First inning was beautiful! Jeter struck out. I love it! I hate that guy. He looks like a jerk, something about him, I don't know... Not just the fact that he's in a Yankees uniform either, though of course that doesn't help.
Ellsbury is making up for Opening Night, singled, then stole second, Yanks errored, he went to third, then Martinez got walked, followed by Youk batting Ellsbury in.
1-0 Boston after 1st. Beautiful.
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Ugh... Geting ugly now.. Lester's walked a couple, Posada doubled and drove Cano in.. Tied 1-1.
Bases loaded. 1 out. not good.
Granderson just struck out. Thank God! One more to go!
Jeter hits, and they get tagged out at second! Whew! That was too close for comfort!
Beltre with a base hit! Nice!
Drew struck out.
Cameron struck out....
Beltre stole second! Nice!
Scutaro popped up.. Ugh.. caught out.
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I could tell from the boo's A-fraud was up. 2 outs. He hit to 3rd, Beltre threw him out! Sox are doing great!
Ellsbury hits a double! Beautiful! The Sox are playing great so far!
Pedroia.. almost hits a homer! So close fowl! Aww, hit deep and caught in center field.
V-Mart Hits a homer into Williamsburg!!!! Wooohooo! 3-1
Youk struck out. Ouch.
Big Papi hits it.. tagged out. Well, still a great inning.
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Cano walked...
Posada hits.. Cano tagged out, then Posada tagged out! Nicely done, Red Sox! Nicely Done!
Swisher got hit on the foot and walked.
They struck out. Way to go Red Sox! Way to go!
Beltre with another base hit!
Eh, 3 outs. Well, we're still ahead.
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Granderson got a base hit.
Jeter the Jumper got a base hit, Granderson to third. Ugh...
Nick Johnson... got hit by Lester.. bases loaded... not good...
Tiex should be out, but ump made a bad call.. 1 out, 3-2 now.
A-fraud... doubles.. Cheater goes in... 3-3... Come on Lester!
Cano... Hit, caught out, but Yanks are up 4-3 now...
They're out now. Thank God it's over...
Elsbury hits, caught by Jumping Jeter. Did I mention I hate that guy?
Pedroia with a base hit down to left field!
WAY TO GO V-MART!!! Hit deep, and the Destroyah comes home! Tie game! 4-4!Beautiful! He's on 2nd.
Youk is up! Argh.. Struck out.
Big Papi struck out too. Well at least we're tied now.
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Swisher doubles.
Gardner pinch-hitting for Thames... Hit, but got out. Swisher's at third.
Granderson.. hit caught by Youk! Nice!
I have to laugh every time Jeter jumps out of the way. Nobody's as jumpy as that guy. Hits... and gets tagged out! Nice job Delcarmen!
Ugh.. I hate Jeter. Beltre hit it, and he caught it in the air.
Nice! Cameron's on first because Jeter messed up the throw.
Ugh.. Cameron got tagged out at 2nd.
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Nick Johnson walked. Come on, Bard.
Beautiful catch by Ellsbury! Nice!
A-Roid struck out! VERY NICELY DONE BARD!
Cano hits and gets tagged out! Nice!
Let's go Red Sox! Let's get some runs and win this!
Ellsbury hits... loses the footrace, out.
Pedroia hits to center field but Granderson catches him out. Ugh..
V-Mart hits it right to Left Field Gardner catches him out. Let's go Red Sox!
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Hideki Okajima pitching now
Posada hits a double.
Swisher ..finally hits caught by Scutaro, tagged out.
Gardner gets a base hit.
Granderson hits... Ellsbury catches him out. Come on boys.. one more!
Jeter the Cheater... Hits.. grrr.. almost tagged out, but safe..
....Walked in a run..... GRRRRRR....
Switching pitchers.
Come on Atchison, stop the bleeding... CAUGHT OUT! Whew! Come on boys! we got catching up to do!
