ALCS Game 5 thread

[redsoxliberal]

[JohnKleeb]

1. win sox win

[flowomo]

2. in the bag....

last night.... right here on DU.... when the Yankees were up 2-0 in the fifth.... I predicted that the Sox would win the next four.... and that David Ortiz would be the MVP.... "singlehandedly" winning all four games. Well, I'm one for one.... and standing firm.

[underpants]

3. Are they still playing that?

Boooooooooooring

[CatWoman]

4. catdaddy needs a haircut

:D

[underpants]

5. Hey!Hey! Glad you could make it

[CatWoman]

7. LOL!!

Where did you get the Falafel toon???? :D

[faithnotgreed]

6. go pedro! struck out jeter - now get rodriguez

[FlemingsGhost]

8. Ditching work for the rest of today. Go Sox!

Goooo-ooooooooo Sox!

[faithnotgreed]

9. great decision! we need all the sox fans here we can get

ok im really liking this umpire

mussina is like maddux and glavine 0 they want to be able to pitch 6 inches off the plate and still get strikes
not today. today its straight up

go manny

[faithnotgreed]

10. awright - papi again. 1-0 sox. this umpire is calling it straight up

and that goes against mussina.... should be good

on edit; yup - joe buck just said that mussina is frustrated with umpires calls

[faithnotgreed]

11. cabrera single, manny single, papi drives in cabrera, millar walks

so we got bases loaded.... and 1 out. trot nixon up
first inning has potential

on edit: nixon chopper to tony clark, he throws out manny at home.
2 outs still bases load, with varitek up... hitting right handed this time

varitek walks, papi comes in to score

2-0 sox. meuller up with bases still loaded.

[FlemingsGhost]

12. Good eye 'Tek. Moose walks in a run 2-0 "Sawks"

Wahooo!

[JohnKleeb]

13. its already on?

[faithnotgreed]

14. whaddya mean? we are on!

[JohnKleeb]

15. I didnt know it was on this early

:) I put it on just now. Moose's pitch count just went up it seems, good, because their bullpen is still tired.

[faithnotgreed]

17. glad youre here! you dont want to miss this game i know

[JohnKleeb]

18. I got it on the radio again

I think if they win today, they really could bring it to game 7. Oh man that would be so karmatic, I think it would shut the yankees up for a good while, and it's about time for another yanks recession.

[faithnotgreed]

24. and have you heard john? schillings a go for game 6 when we get

to that... i would love to see that!

and you get to listen on the radio? isnt that where you can hear joe morgan and jon miller? even though these guys are ok, i would prefer joe & jon

[JohnKleeb]

27. yep joe and jon

I heard that Schilling will start Game 6, Game 6 has a nice place in Sox history.

[redqueen]

16. Thanks for feeding the cube rats!

:yourock:

[faithnotgreed]

19. sorry to feed you this though. bernie williams just hit solo home run

so its 2-1. someones on first with 2 outs, cairo up

[JohnKleeb]

20. Sierra

[redqueen]

21. Yeah

someone just told me on the phone... 2 outs, though...

*crosses fingers*

[FlemingsGhost]

22. Man, this is gonna be a dogfight!

Yankees have adjusted to Pedro throwing strikes, by jumping on the first pitches. Williams goes long, on the first pitch, Clark singles on a first pitch.

Pedro has to go 7, while staying under 90 pitches, or its over ...

[faithnotgreed]

25. yeah, he has to keep it tight but he looks pretty good so far

not hitting the mid 90s yet like last game, but i look for that as the game goes on,. we need him to go until we get foulke in, maybe timlin or embree but thats it!

[FlemingsGhost]

29. He's adjusted by throwing change-ups.

Case in point, Jeter.

The guy has so many weapons.

[JohnKleeb]

23. after 1 and a half

The Sox 2 and The bastards 1.

[faithnotgreed]

26. you nailed it

[BeyondGeography]

30. That's "Bastards" with a capital "B"

Show some respect to your daddies.

[JohnKleeb]

32. They ain't my daddies

<-------- only a sox fan when they play the bastards.
The yanks are a daddy I will never respect.

[BeyondGeography]

35. Oh, so you're a hater

Doing that reptilian "I hate the Yankees" thing.

[JohnKleeb]

38. You know I have a reason, its not a bandwagon thing

Its not like I hate them to hate them. The umpire on that play, Richie Garcia admitted he would have called interference, pretty pitiful that kid got away with it, and how the new york press fawned over him, I was 9 at the time and I was sickened.

[BeyondGeography]

45. Yanks won that Series in 5

Have to say the better team won that one. Although the call did help...

