After a long agonizing night of missed opportunities (at home watching the Red Sox NOT at a bar), I decided to check in on the largest Red Sox community on the web.
Looking over fan wire on Red Sox Nation, I found an interesting post. Posted by Red Sox Nation member Matt Savoie was an blog entry from boston.com.
If you’re looking for one more example that everything about the Boston Red Sox has changed since 2004, there’s this: The Red Sox, gaggers for decades, have become cold-blooded postseason finishers. They have played six games in which a victory would give them a playoff series win since 2004. They have won them all.
Of course they did not extend that streak to seven, losing to the Angels last night and now play in a nearly must win game 4. Not sure if I want to go back to Anaheim (which is nowhere near LA) for a game 5 with Dice BB on the mound.
Anyways, the more interesting thing to note is the calm that Red Sox fans exhibited in the comments on that post.
Let’s see if there is a similar calm if the Sox don’t get the job done tonight.
October 6, 2008 at 10:12 pm |
Lester will pitch a gem. I am guessing a 4 hitter and Papi will finally come thru with that big hit. Now keeping Drew out of the lineup might not have been so smart but look for a solid game from JD. All in Jeff – Red Sox win 4-1.
October 6, 2008 at 10:16 pm |
I feel very confident that Jon Lester will close out the series tonight. The whole dynamic of the team has changed and a lot of has to do with the clutch performances the team has gotten rather than the choke jobs that we had been known for. That is something that Theo has to get credit on. Getting Schill and Big Papi were moves that went beyond their play on the field. They inspired confidence in others with the way they performed. Now we have a pair of young aces who play better when the stakes are bigger and also a lineup of patient hitters who seem to always get a big hit from somewhere different. Think a game 5 would be a coin-flip, but 99% percent confident it is not going to come to that.