schillingouttheks

I think so... he did hit a scorcher to left center last inning. That last pitch was weird. It wasn't located well at all but still went over the plate. Whatever...Manny's the last person to worry about.

Strained right calf. Not too much of a concern as of now but if it doesn't feel better tomorrow they're going to send him for some tests.

I know, but it was made twice and it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when names aren't pronounced correctly. Nothing against you it's just me.

It's a joke. We were comparing celebrities to other celebrities and then baseball came in.

McCarty. Not McCarthy.

Read through the previous few pages.

I was trying really hard to find a picture of a marlin that wasn't tied up. By the way, it only works when the mojo comes from myself or ORS.

There was supposed to be some schillingouttheks mojo today Whatever. At least fix the date, please. And I'm putting my game thread layout in here anyway... Game Info: Date: Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 Teams: Boston Red Sox (0-1) @ Kansas City Royals (1-0) First Pitch: 8:10pm EDT Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri TV: NESN Starting Pitchers: http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6403.jpghttp://bellsouthpwp.net/c/h/chinigor/TALKSOX/VS.GIFhttp://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6088.jpg http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif#19 Josh Beckett (0-0, --) http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/kc.gif#45 Odalis Perez (0-0, --) Mojo of the day: http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/images/primary/blue-marlin.jpg MARLIN MOJO!!! Go get 'em, Josh! Pitch like you did with the Marlins!

You want him to succeed but you'll boo him when he doesn't even though you know that he needs the support? Doesn't make much sense to me...

Yes, that is what's comforting to me. I'm really not as concerned about him as I seem (considering the size of my rant paragraph) but it was just ugly today, and I think everyone agrees. You're right, though. Curt Schilling is the last person we should be worrying about in terms of making the correct adjustments. I bet there were also some nerves throughout the whole team about opening day. KC just came to play today and we didn't. As simple as that. Hopefully the team as a whole will be calmer tomorrow. However, I WILL have a problem if we do not take the next 2 games.

I love Schill and I love everything he's done for us. That said, I really am concerned about him for this year. I never saw him look so off and truth be told, I didn't have much confidence in him to begin with. I'm not jumping off his ship, but I am concerned about how he's going to hold his own. He'll have his good outings but I just don't think they're going to be as common as we would like them to be. Not to bring up an annoying subject, but that decision on holding off on that contract extension is looking good. I know it's one start, but seriously, imagine if we see him pitch only marginally better than he did today. With the possibility of him pitching as or near as badly as he did today on a consistent basis, I'm glad he isn't locked up for next year. The only thing that unsettles me is that if Schilling starts to implode a bit, moving Papelbon to the 'pen may not have been the smartest thing to do... Okay, now I'll settle down, realize it's opening day, and wait patiently before I make anymore judgments on him. I promise, this is just me being a bit annoyed about losing this badly to the Royals (of all teams) on OPENING DAY. I'm not as concerned as it seems (after all, there really are 161 games left). Besides, such is the life of a Red Sox fan. The only thing I've ever known is panic.

I'm sorry, but I can't look at this game as if it's only one game. 1 game means everything. 1 game meant everything in 2005 when we finished with the same record as the Yanks but got the wild card because of the head to head record. They better have gotten the kinks out. I'm willing to calm down a little because it's the first day and we historically have bad opening days, but when you have early games against lowly teams you need to win them.

Yeah Sox!

I forgot that the Devil Rays give you guys fits

adam123, Shut the f*** up. Sincerely, Red Sox Nation.

No worries. I didn't think about it being taken that way. Basically I was saying that if the Red Sox win today, everyone should let you make the thread tomorrow because it's annoying seeing mojo interrupted, lol.

I wasn't talking about you interrupting anything. I was talking about the new season. I wasn't implying you did anything wrong...

How's the crowd treating Pavano?

Well then, all I can say is that if Papelbon comes on in the eighth inning, Francona will need to look over his shoulder a lot when he's outside of his house.

Boston's rotation is better than New York's. Period. You may be wishing you still had Johnson if Igawa and/or Pavano implode, which is very likely. Igawa doesn't even smell Matsuzaka's league. If Pettitte's arm holds up, he'll be a great addition. No taking away from that move. Pettitte definitely provides an upgrade. Pavano, though, you have no idea what you're getting out of him. He reminds me of Matt Clement. He's a headcase and on any given day you have no idea what you're going to get out of him. By the way, Drew provides better defense in RF than the platoon of Nixon and WMP. At SS in the American League, I believe that offense is more important than defense. Sure, Gonzo's defense is irreplaceable but with Lugo at the top of the lineup, Crisp can be moved down to help give the bottom third of the lineup some life. While our infield defense has been downgraded a bit, we added offensive life out of our SS while upgrading RF both offensively and defensively no matter how you view it (Drew is better than Nixon hands down). The only question mark is whether or not Drew can stay healthy. I don't think anyone's doubting the skill that Drew has, just his ability to stay healthy.

Donnelly.

Well, the good thing for the Yanks is that Wang will be back when it starts to matter for them. The Yanks always seem to suck for the majority of April and turn it on beginning late April/early May. If injuries were to happen, now's the time.

Yeah. I forget who actually started the game thread format but it's a damn good one. It's all nice and clean. I'll take the Rays tonight with Kaz going against Carla Pavana. What's the reception at Yankee Stadium going to be like for Carla?

Let's all remember the curtosy of letting someone's winning streak mojo continue until it fizzles out in a loss... It's really kind of irritating when someone interrupts the mojo. Speaking of mojo (I know we don't have any yet but who cares?) I figure I'll start the season with some mojo we all like to remember... Mojo of the day: http://z.about.com/d/gonewengland/1/0/G/R/baseballhall8.jpg BLOODY SOCK MOJO!!! Go get 'em, Curt! I'm about to leave for the airport, so it's a good thing that I'll get to see the game later.