riverside sluggers

hahah very funny tito, papelbon and gonzalez are both able to peform long relief. but um why the f***in hell are you having remlinger in the bullpen

is this paltry offsense the same as the offense in early August who scored 25 runs in the 3 game series against August??!!!!

manny shouldve been in left today, royals know millar has inexperience in the outfield--have like petagine or tony dh

i did prove my point, don orsillo had said on the road trip starters altogether have had a very good 3.69 ERA--now just carry that onto september stretch

probably after seeing millar having an actual good at bat day, tito's loyalty kicked in to give millar the start

NESN just reported to mark your calendars, the Sept 5 game against the White Sox at Fenway Park will indeed be played!! This gives the Sox 30 straight days of playing games, eek, at least the rosters will be expanded by then

tonights lineup does have some changes, biggest with ortiz having day off because he is hurt, a bruise on palm of his hand. Alex Cora subs for Tony G and Trot is out of the game and could serve as a pinch hitter. 1. Johnny Damon cf 2. Edgar Renterria ss 3. John Olerud 1b 4. Manny Ramirez dh 5. Jason Varitek c 6. Kevin Millar lf 7. Bill Mueller 3b 8. Alex Cora 2b 9. Gabe Kapler rf

Edgar is really cutting it up, I just checked and he batting .412 for the month!, 33 hits in 90 at bats. In July he had just like 27 hits. Edgar is currently up to a .290 batting average and will most likely end the season a 300 guy. take that guybo and noonanberg

cut to 3 game lead now, cmon schil bring your 2004 playoffs style--Curt tonight 6 innings pitched with 2 runs, 7Ks, 3 walks

i can only imagine what the YES announcers are going through

Chacon first batter he sees in the 4th, Reed Johnson is hit by pitch, Chacon's 2nd hit batter in 2 innings

chacin strikes out the side A-Rod, Giambi, Bernie

chacon struck out zaun to stop his control bleeding. but still had to throw 30 pitches in the inning---First 3 innings he is up to 62 pitches

chacon walks coskie on 4 pitches!!! greg zaun up with bases loaded, 2 outs, 4-2 score now

maybe so--wells struck out but chacon hit hillenbrand to load the bases, coskie up with 2 outs

chacon walked russ adams, catalanottio singles to left to bring adams to third. hmm men on the corners with Vernon Wells, this series' yankees killer up to bat as the tying run

pitcher vs batter matchups (stats are from before the hits and hoemruns occured today) Gustavo Chacin vs: (career against Yankees in 3 games a 1-3 record with a 5.00 ERA) Robinson Cano, 0 for 2, RBI, K Jason Giambi, 1 for 4 (.250 avg) 2 Walks Derek Jeter, 2 for 7 (.286 avg) Triple, RBI, Walk Tino Martinez, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) 2 Ks Hideki Matsui, 1 for 8 (.125 avg) RBI, 3 Ks Jorge Posada, 1 for 8 (.125 avg) Walk, 2 Ks Alex Rodriguez, 1 for 5 (.200 avg) 4 Walks, 2 Ks Gary Sheffield, 3 for 6 (.500 avg) Double, HR, 3 RBIs, K Bernie Williams, 4 for 8 (.500 avg) RBI, K Shawn Chacon vs: (career against Blue Jays in 1 game with a 1.50 ERA) Frank Catalanotto, 1 for 4 (.250 avg) Shea Hillenbrand, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) Eric Hinske, 0 for 2, Walk

yankees got an early lead with back to back homeruns, Sheff hit a 3 run bomb then A-Rod hit a solo shot, Toronto has scored 1 so far in the 2nd

actually i just went straight to the bottom to do the matchups, i did stop in my tracks though when i went to go back to the page

