Boston Red Sox Versus Tampa Bay Rays Game 2 ALCS Live Thread [2008 MLB Playoffs] | MLB | Boston Red Sox

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If you think this is unbiased, you're mistaken. Just look at the pictures. Yes, it's not only pictures from prior games, it's a prediction for this one:

Game 2 of the ALCS will be Josh Beckett taking the mound for the Red Sox against Scott Kazmir of the Rays. The Red Sox won the first game 2-0, and are looking to continue their playoff dominance on the road. They are 3-0 so far away from Fenway Park, and have pulled off amazing turnarounds against teams that had beaten up on them in the regular season, and at venues where they were unsuccessful in the regular season. They were 1-8 against the Angels, and beat them in 4 games. They were 1-8 in the regular season at Tropicana Field, and opened the ALCS with a win there.

57% of FanIQ are mistakenly picking the Rays to win this one. I am among the 43% who will be correct, when the Red Sox win 3-1.

Chat it up here, or on the game page. Go Sox!

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10/11/08

0	Go Rays!

10/11/08

0	Good start... spotting Beckett 2 runs is always good.

10/11/08

0	Damn.

10/11/08

0	good start to the game....GO SOX!!

10/11/08

1	(Edited by MarkTheShark) Is MLB going to make that only a solo homer...so you, the Almighty Pat's prediction holds up? Evan Longoria will become one those elite hitters, who, if you make one pitching mistake in an at-bat will make you pay.

10/11/08

chad_is_god

0	haha you mean Josh "I slept on my arm wrong so I can't pitch today" Beckett? big baby he is! hey Pat wanna spea of whambulances? lol no but all kidding aside as a yankees fan i am rooting for the Red Sox....and the dodgers....but i hope the dodgers win the WS just cuz it makes both the sox and yankees look as dumb as they truly are for giving up Manny and Torre

10/11/08

0	Good job Beckett...strikes out the side

10/11/08

0	Pedroia OWNS Kaz lifetime......Why doesn't he just plunk that little sh** each time he comes up?

10/11/08

0	hmmmm...methinks Beckett is not himself tonight....

10/11/08

0	Rays take the lead!

10/11/08

0	HOME RUN DUSTIN!!!!

10/11/08

0	Both of these pitchers are just getting lit up. As good as they both are, it's surprising.

10/11/08

0	Game one was a pitchers duel, this one is offensive duel, lets hope boston has the better bats

10/11/08

0	YOOOOOOOOULK GOES DEEP! Tied ball game

10/11/08

0	All 3 Homers to the same area boston lead again!

10/11/08

1	Is this the home-run derby??!!! GO SOX!!!

10/11/08

0	And we've tied the record for most homers in a postseason game...and it's the 5th inning. Geez.

10/11/08

0	(Edited by ThaChad) Michael G wrote: Is this the home-run derby??!!! GO SOX!!! No Hamilton isnt here =D

10/11/08

0	These aren't cheapies either...those ballls were crushed

10/11/08

0	More Cowbell!

10/11/08

0	This is nuts!!! WHAT A GAME!!

10/11/08

Chief_aka_James

1	Umm, why did I pick the under tonight...

10/11/08

0	Is it me? or did Francona leave Beckett in too long?...or did he know that, well, what good would it do to bring in someone worse than him?....I still respect Beckett...he's just off and the Rays hitters patience was good

10/11/08

0	...Here comes the Gas Can...

10/11/08

0	Now its time for bostons bats to get the lead back again, hopefully we can hold it for more then just half an inning

10/11/08

1	One run game, we need this to be an easy 1-2-3 inning and then get back to hitting some more home runs

10/11/08

0	C'MON Youks!!

10/11/08

0	Crap!!

10/11/08

0	You gotta be kidding me!!!

10/11/08

0	That, my friends, is why playoff experience matters.

10/11/08

0	(Edited by MarkTheShark) Pat wrote: That, my friends, is why playoff experience matters. stupid comment as Wheeler has two postseason saves ..unless you were speaking of Maddon not just IBB ing Bay?

