Let's Go RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PVs to southeast Texas in recuperating from Ike. PVs to my family there.

I was so relieved to hear from my family this morning. There was some damage- but not severe. More importantly, everyone (including animals) are all OK.

holy wow, I can finally read the site again..

Hello everyone! Glad to hear that everyone's family is safe.

Texy - it's good to hear that your family is OK.

By the way, hi all.

Good effort, Coco.

Hey everyone. Relieved it's the weekend... GO SOX!

That's good news, Texy. I'm awaiting the post-storm e-mail from my NY cousins who are funneling info from the Houston cousins.

Still finishing my morning (uh-huh) routine and will be back here shortly. GO SOX!

Six doubleheaders in one day.... I wonder what the record is.

I'm glad that everyone is okay down there. These hurricanes are getting nastier and nastier.

Yay for the red jerseys!

Hey all!

Jacoby!

I'm glad to hear that everybody is okay.

Jacoby!

Yay Jacoby!!!

Hey all!
I was supposed to be in Boston today... not at the game, just in Boston. But a fantastic stomache ache has kept me home. Oh well, happy double header day!

PS: I love the red jerseys...

Hi All!

MLB/Directv has decided to black me out of this game. Grrrrrrrrrrr...

Glad everyone's family in Ike's path is OK. Wonderful news!

Jacoby!!!

Jacoby being Jacoby!

Jacoby!

Jacoby being Jacoby!

that's my boy!!!!!!

that's my boy!!!!!!

Forecast: no rain today, scattered thunderstorms likely tomorrow. grr

Jacoby!

10 pitches, advances Jacoby to third? I'll take it.

Why, Mike? WHYYYYY?

Dangit.

Just peeking back in -- love those red jerseys, yes.

The first family report has come in. So far everyone is fine, although one cousin has not yet been heard from. He's sheltering his 94-year-old mother in an apartment complex full of trees, which is a little bit worrisome. My favorite cousin, who lives in downtown Houston in a 3rd floor apartment, spent the night in a closet because the building was shaking, and right now I wish I could give him a great big hug.

Finally dragged myself out of bed. Been feeling crappy all week.

ecl: Sorry to hear that you had famiy stil in Houston, but good to hear that they're mostly OK.

Jeez, ecl. I am definitely grateful that I don't live anywhere near those hurricanes...

Aw poor Drew. And I hope you're family is okay ecl.

ecl, I hope your cousin is OK. I can't imagine how terrifying it must have been.

karen, I hope you're feeling better.

just got off the phone with Directv--Fox has exclusive rights to games shown during the day, so no Sox for me. Trolls.

Good job, Byrd.

ecl - It's good to hear that, so far, your family is OK. Again, I hope they stay safe.

jules: Where are you? (I know for MLB.tv, there's no blackout for a game that starts at 12.35, like this one did. . . .)

Jules, mine's blacked out too. I'm not happy.

Somehow I am getting a URI vs NH football game. Odd, since I am in Florida. My sister went to URI so don't mind watching.

Pedie!

Have the scheduling gnomes taken the day off today?

And nice play by Pleats!

Tito: Why did you stick Varitek in front of Coco and Jacoby?

How about a nice RBI Pedie?

Pffft. Lost my internet connection and ended up rebooting the computer. So now I'm back, but haven't yet logged back into the mlb site.

Folks, thanks much about the Houston cousins. The one who spent the night in the closet is a really tough little dude and I've only ever heard him use the word "scared" once in all the time I've known him, so it must have been pretty bad, which hurts my heart. He's probably pretty preoccupied right now, but I may try to call him later just to satisfy myself that he's not totally traumatized.

Ughh.

Papi, dangit!

Seriously Papi? Ugh

Dear offense,

Please stop leaving runners in scoring postion.

-Mac

I see I didn't miss the happiest baseball in the world.

Nice catch, Coco!

Coco being Coco!

Seeing Coco make that catch just improved my day considerably.

I forgot how much I despise Vernon Wells.

Nice baserunning job, Vernon!

Nice!

:sigh: Gee I wish we could get some runs...

2-0. Yuk. But then again, given the way the ball was hit, getting the runner out at 3rd was as good as we could hope for, I guess.

Maybe the bats are about to wake up?

Hey, bonus Jed coverage!

