I really thought Tim Wakefield was going to pitch brilliantly, and it certainly seemed that way as he mowed them down in the 1st 4 innings–but then he got to the dreaded 5th inning–most notably trying to get the 3rd out of that inning, which no Red Sox starter has been able to do since [...]

And a month ago, today? The Rockies were in 4th place in the NL West, 6.5 games out of 1st, and behind a ton of teams vying for the Wildcard. And since then? 20 wins out of 21 games played, including the last 10 in a row. This team is ON FIRE. How can you [...]

OK, for those of you who are getting ready to stand in line at the Tobin Bridge, let’s take a minute…
If you had to choose ONE man to be beat by, would it not be Trot Nixon? While the optimum choice would be to never be beaten by a former Red Sox, did you really [...]

I really think Colorado has that elusive “Postseason Mojo”. Like the Sox has in 2004, or that the White Sox had in 2005–where you just KNEW they were going to win. Now, I thought that the Tigers had it last year, but they got beat by the Cardinals…so its not always crystal clear…
Do I think [...]

But the NLCS begins tonight–With Colorado and Arizona battling it out in the desert. Game time is 8:36pm…
I have to tell you, I am really excited about this ALCS. Not only because the Red Sox are playing, but because these are two very evenly matched teams, who both play very good baseball. It will be [...]

1/2 way through the imposed days off known as waiting for the next part of the Post Season to begin. But at least we have October baseball starting in 2 days–not like the Skanks, who won’t see meaningful baseball for…oh…about 6 months….
Have I mentioned how much this pleases me? I think the neatest part about [...]

HA HA
And for the 3rd time in as many years, the Skanks are removed in the 1st round of Postseason Play…I think it all comes to their inability to get clutch hits against any kind of decent pitching. The most shocking thing was Jeter–wow, did he crash and burn or what? He hit into THREE [...]

Whooo Hooo!! Going to the ALCS for the 3rd time in 5 years! Yeah!!! and the 3rd team to sweep in the division series this season…
In a weekend where we saw the Colorado Rockies sweep the Phillies (yeah!) and the D-Backs sweep the Cubs (bummer) and Cleveland move ahead to 2-0, taking the Skanks to [...]

Unfortunately, I was unable to see all of Josh Beckett’s complete game masterpiece, where he held the Angels scoreless over 9 innings of 4 hit (all singles) ball, while walking 0 and striking out 8, throwing 108 pitches (with a staggering 83 for strikes). But the parts I did see, Holy Buckets! 24 1st pitch [...]

I knew there would be some kind of shock when the postseason roster was announced–there always is–but NEVER in a million years did I think it would be that Tim Wakefield’s back is all boogered up, and to rest him, he is being left off the ALDS roster…I though his back issues has pretty much [...]