October 2008
Last night, the Rays handled the Red Sox and rolled into the World Series. They did it with an overpowering starter who, all strops and headcase reactions aside, could become one of the best in baseball. They did it with...
Continue reading "As the Denial Fades, the Pain Remains" »
Raise your hand if you predicted that last night.If there's one thing we've learned, it's to never, EVER again count out the Sox (AP)If the Red Sox do end up winning this series, in my opinion, that could surpass the...
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What do the Sawx have to do to stay alive tonight? It's not hard to figure out: 1) Have Daisuke Matsuzaka throw an efficient outing: Another game like Game 1 on Friday would set Boston up for a nice, conservative...
Continue reading "What Has to Happen Tonight, For Survival's Sake" »
As The Washington Post's Dave Sheining -- among others -- pointed out this morning, losing to the Rays in dramatic fashion Monday afternoon put the Red Sox in a bit of a pickle. To put it mildly. Lester's loss not...
Continue reading "What Now? Are the Sox Done?" »
There's a post worth reading that has a bit of WMYM on it over at The Washington Post's Baseball Insider Blog, and it gets to the heart of the second incredibly questionable decision by Terry Francona in the first two...
Continue reading "Why No Paul Byrd, Tito?" »
Sure, it was a punch to the gut. The Red Sox should have won Game 2. They should have won it more than once over. Still, losing 2-1 to Tampa Bay isn't the end of the world. In fact, given...
Continue reading "Not as Bad as it Seems ... We Hope" »
We're up against the gun here at WMYM, so we're going to make things easy: Here's my ALCS series breakdown in terms of pitching, hitting and, finally, a flat out prediction. Here's hoping it's more accurate than Andy's stab at...
Continue reading "Judgment Calls: Handicapping the ALCS" »
So as Cameron has all too joyfully pointed out, that pre-series prediction was a big swing and a miss. Then again, despite what John Lackey and Torii Hunter want you to believe, this was not an upset, and quite frankly...
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Monday night's ALDS-clinching victory over the Angels was a particularly sweet one, even if it did come with a full Immodium bottle's worth of discomfort for our friends over at The Halo is Lit, as you can read about in...
Continue reading "Celebrating the Eulogy of a Talented Team" »
Here's thanking Andy for being oh-so beautifully wrong, as he's all too happy to admit. Lowrie was the hero, a fitting contribution from just another of the disparate unexpected stars that have buoyed Boston's season. (AP)There will be plenty more...
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