7/2 vs Orioles

[Jasonbay44]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/writers/joel_sherman/07/01/tim.wakefield/tim-wakefield.jpg

Tim Wakefield (2-6, 5.21 ERA)

 

vs

 

http://masnsports.com/images/Brad-Bergesen.jpg

Brad Bergesen (3-4, 6.83 ERA)

 

RED SOX (47-32)

Marco Scutaro SS

Eric Patterson LF

David Ortiz DH

Kevin Youkilis 1B

Adrian Beltre 3B

J.D. Drew RF

Bill Hall 2B

Mike Cameron CF

Kevin Cash C

 

Pitching: RHP Tim Wakefield (2-6, 5.21)

 

Even with a banged up lineup, we should hammer this scrub, just win.

[WhiskeyBreath]

Calling a Tejada HR off Wake. Seems like he always does something big vs Wake.

[Jasonbay44]

ORIOLES (24-54)

Corey Patterson LF

Miguel Tejada 3B

Nick Markakis RF

Ty Wigginton 1B

Adam Jones CF

Matt Wieters C

Josh Bell DH

Julio Lugo 2B

Cesar Izturis SS

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Kevin Cash? wat. When did he come back?

[Youk Of The Nation]

When every catcher in the Red Sox system spontaneously combusted

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I'm not too sure about Wakefield but again were playing the Orioles so who knows. Also i'm not feeling this Kevin Cash guy at all. Coming from the Houston Astros and his stats aren't all that. We'll see what this guy has tonight.

[WhiskeyBreath]

I'm not too sure about Wakefield but again were playing the Orioles so who knows. Also i'm not feeling this Kevin Cash guy at all. Coming from the Houston Astros and his stats aren't all that. We'll see what this guy has tonight.

 

We had him not too long ago...

[redsoxrules]

I know Tito dosent have much options but Patterson sucks and should not be batting 2nd

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Yeah i know. I was just stating that coming from a crap team and I'm not to sure about him.

[Beaneater]

Why is Patterson starting in left? Is Nava hurt too?

 

I mean, if you have have to use a AAA guy, use the switch-hitting spraying-doubles-in-the-gap AAA guy, no?

 

EDIT: I mean Eric Patterson for us, not Corey Patterson for them. What are the odds of having both starting LFs in game named Patterson?

 

EDIT, PART DEUX: Really, though, if you slide Nava in there instead of Patterson, that's not an awful lineup. Amazing that we can still field a sort-of pretty good team considering that we have the equivalent of a very good team on the DL right now.

[TedWilliams101]

Cameron was scratched tonight. Is it really too much to ask to have just 2 of our 3 starting OF play in the same game?

 

On another note, I just brewed my first pot of coffee with my Chemex. I brewed a Konga Co-op coffee from Yirgacheffe Ethiopia, roasted yesterday by Terroir coffee. It's a great company (Terroir) owned by George Howell, a coffee connoisseur who used to own a chain of gourmet coffee shops in the Boston area called 'The Coffee Connection' (He got bought out by Starbucks in '96, *******s!). It's a really great coffee and the Chemex really does brew a perfect cup without ANY bitterness at all.

[Beaneater]

Cameron was scratched tonight. Is it really too much to ask to have just 2 of our 3 starting OF play in the same game?

 

Apparently so.

 

I'm sure this has been done already, but I find this amazing:

 

CF Ellsbury

2B Pedroia

1B Martinez

3B Lowell

C Varitek

LF Hermida

SS Lowrie

RF ???

DH ???

 

SP Beckett

RP Delcarmen

RP Tazawa

 

Just throw in a couple of AAA scrubs at RF and DH, and you have an above-average MLB team. Sheesh.

 

EDIT: No jokes about our current RF being halfway to the DL under the best of circumstances.

[Youk Of The Nation]

lol Kevin Cash

[Beaneater]

I like this Cash guy.

 

Wake's in line for a 77-pitch CG SO. Wait for it...

[TedWilliams101]

THAT is why I get SOOO frustrated with how much time Drew misses with nagging injuries. This team needs a LOT of that and a lot of playing time from him right now.

[Beaneater]

Pow!

[Youk Of The Nation]

JD Drizzle in the hizzle my nizzle. For rizzle.

[Beaneater]

The pitchers are at 37 pitches COMBINED through 2 innings. Dice-K needs 37 pitches to intentionally walk one batter.

[Beaneater]

Is that really the Julio Lugo playing second base for the Orioles? How the mighty have fallen.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Wake is being very efficient. Maybe he's happy to be reunited with Cash.

[Beaneater]

Leave it to Kevin Cash to show the rest of the team how to make the pitcher work a little.

[redsoxrules]

Bergerson sucks

 

even with our s*** lineup they should still score 5+ runs off him

[Beaneater]

Wake is being very efficient. Maybe he's happy to be reunited with Cash.

 

I saw Cash catch Wakefield in Detroit a couple of years back. Wake went 8IP 0R. Anecdotal evidence and all, but I think it proves scientifically that Wakefield will be awesome tonight.

[Beaneater]

Bergerson sucks

 

even with our s*** lineup they should still score 5+ runs off him

 

Oh, but we're in full make-the-opposing-scrub-pitcher-look-like-the-reincarnation-of-Cy-Young mode now, baby. It's a Red Sox specialty.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Well s***. Theyd better start hammering Bergesen.

[Spudboy]

Youk looks like he hurt himself there.

[Beaneater]

Youk looks like he hurt himself there.

 

Ha ha, you're kidding, right?

[Youk Of The Nation]

Ugh

[TedWilliams101]

JD DREW!!!!!! ZOMG!!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!!! 2 ABs, 2 HRs. AWSOME!

[Spudboy]

Ha ha' date=' you're kidding, right?[/quote']

 

He came down awkwardly when touching 1st base. He was grimacing.