Game 113: Freddy’s Big Test

August 7, 2011 by Mike Axisa

Freddy Garcia — (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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.

Karl Krawfid

Not confident at all tonight :(
http://bleedingyankeeblue.com Jesse

Hopefully Tech-Share-a can do something tonight.
- Skye
  
  Apparently you need to be more specific!
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

The Red Sox spanked CC yesterday. Let’s return the favor by knocking out Beckett in the third inning.
Kramerica Industries

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.
Jake H

I am thinking a win since yesterday on paper should have been a win for them.
mbonzo

ESPN just forgot who the Red Sox were playing tonight.
- Dino Velvet
  
  ESPN – the world’s sports embarrassment.
  - mbonzo
    
    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.
    - JohnnyC
      
      The guy with the toupee. Red Sox fanatic. People in Ithaca want to forget that he went to school there as well.
- http://twitter.com/aviatkin Avi Atkin
  
  If they could show two wicked baseball teams from Bawstann they would.
Kevin G.

I don’t like this matchup. Not because there’s a good chance Freddy gets ~~fingered~~ clobbered, 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.
mbonzo

Wow, before watching this pregame I didn’t realize how terrible Freddy Garcia has been this year. Thanks ESPN.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  The entertainment part of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network takes priority.
http://thepinstripedbeat.sportsblognet.com/ Simon

Random: Percent chance Yankees win tonight? I’m pegging it at about 42%. Thoughts?
- mbonzo
  
  Yea I’m with you. I’d say 45%
- Esteban
  
  Way too high. More like 41.5%
- Mykey
  
  You’re both nuts. It’s 40.98% at best! Sheesh.
  - Esteban
    
    Stop being such a pessimist.
    - http://thepinstripedbeat.sportsblognet.com/ Simon
      
      Let’s just settle in the middle shall we? 41.4879321, we’re all happy now!
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  Random: Percent chance Yankees win tonight? I’m pegging it at about 2%
  
  Fixed that for ya.
Winston Smith

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.
Joe Robbins

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.
Mykey

The soul patch! The soul patch! Aghh I hate it!
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

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.
- mbonzo
  
  This only means the Yankees are due.
  - http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
    
    Let me fix that for you
    
    This only means the Yankees are DOOOOMED! DOOOMED I TELL YOU!
Monteroisdinero

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?
Jimmy McNulty

I miss A-Rod.
Charles

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.
Alex S

who is that with Bobby and Orel?
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

I want CC to flatten Buster Olney
Ivan

CC Sabathia has that “Get the fuck out my face” look towards Buster Onley.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

I wonder how “special” this Red Sox offense would be if they didn’t get to play half of their games in Fenway Park?
mbonzo

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.
- Ivan
  
  Granderson and I do not think its that close either.
The Fallen Phoenix

The game hasn’t even started yet and I already feel better about muting these schmucks.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Josh Beckett is “fired and ready to go”? Ooooooo, I’m scared.
Ivan

The Yankees are winning tonight guys. I dont know how, but they are going to win this game.
mbonzo

Alright Beckett, time for that FIP-ERA differential to equal out.
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zICxh9kKZg

I have a feeling I’m going to be playing this song by 9:00.
Esteban

True or Extremely true: This is a must win game for the Yankees who will be doomed if they lose.
- http://bleedingyankeeblue.com Jesse
  
  well, since those are the only two options I’ll just go with true.
- mbonzo
  
  Seasons over if they lose this.
  - http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
    
    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.
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  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.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

I miss Joe Morgan already
- http://bleedingyankeeblue.com Jesse
  
  Me too! Bobby Valentine is a joke
- Nefarious
  
  You don’t mean that.
The Fallen Phoenix

The frack was that picture of Youkilis?
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

First Pedroia dick sucking of the night.
- Ivan
  
  First of many. Get use to it.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  First of many
Esteban

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.
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  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.
  - Esteban
    
    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.
    - The Fallen Phoenix
      
      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.
- https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
  
  I like how they say that W/L is fluky for Beckett this season, and then cite his ERA.
  
  What the fuck.
Zach

How many times a week can Chavez DH without significantly increasing the change of injury?
Cuso

i’m close to vomiting at espn-sox love fest and a pitch hasnt been thrown
Bartolo’s Colon

who the hell complained about joe morgan and jon miller? i would kill for them right now
Esteban

If we had a drinking game where you drink everytime they slob Pedroia’s knob, in what inning would we be drunk? 3rd?
- mbonzo
  
  I’m already hungover.
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  Bottom of the 1st.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  Before the game starts
Mykey

Can they just get rid of that stupid ass k-zone? It means nothing.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
  - Mykey
    
    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.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Joe Morgan was just ignorant and egotistical. Valentine is that and batshit insane.
karel capek

Bobby Valentine sounds like Kermit the Frog.
- https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
  
  …actually, yes.
  - kermot the frog
    
    that, my fine friend, is an insult. how dare you?
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

EVIL HOMERS
chris

This lineup would sure look a lot more dangerous with Montero DH’ing and Chavez playing third.
- Esteban
  
  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.
  - https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
    
    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.
    - AaronGuielWithASmile
      
      He doesn’t have to be legitimately awesome to represent an upgrade over Cervelli and Posada.
Ivan

Good AB by Granderson.
- Winston Smith
  
  Grandy’s great, but what time did he show up to the ballpark and was it before Pedroia?
  - Mykey
    
    C’mon man. Pedroia doesn’t leave the ballpark.
    
    (You must be this tall to use this exit).
  - Ivan
    
    Well now im not that stupid. Nobody can be compared to the little white man that could.
Nefarious

So the Yanks are no longer hitting to many homeruns?
- Mykey
  
  We’re stealing too many bases now. Don’t worry.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

First Tek-shara of the night
Jimmy McNulty

There goes Beckett’s PG
AaronGuielWithASmile

Why would the Yankees put Eduardo Scissorhands in the field if Chavez is in the lineup?

