ALCS... anyone still care??

[NateKerx]

I DO!!

Tonight I'm supplementing Beckett's natural dynamite with the kind of luck you only get by roasting a stout and brown sugar glazed ham ...

My cousin and I roasted a ham for game 1 (cranberry maple glazed), and look where that got us! If I had any sense, I would have roasted one every game since. Ham is a lucky meat.


Also thinking about doing some beer battererd fried pickles, whatever it takes to bring this party back to bean town!!

:rockin: :rockin: :rockin: :rockin:

 

[c.n.budz]

<<<<<< Does that answer your question??

I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be consuming heavily tonight...

 

[Boston]

Beckett will bring the series back to Boston. Then we'll pray that Schill & Dice-K can give us quality starts.

 

[Soulive]

I'll be watching since it'll be over tonight

I'll also be watching Rutgers take on USF tonight

 

[the_bird]

Beckett and Shill can win against anybody. Dice-K, you don't have the same confidence - but Game 7s are always a crapshoot.

Hell, we're in a better position that we were in 2004! This team is still very much flawed, but I wouldn't start printing World Series tickets if I were Cleveland, you know?

 

[NateKerx]

yeah I dont know, if we slump out tonight I dont know how well im going to take it, but as a precautionary measure, im dragging my MLT into the living room to use as an actual cooler for immediate access.

I think this game is going to be a pretty easy read early on, either 1-2-(3)-(5) are gonna start hitting or they wont, especially pedroia.

 

[ColoradoXJ13]

I'm watching the game, but mostly just to see the Sox lose.

Go Rockies!

 

[rdwj]

It's been a pretty good series even if a little one-sided so far. I'm a little torn on who to pull for in this. One one side, I'd like the Indians to do well. As a White Sox fan, I'd like to see my division take the AL crown for a third year in a row. Additionally, the Indians have the the 2nd longest WS droubt next to the Cubs, so it would add a little salt to Cub fan's wounds; and that always puts a smile on my face.

On the other hand, my BIL is a HUGE Red Sox fan, so he's got me to the point where I do like the team.

Really, I just want a good series. This is, the REAL World Series afterall.

 

[Glibbidy]

It all comes down to run support.
As for Dice-K he is a great pitcher. If he got the run support that Josh and Wakefield garned during the regular season he'd be at 20 wins easily.

 

[Rhoobarb]

Cleveland to take it all. Nuff said.

 

[srm775]

I really thought that Wakefield was going to bring the series even at 2 all. The thing that bothers me the most was that he really was pitching well, and if he didn't try to field that ball, Pedroia could've turned the double play inning over instead of putting up 5 runs.

Schilling is 4-3 at home this year with a 4.06 ERA ... not great, but I think he'll rise to the ocassion because of his poor performance in game two. He's got even more video on all the Cleveland hitters and I think he'll pitch a lot better.

Matsuzaka though, I'm not so sure about. That guy looks like he's just lost all confidence. Although, he is 8-4 at home.

Drew is such a joke, I can't believe that a $50 mil player is being replaced by a journeyman utility player like Bobby Kielty.

 

[Tophe]

It has been a great series.....We'll have to see which CC shows up tonight... I am rooting for the tribe (true tigers fan though).

Manny Ramirez is a deush bagg by the way. Lets stand there and gloat about my homerun .....although we're still down by 4 runs....He looked like an idiot....he was acting like he hit a walkoff.

Im always happy to see the BoSox nor the Yanks make it to the WS.

 

[TheJadedDog]

Not only is Beckett going tonight, but JD Drew is out of the lineup which also gives me some hope. I'm not so sure Shill is a lock in game 6 and Dice-K scares me for game 7 (I think that's gonna be a starter-by-committee game).

Personally I think the Sox are still in it and can still win, but it's gonna be tough.

 

[srm775]

It all comes down to run support.
As for Dice-K he is a great pitcher. If he got the run support that Josh and Wakefield garned during the regular season he'd be at 20 wins easily.

He received the same exact run support as Wakefield did 5.72 vs. 5.76. He received just under one run less than Beckett.

 

[RotorHead6]

Lets hear it from all of you New England brewers, need some support for the Red Sox tonight! I life in PA and there are a lot of Indians fans around here (can't stand that). My wife is originally from Greenfield Mass. We will be watching BIG poppy and company bring the series back to Boston tonight!!

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Hell ya I still care. Even though I think that it's over even if the series does go back to Boston, I'd much rather have the Indians just wrap things up tonight at home.

