BOS @ CLE, ALCS Game 5

Kevin Millar refuses to leave Boston.

You freeki-wiki! Very nice picture box! We need a page with examples of these fine constructs so I can steal them and alter them to my own devious tastes.

All right. We're underway. CC Sabathia vs. Dustin Pedroia.

Before CC Sabathia starts this game, his ERA is (a very high) 16.62. WOW! Did he get lit up last year or what?

First pitch! Here we go! GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!

Good sign! He took a pitch! Maybe Youkilis got my comment on his blog and let the rest of the team know.

YOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!

The only game this series the Red Sox have scored first. 1-0, Boston (and two outs after Ortiz's questionable strikeout.

Ramirez vs. Sabathia for his career: .609 with 4 HR. Ridiculous.

When was the game policed by the players Tim...wheeeeeennnn

Double by Ramirez, great start for the Sox bats!

ouch!

Yuck. When did Dale Sveum come back to the Sox? Manny never should have been running then, and he definitely should have slid or rammed.

If we had been getting reliable production from the bottom of the order, I would have been angry that they sent Manny home on that play.

Good point Raw, its been the 2-3-4-5 hitters, that's it. I'm amazed that Manny is having the series he's been having and Ortiz is hitting over .300 and they are still down 3-1

Casey Blake looks like a lumberjack.

At least Boston scored first for the first time this series

Joe Buck: Why the hell do people have nicknames? It's a disgrace to the parents that named them.

Great. MLB Gameday doesn't work. The service is down or something. Thank God I have AGM! :)

What the hell Lugo!?!?? Don't kick the ball!

If anyone has a mild interest in the USF/Rutgers game, its 10-3 USF at the end of 1st with Rutgers 20 yards from tying it

Come on Beckett! Pop up, then DP!

Likely scenario: Walk, then run-scoring DP by Victor Martinez.

DP Hafner and we're right back where we started

Ok, DP then walk? I can still be right, just dyslexic.

Alright, I'll take the dp and run.

TD Rutgers, 10-10

Well, Beckett clearly seems hittable tonight, although he does tend to have trouble in the first inning and then settle down. This might not be the pitcher's duel the matchup dictated.

Has Cleveland had a ball this series that hasn't bounced perfectly for them?

Thank God they only got one that inning

Ok, I've had enough of this Cleveland Rocks BS!

Kielty needs to have a huge game to justify this move.... otherwise it should be Ellsbury

Romiezzo, you know the game is on Fox, right

Full count to Kielty. Good eye at the plate, good patience.

If that was a strike, I'm the bleeping queen of England.

Atta boy, Kielty. Way to take some pitches.

Byrd is answering question that I'm not hearing in his "off the cuff" comments

WOW, how was that not a strike?

Those are some anemic stats from Crisp. Why is he still playing? Oh, look he just struck out

Come on Coco! You have to swing at that! Low and right over the plate...

The prince of popouts strikes again! Lugo out, inning over.

That wasn't too bad of an inning for the bottom of the lineup. Varitek had a decent plate appearance, although he swung at some outside pitches when he was ahead in the count. Why does it seem like we're swinging early in counts then taking late in counts (when behind)? That last pitch to Crisp was a horrible non-swing with 2 strikes.

nice to see the sox are being agressive tonight

Beckett's curveball is straight nasty tonight.

Did Sabathia really pitch 97? That guy has added some heat to the equation.

Great strikeout of the Indians best hitter this postseason

K for Beckett on the third of three straight curves. Sick. Up comes Kenny Lofton.

Beckett being Beckett.... he's looking great this inning

where was that one going?

Nice defensive play there for Beckett on Lofton's grounder. Good to see a Sox pitcher managing to make a defensive play.

Trivia Answer: Brian Anderson

Gutierrez is apparently quite the patient little hitter.

Beckett: K K K.

South Florida TD off a fumble by Rutgers on a fumble deep in their own territory. 17-10 USF

I feel like I should be pro-Cleveland tonight, since just about everybody else here is a Red Sox fan. Does that need to happen?

This MLB Gameday is such crap. It's still has Franklin Gutierrez at the plate. Might as well shut that down and listen to you guys discuss.

Dusty has been the victim of some really good defense so far this season. He might be the unluckiest Boston hitter so far.

Of course, Tmil42. How could I forget about ESPN gamecast. Good thinkin'.

Great AB by Pedroia

It's Game 5 of the LCS, a potential elimination game, so let's talk about Joe Torre.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

mute

What a block on a punt by USF! It's now 23-10 USF.

Anybody else think that the Yankees waited until today to offer Torre the job to A) screw over the Red Sox and B) dominate the commentary during Game 5?