Are they afraid of Chavez hurting himself again?
- tom
  
  Wouldn’t you be?
JobaTheHeat62

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
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
- Esteban
  
  And historically, they have. Beckett has a career 5.5 ERA against the Yankees
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

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.
- http://www.twitter.com/stophamm3rtime Dela G
  
  her boobs should be one of the 7 wonders of the world
  
  http://www.fungur.com/uploads/.....pers-7.jpg
  
  (SFW)
Hmmm

I’m calling a tex message
- Hmmm
  
  genius
- sangreal
  
  Wrong number
Esteban

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%
- Skye
  
  That’s what it tells him to do in his “Playing the Game the Right Way” handbook.
Justin

And Teix adds to his league lead in popups
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  I can live with a bunch of popups and swings above changeups if the end result is a 40 HR season.
mbonzo

Beckett doesn’t look too good. Poor command.
Jimmy McNulty

Fucken hell.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

It’s amazing that ESPN could get rid of Miller and Morgan and actually downgrade.
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  Just turn down the sound and put on Sterling and Suz…never mind.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  I actually don’t mind Schulman at all. But Orel’s a tool, and Bobby V is completely clueless.
Esteban

Pedroia is an MVP candidate??

DRINK!
- Jimmy McNulty
  
  Except he is…
  - Esteban
    
    LOL, so he is. though he gets a lot of his fWAR value from his fielding.
    - Esteban
      
      And Pedroia doesn’t even have much of a Home Road split this year. Interesting.
Jimmy McNulty

How is Ellsbury 15 runs better defensively than Granderson?
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  Because of his grittiness.
- teddy
  
  cause granderson gets awful reads and isn’t that good of a cf
Logans run

I believe in freddy
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  What’s your stand on unicorns?
teddy

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
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

That no one ever mentions Jose Bautista in MVP discussions is a war crime, worthy of the rope.
- mbonzo
  
  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.
- Logans run
  
  Joey bats is the new sammy sosa
  - IRF
    
    Except hes having a better season than Sosa ever did
The Fallen Phoenix

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?
http://twitter.com/#!/Paddock9652 Stratman9652

ESPN plus a really annoyingly loud HP Ump? Instamute.
Nefarious

To hear ESPN tell it it’s amazing the Sox have lost a game this season.
Ivan

Nice Tex!!!!!
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Tech-share-a flashing some leather.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Hey guys, were you aware that Pedroia plays the game the right way?
teddy

thats a strike for beckett
Ivan

I am surprised Jeter got to that ball.
mbonzo

God damnit I wish his knees exploded on that slide.
Mykey

Wow, back to back awesomeness.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Sliding into first doesn’t work moron
- tom
  
  It was almost more like he was trying to fly into first. He could have sailed right by without ever touching the bag.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Pedroia and his soft, childlike bones are so gritty.
Logans run

Jeter gets the chipmonk
Got ya biatch
Bartolo’s Colon

sorry pedroia, that only works for the grittiest of players, brett gardner
- Skye
  
  Brett Gardner is only grittier than Pedroia if you control for height.
Nefarious

He was out but what grit.
The Fallen Phoenix

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.
Dino Velvet

WHAT GRIT!!!
Esteban

What a gritty dive. He tries so hard!
IRF

Not gritty enough
Ivan

Not enough grit there.
Skye

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.
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

Beckett throwing high cheese.

Freddy throwing government cheese.
Cuso

Pedroia got jealous because Tex looked “grittier” than him for a minute, so he had to bellydive.
mbonzo

Garcia has been perfect so far.
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  Pull him now, it’s our only chance.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  Usually he struggles out of the gate. Hopefully this is a good sign.
Esteban

How did Freddy manage to get through a scoreless inning against the Sox? ESPN had me believing that would be unpossible
- Mykey
  
  Unpossible? No. Inlikely, yes!
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  http://deadspin.com/5823128/wh.....mean-today
  
  Replace all instances of “Bartolo Colon” with “Freddy Garcia.”
- Skye
  
  MVP candidates 1-9 in the lineup.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Eduardo Scissorhands makes the play.
Logans run

Kick ass pop some champagne and get so Ho’s
- Ivan
  
  Thats the New York/Yankee way.
  
  The Boston/Red Sox way is:
  Be Gritty, Drink beer and get some kids.
Dino Velvet

Pedoria’s HOF statue will be made of grit.
- Owen Two
  
  …and be 3 feet tall.
teddy

good job freddy get the lead 5 and fly
Cuso

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.”
- Cuso
  
  price is right: waa-wa-wa-wahhhh
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

“we go to the 2nd it’s 0-0 Red Sox”
Logans run

How long before beckett hit one of our guys
Mykey

Such discipline Robby.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Cano, swinging at the first pitch?

Now I’ve seen it all.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Curt Schilling is going to be on tue broadcast? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  *the
- Skye
  
  Yeah, the broadcast will actually get MORE biased in favor of Boston. At least they warned us.
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

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.
- Mykey
  
  Isn’t he that pitcher who embarassingly spilled ketchup on his sock?
Logans run

Cano needs to take a few pitches 4 pitches so far this inning
Logans run

At least chavy is working beckett
AaronGuielWithASmile

Strong inning for Beckett
Jimmy McNulty

Looks like Beckett fixed his command, yeah guys…he’s as good as the ESPN assholes think he is, unfortunately.
Cuso

Not pretty
Ivan

Get is over yet?
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Nothing for nothing, but the bitching about ESPN kissing the Red Sox’s ass is worse than ESPN kissing the Red Sox’s ass.
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

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.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Youlk looks like the toxic avenger
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Those are strikes for Beckett
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Beckett gets those last two calls
Mykey

Really? Really?
Ivan

Ok that is ridiculous. WTF were those pitches.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Are you shitting me with that ball 3 call?
- mbonzo
  
  http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

UmpEd
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

I love how they never show k zone for Beckett
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  The whole damn game is fixed. It’s all corrupt from Bud Selig all the way down!
teddy

2 different zones
Skye

MVP Candidate David Ortiz.
sangreal

I think the camera angle must be pretty weird
Mickey Scheister

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.
- Jetrer
  
  except that’s not at all true, not to ruin the narrative or anything
  http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
  - Mickey Scheister
    
    My eyes and ears dont lie.
The Fallen Phoenix

Am I supposed to believe that shot of Phil Hughes after another 2-strike foul-off was not deliberate?
Dino Velvet

ESPN’s concerned trolling the Yankee staff.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

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.
- IRF
  
  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
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Completely ignore that the Sox pitching is pretty meh.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

This announer is pro redsox i believe.
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  You seriously need a new handle. That thing looks like a bowl of alphabet soup.
Esteban

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.
Ivan

damn
Cuso

it’s bout 2 get ugly
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

really
REALLY
AaronGuielWithASmile

Damn. That’s as tough luck as you can get.
mbonzo

To hell with you BABIP, you asshole.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Its going to shit get hughes up
- https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
  
  no?
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

All because of those non strike calls against Youk
- Jetrer
  
  you mean the ones that were outside of the strikezone, yeah its all the umpires fault he didn’t call those balls strikes
  - Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
    
    Beckett got those calls
    - Jetrer
      
      nope, the ump is giving the slightly high strike, not off the plate, Freddy’s were off the plate
Monteroisdinero

Ok-we have too many righties on our staff. Manny B with another good outing today. Hurry up!
- https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
  
  No.
  No.
simon

fuck fox announcers
Esteban

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.
AaronGuielWithASmile

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.
teddy

get hughes up
Ivan

If Garcia gets out of this inning with 2 runs giving up, I will sign up for that.
mbonzo

Garcia doesn’t have an out pitch tonight.
- http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.
  
