Baseball (MLB, WBC, College, etc.)

Sox lost in an unwild one to the Sox 3-1. :bleh: Solid pitching by Wakefield but the bats took the night off, they played well in July but it was quite any easy schedule, now it gets tougher, Yanks :twisted: lost though, they play them next weekend.

Dodger bullpen fails again, blowing a Dodger 4-1 lead against the D-backs, and they lose, 6-4. :bleh:

Sox take the rubber game in Chicago today by edging the other Sox 5-3 after winning yesterday 10-2 behind a great 8 inning effort by Lester. :victory: Gonzalez just continues to hit, 2-5 today to bring his average up to .357, which leads the majors, also drove in his MLB leading 90th run today. :applaud:

hitomi #1 wrote: Gonzalez just continues to hit

Speaking of continuing to hit, what the hell has gotten into Hideki Matsui?!? At the All-Star break he was hitting .209 with 6 HR's and 34 rbis. Since then, he's hitting .466 with 3 home runs and 18 rbis, raised his average to .255. At the rate he's going, he might catch Ichiro!!

Dodgers lose to the D-backs again, 6-3. :(

gaijinmark wrote:

Speaking of continuing to hit, what the hell has gotten into Hideki Matsui?!? At the All-Star break he was hitting .209 with 6 HR's and 34 rbis. Since then, he's hitting .466 with 3 home runs and 18 rbis, raised his average to .255. At the rate he's going, he might catch Ichiro!!

Catching him won't be hard to do. Was reading about Godzilla and how they were going to trade him, with that recent surge would think some teams would have been interested in him, surprised he's still with the A's.

Sox lose at home tonight to the Tribe 9-6. Bard took the loss but another putrid outing by the $82M man, :usuck: 6+ innings allowing 5 runs and he's lined up to face the Yanks this weekend. :beaten:

Dodgers beat the Padres, 6-2, in the battle to stay out of the cellar.

hitomi #1 wrote: another putrid outing by the $82M man, :usuck:

and it looks like Bucholz will be out for the season. :sweat:

Jav_sol wrote:

and it looks like Bucholz will be out for the season. :sweat:

That makes it tough for them, :sweat: still should make the playoffs but it's going to be harder to hold off the Yanks :twisted: though their starters after CC are also so-so. Lester has looked good in his 2 starts, :applaud: should be well rested for the stretch run, they picked up Bedard who'll make his first start Thursday, he's had so much talent but something always goes wrong with him, maybe the Sox pitching coach can turn him around. :fingerscrossed:

Dodgers beat the Padres in a pitching duel, 1-0.

Sorry to intrude... :sweat:
...but I was wondering if there's anybody else who's a fan of NPB rather than MLB? :sweat:


Fure! Fure! Fure! :victory:

pash wrote:Sorry to intrude... :sweat:
...but I was wondering if there's anybody else who's a fan of NPB rather than MLB? :sweat:

I'm not more of a fan, but I do follow it. Hanshin Tigers!! :woot:

Catching him won't be hard to do.

And he has! Last night Matsui went 3-for-4 while Ichiro had another 0-fer night, now they are both hitting .264. :crazy:

gaijinmark wrote:

Hanshin Tigers!!

Good choice! :mrgreen: :victory:

gaijinmark wrote:

And he has! Last night Matsui went 3-for-4 while Ichiro had another 0-fer night, now they are both hitting .264. :crazy:

Godzilla has never been considered a high average hitter, his average doesn't need to be high becuase he's got a more all around offensive game and can help the team in various ways, not as much now but he's older, but Ichiro doesn't have much of an offensive game, if he doesn't hit .330+ he doesn't help the team at all.

hitomi #1 wrote:
Godzilla has never been considered a high average hitter, his average doesn't need to be high becuase he's got a more all around offensive game and can help the team in various ways, not as much now but he's older, but Ichiro doesn't have much of an offensive game, if he doesn't hit .330+ he doesn't help the team at all.

All those past seasons that Ichiro hit over .300 and the M's still couldn't do much. :(

Some sense of order restored today. Ichiro went 3-for-5 as DH. When was the last time a DH batted lead-off? :crazy:

Ellsbury delivers the game winning hit for the second night in a row in the bottom of the 9th, last night a single to win, tonight a HR to deep center :woot: as the Sox prevail over the Tribe 4-3. Need to keep winning as the Yanks :twisted: have crept back to a game out, they're winning tonight in Chicago but it was 13-0 after 2 1/2, now it's 13-7 in the 6th.

Sox ended up splitting the 4 game series with the Indians by losing last night, easily could have lost all 4. Now the red hot Yanks :twisted: roll into Fenway having now tied them for first, they've won 7 in a row averaging almost 10 runs a game. :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:Sox ended up splitting the 4 game series with the Indians by losing last night, easily could have lost all 4. Now the red hot Yanks :twisted: roll into Fenway having now tied them for first, they've won 7 in a row averaging almost 10 runs a game. :sweat:

Never fails: BoSox try to run away from the Yanks, but never do.