Man, the Sox just cant catch a break.... Remember when Wakefield tried to do a similar thing to what Sabathia just did and it led to a 7-run inning

Where was Youk's vaunted pitch selection on that?

I guess technically Ortiz went around...

Shit, Sabathia just hit 99

South Florida's TD called back, still 17-10

Great at-bat from Papi, drawing the walk and bringing up the hottest hitter on the planet right now.

Radar gun readings on FOX are always a couple MPH higher, I'm guessing he's more around 96-97. Which is still pretty impressive.

That was bizarre.

Damn, I thought that was routine fly ball, but it carried like none other

That's a homer fellas

That was very clearly a home run! On a jam, no less.

Um, Tim, he's on 1st because he didn't continue to run after the first 90 feet.

Definitely a HR though.

Come on blue...

And they missed it.

manny got screwed and buck and mccarver are idiots!

As an Indians fan, I'm admitting that it was a home run. My roommates have subjected to me to taking a shot everytime Boston scores... so he goes nothing

lucky you! take a shot of tequila

I'm not that big of a Manny fan because of his stupidity and laziness.

Because the carom went up? What? Tim thinks it's not a HR because the ball didn't hit the top of the wall and just flatten out.

Even when Tim McCarver says something worth agreeing with I still wish he would SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Also, not the longest RBI single in postseason history. Anybody remember Robin Ventura's Grand Slam Single?

if it hits the yellow line at all, it's a home run

Well, they just had an interview with David Wright on the Rutgers/USF game. BIG College Football fan.

Nice hit by Manny, even though none of them mentioned it. He got jammed and nearly hit it over that bizarre outfield wall. You have a wall out there, and if it hits part of it on the top, it is in play, if it hits the rest of it on top, it is a homerun. And people make fun of Fenway's design.

Sabathia's thrown 59 pitches in three innings, looks like an early shower for the big guy.

to clarify: According to the MLB ballpark ground rules, all yellow lines are in play, which would seem to suggest that the umpires called the play correctly

Beckett: KKKK

If Cleveland wins, all anyone will talk about is instant replay. That's a shame.

What a play by Pedroia!

Pedroa great play to rob Asdrubal... rookie on rookie

It was without a doubt not a homerun. I'm one of the most biased Red Sox fans there is, and it was not a HR. The yellow line is in play on top of walls.

Beckett: KKKKK. What a curve to get Hafner.

And Rutgers' field goal is good. It 17-13 going into halftime.

good, i got rutgers with the upset tonight

Let's go Bobby Kielty!

News flash: Bobby Kielty is officially better than J.D. Drew.

The Bruins won their home opener 4-1.

hello all; Romi, I've come to talk about the Sox and how they are going to lose this game ;-)

Beckett settling is as he tries to send it back to Fenway.... 17-13 USF at half, another great 2nd half awaits

F#$&#$ck! The bar turned the sound off of the game in favor of Karaoke. What the F?

2 on none out

Tek... atta boy...

Gotta bunt with Crisp here

Falcon, are you good luck for Boston?

I disagree. You don't want to give up an out. Trust your hitters.

You gotta give that to Coco... he's an excellent bunter.

Is picking your nose on national tv part of not caring?

Crisp blew it once again....

Damn Coco... come'on do something positive for this offense...

Defense and bunting. If he could throw a changeup, he's Greg Maddux.

f'n crisp

Ok, now I am officially on the Start Jacoby bandwagon...

Wow this is horrid for Boston

Nice BUNT!

How fackin' hard is it to drop a sacrifice? Especially when the pitcher is gifting you? Holy crap, that was a sad atbat.

LuuuuuuuGOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

and lugo too!

He bunted about as well as Billy Madison can spell Rizzuto.

i just get a bad vibe from this game already..too many missed opportunities

Then again, JD Drew wouldn't have gotten it down, either.

I will admit that the JD Drew signing made me think that Epstein might know what he is doing... but I never wanted Lugo, he is cloggin up this team so much that I'd rather he just be cut and then the Sox deal with the salary...

If I'm Beckett, I walk over to Crisp and knock him on his ass.

Wasn't John Farrell the pitching coach in Cleveland last year?

Did you see that throw to first by Beckett... boy is he amped!

I wish people would stop calling it "the longest single in postseason history."

Quick inning by Beckett. He's looking nice and sharp.

He is on a roll right now. If I were Stu Scott, I'd mention that he must be butter, but then I'd have to kill myself.

I need the Sox to score more runs so I can take some more shots!

I want Julio Lugo crucified.

Is he going to die for Coco Crisp's sins?

Another nice defensive play to rob Dustin Pedroia!

nice pick by peralta

*swings at first pitch; records out. Come on guys, stop this sh#t.

