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 like his commentary

[big'ol_freeper]

iPod!!!

[SE Mom]

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! Double!

[La Enchiladita]

They’re hitting Carmona hard.

[mylife]

Pedroia double off the wall

[raccoonradio]

double off the green monster wall, just past Lofton

[mylife]

Grrrr

[GraniteStateConservative]

That grand slam was Drew's 4th career grand slam, joining:

2000-04-06 off the Cubs' Brian Williams
2003-09-03 off the Cubs' Felix Sanchez
2006-07-28 off the Nats' Roy Corcoran


That was the 3rd Red Sox postseason grand slam, joining:

Troy O'Leary's in Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS.
Johnny Damon's in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS.

The Red Sox won both of the above games.

[big'ol_freeper]

Yoooooook!!!

[SE Mom]

Oh WOW- how cool is that? Nice base running!!

[mylife]

Pedrioa on 3rd Ortiz at bat

[dancusa]

That was Pedroia’s first wall ball this season.

[raccoonradio]

jhonny can’t make the play, dustin’s in at third

[Semper911]

Lofton hit the wall hard.

I am surprised the player's union doesn't insist on padding on all the outfields walls in all the parks.

[raccoonradio]

double play...rally over

[mylife]

Thank you Ortiz!

[mylife]

He’ll shake it off, Kenny is a trooper

[raccoonradio]

That was Papi doing his A-rod impersonation :)

[Red Steel]

You can thank the shift position of Peralta, otherwise that’s a hit.

[dancusa]

Alex Cora has been interviewed on the radio pre-game show before every ALCS game. He said that Youk would be tonight’s hero. Cora has eerily right in just about all his analysis so far.