Tuesday Night Live Blog

Daisuke waves hello…or is it goodbye?I’m hoping to maybe live blog every Tuesday night, depending on my schedule.  So let’s see how this goes.

Tonight is my first time seeing Daisuke ‘live’ on television.  I watched his first game on Game Day and his second in person (I’m certainly not complaining), so tonight will be the first time I get to REALLY watch him (and listen to what Remy and Orsillo have to say about him).

Chacin is on the mound for Toronto.   I fine him terribly amusing to watch pitch even though he’s tough on the team’s hitters.

Second game since I chose Coco Crisp as my player of the week that he isn’t playing.   I’m talented this way.

7:09 – Lugo hits the third pitch right to "Smith" on third.  Troy Glaus, Reed Johnson, BJ Ryan, all out.  These guys need to capitalize on this and big.

 7:10 – Oh I lie!!!  Coco IS in the line-up!  What did I hear?  Wily Mo must be in for JD Drew tonight?  I need to listen to the lineups more closely.

7:11 – Coco strikes out swinging.  Well, at least in Toronto when he does that they CHEER him. 

7:12 – I hate the shift.  Papi has a 2-1 count so it doesn’t matter…yet. 

7:13 – Papi flies out…1-2-3 and here comes Daisuke. 

Random photo of Bronson, just because7:14 – Yankees didn’t get rained out yet.  North Dakota kid Wright is pitching for the Yanks.  He’s cute as a little button.  That’s the nicest thing I’ll probably ever say about him. 

7:18 – Daisuke already has one out.  Yay him.   

 7:19 – 2-2 count to number two dude whose name I keep missing.  3-2 now.

7:19b – Two dude strikes out swinging.  One "K" for Daisuke thus far. 

7:20 – Vernon Wells has three homers on the season.  I feel like, by this time last year, he had three homers against the Red Sox. 

7:20 – Wells hits it to Pedroia and the first inning is over.  Yay. 

7:22 – I know my live blogs are terribly self-indulgent.  So I really do appreciate that folks stop by and read.   Thanks, everyone!

7:23 – Manny is up and already has an 0-2 count. 

7:24 – Jerry tells us that Manny is 2 for 11 against Chacin.  Egads. Hey!  Manny gets an opposite-field hit!  Nice way to start the inning!

7:25 – Manny’s red braids are starting to look pink.  Whatever works for him.  Here comes Youk. 

7:26 – There is a Playstation 3 ad behind home plate making me want a Playstation 3…I’m a marketer’s dream.  Youk takes strike 3 and gives us that ‘look’ he always does when he watches a pitch go by for strike 3.  (Granted, it did look like a ball to me too, but Youk’s  ‘attitude’ wears thin on me.) 

 7:27 – Mike Lowell is tied for second in the American League with 6 doubles.  Howsabout another one, Mr. Mike?

Tek and Lowell…one hits, the other…not so much7:28 – Or a single.  I’ll take a two-strike base hit.   Manny on second, Lowell on first, one out and here comes the Captain. 

7:29 – God help us all.  Man, he needs a hit.

7:30 – Tek is working a 2-1 count.  Come on, Captain.  Please stop stinking. 

7:31 – Or hit into a double-play.  You know, whichever. 

7:33 – Indians/Yankees game is tied at one in the first, with the bases loaded, one out and Sid the Sloth up….what the hell is Westbrook doing?

7:34 – 11 pitches for Daisuke in the first inning.  Sweet. 

7:34b – Big old Frank Thomas up at bat.  Any guy who tells Kenny Williams to go fry his ass is okay with me.

7:35 – Even more so since he just struck out swinging.  2 "k’s for Daisuke. 

Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill in "Silence of the Lambs"7:36 – Overbay has a 1-2 count.  Blue Jays fans are chanting something but there aren’t enough of them to make it easy to understand what they’re saying.  You guys need better organization.

7:37 – Overbay becomes strike out number 3.  Caught him looking, as they say. 

7:37b – Aaron Hill has two strikes already.  Let’s go Daisuke.   

7:38 – Hill pops it up…end of second inning.  Bring on the Foxwoods commercial! 

