Last night, at the unbelievable Red Sox comeback victory over the Rays at Fenway, Comcast and the YBL were well represented in the stands. Arlen Showstack, Eric Shulman, his son Danny and yours truly went absolutely beserk in the bleachers, during the Sox 8-7 win. We are still alive, Barely!...It's funny, Eric and his son left just after Tampa took their 7-0 lead. Oh yea of little faith. Plus the fact, Danny had school the next day and the Shulman's do live on the South Shore. I think Arlen and I would have stayed if it was 170-0. You just have to look back to past history to know that you can not count out these Boston Red Sox of our generation. Boy, did Terry Francona manager the pants off Joe Madden in this game. It was brilliant bringing in Papelbon in the 7th, whereas Madden kept just about all his relievers in too long. And how about the brush back pitches to BJ Upton? When Okajima, threw inside to him on 0-2, he struck out on the next pitch. Someone else did it later on as well. We need to throw some fear into these guys. They were just going up hacking away. NO MORE!!!!
So many stars....JD Drew, Big Papi, Papelbon, Okajima, but the man that can't stand the Rays did them in, Coco Crisp.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Your Predictions
These are just a few of the predictions that have come rolling in this afternoon by those in the KNOW.
David Treska....Red Sox over the Rays in 7 (Lester MVP)
Dodgers over the Phillies in 7(DeWitt MVP)
Red Sox over the Dodgers in 5(Pedroia MVP)
Sean McCarty..Red Sox over the Rays in 6
Dodgers over the Phillies in 6
Red Sox over the Dodgers in 6
Arlen Showstack.....Red Sox over the Rays in 4
Dodgers over the Phillies in 6
Red Sox over the Dodgers in 5
Mike Powers.....Red Sox over the Rays in 5 (TB finally runs out of steam, experience wins here)
Phillies over Dodgers in 6 (Better pitching, speed and closer)
Red Sox over Phillies (Because of superior interleague head to head record)
Bill Morse.....Red Sox over the Rays in 7 (At least 2 games will go extra innings)
Phillies over Dodgers (So his daughter can root against her husbands home team in
the World Series)
Dave McKay.....Red Sox over the Rays in 5 (Rays pesky..no pun intended..Sox pitching too solid)
Phillies over Dodgers in 6 (Dodgers pitching, besides DLowe is too shallow)
Red Sox over the Phillies in 5
Bill Goode.....Rays over Red Sox in 7 (He was having trouble choosing the winner here)
Phillies over the Dodgers (Brad Lidge)
Evelyn Burke.....Red Sox over the Rays
Phillies over the Dodgers
This is just the first installment. There will be more.
David Treska....Red Sox over the Rays in 7 (Lester MVP)
Dodgers over the Phillies in 7(DeWitt MVP)
Red Sox over the Dodgers in 5(Pedroia MVP)
Sean McCarty..Red Sox over the Rays in 6
Dodgers over the Phillies in 6
Red Sox over the Dodgers in 6
Arlen Showstack.....Red Sox over the Rays in 4
Dodgers over the Phillies in 6
Red Sox over the Dodgers in 5
Mike Powers.....Red Sox over the Rays in 5 (TB finally runs out of steam, experience wins here)
Phillies over Dodgers in 6 (Better pitching, speed and closer)
Red Sox over Phillies (Because of superior interleague head to head record)
Bill Morse.....Red Sox over the Rays in 7 (At least 2 games will go extra innings)
Phillies over Dodgers (So his daughter can root against her husbands home team in
the World Series)
Dave McKay.....Red Sox over the Rays in 5 (Rays pesky..no pun intended..Sox pitching too solid)
Phillies over Dodgers in 6 (Dodgers pitching, besides DLowe is too shallow)
Red Sox over the Phillies in 5
Bill Goode.....Rays over Red Sox in 7 (He was having trouble choosing the winner here)
Phillies over the Dodgers (Brad Lidge)
Evelyn Burke.....Red Sox over the Rays
Phillies over the Dodgers
This is just the first installment. There will be more.
Trivia answer
Who holds the rookie record for most RBI in a season? The one and only Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame, Ted Williams, drove in 145 as a rookie. Not bad, huh.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Comeback Player of the year predictions
As promised, here are my National League Comeback Player of the year award predictions
1. Carlos Delgado-New York Mets
2. Ryan Ludwick-St. Louis Cardinals
3. Manny Ramirez-Boston Red Sox/Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Christian Guzman-Washington Nationals
5. Brian Giles-San Diego Padres
It was difficult choosing a comeback player in this league, as so many players qualified for it. I chose five, but the order could have gone any way. I gave it to Delgado, as everyone pretty much thought he was washed up after last season's .258 year, in which he only hit 24 homers and didn't even get 90 RBI's. Well we were all wrong. The former Blue Jay and current Met slugger went deep 38 times this year and drove in 115, while hitting a very capable .271. Ryan Ludwick had an incredible season for Ton LaRussa and the Cards. Last year he hit 14 homers and drove in 52 in what was his best year to date. That was to date. But did he break out this year. He hit .299 with 37 homers and 113 runs batted in. Manny Ramirez always has good years, so one would think he would never qualify for a comeback player, but last year was Manny's down year. He only hit .296 with 20 homers and 88 rbi's. But this year, between the Red Sox and Dodgers, dont get me started on that one, he hit .332 (3rd in the majors in hitting), belted 37 homers and drove in 121. Christian Guzman only played 46 games for Washington last year with 2 homers and with Felipe Lopez manning his position, it didn't look like there was a need for him to play when he became healthy. That is unless he hit. Wow, did he hit. To the tune of .316 with 9 homers and 55 rbi's in 138 games. The 5th choice came down to Brian Giles and Jim Edmonds. I chose Giles because he played 26 more games this year, drove in 12 more runs, walked 23 more times, struck out 9 less times and his average went up from .271 to .306.
1. Carlos Delgado-New York Mets
2. Ryan Ludwick-St. Louis Cardinals
3. Manny Ramirez-Boston Red Sox/Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Christian Guzman-Washington Nationals
5. Brian Giles-San Diego Padres
It was difficult choosing a comeback player in this league, as so many players qualified for it. I chose five, but the order could have gone any way. I gave it to Delgado, as everyone pretty much thought he was washed up after last season's .258 year, in which he only hit 24 homers and didn't even get 90 RBI's. Well we were all wrong. The former Blue Jay and current Met slugger went deep 38 times this year and drove in 115, while hitting a very capable .271. Ryan Ludwick had an incredible season for Ton LaRussa and the Cards. Last year he hit 14 homers and drove in 52 in what was his best year to date. That was to date. But did he break out this year. He hit .299 with 37 homers and 113 runs batted in. Manny Ramirez always has good years, so one would think he would never qualify for a comeback player, but last year was Manny's down year. He only hit .296 with 20 homers and 88 rbi's. But this year, between the Red Sox and Dodgers, dont get me started on that one, he hit .332 (3rd in the majors in hitting), belted 37 homers and drove in 121. Christian Guzman only played 46 games for Washington last year with 2 homers and with Felipe Lopez manning his position, it didn't look like there was a need for him to play when he became healthy. That is unless he hit. Wow, did he hit. To the tune of .316 with 9 homers and 55 rbi's in 138 games. The 5th choice came down to Brian Giles and Jim Edmonds. I chose Giles because he played 26 more games this year, drove in 12 more runs, walked 23 more times, struck out 9 less times and his average went up from .271 to .306.
Trivia for the day
Who holds the American League Rookie record for most RBI in a season? (hint, he led the league)
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