Youk gets a nice single!
They're switching pitchers for Big Papi? Heh.
Youk takes second off a miss thrown ball. I love it!
Big Papi pop flys to center.. caught.
Switching pitchers again to Joba Chamberlain.
Beltre struck out... Come on guys!
Drew strikes out... GRRRRRR...
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A-Roid... hits... Drew catches it! 1 out!
Cano Homers... ARGGHHH... 6-4.
Posada strikes out. Good. One more!
Swisher... strikes out! Whew! Ok, come on boys! Let's go Red Sox! Win this!
Cameron pops up.. caught by Jeter...
Scutaro doubles! Nice!
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Oh God... we lost. Here come the annoying Yankee comments.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Red Sox - Opening Night Blog
Ok, an hour before, I know, but let the live-bloggings begin! I'm watching the Pre-game stuff right now. Usually I don't bother, but it's Opening day, so what the heck... So I put on NESN because I prefer it to ESPN2. ESPN just seems to be too many schills for the Yanks for me to deal with. (As opposed to YES network which thankfully we don't get. It's the Yankees TV.)
Who do I see first? A-Roid of course, looking as douchebaggy as ever. Blah blah blah, yeah that's nice they guy did good, he's a good player even though you'd have a better chance of seeing an ant's nuts than you would his.
Ah, there's Youk! He just looks like a badass.
Opening Ceremony is coming up.. oh in a half hour... Well, more later! GO RED SOX!
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God Fenway looks beautiful... Can't wait to go there and watch a game. I'm biased as hell, but I think it's the most beautiful ball park in all the land. It's definitely historic. In only 2 more years we'll be celebrating our 100th year! So much history. Can't wait to take a tour!
LOL they just played this awesome ad:
I love it!
I don't believe it!!! Dr. Dre is wearing a Red Sox jersey!!! He's promoting Red Sox headphones "Beats By Dr. Dre" DR. DRE IS ROOTING FOR BOSTON! How cool is that? Awesome!!! He wants Big Papi David Ortiz to have one of his songs as his at-bat song! So awesome! West coast you stupid Yankee fans!!!
Dear God, I wanna say Fenway is so beautiful again!
Haha Yankees got booed when they got announced! Nothing but cheers for Boston!
Looks like Opening Ceremony's starting...
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Herre come the Yankees out of the dugout... Mostly quiet through staff and coaches...
Players... a few boos, getting stonger... Burnett -loud boos... Riviera loud cheers? What the heck?... Eh must be obnoxious Yankees fans... Ah that's better, Boston's booing again. Joe Giriardi can go to hell.
Jeter... BOOO! Tiexiera... BOO!!! A-ROID BOOO!! I hate that guy. And Jeter too.
NOW IT'S RED SOX TIME!!!
Interpreters? Eh..
Even the Batboys get an introduction?
Big Cheers for #6 Johnny Pesky! The man's living history! The guy has the foul line pole named after him.. Pesky's pole. Because he talked about it, not because he hit alot of fouls.
Here come the players.. Dice-k! Some big cheers for Mike Lowell (Former Marlins, and Aarty and I love the guy. We've met his parents.)
Captain Veritek! Tim Wakefield!
(Eh if I'm being obscenely detailed here, sorry. But I do lovez mah Sox!) #2 Ellsbury! Sox #2> Yanks #2 Jeter the Cheater...
Youkilis comes out to calls of "YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK!"
Beautiful Star Spangled Banner with Pyrotechnics... and right in the middle, the camera catches A-Roid spitting. What a douchebag.
Pedro Martinez is there! "Wake up the damn Bambino and Welcome back Pedro Martinez!" I love it! #45! He's throwing the first pitch to calls of "Pedro! Pedro! Pedro! Pedro!" Goes over and gives Johnny Pesky a big ole hug. Lotta love in the Boston ballclub. Love and heart.
