October 24th vs. Colorado: World Series Game 1

[Mr Crunchy]

outside of the weather and long looong breaks between innings i had no issue with keeping becks in but i wouldve pulled him after 6 personally.

when he was racing to cover 1st base i almost shat myself thinking of him turning an ankle or ripping up a groin.

we're about as good as can be going into game 2

[nateg]

Interesting...WEEI is reporting that the sox had a meeting monday night with the whole coaching staff. The meeting was led by 4 of the sox advanced scouts who have been following the rockies around for 4 weeks. Nice job guys!

 

In before they're called cheaters.

[MANNYHOF24]

Ho hum, just another day at the office. Seriously, if the Rockies were in the AL east they would have won 75 games this and probably finished 4th behind Toronto.

[arbitrary]

This should go in the gamethread for tonight, but I'll be out. Jimenez for the Rockies SP tonight: I found this interesting @ http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071024&content_id=2281069&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col

 

 

His fastball consistently finds the high 90s on radar guns, and he has a big-bending breaking ball to go with it.

 

He went five innings, giving up one run, in Game 3 against the Phillies on Oct. 6. In Game 2 of the NL Championship Series against the Diamondbacks in Arizona, Jimenez lasted 6 1/3 innings, surrendering a run on three hits, albeit with a second straight no-decision.

 

 

I wonder how he'll do with the patient sox lineup?

 

 

I remember reading somewhere else that he can be wild at times and seems to rely on batters swinging out of the strike zone.

[rician blast]

Ho hum' date=' just another day at the office. Seriously, if the Rockies were in the AL east they would have won 75 games this and probably finished 4th behind Toronto.[/quote']

 

I'd suggest resisting the temptation to start beating chests and proclaiming the Sox WS champs yet.

 

It is 1 game and while I agree the Sox are the superior TEAM, don't take anything for granted. Not to rain on your parade, Manny24, but a little restraint might be a good thing here.

[nateg]

I'd suggest resisting the temptation to start beating chests and proclaiming the Sox WS champs yet.

 

It is 1 game and while I agree the Sox are the superior TEAM, don't take anything for granted. Not to rain on your parade, Manny24, but a little restraint might be a good thing here.

 

exactly.

 

I was catching the news this morning and noticed locals claiming a sweep and I just bowed my head down in shame. Just like 04 I didn't celebrate, boast or go crazy until the last out in game 4. Plus, you'd REALLY look like an ******* if you claim the sox as WS champs and suddenly the rockies win the next 4.

[das11209]

exactly.

 

I was catching the news this morning and noticed locals claiming a sweep and I just bowed my head down in shame. Just like 04 I didn't celebrate, boast or go crazy until the last out in game 4. Plus, you'd REALLY look like an ******* if you claim the sox as WS champs and suddenly the rockies win the next 4.

 

 

If you have any problems comprehanding this - I suggest take a look at the Ryan Garko thread.

[See Red]

This should go in the gamethread for tonight, but I'll be out. Jimenez for the Rockies SP tonight: I found this interesting @ http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071024&content_id=2281069&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col

 

 

His fastball consistently finds the high 90s on radar guns, and he has a big-bending breaking ball to go with it.

 

He went five innings, giving up one run, in Game 3 against the Phillies on Oct. 6. In Game 2 of the NL Championship Series against the Diamondbacks in Arizona, Jimenez lasted 6 1/3 innings, surrendering a run on three hits, albeit with a second straight no-decision.

 

 

I wonder how he'll do with the patient sox lineup?

 

 

I remember reading somewhere else that he can be wild at times and seems to rely on batters swinging out of the strike zone.

 

He has below average control and tends to struggle to get into the sixth inning of games. He's reached 7.0 IP just three times, and that was against San Diego, Pittsburgh, and Washington. He sure does have some great stuff, though... but if you can't locate it, this Sox lineup will grind you.

[MANNYHOF24]

exactly.

