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Frayed Knot May 01 2006 04:15 PM

They meet - in Beantown - for the first time tonight. It's just a short 2-game series but it's the first of 12 that they'll play head-to-head over the next 5 weeks. Only 7 more after that for the rest of the season. You may have heard ESPN mention (70 or 80 times - in between their 55 hours of continuous draft coverage) that they're carrying tonight's game. I think I also heard somewhere that this marks Johnny Damon's return to Boston - although this has largely been kept a secret otherwise. - Wang vs Wakefield tonight - Sox traded (back) for Doug Mirabelli. The backup catcher they had been using for Tim Wakefield (Josh Bard) has been having a miserable time of trying to coral the knuckleball and apparently Jason Varitek had it written into his contract that; 'I don't have to catch that crazy fuck!'. Mirabelli wins himself a pre-season bet w/Peter Gammons that he'd be back in 'The Hub' by May 15th. - No Sheffield, still banged up from his 1st base collision the other day w/Shea Hillenbrand. Giambi at DH, Cairo (tee-hee) at 1st, Bubba Crosby in RF (has George been informed of this?)

Elster88 May 01 2006 04:29 PM

I usually watch the first Yank/Sock game of the year. No one handles the remote better than me. I'm guessing the majority of fans will boo Master Damon.

Willets Point May 01 2006 04:32 PM

Anyone who watched Varitek catch Wakefield in the 2004 ALCS will never want to see that again (3 passed balls in one inning I think). Booing Damon is dumb. He did great things in Boston and deserves respect. I personally think its a nice thing that Steiny is rewarding Damon handsomely for his Boston accomplishments while Damon himself plays his waning years in pinstripes. More on this from Boston Dirt Dogs.

sharpie May 01 2006 04:40 PM

Lenny's friend's mother is throwing out the first pitch at that game tonight. She's director of the Brooklyn Children's Museum and is doing this along with the director of the Boston Children's Museum. She hates baseball. It's unfair that she gets to throw out a first pitch and I almost certainly never will.

Willets Point May 01 2006 07:44 PM

Sawx squander a bases-loaded 1 out situation. Lead 1-0 from an earlier run driven in by Papi.

Johnny Dickshot May 01 2006 09:26 PM

Check out Trot Nixon's popup on the hilites. Heh heh

Nymr83 May 01 2006 09:35 PM

sharpie wrote: Lenny's friend's mother is throwing out the first pitch at that game tonight. She's director of the Brooklyn Children's Museum and is doing this along with the director of the Boston Children's Museum. She hates baseball. It's unfair that she gets to throw out a first pitch and I almost certainly never will. thats fuckin lame. i don't care if you cured cancer, actually LIKING the game should be a prerequisite for any on-field activity.

Johnny Dickshot May 01 2006 10:03 PM

PAPI

Frayed Knot May 01 2006 10:03 PM

Papi to Torre: 'Fuck your lefty specialist - I'll go 3R KaBoom anyway!'

Edgy DC May 01 2006 10:06 PM

Manny to Torre, "Me too."

Johnny Dickshot May 01 2006 10:18 PM

My first look at Papelbon this year: Good stuff. Blows away Gayrod swinging Pops up HidAcne Whiffs Mosada swinging X-Red Sox: Damon 0-4 Myers: 3r HR allowed

Edgy DC May 01 2006 10:20 PM

Mike Myers, the saddest Yankee. George's global outreach program has Dominicans calling him "El Yanqui Mas Triste."

Frayed Knot May 01 2006 10:26 PM

Papelbon's had a helluva start - although not enough to excuse BB2N's Jeff Brantley's from saying he'd pick him above every other player in the big leagues today!?! Earth to Jeff. Even Kruk & Phillips had enough sense to pick Pujols. - Damon got more cheers than boos upon leading off the game. - Mirabelli makes it to the stadium just before game time (Varitek was already in his armour) and was changing his clothes in the escorted limo from the airport.

SteveJRogers May 01 2006 10:36 PM

Nymr83 wrote: ="sharpie"]Lenny's friend's mother is throwing out the first pitch at that game tonight. She's director of the Brooklyn Children's Museum and is doing this along with the director of the Boston Children's Museum. She hates baseball. It's unfair that she gets to throw out a first pitch and I almost certainly never will. thats fuckin lame. i don't care if you cured cancer, actually LIKING the game should be a prerequisite for any on-field activity. Even for Government types like Ed Koch?

