Godamn It!, Goddam It!, Goddam It! (as my three-year-old likes to say).
Boy, Game 3 of the ALCS (a 9-1 loss to Tampa Bay) was fun if you are a Boston Red Sox fan. Maybe someone should have told the players that the game was a 4:30 p.m. start, not a 8:30 p.m. start as they are accustomed to this postseason.
That's two stinkers in-a-row for Boston sports teams, with the Patriots mailing in a pitiful performance in a loss to San Diego on Sunday. But Monday's Red Sox blowout loss to Tampa Bay was much more surprising than the Patriots loss. Did anyone really think that San Diego was going to lose that game Sunday night? If you're not sure about how to respond, the answer is the same as to this question, "Did anyone think that the Boston-Tampa game was going to go beyond the 11th inning once Mike Timlin entered the game?"
The answer to both - a big NO!
The new ace of the Boston staff, Jon Lester, cruised through a four-pitch first inning, then proceeded to give up five runs in the next two innings - end of game, be careful going home, last one out of the park shut the lights. It's not like Lester got any help from the Boston offense, Dustin Pedroia doubles in the first with one out and is left at second and the Sox have runners on second and third in the second with one out and both are stranded.
As much as I applaud Jason Varitek for tagging Heidi Watney, he is really starting to bother me. Tek tells the Curly-Headed Boyfriend of the Boston Globe that he feels "betrayed" with Terry Francona pinch hitting for him in the postseason.
Really, Tek you feel betrayed, well if you got your head out from between Heidi's legs for a second you'd realize that YOU SUCK!!! You want Francona not to 'betray' you and not pinch hit for you late in ball games, then hit a ball to the gap in the second inning and drive in two runs to give Boston a 2-1 lead. Instead, you go and make the second out of the inning without driving in a run.
Know this Tek, you suck so bad that when you're a backup on another team next year, Heidi's going to trade you in for a younger, better player, with more upside - I'm thinking it will be Jed Lowrie.
With Tim Wakefield pitching on Tuesday, does anyone think the Red Sox will even the series, 2-2? Show of hands? Nope, didn't think so.
I'm revising my series pick (I can do that because it's my blog). Now, I'm going with Tampa in 5. No way the Rays lose another game in this series.
If I'm a Chicago Cubs fan and Tampa Bay makes it to the World Series, I'm ready to jump off the Sears Tower. Once Tampa beats Boston to make it to the Fall Classic, that would mean that the last four expansion teams in baseball (since 1993) will have made it to the World Series with two of them (Arizona and Florida, twice) winning titles.
In case you haven't heard, the Cubs haven't won a World Series in 60 years and haven't been to the World Series in 100 years.
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