7:39 – It’s the Indians announcers for the Indians/Yankees game.  Yay!  I have no idea how, but it’s 2-1 Yanks.  Not so bad, considering.  

7:40 – Here comes Wily Mo Pena.  He’s 0-7 this season and already into a 1-1 count.

Tell me you don’t see the resemblance?7:41 – I have to say it.  Chacin looks like a serial killer.  The pasty skin, the freaky glasses.  Dude remind me of "Buffalo Bill" from "Silence of the Lambs". 

7:42 – Holy crap, Wily Mo just smashed the ball into center field.  Home run, dude.  1-0 Sox. 

7:43 – Pedroia grounds out.  1 out. 

7:45 – Lugo flies out.  2 outs 

7:47 – Coco gets a hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Coco gets a double!!!!!!!!!!   Yay Coco!!!!!!! 

7:47b – Papi is up and gets booed for the second time tonight.  Jays fans crack me up. 

7:49 – With a giant swing, Papi has a 1-2 count. 

7:50 – Papi hits it to Vernon Wells to end the top of the 3rd.  1-0 Sox. 

7:51 – "Big Apple/Big Rival" is what the Indians commercial just called the Indians/Yankees series.  Huh? 

7:52 – Here comes Gregg Zaun.  He has a 1-1 count already.  He always makes me pay attention.  I’m always convinced he’s going to do something big. 

7:53 – Man, Daisuke just got him to swing at an ugly pitch.  1-2, er, now 2-2 count.  Daisuke seems to want to pitch to Zaun’s knees. 

7:54 – So this pitch is way outside.  No happy medium.  3-2 count. 

7:55 – Zaun flies out to Pedroia.  Cool beans. 

7:56 – NESN chooses the strangest music to play over their promos.

7:56b – It’s driving me freaking nuts that I can’t figure out what the Jays fans are chanting.  For all I know it could be "Hock-ey!  Hock-ey!".

7:57 – Clayton strikes out swinging.  "K" number 4, baby! 

7:58 – The Jays fans finally decide to chant "Let’s go Blue Jays" and their number 9 hitter, that Smith kid, gets a line-drive hit out to Wily Mo.  2 outs 1 on and Daisuke is pitching out of the stretch to Alex Rios. 

Jake Westbrook’s yearbook photo7:59 – Don’t get too excited Jays fans.  Coco catches that one and the inning is over.  Poor little Smith kid is left on first at the end of the third.  1-0 Sox. 

8:00 – Indians/Yankees score is 4-1 Yankees in the 2nd inning.  Jake Westbrook stinks like cheese.

8:03 – Manny lines it to Vernon Wells – One out.

8:04 – Hey, here’s a chant I  understand "Boston Sucks" as Youk hits it to Aaron Hill. 

8:05 – Blue Jays fans are so cute.  They’d be more convincing if they actually showed up to support their team more than just when Boston and New York are in town. 

8:06 – Two outs with Lowell up.  1-2 count.  Come on, Mike. How about hitting for the cycle tonight? 

 8:06b – Ain’t happening that way.  Sox go down in order.  1-0 Sox.

8:12 – While I was getting a quick bite to eat, Daisuke got his fifth strike out.  Wells is up…

 8:13 – Now we’re hearing "Yankees Suck".  Fun times at the Rogers Centerre or whatever the hell they call it now.

8:13b – 2-2 count.  Jays fans boo when Daisuke steps off the mound. 

8:14 – Matsuzaka gets squeezed on what should have been strike 3.  Then Mike Lowell makes an amazing bare-handed throw to get Wells out – and doesn’t get the call either.  Frank Thomas is up.  Make him pay, Daisuke. 

8:15 – Daisuke walks Thomas in 4 pitches.  I think he was a little pissed by the umpires screwing up the calls. 

8:16 – Two on, one out, Lyle Overbay with an 0-1 count. 

8:17 – Overbay bounces a hot one past Lugo and Wells scores.  1-1.  I friggn’ hate umpires.  

 8:19 – 1-2 count on Aaron whatshisface.  I’m getting annoyed so I can only imagine how Daisuke feels.

8:20- I had to look.  8-1 Yankees.  I fear I’ve insulted stinky cheese.   Meanwhile, Daisuke has a full count to Aaron whatshisface.

