This is getting almost absurd.
Coming into the game I totally agreed with you that it’s annoying to sift through posts about how biased the ESPN announcers are. But when it’s this bad, I can’t help but say something.
It wouldn’t even be so bad if they were focusing on Beckett’s great strikeout rate or Ellsbury’s surprising power numbers. But instead they’re focusing on Beckett’s unbelievable game face and and Ellsbury’s will to succeed, and that pisses me off.
Ha..our CFer can do that too bitch!!!!!
at least the Sox kinda got BABIP fucked there
Drink everytime they say something good about a Yankees player.
But I’d like to actually drink tonight.
Hmmm…it only took 4 innings for them to mention the Yankees are actually playing tonight.
Valentine needs to go to a retirement home and die.
Shulman: “On the count of three, name your favorite Red Sox player.”
Hershiser: “Ok.”
Valentine: “I’m in.”
Shulman: “One … two … THREE!”
Shulman, Hershiser and Valentine in unison: “ALL OF THEM!”
Hershiser: “LOL.”
IETC
ietc even though I think announcer bashing is ridiculous and makes us look like whiny bitches
Walking Varitek is pretty inexcusable
2 out walk to Varitek. wonderful.
of course. walking Varitek is a good idea
What’s the foul ball count in a typical Sox-Yankee game? Ow does it compare to two ordinary teams playing?
Depends…is Hughes pitching?
Scutaro has killed us this series. Stop him.
I think you gotta get Hughes up here.
Is this a fuckin joke?
Ugh. That what happens when you walk a guy like Varitek with 2 outs no less.
This is what happens when you walk Varitek
I empathize with Joe West
at least the umps don’t have to listen to the ESPN commentators for all 4 hours
Freddy is battling.
I think we’re losing because the announcers won’t talk about how awesome the Yankees are.
Wrong. We’re losing because the Yankees aren’t gritty enough.
Lots of complaints about Freddy here but he’s gone 4 innings and 1 run. Why the rush to get him out of there? He does this every start.
ESPN: “Josh Beckett — great pitcher or greatest pitcher?”
Out of curiosity, what’s Sterling’s HR call for Chavez?
“Chavez, otra vez!”
Montero could of done that…
So wait, I’ve been walking in and out of the room, and did I hear these 2 interviews right?
To Kevin Long: “How good is Josh Beckett?”
To Terry Francona: “How good is Josh Beckett?”
You cant make it up.
Has there been a positive Yankees stat on this broadcast all game?
I’ve been waiting with this shot glass for 15 minutes for them to say something positive about a Yankees player. Even if its about the Yankees in general. I’ll let everyone know when this thing is gone.
Aint the Yankees like #1 sabermetric wise in defense???
Nice one, Russ.
Martin why…
GOD DAMNIT!
Jorge may not be playing, but his baserunning spirit lives on.
How the shit does that happen?
martin that was pathetic,
Reddick is so gritty.
Didn’t it look like a fan touched it on that 2nd bounce there?
How fucking lucky can the Red Sox get tonight?
Tie game baby!
Nunie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t blame Russ too much. Aggressive against a pitcher that they haven’t been able to do much against. Force the right fielder to make a perfect throw
Nunez bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHE’S GONE! THAT’S WHY HE’S PLAYING FOLKS!
Nune? Wasn’t expecting that
C’mon, Russ. Can’t be greedy.
Eduardo Nunez is unimpressed by Josh Beckett.
NUNEZ! I guess benching Jorge works.
F-ing love Nunez
SUCK MY NUTS, BOSTON.
NUNEZ OH MY GOD WHAT DO THAT MORE
NUNIE!!
Also don’t get too excited there, ESPN
Nunez.
Fenway!
It giveth and taketh away.
NUUUUUUNNNNIEEEEEEEE!!!
Lol “that ball was not hit that well…” they’re so depressed.
holy shit listen to them shit all over Nunie’s HR. are you serious?
That ball was crushed, what the fuck, Orel?
FUCK FENWAY!!!!!!!!!
ESPN–that was a terrible hit and the red sox are victims of this park and beckett is still awesome and that hit shouldn’t count.
Edited by RAB: Don’t use that word again.
Imagine if…GASP!!!…the Yankees win!
LOL, the narrative is not what a great job Nunez has done and his HR. It’s that the HR was cheap and would have been an out in most ballparks.
