April 11th vs. NYY

[schillingouttheks]

Beat the Yankees. That is all.

 

Game Info:

Date: Friday, April 11th, 2008

Teams: New York Yankees (5-5) @ Boston Red Sox (5-5)

First Pitch: 7:05pm

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

TV: NESN

Starting Pitchers:

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http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/nyy.gif#41 Chien-Ming Wang (2-0, 1.38)

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif#61 Clay Buchholz (0-1, 5.40)

 

Mojo of the day:

Keep the DMB and sotk mojo rollin' ... so uh, let's crush the Yanks tonight. K?

 

[youtube=Dave Matthews Band - Crush]-zjXRPzTgkI

 

MORE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND MOJO!!!!

[ksushi]

Lol, DMB Mojo? Why?

[schillingouttheks]

Because they're my favorite band. Since it was the mojo last night and we won, it gets carried through until we lose. Yes, my superstitions... not really, but it just feels like nothing should change until a loss.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Starting Pitchers:

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#41 Chien-Ming Wang (2-0, 1.38)

#61 Clay Buchholz (0-1, 5.40)

 

Don'tcha love the hardened criminal stare that Clay Buchholz has in his pic? :thumbsup:

 

***

 

Certainly Wang's got a good ERA this April. Still, one must consider these points:

 

1) He's pitching his first road game tonight. Last year his ERA was 2.16 runs higher on the road than it was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Remember that Wang has a career 6.17 ERA in Fenway, too.

 

2) His BABIP allowed has been .250 thus far in 2008. That won't last, especially outside of the Bronx. His career split is a .263 BABIP allowed at home and a .318 on the road--more of those ground balls will get through for hits in Boston.

 

3) While his ERA is 1.38, his xFIP (a measure of expected ERA from walks, strikeouts and fly balls allowed, which correlates better with future ERA han current ERA does) is 3.02 thus far in 2008. That's roughly the same as his 2.75 home ERA last season--I think that we're looking at the same old Chien-Ming Wang.

 

***

 

Should be a good game. Disregard the W/L records: these are the two best teams in baseball. IMO, Boston needs to win the season series with the Yankees to have a realistic shot at the AL East title--it may be April, but this is a big game.

[riverside sluggers]

Sox luck out, Jeter is a good bet to miss the series

 

Chien-Ming Wang (13 games vs Boston, 6-5 with a 4.16 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 7 games, 3-3 with a 5.11 ERA)

Coco Crisp, 7 for 27 (.259 avg) Triple, Walk, 2 Ks, 2 SBs

Dustin Pedroia, 4 for 14 (.286 avg) 2 Doubles, RBI, SB

David Ortiz, 15 for 33 (.455 avg) 4 Doubles, 2 HRs, 10 RBIs, 6 Walks, 5 Ks

Manny Ramirez, 13 for 25 (.520 avg) 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 4 Walks, 5 Ks

Kevin Youkilis, 7 for 24 (.292 avg) 3 Doubles, RBI, 8 Walks, 2 Ks

J.D. Drew, 2 for 14 (.143 avg) HR, 2 RBIs, Walk

Jason Varitek, 1 for 19 (.053 avg) HR, RBI, 2 Walks, 3 Ks

Sean Casey, 1 for 13 (.077 avg) K

Julio Lugo, 6 for 34 (.176 avg) Double, RBI, 5 Walks, 6 Ks, 2 SBs

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Alex Cora, 5 for 18 (.278 avg) HR, 4 RBIs

Jacoby Ellsbury, 1 for 1 (1.000 avg) RBI

 

Clay Buchholz (1 game vs vs New York, 1.50 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 3 games, 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA)

Melky Cabrera, 0 for 3

Robinson Cano, 0 for 3, K

Bobby Abreu, 0 for 3

Alex Rodriguez, 1 for 3 (.333 avg)

Hideki Matsui, 2 for 2 (1.000 avg) Double, Walk

Jorge Posada, 0 for 2, Walk

Jason Giambi, 0 for 2, K

Jose Molina, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, RBI

Alberto Gonzalez, 0 for 1, Walk, K

[Youk Of The Nation]

Okay, I need them to win this game for several reasons, chief among them a bet with my girlfriend. Just. Friggin. Win.

[ORS]

What's the weather look like up there?

[ksushi]

I think this is going to be the first summer in a long time that I haven't seen DMB. Good song. Good mojo. Win.

[schillingouttheks]

I think this is going to be the first summer in a long time that I haven't seen DMB. Good song. Good mojo. Win.

