We put our faith in Crabcakes! Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Imagess
Mine will be one of, oh, probably 1000 live blogs of Game 7 tonight. I’m not live blogging for traffic, though. I’m live blogging because the universe compels me to. It worked in Game 5, it worked for Game 6 and I’m hoping it works for Game 7.
In any event, I’m here. And here for the long haul. Win or lose, I’m sticking with them. It’s the least I can do.
I have a good feeling about the team and especially Crabcakes tonight. The Red Sox aren’t ready to call it a season.
Join me for the live blog, won’t you? 8:00pm EST. Even if TBS screws it up again! :lol:
7:37 – NESN is showing the 5:30pm presser with Tito. He looks calm. Sounds like his usual annoyed self with the reporters. He makes me feel confident.
7:44 – According to NESN “First Pitch: 22:50″ and I’m giddy.
7:47 – Remy is hoping there is no “goat” on either side tonight.
7:50 – Donnie O interviewing Rocco Baldelli…stop trying to make me like the Rays tonight, NESN.
7:53 – Incidentally, that photo of Crabby? The only one you’ll see here unless something happens in the game that warrants photos going up. And I know the new-fangled blogging software is easier reading and you’ll probably get it from me next season, but we keep the mojo going by my live-blogging old school.
7:57 – I just turned on TBS and they were showing Crabcakes (Jon Lester for those of you joining me for the first time!) live. He looks incredibly focused. This, this makes me happy.
8:00 – It’s 8pm and we have baseball-related programming on TBS. This is a good sign.
8:06 – The overhead shot TBS was using to show the Trop showed what is probably a little league baseball park across the highway from Tropicana Field. The grass on the little league field looked 1000 times better than whatever the hell the Rays play on.
8:07 – No Lowrie tonight, we get Alex Cora batting ninth. I’m guessing this has something to do with his good fortune against Matt Garza?
8:08 – Carlos Pena gave the “We’re better than them” speech before the game, according to Craig Sager. Let’s see how that works.
8:09 – Coco is .450 in the post-season this year. Wowza. First pitch is a ball. Let’s do this, fellas.
8:10 – Matt Garza has earpluggy things in his ears. So he can’t hear his own crowd? Guess those cowbells are counter-productive tonight. Coco bunts for the first out.
8:11 – PEDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Munchkin power, baby!!! Home run!!!!
8:12 – 3 home runs in the ALCS for Pedroia, thus far. He sucks not.
8:13 – Does Garza spit after every pitch?
8:14 – If they can all boo in unison when Papi steps out of the batter’s box, why can’t they all cheer in unison without using noisemakers and cowbells? (Full count to Papi, incidentally.)
8:15 – Papi walks. Many boo.
8:16 – Garza gets a bit close to Youk with that pitch. I don’t think getting Youk pissed will work in your favor Spitty McSpittsalot.
8:17 – Youk will have his revenge later in the game. For now, he flies out to Baldelli. Papi on first, two outs and JD Drew is up…
8:18 Sweet swing by JD. Too bad he missed the ball completely. 1-1 count.
8:19 – 1-2 count and we get cowbell…
8:19b – JD goes around and Crabcakes is taking the mound. I have faith…I have faith…
8:21 – The “Cyn’s friends at important games” mojo continues with Brenken (aka Susan), JET (aka Janine) and Alexis all being at the Trop tonight. This gives me great confidence.
8:22 – Lester’s first pitch is a strike. Ron Darling is talking about how great his season was. What’s the over under on the first time CANCER is mentioned?
8:24 – 1-2 count. TBS showed Luis Alicea on the bench. He has the psycho eyes tonight. Think these guys are a little tweaked?
8:25 – Ground out to Pedroia and Iwamura goes back to his dugout. Happy trails.
8:26 – Lester’s cap looks a little Trot Nixonish tonight. 2-2 count on Upton.
8:27 – FUCK YOU CHIP CARAY!!!! He was getting ready for his “Track Wall Home run” or whatever friggin’ thing he says but NO JD Drew catches the fly ball. 2 outs. Yippee!!
8:29 – Carlos Pena has a 1-2 count. Ron Darling notes that Crabby had 4 pitches in the first inning in his last start and now he has 14. Yeah, Ron, having only 4 pitches in that first inning really helped him then didn’t it?
8:30 – Garza is spitting in the dugout. Dude gives me the heebie-jeebies. 2-2 count on Carlos.
8:31- Sit down, Carlos. Swinging strike…he haz a sad. 1-0 Sox at the end of one.
8:34 – Jay Bay has an 0-2 count and we learn that Derryl Cousins is home and resting. Hey I know let’s whats do! Let’s show Cousins getting hurt again!