Another random Lowrie stat I saw last night (can't remember where, though): he's had 2+ RBI in 14 games. The Sox' record in those games: 14-0.

Shit.

Aaaah, SHIT.

Crap :(

Shit. Oh and the Rays are now up 2-0.

Back to what you were saying, lone, Jed is quite awesome. I hope we can keep him around for a long, LONG time. And he seems like a total sweetie.

Ok, is this payback for last night?

CRAP!!!

At this point, we might as well leave Byrd in--no point in wasting our bullpen too badly when we have two more games to get through.

Karen, looks like BP to me. :::sigh:::

ecl: I hope we can keep him, too--and I think the Sox really wouldn't want to get rid of a doubles-hitting, multi-position-playing, inexpensive infielder. (I can totally see why Minnesota wanted him as part of the Santana deal.)

Personally, I'd love to see the team remain as intact as possible for next year. I get so attached...

Dear offense,

Please don't suck.

Sincerely,
Mac

Another hit!

crosses fingers...

Jacoby!

Jacoby being Jacoby!

Jacoby!

Oh Papi...

STOP STRANDING BASERUNNERS, DAMMIT!

This is so damn frustrating.

Jed with the DP!

DP! Nice!

Whoops, missed the DP -- had to leave the room for a minute.

Note to Aardsma: The strike zone is about three inches to your left.

ecl: It was a 6-3, with 6 putting out the runner at 2nd.

C'mon, Aardsma! GET THE OUT!

Shit.

So I think this game may be over now...

Awww, this totally sucks.

WTF? I mean seriously, WTF is going on at Fenway? This is getting ridiculous.

More BP - awesome. Screw it, we should just throw Timlin in and have him eat up all the innings.

Hopefully Toronto will be tired later, and we will have a chance to win.

That's what I'm hoping, Karen.

Karen - I hope so.

I'm falling asleep now, I'm supposed to go to church before the next game, if I can stay awake. I have been sleeping 2hrs at a time all week, due to not feeling well.

Don't worry, we're not the only team not hitting - the Yankees haven't done a thing either.

Georgie!!

Kottaras!!

Nice 1-2-3 inning, Hansack!

Jessi, I'm hoping they'lll get some hits so the Rays will lose. I can't believe I'm saying this but go...Yankees...?

Me too Angie. It sucks that they Yankees look all but dead now.

Yay Kottaras!

3-0 Rays, second and third with no outs.

I'm taking on the attitude that as long as we're in the post-season then I'll be happy.

Make that bases loaded, no outs.

Hee...

Angie: It's hard to root for the Yankees, but it's who we have to root for right now. Once they move on to another team, we can root for their destruction again.

Evan Longoria is also looking great today and just drove in two more runs. 5-0 Rays.

Yeah! 1 run. So sad how happy we are to have 1 run.

Yay! A run!

Cash at third?

WTF? Cash at 3rd?

Cash at 3B? What a strange game...

Woah Cash at third? Okay Tito I guess I trust whatever you're doing here.

This is odd. Next we will see pitchers hitting.

I guess I'm not the only one thourougly confused by Cash at third..

I guess it's kind of like the last couple of minutes of a basketball blowout where the entire bench comes in. :::sigh:::

Karen - Or position players pitching.

And another nice 1-2-3 inning for Hansack.

Well, we are down by seven runs with two innings to go. It makes some sense to rest the night starters as quickly as possible. . . .

Papelbon used to play centerfield before becoming a pitcher, and Cora used to pitch.

I wonder who's left to bring in...I think the only original position players left are Coco and The Mayor...

I think it would be a hoot to see Cora pitch.

ecl - Jed started the game, too.

And Lowrie's back at SS after being bounced to third--unless they've pulled him, too.

That should say "Mac" not "Mace." :P

Cora pitching would be good. Putting Pitchers in the outfield would be good too.

I would love to see Cora pitch! Okay offense let's work some magic.

At this point I think I'll take Cora's hit. :::grin:::

I would love to see Cora pitch! I remember him warming up in the 'pen in one game. I so wanted to see him pitch then.

Mac, you're correct, Jed is still in. My bad -- I got confused looking at all the changes in the box score.

No worries, ecl. I'd be confused looking at all the changes in the box score, too.

Mac: Cora pitching would be even more fun if Pleats were behind the plate. . . .

Well, at least Jerry and Don are amusing.

