6/10 - Sox vs. DBacks - Matsuzaka vs. Big Ugly

[luso2kx]

BONSAI!

Quick Daisuke, we need you in Super Sayan mode. The Nation needs you:

[SlumpBustR]

Joutatsu!! DiceK......daha za osoroshii Daiyamondo-Ushiros

(Advance!! DiceK.....defeat the terrible DiamondBacks)

Matsu Mojo from Hiromi

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[SamBam39]

Wow that is some serious mojo!!!!

[#1Patsfan_chica]

Go Sox!!!

[theyellowdart]

I think batting Coco # 2 is a good thing.... Look at his numbers in the 2 hole when he was on the Indians... Pretty damn good.... The only Problem with that is that Youk is a great 2 hitter....

Got lucky there Coco...

[SamBam39]

Dice-KK

[SamBam39]

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[SamBam39]

Papi sitting... hmmm!!

[SamBam39]

Let's see if Cerrano can do anything!

[SamBam39]

Sweet!! Single........ Joboo is good to Cerrano today!

[SamBam39]

Hang tough DP!!!!!

[SamBam39]

Dice K up to bat this ought to be fun!!!!

[SamBam39]

Dice-KKK

[SamBam39]

Yeeesh this is going to be a quick game at this pace!!!

[SamBam39]

Get things started Cap'n!!!

[SamBam39]

The Big Ugly is cruising. 7 K's already!!!

[#1Patsfan_chica]

I'm glad the offense score a run because they are striking out a lot.

[theyellowdart]

I hate lead off walks...

[SamBam39]

Let's keep it going Dice man!!!!

[SamBam39]

No melt down innings allowed. Suck it up.

[SamBam39]

I am going to kick Dice K right in his ass if he gives up a run!!!

[SamBam39]

Get the double play and get out of the inning!!!

[SamBam39]

You son of a bitch!!!

[SamBam39]

Why is it that this guy can't get it together? Is he stupid? Does he have ADD?

[SamBam39]

Lowell has become a serious liability in the field this season!!

[theyellowdart]

that was a double play ball... Too Bad....

[SamBam39]

Jesus this is frustrating!!!

[SamBam39]

Thank god a strikeout. Still need another out.

[SamBam39]

Thank goodness for the national league!!!!

[#1Patsfan_chica]

Good. Dice-K got out of that inning giving just one run.

[SamBam39]

Jul-E-o is having himself a good game at the plate!!! :rolleyes:

[SamBam39]

Johnson is up to 88 pitches keep working the count and get to the BP!

[SamBam39]

There you go Youks. Come on Manny!!!

[SamBam39]

Pitching Manny very carefully!

[theyellowdart]

The ump said it hit his bat........ therefore he shouldn't be out because the ball hit the ground....

[theyellowdart]

I am really not a fan of Dice K..... His Stuff isn't that Good..... Atleast when Beckett had a off year last year, we could fall back on... "O But his Stuff is electric" Not so much with the Dice man

[#1Patsfan_chica]

Good job Dice-K.

[theyellowdart]

Lets bunt so Lugo and Coco can try to hit them in.... They Both can't hit their way out of a paper bag right now....

[SamBam39]

Hope the Sox have some comeback in them!!!

[theyellowdart]

Lugo has sucked for about a year now..... I think this is something to worry about bigtime... We JUST FUGGEN signed him

[SlumpBustR]

DONNELLY!!!!!!!!!!

[oldskool138]

Lugo has sucked for about a year now..... I think this is something to worry about bigtime... We JUST FUGGEN signed him

Yeah, if I could meet Theo, I'd say "Tell me again why Jul-E-o Lugo is our lead-off hitter..."

He has the lowest OBP/OPS of all Major Leauge SS. Soon he'll be batting under .200

Since 'Droia has blossomed, why don't we put Lugo in the #9 spot? Too bad he sucks because he needs to be traded.

[SamBam39]

Let's go manny make it a tie ball game!!!

[SamBam39]

Cap'n looking to play small ball!

[SamBam39]

Let's go Mr. Gray. Need a hit!!!!