[JohnKleeb]

52. yes they won it in five

who later won game 2 at yank stadium, with a little luck, the orioles would have won that series. It's not just what happened, it's how the New York Press fawned on that damn kid, treating him like a hero, I will never forget that, yep I know the yanks won in 5 but they would have lost that game if that call hadn't been bungled, and the O's would have sweet momentum going back home. I think if it hadn't happened, the yanks would have lost or the series would have gone to 7. Sigh, that really sucked.

[BeyondGeography]

62. That's baseball

Only sport where you can do everything right and still get fucked (the broken bat hits off of perfect pitches, the bad hop hits, balls hit hard as hell right at someone, umpires and their strike zones...it's endless).

Don't try to figure it out. Only leads to brain damage.

[JohnKleeb]

63. Well you know I dont know for sure what would happen

but I think the yanks would have had a harder time clinching that pennant and could have perhaps lost. I hate to sound like a whiner about it, but it was just so annoying, when you saw the whole thing on TV then you see the news the next morning and those asses on good morning america treating Jeff Meier like a hero. Sorry for the rant but you know that call was bungled.

[BeyondGeography]

66. Agreed, it was unseemly

The local media did a "Jeff Maier Revisited" thing recently. If it's any consolation, it looks like he's evolving into a big fat nobody.

[JohnKleeb]

67. At least you're fair

The yanks fans around here at the time were being assholes about it. I don't care what's become of him, I thought it was sick how they treated him like a hero, sigh if only Jeff had gotten in trouble for cheating on a math quiz and had detention that day and wasn't allowed to go to the game. Thanks for not being a dick, it's just I know in my heart that play really screwed us, and I think was what helped make the modern yanks dynasty.

[FlemingsGhost]

39. "Who's your Papi?"

Reads a sign at Fenway ...

[BeyondGeography]

47. Good one. Very good, actually.

[faithnotgreed]

28. only thing better than jeter striking out - is him striking out twice!

oh ok, rodriguez striking out would be good too but i dont want to be greedy (do i?)

on edit: top of the third. jeter strikes out, rodriguez up now.
1 out

trot nixon makes the sweet catch on rodriguez

2 outs

[JohnKleeb]

31. no its jeter striking out 6 times :)

[faithnotgreed]

34. heheheeeee that sounds good. except i dont want him to

strike out 6 times in one game because that would mean it had gone extra innings

[JohnKleeb]

36. 6 times in the next couple games

;)

[faithnotgreed]

40. awright! were already 2 for 2 on that..

yanks have 2 on , 2 out with bernie williams up
still 2-1 red sox

[JohnKleeb]

44. we got out of it

:shrug: I wanna make it clear with fans of the bastards, I am not a red sox fan in the reg season but I am not a band wagon yanks hater, my team's bad owner helped you get moose, they should be grateful.

[faithnotgreed]

49. hey - whaddya yelling at me about? i think youre on the wrong post

friend

just teasing you know..... !

[JohnKleeb]

55. ranting man

You wanna see the real reason the Yanks won the ACLS in '96, oh I get by with a little help from stupid kids who interfere with Tony Tarasco, oh I get by with a little help from a kid who my city's press fawns over for stealing a game.

[JohnKleeb]

33. Whoa Nixon!

oh nice catch :), damn radio. Strike out this bastid.

[Rockholm]

37. HOW AWESOME!!! No FOX Commentary!

Is it my television, or have the announcers gone SILENT!!!!

[BeyondGeography]

41. Matsui/Pedro battle was incredible

Pedro the Pitching Artist (and I mean that sincerely) threw the whole arsenal at him and Matsui still gutted out a single.

Whoa; that was one high-assed strike to Bernie...

[BeyondGeography]

Then he blows one right by him

Pedro can still be masterful. There aren't too many guys out there who know how to pitch like that.

[JohnKleeb]

42. Strike out

[faithnotgreed]

43. pedro just struck out williams. sox 2-1

hes really mixing up the speeds. i think well see him go up a notch with the fast ball when he needs it. course its cold out, so that doesnt help but he looks good anyway

[JohnKleeb]

46. base hit manny

[faithnotgreed]

53. bottom 3rd, manny on 1st, jeter just botched millar ground ball

so now we have manny on 2nd, millar on 1st with 1 out

[JohnKleeb]

57. strike 3 damnit

but hey, they need to knock moose out.

[faithnotgreed]

59. yeah that sucked. varitek up now. 2 outs with 2 on

that sucks too. called 3rd strike on varitek

going to the 4th inning

[JohnKleeb]

60. damnit varitek

but his(moose) pitches per inning rate I bet is high.

[Rockholm]

48. Am I the only person watching with NO FOX Announcers?

Hello Boston? It's like being at Fenway. Am I missing something?

[faithnotgreed]

51. if youre watching it on fox and not hearing the commentators

then im not sure whats going down with that

weve got the usual joe buck tim mccarver and this series, al leiter

[Rockholm]

70. How wierd, No commentary on 1 TV that I was watching..

but sound on the other....too wierd.

