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World Series Game #1: Francis vs Beckett

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More surprising for me than Ryan Spilborghs being in the lineup in the first place -Seth Smith would have been a fine option, but you've got to admit this is a huge stage to make your starting debut on- would be that Clint Hurdle elected to have him bat ninth.

Colorado:

   1. Willy Taveras, CF
   2. Kaz Matsui, 2B
   3. Matt Holliday, LF
   4. Todd Helton, 1B
   5. Garrett Atkins, 3B
   6. Brad Hawpe, RF
   7. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
   8. Yorvit Torrealba, C
   9. Ryan Spilborghs, DH

Boston:

   1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
   2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
   3. David Ortiz, DH
   4. Manny Ramirez, LF
   5. Mike Lowell, 3B
   6. Jason Varitek, C
   7. J.D. Drew, RF
   8. Julio Lugo, SS
   9. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF

I mean, I know Yorvit's been on a roll this postseason, but Tulo certainly has not. For me it would have made more sense to switch Troy and Ryan for this game until Tulo gets his bearings back.

At any rate, I kind of like our chances tonight with Francis on the mound.

Go Rockies!

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My prediction
Beckett will take Game 1 against the Rockies just like Webb in the LCS, Hamels in the LDS and Peavy in the tiebreaker.
Every day is a Holliday!

by free7694 on Oct 24, 2007 5:15 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You've got a point....
Your team is doomed!!
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 5:30 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Relax, it's just the first game and Beckett
is the pitcher on the other team tonight. Sit back and enjoy what should be the most interesting game in baseball this year. If the Rockies have a rough time tonight, it's not to get too upset over. If the Rockies win, great we will all have all that much more to cheer about. GO ROCKIES! Sox Suck.

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 5:17 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I gotta say
between Kyle Blakeman, Mike Coolbaugh, Florinda George, and all our other ghosts and good karma, if maybe we do have a little help, then -- well, call it fate, luck, destiny, or magic, but I don't see 'em bringing us this far just to bring us to a crashing halt. Clearly, we can't put any stock in this, and the players need to bring their A-games against Beckett and the Sawx, but if we do what we've been doing, I have confidence that we'll get a little of that purple spark when it's needed.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 5:20 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I used to
Really like Mario Batalli, but he picked the Red Sox, so I'm hoping that Ronald McDonald beats that crock wearing looser on Iron Chef America.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0710/world.series.celeb.picks/content.1.ht ml

by wolf213 on Oct 24, 2007 5:34 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well then....
These baseball luminaries seem to be highly split.

And by highly split, I mean 15-5 in favor of the Sox.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 5:44 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Simulator: Series Analysis
Hot off the simulator.  Assuming that the pitching matchups that are projected stay the same the simulator came up with the following game win probabilities and series winner probability.

G1: Boston 52.1%
G2: Rockies 51.85%
G3: Rockies 51.4%
G4: Rockies 54.45%
G5: Red Sox 50.35%
G6: Rockies 51.85%
G7: Red Sox 54.6%
Series winner: Rockies 51.002%

Let's look at the series with Beckett pitching in games 1,4,7, moving Lester to game 5 and Dice-K losing his game 7 start to Beckett and assuming the short rest doesn't effect Beckett's performance.

G1: Red Sox 52.1%
G2: Rockies 51.85%
G3: Rockies 51.4% (first 3 games the same)
G4: Red Sox 54.04% (Beckett vs Cook)
G5: Rockies 53.56% (Lester vs Francis)
G6: Rockies 51.85%
G7: Red Sox 57.88% (Fogg vs Beckett)
Series winner: Red Sox 51.667%

The simulator has this as being a tight series.  Enjoy the winning streak while you can.

vr, Xei

2007 NL West Predictions: 1. Padres, 2. Dodgers, 3. DBacks, 4. Giants, 5. Rockies

by Xeifrank on Oct 24, 2007 5:35 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't recall...
...what were your pre-series sim results for our NLDS and NLCS rounds?
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 5:52 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I had
vs The DBacks I had the DBacks winning game #1 and the Rockies winning 2,3,4.  Vegas had the DBacks winning games 1,2 and Rockies winning 3,4.

vs The Phillies... I had game 1 as a tossup, Vegas took the Phils, I had game 2 going to the Phils, but Vegas with more certainty, game 3 had both Vegas and I with the Rockies as heavy favorites.

vs Padres (Play-in game)... I had the Rockies as very very slight favorites and Vegas had SD as heavy faves.

