Game 120: Yankees vs. Red Sox
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Aug 18, 2012 
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Yankees lineup
1. Derek Jeter DH
2. Nick Swisher 1B
3. Robinson Cano 2B
4. Andruw Jones RF
5. Casey McGehee 3B
6. Curtis Granderson CF
7. Russell Martin C
8. Jayson Nix SS
9. Ichiro Suzuki LF
David Phelps RHP
Red Sox lineup
1. Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2. Carl Crawford LF
3. Dustin Pedroia 2B
4. Adrian Gonzalez 1B
5. Cody Ross DH
6. Ryan Lavarnway C
7. Scott Podsednik RF
8. Pedro Ciriaco SS
9. Nick Punto 3B
Jon Lester LHP
TV/Radio: FOX/WCBS 880
Umpires: Scott Barry HP, Jerry Meals 1B, Gary Darling 2B, Paul Emmel 3B
Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy
Who’s on third? Casey McGehee, Eric Chavez and Jayson Nix have teamed to bat .385 (30 for 78) with seven homers in place of A-Rod since he went on the DL July 25.
Left-handed compliment: The Yankees have the best winning percentage in the league against lefty starters at .619, based on a 26-16 record.
Pummeling Red Sox pitching: The Yankees have outscored Boston 73-50 in winning seven of 10 so far. They have hit 28 homers against the Sox.
Update, 4:15: Phelps has another sluggish first, two-run homer for Gonzalez.
Update, 4:33: First and second, no one out, and the Yankees don’t score. McGehee goes down swinging with both runners in scoring position. Lester has been one of the reasons the Red Sox have flopped, coming in at 6-10 with a 5.20 ERA, although Bobby Valentine made it seem yesterday like he has mostly been unlucky.
Update, 4:40: Phelps strands Ciriaco at second with two outs thanks to a nice fastball at the knees to Nick Punto.
Update, 4:47: Martin double-play ball kills the second after a leadoff walk by Granderson.
Update, 4:54: Strong inning for Phelps, 1-2-3 in the lineup and 1-2-3 they’re out. Good fastball tailing back in to get Crawford looking for the second out.
Update, 5:00: Swisher is just locked in at the moment, two singles in two at-bats, 9 for 22 on the homestand.
Update, 5:03: Wild pitch, but Cano pops a curve to center and leaves Swisher at second.
Update, 5:10: 1-2-3 fourth for Phelps, settling in again after a somewhat slow start.
Update, 5:18: Granderson coming back to life after 1-for-22 slide, second homer and third hit in two days, lands this one on the netting in center. 2-1 Boston after four.
Update, 5:27: RBI double for Punto in the fifth.
Update, 5:40: Swisher not locked in on that last at-bat, strikes out to leave Ichiro at second. 3-1 after five.
Update, 5:49: Three runs, six hits allowed through six for Phelps. Really can’t complain about that. This figures to be Phelps’ second and last start before Sabathia returns. But Phelps will be useful again in the bullpen, looks like he can have a future here in some role.
Update, 5:55: Lester in command of the Yankees’ bats, at least through six, one run, four hits allowed. Phelps is out for the seventh, but it looks like Eppley is warming. Logan is up, too.
Update, 6:06: Ciriaco on second and two outs, Phelps’ day is done. Logan on to face Ellsbury. Nice hand for Phelps.
Update, 6:11: Logan fans Ellsbury, so a quality start for Phelps, three runs, seven hits, 6 2/3.
Update, 6:25: Granderson leadoff double and then moves to third with one out, but he’s left there by Nix and Suzuki.
Update, 6:30: Pedroia doubles with one out in the eighth off Logan, extends hitting streak to 13 games. Jeter’s 13-game streak will be on the line in the bottom of the eighth.
Update, 6:32: Eppley comes on after a walk to Gonzalez.
Update, 6:39: Eppley does his job. Andrew Bailey will take over for Lester.
Update, 6:45: Jeter goes down swinging. Streak might be over.
Update, 6:49: Swisher singles to center for his third hit. Lefty Craig Breslow will come on face Cano. Cano is due. He’s 0 for the homestand, 0 for 13.
Update, 6:52: Cano is now way overdue, 0 for 14 after 3-6-3 double play to end the inning.
Update, 6:58: Four hits for Ciriaco, double makes it second and third, no outs in the ninth.
