tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post1282864106462434367..comments2024-02-28T22:10:28.445-05:00Comments on With Malice Toward None: The Red Sox Are ScrewedEl Duderinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12572185127391515950noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-14717387155927311762007-09-22T00:47:00.000-05:002007-09-22T00:47:00.000-05:00As I was saying...As I was saying...zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182049990152328515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-76582996423305795132007-09-20T15:45:00.000-05:002007-09-20T15:45:00.000-05:00They are resting a lot of starters and putting som...They are resting a lot of starters and putting some rookies in play. Being the wild card and rested would not be the worst. But I want a pennant damnit!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839837286189113610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-36213712258625581592007-09-20T13:01:00.000-05:002007-09-20T13:01:00.000-05:00You weren't so sanguine THEN either.You weren't so sanguine THEN either.zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182049990152328515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-22104230221490429162007-09-20T11:47:00.000-05:002007-09-20T11:47:00.000-05:00All true.But that was then this is now, and right ...All true.<BR/>But that was then this is now, and right now with the way they are playing, I am not so sanguine.El Duderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572185127391515950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-46234277134537132202007-09-20T11:42:00.000-05:002007-09-20T11:42:00.000-05:00The Sox were down three games to none and trailing...The Sox were down three games to none and trailing 4-3 entering the ninth inning of game 4. No team in history had ever come back from a 3-0 deficit. (Game 3, by-the-way, had been a 19-8 rout at Fenway.) Mariano Rivera, probably the greatest closer in baseball history, was on the mound for the Yanks. He hadn't issued a walk in post-season play since 2001...<BR/><BR/>Baseball's a funny game. When you think you know what's going to happen next...<BR/><BR/>Rivera walks Sox first baseman Kevin Millar on 5 pitches. Sox manager Tito Francona sends Dave Roberts into the game to run for Millar...<BR/><BR/>There was a guy at work - a Yankee fan - when the Sox looked to be on the ropes, he got really obnoxious. He wasn't usually like that. I guess the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry got to him that way. I remember thinking: some guys are sore losers, this guy's a sore winner! Anyway, after game three he got in my face about it and I decided right then and there I wasn't going to give an inch until I HAD to. If they lost, I had all winter to feel like crap. I wasn't going to get a head start on it. In other words, I guess by being a jerk about it, that guy did me a big favor.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the Sox aren't where I want them to be right now but they're not far from where I want them to be. And they've been in much worse situations that came out well. And yes, they have to start playing better again. They will.zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182049990152328515noreply@blogger.com