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]

Thats the truth

[andy58-in-nh]

Poor situational hitting, in essence. And inconsistency. The Sox have done this all year: they beat the crap out of the ball for a couple of games, then the bats fall silent. It doesn’t help to have Nancy Drew in the lineup, either.

[warsaw44]

Hey, I like Tito and what he has done for the team. But folks around here are looking for a scapegoat other than Gagne. All I have heard the last few days other than Gagne should vanish is “ How could Tito have put him in there?? “
I was floored to see Gagne take the mound myself.

[mylife]

Westbrook is stinkin up the mound

[mylife]

Falling behind 3~0 on batters like Ortiz and Ramirez aint cool

[mylife]

Whew....

[Petronski]

Squibbly doo! Three outs.

[warsaw44]

How many times have the sox grounded out tonight?

[nutmeg]

...and Manny hits into a double play. I think I’m gonna be sick. “Tribe Time” it certainly is...

[mylife]

It wasnt easy L0L

[misterrob]

When you can throw ground balls you are never that far out of an inning. He’s getting DPs because his ball is sinking and the Sox cannot do anything more than beat the ball into the ground.

Sox have had chances but killed themselves on the bases with 3 DPs.

[mylife]

I know

[Libertarian444]

This HP umpire is terrible. For both teams.

[mylife]

Kenny! Kenny! Kenny!

[Petronski]

Yeah, this ump is not so much with the good, more with the bad.

[misterrob]

He had no one left though. Schilling screws the pooch and is out in the 5th inning. That means you are moving everyone up two innings. In an extra inning game without a real long relief guy things get rather limited. If he had any faith in Gagne then he’s in there before Papelbon.

[mylife]

Kenny, retired!

[misterrob]

Did the announcers talk about his poor grading? My wife seems to think that they did.

Anyone hear that?

[Petronski]

We're listening to WATM.

[mylife]

Time for a kosher beef hot dog with...

and onions