Blue Jays - 000 000 100 - 1 11 1SWEEP! ... 0.5 GB.
Red Sox - 301 010 00x - 5 7 0
Jason Bay hit a two-run home run off the top of the right-center field wall to cap a three-run first. Dustin Pedroia doubled and scored on Kevin Youkilis's single in the third, then drove in Jacoby Ellsbury with a single in the fifth. LBJ doubled in the first to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.
Lester was strong (6.1-8-1-2-4, 109), allowing a fair amount of hits, as Brad Penny did last night, but staying out of any serious trouble. Toronto had at least one baserunner in eight of the nine innings. Lester took great advantage of a generous outside strike zone (to right-handed hitters) from home plate umpire Marvin Hudson. Toronto hitters were in a perpetual state of annoyance all evening.
David Ortiz got an RBI on a ground out in the first, singled in the fifth and lined out to second in the eighth (Aaron Hill was perfectly placed in short right field).
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Robert Ray (3.60, 127 ERA+) / Jon Lester (6.51, 76 ERA+)
Lester has had a bad case of gopheritis this season, allowing 10 home runs compared to 14 all of last season. He has allowed two dongs in three of his last four starts. Overall, in his last 10 innings, Lester has allowed 18 hits and 13 runs.
MLB.com:
Ray recorded his first Major League victory last Saturday, when the Jays defeated the White Sox, 2-1, at Rogers Centre. He went a career-high eight innings, allowing three hits -- the fewest he has yielded in three big league starts -- and issuing one walk. The lone run he surrendered was unearned, as Chicago's Scott Podsednik stole third base and scored on a throwing error by Jays catcher Raul Chavez. Ray struck out three and did not allow an extra-base hit.In my post earlier today, I included a (presumably tongue-in-cheek) quote from David Ortiz saying that he was slumping so bad, he was considering batting right-handed.
This Date In Baseball History:
1930 - Babe Ruth hits three consecutive home runs in the first game of a doubleheader against the A's, then batting against Jack Quinn in the 9th, Ruth decides to hit right handed. After two strikes, he switches to lefty but strikes out. ...There are a few other recorded instances of Ruth batting right-handed in a game. ... From May 21, 1957:
Boston baseball writers reaffirm their decision to bar women from the press box and refuse to allow Doris O'Donnell, a Cleveland feature writer traveling with the Indians, to sit in the Fenway Park press area.Finally, I have a hard time believing this one:
1880 - In Albany's Riverside Park, Lip Pike hits a ball over the wall and into the river. RF Lon Knight begins to go after the ball in a boat but gives up. Few parks have ground rules about giving the batter an automatic home run on a hit over the fence.Wouldn't Pike have already circled the bases by the time Knight found a boat, got in and pushed off from shore?
More Pre-Game Reading Material: Joe Posnanski vs Steve Phillips, fjm-style: Not a fair fight!
SP: "While he [Beltran] has that great talent, there are times when he doesn't play the game and make plays."
JP: "Yep, those players who don't play the game or make plays, those are the worst kinds of players in the world. You want a player who plays the game, makes plays, a player who makes game plays, the plays gamers play to make, a player who makes plays for plays that playmakers make."
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That's terrific, S1C!! Is she graduating? What's next, if so?
Ofer, everyone here repeats themselves all the time (including me of course), so you're in good company.
Ish, I'm the same, only it's Chipotle and Quiznos for me.
L, I don't really understand your logic there. What does Ecuador's currency have to do with restaurants in Honduras?
YOu keep answering my questions before I get to post them, s1c!
She wants to be math professor
It is UNBELIEVABLE how many times they have shown this XX commercial.
L-girl, you didn't see the Whataburgers on the Oregon coast?
So are you ready for the empty nest?
And so much for the shut out. So what is Lester's ERA after this game?
Ofer, I find Quizno's to be too expensive and there is one Subway location here that serves breakfast! So, of all things in the morning, once in awhile I'll get a steak and cheese on a flatbread with baby spinach, green peppers, pickles and hot pepper relish. Only a tad.
"What does Ecuador's currency have to do with restaurants in Honduras?"
Nothing per se. Just the massive US influence in many Latin American countries. When you overthrow governments, you leave a lot behind.
