Thursday, October 21, 2004
OH MY FREAKIN' GOD!
D-LOWE! THERE'S ONLY ONE D-LOWE! THERE'S ONLY ONE D-LOWE! THERE'S ONLY ONE D-LOWE! This guy came up huge for us. He pitched 6 innings of 1 hit, 1 run ball. He only walked one. He kept his pitch count low. His pitches by inning looked like this:
1st: 13
2nd: 13
3rd: 12
4th: 11
5th: 10
6th:10
He got 12 ground ball outs. The only run he allowed resulted from Cairo getting "hit" by a pitch, then stealing second and being knocked in by a seeing eye single off the bat of Derek Jeter. Lowe wasn't even supposed to start in this series and he had 2 solid appearances.
NEW YORK, QUEINE ES TU PAPI?
David "The Clutch Crusher" Ortiz won series MVP. Matsui was the frontrunner but he fell off the planet in the last 4 games. Ortiz was absolutely clutch. In Game 4 he has the Game Winning HR in the 12th. In Game 5 his single knocked in the Game Winning run. He also had a homer in Game 5 that got the Sox within 1. In Game 7 his 1st inning homer immediately swiped any momentum the Y*nkees might have had after Damon was eliminated at the plate. He batted .387 in the series with 11 RBI. The Sox scored 41 runs in this series, Ortiz knocked in more than a fourth of them.
JUST ONE QUESTION, TERRY
Terry managed a great series and the Sox kept the faith probably due to his attitude. His calm demenor made it easier for the umpires to reverse two decisions in Game 6. However, what the hell was he thinking when he brought Pedro in to pitch the 7th? What the hell was the point of this move? What good could have come from it. The best scenario would be a 1-2-3, 3 pitch 7th inning. This did not happen. Pedro can now no longer start Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday. Oh well, it all worked out in the end.
DAMON'S BAT RESURECTED
We believe in one center fielder.
Johnny Damon almighty
We believe his bat died for our sins
And in the sixth game it rose again
Good for him. Bellhorn atoned for an overall poor series with a big HR yesterday. Last night Damon hit two balls out of the park. One was a Grand Slam to give the Sox a 6-0 lead, the other was a 2 run shot. Plus he gets to go home with his girlfriend and score a few more times before his next game on Saturday.
HISTORY WAS MADE
This series saw many things that had never happened or hadn't happened in a long time. Here are some things just off the top of my head:
1st time a team up 3-0 in a best of 7 series lost 4 straight
1st time the Red Sox won two series in a single postseason
1st Red Sox pennant since 1986
1st time the Red Sox beat the Y*nkees in an elimination game
1st time the Y*nkees lost games 6 and 7 in Y*nkee Stadium since the 1926 World Series against the Cardinals
1st time the Red Sox won a game 7 since the 1986 ALCS against the Angels
3rd and 4th all-time postseason blown saves for Rivera
WELL SCRIPTED
I'm a cinema & photography major with a concentration in screenwriting and if I ever wrote a story like the one that was played out these past few days, I would be set for life. An ancient and bitter rivalry between two teams that would like nothing more than to crush the others. One side has a glaring advantage: pitching. In the first two games they have two of the top pitchers in baseball going for them. Schilling takes the mound in game 1 as a bona fide Y*nkee killer. His opponent is a pitcher who the Red Sox tried to sign a few years back only to fall short and settle for Manny Ramirez. Schilling, however, is affected by an ankle injury that has been nagging him since May but has not hurt his performance until the biggest game of the season to that point. He allows 6 ER in 3 IP. Mussina on the other hand has a solid start and hands the ball to Tanyan Sturtze from Worcester, Mass. Then former Red Sox closer Tom Gordon enters the game. Sturtze and Gordon allow the Sox to get close but the Boston bullpen eliminates all hope. Mariano Rivera gets his 31st postseason save. Most thought Schilling's season was done even if the Sox won some games.
The next game is an apparent mismatch between Pedro Martinez and Jon Lieber. Some feel that the Y*nkees signed Lieber in 2003 even though he could not pitch that year in order to prevent Boston from having him. Martinez is outpitched by Lieber whose game is saved by Gordon and Rivera. The big hit in the game is struck by a player who the Red Sox may have had an interest in during the season. John Olerud was released by the Mariners and the Y*nkees signed him due to Giambi's withdrawal from steroids. The other RBI is knocked in by Gary Sheffield who amditted to unwittingly taking steroids.
The Sox seemed to gain some good fortune when a rainout moved the 3rd game back a day. Both Arroyo and Brown were knocked out early. The Y*nkee pen was able to keep the Sox pinned down while Ramiro Mendoza did his job as Y*nkee double agent and committed the most embarrasing balk ever. The Sox lost 19-8, a score slightly reminiscent of the number 1918. They were down 3-0, without their best pitcher. It seemed as though they were done for. After all, no team had ever even forced a Game 7 after being down 3-0.
To be continued...
