Okay, really now...earlier today I found at least 5 sites (including mlb.com) which said gametime was at 8:00 EST. But that was a lie - Fox coverage begins at 8:00. So seriously: where can you find info on the first pitch? Because those of us watching the game from GMT+1 don't like getting up any earlier than we have to.
Then again, Eric Karros's hair is a sight to behold. He reminds me of this guy.
Holy shit, would McCarver stop calling every Daisuke breaking ball a "gyroball"?
ReplyDeleteAt least Buck got the salary right this time.
X knows where to find the game time. He was quoting 8:23 last night.
ReplyDeleteDiceK with the strike out of Pronk!
Too bad he never logs in anymore so we can't ask him.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the fans chanting? Is it "asshole"? Who to - Lofton?
ReplyDeleteMANNY. 1-0 sox.
ReplyDeleteEric Wedge is 39. Weird - I thought he was much older than that.
ReplyDeleteDrew with a GIDP. If not for last night's GS, he'd be booed mercilessly.
someone told me they were chanting "westbrook."
ReplyDeleteThanks Terry!
ReplyDeleteDaisuke with 21 pitches after 2.
Somehow I had convinced myself that Westbrook will have settled down for the 2nd. But: leadoff double to Tek. (Nearly out at 2nd though.)
ReplyDeleteJacoby with a single.
ReplyDeleteMcCarver stops watching the game so he can keep a permanent eye on the Cleveland bullpen.
Earl going to set a record for most comments, all by himself.
Lugo double play, scores Varitek.
ReplyDelete3rd inning: Daisuke gives up a hit; Blake to second; but that' it. up to 44 pitches.
ReplyDeleteBottom of the 3rd - Youk scores on a Lowell SF. So it's 3-0 Sox...
ReplyDeleteLONG way to go, but it's hard not to get a little bit excited.
Drew with a long flyout. 2 more feet and that would have done something.
1 out: Hafner hits a wallball double.
ReplyDeleteDaisuke makes a fantastic defensive play - knocks down a well-hit ball, holds Hafner, gets Martinez out at 1st. Two outs.
ReplyDeleteMark Shapiro and his wife look the same every time Fox shows them: cold and emotionless. Actually he kind of looks like a robot.
ReplyDeleteGarko fouls off his third 0-2 pitch, making things interesting.
ReplyDelete...and on the 9th or 10th pitch he sees, he doubles Hafner in. 3-1 Sox.
ReplyDeleteDaisuke looking shaky...
ReplyDelete...but gets Jhonny to ground out. Nice play by Lugo. Middle of the 3rd, Sox up 3-1.
ReplyDeleteI'm lonely.
ReplyDeleteAnyone even reading this? If so, include the magic word ("Gobots") in your next post in this thread and I'll buy you a beer when I return to the states.
ReplyDeleteBottom of the 4th: Leadoff single by Tek...score please.
ReplyDeleteWedge looks like he's aged fifteen years in the last week.
ReplyDeleteNice looking liner by Jacoby knocked down by Garko; Tek out at second.
ReplyDeleteEllsbury running on the pitch to Lugo, who singles. First and third, 1 out.
ReplyDeleteOn replay, Westbrook visibly showing frustration...but I think a DP is on its way. Cmon Dustin.
ReplyDeleteYep - Dustin hits it hard, Lugo runs into Asdrubal, who throws to 1st for the DP. Doesn't look like Dustin ran far - did he stumble?
ReplyDeleteThis is frustrating - again the Indians pitcher is on the ropes all night, and yet the Sox score very little. Meanwhile, Daisuke looks like he's tiring, or losing focus.
ReplyDeleteThe bullpen's rested - I'm all for a quick hook here.
Gives up a leadoff hit to Lofton, who gets thrown out at 2nd by Manny.
ReplyDelete(Replays show he was safe.)
Back to back hits, 1 out...
ReplyDeleteyikes.
SF by sizemore...3-2 Sox.
ReplyDeleteNo more damage...Dice K makes it out of the inning. Hopefully we don't see him in the 6th.
ReplyDeleteStill, 2 runs in 5 IP - not bad.
Youk, Ortiz, Manny go down in order for Westbrook's first perfect inning. I cannot BELIEVE he's still in the game, and that he's pitched as many innings as Daisuke, only giving up one more run.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, frustrating.
