Gameday Open Thread: Dodgers

by Texy
2008 March 6 at 11:35 am
Red Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers
1:05 pm
City of Palms Park – Ft. Myers
SP: Tim Wakefield
tv/radio: ESPN – MLB.TV

It’s Wakey Wake and the Sox versus DLowe and the Dodgers – and the battle will take place live on your television set on ESPN.

Use the comments to this entry as your own personal Gameday open thread. These open threads have been fun so far – so I’ll keep ‘em up as long as y’all are interested in having them.

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  1. 2008 March 6 at 11:49 am

    This live Brett Favre press conference is making me tear up.

  2. 2008 March 6 at 12:08 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Awwww – Juan Pierre! He used to be a Cubbie. But I don’t miss his stat line, that’s for sure.

  3. 2008 March 6 at 12:14 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Sean! Great play, but… don’t hurt yourself.

  4. 2008 March 6 at 12:20 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Stop calling Dustin Pedroia “scrappy”. Stop calling him “little”. STOP.

  5. 2008 March 6 at 12:36 pm
    shark permalink

    SOOOOOOo jealous! I wish I could watch the game!!! Was dying to see Joe Torre in a Dodgers uniform!

  6. 2008 March 6 at 12:38 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    It’s all very weird.

    And Peter Gammons is reporting from the dugout.

    And Sean Casey just scored a run!

  7. 2008 March 6 at 12:39 pm

    this is my new favorite line-up. ellsbury! pedroia! lowrie! casey! HAPPY DAYS.

    nice sac fly, b-moss! ;D OOH! ELLSBURY! eee.

    can i just say how awesome my new laptop and wireless internets is … ? EEE.

  8. 2008 March 6 at 12:41 pm
    Abby permalink

    I could watch Dougie run all day.

  9. 2008 March 6 at 12:43 pm
    Abby permalink

    Yay Petey! Nice gapper.

    I miss Sean.

  10. 2008 March 6 at 12:45 pm

    DUSTIN PEDROIA! WHOOOOOT. nice two-out hit, smug little bastard.

  11. 2008 March 6 at 12:46 pm

    jacoby smoked that ball and mighty mouse did as well

  12. 2008 March 6 at 12:48 pm

    I could do without Steve Phillips talking.

    It’s just like the old days of WSBK 38 with Sean McDonough. All he needs is RemDawg.

  13. 2008 March 6 at 12:48 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Dougie “running” around the bases (and I use that term loosely) is hilarious to watch.

    I have to say – Torre looks awful comfortable in Dodger blue.

  14. 2008 March 6 at 12:48 pm

    you guys don’t make me go to work. D: D: D:

    want to stay home and WATCH BASEBALLLLLL.

  15. 2008 March 6 at 12:54 pm
    Abby permalink

    Is anyone else getting weird sound glitches from ESPN or is it just my TV?

  16. 2008 March 6 at 12:55 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Nope – not just you. It’s been skipping and stuttering all game.

  17. 2008 March 6 at 1:02 pm
    Kim permalink

    I’m stuck at work right now : (
    Keep us updated!

  18. 2008 March 6 at 1:03 pm

    more love from sean casey! bwee! I LOVE THIS TEAM.

    bye, d-lowe. miss you. ;D

  19. 2008 March 6 at 1:04 pm
    Abby permalink

    Casey just had a nice RBI double that looked like it missed being a homer by a couple feet.

  20. 2008 March 6 at 1:11 pm
    Abby permalink

    I was hoping they’d talk about the most famous ride from Logan to Fenway and show some footage. Ridiculous? Yes. But still funny.

  21. 2008 March 6 at 1:11 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    I like being up 5-0. Sean Casey is having one helluva day.

  22. 2008 March 6 at 1:17 pm
    starr4 permalink

    I’ve DVR’d the game! It’s reading like I have lots to look forward to. Can’t wait.

  23. 2008 March 6 at 1:18 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Abby – I have video of that famous ride, from a piece NESN did on Red Sox Report. I promise to post it someday soon – that story never gets old.

  24. 2008 March 6 at 1:29 pm
    Renee permalink

    Just got back from school, I didn’t even know their was a game on! This made my day happy. :)

  25. 2008 March 6 at 1:32 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    This is my first chance to see Aardsma pitch. And I’m kind of excited about it.