  When was the last time he had an out pitch, 1999?
Cuso

sweating like a whore in church
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

DP from Varitek
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

High pitch count for freddy
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Big K! C’mon Freddy, get a DP
mt

This is the difference from other lineups – so many foul-offs and pitch count climbs.

Can we get a DP from Salty?
- Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin
  
  Its veratek
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Garcia officially going into fuck shit up mode.
IRF

That was an awesome AB by Reddick and an even better pitch sequence from Freddy
mt

Varitek -even better chance.
AaronGuielWithASmile

/heart starts beating again
Jimmy McNulty

In fairness to Schulman it DID look like Gardner had it.
The Fallen Phoenix

…wtf was that, and why wasn’t Gardner permitted to catch that ball?
Ivan

Good job so far Freddy. But usually the 3rd out is the hardest.
Dino Velvet

It’s hard to play against a team with so much grit.
Ivan

Gardner has so much range he gets to ball that is not his.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Its my ball Biatch!
The Fallen Phoenix

God I hate BABIP.
- mbonzo
  
  Wanna guess which team leads baseball in BABIP?
  - The Fallen Phoenix
    
    Does it start with an R and end with a fuck this shit?
  - https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
    
    The team with a GIANT FUCKING WALL in left field?
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Son of a bitch. Just when it looked like he would get out of the inning unscathed…
AaronGuielWithASmile

That’s aight, hold them at 1 and this is still a successful inning considering how it started.
mt

Let’s keep it to one run now.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Nice, real nice
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

That sucked freddy already down a quart of sweat
teddy

that should end the game
IRF

If Marco Scutaro is beating you, you’re in trouble.
- mbonzo
  
  Soft groundball is not beating.
ItsATarp

some shitty luck this inning
Tom

I just turned on the game. It’s looking bad for Freddy, but how good has Beckett looked?
- sangreal
  
  Freddy could be doing much worse. Just a walk and two weak infield singles before that Scutaro hit
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
Kostas

Seriously, if the Sox can’t be Freddie and the Yankees, they should be relegated to last place in the East.
Brent

Not bad Freddy, not bad.
- Kostas
  
  Red Sox pulled a Yankees from yesterday…. lots of thunder on the bases but very little net result… for now.
IRF

Yes. Freddy really lucked out that inning Shulman
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Gritty catch there
Ivan

Considering the circumstances, escaping with just 1 run surrendered, that’s a major success.
Jimmy McNulty

Well that could have been a lot worse, unfortunately this next frame will be unbearable.
- Jimmy McNulty
  
  See, I told you this frame would blow complete ass.
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

1 run? That’s like 5 runs facing Beckett and his fabulous U-235 pitch.

We’re doooomed.
- mbonzo
  
  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.
- Kostas
  
  Josh Beckett is the ONLY the second human to walk on water.
  - Kostas
    
    Curt Schilling was the other – both were created from the rib of Carl Yazstrimski
    - sangreal
      
      You forgot Tiger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1st1Vw2kY
Esteban

Only one run, but lots of pitches.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Let’s put up a big number with Schilling in the booth
- Tom
  
  The producer has made the Sox The Story for the night. The Yankees’ job is to sabotage it and force them to change direction.
http://Www.or.ly JM

I’ll take that. You know what else I’d take? Multiple Yankees runs this inning so I can hear ESPN cry.
Nogomo

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.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Mute button at the ready
Ivan

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.
- Jorge
  
  Absolutely. No one wants to see a guy’s career get cut off at the knees like that.
- Nogomo
  
  How did he do?
  - Esteban
    
    1 ER 4k in 1.2 innings.
Jimmy McNulty

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.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
  - Jimmy McNulty
    
    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.
Jorge

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.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

And muteing now
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

There goes the no no
AaronGuielWithASmile

Hey guys, were you aware that the Red Sox won a playoff series against the Yankees in 2004?
- mbonzo
  
  SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  I was aware that the Red Sox missed the postseason in 2010, and the Yankees won the World Series in 2009, though.
Skye

Oh dear god, 2004 flashbacks.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

There’s our first 2004 reference for the day.
The Fallen Phoenix

2004 was, what, a thousand years ago? Are there a combined six players between these two rosters who played in that series?
- Hall and Nokes
  
  Jeter, Mo, Posada, Ortiz, ____________
  - Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
    
    Arod, Varitek
  - Steve
    
    Youk
  - inpinstripes
    
    A-Rod, Wakefield
  - Mykey
    
    Wakefield, Beckett
    - Mykey
      
      Woops, my bad.
  - AaronGuielWithASmile
    
    Fairytek and Wakefield were also on the Sawx
    - The Fallen Phoenix
      
      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.
      - The Fallen Phoenix
        
        Forgive me, that should be 9 and 8 (forgot Youkilis). Point still stands.
        
        The Fallen Phoenix
        
        Actually, Youkilis wasn’t on the ALCS roster that year, was he?
Jimmy McNulty

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.
Jorge

Jason Varitek has not wiped his ass since 2004. Therefore, the magic is still there.
- Kostas
  
  Curt Schilling won’t give me the bloody sock to use.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Gritty Russ
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

fuck yeah bitches
/classless Red Sox Fan
- Esteban
  
  What’s up biatches
  
  /Jeter
  - inpinstripes
    
    +1
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Truthfully? Stephen Strasburg > anyone on the Red Sox
- bonestock94
  
  Lesters proven though.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Not gritty
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

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.
IRF

Curt Schilling: Still pissed at Joe Carter
Ivan

Fuck.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

fucking BABIP
Mykey

SUCH GRIT!
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Now thats grit
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Shit, the BABIP gods hate us today.
- mbonzo
  
  Yesterday too. I might become a satanist at this point.
  - http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
    
    You’re a Yankee fan. You’re already satanic.
    
