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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

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.
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: americasgame; baseball; indians; mbl; mlb; redsox; yankeefreealcs; yankeeslostsoxwon; yankeessuck
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Pronk means "Half
project half donkey." Play-by-play man swings and misses.
61
posted on
10/12/2007 4:17:32 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
To: GraniteStateConservative
Relax...Should be plenty of fireworks on both sides with a strong wind blowing out to right field.
To: Petronski
Joe Buck should stick with the NFL.
63
posted on
10/12/2007 4:19:44 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Boston Blackie

Mrs. Shapiro?
Probably not a natural blonde.
64
posted on
10/12/2007 4:19:50 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
To: All
65
posted on
10/12/2007 4:20:22 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: GraniteStateConservative

Joe Buck should have a cookie:
66
posted on
10/12/2007 4:20:53 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
To: Clemenza
We Mets fans had to suffer through Timmy Mac for two decades.God bless you. He is insufferable. How on earth does he keep his job?
67
posted on
10/12/2007 4:21:41 PM PDT
by
Semper911
("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
To: GraniteStateConservative

Who's the weakest hitter in that lineup? Crisp? Varitek?
68
posted on
10/12/2007 4:23:00 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
To: Petronski
Home run by Travis Hafner (aka “Lord of the Flies” after Game 2).
69
posted on
10/12/2007 4:23:14 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
To: Petronski

Score that one "1."
70
posted on
10/12/2007 4:23:59 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
To: Petronski
71
posted on
10/12/2007 4:24:09 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Tall_Texan
I guess C.C.’s awake now...
72
posted on
10/12/2007 4:24:21 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
To: Semper911
Again, he had a corpse as his broadcasting partner.
In '86, the Mets had Kiner, McCarver and Steve Zabriskie, the latter of whom was actually quite intelligent.
73
posted on
10/12/2007 4:24:47 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Petronski
74
posted on
10/12/2007 4:24:59 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Petronski
Doesn’t “Youkilis” sound like something they should put in breath mints?
75
posted on
10/12/2007 4:26:00 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
To: All
Base hits in front of Papi and Manny make me happy.
76
posted on
10/12/2007 4:26:08 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: nutmeg
ohhhhh...That's an excellent idea. I love Shiraz.
Come on Papi!
To: UlmoLordOfWaters
David Ortiz loves October baseball.
78
posted on
10/12/2007 4:29:02 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Tall_Texan

Isn't Youkilis the artificial sweetener in CoCo Crisp?
79
posted on
10/12/2007 4:29:33 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
To: GraniteStateConservative
Great hit.
Manny's turn!
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