8:21 – I’m typing with clenched fingers.  Daisuke walks Aaron whoosey to load the bases with one out. 

8:22 – Prepare to read profanity.  

8:22b – I fucking hate these umpires.   I don’t like to blame things on them during a game, but they’ve helped fuck this up and shake up our boy Daisuke.

8:23 – Remy is pointing to Lugo not being able to handle Overbay’s hit.  Good point, Remdawg.  Daisuke is all over the place.  Looks horrible out there.  Get out of the inning and get your head together, kid. 

8:24 – 2-1 count to Zaun and, you’ll remember, bases loaded with 1 out.  Ball 3. 

8:24b – Daisuke just walked in the second run.  My chest aches for this kid. 

8:25 – How do you say ‘sonofabitch’ in Japanese?  Looks like that’s what Daisuke wants to say.

8:25b – Clayton fouls off the first pitch.  Double play, Daisuke…you can do it. 

8:26 – 1-2 to Clayton.  Chill out Daisuke.  It’s only the fourth inning. 

8:27 – Kyle Snyder is up in the bullpen.  Yeesh. 

8:27b – Clayton becomes strike out number 6 for Daisuke.  Swung at a very high pitch.  For crying out loud the Smith kid is up again.  Ball one. 

8:28 – Ball two.  Killing me.  He’s killing me. 

8:28b – 2-1.  That’s all I have.  I’m gagging on my own tongue here. 

8:29 – Fly ball to Coco…end of the inning.  2-1 Jays at the end of four.  Not a big deal at all.  Boys need to pick up their pitcher now.

8:31 – Captain is up.  The time to not suck is now, Tek. 

8:32 – NOT suck.  I said NOT suck.  Jeez.  1 out. 

Wily Mo likes it!8:33 – Another home run by Wily Mo would be nice right about now. 

8:33b – But I’ll take the base hit.  Thank  you Wily Mo. 

8:34 – An hour and a half.  That’s what it took for Remy and Orsillo to start talking about "Pizzagate".  Now they’re replaying the ‘incident’.

 8:36 – Pedroia is out.  2 outs, Wily Mo on and Julio Lugo up. 

8:37 – Tom Caron tells us that ARod hit another home run.  Think he goes home to the wife and cries "they like me!  they really like me!"?

8:37b – Lugo is out.  NOT the way to pick up your pitcher boys.   2-1 Jays heading into the bottom of the fifth.

8:40 – Strike one to Rios.  Let’s go, Daisuke! 

 8:41 – Beautiful pitch.  2-2.

8:42 – Alex Rios strikes out looking and gives the umpire some jaw.  Seven strikeouts for Daisuke. 

8:43 – Matsuzaka seems to have stuck out his eighth batter…the Sox better come alive this next inning.

8:44 – Daisuke’s mortal enemy, Vernon Wells, is up at bat.  

 8:46 – 1-2 count to Wells.

8:47 – 2-2 count.  Daisuke has a little smirk on his face… 

8:48 – Have a seat, Vernon.  Daisuke strikes out the side!  Nine strikeouts yet he’s losing 2-1 at the end of five.  Get your asses in gear, boys. 

8:49 – 8-3 Yanks over Indians in the fourth while the Indians announcers give ARod a bit of a ball washing.  Do I smell a come from behind win? 

 8:50 – Crisp, Ortiz and Ramirez are up this inning…

8:51 – Coco is out.  These guys are starting to piss me off. 

8:51b – Papi hits into the shift. Two outs.  A home run ties this, Manny.

8:52 – Really.  A home run.  You’re due, pallie. 

8:53 – Another 1-2-3 inning for Chacin.   Way to go.

8:56 – I think my cable box is crapping out in protest…might be a little delay here. 

8:57 – Okay, I’m back.  Daisuke has the first out by getting his tenth strikeout against Frank Thomas.

8:59 – Three outs.  If the Sox don’t come back while Matsuzaka is the pitcher of record, I’ll be beyond pissed.

9:00 – Lovely.  Wily Mo rolls his ankle or something on out number 3 and they go to commercial.  Maybe JD Drew will come in and save the day for Daisuke?

