9/12 @ god's waiting room

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

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Peavy (11-5, 4.01, 20 starts)

 

vs

 

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Hellickson (11-8, 5.04, 28 starts)

 

This guy hasn't made it to the sixth inning in five of his last seven starts, but I'm a little concerned because it always seems like the scrubs get up for the Sox, especially if opposing team's aces aren't quite getting it done... oh who am I kidding. They're gonna kicks Hellickson's little boy scrotum right into his throat while hitting holes through Tropicana's scoreboard.

 

Sadly I will not be able to witness the action. Five hours of night classes mojo? Lovechild of MacEnroe and McCarver mojo? Try not to hang myself from the ceiling mojo?

[mvp 78]

@JLester31: Anyone else feeling good about @JakePeavy_44 tonight? #Stud #NVRQTattitude

[Navafan29]

Yeah! Let's help the Yankees make the playoffs with a win tonight!

 

Number of teams that want the Sox to win this game: 5

Number of teams that want the Rays to win: 1

Edited September 12, 2013 by Navafan29

[mvp 78]

Yeah! Let's help the Yankees make the playoffs with a win tonight!

 

Guardians are getting in. They have 6 games against the White Sox, 4 against the twinkies and 4 against the Astros. Cake walk...

[SoxFanForsyth]

Guardians are getting in. They have 6 games against the White Sox, 4 against the twinkies and 4 against the Astros. Cake walk...

 

Yup I agree.

 

The Sox are going to sweep the Yankees this weekend and really put a dent in their post season hopes.

 

Bogaerts playing tonight. He'll go deep.

[Thunder]

Yeah! Let's help the Yankees make the playoffs with a win tonight!

 

Number of teams that want the Sox to win this game: 5

Number of teams that want the Rays to win: 1

 

Does that include the Sox and Rays?

[Thunder]

Lineups aren't out, but Cafardo tweeted that Bogaerts is playing 3B.

 

Game time: 7:10 p.m.

 

TV/radio: NESN, MLB Network / WEEI-FM (93.7)

 

Red Sox vs. Hellickson: Pedroia 5-28, Ortiz 8-22, Salty 7-23, Ellsbury 6-23, Middlebrooks 1-12, Napoli 2-11, Nava 1-10, Carp 2-7, Drew 3-7, Gomes 3-7, McDonald 0-2, Victorino 0-2, Berry 1-2, Bradley 0-2, Lavarnway 0-1.

 

Rays vs. Peavy: Loney 9-28, DeJesus 3-21, Johnson 2-12, Young 3-13, Longoria 2-12, Scott 4-12, Zobrist 4-10, Escobar 1-9, Joyce 1-6, Molina 0-6, Rodriguez 2-4, Fuld 0-3, Jennings 0-3, Lobaton 0-2.

 

Stat of the Day: The Rays are 21 for 147 (.143) with runners in scoring position against the Red Sox this season.

 

Notes: The Sox are 5-1 on a road trip that ends tonight. A nine-game homestand starts Friday ... The Sox are 12-6 against the Rays with one game left in the season series. They have outscored Tampa Bay, 107-81. The Sox last won 13 games against the Rays in 2007 ... The Sox are 8-2 in September ... Peavy is 3-1, 4.99 in five career starts against the Rays. He faced them April 26 while with Chicago and allowed three runs over 6.2 innings ... Hellickson is 1-5, 7.42 in his last seven starts. He has faced the Sox twice this season and allowed only four earned runs over 13 innings ... The Sox have won nine of 12 road games including seven of the last eight ... The Rays have lost five of six and 13 of 17. They start the day with a one-game lead in the wild card race on the Yankees ... The Sox have won seven of eight, 10 of 12, and 14 of 17.

 

Song of the Day: "Magic Bus" by The Who.

Edited September 12, 2013 by Thunder
Verb troubles

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

I don't know why, but I've always been less comfortable facing the Yankees at Fenway than at YS (either one). I'm not entirely sure why, maybe it was the subconscious feeling that when both teams were elite, any games we could get over there were gravy, while the pressure was on to hold serve at home. Plus they had a lineup full of guys who could abuse the monster. Anyone else ever had that feeling in BOS/NYY matchups?

 

Not that this edition of the Yankees should make anyone worried, it's just something that occurred to me just now.

