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  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    I wonder if it's a coincidence that Youkilis wasn't in the starting lineup today. Valentine's comment was a pretty crappy thing for a manager to say publicly, but to do it the day before sitting the guy for a game is just making matters worse.

    :corn:
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    I'm not sure what Valentine was thinking today. He left Bard in the game when he had clearly run out of gas. After getting 2 outs in the 7th he walked a guy and gave up a single, then walked Pena on 4 pitches to load the bases and bring Longoria up to the plate. He was over 100 pitches at this point and that's probably his limit right now since he hasn't been a starter in ages before this year. Valentine left him in and he walked Longoria on 4 pitches to bring in the game's only run. Rays win 1-0. I wonder if Bobby will be ok if his players question whether he was in the game emotionally. :D
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Things to be encouraged about: Cody Ross killing it defensively and with the bat, Mike Aviles looking comfortable at short, the bullpen has performed well the last few days, Papi is hitting and Bard and Dubront looked solid for most of their outings this weekend.

    Things to be discouraged about: Bobby V running his mouth 10 games into the season, losing Ellsbury (our catalyst) for two months

    Regardless of the outcome this year, it's certainly going to be interesting.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Fans can second guess Bobby V for leaving Bard in, but I don't think its too big of a deal. He was showing his faith in the young kid and he was clearly tired (3 of last 9 batters faced were 1st pitch strikes), and it didn't work out.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    BOBBY V..HAHA knew it was coming
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • PillowPants
    PillowPants Posts: 4,877
    wake me in october

    :fp:
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Fans can second guess Bobby V for leaving Bard in, but I don't think its too big of a deal. He was showing his faith in the young kid and he was clearly tired (3 of last 9 batters faced were 1st pitch strikes), and it didn't work out.
    I'm definitely second guessing this one. Bard should never have been in the game at that point. This was his 2nd career start after leaving the bullpen. He had thrown 87 pitches when the 7th inning started and he had already walked 4 coming into the 7th inning. He proceeds to get 2 quick outs on 5 pitches before walking the next guy on 5 pitches. Next batter singles to center on the 6th pitch of the AB.

    (This is the point where he should have been pulled at the latest) Next batter walks on 4 pitches. Obviously, he's done at this point, right? Nope, Bobby V. decides to let him stay in to get the third out despite having allowed 2 walks and a single in the inning. Oh, his pitch count was at 107 at this point and he'd just allowed his 6th walk of the game. So much for letting him gradually stretch himself into the starter's role early in the season.

    The next batter walks on 4 pitches allowing the first and only run of the game. Bobby V. finally comes and rescues Bard who pitched great for 6 2/3 innings. The crowd boos loudly both when Bobby V. comes out to the mound and while he returns to the dugout. I understand trying to let a guy go for a shutout, but Bard was clearly done. Terrible management that may have lost the Red Sox the game since the final score was 1-0.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    Melancon and his 49.50 ERA are headed to Pawtucket.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,244
    PillowPants wrote:
    wake me in october

    :fp:

    for what? :?
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • PJ88
    PJ88 Posts: 1,074
    PillowPants wrote:
    wake me in october

    :fp:

    At this point I totally agree! I have a feeling this is going to be a long season.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    Fans headed for the door as bobby v got booed
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    You Son of a Bitch, Bobby V
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Sorry about the beat down.

    As a life long Rangers fan, I know all about Bobby V. I can't believe y'all hired him.
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Cant wait for tomorrow. This looks like its going to be awesome. So many former players etc. expected to attend. Then we get Sox-Yanks Round 1.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    is this team any good? thinking of catching a game next weekend
    81 is now off the air

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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    81 wrote:
    is this team any good? thinking of catching a game next weekend
    Oh yeah, they're on the south side next weekend. I don't really know how to answer the question of if they're any good or not, but they're certainly interesting.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    81 wrote:
    is this team any good? thinking of catching a game next weekend

    on paper ... they're great!
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    The story of why the cameraman was focused on Fisk during his 1975 World Series HR for that classic shot of him trying to wave the ball fair is quite gross.

    http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/ ... age-on-tv/
    I want to say I knew this once. Or maybe posted on it once. But when you post several thousand things a year they all kind of blend together. Oh well.

    Anyway, there’s a great story over at Sporting News which tells the tale of the famous shot of Carlton Fisk’s homer in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. It was a shot that wasn’t supposed to happen because back then camermen were instructed to follow the ball, not the player’s reaction. But in this case, something weird happened:

    NBC cameraman Lou Gerard, stationed in the Fenway scoreboard and assigned to track the ball wherever Fisk hit it, had a problem.

    A big, hairy, ugly, nasty problem.

    “There were some rats running around,” he says. “With Fisk coming up, Harry Coyle, who was the director at the time, he told me, ‘Lou, you have to follow the ball if he hits it.’ I said, ‘Harry, I can’t, I’ve got a rat on my leg that’s as big as a cat. It’s staring me in the face. I’m blocked by a piece of metal on my right.’ So he said, ‘What are we going to do?’ I said, ‘How about if we stay with Fisk, see what happens?’

    Meanwhile, we all get mad at Luke Scott for calling Fenway Park a dump. Oh well.
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    No Freddie Lynn
    No Trot Nixon
    No Wade Boggs
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    No Freddie Lynn
    No Trot Nixon
    No Wade Boggs


    Also, no Schilling. He's busy with his video game company and won't be there. The only reason Boggs isn't attending is because he heard that chicken was banned from the clubhouse. ;)

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