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  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    Solat13 wrote:
    86 years for the Sox to win the title

    and now 86 seasons for the Yanks at Yankee Stadium

    And when Pedro beat down Zimmer he 86'd him. ;)
    damn, bro

    it took you guys 86 YEARS to win a title?

    EIGHTY SIX YEARS???? ouch...I kinda feel bad for the fans now :p
    Aah, fuck it, I’m just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin’ TV...
    Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
    Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    The only "86" that metters ....
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    hartamh wrote:
    What is going on with Beckett ??? :confused:

    He had a bad inning. It happens.

    Since getting off the dl he has a 2.16 era with 27 ks and 4 bbs in 25 innings. I can definitely live with that.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
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    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    hartamh wrote:
    I know, but this is crunch time and one bad inning can really hurt :(

    I'd rather it be this week than next week. This week really doesn't matter. The Sox weren't going to catch the Rays and it's all about getting your work in and staying healthy.

    The real season starts next Wednesday.
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    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
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    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
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    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    step one, complete - in the playoffs ....

    looks like champaigne time ... Papi's got his goggles on.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    A team source confirmed to the Boston Globe the Red Sox will retire Johnny
    Pesky's number (6) this weekend, during the final series of the year with the
    New York Yankees. The official announcement could come as early as today.


    To read more, Johnny Pesky's #6 Retired

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    g under p wrote:
    A team source confirmed to the Boston Globe the Red Sox will retire Johnny
    Pesky's number (6) this weekend, during the final series of the year with the
    New York Yankees. The official announcement could come as early as today.


    To read more, Johnny Pesky's #6 Retired

    Peace

    that's cool ... he's been with the team for so long ... but, I thought one of the prerequisites was the player needed to be in the hall of fame?
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    jimed14 wrote:
    that's cool ... he's been with the team for so long ... but, I thought one of the prerequisites was the player needed to be in the hall of fame?

    Lucchino acknowledged the retirement of Pesky's number was an exception to the longstanding criteria for such honor, which in the past has been bestowed upon players who had played at least 10 years with the Red Sox, finished their careers here, and were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Unlike Williams, Doerr, Carl Yastrzemski (No. 8), and Carlton Fisk (No. 27), Pesky is not in the Hall of Fame.

    `` We inherited a set a rules that applied to this question of retiring numbers and we have looked at that and considered that to be useful but as guidelines rather than firm rules,'' said Lucchino, who indicated the retirement will take place before Friday night's game against the Yankees. ``I think that Johnny Pesky's career cries out as exceptional and its length of term and the versatility of his contributions -- on the field, off the field, in the dugout, etc. -- are such that we considered Johnny a worthy exception to the rules that were set down before.''

    -

    Plus Saturday is his 89th birthday. Might as well retire the number while he's still in uniform going to every home game.
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    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
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    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Seriously, could Dustin Pedroia muster enough to eeek out an MVP?

    1st in the league in hits, runs, doubles ... 2nd in batting average ... 2nd in fielding percentage for all AL second basemen ...

    There's Hamilton, Quentin, but, nothing far and away above the rest of the league in any of the categories they lead ... K-Rod enters the picture wtih 61 saves ...

    should be intersting.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    jimed14 wrote:
    Seriously, could Dustin Pedroia muster enough to eeek out an MVP?

    1st in the league in hits, runs, doubles ... 2nd in batting average ... 2nd in fielding percentage for all AL second basemen ...

    There's Hamilton, Quentin, but, nothing far and away above the rest of the league in any of the categories they lead ... K-Rod enters the picture wtih 61 saves ...

    should be intersting.

    I think that after Quentin got hurt and barring the Twins making the post season on the heroics of Morneau, Pedroia is the front runner for MVP. Hamilton has like 29 rbis since the break and K Rod has a ton of saves but also blown 7 of them. You could make the argument that Brad Lidge of the Phillies has been more impressive season than K Rod with his 40/40 season and the fact the Phillies are 75-0 having a lead in the 9th. (I know different leagues, but if you look at Lidge's and K Rod's stats minus the saves, he's had a better year.)

    K Rod
    74G 66 1/3IP 53H 75K 34BB 2.31 ERA 1.31 WHIP

    Lidge
    70G 67 1/3IP 47H 89K 34BB 1.87 ERA 1.20 WHIP
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Awesome clincher! Can't wait for the playoffs.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    woohooooooooo i went to the game last night. im pretty sure the playoffs cant get much better than that :D:D
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    sweet. we're in. playoff baseball baby, nothing like it.

    can Byrd make the playoff roster? i forget how that whole trading after the deadline thing works.
    All that's sacred, comes from youth....dedications, naive and true.
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    sweet. we're in. playoff baseball baby, nothing like it.

    can Byrd make the playoff roster? i forget how that whole trading after the deadline thing works.

    Yep. He was on the 40 man before September 1st.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Solat13 wrote:
    Yep. He was on the 40 man before September 1st.

    So the question is will Byrd or Wake be our 4th starter?
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Wilds wrote:
    So the question is will Byrd or Wake be our 4th starter?

    I would have to say Byrd. Wakefield has experience pitching out of the bullpen if necessary and Byrd has been much better since the Allstar Break.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
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    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    Solat13 wrote:
    Yep. He was on the 40 man before September 1st.
    why do they make a big deal about the "trade deadline" then?

    id take Byrd over wake. i know, blasphemy from a sox fan, but he is so unpredictable. 1 run one night, 6 through 4 innings the next.

    byrd will give you 6 strong innings of 4 run ball.
    All that's sacred, comes from youth....dedications, naive and true.
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    why do they make a big deal about the "trade deadline" then?

    id take Byrd over wake. i know, blasphemy from a sox fan, but he is so unpredictable. 1 run one night, 6 through 4 innings the next.

    byrd will give you 6 strong innings of 4 run ball.

    After July 31st, a player has to go through waivers before being able to be traded. Before July 31st you can trade anyone as long as they don't have a no trade clause.

    After July 31st and before September 1st, trades can still be made, but players ahve to go through waivers. If a team claims a player, the original team can then pull the player back or make a trade with the team that claims him. The order of waivers is from worst record to best so its much harder to make a deal after the official trade deadline.
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    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    hartamh wrote:
    You were at the game last night? Did Pap give you a base? He's giving them to the fans ;)
    nope. but i got a champagne shower :D
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Wilds wrote:
    So the question is will Byrd or Wake be our 4th starter?

    I thought I saw last night, that, if the Sox were the Wild Card, playing the Angels ... they would only need 3 starters in the first series ... as Game 1 is next Wednesday.

    If they came in 1st and faced the AL Central winner, they'd need a 4th starter as Game 1 is next Thursday.

    If they did need a 4th starter, I'd say they'd go with Byrd.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez

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