Oh snap! They're re-playing audio clips for all the Yankees of when we broke the curse. Remember that?!
They got a 5 year old giving Herb Brooks' "Miracle" speech. He's awesome! "I'm so sick and tired of hearing what a great baseball team the Yankees have. Screw em! It's your night! Go out there and take it!" I want my kid to do that someday, I'd be so proud!
Well looks like the game's up next... I'll keep it to a post an inning.
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Nick Johnson up to bat Second.. Missed Jeter.. But both are OUT! lol! Nice catch Cameron.
Teixera Up... Grounder to first... Out!
Eat that Yankees! Defense is looking good!
Red Sox are comin up to bat!
Ellsbury's up... caught out in Center field...
Pedroiah the Destroyah's up next... struck out.
V-mart up now... ... Tagged out by Cheater.
*sigh* On to the 2nd inning. Just gotta keep the Yanks from getting anything.
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Cano hts to center... out.. 2nd out. Didn't see who hit first, but they're out too.
I think it's Posada.. yep Posada's up... . off the pole homerun... off Pesky's pole..
Granderson... homered... ouch...
Swisher now...
2 base hit's later Jeter's up... Not going good... He hits... Got Granderson out! Finally! ... Well, could have been worse.
Now for the Red Sox! Come on Guys! We need some runs!
Youkilis to 2nd! That's more like it!!!! Bounced off the Green Monstah! You could hear the thud.
LET'S GO BIG PAPI!!! YOU CAN DOO EEEEETTT!!! Sacrificed a base hit to get Youkilis to 3rd..
Beltre up now... Fly ball caught out, but Youkilis is home! First home run for the Sox! We're still in this... 2 outs..
JD Drew up now. Struck out. 2-1.. Well only down by one. Not the end of the world. Inning #3 coming up next...
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Johnson's up again... Walked.. Ball 4. Do'h...
Teix is up... Hit.. Caught.. out!
A-Roid's up... I hate that guy. Steroids Incarnate. Hit.. Got Johnson and the Fraud out in one go! Sox are up!
Now the Sox..
Cameron gets a base hit. :)
Scutaro's up now.. hits... caught out... Cameron's out too double out. Ouch...
Ellsbury up now... Hits to A-Fraud... tagged out at first. Argh. Inning #4 coming up...
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Becket's pitching to Texiera , but Shoenweis is up to pitch next...
Cameron catches Texiera's hit to Center Field. Out.
A-Fraud up... Just hit him between the eyes with all you've got Beckett! Pedroia caught the pop up and the big jerk is out!
Cano singles.. Hit it out to Williamsburg, but JD was so fast he didn't dare take second.
Posada... Walked... Ugh... Come on Beckett.... Well here comes Schoenweis... Struck out Granderson. there! Now we need some runs! Beckett, work on having more than two pitches...
Let's go Red Sox!
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COME on Big Papi!!! Ugh.. A-roid caught it.
Beltre up now.....
(I missed parts of the game here on out, so forgive me as the blog jumps around...)
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Sox are tied 5-5 in the 7th.. I'll recap after, the game, but this is turning out to be an awesome one!!
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Yanks 7-5
Pedroia the DESTROYAH HOMERED!! 2 runs in!!! 7-7 The game is tied!!!!! WOOOTTT!!!
Youk .. Hit a double I think. Sweet. He just stole Third! HE STOLE HOME!!! RED SOX LEAD 8-7!!!
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123 Yanks are out! Red Sox turn.. but first...
Neil Diamond is singing Sweet Caroline!
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RED SOX WIN!! OH HELL YES THE RED SOX WIN!!! YANKEES SUCK!!!
Red Sox won over the Yankmees 9-7!!! What a great start to the baseball season!!! I'll post the recap tomorrow!!!
