Tonight: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Luis Mendoza...7:05 PM on NESN.
Tomorrow: Jon Lester vs. Jason Jennings...7:05 PM on NESN; or NESN plus. The Bruins play game 6 at the same time tomorrow and I haven't heard which will be on NESN and which will be on NESN plus yet.
Sunday: Tim Wakefield vs. Kevin Millwood...1:35 PM on NESN.
Monday: Clay Buchholz vs. Kason Gabbard...11:05 AM on NESN.
Rangers @ Red Sox (4/18, 4/19, 4/20, 4/21)
Rangers @ Red Sox (4/18, 4/19, 4/20, 4/21)
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Lineups are out...
Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Sean Casey, 1B
Jed Lowrie, SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka, P
Rangers
Ian Kinsler, 2B
Michael Young, SS
Josh Hamilton, CF
Milton Bradley, RF
Hank Blalock, 3B
David Murphy, LF
Frank Catalanotto, DH
Gerald Laird, C
Ben Broussard, 1B
Luis Mendoza, P
The Jed Lowrie @ SS era has begun. Sleep with one eye open, Mr. Lugo.
Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Sean Casey, 1B
Jed Lowrie, SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka, P
Rangers
Ian Kinsler, 2B
Michael Young, SS
Josh Hamilton, CF
Milton Bradley, RF
Hank Blalock, 3B
David Murphy, LF
Frank Catalanotto, DH
Gerald Laird, C
Ben Broussard, 1B
Luis Mendoza, P
The Jed Lowrie @ SS era has begun. Sleep with one eye open, Mr. Lugo.
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I Tomorrow: Jon Lester vs. Jason Jennings...7:05 PM on NESN; or NESN plus. The Bruins play game 6 at the same time tomorrow and I haven't heard which will be on NESN and which will be on NESN plus yet.
I've read on the Bruins board on HFboards that NESN showed the Sox game last night instead of the Bruins' playoff game.
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Yeah, and the Bruins game was on CN8 instead if you have Comcast, or one of like 20 other channels depending on your cable/dish provider. Both games are shown, just on different channels.
Julio Lugo can go drown himself in 36 million dollars. Just retire. Keep the money, who cares. Just go away.
Julio Lugo can go drown himself in 36 million dollars. Just retire. Keep the money, who cares. Just go away.
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Can we use the same lineup we had today until Mike Lowell comes back, please? I've seen enough of Coco (even if he's hitting pretty well right now) and Lugo...it's time to go with Ellsbury and Lowrie.
Speaking of Ellsbury, how sexy is that 11 to 4 BB/K ratio he is rockin' right now? He's got an OBP over .400 despite hitting .229. Can you imagine the numbers he'd have if he didn't have an absurdly unlucky BAPIP (and absurdly unlucky BAPIP while having a ridiculous LD% over 30%, too)?
Ellsbury, Pedroia and now Lowrie making peanuts and getting on base all the time...not bad work by the scouting staff.
Speaking of Ellsbury, how sexy is that 11 to 4 BB/K ratio he is rockin' right now? He's got an OBP over .400 despite hitting .229. Can you imagine the numbers he'd have if he didn't have an absurdly unlucky BAPIP (and absurdly unlucky BAPIP while having a ridiculous LD% over 30%, too)?
Ellsbury, Pedroia and now Lowrie making peanuts and getting on base all the time...not bad work by the scouting staff.
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YEAH!
These things have a way of evening themselves out. If Ellsbury were hitting better, I doubt he'd be walking as much. Watch; once he lifts his batting average up to .300 his walk-rate will decline. But yes, this is very encouraging.
That was sweet when Ortiz drove in Ellsbury, Pedroia and Lowrie on just one swing. What a farm system the past three years. First four picks in the '05 draft have all played in the majors and Mike Bowden will likely be there within 18 months at worst.
Bot 3rd: Boston
- D. Ortiz homered to deep left, D. Pedroia, J. Ellsbury and J. Lowrie scored
This is why I wanted to let Lowell walk and just bring up Lowrie to play third. Then spend that 30 million dollars in the draft or whatever.
