This is going to be very ugly for Colorado.

I guess we don't have to hit .300 against your bullpen since they just walk everybody.. :lol:

Yikes... I'm getting flashbacks of the Broncos in the Super Bowls in the late '80s right now.

That kind of looked like the first half of the Patriots Miami game. Momentum is only as good as your next day's starting pitcher though. If Schilling comes out and lays an egg, all bets are off. Colorado's got some hitters, but their pitchers have been going against National League lineups for those 21 or 22. It would have looked the same if it were the Indians or Yankees last night and not the Sox. Sometimes when the worst happens as it did for CO last night it can actually loosen you up, as in well got that out of the way, don't have to fear it any more.

I'm not too worried about Schill tonight. I think he'll come out and give at leave 5 good innings. That doesn't mean he won't give up a few runs, but I think with the Sox's offense firing on all cylinders right now, he can afford to give up a few and still come out with a win.

The key is going to be the 3 games in Colorado. Who do you take out? Youk or Ortiz?? They are both hitting the ball well right now. I guess you start Ortiz then go to Youk later in the game if you are winning.. this is why I'm not a manager.

Man...that's a tricky one. You can take Youkilis out, but he's been great at the plate too.

My thought was to replace Drew with Youkilis. Youk has been known to play some outfield in the past. The question is: do you weaken your defense to gain that offense back? The right side of the field would be Ortiz, Pedroia, and Youkilis. I think it's worth taking the risk.

I'd agree with Joe here, typically as an outfielder you know your position is known to be used for platooning.

And the way CoCo has played all year, I'd use him as the man out. Put Ortiz on First, Youk in Right, and move Drew over to Center.

You'd want your more experienced outfielder in Center than you would in Right.

Colorado has a pretty expansive yard, so I'm not so sure I'd want Youk in the outfield. That.. and I'd much rather keep Ellsbury in the lineup somehow. Add that to the fact that CoCo isn't 100% since his amazing catch in the triangle and it's really a wash. It may be a moot point considering the condition of Ortiz's knee. If he can manage to play in the field, Youk will most likely sit out at least for most of the game. If the Sox continue to score the runs then it won't matter to have Ortiz in there.

Whoohoo!!!!!!! A free taco!!!!!

jesus.. 10 runners stranded so far..

c'mon bullpen.. you can keep a 1 run lead.

A free taco, a good pitching performance by Schill.. lights out by Oki and the best closer just ending it nasty style...That kid for the Rox looked great until he walked his first batter.. I think he'll be a good solid pitcher for years to come.

2 wins headed to beer town.. Rox will get one out there.. but it's not looking good for the Rox. I think without getting the split in Fenway, they would be shooting themselves in the foot. Foot is looking like a flesh would at the moment.

2 more wins till I get to see the trophy runnin the streets of Boston!!

I totally agree. This talk of putting Ortiz at first, Youkilis in right and Drew in Center is the most ridiculous thing I've read here. Ortiz is a DH with bad knees, Youkilis has played a total of 18 games in left in 2006, Drew is NOT a CF, and Manny already sucks in left. You would be killing your entire OF defense and 1B defense for an extra bat on what is already an offensive powerhouse. It's like giving Bill Gates an extra billion dollars.

But making his eyesight so poor that he couldn't tell one dollar bills from hundreds.

There is a good chance that francona will sit Ortiz, Lowell and Youk for one game each, as he did during interleague play. Youk will not go to right, where he has never played, Lowell will not play short, there will be no big changes, fortunately, Lowell, Youk and Papi are all hitting very well, so you aren't losing much with one over the other, Lowell may play all 3 just for defense, and Papi may sit one and be replaced in late innings in the others.

I don't think we'll see Lowell sit at all. He's just been too good with RISP and his defense is superb. Francona is looking back at 2004 when Ortiz stepped up to the challenge at first and did a decent job. Now since his knee is bothering him, I look for Youk to come in once a decent lead (if any) is established. Give Boston a 3 run lead and Ortiz will sit. If he does sit an entire game look for it to be in game 4. Or.. maybe Francona should keep Youk in there while Matsusaka pitches..might be more conducive to his style of pitching. Does it really matter now? With Youk hitting almost as good as Ortiz right now I really don't think it's even an important issue anymore.

Last night's game was great. The pitcher for Colorado had some great stuff and Schilling was phenomenal. The man just gets it done! How about Okajima.. goddamn.. I know John Henry is laughing his ass off at his 2.2 million investment doing as well as he is. What a steal.

