58 degrees and sunny - and Josh has already mowed down the first 6 batters, with 4 strikeouts.

Youk gets the first hit of 2008 - and Lowell scores the first run of 2008. The Sox have opened up a can of whoopass, scoring 8 runs in the bottom of the 2nd.

All the starters have left - included Beckett, who has been replaced by Snyder. Only captain Tek remains.

nice to see beckett still in post-season '07 form. if we project those numbers out he's a mortal lock for the cy. eee. ;D (i know, i know, tiny sample, but still!)

I wish NESN would televise this...how come they can air semi-boring workouts but not actual games?

Looks like it was a good outing for Pedroia today!

Dusty P drove in two ribbies on a double with 2 outs on the board - very nice.

I love that they have Kotteras DH-ing.

And jenny- I am totally fine with prematurely awarding Beckett the Cy Young right now. I see no problem with that!

I would feel bad for the Cadoret kid, BC pitcher - with this stat line:

Boston College IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cadoret 0.2 5 8 6 5 0 0 81.00

JESUS! An 81.00 ERA after only 2/3 of an inning? Except it's an exhibition game, so it doesn't hurt him in his stats at all - and he'll get to tell his grandkids that some of the great Sox players drilled him.

It's SO exciting that they are actually playing baseball in 2008. My heart is relieved and revived. Go Sox!!

The only time we might ever see Kottaras PH-ing for Papi too.

And pinch running!

It is cool to see the baby prospects names on the box. Van Every is in the outfield!

It's official: this whole "game not being on TV or MLB.TV or radio" thing really sucks. And the box score page not being updated for almost an hour? Also sucks. /whinewhinewhine

Goodness, I wish I was there and not stuck in meetings *all* day long. Thanks for the update.

PS: At least tomorrow's game is on NESN--can't wait for that.

It's 22-0 Red Sox. Extra Bases and the Courant blog have been providing updates.

The WEEI site has updates on the game, and others around the league, too.

24-0. Final.

I was just coming in to post that. SHELLACKING. And you might think- "Hey, they're a college team." But the Mets lost to Michigan on Tuesday.

Mets actually tied the Wolverines 4-4. Most runs the Red Sox had scored against BC was 22 in 1996.

Way to go Javy, giving up the hit!:-P I wish I could have seen the grand slam.

I know! Good for Tony! Except he also got an error. Ack.

As a BU grad student I am pleased by the team's humiliation of the reviled BC Eagles.

Go Terriers.

I wonder if the hit Javy gave up was to a lefty.

Nope- surprisingly. It was Eric Campbell - a righty (and a Connecticut boy).

Nope, a righty: http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/campbell_eric00.html

That's kinda encouraging, I guess:-P

Texas Gal- you beat me! Sorry for the double post:-P

No worries. I will forgive you... THIS TIME.

Hee! Seriously - in open threads, sometimes people are going to post the same thing twice in a row. No big deal at all.

You have to love Beckett. First day of throwing in a game and he's already talking about executing pitches.

[Facing a college team] I’m out there trying to do everything I can. It doesn’t matter. You’re out there trying to execute pitches. It doesn’t matter who you’re facing, doesn’t matter if it’s a media game, a college team or facing big league hitters. I told somebody that today, I’m not going to let them hit it. It doesn’t matter. I’m out there trying to do my job. My job right now is to get in shape for the season. If I’m out there facing a college team and I’m messing around, I might take that into another game. That’s not what I’m trying to do.

I agree with you Meg it is kind of encouraging to see the hit was to a righty. Shocking though that it wasn't a lefty ;)

Good to see a Connecticut boy represent and get a hit. I can't wait to listen tonight and hear how Masterson pitches.

I got home from school and the game was over. As sad as I am that I didn't get to see Ellsbury, Beckett, Kielty, Granadillo, and especially Moss (3-for-3! I love the guy), I am glad Masterson's starting the game at 6 (love him too). And that it'll be on the radio.

But HOORAY--we officially have GAMES to follow! I'm so excited!

24-0??? awwww! poor BC. they should have applied the mercy rule...

to the sox it must have reminded them of every game against the Orioles (sorry, Kevin...)
I'm a little concerned that Ellsbury didn't get any hits in a 24-0 blowout.

Moved this post up to the top of the page for the game. Yay, radio!

RA-DI-O! :)

I have no life so I'm recording every pitch. Masterson threw 7 pitches, 6 strikes, in the first. Two ground outs and a swinging K so far.

Right here with you -- baseball is back!

Im here too. Just made my MLBtv Premium purchas in time to only miss the top of the first.

Nice to know Masterson did so well (just college kids though). Dougie having a long AB right now

So nice to hear the voice of Joe C. and no more Glenn Geffner, wooooooooohooooooooooooo.

