October 12th Vs. New York: Alcs Game 1

[element1151]

ALCS Game #1: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
Date: October 12th 2004
First Pitch: 8:00 PM, Yankee Stadium, Bronx
TV: Fox
Series: Tied, 0-0

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif >>> (3-0) >>> http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/121811.jpg Schilling 21-6, 3.26 ERA
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http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/nyy.gif >>> (3-1) >>> http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/119608.jpg Mussina 12-9, 4.59 ERA

Pitcher's stats are regular season.

It is on.

[DOrtiz4prez]

Game 1:

Redsox win 5-2

[ACL BoSox]

im predicting 7 strong from Schilling

[YanksHater213]

...and praying the pen doesnt blow it

[schillingouttheks]

as ive watched in the past, i dont think having lowe in the pen is an awful idea come post-season. i can remember that lowe has had some key moments in the post-season, including the wrap-up of game 5 of the alds last year in oakland, and pitched well in game 3 this year. thoughts?

[sarasoxfan]

I think having lowe anywhere gives me hives. I almost threw up the other night...The pen is just dandy without him, the only thing that it means as fas as I can see it, is now Francona has more options to make stupid moves. As usual though our team is so damn good it doesnt matter that we have the worst manager.
I dont think derek has a place in the scheme of things anymore. Maybe as a long relief guy, but he is too much of mental patient to serve any important role...

He helped no question but beware!

[yeszir]

Originally posted by sarasoxfan@Oct 10 2004, 09:52 AM
The pen is just dandy without him, the only thing that it means as fas as I can see it, is now Francona has more options to make stupid moves.
Not true. You say what happened to our pen in game 3 of the alds. They essentially blew the game. Lowe came on and got 3 strikeouts in 1.2 innings and pitched decently. The playoffs are a whole other ballgame from the regular season. I would not be surprised to see Lowe continue to pitch and continue to pitch well.

[CrespoBlows]

Francona won't dare to put Myers against a righty, will he? That was the dumbest move I've seen.

[yankeessuck013]

MLB.com says the first pitch is @ 8 pm!

[element1151]

Edited, thanks for the heads up.

[CrespoBlows]

1 day 20 hours

[RedSoxNut04]

Tessie is the Royal Rooters rally cry
Tessie is the song they always sung
Tessie echoed April through October nights
After serenading Stahl, Dineen and Young
Tessie is a maiden with the sparkling eyes
Tessie is a maiden with the love
She doesn't know the meaning of her sight
She's got a comment full of love
And sometimes when the game is on the line
Tessie always carried them away
Up the road from Third Base to Huntington
The boys will always sing and sway

Two! Three! Four!

Tessie, Nuff Ced McGreevy shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Tessie, you are the only, only, only

The Rooters showed up at the Grounds one day
They found their seats had all been sold
McGreevy led the charge into the park
Stormed the gates and put the game on hold
The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright
Boston's tenth man could not be wrong
Up from Third Base to Huntington
They sang another victory song

Two! Three! Four!

Tessie, Nuff Ced McGreevy shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Tessie, you are the only, only, only

The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright
Boston's tenth man could not be wrong
Up from Third Base to Huntington
They sang another victory song

Two! Three! Four!

Tessie, Nuff Ced McGreevy shouted
We're not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Boston, you are the only, only, only
Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Red Sox, you are the only, only, only

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I will be playing, and singing that, all day long on Tuesday.

[Zenny]

I f'ing hate that song.

[yeszir]

Originally posted by Zenny@Oct 11 2004, 09:39 AM
I f'ing hate that song.
Me too. :o I hate punk music.

And guess what, I'm passing on game 5 or 6 tickets to go to Nashville. :angry: I'm upset at myself.

[schillingouttheks]

give them to me!!!!!

[DOrtiz4prez]

NO GIVE THEM TO ME.

[schillingouttheks]

he actually knows me.

[DOrtiz4prez]

your friends?

[schillingouttheks]

in a way, yes, i know him through his younger bro.

[Dent-This]

My lineup for tomorrow nights game...
J.D. - hitting .240 with 18 hits 1 hr and 9 rbi's
M.B. - hitting .333 with 1 hr
M.R. - hitting .203 with 15 hits 5 hr and 13 rbi's
K.M. - hitting .348 with 8 hits 1 hr and 3 rbi's
D.O. - hitting .069 with 1 rbi
T.N - hitting .193 with 11 hits 1 hr and 4 rbi's
O.C. - hitting .200 with 1 2B
J.V. - hitting .091 with 4 hits
B.M. - hitting .000 with 0 hits

David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Bill Mueller and Pokey Reese have struggled significantly against Mike Mussina this year. Combined they are batting .058 with 90 AB/39 K/2 RBI/6 H/0 HR. So they will need to turn this around in order to beat Mussina. And they will...