Update, 7:00: Wild pitch, 4-1.
Update, 7:01: Walk, first and third. So Rapada will come on to face Ellsbury.
Update, 7:07: Second and third, two outs. Derek Lowe will come on to face his old team for the first time on the other side of the rivalry.
Update, 7:11: Lowe keeps it at 4-1. Alfredo Aceves will try to close it out.
Update, 7:30: Yankees finish with seven hits, lose 4-1.
Let’s go, guys! Sweep this weekend.
Lets get it on. Go Yanks- Go Phelps. No Joe Buck. This is good
let’s go Yanks!
Damn spoke too soon
That pitch was outside and low. Cannot blame Phelps for that. Hopefully, Yanks offense do not sleep through this game.
vulture time. all those guys who were here commenting before jeter’s homer last night should all show up any second now…
I don’t get it why do they pitch Gonzalez on the outside part of the plate. That is his red zone.
Crawford is now five for five in stolen bases this year. Quite a return the six are getting on their investment there
I hope Jeter plays forever and breaks all kinds of silly records – enjoy the game, great climes up here
Phelps will bounce back fine… need to make Lester work and jump on him early.
Would love to see a long inning here and make Lester work
Tyler – Blues fan, how are you sir?
jeter the patient lead off hitter!
Wow any time you’re in a category with Mays you’re a great player. And Albert is almost making McCarver bearable.
swishaliscious to tie it here…
jmills-
I’m doing well! Hoping that there is hockey this season and not a lockout.
2-0 pitch was outside. Lester has no command and the ump gives him a gift… unreal.
astro,
Which Albert is it?
Swisher is focused
Would be nice to see Cano have a big game. Seems he has just been plodding along of late.
Good at bat from swish. Didn’t try to do too much and kept the line moving
Ty – don’t hold your breath; B.T.W., Doug Gilmour has another wife,…and child. Some never comprehend.
Jones needs to keep it simple.
i was trying to time jones running up the line but my sundial broke.
Agree astrocity….Buck is a horror show…look I like Girardi a lot…but the joker cannot be the cleanup hitter…in any universe..
jmills-
I’m too young to remember Gilmour on the Blues but I’ve heard all about the reason they traded him.
yankee lineup a lot different without arod and tex
YS, I have another waiting.
Tyler,……….it wasn’t pretty.
When did Cano start his downhill trend? It feels like it’s been quite a while now…
If my memory serves, it started with hitting for still-decent average, but with no power, and has now descended into all-out (obviously temporary, but still frustrating) sucktitude.
First 2 men on base and our best hitter at the plate, and he goes down with nary an effort.
F. The curse of the RISP continues. Can’t score without the mighty homer.
Question for those here. I don’t know about the $$$ end of it, but do you really think J.U. would hit here. He hasn’t exactly torn up the N.L. West this year. I realize he has tools and is a defensive upgrade for sure, but have some doubts as to his hitting in the A.L. East. And he has struck out a lot. ( 25% )
Tyler, in addition – its how you got Brett!
I was informed the other day that Cano’s defense is statistically subpar He makes highlight reel plays because of his athleticism and strong arm.
There is an example, athleticism and strong arm.
Ichiro is such a Pimp in left. I love how that guy catches fly balls.
Question for those here. I don’t know about the $$$ end of it, but do you really think J.U. would hit here. He hasn’t exactly torn up the N.L. West this year. I realize he has tools and is a defensive upgrade for sure, but have some doubts as to his hitting in the A.L. East. And he has struck out a lot. ( 25% )
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Its supposed to be easier to hit in the AL
He would be playing in more offense friendly parks on the Yankees and he is 1 season removed from a .900 OPS. He has lots of patience, generally seeing an above average number of P/PA, which gives him a very nice BB%, he plays good defense, and has lots of power. At his best he is a guy that will hit around a ~.280 average and he can give us 20 steals a season.
J Upton would be a really good pickup.
Had to make Lester pay there with at least one run. Could have missed the boat.
Nasty pitch by phelps to end the at bat there just filthy
4NYY—Hitting in the AL East won’t be a problem for Upton. It only concerns pitchers that slide into the AL. He is a young 5 tool player. Big upgrade….
Nice. How about a stolen base by C Grand here.
I don’t usually like trying to steal when behind, but I feel like NY is playing with house money right now. So lets get a little frisky.
