Good points.

I don’t hate the Red Sox. My terminology of “New Yankees” wasn’t based in making the Red Sox the bad guys (in the Yankees absence).

And I don’t think Nick hates the Red Sox either. In fact I’ve been to a ballgame with him where he’s cheered for the Red Sox (mind you it was against his hated Cubs). Thanks again for those tickets, Greek.

As to the prediction, double check the meaning of Devil’s Advocate.

I did think that the Rockies’ bats would have shown up in Boston. I also thought that the Rockies pitching (Francis) would have been better in Game One.

And who would have thought that a team who had gone 14 of 15 would have ratted off another seven straight victories (in the playoffs no less).

But I don’t think it was the nine-game layoff that cooled off the Rockies. It was Beckett’s and Schilling’s dominating performances and the Sox’ offense.

As always, thanks for reading.
Rich

well you get the idea

It’s become more vogue to hate the Sox and call them the New Yankees that it was to buy a pink hat for your girlfriend (or boyfriend) in ‘04. Everyone repeatedly cites the same reasons for hating the Yankees now apply the the Red Sox? Really? What have the Red Sox done in the past 40 years to earn such bile? I suppose when you have a successful franchise which was powered, ironically enough, by several under million dollar contract players, the knee-jerk reaction is to cite ‘buying’ a championship. Our line-up card doesn’t read like an All-Star Roster, even though we had the most representation, 3 were pitchers, two were relief pitchers, the other one the All Star game. Other than that, Papi and Lowell, who Papi became his presence at Boston, Mike Lowell, came into his own AT Boston. The big money goes to big regular season disappointments, Lugo, Drew, DiceK.

So sheeple…Please. The Red Sox aren’t the New Yankees, they might be if they win 20 more World Championships and buy all the players up in free agency and make sure they operate at a budget that no other team can possibly hope to attain, it simply isn’t that way anymore guys. Every GM has 100s of Millions of dollars in an operating budget in addition to their own fat pockets. If they don’t want to spend the money to build a contending team each year so they can take advanced salary bonuses that’s their teams problem. The fans should be writing hate letters to their own teams, instead of a team that saw why there were losing (Red Sox) each year, to a vastly superior team (Yankees), they realized that this isn’t little league, or NCAA baseball and to compete on a National Stage at the Major League Level, it’s going to require a lot of money.

Now if you think that you’re going to see Colorado, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Arizona in next years playoffs, well…expect to see the payroll go up significantly. More than likely you’ll see the team who wanted it more and god knows you’ll see the players who want that big money pay no allegiance to their farm teams.

Hey Richie Rich. Worst case scenario we go back to Boston 3-2 with Schilling and then DiceK. How’s that crow? I’m sorry, I’m sure you a nice guy, but to cite that a team that has gone 21 and 22 can sustain that sort of momentum reeks of poor insight. Especially when facing the superior presence of the American League. June was June and there’s only one October. (unless it goes to game 7). The Rockies just aren’t good. In closing think about their batting average from the end of the season, to the ALDS, to the ALCS. If there’s one indication of them slumping it’s the drop in bats. Nuff Said. Great content guys. Except for your biased objectivity.

They had an impressive showing in Game 1, but if they don’t smell blood tonight and secure a 2-0 lead going into Colorado then last night’s game is a waste. The Sox were in a similar position in this year’s ALDS after beating the Indians soundly in Game 1 by a score of 10-3, but squandered it by losing the next three games. Also, I’m sure most of you read the stat FOX posted last night about 11-run deficits in Game 1 of the World Series.

For those who didn’t see, there have been two times in history that a team has won by eleven runs in Game 1 of the World Series. The 1959 White Sox beat the Dodgers by that margin as well as the 1996 Braves over the Yankees. In both cases, the loser of Game 1 took home the big trophy. So, as some guy named after a bear once said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”

And children, we’ve just begun.

Before seeing the mid-game score, Red Sox 13 - Rockies 1, I thought … or felt … or wanted the Rockies to win. How could they not win following their amazing streak?! Have you ever played pickup basketball and had one of those days where you couldn’t miss? Every time the ball left your hand you knew it was going down. I think that’s what the Rockies were feeling. Every time they took the field, somehow they knew they would finish on top. The question is, if they lose tonight, which seems certain, can they remember that feeling of being invincible and start a new streak?

I think so … er, hope so.

Just as I am about to hit submit, Youk drills a double. This could get ugly fast.