World Series Game 1
The Rocks threw up a huge brick last night. Boston Massacre. Rainy day, dream away, disaster. I was hoping for the CYO league 10 run rule to put us to bed. The boys came out as rusty as a nail on the floor of Old Ironsides. The 8 day layoff turned into spring training all over again. The Sox started where they finished. They outscored Cleveland in the last three games of the ALCS 30-5. In come the Rocks and the Sox started blasting World Series extra base hits, scoring and embarrassment records all over the yard.
Beckett strikes out the side in the first, Pedroia follows in the bottom with a ball into the monster seats. Jeff Francis looked liked he'd been beamed in from the Little League World Series. The fifth inning was particularly painful, with Ryan Speier walking three straight batters with the bases loaded.
I felt like the whole world was watching and saying: “Yep: the Rockies. Expansion Team. National League. Thin air flash in a pan. Toldya.” I was channeling George Constanza: “Wait wait, you don’t understand! Shrinkage!!!” We haven’t seen a live ball in more than a week! A terrible flight! Bad sushi! LOCUSTS!!
Isn’t there some damn curse somewhere in Boston baseball that can slow this down? It’s 13-1.
They gave up 8 doubles. At least they didn’t give a free taco to everybody in everywhere.
But we can think about it like we lost 3-2 on a 9th inning blooper. We’re down 1-0 in a seven game series. Wake up and get going. Let’s get the split and take it home.
Bring it Ubaldo. Take down the old man tonight.
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To all those Rockie fans out there:
I was 10 years old when my all time favorite Dwight Evans made the amazing over the shoulder catch on Joe Morgan in the late innings of game 6 versus the Big Red Machine in 1975. Few remember the 9th inning pinch hit 3 run homer by Bernie Carbo that followed to tie the game an send it into extras.
But everyone remembers what Fisk did next.
I prefer drama and intense at bats with duals from the mound to the batters box and key matchups with pinch hitters and relief specialists.
I write this in hopes that one of the greatest playoff teams in the history of the game - YOUR COLORADO ROCKIES - come to play tonight as all you in Rockie Nation know they can.
A 2007 world series in the ranks of the 1975 world series in terms of drama would only be fitting for these two great teams.
Dan Dougherty
Natick, MA
"Nothing will ever compare to a one hop rope from deep right field to home plate in Fenway by Dwight Evans."
(Except maybe a Dave Parker assist in an All Star game sometime in the 80's!)
Long Live Dewey #24
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