May 11th @ New York

[schillingouttheks]

Ok, I'm going to try again. Damn Yankees. Wake's had a pretty good track record of success against the Yanks, so I'm feeling good about this game. The Sox can also tee off against Chacon. And Papi, well, 'nuff said. Go Sox!

 

Game Info:

Date: Thursday, May 11th, 2006

First Pitch: 7:05 pm EST

Location: Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

TV: NESN/ESPN

Starting Pitchers:

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/4906.jpghttp://bellsouthpwp.net/c/h/chinigor/TALKSOX/VS.GIFhttp://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6713.jpg

 

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif#49 Tim Wakefield (2-4, 3.97)

 

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/nyy.gif#39 Shawn Chacon (4-1, 3.94)

 

Chacon tries to remain stellar against Red Sox

 

Boston (20-13) at NY Yankees (19-12) 7:05 pm EDT

 

BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- After a shaky beginning, Shawn Chacon has re-emerged as an important figure in the New York Yankees' rotation.

 

Chacon will make his biggest start of the season when the Yankees look to claim the rubber game of a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.

 

Acquired from the Colorado Rockies on July 28, Chacon (4-1, 3.94 ERA) went 7-3 in 14 appearances down the stretch last season as New York edged Boston to capture its eighth straight American League East Division title.

 

After a rough start where he was taken out of rotation in early April, Chacon came back on April 22 and has yielded just one run in each of his last three outings. The latest occurred in a 6-1 win at the Texas Rangers on Saturday, when the righthander yielded five hits and struck out four without a walk in 6 1/3 innings.

 

Chacon has made one previous start against the Red Sox, giving up five runs in three innings in a 10-5 loss last September 10.

 

He will be opposed by Tim Wakefield (2-4, 3.97), who will be making his 41st career appearances against the Bronx Bombers.

 

The veteran knuckleballer has already face New York once this season, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings but did not figure in the decision of 7-3 win on May 1.

 

The Yankees pulled even in the series on Wednesday as a two-run homer by Jason Giambi in the third inning helped lead to a 7-3 win. It was the second homer in as many games for Giambi, who appears to be back to his form in 2002 when he hit .314 with 41 home runs and 122 RBI in 155 games, his first campaign with New York.

 

Alex Rodriguez added a homer in the fifth. The All-Star third baseman drew the ire of owner George Steinbrenner after committing two costly errors and going hitless in three at-bats in Tuesday's 14-3 loss.

 

Update for after last night...

 

schillingouttheks: 6-4

RedSoxRooter: 3-0

ACL BoSox: 1-0

bosoxgirl34: 1-0

Soxfan#1: 1-0

jsinger121: 1-0

Coco's Disciples: 1-0

Youk of the Nation: 1-0

MANNYHOF24: 1-1

Beckett95: 1-1

riverside sluggers: 1-1

KeepTheFaith1229: 1-1

yankeessuck013: 1-1

stocker323: 0-1

One Red Seat: 0-1

Rdsxmbnt: 0-1

redoctober: 0-1

[TheRivernator]

should be a good game. This will be a battle of the bullpens, one of those fun 6-5, 7-6 type games....

[Sox Fan on Cape]

should be a good game. This will be a battle of the bullpens, one of those fun 6-5, 7-6 type games....

What does the weather look like ?

[schillingouttheks]

I've had my own baseball games rained out all week. If any Sox games get rained out I'll go nuts.

[mtbykr]

should be a good game. This will be a battle of the bullpens, one of those fun 6-5, 7-6 type games....

 

 

What?? Wake is pitching tonight. He has the best chance to go deep into a game, especially if he's on tonight!

[mtbykr]

What does the weather look like ?

 

 

Not looking too good:

 

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USNY0172?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared

 

 

The rain looks to start around 7 with a 30%chance and then get stronger as the night goes on! This sucks!

[kreinbihl34]

Start the game early if need be, I just don't want another rained out game.

[mtbykr]

Start the game early if need be, I just don't want another rained out game.

 

 

I know that this would be tough to do logisticaly---but it certainly makes the most sense!

[ORS]

Let this rule the day....

 

http://users.sdccu.net/hoggy/images/kb.jpg

[Cocos Disciples]

ugh i have my own game at 5:30 so ill miss the first inning or so...should be a good game.

[RedSoxRooter]

I won't be in the gamethread tonight because my home computer got fried in an electrical storm.

 

Damn you Mother Nature. Damn you.

[26 to 6]

Ok, I'm going to try again. Damn Yankees. Wake's had a pretty good track record of success against the Yanks, so I'm feeling good about this game. The Sox can also tee off against Chacon. And Papi, well, 'nuff said. Go Sox!