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Recap:
The Red Sox improved to 54-55-1 on Opening Day, 23-17 when starting the season at home (20-17 at Fenway Park), 11-16-1 in season openers against the Yankees and 5-4 in Opening Day contests vs. New York at home. ... It also marked Boston's first win vs. New York on Opening Day since 1985. ... The Sox improved to 20-14 all-time on Easter. Kevin Youkilis (3-for-4, two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and three runs) became the first Red Sox player to tally three extra-base hits on Opening Day since Carlton Fisk had a double and two homers vs. the Yankees at Fenway Park on April 6, 1973. ... Youkilis is the first Boston batter to triple on Opening Day since Jose Offerman on April 5, 1999, at Kansas City. With Dustin Pedroia's two-run homer in the seventh inning, he became the first Boston player to hit Opening Day home runs in back-to-back years since Trot Nixon in 2001-02. Pedroia is also the first Red Sox player to hit an Opening Day homer for Boston against the Yankees since Mo Vaughn went deep at Yankee Stadium on April 7, 1992. Phil Plantier homered earlier in the same inning. ... The last time a Red Sox player homered on Opening Day vs. the Yankees at Fenway Park was Jim Rice on April 8, 1985. Tony Armas and Dwight Evans each homered earlier in that game.
And Here's the Recap:
BOSTON -- Kevin Youkilis scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball after his third extra-base hit and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the New York Yankees 9-7 in the major league opener Sunday night.
Boston erased a 5-1 deficit against CC Sabathia and defeated the defending World Series champions in the first night opener in the history of 98-year-old Fenway Park.
Jorge Posada and Curtis Granderson hit back-to-back homers off Josh Beckett to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the second inning. It was 7-5 in the bottom of the seventh when Marco Scutaro singled and Dustin Pedroia tied it with an opening-day homer for the second straight season.
Youkilis then doubled with two outs, took third on Damaso Marte's wild pitch and scored when the left-hander's high pitch bounced off Posada's glove. Pedroia added an RBI single in the eighth.
Hideki Okajima pitched a scoreless inning to get the win and Jonathan Papelbon worked the ninth for the save.
Chan Ho Park recorded just two outs while picking up the loss in his Yankees debut. The right-hander was charged with three runs and three hits.
Former Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez got a warm greeting when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The real starters didn't do as well.
Sabathia gave up five runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings in his second poor opening-day start since he joined New York for a $161 million, seven-year contract.
Beckett allowed five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. It was the worst of five opening-day starts for the right-hander, who had allowed just four runs in 22 2/3 innings in his previous four.
Even two aging singers beloved by Red Sox fans had better nights.
Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith and a Boston-area resident, sang "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch.
Neil Diamond, whose "Sweet Caroline" is played at Fenway Park after the top of the eighth, then stepped onto the field along the right-field line to sing it in person. The Brooklyn native wore a blue Red Sox hat with a red "B" and a dark jacket with the words "KEEP THE DODGERS IN BROOKLYN" on the back.
The Red Sox were more concerned with the team from the Bronx.
The Yankees began the season as champions for the first time since they beat Kansas City 7-3 behind Roger Clemens in the 2001 opener. They finished that year in the World Series, but lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games.
The last time the Red Sox and Yankees met in an opener was in 2005 following Boston's first championship since 1918. New York won 9-2 with Randy Johnson beating David Wells -- like Sabathia, a big lefty.
Youkilis got the first hit off Sabathia, a leadoff double in the second, and scored on Adrian Beltre's sacrifice fly. Youkilis then tripled in two runs in the sixth before Beltre's RBI single tied it at 5.
On the first pitch of the major league season, Derek Jeter grounded out to shortstop Marco Scutaro. Nick Johnson then flied to center and Mark Teixeira grounded out to first. Seven pitches, three outs.
The first eight batters of the game were retired before the Yankees, who led the AL last season with 244 homers, got two long balls in a row. Posada hit a short liner off the right-field foul pole. Then Granderson sent a long drive into the center-field seats in his first at-bat as a Yankee.
