June 6th @ Kansas City

[yeszir]

OUCH!! Wow. I've never heard of ANYTHING like this happening before. Point blank throw right into the face.

[yagmaster]

That was the craziest thing I've ever seen. It didn't look like the ball came out, just that the arm of Harvey hit Grimesley's face and the ball fell. Anyhow, that was crazy.

[yagmaster]

Nice poke by Pokey, that collision seem's to really have swung the momentum in our favor.

[CalvnHobs6]

Big rally boys, big rally.

[JMDurron]

I think pinch-hitting Ortiz for Kapler is what turned the tide here. Let McCarty (somewhat hot lately) stay in RF, Ortiz at 1B.

[yagmaster]

Yeah you're right. I would have put Ortiz in for McCartey, but that's why Frank is managing and not me.

[CalvnHobs6]

I think we should've hit Ortiz for Crespo and put him in at SS. How much damage could it possibly do? It's better than Cesar.

[YanksHater213]

wow, crespos playing pretty well today 1-3 with a rbi. this is so unexpected. lowe even pitched pretty well.

[CalvnHobs6]

It was D-Lowe's best start since April 29th, when he went 7 IP with 3 Runs.

[JMDurron]

You can't pinch-hit for Crespo because putting in Bellhorn defeats the idea of giving him a day off, and I don't think Ortiz playing middle infield is something that children should be allowed to watch.

[CalvnHobs6]

Originally posted by JMDurron@Jun 6 2004, 04:29 PM

I don't think Ortiz playing middle infield is something that children should be allowed to watch.

It is quite frightening.

[CalvnHobs6]

On another note, Johnny's 3-4 with 3 doubles. I'm impressed.

[JMDurron]

I think it's worth noting that Damon is hitting better than he was at the same time last year. Not as much of a slow starter this time around, it would seem. Just going on memory, maybe I should actually look up the stats to be sure.

[yeszir]

Originally posted by JMDurron@Jun 6 2004, 04:55 PM

I think it's worth noting that Damon is hitting better than he was at the same time last year. Not as much of a slow starter this time around, it would seem. Just going on memory, maybe I should actually look up the stats to be sure.

No, he's traditionally been a slow starter, you're right on that. Hopefully he'll get even hotter after the ASB. Good win for the sox, especially sine the yankees won too.

[YanksHater213]

nice win and great posting on the board today. i think we set a record number of posts for a weekend game.

 

todays game was great. LOWE WON, WAY TO GO, but he still sucks, he has to win out the season for me to be confident in him.

 

crespo played well today. that was a great surprise

 

damon crushed the ball today, lets hope he can get hot and carry us until nomah and trot get back

 

its great to win when half of your regular starters are on the bench to begin the game.

[RedSoxRooter]

Lowe needs to work his problems out in the rotation. He'll be fine, eventually. No need to stick him in the pen. See today's game for confirmation... Lowe could have gone 6 and gotten a "quality start" but Frank pulled him. He didn't quite suck as bad as you suggest.

[yagmaster]

Also, one of the runs should have been unearned. Don't know why it wasn't but it could have been.

[JMDurron]

One of the runs against Lowe was unearned, according to the ESPN.com boxscore. I also saw the same thing on MLB.com during the game. The amusing part is that the error was ON LOWE.