    /NESPN’d
mbonzo

I hate BABIP. Something has to give!
Esteban

That’s at belt level for other second basemen. Pedroia had to jump for it.

/hyperbole
AaronGuielWithASmile

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.
teddy

jeter smoked that, nothing you can do that
Karl Krawfid

Jeter is having the best swings in the lineup.
Esteban

Yeah, Ochocinco’s girl was pretty hot.
AaronGuielWithASmile

“If you’re gonna be a Patriot, you better root for the Sox”

http://www.gothamist.com/attac.....yankee.jpg

Whoops
Tom

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.
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  Yeah, but what about how things stood as of two days ago?
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

I can’t even…
Esteban

How many DRINKS are we up to this inning?
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Either youlk is doing HGH or sufffering from elephantitis
Looknat his head and jaw
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Steve S.

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.
Jimmy McNulty

Yeah, the Ushers show up at about five-ish for a game at eight.
AaronGuielWithASmile

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.
IRF

That was the most graceful fielder’s choice I have ever seen. EVER.
Brent

So much Red Sox dick sucking going on in that booth.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

That was a sweet play by Jeets.
Mykey

Jeet is killing it tonight!
mbonzo

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
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

finally BABIP fucks the Sox
Esteban

Wow, to make that even close to a DP was impressive.
Ivan

Wow that play was amazing…
Will

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.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Aaaand muted
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Oh my god, this Red Sox dick sucking is on another level….
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

I might as well watch NESN. ESPN’s broadcasts have been bad, but this is beyond gratuitous.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  NESPN
  - mbonzo
    
    I like that.
    - http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
      
      New England Sports and Programming Network. Proud partner of NESN
      - Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
        
        I liked the Everything Sox Programming Network that someone posted a few days ago.
        
        http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
        
        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.
- Hall and Nokes
  
  Funny thing is, I don’t at all mind watching Sox games on NESN.
  - mbonzo
    
    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.
  - AaronGuielWithASmile
    
    Agreed entirely. Sure they’re a little homerish (like every local TV crew,) but they know baseball.
Sheepmeister

so are the yankees even on the field tonight, i couldn’t tell based on the announcing?
- Tom
  
  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.
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Wow shilling is fat
bobtaco

If the Yankees could just show up to the clubhouse earlier…
AaronGuielWithASmile

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
Chris

Is it just me or do the commentators want to make sweet love to Pedroia?
- Karim Garcia
  
  It’s not just you!
Arodsperfecttoothbrushbristlesin

Does this Stoolman guy ever shut up?
I miss joe morgan
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Actually I generally like Schulman. He’d be better if he wasn’t saddled with Hershiser and Valentine.
Ivan

too quick Granderson.
IRF

When Curt Schilling dies, he should donate his ego to Harvard Medical School
StanfordBen

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.
- bobtaco
  
  I would say NESN is more objective.
- mbonzo
  
  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.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
  - StanfordBen
    
    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.
Arod/tips/the/best

Tex message here
- Justin
  
  He’s over his limit.
teddy

i wonder if teix cares about hitting, he pulls everything clearly not working, yet i don’t think he cares
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  You’re right, he probably doesn’t care.
  
  /rolls eyes, makes wanking motion
- Tom
  
  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.
  - Skye
    
    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.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
Ivan

Lets go Cano.
Arod/tips/the/best

ESPN need the baltimore announcer Gary something that guy can make a game of chess exciting
- mbonzo
  
  Gary Busey?
  - Arod/tips/the/best
    
    Gary roberts gary adams gary smith he can call a great game
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  Hell even Joe Buck and Tim Mccarver would be better than these ESPN pricks.
- Ivan
  
  “HANG ON TO THE ROOF!!!!!!!!!!”
nedro

long at bat for rob…
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Nice at-bat, Robbie. Regardless of outcome.
- Ivan
  
  Agreed.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Agreed, it’s not easy to hang in with Beckett in a 2 strike count.
  
  At least he moved the runner over.
- mbonzo
  
  Becketts doing a nice job of hitting corners. I’m hoping the Yankees get more aggressive the third time around.
Ivan

Come on Montero….oh wait my bad.
Cy Pettitte

fuck Fenway.
- Steve
  
  I get my narratives mixed up. Is it too much of a bandbox or is it too deep?
Ivan

GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AaronGuielWithASmile

Damn, Yankees hitters can’t catch a break with RISP
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Ugh, wrong part of the park.
The Fallen Phoenix

…seriously, when do these start falling for hits? Tomorrow?
- Ivan
  
  Tomorrow the Yankees have a day off.
- https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.
  
  Beckett might be the luckiest pitcher in the AL.
Justin

ughhhh FUCK fenway
mbonzo

Wow, Swisher you were SO close!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Fuck this piece of shit ballpark
ItsATarp

How fucking lucky can beckett get?
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Fuck this stupid ballpark designed for one god-damn team.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
Winston Smith

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.
teddy

d@mm it
Karl Krawfid

1 fucking hit.
Arod/tips/the/best

Swisher the utimate tease
IRF

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
tom

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.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

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.
Nogomo

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.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Amazing. They’re interviewing the Yankees hitting coach between innings about Josh Beckett.
- Ivan
  
  See Mike, you cant complain when yankee fans are bitching about the anti-yankee stuff/pro sox shit. This is getting almost absurd.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  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.
Ivan

Ha..our CFer can do that too bitch!!!!!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

at least the Sox kinda got BABIP fucked there
mbonzo

Drink everytime they say something good about a Yankees player.
- EricVA
  
  But I’d like to actually drink tonight.
EricVA

Hmmm…it only took 4 innings for them to mention the Yankees are actually playing tonight.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Valentine needs to go to a retirement home and die.
Mister Delaware

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.”
- mbonzo
  
  IETC
- Steve
  
  ietc even though I think announcer bashing is ridiculous and makes us look like whiny bitches
Steve

Walking Varitek is pretty inexcusable
Cy Pettitte

2 out walk to Varitek. wonderful.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

of course. walking Varitek is a good idea
Hall and Nokes

What’s the foul ball count in a typical Sox-Yankee game? Ow does it compare to two ordinary teams playing?
- EricVA
  
  Depends…is Hughes pitching?
Winston Smith

Scutaro has killed us this series. Stop him.
mbonzo

I think you gotta get Hughes up here.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Is this a fuckin joke?
Ivan

