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Here's my thing
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Wednesday October 31, 2007
Yeah I know, I'm late with that, but it's been a complex couple of days here. Not going to drone on about the game or the obvious stuff, but here's my thing about some of the assocated stuff:
Great job by Tim McCarver as always. He's easy to listen to, insightful and critical when necessary. I liked him calling out the ump for that ridiculous strike zone in game 4. And the un-remarked on observation during game 2 that Schill hit 92 on FOX's radar gun, not the wacky stadium gun that has curveballs hitting 100. Next inning was Schill's last.
Jeanne Zalasko(sp?) needs to go back to Entertainment TV or wherever they found her. Worst pre-game show ever! And they couldn't find a couple of ex-ballplayers with any credentials? Oh and here's a tip, Jeanne: try and learn the names of the team's owners, that way you won't look like a fool mangling the intros during the trophy presentation.
Speaking of trophy presentations -- couldn't they have plugged Bud Selig in for a couple of minutes prior to the celebration to get him awake? That was the most joyless, uninspired, perfunctory presentation I've ever seen. You'd of thought he was giving Barry Bonds an award or something.
Oh, and someone get the GM or owner or whoever that fool was that said that the Rockies were the better team and that if they had played ten games, the Rockies would have won six, out of the thin air. The hottest team in baseball got swept four straight. They led for a total of one inning. That was flat out dominance. Get over it.
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Sunday October 28, 2007
Holy cow! These Sox are hotter than . . . uh . . . well, they're pretty damn hot! I can tell you that!
Look, I expected them to win the first two games. No one's gonna beat Beckett in the post season, it's that simple. And as I've said before, Schilling's playing for his legacy, he'll find a way to win. Plus of course, the games were in Boston.
But that 10-5 game last night, wow! Dice-K looked good on the mound, and pretty decent at the plate. Who knew? They gave the Rockies a little comeback, then put the hammer down and pulled away. If you're a Rockies fan, don't get your hopes up because Oki got tagged for a homer. He gave up a home run on his first major league pitch, then held batters hitless for like 27 innings afterward.
I'm also a bit surprised at folks who thought the Sox would be impotent under NL rules. This is one of the first years, the Sox had a winning record in interleague play. And not just by a little. Tito's done a nice job managing the guys under the no DH rule. And don't forget, they swept St. Louis in 2004 winning two games under those rules. These aren't your grandpa's Sox, these guys can win anywhere.
It will be fun to see Lester start the game with the clinch possible. Our local player, Carlos Pena won the Comeback Player award this year, and justifiably so. But Jon's story is just as compelling, and to clinch the Series would be a storybook ending for the year for him.
The Rockies are starting sinkerball pitcher Aaron Cook tonite, so don't be surprised to see Tito pull Papi early and put Youk back in the game as the Indians Westbrook (another sinkerballer) gave the boys fits in his two starts.
I'd love to see the guys clinch in Boston, just to see the party, but I'll be completely happy to see them win it tonite. All the bitching by sports writers about the sweep not being fun -- that's just loser talk. I want to see my teams win, win all the time, and win convincingly. Nothing wrong with that.
GO SOX! | | | |
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Thursday October 25, 2007
Great start by the guys as the Sox win game one 13-1.
Josh Beckett looked unhittable on the mound and now has a postseason record of 4-0 with a freeky 1.20 era. While I'd like to see the guys win the series in Boston if possible, how cool would it be to see Beckett get the ball in game 5 for the series win? If that happens, I wouldn't be surprised to see him throw a shutout. He's just that dominant right now.
I was also worried about the guys being worn out from the long series with the Indians, but instead they just look dialed in. Especially at the plate. What was that, 10 doubles or something? That's just pounding the ball. And little Dustin Pedroia, what a post season, in fact, what a rookie year he's having. We've got a good rookie of the year candidate here in Tampa, but how could you not give the award to Dustin with the regular and post season he's having.
I don't know much about the Rockies other than I hate Todd Helton, so I can't speak intelligently about tonite's starter. I'm looking for Big Schill not to make the same mistake he made in game 2 of the AlCS.
BTW, nice to see my boy Yaz again. When we were kids, we all tried that funky batting stance of his. Just makes the series more fun to see all these great former stars come out. It's so much more fun to see a team of guys laughing and enjoying themselves and their history as opposed to the joyless machine-like efficiency of the Jankees winning series after series.
Go Sox! | | Posted by postaldog at 5:47 AM - | |
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Tuesday October 23, 2007
Heart ache
Tim Wakefield will be left off the Red Sox World Series roster as his aching shoulder has sidelined him for the season finale.
I've made no secret of my love for knuckleball pitchers. They're a quirky bunch who live and die by the wierdest legal pitch of them all. When it's working, you look like a fool at the plate, swatting helplessly at a dancing feather. But when it doesn't . . . it's home run derby as a meat pitch floats over the plate at 50mph. It takes guts to build your career or resurrect your career with an all or nothing pitch.
Tim Wakefield bleeds Red Sox. He's been the ultimate teammate, doing whatever was needed to help the Sox win -- pitch out of the bullpen, subjugate his ego to the more flamboyant fireballers, and endure the ultimate humiliation of being left off the post season roster in the mid-ninties (I think) because the manager didn't have faith in him.
With a little better run support, Wake would have had 22 or 23 wins this year. That's better than Cy Young lock Josh Beckett. He had the longest streak of starts without a non-decision this year. Ignoring his balky shoulder, Wake pitched a great game 6 of the ALCS series to help put the Sox in the Series this year. What more could you ask of a teammate?
Tough break for a great guy. Here's wishing for a full recovery Tim. | | | |
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Monday October 22, 2007
HUGE WIN, BABY!
Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youklis power the Sox to the 2007 World Series! What a great game! Dice-K throws about 1000 pitches to get through 5 innings again, but leaves with the lead. Pedroia breaks it open with a two run homer and Youk caps it off by pounding one off the Coke bottle!
Gotta give it up to Coco Crisp, who was benched for rising star Ellsbury. Crisp slammed hard in the center field wall to catch the final out of the game. Also overlooked by the game announcers was the sliding catch by Ellsbury after he replaced Manny in the ninth. I doubt Manny would have got to that and no telling what would have happened if the Indians had got some runs going.
Looking forward to a great series! | | | |
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