Welcome back Texas Gal. Hope you had a good trip.

Hey everyone!
It's been forever since I've been here! Hope everyone's been doing well

Not such a nice way to start the game.

By the way, hi all.

Hey all!

Crap.

Here. Yeah, Youk is back.

Ok, I think I want to live outside of Florida now. Hurricane Hanna, TS Ike, and soon to be TS Josephine. If I had money, I would leave.

Hey peoples. How is everyone?

Take a walk Pedie.

Karen, I know what you mean. I'm lucky that I'm in Orlando but I can't wait to get out of here after graduation in May.... then on to the real world

Hey everyone!

I'm hoping these storms don't interfere with the sox in Tampa. I have tickets to all 3 games. As long as they are playing, I am going.

Yay bases loaded!

Ok so Lowrie has not been great lately in these situations....

Ugh.

Crap.

I hope this isn't a repeat of yesterday's game.

Ughh Lowrie

Aww Jed, that sucked.

Loads the bases, and then finds the strike zone?

Ugh, indeed.

That was not what the orioles were supposed to do. They loaded the bases then walked in a run, twice this weekend against Tampa.

All I can say from that is Millar must really want to be back with the Sox--he's even helping us with GIDP's when they'll be very useful.

TEK!!

TEK!!!!!!!!

TEKKKKKKK

Texy. Love Ya.

BAILEY!!!

Sorry it was supposed to be Teky.

Hit, Tek, Hit!
Hit, Bailey, Hit!
Lead, Sox, Lead!

B2B!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAILEYYYY

Hell yes back to back

Yes.

No, Remy, the MFYs didn't win big. They won ugly. There's a difference.

I saw the Yankee game and it was too ugly for words. Kinda like that wild 19 run game against the Rangers awhile back. Both starters absolutely sucked. And that's a good thing for the Yanks, since they didn't really hit beyond the 6th (ie no clutch whatsoever on that team).

Coco being Coco (or Coco being Jacoby?)!

Aw crap.

Oh man.

OK, now, seriously--WTF is up with the HR derby going on tonight?

Damn how many HRs has Byrd given up since getting here?

the baseballs are on steroids tonight

That was number 6 jessi

Seems like Remy heard me haha

Thanks Ian!

Is it just me, or does it look like Olson is so nervous that he wants to pee in his pants?

Filthy K by Byrd.

Silly me...I didn't realize there was a new thread for tonight's game. Hey everyone...

hideo nomo for those watching nesn is the answer.

devern hansack no-hit them as well but it's not an official no-hitter because it was a rain-shortened one.

Hey, ecl: Have you been live-threading by yourself over in the old thread?

lone1c, I got there at gametime and posted that I'd be hanging out during the evening. Then just checked every now and then, wondering why absolutely no one was there. Figured everyone in the world but me is at a Labor Day cookout or something. Only got here because I lost the website for a moment and had to start from scratch. So here I am.

Thought occurred to me while watching the flashback of Buck's no-hitter last year: why does Tek only launch himself at pitchers during the playoffs?

Texy wrote on top of that one that she would be back monday with a new thread

'S cool, ecl. We won't hold it against you. . . .

Silly me, Ian, I thought she'd be gone the full long weekend. Next time I'll read more carefully.

He probably didn't want to kill Buck by jumping on him.

Cathy: Well, there is that. I guess what I'm wondering is why does he show consideration to Clay and Jon, but launch himself at Paps, Foulke, and Embree?

I don't fucking believe it, it's Jim Rice

Mayeb he thought that Clay and Jon wouldn`t be able to support his weight, and he didn't want to risk injuring them when there were still games left to play?

Ugh. Almost, Papi.

Ugh.

Ugh. Crap.

Of COURSE the Orioles have to play their A-Game here....god forbid they actually put up a fight against Tampa

Y'all took the words right out of my mouth.

Dammit.

Ughhh

Aaargh.

Timlin...warming up?

Please get this last out, byrd.

Just get this one out Byrd, please

Jessi: Yeah, I don't get that either.

:::whew:::

Thank you, Jacoby.

*phew*

God it's gonna suck on my ways home from school listening to the ballgame and/or post-mortem. I go back tomorrow. Kinda looking forward but kinda not

Why, Timlin, why?

I'm getting very sick of these fly-outs.

BAY!!!!!!!

Piney, are you taking evening classes or something?