8:35 – Wait a minute. Isn’t Angel Hernandez the umpire pretty much universally known as the suckiest umpire in MLB??? Bay strikes out. I’m crabby about Hernandez.
8:36 – Spitty no longer has earplugs in. Nice of you to join the game, Matt.
8:37 – Kotsay takes a good shot but, alas, he’s out.
8:38 – Why does it surprise the TBS dudes that the Red Sox dugout was happy that Tek hit a home run last night? I mean, REALLY?
8:39 – They just showed a crowd of about forty Rays fans…almost all in gear. Only one in something that wasn’t made this year. Doesn’t necessarily mean anything…but it still bugs me a little.
8:40 – Buck Martinez best not say a freaking thing about Tek’s “C”. Full count to the Captain.
8:42 – Tek takes strike 3. Okay, no worries. Still 1-0 Sox. Longoria will be up when the inning resumes. Now we get the pink taco commercial. Yay.
8:45 – Crabcakes already has a 2-0 count on Longoria. I can’t tell you, between last night and tonight, how many times I’ve initially typed “count” without the “u”. 3-1 count for Evan.
8:46 – Lovely. Ground ball to Cora. We have out numero uno. “Here’s Carl Crawford”. Get him out, Crabby. Do it for Matt Clement!
8:48 – Crawford strikes out swinging on 3 pitches. Sweeet.
8:49 – It just struck me that I wasn’t appreciating the importance of this game. Holy shit it’s game 7. That is all.
8:49b – Three quick outs. So far, Lester looks pretty freaking good.
8:51 – I admit it. I totally heart the MLB application on my iPhone. I also admit that, when not in character, I think Frank Caliendo looks like a big old teddy bear. :)
8:52 – Cora starts the third inning. He is 2 for 8 in the post-season. I love AC, I do. I just don’t get putting him in here.
8:53 – 1 out to Carl Crawford. Back to Coco who gets booed like he’s Hitler. I love it! :lol:
8:55 – Hmmm…that ball was a little close to Coco’s back.
8:56 – Coco has a 1-2 count. Spitty doesn’t seem to like the cowbells much.
8:57 – Coco strikes out and we get a shot of the Heckler (he was in the grey t-shirt) in the crowd. 2 outs.
8:58 – The TBS dudes are excited to tell us that Dustin Pedroia is short. This broadcast should win an award.
9:00 – Spitty hits Pedroia on the arm. Thank you for the base. I hope you pay dearly.
9:01 – If you’re reading this after the fact, I beg you, read the comments. I’m dying here. :lol:
9:02 – Pedroia takes second on a really shitty pitch. Papi has a 2-2 count.
9:03 -Papi strikes out. 1-0 Sox going to the bottom of the third. Jeez…Ron Darling calls him ORteez too?
9:06 – Lester v Navarro. This time it’s personal.
9:07 – Navarro looks like that kid from the original Bad News Bears movie…Miguel?
9:08 – Remember in 2004 when little kids were getting their hair cornrowed? I didn’t realize how dumb that looked until I saw all these little kids in Tampa with mohawks. Navarro has a 3-2 count.
9:09 – Lester fears your full counts not. Navarro strikes out and the pride of Rhode Island is up.
9:10 – Oooh….we’re going to get the Rocco Baldelli sickness story instead of the cancer talk. Crabcakes would be psyched!
9:11 – Rocco strikes out. Don’t be sad, Rocco. Navarro struck out too!
9:11b – On Crabby’s first pitch, Bartlett pops it up. 1-0 Sox after 3. Popping open the Red Bull now.
9:14 – Okay, Youk, enough of this. Get a hit.
9:15 – It sounded like Martinez called Navarro “DeMarlo”. Yeah, Red Sox on the brain, I have it.
9:15b – 2-2 count to Youk. Who, according to Ron Darling, has a “chip on his shoulder”.
9:16 – Youk hits it to Longoria, who throws him out. 1 out, JD up.
9:17 – Maddon is doing the in-game interview. This means, I’m guessing, that we’ll get Tito too. Fun times ahead.
9:17b – Drew pops up. 2 outs. How did I forget that Garza and Navarro had a “brush up” as Darling called it? Another in-team fight would totally rock.
9:19 – 1-2 count on Jay Bay. Come on, dude, get yourself to the World Series.
9:20 – Jay Bay is saving it for the seventh inning. 3 outs. Ooh, did I mention that there was a story on the local news where they interviewed a psychic? She said the Sox would win it, but that the game would be kind of slow and draggy until the seventh inning. I was making fun of it as I watched it, but I’m hoping she might be right.
9:23 – Crabcakes gives up the first hit and Caray uses his “thunder” line again, but this time for the Rays. Iwamura on first…
9:24 – Double play…double play…double play…(hey it could happen!)