Ugh. That what happens when you walk a guy like Varitek with 2 outs no less.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

This is what happens when you walk Varitek
IRF

I empathize with Joe West
- Cy Pettitte
  
  at least the umps don’t have to listen to the ESPN commentators for all 4 hours
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Freddy is battling.
mbonzo

I think we’re losing because the announcers won’t talk about how awesome the Yankees are.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  Wrong. We’re losing because the Yankees aren’t gritty enough.
EricVA

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.
Dino Velvet

ESPN: “Josh Beckett — great pitcher or greatest pitcher?”
Steve

Out of curiosity, what’s Sterling’s HR call for Chavez?
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  “Chavez, otra vez!”
Ivan

Montero could of done that…
Justin

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?”
- Ivan
  
  You cant make it up.
The Fallen Phoenix

Has there been a positive Yankees stat on this broadcast all game?
- mbonzo
  
  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.
Ivan

Aint the Yankees like #1 sabermetric wise in defense???
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Nice one, Russ.
http://Www.or.ly JM

Martin why…
Mykey

GOD DAMNIT!
Justin

Jorge may not be playing, but his baserunning spirit lives on.
Jimmy McNulty

How the shit does that happen?
teddy

martin that was pathetic,
Dino Velvet

Reddick is so gritty.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Didn’t it look like a fan touched it on that 2nd bounce there?
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

How fucking lucky can the Red Sox get tonight?
AaronGuielWithASmile

Tie game baby!
Cy Pettitte

Nunie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve

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
Ivan

Nunez bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winston Smith

SHE’S GONE! THAT’S WHY HE’S PLAYING FOLKS!
Justin

Nune? Wasn’t expecting that
http://twitter.com/#!/Paddock9652 Stratman9652

C’mon, Russ. Can’t be greedy.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Eduardo Nunez is unimpressed by Josh Beckett.
mbonzo

NUNEZ! I guess benching Jorge works.
Arod/tips/the/best

F-ing love Nunez
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

SUCK MY NUTS, BOSTON.
Erica

NUNEZ OH MY GOD WHAT DO THAT MORE
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

NUNIE!!

Also don’t get too excited there, ESPN
swishers fauxhawk

Nunez.
Mister Delaware

Fenway!
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  It giveth and taketh away.
http://Www.or.ly JM

NUUUUUUNNNNIEEEEEEEE!!!

Lol “that ball was not hit that well…” they’re so depressed.
Cy Pettitte

holy shit listen to them shit all over Nunie’s HR. are you serious?
bobtaco

That ball was crushed, what the fuck, Orel?
Steve

FUCK FENWAY!!!!!!!!!
Sheepmeister

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.
Brent

Edited by RAB: Don’t use that word again.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  Imagine if…GASP!!!…the Yankees win!
Winston Smith

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.
- mt
  
  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.
HD

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…
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Hahahahahaha, I love how deflated the ESPN booth has become after Nunie’s blast.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Love how ESPN now reverting to talking about how much Yankees suck despite tying game.
Dino Velvet

Boy, that Nunez has grit.
http://twitter.com/#!/Paddock9652 Stratman9652

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.
mbonzo

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.
Arod/tips/the/best

Did smoltz really call that a fenway hr?
Cy Pettitte

go Brett, fuck you Beckett.
Winston Smith

That’s it Gardner. Get on base and make him throw more pitches.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

That was a gritty single by Brett.
mbonzo

Beckett out for the next 2 seasons.
Justin

Hope that stings Beckett! For all the players (esp Yanks) you’ve hit over the years.
Brent

Bet that hurt Beckett. I bet Orel is going to praise him for taking one for the team.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Nice, add some Philly dick sucking too.
Monteroisdinero

A HR and we hit Beckett. Nice.
AaronGuielWithASmile

I’d like to see Girardi try a hit and run here.
IRF

+1
mbonzo

Balls getting hit hard this inning, glad Becketts not out of the game.
Zach

Word. Please don’t, you wouldn’t say the N-word here.
Ivan

No chance.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Before Beckett pitches during Yankees BP they should practice hiting hard shots at the pitcher’s mound.
Jimmy McNulty

Gardner is so awesome.
Cy Pettitte

20 in a row, what a turn around from earlier this year.
swishers fauxhawk

Gritner.
http://Www.or.ly JM

What, it’s British for cigarette! Maybe he’s saying they look like cigarettes…
- http://Www.or.ly JM
  
  Reply FAIL!
Mister Delaware

Valentine would rather a guy get picked off than get a bad jump??? Moron.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Make it 3 well hit outs for Jeter tonight.

My money’s on the captain getting a big hit in this game.
Jimmy McNulty

Will ESPN mention how Jeter’s out is a HR in quite a few parks?
- Steve
  
  Really? In quite a few parks?
  - Mister Delaware
    
    Never played Little League, Steve?
    - Steve
      
      Touche
Monteroisdinero

Gritty Garcia needs to hold down the fort one more inning.
teddy

jeter can’t catch a break
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

I have to say that if this game is in YS3, we have blown out Beckett.
mbonzo

This is a big inning for Garcia.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

C’mon Freddy, don’t shit the bed on us now.
Steve

That would have been a damn fine play by Cano
Cy Pettitte

god damnit I hate that munchkin
Winston Smith

That’s how you hit baseball! Well hit ball by Pedroia. Gotta love him.
Arod/tips/the/best

Now thats a gritty hit by the chipmonk
The Fallen Phoenix

Why the fuck are we watching Dustin Pedroia hop around?
Esteban

Slurp Slurp Slurp.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

“If you like baseball you gotta like PEDroia”

STFU ESPN. glad this is the last game of the year.
Zach

Get Logan up.
Mister Delaware

I wonder the narrative if A-Rod jumped like a dope on every pitch.
IRF

I can’t even
Ivan

Now they are talking about how Dustin hops like a damn bunny and and all that shit.
MannyGeee

Holy shit… Apparently Joey Bats has been unseeded by A-Gon AND Ellsburry for AL MVP favorites.

