26 April 2010

Get Thee Behind Us: Red Sox at Blue Jays, 7:07pm EST

Oatmeal from Extra Bases:

RED SOX (8-11)

Scutaro SS
Pedroia 2B
Youkilis 1B
Lowell DH
Drew RF
Varitek C
Beltre 3B
Hall LF
McDonald CF

Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (1-0, 5.26)

BLUE JAYS (10-9)
Lewis LF
Hill 2B
Lind DH
Wells CF
Overbay 1B
Gonzalez SS
Bautista 3B
Buck C
Snider RF

Pitching: LHP Dana Eveland (2-0, 1.93)


It'd be a bit daunting to know back on Opening Day that we'd be fielding this kind of lineup in April -- not to mention that Beckett's not the only starter with an ERA above 5 (Lester, Lackey, and Wakefield are flying high as well.)

There's no doubt we'll recover, but enough to compete with the MFY and Tampa?

First things first. A sweep will put the Jays behind us, and us in third place.

34 comments:

Amy said...

Hi Ish. Don't know if anyone is here. Is there something wrong with Blogger? Or is it just JOS? I can't seem to get to comments there.

Michael Holloway said...

Good luck Boston fans.

Zenslinger said...

Time for Eveland to come down to Earth.

Amy said...

OK, guess you aren't here.

GO SOX! Let Laura and Allan see a W, goddammit.

Zenslinger said...

Four singles, only one run.

I'll take it. But Varitek's allowed to hit something other than a solo HR, I hope the gods know.

Blogger's returning comments with a lot of errors. I'm trying not to take it personally.

Amy said...

Hmm, I am having real problems with Blogger on Firefox tonight. I posted two comments, but they did not come through and now I cannot get through to any comments at all there. If anyone has any brilliant ideas, let me know. I am now on IE, which is a pain.

Anyway, GO SOX! Win it for us and for Laura and Allan.

Zenslinger said...

Josh living dangerously with two outs.

Is the Dome really closed?

Amy said...

OK, blogger sucks. No comments going through, it seems (unless Ish isn't putting them through??).

Enjoy the game.

Zenslinger said...

Beware Seabass's great power. His 5 HR are right up there with Varitek's 4.

Michael Holloway said...

"Blogger's returning comments with a lot of errors. I'm trying not to take it personally."

Does that refer to me? No disrespect intended.

Can't see my mistake though - moderation is on. I'm not proud, if my spell checker isn't working I go download a new one. :)

Zenslinger said...

Still no OTT.

It occurs to me that the Sox getting four singles and everyone only advancing one bases each time confirms RS's issue with the term "RISP". Unhappily, of course.

Zenslinger said...

Scooter perfect on the day. And in scoring position.

That's a joke.

Man, I'm having a ball here.

Zenslinger said...

Now see that. Scooter can't score from second on Pedey's single. It just fuckin' goes to show ya.

Amy said...

Seems Zen is the only one who can comment. Even Ish isn't commenting!

Amy said...

OK, trying again to comment. Not sure what the hell is going on.

But the Sox have the bases loaded with no outs!

Zenslinger said...

Varitek drives in two -- and saves us from the ignominy of failing to score with bases loaded and no outs.

I'm going to take off for a bit. You all keep it down in here while I'm gone.

Michael Holloway said...

OK

Michael Holloway said...

Ha! 5-6

Zenslinger said...

If you told me I'd come home and find us behind, I'd have been...surprised.

And here we are.

Amy said...

Testing blogger.

Amy said...

Crazy game. Up and down. Too bad I couldn't get into Blogger to thread. But then no one was here but poor Zen!

meunier said...

And it's only halfway over!

meunier said...

I was occupied earlier watching the Bruins send the Sabres off to the golf course.

meunier said...

Oh darn I hate the Toronto announcer.

nick said...

craziness! Been watching most of the game w/o the computer. Not even sure what to say of this wreck. Least it's not dull for Allan and Laura. Let's come out on top of the see-saw.

meunier said...

Up by 2 but will it last in this crazy adventure?

nick said...

Scoot lucky at 1st and home. or, more accurately, they're sloppy.

Ol' ball magnet gets it again.

nick said...

This is painful.

meunier said...

This is getting Monty Python ridiculous.

meunier said...

Who the feck is coming in?

meunier said...

I sent down Bill Hall and called up Angel Santos in MLB 2k10.

Amy said...

What a crazy, crazy game!

nick said...

It's that celebrated defense that puts us on top in these 1-run games!

Zenslinger said...

The depressing take is: you can't enjoy winning like this, and like several games have been recently.

The optimistic take is: our rotation has to improve. If and when it does, we're going to be stylin'!