VA Sox Fan

What does that have to do with tonight's game?:dunno:

This newbie stuff is getting a little old already...no offense but seriously. Give us superstitious people a break. I'm w/ BoSox21 on this one.

Paps gives me high blood pressure. Nice WIN! No need to ban Dutchy.... :-)

Tarp off Posted by Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff July 8, 2009 05:45 PM The tarp is being rolled up at the moment. It stopped raining about a half hour or so ago. Looks like we might be OK for the start of the game. (Note: This, of course, is subject to the unpredictability of New England weather. There is, after all, a tornado warning for tonight.)

Gets my vote. Do you think William is also Glenn?

Sounds scary. Glad all is well! :thumbsup:

Weather watching Posted by Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff July 8, 2009 04:58 PM As manager Terry Francona sat down at the podium this afternoon for his regular session with the media, the first question he was asked was, "Ready for the tornado?" Francona's face went blank. "Pardon?" he said. Apparently he hasn't seen the tornado warning in place for tonight. No sign of a twister yet at Fenway Park, though it did start lightly raining as the Sox were taking batting practice, enough that the tarp went on the field at 4:45, interrupting BP. Francona also revealed that he's been in an earthquake, in Tacoma, Wash., when he was about six years old: "I was on my way to school and panicked and ran home." The tarp remains on the field with the game scheduled to start in two hours. More notes in a few minutes

Can't help you with the dopler...but.... Weather update . . . Posted by Chad Finn, Globe Staff July 8, 2009 03:48 PM . . . which will apparently be a daily feature this summer. But with a tornado warning in the Worcester area as well as reports of possible hail later today, the weather update for tonight's game between the Red Sox and Oakland A's is a worthwhile one. So here you go: The current weather forecast in the vicinity of Fenway Park calls for the possibility of scattered light rain showers to move through the area during the late afternoon and early evening hours. According to weather.com, there is an 80-percent chance of precipitation from 7 to 8 p.m. More showers are expected after 8 p.m., though the likelihood of rain drops to 35 percent at 9 p.m. The Fenway Park gates will open at the regularly scheduled time of 5:10 p.m. for the 7:10 p.m. start

You get a free pass for kinda bein' a newbie...but if we lose........we might have to kill ya:lol:

Dammit Dutchy! Patience Young Padawan!! Last time MSU started the GT we won 5 in a row. WIN!!!!

I'm not worried. But as a team, over the last 4 games, they've batted .193 and all have been home games, which is unusual. They'll get it together and hopefully break out tonight.

WIN!!! Pitch well Josh! Offense, please wake up!

Pedroia back in lineup, says wife went into labor Posted by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff July 7, 2009 04:06 PM Dustin Pedroia provided an update today on the status of his pregnant wife Kelly, whom he said went into labor yesterday (she is seven weeks from her due date) and was hospitalized. Doctors were able to stop the labor and stabilize her. She is currently resting at the hospital. "She's a lot tougher than I am," said Pedroia, who missed last night's game to be with his wife but is in tonight's lineup. Pedroia said this afternoon that he got a call from general manager Theo Epstein last night and received text messages from teammates sending their thoughts. He also said that his wife told him to play tonight and not to worry about her, though the Red Sox second baseman acknowledged he has been calling her every five minutes. "Obviously I'm thinking about it," Pedroia said

NEW LINEUP 1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 2. Julio Lugo, SS 3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B 4. David Ortiz, DH 5. Jason Bay, LF 6. Jason Varitek, C 7. Rocco Baldelli, RF 8. Nick Green, 2B 9. Aaron Bates, 1B

Pedroia scratched from lineup Posted by Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff July 6, 2009 05:46 PM Dustin Pedroia has been scratched from the Sox lineup due to a family matter. We'll have more as we hear it.

Ahhhh.....what optimism!

Me too. But suck seems infectious in the BP sometimes, when one sucks, they can all suck. Last night was a prime example of that. Win today.

Posted by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff July 1, 2009 10:34 AM On the morning after last night's Krakatoan meltdown, a popular topic, one brought up in an earlier post, is how the Sox rebound from such a devastating loss. After thinking about it, the craziness of how stunning it was may help the recovery. It's one thing when you play a crisp game and the closer blows a two-run lead. But when there's a torrential rain storm and then your bullpen, previously the best in baseball, allows the biggest comeback in the other team's history, don't you pretty much have to throw up your hands and figure you got caught up in the madhouse that so often is baseball? Maybe this will be an easier game to move on from than a typical gut-wrencher. We'll see. It helps that the pitching matchup today is Josh Beckett vs. Brad Bergersen. Some more slices of just how weird that game was: -The Red Sox bullpen – Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Hideki Okajima, Takashi Saito, and Jonathan Papelbon – allowed 13 hits in two innings. In its previous 18 1/3 innings, the bullpen had allowed 12 hits. -Before last night, the Sox were 5-0 this season against the Orioles and 54-23 since 2005. In their first two innings against one another, the O’s outscored the Sox 7-4. In their last three, the O’s outscored the Sox 10-0. In the 49 innings in between, the Sox outscored Baltimore 40-8. -The bullpen’s ERA jumped from 2.89 to 3.24 – a full quarter of a run. If you’re using ERA as a metric, you can no longer call the Red Sox bullpen the best in the league. That honor now belongs to the Tampa Bays Rays, at 3.19.

Red Sox 1. J.D. Drew, RF 2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B 4. Jason Bay, LF 5. David Ortiz, DH 6. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 7, Mark Kotsay, 1B 8. Jason Varitek, C 9, Nick Green, SS -- Josh Beckett, SP Orioles 1. Brian Roberts, 2B 2. Felix Pie, CF 3. Nick Markakis, RF 4. Aubrey Huff, 1B 5. Luke Scott, DH 6. Nolan Reimold, LF 7. Ty Wigginton, 3B 8. Gregg Zaun, C 9. Robert Andino, SS -- Brad Bergesen, SP

You never would have heard the end of it.

1:35pm start time today, who is starting today's game thread? GO BECKETT! I'm out of town Thur-Sun and will be unable, drunk, on the beach, drinking, eating, on the beach, drinking, drunk.....you get the point.

More heavy rain. Happy for Smoltzy. ALLLLL Lugo's fault. Bailey with the 3B....sweet!

Run support...please...

Kick azzzz Masterson! 4 strike outs!