[VA Sox Fan]

RED SOX (89-58)

Pedroia 2B

Nava RF

Ortiz DH

Napoli 1B

Saltalamacchia C

Gomes LF

Drew SS

Bogaerts 3B

Bradley CF

Pitching: RHP Jake Peavy (3-1, 3.55; 11-5, 4.01 overall).

[Palodios]

Anyone watching NESN? Ortiz really doesn't know what to say in this interview.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Salty batting 5th?

[jung]

Wonder how many folks will still watch the baseball game tonight with the Pats on. Myself I have such a hard time watching football as it is no longer the game I played and loved when I was young. I have little interest in watching wideouts and slot receivers running wild in secondaries when in truth they should have been knocked on their asses. None of the changes baseball has made like the DH are anywhere near as telling on the actual game as the changes the NFL has made are on that game.

[Station 13]

Nava is a terrible OF.

[jung]

Good example of why Nava really can't play RF for more than a couple games before being in trouble. Love him but he is no RFer.

[a700hitter]

Nava has done a representative job in the OF all season, even RF. I really thought that we would see much more of the Nava that made that last play.

[VA Sox Fan]

Salty batting 5th?

 

The Apocalypse is beginning

[jung]

I think it is the other way honestly. Nava has seen very little time in RF fortunately. If he had more time out there I think his deficiencies would be that much more glaring. He is a fill there at best. If he had to play RF regularly it would be pretty close to disastrous I think.

[Youk Of The Nation]

The Apocalypse is beginning

 

Finally!

[VA Sox Fan]

Finally!

 

Yep. Maybe only here. It's storming like a mo' fo'!!!!!!!!

[Youk Of The Nation]

It's raining really hard here as well. It started thundering, so I went outside to put the car windows up. It started raining between when I left my front door and got to the car parked on the curb in front of the house, and by the time I got the windows up the seats and inside of the doors were already soaked.

[VA Sox Fan]

Go Pedey!

 

Heard a great interview with Pedey on Dan Patrick's show today. He was awesome as expected. Admitted he's only 5' 8", I AM taller than him.

 

Love him!

[jung]

New England has seen a tremendous amount of thunder and lightning since the beginning of September. My pets are all nervous wrecks. They have taken to gathering together in one giant lump and then moving the entire giant lump onto my lap, including a couple 75 pounders. They appear to have decided that if we are going, we are all going together, humans, cats, dogs, the whole nine yards.

[VA Sox Fan]

It's raining really hard here as well. It started thundering, so I went outside to put the car windows up. It started raining between when I left my front door and got to the car parked on the curb in front of the house, and by the time I got the windows up the seats and inside of the doors were already soaked.

 

That sucks!!

[VA Sox Fan]

New England has seen a tremendous amount of thunder and lightning since the beginning of September. My pets are all nervous wrecks. They have taken to gathering together in one giant lump and then moving the entire giant lump onto my lap, including a couple 75 pounders. They appear to have decided that if we are going, we are all going together, humans, cats, dogs, the whole nine yards.

 

Ha ha! Hang in there jung! Fortunately my Yaz isn't bothered by storms!

 

I love a damn storm!

[a700hitter]

New England has seen a tremendous amount of thunder and lightning since the beginning of September. My pets are all nervous wrecks. They have taken to gathering together in one giant lump and then moving the entire giant lump onto my lap, including a couple 75 pounders. They appear to have decided that if we are going, we are all going together, humans, cats, dogs, the whole nine yards.

My dog looks to go hide in the corner of the bottom of the closet.

[Youk Of The Nation]

My old dog used to prefer hiding in the bathtub. The two new ones aren't bothered by the thunder, but the bigger one is a wuss when it comes to the rain. He has to be practically dragged outside to go to the bathroom in the rain, and he avoids water as best as he can. If we come up to a puddle during a walk, he'll lift one foot up like a princess, huff loudly, and then go around it. I've never seen a dog his size that hated water like that.

[Thunder]

It has thundered here twice today, but hasn't rained at all.

[mvp 78]

Old dog would shake hours before the slightest drizzle. A good weather forecaster. The new guy isn't phased by thunder or lightning. We'll see how he deals with snow.

[Youk Of The Nation]

My little one loves snow. The big storm last winter dumped snow about twice as high as her, and she was loving it. We had to keep an eye on her to make sure she didn't entomb herself and freeze to death. She kept eating snow like it was bacon. You could see the crazy joy in her eyes. "OMG FREE FOOD ON THE GROUND YOU GUYS ITS EVERYWHERE!!!!"

[mvp 78]

Dogs are the best things ever.