My simulator using 2007 ZIPS projections, picked the Red Sox to beat the Cubs in the W.S. (before the season started).

Track record is all available for the entire season at the site.  Thanks for asking though.  Hope that helps.

vr, Xei

2007 NL West Predictions: 1. Padres, 2. Dodgers, 3. DBacks, 4. Giants, 5. Rockies

by Xeifrank on Oct 24, 2007 6:00 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm
(Red Sox to beat the Cubs)

Is your simulator, by any chance, named ESPN? ;)

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:02 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

God, let's get this started already
I'm jumping out of my skin.  Let's play ball!
Bill Buckner, Bucky Dent and Babe Ruth Agree: Boston Sucks!

by BroJB on Oct 24, 2007 5:35 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh gawd
Just saw Joe Morgan say that the Sox lineup compares favorably to the Big Red machine.  Yeah, who needs Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion when you've got Julio Lugo and JD Drew.

What clowns.

Bill Buckner, Bucky Dent and Babe Ruth Agree: Boston Sucks!

by BroJB on Oct 24, 2007 5:38 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There are times (not many, but times)
when I am grateful for Gameday. It doesn't come packaged with the opinions of idiots.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 5:39 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We got the common brainwave thing going
that's a good luck sign :)
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 5:41 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not to mention
That the Dustin Pedroia vs Morgan himself comparison isn't that favorable to the Sox either.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 5:40 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

An omen
Many teams have dominated their respective leagues over the course of baseball history, but few have been able to totally demoralize their competition like the 1927 Yankees. Their lineup, appropriately dubbed "Murderer's Row," featured five .300 hitters. Among their ranks were the league leaders in virtually every offensive category; Babe Ruth's record 60 homers and 158 runs, AL MVP Lou Gehrig's 175 RBIs, and Earle Combs' 231 base hits all topped the Junior Circuit. As a team, the Bronx Bombers totaled over 100 more home runs than any other team and posted league highs with a .307 batting average and an amazing .489 slugging percentage.

As the Washington Senators discovered in early July, the Yankees would waste no time in swiftly disposing any team that dared to challenge their supremacy. The Senators had won ten in a row heading into an Independence Day doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. In the process, they had leapfrogged the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox to take second place and had pulled within ten games of the first-place Yankees.

No matter. In front of a record crowd, the Yankees destroyed the Senators 12-1 in the opener and utterly humiliated them in the second game by a 21-1 margin. After the game, Washington first baseman Joe Judge summed it up. "Those fellows not only beat you but they tear your heart out. I wish the season was over."

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 5:54 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You think the Rox will tear Boston's heart out?
Because that's what I got from your supposed allegory.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 5:57 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Right now
I am having my older sister, who lives in LoDo, walk around the city and message me pictures of all the Rockies signs and banners.

I guess you could say I wish I was there.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 5:40 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm....
I swore to root for whichever team won the NLCS. Think I might stick around tonight, it's going to be fun to watch the Rox smack around that douchebag Josh Beckett.

Give 'em hell, Team Jesus. (KIDDING!!)

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 5:49 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Silver...
...do you have a TV tonight?
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 5:52 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You asked...
right as I was addressing this very topic below. ;)
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 5:59 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I despise Dane Cook
a little more with each passing commercial.
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 5:52 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is he pretending
he can do facial expressions and enthusiastic support?
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 5:59 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I could watch this game on TV...
in a small room on the other side of campus (and it's pouring rain) with about twenty vociferous Sox fans (including the most annoying man on campus... I do think there is a correlation between the two) and the sterling commentary of our friendly FOX idiots.