I don’t want Upton, I require pitching like you can’t discern.( Starters that is )
No need to give outs to a guy with a 5+ ERA early in the game (despite the dp).
And the subsequent dp…
jmills-
The story of the Blues franchise is former players having success elsewhere. Hull winning a Cup on both the Stars and Wings hurt.
Ty, take solace, Brett is a Blue true and through! Good luck to your team.
Sure would be nice to have a catcher who could hit, say, .220 or even .230…..
Nice pitch there on Crawford.
phelps has a great two seamer
Did anyone else notice Pedroia coming off the bag on the DP?
McCarver and Albert didn’t. It was pretty obvious when McCarver finally said something that it only came because a producer told him he missed something…and he was defensive immediately, claiming Granderson was out of the base path.
Just a quick check in to say:
GO PHELPSY!!!
GO YANKS!!!
I tried to bribe my niece with a 600-sticker coloring book but soon discovered that she wanted me to be part of the party.
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I’m doing this while she eats her 5-minute dinner.
Anyway, great job by Phelps so far. I know it’s a matter of time before Lester spits the bit.
I do feel for Crawford on this TJ thing. To me it’s another sign of the dysfunction in Boston. Someone should make the decision for him and let him off the hook. This is a lost season IMO and they should get him ready for next season.
JM, receivers are a good deal more than stats – my Canadian being is behind Martin.
3 in the 3rd. Here we go Yankees. Put up a crooked number.
Trisha ! Where the hell art tho?
jmills,
I like Martin and think he’s a decent catcher but I think I got spoiled by Posada…And no I’m not saying Po was a great defensive catcher. LOL
Replay showed Pedroia was not off the bag when the ball went in his glove.
Anyway, have to head to my volunteer gig for Boys and Girls Club….have a great evening all. The Yankees will definitely get to Lestah. We are winning this game!
Oh yeah, remember that good waiters get good tips. Lester isn’t totally chopped liver so don’t be ready to take a bridge if he manages to show good stuff for a bit.
And for anyone tempted to complain about RISP – don’t embarass yourself. Unless you are a member of the Bi*ch Per Pitch Club, you probably realize that rational baseball fans don’t watch every game under a microscope. Check out the stats since the All Star Game and thank your lucky stars you root for the Yanks.
Cutter is working for Lester – all the ground balls to third.
JM – hold an awesome nuit!
jmills, have been entertaining young niece and nephew for the past several days, and it will last several more days. Watching baseball isn’t usually part of their agenda – so of course it automatically is removed from mine! I’m just able to do this because of my niece’s dinner break.
why is it crawford’s call to get surgery? the yankees would make that call for him, like when they put jeter on the dl last year. honestly, it’s emblematic of the garbage in boston now. management should run the team, not the players
we’re lucky to have strong leadership in NYC.
Trish – kids and their unconditional love for you!
Another terrible AB from Cano.
He’s killing my fantasy team.
jackamir August 18th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
4NYY—Hitting in the AL East won’t be a problem for Upton. It only concerns pitchers that slide into the AL. He is a young 5 tool player. Big upgrade….
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If you look at the overall numbers with Swisher and him, I don’t see a big upgrade, except on defense. BB’s ( Swish ) Hr’s (Swish ) RBI ( Swish ) K’s ( about even % )
risha – true pinstriped blue August 18th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
jmills, have been entertaining young niece and nephew for the past several days, and it will last several more days. Watching baseball isn’t usually part of their agenda – so of course it automatically is removed from mine! I’m just able to do this because of my niece’s dinner break.
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Out of duct tape ?
Cano is not Cano.. Who is that? Reaching for pitches – he is opening up and even his body language is awful. Something is wrong- mentally as well as physically.
Phelps looks great. one mistake and it wasn’t even a horrible pitch.
4 NYY – funny!
4NYY—-$$$$$$ & age
Phelps, as I said last week, has the look of a confident pitcher. Now the report from Fox is the same.
He’s pretty darn good right now, and will get better. Good movement on pitches.
jackamir August 18th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
4NYY—-$$$$$$ & age
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That I can agree with.
Phelpsy dealing
Great job by phelps. He does seem to be pitching with confidence. The offense needs to pick up two runs, Lester isn’t pitching THAT well
cofuzz August 18th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Another terrible AB from Cano.