5.74 - before that run,though
And we still have yet to shut out an opponent...
Well, I highly recommend a career in academics. It's great.
When we were in Oregon, there were no chains on the coast at all. Only little indie places.
That's BREAKFAST, Ish? Boy, you must have a lead-lined stomach!
Why does anyone care about shut outs?
The best event to see, in Oregon on the coast is the Cannon Beach Sand building contest. Absolutely a must see (was part of a team that took second or third place once) and is a blast to be involved in.
pitch like pedro, pls
Amy I make sure to balance out the food. Speaking of which I should have an apple. Or a pear. I'll go for an apple tonight.
I'm probably going to schedule a physical for the end of the summer - I'm curious as to what my cholesterol levels are. But I've been trying to eat healther and I've been exercising regularly. Lost 30 pounds in the last year so I figure whatever it is I'm doing is working.
Hahaha, "cannot make the catch" when he obviously HAD made the catch.
BAY GLOVE WORK!!!!!!
Nice catch Bay!
While in the US, my breakfast is either the hotel breakfast, or the one I cook for myself, if I'm in one of those kitchenette hotels. So I've never had a chain food breakfast, I think. I have had several 4-5am meals at Waffle House, though. Now that is the lowest end of the spectrum by far.
My real favorite chain is also not exactly gourmet: I'm a big fan of Golden Corral, and have probably eaten in one at least 20 times in the last 2.5 years. It beats all other places in the "where Ofer eats most" category, no doubt.
Sounds good, Ish. Wow, 30 pounds in one year. How did you do that?
As my father in law always said, everything in moderation.
Good for you Ish, that's great.
If John Sterling had been calling that play, Bay would've made that catch twice.
Lester: 6.1-8-1-2-4, 109 - 5.91 ERA
I have never heard of Golden Corral. What is it? Steakhouse?
Thanks, Allan, for the ERA info. (It was Allan this time, right?)
ha ha, yes that was allan :)
Used to hit the waffle huts for a strawberry waffle or pecan waffle.
Starting last spring I rode my bike quite a bit, but then after the car crash at the end of July I stopped doing that. I really didn't do anything until mid-October when I joined a local gym and have been going nearly every day since. I've lost 20 pounds since I started going to the gym.
A lot of that has to do with my waking up about food, though.
"everything in moderation" doesn't really apply to vegetarians, does it?
"A lot of that has to do with my waking up about food, though."
Being young and male is in your favour too.
Next time I'm in the south I want to make a point to stop at Waffle House.
When I drove to Florida in 2006 I checked out some of the places down there we don't have up here. Bob Evans. Cracker Barrel (although there actually is one in Lowell), Hardee's, Waffle House, Steak & Shake, etc.
It didn't really apply to my father in law either, who never ate anything spicy or rich. But it's still a good approach to eating and exercise, I think.
Ish, that's great. I wish I had started exercising in my 20s.
Ish - Waffle House baby, the rest are not really that good (though Hardees is OK).
Nothing per se. Just the massive US influence in many Latin American countries. When you overthrow governments, you leave a lot behind.Fair enough, although I'm pretty sure the US never overthrew either the Ecuatorian or the Honduran governments... as opposed to all other countries in continental Central America, Cuba, Chile, Paraguay, and probably a couple more. And BTW, Panama uses US$, and Costa Rica uses a coin called Colonos that is pegged to the US$ (one US$ is always 500 colonos). Argentina's huge economic meltdown was caused by them cancelling the artificial valuing of their peso as equal to the US$ after years and years of the same thing.
Bob Evans. Cracker Barrel (although there actually is one in Lowell), Hardee's,
All disgusting.
I may have mentioned before that I used to have this problem where when I'd start to exercise - just when I'd begin to sweat, my whole body would erupt in pain like pins and needles.
One day I was reading online about people who seemed to have something similar to me and one person talked about when they hadn't exercised in awhile they'd have a problem but if they exercised and broke a sweat on a regular basis they can live pain free.
That's why I joined the gym because the pain got horrible in the winter. I could only walk indoors for five minutes or so before I had to sit down or go out to the car.
Ofer, that wasn't my point. I'm pretty well versed on the overthrow history. I was talking about the general influence. Never mind.
