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Monday, October 22. 2007

Sox win in Seven

Daisuke Matsuzaka wasn't brilliant, but he kept his focus and more than got the job done.

The hero of the day, however, was the pesky Dustin Pedroia. Late in a close game, the smallest guy on the field -- perhaps on any Major League diamond this year -- started whacking the ball around like Reggie Jackson and rounding the bases with the same strut.

Quite an impressive young player, someone we can look forward to watching for many years to come. Call him the pocket Pete Rose.

Yesterday Dustin had a night in the sun, but if I had to pick an MVP for the series, it would have to be Kevin Youkilis.

Sources in Hollywood claim that Sydney Pollack has signed Dustin Hoffman (left) to reincarnate his 1982 Academy Award winning role as Dustin Pedroia in the up-coming romantic comedy, "Red Sox Tootsie".

Those two, batting one and two, carried the team when Papi and Manny came down to earth a little. Someone needed to pick up the power numbers, and those boys sailed into the challenge.

A Youkilis smash in the eighth hit the giant Coke bottle on the left field light stanchion smack in the middle. The ball plopped onto the field in front of the scoreboard. The Oracle at Blog from the Future Past is sure this is an omen of even better things to come.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 11:22 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Sunday, October 21. 2007

Game Seven

The man of the hour is Daisuke Matsuzaka. Take it from someone who knows: the enigmatic rookie has been showing signs of homesickness and culture shock late in the year. I have every confidence he will get his head on straight today, though, and lead the Red Sox to another World Series.

This game will mean everything in the world to Daisuke. I saw him play in that lengendary high school tournament... the 17-inning, 253 pitch classic that made him a household god in the land of the rising sun.

Though he's had his troubles, today Daisuke will remember what he needs to do and do it.

Gambatte!, which is Japanese for, "It's crunch time, dood..."

Daisuke Matsuzaka was pleasantly surprised that the number 18 was the same in Japanese and English.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 11:53 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, October 18. 2007

Backed Up Against the Wall

I may have mentioned once or twice that baseball is a funny game. If, in the ninth inning of game two, Kevin Youkilis' line drive lands a yard to the left, Boston takes the game and we're in a totally different series.

The flap around here today was the media trying to make news out of a few Manny Ramirez quotes taken out of context. Manny said, "And if we don't win, we'll be back next year."

No wonder Manny won't talk to the media for years at a time. The idea is that Manny somehow just doesn't care. Later on in the same interview, when someone asked about all the personal records he has been setting, he replied, "I'd give up all my records to win the World Series."

That doesn't sound like someone who doesn't care, to me.

Sources in Hollywood claim that director Steven Spielberg has signed Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (right) to star as Terry Francona in the blockbuster halocaust drama sequel, "Schindler's Red Sox".

The fans don't get it... if the players went around denting lockers and smashing water cooolers after every loss, how could they survive the game, mentally.

Like I said, it's a crazy game.

Despite being down 3-1, the Oracle at Blog from the Future Past still insists that Boston will go on to win the whole thing. I don't mind if they don't. I thorughly enjoyed the year and see nothing but good things ahead for the Sox.

You gotta believe.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 18:16 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Monday, October 8. 2007

Sox Sweep Angels - 8 More Wins to go

Josh Beckett gave the first lesson in pitching playoff baseball on Thursday night. Curt Schilling offered part two on Sunday, mixing up his pitches with total command. Fourth inning back-to-back homers by Big Pappi and Manny were more than enough to hold off the punchless Angels.

The poor Angels, who regularly beat up New York in the playoffs, drew the Red Sox this year and now have lost 10 straight post-season games to Boston.

I won't feel sorry for the Angels until they're 80-something years in the hole, though.

After all, they don't stink nearly as much as the Chicago Cubs.

Sources in Hollywood claim that director John Carpenter has signed Kevin Costner (left) to star as Curt Schilling in his new horror thriller, "Return of the Bloody Red Sox".

Curt Schilling prayed for Jesus to hate the Yankess, and so far it's working. In game two, the Lord whupped a bibilical plague of insects on the Bronx Bombers, causing their fan to make up all kinds of excuses and lawsuits.

Meanwhile, Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner announced that New York manager Joe Torre will likely be fired if his team fails to win the whole sheebang.

All I can say is, "what a jerk", but that would hardly be news. He owns the team and can do what he wants, but publically putting his manager on the line while the team is facing elimination should earn the Boss an uncomfortable box-seat in hell. It's a stupid thing to say, one of those owner gaffs that usually backfires.

George Steinbrenner is the reason Jesus hates the Yankees, well, except for Derek Jeter, who they say has already made it into heaven.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 08:20 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Sunday, October 7. 2007

Being Manny with Two Down, Nine to Go...

I try to imagine what it must be like to be Manny Ramirez, someone who is clearly one of the best in the world at what he does: hit baseballs hard and far.

On Friday night, the score tied at 3 with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, K-Rod tries to jam Manny on an 0-1 count with an inside fast ball at the knees. Too bad for the Angels, but the pitch was a shade too far over the plate and just a little too high.

After watching Manny for all these years, an instant after the pitch was on its way to the plate, you just knew that Manny was going to get a good rip at it. He turned on the pitch, his bat like a whip. The sweet smack of wood hitting horsehide quieted the crowd for a moment, but everyone knew that ball was about to take a long trip into the dark night, somewhere up over the light stanchion, the giant Coke bottles, and the Red Sox Nation rainbow.

Sources in Hollywood claim that director Ron Howard has signed Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (left) to star as Manny Ramirez in the planned sci-fi thriller, "Red Sox Cocoon".

Manny is like a kid out there, having a good time with himself, the consumate loner, or so it appears. Evereyone jokes about "Manny being Manny". I don't think anyone really knows what it means to "Be Manny", but I'll bet after games like Friday night, it's a lot better than we think.

On to LA-LA-Land, hoping Manny will be Manny again.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 08:05 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, October 4. 2007

One Down, Ten to Go...

There's eight teams vying for the Major League Baseball championship. First team to win eleven games gets the cigar, and so far we're a leg up in the American league.

Josh Beckett swashbuckled his way through the free-swinging Angels lineup last night, mixing up smoking fastballs with 97 mph knee-buckling sliders and a nasty roundhouse curve. He was ahead of almost every batter. Even if they knew what was coming, they still couldn't hit it.

Boy, did he raise expectations in the Nation, or what?

These folks look like they really knew what they were doing when they opted to rest some of the wounded during the tail-end of the regular season. The team looks fresh, and into it.

Sources in Hollywood claim that director Clint Eastward has signed Lou Diamond Phillips (right) to star as Josh Beckett in the planned baseball epic, "Red Sox of Our Fathers".

Just one game, a long road, and any team can get hot. If Josh Beckett keeps pitching like he did last night, there an excellent chance it could be us.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 17:07 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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