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.

[mylife]

I would think so.

He did Ok

[misterrob]

Sox had a few really good ABs that last inning but couldn’t close the deal. For those of us who watch the Sox last inning was a pretty familiar turn of events.

[NeoCaveman]

He survived.

Now send in Jensen Lewis or Raffy Left.

[andy58-in-nh]

Manny doesn't run out of the box when he hits a fly ball, whether it's a home run or not. He only runs on grounders. And the ball did not bounce straight up or back, it bounced forward. The yellow home run line extends slightly beyond the top of the wall in Cleveland, which is unusual. In any case I wish to hell it had been a home run, given the fact that the Sox can't seem to score runs any other way right now.

[mylife]

Oh THE DRAMA L0L

[happinesswithoutpeace]

wth was that?

[Red Steel]

Plus it matters not what Manny thought. It was a home run with absolutely no doubt. A ball off the wall can not bounce up. It is a physical impossibility.

You're correct. the ball's path after impact by going up in the air indicates the ball hit the top of the fence.

The grainy replay that FOX showed of Manny's hit was not conclusive.

[nutmeg]

Beckett, Lofton, Manny.... the Red Sox are looking pretty bush league tonight.

[mylife]

BS

[GraniteStateConservative]

[nutmeg]

Sox had a few really good ABs that last inning but couldn’t close the deal. For those of us who watch the Sox last inning was a pretty familiar turn of events.

Seems like the entire Red Sox season was like that, plenty of hits but few runs. Sometimes I don't know how the Sox got as far as they did...

[big'ol_freeper]

Those who can’t understand that a ball bouncing up has hit the top of the wall and is therefore a home run are the greatest evidence of the failure of our public schools. Its simple physics. < /sarcasm>

[mylife]

Blake! Biff Bang Pow!

Sizemore at bat

Top of the order

[mylife]

Blake! Biff Bang Pow!

Sizemore at bat

Top of the order

Yes!!

[pending]

I’m thinkin brawl is in order
Payback for the bimbo anthem

Lugo.
Lugo cut off petey,then didnt field it
brilliant

[GraniteStateConservative]

[mylife]

That was a heartbreaker.. Martinez denied

[big'ol_freeper]

Beckett is dealing. He has done his job. Unfortunately, the umpires have not done theirs nor have the Red Sox hitters. Too many wasted opportunities.

[mylife]

Where the hell is petronski?

[Red Steel]

Beckett Ks Cabrera after a seeing eye hit by Sizemore and a fielding misplay by the Sox. Luck and the base ball gods are in the Indians' corner.

Beckett has to keep it up to overcome the Red Sox gremlins.