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Friday, May 30, 2008

SportTicker: [J.D.] Drew out of lineup with vertigo

Looking up at the Rays in the standings isn’t sitting well with him, it appears.

Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew is suffering from vertigo and was held out of Friday’s starting lineup against the Baltimore Orioles.

The oft-injured Drew is batting .281 with four home runs and 22 RBI in 44 games for the reigning World Series champion Red Sox.

AP: Matsuzaka placed on DL with shoulder injury

NTNgod Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:18 PM | 69 comment(s)
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   1. Dewey, Local Boy and Soupuss  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:23 PM (#2800331)
Who was the guy that had vertigo so bad he had to retire? Nick Esasky?
   2. robinred  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:24 PM (#2800335)
Nick Esasky?


Yeah.

Cue U2 and Hitchcock jokes.
   3. still hunting for a halo-red october (in Delphi)  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:25 PM (#2800338)
This is the primary reason Drew has been permanently replaced by Swisher in my fantasy lineup.
   4. Hang down your head, Tom Foley  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:29 PM (#2800346)
This is the primary reason Drew has been permanently replaced by Swisher in my fantasy lineup.


Because you have vertigo?
   5. John DiFool2  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:29 PM (#2800348)
Hello, Hello
Hola!
I'm at a place called vertigo
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something I can feel
Feel
   6. Ryan Jones  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:51 PM (#2800369)
I seem to remember Ken Dayley having the same or similar problem, shortly after he signed with the Jays. I'm not entirely sure that it was vertigo, but it had something to do with an inner ear problem.
   7. HowardMegdal  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:51 PM (#2800370)
In Denver, I could understand this condition.
   8. Dock Ellis on Acid  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 06:58 PM (#2800386)
Jeff Bailey replaces Daisuke on the roster. I don't know who he is.
   9. We don't have dahlians at the Palace of Wisdom  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:06 PM (#2800399)
Cue U2 and Hitchcock jokes.

What about the Liza Minelli jokes?
   10. Tom Nawrocki  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:12 PM (#2800417)
Jason Varitek is being held out of tonight's game because of suspicion, and Kevin Youkilis is out because of sabotage. It's a real frenzy to fill the starting lineup.
   11. Guapo  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:14 PM (#2800423)
Uno
   12. Guapo  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:15 PM (#2800426)
Dos
   13. Guapo  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:15 PM (#2800427)
Tres
   14. Guapo  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:15 PM (#2800428)
Catorce!
   15. Ryan Jones  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:36 PM (#2800482)
What about the Liza Minelli jokes?

Liza Minelli is the joke.
   16. Cooperstown Schtick  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 07:39 PM (#2800493)
In related news:

[Moises] Alou out of lineup with all seven seasons of "Golden Girls"
   17. Craig Calcaterra  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 08:34 PM (#2800617)
Jason Varitek is being held out of tonight's game because of suspicion, and Kevin Youkilis is out because of sabotage. It's a real frenzy to fill the starting lineup.


And of course, Steve Lyons was let go by Fox because he's . . . a racist.
   18. SoSHially Unacceptable  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 08:39 PM (#2800628)
Jason Varitek is being held out of tonight's game because of suspicion, and Kevin Youkilis is out because of sabotage. It's a real frenzy to fill the starting lineup.


Fortunately, they're playing the Birds.
   19. gef the talking mongoose  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 08:50 PM (#2800650)
JD Drew is awesome at not playing baseball.
   20. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 08:54 PM (#2800659)
The amazing poor luck of Drew continues.
   21. Posada Posse  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 09:29 PM (#2800761)
What's his next injury going to be - hemorrhoids?
   22. ghost of perros  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 09:40 PM (#2800794)
Funny how Ryan Braun is playing through a similar problem.
   23. Darren  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 09:59 PM (#2800835)
He's a real man!
   24. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM (#2800845)
He's a very apt pupil, isn't he? He's a very apt pupil!
   25. aleskel  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 10:38 PM (#2800939)
Drew is mad north by northwest!
   26. IronChef Chris Wok  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 10:45 PM (#2800953)
He's a very apt pupil, isn't he? He's a very apt pupil!

Pupil problems and Vertigo? sounds like he has a neurological problem!

