The Red Sox won last night. What a fantastic series. This is the greatest Sox team that this life-long Sox fan has ever seen. Derek Lowe is AMAZING (what a sinker!), and it was nice to see Manny Ramirez earn his $20 million.
And did anybody else think the shot of the ambulance on the field carting Johnny Damon off the field was as surreal as I did? This team will literally kill themselves to win - a trait former Sox teams have struggled with. 25 players, 25 cabs truly was the motto. The 2003 Sox are a unit, and this win might be the launching point for a change of history.
This truly has been a fantastic baseball season. Some great teams are out of the playoffs, and other great teams didn't even make it to the post-season (Seattle), and I would have to say that the caliber of teams in MLB is the greatest it has been in a long time. A lot of great teams battling. This is what it's all about.
Red Sox vs. the Yankees...Then Red Sox vs. Cubs...Could it possibly get any better than that? Nope. The Yankees don't scare me for some reason. The Sox know how to play the Yankees, and the Yankees will be complacent, winning the EASIEST in their first playoff round than all the other teams.
Pedro kills the Yanks.
Derek kills the Yanks.
Burkett kills the Yanks - in the postseason.
..and Wakefield beat them at Yankee Stadium this summer, making them look like women.
Wow.
Posted by colrus at October 7, 2003 10:26 AM | TrackBackDusty Baker is my hero.
And so are Kerry Wood and Mark Prior.
Posted by: steele at October 7, 2003 11:01 AMThat Damon collision was the worst head-on-head smash I've ever seen. And Garciaparra still had the presence of mind to throw to second for the out. (We Sox fans are just lucky the A's can't run the bases worth a darn.)
Posted by: mesh at October 7, 2003 12:07 PMI'm just wondering how long until you get yelled at for the "they made them look like women" remark.
I, too, am happy about the outcome of last night's game.
The Cubs will have a tough time getting past FLA, but I'mm pulling for a Cubs-Sox series.
And I'm not even that big a basebal fan.
My wife is a Cubs fan, so I guess we'll be watching as long as they're still in it.
I may not have sex until November.
Posted by: podge at October 7, 2003 01:02 PMBurkett kills the Yanks in the postseason? The only time Burkett pitched against the Yankees in the postseason was as a Texas Ranger in 1996.
He is not the same pitcher, and this is not the same team. His regular season record against New York coming into this season was 0-5 with a 10.09 ERA in nine games. This year he went 0-1 against New York in two games and the teams split the games he pitched. His numbers against the Yankees this season are:
IP 11
H 13
R 4
ER 4
What I should have said is that Burkett WILL kill the Yankees in the postseason. I guess it was a case of blind allegiance and emotion overriding facts...Like the majority of the religious discussion in these bloggeregions...
I apologize. Us Red Sox fans can't be relied on for sanity this soon after our team wins a playoff series.
great blog kicks rear
Posted by: Trannies at March 30, 2005 11:16 AM