Yes how many times when Dustin hits those do we hear how it is “a cheap home run?”
Also when Yanks hit to left field in YS3 ESPN positively smirks – Steve Berthiaume with his “wiffle ball park in the Bronx” and I have heard Hershiser talk about pop-ups. Maybe true but dis the Red Sox whne they hit a Green Monster special or AGOn hits a lazy foul ball off Green Monster.
I do normally think that announcer bashing (like ump bashing) can get so whiny but the two interviews (how is Josh Beckett? – historically those interviewers ask the manager/coach about their own team, not the other) and the immediate dis of the Numez home run are a little over the top.
So basically they think it was a cheap HR because of the green monster? Funny that it’s legit if the Sux hit something out there…
Hahahahahaha, I love how deflated the ESPN booth has become after Nunie’s blast.
Love how ESPN now reverting to talking about how much Yankees suck despite tying game.
Boy, that Nunez has grit.
Seriously, the booth is a bunch of doucherockets. If that was Pedroia that HR would have been a laser of a moon shot bomb powered by pure grit and heart.
I know there are no more ESPN Sunday night games (thank god) but I think this would be a lot more fun if Mike held a live chat during these abominations.
Did smoltz really call that a fenway hr?
go Brett, fuck you Beckett.
That’s it Gardner. Get on base and make him throw more pitches.
That was a gritty single by Brett.
Beckett out for the next 2 seasons.
Hope that stings Beckett! For all the players (esp Yanks) you’ve hit over the years.
Bet that hurt Beckett. I bet Orel is going to praise him for taking one for the team.
Nice, add some Philly dick sucking too.
A HR and we hit Beckett. Nice.
I’d like to see Girardi try a hit and run here.
+1
Balls getting hit hard this inning, glad Becketts not out of the game.
Word. Please don’t, you wouldn’t say the N-word here.
No chance.
Before Beckett pitches during Yankees BP they should practice hiting hard shots at the pitcher’s mound.
Gardner is so awesome.
20 in a row, what a turn around from earlier this year.
Gritner.
What, it’s British for cigarette! Maybe he’s saying they look like cigarettes…
Reply FAIL!
Valentine would rather a guy get picked off than get a bad jump??? Moron.
Make it 3 well hit outs for Jeter tonight.
My money’s on the captain getting a big hit in this game.
Will ESPN mention how Jeter’s out is a HR in quite a few parks?
Really? In quite a few parks?
Never played Little League, Steve?
Touche
Gritty Garcia needs to hold down the fort one more inning.
jeter can’t catch a break
I have to say that if this game is in YS3, we have blown out Beckett.
This is a big inning for Garcia.
C’mon Freddy, don’t shit the bed on us now.
That would have been a damn fine play by Cano
god damnit I hate that munchkin
That’s how you hit baseball! Well hit ball by Pedroia. Gotta love him.
Now thats a gritty hit by the chipmonk
Why the fuck are we watching Dustin Pedroia hop around?
Slurp Slurp Slurp.
“If you like baseball you gotta like PEDroia”
STFU ESPN. glad this is the last game of the year.
Get Logan up.
I wonder the narrative if A-Rod jumped like a dope on every pitch.
I can’t even
Now they are talking about how Dustin hops like a damn bunny and and all that shit.
Holy shit… Apparently Joey Bats has been unseeded by A-Gon AND Ellsburry for AL MVP favorites.
I hate ESPN
And Josh Reddick. After all, Terry Francona has only nice things to say about him. That has to count for at least a few votes.
Fun Fact: Gardner tied Paul Molitor’s AL Record for consecutive steals in a single season without being caught.
The NL and MLB record is 23 by Chase Utley in ’09.
http://www.baseball-almanac.co.....stba.shtml
Dear God, please stop slobbering on Pedroia’s knob, please. He is a disgusting little troll.
Great fucking throw.
Great throw and tag. So pretty
lol Martin’s cannon > PEDroia
OUT. fuck you PEDroia.
A gritty play…. but he’s out *sad trombone*
The Red Sox play the game the way it was meant to be played. They don’t hit cheap homeruns. Look at em just hopping and jumping around out there, just having fun.
Highlight of the night. Great Job Russ
GREAT TAG BY DEREK JETER.
Took 24 minutes for them to say something positive about the Yankees.
Time to drink!
