when you do this:
(Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
(i.e., hit a single right at Jonathan Papelbon with 2 strikes and 2 outs in the top of the Eighth inning. knocking him off the mound and spoiling a 1-2-3 inning) ... this tends to happen:
(AP Photo)
(i.e. said pitcher gets angry and picks you off while you stupidly wander off of first base ending the inning. National League M.V ...D'oh!)
In otherwords, Sox win a squeeker 2-1 to take a two-games-to-nothing lead in the World Series. Player of the game (obviously) is Hideki Okijima, who pitched the near-perfectly in the six, seventh and 2/3rds of the eighth inning. His effort was huge, even if our bats weren't, last night. (Check out the "ballad of Parley" in the column as well ... this team gets more & more interesting and fun everyday now.)
Well, now it is onto the "Mile High" city, where flyballs magically turn into home-runs (well, not magically - there are reasons related to chemistry and physics that account for the phenomenon) & most elections involve Republicans battling it out with Libertarians. The big question is, Who gets sacrificed because of the (backwards, ridiculous, insane, antiquated) National League rules (no D.H.)? My feeling is Youk, even though he's hitting as well as Papi right now ... My vote would be to sit Papi down and rest his knee & shoulder - he's always available to pinch hit in the later innings if necessary. I guess we'll see.
GO SOX!
Posted by GM G AT 26 October, 2007 08:50
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