More Like the WTF Series

World Series? More like the WTF Series.

There have been four games played in the World Series so far, and each team has made plays of inexcusable stupidity in two games. As a result, we’re tied at two.

I had to eat my words twice. The Red Sox were trailing one to nothing and Stephen Drew came to the plate. I was begging the baseball gods to have Farrell pinch hit Napoli. What happened? Drew hit a sac-fly and tied the game. Thanks, Steve! Later, I was calling Gomes an automatic out. What did he do? Nothing, just hit the game winning three run home run. I will gladly eat my hat on that one. Thanks, Johny!

And the play of amazing stupidity? Two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Cardinals down 4-2. There’s a runner on first, and Carlos Beltran, arguably the best post season hitter ever, is at the plate. The Cardinals put in rookie Kolten Wong as a pinch runner.

And he gets picked off.

W. T. ever loving F?

As if the obstruction buffoonery in game three wasn’t bad enough, game four ends with the tying run at the plate on a pick off! At least the winning run didn’t score as a result of the pick off. The Cardinals have that going for them at least. The Red Sox idiot play is still the idioter.

Game five is tonight. We’re back to the game one starters. I have a lot of confidence in Jon Lester’s ability to hold St. Louis down.

As for the Red Sox pitching last night. Buchholz pitched four solid innings. He gave up one unearned run, thanks to an error in center field by Ellsbury, but otherwise he was very good. He was clearly less than 100%. His fastballs only topped 90mph a couple of times, if that. His location and movement was excellent though. Many of us here in Boston were fully expecting to see Buchholz scratch himself from this start and would have (rightfully) flayed him alive for his pussitude. It didn’t happen though. He came through. Felix Doubront came in and was lights out for two innings. He now leads in the race for mayor of Boston by a huge margin. Workman came in after that and sucked again. It’s time to nail his ass to the bench. He has to be done.

That brings us to the eighth inning. Who came in to pitch? None other than John Fricken Lackey. Your game two, and now scheduled for game six, starting pitcher came out of the pen and put the Cardinals away, bridging the eighth inning gap to Koji. Koji pitched the ninth. He did let a runner on, but then picked his ass off first base in a move for the ages.

Somehow, despite their mountain of errors and dumb ass plays, the Red Sox are in a 2-2 tie in the 2013 World Series.

Game five is tonight.

Go Red Sox!