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Thoughts from around the blogosphere leading into Game 1 tonight from the fans cheering them. I have no idea what that's like so I must live vicariously through Rockies (never thought I'd say that) and Sawx fans ...
It's time: World Series Preview (Up in the Rockies) - "They’re not going to be afraid of Josh Beckett. Have you heard about Josh Beckett? He eats lightning and craps thunder. He’s unbeaten in his postseason career and has dominated in three starts this October. His fastball is unhittable and his curveball makes grown men weep. In short: there is absolutely no way in hell the Rockies are supposed to beat him. Haven’t we heard this song before? Cole Hamels was supposed to win twice for the Phillies in their NLDS win over the Rox. Didn’t happen. Brandon Webb was supposed to win three games for Arizona in the Diamondbacks’ NLCS win. Didn’t happen. In fact, both men were simply outpitched by Jeff Francis."
World Series. Boston and Colorado. Tonight. Y'know. Don't miss it. (Over the Monster) - "First off, these are not your father's Rockies. Because, in your father's day, there were no Rockies. Young upstarts, blah blah blah. Believe it or not, I had some worse jokes prepared. None of that means anything, because this is a tough team we're up against. They've been playing red hot baseball for the past 4-6 years if I've been hearing those people on ESPN properly. A warning. Expect no sympathy if we lose. We've become the New Evil Empire to most of our baseball fan "brethren". They're free to feel that way. I've got a thousand arguments for them, though they're not likely to be willing to hear them. As for me, I'd prefer for them to call us the: "Money-grubbing juggernaut that dispenses fear and clam chowder." Other nickname suggestions? "New Evil Empire" or "Evil Empire II" only serve as examples of unoriginal thinking. Back to those Rockies, which is the true focus here. Those fans telling you that Troy Tulowitzki is and/or will be the best defensive SS in the ML are not exaggerating. The ones touting Matt Holliday as NL MVP? Not so crazy. The ones who enjoy the distraction Manny Corpas and a water bottle created? Completely sane."
Smell that Fenway Mystique (Purple Row) - "I mean seriously, they sell that. I tried it out when I was at Fenway earlier this season as whoever had that lucky spot apparently didn't want to for some reason. You've got a good view of the pole. And actually if you crank your neck to the left you can see the Green Monster pretty well. The way the Rockies were peppering the ball off and over the wall at the games I went to probably actually meant the person who sat here could get a good feel of what was going on in the game. Particularly if they listened to the anguished groans of the crowd."
The Calm Before the Storm, Nothing Like Boston the Morning of Game 1 of the World Series (Sawx Blog) - "I just walked left my apartment to pick up today's Boston Herald and grab a coffee, and let me tell you, there's nothing quite like the feeling of Boston the morning and day of Game 1 of the World Series. Granted I've only truly experienced this once before in 2004, but it really is a magical feeling. It just smells like the World Series. The air is extra crisp today with a little bite, and it's that perfect blue gray weather that makes you wish you didn't have to go to work so you could lie in bed all day, watch a movie you don't really care about, and just enjoy being."
Blogger Roundtable: What's up with the Rocks? (Red Sox Monster) - "It has been one weird 24-hour period to be a Red Sox fan, thanks mainly to announcements that Tim Wakefield will sit out the World Series while presidential candidate/Yankees fan Rudy Giuliani roots for the Red Sox Let's not get to worked up about things, though. We do still have Josh @$%@#$% Beckett on the mound for the Red Sox tonight, and we can always say that Giuliani was for disliking the Red Sox before he was against it." (huh!?!?!?).
Blogger Roundtable: What's up with the Rocks? (Red Sox Monster) - "It has been one weird 24-hour period to be a Red Sox fan, thanks mainly to announcements that Tim Wakefield will sit out the World Series while presidential candidate/Yankees fan Rudy Giuliani roots for the Red Sox Let's not get to worked up about things, though. We do still have Josh @$%@#$% Beckett on the mound for the Red Sox tonight, and we can always say that Giuliani was for disliking the Red Sox before he was against it." (huh!?!?!?).
Open Letter to the MLB Execs Who Green-Lighted a Wednesday Night Game One (Surviving Grady) - "Game one? On a Wednesday night? Dudes, come on. That's great for hobos and inmates, but what about the working man? The guy who pays your bills? By putting game one on a normal business day, you're cutting into my pre-game preparations. Now there's no time for handing out Mike Lowell-shaped waffles to orphans, throwing back a few brewskis with my cardboard cut-outs of Amalie Benjamin and Tina Cervasio, recruiting neighbors for the "Josh Beckett Hooker Toss", the donning of the celebratory Kevin Youkilis fake beard, checking in with my MIT connections for a progress report on the Jody Reed clones, ten hours of The Best of Remy and DO (including the now-infamous "caught pantsless at the Burger King drive-thru" segment) and the all-important dip in the Tito Francona sensory deprivation tank. You know how I'm gonna be spending my day instead? At the office. In a meeting. With Billy from accounting. Nice guy, sure. But he's no Dustin Pedroia."
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