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Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles


7:05 / MASN :: 89° :: Wind out to LF - 9 MPH :: Rain - 0%

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  Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA HR BB K W-L
Jon Lester - LH 25 160.2 3.25 1.30 .262 11 50 109 11-4
Jeremy Guthrie - RH 25 170.0 3.18 1.15 .235 18 45 108 10-8

Usually I'd say something about the fact that we've got a hell of a nice pitching matchup on our hands today, with young Jon Lester taking on our ace Jeremy Guthrie, two guys having similar years. But instead I just want to say that it's time to play the role of spoiler.

And I want to send a shout-out to Awesome Mike Awesome, who says Lester is better than Guthrie. I will throw all rationale to the side and just say this: To be the man, by God, you have to beat! the! man!

WOOOOOOO!

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Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles

08/18/08 7:05 PM EDT

Boston Red Sox Baltimore Orioles
Jacoby Ellsbury - RF Brian Roberts - 2B
Dustin Pedroia - 2B Nick Markakis - RF
David Ortiz - DH Melvin Mora - 3B
Kevin Youkilis - 3B Aubrey Huff - DH
Jason Bay - LF Ramon Hernandez - C
Jed Lowrie - SS Kevin Millar - 1B
Sean Casey - 1B Luke Scott - LF
Jason Varitek - C Jay Payton - CF
Coco Crisp - CF Juan Castro - SS


 

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the sawx are only half a game up in the wild card race...

imagine a post season sans the new york AND boston yankee teams! a man can dream…

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Aug 18, 2008 6:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Cool dream, Dave-- and you're right, NY and Boston BOTH have Yankee teams, i.e. jerkitudinal.

I’ll letcha be in my dream if I can be in yours! I said that.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 6:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wow

thanks for the invite.
so… whats your dream exactly?

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Aug 18, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Lord, I hope the O's can play spoiler

Now that Olympic swimming is over, I’ll likely tune into a bit of this game.

I had to give pointers to a bunch of massholes up here who were making the trip to Baltimore. Before you ask, I didn’t steer them to Edmondson Village or the likes. I hope they get to see a bunch of losses. I can dream.

by drj on Aug 18, 2008 6:44 PM EDT   0 recs

You are a credit to your town

although I’m sure they’re more than familiar with where to buy their pharmaceuticals

by Bromo on Aug 18, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Adam Jones NOT out for season?

Schmuck and Roch are both reporting that Jones was playing catch today without a cast or walking boot. Schmuck thinks that Jones is on pace to return for the final two or three weeks of the season.

That would make the annual limp-to-the-finish a lot more watchable.

by dkdc on Aug 18, 2008 6:48 PM EDT   0 recs

word! Some house calls from the Dr. would liven things up all right! But they'd better be SURE he's OK.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 6:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I miss Adam

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 6:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jones, right?

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 6:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

duh

Obviously not Loewen

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hee-hee, couldn't resist.

And hey, maybe it’s possible to miss something that never was. It’d be like, y’know, deja vu all over again.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

please refer yourself to when i said that ten days ago

and everyone shouted me down without even giving the matter any thought

Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.

by thewaywardO on Aug 18, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Actually

I only disputed the notion that Guthrie was “clearly” better than Lester, which was wrong then and wronger now. They could hardly be more equal. Except Lester is much younger and Guthrie has been way way luckier on balls in play.

by Awesome Mike Awesome on Aug 18, 2008 6:57 PM EDT   0 recs

sure

But I enjoy battle.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ARE YOU ASKING

FOR A CHALLEEEEEEEEEEEENGE

by Awesome Mike Awesome on Aug 18, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice play Ramon!

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Hit the field, Sawkies.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 7:12 PM EDT   0 recs

I hear a lot of cheering for the red sox on the radio

Makes me angry. You won’t like me when I’m angry…

by PhilR8 on Aug 18, 2008 7:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Lester threw 8 whole pitches that inning

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:17 PM EDT   0 recs

we're awesome!

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Who are you again?

I think I’ve seen you here before, but I can’t remember when.

by PhilR8 on Aug 18, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Hey, you know who I'd like to have meet the Physics Perfesser? It'd be awesome...

