9:37 PM -- A little nervous, the unknown does this to me. Glad to see that The Thumb and Buck Martinez are doing the game. The other TBS announces are pretty bad.
9:45 PM -- Top of the first is complete. Lackey has yet to make the Sox swing and miss. Top three of Ellsbury, Pedroia and V Mart all work deep into the count. Confidence Counter is at 60 out of 100.
9:52 PM -- Lester just walked Abreu on a couple of close pitches. Lester is throwing cheese. I hope this plate umpire does not get too picky.
9:57 PM -- Nice play to end the inning by Lowell.
Disappointed that Baldelli did not make the roster. If Anderson starts a game in the ALDS, that is not a good sign. I'd rather see Drew in versus the lefties. BTW -- Matt Holiday has replaced Jackie Smith as "the sickest man in America".
10:03 PM -- Funny how PITCH TRAX has Ortiz's at bat as 5 balls and no strikes and he ends up grounding out to 1B. Squeeze a cancer survivor but allow the guy with the perpetual loooong face an extra two inches on the outside half, St. Peter take notice.
10:21 PM -- Channel 101 on Direct TV just advertised for the upcoming season of Friday Night Lights ... hold on interference call by Joe West. Replay showed (I ran back the DVR three times) no contact between Ellsbury's swing and Mathis' glove. Was this a case of Mr. West getting a text from the Pearly Gates? Regardless, Pedroia hits a lazy fly to right.
BTW -- Friday Night Lights is one of the best shows on tv. Direct TV viewers get to see it before the episodes air on NBC next spring. Season starts on October 28th. Coach Taylor leaves the Dillon Panthers for the newly reopened East Dillon H.S. while his wife stays as principal of Dillon? Good stuff.
10:37 PM -- Lester in some trouble in the bottom of the 3rd. Two on two out with Torii Hunter up.
10:40 PM -- Joe West is the devil. That 2-2 pitch was a strike!! Hunter walks. Bases loaded. Chances of Vlad walking? About the same as Joe Torre becoming the pitchman for a brand of shampoo.
10:43 PM -- Yesssss! Good thing I am in the man cave. Vlad whiffs. Lester is pretty fired up.
George is having a party!! Lopez Tonight makes me wonder about the other failed late night shows. Remember, ABC's answer to SNL, Fridays? How about the "very funny" Frank show on TBS? Me neither.
10:49 PM -- Question to Buck Martinez : Why are you the only person in the known world who cannot pronounce David Ortiz's last name correctly? Maybe everyone else is wrong and he is right.
The ABSOLUTE WORST late night talk show ever was Magic Johnson's!! Took me a couple of minutes to remember that.
10:57 PM -- Just so we are all clear, Joe West and CB Buckner are both officially part of the conspiracy. How do you not see that tag?
11:06 PM -- Lead off single in the 5th by Bay goes for naught as Lowell dials 6-4-3 and Drew lines out. Confidence Counter has dipped to 58 out of 100.
11:16 PM -- Lester in trouble again after a lead off double to Aybar, sacrifice by Figgins and a walk to Abreu. 1st and 3rd, only 1 out. Hunter up again in an rbi situation.
11:18 PM -- Yikes! 3 run bomb by Hunter to center. He crushed that thing. Angels 3 Sox 0. Confidence Counter plummets to 20 out of 100.
11:24 PM -- Inning ends as A Gonzo makes a great diving to save another run.
11:33 PM -- Lackey is trying to give the Sox a shot. Gonzo swings at ball 3. Two outs Dusty singles and V Mart walks on four pitches. Youk is up 2-0 right now. Game tying swing coming.
11:36 PM -- Joe West (AGAIN!!) bails out Lackey by calling the 3-0 pitch a strike. Youk takes the next one right down the middle. Swings at ball four (no doubt due to West) and then bounces out to third. Exhale.
11:40 PM -- "Not even close". What is CB Buckner doing/thinking? Youk easily had the bag retouched three steps in front of the runner. Makes you wonder what CB stands for? The thing that kills me is he is trying to sell a call that is so bad. I bet you right now, he is thinking he got it right. Could he possibly think that Pedroia got away with one two innings earlier when covering the bag on a bunt?
11:46 PM -- Ellsbury matches Gonzo's play in the 5th by going all out for a ball on the gap.
11:58 PM -- Ramon Ramirez in and he is not getting it done. Abreu walks for the 11th time tonight and he hits Hunter.
12:02 AM -- Ramirez now stabs at a double play grounder, knocks it down and can't make a play. Bases loaded no outs. If Coco Crisp was pitching do you think he would have done worse? Confidence Counter dips to 13 out of 100.
12:11 AM -- Saito enters and gets a bases loaded double play that I have never seen before. Lowell to V Mart and back to Lowell. I feel the worm turning.
12:13 AM -- Morales dumps one into left for an rbi single and Lowell fails to glove the throw to third. Another run. Drew throws out a runner at the plate on a single to right. Last three innings have ended with outstanding plays to save runs. Plus, that is now 3 errors (2 by Lowell) on the Sox. Gross -- Angels 5 Sox 0.
12:31 AM -- Bard just hit a 100 mph. Yawn.
A couple of random thoughts;
- Tomorrow's game is pretty close to a must win by the Sox. Beckett needs to step up.
- When I went with this format, I was hoping to run a commentary on the announcers and their commentary. Both have been good. I thought the Thumb got a little too excited after Hunter's homer but he is trying to not be a homer.
- I support Varitek catching Beckett tomorrow. Lowell at 3B was shaky tonight.
12:35 AM -- Bard blows away another guy. Top of the ninth coming.
12:45 AM -- Game over. Sox go down without a whimper. The offense has to show up tomorrow night.
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