5/7 vs NYY

[MNSoxChief102]

No VMart. s***!

 

Expected as much. Tito rarely starts a catcher if he's scheduled to play in the day game right after. Plus, VTek has pretty much become Beckett's personal catcher as of late and has been hitting well too.

[VA Sox Fan]

No VMart. s***!

 

Haven't you accepted the fact that Tek is going to catch Beckett?

[VA Sox Fan]

YANKEES (19-8)

 

Derek Jeter SS

Nick Johnson DH

Mark Teixeira 1B

Alex Rodriguez 3B

Robinson Cano 2B

Nick Swisher RF

Brett Gardner CF

Francisco Cervelli C

Randy Winn LF

 

Pitching: RHP Phil Hughes (3-0, 1.44).

[jacksonianmarch]

I wonder what sign I should bring? I was thinking about wearing my "A-rod goes limp in the playoffs" T-shirt. It was either that or "Jesus hates the Yankees"

 

Wouldn't really be true after last postseason, eh?

[Divinity]

4 games in and he is now approaching ace-like status? LOLOLOL! Typical nonsensical, blowhard, Yankee trash.

 

 

 

The reason I brought this up is because a Yankee fan was trying to tell me how much better Hughes was than Buchholz and he was citing Hughes's superior ERA and WHIP. This is due in large part to the teams he has faced. The Yankees wanted to get his confidence up going into Fenway. Anybody who knows anything about baseball knows Clay Buchholz has better stuff than Hughes.. Not only does he throw harder, but his curve and change-up are so much better it is not even debateable. This myopic Yankee fan pretty much sums up most of the Yankee fanbase I have come in contact with....they are morons. They are similar to fans on here who cite Adrian Gonzalez's high .800 lifetime OPS as a reason he is not better than Ryan Howard--totally ignoring Park Factors.

 

This weekend I fully expect Clay to out-pitch Hughes...though they are not opposing each other. The Yankees and their fans will have no excuses.... Clay will be facing a much tougher lineup..and will succeed. Hughes will be facing 5 or 6 good hitters and get rocked.

 

Obviously Sox fans will side with Clay and Yankees with Hughes, there's a few key points you left out though. One being Clay is about to be 26 and Hughes is about to be 24, pitchers usually enter their prime around 26.

 

Sure Clay has a hard fastball and a hard slider that Hughes doesn't possess, but Hughes command is clearly better. Unfortunately it is tough to discern which is more important, pure stuff or control, and who has the better combination of the above for that matter. So we will have to wait and see who has the more successful career.

 

Non baseball related Clay also loses some points with me for when he was arrested shortly before the 2005 draft after he and a friend stole 29 laptop computers from his high school to sell them

[YAZMAN]

Last night there was some support for an "A-Rod is a Beastly Centaur" sign. Appropriately illustrated' date=' of course. But that might not be your style.[/quote']

 

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/3765099907_c352b231c2.jpg

 

I'm thinking Hamburger Helper.

[TheMino007]

so Francona rewards V-Mart having a good game by benching him vs. the Yankees?

[redsoxrules]

so Francona rewards V-Mart having a good game by benching him vs. the Yankees?

 

Vtek is beckett's personal catcher

[a700hitter]

Haven't you accepted the fact that Tek is going to catch Beckett?

Accepted? Yes Like? No.

 

I like Tek. He's my captain and I hope he stays hot, but i would rather that he play against the lefty Sabbathia.

[YAZMAN]

Vtek is beckett's personal catcher

 

That doesn't mean V-Mart's bat should be out of the lineup, he looked great last night.

[a700hitter]

That doesn't mean V-Mart's bat should be out of the lineup' date=' he looked great last night.[/quote']Agreed, but Francona has a logjam problem.

[Dipre]

Non baseball related Clay also loses some points with me for when he was arrested shortly before the 2005 draft after he and a friend stole 29 laptop computers from his high school to sell them

 

Trying to use personal issues that happened during his adolescence to attack the kid is low. How do you feel about A-Rod? At least Clay doesn't cheat.

[Dipre]

Agreed' date=' but Francona has a logjam problem.[/quote']

 

Unfortunately part of the problem is hitting .340 and has been on base almost twice a day for almost a month now.

[a700hitter]

Unfortunately part of the problem is hitting .340 and has been on base almost twice a day for almost a month now.

Too bad he can't play LF.

[redsoxrules]

That doesn't mean V-Mart's bat should be out of the lineup' date=' he looked great last night.[/quote']

 

good point , they could of put Vmart as the DH

[YAZMAN]

Agreed' date=' but Francona has a logjam problem.[/quote']

 

There should be no logjam problem until the Red Sox have 10 guys hitting the ball.

[redsoxrules]

There should be no logjam problem until the Red Sox have 10 guys hitting the ball.

 

certain players can only play certain positions

[riverside sluggers]

Where both teams are offense wise in the AL

 

Red Sox

Batting Avg (4th)- .275

Runs (3rd)- 150

HR's (2nd)- 40

Doubles (3rd)- 71

 

Yankees

Batting Avg (3rd)- .276

Runs (2nd)- 151

HRs (4th)- 34

Doubles (T- 10th)- 45

[riverside sluggers]

YANKEES (19-8)

Derek Jeter SS

Nick Johnson DH

Mark Teixeira 1B

Alex Rodriguez 3B

Robinson Cano 2B

Nick Swisher RF

Brett Gardner CF

Francisco Cervelli C

Randy Winn LF

[Beaneater]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/3765099907_c352b231c2.jpg

 

I'm thinking Hamburger Helper.

 

I do like that. The one with the pretty pink purse is nice too.

 

EDIT: Any way someone could Photoshop a big "GO RED SOX" foam finger on his hand instead of the oven mitt? That would be pretty sweet too.

[Beaneater]

Where both teams are offense wise in the AL

 

Red Sox

Batting Avg (4th)- .275

Runs (3rd)- 150

HR's (2nd)- 40

Doubles (3rd)- 71

 

Yankees

Batting Avg (3rd)- .276

Runs (2nd)- 151

HRs (4th)- 34

Doubles (T- 10th)- 45

 

So what I'm seeing is that the Yankees are an unstoppable offensive juggernaut and our only hope to score a single run is to pray for some catcher's interference and HBPs.

[riverside sluggers]

Huh?? Im showing that both team's lineups have been producing the same through this part of the season. Even when many people have said the Sox offense would be Kansas City Royal type

[yankees228]

I guessing there was a tinge of sarcasm.

[a700hitter]

I hope that a Yankee is not flying that plane.

[Dipre]

Two-seamer.....Nuff said.

[Spudboy]

Lol.

 

Nice start.

[redsoxrules]

Excellent start

[Dipre]

Beckett has excellent velocity and a lot of break to his Curve tonight, here's hoping he keeps it up.

[ORS]

There are worse ways to start a game.

[Dipre]

Damn, nice contact by Scutaro but right at Winn.