Category: Dailies
Playoffs, Rain, Wild Card…(but mostly rain)
This weekend brought RAIN to Boston. There were 2 rain delays in the game last night and then to day the game was canceled due to rain. Tomorrow is the scheduled last day of the season and it is against the Yankees. After this eries we will have a couple of days before we face the Angels in the ALDS. The Sox have had good history against the Angels in the ALDS. In fact, just last year they swept them!
No Ways, All Rays
The Red Sox are running out of time if they are going to take first place. If they cant pull that off they always have Wild Card. But the more important thing would be to catch the Rays and show them who’s boss. Tonight is our last matchup of the regular season and we can get a series win with a win tonight.
Byrd vs. Birds
Paul Byrd got, mind the expression, bird pooped, by the Blue Jays. Byrd surrendered 5 runs and 10 hits over 5 innings throwing only 59 pitches. Paul has faced the Jays to much. Here is a clip from an article on redsox.com today:
First Place
Of course the Red Sox have nearly caught the Rays. They only have to win tonight and then they will be in first place in the AL east for the first time since July 17th. Last night Jon Lester held the Rays in check going 7 2/3 innings without surrendering a run. That sent them to a 3-0 win. I think the player to watch in Major League Baseball is Coco Crisp. He was batting .249 one minute and after a first inning fly out in the game tonight (the game is still running live as I’m typing) He is batting .290.
Rangers No Match For The BoSox
Last night the Boston Red Sox beat the Rangers 8-1 and are within 2 1/2 games of catching the Rays and moving into first place in the AL East. Last night leading the Boston line-up were Mikey Lowell and Coco Crisp. both of them went 3-5 with multiple RBI’s. Mikey’s first at bat back from the DL last night resulted in the first run of the game, a solo shot. Coco drove in two on an bat where the ball was caught and in turn dropped twice by the Rangers defense. Jacoby Ellsbury and Coco also hit back to back RBI triples.
Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sing
“Wild Thing by the Troggs”. The big line: “Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sing”. For the Red Sox its more like, “Wild Card, You Make Me Work Hard”. The Red Sox as of right now have a 5 game lead over the Minnesota Twins in Wild Card. The Defending World Champs may be kept in line by the Rays but the Red Sox can fight back with a little somethin’ called Wild Card. The Red Sox are making another run at being the best in the world.