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Bruce Chen? Really, guys? David Ortiz did some babysitting on his day off. In this tough economy you have to find creative ways to boost your income. Jonny Gomes moonlighted as both a yoga instructor and gardner. For any Red Sox fans that watched this game in person, it would be worth the trespassing fine to jump into the fountain and cleanse yourself of the memory of this game. Game 117: August 8, 2013 Boston Red Sox70-47 1 L: Jon Lester (10-7) 2B: Jonny Gomes (14) Kansas City Royals59-53 5 W: Bruce Chen (5-0)S: Luke Hochevar (2) 2B: Lorenzo Cain (19)HR: Billy Butler (10), Justin Maxwell (4)...
Journey man starter Bruce Chen notched his first win against the Red Sox. That’s all you really need to know about this game. That, and the fact that Jonathan Broxton’s legs are the size of giant sequoias. Dennis Eckersley came through with a few great sound bites, as usual. On umpires: They are shy with strike three. [wimpy noise] On Broxton: No slide steps involved with this guy. On Carl Beane: Everybody’s waiting for the voice that isn’t going to be there. Game 30: May 9, 2012 Boston Red Sox12-18 3 L: Jon Lester (1-3) 2B: Adrian Gonzalez (8), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (6) Kansas City Royals11-19 4 W: Bruce Chen (1-4)H: Aaron Crow (6)S: Jonathan Broxton (7) 2B: Brayan Pena (6), Irving Falu (1), Alcides Escobar (10), Alex Gordon (8), Chris Getz (5)...
Bruce Chen has made his way through major league teams like Hob Gadling floated through eras of history. Chen has been rostered by the Braves, Phillies, Mets, Expos, Reds, Astros, Red Sox, Orioles, Rangers, and now the Royals. Death came for Gadling 1389 but he refused to go with her and instead lived through the Middle Ages, the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline eras, the English Civil Wars, the Interregnum, Restoration, and then more eras of inbreds (Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian). The lesson arising from this: only left-handed starters and comic book characters are guaranteed any sort of longevity. John Lackey surrendered three runs in the first, two of which could be attributed to shaky fielding. Alex Gordon doubled to utility player Yamaico Navarro, who played the left field wall badly. Next Kevin Youkilis bungled a grounder off Melky Cabrera’s bat. But the blast to the Monster seats by Eric Hosmer was all on Lackey, no matter that he was appalled that Jacoby Ellsbury didn’t sprout wings and flap his way to the ball before it left the park. Ellsbury’s answer was to knock a solo homer off Pesky’s Pole in the home half of the first. Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting...
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