Bob Evans. Cracker Barrel (although there actually is one in Lowell), Hardee's, Waffle House, Steak & Shake, etc.Those all sound like the norm to me. And I've never heard of D'Angelos. Sonic is kinda rare, but not too bad...
Golden Corral is a buffet place, with plenty of meat dishes, salads, pastas, pizzas, tons of desserts, etc. At 4pm they start serving steaks, and start charging 3$ more for it. So I used to eat the free breakfast at the hotel, wait till 3:55, pay the cheaper price at Golden Corral but still eat the steaks, and have lunch and dinner combined. Food for the whole day for 7.79$.
Ish, that's pretty amazing. Glad it worked for you.
Visited Panama in the middle of the summer while in the Navy. Rodman lost power just after we pulled in and there wasn't a cold beer to be had for two days. Talk about some irate sailors.
No one answered my q about shut-outs. Why is that important to anyone?
L and s1c, I did not particularly enjoy the places other than Steak & Shake and Waffle House.
I also ate at Chick Fil-A. There are a couple within an hour of here. All in all when I go down to Boston or on a trip elsewhere I don't mind eating at places like that because it's not a regular occurance.
Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel and Hardee's are all slop places as I'd like to say. I don't think I'll ever eat at Hardee's again. I could do Bob Evans and Cracker Barrel again though - but I'm not in a hurry to visit either place again.
Waffle House though, I had no appetite because I had an hour and a half of sleep in central Virginia and still had to finish the trip to Florida - about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach. Plus we went down because we had business to attend to regarding my grandfather's death so neither of us brought our appetites with us the whole trip.
One consequence of not eating meat is that I do not go to those places because most of what they serve is meat. OTOH, I have eaten in some chain Italian places like Olive Garden. But they are not really fast food.
Shutouts are not important, a win is a win, but there is something sweet about not letting the other team score at all.
Yeah we have our fair share of the chain sit-down restaurants we'll visit once every two or three weeks. T.G.I. Friday's, Olive Garden, Ruby Tuesday's, etc. I enjoy them.
Chain restaurants like Olive Garden, Red Lobster, etc. aren't fast food. I have my issues with them, but they're not fast food.
Would like to see a shut out just to get that team ERA down (10th in the league? that is ugly).
There's a restaurant in Saugus and Cambridge that I want to try called the Midwest Grill which is basically an all-you-can-eat meat buffet. Good meats. Sirolins and kabobs and such. Even lamb.
Ofer, that wasn't my point. I'm pretty well versed on the overthrow history. I was talking about the general influence. Never mind.I didn't think for a second you didn't. I'm sure you know much more than I on the subject. I was just letting my mouth (fingers?) run, as I have a tendency to do.
Anyway, I think that if I had a point, it would be that Honduras (as far as I know), has had the least problematic and revolutionary/overthrow-y history in Central America, and that probably makes it much more palatable to US chains to invest there. But what do I know? Mexico has been amazingly solid (70 years with the same party ruling, until about 10 years ago) and it's not like that there. If there's a rule, I don't see it.
Although I've never had lamb.
Apparently you can go up to the little meat bar area and get some food (they have a salad bar too, and garlic bread) but also there are people who come around with meat on skewers for you to try. It's called Midwest Grill Brazillian BBQ.
We used to go to Beni Hanas a lot, but now we just mainly go to the local eateries.
That's frustrating. How did he know where to stand? ARggh.
Ofer I didn't mean to snap at you, sorry if it sounded that way in typing.
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I love lamb. I eat it at every opportunity.
At least Papi hit it hard
I'll try lamb if I go to that place but I can't see buying lamb and cooking it having never tried it before.
Being the grandson of a Rancher, lamb was verboten in our house.
Lamb was the first meat I stopped eating, and I had always loved it.
I'm a big fan of the all-you-can-eat concept. I'd challenge almost anyone to a steak eating contest. This one time, I was in an "all the steak you can eat and all the red wine you can drink" thing, and I beat the house- they ran out of meat and I was still eating. I was the only one still eating, too. (-:
Ofer, I must say the images that that conveys are sort of scary.
Will Bard get an inning?
Am sorry, but Amstel is one dam bad beer
Wow Ofer, impressive.