  26. 2008 March 6 at 1:41 pm
    Abby permalink

    How did Aardsma do? I had to take a phone call and couldn’t watch his inning.

  27. 2008 March 6 at 1:44 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    He did fine – they got a couple of hits off of him, but no runs (and no walks). Looks pretty solid.

  28. 2008 March 6 at 1:46 pm
    jules permalink

    On ESPN?

    :: kicking myself for *not* working at home today ::

  29. 2008 March 6 at 1:47 pm
    Avery permalink

    Just got home from school, but my godfather texted me saying that Sean was having a good game. YES :)
    He’s been one of my favorite players in all of baseball for so long.

  30. 2008 March 6 at 1:49 pm
    Meg permalink

    Just got out of a meeting…I didn’t think it would be appropriate to watch during it:-P I miss anything good that can’t be figured out from the box score?

  31. 2008 March 6 at 2:02 pm
    Abby permalink

    Bryan Corey looks terrible!

  32. 2008 March 6 at 2:03 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    You missed Sean Casey tumbling ass-over-teakettle while catching a ball for a DP. :)

  33. 2008 March 6 at 2:05 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    OK- that? WAS AWESOME.

    Bobby Kielty making faces at the camera behind Jacoby while he talks… GREATNESS.

  34. 2008 March 6 at 2:06 pm
    Abby permalink

    It was adorable! His hair’s out of control.

  35. 2008 March 6 at 2:07 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    I’m going to put video up of that pronto.

  36. 2008 March 6 at 2:11 pm
    Meg an permalink

    Hehe…I saw some of them! I’m on MLBTV using my school’s wireless so it’s really choppy but still funny. It froze on a few of them:-P

  37. 2008 March 6 at 2:55 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    JEEEEEEZUS. Hunter Jones is getting SHELLACKED. He looks horrible.

  38. 2008 March 6 at 2:55 pm
    Meg permalink

    Boo. That sucks.

  39. 2008 March 6 at 2:56 pm

    Ok. I don’t like Sean McDonough anymore after the comment of one swing of the bat will tie this game up.

    And then of course, Hunter Jones serves up a meatball fora 3-run homer to tie the game up.

  40. 2008 March 6 at 2:58 pm
    Meg permalink

    What the hell was that thow?

  41. 2008 March 6 at 3:04 pm

    Glad to see Aardsma do well — went to high school with him, was, probably still is a nice guy.

    Plus, the previous pitcher from our high school to make it big was Brad Lidge. Gotta make up for that a little.

  42. 2008 March 6 at 3:04 pm

    Extra Bases has some good scoop.

    Papelbon didn’t get what he wanted for pay at $900,000. He ended up getting $775,000.

    and fu*k, grand salami

  43. 2008 March 6 at 3:05 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    Well. That was… shitty.

  44. 2008 March 6 at 3:06 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    S2N – OK, now you have to share gossip or stories on Aardsma.

    Also… I still love Lidge. Even though it’s painful to do so.

  45. 2008 March 6 at 3:09 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    $775,000 ??? WOW. That’s way more than I thought he’d ever get – and just shows how much the organization loves him. Because that’s way way WAY more than any relief pitcher with just 2 years has ever gotten.

  46. 2008 March 6 at 3:13 pm

    The Rockies gave Manny Corpas more than that with less service time. He had about a year and a half of service time. He got a 4-year $8,025,000 contract that is worth up to $22.5 million.

  47. 2008 March 6 at 3:14 pm
    Texas Gal permalink

    I wasn’t talking about a multi-year contract, though. That’s a whole other ballgame.

    I was operating on the assumption they gave him a one-year deal at 775K.

  48. 2008 March 6 at 3:19 pm

    True. but they bought out all of his arbitration years avoiding a situation like Papelbon’s.

  49. 2008 March 6 at 3:22 pm

    If the Sox gave Papelbon a four year deal at 8 million, I would totally support that. That seems totally normal and in line with the market and MLB contracts in general. I’d think he’d be a steal at that amount, over 4 years.

    A one-year deal at $775,000 is what seems odd to me. Very high for a cost-controlled, pre-arbitration, one year deal.

    Maybe it WILL turn out to be multi-year. I know I’d breathe easier.

  50. 2008 March 6 at 3:22 pm

    Oh btw Texy, you’d be proud of me today. I’m wearing my burnt orange Texas Longhorns shirt.

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