SI Metman May 01 2006 10:37 PM

The Boston fans actually gave Damon the "Darryl" chant in the 8th after the Papi homer.

Nymr83 May 01 2006 10:41 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: Even for Government types like Ed Koch? especially them. Giuliani and Bloomberg are great but i would have hated to see tennis-fan dinkins throwing out pitches. bottom line is if you don't appreciate the honor you shouldnt get the honor.

Spacemans Bong May 01 2006 11:13 PM

SI Metman wrote: The Boston fans actually gave Damon the "Darryl" chant in the 8th after the Papi homer. Hell, we invented it!

holychicken May 02 2006 09:11 AM

]Damon got more cheers than boos upon leading off the game. Not at all. He was booed mercilessly throughout the game. When he tipped his hat, a bunch of people cheered, as I did. . . but for the most part he was booed. Well, unless you are talking about when he got out. There were lots of cheers for that and he got out a lot. :)

Edgy DC May 02 2006 09:14 AM

]Hell, we invented it! You're a Bostonian?

MFS62 May 02 2006 09:58 AM

Who was the ex-ballplayer in the TV booth for the Yankee telecast? He said he was a teammate of the Yank reliever in the minors. He was very insightful (especially about pitching) and well spoken, but I didn't catch his name. Anybody know? Later

Frayed Knot May 02 2006 10:03 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 02 2006 10:04 AM

]Who was the ex-ballplayer in the TV booth for the Yankee telecast? He said he was a teammate of the Yank reliever in the minors. He was very insightful (especially about pitching) and well spoken, but I didn't catch his name. Ummm ... that was none other than Senator Al. ]Not at all. He was booed mercilessly throughout the game. When he tipped his hat, a bunch of people cheered, as I did. . . but for the most part he was booed. I was talking mostly about his first introduction where the reaction seemed quite mixed. Maybe the cheers were more from the expensive real estate which come thru most via TV.

Elster88 May 02 2006 10:03 AM

Al Leiter

MFS62 May 02 2006 10:09 AM

Thanks, folks. Ol' Al wasn't bad. He spent a lot of time describing Aaron Small's grip on his changeup, and it was verified by several closeups from the CF camera and the radar gun. Later

Rotblatt May 02 2006 10:12 AM

Al makes the YES network games worth watching, IMO. The only annoying thing about him is that his co-announcers only ask him questions about his success as a Yankee, which is pretty much limited to his first start against the Sox right after getting traded. Still, he's articulate and insightful and generally fun to listen to. I always liked Al, though, and am probably biased.

Frayed Knot May 02 2006 10:26 AM

]The only annoying thing about him is that his co-announcers only ask him questions about his success as a Yankee, which is pretty much limited to his first start against the Sox right after getting traded. That's absolutely the main problem. At one point Kay asked him about how he looked forward to and handled NYY/Boston games as if it was a common thing. Yo Mikey, Al won ELEVEN GAMES as a Yank. His career in pinstripes was so brief, so injured, and relatviely so inconsequential, that last year's partial season as an emergency fill-in was his winningest year (4) on the Yanx!! It's not like there's some great history here. But I suppose it's only a matter of time until the: Al Leiter - Yankeeography kicks in so it's never too early to build up the rep. But Al was fine during his NLCS fill-in spots over the last few years and sounds good so far in the few games I've seen him on YES. The only other problem is that they've got so many color guys over there it'll be tough to figure if/when he's going to work. Maybe they can have some sort of 'Survivor'-style reality show in which every ex-MFY does one series behind the mike and they're voted off until just one or two remain who are given permanent jobs. As it is, they're now emplying Murcer, Kaat, Singleton, Justice, Leiter, Flaherty and O'Neal in one capacity or another.

Elster88 May 02 2006 10:29 AM

It's not entirely their fault. They don't realize that there is baseball that doesn't involve the Yankees.

ScarletKnight41 May 02 2006 10:53 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: The only other problem is that they've got so many color guys over there it'll be tough to figure if/when he's going to work. Maybe they can have some sort of 'Survivor'-style reality show in which every ex-MFY does one series behind the mike and they're voted off until just one or two remain who are given permanent jobs. As it is, they're now emplying Murcer, Kaat, Singleton, Justice, Leiter, Flaherty and O'Neal in one capacity or another. Or they can do it like the game in The Naked Gun, where they had Dick Vitale, Dick Enberg, Jim Palmer, Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Tim McCarver and Dr. Joyce Brother all in the booth together.