Hmm, watching by myself on Gameday doesn't sound so bad.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 5:56 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is worse than Christmas when I was a kid
Start the game please. I want to see the Rockies now. Please. Please. Please.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:00 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we humans...
and also Red Sox fans...

Btw, worst acting ever in this montage.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:03 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate papers
and this isn't even the one I was working on previously, it's a different one. Thankfully it's short, but I have this feeling it better be done in 30 minutes...
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow
It's really happening...our Rox are in the World Series!!!!!!!!!

LET'S GO ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is crazy
I'm thrilled and proud and still can't make myself believe it!

THE ROCKIES ARE IN THE @$&$(!* WORLD SERIES, BITCHES!

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:05 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is cheese
Nice opening.

ERIC BYRNES!

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OH god
Eric Byrnes is on FOX....

Getting outplayed again Eric?

You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:05 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought I had seen the end
of Byrnes this season.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 6:05 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, you just lost the series.
When Eric Byrnes supports you, it's over.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:05 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Eric Byrnes
Keep up the brown nosing and Rockies fans might eventually stop booing you.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:06 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What is
this clown going on about? Changing sides shamelessly?
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:06 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Changing sides?
He's a former Rocky.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:08 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Like that mattered
he was with us for 15 days, and has, um, clearly taken to his new role as a Diamondback.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:09 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep...
First just general praise, but then he really put on the love for Francis.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:09 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I worry
he is attempting to jinx us.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:10 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's talking about outplaying his opponents....
...on the golf course........ZING!!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:09 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Byrnes says...
...eh?
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:08 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But Byrnes takes the Red Sox in 7.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 6:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why didn't they invite Boswell?
Byrnes is a damned idiot. This is the guy they get to represent the Rockies? I'm sorry. You guys are better then that.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kevin.... cough.... Millar...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:12 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love Jeannie Zelasco
Reads right through Eric Byrnes and after he's done praising the Rox she deadpans:

"Kind of like they got lucky..."

Very funny dig.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay, Rockies, let's go!
So excited for the NL West champs to totally rock the Sox!  You know that all of AZSnakepit is with you guys tonight.  
Friendly Diamondbacks Visitor

by 4CornersFan on Oct 24, 2007 6:14 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We welcome your support
and you are perfectly at liberty to stick around and help us unite our energies against the evil AL and the Evil Empire Lite.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:16 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I sent...
...you an email.
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 6:16 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Err...
We had our chance to rock the Sox, but we could only smack around Dice-K. (Behind RJ)

I assume you meant NL Champs?

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:16 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NL Champs
Oh, duh.  Yeah.  I meant having the NL West representing the NL.  Getting too excited by seeing Byrnsie, I guess!!  LOL
Friendly Diamondbacks Visitor

by 4CornersFan on Oct 24, 2007 6:19 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So are our PR friends!
They all love Byrnesie!!
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:21 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awww....
He just wants to reach out to you, that's all!

See?

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:28 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Falling on face
in 5...4...3..2..1....
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:28 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's like a panther, ready to strike.
A sex panther. Made with bits of real panther, so you KNOW he's good.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:32 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

GERONIMO!.....
<splat>
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:34 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd go take a ride
in the Shaggin' Wagon right now.

....

(NOT) ;)

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:24 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't be jealous....
Tulo just wishes he had Byrnes' Shaggin' Wagon...
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:30 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tulo's got the Escalade going
He's pimp, yo.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:30 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, lame!
I hate Escalades.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:42 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rather ambivilant Red Sox response to Rockies
No booing, no nothing really.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:16 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

FOX news and FOX sports loves to hire loser
celebrities to work for them. They work soooo.. cheap!

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 6:17 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was one of the worst Fox pregames
I've ever seen.