Drew is finally starting to hit also.. with all these factors, I'm starting to think this will be done in 5. I picked 6 to begin with, but now I just don't know.

I hope you guys sweep those assholes. Colorado is back to what they were: an average team that had an amazing hot streak.

While I hope this to happen too, I think Colorado will take at least 1 at home.


They are batting like crap right now.. they can't win it on defense.. so unless they start actually hitting the ball we will sweep them. I almost wish we would have faced Arizona instead..

It's all starting to crumble for them now...

Unless another 7th inning occurs.. the throat has officially been stepped on.

Look on the bright side. Now America gets 3 free tacos!:hyper:

There's no way back for the Rockies now imo.

The Redsox needed to win 1 out of games 3 & 4 and they done.

As for the decision to play Big Papi in the field - he might not be mobile but from what I have seen he is solid enough. And as well as the tactical side, he is the team's talisman. You want your big personality players out there in the biggest games sometimes

And that's that.

Really? For what?

*Didn't watch the WS*

In the spirit of Pan..


WORLD SERIES CHAMPS BABY!!!!


Be prepared for a long run.. this team is built to win and will be there again next year.

Rockies gave it a good fight, but they just weren't supposed to be there. It's good for baseball though and for Denver. Even if the Rox won tonight it would have been over tomorrow night when Beckett was scheduled to pitch.

This series showed me some great home grown talent that the Rockies have that I wasn't really exposed to during the season.. so that was a treat.

But this year.. it's BOSTON RED SOX!!!! 2 Championships in 3 years. Yankees who?

I guess I'm thrilled the Rockies made it as far as they did, but on the other hand getting swept sucks. It would have been nice to win at least 1 game. Oh well still a good year.

Umm...that would be two in FOUR years...;)

hahaha yeah my bad.. I'm just so pinged right now.. guess I was wishful thinking...

still.. SKANKEES WHO??

:D

Curse of the Moose, bay-bee :D

(Oh, and f*** the Red Sox) ;)

I feel bad....the World Series is over, I didn't watch a game, and I don't really care :(....is this unAmerican?

-Will

I think that the fact the Indians took it to 7 AND their 2 aces had a combined ERA of like 23...... says something about the Indians.

The Indians deserve many props and congrats.

That said. The best team in baseball truly did win the WS this year... that is fact and it is also not a given.

Sports Headlines asking "Are the Red Sox the new evil empire?" in 3....2....

I enjoyed the game on Saturday night when they were up 4 in the 8th and bunting/stealing to manufacture more runs. I know, you play to win, right?

The only thing that really irks me about the Red Sox winning is the fact that Eric Gagne is somehow, inexplicably, eligible for a ring.

When they say "all 25 of us contributed" I think they mean the 24 on the WS roster, minus Gagne, and including Wakefield.

Red Sox are the new Yankees!

Good job Red Sox, I hope this shuts up Stankee fans for a while, I have one question for those Yankee fans,

Got rings? Lately?

Taco Bell had a promotion that for every stolen base during the World Series, they would give out a free taco on the 30th from 2-5 pm. There was one SB in game 2 and two more in game 3.

yeah well i'm not a baseball fan... but somehow....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...q/bosoxbri.jpg

Mr. Monopoly? I thought his name was Pennybags or something.

"Rich Uncle Pennybags was rechristened Mr. Monopoly (a nickname he was already known by in popular culture) in a Hasbro marketing effort in 1999."

If people calling a character Mr. Monopoly doesn't show how bankrupt we are in the imagination department, I don't know what does.

More names of PED users are released:

Jose Guillen, Matt Williams, and Ismael Valdez

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3096834

Can we please get off our high horse about Bonds and admit that it was widespread?

Sure it's more widespread than Bonds.. but people like to hate Bonds. Someone has to be the scapegoat right??


In other news, it looks like Schilling will be in a Red Sox uni next year after all..

I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. He did what he was supposed to do...but.. really how much does the man have left??

I think Curt has another year left in the tank. He did have a 122 ERA+ last season. His K/9 took a big shit but I think he can still hang. Although it is true that power pitchers don't age as well, Curt is a different type of power pitcher because he has that control.

Curt's new contract has $2M tied to a weight clause. I wonder if that will stand up to the commisioner's or player's association.

Finally, in a HUGE move, the GM's voted to introduce instant replay in boundary calls.