And tomorrow night we get golden nuggets from the RemDawg and his sidekick Donnie Boy.

I'll be at work.. and after that the next few games arent broadcast on MLB.tv becasue the Gods hate me

Wow,that was a HARD single. Quite a crack.

DP! WOOTS!

I love that you can hear those sounds so clearly on radio - on TV, those ambient sounds often get lost behind the sound of the broadcasters talking.

I had it when broadcasters chat soemtimes. I ESPECIALLY hate cuts to them on the tv. I dont CARE what my broadcasters look like. I'd rather have shots of the dugout if nothing is going on.

Ugh. Lowrie got Robbed.

YAY! Another run scores.

An old friend called me at 6:04 - I almost didn't take the call. And she just hung up. Don't people know the Sox are on the radio?!? I can't concentrate on phone calls!

Bye bye Masterson (excellent outing!)

Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Masterson 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Hello, crazy-eyes Hansen!

I lost the game after whatshisname got hit by a pitch. mlb webpages are lagged all to hell right now. How'd we score? How's Han
sen doing?

2 out, runner on. And there's the 3rd out - K swinging. 1 LOB. Still 2-0, Sox.

And Drew and Carter are both out already.

I wish we could SEE him. Hansen holds my big hopes for breaking out with the team this season.

Well, he's thrown 14 pitches for 11 strikes. Nice.

K swinging
ground out
soft bloop hit to center
K swinging

My audio returns as Manny walks

That sounds pretty good TG, I'd just wish I could see how his breaking stuff was moving. Still. I'm gonna le tmy hopes rise a bit.

Casey walks!

Casey can do no wrong with me. He could commit 3 errors and strike out 4 times in a game, and I fear I'd just look at his grin and not care.

Dougie, you gotta make a big showing here if you dont want people to start talking MORE about how they want you replaced. Dougie Ks, but Carter doubles! Lowrie time!

Hey, guys - that wasn't Mirabelli with the 2B, that was Carter.

They said Carter was substituted out earlier, but I guess not.

(and by "guys" I meant WEEI guys, not y'all)

Oh, BURN. SS drops the ball. EEK. Poor Northeastern.

Comedy of errors starts and now the Sox lead 5-0

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in the middle of GAMES? WHY? Why not at 3am when theres no baseball you jerks?!

I loudly, and proudly second Ian's sentiments about Joe C.!!!!! I just tuned in, getting home for work.

OW Michael Bowden is in now!!! Excellent.

Someone tell me whats happening!

I could not have said it better, Dionysus.

I went to weei's website - but I'm only hearing commercials right now, so I'm not sure if I'll hear the game or not.

Out number one for Bowden, pop to out.

Nope - as I feared, no live game on weei.com.

Why in the WORLD are they doing "maintenance" on MLB's audio feature during games? I think "maintenance" is code for "something is fucked up".

0-2 pitch, ball one

This is why we love you, starr4.

Out # 2 off Bowden.

Probably, TG. Meanwhile I'm goign to plan the destruction of all life until I get my baseball back

Huskies retired in 4th.

*hugs starr4*

Bot of 4th, P: Brian Quigley...missed catcher.
Batter: Jeff Korsletti (sorry to butcher his name.

Barry catching;
infield single for Sox.

Wild pitch moves runner to second.

ground to third; base hit for Bates, runner stays at second. Runners at 1st and 2nd.

1. I love baseball
2. Missed that Dusty Brown was in the game!!! Hearts to him.

3. 2-0 for Brown

Walk for Brown, bases loaded.

Seriously.. this maintence stuff is unmitigated bullshit

Dusty is definitely a new favorite of mine. Glad to see he's added to his OBP. I mean, if these stats mattered.

Joe C. discussing base coaches wearing helmets.
Carter at bat, 2-2 count.

I seriously think their server got overloaded, and the application stopped working. I don't think it has anything to do with actual "maintenance". Nice job, MLB - as always. If you didn't place blackout rules on WEEI, we could just listen to it through their website.

Bad throw to first, fielders choice, 4-6, pass at home, 1 run scored.

I read something about that today, starr - I think on Bradford. The coaches hate having to wear the helmets.

8-0, but I think I missed an out, cause Carter's on second. Sorry.

Theyve had gameday ausio for several season now.. youd think theyd have situations like this wrapped up

Sox pitchers' summary, as of the bottom of the 4th:

Masterson:
2 IP
16 pitches
12 strikes
3 ground outs (1 DP)
1 fly out
1 K (swinging)
1 single (no other hits)

Hansen:
1 IP
14 pitches
11 strikes
1 ground out
2 Ks (one swinging, one--well, my radio chose THAT moment to fizz out.)
1 single

Bowden:
1 IP
11 pitches
6 strikes
1 pop up
1 ground out
1 K (swinging)

Well, the helmets are heavier, and I have to guess, way, way hotter in the summer.