The Yankees went ahead 7-5 in the seventh on Robinson Cano's RBI groundout and Posada's run-scoring single but Boston responded with three runs in the bottom half, culminating in Youkilis' tiebreaking scamper.
Notes
The back-to-back homers by Posada and Granderson were the first by the Yankees on opening day since Dave Winfield and Steve Kemp did it on April 5, 1983, at Seattle. ... Hip-hop producer Dr. Dre took batting practice. He was at Fenway to promote the Beats by Dr. Dre headphones with a Red Sox logo.
Who do I see first? A-Roid of course, looking as douchebaggy as ever. Blah blah blah, yeah that's nice they guy did good, he's a good player even though you'd have a better chance of seeing an ant's nuts than you would his.
Ah, there's Youk! He just looks like a badass.
Opening Ceremony is coming up.. oh in a half hour... Well, more later! GO RED SOX!
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God Fenway looks beautiful... Can't wait to go there and watch a game. I'm biased as hell, but I think it's the most beautiful ball park in all the land. It's definitely historic. In only 2 more years we'll be celebrating our 100th year! So much history. Can't wait to take a tour!
LOL they just played this awesome ad:
I love it!
I don't believe it!!! Dr. Dre is wearing a Red Sox jersey!!! He's promoting Red Sox headphones "Beats By Dr. Dre" DR. DRE IS ROOTING FOR BOSTON! How cool is that? Awesome!!! He wants Big Papi David Ortiz to have one of his songs as his at-bat song! So awesome! West coast you stupid Yankee fans!!!
Dear God, I wanna say Fenway is so beautiful again!
Haha Yankees got booed when they got announced! Nothing but cheers for Boston!
Looks like Opening Ceremony's starting...
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Herre come the Yankees out of the dugout... Mostly quiet through staff and coaches...
Players... a few boos, getting stonger... Burnett -loud boos... Riviera loud cheers? What the heck?... Eh must be obnoxious Yankees fans... Ah that's better, Boston's booing again. Joe Giriardi can go to hell.
Jeter... BOOO! Tiexiera... BOO!!! A-ROID BOOO!! I hate that guy. And Jeter too.
NOW IT'S RED SOX TIME!!!
Interpreters? Eh..
Even the Batboys get an introduction?
Big Cheers for #6 Johnny Pesky! The man's living history! The guy has the foul line pole named after him.. Pesky's pole. Because he talked about it, not because he hit alot of fouls.
Here come the players.. Dice-k! Some big cheers for Mike Lowell (Former Marlins, and Aarty and I love the guy. We've met his parents.)
Captain Veritek! Tim Wakefield!
(Eh if I'm being obscenely detailed here, sorry. But I do lovez mah Sox!) #2 Ellsbury! Sox #2> Yanks #2 Jeter the Cheater...
Youkilis comes out to calls of "YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK!"
Beautiful Star Spangled Banner with Pyrotechnics... and right in the middle, the camera catches A-Roid spitting. What a douchebag.
Pedro Martinez is there! "Wake up the damn Bambino and Welcome back Pedro Martinez!" I love it! #45! He's throwing the first pitch to calls of "Pedro! Pedro! Pedro! Pedro!" Goes over and gives Johnny Pesky a big ole hug. Lotta love in the Boston ballclub. Love and heart.
Oh snap! They're re-playing audio clips for all the Yankees of when we broke the curse. Remember that?!
They got a 5 year old giving Herb Brooks' "Miracle" speech. He's awesome! "I'm so sick and tired of hearing what a great baseball team the Yankees have. Screw em! It's your night! Go out there and take it!" I want my kid to do that someday, I'd be so proud!
Well looks like the game's up next... I'll keep it to a post an inning.
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Nick Johnson up to bat Second.. Missed Jeter.. But both are OUT! lol! Nice catch Cameron.
Teixera Up... Grounder to first... Out!
