Matt Clement

What's worse than watching the Sox blow another game in Minnesota?

adamg — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:44:18 +0000

Watching the Sox blow another game in Minnesota in person.

On Basegirl, Kristen is not happy:

... Maybe what Clement needs is for someone to whip out one of those Men In Black memory eraser thingies after each of his starts and eradicate his memories of the game. Maybe he'll pitch better if he thinks every game is his first. If he's got no record to go on. ...

And that's one of her kinder comments.

On Drunken Bleachers Blog, Kristin (Kristin, have you met Kristen?) sighs:

... Today we'll just have to chug our morning coffee and wage bets on which faction of the Sox bullpen will give up a grand slam tonight. ...

On Cursed to First, Beth appreciates the breather during the eighth when the entire MetroDome security force (all four of them) couldn't catch some fans on the field and the Sox batboy finally tackled one and David Ortiz couldn't keep from breaking into a grin even though he was at the plate.

Hell hath no fury like a Sox fan scorned

adamg — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:06:59 +0000

Kristen posts a photo of two girls throwing balls:

... OH LOOK IT IS TWO GIRLS WHO APPEAR TO BE THROWING BETTER THAN MATT CLEMENT AND JOSH BECKETT WHO ARE, IN POINT OF FACT, ACTUAL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS HMMMM THAT IS INTERESTING.

Look what you did? You made me yell.

Sigh. Listen, boys. I don't like to have to resort to the "throws like a girl" insults for three reasons: 1) I am a girl. And I can actually throw, 2) I tend to reserve such truths for insulting Johnny Damon, and 3) it's weak, easy and obvious. MUCH LIKE THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN PITCHING. ...

Beth, meanwhile, wanted to hurl, both because of Beckett's performance and because Gustavo Chacin simply showed up:

... The discussion about [Chacin]'s fragrance on NESN, complete with background soundtrack of "Sexual Healing", was enough to make me feel like vomiting.

It wasn't until I saw Freddy Krueger up in our bullpen, though, that I thought I actually might. ...

Matt Clement is dead to her

adamg — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:06:00 +0000

Beth: I've officially had it with Matt Clement.

The Couch Potato doesn't like to hit somebody when he's down, but has to say: it's become an exercise in excruciating agony to watch him pitch.

Teddy: Some people are not meant to pitch in Boston; I think Matt Clement is one of those people.

Soxaholix: Well, I'm hoping the Bradgelina or some other celebrity will adopt him as a hardship case needing a good home.

Red reaches for the Zantac:

... I feel the fear setting in. What if we go 0-10 on this trip? Or 1-9? Who's gonna step in for Wells tomorrow night? Are we heading back to DiNardo Land? What if Beckett can't get the job done? When is Clemens and/or Dontrelle Willis getting here? When's the "Folks, we're sorry, but we really f--ked up with this whole signing Matt Clement thing" press conference on Yawkey Way? ...

And Sully wonders why Francona went with Riske instead of Papelbon and Foulke.

Matt Clement for Derek Lowe

adamg — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:37:23 +0000

Dan loves the idea of getting Lowe back, in part because he seems to thrive under pressure, in part because, well:

... Clement, I'm afraid, is going to be Matt Young-ized if he stays here, not just because of his own skittishness but because many Boston fans are spoiled, mean-spirited yahoos. (That is, unless you think the hapless Mark Bellhorn deserved to be hounded out of town.)