Yes, Okajima in...and as I type this, side retired. On to the bottom of the 6th.
ReplyDelete...and Westbrook just keeps getting better. Three quick outs. Whaaaa?
ReplyDeleteCRAP - 1 out, top of the 7th, jima; Lugo calls Manny off a deep fly ball, and drops it. Lofton on 2nd.
ReplyDeleteOkajima gives up a scorcher up the third base line, but Lofton (tying run) is strangely held up at 3rd...
ReplyDeleteAHHHHHH
HOLY CRAP! IN A GOOD WAY!
ReplyDeleteLOWELL-PEDROIA-YOUKILIS double play.
Ellsbury leads off with a single(?) goes to second on a Blake error; Lugo bunts him to third.
ReplyDeleteScore, please.
PEDROIAAAAAAAAAA
ReplyDeleteFunny, I was thinking "suicide squeeze". I like the "two run homer" much better. 5-2 Sox.
Okajima comes back in, which I find surprising. Quickly gives up a bunt single to Sizemore.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking up whether Papelbon has ever been brought in at the beginning of the 8th, with the idea of pitching 2 innings. Apparently he hasn't. Oh, McCarver just said that. Oh well.
Okajima stays in, though Papelbon is ready.
CRAP - Asdrubal with a single. Hafner - tying run - at the plate, no outs. Papelbon comes in. But you have to think Jima was left in 1 batter (if not two) too many,
ReplyDeletePapelbon fans Hafner on three pitches. 1 out.
ReplyDeleteV-Mart with a DP ball, but only one out. First and third, two outs...
ReplyDeletetense...
YES
ReplyDeleteYES
YES
Garko hits a 1-2 pitch deep, Ellsbury and Drew both have to sprint for it, Ellsbury makes it
Bottom of the 8th, sox up by 3.
McCarver just said no Red Sox fans say anything good about Manny's defense. That's just ridiculous. If anything, Sox fans overestimate his defense. Yes he plays the wall well, but has there ever been a regular Red Sox LFer who doesn't? His arm is special, though.
ReplyDeleteLowell with a 1-out double...
ReplyDeleteBetancourt looking fallible for the first time all postseason.
DREW WITH A LINER UP THE MIDDLE
ReplyDelete6-2 Sox.
Fun fact: the sun rises at 5:30am in Israel.
ReplyDeleteWeird - Finland is almost 8 degrees west of Israel, but is one time zone later. Maybe it's daylight savings or something.
ReplyDeleteAll Sox on the railing, except Papelbon, giving his locked-in-robot look.
ReplyDeleteIndians are imploding - Peralta and Blake collide trying to catch a Varitek popup. Runners on 2nd and 3rd, 1 out.
ReplyDeleteIntentional walk of Ellsbury, to face Lugo.
Cmon Lugo. Make them pay.
Shapiro looking less robot-like - betraying some emotion. Sadness.
ReplyDeleteThat's two consecutive comments involving robots.
ReplyDeleteor, you know, strike out.
ReplyDeleteLet's score some runs, Dustin.
WOW
ReplyDeleteDoubles in three more runs.
Eric Wedge comes to get Betancourt. He looks older.
Now this is just getting silly. Youk homers (Lewis pitching). 11-2 Sox.
ReplyDeleteI was super-tense about 30 minutes ago.
ReplyDeleteSox fans singing the NaNaNa Hey Hey Hey Goodbye. I hate that.
ReplyDeleteOrtiz strikes out to end the inning.
ReplyDeletePapelbon: 3 more outs.
BRING IN GAGNE
Perlata: leadoff single.
ReplyDeleteFinish the game please. Earl needs sleep.
Ellsbury with an awesome diving catch of a Lofton flare. 2 outs to go.
ReplyDeleteOrtiz in goggles already!
ReplyDeleteCrisp catches a Gutierrez flyball
ReplyDeleteONE OUT TO GO
CRISP WITH AN AWESOME CATCH
ReplyDeleteGAME OVER
WORLD SERIES
YES YES YES
ReplyDeleteI'll try to be back on line. Didn't want to jinx anything, plus not much sleep and flying back and forth.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome.....
Earl awesome work! Gobots!
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