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14 Apr 2009  |  ptbnl  |Game Thread

Red Sox
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Youkilis 1B
Drew RF
Bay LF
Lowell 3B
Varitek C
Green SS

Athletics
Sweeney CF
Cabrera SS
Giambi 1B
Holliday LF
Cust DH
Garciaparra 3B
Suzuki C
Buck RF
Ellis 2B

So no Davis and Cust up a spot … baby steps.

XbX edit:

84 thoughts on “Game Thread 4/14”

  1. Poppy Apr 14,2009 5:41 pm

    You don’t mind that I changed “Pedrois” to “Pedroia,” do
    you?

  2. nevermoor Apr 14,2009 5:46 pm

    This should lighten the mood, a content-less fluff
    piece:

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4063753

  3. mikeA Apr 14,2009 5:52 pm

    Who is Buck?

  4. mikeA Apr 14,2009 5:53 pm

    Off to the game!

  5. Poppy Apr 14,2009 6:08 pm

    “VISUAL AND PHONOLOGICAL CODING IN WORKING MEMORY AND
    ORTHOGRAPHIC SKILLS OF DEAF CHILDREN USING CHILEAN SIGN LANGUAGE.”

    That article’s not going to help me.

    (I’m blocked. Can you tell?)

    • mikeA Apr 15,2009 11:31 am || Up

      that was about the billionth time someone has posted
      fangraphs wpa stuff at **, so it was strange for it to be treated as an exciting novelty.

  6. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 6:09 pm

  7. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 6:21 pm

    Burnett loses no hitter,
    then loses shutout.

  8. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 6:44 pm

    Bot 10th:
    Seattle
    – Y. Betancourt safe at first on pitcher S. Shields’ throwing error, F. Gutierrez to third, F. Gutierrez
    scored

    AngelsRPfail.gif

  9. Apr 14,2009 7:19 pm

    BahYay!

    I blame credit mikeA for going to the game.

  10. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 7:22 pm

    How hard is Eveland
    throwing?

  11. oblique Apr 14,2009 7:24 pm

    Well, this is going
    well.

  12. Apr 14,2009 7:35 pm

    It’s bizarre having all these hitters at the top of the
    order with BAs starting with a 3.

  13. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 7:40 pm

    It’s bizarre having all
    these runs.

    Holla-Cust!

  14. green star oakland Apr 14,2009 7:43 pm

    So is Gallagher the long man ? After a 40-pitch 1st, I
    doubt Eveland is pitching deep into this one.

    And for the Red Sox ?

  16. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 7:46 pm

    Poor Over Eveland Exander.

  17. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 7:47 pm

    I finally figured out who Buck looks like: the brother
    from My Name Is Earl minus 150 pounds and plus hair.

  18. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 7:49 pm

    Good thing Blevins isn’t
    on the mound, that last wind gust would have taken him out of the Coliseum.

  19. Apr 14,2009 7:52 pm

  20. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 7:55 pm

    Nice quick inning for
    Eveland, Masterson coming in.

  21. Poppy Apr 14,2009 8:04 pm

    It’s weird to read a game thread about a game (or
    partial game) I haven’t seen. Are we winning?

  22. green star oakland Apr 14,2009 8:04 pm

    4 runs and counting for the Orioles against the Rangers
    in the top of the 10th.

  24. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 8:11 pm

    Dice-BB Matsuwalka’s
    final line: 1ip, 5r, 2bb, 0k

  25. sslinger Apr 14,2009 8:55 pm

    Only cliche missing from the tv broadcast booth (think
    deep voice now): here at the frozen tundra of lambeau field…

  26. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 14,2009 8:58 pm

    ban the sun. Since that’s obvious lunacy, I have an alternative suggestion: let’s sacrifice Crosby to it.]] >

  27. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 8:58 pm

    I do not like Bobby
    Crosby.

  28. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 9:05 pm

    So… how exactly is
    Crosby’s new swing any better than the old one?

  29. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 9:32 pm

    Ugh, I don’t like
    bringing in Casilla with runners on base, either stick with Bailey or go to Ziggy.

  30. iglew Apr 14,2009 9:37 pm

    About last night’s Swisher game:

    As Jeter said, some days you’ll blow out teams and other days you’ll get blown out.

    In other words, some days it’s just a … FREAK ROUT!

  31. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 10:10 pm

    Ryan Sweeney is going to have a massive pear-shaped
    matronly ass when he gets old.

  32. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 10:36 pm

    ok, those two outside “strikes” to holliday were close,
    but “strike” 2 to lowell … yeesh.

  33. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 10:39 pm

  34. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 10:42 pm

    i blame beane for that

  35. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 10:46 pm

    crap. that shoulda been gone

  36. mjdittmer Apr 14,2009 11:15 pm

    Mmm … the game’s not on here in L.A. Things I could
    watch instead:
    1) SportsCenter
    2) Best Damn Sports Show
    3) A re-run of The Office on TBS
    4) A re-play of the Lakers-Jazz game from earlier today
    5) Rescue Me

  37. xbhaskarx Apr 14,2009 11:30 pm

    I would have left Giambi
    in.

  38. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 11:37 pm

    Predictions for the results of Chavvy’s MRI?

    And with Chavvy, and presumably Nomah and Suzuki, unavailable tomorrow … yeesh. Get ready for a whole ‘nother
    year of this.

  39. monkeyball Apr 14,2009 11:38 pm

  40. Poppy Apr 15,2009 12:03 am

    Did we win?

  41. mikeA Apr 15,2009 12:53 am

    Some sox fan floozy in my section kept yelling out “Go
    Dutin!!!” when the sox were out on defense….

  42. JediLeroy Apr 15,2009 2:31 am

    3200+ comments in like seventeen separate threads at **.
    I’m so sad I wasn’t there to be a part of the “exciting new changes.”

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