Eat that Yankees! Defense is looking good!
Red Sox are comin up to bat!
Ellsbury's up... caught out in Center field...
Pedroiah the Destroyah's up next... struck out.
V-mart up now... ... Tagged out by Cheater.
*sigh* On to the 2nd inning. Just gotta keep the Yanks from getting anything.
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Cano hts to center... out.. 2nd out. Didn't see who hit first, but they're out too.
I think it's Posada.. yep Posada's up... . off the pole homerun... off Pesky's pole..
Granderson... homered... ouch...
Swisher now...
2 base hit's later Jeter's up... Not going good... He hits... Got Granderson out! Finally! ... Well, could have been worse.
Now for the Red Sox! Come on Guys! We need some runs!
Youkilis to 2nd! That's more like it!!!! Bounced off the Green Monstah! You could hear the thud.
LET'S GO BIG PAPI!!! YOU CAN DOO EEEEETTT!!! Sacrificed a base hit to get Youkilis to 3rd..
Beltre up now... Fly ball caught out, but Youkilis is home! First home run for the Sox! We're still in this... 2 outs..
JD Drew up now. Struck out. 2-1.. Well only down by one. Not the end of the world. Inning #3 coming up next...
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Johnson's up again... Walked.. Ball 4. Do'h...
Teix is up... Hit.. Caught.. out!
A-Roid's up... I hate that guy. Steroids Incarnate. Hit.. Got Johnson and the Fraud out in one go! Sox are up!
Now the Sox..
Cameron gets a base hit. :)
Scutaro's up now.. hits... caught out... Cameron's out too double out. Ouch...
Ellsbury up now... Hits to A-Fraud... tagged out at first. Argh. Inning #4 coming up...
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Becket's pitching to Texiera , but Shoenweis is up to pitch next...
Cameron catches Texiera's hit to Center Field. Out.
A-Fraud up... Just hit him between the eyes with all you've got Beckett! Pedroia caught the pop up and the big jerk is out!
Cano singles.. Hit it out to Williamsburg, but JD was so fast he didn't dare take second.
Posada... Walked... Ugh... Come on Beckett.... Well here comes Schoenweis... Struck out Granderson. there! Now we need some runs! Beckett, work on having more than two pitches...
Let's go Red Sox!
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COME on Big Papi!!! Ugh.. A-roid caught it.
Beltre up now.....
(I missed parts of the game here on out, so forgive me as the blog jumps around...)
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Sox are tied 5-5 in the 7th.. I'll recap after, the game, but this is turning out to be an awesome one!!
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Yanks 7-5
Pedroia the DESTROYAH HOMERED!! 2 runs in!!! 7-7 The game is tied!!!!! WOOOTTT!!!
Youk .. Hit a double I think. Sweet. He just stole Third! HE STOLE HOME!!! RED SOX LEAD 8-7!!!
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123 Yanks are out! Red Sox turn.. but first...
Neil Diamond is singing Sweet Caroline!
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RED SOX WIN!! OH HELL YES THE RED SOX WIN!!! YANKEES SUCK!!!
Red Sox won over the Yankmees 9-7!!! What a great start to the baseball season!!! I'll post the recap tomorrow!!!
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Recap:
The Red Sox improved to 54-55-1 on Opening Day, 23-17 when starting the season at home (20-17 at Fenway Park), 11-16-1 in season openers against the Yankees and 5-4 in Opening Day contests vs. New York at home. ... It also marked Boston's first win vs. New York on Opening Day since 1985. ... The Sox improved to 20-14 all-time on Easter. Kevin Youkilis (3-for-4, two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and three runs) became the first Red Sox player to tally three extra-base hits on Opening Day since Carlton Fisk had a double and two homers vs. the Yankees at Fenway Park on April 6, 1973. ... Youkilis is the first Boston batter to triple on Opening Day since Jose Offerman on April 5, 1999, at Kansas City. With Dustin Pedroia's two-run homer in the seventh inning, he became the first Boston player to hit Opening Day home runs in back-to-back years since Trot Nixon in 2001-02. Pedroia is also the first Red Sox player to hit an Opening Day homer for Boston against the Yankees since Mo Vaughn went deep at Yankee Stadium on April 7, 1992. Phil Plantier homered earlier in the same inning. ... The last time a Red Sox player homered on Opening Day vs. the Yankees at Fenway Park was Jim Rice on April 8, 1985. Tony Armas and Dwight Evans each homered earlier in that game.
