Tonight’s ALCS score is going to be…
Lopsided.
I’m not sure who is going to win. I’d like to say Sox, just to wipe the smug expressions off Yankees fans who keep saying they’re not worried (man, could you picture Steinbrenner if it was the Sox in 4? Oh my God.) But whoever wins, I’m thinking the score will be a lopsided one.
Why?
No clue. But considering I’ve been reading various sports writers who supposedly do this for a living be all over the map in their predictions, I’m thinking, hey? Why not?
So I think it won’t be a close game.
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Stranger things have happened. Consider how Manny Ramirez hadn’t really hit anything at all during the play offs, and then he launches a three run homer to clinch the series with Oakland.
More importantly, call it momentum or psychological advantage or something… but if a pitcher does get shelled, if a team’s bats fall silent, and so on… they’re only human.
Not that rubbing it in Steinbrenner’s nose wouldn’t be fun… but… bring on the Cubbies!
George Guay
Well, the Yankees will probably come back. They NEED this game, while the Sox have gotten what they came for.
I suspect Derek Lowe is more likely to melt down than Andy Pettitte.
Boston hit lefties almost exactly as well as the Yorkies hit righties this year. Lowe, however, was a lot worse on the road than at home. Pettitte was more consistent (but still a little better at home – which he is tonight).
Neither of them pitched particularly well against the other’s team, overall; both had ERAs in excess of 5.00 in those situations.
Anyway, when you get right down to it, it’s nearly impossible to predict what will happen in a 7-game series with much reliability. If you pick the team with the better regular-season record, you’ll be right around 60% of the time, which is more than half, but not exactly a Schwarzeneggeresque mandate.
For proof of this, look no further than the NLCS, which features neither the Braves nor the Giants…
Well, top of the 9th, and from how it looks, unless a miracle occurs, the Sox are screwed this game.
2-6 (Sox-Yankees) as I write this.
Muahaaha (Evil Psycho Laugh). Yanks tie the series, now if we can get a few runs of Pedro on Saturday, and end up beating him, it’ll be over the BoSux. Oh, and if Wakefield tries that Knuckleball again, the Yankees will smash it!
Well, it wasn’t lopsided, but it wasn’t close.
Jon Stewart said he was rooting for a Red Sox/Cubs World Series (which got a huge ovation…interesting considering it was a New York audience, which meant they were rooting for the Yankees to lose.) He also said he thought the losing team should be made into sausages.
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Tonight’s result wasn’t that surprising (he said, afterwards). I figure by this point Lowe, and the rest of the Sox, have hit adrenaline overload. The day’s rest before resuming in Fenway should do ’em good (remember, their travel schedule involved two cross-country flights in very quick succession).
And, given that I did predict (or at least say that I felt good about) the Sox taking two in Fenway against Oakland and putting Pedro in Game 5 where his rest would work to their advantage, I’ll predict Red Sox in 6. Given Pedro pitching and their general offense in Fenway, as well as their lopsided home-away record, I think they’ll go at least 2 for 3 there. But the Yanks are good enough to take one there…but I don’t think they’ll be able to take both 6 and 7 in Yankee Stadium. So I’ll be mildly optimistic and figure Sox in 6…but it wouldn’t surprise me if an again well-rested Pedro wraps it up in Game 7 (the other reason I don’t think the Yankees can take both games there).
How can you talk baseball when such a great “Survivor” was on?? 🙂
Survivor?
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Mr. David, you _can_ ban people according to their IP address, right? …Right?
Speaking of the National League, Dave Barry does a good job describing Cubs fans in his column about the Marlins “bandwagon”: