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.

[raccoonradio]

Sox argue it’s a HR...
it’s over the yellow line or...?

[NeoCaveman]

Why is Manny on first?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Honestly, I can’t tell.

[mylife]

Francona is being a doofus

[raccoonradio]

Francona argues...has to be careful he won’t get heaved out of game. It looks like umps say it’s a base hit not a HR
(and Manny stopped at first!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

‘evening.

[big'ol_freeper]

The umpires in this series have been about the worst I have seen all year. How can four umpires miss that ball hitting the top of the wall? If the ball bounces up it HAS to be on top of the wall. Off the wall it bounces down.

[mylife]

Hi there!

[raccoonradio]

“David Ortiz scored from FIRST on that ball, and Manny
ENDS UP at first”

because manny is being manny...he was probably
celebrating his “HR”
There were cases where Barry Bonds hits a double—thinks
it’s a HR, goes into HR trot—then has to hustle to
make it into second

“How do you justify that?” (Manny not running!)

[#1CTYankee]

"and Manny stopped at first!"

Manny being an ass.

[NeoCaveman]

It’s just Manny being Manny....

[Hemingway's Ghost]

It was a homer . . . not even a question. If it had hit the wall, it would've rebounded in a completely different direction. McCarver's retardation is almost mind-blowing in its breadth and depth, and Joe Buck is even stupider for following him wherever he leads.

If the Sox end up losing by one run, they was robbed.

[nutmeg]

Manny is SUCH an idiot...

[Red Steel]

I was about to point that out Youk should’ve taken that ouside pitch to right.

Cardinal rule number 11, hit the pitch to where it’s pitched.

BTW, Manny Ball is a HR ;it hit the top of the fence...must have been a backwards spin on that ball to pot back into the field.

The baseball gods are sure pulling for the Indians.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Because he doesn’t have healthy hamstrings or oblique muscles. He can’t run hard or be an aggressive baserunner or slide because he could reinjure himself.

[misterrob]

It didn’t matter in the end since Lowell made the final out. That ball was out. Manny didn’t run all out but the umps missed that call.

[GraniteStateConservative]

You can see it disappear behind the yellow in the replay. It was out of the park.

[nutmeg]

Geesh, FR painfully slow again. Be back later...

[Hemingway's Ghost]

“How do you justify that?” (Manny not running!)

Because he hit a home run. There's no reason to bee-line to first base when you hit a home run.

[mylife]

If the ball lands in the park it is still in play

End of story