9:01 – NESN  has just shown the same exact commercial 4 times in a row for "Searchlight 888".  I will NEVER use them for whatever it is they are selling.  Assfaces.

9:02 – Kevin Youkilis is up.  Daisuke threw 105 pitches.  Cut the shit, Youk and help your guy out. 

9:04 – Youk strikes out looking.  Don’t blame them for your not taking the damn bat off your shoulder, Youk. 

9:05 – Mike Lowell will save us. 

9:05b – No.  No he won’t.   

9:06 – Pissa.  It’s up to Tek to at least TIE this before Matsuzaka is no longer the pitcher of record. 

More random Bronsonness9:07 – Okay, Tek gets a single.  Nice work, Captain.  Now we need another home run out of Wily Mo to give Matsuzaka a chance to win. 

9:08 – I guess Wily Mo’s boo-boo isn’t as bad as we thought.

9:08b – John Gibbons is taking Chacin out.  I ask why?  I mean, I’m happy, but man…nice pitching, Tex. 

9:11 – With one pitch, Wily Mo rips my heart out.  Well, not really.  There’s still plenty of time to win the game.  I just think it would have been nice for the guys to give the guy who just struck out ten a little freaking run support!  (Can’t blame Wily Mo since he’s provided the ONLY run they have!) 

9:15 – Hidecki Okajima is in for the bottom of the seventh.  Man that field seems bright. 

9:16 – NESN just showed a scuffle in the stands and as the camera went on the crowd, a Red Sox fan gave another fan two middle fingers.  Remy says "He’s number one" and Orsillo says "Well, number two".   Good stuff.

9:17 – Okajima strikes out the first batter he sees.  11 strikeouts for Red Sox pitchers and they’re still losing.  WTF offense? 

9:18 – Joy of joys, Joel Pineiro is warming up.  Oh happy day. 

9:18b – I’m beginning to think the Jays fans are chanting something in Japanese.  I have to look this up. 

9:19 – Okajima has back to back strikeouts.  The Sox batters only have two more innings to not suck. 

9:21 – Okajima sits the side down – all strikeouts.  13 strikeouts.  THIRTEEN.  I’d better see some Sox hitting and scoring soon. 

9:24 – JD Drew is in for Pedroia and walks.  A walk is as good as a home run, right Mr. McCarver? 

9:25 – Lugo now has a chance to make up for that non-double play.  Let’s go, Julio! 

9:26 – 3-0 count to Julio.  Keep it up… 

9:27 -Full count.  For the love of God, people…Lugo lines into a double play.  WTG boys.  WTG. 

9:28 – To add insult to the poor guy’s injury…Coco is up. 

9:29 – Ah, the "Red Sox Suck" chant.  And all those fans will be watching hockey when the Sox leave town.  Coco has a 2-2 count. 

9:30 – Coco gets a two-out single.  Thanks, again, Julio.  Big Papi is up next…here’s hoping. 

9:31 – Instead of bringing in a lefty, the Jays are bringing in their ‘closer’ Frasor.  Interestng… 

9:32 – Come on, Papi.  You can give your team the lead, baby… 

9:35 – You have to be shitting me.  Papi grounds out.  Going to bottom of the 8th, 2-1, Jays. 

9:37 – Cora is in for Pedroia…and Pineiro is in to pitch.  Boo-ya.  :-/ 

9:38 – One out…here comes Lind. 

9:39 – Random trivia for the night.  Daisuke has become the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela to get 10 strikeouts or more in two of his first three games.  

9:40 – Geddy Lee is in the crowd tonight.  He’s the ‘fan of the game’.

9:41 – Joel has two outs and Vernon is up… and out.

9:42 – This keeps up and I think I’m scratching the ‘Tuesday Night Live Blog" idea.  Grrr. 

9:43 – Manny is up.  Oh, Manny. 

9:44 – One out.  Right to Vernon Wells. 

9:45 – Apparently Kevin Youkilis has somewhere else to be.  One pitch – two outs.   Mike Lowell is Obi Wan Kenobi tonight.

9:46 – So much for that.  Great way to blow amazing pitching, fellas.

Well, that sucked.

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