Game 14: Yanks v. Sox: Fenway turns 100

32 Responses to Game 14: Yanks v. Sox: Fenway turns 100

1. Professor Longnose says:

   April 20, 2012 at 3:20 pm

   Pedroia makes the first error of the second hundred years at Fenway. Cool.

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   • smurfy says:

     April 20, 2012 at 5:14 pm

     dat’s funny, in a Crimson Hose-hating fashion, hehe.

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2. Alex says:

   April 20, 2012 at 3:34 pm

   Nova with the 1-2-3 inning

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3. Professor Longnose says:

   April 20, 2012 at 4:35 pm

   Nice game so far. Nova’s doing well. Chavez hit two HRs, Swisher a blast, 4-1 lead. the only blotch is Ibanez’s play in the outfield.

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4. Professor Longnose says:

   April 20, 2012 at 4:50 pm

   Alex Rodriguez tosses in their fourth solo HR today.

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5. Professor Longnose says:

   April 20, 2012 at 5:12 pm

   And Russell Martin their 5th.

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6. smurfy says:

   April 20, 2012 at 5:16 pm

   Hey, Prof. Sunny day in Boston, hunh?

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   • Professor Longnose says:

     April 20, 2012 at 5:18 pm

     Poor Swisher.

     Here, too. Just beautiful for April.

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     • smurfy says:

       April 20, 2012 at 5:22 pm

       It’s a killer. Worst crisis there is.

       Boy, I didn’t see any of Arod’s homer till they showed the replays. Couldn’t see the pitch, the hit – or the ball flying over the wall, when they switched views.

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7. Professor Longnose says:

   April 20, 2012 at 5:21 pm

   Sweeeeet DP.

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8. Professor Longnose says:

   April 20, 2012 at 5:26 pm

   Break it open here.

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9. smurfy says:

   April 20, 2012 at 5:26 pm

   Buchholtz just couldn’t think of a pitch to throw. Grandy was left waiting forever. Then they just walked him.

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10. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 5:38 pm

    I was reading a funny piece about Fenway. I wouldn’t blow it, but this guy can write.
    http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/20/opinion/downey-fenway/index.html

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    • Professor Longnose says:

      April 20, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      Fun piece. I’ve only been to Fenway once, in 1986. It was a nice place to see a ballgame, but I wouldn’t want to go to the men’s room there.

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      • smurfy says:

        April 20, 2012 at 5:51 pm

        Yeah, but I don’t judge a ballfield on the bathrooms. If I had to live there, yeah.

        It’s a great field, feels like baseball oughta. The Monster is a wonderful, intriguing dimension.

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        • smurfy says:

          April 20, 2012 at 5:58 pm

          Saw them give 5’2″ Freddie Patek a standing o when he hit one over the Monster.

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          • Professor Longnose says:

            April 20, 2012 at 6:00 pm

            Him sitting in the dugout crying was one of the iconic images of my baseball fandom.

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            • smurfy says:

              April 20, 2012 at 6:04 pm

              Freddie, what was he crying about?

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              • Professor Longnose says:

                April 20, 2012 at 6:06 pm

                Losing the ’78 playoffs to the Yankees, the second year in a row the Royals were beaten by the Yanks. That picture made the back page of the NY papers.

                Googled it and it looks like he cried after the first loss in ’76 (and ’78 was the third straight year.)

                http://tinyurl.com/84ry4yd
            • smurfy says:

              April 20, 2012 at 6:13 pm

              you sound like an historian. Just with Yankee connections? That’s a front I have never explored too much. Think I said last year, “I’ll have to find a good book.”

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11. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    Like the Highlander’s uni’s. They should wear those socks all the time.

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12. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    I’d vote for Nova for player of the game. (since we’re given the choice early.)

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    • Professor Longnose says:

      April 20, 2012 at 5:56 pm

      Good choice.

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    • Professor Longnose says:

      April 20, 2012 at 5:57 pm

      Chavez could have made it close there, but didn’t.

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      • smurfy says:

        April 20, 2012 at 5:59 pm

        He’d had 4 at-bats in 2 weeks, not too shabby.

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13. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Nick shoulda swished home during Alex’ shenanigans.

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    • Professor Longnose says:

      April 20, 2012 at 6:11 pm

      Yeah, I think so, too.

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14. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    I think Youk’s was a called third strike. Because it hit the dirt, he wanted it called low, but it just broke a lot, right thru the plate, I believe. Nice (NICE) pitch.

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15. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    Knowing you a little bit, Prof, I’d guess you didn’t like the choice of a waiver-claimed side-slinging rookie, and consider one squibbed single plenty of evidence for his withdrawal.

    Weird. But he looks interesting to me.

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    • Professor Longnose says:

      April 20, 2012 at 6:33 pm

      Ya got me all wrong! I find it ridiculous that a four-run lead with one baserunner demands using your best reliever. Anyone should be able to handle this.

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      • smurfy says:

        April 20, 2012 at 6:37 pm

        somebody got cold feet, mebbe.

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16. smurfy says:

    April 20, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    We clubbed ‘em dead. And, there is sun left! See ya, Professor.

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