Can the Sox be the first MLB team to come back after losing the first 3 of a best-of-7? Will all my work colleagues be very depressed tomorrow?

I'd like to see this very much. Maybe that lightning bolt I spoke of in my playoff prediction list was a good metaphor if they pull this off.

I'm rooting for Boston, despite the fact that I'm not all too crazy about their team. Kind of a Kerry/Bush thing.

stewie wrote:Can the Sox be the first MLB team to come back after losing the first 3 of a best-of-7? Will all my work colleagues be very depressed tomorrow?

I don't watch much baseball, but...

The Red Sox can't win because A-Rod will stop at nothing to make them lose. I expect to see him crouched in the dugout, shooting at the Sox pitchers with a BB-gun.

I was amazed last night, not only at his open-handed slapping away of the ball, but also by his incredulity at the call, & his claiming that "that's the way I run when I run real hard" or whatever.

One of the Fox commentators said, "well, it's worth a try, because if he doesn't try, he's out anyway." They didn't mention that it's not worth a try because by any standards, by stick-ball standards, it's totally lame.

I can't believe I'm posting something regarding a baseball game.

sox. they got the momentum.

i'm gonna share the prediction i made last night... if in the 8th inning of tonight's game, the sox are winning, there will be a terrorist attack perpotrated on the city of NY by al qaeda. and they'll have to stop the game for security reasons. if, however, the yanks are up in the 8th inning, the attack will not occur.

also, if the sox win, there will be a man running naked near Goldstar.

these are my predictions.

oh wait, one more prediction. a-rod will be a bitch-ass classless motherfucker. yes. yes indeed.

One of the Fox commentators said, "well, it's worth a try, because if he doesn't try, he's out anyway." They didn't mention that it's not worth a try because by any standards, by stick-ball standards, it's totally lame.

i think it's kind of lame but ok to try it if he so desires. i don't think it's, like, indicative of having no soul or anything. i think back to michael jordan pushing off bryon russell to make the championship-winner against utah in 1998. yes, it was cheating, technically, but wtf.

HOWEVER, what joe buck missed is that it was not a good move to make if you are gonna get caught. if a-rod takes the tag like a man, jeter is on 2nd base w/2 outs. as it was, the interference call brought jeter back to FIRST. big disadvantage.

the last three games have been miraculous. i am going to throw caution to the wind and predict the sox win. i have no idea how or by how much.

I too have been captivated by the playoffs. Houston -- who the fuck...

It would be amazing and cool if Houston and the Red Sox met in the WS. It would be incredible. I don't think anybody on God's green earth thought this was the way it would play out.

By rights, Houston should be sitting in their Barcaloungers by now, drunk as Bishops, imagining what it would be like to be in the playoffs still. Older players, many of them hurt, weakened pitching staff... It just doesn't add up. Salut! Astros!

The Red Sox are a powerful team, but Damon has done fuck-for-shit this year in the post-season, Schilling is pitching with one leg and a bloody stump, and they throw last night's (or tomorrow's) starter out there in the eighth inning every night... again, incredible.

And they look scared, all of them. They look like they're afraid the big bad Yankees are going to beat them up and call them pussies in front of the schoolhouse. Cheer up! Calzini Rossi!

I am completely amazed and having a great time.

Io prendo una vittoria per i calzini rossi stasera!!!!


thank you, elementary italian 101. i HAVE learned something in college.

but honestly. they've already done the "impossible," why not debunk the whole curse thing? on the other hand, it wouldn't surprise me if they got my hopes up only to come crumbling down after some late inning gaffe or yankee-heroics.

as a new york met fan (don't laugh, please, it hurts), the best i can do is put my money on "the field," which is akin to say, taking ANYONE over tiger woods at the masters.

Like many others, I am figuring on a very goofy game from the pitching standpoint. Neither starter is expected to go much more than 3 innings. You may see El Duque, Pedro, Ron Guidry...it's going to be goofy, most likely. Lots of runs, probably.

My predictions always suck but I say advantage, Sox. First of all, they're the better team. If Schilling is even 75% healthy for Game 1, this series is already over. Secondly, the Yankees aren't doing shit at the plate ever since that 19-run game. Their hitting with runners in scoring position is so bad, it's like they've been studying Oakland Athletics game film or something. Lastly, the Sox own Mariano. He scares them not a bit. That's big.

I have to give a big wtf? to the Yankee bullpen. You spend $200 million on a team and your best lefty reliever is Felix Heredia? You're playing the biggest games of the year and having to put your trust in Devil Ray reject Tanyon Sturze? Wtf? Seriously, Wtf?