5/8 vs the Twins

[mvp 78]

The almighty Pedro Hernandez against Allen Webster.

 

Win...

[SoxFanForsyth]

This one is on Wed Night baseball on ESPN.

 

Wife's birthday is today. So, wife bday mojo?

 

Lets go!!!

[Station 13]

Hope the rain stays away for this one.

[mvp 78]

This one is on Wed Night baseball on ESPN.

 

Wife's birthday is today. So, wife bday mojo?

 

Lets go!!!

 

Hope you are better at bdays than I am!

[Jasonbay44]

Off tonight and excited to see Webster pitch.

[VA Sox Fan]

TWINS (14-15)

Carroll 2B

Mauer C

Willingham LF

Morneau 1B

Plouffe 3B

Doumit DH

Arcia RF

Hicks CF

Florimon SS

Pitching: LHP Pedro Hernandez (1-0, 3.92).

 

RED SOX (21-12)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Ortiz DH

Napoli 1B

Gomes LF

Saltalamacchia C

Drew SS

Ciriaco 3B

Pitching: RHP Allen Webster (0-0, 3.00).

[RedSoxNC84]

Gonna be a good one, I hope Webster can continue where he left off with another good performance.

[jung]

I know I have said this before but this has been and is such an interesting baseball team and season. We always have so much good stuff going on. Some of it is due to not so good stuff like injury and such but there is always something to keep the baseball interest high.

[mvp 78]

My only request for this thread, please avoid using the term "third sacker." Thank you.

[italstallianion]

Hahaha that sounds like such an awesome term in retrospect. I'm gonna start using it in real life. I'll invent new meanings for it.

[a700hitter]

I prefer to call it the Hot Corner.

[Thunder]

This one is on Wed Night baseball on ESPN.

 

Wife's birthday is today. So, wife bday mojo?

 

Lets go!!!

 

It's on ESPN so we don't have to watch NESN+ again.

 

Happy birthday to her!

 

Rain is looming, but may stay away long enough.

[Station 13]

NESN+ audio is like radio. it's bad.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Hahaha that sounds like such an awesome term in retrospect. I'm gonna start using it in real life. I'll invent new meanings for it.

 

The person a couple invites in for a threesome?

[jung]

I have not noticed NEXN+ audio being crappy. Maybe I have just been lucky. Should be a great night to flip back and forth between NESN and NESN+

[Thunder]

NESN+ audio is like radio. it's bad.

 

That's why it's on ESPN.

[redsoxbeatz]

Let's go RED SOX!! WooHoo!!

[redsoxbeatz]

I'd rather see Nava in there instead of Gomes but hopefully Gomes proves me wrong!

 

Or even Carp over Gomes.

 

Again, prove me wrong Gomes!!

 

Webster will go 6 innings or more, I think. And K the Twins to oblivion.

[jung]

Well I was hoping I would find some numbers for Gomes vs Hernandez that would play into the decision but there are none. Never faced him.

[italstallianion]

I figured that it's because Gomes is RHH and Hernandez is a LHP, rather than putting in Carp vs. lefties. Granted Nava is a switch hitter and an OBP god, so it might come down to gut instinct from there.

[Youk Of The Nation]

This has been the best day I've had in quite a while, the Sox better not ruin it.

 

My prediction: 9-4 Sox. Home runs from Napoli and Saltalamacchia.

 

Don't f*** up!

[jung]

To be honest, while I like Nava better batting from the left side, after last night's mess I wanted his patient bat. I guess Gomes can be patient as well but most of them CAN be patient. You know Nava will be.

[jung]

ESPN has that big network feel but I actually think NESN handles the video aspects of covering a baseball game better than just about anybody. I hate these little specials and interviews that NESN insists on sticking right in the middle of the actual play but the replays are great and the way NESN does them is really good I think.

[VA Sox Fan]

That's why it's on ESPN.

 

Yeah, I'm sure that's why. ESPN figured it out!!

 

The ESPN broadcaster's suck. I'll take NESN+ any day over them.

 

A WIN tonight would be so very nice!

[Youk Of The Nation]

WEEI > NESN > ESPN

 

Castiglione is the best. Baseball on the radio beats anything.

[iortiz]

I like NESN but sometimes they are not impartial and tendencious. They hardly critic and some times dedicate tons of time in ******** interviews and jokes than in analysis of the game.

[italstallianion]

To be honest, while I like Nava better batting from the left side, after last night's mess I wanted his patient bat. I guess Gomes can be patient as well but most of them CAN be patient. You know Nava will be.

 

 

Gomes has a .373 OBP despite only a .208 BA so thus far he's proving he can be able to walk. That said I'd have expected a bit more power from the offense, but I'm happy with a lot of the OBP.

[VA Sox Fan]

WEEI > NESN > ESPN

 

Castiglione is the best. Baseball on the radio beats anything.

 

He is but gives me a heart attack when he gets all excited and it's a foul or a caught ball instead of a home run!

[Thunder]

Yeah, I'm sure that's why. ESPN figured it out!!

 

The ESPN broadcaster's suck. I'll take NESN+ any day over them.

 

A WIN tonight would be so very nice!

 

I only like ESPN over Orsillo and Remy when Dave O'Brien is calling the game, but he does Monday Night Baseball. Castiglione and O'Brien are good too.

[jung]

I like NESN but sometimes they are not impartial and tendencious.

 

I know....sometimes it is just too funny....like when a ball is hit to left and bangs off the wall and Remy is talking about how later in the summer it would be a Home Run, completely ignoring the fact that a heavy breeze was blowing out to left field.

 

While this year they seem to have even ratcheted up the homer stuff they are still not as bad as many of the donkey broadcast crews around the league.