He’s killing my fantasy team.
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How many so far ?
At ‘em balls today.
Cy Lester has returned or the offense is asleep??
jackamir August 18th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
Cano is not Cano.. Who is that? Reaching for pitches – he is opening up and even his body language is awful. Something is wrong- mentally as well as physically.
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He’s smilin’ in the dugout. LOL
Grandy!!!
I knew I should’ve put Lester in my fantasy lineup.
He operates under Murphy’s Law in my fantasy baseball world — awesome when I bench him, horrible when he’s in the lineup.
I like the Yankees more than my fantasy team, so I should’ve sucked it up.
Maybe that Grandy homer will start a domino run to make my decision doubly good!!!
Grandyman!!!
Nice job Grandy… Is Romine in good enough shape to be a September callup?
Not a cheapie there. Wow that ball was crushed.
yler August 18th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Nice job Grandy… Is Romine in good enough shape to be a September callup?
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Was reported he’s going to AFL. Didn’t list him as a call up. Wish he was.
4 NYY,
How many bad Cano ABs?
Today? All of them. Every swing I remember him taking has been bad.
He’s really slowed down since his awesome June, although he was still above average until a week ago.
He’s 1 for his last 19.
Baseball is a game of streaks. Just as hot as Swisher is, Cano is cold. Both of those will not continue. None of us know if there is anything going on with Cano mentally or physically, assuming so is just dumb.
Good mix by Phelps
That guy is killing us.
Pedro dude seems to be an extremely annoying tough out to get.
Ciriaco hits like .220 against the rest of the league then turns on a fastball 6 inches inside. It’s a joke.
cofuzz August 18th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
4 NYY,
How many bad Cano ABs?
Today? All of them. Every swing I remember him taking has been bad.
He’s really slowed down since his awesome June, although he was still above average until a week ago.
He’s 1 for his last 19.
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I meant how many fantasy guys has he killed ? LOL
Tyler August 18th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Ciriaco hits like .220 against the rest of the league then turns on a fastball 6 inches inside. It’s a joke.
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He’s not funny !
Jones doesn’t run so well anymore.
we always gotta give one back right after we score…..
Erik Boland ?@eboland11
Ciriaco raises his career average to .798 against the Yankees
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Great job by Phelps there to strand Punto at 3rd. That was a big run left on base.
Its the end of the line for Andruw…. He has had a good career and if he wants to keep playing its not going to be in the summers..
4NYY,
He’s killing the whole team.
Clearly, he killed CC in fantasy AND reality.
He killed Evan Longoria in April, concussed Paul Konerko last week, and I thought he ended Mariano’s career.
c’mon yanks lets rally and get Lester out of this game
It’s just hard to watch Jones play the OF. He can still be a productive hitter, albeit a streaky one.
But he has nothing on the grass.
Surprised to see Ichiro in the lineup today against the lefty Lester, but with Tex out and Swish having to play 1st I am sure that is why.
Plus he has been swinging a hot stick as well. He just makes things happen.
Ichiro stole 2nd easily
RISP FAIL.
STHU elfie
McCarver telling it straight about “meeting.”
The sox are such a mess. Can you imagine the zoo in NY if the players met with Cash behind Girardi’s back? 180 million does nt buy what it used to.
Phelps just destroyed Ross there.
Phelps is pitching good lets get him some runs
Time to get Phelps some runs. The kid deserves a W …. Lester typically implodes around 6-7 innings.
And we have discussed the yanks goal of staying below the 189 magic number but the sox are in a bad place too. They’re at 180 mill with a roster full of holes.
Phelps def deserves a win. Good day for him and another step in the right direction. I just hope I’m not beginning to like phelps just to see him traded away.
McCarver ripping the Nats decision
1 for your last 20?
C’mon Cano!
Don’t make me pick up Ben Zobrist.
Offense has not woken for breakfast yet.
Who’s ready for a walkoff?
Son of a Ciriaco!
Ciriaco is a gnat
Phelps probably gets to face Ellsbury after this and then that’s it. Boone will face Crawford.
cofuzz – Zobrist is available to be picked up in your league? Can I play in that league next year. lol
Ciriaco *was* hitting .440 against the Yankees. That’s up to .500 now. (14 for 28)
He’s hitting .276 against everyone else. (21 for 76)
Walk Ellsbury and bring Logan in to face Crawford??