AYCE sushi is big in Toronto. I'm not into ayce, tho. I love to eat and I love food, but the excess just turns me off.
s1c, what a piece of Americana, rancher vs shepherds.
s1c, I love the song they use for the background music in that commercial. It's a good driving song!
I'm with L on this one. As much food as I eat, I have my limits in one sitting.
I've had all-you-can-eat pancakes with a couple of friends and one of them ate 14 of them. Also an all-you-can-eat pizza night at Papa Gino's... A friend of mine ate 13 big slices of pizza.
But I will not eat excessively at one time.
I like Amstel when I just want a light beer. FOr a light beer, it has a fair amount of taste. But I prefer a beer with more flavor when I don't want a light beer.
One away. There is still a baseball game going on here!
L-girl, yep, especially in N Mexico.
2 more bot
omg where is our game???? tsn switched to commercial in the middle of the inning!!!
game came back, but geez
I'm still trying to acquire a taste for beer.
More of a sam adams or st pauli girl for me, though bh likes the Corona's.
We will be in NM for the 1st time this Sept, for a wedding. I wish we could take a few weeks and explore, but we can only stay for a few days.
whoosh, good thing that was foul!
Where at in NM?
I never did the underage binge drinking thing so here I am 3 months after 21st birthday and I've only tried Sam Adams light, Red Hook and Longboard.
I would like to try Corona, Dos Equis and Guinness.
Wedding is in Santa Fe. We'll be there a few days, then drive around and see stuff for a couple more days.
I was hoping for 2 weeks in AZ and NM, so it's a bit disappointing, but it will be fun.
Ish- Corona has to have a lime.
I learned to like beer in college because the bar on campus only served beer.
I like dark beers, but they are so filling that I rarely drink them.
Batter not granted time and Papelbon delivers a soft ball upstairs thinking time was called.
Ish, make sure when you drink Guinness it's on tap, by someone who knows how to serve it. It's worth the wait.
SIT DOWN NOW
As far as I'm concerned, the single best thing about the US is microbrewed beer.
So does Dos Equis, I hear. Mexican beer thing.
Santa Fe is supposed to be great. I have not been there, but that's what I hear.
I was born in Hobbs, but the family lived in Lovington.
Some great places to see there.
Guinness is not filling at all. Totally different than a dark beer from a bottle.
Sweep! Dirty Water! So half game out?
Dos Equis does not require a lime
dirty dirty dirty water
dirty water three times!!!
Dirty microbrewed water!
L I plan to. There are many places in Portsmouth that will have Guinness on tap and people who know how to serve it. Thanks for the tip! It's funny. I look at the bottles and the cans of Guinness and think... No.
The water was just too dirty AGAIN for the Blue Jays! They are dead thrice.
Yeah s1c, NO beers require lime!
16-6 against the AL East. Damn rays
Dirty dirty h2o
Water.
s1c I thought Dos Equis did - I'll try it without a lime first.
"I look at the bottles and the cans of Guinness and think... No."
Smart man.
"everything in moderation" doesn't really apply to vegetarians, does it?
Ricin neither.
Mexican beers shouldn't get to be called beer at all. Most nationally sold US beers, either.
In fact I'll try Corona without a lime first as well.
Honestly though, if I don't ever acquire a taste of beer and wine and hard liquor I won't mind. The only thing I can say I really enjoy is Mike's hard lemonades. I get them for their taste more than anything. If I found something that tasted similar that was non-alocholic I'd get that.
"As far as I'm concerned, the single best thing about the US is microbrewed beer."
Baseball?
So we have gone from burgers and ice cream to fast food and pizza to beer.
Quite a night. And the Red Sox won.
See Ofer's point makes me feel eternally optimistic about beer. I feel like there are beers out there I could like very much.
"As far as I'm concerned, the single best thing about the US is microbrewed beer."
Baseball?Jajaja. Close second?
"Mexican beers shouldn't get to be called beer at all."
Agreed.
Ish, are you coming to JOS1? Maybe we can have you taste your first Guinness then?
I can't imagine life without wine. It would be too sad.
Well, beer wass the first thing I could drink because at 18 you could buy it in OK, but couldn't buy the hard stuff until 21
What should mexican beers be called?
On the label on bottles of Mike's it says "Flavored beer." Makes me laugh every time.
