10/28 World Series Game 5 @ St Louis

[Brennan]

Standing room tix starting at over 800$ for game 6

JESUS!!

 

Stand outside the stadium and watch it on your cell phone, join the party afterwards

[seabeachfred]

We beat Price, Moore, Verlander, Scherzer, Sanchez and Wainwright... I really want that our Sox beat Wacha and specially with Lackey on the mound.

 

iortiz, some of us will wind up with a little egg on our faces for doubting this team when Spring Training began, but we must simply wipe it off and be totally grateful that we were around to see what this magnificent team was able to accomplish this year. No matter what, this season has been a terrific success, but the odds seem to be in our favor that we have something more to celebrate in a couple of days. Hell, I might even become a Pollyanna after it is all over and who the hell could envision me being one of those people. What a f***ing team we have!!!!!!!

[Dojji]

You know, it's entirely possible that people are going to look back and call that the biggest game of Jon Lester's career.

 

And wow, did he come up big.

[seabeachfred]

C'mon Carter, own this thing. The crying thing and all that, Gomes getting drilled..8-1 cards win. Wow that post was wrong on every possible level.

 

This is for your Carter......COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!

[seabeachfred]

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A lot of us here and on other boards had doubts about our team when ST started. How in hell could anyone have predicted that we would be one game from being World Series Champions with a chance to close things out in two days, three at the most? A lot of us are in total shock, but you know what? We tuck in our horns, admit we were wrong and join in on the soon to be celebration. It is after all OUR team and barring some shock it will be the best team in baseball in 2013.

[seabeachfred]

Is Mr. Fred a happy camper?

 

Mr. Fred is a very happy camper---and I'll tell you another thing. I will gladly wipe the egg off of my face when this thing is over. I badly underestimated our team and for that I need to go sit in the corner. But I'm happy as hell over the way things have gone this season. Now my friend, can we just wrap this thing up on Wednesday? I mean, hell, we went into Tampa and won there, we went into Detroit and took two of three there, and now we've done that in St. Louis. The Red Sox have met every expectation and surpassed them. I really hope we can finish the job on Wednesday.

[iortiz]

Didn't you bet actual money against the Sox today? Please stop posting in the GT's i start. You are bad mojo.

bad mojo? C'mon man... We won hahaha. I don't care losing money when I bet against my Sox. The way I see the thing is... if we loose it doesn't hurt that much, and if we win it doesn't hurt either. Is always a win-win situation to me hahaha.

 

Fixed it for you. Our dominance against our opponents top shelf starters this postseason has been nothing short of incredible. That continues on Wednesday against Wacha.

Yeah! Who would say that our rotation would match this good against these very good pitchers. It's great!

 

iortiz, some of us will wind up with a little egg on our faces for doubting this team when Spring Training began, but we must simply wipe it off and be totally grateful that we were around to see what this magnificent team was able to accomplish this year. No matter what, this season has been a terrific success, but the odds seem to be in our favor that we have something more to celebrate in a couple of days. Hell, I might even become a Pollyanna after it is all over and who the hell could envision me being one of those people. What a f***ing team we have!!!!!!!

 

I had more questions marks than answers when the season started. I predicted that at very best we could make the POs via WC and look how we ended up. I'm very happy and hopefully this is the beginning of many years of success.

[Youk Of The Nation]

bad mojo? C'mon man... We won hahaha. I don't care losing money when I bet against my Sox. The way I see the thing is... if we loose it doesn't hurt that much, and if we win it doesn't hurt either. Is always a win-win situation to me hahaha.

 

 

I can't even fathom feeling like this. If I won a million dollars on the Sox losing the World friggin Series I would feel like the worst person ever. Of course, that would never happen, because I would never bet against the Sox no matter what the odds were. No amount of money won could alleviate the emotional pain of watching the Sox lose a postseason series, especially the World Series.

[msubulldogs21]

Those of you that have the opportunity to be in Boston on Wednesday are incredibly lucky.

 

All I can think of is how cool it would be just to be in the city that day, going to the game or not.

[InfernoOrangeSS]

Those of you that have the opportunity to be in Boston on Wednesday are incredibly lucky.

 

All I can think of is how cool it would be just to be in the city that day, going to the game or not.

 

+1 to that!

[RedSoxNC84]

This team won 97 games during the regular season, beaten the toughest rivals during the LDS and LCS, it's unbelievable.