These things have a way of evening themselves out. If Ellsbury were hitting better, I doubt he'd be walking as much. Watch; once he lifts his batting average up to .300 his walk-rate will decline. But yes, this is very encouraging.
That was sweet when Ortiz drove in Ellsbury, Pedroia and Lowrie on just one swing. What a farm system the past three years. First four picks in the '05 draft have all played in the majors and Mike Bowden will likely be there within 18 months at worst.
Bot 3rd: Boston
- D. Ortiz homered to deep left, D. Pedroia, J. Ellsbury and J. Lowrie scored
This is why I wanted to let Lowell walk and just bring up Lowrie to play third. Then spend that 30 million dollars in the draft or whatever.
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Haha, they gave ortiz the silent treatment, then ambush him, I love that. Good to see him hit that, hopefully he can break out of his slump.
Lowrie is awesome, and I hope he takes over lugo's spot, the same way that jacoby took over coco's.
I don't know why some people, Glen ordway + some members of the big show, freak out over this discussion of NESNPlus. You get both games, just one isn't in HD. And to be honest, do you really need HD for baseball? If anything you need it for hockey to see the puck.
Lowrie is awesome, and I hope he takes over lugo's spot, the same way that jacoby took over coco's.
I don't know why some people, Glen ordway + some members of the big show, freak out over this discussion of NESNPlus. You get both games, just one isn't in HD. And to be honest, do you really need HD for baseball? If anything you need it for hockey to see the puck.
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I went to this game, 11:05am and had pretty good seats. I wish it was louder and wilder, I like Celtic games a lot better.
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LucerneStDoggz wrote:I went to this game, 11:05am and had pretty good seats. I wish it was louder and wilder, I like Celtic games a lot better.
Well, it was a morning game and a blowout against a bad team. Believe me, some nights at Fenway are just crazy!
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My thoughts from this series:
4 game sweeps are nice.
I only saw from the bottom of the 5th and on, so I only got to see Clay pitch 1 inning, but his velocity appeared to be the best I've seen it at the MLB level. He hit 94 and 95 in that inning despite being near 100 pitches and Gameday had his lowest fastball at 92 MPH I believe, had him mostly 94-95 and even had a few 96's throughout the game and I've found Gameday to be, seemingly, pretty accurate.
You've gotta love the offense right now. Ellsbury and Pedroia continued to hit like freaks in the 1-2 spots. It's always nice to have your top 2 hitters get on base well over 40% of the time each.
Jacoby has one hot girlfriend. Combined with his nice looks (no homo, I just can admit when a guy is good looking), they are going to make one beautiful baby.
Dustin Pedroia will hit .400 this year. April has been his worth month dating back to the minor leagues, and he's hitting almost .340 in April so far.
Josh Hamilton is ridiculously good.
Don't look now, but Julio Lugo is hitting .314. Sure, it's with horrible plate discipline, no power and after a 4-4 appearance in April...but let's not rain on Julio's parade.
4 game sweeps are nice.
I only saw from the bottom of the 5th and on, so I only got to see Clay pitch 1 inning, but his velocity appeared to be the best I've seen it at the MLB level. He hit 94 and 95 in that inning despite being near 100 pitches and Gameday had his lowest fastball at 92 MPH I believe, had him mostly 94-95 and even had a few 96's throughout the game and I've found Gameday to be, seemingly, pretty accurate.
You've gotta love the offense right now. Ellsbury and Pedroia continued to hit like freaks in the 1-2 spots. It's always nice to have your top 2 hitters get on base well over 40% of the time each.
Jacoby has one hot girlfriend. Combined with his nice looks (no homo, I just can admit when a guy is good looking), they are going to make one beautiful baby.
Dustin Pedroia will hit .400 this year. April has been his worth month dating back to the minor leagues, and he's hitting almost .340 in April so far.
Josh Hamilton is ridiculously good.
Don't look now, but Julio Lugo is hitting .314. Sure, it's with horrible plate discipline, no power and after a 4-4 appearance in April...but let's not rain on Julio's parade.