August 5th @ Tampa Bay

[RoyNHSox]

Nice catch Coco. He has definitely stepped it up over the past week, both in the field and at the plate.

[TheKilo]

Nice catch Coco. He has definitely stepped it up over the past week, both in the field and at the plate.

 

 

Speaking of which, nice AB and good result. Leadoff double.

[ORS]

Hafner just went yard again. Is that 4 straight games?

[a700hitter]

Nice run-saving play by Upton robbing Youklis.

[ORS]

Boomer's looking pretty sharp. He's got control of everything and mixing it up well.

[a700hitter]

Looks like vintage Boomer so far. It's time for Javy to get his first Red Sox hit.

[a700hitter]

ughh...does this mean that the Sox know something we dont about Lowell's injury? I wouldn't be surprised to see Lowell on the DL.

Was there any official pre-game news on Lowell?

[ORS]

Fossum is Loewen-esque with his landfill selection of pitches tonight.

[RoyNHSox]

Kapler should charge the mound and beat the crap out of Fossum.

[a700hitter]

Next inning the big boppers come up again.

[ORS]

You've got to be kidding me. He better be alright. Oh yeah, and I'm s***ing on Hollins house.

[a700hitter]

There's always some crazy scene when the Red Sox play theses Rays. For years it was hit batters and brawls. Now, its batted balls hitting our pitches.

[ORS]

That's clockwork for Youk.

[RoyNHSox]

Years ago the heckler was a funny novelty. Now he underscores what a joke of a ballpark the Trop is.

[Optimist]

I was waiting for something like that.

[ORS]

Heads up play by WMP.

[RoyNHSox]

Pena with an outfield assist in LF to gun down Crawford at 2B.

[a700hitter]

This umps strike zone is very inconsistent. The same pitch is being called a ball and at other times a strike.

[ORS]

This umps strike zone is very inconsistent. The same pitch is being called a ball and at other times a strike.

Yeah, Fossum's back-door bender to righties is a strike every time whereas Boomer's 2-0 to Gomes was in the exact same spot but called a ball.

 

Boomer is getting dinked to death. Everthing is, to put it mildly, well placed. Papi's error is looming large.

[a700hitter]

Yeah, Fossum's back-door bender to righties is a strike every time whereas Boomer's 2-0 to Gomes was in the exact same spot but called a ball.

 

Boomer is getting dinked to death. Everthing is, to put it mildly, well placed. Papi's error is looming large.

Wells must be getting tired of balls being hit up the middle.

[ORS]

Not well placed now. Now they are starting to rope them. Looks like we get to burn up some 'pen tonight with JJ The Jet Plane going tomorrow. Good thing Monday is an off day.

[YanksHater213]

looks like the shits hitting the fan now.

[a700hitter]

Nice play by Youk staying with the hot grounder. That'll leave a mark.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Our pitching really is amazing. They can look so good just to fall apart.....I thought Josh Beckett already played this game

[a700hitter]

Right now, our mid-season acquisition is looking a lit old and tired. The FO let too much ride on Wells coming back

[ORS]

Boomer didn't get hit especially hard until the was deep into that inning. If his D didn't let him down, he's out of that inning without a run.

 

EDIT: Typo made that sound a little dirty.

[ORS]

Classic.

[ORS]

Well Hollins has a shamrock shoved right up his ass doesn't he? If this team loses to the floudering D-Rays, on a day that the Yankees lost, and with JJ going tomorrow, then I'll be pretty pissed. They need to sack up and gut this one out.

[a700hitter]

Well Hollins has a shamrock shoved right up his ass doesn't he? If this team loses to the floudering D-Rays, on a day that the Yankees lost, and with JJ going tomorrow, then I'll be pretty pissed. They need to sack up and gut this one out.

...and the White Sox won and the Twins are winning big.

[a700hitter]

Big K by Wells.

 

BTW: I thought Ortiz was safe on the back end of the DP.