Tune in Thursday at 7:00 PM EST as the New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox. Scheduled Starters are C.C. Sabathia (5-3, 3.56 ERA) for New York and Brad Penny (5-2, 5.85 ERA) for Boston. Drew Fairservice from
Ghostrunner on First will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
And we're off! Sox versus Yanks live from Fenway! Drew here from Ghostrunner on First to take you through it.
Boston won the first two games of this series, CC Sabathia looks to halt the skid.
How about some lineups? First the visiting Yankees.
D. Jeter ss
J. Damon lf
M. Teixeira 1b
A. Rodriguez 3b
R. Cano 2b
N. Swisher rf
H. Matsui dh
M. Cabrera cf
F. Cervelli c
Jorge Posada gets the night off after a home run last night.
The Sox send out ROCCO BALDELLI with the lefty Sabathia on the hill and Jacoby Ellsbury nursing an injury. This game is officially now worth watching!!
D. Pedroia 2b
J.D. Drew rf
K. Youkilis 1b
J. Bay lf
M. Lowell 3b
D. Ortiz dh
J. Varitek c
R. Baldelli cf
N. Green ss
The Zombie Varitek's made a nice comeback this year with 10 homers and a .845 OPS
The Brad Penny Tradebait Express pulls into Fenway station tonight, looking to rebound for a career of disappointment
Penny's strikeouts are down this year but so are his walks. Keep staving off the scrapheap Bradley! Every time I've seen him this year he's been hit HARD but somehow escaped unscathed. The Yankees won't be so kind
CC Sabathia's numbers are down across the board this year thanks to his not pitching in the ongoing, sick joke that is the National League Central. He's been much better in May and June but nowhere here his 2008 numbers.
K/BB rate down to 2.26 from the otherworldy 4.25
So what do we think: can CC earn his check and beat the Red Sox? If he can't, it'll be a long year in front of the patient and understanding Yankee fans.
This game isn't broadcast in HD at my house because BUYER BEWARE. The Extra Innings package isn't all it seems.
Re: the Heineken commercial I just watched. Find me a cab driver that knows the words to any Biz Markie songs and I'll find you a man in the wrong line of work.
Forecast calls for occasional showers? These two teams don't need any help playing intermidbly long baseball games.
Penny's seen his fastball get knocked around this season but his curveball's been hit even harder. Mark Teixeira can't wait to get into the box.
Derek Jeter leads off to a chorus of boos. First pitch is a ball low and away. HERE WE GO!
Penny's a hefty dude, unfortunately that means he'll pitch forever.
Jeter waits on a curveball and bangs it up the middle for a base hit. Nice piece of hitting by the leadoff hero. One on for Johnny Damon. He hears the boos
Jeter's off and running with the first pitch and slides headfirst into the bag-safe by a mile. Put that one on Penny
Ken Singleton notes Jeter's already got more steals this year than all of 2008
Damon lines the ball directly to Youkilis at first base. He tries to double Jeter off but the Captain is TOO DAMN SMART
SH, I saw Penny get pounded by the Blue Jays all over the yard. They just seemed to hit stuff right at people. He's a ticking timebomb
Teixeira hears some half-hearted boos as he hits a hard grounder to Pedroia. The MVP stays with it and gets the second out at first base.
Rodriquez is up with a runner on third base. He REALLY hears the boos. That's some pure hatred.
A Rod's slumping for A Rod. He still walks like three times a day.
Penny plunks Rodriquez in the tricep much to delight of the Fenway Faithful
The umpires are meeting to discuss the beaning. Penny tried to hit Rodriquez with the first pitch and missed.
Both benches have been warned now. Expect a high scoring game!
Cano steps in with runners on the corners and two out.
The umpires have great insight to the inner workers of greaseball Penny's mind.
Cano falls behind 0-2
Four innings of decent pitching does not a good outing, or pitcher, make.
Anybody can be Cy Young the first time through the lineup
ohhhhh, the fake to third, look to first move didn't work. I'm shocked.
Cano's making some really defensive swings here. He's still behind 0-2
