Gameday Thread: O's (44-46) @ Red Sox (55-39)
by SC
on Jul 11, 2008 4:57 PM EDT
Baltimore Orioles @ Boston Red Sox
Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA HR BB K W-L Brian Burres - LH - #56 16 (18) 92.1 5.07 1.56 .303 12 31 44 6-5 Clay Buchholz - RH - #61 8 42.1 5.53 1.63 .285 3 20 43 2-3
If we lose this game and the Jays beat the Yankees, we have sole possession of last place.
I suppose everyone here knows Clay Buchholz. It was less than a year ago that he no-hit the Orioles, one day before this happened to my beloved Wolverines. That was quite a weekend, let me tell you.
Buchholz started this year with the SAWX, but after he wasn't pitching very well for the SAWX, he was sent down to pitch for the Paw SAWX. He also had a fingernail injury of some sort. Buchholz pitched nine games for the Paw SAWX (4-2, 2.47 ERA), and now is back with the real SAWX, with Justin Masterson going down to the Paw SAWX to learn how to pitch out of the bullpen, presumably for the SAWX.
In his career against the SAWX, Brian Burres has a 5.79 ERA and 1.93 WHIP (18.2 innings). The last time that Burres faced the SAWX, he was lit up to the tune of seven earned in four innings, giving up two homers in 12 hits. Hopefully in this outing against the SAWX, he won't fold like a cheap tent quite so quickly. If he can give us five or six, and with Buchholz having struggled earlier this year for the SAWX, hopefully we can get off this five-game schneid with a win against the SAWX.
We really do need to beat the SAWX tonight, if only for our own selfish reasons, like sanity. When you lose five straight games with scores of 5-3, 11-10, 7-6, 9-8 and 6-5, it gets a little tough to handle. So let's beat the SAWX.
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Clay Buchholz
Just the name makes me sick to my stomach!
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 11, 2008 5:01 PM EDT 0 recs
the name Brian Burres may make me sicker
I can’t believe I’m actually going to watch this game
by math_geek on
Jul 11, 2008 5:52 PM EDT
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I have work tonight
so I’ll have wait to feel the pain and anguish until after I get off.
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on
Jul 11, 2008 5:57 PM EDT
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I certainly hope
that Brian Burres might “step it up” tonight, as it’s been quite a while since he’s managed to that.
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 5:45 PM EDT 0 recs
Bucholz
strikes out twice as many as Brian, walks 25% more, allows half as many HRs. Has a lower Batting average against an insignificantly higher WHIP, and yet still has a higher ERA than Brian. Incredible. I guess Fenway is a doubles park though.
by math_geek on Jul 11, 2008 6:16 PM EDT 0 recs
and the Orioles are a doubles hitting team
I’m hoping for everyone to get one…
by getxstoked on
Jul 11, 2008 6:27 PM EDT
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9 consecutive doubles
now that would be something
by math_geek on
Jul 11, 2008 6:29 PM EDT
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FINALLY!
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
Jul 11, 2008 11:42 PM EDT
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ugh, NESN
I was praying that somehow I’d get the B’more feed. No dice.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:00 PM EDT 0 recs
bummer
Hunter and Palmer tonight, much better than Hunter/Dempsey
by getxstoked on
Jul 11, 2008 7:08 PM EDT
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did gary thorne DIE?
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 7:09 PM EDT
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nah.
he took a tour of the Sam Adams factory and drank himself into a stupor.
by getxstoked on
Jul 11, 2008 7:17 PM EDT
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"CHERRY WHEAT?"
AHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
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Woot! A hit!
Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks
by wickedwitch on Jul 11, 2008 7:09 PM EDT 0 recs
man Roberts rules
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:09 PM EDT 0 recs
1-0 O's!
Sac fly steak for Adam Jones, son.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:09 PM EDT 0 recs
BB for Nick
Buchholz looks GOOD.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:12 PM EDT 0 recs
this a-hole is wearing like seven necklaces
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:12 PM EDT 0 recs
BB for Huff
Buchholz looks awesome.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:14 PM EDT 0 recs
WHAM!
Melvin Mora…thrown out at second. You fucking dumbshit.
2-0 anyway, but come on Melvin.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:16 PM EDT 0 recs
exactly.
he should have stayed at first, or you know, not hesitated.
by getxstoked on
Jul 11, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
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BB for Millar.
Bucholz is almost as awesome as Okajima.
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 7:19 PM EDT 0 recs
holy shit!
i got a free week of mlb.tv because i voted for the all-star game! i get to watch the O’s finally…
by Y Not on Jul 11, 2008 7:19 PM EDT 0 recs
Yeah I used that promo just to check it out. If you ever had the choice between MLB.tv and Extra Innings I can’t imagine paying for MLB.tv.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 7:26 PM EDT
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umm.. did that just say 99mph from burres?
or is the screen res on mlb.tv kinda choppy?
by Y Not on Jul 11, 2008 7:25 PM EDT 0 recs
89
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 7:27 PM EDT
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if Burres ever hits 99
start repenting of all your sins, because the apocalypse is coming.
by getxstoked on
Jul 11, 2008 7:27 PM EDT
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it would be a result of something like...