[Jack_Dawson]

50. Online Link to Game?

I'd like to listen, but I'm at work.

JD

[FlemingsGhost]

54. can't spell Jeter, without an "E"

Error! First and second, one out.

[JohnKleeb]

56. Two E's

:D

[FlemingsGhost]

61. Let's hope!

The game is early, yet.

[BeyondGeography]

58. Jeter f***ked that one up

Double play ball gone by the boards...

Mussina bounces back and punches out the Trotmeister.

[JohnKleeb]

64. strike out, get the guy with the egyptian city name in to a dp

[FlemingsGhost]

65. Pedro's count is too high.

It's only a matter of time, I'm afraid.

[FlemingsGhost]

68. Wow, Damon has gone ice cold!

Lead off man going 1 for 21 in the series. Ouch!

[BeyondGeography]

69. Does anyone else see the irony of HorrorMeister Stephen King

becoming rapidly identified as Red Sox Fan #1?

[faithnotgreed]

71. ok ok. but i still love to see him wear the yankee hater baseball hat

[FlemingsGhost]

72. LOL ... I wonder what Japanese chin music sounds like!

Matsui hits the deck.

[JohnKleeb]

73. single cabera

now batting Manny.

[JohnKleeb]

74. Mussina has like an inning or so left in him

[FlemingsGhost]

75. Pedro is at 105 pitches

Yup... only a matter of time

[JohnKleeb]

76. Jesus Christ, bases loaded 2 out for Jeter

Strike out the bastid Pedro!
Am I the only one still watching?

[JohnKleeb]

77. to hell with you Jeter, bases clearign double

Goddamn him, damn him to hell. Sigh why can't the Yanks suffer for once, damnit. Christ A-rod now on base.

[tjdee]

78. The Sox are winning? What's this parallel universe???

Strannnngggeeeee...

:P

[JohnKleeb]

79. no they're not

and its not that sox can't get leads, it's they can't hold on to them. If I had it my way, I'd curse the yankees. For cryin out loud, bases are loaded again for Matsui, oh cruel lord why do you do this, why do you allow the yankees to win.

[FlemingsGhost]

80. Where's the hook? .. Pedro is done! Dammit where's the hook?

Jeezus ...

[JohnKleeb]

81. phew but still youre supposed to strike Jeter out not let him

clear the bases.

[JohnKleeb]

82. dupe

[JohnKleeb]

83. damn

[faithnotgreed]

85. you said it

[JohnKleeb]

86. Really, why can't the Yanks feel what Ive been feeling since '98

The day the yanks finish in the cellar is a day for rejoycing in the baseball world, for me at least. What big names will the Yanks have next year :shrug:. A-rod and Sheffield and Brown? were this year I think. Sigh goddamn them really. I am sorry but I do not like the New York Yankees, I feel they are part of why I've lost interest in the game.

[Uzybone]

84. Lets go Yankees!

lets get 1-2 more runs.

[FlemingsGhost]

87. Timlin starts the 7th

Thanks for the memories, Pedro. Wear your Sox cap at Cooperstown, okay?

[bigwillq]

88. Checking in. I'm swamped at work

Is it still 4-2 Yanks?

[JohnKleeb]

89. yes sigh

damnit this is what happens when you fall behind 3-0, damnit red sox. They can still come back though, though I got faith that even if the Yanks win this series as they are likely to do, that they will get their asses kicked in the series, that would be sweet, I'd prefer a swept yankee with fries and a coke please :D.

[JohnKleeb]

90. perfect time to knock moose out

double bellhorn!
Sturze is comin in.

[FlemingsGhost]

91. Bellhorn, leadoff double in the 7th

Sturtze relieves Moose.

Let's get someting started, Sox!

[FlemingsGhost]

92. Cabrera walks, first and second, one out in the 7th

4-2 NY, Manny due up.

Gordon in for Sturtze

[bigwillq]

94. Sturtze has one simple job

Get a fucking out and he couldn;t do it.

I predict a 3-run Manny home run.

[bigwillq]

93. They might as well just cut off Gordon's arm

They use him so much.

[JohnKleeb]

95. A wise manager who knew how to kick the Yankees ass loved three run HRs

[bigwillq]

99. I don't get this statement

Please explain

[JohnKleeb]

101. You dont know about Weaver's philosophy do you

He was big on three run homers, he said those and good pitching were the most important things in a game, and if the yanks win tonight, I am so cursing.

[bigwillq]

104. Didn't know that

I hated Weaver so I never paid much attention to him

[JohnKleeb]

126. Weaver was awesome

They need more managers like him today :D.

[FlemingsGhost]

96. Manny hits into DP, inning over, 4-2 NY

Sigh ...

