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Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indians, 8:00 p.m. EST

Red_sox_game_41206_026_tiny by Randy Booth on in Open Thread

Do or die, Red Sox Nation. Do or die.

Nothing is left to be said about tonight's match-up. Sox win, they live to fight another day. Sox lose, Indians and Rockies match-up in the worst World Series ever (juuuust kidding). Sox will put the ball into the hands of "Texas flame-thrower" Josh Beckett. The Indians counter with an ace of their own, C.C. Sabathia.

Red Sox 1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B 3. David Ortiz, DH 4. Manny Ramirez, LF 5. Mike Lowell, 3B 6. Bobby Kielty, RF 7. Jason Varitek, C 8. Coco Crisp, CF 9. Julio Lugo, SS SP - Josh Beckett Indians 1. Grady Sizemore, CF 2. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B 3. Travis Hafner, DH 4. Victor Martinez, C 5. Ryan Garko, 1B 6. Jhonny Peralta, SS 7. Kenny Lofton, LF 8. Franklin Gutierrez, RF 9. Casey Blake, 3B SP - C.C. Sabathia

Go Sox!

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Sox need just one win.
That's my way of looking at it.

Saturday, Sunday, are irrelevant right now.

Win today, and worry about Sat/Sun on those days.

Just one win.

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 6:05 PM EDT   0 recs

Tonight's Win Probabilities
Pre-game win probabilities are out.

Simulator: Indians: 51.48%
Vegas: Red Sox 53.49%
Log5: Indians 58.46%

vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 18, 2007 6:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Tonight's Win Probabilities
Pre-game win probabilities are out.

Simulator: Indians: 51.48%
Vegas: Red Sox 53.49%
Log5: Indians 58.46

you forgot one....
Mine

Calgary Inhabitant: Red Sox 100.00%

Nuff said, now off home I go to perch myself on the couch for theevening!

CHeers Boys, Girls and fellow Canadians!

Go Sox GO!

by dumhic on Oct 18, 2007 6:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tonight's Win Probabilities
Colorado inhabitant:

100%

Hey!  With your 100%, we're already up to 200% !!!

Cheers!

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 6:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Go Sox
in class; dreading the "call" cuz I am not prepared;reading this site isn't helping so off I go

by MassGal on Oct 18, 2007 6:38 PM EDT   0 recs

Off to the bar
GO SOX!!!
Manny Ramirez is a bad man

by tommy.otm on Oct 18, 2007 7:26 PM EDT   0 recs

@ work
and just really want the game to start. All this waiting is killing me. Go Sox!

by 3000miles on Oct 18, 2007 7:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indian
God bless the Red Sox. Should be a good game though, eh?
"SK: Hey, imagine what Steinbrenner's statue'll be doing. SO: Cast in bronze with his wallet out."

by mmmsox on Oct 18, 2007 7:31 PM EDT   0 recs

"At no time in his career has he"
walked 11 batters in consecutive starts...

Um that's pretty rare to suck that bat, yes.

Way to start it off right Youk.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: "At no time in his career has he"
er...bad. And I haven't started drinking yet.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

YOUUUUUUUUUUUK!
YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK! YOUK!

Way to eff with Sabathia's head right off the bat.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Nice start!
YOUK!
BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 8:26 PM EDT   0 recs

YOUK!
YOUK!!!

by 3000miles on Oct 18, 2007 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indian
YOUUUUUUUK! That was sweet. That turned my terrible day around, even if it was just one run.
"SK: Hey, imagine what Steinbrenner's statue'll be doing. SO: Cast in bronze with his wallet out."

by mmmsox on Oct 18, 2007 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Nothin' wrong
with admiring a job well done. Manny can admire those as long as he keeps hittin' them.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:29 PM EDT   0 recs

That's a double
Go Manny. Time for Lowell

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Shoulda hit their pussy catcher
harder.

That's probably just the anger talkin'

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:31 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Shoulda hit their pussy catcher
Hit him?  The only reason he got NEAR him is because the plate was right there - - What the hell?

SLIDE!   He may well have gotten under the tag!

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 8:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Shoulda hit their pussy catcher
why slide, when it's not the end of the world....

by 3000miles on Oct 18, 2007 8:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indians, 8:00 p.m. EST
Talk about shortlived happiness.  We are going to give the run right back...sh-t.

by sydneysox on Oct 18, 2007 8:40 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indians, 8:00 p.m.
Relax mate, have a drink. It's a long game.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indians, 8:00 p.m.
Beer time.

Sure wish that keg order had come in on time.

Oh well, bottles are OK too.

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 8:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indians, 8:00 p.m. EST
A decent result I suppose.  What happened on the Sizemore play, I missed it?

by sydneysox on Oct 18, 2007 8:41 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indian
Sit down Garko.

Beckett doesn't look bad despite the 3Hs (same as us).

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Is it me, or...
is CC throwing a lot of pitches?
BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 8:53 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Is it me, or...
Must be me, then.  33 for 6 isn't so bad.
BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 8:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Is it me, or...
No it isn't. I liked 27 for 4 much better.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why no ellsbury skipper
can you just explain that to me?