Bunt Papi, just roll one down the third base line and get on for Manny...

that'll work...

I was less surprised earlier by Manny's non-hustle than I was with Ortiz and how quickly he got around the bases. He scored easily from first on that ball. Doesn't he have bad knees?

manny up again

As badly screeched Evanescence blares in the background, Big Papi gets a 2-out single. Come on Manny -- a no doubter this time!

You know, Tim McCarver wouldn't be so bad if he would just die... or failing that, if he would die painfully. FOX will look at the ratings for the World Series and say "Well, Colorado is not a big market, Cleveland is not a big market" - they will never put it together that people would rather have Mike Tyson chew their ears off than listen to Tim McCarver.

just missed that one

Vlad coulda hit that out...

Wild pitch by Sabathia, Ortiz to second.

I never want to hear Tim grunt ever again. Actually, I never want to hear Tim ever again.

at least the world series is not on tbs

Atleast Drew isn't on deck...

Why don't they just walk him already? He isn't going to chase a bad pitch. There's nothing good that can happen here for Cleveland.

Lowell has been big all season, let's if he keeps it up

Ortiz and Manny are on first and 2nd with Mike Lowell up. C'mon, Lowell!

WOW that missed by cm's

juuuuuuuuuuuust foul...

Man, I love playoff baseball. This at-bat with Lowell is one of the reasons why. Any way we can get Dane Cook to change his mind and decide that there are, in fact, two Octobers?

they are loaded for kielty

bases juiced

Kielty is in this lineup for one reason only cuz he hits Sabthia well. No time to prove that then right now!

TD Rutgers, they are up 20-17

sabathia's trying to hard...good hitter's count for kielty

GAH

another blown op

The struggles continue for the Red Sox role players

Bottom of the Fifth: 2-1 Boston And I'm headed home from my now-karaoke-invested bar. See you all soon!

This game will kill me.

so keeping down your shot quotient huh?

la la la la... lets not score... la la la la... lets not win... la la la la... lets roll over and give 'em the series... la la la la... expected that to happen...

brawL!

Kenny Lofton has flied out to left field.

Great camera work by FOX. It probably wouldn't be important for us to see whatever caused the benches to empty.

Franklin Gutierrez's only 2 hits (out of 10 at bats) have been home runs.

strikeout down the middle

Fack you Lugo...

Damn, All the bounces go the Indians way

he shoulda covered the bag there...

Let's see what kind of cajones Beckett has

Beckett is a G

gets out of the jam!

Rutgers blocked FG of USF, still 20-17 Rutgers

If there were a softest hit competition, I'd bet my life savings and bet on the Indians to win it.

take a shot nejo

C'mon, TEK! (6-22, 1 HR, 4 BBs, 4 Ks vs. Indians in the playoffs)

Looks to me that Sabathia's losing some heat (and location) off his fastball.

Coco Crisp ground out to third.

good inning for c.c.

What?!?!? Julio Lugo struck out? I did not see that coming.

Who would win in a fight, Sabathia or Ditka?

How come there hasn't been a single word of criticism for Kenny Lofton? He had that early curtain call a few games ago, fine, whatever, then he charges Beckett from first base after flying out? Don't you get ejected for charging from the plate? But no, not a word of criticism.

Rutgers fake FG for a TD 27-17!

Josh Beckett is the definition of clutch

he's been a horse tonight

I only wish Cook and McCarver would play water polo in a pool of cyanide with short-fused dynamite for the ball...

Later, Garko overmatched by Beckett

BecKKKKKKKKKet

I'm back! Schill and Dice had better be paying attention, because Beckett is putting on a clinic.

Top of the Seventh: Boston 2-1 Pedroia, Youkilis, Ortiz

FG for USF, 27-20 Rutgers, 90 secs left in 3rd

Nice leadoff double by Dusty Pedroia! Let's get some insurance runs across the plate!

go rutgers

This could be the final inning for Sabathia... Betancourt and Mastny are up in the Indians pen.

Nice double by Dustin Pedroia. C'mon now, Youkilis!

This is a very important inning for the Indians bullpen

Off of sizemore's glove! triple for Kevin Youkilis! 3-1 Boston!

Yes! Finally something that Grady Sizemore can't get a hold of, TRIPLE!!!! YOUUUUUUUUUK!

Boston finally catches a break. That does not happen very often to Sizemore.

Looks like another shot for me!

And that will do it for C.C Sabathia. 6+ innings, 2ER, responsible for Youkilis at 3rd, 6 Ks, 2 BB, replaced by Betancourt.

this game is making my dick harder than a math test

What an odd infield alignment... trying to defend the plate /and/ ortiz's pull.