Also, I can't take a dump on this ,because i get occasional vertigo.
   27. ghost of perros  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM (#2800964)
Also, I can't take a dump on this ,because i get occasional vertigo.

Question is, do you take the day off on those occasions?
   28. IronChef Chris Wok  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:07 PM (#2800989)

Question is, do you take the day off on those occasions?

I take the morning off and go back to work/school in the afternoon.
Edit: It happens about 4 times a year: not a huge deal.
   29. Dag Nabbit: formerly tolerant of lactose  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM (#2800992)
The notorious J. D. Drew making headlines again.

I confess he's never been one of my favorite players, but I wish him the best here.
   30. Jim Wisinski is waiting till next year  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:27 PM (#2800995)
This isn't the first time for Drew having vertigo during the season, is it? I think it has happened at least once before.
   31. Dag Nabbit: formerly tolerant of lactose  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:31 PM (#2800997)
I never heard that before. Maybe you have the wrong man.
   32. Sabradix  Posted: May 30, 2008 at 11:57 PM (#2801004)
Poor bastard. I fully expect some day that he'll swing the bat and both his arms will fall off twisting an ankle in the process, and whilst being carted off to the nearest medical facility the ambulance ends up going off the road and into a ditch. Of course everyone survives, though the ambulance driver nerves are shot, so he lights up a cigarette not noticing the gas spewing from the punctured tank...and well...you can imagine the rest.
   33. Tom Nawrocki  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 12:14 AM (#2801008)
It beats missing a game because of stage fright. Now it's more important than ever for Varitek to catch a thief. Did the Sox have to use Manny Delcarmen tonight -- you know, Number Seventeen?

I can't wait to hear a report on Drew from a foreign correspondent; I'm just spellbound waiting for more news.
   34. ghost of perros  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 01:13 PM (#2801172)
Funnier that fragile alter-ego Milton Bradley was also out friday with inner ear trouble.

Have they ever been on the field at the same time?
   35. Teheran's Uranium Enriched Missiles  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 01:21 PM (#2801175)
I think the Red Sox have given Drew enough Rope. Drew, for some reason or other, is a permanent Lodger on the DL.
   36. ghost of perros  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 01:26 PM (#2801179)
If the Rays traded Baldelli for Drew, he'd account for over a fourth of their payroll.
   37. Dr Love  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 01:27 PM (#2801181)
Have they ever been on the field at the same time?


They managed to play a few games together with the Dodgers without colliding into each other.
   38. Gonfalon Bubble  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 02:40 PM (#2801212)
Once again, The J.D. Vanishes.
   39. ghost of perros  Posted: May 31, 2008 at 04:06 PM (#2801304)
They managed to play a few games together with the Dodgers without colliding into each other.

Ahhh, a good explanation for DePo's demise -- he was playing two players and getting less than one player's production.

Definitely a fire/ice combo.

I drafted both on my roto team but quickly corrected myself and dealt JD.
   40. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 02:33 PM (#2802223)
Fortunately, they're playing the Birds.


Unfortunately, Tippi Martinez left Baltimore several presidential administrations ago.
   41. Phil Coorey Needs To Know How To Kill A Cat  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 04:08 PM (#2802370)
Why does U2 get mentioned? I think of Vertigo and I think of Hitchcock - not U2!
   42. Kirby Kyle  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 04:42 PM (#2802411)
(Drew examines rings on redwood section) "Here I debuted... and here I was on the DL... and here... and here... and here...
   43. Fumbduck Joe Bivens  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 04:49 PM (#2802412)
He hit a HR today, and made a great catch.
   44. Darren  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 04:54 PM (#2802414)
I think the Red Sox have given Drew enough Rope. Drew, for some reason or other, is a permanent Lodger on the DL.


Drew hasn't been on the DL since joining the Red Sox. His problem has been a lack of power (his HR today brought his slugging up to only .434).

Or am I missing some joke that has to do with you capitalizing Rope and Lodger?
   45. Tike Redman's Shattered Dreams (shayborg)  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 05:26 PM (#2802433)
Or am I missing some joke that has to do with you capitalizing Rope and Lodger?

