ALCS Game 6
I watched ALCS game 6 last night. That was just a great game for baseball fans. Despite popular belief I am one of those first and foremost. There were people battling through injuries, umpire controversies, what appeared to be a white man with corn rows, the winning run coming to the plate in the ninth, angry fans throwing garbage on the field, police lining the field in riot gear. Did I mention that Bronson Arroyo had corn rows?
Anyway, it was a great game to watch. As much as I can’t root for either team seriously or exclusively, a game seven does seem appropriate in this series and by virtue of being the away team, I guess I will be secretly hoping to see the weeping of all those New York-centric little bronx babies as Derek Jeter and A-Rod walk off the field getting misty and trying to hold their little feelings until they get to the clubhouse, only to run into Enrique Wilson, who can’t hold his tears and then they have a huge circle jerk… errr, I mean group hug in order to comfort themselves over their horrendous loss in a series in which they were up 3 games to nothing.
But I digress…. here are some of my thoughts on last night’s game.
It is too bad that the call couldn’t have been right the first time, even though the umpire was pretty well blocked, but no true baseball fan, including Yankee fans can be upset about the call at first base. What A-Rod did was illegal and it had to be called that way with a run scoring on the play.
Where are all the people who criticized Cleveland fans for throwing bottles at a Browns game a couple years ago? Is it just automatically ok and understandable because it is Red Sox Yankees? They were throwing baseballs, as opposed to plastic bottles. And need I remind anyone why there is no souvenir bat day at Yankee Stadium any more?
Also, regardless of team loyalty, it is impossible not to be impressed by the physical accomplishments of Curt Schilling last night. The dude was going through ankle pain that probably hurt more than if it were just broken, and he pitched like a man for 7 innings.
Red Sox fans around the world have to hate Keith Foulke. Sure, he ended up getting out of it, but he had his hand cupped on your balls, and he could have squoze them at any time, ending your season and giving you some serious pain, and he kept throwing and people are walking and tying runs are on and winning runs are at the plate and the winning run moves to first base and Foulke is giggling as he threatens to crush your man-grapes and then finally he throws the pitch and ends the game and as he walks away with you still shivering at the thought of your berries being ok, he looks over his shoulder and says, “Just Kidding!” In other words, just save the game or don’t. You don’t have to make it all that interesting.
Trust me, I know how quickly a good closer like Keith Foulke can turn into Jose “Blow-Saves” Mesa. From dominant closer to World Series goat. Don’t let this happen to you Foulke.
Finally, knowing Red Sox fans the way I know them, they will say it doesn’t matter, and then give me a litany of reasons, statistics and excuses why I am wrong, but how badly could they use Nomar Garciaparra right now? I know the offense is fine and all, but that one extra bat might have really put them over the top, you know?
(Prediction… here comes Red Sox fans to talk about intangibles and how Nomah’s bad attitude wouldn’t have worked with this team and how they are better off without him. It was the same thing with Mo Vaughn even before he became a fatso loser. It was the same thing with Roger Clemens for a lot of Sox fans and you see how that one turned out.)
It sounds like Derek Lowe is going to pitch game seven for the Red Sox. If all goes well for him, we can watch him do a “suck it” gesture to the Yanks dugout. If all does not go well, I assume we will be watching knuckleballs from Tim Wakefield. No word yet on who is going for the Yankees except that I would be really surprised if it was Javier Vasquez.
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Bronson Arroyo is a pimp dude, I mean his first name is Bronson…that is super tough, ever see any of the deathwish movies?
With the other various styles of lettuce on the sox, Arroyos cornrows look actually sort of conservative.
I would rather see Wakefield throwing basketballs to home plate than D-LO his apperance in game 5 was probably a 1 in a million game, I just dont have the confidence in him.
Compare Cabrera’s numbers for this postseason to Nomar’s last year over the same number of games.
Foulke won. We forgive him. For now.
Assuming the Sox win and get to play more at home, the biggest Suck It gesture should be from Mark Bellhorn to the Fenway faithful for booing him all season.
It’s easier to count Red Sox starters who do not have fucked up hair: Nixon, Mueller, Varitek, Cabrera.
Who crapped on Manny and Cabrera’s batting helmets? What is up with that?
Also, what is up with Hideki Matsui’s ear lobes? That’s just not right.
Yeah the we hate you we love you fans with Bellhorn is bullshit. Don’t kick a guys ass one day and kiss it the next. Everyone is al over Johnny Damon for his low productivity, but because I like him I am not going to yell about his dumb ass bunt, or anything like that. My wife on the other hand will scream that he is a bloody C-Rag and kick our dog. (My wife needs to lay off the Shlitz!)
I think that is Pine Tar on Man Ram & O-Cab’s helmets. It looks like really thick dip spit or poo though.
Heh. Heh. Heh.
GO. YANKEES!
God, I hate the Red Sox. Hate.
I have no reason to believe Nomar would be hitting any better than Cabrera. I have every reason to believe he’d be napping in the dugout with a heel “injury” or something. He just didn’t care anymore. So, g’bye.
Bellhorn sucks. It’s not just now. He’s sucked basically all year. It is most excellent that he hit that homerun last night, but he is the weak link in this lineup, and I hope they replace him next year. (That said, people who wanted him replaced by Pokey are not smart. Bellhorn is pretty bad. Pokey is worse.)
I think the Yankee fan anger about the A-Rod play is understandable, just because they didn’t have nine replays of it from different angles like we did on TV. A guy in the upper deck can’t see that Rodriguez was clearly cheating. It is lame to throw things, especially when you’re wrong. It’s not that it’s okay for Yankee fans. It’s just expected, because they are sub-human slime. We’re holding Cleveland to a higher standard because you folks are supposed to be civilized. You’re an example to the children.
People are looking at me in my cube laughing after the “an example to children” line.
Wish you guys were going to be here for Deezo’s tonight. There is a badass wing joint right near Deezo’s house. You can buy a pound of Potato Salad as a side to your wings for like 3 bucks.
ok. D-Lo sucks, Manny Ramirez has not produced a single RBI in the entire ALCS, Johnny Damon’s batting average is worse than my GPA my junior year of high school (.006). the sox only saving grace right now is Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball and David Ortiz’ balls. w/o these two playing tonight, they’re pretty much effed. and they are playing Leiber, y’kno the tall skinny white guy who shut down the entire freaking red sox team for 8 innings in game 2? yea… go sox.
Uh…Lieber lost last night.
ya ya. go sox. i figure whoever i support is going to lose, so my reverse psychology worked again.