Red Sox - Rays ALCS IST

[metirish]

Kazmir is utterly dominating the Sox.

[Willets Point]

Looks like the World Series will be a match up of one of baseball's oldest franchises versus one of baseball's youngest franchises. And only one previous Championship total for both franchises. Fascinating.

[Frayed Knot]

Not so fast sez Papi (3R HR) and JD Drew (2R HR).
7-6 Rays in the 8th.

[Willets Point]

Everyone who's gone to bed and/or "not interested in watching" is missing a good game. An AL-stlye, long-ass game, but a good one nonetheless.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

CoCo. Holy crap

[Frayed Knot]

Willets Point wrote: Everyone who's gone to bed and/or "not interested in watching" is missing a good game. An AL-stlye, long-ass game, but a good one nonetheless.

Hey, tell that to those "Fenway Faithful" who were piling out of the exits two innings back.



TIE GAME !!!!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Willets Point wrote: Everyone who's gone to bed and/or "not interested in watching" is missing a good game. An AL-stlye, long-ass game, but a good one nonetheless.

The first three innings took like 4 hours, man! And for what? a 5-0 game. Glad/mad I tuned back.

[Frayed Knot]

This reminds me a bit of last year.
I was pulling for Cleveland but when Boston got down 3 games to 1 I started rooting for them simply to make it a better series. 3 games later and it was the seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians" who were going home.

[Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Willets Point"]Everyone who's gone to bed and/or "not interested in watching" is missing a good game. An AL-stlye, long-ass game, but a good one nonetheless. Hey, tell that to those "Fenway Faithful" who were piling out of the exits two innings back.

I was thinking of them too. They're kicking themselves now, but will probably would walk out/go to bed again should the Sox fall behind in a game 6.

[Frayed Knot]

Rays put two on in top 9 but Sox get the GiDP ball and nwo have a chance to win it in their half.

[Gwreck]

Chip Caray is an awful announcer.

My personal favorite tonight was "The comeback to end all comebacks!"

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gwreck wrote: Chip Caray is an awful announcer. My personal favorite tonight was "The comeback to end all comebacks!"

O my. That is bad.

This is the last frame I'm watching so let's hope it ends now.

(definitely rooting for the Sox to make this series interesting again)

[Frayed Knot]

I'm finding that I barely even listen to play-by-play announcers. They're just kind of white noise during the game but as long as they're not overbearing (Chris Berman) not much they say bothers me.

The color guy(s) make or break a team much moreso for me and Darling & Martinez are good enough so that I barely notice Carey.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

They did it!

[Frayed Knot]

WOW!!!!

[Guest themetfairy]

Wow!

[Willets Point]

Sox win.

Playoff baseball is fun.

I won't be surprised if TB still takes the series though.

[Frayed Knot]

Dancing in the Streets of Hyannis

[Guest holychicken]

Crazy game. Not sure why I didn't turn it off, but glad I didn't.

[metirish]

Willets Point wrote: Everyone who's gone to bed and/or "not interested in watching" is missing a good game. An AL-stlye, long-ass game, but a good one nonetheless.

That was me , got to say I am stunned reading the IGT this morning , not over yet.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm not interested in watching, and I guess I missed a good game.

No regrets, though. I'm enjoying NOT watching baseball.

[bmfc1]

It must suck to have your bullpen blow such a big lead.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, another reason I'm glad I didn't watch. Since I'd be rooting for the Rays, it's just as well that I didn't see that debacle.

[Willets Point]

Kind of made me think I was watching a historic reenactment of a typical Mets-Phillies game, w/ Boston playing as the Phillies.

[metirish]

Did Kazmir not start the 7th inning , I left the game after watching him get through the 6th with not a lot of stress.

[Fman99]

bmfc1 wrote: It must suck to have your bullpen blow such a big lead.

Ha!

I went to bed with the Sawx down 7-0. Missed the whole hootenanny.

[HahnSolo]

Can't believe I watched till the end.
question: do the Rays not have a defensive replacement in RF for Gross? He made a horrendous throw on Crisp's single to tie the game, then didn't come close to a catchable game - winning hit.

[Willets Point]

Rays fans are probably wondering why Kazmir was pulled, although in Maddon's defense, the top of the 7th inning was more than 30 minutes long.

[Guest AG/DC]

I guess Rocco Baldelli --- who incidentally almost killed a guy on Monday when he hit a fan in the face with a drive --- would be the best available glove. I haven't been watching --- or even following very closely --- and don't know if he's under limited availalility due to his mitochondrial disease.

Rocco is a hero.

[soupcan]

Willets Point wrote: Rays fans are probably wondering why Kazmir was pulled, although in Maddon's defense, the top of the 7th inning was more than 30 minutes long.

It was also 7-0 and Kazmir had thrown 111 pitches.

I watched the whole thing.

Has J.D. Drew been everything he wasn't with the Dodgers or what?