Slumpin' sox fall to 2nd place temporarily-Yanks hold 3rd lowest playoff % in AL East

[black francis]

I'll probably go to the Saturday game. I'd love to buy you a beer... and buy Yankees hats for your kids!

Let me know.

Sounds like fun, self.

I'm there

 

[dougplayer]

some body say Vics?????

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Good win tonight for the Spurs...

 

[bksballer89]

Bad L for the W's

 

[dougplayer]

Heat is getting pushed around by the Bulls...

 

[Zig]

Pretty much called every game tonight, Zig. My V-Cash will be at 1500 after the Yankees finish this one.

Our beloved Sox dominated, and so did the Heat.

I took it on the chin. Won with the Sox but my beloved Bs and Royals let me down


Why u no play fanduel with us?

 

[redseat]

Apparently according to weei Will Middlebrooks has been playing with a separated rib.

 

[blade]

I took it on the chin. Won with the Sox but my beloved Bs and Royals let me down


Why u no play fanduel with us?

"you can't stop thinking about me."

 

[Zig]

"you can't stop thinking about me."

damn. I guess I'm his bitch now...

 

[bstn8tive24]

David Ortiz: Accusations wrong



Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said Wednesday that a Boston Globe column questioning whether his strong start to the season has been aided by performance-enhancing drugs is ethnically discriminatory.
"What is the point of criticizing someone who is working hard and trying to do it right?" Ortiz said in an interview in Spanish in the Red Sox clubhouse Wednesday, reacting to the column by Dan Shaughnessy of the Globe.

“

The thing that stung me was his statement about Dominicans. You mean that in Dominican Republic there are no players who try to do things right? We are all in the same boat. And the people here who have been caught, does that put everyone here in the same boat?
” -- David Ortiz
​

The column casts Ortiz as suspect of cheating because he's hitting well at his age (37), has suffered an injury (Achilles tendon) consistent with steroid use and is from the Dominican Republic, where a number of players have tested positive for PEDs.
"Yesterday, the guy came to see me and asked some questions about steroids, and when you see the writing, it basically focuses on the fact that I'm Dominican and that many Dominicans have been caught using steroids. And what about the Americans?" Ortiz said.
"If you're from the Middle East, because there are some people there who put bombs and terrorize civilians, I have to see you like that, as well? If you are a white American, I have to call you a racist because white Americans were in the Ku Klux Klan?
"The thing that stung me was his statement about Dominicans. You mean that in Dominican Republic there are no players who try to do things right? We are all in the same boat. And the people here who have been caught, does that put everyone here in the same boat?"
Ortiz shared his thoughts in a recorded conversation for the "Grandes en los Deportes" ("Big in Sports") talk show on an ESPN Deportes Radio affiliate in the Dominican Republic.



"I have spent many years in Boston and still do not know the right way to do things: Do it right or do it wrong," Ortiz said. "If you do it wrong, they'll finish you. If you're doing well, they'll finish you, too. There's no area where you feel safe."
Ortiz, who said he is a "big, firm believer" in Major League Baseball's drug-testing program, told ESPN's Pedro Gomez on Wednesday that he was tested for PEDs on Tuesday night. Ortiz also told the Globe he has been tested "probably" five times this season.
Ortiz told Gomez he never has entertained the idea of using PEDs.
"This is a stage in my career that it's never crossed my mind ... to get involved with anything related to PEDs," Ortiz said.
Ortiz has been linked to PEDs in the past.
The New York Times reported in 2009 that he tested positive for PEDs during the 2003 season. Ortiz later said a combination of then-legal supplements and vitamins likely caused a positive test.
"I've had a couple of bad Aprils and they have tried to bring me to the point of suicide, but the seasons have continued, and I got better and finished with good numbers, but they have continued talking about the bad Aprils. Now I'm having a good April and they attack me anyhow," Ortiz told the radio show.



Ortiz had his 27-game hitting streak snapped in Wednesday's loss to the Twins, going 0-for-5, but still entered Thursday with a .381 average with four home runs and 17 RBIs in 16 games. The torrid start came after he missed the team's first 15 games with the Achilles injury, which also sidelined him for most of the second half of last year.
After the Red Sox' 15-8 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, Ortiz wrote in his Twitter account: "The end of my hitting streak, but the season continues. Hopefully Dan Shaughnessy is a happy man now. No more .426, enjoy it."
"[Shaughnessy] thinks that because I'm 37, I go to the plate without a bat," Ortiz said. "I work a lot. I spend many hours before the game to prepare. I take on early practices, I watch videos, exercise. He should talk about that, about the routine I have for every game."

yep, leave Papi alone ( meanwhile, let me get back to sniffing coke )

 

[molsaniceman]

Middlebrooks playing better hurt

WEEI.com's Alex Speier reports that Will Middlebrooks may been dealing with a separated rib.
Middlebrooks was able to return Thursday, but he still isn't 100 percent. "This one doesn't sound like much, but this really hurts," he said. "It really affects me -- when I swing, when I throw, it's on my right side. This is up there." Middlebrooks will attempt to play through the injury, but it's clear that this is more serious than originally thought. Despite the Red Sox not placing him on the disabled list, his health status remains a concern.

Do they call up Brandon Snyder He is on fire in pawtucket

 

[blade]

yep, leave Papi alone ( meanwhile, let me get back to sniffing coke )

We already discussed this. Welcome to three days ago. Hey, Greenhorn, if you're going to post essay-length crap on here, at least make it relevant to a current event.

 

[Zig]

5 minutes before first pitch, tarp comes out

 

[BUCCS469]

blade since you and john became one.....your a lot more sensative

 

[redseat]

Mike Napoli struggling at the plate a little bit...

 

[Uno]

Was wondering why we hadn't gotten a Napoli v. Agonz OPS update:

Napoli: .832

Agonz: .912

 

[redseat]

Was wondering why we hadn't gotten a Napoli v. Agonz OPS update:

Napoli: .832

Agonz: .912

Agon doesn't like Boston period... He and Crawford never did. Napoli started off well but is struggling as of late... As to be expected.. Let's hope he finds his swing again like he started off. .832 is still very respectable

 

[Uno]

Agon doesn't like Boston period... He and Crawford never did. Napoli started off well but is struggling as of late... As to be expected.. Let's hope he finds his swing again like he started off. .832 is still very respectable

Right, not performing up to expectations means they just never liked boston...can't just be down years

 

[Uno]

Mark Teixeira hates NYC!

 

[redseat]

Right, not performing up to expectations means they just never liked boston...can't just be down years

A-gon never liked it.. He was infected by Beckett.