Eric Karros: "I am a proud customer of Hair Club for men. Here are my supporting cast, Manny the Makeup Queen, Owen Wilson's imperfect clone who has never learned the comb principle, and Kevin Kennedy, now on his 15th consecutive year attempting to star in porn and failing.

You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:18 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I heart Spilly
They announce him: he looks straight at the camera, waves, and says "hi mom," before running off. LOL
www.myspace.com/notthisday.com

by Squeaky on Oct 24, 2007 6:20 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I said the same thing to my friend
And she just looked at me with that "whatever" face, so I'm glad somebody else understands.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:21 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You don't get it
Squeaky really, really loves Spilly. ;)
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:22 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know Squeaky's love goes
totally overboard, but that moment was just so sweet and I was seriously disappointed in my friend for not seeing that.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:24 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DAMN
my lack of TV-ness!
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:25 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope we get to see another episode of
Kevin Youklis' roid rage tonight.

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 6:20 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yay, John Williams!
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 6:21 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Very good composer
But did the PA announcer call him the "affinity of our culture" or something like that?

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 6:22 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dammit
Start this game already!

I simply cannot wait 10 freaking more minutes!

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:26 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yaz!
Tossing out the first pitch.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:26 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

On a similar subject
Has it been announced/decided/etc who will throw out the first pitch in game 3?

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 6:27 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I heard it was Carmelo Anthony.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:28 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bill Romanoski
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:30 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now that
would probably be the first recorded incident of fans dogpiling the field for something that had nothing to do with the actual game whatsoever.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:31 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well,
they booed Ashlee Simpson during the Orange Bowl?
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:34 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah
but they wouldn't be wrenching out box seats and chucking them at people like they might be in this case.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:35 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Knowing Romo, he'd chuck 'em right back.
Forget Kevin Youkilis, and even Barry Bonds. You wanna see 'roid rage, piss off Romo.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:41 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Conan O'Brian challenged Joe Buck
to say," Jib-Jub" sometime during the World Series. Look for him to say it tonight.

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 6:30 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good point
And they had two opportunities to do so, and cancelled both of them.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 6:33 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have fun Rockies!
They look a little tense.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:33 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pregame nerves
Once they get back into their flow, they'll be good.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:36 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do you guys like Manny Ramirez?
Just curious. Seems like most don't.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:36 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He is batshit insane
has the mental level of about a twelve-year-old, and is occasionally very entertaining and occasionally very insufferable. But generally theatric and too amiably stupid to know better.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:37 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As far as ability, I have the utmost respect.
He's just a showboating ass.
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:37 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No...
...though I don't see him enough to hate him like I do Eric Byrnes, Khalil Greene, and Chipper Jones (and used to hate Eric Karros, Paul LoDuca, and oh, the game's started).
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 6:38 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If you'll excuse my language,
he's a f#*&head.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:39 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anybody remember the article that was
written near the beginning of the season that predicted a Rockies versus Red Sox world series?
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:36 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seriously?
Let's see it. But... I assume no such thing existed, because I for one didn't see this coming a mile out of left field.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:39 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't remember where it was from...
I think it was from SI......

Something like "Todd versus Sox WS"

You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:40 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well
You just knew it had to happen.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:42 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes, because it always snows in Denver...
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:38 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

IT STARTED!
I can feel my productivity draining by the second.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:38 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Borderline, but outside
Montague behind the plate... I hope none of this ump crew has been involved in stealing our homers this year.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:40 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

too close though
Beckett's going to get the generous corner, you've got to know that.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:41 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Low strike on Kaz
Let's hope that Francis also enjoys the fluidity of this strike zone...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:41 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3-2 count. Big at bat.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:41 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Er, Kaz?
Don't go fishing on ball four.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:42 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Same for you, Matt
No swinging outside the zone.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah
Throw that inside to Matty....see what happens!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:43 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

C'mon Holliday!
Manny's watching!
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:43 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Go on, Beckett
You know you want to hit Holliday.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:43 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice start!
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe Beckett will plunk Holliday,
sending the Sox on a death spiral for the rest of the game AND series.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's about the only time
I actively root for one of our guys to be hit.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:45 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh boy..
Come on Rox.........
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

From a St. Louis Cardinal fan....
I am totally rooting for you guys.  After 2004 I am so sick of the Red Sox.  They have turned into the Yankees in my opinion.

