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2009 Boston Red Sox

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Yanks fans have to hope Detroit gets pushed to Sunday by the Twins, that way Detroit has to burn a Verlander start.
 
Looks like the Cards and Sox are both in the same boat this year! Pretty awesome huh?
 
Not to put Boston down but right now I would have prefered the Boston have won instead of the Angels.
The Angels are pretty solid.
 
It's time to dismantle this team, Epstien should be fired, Release V-Tech and Big Papi. Send Paps to the minors......
 
All kidding aside I really thought they would play better, too many players with slumps at different times, aging players, Paps blowing leads...he has a habit of letting batters get on base, how long before he can't rescue himself from his own mistakes.
They need a good defensive catcher...
 
Now you have other teams who are getting stronger and stronger.
Tampa will be there, the Rangers really impressed me and hopefully the Jays will improve now that they have rid themselves of that GM.
 
min0 lee said:
All kidding aside I really thought they would play better, too many players with slumps at different times, aging players, Paps blowing leads...he has a habit of letting batters get on base, how long before he can't rescue himself from his own mistakes.
They need a good defensive catcher...
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I don't get what the big deal is with papelbon.... I said this months ago. This guy is not that great of a closer.
 
He's OK, he isn't as great as he thinks he is but he's ok.

BOSTON -- He had been perfect in the postseason, or as perfect as one can be, with an 0.00 ERA over 26 innings. But Jonathan Papelbon -- one of the game's best closers and the Red Sox's franchise leader with 151 career saves -- walked off the Fenway Park mound Sunday to a chorus of boos. "Why would you boo one of the best closers in the game?" the Angels' Torii Hunter asked. "Booing Papelbon was not the right thing to do. I've got so much respect for him and I think he's one of the best closers in the game. That's terrible, actually." Papelbon walked off the mound after Vladimir Guerrero -- with two outs, the bases loaded, and the Red Sox clinging to a 6-5 lead -- hit a sinking liner to center field, driving in two runs. The Angels went on to win 7-6, shocking the crowd at Fenway and ending Boston's season with a three-game division series sweep. Ninth-Inning Meltdown

Entering Sunday's game, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon had not given up a run in 26 postseason innings. But on Sunday he allowed two inherited runners to score in the eighth, then gave up three runs with two outs in the ninth. How it all went wrong in the ninth:



It was a stunning sequence for Papelbon, whose postseason scoreless innings streak was the longest of its kind to start a career since Christy Mathewson threw 28 scoreless frames from 1905 to 1911. Papelbon heard the boos, but unlike some of his teammates who were upset at the treatment, he understood why they came. "These fans don't expect any more out of me than I do out of myself," he said. "You know, I think they get so accustomed to seeing me do what I do. And when I don't do what I do, I think it's kind of like, 'Well, why didn't he do that?' "No booing of a fan is going to make or break me, that's for sure." While teammate Tim Wakefield and general manager Theo Epstein both said they felt the fans' displeasure was with the situation and not Papelbon, others in the clubhouse disagreed. "Look at what he's done in the playoffs, look at what he's done during the season," Jon Lester said. "[It wasn't] even a bad outing, a team just beat him. I don't really appreciate that for what he's done for this city and what he's brought to this team. If you're [booing] based off one bad performance here, it's just not right." Added Manny Delcarmen: "A little more respect for a guy like that, what he's done here. I don't think that was the right thing to do at the time." Papelbon's breakdown had actually started an inning earlier, when he relieved Billy Wagner with two on and two outs. Juan Rivera singled in both runs on Papelbon's first pitch, cutting the Boston lead to 5-4. Papelbon got out of the inning when he picked off pinch runner Reggie Willits. The scene was somewhat reminiscent of Game 2 of last year's division series against the Angels, when Papelbon came into the eighth inning with a 5-4 Boston lead. He allowed a sacrifice fly to score Chone Figgins with the tying run, but in the top of the ninth, J.D. Drew hit a two-run homer for a 7-5 win. Boston went on to win the series, and had won nine of 10 against the Angels in the postseason before this series began. "The season didn't just wind down," manager Terry Francona said. "It came to a crashing halt."