At least Hansack is looking good.

Very nice job by Hansack. I hope he sticks around.

Agreed.

That's the one thing I want to see in my life: Dustin Pedroia behind the plate. I don't care if it's an exhibition game or an ST game or it's a regular season game. I wanna see Pedie catching, dammit!

And agreed. Hansack has done a very nice job so far.

Mac: He can do it wherever and whenever he wants--so long as there are cameras there to record it for all posterity!

Giggling at the thought of Pedey behind the plate.

Carter!

lone: Agreed. And he needs to be mic'd up. I wanna hear his smack talk.

Blecch. But if we're going to lose one, this is the one I'd have expected. Let's hope tonight goes much more smoothly.

Later.

Ok, that was sad. Going to rest and see you all later.

Better luck tonight. :::sigh:::

Back to the hurricane coverage.

Karen, feel better!

That wasn't so great. Hope they do better tonight. Bye for now, all.

Can't watch the game tonight but I hope it goes better.

Sucky game. Hopefully the offense will show up tonight. I may be at the movies though. Cya!

I hope the sox dont get shutout by that pile of garbage that is known as Jesse Litsch. Then again, you can only hope and pray that fat Colon gives you a decent start

wow Cash actually played 3rd. I thought he went in and pitch ran at 3rd. Hahah that is fantastic.

Hey everyone. Yay for Colon. AND YAY FOR LITSCH AND DROOLABLE CROSS-SEAMERS.

Kottaras was great earlier. What a first major-league plate appearance, eh? (Canada jokes abound, what with the Jays playing against a team with Bay and Kottaras...)

Liza: Drooling over cross-seamers can wait for another day. Tonight, I hope the Sox break him open like a piñata.

But... but... he's on my TV.

Maybe they're so drool-able he walks everyone?

Scooter: you're awesome, but don't do that--don't get hits and don't decapitate our pitcher.

Ha ha, Liza...you're conflicted, aren't you?

Ended up napping instead of church. Really hoping to feel better before Tampa trip.

Well, a bad day that has gotten WORSE cannot be fixed, but maybe it can be vaguely healed for the moment by a good game.... come on boys :)

Anyway the Sox beat the stuffing out of the Jays tonight is fine by me, so long as it gets done.

Karen, I think that was an *excellent* idea. No point in going to church when you're sick!

Ecl - Just a bit. The afternoon game was so hard for me. >

Mary, what happened?

If it's something catchable, then it's definitely not "loving thy neighbor" to go to church while sick. . . .

PEDIE!!!!!!!!!

Pedey being Pedey!

Pedie!

(Dustin really should just change his name to "Doubles" and get it over with. . . .)

What I have can't be caught, but just as horrible for me, a really bad uti.

Karen, I've only had one of those in my life and hope to never, EVER have another one. Gaaahhh. I hope you've gotten some antibiotics for that, and feel better soon!

Tampa Bay vs NYY is on here.

Ouch, Karen. Sorry to hear that.

Ecl, unfortunately being unemployed and broke, can't afford to go to the doctor. Lots of cranberry juice and pills, water, yogurt, acidolphlus.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!

THANK YOU JESSE LITSCH

Ok, that just made my day.

A bases-clearing wild pitch? How often does THAT happen?

Yes!!

Yay for bases-clearing wild pitches!

(by the way, hi all.)

Garza is pitching for Tampa and having issues. Yankees just scored 1.

That was great! My post immediately afterwards didn't go through (stupid slow connection!), so let me just say...WOOHOO!

And Karen, your healing methods all sound very helpful, although you may want to check for a sliding scale clinic or health department in your area that serves the uninsured or unemployed.

Karen, thanks for the score update from Noo Yawk. Great news!

Liza - I had to interview for a tech position for the Shakespeare play we're doing.
And... I didn't get anything. Not even set crew. Not even spotlight.
And this morning I was supposed to go with all my friends into Boston for a concert, but I felt sick so I stayed home.
But now I feel perfectly fine, so I should have gone.
(Sorry it took a while to respond hahaha)

Karen - Thanks for the score update. And I hope you feel better soon!

Longoria has a lame mo-hawk. Would look better if it was all shaved off.
Ponson pitching for the Yankees.

Aw, Mary. That sucks.

COLON, DO NOT DO THIS TO ME.

Dammit.

