ALCS Live Thread: Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox

10-12-07

[GraniteStateConservative]

Game 1 @ BOSTON:

WEATHER:: Forecasts for tonight predict that the rain will cease enough to get the game in, certainly. It should be cloudy, with temperatures dipping to the mid-50s.

Starting Pitchers

C. C. Sabathia (19-7, 3.21 ERA) vs. Josh Beckett (20-7, 3.27 ERA)

Game 1 LINEUPS

1. Grady Sizemore, CF
2. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
3. Travis Hafner, DH
4. Victor Martinez, C
5. Ryan Garko, 1B
6. Jhonny Peralta, SS
7. Kenny Lofton, LF
8. Franklin Gutierrez, RF
9. Casey Blake, 3B

1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. Bobby Kielty, RF
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Julio Lugo, SS

NOTES: This is the first time since the start of the three division era that the two LCS series have each matched the two best records in their league (96-66). Computer baseball sim Imagine Sports/Diamond Mind Baseball ran the 2007 ALCS 1,000 times, and the Red Sox won 59% of the time. If the Red Sox won game 1, they won the series 72.5% of the time, and if Cleveland won, the Indians won 59% of the time.

[Semper911]

Seriously — He has to through himself at every ball. I don’t get it.

[dfwddr]

I agree, “could be”.

I’ll take the results, but we’ll never know if it could be bigger.

[darkangel82]

He could’ve tried harder.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Reading RBI is fundamental...

[Semper911]

The game can be lost right now.

I guess you could be right, but I won't count out your Tribe yet.

(I will, however, make another drink.)

[big'ol_freeper]

Good inning. Now Sox need to keep tacking on to that lead so if Gag-me comes into the game there will be some cushion before he needs to be replaced with Papelbon.

[nutmeg]

What is Manny’s eBay name?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Wait, Why is Kelty in? What did I miss in the line up?

Because CC won't intentionally walk JD Drew. That gave us the 5th run on Tek's ground out. Tito is a genius.

[big'ol_freeper]

I think this series is going to go back and forth till the seventh game.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It was under a friend’s name. I think it was actually not Manny’s grill, but the friend’s.

[nutmeg]

I'm impressed with our offense tonight (and Beckett, of course). We need to win this game. Who knows about tomorrow's game... Schilling vs Carmona, I think... it may be a tough one to win.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Dane Cook would never lie to you.

[big'ol_freeper]

Carmona scares the heck out of me...much more than Sabathia...he can dominate in the way Beckett can.

[GraniteStateConservative]

There is literally 0 chance Gagne pitches tonight.

[Petronski]

Have you climbed aboard the Dane Train?

[NeoCaveman]

Dane Cook would never lie to you.

That's nice to know, even though I had no idea who that TBS promo guy was before this thread.

[Petronski]

Win or lose, Hafner's driving up the pitch count.

[GraniteStateConservative]

[NeoCaveman]

Hafner had a subpar season, but none of that matters, just the postseason.

[GraniteStateConservative]

We had 6 baserunners against him in his start against us. We just need to turn those guys into a run or two.