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 7:19 PM EDT   0 recs

god fuck it all

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:20 PM EDT   0 recs

God Hates Us All

"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 Aug 18, 2008 7:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

just you, apparently.

You weren’t here yesterday and the O’s won in a blowout…I mean, seriously.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 18, 2008 8:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I've been gone a week

and they win, what, 4 out of 7 on a road trip? WTF?

"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 Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You need to take more vacations, apparently.

Also, buy the new Showdown record tomorrow, it’s called Back Breaker, and it’s the best metal record so far this year.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 18, 2008 8:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Still pysched for the new Metallica

Heard the first single on Xm this weekend, and it ain’t bad. I’ll see them in January with my daughter…

"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 Aug 18, 2008 10:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The Showdown

is if you took Pantera, added some Slayer, a dash of Hatebreed, and a some of the NOLA scene stuff like Down or what not. Basically, it’s a thousand kinds of awesome.

"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08

by getxstoked on Aug 18, 2008 10:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

1-0

Cmon Guts, let’s get focused

by PhilR8 on Aug 18, 2008 7:20 PM EDT   0 recs

oops

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:20 PM EDT   0 recs

His customary 2nd inning gopher ball.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

If I ever meet Luke

I’m gonna tell him to grow back his sideburns.

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Jim Palmer is on my nerves

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:22 PM EDT   0 recs

What is he saying

Is he being brutally honest about someone?

by PhilR8 on Aug 18, 2008 7:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He just won't shut up about Manny

and how the Red Sox are the luckiest sons of bitches alive not to have to deal with him anymore.

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah Jim's in rare form

I hate Jim without Gary.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

are you kidding me?

Varitek is awful. WTF, Guts?

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:24 PM EDT   0 recs

cocksucker

Home run to Varitek? C’mon, Guthrie. I accepted a challenge and everything.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Varitek sucks

Nick Markakis: The Actual Greek God of Walks

by wickedwitch on Aug 18, 2008 7:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Guts is his own toughest critic

He’ll get his ass in gear.

by PhilR8 on Aug 18, 2008 7:24 PM EDT   0 recs

ugh

If this was NCAA Football then the momentum meter would be pulsating on Boston’s side.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:25 PM EDT   0 recs

His customary 2nd gopher ball in the 2nd.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 7:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Ok Guts

You got those home runs out of your system. Now shut it down so Melvin Mora, world’s greatest baseball player, can win this game for us.

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:26 PM EDT   0 recs

I know this doesn't make things fun

But I can’t shake that 4-32 finish from a few years ago. We’re right at that stage where it could happen.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Honestly I don’t know how some of you stay so upbeat with the recent history.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

drugs

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ah

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not upbeat

just stubbornly fanatical. I’m like Bart when Lisa tempted him with an electrified cupcake. I keep reaching for it even though I get hurt every time.

by PhilR8 on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You got mental problems, man.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ADD

Can’t remember shit 5 minutes after it happens. Melvin Mora is my new shiny metal thing.

"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 Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, first we gotta get to .500...

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Aug 18, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

have you recently changed allegiences?

cause thats just hurtful

"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17

by daveh873 on Aug 18, 2008 7:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

My only hope at this point in the season REALLY is that we F with Boston and help Tampa Bay. Not that I’m psyched to see postseason baseball at the Trop, but if we can get in Boston’s way that’d be tits.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It's funny

I hadn’t thought of that at all but I was on baseball reference today (in lieu of doing actual work at work) and I saw that year and it still made me feel sick to my stomach. I wouldn’t put anything past this ballclub.

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

also

Did I tell y’all that Ramon would pick it up after the break? WHO SAID THAT? I’m not the Grinch. Damn.

Also Melvin Mora is, admittedly, my daddy.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:30 PM EDT   0 recs

woo! Ramon!

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:30 PM EDT   0 recs

I can't believe this season is almost over

and I still haven’t been chosen as the Double Bubble Scratch Off Contestant of the day

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:31 PM EDT   0 recs

boy

That was a horrible pitch for Ramon to swing at, too.

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

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by SC on Aug 18, 2008 7:31 PM EDT   0 recs

C'mon Millar

stick it to ’em.

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

by Stacey on Aug 18, 2008 7:31 PM EDT   0 recs

he'd rather they...

nvm

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

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