if ortiz can lay off when it's down and away I foresee great things
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 14 March 2010 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
"What about Mike Lowell"? Beltre said. "I aint any better player than Mike Lowell, I'll tell you that."
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 14 March 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
if Papelbon gets shook again then LOL angels
― sanskrit, Sunday, 14 March 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
TB had a lot of things go their way in 08 but they're still probably the 3rd best team in the AL and they still have a bunch of good prospects in the high minors to bring up. they'd be tearing up any other division in baseball long-term. xxxp
― ciderpress, Monday, 15 March 2010 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
agreed on TB
the east will even get uglier if baltimore pops in two years and toronto close behind
― sanskrit, Monday, 15 March 2010 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
ya... not sure abt toronto just yet.and i say this as someone who has forgiven that team for, literally, everything over the years (since '77 tbp).
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 15 March 2010 04:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/04/01/cleaned_up_hitter/
"'I probably smoked two joints, drank about three or four beers, got to the ballpark, took some (amphetamines), took a pain pill, drank a cup of coffee, chewed some tobacco, had a cigarette, and got up to the plate and hit,' Carbo said."
― Andy K, Thursday, 1 April 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/bos/images/email/y2010/jordans_650x400.jpg
― ☀ ☃ (am0n), Thursday, 1 April 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i wonder where exactly the sign is
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 1 April 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, it's the small blue sign w/white lettering in the top middle of this pic:
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/03/31/fenway539.jpg
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 1 April 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
extremely unlikely imo
See, they WILL score runs, at least off mediocre staffs like the Yankees'.
Between Pedro, Tyler, and Neil, I'm surprised they didn't roll Ted's frozen head out there.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 April 2010 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/everyone-in-red-sox-locker-room-just-assumed-jason,17195/
BOSTON—Catcher Jason Varitek's entrance into the Boston clubhouse Tuesday was punctuated by startled shouts and the clatter of dropped objects, as his Red Sox teammates explained that they had all just assumed the veteran player had died. "I could have sworn he died after the All-Star break," second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who sent flowers and a card to Varitek's family, told reporters. "I don't remember seeing him on base at all last season, much less in the lineup or catching. I thought that's why we got Victor [Martinez], because Jason was dead. Right?" Though Pedroia insisted that it was good to see his teammate again, he was still not entirely convinced that Varitek was not dead after watching him take a round of batting practice.
― max, Monday, 5 April 2010 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
funny part is the first pedroia quote is totally plausible
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 April 2010 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
victor martinez beastin tonight
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
when's papi's contract up? dude is a wreck.
"Shit happens. Then you guys talk shit. Two fucking games already. Motherfuckers are going crazy. What's up with that, man? Shit. There's fucking 160 games left. Y'all fuckers go ahead and hit for me."
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
this is it, since there's no way the 2011 club option is getting picked up.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
did you fill in the cusses yourself or did you find this uncensored somewhere
i filled in the blanks then googled
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh i'm not that worried about him yet. if it werent opening day he wouldnt be starting vs sabathia, and he hasnt been hitting the ball well but he's only struck out once. and its only two games into the season.
― killah priest, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, April 7, 2010 1:29 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
roid rage
― goon with the wind (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
nice..i dont get YES despite living like 40 blocks from yankee stadium and espn is blacking out the game since im in market
― killah priest, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
ayyy papi
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 8 April 2010 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Papi's getting boo'd, huh?
― Andy K, Thursday, 8 April 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope the bullpen can hold this first inning 4-0 lead we've worked up on KC...
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
who the fuck is bill hall
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
more jeremy hermida i think?
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
what the fuck is bill hall doing at ss
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
bill hall? ex-brewer who raked for a couple years and then died?
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
bill hall hasn't played ss since 06
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
A Callaspo safe at second on error by shortstop B Hall, S Podsednik scored.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
he dropped a fly ball!
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 April 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
omg really
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 April 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
it's funny cause that basically makes him a bad outfielder, not a bad shortstop (though i'm sure he is that too)
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 April 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, Bill Hall is from near here (Nettleton, MS) and the local paper was all Hall-this and Hall-that until the last couple of years when he turned EEEEVILLLL
― millions now zinging will never lol (WmC), Sunday, 11 April 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
when i finally actually saw that play it wasn't really hall's fault, ellsbury should have made it - it was a communication thing more than anything
hall played SS, LF and RF yesterday, fact fans
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 12 April 2010 11:28 (fourteen years ago) link
papi!