 

Game Info:

Date: Thursday, May 11th, 2006

First Pitch: 7:05 pm EST

Location: Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

TV: NESN/ESPN

Starting Pitchers:

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/4906.jpghttp://bellsouthpwp.net/c/h/chinigor/TALKSOX/VS.GIFhttp://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6713.jpg

 

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif#49 Tim Wakefield (2-4, 3.97)

 

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/nyy.gif#39 Shawn Chacon (4-1, 3.94)

 

 

 

Update for after last night...

 

schillingouttheks: 6-4

RedSoxRooter: 3-0

ACL BoSox: 1-0

bosoxgirl34: 1-0

Soxfan#1: 1-0

jsinger121: 1-0

Coco's Disciples: 1-0

Youk of the Nation: 1-0

MANNYHOF24: 1-1

Beckett95: 1-1

riverside sluggers: 1-1

KeepTheFaith1229: 1-1

yankeessuck013: 1-1

stocker323: 0-1

One Red Seat: 0-1

Rdsxmbnt: 0-1

redoctober: 0-1

Couldnt find a picture of Chacon in a Yankee hat?

[jsinger121]

Couldnt find a picture of Chacon in a Yankee hat?

 

The Rockies hat is better.

[riverside sluggers]

Shawn Chacon (4 games vs. Boston, 0-1 record & 2 saves with a 12.71 ERA---Career at Yankee Stadium in 11 games, 6-2 record with a 2.83 ERA)

Kevin Youkilis, 1 for 1 (1.000 avg) RBI

Mark Loretta, 2 for 10 (.200 avg) RBI, K

David Ortiz, 0 for 3, Walk, K

Manny Ramirez, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) HR, 2 RBIs, Walk

Trot Nixon, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Walk, K

Mike Lowell, 0 for 1, 2 Walks

Wily Mo Pena --

Doug Mirabelli --

Alex Gonzalez, 1 for 4 (.250 avg)

///

Alex Cora, 3 for 14 (.214 avg) 2 RBIs, 3 Walks, K

Dustan Mohr, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, 2 Walks

J.T. Snow, 5 for 16 (.313 avg) Double, Triple, RBI, 3 Walks, 3 Ks

Jason Varitek, 2 for 5 (.400 avg) RBI, K

 

Tim Wakefield (40 games vs. New York, 8-12 record & 1 save with a 4.47 ERA---Career at Yankee Stadium in 17 games, 4-5 record with a 3.05 ERA)

Johnny Damon, 10 for 39 (.256 avg) 2 Doubles, Triple, HR, 3 RBIs, 5 Walks, 7 Ks, 3 SBs

Derek Jeter, 22 for 75 (.293 avg) Double, Triple, 3 HRs, 5 RBIs, 4 Walks, 15 Ks, 5 SBs

Jason Giambi, 14 for 76 (.184 avg) 4 Doubles, Triple, 3 HRs, 8 RBIs, 15 Walks, 16 Ks

Alex Rodriguez, 14 for 57 (.246 avg) 4 HRs, 4 RBIs, 6 Walks, 14 Ks, 3 SBs

Hideki Matsui, 6 for 38 (.158 avg) Double, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs, 4 Walks, 6 Ks

Jorge Posada, 12 for 51 (.235 avg) 4 Doubles, 2 HRs, 10 RBIs, 9 Walks, 6 Ks

Robinson Cano, 5 for 15 (.333 avg) 2 Doubles, HR, 4 RBIs, K

Miguel Cairo, 4 for 15 (.267 avg) Double, Walk, K, SB

Bubba Crosby, 2 for 6 (.333 avg) Triple, 2 Ks

///

Bernie Williams, 12 for 57 (.211 avg) 3 Doubles, Triple, HR, 6 RBIs, 12 Walks, 13 Ks, 2 SBs

 

I found this funny in last night's thread

 

Rivernator: Go ahead and eventual game winning hit last night, cannot dispute that.

 

Key word is eventual. Papi's heroics come when the game is really on the line, he is teh definition of clutch. He's still a clown to me, the "Peyton Manning" of baseball is what he reminds me of. Arod piles up the stats in the regular season, then rests his bat on his shoulder in the curcial moments of the playoffs.

[Jeff04]

Pumped about the Game! The sox need to work the count and not let chacon slip out of trouble like he normally does. Hopefully wakefield will be on his game tonight Go SOX!

[Optimist]

He's still a clown to me, the "Peyton Manning" of baseball is what he reminds me of. Arod piles up the stats in the regular season, then rests his bat on his shoulder in the curcial moments of the playoffs.

 

Please. He doesn't 'rest his bat on his shoulder' during the playoffs (you can't do that and have a .300+ AVG, like he does.) His downfall is that he tries too hard.

 

A-Rod's a clown? Please. This guy is one of the greatest to play in a long time (if not in all of baseball's history.) He's a better all around player than Ortiz likely ever will be (I don't think anyone would deny this, unless you're drowing in the kool aid) and his ticket to the HOF was punched awhile ago. Hardly laughable (unless he's on your team.)

