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Minnesota Twins (50-40) @ Boston Red Sox (54-39) |
GAME NOTES: Livan Hernandez was able to tame the Sox bats last time around after a shaky first inning. Still, all signs point to the Red Sox being able to handle the wily veteran: 7.00 ERA on the road, 6.62 ERA in June, .336 BAA for the entire season, only 43 K in 116 innings….it’s a wonder Hernandez still has a job. Josh Beckett? His job security is quite safe. Is there anyone else you’d rather have on the mound going for a big sweep over an AL contender? Didn’t think so.
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OK…can we please just stop scoring? I’m seriously getting worried about Friday’s game.
Thank you…geez. Even that one was almost a homer for Bailey.
Where’s Leslie the Twins fan today?
13 run lead. Hmmm. I’d consider betting on the Sox here. Anyone give me odds?
Timlin? Wait. No bets.
Guess Youk doesn’t want to keep his offense stagnant. HA!
If I’m secretly wishing for Kubel and Morneau to hit another homer apiece this inning (for the sake of my fantasy team), does that make me a poor Sox fan?
If you want a good laugh…look at MLB Gameday’s video of the Abreu walk-off double and check out the fat guidos in the stands.
That’s NY for you.
Colin:
Hilarious, thanks for the tip.
I like Cash as a backup catcher, he definitely makes you realize how replaceable mirabelli was
Tony Soprano & AJ at Rays/Yanks! I am so glad I don’t live anywhere near there.
Evrey sox player BA get juiced today: thanks Twinkies!
ps:my record stands now at 40-11, yes 40!
guys, ‘fat guidos’? is this how we want to represent Sox fans to the world?
not thrilled.
Sean, did you see that video? As a Sox fan of Italian ancestry, I don’t mind those two being described as “fat guidos” one bit, ’cause that’s what they are, even if they aren’t Italian.
Looks like our offense finally decided it was their turn to win a couple games in the 7th and 8th innings … Rather than watch our bullpen lose them … Good … lets keep this going eh?
Thank God the Red Sox are not in the AL Central. That team is darn good. Also, I don’t have to watch NESN. My gosh NESN is bad when it comes to baseball. DId they even mention anything about the Twins? I know the network is supposed to be pro-Red Sox. I get that, but a good telecast mentions both teams, and sadly I did not get it the last two nights. I think I have a great apprecaition for YES more than ever after this.
NESN >>>> YES
Don’t hate Remy and Don.
Leslie-
I’m open to hearing you on the NESN complaint, but what other networks would you cite that live up to the ideal you’re looking for?
Nice to have you here and I appreciate your love of the game. Good luck to your Twins.
I like FSN Southwest’s coverage of the Rangers. Josh Lewin and Tom Griever talk baseball and do their homework on other teams. Same with FSN Rocky Mountain. I have my issues with Bremer and Blyleven on FSN North, but at least, they do their homework on other teams.
Thanks for the good wishes, MR. It was a great series, and I am glad it’s over. Boston is a very good team. They are going all the way this year.
Steve: If you are a Red Sox fan, you like Don and Jerry. As a baseball fan, I like to think they would do their homework on other teams and talk about them. That’s what makes a good telecast. At least, YES does that.
I know where you’re coming from, Leslie. Remy is a very good analyst when it comes to dissecting situations and approaches, but he doesn’t know much about Red Sox opponents, and can get off on tangents. And don’t get me started with Don Orsillo. Possibly the most useless PBP man in all of baseball. He serves no purpose.
I don’t know Zach. I completely agree on Don. There are times when I think he is only there for the one half inning where he gets to talk to someone from outside baseball.
With Remy, he knows the situations well, offers insight into the gamesmanship and can appreciate a good play no matter which side benefits. He lulls me to sleep sometimes, making me think he has no idea who’s on the other and is just offering insight based on raw observations, then he’ll whip out some crazy stat from when a player was in college or A+ ball and kinda put me on my ass. It’s rare that he pulls it out, but I think he does the work (or has a crazy good intern that only gets to speak every other week), but doesn’t feel that it contributes much of anything to the coverage.
I guess that’s why I’d disagree with Leslie. Rem-dog loves the game, seems to be a huge fan of well played ball and can admit when the team he’s paid to cover fs up. YES! announcers will do everything they can, including citing made up history, to justify a booted ball or a whiff.
Having said that, I don’t much listen to announcers, I’d rather keep my ADD in check and only read five windows of baseball analysis while watching the game and finding tranquility in crickets and small nameless birds.
I grew up in Connecticut and got a healthy dose of both NESN and YES and really its not even close NESN is much less biased and homerish. I understand that Remy might not do the most research on another team, but the Yankees guys do just enough research to diminish what the other team’s players and tell you why the Yankees are better. At least Don and Jerry give the other team credit when they do something on the field, Michael Kay would have described Justin Morneau’s homer today as if it was entirely the doing of the breeze and Suzan Waldman would have wrote an epic poem about how many runs the Yankees scored (if the Yankees had been the team beating the Twins today). Maybe it’s the Red Sox fan in me, but Kay and Waldman make we want to kick a puppy. I’ll admit that Kaat is okay and Girardi was good too when he was there, but YES basically exists to jack off the Yankees and no other purpose. I’m glad that I’m in Atlanta now and don’t have to hear them getting ready to induct Brett Gardner into the Hall of Fame.
Sean McDonough should have never been fired from the Red Sox, but the new ownership wanted a yes-man for the Red Sox so Orsillo fit the role well. I enjoyed listening to McDonough. I remembered McDonough telling it like it is as an announcer, and that was not going to sit well with John Henry and his people. It’s too bad since the fans miss out on that.
Bob Kurtz probably would not have lasted either if he stayed on. He was also blunt. He quit to do the Wild games on the radio.
Yankees announcers are no better, but I will take them over NESN guys.