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 April 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
CAUGHT STEALING Ortiz (1)
waht
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah he just went. announcers had no idea either.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
it was respectably close fwiw
oh i was surprised he got on base tbh
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
it was a walk i think
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
hermida btw!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ain't no love
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-people-jay-z-ortizlawsuit
― bnw, Friday, 16 April 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i love how in the ny tabloids, they point out that ortiz only has 10 steals in his career.
― mizzell, Friday, 16 April 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
and that's probably too many considering several times per season he goes for no reason and gets caught easily
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 April 2010 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
red sox nation in crisis
― est 2010 (rahni), Sunday, 18 April 2010 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
playin like ass
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 18 April 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
they've had a tough schedule to start, so far they've played the 3 best offensive teams in the league (plus kc) so its too early to freak out about the pitching etc
― ciderpress, Sunday, 18 April 2010 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
just kinda have to sadly lol @ two of the dudes acquired for defense makin some horrible plays so early in the season
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 18 April 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah he certainly wasn't the worst of the bullpen by a long shot.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
no, but he's been getting worse for two years now. maybe he's a change of scenery guy but i don't think he was going to find himself in boston.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
is it patriots or bruins time yet?
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe we'll finally get to see lars anderson now that he's a bust and they don't need to preserve his service time
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
IIRC, it usually comes down to:best leadoff man 1stbest overall hitter secondanother high OBP/low GIDP guy 3rdbest overall slugger 4thworst hitter bats eighth― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, August 30, 2010 6:46 PM (2 days ago)
worst hitter bats eighth
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, August 30, 2010 6:46 PM (2 days ago)
there's a thread on this!
1st: speed (lefty or switch), high obp2nd: lefty, high obp3rd: best hitter (OPS/VORP) on team4th: best slugger on team
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
That's why Francoeur hit 4th for the Mets last night.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
actually the weirdest thing that comes out of the lineup analysis stuff is that the #3 spot in the lineup is actually the 5th most important spot after 2,4,1,5, and is best suited for low average sluggers e.g. david ortiz, jim thome, etc. the reason is that they come up with 2 outs and no men on base a bit more often than the other slots, so a home run slightly increases in value from that slot while a non-HR hit slightly decreases in value.
it's extremely marginal though and if you have your best hitter in the 3-hole you're probably losing no more than a run or 2 per season
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
a lot of teams still get the all-important 1&2 hitters all wrong which is a much bigger inefficiency than anything you'll get out of more detailed lineup optimization
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL at Papelbon opening the floodgates by watching Quentin take (an uncovered) second base on a bloop to shallow center.
― Andy K, Sunday, 5 September 2010 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Then the bottom fell out. Carlos Quentin doubled to no-man’s land in shallow center, where the infielders and rookie outfielder Ryan Kalish converged but nobody could get to the ball. Quentin raced into second where nobody was covering — and Rios scored. Papelbon should have been at second.“Yeah, I think he would have been safe regardless,’’ Papelbon said.
“Yeah, I think he would have been safe regardless,’’ Papelbon said.
Quentin took second because nobody was there, dipshit.
― Andy K, Monday, 6 September 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
lester killin it
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
The door is open, Sox, the Stanks are swoonin'.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 September 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
6 games left vs the bombers o_O
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 September 2010 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Sox' raw playoff odds at 0.25%. I wonder what sweeping the Stanks wd raise it to?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
they'd have to take 5 or 6 of the 6 remaining
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 September 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the A's are more likely to make the playoffs than the red sox right now
i just had that open and through you were right -- you're not, it's 0.26% chance Sox and 0.15% chance Rangers. still.
― sanskrit, Friday, 24 September 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
0.15% A's, you get the idea. i'd love to see that surprise upset.. OR WOULD I.
― sanskrit, Friday, 24 September 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Sox odds up to 1.13%!
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 September 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
well its almost bruins time.
― chrisv2010, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
thank god its over.
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
dont really mind, lots of fun teams to bandwagon for the postseason this year
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link