I have Atkins and Helton on my fantasy team so I wish them and your entire ballclub success in the series.

Goodluck guys!

by Pujols4MVP on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Here here!!
Looks like all of us NL fans are coming out of the woodwork to cheer for the Rox.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:46 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Red Sox:
The Yankees without the championships to back up the bluster.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:47 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed
Huge payroll, obnoxious fans (as it seems from TV could be wrong) and I know it's history but that ball park is ridiculous.

And there goes a dinger...and a double.  :-(

by Pujols4MVP on Oct 24, 2007 6:49 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All fastballs
And no one can catch up to them.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beckett's definitely on in the first.
No contact for the Rockies yet, better have your A game Jeff.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 6:44 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Struck out the side.
I don't expect Francis to do that, but something similar.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 6:45 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Huge zone...better call this even blue!
"Corner of strike zone" = "ball pitched in the vicinity of Rhode Island."
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:47 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

'stretching north to Maine'
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:48 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn , , ,
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 6:47 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How about that!
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:48 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does anybody else...
...hear an annoying, warbling, buzz, like a mosquito is trapped in the TV. OH SHIT.
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 6:48 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dammit
Bad way to start.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:48 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

To the midget, too...
Memo to Jeff: Whatever that was, don't throw it again.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pedoia
If Jeff Francis had read the scouting report I provided to Rox Girl yesterday, he would have known not to throw that fastball to Pedroia.

ICKIMORE

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 12:39 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

COC Rule #4
In that vein, posts of intolerance and personal attacks are unacceptable. Highlighting differences or using inflammatory rhetoric against somebody's nationality, race, gender, sexuality or religion could be cause for getting booted off the site. For a couple of examples: Aaron Miles is a bum because he can't take a walk, not because he's a short white guy. Byung Hyun Kim gets on our ire for his inconsistency in pitching, not his common English as a second language difficulty. For other users, be considerate even in total disagreement. There are various levels of baseball knowledge on the site, and if your level of understanding is greater than mine or another user's, it doesn't mean that we're idiots. Explain what you know and move on without name calling or denigration. On the other hand, be slow in taking offense when somebody disagrees with you. If you think another user (or even one of us) has gone too far, e-mail Russ or myself and let us know and we'll do our best to sort it out.

by tshea1 on Oct 29, 2007 5:51 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Ickimore had read the scouting report
he provided to Rox Girl yesterday, he would have known that there's an "r" in Dustin Pedroia's name.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 12:57 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Argh....
D. Pedroia
  1. Called strike
  2. In play, run(s)
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by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on Jeff.....
settle down!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're not playing Arizona anymore
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NO
Really?
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:50 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jeffrey...
Come on now. Then again, for what it's worth, I had them losing this game. But still.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:49 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BUNT?
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:50 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Getting ready
for NL rules, are we?
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:51 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Manuel!
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:52 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on Jeff....
I really don't like Ramirez's posing ass.......
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 6:53 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pedroia homers and Ortiz bunts.
What are the odds?
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by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 6:53 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No more runs, Jeff
Let's get the butterflies out of the system now and focus. Can't let them have any more.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:53 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't know, Tim. If Troy was farther back
I think he would have got it in his glove.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 6:54 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Has the sing songy chant begun already?
Francis...Fraaaanncccis
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:54 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure
they called those strikes for Beckett...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:54 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NOOOOOOO
Please please please 4-6-3, 6-4-3, 5-4-3, 1-6-3 DP or a F-8
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by rockiesfan4ever on Oct 24, 2007 6:55 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tek running up the pitch count
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 6:57 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is an honest question
not a trollish one, but out of all the places you could root for the Sox, why have you chosen to do so here?
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:58 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Comeon
1 more strike. That's all.
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by rockiesfan4ever on Oct 24, 2007 6:58 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DANG
or not
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by rockiesfan4ever on Oct 24, 2007 6:58 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bah
Focus, Jeffrey! Focus!
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 6:58 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is a 2-0 lead big enough
Just making them comfortable. Or give them a fucking 3-0 lead
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by rockiesfan4ever on Oct 24, 2007 6:59 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ugh Jeff...
Someone go talk to him please.......
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Geez
This is not good. It's early, but still...

