3/25 @ Oakland Athletics...in Japan

[schillingouttheks]

Kinda sucks that we have to wake up at 6 in the morning to watch this game, but I will at least. I'm on spring break so luckily I can watch the whole thing, then go back to sleep. Feels awesome to have Red Sox regular season baseball back on though! GO SOX '08!! The title defense starts with Daisuke Matsuzaka returning to Japan. Starting the thread now so that I don't have to wake up at 5 and start it.

 

Game Info:

Date: Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Teams: Boston Red Sox (0-0) @ Oakland Athletics (0-0)

First Pitch: 6:05am EDT

Venue: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

TV: ESPN 2

Starting Pitchers:

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http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif#18 Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-0, 0.00)

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/oak.gif#55 Joe Blanton

 

Mojo of the day:

Eh, we'll keep it simple today.

 

http://paulmphotography.com/openingday2007/AAADSC_1618.jpg

 

OPENING DAY MOJO!!!!

[Sox Fan In Indy]

I am so ready for this season its not even funny. I wish I had spring break this week, but mine isn't until next week, so I'm waking up a half hour early to shower before the game, then watch about an hour or so before school. Nothing quite says "Opening Day" like baseball at 6 AM.

[BoSox21]

I cant wait. i prefer the 6am start time as opposed to say 1pm since I can actually watch about the first 4 innings before going to work

[Cocos Disciples]

Woohoo! Baseball again!

[redsoxrules]

game starts at 7 here wich isnt too bad , plus I dont have to go to work until 1 so unless there's extra innings I should be able to watch the entire game

[Thumper]

Thank God I'm off tomorrow.

 

And I have to f***ing wake up at 5am to see it.

 

But it's worth it.

[RedSoxRooter]

I can't believe you guys are all bitching about a 6 am game. I love it. It's like an even more crazy Patriots day. I'm taking the day off, getting up around 4, drinking coffee for a while then cracking beers at 5 AM! Woohoo I can't wait! I'll be drunk before the sun comes up!

 

:thumbsup:

 

GO SOX!

[MANNYHOF24]

It sucks I can only watch until 7:50 and then I have to go to physics lab, which I can't skip. Blah. Freaking excited that baseball is back though!!!

[MANNYHOF24]

DiceK predicition: 6 innings, 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 7 k's 2 walks.

 

Manny and Ortiz go back to back. Count on it. Sox win 7-3

[Cocos Disciples]

I think the Sox split Japan. The loss could really be either one-we've notoriously sucked on Opening Day, but the pitching matchup favors us Tuesday, while not so much Wednesday. I say Sox win tomorrow, 8-4.

[yeszir]

Its an noon here, unfortunately I have to be at my internship. That's what Gamecast is for I guess.

[YanksHater213]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

i have 8 am class tomorrow so i'm just wiring myself on red bull and amp energy drinks, and staying up all night.

 

dice-k is gonna be fired up for this one

[Sox Fan In Indy]

I can't believe you guys are all bitching about a 6 am game. I love it. It's like an even more crazy Patriots day. I'm taking the day off, getting up around 4, drinking coffee for a while then cracking beers at 5 AM! Woohoo I can't wait! I'll be drunk before the sun comes up!

 

:thumbsup:

 

GO SOX!

 

It's not really the hour that bugs me; it's not much earlier than when I wake up during the week. I'm just not thrilled about having to miss the last 2/3rds of the game for school.

[schillingouttheks]

I'm leaving the spring training thread open because there are still more exhibition games to be played after the two regular season games in Japan.

 

Soooooo pumped. T-minus 5.5 hours!

[DrewDaGreat]

Can only watch until about 9 (hopefully it will be over), have an unskippable class at 9:30.

[yeszir]

Slingbox: Best invention ever?

[RedSoxRooter]

That and alarm clocks. 40 mins to gametime!!!!!!!

[DrewDaGreat]

Actually got myself up!!!

[RedSoxRooter]

The switch from coffee to beer is gonna be rough, but I think I can do it.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

The switch from coffee to beer is gonna be rough' date=' but I think I can do it. [/quote']

 

Practice, practice, practise...

[MANNYHOF24]

I am soooo pisssed right now, at my college in Maine for some reason they don't offer Nesn in their college package, which shouldn't be a problem because the game is on Espn 2, wrong! Since this game is in a local Red Sox market the game is blacked out. I swear I am going to hurt someone.

[yeszir]

Attaboy Dustin!

[YanksHater213]

what the hell my f***ing tv isn't getting either feed??!?!?!?!

[MANNYHOF24]

Wait.... why isnt J.D. playing in this game?

[yeszir]

I freaked out when ESPN2 cut to ESPNNEWS, and then I desperately scoured the channel listings for NESN. Slingbox takes a different cable set lineup than I get at home, I think because it goes with the analog feed which we don't use.

 

Does this feel weird to anyone else, like this isnt really opening day?

[YanksHater213]

it feels like this needs to stop being gay as hell... all the stations aren't working for me right now faaaaack

[DrewDaGreat]

wow, that ball got rocked.

[DrewDaGreat]

Wait.... why isnt J.D. playing in this game?

 

threw out his back before the game.

 

and yes, this is not like opening day at all.

[yeszir]

Well, s***.

[MANNYHOF24]

threw out his back before the game.

 

and yes, this is not like opening day at all.

 

Badly?