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by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 7:33 PM EDT
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Yooooouk with a line drive
Right to LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:27 PM EDT 0 recs
he can go to Boston
if they want to give us Lowell
or one of their 6,000,000 Papelbons.
by getxstoked on
Jul 11, 2008 7:30 PM EDT
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Damn.
Why does Youkilis actually have to be good at his position…
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 7:41 PM EDT 0 recs
here goes Burres
Stepping it up again.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 7:48 PM EDT 0 recs
Fuck you Millar
Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks
by wickedwitch on Jul 11, 2008 7:53 PM EDT 0 recs
wow.
a bad call goes against the other team?
craziness.
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 7:53 PM EDT 0 recs
that was some ridiculous pitching by Bucholz.
I hope he regresses to first inning form shortly.
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 8:03 PM EDT 0 recs
Millar's shoelaces are ridiculous
They draw attention to the fact that he runs slowly.
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on
Jul 11, 2008 8:18 PM EDT
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C'mon Luke
What have you done for me lately?
“I know he used to do shit for you, but what has he done for you lately?”
by Jonny Pops on Jul 11, 2008 8:18 PM EDT 0 recs
by the way, you're right.. bucholz is dealing now..
he’s getting the hitters down 0-2 every time..
by Y Not on Jul 11, 2008 8:21 PM EDT 0 recs
yeah he is
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 8:36 PM EDT
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how did the red sox get their run?
I was outside for a few minutes, and came back to the run on the board.
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 8:30 PM EDT 0 recs
RUN BRIAN RUN
Tie game!
RBI triple!
3-3 baby
Brian’s a dong shy of the cycle.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 8:36 PM EDT 0 recs
weird baserunning by Brian
Infield was back, he probably scores uncontested on AJ’s grounder.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 8:38 PM EDT 0 recs
these are some bullshit strikes on huff.
it’s crossing the plate at his fucking eyes.
by getxstoked on Jul 11, 2008 8:44 PM EDT 0 recs
what the hell were those two strike calls on huff?
the ump from baltimore or something?
by Y Not on Jul 11, 2008 8:46 PM EDT 0 recs
wow, new folks
Nice to see y’all.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 8:46 PM EDT 0 recs
friday night....
i’m actually packing though, so should be here on and off for the rest.
how’s burres looking?
by zknower on
Jul 11, 2008 8:48 PM EDT
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eh
He’s stepped it up? Maybe.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 8:48 PM EDT
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glad to be back....
I’d been incognito for almost a month….since the Astros came to B-more
by Chanumas on
Jul 11, 2008 8:48 PM EDT
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fuck
That JUST missed
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 8:48 PM EDT 0 recs
Good evening.
I’m at my parents house drinking some Miller Light Wheat. It’s weird to me that it even exists.
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on Jul 11, 2008 8:48 PM EDT 0 recs
MILLER LIGHT WHEAT?
signs that the apocalypse is nigh.
by zknower on
Jul 11, 2008 8:49 PM EDT
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My parents you know
They can move to Howard County, but they’re Glen Burnie at heart.
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on
Jul 11, 2008 8:50 PM EDT
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Hunter actually had a pretty good line
Palmer says, “I was talking to Clay during spring training and asked him how he gained a few pounds this year.” Hunter replies, “Maybe from wearing all those necklaces?”
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on
Jul 11, 2008 8:50 PM EDT
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to keep their arms from snapping off
like Adam Lowen’s
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on
Jul 11, 2008 8:50 PM EDT
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goddamn man
Mora’s getting screwed this AB.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 8:50 PM EDT 0 recs
Come on Millar
Show your boyfriends what they’re missing not playing with you anymore.
"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones
by Stacey on Jul 11, 2008 8:52 PM EDT 0 recs
Dark Knight looks AWESOME
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 8:54 PM EDT
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Yeah....this has so far been a fan-freaking-tastic summer for superhero/comic book movies...
and the Dark Knight won’t change that
by Chanumas on
Jul 11, 2008 8:56 PM EDT
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what's nice...
is that they’ve finally realized that people have the ability to accept a comic book character being in a seriously good script with a seriously good story. X2 had that (and X-Men to a lesser extent) but then the third one was some Fantastic Four-level bullshit. I was soured on superhero movies with X-Men III but thank God that was just a singularly bad movie. All the Elektra, Daredevil, etc. bullshit were just attempts to cash in anyway.
Considering I was never an avid reader of comic books, I’ve got some pissy feelings about the movies.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 8:59 PM EDT
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X3 and Spiderman 3 were huge disappointments..
especially considering that their respective previous two movies were good.
by Y Not on
Jul 11, 2008 9:01 PM EDT
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I don't think we should let him play against them
Obvious conflict of interest.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 8:55 PM EDT
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ahh well
when your DH is a mascot instead of a major leaguer, that happens.
by zknower on Jul 11, 2008 8:54 PM EDT 0 recs
oh cool
Cougars making out on NESN.
Washed-Up Leather Moms Gone Wild
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Jul 11, 2008 8:57 PM EDT 0 recs