Dice-BB took notes
― sanskrit, Saturday, 29 May 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
hey we're not gonna get swept by the royals!
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 30 May 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i am here to say that i was wrong about the beltre signing
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 June 2010 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think anyone expected him to hit over .280 tbh
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
DICE OK
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 3 June 2010 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
buchholz and lester, and pray for a twister
DICE ROLLS
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 11:14 (fourteen years ago) link
NICE-K
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
EIGHT IS ENOUGH
Jesus that was ugly
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Friday, 11 June 2010 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
BARD DAZE NIGHT
daniel nava hits grand slam in his first mlb at-bat
― ciderpress, Saturday, 12 June 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, and did you hear the story about his parents?? crazy
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 June 2010 12:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Nava admitted to using HGH in the past
― sanskrit, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Homer-Givin' Help
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i know theo/james loves them some midget ass scrapper pedroias but under five foot and 70 pounds as a high school freshman? CMON SON.
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I know I'm not the first to say it, but whatever happened to pitching and defense? Our starters suck, our bullpens blow the lead, and we lead the league in runs scored.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
starters have been v. good lately haven't they?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 June 2010 11:45 (fourteen years ago) link
BUCH NO ARGUMENT
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 June 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
CLAY FIRED UP
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 June 2010 12:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that was mainly an explanation to appease the people who thought that the offense would somehow crater without the TRUE POWER THREAT of jason bay (who currently has 4HR on the season)
also the defense has been quite good according to every defensive metric i can find
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 June 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
mets player in losing power shocka.
but yeah, the offense being good was predicated on ortiz and beltre bouncebacks and everyone else holding steady. luckily, that's exactly what's happened, plus varitek randomly chipping in 7 as a very part-time player.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 21 June 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
my doyers got steamrolled so hard against the sox. dodgers are 10-31 or something in interleague games at al parks
― mayor jingleberries, Monday, 21 June 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Long game in Denver highlighted by Dustin Pedroia..
5-53 homers1 double1 single1 walk
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 25 June 2010 05:22 (fourteen years ago) link
DUDE
― sanskrit, Monday, 28 June 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
They seem to be converting injuries into wins.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 28 June 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
so, Varitek broke his foot! and no one seems to know how.
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/4031/varitek-to-dl-with-fractured-foot
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
lucky for them
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
who catch now, Fisk?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 July 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
they called the molina hotline it seems
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 July 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
david ortiz intentionally walked to get to "niuman romero" ;_;
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
don't know if yall have heard, but red sox tv ratings are down 36% this year. it's a shocking number even to someone who thinks "tv ratings of sports stories" are dumb.
simmons has at it today: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100729
for counterpoint, "true fan" hardmanning is here: http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/58817-red-sox-games-no-longer-must-see-tv/
i assume this revive will just result in typical ilbb snark but what the hell right?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i haven't been watching the games as much lately but it's more me being busier than lack of interest
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Well the A-team was out for awhile right? I haven't been watching much this year because A) I live on a different continent and B) well, see A.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
If NESN launched a game show called "Guess What J.D. Just Did?" in which contestants guessed based off his expressions -- did Drew just hit a game-saving double, take a called third strike, hit into a double play, win the lottery or find out he was going to jail? -- nobody would ever win.
loool
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 30 July 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
JD is my fav red sox player
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
hey at least he's been around long enough to have some kind of relationship to him--i'm lollin at these guys who are affronted that i might not give a fuck about adrian beltre's lucky season.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 July 2010 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i think a lot of the disinterest is from all the roster turnover from the past couple years due to injuries and aging
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
also people tend to unfairly compare every red sox season to the 2004 season which was just about the flukiest hollywood-plot-esque baseball team ever and is never gonna happen again. of course every year is gonna seem 'boring' if that's your benchmark
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
on one hand, i'm not gonna try and pretend like i can understand what it would be like to follow a team giving so much time to bill hall, daniel nava, darnell mcdonald, kevin cash etc
on the other hand, there is some really dumb... and frankly spoiled opinions expressed in this column
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
WE DON'T HAVE A PITCHER THAT I WANT TO WATCH EVERY FIVE DAYS. YEAH, JON LESTER MIGHT WIN THE AL CY YOUNG WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST K/9 RATIOS IN BASEBALL, BUT HE'S NO PEDRO!!!!
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that part was pretty wtf to me...lester is awesome to watch
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
the problem here is that there's tooooons of conflation in the column between "what's good for the fan" and "what's good for the team" -- entertainment value vs baseball value etc
like, when he's talking about the red sox not having a ryan howard type player whose at bats you look forward to... it's like simmons is advocating having a home run derby team or something. that's not to pick on ryan howard specifically, who obv has baseball value, but it just seems like he was vacillating a ton between "this is no fun wha!" and "we're not winning wah!" without acknowledging how those things are so interconnected?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
can't verbalize exactly what i'm trying to say, but it just struck me as a really naive column (at least parts of it -- there are some things he said about literally attending games vs watching on tv & stuff like that that he was absolutely otm about)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah my basic position on the ratings drop is this--the front office, via the media, did an awful job of selling this year's model to average fans, who can still faithfully repeat the phrases "pitching and defense" and "bridge year." so once the bad start confirmed everyone's fears, and the injuries exacerbated them, ppl had questions (some legit, some not) about why exactly they should care about this year.
i do watch less baseball myself these days, in part because i share a tv with my gf, but also because this year's sox have been about as interesting as last year.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
lester is indeed really great to watch, don't understand that criticism at all.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think there's anything inherently wrong about being like "this team is boring, and they make me want to watch less" -- i think the same thing about the padres but they're actually winning so it's a bit different
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i'm struggling to come up with a team that's particularly interesting?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
well i think there's something inherent about baseball teams that's sort of... uninteresting? like, even the yankees are getting contributions from marcus thames as they steamroll everyone in their path
even the rays -- great young staff to watch, longo, crawford etc -- started matt joyce and willie aybar last night
but that's baseball! idk. the game itself it what sells and is what's fun, which is probably why the mlb has the problem that simmons outlines wrt recognizable stars and what not
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link