If they say something positive about Derek Jeter, does it count? I mean Derek Jeter is like Ellsbury’s idol, and Pedroia’s BFF, so it might not count.
I just fist pumped.
He was thrown out but it was still a gritty attempt and I was joyful to have the opportunity to have seen it.
Russ just made up for his baserunning there.
If only Pedroia was taller, he might have been safe.
“Even when he gets out he’s hopping”
“That’s just his unique way of winning.”
“Do you have to like jeter?”
“Yes you do”
*pedroia (not jeter)
Pedroia got thrown out, but you have to admire the grittiness in which he did it.
And he gets upset in the dugout, the “right way”.
That was a steal in any other ballpark.
If Pedroia is the poster child for baseball, then how can he get out?!
Shift’d
HE SLAPPED THE MOTHERFUCKING BENCH!!!!!!!
He couldn’t reach the water cooler, I guess.
LMAOOOO
Oh Yes ESPN, Pedroia is the only fuckin guy that gets pissed when he gets caught stealing.
And then he gets praise for a whiny bitch? Seriously?
(adoringly) “Aw he’s got some of the smallest hands in baseball!”
This game looks like a Joe West favorite. Going 4 hrs I think.
Pedroia hit that bench harder than Nunez hit that HR.
ESPN’d
If that was Zambrano, he has an anger problem. I hate baseball narratives.
I want Tim Conway to play Pedroia in the Dorf On Baseball movie.
Five innings of one run ball is a lot more than I expected out of Freddy. Bravo.
ESPN really should put Pedoria in the HOF now. No use waiting.
just got home. Freddy gettin’ it done!
Jeter has made some very nice defensive plays tonight
I’ve literally never heard a broadcast team talk about a player like the ESPN crew has talked about Pedroia tonight.
Even the absurd Jeter love back in the day wasn’t this bad.
Passionate for the game = Pedroia.
Anger issues because I got picked off at 2nd= everyone else in baseball
Can’t believe I’m listening to this Broadcast blow the Red Sox over and over again.
Very nice job by Freddy. Gotta figure Logan will be in to face Ortiz, Crawford, and Reddick.
6. Logan (Wade if he gets in trouble)
7. Soriano
8. Robertson
9. Mariano
10-??. Hughes
Freddy Garcia: #2 starter.
BOOM!
True, CC pitched yesterday.
Freddy almost at 100 pitches. Does Joe G keep him on a pitch count? Do you think Freddy will pitch one more inning?
Boone will probably face Ortiz, Crawful, and Reddick
Logan not doing the job.
Gardner……I did not see that coming.
The binder sez LOOGY
I never heard two annoucers shit on a young guys HR like they did, ESPN should get fined by MLB
Good job Freddy Garcia. If it wasnt for that stressful 2nd inning, maybe he could of gone one more inning.
Time for a Tex message. Step up.
Alright, I’ll take it.
Two flyballs, no line drives.
Mark goes the other way!?
Tex went opposite field! Joy!
Great now they moved on to sucking off Beckett
What the shit is a “Fenway Park single”?
A double in any other park. Not an insult to Tex
No thats a double in real ballparks
Apparently Beckett is the greatest pitcher ever…and then a “fenway park single” LMAO
But I was told Mark Teixeira didn’t care about his hitting and refused to go the other way. That must have been an accident.
It should be taken away. Only the Sox are allowed to hit at/over/on the monstah
Even a blink squirrel occasionally finds a nut.
That’s an out in any other ballpark. Teixera got lucky.
They focus on Beckett’s delivery and don’t even shoe Tex’s hit.
*show
it’s the fucking Beckett show. this is insane.
Announcers talking about how erect Josh Beckett is.
hehehe I’m so mature.
The ESPN announcers are getting erect talking about how erect Beckett is.
That look on Crawfords face said ‘man, this wall is some bullshit’
And he’s right
Beckett was poetry in motion as he gave up that hard single that would have been a double in any other park.
That’s right Cano…Take his fucking head off!!!!
Come on Swisher knock this clown out of the game. Beckett pretty much only goes six innings anyways, lets make sure he doesn’t even do that.
I just saw that Fautino De Los Santos got a win today, IIRC it was him and Gio that went to Oakland for Swisher…is he like, supposed to be a good pitcher again?
