Dear TBS: Shut up about Pedroia's height already

Jerks.

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You had me at...

By Kaz | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 10:05pm

TBS, shut up

If the Sox do lose tonight

By adamg | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 10:18pm

I will blame Francona for not taking Beckett out earlier Shank for his stupid column today. And I will start ranting about the Curse of the CHB.

So the Sox better pull it out.

But if it wasn't for TBS

By rsybuchanan | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 10:37pm

... I might not have realized that both teams get the day off tomorrow.

the AP lists him at

By steve weeba | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 10:42pm

5' 7". i've seen him in person, even that might be generous.
but seriously TBS, do shut up.

He's Actual Size

By SwirlyGrrl | Sat, 10/11/2008 - 11:07pm

Sounds like someone needs to grow a pair far more than Pedroia needs to grow an inch.

The average height of a man in the US is 5-8" to 5-9" depending on which source you find. If Pedroia is 5'7" tall, about 65-68% of men are taller. If he is 5'9, he's average or even taller.

Not that it matters much when it comes to kicking some serious baseball butt.

Hard to type

By adamg | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 12:37am

My head keeps falling on the keyboarddaljkdaklpjd.

Dammit

By fenwayguy | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 1:10am

If Timlin goes any lower on my loath-o-meter, the bulb might break. Jesus wants you to retire, bubba. Before Monday.

Timlin

By Ron Newman | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 6:16am

Why was he put back on the roster? Don't we have Paul Byrd now for this kind of situation?

The human white flag

By adamg | Sun, 10/12/2008 - 8:23am

Red sums it up:

For a game that started out like happy hour at Thunder Mountain, it slowly devolved into a torturous, horribly-umpired affair, ultimately crashing with Hindenburgesque splendor around 1:30am, when Mike Timlin--the human white flag--came on and walked three (one intentionally) before giving up the sac fly that sent us all to bed. ...

Ellie wonders why Byrd didn't go in instead of Timlin last night, er, this morning:

... Timlin used to be good, but now every time he strides out of the bullpen, Red Sox Nation mumbles a collective "oh, f&%k." Because we've seen this before, and we know the most likely result will be a swift kick in the crotch. ...

Jeff Louderbeck agrees:

Terry Francona had a choice. With every other reliever used in the bullpen except two, the Red Sox manager could turn to Paul Byrd (who is prone to serving up the long ball but consistently throws strikes) or Mike Timlin (who this year has either walked or allowed a hit to a high percentage of batters he has faced) in the bottom of the 11th inning last night at Tropicana Field. Francona summoned Timlin, and the result was predictable. ...

Peter says it's time to replace Beckett with Byrd for game 5.

KC considers Beckett:

He's definitely affected by an injury, or he's just not good this year. ...

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