GO TRIBE!

 

[Dude]

I'll be watching, even though I really don't have any vested interest other than it is sports. I'll be flipping between that and the hockey game on HDNet.

A buddy of mine is a yuge WIndians fan, so I guess I gotta be a good buddy and jump on the bandwagon. He was over at my place watching the game the other night and his brother called from the Jake. It was pretty cool.

 

[NateKerx]

Manny Ramirez is a deush bagg by the way. Lets stand there and gloat about my homerun .....although we're still down by 4 runs....He looked like an idiot....he was acting like he hit a walkoff.

Hey man, Manny is not a *********. He isn't a deush bagg either.

But hey, the next time you happen to be one of the greatest sluggers in professional baseball, and you knock a dinger into the pen at jacobs field in the face of forty-three and a half thousand commemerative indians facecloths, you can round the bases in a more reserved manner.

Manny is just making it look good for the fans back home.

 

[rdwj]

But hey, the next time you happen to be one of the greatest sluggers in professional baseball, and you knock a dinger into the pen at jacobs field in the face of forty-three and a half thousand commemerative indians facecloths, you can round the bases in a more reserved manner.

Manny is just making it look good for the fans back home.

I remember the days when Manny would have been DRILLED during his at-bat for those antics. It's too bad MLB has decided to take the policing of the game out of the hands of the players.

 

[Yooper]

I care. I was on a little business trip Tuesday night watching the game in the hotel bar with some business associates that flew in to SW Wisconsin for a meeting with us. Yep, they're from Boston, so it was a fun time. Each run got the opposing team a beer. I only had to buy 3!

 

[the_bird]

Hey man, Manny is not a *********. He isn't a deush bagg either.

But hey, the next time you happen to be one of the greatest sluggers in professional baseball, and you knock a dinger into the pen at jacobs field in the face of forty-three and a half thousand commemerative indians facecloths, you can round the bases in a more reserved manner.

Manny is just making it look good for the fans back home.

What did Bill Simmons say? Something about Manny not even knowingthe score, or even that they KEEP score? Just that if he hits a homer and if all of his teammates are waiting for him at the plate, he knows the game's over and it's time to go to the strip club.

 

[Glibbidy]

He received the same exact run support as Wakefield did 5.72 vs. 5.76. He received just under one run less than Beckett.

I guess stats don't lie, it just seems like the Boston bats couldn't generate enough runs for Dice-k during the regular season.
For a rookie he ain't so bad.

 

[c.n.budz]

He received the same exact run support as Wakefield did 5.72 vs. 5.76. He received just under one run less than Beckett.

I probably watched 90% of the games this season, those stats are a little misleading, Dice-K typically got 0-2 runs of support or over 7. The Sox's bats were as inconsistent behind Dice-K as he was on the mound.

 

[c.n.budz]

Alright, it's go time! I'm wearing the jersey and hat I got at Fenway and I just kissed my 2004 pennant and my autographed Papelbon picture. Gotta muster as much Red Sox mojo as possible for this game!!!

 

[Yooper]

Alright, it's go time! I'm wearing the jersey and hat I got at Fenway and I just kissed my 2004 pennant and my autographed Papelbon picture. Gotta muster as much Red Sox mojo as possible for this game!!!

Yep, gotta go watch the game. See you guys later!

 

[RichBrewer]

Hell yes I care who wins the ALCS! I want to know who the Rockies are going to whoop!

 

[Tophe]

Hey man, Manny is not a *********. He isn't a deush bagg either.

But hey, the next time you happen to be one of the greatest sluggers in professional baseball, and you knock a dinger into the pen at jacobs field in the face of forty-three and a half thousand commemerative indians facecloths, you can round the bases in a more reserved manner.

Manny is just making it look good for the fans back home.

Sorry for the spelling error....but I can't stand Manny....He takes away from the game. He just looks like an idiot out there ....so what if he is a good hitter.

Thats why he got a single out of a ball that bounced off of the wall. He was loafin and had atleast an easy stand up double if he hustled.

If he was doing it for the fans back home, why did he say it doesnt matter to him if they win tonight or not....he doesnt care about the fans. He only cares about himself. That makes him look stupid.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Thought I'd check back in to see how po'd the sox fans are that Manny's hit wasn't ruled a homer. I was the right call, imho.

 

[Professor Frink]

Manny may have been loafing, but according to the rules, that's a homerun. Given it's the opposite of what Tim McCarver said, it makes sense.

 

[JustDave]

Anyone else sick of Dane Cook?