Tuesday, August 12, 2003
THIS IS THE END
Cue The Doors, season is all but over. Am I being a tad melodramatic? Yes. But you lose 3 of 4 to Baltimore and then get dominated by Hudson with your ace on the mound, you don't deserve to win.
Boston Red Sox 0
OAKLAND A's 4
W: Hudson (11-4)
L: PEDRO (8-3)
Wrapup & Box Score
Divisional Magic #: 49
Wild Card Magic #: 45
New York lost to the Royals. They're opening the door for us to walk in and take the division lead, but we seem to be afraid of what lies ahead...succes.
The A's did everything right, the Sox did everything wrong. Oakland worked Pedro down to the ground. He threw 101 pitches in 5 innings 4 days after he threw 128 against Anaheim. Oakland forced him to throw 33 pitches in the 5th. 33! Billy Bean must be cackling maniacally as his "system" of working counts worked out again. But really the victor last night was Tim Hudson and Tim Hudson alone. He allowed 3 baserunners (Garciaparra twice, Ramirez once) and faced only 28 batters, one over the minimum. He threw a mere 93 pitches in 9 innings. He got 15 ground outs, 7 strike outs and only 5 fly outs. I wasn't watching Hudson that intently as I was playing poker, but I could tell his pitch count was low throughout the game. The Sox would step up to the plate and just as quickly sit down. Pitiful and embarrassing excuse for offense.
Pedro went 5 innings, allowed 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 7. Not a great start, and not a good start by his standards. He pitched well, but was worn early. Perhaps Grady shouldn't have let him throw 128 pitches in his last start and perhaps Pedro should have tried to get more gorund outs as opposed to strike outs. Jose Guillen's walk was a prime example of this. Instead of challenging Guillen with a fastball or fooling him with a changeup near the plate, Pedro tried to get him to bite on na outside fastball. It didn't work and the inning continued. He will pitch again on national TV against the Mariners this Saturday. I'll be busting come Saturday as Arsenal begin their season against Everton at 10 am EST then Boston takes on Seattle at 4 pm EST. Good shit. Pedro is undefeated against Seattle and is now 31-4 against the AL West.
The Man of the Game is obviously Tim Hudson. I went over his nubmers earlier. Here are the MOTG standings after 47 awarded:
1. Nomar - 6
2. PEDRO - 5
3. Varitek - 4
4. Manny, Mueller, Nixon, Millar - 3
8. R. Halladay (TOR) - 2
9. Ortiz, Burkett, Lowe, Walker, Kapler, Burkett, Sanchez, Rupe, Lyon, T. Hudson (OAK) D. Rolls (TB) M. Mussina (NYY), A. Pettitte (NYY) J. Crede (CWS), E. Loiza (CWS), JD Drew (StL), B. Myers (PHI), J. Pierre (FLA) - 1
The good news is that I won $4 in poker. Pretty good when you consider that we were playing for quarters.
Now for the dreaded Bitch-Goat. So many people deserved points. I'm gonna give 0.1 to every Sox player who went hitless (Damon, Mueller, Ortiz, Millar, Nixon, Walker, and Varitek), and then I'm gonna give 0.2 to Fossum for his 2 runs allowed in an inning and 0.1 to my beloved Pedro. Here are the B-G standings:
1. Lyon - 1.0
2. Kim, Manny - 0.9
4. Walker - 0.8
5. Timlin, Lowe - 0.6
7. Millar, Mendoza, Jones - 0.5
10. Grady, Millar, Rupe, Jones - 0.4
14. Varitek, Ortiz, Fossum, Pedro, Fox, Varitek - 0.3
20. Damon, Nomar, Burkett - 0.2
23. Nixon, Seanez, Shiell, Jackson - 0.1
Walker is making a move to be on top. He has been in a real funk lately and needs to step it up. Nomar continues to hit very well and we need him to step up on this road trip. Hit a clutch homerun.
