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Monday, September 26, 2011
RedSox (89-70) @ Orioles (67-92), Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:05pm
BOS: Josh Beckett (31, RHP, 13-6, 2.70) BAL: Tommy Hunter (24, RHP, 4-4, 4.86)
The Primer Chimp
Posted: September 26, 2011 at 01:00 PM | 477 comment(s)
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...while Buck Showalter is probably chomping at the bit at the idea of playing spoiler, to the point where if the Orioles somehow eliminate the Red Sox, he might come out of the dugout and give the finger to the many Red Sox fans that will be in Camden Yards. Buck, you magnificent bastard. (Emphasis on the bastard).
The really scary thing is that the Red Sox need to win this thing before a 1 game playoff because then it'd be...John Lackey? going against one of the Rays' starters.
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Carl Crawford (L) LF
3. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
4. David Ortiz (L) DH
5. Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B
6. Jed Lowrie (S) 3B
7. J.D. Drew (L) RF
8. Jason Varitek (S) C
9. Marco Scutaro (R) SS
1. Matt Angle (L) LF
2. J.J. Hardy (R) SS
3. Nick Markakis (L) RF
4. Vladimir Guerrero (R) DH
5. Matt Wieters (S) C
6. Adam Jones (R) CF
7. Mark Reynolds (R) 1B
8. Chris Davis (L) 3B
9. Robert Andino (R) 2B
Not a fan of the lineup with Crawford batting 2nd and Drew (65 wRC+) playing over Reddick (106 wRC+). And Varitek starting 2 nights in a row against RHP sucks ass. Glad to see Lowrie again, he looked really good last night (and in his previous start before that as well).
1. Derek Jeter (R) SS
2. Curtis Granderson (L) CF
3. Robinson Cano (L) 2B
4. Alex Rodriguez (R) DH
5. Jorge Posada (S) 1B
6. Eric Chavez (L) 3B
7. Russell Martin (R) C
8. Eduardo Nunez (R) RF
9. Brett Gardner (L) LF
1. Desmond Jennings (R) LF
2. B.J. Upton (R) CF
3. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
4. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B
5. Johnny Damon (L) DH
6. Matt Joyce (L) RF
7. Casey Kotchman (L) 1B
8. Kelly Shoppach (R) C
9. Reid Brignac (L) SS
I suppose Tito's doubled down on Crawford in the #2 hole for the remainder of the season. Carl may feel more "comfortable" in the #2 hole, but I don't.
It's a B lineup, not a C or D lineup. But clearly a B lineup.
Dan, what's your sourcing on the "Lackey cheating on his wife" rumor from the Lackey thread?
In any event, what I've tended to find (since we now know a bunch of couples who are/were in the same boat as us) is basically this: if you had problems before your child got sick, it just exacerbated things... the people we know who did get divorced had issues long before their kid got sick.
In Lackey's case, I'll stand by the idea that he's had some #### going on this year, and clearly his head wasn't in the right place. I don't feel betrayed or disappointed, I suppose I just think: he's human. Bad #### happens in your life (whether you caused it or not), you get affected. His misfortune is that his occupation means millions of folks get to find out details about what any of us would consider is a private affair.
There was an "anonymous athlete" referenced in a Herald piece that was clearly referencing Lackey cheating. And since then on SoSH I've seen lots of people comment that they have personally seen him out at various bars in Boston without teammates or his wife and with various young ladies.
I suppose that might not be rigorous enough to be convinced, but given what we know about the guy and the general vibe he projects I don't find those things hard to believe at all. Even before the divorce became news I was inclined to believe those reports.
Perhaps it's unfair to him, but I haven't really seen any reason to give him the benefit of the doubt. Even the way he handled it yesterday by lashing out at the sports reporters was pretty lame when it was a gossip rag reporter who harassed him with the text message.
The Noesi vs. Tropicana Field Shields part concerns me more than the offensive matchup honestly, as far as likelihood of outcomes for that game.
####### Varitek - jesus - the guy is throwing runs away literally every game - he's a ####### novelty act - much like Wakefield and a few of the other non performers this year that Tito keeps trotting out there...
I'm ####### angry already
I guess he takes the Derek Lowe Memorial position in my moral evaluation of Red Sox pitchers.
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Dan--I was typing up my post and didn't see all that further stuff you posted... But I suppose I stand by my initial sentiment. When things go south in your life, you're capable of bad things. Perhaps most/many of us would not given in to those things, but people do. I've never been told my wife's had cancer. I'd like to think I'd behave in a standup way about it if I was. I'd like to think I'd be the man I'd want me to be in such circumstances, but I'll never know for sure unless/until it actually happens.
What's the line from Chinatown? "You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of ANYTHING."
Maybe there IS a god.;..
No Varitek.
Looked really dizzy and out of it
2. Carl Crawford (L) LF
3. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
4. David Ortiz (L) DH
5. Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B
WHY? Why do they put Crawford 2nd, WHY? Has anyone else noticed that Scutaro is uh, well, like, hitting pretty well...wouldn't it make sense to put him 2nd? Gonzo 3rd, Pedroia 4th, Papi 5th, then the rest... Am I missing something? Please tell me I'm missing something?
Cano goes out to CF.
Makes No Sense At All
Lowrie keyed the rally yesterday with a triple off Nova. He's actually been good since coming back from his latest cortisone shot in the shoulder.
We will need them to win all three this week...
Being taped, will return.
Beckett's throw to 2nd came close.
Bull, that just what they say. In reality, he's probably had a heart attack or something but he's filled himself with such rage in his quest to "whip" Theo Epstein that he is just ignoring it. Stubborn old cuss.
Yes, and a 150 point edge in slugging.
He fielded it on a hop, took about 2 steps to the bag and fired a bullet to home ... that nearly nailed Zobrist coming home ... and that one-hopped Martin "in time" to get Upton, WHO DIDN'T SLIDE, at home.
Of course, Upton was probably safe on the throw, getting his leg on the plate before Martin came around with the tag, but, again, HE DIDN'T BOTHER TO SLIDE.
Shades of the other Giambi ...
I have about as much faith in that as the Sox winning the division by 10 games....
Well the cuba gooding theory has been put forward and seems to carry more weight with every suspicious outing...
I really think he's having issues seeing at night or with his eyesight period.
Also, Jim Presley, hitting coach???
File that one in the never-would-have-guessed-it file.
That Cuba Gooding is impersonating Crawford AND is a double agent working for the Rays.
Pretty much explains the whole forgetting how to play baseball thing in 2011.
I wonder about that too. He looks dazed up there sometimes. I really wonder if there's something else going on.
I'm assuming it's that because Crawford looks so much like Gooding, that they secretly decided to switch places in life this season and the Red Sox ended up with an actor playing LF.
Cano with an RBI single.
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