See Ofer's point makes me feel eternally optimistic about beer. I feel like there are beers out there I could like very much.That's the beauty of microbrews. People grow crazy, trying all kinds of differents stuff. I've had apricot beers, milk stouts, caramel, pumpkin, several honey ones, etc etc.
Amy I will be at JoS1!
What should mexican beers be called?Dirty water...?
I can't wait for JoS1. Can't wait to see Fenway again and meet you all in person.
That was what I loved about Portland, Or all of the brew houses. Portland also had a great Octoberfest also
Yay! I am glad you will be there!!
As soon as I get my own basement, I'm brewing my own. Hopefully in a month.
Laura, me too!
I'm going to go down to Boston for the day that day with my dad and wander around, visit my friend, eat good food, then head to the park for batting practice!
kevin kline does the worst french accent in French kiss.
As soon as I get my own basement, I'm brewing my own. Hopefully in a month.My fantasy is to sell the first Israeli microbrew. Well, make it, mostly, but I'm sure there are people that make their own. You know what? Why do I need to be the first, anyway? My fantasy is to brew my own beer, and it being good.
Laura, what are the expected numbers at JOS1?
Ever heard of Kate the Great? It's a beer created at the Portsmouth Brewery that was voted best beer in the US by Beer Advocate magazine and the second best beer in the world.
But it's beer. To each their own.
Listen you guys, I really want us to all meet up hours before the game - anyone who is able to - for dinner. It would be really good to talk and hang out *before* the game.
We can't all meet for the first time at the seats! We'll either miss too much of the game or not get to talk to each other enough.
night everyone
These are details that we should work out as we get closer to game date. It'd be great to see all of you before the game.
I agree. Dinner first. I eat early anyway, and I can't eat the stuff at Fenway (especially after tonight's discussion).
Amy, of 20 tickets, 2 are unaccounted for, and 5 are accounted for but still unpaid. *ahem*
They don't know it yet, but the unpaid slackers will soon be put on notice.
Well, all we need is a place and time. Not too much to work out.
Allan and I also need tickets for the game the next day.
Not bad. What will you do about the last two? Should I look for someone? And I hope those slackers pay up soon.
I'm not gonna be in the US, unfortunately. If I was, I would find a way to get sent to Boston.
Re 2 tix left, I think Allan will post it on JoS and then on SoSH.
There is a fish place not far from Fenway that we ate in last time. But I don't know how many of you are fish eaters. Sounds like lots of carnivores here!
Where will you be, Ofer? Hey, are you coming to Six Flags in Agawam? We are temporarily living about three miles from there right now.
When I went to Fenway last September I sat down before the first pitch and never left my seat until the end of the game.
Definitely eating before the game.
We need someplace simple where we can get a big table and hang out, a pub type place.
We also need a place that will take a reservation for a crowd that large. I will ask Maddy for some suggestions, though I bet there are others here who know places also.
The fish place was casual and had big tables, but was not really pub-like.
SoSock is driving up with his son. Very cool.
That is great. I am so glad he is making the trip. Has he been to Fenway before?
Where will you be, Ofer? Hey, are you coming to Six Flags in Agawam? We are temporarily living about three miles from there right now.Israel, supposedly.
And no, we don't work in SF Agawam. But I'm a good manipulator. I could convince my boss that I need to go there to... check out the competition? Or something...? Anyway, I'm finishing up with this job within a month, and going back to Israel (I've noticed I stopped calling it home. Hmmm...) to start school.
I don't remember. I'm guessing yes, but I don't really know.
School? Are you quitting your job? Where are you going to school?
Going back to Israel to start school, that will be a huge adjustment. How long have you been away?
OK, I am about to tune out. Have a good night, whoever is left here. (And Ofer, I guess I will check back tomorrow for the answers!0
I was waiting for Ofer to answer, but I gotta shut off my computer now. I'll check back tomorrow. Buenos noches!
Night all.
I've been away for two years, although I was there for a month in the middle for my brother's wedding. I originally left thinking "four months of work in the US and I'm coming back to start school". That was in May 07...
The big adjustment, I think, will be to stay in one place. I haven't stayed more than two months in the same place for more than two years, and those two months were June and July 07 in Shakopee, MN.
Ah, I took too long with the answer... good night, all.
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