Well, I’m in LA at a friend’s house and he’s still at work, so instead of talking to the tv I thought I’d keep a running diary.
Top 1: Didn’t Daisuke get the memo? If you’re going to hit a Yankee to load the bases, especially when it’s ARod, take my brother’s advice and hit him in the knee, not the thigh. I’m not feeling hugely optimistic about this game… Two outs later, sigh of relief. Another Red Sox rookie pitches out of a bases loaded jam.
Bottom 1: Glad to see Giambi isn’t keeping up the good defense he had in the last Sox-MFY series, when Giambi makes Youks-like plays, you know things are wrong in the baseball world.
Top 3: I enjoyed the Bobby Valentine interview, but does it really need to take up so much of the screen? I’d be happy to watch the game and just listen to him.
Bottom 3: After Giambi booted the grounder from JD, I’m wondering if the Sox have been taking the infield back to its old state. With Julio’s play at short, I wouldn’t be surprised. And why am I not surprised that the only way JD can come through in the clutch is on an error? Does he get an RBI for that?
Top 4: Holy cow, nice double play, even though Melky may have been safe and definitely would have been if he’d run through the bag. Daisuke’s definitely rocking the Sox-rookie-pitcher-in-a-jam mojo. Much like with Lester, I almost feel more confident with a runner at third.
Sutcliffe (or Baker? I can’t tell them apart, they’re both awful) on Ellsbury’s bloop: “Shows a lot of confidence in your young player … instead of putting on the sacrifice bunt, taking the pressure off him, saying… I got confidence you’ll be able to pull the baseball.” Um, Rick, I don’t know what team you think you’re watching, but the Sox don’t sacrifice bunt, unless it’s Julio Lugo when he was hitting under .200.
Bottom 4: On Ellsbury’s steal, it looked like he slid past the bag. If Jeter had kept the glove on him, like you’re supposed to, instead of turning to bitch about the call, he may have had him.
Note to self: don’t have Gameday running on the computer when you’re watching on TiVo delay, you’ll spoil the fun of a rally. Then again, if that’s what the baseball gods want me to do…
I feel much better now. Let’s hope Daisuke can stand prosperity.
Bottom 5: Into the bullpen already! Sweetness. And of course the announcers have to bring up the Belicheck camera drama. So sick of hearing about that already, this is baseball dammit. I guess they need something to talk about, because baseball isn’t interesting enough for them.
Sutcliffe is saying someone has to get hurt in order to add Jacoby to the post-season roster. I thought you only had to be on the 40 man as of August 31? Why doesn’t mlb.com have a list of rules like these?
Jacoby has a flattop! I haven’t seen on of those since my brother in the 80s.
Top 6: Timlin and Lopez warming in the pen. All of a sudden, I’m not so confident.
Why does Giambi get so much credit for being open about his steroid use? He never admitted it, it was “I’m sorry for what I did, but I won’t tell you what I did.” He admitted it as much as Belicheck admitted filming the Jets. Thankfully, Roid-boy Ks.
And that’s it for Daisuke. He looked pretty good, I thought, with no control of the fastball (unless being within 3 feet of the target counts as control), but he got some good swings and misses.
Uh-oh, I hear Black Betty. In comes Mike “I like letting inherited runners score” Timlin. And we no longer have the Sox-rookie-pitcher-in-a-jam mojo. Nuts, Timlin gets a ground ball and lets an inherited runner in. Luckily, just one.
Bottom 6: Julio Lugo is en fuego!
More fabulous defense from Giambi lets Papi get back to first! Whew.
Lovely, you could see Youks do a double take when Julio stole third, and he took a strike right down the middle. But he comes through with a bloop, and you know, Julio might not have been able to score on that from second.
Omigod, JD Drew with a clutch 2-out hit!! I’m going to faint. I keep telling Matt that JD’s going to come through and be a big postseason hero, but he doesn’t believe me. Wait and see, I tell ya, wait and see.
Top 8: Ster-oids… ster-oids. Sutcliffe: “The more he hits, the better first baseman he becomes.” That, my friends, is why having a great offensive year helps you win a Gold Glove.
Shit, think Jeemer’s getting a little tired at this point in the season?
Everytime I see the iPod nana commercial with the song that starts “One, two, three, four,” I want it to continue “I declare a thumb war.”
Paps in for a 2 inning save? This is starting to remind me of the last Sox-Yankee game I was at in Fenway when Paps blew the save and took the loss. Please no please no. And there goes the lead, and then the tie. @#$%!!! Looks like you don’t need Gagne to blow a 5 run lead.
Bottom 8: Damn, with Coco caught stealing, now JD’s going to lead off the 9th. I called him for a postseason hero, I don’t think he’s got it in him for September.
Top 9: And here’s Gagne. He pitches well when behind.
Bottom 9: A good point from Sutcliffe! He thinks part of the Yankee infield’s fielding problems stems from coming off the turf in Toronto. I’m just shocked he can say anything I’m impressed by.
Well damn, I guess that’s it.