9:25 – 1-2 count on Upton. My chest hurts a little.
9:26 – That was friggin’ sweet! Upton goes down swinging. Guess that makes him silent thunder or something, eh Chip? Carlos Pena could hit into a double play right now and I’d be very happy.
9:27 – “Don’t worry about beating the Boston Red Sox”. Who should they worry about beating, the Yankees?
9:28 – I take great pride in the fact that when “Blitzkreig Bop” gets played at Fenway, it isn’t to get the crowd into the game, it’s to get the crowd to encourage the opposing pitcher to throw a freaking pitch!
9:29 – Not a double play, but Pedroia gets the lead guy!!!!! Sit down Iwamura! 2 outs, 1 on, someone with noisy at-bat music up.
9:29b – That would be Evan Longoria, who has an 0-1 count.
9:31 – Let’s not hit him, Jon. An out. Get yourself the third out.
9:31b – Nice pitch, Crabby. 2-2 count, baby!
9:32 – Oh shit. How was he not out? Tie score. Fuck. (Mind you, I know he wasn’t out. They should have had him.) Tie score. 1-1.
9:33 – Come on, Jon, get yourself out of the inning. 0-2 count to Crawford.
9:34 – Youk’s a little tough on himself for not catching a not-catchable ball. Hey, it’s the “Let’s go Mets” cheer!!
9:35 – Crawford chases and misses. 1-1 at the end of the 4th. No worries. Kotsay will start the scoring again.
9:38 – Why are there so man ballparks outside The Trop?
9:40 – Ooh, Crabby lookes PISSED in the dugout. Channel that energy, dude. 3-1 count to Kotsay, Lord of Thunder.
9:40b – Kotasy pops out to bring up Tek. 9 pitch at-bat his first time up. Let’s do that again except end it with a home run, kay?
9:41 – Or make an out on the first pitch you see. Six of one…
9:42 – Cora has an 0-2 count…Oh Alex, you make baby Jesus cry.
9:44 – They’re showing the “More Cowbell” SNL sketch on the scoreboard at the Trop right now. Alexis is probably thisclose to killing someone.
9:45 – Lester throws a first-pitch strike and BINGO!!! Who had 9:45 EST for the time when TBS started talking about the cancer???????
9:46 – Incidentally, why are they mentioning Josh Hamilton? His story isn’t even close to Lester’s or Baldelli’s.
9:47 – And CRAP. Aybar hits a double. Oh man. Just chill out, Crabs, chill out.
9:48 – The fifth inning is too early for me to stop typing and start pacing, right?
9:49 – Okay, Jon, tough love here. Cut the sucky shit out and get this fucker out. 3-1 to Navarro.
9:50 – WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??????? No play? Fuck me. Two on, no outs.
9:51 – I love you AC. I want Lowrie. That’s okay, we’ll get a double play from Rocco.
9:52 – Baldelli hits a “towering” foul ball. Chip Caray sounds like he wants to cry.
9:53 – Well, fuck. Base hit. Another run scores. 2-1 Tampa.
9:54 – Come on, Jon, shake this shit off and get outs.
9:57 – Good Job, Jon. Bartlett strikes out to bring up Iwamura. Now’s the time for the double play ball mofo.
9:57b – Screw it, I’ll take the out anyway we can get it. One more of those, Jon, one more.
9:59 – Upton is out…way to go, Jon. 2-1 Rays lead. Sox can overcome that.
10:02 – Coco, Pedie, Papi…I can dig it.
10:04 – A random quote of the night from Ron Darling “I’m definitely hip to that”. Are you “hip”, Ron? Somehow, I don’t think so.
10:05 – Well, crap. Coco’s out. Come on, Pedie, we need your MVP magic, baby!
10:07 – Pedie has a 2-2 count…and I’m shaking just a little bit. :)
10:09 – That’s it, Dustin, tire him out. Still 2-2.
10:10 – Full count after 9 pitches…
10:11 – Dustin…let’s straighten that out and get a hit. A home run would be good too.
10:12 – FABULOUS at-bat for Dustin. An 11-pitch walk! 1 out, 1 on, the Large Father approaches.
10:17 – Strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out. Woo. :(
10:20 – Pena pops up the first pitch. As Chip said, “One pitch. One out.”
10:21 – Two quick outs.
10:22 – Nice, painless inning. Going into the 7th..2-1 Rays
10:25 – This is the inning they’re going to come back…
10:26 – But not with Youk leading the way…one out.
10:26b – It hits me that we just need one run to tie and that JD is good for a home run. Make it so, dude.
10:28 – Wow. Four pitch walk to bring up Jay Bay who is MOST FREAKING CERTAINLY due.
