6/10 vs NYY

[msubulldogs21]

Wakefield (7-3, 4.50) vs The Wang (0-3, 14.46)

 

Lets make it 7-0.

 

As confident as everyone seems to be about tonight with Wang pitching, I am not. I'm expecting a really close ballgame throughout, although I'd love for the Sox to serve up another beat down so I could relax a little bit.

 

Go Sox.

[Teddyballgame10]

I have tickets to the Met game tonight so I'll miss this one. I debated not going to. Go Sox.

[VA Sox Fan]

Yankees

1. Derek Jeter, SS

2. Johnny Damon, LF

3. Mark Teixeira, 1B

4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B

5. Robinson Cano, 2B

6. Jorge Posada, C

7. Hideki Matsui, DH

8. Nick Swisher, RF

9. Melky Cabrera, CF

-- Chien-Ming Wang, RHP

 

Red Sox

1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B

2. J.D. Drew, RF

3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B

4. Jason Bay, LF

5. Mike Lowell, 3B

6. David Ortiz, DH

7. Mark Kotsay, CF

8. Nick Green, SS

9. George Kottaras, C

-- Tim Wakefield, RHP

 

 

Pitch well Timmy! WIN!!!! Make it 7 in a row.

[msubulldogs21]

I have tickets to the Met game tonight so I'll miss this one. I debated not going to. Go Sox.

 

Pshh. Just go and Tivo the Sox. I know it's tough to not scoreboard watch, but do your best.

[Spudboy]

I have tickets to the Met game tonight so I'll miss this one. I debated not going to. Go Sox.

 

Have fun at the game. Don't forget to wear your Red Sox cap.

[Teddyballgame10]

Yea its going to be tough. I know what will happen, I'll Tivo it and if they win ill watch and if they lose ill just wind up deleting it.

[WhiskeyBreath]

No Ellsbury again?

[Spudboy]

No Ellsbury again?

 

Got to have him healthy. I don't expect him in the starting line-up for the Yankees series.

Kotsay will do his job. I hope.

[Lived2seeit]

"...The Wang..."

 

thats hilarious...especially when i say they're pulling him in the fourth. There's my prediction.

[Spudboy]

He could have a career game. Not. The onus is on Wakefield. Can he be effective with high air density?

It will be very humid tonight. Where will his knuckler go?

[Cocos Disciples]

I guess Wang has to be good sometime this year...let's not make it tonight.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

He could have a career game. Not. The onus is on Wakefield. Can he be effective with high air density?

It will be very humid tonight. Where will his knuckler go?

 

Well isin't high humidity good for a knucleball? I hope so.

[Spudboy]

Well isin't high humidity good for a knucleball? I hope so.

 

I have seen no data either way. Some baseball geek from MIT should help us here. With low air density the ball would be subject to ambient conditions, I believe. With high air density, the ball may change it's trajectory with unpredictable results (it has more mas effecting it). That is my opinion. Based on my understanding of physics. I could be wrong! Wakefield 's arm slot/mechanics have to be consistent.This is not an "exact science". Go Sox!

[VA Sox Fan]

Pregame quick hits

 

Posted by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff June 10, 2009 05:05 PM

 

Jacoby Ellsbury is on the field now shagging some batting practice, but he will not play today. His right shoulder will be evaluated. "I think he's hoping for tomorrow," manager Terry Francona said. "I guess I am, too. We'll see today."

 

 

If you watched last night's game, you saw the comical, NESN-captured image of Jonathan Papelbon sleeping in the bullpen while resting his chin on his hand. Papelbon had a valid excuse -- he had food poisoning yesterday, which he caught at Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek's charity poker event Monday night. Papelbon was not available to pitch yesterday, Francona revealed. Papelbon was so dehydrated that a team doctor considered taking him to the hospital. He feels better today and could pitch tonight.

 

 

John Smoltz will pitch his final rehab outing tomorrow with Triple A Pawtucket in Syracuse, N.Y. It will be a "full-fledged" outing, Francona said. Smoltz has already reached the point where he is competing, not merely rehabbing, and he will not have a required pitch count tomorrow. "I think he's probably already there," Francona said.

 

 

Smoltz's imminent return means the Red Sox will have six starters for five spots; John Farrell said recently that the Sox have not discussed a six-man rotation. Francona has discussions what to do with Smoltz with Farrell and Theo Epstein, but he didn't reveal the content of those discussions. "Those things have a way of working themselves out," Francona said.

 

 

The Red Sox selected Daniel Bard's brother, Luke Bard, out of Charlotte (N.C.) Christian High School in the 16th round this afternoon. He has committed to Georgia Tech as a pitcher.

 

 

What happens to Nick Green -- who is starting his fourth straight game -- when Jed Lowrie returns? Francona said he hasn't started thinking about that, but because Green has played well this year, "that'll be a nice problem to have," Francona said.

 

 

The Red Sox traded Pawtucket outfielder Chip Ambres to the Mets.

[msubulldogs21]

The Red Sox traded Pawtucket outfielder Chip Ambres to the Mets.

 

For what, I wonder.

[Cocos Disciples]

Nooooo Chip! Didn't we already trade him to KC in 2005?

[BoSox21]

tough lineup the Yankees are throwing out there tonight

[WhiskeyBreath]

Nooooo Chip! Didn't we already trade him to KC in 2005?

 

Yeah. For Mr. Error in game 2.

[Cocos Disciples]

Yeah. For Mr. Error in game 2.

 

We're still bitter about that? We were losing that series either way.

[WhiskeyBreath]

That's true, but that play irked the s*** out of me.

[ms_sox]

I think it might be a tough back and forth night. We shall see!

[yankees228]

We're still bitter about that? We were losing that series either way.

 

Whole different series if it goes back to Fenway 1-1 instead of 2-0...

 

And even if they still lose game 3, Schilling very well could have forced the series back to Chicago.

[Cocos Disciples]

Whole different series if it goes back to Fenway 1-1 instead of 2-0...

 

And even if they still lose game 3, Schilling very well could have forced the series back to Chicago.

 

Meh. Maybe we win two in a row, maybe not. Either way we weren't winning the Series with a rotation of Clement, Wells, a crappy Schilling and Wakefield.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Man, I hated that series. That first game with Clement was just brutal.

[Cocos Disciples]

So let's forget about it and focus on some Wang action.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

For what' date=' I wonder.[/quote']

David Wright

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

So let's forget about it and focus on some Wang action.

*salivates*

[yankees228]

Meh. Maybe we win two in a row' date=' maybe not. Either way we weren't winning the Series with a rotation of Clement, Wells, a crappy Schilling and Wakefield.[/quote']

 

Yeah, I mean, Schilling had a few decent starts before the postseason if I remember correctly. I guess, if it went to a fifth game, they would have brought back Wells on short rest instead of going back to Clement.

 

Not that this even matters haha, I guess I kind of just like discussing past postseason series (and I'll stop all the Yankee jokes I just set myself up for before they start haha).

[Youk Of The Nation]

So, I lost my job today.

[ms_sox]

So' date=' I lost my job today.[/quote']

What? Really? That sucks.