Lowrie on with single, Carter on third.

Even for those of us who can listen on the radio, the signal has cut out a few times, as Liza points out.

Ginter out on strikes. 2 outs.

We need to cut these guys slack - radio is a brand new technology after all. It's not like it's been around for a hundred years or anything.

old Grandpa voice: "back in my day, we had to wait for the carrier pigeons to bring us scores... AND WE LIKED IT."

Broken bat, foul ball, first base line

Sox up 9-0 with an RBI single from Hall.

I'M BACK! I HAVE RADIO CONTACT!

single for Hall on swing to left, 3-run 4th inning.
Score: 9-0
Spivey up

Dionysus, I'll turn the play-by-play over to TG.
2-0 for Spivey.

Spivey got a single, Lowrie scored standing up.

I wonder if we're going to need to mercy-rule this one, too. 10-0 in the 4th.

Spivey RBI'ed in another run. Pitching change!

Spivey got a hit, Lowrie scored, Huskies are changing pitchers.

Baseball as called by someone emulating Hemingway.

Im still out

So everyone heard about TBS taking one Sunday game every week this year, right? Two of the first 10 are Sox games - including the first Sunday game against the Jays.

Anyone keeping a scorecard? WEEI wants to know.

Dionysus- are you using MLB Game Audio? Try going here:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/scoreboard/20080228.html

And select "listen" to one of the other games. I picked the Phillies game from earlier in the day - then when the window opened up, I switched to the Sox game.

"Think anyone at home is actually keeping a scorecard on this game?" US!

Corsaletti out, retires the side. Top of the 5th! I hope they keep Bowden in a little longer.

FINALLY. I had to download that new silver light thing and then click like ten times, but Im back

Last season, I only heard games on WEEI and/or gameday cause I refused to get cable. This year, I have cable so I can enjoy the TBS games. Tho' I don't recall them being well called last year. Is my memory impaired?

I am still listening off of MLB.tv. It's a nice little thing that comes with the Red Sox Nation purchase is that you get MLB audio for free.

If you can get the window up, switch the old player. there new player still has a lot of bugs.

No starr4, you're memory isn't impaired. Chip Caray is the lead announcer for the TBS coverage. I'd expect once the college baseball season is over, Tony Gwynn will be back in the booth with him.

I actually have MLB.TV mosaic - but the application doesn't work until later in spring training. I love that app - I can watch 6 games at once.

that silverlight is crap. crap i tell you. as soon as it comes up, i switch over to the old player.

Chip Caray isn't very good - but at least he's no Tim McCarver.

And I'm hoping TBS keeps up their multi-cam coverage they used for the playoffs - online, you could watch the normal view, batter's eye view, pitcher's eye view, the press conference room, or the dugout. They had a camera in the dugout the whole game.

I think I can get that since I bought thre Premium MLBtv thing

Thanks!! At least my memory's in tact.

theMosaic, I mean. Sorry for typing issues.. I am one handed now thanks to a puppy attack :-)

I am hoping that TBS does the games in HD as well now that I have TBS HD here.

Texy anybody's better than McCarver except Glenn Geffner. Poor Marlin fans who listen to the games on the radio. Wait, do any Marlins fans even listen to the game on the radio. :D

I think Northeastern is hoping they don't give up 24 runs like BC did. Then they can say they did better against the Sox.

the marlins have fans? I mean outside of the seven fat guys who are goign to be the Manitees?

I wonder, out of all these collegiate games over time, how many times the college kids have won?

wait, don't folks go for the Marlins games for the $1 beer?

When I lived in FL I knew about two "real" Marlins fans, meaning ones that were fans before and after October '03. They might listen:-P

Great thing about Dolphin Stadium? Multiple, HUGE, full bars.

Did you see this in The Globe:
Fun-loving closer Jonathan Papelbon was given permission to leave camp to speak at Mississippi State, where he pitched. The subject? "I don't even want to know," Francona said.

Topics. Let's discuss.

Paps is going to talk about how Mona Vie is good for your body. Then he is going to teach them how to Irish Jig.

I can't believe this--my radio was acting really weird, I have no idea what it was, but all of a sudden it started mangling the sound, and it didn't clear up until just now. The Sox just scored again, and it's 11-0 now. I missed the entire top of the inning! I missed Breslow. He did well?

I went to Dolphin Stadium the first year they were open for baseball in 1993. Went to see an exhibition game there for a weekend trip from school in Lakeland.

