Official Boston Red Sox 2005 Thread

[Thrasha]

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What a clutch hit by Nixon!!!!

I thought Lou was going to have a heart attack after Jonny O got a base hit.

why don't you ever just stick with one team?

what's with jumping from wagon to wagon?

[VTek33]

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*Love sigh* Wakefield rocks.

[elicoleman]

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Tampa is ****ing pathetic.

[VTek33]

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Tampa is ****ing pathetic.

[CWood2]

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I wonder if Mirabelli is leading off tomorrow after making things happen with his legs???



......hmmm.

[VTek33]

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I wonder if Mirabelli is leading off tomorrow after making things happen with his legs???



......hmmm.

And send him everytime.

[Misfit]

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I think Remy referred to Mirabelli's steal as the best jump ever. I mean really, have you ever seen a pitcher try to throw out a runner stealing second?!

Tampa isn't that pathetic, they are 9-4 against the Yankees.

[VTek33]

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Graffy out again tonight, Manny with the night off. (Big surprise)

1. Johnny Damon, CF
2. Edgar Renteria, SS
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Trot Nixon, RF
5. Jason Varitek, C
6. Kevin Millar, LF
7. John Olerud, 1B
8. Bill Mueller, 3B
9. Alex Cora, 2B

[Misfit]

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I think when Manny hears he's in the running for MVP it means he can stop trying. It seems like no one gets more days off than Manny.

[DuffysCliff]

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I think when Manny hears he's in the running for MVP it means he can stop trying. It seems like no one gets more days off than Manny.

Or maybe he's actually tired? When Nixon misses a month it's because he's a dirt dog, when Manny takes days off it's because he doesn't care.If you looked at games played, Manny is up there on the team, and until a couple weeks ago, he was leading the team in it. This idea that Manny doesn't try/ doesn't care is tiring and old.

[ILLCHILL]

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Well looks like a good one tonight, my two of my friends are there next to Sam horn in the monster seats. I got the very unexpected suprise of going to the Tuesday nght game, with Schilling pitching and Nixon getting the walkoff single, man what a game, one of the ebst times of my life.

[Misfit]

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Or maybe he's actually tired? When Nixon misses a month it's because he's a dirt dog, when Manny takes days off it's because he doesn't care.If you looked at games played, Manny is up there on the team, and until a couple weeks ago, he was leading the team in it. This idea that Manny doesn't try/ doesn't care is tiring and old.

He's gotten more days off in the last month than anyone else (besides maybe Varitek, but he's a catcher), and why is he tired? Jogging down the first base line take a lot out of him? Manny's a great hitter, and I don't doubt his desire to win, but he's not exactly a model citizen and his act is what becomes tiring and old.

All of a sudden Red Sox first basemen are lighting it up. Two homers last night for Millar, two homers tonight for Olerud. I'd like to see some of the starters get straightened out though and at least limit the opposition to three runs or fewer. The Sox can't expect to keep slugging their way to victory every night. Papelbon just struck out the side in the 8th, hopefully Timlin can nail down the save.

[VTek33]

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Who died and made you John Olerud? The man friggin' rocks. We're not worthy.

7-4, Sox. 3.5 games up.

[ILLCHILL]

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Yea Olerud is as clutch a hitter this side of Ortiz on the team as you'll find for the better part of the season. Just recently he got the pinch-hit game tying 8th inning single at the game I went to, and the 2 big homers tonigt.

[GBrushTWood]

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I didn't feel very encouraged seeing Keith Foulke pitch last night. I noticed he changed his delivery a little bit; it's difficult to put into words though.

Nearly all of changeups seemed to stay high as they were before he took his injury hiatus. If he is forced to come inside to batters, I believe he is completely screwed, as they will crush the salad he's throwing. His velocity is still hovering around 87 MPH, very pedestrian. The one good thing I noticed was the command of his fastball. Those pitches didn't seem to be catching a lot of the plate like they were before. He showed the ability to paint the fastball on the outside corner. Still though, that changeup needs to bite a lot more than it did last night.

BTW, the Red Sox have no chance this year unless Foulke returns to merely 75% of what he was in 2004.