The OFFICIAL 2006 Boston Red Sox Thread (1 Viewer)

[Tremendous Upside]

' date='Aug 6 2006, 06:06 PM' post='5282713']

ESPN just said the Rays have won 9 out of 13 against the Sox.I did not know that.

Rays got the Sox number this year Not quite as bad as they had the Yankees Number last year.... but they're doing well vs the 'beasts of the east"

I don't think this is accurate...Sox vs D'Rays this year:Apr 18-20: 2-1Apr 28-30: 1-2May 25-28: 4-0July 3-6: 1-3Aug 4-6: 1-2Total: 9-8

Yea I was just looking at that. They must've meant at the Trop. They suck in Boston.

The Rays are a damn good young team at bat and in the field...And Kazmir is obvioulsy a stud...But they need to get some consistent starting pitching 2-5...Oh, and they need to keep their prospects on the field and out of prison...

 

[ScottNorwood]

PAPELBLOWN

I'll send you a nickel everytime I use it.....

 

[Raider Nation]

Great..... another PoS reliever (like the jagoff on the Indians) is going to hand the Sox a game in the 9th!

 

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Great..... another PoS reliever (like the jagoff on the Indians) is going to hand the Sox a game in the 9th!

Not so fast.... that ball did look outside however. Piss poor job protecting the plate by manny though.youk hitting liike .500 with 2outs and RISP

 

[Raider Nation]

' date='Aug 8 2006, 11:37 PM' post='5297820']

Great..... another PoS reliever (like the jagoff on the Indians) is going to hand the Sox a game in the 9th!

Not so fast.... that ball did look outside however. Piss poor job protecting the plate by manny though.youk hitting liike .500 with 2outs and RISP

WHEW!Glad they could close that one... Mo uncharacteristically blew one tonight. :(

 

[Limp Ditka]

Any word on Loretta?

 

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papelbon in

Let's see how he recovers from blowing the save recently

ERA has soared to .64

 

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Herman with PH Triple to open things up... looks like another blown save. Looks like Verlander is a lock for ROY \

KC Broadcasts are a riot. Not only are their announcers massive homers arguing just about every call from the umps (I can count at least 15 examples from tonight)... but their gun is absolutely cranked.... unless, of course, you believe josh beckett can throw 107mph

Big K by Papelbon there...

Top of the order up now. Infield in but unfortunately if they throw it home it's unlikely that he will be able to catch it.

And there it is... sac fly to left. Papelbon blows another one.

Papelblown

Now that the game is going into extra innings, the Royals find they've taken their SS out of the game

 

[ScottNorwood]

 

[Raider Nation]

You guys think it's easy to beat the Royals?

 

[Green and Gold]

 

[wadegarrett]

PAPELBLOWN

 

[Kevin Ashcraft]

Put that in your collective pipes and smoke it!

2 for 2 against the big vaunted, cocky New Englanders (Players and fans) .....hey we will take your money and beat you ### while we are at it....at least the 10K or so BoSox fans that were there tonight.

Royals are hovering around .500 since Dayton Moore took over.

 

[Green and Gold]

Put that in your collective pipes and smoke it!2 for 2 against the big vaunted, cocky New Englanders (Players and fans) .....hey we will take your money and beat you ### while we are at it....at least the 10K or so BoSox fans that were there tonight.Royals are hovering around .500 since Dayton Moore took over.

Isn't it 2 for 5?

 

[NY/NJMFDIVER]

Nice swing for the Yanks, hangin on by the hair of their chinny chin chin against the world champs who beat them late last night and seeing the sox go down in flames against the royals

 

[ThisGuy]

uch:

 

[DA RAIDERS]

 

[nase]

 

[ThisGuy]

3

 

[Reaper]

GREAT things have happened since the Jeter GAY perfume came out.

 

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Put that in your collective pipes and smoke it!2 for 2 against the big vaunted, cocky New Englanders (Players and fans) .....hey we will take your money and beat you ### while we are at it....at least the 10K or so BoSox fans that were there tonight.Royals are hovering around .500 since Dayton Moore took over.

@ the royals fans coming out of the woodwork to talk smack. Congrats on breaking the .350 mark

 

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Awful lot of yanks fans piling on in here.... quite amusing (yet a little sad at the same time). You guys might wanna get your own thread

Sox going through a tough patch here... too many pitchers and key guys down right now. Looking like it's gonna take some serious work for this to be a Playoff squad.

 

[Reaper]

' date='Aug 10 2006, 09:18 AM' post='5306464']Awful lot of yanks fans piling on in here.... quite amusing (yet a little sad at the same time). You guys might wanna get your own thread

If they get to he point of making derogatory Avatars of Boston players we'll worry more.....

