Red Sox: Speed it up!!

[Luissa]

Defending his turf, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon said last month: “Have you ever gone to watch a movie and thought, ‘Man, this movie is so good, I wish it would have never ended.’ That’s like a Red Sox-Yankees game. Why would you want it to end? . . . If you don’t want to be there, don’t be there. Go home.”

Now, I’ll give Papelbon the benefit of the doubt here — after all, he’s a relief pitcher, not a customer relations specialist — but I wish he’d understand that a really long movie might run 2½ hours, while Red Sox-Yankees games routinely approach 2½ days. I wish he’d understand there’s a difference between sitting in a movie theater and sitting in 42-degree weather.

Most of all, I wish he’d just wind up and deliver. Papelbon once had a ball called on him because he took too long to pitch. He wanders around the mound so much, I half-expect him to build a gazebo out there


Time afer time, Yankees-Red Sox games drag on: Norman Chad | cleveland.com

 

[Oddball]

Quite frankly, I'm sick of looking at Yanks/Sawx games.

Almost enough to make a guy go see a Royals game.

 

[Luissa]

I just hate the Yankees.

 

[Paulie]

The Royals are still in the league?

 

[PoliticalChic]

Defending his turf, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon said last month: “Have you ever gone to watch a movie and thought, ‘Man, this movie is so good, I wish it would have never ended.’ That’s like a Red Sox-Yankees game. Why would you want it to end? . . . If you don’t want to be there, don’t be there. Go home.”

Now, I’ll give Papelbon the benefit of the doubt here — after all, he’s a relief pitcher, not a customer relations specialist — but I wish he’d understand that a really long movie might run 2½ hours, while Red Sox-Yankees games routinely approach 2½ days. I wish he’d understand there’s a difference between sitting in a movie theater and sitting in 42-degree weather.

Most of all, I wish he’d just wind up and deliver. Papelbon once had a ball called on him because he took too long to pitch. He wanders around the mound so much, I half-expect him to build a gazebo out there


Time afer time, Yankees-Red Sox games drag on: Norman Chad | cleveland.com

I try to never miss one of the Yanks-Sox series!

The statististics, the tension, the tradition...

and I wouldn't mind if Papelbon would take up gazebo-construction instead of pitching. Not a bit.

 

[Oddball]

The statististics, the tension, the tradition...

The pulling-out-my-hair boredom....

 

[Luissa]

The statististics, the tension, the tradition...

The pulling-out-my-hair boredom....

the bloody sock.....

 

[PoliticalChic]

The statististics, the tension, the tradition...

The pulling-out-my-hair boredom....

the bloody sock.....

...Bucky Dent!

 

[Luissa]

The pulling-out-my-hair boredom....

the bloody sock.....

...Bucky Dent!

 

[Luissa]

This is where PP and Artie got their master from.. I love the Dean's hat, I always knew Artie and PP were communists, with their KGB's.
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[rightwinger]

Its not just the Red Sox/ Yankees

Its baseball in general that is too slow. Only allow the batter to step out of the box once per at bat. Limit throws to first.

Call some freak'n strikes

 

[Paulie]

Its not just the Red Sox/ Yankees

Its baseball in general that is too slow. Only allow the batter to step out of the box once per at bat. Limit throws to first.

Call some freak'n strikes

Limit throws to first?



Yeah, the runner won't be getting a majorly unfair jump on a steal or anything, knowing the pitcher has reached his max on throw-overs and now can't possibly pick him off.

 

[Luissa]

They should do what they did to us during summer ball, have a time limit.

 

[Paulie]

You play ball until it's too dark to play.

That's how it works.

But now that there are lights in stadiums, oh well, the game ******* goes on.

No one is forcing you non-baseball fans to watch, you know.

 

[Luissa]

I watched the longest mariners game ever. I even got a swim in during the game.
I remember getting in the pool in te 7th inning thinking the game would soon be over, that was at 7pm or something. I was up until 1230 am or something.

 

[Luissa]

and it was against the Red Sox.


Mike Cameron ended the Mariners' longest home game in history with a home run leading off the 19th inning to give Seattle a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox early Wednesday.
Cameron homered on the 12th pitch from Jeff Fassero (7-5), ending the longest game in the majors since Minnesota beat Cleveland 5-4 in 22 innings on Aug. 31, 1993.

In the top of the 19th, the Red Sox loaded the bases off Rob Ramsay on a walk to Scott Hatteberg, a double by Darren Lewis and an intentional walk to Mike Lansing.

Kazuhiro Sasaki (2-5) replaced Ramsay and struck out Manny Alexander and got Jason Varitek to pop out end the threat.

Cameron entered the game as a pinch-runner in the 11th inning for John Olerud and was 0-for-2 before connecting on a 2-2 pitch from Fassero for his 13th homer, ending a five-hour 34-minute game.

It was the longest game played by the Mariners in Seattle. The previous longest by innings was a 17-inning game with Cleveland in the Kingdome on July 30, 1998.

The previous longest by time was 5:31 on May 5, 1991, against the New York Yankees in the Kingdome.

Seattle has played a pair of 20-inning games in its history: on Aug. 3-4, 1981, at Boston, and April 13-14, 1982, at California.

Boston played its longest game since 1992, when the Red Sox won 7-5 at Cleveland, also in 19 innings. Boston's longest road game in history came in Seattle, a 5-3 win against the Pilots on July 27, 1969, at Sicks Stadium.



Read more: Mariners edge Red Sox in marathon 19-innings game

 

[Luissa]

I remember thinking Cameron would hit a homer once he connected at the right time.

 

[Paulie]

I watched a phils game a couple years ago and fell asleep in the 7th or 8th or something, and woke up at like 4am and the game was on. At first I thought it was the encore replay comcast always does, but it was actually still the same game.

9-some odd hours. I forget who won.

 

[Luissa]

I watched a phils game a couple years ago and fell asleep in the 7th or 8th or something, and woke up at like 4am and the game was on. At first I thought it was the encore replay comcast always does, but it was actually still the same game.

9-some odd hours. I forget who won.

That is what I did, I went swimming thinking the game would be over when I was done. I turned the tv on at 11:30 or something to get the score. And I thought they were replaying it, until I saw it was the 15th inning or something.

Did you read the part about how many pitches Cameron had? He kept hitting fouls in the same spot, right by the foul post in right field. Even the annoucers said, once he connects it will be a homer. lol

 

[Paulie]

I watched a phils game a couple years ago and fell asleep in the 7th or 8th or something, and woke up at like 4am and the game was on. At first I thought it was the encore replay comcast always does, but it was actually still the same game.

9-some odd hours. I forget who won.

That is what I did, I went swimming thinking the game would be over when I was done. I turned the tv on at 11:30 or something to get the score. And I thought they were replaying it, until I saw it was the 15th inning or something.

Did you read the part about how many pitches Cameron had? He kept hitting fouls in the same spot, right by the foul post in right field. Even the annoucers said, once he connects it will be a homer. lol

I think there was a rain delay involved in that phils game. I can't find an article on it though.

I think once it gets that late in extra innings the players get into their own heads, everyone wants to be the hero and finally send everyone home and over-think everything.