That stadium was pretty cool back then when they had the restaurant in center field. players would try to put BP HR's into the people sitting out there in the restaurant.

I've been to the stadium there alot though, always to see the Rockies play the Marlins from back when I worked for a Rockies minor league affiliate. the only thing i hated about is where it's located. I could never complain about the seats because I had primo seats from the Rockies. Not like it would be hard to get tickets.

Yeah - I have that on the sidebar calendar, but haven't seen anything about what he's talking about. MSU is broadcasting his speech live... but you had to pay, like, $100 for a subscription.

I'll guess the topic is: Who's the hottest Sox player?

I bet it will be something about politics. Or economics. Or constitutional law. Paps just never shuts up about that stuff.

Both are viable ideas for Paps speech. Beer and bruising rock n roll in baseball?

Breslow did well. Made a nice play on a single, Liza.

I am sure someone there will ask him what he thinks about Roger Clemens. That seems to be the obligatory question these days.

Clemens and/or steroids in general, certainly. I can't wait to hear his response--"Those #*@!&ers--I can pitch fire and all I drink is chocolate milk!"

and beer.

has anyone seen Papelbon's wikipedia entry. It says his wife Ashley is a former actress. Confucius say Ian you confused.

Liza don't forget he drinks Mona Vie too.

Who is this guy pitching? We have a guy named Jones?

Ashley an actress? That's the first I've heard of it. In Mississippi? Seems odd.

Papelbon is married to actress Ashley Jefferies and they reside in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Hunter Jones is a non-roster guy...pitched at Lancaster and Portland last year. And he has goggles kinda like Gagne's:-P

Yeah, but he's a lot better than Gagne.

Kyle Jackson is scheduled to pitch the 7th, I think. I'm happy--I haven't heard much about the guy, but he sounds really good.

can you imagine even keeping a scoreboard for this game not on a computer. I'd probably use a whole bottle of white-out

I love, love, LOVE Kyle Jackson. He's my favorite baby prospect.

have heard erasers at work over the radio on the scorecard...

I aslo have heard of Kyle Jackson. Itll be fun to hear how he does.

Seriously, is college baseball just a never ending series of walks?

i've seen a lot of college games in my lifetime. they can be a series of walks but usually its more misplayed balls or overthrown balls than anything.

walked in a run.

Wow - 2h17m so far. That's what happens when you have 12 runs and 18 billion substitutions and pitching changes.

Make that 15 runs.

Be still, my baseball deprived heart, they're talking about length of the game, noting the game's been on for 2 hours, 17 minutes.
*ahhhhhh*

two more runs in and the Sox now lead 15-0

here's something great for y'all from the Hartford Courant blog.

How did Masterson keep himself busy this afternoon, waiting all day for his first-ever spring training start.

He watched Judge Judy.

In a related note, my father, the most faithful Judge Judy viewer in the free world, is now officially a Justin Masterson fan.

That's hilarious. Masterson's easily my favorite prospect.

I'm definitely excited to see Jackson pitch, though! They just got back to the game...

Inning is FINALLY over. 15-0 Sox, Jackson has to get three outs then its laundry time

Ah, defensive indifference.

Eek. Jackson just let up two walks after striking out one. He seems to be throwing a lot of balls but confusing hitters too. I wish we could see this on TV!

Uh oh, we might not get the shut out. Come on Kyle!!!

Yeah - this doesn't seem to be going all that well for Kyle.

And there are some SERIOUS Northeastern fans there.

One strike away from combining for the shutout...

Let's go Kyle!! Bring her home as a shutout!

Two down. One more out.

strike 3. sit down in your seat, good day sir

good to see kyle recover from his troubles and preserve the shutout.

Good day sir - hee!

We kept the shutout, got the W... and Jackson ended up straightening out there at the end.

Struck 'im out! Game's over! GO KYLE! :D

GOT HIM! 15-0 Final

Thanks everyone. Let's do this again sometime. Soon. :)

Today was good. Yay for 39 unanswered runs:-D

I can't wait until 7:05 tomorrow.

I'll open a game thread tomorrow as well - which should be infinitely more fun when there are visuals to go with the audio.

To steal a line from Josh Beckett.

Kyle Jackson got out of the inning by "executing" his pitches.

Thanks Texy for your awesomeness of doing the game post.

Yay! Are you going to have game threads for every game this year? It'll get pretty crazy!

Ian is a pink hat!!!

[ Ian ] says:
on February 28, 2008 6:37 PM

I am still listening off of MLB.tv. It's a nice little thing that comes with the Red Sox Nation purchase is that you get MLB audio for free.

Hello my friends :)
;)