Not quite how I planned it
Yeesh. When you leave Fenway at 1am, you don’t want to be listening to the organist playing “Good Night Sweetheart” or “Que Sera Sera”. We were supposed to hear “Dirty Water”, dammit. And “Tessie”! This is the fourth game in a row that I’ve been to where they’ve lost. WTF Red Sox? WTF?
Now that that’s out of my system…
Good showing by the bullpen tonight. For the first time in a while, they didn’t catch “the suck” from the starting pitcher. I was impressed all around and I blame Javier Lopez not for that run. By that point, someone had to score. The Sox had plenty of opportunities and they didn’t capitalize on them. That isn’t Javy’s fault so back off him.
Angels needed this more than the Sox and they got it. Steve Buckley (are you kidding me? STEVE BUCKLEY? Yes, Steve Buckley) was just on NESN with Heidi Watney saying something that made me feel loads better. I guess Josh’s problem tonight wasn’t an injury, just rust from not having pitched in a while (which is what I had suggested to KellyO - but I didn’t quite believe it at the time). Buckley went on to say that this could work out to totally benefit the Sox as this could be seen as Beckett’s “rehab” assignment. If Crabcakes can come through tomorrow, that would set things up for Beckett to pitch Game 1 of the ALCS.
Not that I’m getting ahead of myself. After this game, I know anything is possible. But I like that Buckley is taking the optimistic view here and I choose to do the same.
My friend Emmie texted me after the game “It means more if we work for it…right?” I don’t know that I always go along with that line of thinking…but if we’re ARE going to get the ultimate prize, I guess it serves us well to get some humble pie along the way.
//Buckley went on to say that this could work out to totally benefit the Sox as this could be seen as Beckett’s “rehab” assignment. If Crabcakes can come through tomorrow, that would set things up for Beckett to pitch Game 1 of the ALCS.//
This just made me feel SO much better. I’ve been avoiding reading about last night, b/c I don’t want to deal with any Beckett bashing. Thanks so much for posting this.
Crys
6 Oct 08 at 10:38 am
I was texting with my dad (”Tom the Cousin”) back and forth during the game, and we couldn’t believe some of the calls that weren’t going our way in the later innings.
That aside, during the game Buck Martinez mentioned (essentially) the same thing Buckley did: he was “pitching the rust off”. He was getting stronger and more confident the further along he went, and if the situation was different (the Sox ahead by more than 2 runs, for example), I think Beck would’ve pitched deep into the chilly night.
As far as tonight goes, I hope Lester efficiently mows down the Angels to send us to the ALCS.
Boo-yah.
Tom
6 Oct 08 at 1:20 pm
Talk about bleary eyed today….Not only did I stay up til the end…but then I couldn’t fall asleep to save my life. Definetly not Javy’s fault…too many chances passed us by. I am still hopeful (of course I am…I’m a Red Sox fan). Quite frankly, I am still so stunned at how well they did in Anaheim that I can’t bring myself to fathom that they could possible lose two in Fenway.
Tell you who I wouldn’t want to be last night or today…Mrs Dustin Pedroia. Can you just imagine how pissed off he was at losing and not getting a hit? Cranky cranky…Hope it fuels him up for tonight!
Looking forward to voting for you Cyn….
DB
Dori
6 Oct 08 at 1:25 pm
//Looking forward to voting for you Cyn….//
Speaking of, how do we do this?
HorshamScouse
6 Oct 08 at 2:43 pm
The voting process hasn’t begun yet (but thanks for asking!). I’ll be sure to get everyone the info as soon as it does!
Heck, I haven’t even written my “challenge” entry yet!
Cyn
6 Oct 08 at 2:58 pm
Did you notice Mike Timlin was in the intros last night? I don’t think anyone else not on the ALDS roster was. But I could be wrong.
jere
6 Oct 08 at 8:14 pm
They introduced everyone. Bailey, Carter, Lugo…I thought it was pretty cool of them!
Cyn
6 Oct 08 at 10:32 pm
I was sure I didn’t hear Lugo, and I saw him before the game. Guess I was wrong. But the key is, they’ll all be getting introduced again soon! ALCS! Woohoooo!
jere
7 Oct 08 at 1:20 am