Official Boston Red Sox 2005 Thread

[Misfit]

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Johnny Pesky's wife, Ruth, has passed away at age 82. Poor Johnny. At least they got to share in a World Series victory last October.

[bsbllstr876]

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Matos is owning us in the field

[Misfit]

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Today's game fell apart with his catch. Now the best the Sox can hope for is to split the 4 game series.

[Thrasha]

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Today's game fell apart with his catch. Now the best the Sox can hope for is to split the 4 game series.

with how the past couple days have trasnpired I'll consider that a win overall

[deeman11747]

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Man what has been going on the last few days with them after such a great hot strea. Since I'm not in Boston, have any Sox fans been hearing any major problems in the clubhouse after Damon's comments? I know he talked with Francona but telling Damon to keep quiet can't take back anything he said.

Does anyone think the clubhouse chemistry has been a cause of the poor play for the last few days?

[deeman11747]

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By the way, to comment on Schilling as a closer, I personally like the move if they do it right.

No one knows how his ankle will hold up and to minimize the risk is to keep him out there as little as possible while still using him as a key player to end games. I think he can be a dominant closer with his great fastball and splitter but many have said that he won't be able to warm up effectively unlee he throws for a while before that, which will be tricky for Francona to predict whether he'll need him later on in the game.

What I think they should do is every other day or every 3rd game they have with a lead, use him as a 2-3 inning closer and on the off days, let Timlin pitch the late innings.

If the Red Sox can win games with their rotation without him, he could be a great asset in the bullpen. He's already proven enough as a starter, now he needs to show he was the real difference maker and bring them another ring.

[deeman11747]

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Tough game for the Sox today, they could not get the offense rolling. One bright spot was Damon extending his hitting streak to 26 going into the break.

Wakefield pitched a good game with the exception of Raffy's HR but with 1 run of offesne, today was not their game.

Luckily for us Yanks fans, we picked up a game on you guys.

[ILLCHILL]

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Well, as already highlighted, we pitched well and Damon has it at 26. Thats about it though.

[Beantown]

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The only good things that came out of this weekend? Hanley did well in the Future's Game and looks to be maturing a lot. Schilling's rehab has went amazingly well Sat/Sunday, and it seems like he'll be the closer for the Yankees series.

Other than that, it was a bad weekend.

P.S. I went to the games on Friday/Saturday and i must say going to Camden yards is amazing. It's like a home game for the Sox with all the fans they have. And that catch by matos was amazing in person. Watching the replays didn't do it justice...seeing it happen in person was awe-inspiring.

[Misfit]

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Losing three out of four to the team trailing you in second place is pretty bad. Hopefully they knock the Yankees around when the second half kicks off Thursday like a first place team should.

[CWood2]

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Ummm...what was Johnny Damon doing on stage while Alter Bridge was playing in the HR Derby opener?? The idiot thing is getting really old.

[Misfit]

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Some producer probably thought it would be a good idea since Damon looks like a "rock star." I thought it was kind of lame too, Piazza sure looked like a dufus. Damon just looked like he had no idea what he was doing up there.

[CWood2]

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Some producer probably thought it would be a good idea since Damon looks like a "rock star." I thought it was kind of lame too, Piazza sure looked like a dufus. Damon just looked like he had no idea what he was doing up there.

Piazza looked like he was a groupie, Damon just looked like "Ooops, I thought those stairs led to the clubhouse..."

[boston_sports_rule]

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With Schill and Bradford arriving for the series against the Yanks, who is being sent down? I say Cassidy and Halama and leave Gonzalez to work in the pen.

[GBrushTWood]

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With Schill and Bradford arriving for the series against the Yanks, who is being sent down? I say Cassidy and Halama and leave Gonzalez to work in the pen.

It's Youkilis and Cassidy.