He was always good, throws hard but no idea where its going. He had TJ right after the trade, not the first time the White Sox traded a guy and he needed surgery shortly thereafter.
Is that true? Who else had TJS after they were traded? Seems shady on old Kenny’s part
Freddy Garcia man. Traded him to the Phillies, and a few weeks later they were cutting his shoulder open.
Wow, I was unaware. Timely tidbit though.
He’s got absolutely filthy stuff.
Also, he may have replaced Brandon League as Michael Kay’s greatest man crush.
Brandon Morrow also pretty high up there
I don’t think they’ll play the A’s enough for Kay to develop a mancrush. With League, he was on the Jays and they’d see him six or eight times a year.
No gidp here please god
Why do you tempt fate?
What did he do yesterday?
Wtf tex run fatboy run
Hard 0-fer so far for Swish.
You’re hitting it to the wrong part of the park Swish…
Beckett has gotten so lucky tonight.
Eric Chavez, become a true Yankee here.
Nick Swisher is just murdering the ball lately
I feel a pinstripe earning
Note to Nick: centerfield not the best place to hit here.
Yankees suck chant starts, of course.
Yankees fans never do that, right?
It’s stupid when Yankees fans do it, so what?
ESPN resisted the urge to join in
Well they do, duh.
K-Zone is terrible. Please go away.
Come on Chavez
i like the green light
gotta give the stash a chance
“Great hitters learn to swing and miss.” Hmm.
“a good job of swinging and missing” oh lord
bases loaded?
Nice at bat from Chavez.
it was great how he looked at strike 3 right down the middle
Better than popping up on the first pitch and swinging at shit. He worked Beckett over 100 pitches and Beckett, who couldn’t command anything but his cutter, ended up throwing a curveballright down the middle.
Can’t blame Chavez for sitting fastball, to be honest.
It was a nasty curve…
We let Beckett off the hook there… Flying wide with everything and losing control , you gotsta hit the straight one veryveryvery hard
The Chavstache is dead to me.
Ugh, right down the middle.
At least we’ve got Beckett up over 100 pitches.
Damn that was kinda filthy yikes!!!
Did the Yanks trade for Beltran?
Haha IETC
Jesus Christ just look at it Chavez.
That was a pretty good time for Beckett to drop an Adam Wainwright/Carlos Beltran curve
Considering the lightning-fast 2nd inning, you’ve got to credit the Yanks for running up Beckett’s pitch count.
Getting runners home, on the other hand…
gotta love this lineup pretty much laying down against the redsox, granted they been hosed by shitty luck
They’ve actually done a good job of getting Beckett’s pitch count up. Plus they’d have 2 or 3 more runs if it weren’t for the BABIP god’s vendetta against the Yankees.
Laying down? Really?
These Sunday night games are always low scoring…
So is this when ESPN talks about how bad the Yankees bullpen is?
Does anyone else find it awkward that the girl who drops the glass in that Captain Morgan commercial is probably a slave?
/I should probably stop reading so deeply into commercials
Logan do ya thing.
Am I the only one who doesn’t fully trust Boone yet? I want to, I’m just not there yet.
There’s a reason why everyone thinks he sucks. He sucks.
I just know he had been pitching well lately, and thought he may have some new fans. No doubt he was awesome in Game one of this series.
Those looked like strikes
Where the fuck were those pitches my god.
Um, Beckett was getting that strike Ump. God forbid you share.
You had him 0-2 Boone. Dammit.
Meh, Logan got robbed by one of those strike 3 calls.
in fairness, 2 of those balls were in the strikezone
too bad logan doesnt get beckette calls
had him k twice
Two PERFECT two strike pitches. What can ya do?
Logan is back get the kids out of the room.
what the fuck, BABIP fucked yet again.
Is ESPN seriously trashing the Yankees defense for holding Ortiz at first?
…wtf was that, Eddie?
Fucking seeing eye single bullshit.
Infield-in failure again.
Why the hell was Nunez playing in so close there?
i have no fucking clue
fast Hitter (Crawford), have to guard against bunt hit
Boone Logan could pitch an entire season without giving up a baserunner, and I still wouldn’t trust him.
It’s my bias, not his fault.
WTF. Now crawford hits lefties.
wtf our lefties can’t get Crawford out
I hate hits like that, cheap, cheap, cheap….
We’ll always have this past Friday Boone.
