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Friday, May 18, 2012

RedSox (18-20) @ Phillies (20-19), Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:05pm

BOS:Daniel Bard (27, RHP, 3-4, 4.30)
PHI:Cole Hamels (28, LHP, 5-1, 2.28)

The Primer Chimp Posted: May 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM | 43 comment(s)
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1. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 07:08 PM (#4135400)

Going well so far.

2. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 07:24 PM (#4135411)

Bard, Bard, Bard... Knock it off.

3. Joe Bivens, Minor Genius Posted: May 18, 2012 at 07:39 PM (#4135420)

I don't think I'll be watching much of this tonight.

4. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 07:40 PM (#4135422)

I miss it when Bard would strike people out.

5. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 07:50 PM (#4135426)

Tonight's strategy: Get people on base for Aviles.

6. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:23 PM (#4135439)

Throw strikes!

7. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:26 PM (#4135440)

I hope Gonzalez is reminding Bard where the plate is?

8. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:27 PM (#4135441)

Whatever Gonzalez just said totally worked!

9. Chip Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:31 PM (#4135444)

Gameday shows five pitches in the strike zone to Rollins there in the bottom of the 4th. One strike, four balls called.

10. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:46 PM (#4135449)

Yikes, this is scary.

11. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:47 PM (#4135451)

Ouch. I hope like heck this isn't something that lingers.

12. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:48 PM (#4135453)

A baseball shouldn't make that clicking noise coming off your skull.

13. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:49 PM (#4135454)

Ouch. I hope like heck this isn't something that lingers.

Me too, although I'd be surprised if it didn't. Taking a baseball to the head is liable to mess you up for awhile.

14. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:50 PM (#4135455)

Yeah, I'm afraid this is the sort of thing where you get Ryan Lavarnway on a plane after the PawSox game, just in case.

15. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:52 PM (#4135456)

And have the trainer watching Salty like a hawk. Head injuries scare the heck out of me.

16. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 08:54 PM (#4135461)

(A) Robot Umpires Now!

(B) Cody Ross does certain things well.

17. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:02 PM (#4135467)

He doesn't play defense or talk a walk that well, but Ross is really hitting the crap out of the ball this year.

18. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:03 PM (#4135469)

He doesn't take a walk. For all I know he talks walks all day long.

19. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:07 PM (#4135472)

Man, I want to hit Jonathan Papelbon. This is how everyone outside New England has felt for the last six or seven years, isn't it?

20. Guapo Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:11 PM (#4135474)

Yes

21. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:12 PM (#4135477)

Hell, I lived in New England and wanted to hit him

22. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:22 PM (#4135483)

More managers should slap relievers around.

I would have said this even if it hadn't been followed by a strikeout.

23. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:26 PM (#4135486)

Yeah. More like that, Gonzo.

24. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:34 PM (#4135500)

Big fly. Hopefully that's Gonzo off the schneid there.

Verlander loses a no-no with 1 out in the 9th.

25. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:42 PM (#4135504)

Freddy Galvis? The hell?

26. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:46 PM (#4135507)

Shoppach
Nava
Byrd

to face Papelbon, down by 2.

Ballgame.

27. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:47 PM (#4135509)

Come on, guys. I'd rather not split the evening with Philly.

28. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:48 PM (#4135510)

But if we can just get someone on base, then it's Nicky Punto Time!

29. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:48 PM (#4135511)

Don't worry, if someone gets on base, Punto comes up to hit the gametying homer.

30. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:49 PM (#4135512)

DAMN IT

31. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:49 PM (#4135513)

We'll take baserunners however they come.

32. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:49 PM (#4135514)

Honestly Gonzalez homering is almost better than winning tonight.

33. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:49 PM (#4135515)

They're giving him a hit on that?

Why do official scorers hate pitchers so ####### much?

34. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:51 PM (#4135517)

Papelbon is overamped fascing his old team.

35. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:54 PM (#4135519)

Is this Valentine's first ejection for the Red Sox?

36. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:54 PM (#4135520)

Give him hell, Bobby!

37. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:54 PM (#4135521)

Uhhh...Byrd looked safe to me.

38. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:55 PM (#4135522)

Looks awfully close. Man, now it comes down to Little Nicky Punto.

39. Mattbert Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:55 PM (#4135523)

Ball beat him by a fraction, but Wiggy was off the bag I thought.

40. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:56 PM (#4135524)

Yes, it's first ejection for BV this season.

41. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:56 PM (#4135525)

Punto has as much of a chance on Papelbon's fastball as I would.

42. Jay Seaver Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:57 PM (#4135527)

Damn it. Well, go Celtics.

43. Dan Posted: May 18, 2012 at 09:58 PM (#4135528)

Wow, Papelbon, you retired Nava, Byrd, and Punto. You really should be flipping out like that.

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