5/9 vs. Twins

[example1]

Another Gamethread. Just win.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Give me a birthday win.

[Palodios]

I'll be at the game tonight. Vintage Beckett versus this Twins offense at home.... I'm hoping for a shutout, 10-0 win here.

[DirtDog]

20-0

[Wil Corderos Wife]

We're still good for at least one more win before we get too close to the .500 mark and have to start losing again. Make it happen!

 

Sir Beckett has brought his business card and is ready to resume his ass kicking responsibilities...

 

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[Palodios]

Ace is his job title?

[italstallianion]

Ace is his job title?

 

 

It was made a few years ago.

[Wil Corderos Wife]

This year it is once again! The aliens have finished with their experimentation and returned '07 Beckett to us. He didn't have much use for his frontal lobes anyway.

 

The greatest sub .500 lineup in history shall roll-on tonight!

[Station 13]

yeah better win this series, go atleast 3-2 on the road tip.

[MJantomaso]

Back from vacation. Lets f*** s*** up!

[RedSoxFaithful]

Win another one for me, I'll be behind the plate tonight!! Offense just needs to play like they did yesterday while Beckett dominates everyone in this awful Twins lineup.

[WellBefore2004]

Need the lineup to continue doing what they did yesterday. Gonzo and Jacoby can't do it all.

[boston22407]

WIN!

[SoxFanForsyth]

I'm back! Woohoo!!

 

Still not sure exactly what I did to require a banning though.

 

Anyway - GO SOX! WIN!

[Wil Corderos Wife]

Anyone with a Care Bears avatar warrants a permaban. Consider yourself lucky.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Anyone with a Care Bears avatar warrants a permaban. Consider yourself lucky.

 

It was made in satire. I'm looking for a new one as we speak.

[Youk Of The Nation]

You should go back to Jobu. I liked Jobu.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Jobu got bent over by the Twins and the Angels in back to back games.

 

Hell, the Care Bears won two straight. Just sayin

[MJantomaso]

I havent watched a Sox game since they made me stay up til 3am to watch them blow a game. Bastards!

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Welcome back Forsyth.

[DirtDog]

Here are the lineups for the final game of the homestand courtesy of Peter Abraham:

 

RED SOX (16-18)

Ellsbury CF

Pedroia 2B

Gonzalez 1B

Youkilis 3B

Ortiz DH

Drew RF

Lowrie SS

Crawford LF

Varitek C

 

Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (2-1, 2.35)

 

TWINS (12-20)

Span CF

Tolbert SS

Kubel DH

Morneau 1B

Valencia 3B

Cuddyer RF

Revere LF

Rivera C

Hughes 2B

 

Pitching: RHP Nick Blackburn (2-4, 4.41)

 

Game time: 7:10 p.m.

[Jasonbay44]

Crawford is never going to move up in the lineup.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Welcome back Forsyth.

 

Thanks bud. Good to be back.

[DirtDog]

Crawford is never going to move up in the lineup.

If you take a look at the stats he's been doing just fine down where he is. Who are you suggesting him to replace in the top of the lineup?

[SoxFanForsyth]

Crawford is never going to move up in the lineup.

 

No joke. This is one of the reasons I get so frustrated with Francona.

 

Pedroia is hitting .131 in his last 61 AB, and he hasn't moved from the 2 slot.

JD Drew is hitting .095 in May, yet he is always in the 6 hole.

 

Crawford is hitting .387 in his last 31 AB, yet we won't bump him any higher than 8th. WTF is up with that? At the very least, swap Crawford and Drew. I mean seriously. That's horrendous.

 

I realize Pedroia is the heart and soul of this team, but Francona has such double standards with these guys. Hopefully Pedroia starts to take off today and we can bump Crawford to 2 and everyone down a slot.

 

Francona said that he'll bump Crawford up when it makes sense for the team. Well Tito. You've got a 2 hitter who's BA has dropped 100 points in the past 2 weeks, you've got a 6 hitter who is 2-for-May. How the hell does it NOT make sense at this point??

[DirtDog]

You guys are ridiculous. You don't shuffle the lineup around everytime someone has a really good or really bad 50 AB stretch.

[SoxFanForsyth]

You guys are ridiculous. You don't shuffle the lineup around everytime someone has a really good or really bad 50 AB stretch.

 

That's fine with me, but our ideal line up should 110% have Crawford either 2, 3, 5, or 6. Definitely not 8. And if we're not going to shuffle it around, then let's put him in his ideal spot and leave him there.

[Palodios]

Francona needs 10-20 games before moving a player. Crawford's time is coming, so just be patient. The problem with moving Pedroia is that there really aren't any great RHH options on this team to take his spot.

[a700hitter]

Crawford is never going to move up in the lineup.

Francona will wait until he has a hot streak and then he'll put him in the 2-hole when he starts another slump.

[JohnShaft]

I've just bet on you to beat the twins at a handicap of -1.5 at 5/6.Please tell me thats a good bet.I used the money I won on Liverpool tonight who won 5 - 2 away from home.