Zobrist was recently dumped in my 10-team league. That was right before his last two big days vs. the L.A. Angels of Anaheim, Orange County, California Angels.
Chin music for Ciriaco. Billy Martin would …..No doubt…
Now will Boone make it 6.2 4 er or 3 er?
Ciriaco has scored 13 runs this season in 35 games.
Ciriaco has score 9 runs this season in 6 1/2 games against the Yankees.
A friend of mine, a mets fan, said he would trade Niese for Nova or Hughes…hmmmmm….You bet….deal!…
Nice work by Boone.
sux have a pretty good pen, it’s the starters that have killed them.
Just to emphasize:
Ciriaco is 14 for 28 against the Yankees. (.500)
Ciriaco is 6 for 27 against the rest of the AL East. (.222)
Grandy maybe turning it around.
Obvious statement in Lohud history but still worth stating:
This team is much better offensively when Curtis is hitting. Night and Day.
Martin annoys me so much… I hate lookin’ at him spitting out of the side of his mouth.. Total waste and he calls a bad game….
Jayson Nix in small doses can be a good thing. Jayson Nix seeing everyday action is not ideal.
Nix is still hitting 60 points higher than Thurman Martin
More RISP FAIL. pathetic.
The RISP fail isn’t as frustrating as the failure to drive in a run with an out.
I could care less if you make an out with a runner on third and fewer than 2 outs, as long as your out drives in a run.
That pop fly to Podsednik is as bad as a K in that situation.
I was watching the story of the 1998 Yankees yesterday. One thing rang true and has been evidently lacking in recent years which the Yanks have not won the World Series. The 1998 team was one of the most focused squads ever, from Game 1 of the regular season through the end of the World Series. Too many games, the Yankees lack focus.
Jon Lester did not have it today. He got behind hitters repeatedly, and the Yanks offense did not make him pay for it.
Part of the blame can be placed on Girardi. He is sitting our hottest hitter, Chavez, because of the LH starter, while playing Jayson Nix in every game this week. When the team is already missing Rodriguez and Teixeira, you cannot afford to DH Jeter in 2 straight games and play Nix at SS.
Nix was 6-16 in his career against Lester coming into this game.
Most of us who keep binders would’ve played him today.
Nobody here ever left an risp in Little League, or how ever far you got in the game. You were a great player, never failed. Now, that’s pathetic.
Valentine should be PH here with Salty.
Not sure Ive ever seen Cody throw this “sweeping” breaking ball they speak of. Whenever I saw it it looked like a small tight slider, but not very good, and not a ton of movement. Correct me if Im wrong, because I feel like the Fox announcers are lol
tomingeorgia,
I think fans are allowed to be frustrated by RISP fail whether they batted 1.000 with RISP as major leaguers or never played a game at any level.
Doesn’t make us greedy or any less loyal, just tuned in. Any failure on the cusp of success is frustrating to any human who actually cares, don’t you think?
8th inning Magic, lets get some runs!!!!!!
cofuzz,
Sure, it’s disappointing. But since they’ve been keeping that record, what do you suppose the highest RISP average is? I’m not going to look it up, but I’ll bet it’s under 4 in 10. Meanwhile, go Jete!
Awesome
ugh ugh i hate it when we pitch well and don’t score any runs
He is looking up at his Grandma McCarver
Now the Ca Yes
6-16 is a small sample size.
Swisher’s contract year is looking pretty good. At least the last couple of weeks. Don’t want to see him in right for Boston next year.
Yeah tom, as a whole, it can’t be much better than in ABs with nobody on.
And like I mentioned earlier, it’s ore frustrating to me to see the failure with runners on third and fewer than two outs.
Any time you can score a run on an out and you fail to score, that’s a significant failure in my book.
Swish always acknowledges his g-mom when he’s successful with a hit. I was thinking maybe at bat he was looking up to maybe not stare at the pitcher too soon. IDK
Maybe both are for her.
C’mon Cano.
Break out of this funk right here!
tomingeorgia August 18th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Swisher’s contract year is looking pretty good. At least the last couple of weeks. Don’t want to see him in right for Boston next year.
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Yikes, could happen.
Son of a Ciriaco!
lame
Ca NO!
