10 STRAIGHT...AND STIIIIIIILLLLL GOING.....
October 2, 2008
I HAD MY 7 TIME WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS CAP ON.....MY JASON VARITEK JERSEY OVER MY CELTICS "WE BEAT L.A. " T-SHIRT ON, I HAD JUST GOT DONE WATCHING DEREK LOWE AND THE REST OF THE FORMER-SOX......I MEAN, DODGERS BEAT THE CUBBIES! I WAS READY FOR SOME BOSTON BASEBALL! POST-SEASON, SOXTOBER, ALDS, PLAYOFFS OR WHATEVER U CHOOSE TO CALL IT! I WAS READY! WITH A STREAK DATING BACK TO 1986 OF 9 CONSECUTIVE POST SEASON WINS AGAINST THE HALOS, I WAS READY FOR SOME BEANTOWN BASEBALL!
SURE......MANNY WAS THE CLUTCH GUY LAST YEAR IN GAME TWO....AND NOW HE'S GONE! SURE......OUR ACE OF ACES JOSH BECKETT WAS SCRATCHED AS THE STARTER FOR GAME 1! SURE......MIKEY LOWELL AND JD DREW WERE IN THE LINE-UP JUSTCOMING BACK FROM INJURY AND SAID MAY NOT QUITE BE CLOSE TO 100%! SURE.....THE ANGELS HAD BEATEN US THE LAST 8 TIMES STRAIGHT THIS PAST REGULAR SEASON AND HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN ALL OF BASEBALL AND WE HAVE TO PLAY THEM IN ANAHEIM! BUT LIKE I SAID......THIS IS BOSTON BASEBALL! AND THIS IS SOXTOBER, THE PLAYOFFS, THE POST-SEASON, THE ALDS! SO LIKE I SAID........I WAS READY FOR SOME BEANTOWN BASEBALL........
THE GAME STARTS OFF AS A PITCHING DUEL, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE ALL EXPECTED WITH THE TWO HURLERS THAT DID GET THE START TONIGHT! THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ITS ONE-ZIP HALOS (NO NEED FOR DETAILS, WHO CARES ANYWAYS?).......SKIPPING RIGHT ALONG........BOTH PITCHERS GET THEMSELVES OUT OF SOME STICKY SITUATIONS MAKIN THE OTHER TEAM STRAND PLAYERS ON THE BASES!
THEN COMES THE 6TH INNING! TO THIS POINT.......MANNY'S REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN PRETTY QUIET WITH A PAIR OF K'S HOLDIN HIM DOWN! HE STEPS UP TO THE PLATE WITH A MAN ON AND US STILL TRAILING BY THAT LONELY UNEARNED RUN SCORED EARLIER IN THE NIGHT! AND WOULDNT YA KNOW IT............*BANG*...........HE SENDS A SCREAMER FLYIN TO LEFT THATS SAYIN "MANNY WHOOOOOOO?" THE WHOLE WAY AND PUTS US ON TOP 2-1! YOU COULD SEE THE EXCITEMENT IN HIS FACE FROM HOME TO FIRST AS JAYBAY POUNDED HIS FIRST POST-SEASON HOMER IN HIS FIRST POST-SEASON GAME (771 GAMES HES PLAYED IN MAJORS) SINCE THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES HE WAS IN WAYYYYYYY BACK WHEN! WHAT A SHOT.....AND WHAT A GUY TO DO IT! THE 6TH INNING WAS CLEARLY THE DECIDING INNING IN THIS GAME THAT SHOWED ALL OF THE DOUBTERS OUT THERE THAT THE WORLD CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX ARE FOR REAL, AND ARENT TAKING ANY PRISONERS! AND TO PUT A STAMP ON THAT, WHEN LESTER WAS BACK ON THE LUMP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH.......HE RETURNED THE FAVOR TO OUR OFFENSE BY LETTING THE DEFENSE JUST WATCH HIM DO IT ALL WITH THREE K'S!
HOP SKIP AND JUMP THROUGH A COUPLE MORE NO SCORE INNINGS, AND WE GET TO THE FINAL TWO INNINGS WHERE BEFORE THIS GAME.....WE HAVE A RUN EDGE OVER THE HALOS OF 38-1........THATS RIGHT.....WE HAVE GOTTEN 38 RUNS IN THE LAST TWO INNINGS WHILE THEY HAVE GOTTEN "ONE" AGAINST US! IS THAT SICK OR WHAT? AND UP STEPS BIG PAPI WITH HIS LAST AT BAT IT SEEMS LIKE WITH HIS 10 GAME HIT STREAK ON THE LINE WITH TWO MEN ON.....AND WHAT DOES HE DO? HE DELIVERS A GREAT HIT BRINGIN BOTH MEN HOME! CAN U SAY "INSURANCE RUNS"? WELL.....I JUST DID! THAT SEALED THE DEAL FOR THE GAME AND OUR TENTH STRAIGHT WIN AGAINST THE HALOS IN THE POST SEASON....AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHIFTED THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE FROM THE "BEST RECORD IN THE REGULAR SEASON" TEAM......TO THE BEANTOWN BOMBERS!
I CANT END WITH JUST THAT....I HAVE TO THROW SOME MORE NUMBERS OUT THERE! LIKE THE FACT THAT MY MAN LESTER IS ONLY THE THIRD RED SOX PITCHER TO PITCH NO EARNED RUNS, NO EXTRA BASE HITS AND NO HR'S IN A POST SEASON GAME! HOW ABOUT 7 INNINGS, 7 K'S, 1 BB AND A "WIN"! BIG PROPS TO JACOBY WHO LET HIS BAT LOOSE AND STOLE TWO BASES AND NOT TO MENTION AN UNBELIEVABLE DIVING CATCH ROBBING TORII HUNTER OF A BASEHIT AND POSSIBLE RBI! BUT CLEARLY.....THIS WAS JON LESTERS NIGHT! HE PITCHED A GEM LIKE THE BEST ACES IN BASEBALL WOULD! AND I AM SOOOOOOOO PROUD TO BE A FAN AND ROOTAH OF HIM AND EVERY PLAYER ON OUR SQUAD! TOMORROW NIGHT......DAISUKE TAKES THE LUMP! AND WE ARENT SATISFIED WITH 10 STRAIGHT........WE SWEPT EM THE LAST TWO TIMES WE WENT TO THE BIG SHOW AND BECAME WORLD CHAMPIONS........AND MY FAITH IS TELLIN ME THAT TRENDS OF THIS NATURE TEND TO REPEAT! AND SPEAKIN OF REPEAT...........THE REPEAT TOUR ROLLS ON........WE WONT BE DENIED! BEAT L.A. AND "LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!!"
-IRISH WHITEY~RSM~™
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