 

[ScottNorwood]

' date='Aug 10 2006, 09:18 AM' post='5306464']Awful lot of yanks fans piling on in here.... quite amusing (yet a little sad at the same time). You guys might wanna get your own thread Sox going through a tough patch here... too many pitchers and key guys down right now. Looking like it's gonna take some serious work for this to be a Playoff squad.

Why would we need 2 threads about the AL East race?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Amazing Papelbon stats:

In the past two nights he has doubled the # of earned runs he has given up this season (from 3 to 6)...

Last night was the first game this year in which he allowed more than one earned run...

For just the second time all year he gave up an earned run that wasn't on a homer...

Remarkable season...Especially from a rookie...

 

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' date='Aug 10 2006, 09:18 AM' post='5306464']Awful lot of yanks fans piling on in here.... quite amusing (yet a little sad at the same time). You guys might wanna get your own thread Sox going through a tough patch here... too many pitchers and key guys down right now. Looking like it's gonna take some serious work for this to be a Playoff squad.

Why would we need 2 threads about the AL East race?

I was unaware I had tittled this the "Official AL East Race Thread"Let me go change it to it's intended title... the 2006 boston Red sox Thread

 

[Raider Nation]

' date='Aug 10 2006, 09:18 AM' post='5306464']Awful lot of yanks fans piling on in here.... quite amusing (yet a little sad at the same time). You guys might wanna get your own thread

Piling on?Speaking for myself, I'm simply drawn to all of your threads.You are something of an [icon] to me.

 

[wilked]

Losing sucks...

I have to predict that the Red Sox miss the playoffs at this point. I think 94 wins should be good for playoff berth, and I think this team wins 91-93

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Losing sucks...I have to predict that the Red Sox miss the playoffs at this point. I think 94 wins should be good for playoff berth, and I think this team wins 91-93

The latest postseason odds from baseball prospectus:Average wins by position in AL East: 98.4 91.9 85.1 70.5 65.0AL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card PlayoffsYankees 67 43 .601 97.8 64.2 81.61312 5.85364 87.46676Red Sox 65 47 .559 92.1 69.9 17.45887 15.76319 33.22206Blue Jays 60 54 .564 85.5 76.5 .92802 1.24561 2.17363Orioles 51 64 .451 69.8 92.2 .00000 .00000 .00000Devil Rays 47 68 .429 65.8 96.2 .00000 .00000 .00000Average wins by position in AL Central: 103.2 95.2 90.5 75.2 57.3AL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card PlayoffsTigers 76 38 .587 103.0 59.0 92.25408 6.25320 98.50728Twins 67 46 .549 93.3 68.7 3.85378 39.62060 43.47439White Sox 66 46 .556 92.6 69.4 3.89213 31.22469 35.11682Indians 48 64 .553 75.2 86.8 .00000 .00032 .00033Royals 40 73 .401 57.3 104.7 .00000 .00000 .00000Average wins by position in AL west: 87.6 84.2 81.1 76.8AL West W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card PlayoffsAthletics 62 52 .492 85.2 76.8 44.83000 .01704 44.84704Angels 59 55 .553 84.1 77.9 33.56068 .01602 33.57670Rangers 57 58 .550 82.3 79.7 18.27175 .00450 18.27625Mariners 56 57 .485 78.0 84.0 3.33757 .00118 3.33875Average wins by AL Wild Card: 95.8Average wins by position in NL East: 96.9 81.4 77.8 74.8 71.1NL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card PlayoffsMets 68 44 .553 96.9 65.1 99.80827 .13473 99.94299Phillies 55 58 .475 79.3 82.7 .13478 9.43367 9.56845Braves 52 61 .485 77.3 84.7 .03662 3.51100 3.54761Marlins 52 61 .469 75.7 86.3 .01757 1.74619 1.76376Nationals 50 63 .452 72.9 89.1 .00277 .25830 .26107Average wins by position in NL Central: 87.3 83.3 79.8 75.9 70.6 62.8NL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card PlayoffsCardinals 61 52 .471 85.7 76.3 58.44041 13.18421 71.62463Reds 59 55 .486 83.6 78.4 30.96209 17.64860 48.61068Astros 55 58 .473 79.7 82.3 8.44214 6.37577 14.81791Brewers 53 60 .454 76.8 85.2 2.08934 1.88495 3.97429Cubs 48 65 .440 70.9 91.1 .06603 .05048 .11651Pirates 42 72 .415 63.0 99.0 .00000 .00000 .00000Average wins by position in NL West: 86.9 83.7 81.3 78.8 75.5NL West W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card PlayoffsPadres 58 55 .512 83.5 78.5 34.27972 13.02049 47.30021Diamondbacks 58 56 .481 81.4 80.6 17.53871 9.57748 27.11619Dodgers 58 56 .525 83.8 78.2 35.96370 14.08192 50.04562Rockies 55 58 .493 79.8 82.2 8.68252 6.07868 14.76120Giants 54 60 .487 77.7 84.3 3.53535 3.01354 6.54888

 

[shadyridr]

You still want those tickets losers!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[shadyridr]

2GBI predict they will be 6GB by the time they play the Yanks in Sept.

