LCS Open Thread: TAM (1) @ BOS (1), PHI (2) @ LAD (1)

by SC on Oct 13, 2008 1:33 PM EDT in Gamethreads Comment 46 comments

Next Game

Monday, Oct 13, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT
Fenway Park

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Matt Garza	11-9	30	30	3	2	0	0	184.2	170	83	76	19	59	128	3.70	1.24

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Jon Lester	16-6	33	33	2	2	0	0	210.1	202	78	75	14	66	152	3.21	1.27

Next Game

Philadelphia Phillies
@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Monday, Oct 13, 2008, 8:22 PM EDT
Dodger Stadium

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Joe Blanton	4-0	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.2	66	36	33	10	31	49	4.20	1.37

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Derek Lowe	14-11	34	34	1	0	0	0	211.0	194	84	76	14	45	147	3.24	1.13

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hee hee

I crack up every time I see that picture of Matt Garza. He’s all, “How YOU doin?”

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Oct 13, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

first thing i thought of...

“why are you smiling?”

“b/c i know something you don’t know.”

“what’s that?”

“i am uh-no left-handed!”

…of course, matt garza really isn’t left-handed and has never claimed (to my knowledge) otherwise.

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Oct 13, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it me..

Or has Buck been particularly annoying and embarassing this post-season?

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Oct 13, 2008 5:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I dunno

SSDY to me

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

Camden Chat
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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not Lester’s best day.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 5:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

according to Ron Darling

You could absolutely not ever believe that the Rays are winning this game 5-0.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

Camden Chat
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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 6:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

According to Yahoo

Jon Lester is an emerging ace.

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Oct 13, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

According to Buck

He’s the best pitcher in the league right now (that was right before the second inning).

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Oct 13, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

He is.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's all hyperbole

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Oct 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

according to the idiot TBS announcers

the Rays screwed themselves for good by not scoring that inning and only being up 5-0.

“That’s a BIG momentum shift right there.”

by zknower on Oct 13, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ron Darling is horrible

People say he’s good. They’re wrong. And we all know Buck.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

according to Buck

You “learn how to win” when you “fight for each other.”

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

Camden Chat
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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and you care about

“the name on the front” and not “the name on the back”.

by zknower on Oct 13, 2008 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bet that's why the Red Sox are always good

They have no names on the back.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ron Darling calls all Red Sox fans idiots

“If you’re a Red Sox fan you say, WHO IS THIS GUY MATT GARZA?”

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Oct 13, 2008 6:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think for the most part, that's true

all of the idiot college girls who became fans after moving to Boston just liked the Red Sox because they thought Pedroia or Ellsbury were cute

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Oct 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awww

Game started at 5? Lame…

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Oct 13, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice game so far

I went into the gym with the Rays up 1-0 and with Red Sox on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and I thought when I came back the Rays would be losing for sure. Nice surprise that they weren’t!

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Oct 13, 2008 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dear Red Sox fans leaving the park early,

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha

by zknower on Oct 13, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

real fans leave early

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Oct 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can the Os get Jay Howell for Christmas?

That 4-pitch 3-out stint the inning before last was one of the baddest things I’ve seen in a while. Got Pedroia to ground into an inning-ending DP just after the Sox scored to make it 5-1 and have two men on base…the fans clapping, screaming, etc. Not so fast, PHN.
Just as I type this a Bay Ray hits a HR and a Sox fan stupidly tosses the ball back on the field. I pay 150 bucks for a seat you best believe I’m keeping the MF ball no matter who hit it.

by Lothar on Oct 13, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Man

Imagine you were a Rays fan? Imagine how awesome it must be? I’m so jealous.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Oct 13, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Except not really

Obviously this doesn’t hold true for all Rays fans, but most of the people at the stadium/posting online look like they did not follow the team at all until this year. They have been bad for ten years, but because of their ineptitude, they never built up a fan base.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Oct 13, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stacey didn't say "Imagine you were a Rays bandwagoner"

She said imagine if you were a Rays fan. They’re out there, and right now I’ll bet that they feel really really good. Giddy is probably a good word to use when describing how Rays fans probably feel right now.

Sigh. I want to feel that way too :/

by PhilR8 on Oct 13, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're right

But I’d venture to say that the vast majority of current Rays fans have hopped on recently. I do understand that there are a few Devil Rays fans out there, however.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Oct 13, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares?

Teams that have been bad for a long time like the O’s and Pirates have a history of greatness that started the tradition of being fans of that team. That’s the only reason they have the fan bases they do. The test will be that if all of these people who realized how awesome baseball is stick around when the Rays stink again.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Oct 13, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My point

Was that they don’t appreciate it as much as we would, to be honest. It just seems unfair and I am jealous, that’s all.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Oct 13, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You sound exactly like some of the Red Sox fans on OTM

and it makes me sad :(

by PhilR8 on Oct 13, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How can they think it's unfair

When they have won multiple pennants in the past few years.

I think all of us are a bit bitter, no? I guess I’ve just never bought into the Rays being a likeable team; they’re in our division and are going to crush us for years to come, and that makes me sad.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Oct 13, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I follow you

I dunno, I like it when the little nerdy kids hit a growth spurt over the summer, come back to school in September, and pound on the bullies that tormented them in the past.

Plus, increased competition in the AL East means that MacPhail will have to that much harder to be able to compete. Competition breeds a better product!

by PhilR8 on Oct 13, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they're not the Yankees

AL East hateability list
1. MFY
2. PHN
3. Blue Jays under Cito
4. (Devil) Rays

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Oct 13, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And the difference between the first and second spots on that list

is a whole lot smaller than the difference between the second and third spots.

by PhilR8 on Oct 14, 2008 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I see that

Really I was talking about the fans who have been around since the beginning and have never had anything to cheer about until now. I’m happy for them, even if there aren’t that many.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Oct 13, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I JUST WANT TO BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

Camden Chat
Bad Left Hook

by SC on Oct 13, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

haha

5-3 Dodgers

Geaux Eaux's

by NawlinsOriole on Oct 13, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is lame

Third straight AB where they’ve pitched around Manny. I hope Martin makes them pay and makes an effort to protect Ramirez.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Oct 13, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs