Red Sox lose to the Yankees
Posted on July 25, 2008
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I’m honestly at a loss for words after watching the Red Sox lose to the Yankees tonight by a score of 1-0. Ok, that’s not true, I managed to squeak out enough words to shed some light on what I saw in the game.
First off, there is the subject of Joba Chamberlain throwing at the head of Kevin Youkilis. Joba had superb control all game long and then sent a fastball at Youk’s head. This is the 3rd time in a year that he has done that and the 4th time he’s thrown at Youkilis. What is the underlying issue here? There is obviously a problem between the two of them, what are we missing? Also, why the hell wasn’t Joba tossed?
Second, the bullpen keeps looking better and better; however, they might take a huge step backwards if Manny Delcarmen is seriously injured. He left the game clutching his forearm after ringing up Alex Rodriguez on strikes. Hideki Okajima took over and threw a hitless/walkless 1.1 innings.
Last but not least.. that 3rd called strike on Mike Lowell in the bottom of the 9th inning? Are you joking? MLB.com Gameday has a habit of making pitches look closer than they are in reality (so the umpire doesn’t look stupid) but NOBODY could help HP ump Marty Foster with this one:
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YOU GUYS ARE JUST UPSET BECAUSE YOU LOSE THE GAME! If it was the other way around you would be saying good of win this was for the Red Soxs… PUT a SOX IN IT!
1. Lost. Not “Lose”. Lost. It’s past-tense.
2. “good of A win”. Not “good of win.” Grammar.
3. Sox, not “Soxs”. It’s an implied plural. Failure.
Bottom line, you’re a fag.
Haha first off, your grammar is deplorable. Absolutely deplorable.
But yeah, I wouldn’t be complaining if the calls went towards the Red Sox (like the blown call of Pedroia stealing 2B early in the game.) That is kind of a given, don’t be stupid.
Why wasn’t he tossed? Simple, are you going to throw at somebody in a 1-0 game, 2-0? No you aren’t. Mop-up guy hits A-Rod with a 97MPH ball in the shoulder last night? Whatever, the last laugh will be when the Yankees are in first place by the end of the week.
Yeah, a normal person isn’t going to throw at someone’s head in a 1-0 game with a 2-0 count. Joba isn’t exactly normal, nor does he seem like the sharpest of knives.
Seriously??? First of all, HP umpire consistently inconsistent all game. JBeck was getting the outside corner on his breaking stuff all game. And you’re talking about Mariano Rivera. He has the best late movement on a cutter in the history of baseball. If you don’t swing with 2 strikes on you and its close, he’s going to get the call. Mike Lowell or Drew are not going to get it in that situation. Just how it goes. I mean Lowell just got called out on the outside strike, and in a one run game against the yankees, is Drew really taking that outside pitch to make a point? C’mon…play the game!
Our rookie Gardner, had inside pitches that almost hit him called strikes and all he did was turn around and walk back to the dugout. Wakefield yesterday had balls near the head called strikes along with pitches well below the knees. You get used to the strike zone and make adjustments from there!
Really, it takes 2 seconds to look at the MLB Gameday thing I posted. It was an inside strike. Not just regular inside but it made Lowell have to practically jump out of the way. That wasn’t called AT ALL, all game long until that at-bat. It’s not like it was a fixed strike-zone.