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

J.D. Drew?
Honestly...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:00 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Drew
That's our Nancy!

Greetings from Red Sox Nation. I haven't watched the Rockies much this season, but that's a nice state you guys have there.

Looking forward to a great (and hopefully Sox-dominated) Series.

by SoxDevil on Oct 24, 2007 7:02 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Commentary
You'll get the good and bad. Besides, Colorado is my 2nd fav team
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:01 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think Jeff
is fooling anyone out there. Need to get him settled down, 3-0 is already a problem against Beckett.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:01 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm just realizing...
...we haven't been behind much in the last oh, month or so...
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 7:02 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not a good feeling, huh?
Don't worry, we lose this one, we win the rest.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:03 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3-0 versus 5-0 is a huge difference
Fear not...Lugo sucks
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:02 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

commentate...
...but don't speculate.  Inning over.
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 7:03 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Inning over
Sadly he's become the 2nd coming of Pokey Reese.

by SoxDevil on Oct 24, 2007 7:04 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

way to wear them down Jeff
chilling Beckett's arm over a long inning... brilliant strategy.

Nice play!

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 7:03 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weirdly enough
despite all the numbers, I feel oddly comfortable with our defense -- Atkins, Hawpe, Torrealba and all -- just as it is. Winning (and not making errors) will do that to you.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:06 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice play Atkins
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:03 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

go defense!
Atkins needs to do it on offense now.

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:03 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great pick by Todd!
When a guy makes a great defensive play in one inning, it's only fitting he does the same thing on offense in the next inning.

We could defienetly use something big next inning.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 7:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was an adventure . . .
How about doing the same for Beckett?
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 7:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't know if I can take...
...a 15-13 game though!
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 7:06 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Time for us to figure out
Beckett. Lots of game to go. And somebody calm down Francis in the dugout.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:04 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Guhhhhh.
Not a perfect first inning by any stretch of the imagination...

by rcmanning on Oct 24, 2007 7:05 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm going to take this opportunity to
gloat just a little.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

The game's still just beginning. It's not over by any stretch.

by SoxDevil on Oct 24, 2007 7:06 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Helton needs to answer
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:06 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yay I get to watch now ...
... boo, the score is not what I'd like to see this early. :( Even better, I get to multi-task watching while writing a column.

As for this WS, I really hope Helton lights it up. He hasn't been much of a factor offensively so far (defensively, that's another story) and if there's any time to do so, it's now ... especially because had the cards fallen differently, he'd be facing the Rox right now.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 7:07 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Assuming
we even make it here without him, which is doubtful....

That's what I love about this team, remove one guy and you probably wouldn't be here.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:08 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ugh beckett
I really can't deal with 27 strikeouts tonight.

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:07 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so much for that
That stupid-ass green monster needs to git.

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:09 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

KKKK
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:07 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do something aside from strike out
Come on!
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:08 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Atta kid
Atkins!
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:09 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Atkins, oh so close!
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 7:08 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ouch
Good hit, bad luck
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:08 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Contact!
Nearly out by Atkins too.

Drive him in Brad!

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 7:09 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Garrett does not fear
the wall at all. Out of anywhere but Fenway...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:09 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wall
If you had seen the scouting report I sent to Rox Girl yesterday in e-mail, you would know a lot more about how to play the wall.

ICKIMORE

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 12:44 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You DO realize you sound like a broken record,
right?
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 12:49 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Citgo sign
makes me a bit nostalgic for Boston.