The Red Sox scored an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on a Mike Lowell RBI single that made it 6-4. When Papelbon got two quick outs to open the ninth, the game seemed all but over. Then Erick Aybar singled and Papelbon walked Figgins before Bobby Abreu doubled off the wall in left to make it 6-5. Hunter was intentionally walked to load the bases, setting up Guerrero's at-bat. "All season we play all nine innings, we never give up," said Hunter, whose team was second in the majors with 47 come-from-behind wins. "We kept battling; we did our thing." While Hunter thought the fans' treatment of Papelbon was shameful, Epstein had a different take. "He's been a big part of our success," Epstein said. "[He] didn't have it today. There were a lot of frustrated people out there. I'd be shocked if they were booing him personally and not the situation." Wakefield echoed Epstein's sentiments. "They're booing the situation -- it's not that they think he stinks," Wakefield said. "Our fans are very knowledgeable, very passionate about their team. I've told people this: If you get booed, don't think it's personal. It's just part of the gig of playing here." But will Papelbon be playing here next year? There has been much speculation about whether the Red Sox may trade him in favor of Daniel Bard, their presumed closer-in-waiting who also would cost significantly less. Epstein said he wouldn't take questions about anything related to the offseason until Monday, and Papelbon did not discuss it. But if Papelbon's days in Boston are over, he'll leave understanding how playing in Boston works, and, according to him, not having a problem with it.
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What a depressing lose :( I feel bad for Pap though.
 
With fans like that, why wouldnt people want to play in St.Louis?
 
That's one player I nor others feel bad for, even if he pitched for our teams we would feel the same.
The guy doesn't know how to shut his trap up.
 
I've always like him. He's over the top but a true spirit to the team.
 
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A little something to put a smile on the Bosox fans

Four baseball fans - a Cubs fan, a Cardinals fan, a Red Sox fan, and a Yankees fan - are climbing a mountain and arguing about who loves his team more.

The Cubs fan insists he is the most loyal. "This is for the Cubs!" he yells, and jumps off the side of the mountain.

Not to be outdone, the Cardinals fan shouts, "This is for the Cardinals!" and throws himself off the mountain.

The Red Sox fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells, "This is for everyone!" and pushes the Yankees fan off.
 
A father and son are outside Fenway Park, and the young son is asking his father to buy him a "Yankees Suck" T-shirt. The father hesitates, but finally tells his son, "You can have the shirt if you promise never to say that word."

"That's right," says the T-shirt vendor, wanting to make the sale. "'Suck' isn't a very nice word."

"No," replies the father. "I meant the word 'Yankees'."

 
Three baseball fans were on their way to a game when one noticed a foot sticking out of the bushes by the side of the road. They stopped and discovered a nude female dead drunk. Out of respect, the Cubs fan took off his cap and placed it over her right breast. The Red Sox fan took off his cap and placed it over her left breast. Following their lead, the Yankee fan took off his cap and placed it over her crotch.

The police were called and when the officer arrived, he conducted his inspection. First, he lifted up the Cubs cap, replaced it, and wrote down some notes. Next, he lifted the Sox cap, replaced it, and wrote down some more notes. The officer then lifted the Yankees cap, replaced it, then lifted it again, replaced it, lifted it a third time, and replaced it one last time.

The Yankee fan was getting upset and finally asked, "What are you, a pervert or something? Why do you keep lifting and looking, lifting and looking?"

Well," said the officer. "I am simply surprised. Normally when I look under a Yankees hat, I find an asshole."
 
I am currently on vacation in Maine and missed the last two games.

I've eaten Maine lobster stuffed with crab, had two lobster rolls with a cask conditioned IPA, spent $100 at the Allagash brewery, and mountain biked for four hours Saturday. So fuck the Red Sox.
 
I Are Baboon said:
I am currently on vacation in Maine and missed the last two games.

I've eaten Maine lobster stuffed with crab, had two lobster rolls with a cask conditioned IPA, spent $100 at the Allagash brewery, and mountain biked for four hours Saturday. So fuck the Red Sox.
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You had a better time than you would have had sitting in front of the TV watching the games. :thumbs:
 
A NY cabbie was a die-hard Yankees fan and he truly hated the Red Sox and all their fans. Whenever he was driving, if he saw anyone wearing a Red Sox hat or shirt, he would drive right towards them, swerving away at the last moment, trying to scare the shit out of them.

One day a rabbi got into the cab and as they were driving, the cabbie saw a man with a Red Sox hat. Instinctively he veered right at the man, but then remembering who he had in the back seat, he turned away sharply. The cabbie heard a thud, but when he checked the rear view mirror, he couldn't tell what the noise was.

"I'm sorry, rabbi, I almost hit that Red Sox fan" said the cabbie.

"You missed him" replied the rabbi, "but don't worry. I got him with the door on my side."
 
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