[SamBam39]

That wasn't exactly what was supposed to happen!!!

[theyellowdart]

The offense has really sucked this week... No other way to put it.... You can put every single loss on them....

How do you go from being up 0-2 to a walk so quickly?

[theyellowdart]

Welcome back Timlin..... Thanks buddy...

[theyellowdart]

Timlin looks good..... Very Impressed....

[SamBam39]

And why exactly is Mike Timlin on this roster? I guess Francona already had this penciled in as a loss! Schmuck!

[SamBam39]

Why is Timlin in in a close game?

[SlumpBustR]

don't worry men -- if we can't mount a heroic comeback, we'll just get 'em tomorrow :)

[patfan64]

LUGO keeping the innning alive!!!!

[patfan64]

Oh well. I still love this team.

[theyellowdart]

LUGO keeping the innning alive!!!!

He still sucks.... He is getting worse each month too....

Ever since Mikiemod starting that thread about 1978 it seems that the Yanks can't lose and the Sox offense cannot hit. I blame him.. Off with his head :icon_fU:

:) :icon_eyes

[luso2kx]

Like I said on the ESPN Sox board:

Now that Timlin is healthy, I fully believe that Tito is going to disregard all the effort this bullpen made to become effective and trot Timlin's carcass out in just about every game.

Example of such being today. Snyder firing in the pen and he opts for Timlin.

[SamBam39]

Crappy end to that series! Bats are definitely in a funk!!

[SamBam39]

Yeah, I didn't get the choice of Timlin just off the DL in a close game. Francona did a piss poor job of managing this game!

[#1Patsfan_chica]

It would have been great to win today, especially on a day when the Yankees won but the Sox took the series and that makes me happy.

[luso2kx]

Yeah, I didn't get the choice of Timlin just off the DL in a close game. Francona did a piss poor job of managing this game!Timlin is to Francona as Rod Beck was to Jimy Williams

Timlin is who Francona calls in just about any situation. Only Theo will be able to pull the plug on it by trading or releasing him. Until then, Francona is going to continue to plug him in, regardless of how worthless he is now.

[SamBam39]

Why wouldn't Francona pinch hit Papi?

[oldskool138]

Why wouldn't Francona pinch hit Papi?

I was wondering that myself...You've got a big bat on the bench, why not use it?

Cal Ripken can sleep easy at night knowing that no Red Sox player will break his record under Terry "Day Off" Francona :rolleyes:

[fightingdoxies]

I was wondering that myself...You've got a big bat on the bench, why not use it?

Cal Ripken can sleep easy at night knowing that no Red Sox player will break his record under Terry "Day Off" Francona :rolleyes:

actually thats an interesting point.... now i will be the first to admit that i'm not one of those " i know everything" type people and i know everything about everyone and team etc. for a while now though i have always been wondering... do other teams give their players day offs like the sox? I actually never really heard of it till it became an issue with manny. just curious

[oldskool138]

actually thats an interesting point.... now i will be the first to admit that i'm not one of those " i know everything" type people and i know everything about everyone and team etc. for a while now though i have always been wondering... do other teams give their players day offs like the sox? I actually never really heard of it till it became an issue with manny. just curious

I'm not sure, but I do know that Miggie Tejada plays everyday...Every time the Sox play a division opponent, it seems like they use their "standard" line-up.

Terry is very mercurial when filling out the line-up card...Or so it seems.

But back to the Ortiz thing, didn't the Sox get a couple of baserunners in the 9th? What do you have to lose by batting Ortiz? If you end up tying the game you have to shuffle the defensive positions (but such is NL Baseball). I think Terry dropped the ball there...

[nomars_girl]

But back to the Ortiz thing, didn't the Sox get a couple of baserunners in the 9th? What do you have to lose by batting Ortiz? If you end up tying the game you have to shuffle the defensive positions (but such is NL Baseball). I think Terry dropped the ball there...

Even if we went ahead, we would have had to shuffle the defensive positions. ;)

I would have batted Ortiz for Coco. You couldn't pinch hit for Lugo (who got on anyway) or Pedroia because we were out of middle infielders since Cora had already been used.