Hey look, Boone Logan is letting lefties reach base. Weird.
A bullshit hit an a K not called.
He has been pretty good against lefties recently but stuff happens – Carl Crawford has made a pact with the devil beforee this series.
Hard to blame him this time…
THE. BABIP. GODS. HATE. US. TONIGHT.
And yesterday and pretty much for large pieces of this season.
God, I… I hate Boone Logan. I hate being vindicated for it, too.
you hate that he struck out Ortiz (TWICE), gave up a cheap ass single, and then got a lazy fly ball?? I’ll take that performance from him every game thank you.
Third time this series that the third baseman playing in on the grass has cost the Yankees.
BTW, Logan did get screwed on the Ortiz AB.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
Notice you didn’t see K-Zone any those last ones…
Corey Wade over David Robertson?
*looks at the scoreboard to see what inning it is*
Yep.
To be fair, I’d rather bring Wade in a medium-leverage situation with Varitek and Scutaro coming up, and save Robertson for Ellsbury/Pedroia/Gonzalez.
Ortiz struck out.
BS Call.
Do your thang, Cory.
Well Logan really did a better job than the numbers say. I mean he basically had Ortiz K’s twice looking and got no calls on both.
I’m surprised that pop up didn’t drop in for a hit with all the luck the sox are having
Double play ball i want right now.
Hard to get a double play ball when the UMP isn’t calling any strikes low.
Varitek and Scutaro better get them out
Does this situation not scream for Robertson???
We can NOT walk Veritek twice and let Yankee killer Scutaro come up and beat us again.
Holy shit thank you Varitek.
What a gritty veteran swing on 3-0 by Varitek.
Wow, terrible AB by Varitek… they’ll take it everyday.
That was a clutch pop up by Varitek. He’s such a team player.
He wears the C for a reason.
Whaaa?
Falling behind 3-0 to Varitek was inexcusable, but Captain Varitek bails him out.
Lol
Popped up on ball 4
David Ortiz or Adrian Gonzalez can have the green light in that situation.
Jason Varitek should not.
We just caught a huge break.
thank you very much for having Varitek swing 3-0
HAHAHAHAHHAHA….only Varitek can pop up on a 3-0 FB down the middle.
Big hit for Scutaro here
no!
Wow. That’s like Jorge getting the 3-0 green light. Still can’t get around on an 89mph fb.
did they just say the umps are bias to the red sox while in fenway?
Yes they did.
I don’t understand why the ball did not go out of play after Varitek waved at it to do so.
I would have grooved a fastball on every pitch to Varatek.
Marco Scutaro is a pesky bastard.
I am actually going to defend Girardi’s choice of Wade here: yes, there are runners on 1st and 2nd, but you’re not pitching to the top of the Red Sox order. Corey Wade has to be able to get Varitek and Scutaro out. They’re not world-beaters.
The Red Sox just have a factory of white, scruffy dudes who are fast and good at hitting LD’s.
MORE INFIELD HITS PLEASE
christ.
Fucking kidding me
god damn it
Keep looking at it guys. Just keep looking.
HYOU MOTHERFUCKING DUMBSHIT
How many fucking dinks is that tonight?
wow more infield hits…are you kidding me
COME THE FUCK ON. HOW IS THAT NOT THE 3RD FUCKING OUT. WHAT THE FUCK.
Robby wtf
wtf was that?
All these shitty infield singles. I feel like we’re playing the 2009 Angels.
Or the 2010 Rangers.
Another bullshit hit.
Bullshit hits for the Red Sox and bullshit outs for the Yankees…this is why fans are so pessimistic.
fuck this shit.
Ugh, that has to be Jeter’s ball.
Is it just me or have the Sox gotten 4 or 5 seeing eye singles tonight?
Awful luck.
Ugh Robbie let Derek get that!
Jeter did not charge like he should have, though – ball was dying – if Jeter caught it, Scutaro would have been safe. Robbie at least recognized that.
Ugh…only good thing is that it stayed in the infield.
Cano! wtf?
Wade v. Ellsbury. This is so stupid with all the bullpen options we have.
they’ve gotten every single break in this game
So many cheap base hits, so little time.
That was Jeter’s play though, Cano should have backed off.
Get to that ball Jeter, damnit. Might have cost us the ballgame.
Corey Wade is still out there?
Is Robertson even up?