[Navafan29]

As I mentioned before, the 2013 Bruins were the comeback team destined to win the Stanley Cup Final. They got there but lost in 6 games. Here is the result of each game:

Lost game 1

Won game 2

Won game 3

Lost game 4

Lost game 5

Lost game 6

 

So far in the WS, the Sox have:

Won

Lost

Lost

Won

Won

 

If we win on Wednesday, it will be the reverse of the Bruins series. Reverseo mojo?

[Thunder]

So going to bed early mojo comes through again!

[YAZMAN]

Lester's career postseason ERA is now 2.11, putting him fifth all-time MLB history behind Mo Rivera (.70), Christy Mathewson (1.06), Waite Hoyt (1.83), and Bob Gibson (1.89). I'd say he's our ace and then some.

 

If it weren't for the Sox, Rivera's postseason ERA would have been about .00

[User Name]

I can't even fathom feeling like this. If I won a million dollars on the Sox losing the World friggin Series I would feel like the worst person ever. Of course, that would never happen, because I would never bet against the Sox no matter what the odds were. No amount of money won could alleviate the emotional pain of watching the Sox lose a postseason series, especially the World Series.

 

Thank you. How you can bet against the Sox and then show up here running your mouth about how much you love the team and how you want them to win and bla bla bla is beyond me. Again, bad mojo.

[User Name]

If it weren't for the Sox, Rivera's postseason ERA would have been about .00

 

 

Sox and Arizona.

[YAZMAN]

Obvious point here, but consider just how huge Lester being his own bridge was. Taz has pitched about 35 straight games (very well, mind you), but I assume he would have been up for another appearance tonight. After that? Breslow, much as I love him from his work in the previous two rounds, is not currently trustable. Lackey's not giving us an inning of side work tonight. Can you imagine if we had to bring Dempster or Morales into the 7th or 8th inning of a tight game?

 

Now everyone not named Koji gets an extra day's rest and we go into Game 6 knowing that in the unlikely event that Lackey doesn't shut the Cards down, we've got a well-rested 'pen ready to pitch multiple innings.

 

And for (the highly improbable) Game 7 I assume that Peavy, Doubs, Lester, and maybe even Buch are available. Awesome. Especially Lester and Doubs, since the Cards are apparently as helpless as advertised against LH pitching. If Peavy can even give us 3 reasonable innings, there will be enough quality arms to take us home.

 

It's not his stuff, it's that he needs to throw first pitch strikes and work ahead in the count. In the other series, he did and his curveball was very effective. This series but for an inning or so he's worked behind, they've laid off the deuce on the corners and put good swings on it when he throws it over the middle half.

 

To me it looks like he's trying to be too fine, and falling behind. The first pitch doesn't need to be on the paint, most hitters will take a pitch that's not in their wheelhouse for a called strike one. Then, he's ahead, hitters get more anxious and his stuff looks better to the ump.

[User Name]

Breslow barely throws his curveball. It's not a pitch he uses with any consistency. His problem has been simply lack of command and control, which could be attributed to fatigue. Farrell should stay away from him if at all possible during game 6.

[mvp 78]

Thank you. How you can bet against the Sox and then show up here running your mouth about how much you love the team and how you want them to win and bla bla bla is beyond me. Again, bad mojo.

 

Unbelievable.

[Brennan]

I'm kind if sickened that someone could bet money against the Sox last night and then call themselves a fan and try to join the party, sorry man that's just kind of greasy.

[Palodios]

I don't blame him. It is a win-win. Either you win, or the Red Sox win. If the Sox lose, everyone here will be miserable, but atleast YoTN will have some extra cash ( and he always seems to need extra cash).

 

There is a reason why I always love drafting Yankee players in fantasy baseball. If they suck, it is a great and glorious thing. If they win, well, it definitely sucks, but atleast it benefits me a bit.

[Bellhorn04]

Personally if I ever bet against the Sox, I would sort of keep that information to myself...

[a700hitter]

I don't blame him. It is a win-win. Either you win, or the Red Sox win. If the Sox lose, everyone here will be miserable, but atleast YoTN will have some extra cash ( and he always seems to need extra cash).

 

There is a reason why I always love drafting Yankee players in fantasy baseball. If they suck, it is a great and glorious thing. If they win, well, it definitely sucks, but atleast it benefits me a bit.

I made a ton of money in 2009 betting on the Yankees. They were 3-1 odds for about 1 day to win the ALCS. I took the odds, but I couldn't bet them to win it all. My Samsung HDTV was purchased with those proceeds. It's very hard for me to bet against the Sox. From a superstitious standpoint, if I thought betting against them would help them win, I'd bet against them in a nano-second. That would just be silly--- unless it worked.

