Vernon Wells started the game with a two-run shot and ended it with a solo-blast putting the finishing touches on a rout of the Boston Red Sox beating them 11-0.
Jon Lester did not make it past the third inning, 2 1/3’s innings, en route to giving up seven runs on eight hits.
Goat of the game: Lester
Just did not have it today, plain and simple.
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Well, thank god I put Lester on my fantasy bench today…
Anyone else realize it’s realistic the Red Sox might not make the playoffs?
Oddly enough, even if we don’t, I still consider this season a good one.
The Sox brought back virtually the entire 2007 World Champion team. But only a few of them played the whole year, and no one played healthy. Even the few NEW guys got injured: Buchholz, Colon, Aardsma, Casey, Carter, Van Every. But still, unless the Sox fall completely to pieces and the Twins/WS have great stretch runs, the Red Sox will still be in it.
But, like any pre-2004 Red Sox fan, I am already thinking about next year, and that’s OK because 2008 has been such an anomoly . . . the Rays?, where is Detroit and Colorado?, how far can the Yankees fall?, a venal Boras/Manny coup in mid-season?, Joe Torre, Manny’s healthy hammies, Torii Hunter, Texeira in L.A.???? the AL’s best pitchers now in the NL??
Go figure.
This has been one of the most entertaining seasons for me to watch in a long time, both as a Red Sox fan and as a (first and foremost) baseball fan.
This year is not going to go down as an injury excuse in my book. The Sox fielded a good team, couldn’t beat good pitchers and the good pitchers we’ve thrown out there have been beaten by mediocre and better teams. It is what it is. It’s been fun to watch and I’m not counting the team out yet.
By run differential the Red Sox and White Sox should be the best 2 teams in the AL. Tampa is certainly for real and the Angels are a hell of a team, but the Twins really baffle me. Aside from Liriano they have a bunch of young back-of the rotation guys, and aside from Mauer and Morneau their lineup really doesn’t get on base (Kubel has been good too). All the stats point to them not being this good, but I guess you just have to chalk it up as one of those magical baseball things that defies conventional wisdom.
That said, WIN TODAY PLEASE. Losing 2/3 here would be bad because the rotation looks brutal for the Bronx series and if we lose that we’ll never stop hearing the Yankee trolls.
Cora is in the lineup AGAIN today, what did Sean Casey do???? Is he hurt?? Is there any legitimate reason that Cora should be playing when Casey or Bailey could provide sooo much more offense?
So I’m just going to go ahead and assume that this game is a loss. We’d better win 2/3 in the Bronx.
Dustin really is the only player on this team that I trust at this point
Two HIT Pieces on Foxsports dot com. WTF..
Why Delcarmen?? Paps hadn’t thrown that many pitches
Worry not…we salvage a win thanks to Lowrie, the better shortstop.
Bob: Casey has a stiff neck, day to day.
That would explain a lot. Everyone on this team is injured somehow it seems
Fox will continue to hate anything from liberal Mass. and NE (and NY) until it controls the NE airways . . . and it already controls NESN’s schedule. One world, one view, one media empire. Expect more hit pieces, and more McCain/Rove ads.
Pedroia, Bay, Coco, Lowrie, Tek. Who knew. And what defense. This is still a great team even without Manny, Mike, JD, Casey, Wake, Colon, Aardsma, etc. On to the House the Babe Built.