(It's a) Departure - Game Thread: Game 124, Jays at Boston Red Sox
by hugo on Aug 17, 2008 1:00 PM EDT
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It's definitely been a departure (thanks to the Long Winters for the title) to see the Jays hitting home runs over the last week or so. The Jays, now 3 games over .500, also depart the Athens of America for home after today's afternoon game, which features a great pitching matchup. The Jays are 4-1 on this mini road trip with one game left to play, which is really quite good. It will be even better if they can finish strong.
Marcum v. Beckett - the Jays look to take the 2-game series against the Bo-Sox. Adam Lind continues at DH while Brad Wilkerson mans left. Wilk had a very nice catch yesterday. I'll be around for at least a good portion of the game today. Let's go Jays!
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Beckett really struggling
nice job by Lind there
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
big chance for Lyle
bases loaded, 1 out
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Lyle!
cashes two more with a line-drive single
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Mac joins the party
drives a curveball up against the wall to make it 6-0!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Inglett made 2 outs that inning
but saw 14 pitches. How much do you think that long leadoff at-bat helped everyone else, even if he didn’t get on?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I would guess it definitely did
the Jays got big hits on all of Beckett’s different pitches, so I’d imagine seeing them all in that first at-bat probably helped
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
after the leadoff seeing-eye single
Marcum erases him with the double play off Pedroia’s bat
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
nice job on Youk
after walking Ortiz on the full count.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
nice one Vern
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
That's two different kinds of double play already
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lindy!!!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Lind blasts one to right
Inching closer to the team lead.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
lind's coming out party
the baseball world takes notice
Lyle gaps one
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Wilk triples down the right-field line
Lyle scores easily
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
man we need a laugher
even against the sox 8 should be enough
ya gotta love left field in fenway
supposedly measured at 296 ft to the wall
crazy enough down the line
but what’s really ridiculous is that it’s like the same distance to left-center
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
You mean the 310 is a lie?
I think the marked distance to the porch in Houston is a lie.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
i like how jays didnt want lind to play left this series
dont need any adventures
310 supposedly a lie
and the monster makes the field seem even smaller than it is…some sort of optical illusion prob
better nickname for big papi
the Brown Monster
Marcum pitching Ortiz
gingerly
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
gets him to strike out
quality inning
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
ko on a 89 mph fastball
eye high
marcum has good rhythm going
Lind and Olerud
Have you read anything or heard anything about the similarities of their swings…almost uncanny…wonder if they received same coaching in minors…
haven't heard anything like that
I do remember Lyle saying in an interview that he modeled his swing off Olreud, a fellow Evergreen Stater
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Definition of a laugher
I’m watching animatronic animals perform Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) by The Arcade Fire
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
haha
nice
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Have you seen the Rockafire Explosion videos?
The guy who originally designed the rig for Showbiz Pizza has his own copy, and he choreographs them to songs by paid request. The version of Love in this Club is awesome, and Electric Feel is made even better by the presence of the Rockafire Explosion in the real music video for the song.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
love that song
have you seen them live?
as good as neil diamond?
they are pretty amazing live
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
You mean The Arcade Fire?
I only heard of them because of the animatronic animals performing their song.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
sox dont scout for lesser teams?
how can they not know how to pitch to rios?
lind seems completely unflappable
he seems to have borrrowed olerud’s mien too
Lind
uses the monster
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
unbelievable
that lind double is a warning track fly anywhere else
as a matter of fact we’ve seen him hit that exactly the same for outs a few times recently
lind a triple away from the cycle
and we’re in the fourth
i fear he gets plunked next time ab
jays not taking anything for granted
even with 9 run lead, they’re working the count…going for more
if im francona, im plunking a blue jay here
timlin just the type to exact revenge
Bases loaded 2 out revenge?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
hell ya
as neil would say
if it was vs yanks he def would
against jays though, noone cares
remy is explaining why dick william's dictatorial managing style
wouldnt wash nowadays
remy speaks for 5 minutes and says nothing
sox announcers try gamely to fill the time in a laugher
and fail miserably
it really is too bad we couldn't get Bay
but if the asking price was really Marcum and Snider, that’s way too much
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
marcum losing concentration
rod comes out to wake him up
i would have loved bay
but a decent left handed bat outfielder/dh would have been good too
marcum pitch count up to 73
looks like he’ll be gone after 6 at the latest
come on Shaun
go after these guys
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
marcum really losing concentration
time for a visit
do you think
Orsillo and Remy hate themselves for having to talk about “Sox Appeal” during the games?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
let them put the ball in play
we have great defence and 8 run lead dammit
compare their inanities to a professional
like gary cohen on mets broadcasts…he is excellent
I agree Gary Cohen is awesome
I don’t think the Sox guys are too bad though. I’ve heard much much worse
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
For example
The Hawk.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
marcum working very deliberately
bases loaded with one out
ive heard worse too
at least they are not too highly caffeinated
Marcum gets his groundball
wasn’t pretty, but we just need outs
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
tailor made dp hit by varitek
the achilles heel of the sox
not to mention the "c"aptain
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
variteks numbers
considering theo’s what have you done for me lately attitude, i am surprised varitek has gotten such a long leash this year
just shows you how few good catchers there are available
johnny mac lead off single
i hope he keeps getting more confident
grounder through gaping hole
not sure why youk was holding mac in 9-1 game but whatever
If he had gone we'd have seen that plunk for sure.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
i hope scoot bunts here
and ignites a brawl
btw i am sitting here watching game
while i can look outside and see the most gorgeous day of summer
priorities
You know, Lind does have a bunch of triples
the cycle isn’t that unreasonable.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
here was great time to plunk rios
but sox just dont care about jays
rios crushes liner off wall
and continues march to 300 average
timlin finally sends message pitch
but wells ducks out
here comes cyclist
4th ab in 5 innings…this could be interesting
lind flies out
bummer
now lets get one more inning from marcum
great fifth inning by marcum
what the heck…trot him for the 6th too
well,i think this game is in hand
and if jays manage to blow this, i dont want to witness it anyway…so i am out…good luck
yeah
I’m going to go for a run…maybe drop back in later.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Mac=beast
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
hey
let’s use League in a 12-run game. I know we’re off tomorrow, but really?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Pretty much exactly because we're off tomorrow
Probably use BJ too. Might as well keep them sharp.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
or in B.J.'s case, get them sharp
he doesn’t look too good
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I'm glad this isn't a close game
if he would have pitched like this (which is no sure thing).
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
he settles down a bit, gets a groundout, a popup
and a strikeout to end it
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
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