[jung]

I have been hearing a lot this morning about the Wainwright quote regarding pitching to Ortiz instead of pitching around him "It was my decision". I really think this is being blown all out of proportion. I think Wainwright is just trying to protect Matheny a bit here. No the pitcher does not decide he is going after a particular hitter come hell or high water. The coaching brain trust makes that decision and the catcher is the on the field representative of that coaching decision. There is no better representative of that coaching staff in baseball than Yadi.

 

So, I don't think there is a story here other than Wainwright telling a bit of a white lie.

 

Another none story is Lester hitting in the 7th. If it is still a 1-1 game, it is a story. 2-1 again there is no story there either. Lester at 69 pitches, pitching the way he is pitching hits and stays in the game for me also. The only thing that might have swayed me otherwise is that hip issue that he started feeling late. I just can't remember when exactly Lester tweaked that thing. If I thought it would prevent him from continuing to dominate the Cards lineup like he was, then I would have had to pinch hit for him and pull him. But the bridge to Koji has been a complete wild card, basket of "I don't know" lately.

 

Since the Cards cannot hit lefties worth a damn, I gotta' have a lefty out there in that situation. So, who do you want? Bres......slit my wrists first. Do you want Felix...has thrown a bit too much, gotten away with it so far, probably needs the night off and I am not bringing Felix unless I can give him completely off the map time to warm anyway...not doing it. So how hard was it really to choose to keep Lester in the game at that point given the above. If the game was 1-1, totally different situation. I need a bat there just to give me a shot to get the lead.

[mvp 78]

If I ever bet against the Sox. I hope I take my winnings, buy a big steak, choke on it and die.

[sk7326]

I have been hearing a lot this morning about the Wainwright quote regarding pitching to Ortiz instead of pitching around him "It was my decision". I really think this is being blown all out of proportion. I think Wainwright is just trying to protect Matheny a bit here. No the pitcher does not decide he is going after a particular hitter come hell or high water. The coaching brain trust makes that decision and the catcher is the on the field representative of that coaching decision. There is no better representative of that coaching staff in baseball than Yadi.

 

So, I don't think there is a story here other than Wainwright telling a bit of a white lie.

 

Another none story is Lester hitting in the 7th. If it is still a 1-1 game, it is a story. 2-1 again there is no story there either. Lester at 69 pitches, pitching the way he is pitching hits and stays in the game for me also. The only thing that might have swayed me otherwise is that hip issue that he started feeling late. I just can't remember when exactly Lester tweaked that thing. If I thought it would prevent him from continuing to dominate the Cards lineup like he was, then I would have had to pinch hit for him and pull him. But the bridge to Koji has been a complete wild card, basket of "I don't know" lately.

 

Since the Cards cannot hit lefties worth a damn, I gotta' have a lefty out there in that situation. So, who do you want? Bres......slit my wrists first. Do you want Felix...has thrown a bit too much, gotten away with it so far, probably needs the night off and I am not bringing Felix unless I can give him completely off the map time to warm anyway...not doing it. So how hard was it really to choose to keep Lester in the game at that point given the above. If the game was 1-1, totally different situation. I need a bat there just to give me a shot to get the lead.

 

In isolation it's a pinch hit situation - chance to blow open a close game - you basically punted a 2nd and 3rd situation ... BUT, the way this game was going it was less trivial and so I understand the decision. And Lester almost got them through the 8th. This was not the obvious mistake that the Workman at-bat was. I can see where folks might disagree with Farrell's decision here - but this was much more a 50-50 sort of call than a 100-0 one like in Game 3.

[a700hitter]

If I ever bet against the Sox. I hope I take my winnings, buy a big steak, choke on it and die.

 

We are on the same page on this^. LOL!

[iortiz]

LOL I didn't know that the betting thing could be so controversial hahahahaha.

 

It could sound crazy or make no sense at all but I have noticed that when I bet against my teams regardless the sport, I usually lose... So this time I've been betting sometimes against my Sox specially in key games, knowing that somehow it could give them good mojo. Sounds like I give up money for the them or something... Well believe it or not, it has worked thus far and I do not regret a bit of losing that money LOL!

 

There's no way my Sox lose the series. The line is +325 if STL win the series. I just bet 10 bucks against my Sox. As Pal said it is a win-win the way I see the thing, if my Sox win I won't care losing those 10 bucks, in fact I'll be more happy, but if we lose and the team choke big time, at least it won't hurt that much.

[User Name]

If I ever bet against the Sox. I hope I take my winnings, buy a big steak, choke on it and die.

 

^This.

[soxfan17881]

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