huge series coming up
It's September 13 and we're still only five games up in the division. It seems like we should have clinched this thing forever ago, but with the Yankees winners of seven straight, the magic number hasn't been dwindeling very rapidly.
Still -- two solid wins over Tampa Bay in the last two days. Ortiz gave the Red Sox only their third ninth-inning walk-off this season with a dinger that hit off a chick's shirt in the front row of the right-field stands. FWIW, Delmon Young should have caught the ball, but he took a Gavin Dickey-esque circuitous route and never planted himself in front of the wall to make the catch. Ortiz's two home runs accounted for every run tonight. Sox fans have to feel good that Papi appears to be hitting some kind of stride heading into mid-September. Not that he hasn't hit well all year (.320/.434/.589), but the clutch hits have eluded him.
Last night, Boston went from seven runs down to seven runs up. It was pretty remarkable, although it was against the Tampa Bay bullpen, so ... yeah. Drew was 3-for-4 with a home run. I was listening on the radio, but I think my dad said it was his first home run at Fenway since April. Could we possibly be seeing Drew come out of his season-long power funk? That might be just what the doctor ordered (pardon the horrible cliché) with Wakefield and Matsuzaka seemingly hitting brick walls.
Friday begins the big series with the Yankees at Fenway. We're off tomorrow and the Yankees play Toronto, so assuming they win that game and we're swept over the weekend, the worst we can be is up 1.5 with 12 games remaining. Not that I think we'll be swept or anything, but I'd like to sew up this division as fast as possible to set the rotation for the playoffs and have first dibs on Division Series A (the one with the extra day of rest).
By the way, I know it's no one particular person's fault, but I'm not happy at all with the Patriots-Chargers game perfectly lining up with the Sox-Yankees game on Sunday night. My remote control skills, along with my sanity will be tested. Three hours of Joe Morgan is three hours too much.
Speaking of the Pats, my prediction for their penalty: $500,000 and a fourth-rounder. You gotta factor in Bob Kraft's enormous weight in the NFL and figure Goodell will go relatively easy on them. I'd be shocked if the draft pick we lose is any higher than Round Four.
Still -- two solid wins over Tampa Bay in the last two days. Ortiz gave the Red Sox only their third ninth-inning walk-off this season with a dinger that hit off a chick's shirt in the front row of the right-field stands. FWIW, Delmon Young should have caught the ball, but he took a Gavin Dickey-esque circuitous route and never planted himself in front of the wall to make the catch. Ortiz's two home runs accounted for every run tonight. Sox fans have to feel good that Papi appears to be hitting some kind of stride heading into mid-September. Not that he hasn't hit well all year (.320/.434/.589), but the clutch hits have eluded him.
Last night, Boston went from seven runs down to seven runs up. It was pretty remarkable, although it was against the Tampa Bay bullpen, so ... yeah. Drew was 3-for-4 with a home run. I was listening on the radio, but I think my dad said it was his first home run at Fenway since April. Could we possibly be seeing Drew come out of his season-long power funk? That might be just what the doctor ordered (pardon the horrible cliché) with Wakefield and Matsuzaka seemingly hitting brick walls.
Friday begins the big series with the Yankees at Fenway. We're off tomorrow and the Yankees play Toronto, so assuming they win that game and we're swept over the weekend, the worst we can be is up 1.5 with 12 games remaining. Not that I think we'll be swept or anything, but I'd like to sew up this division as fast as possible to set the rotation for the playoffs and have first dibs on Division Series A (the one with the extra day of rest).
By the way, I know it's no one particular person's fault, but I'm not happy at all with the Patriots-Chargers game perfectly lining up with the Sox-Yankees game on Sunday night. My remote control skills, along with my sanity will be tested. Three hours of Joe Morgan is three hours too much.
Speaking of the Pats, my prediction for their penalty: $500,000 and a fourth-rounder. You gotta factor in Bob Kraft's enormous weight in the NFL and figure Goodell will go relatively easy on them. I'd be shocked if the draft pick we lose is any higher than Round Four.
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