I hate ESPN
- Skye
  
  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.
Max

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
http://twitter.com/#!/Paddock9652 Stratman9652

Dear God, please stop slobbering on Pedroia’s knob, please. He is a disgusting little troll.
Mister Delaware

Great fucking throw.
Steve

Great throw and tag. So pretty
Cy Pettitte

lol Martin’s cannon > PEDroia
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

OUT. fuck you PEDroia.
Justin

A gritty play…. but he’s out *sad trombone*
Winston Smith

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.
IRF

Highlight of the night. Great Job Russ
mbonzo

GREAT TAG BY DEREK JETER.
Took 24 minutes for them to say something positive about the Yankees.
Time to drink!
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  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.
Jimmy McNulty

I just fist pumped.
Esteban

He was thrown out but it was still a gritty attempt and I was joyful to have the opportunity to have seen it.
Erica

Russ just made up for his baserunning there.
Skye

If only Pedroia was taller, he might have been safe.
CUYanks

“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”
- CUYanks
  
  *pedroia (not jeter)
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Pedroia got thrown out, but you have to admire the grittiness in which he did it.
- bobtaco
  
  And he gets upset in the dugout, the “right way”.
- Mykey
  
  That was a steal in any other ballpark.
Michael Mirabella

If Pedroia is the poster child for baseball, then how can he get out?!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Shift’d
Mister Delaware

HE SLAPPED THE MOTHERFUCKING BENCH!!!!!!!
Jimmy McNulty

He couldn’t reach the water cooler, I guess.
- Ivan
  
  LMAOOOO
Ivan

Oh Yes ESPN, Pedroia is the only fuckin guy that gets pissed when he gets caught stealing.
http://twitter.com/#!/Paddock9652 Stratman9652

And then he gets praise for a whiny bitch? Seriously?
- CUYanks
  
  (adoringly) “Aw he’s got some of the smallest hands in baseball!”
Monteroisdinero

This game looks like a Joe West favorite. Going 4 hrs I think.
Winston Smith

Pedroia hit that bench harder than Nunez hit that HR.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  ESPN’d
jay

If that was Zambrano, he has an anger problem. I hate baseball narratives.
Rockstar4Life

I want Tim Conway to play Pedroia in the Dorf On Baseball movie.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Five innings of one run ball is a lot more than I expected out of Freddy. Bravo.
Dino Velvet

ESPN really should put Pedoria in the HOF now. No use waiting.
wow

just got home. Freddy gettin’ it done!
Steve

Jeter has made some very nice defensive plays tonight
AaronGuielWithASmile

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.
MannyGeee

Passionate for the game = Pedroia.
Anger issues because I got picked off at 2nd= everyone else in baseball
Karl Krawfid

Can’t believe I’m listening to this Broadcast blow the Red Sox over and over again.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Very nice job by Freddy. Gotta figure Logan will be in to face Ortiz, Crawford, and Reddick.
- mbonzo
  
  6. Logan (Wade if he gets in trouble)
  7. Soriano
  8. Robertson
  9. Mariano
  10-??. Hughes
- The Fallen Phoenix
  
  Freddy Garcia: #2 starter.
  
  BOOM!
  - Steve
    
    True, CC pitched yesterday.
JFH

Freddy almost at 100 pitches. Does Joe G keep him on a pitch count? Do you think Freddy will pitch one more inning?
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  Boone will probably face Ortiz, Crawful, and Reddick
  - JFH
    
    Logan not doing the job.
  - JFH
    
    Gardner……I did not see that coming.
- Jetrer
  
  The binder sez LOOGY
Arod/tips/the/best

I never heard two annoucers shit on a young guys HR like they did, ESPN should get fined by MLB
Ivan

Good job Freddy Garcia. If it wasnt for that stressful 2nd inning, maybe he could of gone one more inning.
Mykey

Time for a Tex message. Step up.
- Mykey
  
  Alright, I’ll take it.
iloveyoubartolo

Two flyballs, no line drives.
Justin

Mark goes the other way!?
bobtaco

Tex went opposite field! Joy!
Kevin G.

Great now they moved on to sucking off Beckett
Erica

What the shit is a “Fenway Park single”?
- Steve
  
  A double in any other park. Not an insult to Tex
- Arod/tips/the/best
  
  No thats a double in real ballparks
HD

Apparently Beckett is the greatest pitcher ever…and then a “fenway park single” LMAO
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

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.
- HD
  
  It should be taken away. Only the Sox are allowed to hit at/over/on the monstah
- Mykey
  
  Even a blink squirrel occasionally finds a nut.
Winston Smith

That’s an out in any other ballpark. Teixera got lucky.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

They focus on Beckett’s delivery and don’t even shoe Tex’s hit.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  *show
- Cy Pettitte
  
  it’s the fucking Beckett show. this is insane.
mbonzo

Announcers talking about how erect Josh Beckett is.
hehehe I’m so mature.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  The ESPN announcers are getting erect talking about how erect Beckett is.
MannyGeee

That look on Crawfords face said ‘man, this wall is some bullshit’

And he’s right
Hall and Nokes

Beckett was poetry in motion as he gave up that hard single that would have been a double in any other park.
Ivan

That’s right Cano…Take his fucking head off!!!!
Rockstar4Life

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.
Jimmy McNulty

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?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  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.
  - Steve
    
    Is that true? Who else had TJS after they were traded? Seems shady on old Kenny’s part
    - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
      
      Freddy Garcia man. Traded him to the Phillies, and a few weeks later they were cutting his shoulder open.
      - Steve
        
        Wow, I was unaware. Timely tidbit though.
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  He’s got absolutely filthy stuff.
  
  Also, he may have replaced Brandon League as Michael Kay’s greatest man crush.
  - Steve
    
    Brandon Morrow also pretty high up there
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    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.
Arod/tips/the/best

No gidp here please god
- Mykey
  
  Why do you tempt fate?
  - Arod/tips/the/best
    
    What did he do yesterday?
Arod/tips/the/best

Wtf tex run fatboy run
Mister Delaware

Hard 0-fer so far for Swish.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

You’re hitting it to the wrong part of the park Swish…

Beckett has gotten so lucky tonight.
mbonzo

Eric Chavez, become a true Yankee here.
IRF

Nick Swisher is just murdering the ball lately
Hall and Nokes

I feel a pinstripe earning
tom

Note to Nick: centerfield not the best place to hit here.
Cy Pettitte

Yankees suck chant starts, of course.
- Rainbow Connection
  
  Yankees fans never do that, right?
  - Esteban
    
    It’s stupid when Yankees fans do it, so what?
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  ESPN resisted the urge to join in
- Mykey
  
  Well they do, duh.
Justin

K-Zone is terrible. Please go away.
Ivan

Come on Chavez
Jon

i like the green light

gotta give the stash a chance
Mykey

“Great hitters learn to swing and miss.” Hmm.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

“a good job of swinging and missing” oh lord
Jon

bases loaded?
mbonzo

Nice at bat from Chavez.
- Jon
  
  it was great how he looked at strike 3 right down the middle
  - mbonzo
    
    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.
    - The Fallen Phoenix
      
      Can’t blame Chavez for sitting fastball, to be honest.
  - http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
    
    It was a nasty curve…
MannyGeee

We let Beckett off the hook there… Flying wide with everything and losing control , you gotsta hit the straight one veryveryvery hard
Justin

The Chavstache is dead to me.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Ugh, right down the middle.

