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ALCS Live Thread: Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox
10-12-07

Posted on 10/12/2007 12:34:23 PM PDT by 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

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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

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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.


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KEYWORDS: americasgame; baseball; indians; mbl; mlb; redsox; yankeefreealcs; yankeeslostsoxwon; yankeessuck
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To: mylife

Batting practice


541 posted on 10/13/2007 8:43:01 PM PDT by llevrok (Born a ham and never cured.)
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To: llevrok

woops.


542 posted on 10/13/2007 8:43:46 PM PDT by llevrok (Born a ham and never cured.)
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he needs practice... Manny is retired


543 posted on 10/13/2007 8:44:28 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Looks like this will end with a Big Papi walk-off in the bottom of the ninth.


544 posted on 10/13/2007 8:46:13 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: All
Cleveland Rocks
545 posted on 10/13/2007 8:47:00 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Lofton at bat


546 posted on 10/13/2007 8:48:47 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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btw - have you noticed the music going to commercial has been “Cleveland Rocks” when the Indians are in the lead and “Dirty Water” when Boston is leading?

Clever.


547 posted on 10/13/2007 8:49:21 PM PDT by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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Nice catch by Crisp.


548 posted on 10/13/2007 8:50:29 PM PDT by csvset
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CooCoo snaggs it


549 posted on 10/13/2007 8:50:36 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Lofton lines out. 1 gone.


550 posted on 10/13/2007 8:50:56 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Hoodlum91

Yes I have... its psycho warfare...

I’m fighting back


551 posted on 10/13/2007 8:52:03 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

EZ grounds out to Timlin. 2 gone.


552 posted on 10/13/2007 8:52:39 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

about time for Drew to pull his weight?


553 posted on 10/13/2007 8:53:50 PM PDT by llevrok (Born a ham and never cured.)
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Damn! That was as nice hit by Blake!

Good field by the Sox


554 posted on 10/13/2007 8:54:28 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

And Blake grounds out to Lowell, 3 gone.

Red Sox coming up.


555 posted on 10/13/2007 8:55:05 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Damn~!


556 posted on 10/13/2007 8:58:47 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Red Steel

Lowell has a little George Cloony thing goin’ on...


557 posted on 10/13/2007 9:00:56 PM PDT by llevrok (Born a ham and never cured.)
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2~2


558 posted on 10/13/2007 9:02:07 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Varitek is pretty much a guaranteed out. Looks like we are going to have a bottom of the 9th.


559 posted on 10/13/2007 9:03:58 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 44 days away from outliving Freddie Mercury)
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To: llevrok

Lowell retired, Drew retired


560 posted on 10/13/2007 9:04:17 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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