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:53 PM EDT   0 recs

Fox
apparently left Byrd's mic on.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 8:54 PM EDT   0 recs

Return of Beckket
Time to sit Lofton's ass down.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Return of Beckket
Nice call.

Siddown, kenny!

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Whoopsiedoodle
little chin (er, head) music.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:03 PM EDT   0 recs

Tim McCarver,
You are cordially invited to STFU.
BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:03 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Tim McCarver,
Hopefully I get to hear more of his brilliant commentary about Justin Pedroia.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Mr. Blake,
I do believe you're wanted at 3B.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:08 PM EDT   0 recs

Can someone explain to me
why personnel changes aren't allowed to be announced until the WS is over, but the managerial crap has to leak out?

We don't want to take anything away from the guys who've worked so hard to get into the playoffs--unless it has something to do with the managers, and then eff the players.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Easy double play...
unless you're wakefield.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

I miss
BB Sabathia. He was more fun.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: I miss
There's the BB Sabathia we knew and loved.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Gawd
Sizemore looks like such a doofus.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

McCarver: "Then why's Manny at the base"
Um because if it's not out he's gotta stop.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: McCarver:
TM is such a horse's ass.

With apologies to horses everywhere.

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

WHAT?
Gameday not moving...just showing"runs"

by MassGal on Oct 18, 2007 9:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: WHAT?
Bogus ass call on a hr by Manny. Looks like Tito's gettin' tossed.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Manny being cautious?
It bounced on the wall. It was a two run shot. Christ allmighty.

Oh fuck you McCarver.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Manny being cautious?
worst call ever, bullshit. I hate fox, bunch of idiots.

by Rob Booth on Oct 18, 2007 9:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They're calling it
The longest RBI single in the history of baseball.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sigh
WRKO is talking about the need for instant replay.

by 3000miles on Oct 18, 2007 9:28 PM EDT   0 recs

I've never been so mad at an ump in all my life
Tito should have been dragged out of there screaming at the top of his lungs. That or sent a bench coach out to get thrown out just on principle.

Dumbest fuckin' call I've ever seen.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indian
I'm not bipartison so take this as it is. but physics seem to best explain an object moving in space. that was a dou....oops a manny single.

by Hans The Most Excellent xlgtx on Oct 18, 2007 9:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indian
Well I wouldn't mind seeing the physics of a ball plunking Cederstrom right in his friggin melon.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game Five - Red Sox @ Indian
To be fair, when they came back from break and had a better (and closer) angle, it was probably too close, especially with the padding moving as it did.

Doesn't mean they had to show that first one like 87 times, while repeating that they were sure it wasn't out, despite the first angle being inconclusive.

by Allen Chace on Oct 18, 2007 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

On the up side CC's up to
59 pitches for 3 innings.

Beckkkket lookin good.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Nice play by Pedroia.
Woo!

But the Sox will have to beat the umpires, too.

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

McIdiot.
"Actually it was not at all what I said. And I'm drunk. Still a good play." -Tim McCarver.

by Allen Chace on Oct 18, 2007 9:33 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: McIdiot.
I'd like to punch McIdiot in the neck.

by Rob Booth on Oct 18, 2007 9:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: McIdiot.
There was a McNugget of truth with his comment about Manny re: 2B.

Burger King, appropriately, on-base now.

by Allen Chace on Oct 18, 2007 9:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pull up some pine Mr. Hafner
This next inning is going to be plenty entertaining.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:34 PM EDT   0 recs

Two hits in a row
PINCH HIT ELLSBURY FOR COCO.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:40 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Two hits in a row
Jesus Christ Tito you're killing me.

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Is Byrd's mike still on?
Or is McCarver openly rooting for the Tribe?

by sdkramer.otm on Oct 18, 2007 9:41 PM EDT   0 recs

Crisp.
Coco strikes out on a pitch that was low the minute it left CC's hand.

by Allen Chace on Oct 18, 2007 9:42 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Jeezus.
Don't need to swing first-pitch Lugo. Really don't. He's going to throw it low and try to get a DP in that situation on the first pitch.

Little Leaguers have that level of strategy.

by Allen Chace on Oct 18, 2007 9:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Fox vs. TBS
Is it me, or were the games MUCH more enjoyable on TBS?

by frisco3 on Oct 18, 2007 9:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Fox vs. TBS
No, but the series was more enjoyable

by Rob Booth on Oct 18, 2007 9:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Fox vs. TBS
This is the key point.

by Allen Chace on Oct 18, 2007 9:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Fox vs. TBS
Chalk it up to one moron named McCarver.

But Caray, Brenly & Gwynn were almost as insufferable as one McCarver.

BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Fox vs. TBS
Give me Ken Coleman and Ned Martin any day!
BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Fox vs. TBS
Or Vin Scully.
BC14

by BC14 on Oct 18, 2007 9:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

other threads
Allen:

I was playing catch-up- reading previous threads and wanted to acknowledge how you handled the doom & gloom sox "fan"  & the LGT "visitor" who admonished posters for not cheering the tribe (as if every post  should start " I know Cleveland is  a good team. BUT...")

I like the way you handle the blog.

Go Sox!!

by MassGal on Oct 18, 2007 9:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: other threads
Gracias, MassGal.

I actually found the LGT visitor to be a little more irksome (I doubt others here