10/11/08

0	MarkTheShark wrote: stupid comment as Wheeler has two postseason saves ..unless you were speaking of Maddon not just IBB ing Bay? How about Navarro with a horrible toss?

10/12/08

0	Okajima looked good. Quality outing by him, which is just what he needed after some recent shaky ones. Just need a run here, and Papelbon can come finish it off.

10/12/08

0	Upton badly misjudged that ball. Should have been the 3rd out, ended up getting the GRD. Too bad about the uncharacteristic K by Ellsbury.

10/12/08

0	I have a bad feeling about Masterson....I hope I'm wrong

10/12/08

0	Pedroia needed more experience on that one......

10/12/08

0	With everything else that has gone against history and trend...It would be typical for Papelbon to give up his first ever post-season run

10/12/08

0	MarkTheShark wrote: Pedroia needed more experience on that one...... Can't get them all. It's amazing how you continue to deny the impact of playoff experience, even when it has been so apparent throughout these 2 games.

10/12/08

0	MarkTheShark wrote: With everything else that has gone against history and trend...It would be typical for Papelbon to give up his first ever post-season run It would also be typical for him to shut them down, and for Papi to hit a HR in the 10th.

10/12/08

0	HaHa..I was being serious...Beckett's worst ever postseason outing, Bradford giving up HIS first ever postseason run, Wheeler's just SECOND WP of the season....

10/12/08

0	Where's DrCommento when you need him? Price is looking good so far, unless throwing strikes is a prerequisite to quality pitching. Nope, no experience is needed for the playoffs. It doesn't help at all, right?

10/12/08

0	Could anything possibly be more annoying than that cowbell? I've been trying not to complain about it, but holy crap...

10/12/08

smd9296

0	I think the Rays were handing them out to fans on the way in to these games. There would be no noise otherwise.

10/12/08

0	Is it possible for a game to be a slugfest AND a pitcher's duel? Because that would be this game. First 5 innings, 14 runs scored. Next 5+ innnings, zero runs so far. Freaking crazy...

10/12/08

smd9296

0	Maybe we'll get the next 3 at home.

10/12/08

kantwistaye

0	I want the Rays to win and all, but NO MORE COWBELL. Its not even cool if you're part of a small diary community (and I leave near enough of those.)

10/12/08

kantwistaye

0	Awesome finish though.

10/12/08

0	smd9296 wrote: Maybe we'll get the next 3 at home. Poor throw by Drew. A good one would have nailed him and ended the inning. But it was weak, practically rolling in, and it was off line. This one looks real good going back to Boston, though. The Red Sox have their true ace pitching game 3, and they have 3 games at home, where they've been dominant. A 1-1 split on the road works every time.

10/12/08

0	smd9296 wrote: I think the Rays were handing them out to fans on the way in to these games. There would be no noise otherwise. That was ignorant...again these cowbells were a part of LAST SEASON's schtick/giveaways.... I know it was probably your attempt at humor....

10/12/08

Pat wrote:

Poor throw by Drew. A good one would have nailed him and ended the inning. But it was weak, practically rolling in, and it was off line. This one looks real good going back to Boston, though. The Red Sox have their true ace pitching game 3, and they have 3 games at home, where they've been dominant. A 1-1 split on the road works every time.

Drew was purposely blocked by Iwamura, who lined himself up with Drew as he caught it and didn't move. Again that inexperience showing....oh WAIT... Iwamura has played baseball all his life (incl the playoffs in Japan) just like every other player out there..
Of course, Drew knowing that arguably the fastest player in the majors was on third and that he had to make a perfect throw had nothing to do with him missing it???
Lester will be tough but if I were Francona I'd throw Matsuzaka in 4.
Maddon held onto Perez until the moment was just right...could've put him in defensively after Zobrist pinch hit for Gross.....Every Rays fan here thought that's what he would do..but nope that inexperience made him hold onto him until he could use him as a pinch-runner

10/12/08