I’m glad to see our biggest rival also has a superstar 1B signed to a huge contract that is under performing.

Worst outfield ever?

Nava is going to kill us this weekend.  Book it.

[3] Nick Punto scares me. A lot.

AHA, Ortiz, and a bunch of folks I don’t care about one way or the other at all.  For me the rivalry is almost done from an emotional standpoint.

I hope Boston’s starter was fed Beef-A-Reeno for his pregame meal.

[5] I’m sure you’ll have reasons to hate whoever these people are soon enough.

[5] - Take another look at the SP.

[7, 8] I noted AHA.  Maybe I should have written, “AHA and Ortiz, then a bunch…”.

AHA’s B-Ref page has no sponsor.  Is Sully moving on?

[10] How much does it cost to sponsor a page?  I know a guy with some valuable pictures of a naked Phil Hughes.

[9] - Nah, it wouldn’t have helped me.  I had no idea what AHA was.

[10] - Jeter’s page has no sponsor either.  The are looking for 2k+ for it though.

All I want for my birthday is the Yanks to hang a 10-spot on Becky in the first.

...

And also a pony.

I’ll settle for one of two.

Quick, what’s Phil Niekro’s career bWAR?

[15] That’s a trick question.  B-ref doesn’t do bWAR!

Hope we can win 1 game this series

Plays The Game Right is only 32?  Huh.

Anyway, go Yankees!  And yes, Nava or one of the other scrubs (or maybe all of them) will hit annoyingly well in this series.  My money would actually be on Ross, though that’s a bit unfair to him as he’s not really a scrub (just a solid platoon player).

[17]
Strangely, I find myself in agreement with this post.

Ready… set… Hour 1 is under way!

[20] That’s hour 0x1.

I hate these red uni tops. If you’re going to go solid color at least wear blue.

[22] Seriously, it’s the socks that are red, not the unis…

Here we go again

Becky is so damn slow

Yea walk

Is it just me or does it always look like Tiex is using a child’s bat or something? It looks really small

That didn’t help Cano’s BA_RISP….

[27] And that’s what she said. Yay Tiex!

The man from Texaco

Well, this is supersuboptimal.

[31] But not necessarily subsuperoptimal?

Never mind, that makes no sense.

29 Michael Scott?

The MT curse? Sox killer. I’m really looking forward to his second half resurgence fueled by 16 games more against TWN.

Is this the all top ten prospect version (plus Ortiz) version of the Red Sox?

I’d really really like it if they scored a few more

I’m cautiously optimistic now.

I guess one more will do

Do ya think they’re trying to lull us into a false sense of security?

What are the chances Russell Martin gets a hit this series?  2%?

Pinch hit? Due?  Cooked?

ahhhh, to see Douchy McLaptops suffer is pure bliss….

Martin with the only unproductive at bat of the inning. Who knew

Can we lure Posada out of retirement?

Despite that outburst I still wouldn’t bet that WOE makes it to 10 runs today

5 runs isn’t going to be enough

[17] = half right.

Don’t prove it to be merely a high run-scoring environment tonight…

of course, freaking Nava

Martin with the only unproductive at bat of the inning. Who knew

For both teams, thus far.

Can we start complaining yet?

Cone was just telling me Kuroda knows howtopitchwith a lead.

Run, Hiroki.

Run, Hiroki.

Mr. Sensitive at his finest ))

OK, just stop this.
Get two outs and move on.
Jeeez.
/fine analysis

So the plan this inning is to give all the runs back, is it?

No water for you.

Home run here and the Sox are right back in it

they’ll score 4-6 this inning.
Yankees/Sox.
why do I subject myself?

This ballpark is a joke.  But so is this team.

How very very typical

This bottom of the first sums up Yankee/Red Sox games, especially at Fenway.

Seriously, Boston is even running out a house money lineup akin to Torre during his last few years.

Well, at least I’ll be heading out to see a team that actually know how to pitch in a few…the Padres…er…

And time to do something else.

Unfuckingbelievable.  Except all too believable.

Yeah, think I’ll try to find something better to do tonight.

I hate the universe.

How do you give up 5 runs in the first inning to these knock off brand losers.

Yep, it was a trap.

Well, this game is over. Anyone not expect this even with the Sox “lineup” and scoring no runs in Oakland?

No shower for Kuroda tonight.

Punto’s going yard here.  Count on it.

OK, I’ll say it.
I didn’t expect it.
Went out of the room to put up some shelves and came back to - good grief!
Surreal.

Holy shit that was frustrating.

Yay we’re winning!

Did someone say this game might last only 5 hours or so?

[74]
Heh.

I thought AJ was traded.

all right, Hiroki my man, let’s make this run hold up….

This might be the worst pitched game I’ve ever seen in my life outside of little league

I just turned it on.  It’s like games between these teams are becoming even more ridiculous than our comments about them.  Nice to see them smacking Beckett around though, that never gets old.

What was the HBP like?

Stooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp iiiiiiiiiiiiitttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ssssssssssstttttttttooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooppppppppppp!!!!

Ticky tack.  << 81

Get Kuroda out of there.

Really can’t believe they gave all 5 back in the first.  Truly awful.

[85] No tiny fist pumps for you.

I wonder if they get prizes for hitting different targets around the ballpark

Seriously, get Kuroda the fuck off the mound.

Who pitches then?  DJ Mitchell?

I’m too angry to think rationally.

You can’t make this up.

Ibanez has an okay arm.

[92] If you’re suggesting that Ibanez pitch the 3rd, I agree.

so if we get none in the third, then, that means, they get—
3 or 4, probably. 
who the hell would the long man be with Fredo in the rotation?

[91] You can, but you’ll be quickly killed, and not quickly.

Not to nitpick since Boston has had shit luck with injuries, but Costas, our #2 went out for the season in ST, CC is DL’d, Pettitte is on the 60 day DL, our 4-5 WAR OF has less than 30 AB, we’re missing the GOAT, D-Rob was DL’d, Joba is DL’d, and Cervelli may somehow become our best catching option.

Becks has figured it out, clearly. 
We will not score again until he is removed at 120 pitches or so.

The strike zone has become a bit amorphous

[98] The umpire decided this game had too much symmetry.

What in the wide wide world of sports is a-goin on here?