WTF? I leave for 5 minutes to look at CNN and this?

Mary, I'm sorry to hear that you had such a rough day...

Aw shit!

This sucks.

I leave the room for a few moments and I come back to see the bases loaded. WTF?

SHIT.

You see, this is why I wanted to win the afternoon game because putting Colon up there is just white flagging it.

:::slumps, demoralized, in chair:::

(this is a little late...)
Mary - That sucks. I'm sorry you didn't have such a great day. I hope it gets better for you.

Ugh this needs to stop.....

*smashes head on desk*

The Sox do not want to win. While Toronto is throwing out their best we are throwing out a guy from the minors that is lucky to be in baseball and is only in baseball because of success from how many years ago?

This team has quit again and they could care less about winning the division.

It's a joke.

That Jed error really messed him up.

The offense will need to step it up this inning.

Finally. But dammit, this is not the way to start this game.

Dear offense,

PLEASE DON'T SUCK.
And score some runs, dammit!

Sincerely,
Mac

I'm sort of glad I'm in "multitasking coverage" mode tonight...watching hurricane aftermath stuff on CNN, so I missed the rest of the 2nd inning carnage.

That should say "Red Sox offense."

Ok, I was on the phone, so I missed how Toronto got 5.

Nice DP!

Jed begins to make amends with the DP. Hopefully we can start to turn this around (at least we have plenty of time).

Karen: out, single, single, error by Jed, walk, double, sac fly, single, K.

Shrek Colon needs to go on a diet

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but those fat jokes toward Colon are unnecessary.

/seriousness

I agree about the fat jokes being stupid but welcome to America. Free speech

1 hit. This team should be ashamed but they aren't.

Nice to see the concern trolls starting to come out. . . .

OMG MDC! That is hilarious!

Cathy: Huh?

Cathy - I was reading and wasn't paying attention to MLB.tv . What about MDC?

He was sitting in the dugout making a giant bubble gum ball with his chewed gum, and everybody was around him laughing at him.

Thanks, Cathy. That's hilarious!

AHHHH WHAT THE HELL.

BAD. BAD SNIDER.

Dammit--this is absolutely ridiculous.

DAMNIT SNIDER!

Theres nothing wrong with making fun Colon -- he is a mix of Shrek and joba the hut

At least the red sox got 2 hits off of the immortal Jesse Litsch, thats something to be proud of!!

Nice play, Colon!

Nice, Colon!

That? Was strange.

Nice 1-2-3.

He must be magical or something....

Fat jokes are the lowest common denominator of humor - meaning, they are not funny at all.

Also, there may be free speech in America - but this is a private blog, and you don't get unfettered "free speech" here. So that means I get to boot jerkwads.

Ugh, Tampa 4-1 now.

PEDIE!!!!!!

Good job, Pedey!

PEDIE!!

What is with our bats tonight? :::sigh:::

*sigh* I don't know, ecl. But I really hope they start a rally soon.

Nice DP.

Nice DP!

Nice DP!!!

Ha -- great minds think alike, each with one more exclamation point. :::grins:::

And by the way--Yanks have closed it to 4-3 in the bottom of the 4th.

ecl - haha. I guess so!

lone - Thanks for the score info.

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUK!

I call rally time!

COME ON BEAKER!

Let's go, New Guy! *clap clap clapclapclap*

Yay Bay!

New Guy!

Good job, Jed.

For a moment there I thought that was out of here, but hey, I'll take a run!

Good work, LowRBI.

ecl: I was hoping for a granny for Jed, too, but he did his job and got a run in.

Let's go, Mikey! *clap clap clapclapclap*

Dangit, Mike.

Come on Cocooo!

:::begs and pleads:::

Dammit...

Nice 1-2-3 inning, Javy!

*crickets*

Was doing dishes for a few minutes.

Nice double, Jacoby!

Jacoby!!!!!!!!

He's having a pretty good day at the plate.

Jacoby!!

I was getting dinner ready. . . .

Okay, c'mon YOOOUUUUUKKKKK!

Papi: Thank you for not striking out.

Ppai totaled Scutaro!

Ouch.

As much as I want the Sox to win, I'm glad Scutaro's not seriously hurt.

Me too, Mac. Being run over by Papi = major ouch, so I'm glad he's okay.

that was a late slide by Scutaro... trying to get them back?

