It’s the bottom of the seventh inning. The Tigers lead 2-1. The Sox have two on and one out with Ellsbury coming to the plate, and Jim Leyland just came to pull Scherzer from the game. If the Tigers have a weakness, it’s their bullpen.
Now is the time, Red Sox. Now is the time.
Seriously, because I am totally going to have a heart attack. This is so damn stressful!
I’d like to thank the Los Angeles Dodgers for rolling over and playing dead last night in game six of the NLCS. I know I said that I wanted the Cardinals to win the series, and yes the Dodgers’ suck fest last night gave the series to St Louis. That’s true, but I also wanted the Red Sox to start at 4:00 today and that required a Dodgers win. So thanks for nothing, Dodgers.
Red Sox vs Tigers tonight at 8:00 from Fenway Park. A Red Sox win clinches the series and punches our tickets to the World Series.
Win it tonight, Red Sox.
Last night’s game was incredibly stressful. Nothing new in this series, but this time the stress involved holding onto a lead. The Red Sox came out strong and took an early 4-0 lead. The Tigers spent the rest of the game inching their way back, but it wasn’t enough. The Sox won 4-3 and took a three games to two lead in the American League Championship Series.
Game six is Saturday at Fenway, but don’t ask me when. You see the television networks are more important than the 30-40 thousand paying customers, so the game doesn’t have a start time yet. We’ll find out after tonight’s NLCS game. If the Cardinals win, the series is over and the Red Sox and Tigers play in prime time (or post prime time for a sporting event) at 8:00. If the Dodgers win tonight, game seven of the NLCS will be Saturday at 8:00 and the Red Sox and Tigers will play at 4:00 and Red Sox and Tigers fans will actually get to watch the whole game. To hell with the tens of thousands of fans who actually paid for tickets and need to actually get to the stadium. They are irrelevant when the question of television coverage comes up.
It’s Buchholz against Scherzer. If nothing else, it’s two last names that I probably misspell every time I try to write about them. Scherzer pitched like a god in game two and the Sox still beat him. Buchholz pitched like a chump in game two and the Sox still managed to win. The offense we saw last night needs to continue against this great Tigers pitcher, if it can. Buchholz needs to be better. A lot better. Game six is the biggest game of the year thus far, and it is an absolute must win. The Red Sox cannot give the Tigers life. They cannot let this series go to game seven. Beat them now while you can, Boston. Finish them.
One win away from the World Series. You can do it, Red Sox. Even if your fans are having heart attacks left and right due to the stress of it all. Win game six!
When your starting pitcher is a former Cy Young award winner, and he walks in a run in the biggest game of the year… you can pretty much rest assured that the outcome is not going to go your way.
That was painful for Red Sox nation to witness. Now we’ve got to put it behind us (yeah, right) and look to tonight’s game five. The series is tied at two games each. We’ve got Lester going tonight. The offense, while unable to come up with the big hits when they needed them, did show some signs of life last night. We’ll just retake the lead in the series tonight, right? Right.
That’s how a rational fan would think. Unfortunately, Red Sox fans are generally far from rational. After a 1-0 win in game three in which the team was barely able to put the ball in play, we were convinced that the World Series was ours for the taking. Then last night after getting beaten up badly, we’re balling our eyes out into our coffee today trying to decide if we want the Cardinals or the Dodgers to be the ones to knock off the Tigers.
We’re kind of a mood swingie bunch, you know?
Tonight. Game five. Let’s take back the series, Red Sox!
When I said I wanted tonight’s game between the Red Sox and the Tigers to be a blow out, I was actually hoping for the Red Sox to be scoring tons of runs, not the Tiggers. This game is not fun right now.
It’s almost time for game four. They beat Verlander last night. They beat Scherzer on Monday.
Bring on game four. Like I said earlier, I’m hoping for a nice, calm blow out. A 30-0 Red Sox win should do it for me.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=31144743&topic_id=8878860
Lackey and Verlander were pretty much pitching gods last night. They both ate the other team’s lineups for breakfast. Most hitters were unable to make contact. Mike Napoli failed to put the ball in play in his first two at bats. I guess third time was the charm for him. Watch the video linked above (I was hoping it would embed, but I guess not).
In one swing, Napoli put the Red Sox ahead in the series two games to one. The Red Sox beat the Tigers 1-0 last night in one of the best, most intense pitching duels I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch.
Game four is tonight. As much fun as last night was, I could really go for a nice blow out tonight. How about the Red Sox score 10 or 15 times in the first inning. That would make a nice stress-free change of pace.
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYP3f_ILDQ
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.
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