10:30 – YAY Bay!!!! I’ll take the single! Two on, one out and Mark Kotsay is up. Can I get someone to play “Thunderstruck”?
10:33 – Kotsay is out and moves up Drew. Captain has a rally in him….
10:36 – Good God, Tek, what were you swinging at? I think I need to pace now.
10:39 – Lester has a 2-2 count on Aybar. Another quick inning, please, Jon.
10:42 – Well, fuck. Home run. 3-1 Tampa. I haz a sad.
10:43 – Navarro makes the first out.
10:45 – Will Buck Martinez be sad to know that Rocco Baldelli hasn’t broken my heart? Crabcakes strikes him out. Two outs.
10:48 – Three outs. 3-1 Rays. Sox need to kick their asses into gear and now, baby!
10:49 – I have a good feeling about this inning!
10:51 – Garza is in as is Gabe Gross…wooo!
10:52 – Holy cow. Booted ball = Alex Cora on base!!!!!!!
10:52b – See this I don’t get. Cora is only on base because Bartlett booted the ball. Why bother bringing him out if you’re going to take him out after an error that wasn’t his fault?
10:53 – I’m getting a REALLY good feeling…Spitty, you pitched a hell of a game. Time for your bullpen to blow it.
10:55 – I was hoping for Balfour, but Wheeler seems to be workable too…fingers crossed…
10:57 – Possibly my favorite comment of the night from Tom in NY: “Garza’s like: damn, Wheeler sucks. I hope he doesn’t blow it for Chip.” :lol:
10:58 – Coco has a 2-2 count…
10:59 – Coco. Crisp. Base hit…two on…no out…Pedie up….I need to go pace, I’ll be right back…
11:00 – Who am I kidding? I can’t leave. Gammons is behind home plate….la la la…
11:01 – Well, damn. “He got under it”. Yes. Yes he did. Large Father is up and we really need him to come up big.
11:02 – Wheeler is out…annoying commercials to add to my anxiety. They can do this…they can do this…
11:04 – Make them pay for bringing in Howell, Papi.
11:09 – Well. No double play. Coco out on fielder’s choice. Papi on first. Cora on third. Youk is up. Hope, people, hope. Howell is out of the game and Bradford is in.
11:15 – Youk walks. Bradford is out of the game. Fifth pitcher of the inning for the Rays is coming in.
11:16 – Oh, JD…don’t squander this. I KNOW you can do something with this opportunity. I totally believe it!
11:21 – Well, if that isn’t the definition of squandering an opportunity, I don’t know what is. Fuck.
11:24 – Oki gets a quick out. Two more please.
11:25 – Coco makes a sweet catch. Two down in the 8th.
11:28 – As ever, Oki does his job. Sox have one last chance to take this game. Call me crazy, but I still think they can do it!
11:31 – Bay, Kotsay and Varitek. It’s like the fates have set it up for those boys to come up big.
11:34 – He walked Bay. Kotsay could totally do something here!!!!!
11:35 – I just put on “The Immigrant Song“.
11:36 – Kotsay strikes out. Is this where I type “At least it wasn’t a double play”?
11:37 – The Captain has the opportunity to give us life.
11:39 – Instead, he strikes out weakly. Oh man. One more out. Sox don’t come back and I am NOT live-blogging the Rays celebrating.
11:40 – Lowrie in. 0-1 count.
11:40b – Game over…Rays win…Garza pitched a hell of a game and earned the win.
11:41 – I have to end this by saying, they gave it a good run and I’m damn proud of this team. No shame in making it to Game 7 of the ALCS and losing. None at all. I’ll certainly be watching the World Series…and I’ll be rooting for the Phillies. :)
Thanks to everyone for coming by tonight – it was fun even though the ending was disappointing.
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“because the universe compels me to”
Don’t mess with the karma!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:15 pm ¶No way. I can’t.
Some clothes as the last two games.
Same beverage (Red Bull).
Sitting in the same spot in the house.
I am karma’s bitch. :lol:
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:20 pm ¶lovers, muggers, etc, hello!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:45 pm ¶Yeah, Karma is a bitch.
So much so, that I’m also wearing the same shirt, sitting in the same spot on our sofa, and still unshaven since Thursday’s win.
Looking forward to another blastabulous night with the TTR Live Blog Crew!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:50 pm ¶Saif! Wooo!
I was just told that I’ve been “Off the wall” today. :lol:
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:50 pm ¶I too am sitting in the same place, wearing the same shirt with the same person, drinking the same thing, getting ready to eat the same thing. Why mess with what works?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:55 pm ¶Insanity so runs in the family. :)
I’m no sure who else will show up. Last night was the first time we had such a live blog crowd here!
