Posted on 10/12/2007 12:34:23 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
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.
Were you at New Britain / Rock Cats stadium the night Clay Buchholz threw the no-hitter? My husband and I and some friends were there as well, cheering on the Portland Sea Dogs.
I was listening to the Red Sox game on my radio while at the Rock Cats game. Thank goodness NESN re-runs the games, or I would have missed Clay's amazing no-hitter.
Hubby and I loved what Tom Werner (Red Sox chairman) said to Tom Caron during the NESN pre-game show regarding those Cleveland Indians white towels:
"Towels? We don't need no stinkin' towels!"
Sorry, BB... all I see in #2341 is a red X.
>>My husband and I and some friends were there as well, cheering on the Portland Sea Dogs.
Yes that was the night—small world! It looked like it could be a sellout (I wasn’t sure if there would be room for
my car in the lot)—”fireworks night”. I did manage to buy a single seat right behind home plate (well, kind of looking
down the first base line) about 7 rows up. Weather was
beautiful. I kept checking on the Sox game on WTIC 1080
(Rock Cats game was on WDRC 1360) and heard about the
no-hitter. Finally they announced around the 7th or 8th
inning of the Rock Cats game that Buckholz had a no
hitter going.
In the ninth inning I yelled out a couple updates.
People up in the luxury seats could see the end of
the no-hitter on TVs up there (later, it would be
replayed on the big screen in the stadium). On my
drive back (I drove all the way back to the North
Shore of Boston—got home at 1 am!) the talk was
all Clay-no hitter on WEEI!
I have been to New Britain Stadium several times.
Pretty good...also stadia in Burlington VT,
Manchester NH, Portland ME, Norwich CT, Pawtucket RI,
and Lynn MA (that team just folded: North Shore Spirit)
I slept through this one..For once I am glad my sleeping pattern is wildly off.
;(
No worrys
It ain’t over til it’s over..true.
C’yall tomorrow
Shill came through and gave us 7 pretty good innings but who could have predicted Nancy Drew would be the hero with a big salami? ;-D
This just in. Gotta wonder how MLB plays this out if Byrd has any further impact on this series or the WS. The Yankees have nothing to complain about since Giambi hit two roid aided HRs off of the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS in 2003.
Report: Indians P Byrd bought HGH
FOXSports.com, Updated 3 hours ago
Paul Byrd’s dream postseason run with the Indians has hit a speed bump.
The Cleveland Indians pitcher bought thousands of dollars of human growth hormone and syringes, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Byrd, who is 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA in the postseason this year, spent $24,850 on products from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center in Florida between August 2002 and January 2005. The center has been targeted for illegally distributing performance-enhancing drugs, the report said.
Byrd pitched for the Royals, Braves and Angels in those years, going a combined 37-29. He struck out a career-high 129 batters with the Royals in 2002.
The Indians’ 15-game winner reportedly bought more than 1,000 vials of growth hormone between 2002 and 2005.
In his 11 seasons, Byrd is 97-81 with a 4.35 ERA. He has pitched for seven teams.
Probably. But what about Matsuzaka? He still has to prove himself in a big game.
Wow, Paul Byrd? I never would have expected that. This of course will have those moron announcers talking about it all night.
I suspect he will still be the starting pitcher.
When the Mitchell report finally comes out it would not surprise me if we saw a Sox player or two on the list. There has been so much substance and supplement use that has gone on it’s a joke.
The MLBPA is a joke.
The Red Sox announced late last night that Kevin Millar, the emotional ballast/clown prince from the 2004 championship team, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for Game 7.
I don’t know how Bud Selig can not bring down the hammer of God against Wedge and the Indians if they use him tonight. I’m sure he’s made this clear to them this morning. Selig doesn’t want this headache.
It sure would be a PR nightmare for MLB if Byrd contributed to a Cleveland win.
Certainly not what the Indians needed to deal with going into a game seven.
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