Friday, October 22, 2004
WELL SCRIPTED PART III
The Red Sox had accomplished the improbable. They beat Rivera and the Y*nkees two games in a row and brought the series back to New York. The series was 3-2 in favor of New York, the same scenario that existed last year after 5 games. The Red Sox, however, needed what seemed like a miracle in order to survive. Curt Schilling was written off by man after his game 1 performance. At first the Red Sox devised a special shoe to allow Curt to pitch. Then a medical procedure was implemented. A suture of skin to the seperated tendon would theoretically allow Schilling to pitch. No-one knew how well Curt could pitch but everyone knew he would pitch as well as he could. He went up against Lieber, who outpitched Martinez in Game 2. Before the game, David Ortiz said that he could not carry the team all by himself. He needed help. He got it. Schilling pitched 7 innings allowing 4 hits and one run. His performance was not unlike Pedro's in 1999 or Larry Bird's in the playoffs seemingly an eternity ago back when the Celtics were good. The big hit of the game was struck by the much maligned Mark Bellhorn. Victim to sports radio callers and slogan touting media members and haunted by the love that Red Sox fans have with Pokey Reese and comparisons to Todd Walker's postseason performance, Bellhorn came up with a 3 run HR in the 4th. The hit was controversialy called a double by the left field umpire. 5 years ago the umpires would not have gotten together and determined what actually happened. This time they did and Bellhorn was given the homerun. A similar situation resulted when Alex Rodriguez knocked the ball out of Bronson Arroyo's hands in a play originally called an error. It was Arroyo who had hit A-Rod which resulted in a bench clearing situation in Fenway. The umpires again held a conference and determined the proper call. Rodriguez was bewildered that cheating wasn't allowed by he, the supposed best player in baseball.
His reaction was eerily similar to that of Jose Offerman's in the 99 LCS as was the fan's reaction at Y*nkee Stadium. The Red Sox ended the game up 4-2. A-Rod's play incited the croud but the croud got too much into the game, throwing crap onto the field. This caused the umpires to call on the NYPD. This shut-up the croud almost as much as Curt Schilling had.
To be continued...
CARDS/SOX...AGAIN
Ugh. 1946. 1967. I'm sick of going against teams that we have a history with. First it's Anaheim who we beat in the 86 LCS, then its the Y*nkees who beat us in the 78 playoff, the 99 LCS and the 03 LCS and now its St Louis that beat us in the 46 and 67 World Series. Hopefully Cabrera won't hesitate as Pesky did, and the Cards don't have a pitcher like Bob Gibson to own us and hit a HR off of our ace in game 7. Game 1 is Wakefield against St. Louis's "ace", Woody Williams. I'm shocked that clemens couldn't come through in a big game. Flaberghasted.
As I finish this post, Tracy Morgan has just come in on Conan wearing a Yankee jersey and hat and a "3" pendant. The show is a rerun from a few days ago, obviously. Notice how I didn't censor the word "Yankee." It's not a swear anymore.
The Red Sox had accomplished the improbable. They beat Rivera and the Y*nkees two games in a row and brought the series back to New York. The series was 3-2 in favor of New York, the same scenario that existed last year after 5 games. The Red Sox, however, needed what seemed like a miracle in order to survive. Curt Schilling was written off by man after his game 1 performance. At first the Red Sox devised a special shoe to allow Curt to pitch. Then a medical procedure was implemented. A suture of skin to the seperated tendon would theoretically allow Schilling to pitch. No-one knew how well Curt could pitch but everyone knew he would pitch as well as he could. He went up against Lieber, who outpitched Martinez in Game 2. Before the game, David Ortiz said that he could not carry the team all by himself. He needed help. He got it. Schilling pitched 7 innings allowing 4 hits and one run. His performance was not unlike Pedro's in 1999 or Larry Bird's in the playoffs seemingly an eternity ago back when the Celtics were good. The big hit of the game was struck by the much maligned Mark Bellhorn. Victim to sports radio callers and slogan touting media members and haunted by the love that Red Sox fans have with Pokey Reese and comparisons to Todd Walker's postseason performance, Bellhorn came up with a 3 run HR in the 4th. The hit was controversialy called a double by the left field umpire. 5 years ago the umpires would not have gotten together and determined what actually happened. This time they did and Bellhorn was given the homerun. A similar situation resulted when Alex Rodriguez knocked the ball out of Bronson Arroyo's hands in a play originally called an error. It was Arroyo who had hit A-Rod which resulted in a bench clearing situation in Fenway. The umpires again held a conference and determined the proper call. Rodriguez was bewildered that cheating wasn't allowed by he, the supposed best player in baseball.
His reaction was eerily similar to that of Jose Offerman's in the 99 LCS as was the fan's reaction at Y*nkee Stadium. The Red Sox ended the game up 4-2. A-Rod's play incited the croud but the croud got too much into the game, throwing crap onto the field. This caused the umpires to call on the NYPD. This shut-up the croud almost as much as Curt Schilling had.
To be continued...
CARDS/SOX...AGAIN
Ugh. 1946. 1967. I'm sick of going against teams that we have a history with. First it's Anaheim who we beat in the 86 LCS, then its the Y*nkees who beat us in the 78 playoff, the 99 LCS and the 03 LCS and now its St Louis that beat us in the 46 and 67 World Series. Hopefully Cabrera won't hesitate as Pesky did, and the Cards don't have a pitcher like Bob Gibson to own us and hit a HR off of our ace in game 7. Game 1 is Wakefield against St. Louis's "ace", Woody Williams. I'm shocked that clemens couldn't come through in a big game. Flaberghasted.
As I finish this post, Tracy Morgan has just come in on Conan wearing a Yankee jersey and hat and a "3" pendant. The show is a rerun from a few days ago, obviously. Notice how I didn't censor the word "Yankee." It's not a swear anymore.
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