Nice to see everyone here – thanks!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 7:56 pm ¶Tom Too, present, accounted for, and ready for battle!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:00 pm ¶Geez, I just turned on TBS and saw the three stooges…then realized it was just Chip, Buck, and Ron. My bad.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:02 pm ¶I am karma’s bitch///
I’m usually karma’s fuck toy…
:wave: (does that work?) Have fun tonight – your stuff, and the comments, were stellar last night…
Let’s go boyos!!!
xoxo
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:03 pm ¶hayes
Play Ball!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:05 pm ¶Man I HATE the Trop!!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:07 pm ¶Ear plugs?!?!?!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:10 pm ¶PEDI!!!!
You’re the MAN!!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:11 pm ¶Is it wrong I want to put a dress on Pedroia and hump him? ><
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:12 pm ¶PEDEY!!!!!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:12 pm ¶Welcome to game 7, Mr. Garza!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:13 pm ¶dave: LMAO
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:13 pm ¶// Is it wrong I want to put a dress on Pedroia and hump him?
Yeah, Dave…that IS wrong. Sorry.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:13 pm ¶but he’s so dreamy :)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:14 pm ¶And yes, he’s constantly spitting. It’s rather disgusting. I noticed it his last start.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:14 pm ¶Ortiz needs to take this guy the other way. Strange, but it doesn’t seem like Garza is pitching to the shift
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:15 pm ¶I don’t get the spitting. How does he not run out of saliva?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:16 pm ¶Whoa
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:16 pm ¶Here comes the Youka Bazooka! Blastoff Baby!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:16 pm ¶Where’s Gross when you need him? Damn.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:17 pm ¶// How does he not run out of saliva?
Not that I’m in the habit of analyzing spit, but it’s that “cotton mouth-y” kinda spit. More “habitual” than “necessary”.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:18 pm ¶Why can’t Gabe Gross play?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:18 pm ¶With the Bucs playing tonight as well, I was hoping half of the Rays “fans” would skip game 7 for the football game ;).
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:20 pm ¶Bring it, Jon!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:22 pm ¶No, Ron. It was game 4.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:23 pm ¶Ron uses Tampa math: 4=7 (or some silly shit like that)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:25 pm ¶Cyn the over/under on Lester is a sucker bet, with TBS. It will be discussed before the game is over, IMO
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:26 pm ¶Just once I want him to look at one of the reporters and say “Who told you I had cancer? I never had cancer!”.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:27 pm ¶Cyn, I would tell the reporter, “Yeah, I had cancer of the ass…wanna see my scar?”
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:28 pm ¶Pardon my language tonight. I’m a little hyper. :)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:28 pm ¶Nice Jon! WWWWOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:31 pm ¶More runs, please…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:32 pm ¶//“Yeah, I had cancer of the ass…wanna see my scar?”//
:lol:
He should totally use that.
Truly nice inning, Jon.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:32 pm ¶Buck: “Not many pitchers that can pitch with their fastball” WFT?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:37 pm ¶Tek is pained… hee hee
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:39 pm ¶Or Pitcher….
oh that Buck..
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:39 pm ¶Does anyone else hate the twitchy glove-thing that Garza does? It is super annoying.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:40 pm ¶Dan Wheeler does it to. It’s so he can change the grip on the ball without anyone being able to tell.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶Tek is having a great at bat…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶Wheeler does the glove thing too… Tek having a good at bat here
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶Oh well. That was still nine pitches Tek took away from Garza.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:42 pm ¶Good way to look at it K!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:43 pm ¶We’re not getting the same commercials up this way. Pink taco? Dare I ask?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:45 pm ¶Sign in Tampa: “Not in our house!” Be for real, does that guy know that his underwear size is higher than the number of wins Tampa has had every year since…forever.?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:46 pm ¶Pink taco is actually red. The one from Taco Bell. Supposed to be “extra” hot…but it’s over rated.
My theory: there’s some factory in Alberta, Canada, that makes different-colored taco shells. They got stiffed on payment of some red colored ones, so they sold them to Taco Bell at a discount.
No other explanation matches that one in logic.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:50 pm ¶Tom Too, the Trop put up a sign on their Jumbo-Tron while I was there:
“Let’s shows the Red Sox Fans this is Our House”
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:50 pm ¶Tru: If Tampa has to remind people it’s “our house”, perhaps it isn’t.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:52 pm ¶//I also admit that, when not in character, I think Frank Caliendo looks like a big old teddy bear.//
When you’re not in character, or when he’s not in character?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:53 pm ¶Exactly. My sense of it was that management is still trying to convince people to be fans; both are out of step
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:53 pm ¶Coco at it again!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:56 pm ¶“The little horse?”