I may have overestimated the Red Sux. Could be as much as 8GB by that series. Once again, worthless tickets.

 

[shadyridr]

' date='Aug 10 2006, 09:18 AM' post='5306464']Awful lot of yanks fans piling on in here.... quite amusing (yet a little sad at the same time). You guys might wanna get your own thread Sox going through a tough patch here... too many pitchers and key guys down right now. Looking like it's gonna take some serious work for this to be a Playoff squad.

Says the guy with the Gay Derek Jeter avatar

 

[ThisGuy]

' date='Aug 10 2006, 07:17 AM' post='5306458']

Put that in your collective pipes and smoke it!2 for 2 against the big vaunted, cocky New Englanders (Players and fans) .....hey we will take your money and beat you ### while we are at it....at least the 10K or so BoSox fans that were there tonight.Royals are hovering around .500 since Dayton Moore took over.

@ the royals fans coming out of the woodwork to talk smack. Congrats on breaking the .350 mark

Are they allowed to talk after the sweep, or after the fact that every game, with the exception of 1, that KC has played Boston this year has been a 1 run game? Come down off the high horse, son.

 

[wilked]

Here we go...

 

[DA RAIDERS]

it amuses me that so many yankee fans hate on this thread.

insecurity down?

 

[Darth Cheney]

I am not going to comment on Boston being humiliated by KC. I believe in karma...so therefore I will not comment on that disgraceful sweep.

 

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I am not going to comment on Boston being humiliated by KC. I believe in karma...so therefore I will not comment on that disgraceful sweep.

Good Call... how did the Yankees do against KC last year, anyways? to Red Sox playoff chances if this team doesn't get it's #### together... just not firing on all cylinders right now.... need some key guys back but also the team needs a spark. Playing very flat right now.

Hats off to the Royals this weekend.. they definitely wanted it more than Boston did.

 

[Reaper]

it amuses me that so many yankee fans hate on this thread. insecurity down?

Why do people keep saying "SO Many Yankee fans"... What's there like 3 Yankee fans on this board that make comments..... 4? For the most part I stay out of it but, came here and commented on that ridiculous Jeter Avatar... As much as people keep saying 'So Many Yankee fans" this or that, I can't see anything as ridiculous as that avatar... Why would I even think of doing something like that to a Red Sox player? And yeah, this thread kinda does become the AL East race thread - That should be taken as a compliment.Anyway - Some of you are easily Amused if you get that giggly over Yankee fans visiting a Sox thread. SHOCKING

 

[Alias]

do we need to play who is a Yankee fan?

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[icon] 282

Alias 119

wilked 73

Capella 58

Borat 36

ThisGuy 36

DA RAIDERS 29

bialczabub 26

shadyridr 24

arrow1 17

Jefferson the Caregiver 17

Tremendous Upside 16

Michael Brown 13

SteelCurtain 12

Giant Wooden Badger 12

bostonfred 12

greedygoat 12

Darth Cheney 10

Nigel 10

2 games

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Saw the interview with Papelbon on Fox pregame and I'm pretty impressed. Kid has a good head on his shoulders, a good attitude, to go along with a great arm. Should be a great closer for a long time.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

i'll take it. we just need to keep it together until the injuries heal up. next weekend should be good!

 

[wilked]

In the past two weeks, WMP has hit homers of 436 feet, 447, 448 and 463, plus a 404 footer that nearly killed a fan in the front row of the Monster seats.

 

[Alias]

walk Manny for WMP who K's and then Lowell hits a...

GRAND SLAM

 

[arrow1]

7-6, bottom of seven.....

 

[Alias]

Papelbon in a pickle

 

[Alias]

1 back

 

[arrow1]

Tigers in Boston Monday.......

 

[wilked]

Tigers in Boston Monday.......

Will be interesting to see if they do better this go around then last time in Detroit.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

prediction: sox take 2-3 from detroit. take 3-5 from yankees

yankees split with the oriole's

sox back in front.

 

[Nigel]

prediction: sox take 2-3 from detroit. take 3-5 from yankeesyankees split with the oriole'ssox back in front.

I hope so.How many of you sox fans would take a guaranteed 5-4 over the next nine instead of playing them out if you could? I would.