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Please. He doesn't 'rest his bat on his shoulder' during the playoffs (you can't do that and have a .300+ AVG, like he does.) His downfall is that he tries too hard.

 

A-Rod's a clown? Please. This guy is one of the greatest to play in a long time (if not in all of baseball's history.) He's a better all around player than Ortiz likely ever will be (I don't think anyone would deny this, unless you're drowing in the kool aid) and his ticket to the HOF was punched awhile ago. Hardly laughable (unless he's on your team.)

 

Did you just call A-Rod the greatest player in baseball history??....someone is high tonight

[Optimist]

Did you just call A-Rod the greatest player in baseball history??....someone is high tonight

 

No.

 

This guy is one of the greatest to play in a long time (if not in all of baseball's history.)

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

(if not in all of baseball's history.)

 

He's not.....remove that and I'll say....meh maybe he's one of the best but I'm still not sure

[riverside sluggers]

Please. He doesn't 'rest his bat on his shoulder' during the playoffs (you can't do that and have a .300+ AVG, like he does.) His downfall is that he tries too hard.

 

A-Rod's a clown? Please. This guy is one of the greatest to play in a long time (if not in all of baseball's history.) He's a better all around player than Ortiz likely ever will be (I don't think anyone would deny this, unless you're drowing in the kool aid) and his ticket to the HOF was punched awhile ago.

 

You read way too much into how I used "clown". Clown as in not referring to his career stats, it's that persona he gives off to not just sox fans.

 

His playoff stats are skewed. Since Game 4 against the Sox to game 5 against the Angels, his avg is below .200. Heck he didnt even hav an RBI in last year's playoffs, I still have flashbacks of him just grounding into a double play in the 9th inning of game 5 as they were trying to make a comeback.

 

Hardly laughable (unless he's on your team.)

And what does this pertain to?

[ksushi]

I think A-rod is very very good and when all is said and done, he might shake out to be one of the top 10 hitters of all time. Right now though, we don't know. If things stay as they are now though, when they are both retired, I can say for sure that A-rod will sit in second place for this era to a guy named Albert.

[TheRivernator]

.285 10HR 21RBI against the sox as a yankee. Who knew?

[mtbykr]

Please. He doesn't 'rest his bat on his shoulder' during the playoffs (you can't do that and have a .300+ AVG, like he does.) His downfall is that he tries too hard.

 

A-Rod's a clown? Please. This guy is one of the greatest to play in a long time (if not in all of baseball's history.) He's a better all around player than Ortiz likely ever will be (I don't think anyone would deny this, unless you're drowing in the kool aid) and his ticket to the HOF was punched awhile ago. Hardly laughable (unless he's on your team.)

 

Nice comparison considering papi is a DH:rolleyes: I don't think you can deny that if you ask a manager in the bigs who he would rather have on his team---they would take papi 9 out of 10 times!

[TheKilo]

Nice comparison considering papi is a DH:rolleyes: I don't think you can deny that if you ask a manager in the bigs who he would rather have on his team---they would take papi 9 out of 10 times!

 

 

 

Easy there. Let's not get carried away.

[Optimist]

Nice comparison considering papi is a DH:rolleyes: I don't think you can deny that if you ask a manager in the bigs who he would rather have on his team---they would take papi 9 out of 10 times!

 

Whatever you say.:dunno:

 

But, yeah, I'm sure if you asked 10 managers if they'd rather have a runner up MVP or a 2 time MVP, 9 would go with the former. Sure.

[mtbykr]

I won't be in the gamethread tonight because my home computer got fried in an electrical storm.

 

Damn you Mother Nature. Damn you.

 

 

I had a lot of problems and this is what stopped them--i highly recomend it:

 

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7424566&type=product&productCategoryId=cat08029&id=1122655672469

[See Red]

Whatever you say.:dunno:

 

But, yeah, I'm sure if you asked 10 managers if they'd rather have a runner up MVP or a 2 time MVP, 9 would go with the former. Sure.

 

Perhaps his number was somewhat inaccurate. $19 million cheaper and he actually shows up for the playoffs... I think you'd be lucky to find one manager that'd take A-Rod over Papi.

[Dana Kiecker]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/mattedgah/Untitled01vegassss.jpg

 

Put a spankin on them Timmeh!!

[Optimist]

Perhaps his number was somewhat inaccurate. $19 million cheaper and he actually shows up for the playoffs... I think you'd be lucky to find one manager that'd take A-Rod over Papi.

 

Oh yeah, a manager would definitely take a full time DH over someone who can play two of the most difficult positions on the field (3B, SS) with gold glove quality and can hit. Yup, definitely.

[See Red]

Oh yeah, a manager would definitely take a full time DH over someone who can play two of the most difficult positions on the field (3B, SS) with gold glove quality and can hit. Yup, definitely.

 

$19 million cheaper. You can get Manny with him for that amount of money.