ugh well so far yanks got the lead, i just realized they are playing a day game today Blue Jays say Chacin, while Yankees say Chacon Toronto (64-62) at NY Yankees (69-56) Shawn Chacon is no longer a stopgap measure for the New York Yankees. The 27-year-old right-hander will look to turn in yet another outstanding start when he takes the ball for the Yankees in the finale of their four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays. Acquired July 28 from Colorado, Chacon has been a revelation since joining New York's injury-ravaged rotation. A former closer, Chacon is 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA in five starts and one relief appearance for the Yankees. Not bad for someone who was picked up to temporarily plug some holes. "He doesn't get intimidated by anything, wants to be out there, and doesn't want to come out of the game,'' Yankees catcher Jorge Posada said of Chacon. "It's fun to see, because anyone that wants the ball that badly usually does the things he's been doing.'' Chacon had perhaps his finest outing of the season Saturday, throwing eight innings of four-hit ball in the Yankees' 5-0 win over the league-best Chicago White Sox. "We needed him to fill a spot for us, and he did, but he's given us much more than we could have anticipated,'' Yankees manager Joe Torre said. Chacon said he has learned a lot recently by watching Mike Mussina take his turn in the rotation, so it was no coincidence to see Chacon dominate the White Sox a day after Mussina shut Chicago down in a 3-1 win. "It's great following him,'' Chacon said of Mussina. "He told me to watch the hitters to see if they change their approach. I mixed it up and kept them off balance.'' However, Chacon will have to be a lot better than his teammate was on Wednesday if the Yankees are to win this series and keep the pressure on in the AL wild-card race. New York fell into a virtual three-way tie for the wild-card lead with Oakland and Cleveland with Wednesday's 9-5 loss. Mussina carried a shutout into the fifth before he allowed eight of Toronto's nine runs in the inning. Vernon Wells hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who snapped a five-game losing streak and moved within 4 1/2 games of the wild-card lead.

pitcher vs batter matchups :thumbsup: Curt Schilling vs: (career against Royals in 9 games a 3-0 record with a 1.80 ERA) 3 saves, 1 complete game Angel Berroa, 2 for 9 (.222 avg) RBI, K Emil Brown, 0 for 5, 2 Ks John Buck, 0 for 2, K David DeJesus, 0 for 1 Ruben Gotay, 0 for 2, K Terrence Long, 1 for 7 (.143 avg) RBI, 5 Ks Joe McEwing, 3 for 8 (.375 avg) Double, 2 Ks Matt Stairs, 4 for 19 (.211 avg) Double, 2 RBIs, Walk, 3 Ks Mike Sweeney, 2 for 8 (.250 avg) 2 HRs, 2 RBIs Mark Teahen, Walk Jose Lima vs: (career against Red Sox in 9 games a 1-3 record with a 7.42 ERA) Johnny Damon, 6 for 20 (.300 avg) 2 HRs, 4 RBIs, 3 Walks, K Edgar Renterria, 4 for 25 (.160 avg) Double, HR, 4 RBIs, 2 Walks, 5 Ks, 2 SBs David Ortiz, 1 for 7 (.143 avg) Double, K Manny Ramirez, 6 for 10 (.600 avg) Double, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs, 3 Walks, K Trot Nixon, 1 for 6 (.167 avg) HR, 2 RBIs, Walk, SB Jason Varitek, 2 for 5 (.400 avg) K John Olerud, 10 for 24 (.417 avg) Double, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs, 4 Walks, K Bill Mueller, 9 for 18 (.500 avg) RBI, 3 Walks, 2 Ks Tony Graffanino, 0 for 2, Walk Gabe Kapler, 1 for 5 (.200 avg) 2 Ks Kevin Millar, 2 for 11 (.182 avg) Triple, RBI, Walk, 4 Ks Doug Mirabelli, 0 for 6, 4 Ks Alex Cora, 0 for 4, SB

by god it does feel good seeing curt's pitcure in today's starters

Just heard this on the radio "Well the Orioles' season still is getting hurt with each day that goes by. The same night they had a loss to the Angels, Sydney Ponson was arrested for driving drunk, was over the legal limit of alcohol in his body

sox are going to limit curt to around 80 pitches, which would be like 5 innings or so--look for Jeremi "the Stabilizer" Gonzalez to back him up--curt should be strong out there even with a limited pitch count

even with last night's disappoint loss the game still showed the starting pitching has turned around compared to what it was from the all star break to mid-August. In the last 5 games the pitching staff has allowed 14 runs. Clement in his last 3 games has allowed just 5 earned runs and is beginning to pitch late into games, the 1st half clement is back i think. Bronson Arroyo in his last 2 starts has allowed 5 runs Jonathan Papelbon in his first 3 outings with just 4 runs the opposing teams have been able to get. David Wells just did a scoreless outing Wakefield is coming back tomorrow and almost always guarantees to keep the Sox's offense in the game, give the bullpen a rest and go late into games. And Schil is back