Was that really the first time Breslow pitched to Lavarnway?
Anyways they blew that up into a bigger deal than I think it is.
I had not realized that Cano is 1 for his last 23. oofta.
Cano is 1 for his last 21 now.
Cofuzz,
I’ve got no argument, except it’s random, like that last double play. Four feet to the right, it’s 1st and 3rd, now it isn’t.
Does the Joker ever actually …..like run?…Or is jogging the new sprinting?…
4NYY——
Did you get any rain last night? It poured up here in the NW. Its getting dark now..
Is it 1-23 for Cano now?
He was 2-4 in the Toronto game before his ice cold streak started, so if he made outs in his last two ABs in that game, you’re right.
sigh…ridiculous
OMG. What the hell is going on with Ciriaco against the Yankees?
15-29 now.
Can anyone get this clown out??????? It’s annoying.
Yanks ought to forfeit the rest of this game.
Maybe I should pick up Ciriaco and bench Cano in fantasy..at least for the next two games.
Bryan Hoch ?@BryanHoch
#Yankees 2B Robinson Cano is now in a 1-for-23 skid.
Swish with more RBI than Cano with 79 fewer AB’s, 7 less HR’s. Cano at .305, Swish at .272.
Why ? Why? Ciriaco has to go down…. Once again, why? Eppley is a two batter pitcher then they figure him out.
jackamir August 18th, 2012 at 6:56 pm
4NYY——
Did you get any rain last night? It poured up here in the NW. Its getting dark now..
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No, the only real rain lasted about 10 mins. a few days ago. Rains right down the road a few mi., hardly ever here. Is cloudy here too.
At least we’ll probably take away the save situation from Aceves…
Eppley and Rapada under no circumstances should be allowed to face the opposite side in the playoffs.
Surprising Ellsbury hasn’t hurt us today.
I’m remembering a certain 9-0 game in late innings. Let’s go, boys!
Ciriaco would never see a straight pitch if I was calling the game. Steady diet of curveballs…
sheesh Chavy couldn’t get to 2nd
Chavez still hot. But can hardly run. PR ?
ez bros.
Rapada and Lowe did a nice job keeping the possibility of a comeback alive.
Oh well ……..
Pathetic game over.
Let’s get em tomorrow!
Get’em tomorrow.
cofuzz,
Nothing pathetic about it. We got beat. Happens about 40% of the time. We’ll be back tomorrow.
Swisher on fire, Cano not so much – better luck tomorrow.
Big fat fail with RISP. Can’t get that big hit unless its a homer. This is going to bite them in the butt come playoffs.
If we lose another home series to Beckett and these losers tomorrow night then I’m going to be pig sick. We let Lester off the hook in the first inning and he never looked back after that. Hope Cano and the rest of the lineup turn up tomorrow.
Our Heyman isn’t as diligent as our Chad.
Chad,
This place dies when you’re not around. Come back soon.
It’s dead.
I think it’s more than just Chad not being here. This blog has looked like a shell of itself for sometime. Compared to the days when Pete was running it and comments would number over 1,000 to 1,500 or more for a game thread and I can remember one game in particular where they started a second game thread because of how many comments they had on the first one. That’s not to say that Pete was the total reason for that kind of traffic.
In fact, I noticed on the Globe’s Extra Bases blog today that they had 320 comments to LoHuds’s 180. And Pete was not doing the game day thread there. I read both sites occasionally and Pete is still a fairly prickly personality to deal with but on the whole, I think it’s better than reading someone all the time with no take on the team who is just reporting in a fashion that the front office and their newspaper appreciates.
IMHO, this site got out of hand with personality driven commentors that feel that it’s their opinon or the highway and that if they don’t agree with your opinion, then they slam you as a troll. Add to that one or two individuals that will post some really vile, despicable comments wishing people dead and so forth.
Stuff like that would get your comment deleted on Extra Bases and maybe even banned. Funny thing is, I have even seen Pete’s comments back to posters, deleted! That’s funny!
Here is just seems like they don’t care that a miniority of posters make the blog an unpleasant place to be from time to time.
Of course, the lack of posters could also be a sign of a fan base that is just not as jacked about the team anymore. Figuring that they will always be in contention. I wonder what it would like if the team were to go into late 60′s early 70′s mode?
TinG “It’s dead.” Better call 911 or maybe a hearse.