C'mon Hawpe!

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 7:10 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Must be a lot of motion on that fastball
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:10 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bargh
I don't like the strikeout script. Change it.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love it
when they listen to me so promptly. Hopefully that took a little of the wind out of Fenway's sails.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe
I should go back to lurking.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 7:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TULO!!!
RBI Double!!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

tying run at the plate YAH!
Let's do it boys!!!!!

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:11 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tulo rips it
And there you go!
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Troy!
RBI double. Nice.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tulo!!!!1
First pitch swinging, smacked that.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TULO!
Troy for R.O.Y.!!!

Time for another clutch Torrealba postseason hit.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

TULO!
I was feelin' it. My man does his thing.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

go rocks!!
A visiting Halos fan.

by westcoastbias on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lefties not seeing beckett at all
but righties have had some good contact

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:12 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yorvit...
bad, bad!!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:13 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nah
Yorvit is still Yorvit... but an encouraging inning.

Hopefully, somebody screwed Francis' head on straight in the interim.

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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:14 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

at least we're making contact...
That's definitely a nice change from inning one.

by Rox Girl on Oct 24, 2007 7:14 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that Bud Light commercial is STUPID
What an awful place to put a couch - right next to the stairwell, which, by the way, has no protection.  It's a deathtrap that house!!!

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:15 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rocks finally having some success
hitting beckett. Go Rockies!

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 7:15 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wonder
if this is the most runs he's given up in 2 innings to date... ;)
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:16 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I swear
I've learned my lesson. Cannot stop playing Depeche Mode...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:15 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It can't be said enough
the Dane Cook commercials suck. Hard.

by Quiz23 on Oct 24, 2007 7:16 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Allright Jeff....
Let's set the Sawx down......

Come on!

You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:17 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on blue!!
You gave that pitch to Beckett!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:17 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brainwaves...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:18 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ellsbury is a fun player to watch
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:17 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He sure is!
He can keep doing that all night, it'll be VERY fun.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:18 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

These "balls"
are awfully close...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:17 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Those Umps are F#@%in old.
How the hell can they follow a 95 mph fastball? Seriously.

by tailgateparty on Oct 24, 2007 7:20 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Strike three!
Good start Jeff, two more.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 7:18 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay Jeff
Your "fastballs" are underwhelming, let's NOT try to sneak another one by Pedroia.
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:19 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

fastballs
As you would have known yesterday if you would have seen the scouting report I sent to Rox Girl, Pedroia crushes fastballs.

ICKIMORE

Red Sox will destroy the Rox

by Ickimore on Oct 25, 2007 12:48 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Broken record
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 25, 2007 12:49 AM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looks like Francis is settling in.
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:20 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

is it just me
or does anyone else wanna vomit watching yukilis up there?
A visiting Halos fan.

by westcoastbias on Oct 24, 2007 7:20 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't wait...
until they have to sit him in Denver...
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by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:21 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What's Francis' pitch count usually?
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:21 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

By inning
or for a whole outing? He can generally go to about 105 or so.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:22 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Youkilis
is a pain.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:22 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on Blue!
You're giving those gifts to Beckett.
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:22 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ortiz is slumping
Hot in the ALDS

Not so much in the latter ALCS

Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:24 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh dammit...
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:24 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

big hit
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:24 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How did Matt not cut off that ball?
I thought Youkilis had no chance to score.

by avsfan4ever33 on Oct 24, 2007 7:24 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jeff
GEEZ.... seriously? Two quick outs and then you walk the Greek God of Nothing and let Fenway get back into it?
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I use
his nickname from Moneyball: Greek God of Walks.

I prefer to call him Nothing due to somebody (I think it was Francona) remarking that he'd seen him in the shower and wouldn't call him the Greek god of anything.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:31 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And come on now
You're a Sox fan that didn't know that? A humble Rox fan has to enlighten you.

