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Boston Red Sox (23-15) @ Minnesota Twins (18-16), Saturday, May 10, 2008, 7:10pm

BOS: Daisuke Matsuzaka (27, RHP, 5-0, 2.43)
MIN: Glen Perkins (25, LHP, 0-0, undef)

The Primer Chimp Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:00 AM | 144 comment(s)
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101. Marcel Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:34 PM (#2776358)

Hate Manny hacking, but love it when he actually runs it out.

102. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:35 PM (#2776359)

Another bad night for Manny. He's down from batting .370 to .301.

103. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:35 PM (#2776360)

Let's see if Lowell can ice it here.

If another runs scores, do you trust the game to someone like Hansen?

104. Elevate Phil Coorey Later Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:35 PM (#2776361)

Lowrie could go hitless now for a week and i wouldn't care

105. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:36 PM (#2776363)

I think a 4 run lead means Hansen for the 9th, but on a short leash with Papelbon still ready.

106. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:36 PM (#2776364)

I'd love to see Youks up with the bases juiced.

107. Marcel Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:37 PM (#2776365)

Either Hansen or MDC. But I doubt Tito feels the same way.

108. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:37 PM (#2776366)

Got my wish.

109. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:39 PM (#2776370)

Hansen's warming, Sven.

110. Marcel Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:42 PM (#2776372)

That might answer my earlier question about Papelbon's availability if he comes in even without the extra run.

111. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:43 PM (#2776373)

Will he actually strike anyone out?

112. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:45 PM (#2776375)

Splitter actually split!

113. Elevate Phil Coorey Later Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:45 PM (#2776376)

Will he actually strike anyone out?

hope so

114. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:46 PM (#2776378)

Hitting 94 on CBS sportsline.

115. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2776380)

97 on that one.

116. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2776381)

Swings and misses still hard to come by so far.

117. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2776382)

Early returns don't look good on the putting away hitters thing.

118. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2776383)

I feel this is a decent opportunity for Papelbon to fix himself

119. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2776384)

There you go. That was a devastating splitter.

120. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:48 PM (#2776385)

Good to see the splitting working ,especially since he doesn't appear to have his best FB.

121. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:48 PM (#2776386)

There it is.

122. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:48 PM (#2776387)

Splitter working*

123. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2776390)

Hitting 95 consistently now.

124. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2776391)

If that was a slider, it had absolutely no bite.

125. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2776392)

That looked like a hagning slider for strike two to Young.

126. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:50 PM (#2776393)

Swinging strike. Gooood...

127. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:50 PM (#2776394)

Broken bat. Better....

128. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:51 PM (#2776395)

It was a mediocre enough slider that it worked almost like a changeup, which is what got Young to swing through it.

129. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:51 PM (#2776397)

I almost thought it WAS a changeup.

130. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:51 PM (#2776398)

Where's Nick Punto? Lamb blows.

131. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:52 PM (#2776399)

####### joke dome.

132. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:52 PM (#2776400)

You have got to be ####### kidding me.

Why the #### didn't Lowell or Youkilis end up making that play?

Lowell never saw it, it looks like on the replay.

133. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:52 PM (#2776401)

Dammit.

134. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:52 PM (#2776402)

Is it just me, or does Papelbon need a 3rd good pitch to add to his repertoire?

135. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:52 PM (#2776403)

They lost it in the ceiling.

136. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:53 PM (#2776404)

I almost thought it WAS a changeup.

Yeah, which would have been a brand new pitch for him!

137. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:53 PM (#2776405)

First swing through on the fastball?

138. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:54 PM (#2776406)

Very slider happy tonight.

139. Chip Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:54 PM (#2776408)

There you go.

140. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:55 PM (#2776409)

That's it. Nice.

141. kevin Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:55 PM (#2776410)

Thanks for the chatter, guys. Now to go watch the Celts.

142. Dan Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:56 PM (#2776412)

It might be an error in their algorithm, but Fangraphs has Papelbon throwing 3 change ups in 2006. He was also supposed to have one when he was a starter in the minors, as I recall.

143. Elevate Phil Coorey Later Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:58 PM (#2776415)

good win - goodbye lugo and goodbye by fellow chatterers

144. Marcel Posted: May 10, 2008 at 09:59 PM (#2776416)

He didn't learn the splitter until spring training a couple years ago when Schilling worked on it with him.

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