No matter which way the game went, Francona would have been questioned. If Okie Got Tex no-one would have blinked an eye. If Lester was a little off in the 8th, we would have called him Francoma...
I think the problem was there was too much nibbling on the plate. Should have gone right after Tex. But all's well that ends well... On Oct 7, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Ray Salemi wrote: > Interesting point about the fist pump indicating that Lester > thought he had finished his work for the night. > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Steve Gendron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I heard Francona say because Lester made a fist pump after getting > the strike out at the end of the seventh, it was obvious that he > had checked out of the game. Then I guess Farrell asked Lester if > he was done and Lester said Yes. Tito said he intended to pitch > Lester another inning or at least a couple more batters, but he > didn't want to put the guy in the game if he had mentally checked > out. Lester confirmed all this in his post game press conference > but also said that if he had known that Francona wanted another > inning out of him he could have pitched another inning. Sounds > like the whole thing was a misunderstanding. If we lost, I would > have been outraged about this, but in the end, we won in exciting > fashion, we didn't push our luck with Lester and didn't have to use > Papelbon. It all worked out just fine. > > On to Catwalk Stadium. > > Steve > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Salemi > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:55 AM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: At the game > > I agree with Steve. Unless I hear a reason why Francona came close > to wearing goat horns last night. > > Be funny if he were crucified for pulling his starting pitcher as > opposed to NOT pulling his starting pitcher. > > I'm not sure how I feel about this upcoming series. I mean, the > Rays are real and deserve to be here. But...they're the Rays. I > mean.....THE RAYS. This just doesn't feel right. The ALCS is > opening up in that covention center. > > Ah well....should be a good series. > > For the record I'm rooting for Philly. Keeping it East Coast. > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > And home and in bed at the same time as last night. > > Would have been earlier, but we hung out and watched Papelbon spray > beer on the fat dugout cop who always pounds him before he goes out. > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guy behind me says! "That's Ortiz a triple scores him from second" > > > > On 10/6/08, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The ump never nade a call at second > > > > > > > > On 10/6/08, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Vlad is so slow! > >> > >> > >> > >> On 10/6/08, Steve Gendron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Nice Play Dustin! > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Salemi > >>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:08 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: At the game > >>> > >>> > >>> Jerry Remy is in the bleachers? > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Ray Salemi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> And the guy behind me does better color than Buck > >>> Martinez > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > >>> <http://mobile.google.com/> > >>> > >>> Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > >>> <http://blog.raysalemi.com/> > >>> > >>> "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a > >>> pleasure?" - Gertrude Stein > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > >> > >> Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > >> > >> "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - > Gertrude > >> Stein > >> > > > > -- > > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > > > Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > > > > "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - > Gertrude > > Stein > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > > "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - > Gertrude Stein > > > > -- > Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > > "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - > Gertrude Stein > > > > > > -- > Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com > > "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - > Gertrude Stein > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
