July 1st at Houston

[BigPapiEnFuego]

It's the Astros. Win or die.

[Palodios]

Big Papi, the man who ends the skid.

 

Just win!

[iortiz]

keep Reddick there, please!

 

Win!

[VA Sox Fan]

BPEF mojo!! :thumbsup:

[SoxFanForsyth]

Who would have guessed that we would have a better record through 80 games last season (48-32) than we do this season (46-34)?

 

Crazy.

[Palodios]

In all fairness, last year's team caught on fire in June with monster pitching performances, and Beltre's head getting rubbed an awfully lot. And that was when the wave of injuries hit.

[boston22407]

WIN!

Go Redsox!

[mvp 78]

JD going to have a big game.

[redsoxbeatz]

Can't wait for the All-Star break to come and GO!!

 

BRING BACK BUCH AND CRAWFORD!!

 

Reddick please never stop playing!!

[VA Sox Fan]

RED SOX (46-34)

Ellsbury CF

Pedroia 2B

Gonzalez 1B

Youkilis 3B

Drew RF

Saltalamacchia C

Reddick LF

Scutaro SS,

Wakefield RHP (4-3, 4.54)

[a700hitter]

JD going to have a big game.

He needs to get hot this week or someone else probably will be brought in to take his place.

[mvp 78]

I'd give him 2 weeks of playing every day. If no signs of life, it's Reddick time.

[a700hitter]

I'd give him 2 weeks of playing every day. If no signs of life' date=' it's Reddick time.[/quote']In 2009 and 2010, people were ready to cut Ortiz after a bad April. It amazes me that there is such patience for Drew when his production has never even approached that of Ortiz.

[Palodios]

In 2009 and 2010' date=' people were ready to cut Ortiz after a bad April. It amazes me that there is such patience for Drew when his production has never even approached that of Ortiz.[/quote']

 

Someone needs to sig that

[BigPapiEnFuego]

In 2009 and 2010' date=' people were ready to cut Ortiz after a bad April. It amazes me that there is such patience for Drew when his production has never even approached that of Ortiz.[/quote']

 

But his OPS!! He gets on base and keeps the lineup moving!

 

 

For real though you are spot on.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Oh and by the way, there's a small gamethread issue. If the Sox win tonight I might not be able to make gamethreads the rest of the weekened. I'm going to a 4th of July party that might last all weekend. I'll either not have access to the internet or I will be too incapacitated to use the internet. First person to give me 50 bucks gets to carry on my legacy. (if we win)

[Palodios]

Do you trust anyone enough to give them your password?

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Yeah I'll give it out. If you're willing to make te threads I can PM you it

[Palodios]

Me? I'm 1-4 for gamethreads. Might want to give it to someone with a better track record

[Thunder]

I'd give him 2 weeks of playing every day. If no signs of life' date=' it's Reddick time.[/quote']

 

Read my signature.

 

This should be an easy win for the Sox and an easy series.

[mvp 78]

In 2009 and 2010' date=' people were ready to cut Ortiz after a bad April. It amazes me that there is such patience for Drew when his production has never even approached that of Ortiz.[/quote']

 

Just have the feeling he's playing out the string.

 

JD, "do not go gently, rage against the dying of the light" or GTFO.

[boston22407]

Ells not playing??

[boston22407]

Jacoby Ellsbury has been scratched from today's lineup with an undisclosed sickness. Josh Reddick goes to center and Drew Sutton will play left field.

 

Kevin Youkilis is back in the lineup after missing a game when he hit a foul ball of his left foot. X-rays were negative and Youkilis rebounded nicely.

 

Lots of Astros-Red Sox crossover.

 

Brad Mills spent the afternoon with buddy Terry Francona.

 

First base coach Ron Johnson has the pride of seeing son Chris in person tonight playing third base for the Astros.

 

Both Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford, Houston-area natives, did a ton of interviews with the local affiliates. Crawford is eligible to come off the DL Sunday, but won't.

 

Francona said he hopes to get Yamaico Navarro in a game or two. He may spell Marco Scutaro at shortstop or he may play one of the corner outfield spots.

 

Francona may go with the David Ortiz at first/Adrian Gonzalez right again as soon as tomorrow night's game. That's under consideration anyway.

 

Ortiz has been sworn to secrecy about who he'll chose in home run derby as the Derby captain for the AL. We can probably start with Jose Bautista and maybe got to Mark Teixeira.

 

New Sox lineup:

 

SS Marco Scutaro

2B Dustin Pedroia

1B Adrian Gonzalez

3B Kevin Youkilis

RF J.D. Drew

C Jarrod Saltalamacchia

CF Josh Reddick

LF Drew Sutton

P Tim Wakefield.

[a700hitter]

With Ellsbury out of the lineup, AGon should be in RF to get some offense in the lineup.

[boston22407]

With Ellsbury out of the lineup' date=' AGon should be in RF to get some offense in the lineup.[/quote']

 

I agree

[a700hitter]

Can Reddick handle CF?

[boston22407]

Can Reddick handle CF?

 

I guess we will find out :dunno:

[boston22407]

Carl Crawford said Friday that his strained left hamstring is only 40 to 50 percent.

Crawford began jogging earlier this week, but it's all but certain that he won't return when he's eligible Sunday. The hot-hitting Josh Reddick should continue to get plenty of at-bats in the meantime

[mvp 78]

Interesting GLBT Sox ad. Youk sees a therapist?

[Thunder]

This new lineup is interesting. Scutaro leads off. Yes, I know he did that last year, but this year it seems a bit weird. Ells is out, and Varitek should be in there for his performance yesterday.

 

Astros:

M. Bourn CF

A. Sanchez 2B

H. Pence RF

C. Lee LF

C. Johnson 3B (Ron's son)

B. Wallace 1B

C. Barmes SS

C. Corporan C

B. Norris P

 

The only standouts are Michael Bourn who is a major stolen base threat and a good outfielder, Hunter Pence who had a long hitting streak in June, and Brett Wallace, who is a great hitter as well as a good first baseman.