Post #89
END OF LINE
Cue The Doors, season is all but over. Am I being a tad melodramatic? Yes. But you lose 3 of 4 to Baltimore and then get dominated by Hudson with your ace on the mound, you don't deserve to win.
Boston Red Sox 0
OAKLAND A's 4
W: Hudson (11-4)
L: PEDRO (8-3)
Wrapup & Box Score
Divisional Magic #: 49
Wild Card Magic #: 45
New York lost to the Royals. They're opening the door for us to walk in and take the division lead, but we seem to be afraid of what lies ahead...succes.
The A's did everything right, the Sox did everything wrong. Oakland worked Pedro down to the ground. He threw 101 pitches in 5 innings 4 days after he threw 128 against Anaheim. Oakland forced him to throw 33 pitches in the 5th. 33! Billy Bean must be cackling maniacally as his "system" of working counts worked out again. But really the victor last night was Tim Hudson and Tim Hudson alone. He allowed 3 baserunners (Garciaparra twice, Ramirez once) and faced only 28 batters, one over the minimum. He threw a mere 93 pitches in 9 innings. He got 15 ground outs, 7 strike outs and only 5 fly outs. I wasn't watching Hudson that intently as I was playing poker, but I could tell his pitch count was low throughout the game. The Sox would step up to the plate and just as quickly sit down. Pitiful and embarrassing excuse for offense.
Pedro went 5 innings, allowed 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 7. Not a great start, and not a good start by his standards. He pitched well, but was worn early. Perhaps Grady shouldn't have let him throw 128 pitches in his last start and perhaps Pedro should have tried to get more gorund outs as opposed to strike outs. Jose Guillen's walk was a prime example of this. Instead of challenging Guillen with a fastball or fooling him with a changeup near the plate, Pedro tried to get him to bite on na outside fastball. It didn't work and the inning continued. He will pitch again on national TV against the Mariners this Saturday. I'll be busting come Saturday as Arsenal begin their season against Everton at 10 am EST then Boston takes on Seattle at 4 pm EST. Good shit. Pedro is undefeated against Seattle and is now 31-4 against the AL West.
The Man of the Game is obviously Tim Hudson. I went over his nubmers earlier. Here are the MOTG standings after 47 awarded:
1. Nomar - 6
2. PEDRO - 5
3. Varitek - 4
4. Manny, Mueller, Nixon, Millar - 3
8. R. Halladay (TOR) - 2
9. Ortiz, Burkett, Lowe, Walker, Kapler, Burkett, Sanchez, Rupe, Lyon, T. Hudson (OAK) D. Rolls (TB) M. Mussina (NYY), A. Pettitte (NYY) J. Crede (CWS), E. Loiza (CWS), JD Drew (StL), B. Myers (PHI), J. Pierre (FLA) - 1
The good news is that I won $4 in poker. Pretty good when you consider that we were playing for quarters.
Now for the dreaded Bitch-Goat. So many people deserved points. I'm gonna give 0.1 to every Sox player who went hitless (Damon, Mueller, Ortiz, Millar, Nixon, Walker, and Varitek), and then I'm gonna give 0.2 to Fossum for his 2 runs allowed in an inning and 0.1 to my beloved Pedro. Here are the B-G standings:
1. Lyon - 1.0
2. Kim, Manny - 0.9
4. Walker - 0.8
5. Timlin, Lowe - 0.6
7. Millar, Mendoza, Jones - 0.5
10. Grady, Millar, Rupe, Jones - 0.4
14. Varitek, Ortiz, Fossum, Pedro, Fox, Varitek - 0.3
20. Damon, Nomar, Burkett - 0.2
23. Nixon, Seanez, Shiell, Jackson - 0.1
Walker is making a move to be on top. He has been in a real funk lately and needs to step it up. Nomar continues to hit very well and we need him to step up on this road trip. Hit a clutch homerun.
Post #89
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