Not a good series at all for Cano. Sucks too because he’s awesome.
Yes!
YEAH.
oh thank fucking god, Cory.
Cory Wade I love you
Yeah.
Hell yes WADE!
Whew. Now we’re into our better relievers. Get a run.
Thank you God!
Cory Wade, true fucking Yankee.
Corey Wade. Just getting the job done. NBD.
oh man…
I’m in the mood to punch someone in the face.
Nunez wanted no part of that fly out lol
Holy hell, I don’t have any finger nails left…
Momentum baby. We need a new thread. This is getting too laggy and we need luck.
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Great job C-Wade.
phewwwwwwwwww
The Sox may have gotten an insane amount of BABIP luck, but thankfully they haven’t been able to take advantage.
We’re either gonna get a fatigued Beckett or the weak underbelly of the Sox pen here. Time to score some runs.
Yankees have no excuse not to win now after that
NONE. FACT.
Next time, if he could do that without giving me a heart attack, I would really appreciate it.
I’m calling the Cory Hotline after that fine job.
When Corey Wade is your 4th or 5th best reliever, you have a pretty good bullpen.
Did we just dodge a bullet or what?
Ellsbury has left 8 men on base so far.
MVP!!!
Matt Albers…heheheh
Tied at one and it’s a battle of the bullpens. I like the Yankees chances.
Yes, the Yankees have Luis Ayala.
Ok time to bring in Luis Ayala.
A “cheap” HR (or 2) over the monster sure would be nice…
Nunie bomb here
The K-zone thinks all pitches thrown by Red Sox pitchers are strikes.
Mike- can we haz a new thread?
Are they really complaining about Beckett? punch me…
Holy crap. Bobby V making a valid and well-articulated point?
Wow, Valentine actually speaking ill of Beckett? I’m getting a drink for this one!
Bobby Valentine sounds way too much like Kermit the Frog for me to take anything he says seriously.
That was a strike? Ugh.
I know pitcher wins are overrated as a statistic but I can’t help being happy that Josh Beckett will not get another W against Yankees – I hate him and his glacial pace and “soul patch” facial hair (I know, the really important stuff).
At least Bobby V called Beckett on how he he is not within any reasonable time frame.
That ball was low and inside.
Bull fucking shit
Of course that’s a strike smfh….
Awesome strike zone.
This umpire is hella bad
I think I’m going to beat up the Ump’s kids tomorrow. A Yankee NEVER got that call tonight.
Since when has that ball been called a strike this game? Come on.
That strike three call was pretty racist. No other explanation. ESPN “it’s evened up” No… Both weren’t strikes! Your K-Zone means nothing!
This strike zone is all over the place.
fuck yes
GARDY!!!!!!
Fuck yea!
BRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GARDY! SHE’S GONE!
GARDY!!
Yeah baby! Gritner!
GARDY!!!!
Blastoff!
Yeah baby! Gritner!
BRETT FUCKING GARDNAH!!!
GRITNER! Holy shit!
A gritty home run by Gardner!!
Did Gardner just plant one?
Hells yeah!
BRETT GARDNER IS GOING GOLFING.
GARDNER! You gritty son of a bitch.
GARDYBOMBBBBBBBBBBB
Gritty as hell, Gardy, Gritty as hell
no way!, i listen to the games, and i cant believe it!
GARDY!!!!!
Thank you, Matt Albers sinker.
Correction -slider.
GARDY IS GRITTIER
Aw right in the middle of the yankees suck chant take a bow gritty
Holy shit Brett with the big stick!
Another bullshit Fenway home run.
GRITNER JUST OUTGRITTED EVERYBODY.
and the NESPN announcers are now silent.
Holy shit. Gardner was almost to 3rd by the time that went out.
Hey Ellsbury- Do you like apples?
Speed Kills.
Albers bullshit.
There are few prettier sounds than cheering in Fenway after a Yankee HR.
ALSO FUCK YOU HITTING OUR GUYS!!
THAT BALL WAS NOT HIT THAT HARD!
More of the same with these mutherfuckers…
wtf why cant you bunt after someone hits a homer?
I wonder what Bobby V would say if one of our guys hit Pedroia.
GTFO Albers.
By the way, we need a spillover thread. This one is getting too laggy.
I know you guys are more excited to hear the NESPN dumbasses shutup about the Sox than you are about the HR