;)

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:33 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm... like Louis Renault,
I am shocked, shocked, that Silver remembered, a story like that.
I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 7:37 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I remember EVERYTHING
I'm serious. Helps me out on tests.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:38 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, actually I have that skill too.
Helps me on tests as well, except that most of the things I remember are random worthless facts, as opposed to something I actually need to remember for class. For example, in Europe, what we call an elk is called a red deer, what we call a caribou is called a reindeer, and what we call a moose is called an elk.

See?? Random.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 7:41 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OH COME ON DON'T WALK MANNY
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't worry...
This never works out for us...
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:26 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one inch from Tulo's glove
sigh, even our vaunted defense takes a bruise.  Good 2-strike hit from Ortiz.

by jakester on Oct 24, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh god IBB.
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ball to the wall, a run scores.
It would have been an awkward throw for Holliday if he got it and didn't set up his throw.
"Don't give up the ship!" - Capt. James Lawrence

by Russ on Oct 24, 2007 7:25 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

how did he score from first
ugh.
A visiting Halos fan.

by westcoastbias on Oct 24, 2007 7:26 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice pitch
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:27 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah
Francis has had difficulty putting them away. From 0-2 on Youkilis to this...
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:28 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Popped up.
Allright offense.....COME ON ROCKIES!!
You are about to get ROCKED!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Oct 24, 2007 7:28 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mike "pop up" Lowell
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:28 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah
That .333 average this postseason hasn't worked out for you guys, huh?
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:30 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My Goodness...
...I am sick of those Mellencamp Chevy commercials.
You smell that? Do you smell that? Baseball in October, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Baseball in October.

by Gumbo on Oct 24, 2007 7:29 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All of these
commercials are getting annoying.
Holliday is the MVP. Questions, punks?

by duke on Oct 24, 2007 7:31 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jeez Jeff
What did I say about not letting them have more runs?

This is still doable, but don't make it harder. It would displease me to see the mediots slurping Boston kool-aid "just like everyone predicted." (Including me, but that didn't mean I WANTED it to happen).

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:29 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Come on Rox,
do something amazing! Like the rest of this Rocktober!
Holliday is the MVP. Questions, punks?

by duke on Oct 24, 2007 7:29 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They have time
but admittedly need to get back with the program.
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:31 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The way they say Beckett,
it's like he's some Grecian god come down from Olympus to pitch to mere mortals...
Holliday is the MVP. Questions, punks?

by duke on Oct 24, 2007 7:32 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Greek God of Pitching
with the Greek God of Walks, how can they lose...? <rolls eyes>
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:33 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well that might help the rox
If beckett gets cold
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:33 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ramirez is gonna be an adventure in Coors Field
Boston never waves a white flag.

by galacticpilot on Oct 24, 2007 7:34 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well... um...
At least we aren't striking out any more?
Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:34 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weak fly-balls
The rain is helping to keep things down, too. Unless your name is Scrappy Doo

by SoxDevil on Oct 24, 2007 7:34 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Francis isn't on his game yet....
But Beckett hasn't looked invincible, at least not after the first inning.

Someone earlier was pointing out that the Rockies haven't been down much lately. You were down to us a couple times in the NLCS, but it didn't last.

Hmmm.... according to Joe Morgan on the radio, Manny is one of the best defensive LFs in the game.

O rly??

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 24, 2007 7:34 PM MDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was sick of the announcers
on the TV, so I turned on the radio. Which is worse? Buck and McCarver or Joe Morgan? Hard to call...so I turned the TV's volume back on.
Holliday is the MVP. Questions, punks?

by duke on Oct 24, 2007 7:36 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Further proof
that Joe Morgan has no clue what the hell he's talking about.

If Francis is going down by 33% in regards to runs allowed every inning, he should, according to my calculations, allow 1/3 of a run in the third.

Get Demented. Mother of the Baby Tulos; available at fair price for your Tulo-less ballclubs.

by Silverblood on Oct 24, 2007 7:37 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can deal
with 1/3 of a run.
Holliday is the MVP. Questions, punks?

by duke on Oct 24, 2007 7:39 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs