Nobody's ever come back from down 0-3 in the World Series and sorry to say, Rockies fans, it ain't gonna happen this year either. Not unless the Boston hitters are forced to use Whiffle Ball bats.
Give the Rockies credit. They were game enough to look a 6-0 deficit in the eye and turn it into a one-run nailbiter for a few minutes anyway. Their bullpen was making the Boston bats look ordinary. They had the momentum on their side.
Oh, but it was merely a tease.
Before you could say Pesky Pole, the Red Sox, behind four improbable hits by a rookie who was not even on the team in the heady days of May and June, dusted the Rockies spirited comeback with three runs of their own in the eighth and one more in the ninth for good measure to turn a 6-5 game into a rout and all but crown themselves 2007 World Series champions. Whew! I just said that in one damn sentence.
This was a game for one inning exactly, about when the Rockies MVP Candidate Matt Holliday went yard against the previous unscored-upon Hideki Okajima, to plate three big runs. The Rockies had almost completely erased Boston's 6-0 lead. It looked over in the third when Rockies starter Josh Fogg, called the Dragon Slayer by his teammates for his penchant for beating good teams, didn't even last long enough for his first World Series at bat.
As the crowd went wild, though, manager Clint Hurdle went with the usual reliable Brian Fuentes to keep the Rockies close and hold on to their epic momentum. Alas, it was not to be. A one-out walk to Julio Lugo opened the floodgates and that was all she wrote.
What will the Beantown faithful do now with two World Series titles in four seasons? Makes eighty-six years feel like nothing, don't it?
Wow. This is the same team that looked ordinary against the surging Indians before coming back from a 1-3 deficit to make it to the Big Show's Biggest Show.
Tonight, Jon Lester, Cancer Survivor, goes to the mound with a chance to clinch the World Series, a little more than a year after being diagnosed. Ain't sports grand?
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Beantown Bangs Back
9:18 P.M. PST, Top of the 8th
Man, that's gotta be disheartening if you're the Rockies.
You're down 6-0, left for dead and you make a spirited comeback with your bullpen putting up big goose eggs. And before you know it, those Pesky BoSox are rounded the bases again.
From 6-5 to 9-5 and only six outs left.
If the Rockies can recover from this, you gotta give them credit.
Man, that's gotta be disheartening if you're the Rockies.
You're down 6-0, left for dead and you make a spirited comeback with your bullpen putting up big goose eggs. And before you know it, those Pesky BoSox are rounded the bases again.
From 6-5 to 9-5 and only six outs left.
If the Rockies can recover from this, you gotta give them credit.
Ballgame!
8:45 p.m. Top of the 7th Inning
Matt Holiday goes yard and whoops, we got ourselves a game now.
Nobody out.
Interesting that Francona didn't take out ManRam in this inning during the double switch. Did he see this coming?
Matt Holiday goes yard and whoops, we got ourselves a game now.
Nobody out.
Interesting that Francona didn't take out ManRam in this inning during the double switch. Did he see this coming?
Oh Them Bases on Balls
8:25 p.m. Top of the seventh
It's now or never....
The Rockies take advantage of two Dice K walks to get back into the game, sort of. Four runs can be overcome at Coors Field you would think.
Two heart-stopping plays in a row -- Spilborghs' drive to the wall (a homer in any other park in the majors probably) and
For once, something useful -- Ken Rosenthal's telling us how Matt Herges pitches differently in the thin
Speaking of the
It's now or never....
Sox Play More D, So There
Nice play by Lugo and Lowell. I think Julio is way overrated and a clubhouse Cancer but he's got a nice glove and he's been focused since about midseason. He had such an awful start to the season that Francona sent him to the end of the bench.
But here he is, starting shortstop for a team up 2-0 in the World Series.
Dice K gets out of the inning. That was too easy. The Rockies are looking defeated right now.
That's a big league play on Ellsbury's grounder. Nice job by Atkins. You can't get rid of the ball faster that that.
They just flashed the probably Game 4 starters on the screen. How cool would it be for Jon Lester, who missed half the season recovering from Cancer, to be on the mound for a Sox clinching game? Now that's a story. Though I have a feeling the folks at Fox will overhype to a high vomit level.
But here he is, starting shortstop for a team up 2-0 in the World Series.
Dice K gets out of the inning. That was too easy. The Rockies are looking defeated right now.
That's a big league play on Ellsbury's grounder. Nice job by Atkins. You can't get rid of the ball faster that that.
They just flashed the probably Game 4 starters on the screen. How cool would it be for Jon Lester, who missed half the season recovering from Cancer, to be on the mound for a Sox clinching game? Now that's a story. Though I have a feeling the folks at Fox will overhype to a high vomit level.
Ortiz Fields a Grounder
News flash. David Ortiz made a pick at first.
That and a nifty catch off a high throw earlier and you can fit him for a Gold Glove.
Also, Manny in left would be a problem if the Rockies could actually hit a ball out there.
7:23 P.M. PST Top of the 5th
Tim McCarver used to be good, despite what anybody says. Seriously. He was awesome. But man, he's gone down hill fast. Who would have thought I would ever long for Joe Morgan?
7:3o P.M. PST Top of the 5th
What are these guys talking about? Craig Biggio is automatic for the Hall of Fame. I mean duh.
7:4o P.M. PST Last of the 5th
Lead off single for the Rockies but Dice K comes back, getting Sullivan on only three pitches. Interesting to hear the Rockies have not had back-to-back hits all series. Wow.
Two on, one out on that excuse-me single. Kaz Matzui up. Perfect storm for Colorado? I mean Kaz seems to have a bead on his countryman.
That and a nifty catch off a high throw earlier and you can fit him for a Gold Glove.
Also, Manny in left would be a problem if the Rockies could actually hit a ball out there.
7:23 P.M. PST Top of the 5th
Tim McCarver used to be good, despite what anybody says. Seriously. He was awesome. But man, he's gone down hill fast. Who would have thought I would ever long for Joe Morgan?
7:3o P.M. PST Top of the 5th
What are these guys talking about? Craig Biggio is automatic for the Hall of Fame. I mean duh.
7:4o P.M. PST Last of the 5th
Lead off single for the Rockies but Dice K comes back, getting Sullivan on only three pitches. Interesting to hear the Rockies have not had back-to-back hits all series. Wow.
Two on, one out on that excuse-me single. Kaz Matzui up. Perfect storm for Colorado? I mean Kaz seems to have a bead on his countryman.
World Series, Game 3 LIVE
I thought I'd check in during the game tonight. The Red Sox are making me look like a predicting genius, up 6-0 with the Rockies batting in the third.
A few observations.
Josh Fogg, who went off to the showers already, looked really uncomfortable on the mound. Neither Joe Buck or Tim McCarver said anything about it so maybe that's the just the way he looks every time he pitches. Still, he seemed to come out of pitches like he was stepping gingerly -- like he didn't like the footing.
Dice K looks great right now. But it's Colorado and you really need a huge lead to feel comfortable. Still, he got through the important last of the third pretty easily there. Seems like only his countryman seems to be giving him any bit of trouble. But his two biggest contributions were the nice stab he made on Holliday’s bid for a base hit up the middle in the first and of course, his own RBI single in the third. That hit was his first in six major league at bats. And it’s more impressive when you think that when he played inJapan
What's the deal with that Chevy Malibu ad where the jogger runs into the car? That's gotta be really high up on my stupid list. Wow.
It's real quiet out there in Denver right now.
Stay tuned ...
A few observations.
Josh Fogg, who went off to the showers already, looked really uncomfortable on the mound. Neither Joe Buck or Tim McCarver said anything about it so maybe that's the just the way he looks every time he pitches. Still, he seemed to come out of pitches like he was stepping gingerly -- like he didn't like the footing.
Dice K looks great right now. But it's Colorado and you really need a huge lead to feel comfortable. Still, he got through the important last of the third pretty easily there. Seems like only his countryman seems to be giving him any bit of trouble. But his two biggest contributions were the nice stab he made on Holliday’s bid for a base hit up the middle in the first and of course, his own RBI single in the third. That hit was his first in six major league at bats. And it’s more impressive when you think that when he played in
What's the deal with that Chevy Malibu ad where the jogger runs into the car? That's gotta be really high up on my stupid list. Wow.
It's real quiet out there in Denver right now.
Stay tuned ...
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