At least we’ve got Beckett up over 100 pitches.
Ivan

Damn that was kinda filthy yikes!!!
Rainbow Connection

Did the Yanks trade for Beltran?
- AaronGuielWithASmile
  
  Haha IETC
Karl Krawfid

Jesus Christ just look at it Chavez.
IRF

That was a pretty good time for Beckett to drop an Adam Wainwright/Carlos Beltran curve
tom

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…
teddy

gotta love this lineup pretty much laying down against the redsox, granted they been hosed by shitty luck
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  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.
- Esteban
  
  Laying down? Really?
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

These Sunday night games are always low scoring…
The Fallen Phoenix

So is this when ESPN talks about how bad the Yankees bullpen is?
AaronGuielWithASmile

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
Ivan

Logan do ya thing.
Mykey

Am I the only one who doesn’t fully trust Boone yet? I want to, I’m just not there yet.
- Rainbow Connection
  
  There’s a reason why everyone thinks he sucks. He sucks.
  - Mykey
    
    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.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Those looked like strikes
Ivan

Where the fuck were those pitches my god.
Rockstar4Life

Um, Beckett was getting that strike Ump. God forbid you share.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

You had him 0-2 Boone. Dammit.
- Ivan
  
  Meh, Logan got robbed by one of those strike 3 calls.
- Jetrer
  
  in fairness, 2 of those balls were in the strikezone
Jon

too bad logan doesnt get beckette calls
teddy

had him k twice
IRF

Two PERFECT two strike pitches. What can ya do?
Arod/tips/the/best

Logan is back get the kids out of the room.
Cy Pettitte

what the fuck, BABIP fucked yet again.
The Fallen Phoenix

Is ESPN seriously trashing the Yankees defense for holding Ortiz at first?

…wtf was that, Eddie?
swishers fauxhawk

Fucking seeing eye single bullshit.
mbonzo

Infield-in failure again.
bobtaco

Why the hell was Nunez playing in so close there?
- Jon
  
  i have no fucking clue
- Jetrer
  
  fast Hitter (Crawford), have to guard against bunt hit
AaronGuielWithASmile

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.
HD

WTF. Now crawford hits lefties.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

wtf our lefties can’t get Crawford out
http://thepinstripedbeat.sportsblognet.com/ Simon

I hate hits like that, cheap, cheap, cheap….
Rockstar4Life

We’ll always have this past Friday Boone. :(
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Hey look, Boone Logan is letting lefties reach base. Weird.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  A bullshit hit an a K not called.
- mt
  
  He has been pretty good against lefties recently but stuff happens – Carl Crawford has made a pact with the devil beforee this series.
- inpinstripes
  
  Hard to blame him this time…
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

THE. BABIP. GODS. HATE. US. TONIGHT.
- Rockstar4Life
  
  And yesterday and pretty much for large pieces of this season.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

God, I… I hate Boone Logan. I hate being vindicated for it, too.
- Jetrer
  
  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.
V

Third time this series that the third baseman playing in on the grass has cost the Yankees.
mbonzo

BTW, Logan did get screwed on the Ortiz AB.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
- bobtaco
  
  Notice you didn’t see K-Zone any those last ones…
mbonzo

Corey Wade over David Robertson?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  *looks at the scoreboard to see what inning it is*
  
  Yep.
  - The Fallen Phoenix
    
    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.
Karl Krawfid

Ortiz struck out.

BS Call.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Do your thang, Cory.
Ivan

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.
ItsATarp

I’m surprised that pop up didn’t drop in for a hit with all the luck the sox are having
Ivan

Double play ball i want right now.
- mbonzo
  
  Hard to get a double play ball when the UMP isn’t calling any strikes low.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Varitek and Scutaro better get them out
chris

Does this situation not scream for Robertson???
Winston Smith

We can NOT walk Veritek twice and let Yankee killer Scutaro come up and beat us again.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Holy shit thank you Varitek.
Esteban

What a gritty veteran swing on 3-0 by Varitek.
bobtaco

Wow, terrible AB by Varitek… they’ll take it everyday.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

That was a clutch pop up by Varitek. He’s such a team player.
- Mykey
  
  He wears the C for a reason.
Mister Delaware

Whaaa?
swishers fauxhawk

Falling behind 3-0 to Varitek was inexcusable, but Captain Varitek bails him out.
Arod/tips/the/best

Lol
Popped up on ball 4
AaronGuielWithASmile

David Ortiz or Adrian Gonzalez can have the green light in that situation.

Jason Varitek should not.

We just caught a huge break.
Jetrer

thank you very much for having Varitek swing 3-0
Ivan

HAHAHAHAHHAHA….only Varitek can pop up on a 3-0 FB down the middle.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Big hit for Scutaro here
- Monteroisdinero
  
  no!
Monteroisdinero

Wow. That’s like Jorge getting the 3-0 green light. Still can’t get around on an 89mph fb.
Jon

did they just say the umps are bias to the red sox while in fenway?
- The Mick
  
  Yes they did.
Hall and Nokes

I don’t understand why the ball did not go out of play after Varitek waved at it to do so.
A.J. Burnett

I would have grooved a fastball on every pitch to Varatek.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Marco Scutaro is a pesky bastard.
The Fallen Phoenix

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.
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

The Red Sox just have a factory of white, scruffy dudes who are fast and good at hitting LD’s.
Cy Pettitte

MORE INFIELD HITS PLEASE

christ.
HD

Fucking kidding me
Jon

god damn it
swishers fauxhawk

Keep looking at it guys. Just keep looking.
Jimmy McNulty

HYOU MOTHERFUCKING DUMBSHIT
Mister Delaware

How many fucking dinks is that tonight?
ItsATarp

wow more infield hits…are you kidding me
The Fallen Phoenix

COME THE FUCK ON. HOW IS THAT NOT THE 3RD FUCKING OUT. WHAT THE FUCK.
Arod/tips/the/best

Robby wtf
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

wtf was that?
Skye

All these shitty infield singles. I feel like we’re playing the 2009 Angels.
- http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7
  
  Or the 2010 Rangers.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Another bullshit hit.
- Jimmy McNulty
  
  Bullshit hits for the Red Sox and bullshit outs for the Yankees…this is why fans are so pessimistic.
Esteban

fuck this shit.
AaronGuielWithASmile

Ugh, that has to be Jeter’s ball.

