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.

[Petronski]

Whoa there, Chester. Plenty of beisball left to play.

[andy58-in-nh]

Put Dice-K on the mound and all of a sudden the Red Sox can not get a hit.

Yes, but they also put up six zeros to end the game on Saturday/Sunday. Since Varitek grounded into a double play in the fifth inning in Game 1, the Sox have been offensively impotent.

[Tall_Texan]

They could have Earnest Byner fumble the first pitch. LOL

[mylife]

2 out 2 on Timlin takes the mound

[Boston Blackie]

Looks like Indians take lead in series.

[nutmeg]

Its magic. Put Dice-K on the mound and all of a sudden the Red Sox can not get a hit. This BS has been going on all season.

Yup. My husband is pacing around the family room muttering "The Red Sox are toast... that's the season." They've played progressively worse since Game 1, and it was all over once Gagne took the mound in Game 2.

[warsaw44]

This is a disgrace. Inexcusable.

[nutmeg]

Ive done more double posts in the last week than I have in 4 years

I know... same here. It's embarrassing, isn't it?

[warsaw44]

They blow this and people will be calling for Tito’s head.

[mylife]

Everyone is a comedian

[mylife]

Its painful. Especially on a live thread like this

[Boston Blackie]

Ive done more double posts in the last week than I have in 4 years

I know... same here. It's embarrassing, isn't it?

Sometime stuff happens and its not our fault

[misterrob]

Cleveland is doing the things at the plate they need to win, the Red Sox are not. Cleveland gets a man on base and they do something. The Sox don’t.

As an aside though, this home plate umpire is just God awful. He’s screwing both pitchers royally.

[warsaw44]

Red Sox offense.
Temporarily Unavailable.

[mylife]

Agreed

[Boston Blackie]

Red Sox offense. ..... is rather offensive.

[misterrob]

They might and for what? The front office goes out and gets a coveted relief pitcher who then falls flat on his face down the stretch. Tito has to try and rescue him if he can. Sat. night the Sox had chances and couldn’t do it. Call it bad situational hitting, call it baseball. His choices in the 11th were Gagne or Lopez who are both substandard and a starting pitcher. Some choice. If Schilling could learn to throw a damned curveball and he and his catcher stop trying to load up on fastballs to a fastball hitting team then maybe they are up 2-0. Francona isn’t perfect but he did the job better than just about anyone else this year. He didn’t sign Drew or Lugo, he didn’t make the trade for Crisp or Gagne, that’s all on Theo.

[warsaw44]

[Libertarian444]

Manny’s going yard here.

[Petronski]

Everyone should stop talking like this game is over.