 

I was catching the news this morning and noticed locals claiming a sweep and I just bowed my head down in shame. Just like 04 I didn't celebrate, boast or go crazy until the last out in game 4. Plus, you'd REALLY look like an ******* if you claim the sox as WS champs and suddenly the rockies win the next 4.

 

True, but I believe what I am saying, if the rockies would be the 4th best team in the AL east.

[nateg]

True' date=' but I believe what I am saying, if the rockies would be the 4th best team in the AL east.[/quote']

 

ah, touche'

[TedWilliams101]

I'm not afraid to say the Rockies are going to get destroyed in this series. I'm a fan, not a player. Who cares if I end up having to eat my words. I'm just being a fan and supporting my team. We are significantly the better team.

 

And about the Garko statement. 1, hes a player, not a fan. 2, The Guardians weren't as good a team as the Red Sox. That is why they lost.

 

The Rockies do not scare me.

[TheKilo]

I'm not afraid to say the Rockies are going to get destroyed in this series. I'm a fan, not a player. Who cares if I end up having to eat my words. I'm just being a fan and supporting my team. We are significantly the better team.

 

And about the Garko statement. 1, hes a player, not a fan. 2, The Guardians weren't as good a team as the Red Sox. That is why they lost.

 

The Rockies do not scare me.

 

Jesus Christ why do you always say the dumbest f***ing things?

[redsoxrules]

Jesus Christ why do you always say the dumbest f***ing things?

 

[Cocos Disciples]

Sox have outscored opponents 43-6 in their last 4 games. Thats pure dominance.

[TheKilo]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2007/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=3078281&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

 

 

The leadoff man, that pesky 4-foot-6 (or whatever he is) Dustin Pedroia, is now 8-for-18 over his last four games, with two homers, three doubles, seven runs scored, six RBIs and three walks. And all he did to kick off this game was crunch the second World Series pitch ever tossed in his direction over the Monster for a historic leadoff home run.

 

That bomb made Pedroia just the second player in history to lead off the first inning of any World Series opener with a homer. And he and the other guy to do it -- the Orioles' Don Buford (who homered off Tom Seaver in the 1969 opener) -- are also the only two leadoff men ever to do that in the first World Series at-bats of their careers.

 

Asked if he'd gone up there trying to hit a home run, Pedroia laughed.

 

"I think I hit, like, 10 all year," he retorted. "So ... no."

But he admitted that he did head up there thinking about setting a tone. And he sure accomplished that.

 

"Yeah, it was great," Lowell deadpanned, "because it meant he could come back to the dugout and tell us how hard he hit that ball."

[nateg]

Sox have outscored opponents 43-6 in their last 4 games. Thats pure dominance.

 

wow, when you look at it in that perspective, we really are kicking the s*** out of everyone else.

[nateg]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2007/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=3078281&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

 

• The all-time World Series record for extra-base hits in a game was nine -- set 82 years ago by the 1925 Pirates (in a game started by Walter Johnson). The Red Sox not only tied that record. They'd tied it with two outs in the fifth inning.

 

• The most runs ever scored in Game 1 of any of the previous 102 World Series was 12. The Red Sox racked up 13 before they'd even made their 15th out.

 

• And no team had ever staged a two-out rally in which it went an entire turn through its lineup -- all nine hitters -- with every one of them reaching base in any inning of the previous 597 World Series games ever played. But the Red Sox did that in the fifth inning of this game (on five hits and four walks).

 

http://smiliesftw.com/x/higheek5_1.gif amazing

[silvercreekcc2006]

wow' date=' when you look at it in that perspective, we really are kicking the s*** out of everyone else.[/quote']

WTF? You could look at it s***-faced, and head glued to the bar and still see we're kicking the s*** out of everyone.

 

What's your point on perspective again?

[das11209]

WHERE IS THE GAME THREAD FOR TONIGHT?

[schillingouttheks]

Chill. I push the envelope sometimes, but I get it up. I just got back from football practice. Gimme 5 minutes.