ALCS Game 4 Open Thread
by Jeff Sackmann on Oct 14, 2008 5:30 PM CDT
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As we saw yesterday in the NLCS, Game 4's are always interesting. Few teams have solid rotations that deep (present company, um, uh, included), so after three games of Dice-K's, Becketts, and Garzas, we get a matchup of Tim Wakefield and Andy Sonnanstine.
Interestingly though, it could turn out to be a pitcher's duel. Sonnastine blanked the Sox both times he faced them in September, and you never know how good Wakefield can be on any given day.
Game time is 7:07 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Rays!
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As a proud Australian!
I am not sure who I want my man Balfour to plunk today… J.D. Drew, perhaps?
Go Rays!
by Braun Holio on Oct 14, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What a beautiful start for the Rays
Go Rays
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
by WSB Chris on Oct 14, 2008 7:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
gives hope to every small market team
Well maybe not Pittsburgh lol
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
by WSB Chris on Oct 14, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find it hard to dislike Wakefield as much as the rest of them...
But 5-0! Eat shit Redsox
by Braun Holio on Oct 14, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s not a free agent and someone Melvin has always wanted to get is he?
by ol Pete on Oct 14, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
??
I like him because he makes you feel like anyone could be a major leaguer…
I dislike him because he plays for “my cubs.” – I live in a place where 1 in 20 people don’t look at you strangely for being a baseball fan. The 1 in 20 who do like baseball like it because of fever pitch.
by Braun Holio on Oct 14, 2008 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just being sarcastic about Doug Melvin – it wasn’t directed at you. Personally I am not fond of soft tossers and he seems to be the ultimate.
by ol Pete on Oct 14, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most knuckleballers are...
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
by TheJay on Oct 15, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you never want to say a team is done...
But the Sox are done. When your team’s epic bats are held by Mark Kotsay and Kevin Cash…and the rest of ‘em can’t hit ol’ League Average Sonnanstine…they’re toast.
Also, Wakey sucks. He’s got a perpetual rolling option on his contract so if the Sox don’t want him that is the only way he’d become a free agent. I think he’d rather retire first. Do you really want to see what Kendall would do with a knuckleballer anyway?! (d’oh, R.A. Dickey was in the Brewers org—did Rottino catch him?)
And they’ve got Dice-BB going up against James Shields in Game 5. I don’t think they’re getting another 7-inning nono out of Matsuzaka.
by morineko on Oct 14, 2008 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Forgetting someone?
The portly knuckleballer himself!
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by Jordan M on Oct 14, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm fairly confident Kendall could catch a knuckleballer with ease
Watching Kendall try and hit a knuckleballer, on the other hand, is painful to imagine.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Oct 14, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heres a question:
Boston Red Sox: AL Champions with Manny Ramirez?
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
by NoahJ on Oct 14, 2008 8:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think so. Manny is great, but Bay has been pretty good.
by ol Pete on Oct 14, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How good has he been in the playoffs?
I haven’t been paying a ton of attention.
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
by NoahJ on Oct 14, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really good, of course Manny has been crazy.
by ol Pete on Oct 14, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tampa are very very good though.
9,9 and at least 13 runs in their wins.. another bat wouldn’t save the redsox.
by Braun Holio on Oct 14, 2008 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s really the story. Manny is great, but the Sox are getting whooped.
by ol Pete on Oct 14, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed.
He might make a difference in the intangibles if he were playing as hard as he is for the Red Sox, giving the team energy and all, but I don’t think it would quite cover the distance.
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
by NoahJ on Oct 14, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rotoworld is confused again
they think Prince Fielder is interviewing for the managerial job, or maybe that he is doing the interviewing.
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by Jordan M on Oct 14, 2008 8:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Taking on the ploy of the Red Sox
Go Rays!
by Rendezvous on Oct 14, 2008 9:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rays on a roll
I’d like to see the Dodgers make a series of it now. If they can get past Hamels, it gets a lot more possible.
by ol Pete on Oct 14, 2008 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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St. Louis
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91 | 71 | .561 | 0 | Lost 6 |
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Chicago
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83 | 78 | .515 | 7.5 | Lost 1 |
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Milwaukee
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80 | 82 | .493 | 11 | Won 3 |
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78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | Won 2 |
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Houston
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74 | 88 | .456 | 17 | Lost 3 |
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