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:58 pm ¶He’s going to call Pedie the Little Horse until the day he dies. Which may be soon.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:58 pm ¶Can we just stop with the “Caballito” comments and the “galloping around the bases” thing? And can we PLEASE get through a Pedroia at bat without mentioning his size? There are a million other things to talk about with him. Can we mention how invaluable he’s been this year? Anything about his toughness? Determination? PLEASE?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:59 pm ¶The little horse kills me.
“I don’t care if it wasn’t true! It IS true!”
And, I’m always in character.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:00 pm ¶Not that Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are THAT much better, but I’m SOOOOO glad that these guys aren’t going to be announcing the World Series. SOOOO glad.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:00 pm ¶Well then, Pedroia ought to call Buck something… Geez, that’s got some potential for a contest
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:00 pm ¶I wanna know what Papi’s shirt says (under his jersey).
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:01 pm ¶Booooo, throwing-at-the-Little-Horse! Boooo!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:01 pm ¶Papi’s shirt says “Phuck Buck!”
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:02 pm ¶C’mon, Papi! Kill a Ray!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:02 pm ¶Lord now Darling is calling him ORtiz
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶I just heard RON say David OR-tiz…what the hell is wrong with these guys?!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶Feh
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶Can they send someone up with a roster and pronunciation guide? Carter, maybe?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:05 pm ¶What gets me is that Buck’s last name is Martinez…. He called Pedro “Marteenis” last night. How can a guy with the last name of Martinez not be able to pronounce latino names properly?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:06 pm ¶It took Scooter the Fastball from Fox to help McCarver get Brandon Arroyo’s name squared away…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:08 pm ¶Thanks Tru….I had forgotten about the animated abomination that was Scooter.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:09 pm ¶Hey Buck, STFUBISYUTHAKYAOTD
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:09 pm ¶Back office politics got Scooter axed… McCarver’s fingerprints were all over it; he was afraid of being replaced by a cartoon.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:10 pm ¶Lester is en fuego!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:11 pm ¶Nice 123
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:11 pm ¶Why would they bother replacing a cartoon with another cartoon?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:11 pm ¶All the guys who used to want their women-folk to watch baseball with them never anticipated being bombarded with ED commercials…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:13 pm ¶Exactly, Dave. Fox decided one cartoon was easier to manipulate.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:13 pm ¶You can take your hair out of cornrows. Mohawks may not be forever, but they’re for a while, anyway…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:16 pm ¶Maddon looks worried. Like a guy checkin his stocks last week. Or a kid who’s just been caught cheating on a test.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:17 pm ¶Here’s a picture of two boobs that are bigger than Dolly Pardon’s: Look Here
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:17 pm ¶Good point. ANd your hair usually looks awesome when you take it out of the cornrows!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:19 pm ¶Anyone know how many pitches Garza has thrown?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:22 pm ¶// Anyone know how many pitches Garza has thrown?
Approximately one thousand.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:23 pm ¶Garza is at 66 pitches, Lester at 43.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:23 pm ¶// Anyone know how many pitches Garza has thrown?
>> Approximately one thousand.
That’s how many times he’s spit.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:24 pm ¶Free taco!!!!
http://cache.boston.com/images/bostondirtdogs//tacoby_1026.gif
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:25 pm ¶As long as we don’t have to eat the pink tacos…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:27 pm ¶Are pink tacos the same as fish tacos? I don’t get out much.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:28 pm ¶Geez, you can hear the Heckler
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:28 pm ¶Just noticed that Pedi’s beard looks like something from Teen Wolf.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:30 pm ¶Si’ Tom Too. :lol:
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:31 pm ¶Did Chip just say Bellwether? Here’s the “Real” meaning: Bellwether
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:32 pm ¶dammit!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:32 pm ¶Well, the throw from Pedroia, if on line gets him… Thanks for getting in the way, blue…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:35 pm ¶that should have been fan interference.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:35 pm ¶//Youk’s a little tough on himself for not catching a not-catchable ball.//
Castig’s not entirely sure it wasn’t catchable. Kill the ump!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:35 pm ¶It was catchable… Blue cost Youk a step or two…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:37 pm ¶The Sprint commercial: If that woman loves here “Instinct” THAT much, do you think she uses “D” batteries in it?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:37 pm ¶Well then I say we kill him. It happened on national tv. We have our defense ready-made.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:38 pm ¶Let’s go Boston!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:39 pm ¶It even goes with the Stephen King appearance. Every night another umpire goes down, mysteriously…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:39 pm ¶Do rays eat human flesh? Just asking.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:40 pm ¶>>Do rays eat human flesh? Just asking.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:42 pm ¶No, German food…especially Zipper Schnitzel.