[bigwillq]

97. Thank you Manny

Top of the 8th
Yanks 4-2!

[sabbat hunter]

98. what the Freak?

was with that shoulder tackle after the ball was long gone at 2b?
if cabrera gets up again, whomever is pitching for the yanks should buzz him. not hit, but something up and in a la pedro, roger et al.


dirty play!


david

ps on edit. good payback by cairo to start of with a double. cabrera still needs to be buzzed though

[bigwillq]

100. This is a dog fight

No need for dirty play.

I really didn't think the play at second was all that rough.

[BeyondGeography]

102. Sox pen comes through again

That was a big 5th run we left stranded out there.

[FlemingsGhost]

103. 4-2 NY Bottom half of the 8th, I imagine we'll see Rivera.

Go get 'em Sox. You proved last night you can do it ...

[JohnKleeb]

105. yep I am still hopeful

[bigwillq]

106. I don't think we'll see Rivera until Gordon

gets in trouble.

I hope we don't see Rivera yet or it'll be last night all over again.

[JohnKleeb]

107. no let's have last night all over again

Let's see the wonderful Yankee bullpen, I wanna meet em ;).

[FlemingsGhost]

110. Psst .. Gordon's in trouble.

Go Sox!

[FlemingsGhost]

108. Ooooohhhh ... Papi! You are a god. A god, I say.

Ortiz goes long over the Monster.

4-3 NY.

[faithnotgreed]

109. cmon millar.... get on base somehow cause we sure do need you

ooohh did you see the little look millar gave out to the mound on his way to 1st.. we got some fire now

[JohnKleeb]

111. ahh yes

sweet.

[FlemingsGhost]

112. Nixon singles ... first and third, none out.

wahooo!

Rivera is forced to relieve Gordon! Yah, baby ...

[JohnKleeb]

114. sweet ain't it

Hopefully they can continue this rally, keep on pounding, and tommorow Schilling can throw a shut out, and then whoever starts game 7 can shut em down, thus completing a great comeback, hey anythin can happen.

[Doosh]

113. here comes Rivera, game over!

[StopTheMorans]

115. just like last night right?

n/t

[JohnKleeb]

116. We'll see

He's in a tight spot, and he doesn't close as good against the Sox as he does most others.

[faithnotgreed]

117. like last night?

may the best team win.... and were all friends here nomatter who we root for (in sports that is!)

[StopTheMorans]

118. oh yeah, that's lights out for ya

4-4 sox baby!

[JohnKleeb]

120. Nice shut down Mr. Rivera

2nd blown save in a row :). You know, we could see the first ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, and I really believe it.

[al bupp]

138. Definately Makes for Good Literature

And that's the whole point w/ the Sox.

[FlemingsGhost]

119. Tie game at 4-4. There is no quit in this team!

Is that the Yankees fans assholes puckering, I hear?

[JohnKleeb]

121. now, now don't play down to their level

let's do as the great philosopher said

[JohnKleeb]

122. go ahead run in scoring position

Bellhorn strikes out but if the sox pen can handle the yankees, they can explode and beat Rivera in the ninth.

[faithnotgreed]

123. oooh. at least we tied it up. 9th inning

[JohnKleeb]

124. yep

you gotta get them down 1,2,3 though, then get a leadoff hit and then score the guy, and then, to new york, and hopefully a Schilling redemption, then game 7 which I would love to see be a Sox blow out.
Two down, you can do this Foulke.

[faithnotgreed]

128. avoided a bad scene there. glad that ball jumped in the stands

i dont like seeing miguel cairo here.... cmon foulke

[JohnKleeb]

129. neither do I

god he should have put them away.

[BeyondGeography]

125. Let the second-guessing begin

Torre will be raked over the coals for not bringing in Rivera to start the 8th. Of course, if Rivera is tired in the 9th, there's your answer.

[JohnKleeb]

127. Personally it wuold be wrong to blame Torre for not bringing him in early

Gordon is supposed to get those outs to allow for Rivera to have an easy ninth :D.

[BeyondGeography]

131. Big break for the Sox on Clark's double

Ahhhhh. The breaks of the game.

[JohnKleeb]

132. phewie

and cairo just choked, now time to win it in the 9th and to go back to the Bronx.

[Bluebear]

130. My beautiful mind can't take much more of this

[FlemingsGhost]

133. Atta boy, Damon. Infield single

Oooooohhhhhhh, man! This is getting good

[FlemingsGhost]

134. Nice throw by Posada!

I'll give 'em their due. Good defense.

[JohnKleeb]

135. damnit, its still possible to win though

[kaitykaity]

136. Nevermind.

Game is almost over.

:shrug:

[al bupp]

137. Arroyo Redeemes Himself?

Maybe, we'll see. Nice pitching in the 10th, though.