The Official 2005 Boston Red Sox Thread

• #315 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 10:45
• like I said earlier, Leiter had a decent outing because the Sox have not seen him enough to know what he pitches or where he likes to pitch.
  
  Now, the AL East has a nice little, interesting race going.
  
  DerickW and P&S will be at the Sox game tonight, box seats on the 1st base line.
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• #316 Reply
  Posted by SlimPickens on 18 Jul, 2005 10:55
• Quote from: Spacey

  like I said earlier, Leiter had a decent outing because the Sox have not seen him enough to know what he pitches or where he likes to pitch.
  
  Now, the AL East has a nice little, interesting race going.
  
  DerickW and P&S will be at the Sox game tonight, box seats on the 1st base line.

  Leiter was also working on a lot of rest.
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• #317 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 11:01
• true slim, he was, and besides that he is Al friggin Leiter, the one and only. The guy is a saviour to all those in NY.
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• #318 Reply
  Posted by SlimPickens on 18 Jul, 2005 11:08
• Quote from: Spacey

  true slim, he was, and besides that he is Al friggin Leiter, the one and only. The guy is a saviour to all those in NY.

  i don\'t know about that, I had a pretty grumpy met fan sittin\' next to me last night... with lot\'s of vulgarity headin\' Mr. Leiters way.
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• #319 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 11:16
• Mets? who they hell are they? When we talk NY it is Yankee land, what the hell is a MET?
  
  Here is another Q that needs an A. Why does Jon Olerud wear a hard plastic helmut at first, I noticed he has done this with all the teams he has played with. Did he try starting a new style and it never caught on or is it because he has hard balls thrown at him all day?
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• #320 Reply
  Posted by davepeck on 18 Jul, 2005 12:26
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  Olerud?s choice of headgear stems from a near tragic incident he endured during his college years; while attending Washington State University in 1989, Olerud suffered a brain hemorrhage and an aneurysm during a morning workout. Though he recovered, doctors advised him to wear a protective batting helmet while playing first base or pitching (he was a two-position player in college), in order to protect against line drives and collisions with baserunners that might result in contact with the skull.

  
  http://www.all-baseball.com/archives/014991.html
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• #321 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 12:29
• finally!
  
  I have wonder this question for many months now.
  
  Thanks Dave.
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• #322 Reply
  Posted by antbach on 18 Jul, 2005 12:43
• in other words, he has a soft dome
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• #323 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 13:01
• in so many words, yes
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• #324 Reply
  Posted by Gordo on 18 Jul, 2005 17:39
• al leiter is going to get tagged next time he hits the mound. watch, the opposition will light his ass up. good outing yesterday, yes. terrible season so far that will continue, yes.
  
  i knew about olerud and the head injury, i remember hearing way back that he actually had a small metal plate in his head too?
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• #325 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 20:02
• we will worry about next time when it comes around. All I care about now is Kevin "old as dirt" Brown and how he fares this evening.
  
  I am finally happy to learn the truth about Olerud\'s head.
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• #326 Reply
  Posted by leith on 18 Jul, 2005 22:35
• Angels and Padres still leading their divisions just in case you east coasters forgot abt baseball out here. Oh and Yank fans the Angels are gonna put a hurtin\' on your team here pretty soon. :awwyeah:
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• #327 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 18 Jul, 2005 22:52
• I didn\'t even know baseball existed outside of the Red Sox and Yankees. Who are these teams you speak of?
  
  Damn Bernie Williams, I thought he was dead, I can\'t believe he is still alive.
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• #328 Reply
  Posted by skalnbyc on 19 Jul, 2005 00:47
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  I hate Fox broadcasters. I don\'t really like YES\'s either. Interestingly enough, mainly because I watch baseball over P&S\'s (who is a Sox fan), I enjoy the broadcasting of the NESN crew, fan of Remdawg.

  
  I\'m not sure why Rem-Dog is so popular - he seems like kind of a dummy, though at least he\'s a modest guy and not an elite jerk.
  
  

  Quote from: Spacey

  
  DerickW and P&S will be at the Sox game tonight, box seats on the 1st base line.

  
  I will never undertsand why people pay so much for "good" seats.
  
  

  Quote from: antbach

  
  No Wolfman comments after the weekend ranting between board members. . I am SHOCKED, absolutely SHOCKED!

  
  I can\'t wait till Wolfman returns with more hostile fire.  I love his fanatical baseball-bashing posts for their entertainment value (he is kind of clever you must admit).
  
  On another note, I checked the sports page in a newspaper and it appears that the Yankees are quite a few games above .500.  How can they suck if they are doing decent?  Must be a comparison of the excessive payroll vs. performance.
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• #329 Reply
  Posted by Spacey on 19 Jul, 2005 01:42
• Al- They got them for free. The tickets were FREE!!!
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