 

Yeah. Last night's game was American Baby. Last night I got tickets to both nights of his concert at Tweeter, so I was in the mood to use the band as mojo. DMB concerts are awesome, aren't they? Absolute shitfests, lol. Some couple pulled a quickie next to me and was bumping into me and everything. lol what a night.

 

What's the weather look like up there?

 

Pretty cloudy, but they should be able to squeeze the game in. Tomorrow's game is the more questionable one.

[schillingouttheks]

Okay' date=' I need them to win this game for several reasons, chief among them a bet with my girlfriend. Just. Friggin. Win.[/quote']

 

And by "bet" do you mean "whoever loses wears the leash tonight" ... ?

[arbitrary]

The video doesn't work; the mojo!?!?!

 

I just didn't have it in me to put up a DMB video so instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8y0JLPQl94

Here's to the Yankees going down like Bobby Brown.

[ksushi]

Yeah. Last night's game was American Baby. Last night I got tickets to both nights of his concert at Tweeter, so I was in the mood to use the band as mojo. DMB concerts are awesome, aren't they? Absolute shitfests, lol. Some couple pulled a quickie next to me and was bumping into me and everything. lol what a night.

 

 

 

Pretty cloudy, but they should be able to squeeze the game in. Tomorrow's game is the more questionable one.

 

Is he starting the tour up here again? Cause I've been seeing him every summer for like 5ish years and he always finishes here and only really sounded great the summer he played at fenway. Last summer he kicked off his tour at tweeter though and I thought it was the best I've ever seen them. Even dave sounded good.

 

Am I still the only DMB fan that thinks its funny the band is named after the least talented member?

[Youk Of The Nation]

And by "bet" do you mean "whoever loses wears the leash tonight" ... ?

 

It's a chain, not a leash. What do I look like, a pervert?!

 

 

Im fairly certain her and I will be classified as on-again/off-again until the end of time.

[schillingouttheks]

Is he starting the tour up here again? Cause I've been seeing him every summer for like 5ish years and he always finishes here and only really sounded great the summer he played at fenway. Last summer he kicked off his tour at tweeter though and I thought it was the best I've ever seen them. Even dave sounded good.

 

Am I still the only DMB fan that thinks its funny the band is named after the least talented member?

 

I don't think he's starting it here. He's here the 24th and 25th of June, which seems too late for him to kick it off. I never really saw Dave as the least talented, but IMO the most talented is Boyd Tinsley, the violinist. He's insane on that thing.

 

I'll get a better video... probably a copyright thing.

[ksushi]

Yeah, Boyd is a total animal. To me, Carter Beauford is up there with Bonham and Jordison and one or two others as possibly the best drummer to pick up sticks. Wow, DMB

[schillingouttheks]

lol yeah. DMB is just a total favorite. I have to listen to a few of their songs every day or I go through withdrawal - and I'm not kidding. For some reason I have the same thing with Wyclef Jean... just something about them that is incredibly pleasing to my ears lol.

[ksushi]

Thats me and phish but I do like me some DMB. I think I've seen him like ten times, so i need a break this summer.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I like Avril Lavigne.

 

Whoo. Yay.

 

...what?

[ksushi]

I wouldn't admit that in public. I heard from a friend she agreed to do playboy and while I'm sitting here at work I think I'm gonna see if there is any truth to that.... i mean, of course I'm not... no...

 

erm, go red sox. literally all of my friends are at this game and I'm stuck at work.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Dude, I dont care. All of her songs just get stuck in my head so easily. I love it.

[ksushi]

Bad news, I think my friend made that up. But yeah, at least you're cool enough to admit that. Even if all of her songs are stolen. Hey who cares.

 

I've been hoping for clay to get to face thanks yanks this season all winter. This is going to be the longest 25 minutes.

[Optimist]

I always get a little scared when I see Dan Shaughnessy.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I'm man enough for a lot of things.

 

Stolen from who now?

[yankeessuck013]

Why no Ellsbury tonight?

[ORS]

Nice hook to Hollywood.

[Gom]

Trying, but I can't get excited about Yanks/Sox in April. Just another ho-hum game to me. I've seen too many huge games over the years to bring the intensity up to October levels in April. I've been spoiled.

[Jayhawk Bill]

This rain strongly favors the Yankees and Wang: it's as if he were playing in the Bronx and they'd soaked the infield for him.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Pssh. I get excited about a baseball game in general. If I'm flipping through the channels and I catch a friggin Twins-Guardians game, a college game, or hell, even the High School World Series, I watch it. I love baseball.

[a700hitter]

Nice catch by Crisp on the gap shot by Giambi.

[redsoxrules]

pitchers duel so far