Um, 1-800-Alex
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:43 pm ¶Heads Up: CANCER ALERT from TBS
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:46 pm ¶Who had the 5th Inning for the Cancer pool?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:46 pm ¶Cyn, if I have Chip taken out, there isn’t a jury in America that would convict me.
Right?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:46 pm ¶Come on Jon!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:48 pm ¶//Alexis is probably thisclose to killing someone.//
Was Alexis at Game 1? I don’t need to be paranoid that she’s bad luck, do I?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:48 pm ¶Ted, you betcha!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:48 pm ¶Longoria and that last hit were REALLY crappy swings
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:49 pm ¶I can’t remember, Kelly. :/
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:50 pm ¶Does the guy sitting behind home plate know it’s a Rays game, and not a Bucs game? Idiot.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:50 pm ¶//Incidentally, why are they mentioning Josh Hamilton? His story isn’t even close to Lester’s or Baldelli’s.//
Because we can’t all get cancer or whatever Baldelli has, but we all have the opportunity to wreck our lives with drugs. That’s my guess.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:51 pm ¶Yeah, that’s what I need to see right now. Dickie V jumping and cheering.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:54 pm ¶Shit
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:54 pm ¶Dig deep, Jon! Come on, turn the DP here
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 9:56 pm ¶“The Rays lead in pivotal game seven” … and the Red Sox only have 12 more outs…Oh No!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:00 pm ¶…”Sox can overcome that.”…
Yeah, they can.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:00 pm ¶I swear to God…Chip’s GOTTA have some money on these games. There’s NO WAY someone on a national assignment can be THIS biased! Come-the-frig-on!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:00 pm ¶Chip blows.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:01 pm ¶The whole questioning Tito’s faith in Lester schtick pissed me off.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:01 pm ¶Chip seems to forget Lester had Tito’s faith in a game in late October, 2007, you know?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:03 pm ¶Okay, so that spitting shit is TOTALLY disgusting.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:07 pm ¶Great at bat here by Pedi
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:10 pm ¶Now Papi… Bring it!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:12 pm ¶Is that PApi or paPI?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:14 pm ¶lol
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:15 pm ¶FUCK
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:17 pm ¶bah
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:17 pm ¶double shit…why are we sending the runner on a full count with youk on deck?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:18 pm ¶We need a 1-2-3 STFU inning here.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:18 pm ¶I’m hoping Maddon makes a mistake and sends Garza back out… He’s pitched well, no doubt, but he’s past 100 and there are a couple of guys who can hopefully exploit that.. That, plus his pen sucking would be nice.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:18 pm ¶I don’t think they’ve got much of a pen left after last night.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:20 pm ¶A great bounce back inning for Jon… Now get the man some runs
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:22 pm ¶1-2-3 inning. Nice.
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/01/11/funny-pictures-eeeeeeeeeexcellent/
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:24 pm ¶Okay, this is where we do damage!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:26 pm ¶“We want Balfour, we want Balfour…we want Balfour”
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:27 pm ¶Come on Jay Bay… You can park one in the cheap seats
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:28 pm ¶On his heels?
STFU!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:29 pm ¶I’ll take it
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:29 pm ¶Balfour!!!!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm ¶Look, Bay has no heels. Poor Jason Bay, no heels…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm ¶It’s the seventh inning. Time for fireworks?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm ¶maddon: look, matt, chip’s got some serious cash on this game…don’t eff it up!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:31 pm ¶Come on Tek…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:34 pm ¶Sigh
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶I feel like I’m gonna vomit
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶“Big Game Garza!” Please, phuck me dry and call me Dusty!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶So, do we pinch hit for him next time up?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:37 pm ¶We have Cora up to begin next inning. After his last AB, I’d consider PH him for Lowrie, as Garza is most likely done.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:39 pm ¶“Six outs away…” from sitting on their fat asses while the Sox go to the Series.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:40 pm ¶sigh
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:41 pm ¶Not giving up, of course–it’s funny how a 2-run lead feels like about 10 right now–but this is where I wish they’d pulled out the two September series, to have home field now.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:43 pm ¶I can’t stand these announcers any more. I’d rather listen to Howard Cosell and frikkin Dickie V. at this point.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:47 pm ¶Here we go!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:49 pm ¶So, PH for Cora? Maybe and Elsbury re-emergance?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:49 pm ¶Yay! Gabe Gross! I can feel it!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:51 pm ¶Wow, Maddon stays with Garza and puts Gross in the game. This is an opportunity, and the bats need to take it.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶And the comeback begins…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶Yeah!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶Pinch run Ellsbury?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶Gotta admit, Garza did come up big for his team…bastard.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:53 pm ¶Wheeeeeeee-ler!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:55 pm ¶He threw a great game, no doubt. I just don’t want his team to win. So nice job llama mouth, but now it’s a different story.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:56 pm ¶Garza’s like: damn, Wheeler sucks. I hope he doesn’t blow it for Chip.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:56 pm ¶Llama mouth…instant classic!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:57 pm ¶ALL RIGHT COCO!!!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:59 pm ¶Tru: LOL
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:59 pm ¶Chip: “you give the red sox life, they take life away from you.”