BTW, YANKEES SUCK!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
D-LOWE! THERE'S ONLY ONE D-LOWE! THERE'S ONLY ONE D-LOWE! THERE'S ONLY ONE D-LOWE! This guy came up huge for us. He pitched 6 innings of 1 hit, 1 run ball. He only walked one. He kept his pitch count low. His pitches by inning looked like this:
1st: 13
2nd: 13
3rd: 12
4th: 11
5th: 10
6th:10
He got 12 ground ball outs. The only run he allowed resulted from Cairo getting "hit" by a pitch, then stealing second and being knocked in by a seeing eye single off the bat of Derek Jeter. Lowe wasn't even supposed to start in this series and he had 2 solid appearances.
NEW YORK, QUEINE ES TU PAPI?
David "The Clutch Crusher" Ortiz won series MVP. Matsui was the frontrunner but he fell off the planet in the last 4 games. Ortiz was absolutely clutch. In Game 4 he has the Game Winning HR in the 12th. In Game 5 his single knocked in the Game Winning run. He also had a homer in Game 5 that got the Sox within 1. In Game 7 his 1st inning homer immediately swiped any momentum the Y*nkees might have had after Damon was eliminated at the plate. He batted .387 in the series with 11 RBI. The Sox scored 41 runs in this series, Ortiz knocked in more than a fourth of them.
JUST ONE QUESTION, TERRY
Terry managed a great series and the Sox kept the faith probably due to his attitude. His calm demenor made it easier for the umpires to reverse two decisions in Game 6. However, what the hell was he thinking when he brought Pedro in to pitch the 7th? What the hell was the point of this move? What good could have come from it. The best scenario would be a 1-2-3, 3 pitch 7th inning. This did not happen. Pedro can now no longer start Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday. Oh well, it all worked out in the end.
DAMON'S BAT RESURECTED
We believe in one center fielder.
Johnny Damon almighty
We believe his bat died for our sins
And in the sixth game it rose again
Good for him. Bellhorn atoned for an overall poor series with a big HR yesterday. Last night Damon hit two balls out of the park. One was a Grand Slam to give the Sox a 6-0 lead, the other was a 2 run shot. Plus he gets to go home with his girlfriend and score a few more times before his next game on Saturday.
HISTORY WAS MADE
This series saw many things that had never happened or hadn't happened in a long time. Here are some things just off the top of my head:
1st time a team up 3-0 in a best of 7 series lost 4 straight
1st time the Red Sox won two series in a single postseason
1st Red Sox pennant since 1986
1st time the Red Sox beat the Y*nkees in an elimination game
1st time the Y*nkees lost games 6 and 7 in Y*nkee Stadium since the 1926 World Series against the Cardinals
1st time the Red Sox won a game 7 since the 1986 ALCS against the Angels
3rd and 4th all-time postseason blown saves for Rivera
WELL SCRIPTED
I'm a cinema & photography major with a concentration in screenwriting and if I ever wrote a story like the one that was played out these past few days, I would be set for life. An ancient and bitter rivalry between two teams that would like nothing more than to crush the others. One side has a glaring advantage: pitching. In the first two games they have two of the top pitchers in baseball going for them. Schilling takes the mound in game 1 as a bona fide Y*nkee killer. His opponent is a pitcher who the Red Sox tried to sign a few years back only to fall short and settle for Manny Ramirez. Schilling, however, is affected by an ankle injury that has been nagging him since May but has not hurt his performance until the biggest game of the season to that point. He allows 6 ER in 3 IP. Mussina on the other hand has a solid start and hands the ball to Tanyan Sturtze from Worcester, Mass. Then former Red Sox closer Tom Gordon enters the game. Sturtze and Gordon allow the Sox to get close but the Boston bullpen eliminates all hope. Mariano Rivera gets his 31st postseason save. Most thought Schilling's season was done even if the Sox won some games.
The next game is an apparent mismatch between Pedro Martinez and Jon Lieber. Some feel that the Y*nkees signed Lieber in 2003 even though he could not pitch that year in order to prevent Boston from having him. Martinez is outpitched by Lieber whose game is saved by Gordon and Rivera. The big hit in the game is struck by a player who the Red Sox may have had an interest in during the season. John Olerud was released by the Mariners and the Y*nkees signed him due to Giambi's withdrawal from steroids. The other RBI is knocked in by Gary Sheffield who amditted to unwittingly taking steroids.
The Sox seemed to gain some good fortune when a rainout moved the 3rd game back a day. Both Arroyo and Brown were knocked out early. The Y*nkee pen was able to keep the Sox pinned down while Ramiro Mendoza did his job as Y*nkee double agent and committed the most embarrasing balk ever. The Sox lost 19-8, a score slightly reminiscent of the number 1918. They were down 3-0, without their best pitcher. It seemed as though they were done for. After all, no team had ever even forced a Game 7 after being down 3-0.
To be continued...
BTW, YANKEES SUCK!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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