Yes. It's part of the running, not-very-funny Hitchcock joke throughout this thread.
   46. gef the talking mongoose  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:33 PM (#2802462)
I'm so ####### sick & tired of this lame-ass limpwrist hitting a ####### home run after I've put him on my ####### fantasy team's ####### bench because he's missed a ####### couple of days with ####### PMS or whatever. He did it again today, the ######. #### him. Go ####### die of toxic shock syndrome, you useless ############.
   47. Russlan wants Pedro to be a Met again  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:36 PM (#2802464)
gef the talkining mongoose: Lee Elia?
   48. gef the talking mongoose  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:38 PM (#2802465)
There. I feel much better now. I think I'll stroll across the street & kill the neighbors.
   49. SoSHially Unacceptable  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:39 PM (#2802466)
I'm so ####### sick & tired of this lame-ass limpwrist hitting a ####### home run after I've put him on my ####### fantasy team's ####### bench because he's missed a ####### couple of days with ####### PMS or whatever. He did it again today, the ######. #### him.


Ah I remember #######. A little-known classic in the Hitchock oeuvre.
   50. Shooty Did Not Kill McGurk  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:47 PM (#2802470)
They need to throw Drew out of the Lifeboat already.
   51. Darren  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:51 PM (#2802473)
It'd be a better rant without the homophobia and misogyny.
   52. ghost of perros  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 06:54 PM (#2802476)
No such thing as a PC rant.
   53. gef the talking mongoose  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 07:03 PM (#2802482)
It'd be a better rant without the homophobia and misogyny.


I'll have you know that the neighbors I killed were straight males, Mr Holier-Than-Thou.
   54. Russlan wants Pedro to be a Met again  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 07:06 PM (#2802485)
But did they support the feminist movement?
   55. gef the talking mongoose  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 07:07 PM (#2802489)
I forgot to ask.
   56. tfbg9  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 07:21 PM (#2802504)
It'd be a better rant without the homophobia and misogyny.


Yes! Kos Kidz Kill! (socially dangerous hate speech dead!)

/rolls eyes
   57. Darren  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:01 PM (#2802573)
More name calling. Impressive.
   58. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..)  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:15 PM (#2802602)
Yes. It's part of the running, not-very-funny Hitchcock joke throughout this thread.


Hey, give G-Bub credit. 38 was authentically witty.
   59. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:16 PM (#2802603)
Sorry I revived this thread.
   60. walt williams bobblehead  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:19 PM (#2802610)
Sorry I revived this thread.



That's the trouble with Gary.
   61. NTNgod  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:24 PM (#2802622)
It's part of the running, not-very-funny Hitchcock joke throughout this thread.
Unless my memory fails me, the Who thread was much longer, so this one has a ways to go.
   62. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:29 PM (#2802626)
You know Darren and tfbg9, if Alex Belth and Pat Jordan can get along, so can you. I don't know if folks wonder why I'm not in Sox Therapy or the Red Sox Game Chatters that often, but this is one of the reasons.
   63. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 08:39 PM (#2802636)
Sorry about that folks. Return to your Hitchcock jokes.

I don't think that the Cardinals got what they were hoping for when they Dialed M for Mulder.
   64. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 09:03 PM (#2802662)
Wow, I was able to revive and kill a thread; all in 6 1/2 hours.
   65. Darren  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2802733)
Sorry you don't enjoy my company, GGC.
   66. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 10:12 PM (#2802763)
No, it's not your company. It's the bickering between you and tfbg9. He's at fault, too. I should've emailed both of you instead of expressing my displeasure in public and for that I apologize.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to this series against Tampa coming up (yeah, I know there's still another game against Baltimore.)
   67. Darren  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 10:20 PM (#2802768)
I was offended by the post and said so. Tfbg took that as a opportunity to engage in some name-calling and pointed it out, rather than respond in kind. I don't see how I'm bickering with him here.
   68. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..)  Posted: June 01, 2008 at 11:04 PM (#2802789)
The rumor that putting 3 people on ignore triples your BTF fun is true.
   69. Superunknown Gary Geiger Counter  Posted: June 02, 2008 at 07:58 AM (#2802854)
Fair enough, Darren. I'll drop this.
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