Nice work by Masterson.

Kim: I don't think any of the three slides have been done with the intent to injure. (Besides, they did it first, so to retaliate because of Ortiz would be dumb.)

BAY!

What an epic Sweet Caroline that was....

and YAY BEAKER!

Pena just went head first over the tarp into the stands. Now that was funny.

BEAKER!!!!

Now Jed--help your big brother out!

Good point. Just seemed like he slide a bit late...

Great Sweet Caroline. There's nothing quite like Fenway.

BAY!!!

OK men. Guy on 2nd and nobody out. Let's get him home.

Bay really gets it about Sweet Caroline, doesn't he!
Yee! Jed also!

Yay!

JED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LowRBI makes good!!!!!!

(Your error is forgiven!)

That's the Jed I've fallen in love with....

JUMPING UP AND DOWN!

Yes! Varitek coming, good.
Pena's fall and miss catch caused the Yankees to tie.

Come on, Jacoby!

Coco, chill out a bit.

JACOBY!!!!!!!!!!!

JACOBY BEING JACOBY!!!!!

Yes!!

(watching the replay)

Oh.That.Was.Epic!

And the grin on Jacoby's face...priceless.

NYY just pulled ahead also.

And NY is up 5-4, bot 7.

Jed and Jacoby have a pact!
I just punched on the recorder for the prettiest single I ever saw!

Anita: At this point, they might have to open Ellsbury-Lowrie Run Manufacturing, Inc. . . .

. . . a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red Sox Enterprises.

lone1c, I'd buy it!

Pedie!

200 for Pedey!!!!!!!!

Pedey is the best entertainment of 2008

MVPleats!

Who put the banana peel on the field near the mound?

Sorry folks been busy all day and doing the UConn game tonight.

Awwww 200 hits!!

I almost got a wee bit choked up when I heard that.

I love Pedey so much :)

Dustin Luis Pedroia, I am so going to have your babies!

200 hits! That's awesome!

Papi!!!!

LARGE FATHER!

nice hit for Big papi

Cathy: I believe that particular line starts behind Mrs. Pedroia.

PAPI!!!!!!!

Papi Power!!!

Papi playing wall ball!

You can count me in that line, too.

Hahaha.

Yes!!!!

Ah, I was hoping for a Keystone Kops moment by the Jays, but I'll take what we got.

ahh heck with it. count me in too.

That's the spirit, Ian!

Paps, so happy.

So is there anybody on the thread tonight who doesn't want to be in on that line?

I'm kidding by the way.

I'm turning 50 in a minute, so I'm not having any baby Pedeys, but I applaud those of you who are.

Well, according to my clock, it's 12.01 EDT, so Happy Fiftieth, ecl!

Er no, it's 10.01. EPIC MATH FAIL.

Uh, I didn't mean that literally, lone. It's a week from Tuesday. But thanks anyway!

Yes, that too, lone. I thought you were joking about the time. Hehe...

I'm 40 as of today!

ecl -
Happy Birthday! Let's just knit something for all those babies!
Now I'm speaking very sternly to Jonathan.

Happy birthday, Jennie!

Thank you! Happy birthday to you next week! :)

Yeah, that was bad on my part--apparently I can do higher math just fine, but I can't add. . .

But we'll count you in in spirit!

Happy birthday, Jennie!

2 down.

I'll be the honorary granny to all the hypothetical baby Pedeys.

One more, Paps...

Happy birthday, Jennie--and hope Paps and Lester can give you a few nice presents!

And Jennie, thank you for the birthday wishes.

Thanks, guys! Thanks center field. Much fun!

Jumps up and down deliriously!

Take that, Toronto!

(I told myself back in the 5th, "we're going to win this, 7-5", and we did!)

happy bday jennie.

great comeback win for the fellas tonight.

TBS tomorrow for the non-tv viewers

Now let's just hope NYY can hold on and beat the Rays!

Ian, is it blacked out of mlb.tv tomorrow?

6-4, top of the 9th.

Happy birthday Jennie--and Daisuke as well.

Good win. Had to go full screen for Paps. Yankees 6-4 in the 9th.

I saw that, lone. And Mo just came in to pitch. Looking good...

Aww, Dice's birthday too. So many September babies.

The MFYs get it done! So today is sort of an epic wash as far as the standings go!

I don't think it's blacked out