Whaaa…?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:00 pm ¶Kevin Youkilis, I’d like to ask you a favor…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:11 pm ¶>> …Youk is up. Hope, people, hope.
“Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself… ‘How did I get through all of that?”
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:13 pm ¶Anonymous
Youk sweats a LOT!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:14 pm ¶Thanks, Tom Too. I needed that.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:15 pm ¶Another Drew grand slam in an ALCS please..
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:16 pm ¶Dave: I will have Drew’s children if he hits a granny here.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:17 pm ¶Choco-dude looks like doo-doo-dude.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:17 pm ¶// Dave: I will have Drew’s children if he hits a granny here.
So will I.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:18 pm ¶I’ll loan you Pedroia’s dress ;)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:19 pm ¶it was outside and he didn’t go around…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:20 pm ¶Wow
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:20 pm ¶no way in hell he went around. if he did, i’ll have sex with chip caray. AND buck martinez. AT THE SAME TIME!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:21 pm ¶Dave: Don’t need the dress…I have a thong that’s to die for. (but it does chafe).
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:21 pm ¶I just…fuck.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:21 pm ¶Well said, Cyn
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:23 pm ¶Oki’s pitching Cyn ;)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:25 pm ¶…”I just…fuck”…
Well Cyn, I’m hoping everyone does, at least once in a while..
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:26 pm ¶Price is coming back out…let’s ring his ass up…Cha Ching!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:27 pm ¶I still believe.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:27 pm ¶Rally time! Bay, Kotsay, and Tek up, with Cora waiting if anyone reaches. Let’s DO IT!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:28 pm ¶Rally caps: I’m not wearing a hat so I’ve got my boxers on inside out. Rally Baby!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:28 pm ¶I still believe, too…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:29 pm ¶I totally believe. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t. :)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:30 pm ¶Everybody’s in… the way it’s supposed to be!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:30 pm ¶it’s something..
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:34 pm ¶for a few million dollars, you’d think a guy could pull of a friggin bunt?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:35 pm ¶Lowrie with the hero swing?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:39 pm ¶Great season, everyone. Props to the Rays!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:40 pm ¶Heck of a season, and at least the Rays had to go through 7 full games with the reigning champs to make it there.
Wake me when pitchers and catchers report.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:41 pm ¶Sigh
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:41 pm ¶Yup, you gotta admit, the Rays beat us.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:41 pm ¶Thanks to the Sox for a great season. Thanks to Cyn for writing to faithfully.
Peace and pleasant dreams to all.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:43 pm ¶//Yup, you gotta admit, the Rays beat us.//
In a weird way, I’m kind of glad the Sox clearly ran out of steam on all fronts. They left it all out there, but got beaten. No shame in that; just some disappointment.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:43 pm ¶KellyO: well said.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:44 pm ¶Thanks to all of you for coming by.
I’m bummed but, oddly, not “mad” or really upset. Rays fought hard and Garza really DID earn this.
Even so, I won’t be rooting for them – but I can’t be bitter about them pulling this off. Good for them!
This team gave us a great season – and I don’t feel compelled to complain!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:45 pm ¶Look, at least the Yanks still suck.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:48 pm ¶// nighty night Red Sox.. you’re not the little engine that could any more.. never again
Who’s this guy? Showing up late, eh? Were you gonna show if the Sox had come back and crushed Cinderella’s hopes?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:51 pm ¶S’okay. The best part of running the site is deleting the vermin.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:53 pm ¶Thanks, Cyn. Remember, the Pats are still okay, the Celts are defending champs, and the Bruins aren’t all that bad, either. Plenty to gloat about in the other sports.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:54 pm ¶Right on, Tom! It’s good to be a Boston/New England fan. Losing in Game 7 of the ALCS doesn’t change that!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:55 pm ¶Agreed. I gotta run! It’s been a blast this season. Here’s to winning it all in ’09!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:57 pm ¶G’nite Cyn, and give your Mom and Dad a big hug and a kiss from “The Toms.”
Thanx.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 11:58 pm ¶I sure will!
Good night, fellas!
Posted 20 Oct 2008 at 12:12 am ¶Sorry I couldn’t make the liveblog, Cyn. Came back from the dentist around 3 hours in and wanted to watch the game as live on DVR.
They gave it a shot, good on ‘em.
And they’ve got a shot next year whatever happens in the post season.
Posted 20 Oct 2008 at 1:53 am ¶