I have been listening to game three of the ALCS between my heroic Red Sox and the dasterdly Tiggers. Boston has a 1-0 lead in the top of the eighth inning. Verlander and Lackey have been magic today. This is one of the best pitchers duels… EVER.
I’m home now and the game is on the tube. I am stressing like crazy. The Red Sox have to hold on. They have to win this game. They have to hold on for Lackey, who was lifted in the seventh inning.
What a game!
A day after getting no hit into the 9th, the Red Sox were getting no hit into the 6th. How can we ever beat this Detroit team if we can’t even get a single base hit? Not to bitch about the disgustingly late start time again, but I was toast after the 5th inning. I closed my eyes for a second and next thing I knew it was the top of the 8th and the Red Sox were down 5-1. I turned off the radio and went to sleep.
Dumb ass.
David Ortiz hits a grand slam to tie the game in the 8th inning. Jarrod Saltalamacchia drives in Johnny Gomes with a single in the 9th for a walk off win.
Game three is tomorrow at 4:00 Eastern time so I will get to listen to the beginning and watch the end.
Go Red Sox!
Who the hell is Anibal Sanchez? Here I am getting all freaked out over Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander and then the Red Sox go and get one hit by Anibal Sanchez and a smattering of bullpen guys. We’ve been lead to believe that the bullpen is Detroit’s big weakness, and then they go and shut us down in three innings giving up one hit.
Oh Crap!
Of course, I didn’t get to watch most of the game. The 8:00pm start time for a game on the East coast saw to that. Thanks, Fox. Why don’t you go and kiss my ass. I lay down my head after the fourth inning and that’s all she wrote. I missed most of what sounds like a phenomenal pitchers duel for the ages. A 1-0 final. Thanks a pant load, Fox.
Game two is tonight. Maybe I’ll actually be able to stay up late enough to watch half of the game this time. I mean, it’s not like I am a 42 year old lifelong Red Sox fanatic or anything silly like that, right Fox? Why would I want to actually be able to watch a whole American League Championship game? How silly of me to even consider it. I mean, it’s not like it was Saturday and most folks have Saturday off from work, right? I mean, right?
Assholes.
We need some offense for tonight’s 8:00pm game, my Red Sox. Let’s show Scherzer who is boss, just like the last time you faced him.
Do I suck at predicting the outcome of playoff series in baseball? You betcha. Do I care? Nope. Why? Because the one series I picked correctly involved the Red Sox winning. Who gives a toss about the rest of the league when the Red Sox win.
I was 1 of 2 in the wild card games. That is not good. I was 1 of 4 in the Divisional series. That flat out sucks.
I picked the Red Sox over the Rays. Thank the baseball gods I was right.
I picked the A’s over the Tiggers. Nope.
I picked the Pirates over the Cardinals. Nope.
I picked the Braves over the Dodgers. Nope.
That puts me at 2 out of 6. I am wrong 2/3 of the time. Again, who cares so long as the Sox keep winning.
Here are my picks for the League Championship Series.
Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers. Obviously I am picking the Red Sox, but that Tiggers pitching staff scares the holy hell out of me. The only possible chance for Boston is that Detroit had to use their two stud starters in games four and five against Oakland, and maybe there is a chance that we won’t have to face at least one of them twice. Slim chance. Really, no chance. Still, I have faith in the Red Sox. I believe in the beards. The Red Sox will rise to the challenge and take the series, although it’s probably going to be in seven supremely painful games.
St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers. I hate the Dodgers. At the same time, I keep finding myself forced to back the Cardinals and while they have come through, they have also let me down. Still… I freakin’ hate the Dodgers. I am going to pick the Cards once again in the hopes of getting a rematch of the 2004, 1967, and 1946 World Series. Sure the Red Sox lost two of those three match ups, but they won the most recent one, and winning this year would even up the history. That would be nice, eh?
Here’s to a Boston/St. Louis World Series… again.
It took four hours, yet again, and thanks to the assholes at TBS it’s already well into Wednesday morning, but the Red Sox have defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS.
They will face whichever team wins the Oakland vs Detroit series. The American League Championship Series will start at Fenway Park.
Apart from the fact that Tampa Bay used NINE pitchers and the game took four hours, yet again, that was an awesome game!
Bring on that Pennant, Red Sox!
Second inning, the Red Sox had bases loaded and no outs…
And they failed to score.
What, me? Worry?
On a side note, I noticed last night that “firm” seems to be John Smoltz’s favorite word. It’s weird though, it’s almost like he doesn’t know what it means and keeps using it in ways that don’t quite make sense. What’s the deal, John. Are you messing with us?
Sure losing to a crapfest like Tampa Bay on a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning is heartbreaking, but it’s only game three. We still have the lead in the series. So we beat them in four, or even five. No biggie.
It’s okay, Red Sox. Just go out there tomorrow and kick their sorry asses.
(pretty please?)
The Red Sox and Rays are tied at three heading into the seventh inning.
I’m not panicking. No really, I’m not. I’m filled with cautious optimism that my Red Sox will regain the lead and win this game.
Okay, maybe I’m panicking a little bit. I’m a Boston sports fan, it’s kinda my job.
Tonight at 6:00pm Eastern time… Game three of the ALDS Between the vile, evil, twisted, perverse Tampa Bay Rays and the Heroic, Majestic, Knights in Shining Armor known as the Boston Red Sox.
It’s another great pitching match up with Buchholz going against Cobb (not Ty). If the Red Sox keep playing the way they have been they should be able to win. If the Rays keep making bone head plays in the field, they should continue to lose. Some of the idiot moves in their outfield have me on the verge of wondering if any of them are wearing black socks.
One philosophical question: if the Rays play a home game in the playoffs and there are no fans in the stands to see it, does it really happen? I’m curious to see their attendance today.
Go Red Sox!
After two of my picks got trounced in the first two games of the divisional series, things went more to plan tonight. The Pirates won game two. So did the Braves. The A’s are blowing my good day as they are losing 3-0 in the fourth inning.
Most important though, the Mighty Bearded Red Sox blew out the Rays in game one. Tampa Bay’s defense was just plain awful and Boston took constant advantage of the miscues. The final score was 12-2.
And all was right in Red Sox Nation.
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