Is it just me or have the Sox gotten 4 or 5 seeing eye singles tonight?
Monteroisdinero

Awful luck.
Justin

Ugh Robbie let Derek get that!
- mt
  
  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.
Ivan

Ugh…only good thing is that it stayed in the infield.
mbonzo

Cano! wtf?
Wade v. Ellsbury. This is so stupid with all the bullpen options we have.
jay

they’ve gotten every single break in this game
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

So many cheap base hits, so little time.

That was Jeter’s play though, Cano should have backed off.
Winston Smith

Get to that ball Jeter, damnit. Might have cost us the ballgame.
JMK

Corey Wade is still out there?
bobtaco

Is Robertson even up?
Rockstar4Life

Not a good series at all for Cano. Sucks too because he’s awesome.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

Yes!
The Fallen Phoenix

YEAH.
Cy Pettitte

oh thank fucking god, Cory.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Cory Wade I love you
https://twitter.com/TheRealJeromeS Jerome S.

Yeah.
Karim Garcia

Hell yes WADE!
Winston Smith

Whew. Now we’re into our better relievers. Get a run.
Mykey

Thank you God!
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Cory Wade, true fucking Yankee.
Esteban

Corey Wade. Just getting the job done. NBD.
wow

oh man…
Jimmy McNulty

I’m in the mood to punch someone in the face.
Arod/tips/the/best

Nunez wanted no part of that fly out lol
http://thepinstripedbeat.sportsblognet.com/ Simon

Holy hell, I don’t have any finger nails left…
mbonzo

Momentum baby. We need a new thread. This is getting too laggy and we need luck.
Brendan

Most Valuable Pop-up
Ivan

Great job C-Wade.
AaronGuielWithASmile

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.
Jon

Yankees have no excuse not to win now after that
- Esteban
  
  NONE. FACT.
IRF

Next time, if he could do that without giving me a heart attack, I would really appreciate it.
Hall and Nokes

I’m calling the Cory Hotline after that fine job.
The Fallen Phoenix

When Corey Wade is your 4th or 5th best reliever, you have a pretty good bullpen.
http://thepinstripedbeat.sportsblognet.com/ Simon

Did we just dodge a bullet or what?
mbonzo

Ellsbury has left 8 men on base so far.
- inpinstripes
  
  MVP!!!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Matt Albers…heheheh
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Tied at one and it’s a battle of the bullpens. I like the Yankees chances.
- Ken
  
  Yes, the Yankees have Luis Ayala.
Ken

Ok time to bring in Luis Ayala.
HD

A “cheap” HR (or 2) over the monster sure would be nice…
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Nunie bomb here
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

The K-zone thinks all pitches thrown by Red Sox pitchers are strikes.
Esteban

Mike- can we haz a new thread?
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Are they really complaining about Beckett? punch me…
IRF

Holy crap. Bobby V making a valid and well-articulated point?
Justin

Wow, Valentine actually speaking ill of Beckett? I’m getting a drink for this one!
mbonzo

Bobby Valentine sounds way too much like Kermit the Frog for me to take anything he says seriously.
Mykey

That was a strike? Ugh.
mt

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.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

That ball was low and inside.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Bull fucking shit
Ivan

Of course that’s a strike smfh….
swishers fauxhawk

Awesome strike zone.
Arod/tips/the/best

This umpire is hella bad
Jimmy McNulty

I think I’m going to beat up the Ump’s kids tomorrow. A Yankee NEVER got that call tonight.
The Fallen Phoenix

Since when has that ball been called a strike this game? Come on.
http://Www.or.ly JM

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!
bobtaco

This strike zone is all over the place.
Jon

fuck yes
jay

GARDY!!!!!!
HD

Fuck yea!
Cy Pettitte

BRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winston Smith

GARDY! SHE’S GONE!
Alex S

GARDY!!
Mykey

Yeah baby! Gritner!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

GARDY!!!!
Mister Delaware

Blastoff!
Mykey

Yeah baby! Gritner!
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

BRETT FUCKING GARDNAH!!!
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

GRITNER! Holy shit!
Justin

A gritty home run by Gardner!!
AaronGuielWithASmile

Did Gardner just plant one?

Hells yeah!
The Fallen Phoenix

BRETT GARDNER IS GOING GOLFING.
mbonzo

GARDNER! You gritty son of a bitch.
pat

GARDYBOMBBBBBBBBBBB
Jetrer

Gritty as hell, Gardy, Gritty as hell
a.hinds

no way!, i listen to the games, and i cant believe it!
Charles

GARDY!!!!!
mt

Thank you, Matt Albers sinker.
- mt
  
  Correction -slider.
Erica

GARDY IS GRITTIER
Arod/tips/the/best

Aw right in the middle of the yankees suck chant take a bow gritty
Karim Garcia

Holy shit Brett with the big stick!
Hall and Nokes

Another bullshit Fenway home run.
Esteban

GRITNER JUST OUTGRITTED EVERYBODY.

and the NESPN announcers are now silent.
http://twitter.com/#!/Paddock9652 Stratman9652

Holy shit. Gardner was almost to 3rd by the time that went out.
IRF

Hey Ellsbury- Do you like apples?
Jimmy McNulty

Speed Kills.
Cy Pettitte

Albers bullshit.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

There are few prettier sounds than cheering in Fenway after a Yankee HR.

ALSO FUCK YOU HITTING OUR GUYS!!
Winston Smith

THAT BALL WAS NOT HIT THAT HARD!
bobtaco

More of the same with these mutherfuckers…
Jon

wtf why cant you bunt after someone hits a homer?
Brent

I wonder what Bobby V would say if one of our guys hit Pedroia.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/ Xstar7

GTFO Albers.

By the way, we need a spillover thread. This one is getting too laggy.
Charles

I know you guys are more excited to hear the NESPN dumbasses shutup about the Sox than you are about the HR :P