Willets Point May 02 2006 11:34 AM

I'm late in this thread but it is necessary for me to declare my undying love and devotion to David Ortiz. I'm going to name my children Papi.

holychicken May 02 2006 01:04 PM

]I was talking mostly about his first introduction where the reaction seemed quite mixed. Maybe the cheers were more from the expensive real estate which come thru most via TV. I wasn't sitting in the bleachers, but I was hardly in the expensive real estate. . .well, all of the real estate in Fenway is expensive, so relatively. :)

Johnny Dickshot May 02 2006 01:10 PM

Willets Point wrote: I'm late in this thread but it is necessary for me to declare my undying love and devotion to David Ortiz. I'm going to name my children Papi. I was too, but now I'm leaning toward D'Brickashaw.

SI Metman May 02 2006 02:26 PM

I think the post is onto something today:

MFS62 May 02 2006 03:14 PM

It was funny listening to the Yankee announcers making excuses for the Jeter non-catch of the popup that opened up the gates for the winning Bosox rally. So it was windy. Isn't "the greatest shortstop of all time" supposed to know how to catch everything? (If you didn't see it, the ball landed about 15 feet away from him. That's strange, there were no hurricaine warnings in New England last night) Later

Centerfield May 02 2006 03:21 PM

Didn't he also get picked off of second?

Elster88 May 02 2006 03:25 PM

I can't figure out who the chick is in the bottom left of that cover. Is it Jessica Alba? Or maybe no one famous?

Willets Point May 02 2006 03:26 PM

Whoever it is she needs a sandwich.

Elster88 May 02 2006 03:28 PM

That too.

Johnny Dickshot May 02 2006 03:28 PM

Ran past the base not seeing where the play was (rare for Jeter); and proceeded to act like he was completely safe when he wasn't (not rare for Jeter). Torre was so matter-of-fact in his "umpire blew it" post-game comments the writers just ate it up.

Centerfield May 02 2006 03:32 PM

By the way, none of the papers mention anything about a pop fly that Jeter failed to catch.

seawolf17 May 02 2006 03:37 PM

Because reporters would be fired if they mentioned it.

MFS62 May 02 2006 03:38 PM

Centerfield wrote: By the way, none of the papers mention anything about a pop fly that Jeter failed to catch. Revisionist history. All reference to that play will be forever stricken from the annals of baseball. Later

Centerfield May 02 2006 03:41 PM

Who hit the ball? Where was it hit? Can you tell us a little more?

Frayed Knot May 02 2006 04:09 PM

Jeter on 1st, G-i-am-bi up. - Giambi grounds one into the hole bet 1st & 2nd, fairly close to 1st actually with that big shift on - Mark (Sweet) Loretta tracks it down on the OF grass and makes a nice spin/throw to a retreating Youkilis to get JG at 1st - Youk sees Jeter making a big turn (anticipating that the ball might get thru) and throws behind him after double-clutching He may or may not have been safe. The ump was to the IF side of the base and was blocked off from the tag as Jeter slid in to the OF side of 2nd. No camera angle showed it definitively one way or the other -- which is why it's comical for anyone except Jeter himself to claim that it was a bad call (and the next call Jeter agrees with will be his first). He may have been safe but it's pure speculation. Russo, of course, knows otherwise.

Centerfield May 02 2006 04:39 PM

Sorry, I should have been more specific. Can you tell me about the pop fly he supposedly missed? Is it a ball that should have been caught? Was it hit to the middle of the field? Sideline? Thanks. On Edit: And with respect to the pickoff, safe or not, isn't the golden rule you don't make the 3rd out trying to get to 3rd base? (And you certainly don't make the third out going back to second base after realizing it was foolish to attempt to get to 3rd in the first place.)

Johnny Dickshot May 02 2006 05:03 PM

The pop fly was hit very high and appeared to be carried by the wind. Cano at 2B first looked to make the play and before you know it he's on the left side of 2nd waiting for it to come down while backpedaling. Jeter is also backpedaling and, ball still in the air -- here comes Matsui and Arod. Ball lands untouched, IIRC, to the left of Cano AND Jeter, and in front of Matsui. It was comical in that it took so long for the ball to come down, the right fielder and catcher and Torre could all have camped under it.

Centerfield May 02 2006 05:56 PM

Thanks JD.

Frayed Knot May 02 2006 11:40 PM

Rain gets Yanx out of a somewhat unfavorable Beckett/Chacon matchup