I only have Gameday at the moment. I take it Timlin's warming up?

Jedstaaaahhhh!

LOWRIE!!!

LowRBI finally strikes!

BAY!!! JED!!!

JEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!

Yes.

(We all know Jed couldn't let down his long-lost older brother down twice in the same game!)

lone1c - LowRBI. New nickname for Jed?

lone1c, you know that's right!

C'mon baseball boyfriend, make me smile!

COCO!

Woohoo!

COCO!!!

Delayed WOOHOO!!! :::hugs Coco:::

COCO!!

Jacoby!!

LowRBI's not my invention, alas--that's from an Over the Monster poll:

Jed Lowrie is...
* LowRBI, the clean-cut God of Run-Scoring Doubles and Awesome Defense.
* A promising young hitter and budding SS who still has to prove himself over a full season.
* Probably not as good as he seems now. His defense is still suspect based on his minor league record, and he still has to prove himself offensively.
* I reserve judgment. 35 games just isn't a large enough sample to conclude anything about him.

Yay Ells!

Just read that Drews brother hit for the cycle today, good for him. Though our 2B was BETTER than a cycle awhile back (I still wish he had just stopped at first instead of going for the second double).

Ha watching the replay of the Mets/Brewers game, Gagne's pitching.

Jessi: True, but as we all know, Dustin doesn't give a s*** about things like hitting for the cycle or winning batting titles. He just wants to win.

PEDROIA!!!!

PEDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the Elf comes through AGAIN!

Yes. happy dance

lone1c - I see. I don't read Over the Monster on a daily basis, but I think I'm going to now.

Jessi - Haha. I remember that game. I was yelling at the screen, "Pedie! Stop at first!"

PEDIE!!!

Oh I know lone1c, it would've been nice for him to get a cycle though - but you're right, I much prefer another double than a single.

Mac--The article in question is "The Grateful Jed":

http://www.overthemonster.com/2008/8/7/588768/the-grateful-jed

lone1c - Thanks.

Haha, Gagne gives up a 2-run HR.

(Mets go on to win 4-2)

Ahhh crapsticks. Thank god for Pedroia, eh?

Aaaah, that one snuck out of here, didn't it? :::growls:::

Damn it Byrd - stop with the HRs!

Dammit Millar.

Piney - Definitely yes.

And dammit Byrd. You're not pitching a HR Derby.

Annddd Gagne gives up another run.

Nice play Pedie

If we are allowing new nicknames, I have one for the middle-infield tandem of Dustin and Jed: the "Double-Hit Twins."

Hello?

:: watches the tumbleweed roll by ::

I was just about to post something about :::crickets and cicadas:::

We don't really have crickets down here, ecl--so I went with what's local.

Oh that's right, you're out there in the desert, right?

I can't imagine summer evenings without the sound of crickets. So soothing...

We have frogs.

Nice job, Javier!

Damn you Millar

Dammit Millar.

Karen, frogs are pretty fun too. Some of them are SO loud for their size!

Kevin Millar: Covers 9 feet in the time it takes Ellsbury to cover 90. . . .

The question is, of course, who would win in a race: Casey or Millar?

Pedie!

Millar would. And it wouldn't be close.

Pedey rocks!

Pedie being Jacoby...again.

Pedie being Jacoby!

lone1c, Millar definitely.

Pedie!

Millar would definitely win.

Pedey now with 17 SB on the year. Very nice!

:::laughing hysterically:::

Aww poor kid, I love getting guys on base, but it's his debut.

Miller: "I can has E?"

I feel kinda bad for Miller, with it being his big league debut and all.

Good job, Jed. (I was worried after that so-called "strike" that Jed would get himself rung up by the umpire.)

I feel awful for Miller.

walking in a run in your debut really sucks.

Paps, yeah.

And don't forget the error!

I apologize for laughing at that error, by the way.

Pap =]

:::whew::: That one was tenacious.

Are Millar and Casey the only people in the AL who can't get a double off the Monster?

Pap, stop it now and get outs.

Woot!

Paps, you're making me very nervous...

Seriously? That gymnast girl is looking at her nails during this?

HA! mlb.tv delay!

Thank you, Pedie. G'night everybody.

Papelbon, don't do that again.

Yay for win!

:::relieved:::

Okay, see y'all tomorrow night. Got stuff to do here.

Yeah, love ya Paps.

Pap, please don't ever scare me again.