And Here's the Recap:
BOSTON -- Kevin Youkilis scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball after his third extra-base hit and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the New York Yankees 9-7 in the major league opener Sunday night.
Boston erased a 5-1 deficit against CC Sabathia and defeated the defending World Series champions in the first night opener in the history of 98-year-old Fenway Park.
Jorge Posada and Curtis Granderson hit back-to-back homers off Josh Beckett to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the second inning. It was 7-5 in the bottom of the seventh when Marco Scutaro singled and Dustin Pedroia tied it with an opening-day homer for the second straight season.
Youkilis then doubled with two outs, took third on Damaso Marte's wild pitch and scored when the left-hander's high pitch bounced off Posada's glove. Pedroia added an RBI single in the eighth.
Hideki Okajima pitched a scoreless inning to get the win and Jonathan Papelbon worked the ninth for the save.
Chan Ho Park recorded just two outs while picking up the loss in his Yankees debut. The right-hander was charged with three runs and three hits.
Former Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez got a warm greeting when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The real starters didn't do as well.
Sabathia gave up five runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings in his second poor opening-day start since he joined New York for a $161 million, seven-year contract.
Beckett allowed five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. It was the worst of five opening-day starts for the right-hander, who had allowed just four runs in 22 2/3 innings in his previous four.
Even two aging singers beloved by Red Sox fans had better nights.
Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith and a Boston-area resident, sang "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch.
Neil Diamond, whose "Sweet Caroline" is played at Fenway Park after the top of the eighth, then stepped onto the field along the right-field line to sing it in person. The Brooklyn native wore a blue Red Sox hat with a red "B" and a dark jacket with the words "KEEP THE DODGERS IN BROOKLYN" on the back.
The Red Sox were more concerned with the team from the Bronx.
The Yankees began the season as champions for the first time since they beat Kansas City 7-3 behind Roger Clemens in the 2001 opener. They finished that year in the World Series, but lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games.
The last time the Red Sox and Yankees met in an opener was in 2005 following Boston's first championship since 1918. New York won 9-2 with Randy Johnson beating David Wells -- like Sabathia, a big lefty.
Youkilis got the first hit off Sabathia, a leadoff double in the second, and scored on Adrian Beltre's sacrifice fly. Youkilis then tripled in two runs in the sixth before Beltre's RBI single tied it at 5.
On the first pitch of the major league season, Derek Jeter grounded out to shortstop Marco Scutaro. Nick Johnson then flied to center and Mark Teixeira grounded out to first. Seven pitches, three outs.
The first eight batters of the game were retired before the Yankees, who led the AL last season with 244 homers, got two long balls in a row. Posada hit a short liner off the right-field foul pole. Then Granderson sent a long drive into the center-field seats in his first at-bat as a Yankee.
The Yankees went ahead 7-5 in the seventh on Robinson Cano's RBI groundout and Posada's run-scoring single but Boston responded with three runs in the bottom half, culminating in Youkilis' tiebreaking scamper.
Notes
The back-to-back homers by Posada and Granderson were the first by the Yankees on opening day since Dave Winfield and Steve Kemp did it on April 5, 1983, at Seattle. ... Hip-hop producer Dr. Dre took batting practice. He was at Fenway to promote the Beats by Dr. Dre headphones with a Red Sox logo.
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