[Dent-This]

"Five reasons Boston is better in 2004" - ESPN and Sean McAdam (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2004/columns/story?id=1899068)

[yeszir]

Originally posted by Dent-This@Oct 11 2004, 03:43 PM
"Five reasons Boston is better in 2004" - ESPN and Sean McAdam (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2004/columns/story?id=1899068)
The header bar reads "5 outs better?" And it's a valid point. We were better than the yankees last year and we had them beat. This year we're a better team than last, definitely at LEAST 5 outs better.

[Dent-This]

Here is some more fuel to add to the fire.

[Tek04]

i hope we destroy the yanks :thumbsup:

[yeszir]

Yea, that whole shirt controversy is stupid. Why would MLB endorse and profit from a Sox bashing shirt. It's so stupid.

[schillingouttheks]

im not sure they would make too much...basically the rest of the mlb would prefer the sox in the WS than the spankmees.

and with that being said....THIS IS MY 1000th post!!!

[ACL BoSox]

Schilling will do what he always does, WIN!!! :D

[element1151]

We need it for this game. Game 1 sets the tone.

[sarasoxfan]

I just read where Tek is an incredible 0-for-34 with 19 strikeouts at Yankee Stadium this year and fell from .248 to .196 lifetime at the Bronx. The swoon included an 0-for-10 performance with eight strikeouts during the Sox' last visit to Yankee Stadium Sept. 17-19.

Somehow it would help a lot if he were able to reverse this curse, oops, I mean change that trend.

we need ya today Tek!

[mosox]

I'm looking for Schilling to be great tonight. The hitter that scares me most is Matsui, Schilling has to be careful with him.
I see Francona is leaving Youk out and putting Mendoza in to shore up the bullpen. This could be a key move of the series.
Tek needs to hit better, I mean, hit against the MFY.
Damon getting on base seems to be a key to big innings.
If the Sox are behind late watch for the exciting Dave Roberts to pinch run.
GO SOX!!!

[Dent-This]

Anyone here going to be in Allston tonight for the game? Me and a couple of friends of mine are going to go over to White Horse Tavern if anyone is interested. We're going to be there at about 7:30.

[ahhchon]

i can't believe i won't be watching game 1 of the ALCS, this is so sad. i have 2 exams tomorrow, 8 am then 9:15. it's so sad that i've been studying since 8 this morning and this is my only break because i needed to print something out.

PLEASE root extra for me. sigh

back to work

john

[Dent-This]

Damn...that is horrible. The guys and i will keep you in mind and root extra hard for this occasion. We'll all be drinking so i already know the rooting will get a little out of hand. But more importantly good luck on the exams tomorrow. Are you already taking mid-terms? And i'd try to keep a radio on or something...if you can.

[ahhchon]

looks like i might be able to watch it afterall. i just finished studying for the 8 am class and the 9:15 is 80% done. too bad i need 110% on both. i took some aderol this morning and i've been wired and sitting at the library reading/taking notes etc since 8 am.. sigh.

2 more hours of hardcore studying and MAYBE i can watch the game.

john

[sarasoxfan]

almost game time....



are we ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[yeszir]

Originally posted by sarasoxfan@Oct 12 2004, 07:42 PM
almost game time....



are we ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
yaaaaargh. YES!

[schillingouttheks]

LETS GO SCHILLDAWG, LETS GO RED SOX!!!

[sarasoxfan]

I already hate tim mcCarver and the game hasnt started yet....
al leiter is in the booth, as well...


start already..time to kick some MFY asss....!

[CrespoBlows]

20 minutes :thumbsup:

Lineups

1. Damon
2. Bellhorn
3. Ramirez
4. Ortiz
5. Millar
6. Nixon
7. Vartiek
8. Caberra
9. Mueller

1. Jeter
2. GayRod
3. Sheffield
4. Matsui
5. Williams
6. Posodamy
7 Oleured
8. Cairo
9. Lofton

[sarasoxfan]

lets go redsox...lets go red sox.....

[sarasoxfan]

line ups: advantage red sox
pitching: advantage redsox
bench: advantage redsox

manager: well, er. lets go redsox, lets go redsox.....

[yagmaster]

I so psyched fot this game. I have 15 minutes or so to finish my work...

Hanyway, my prediction for the game is 4 - 2 Red Sox.

[sarasoxfan]

that star wars thing was stupid...


i am psyched

[RedSoxRooter]

Fox has no right to make a joke out of every damn playoff game. That was a worse beginning than they had last year..... :rolleyes:

[sarasoxfan]

beyond stupid.

at least they were evil

luckily fox is inconsequential and just a backdrop to the sox.

even mccarver wont ruin this, we are going to kick ass.


are you ready for some baseball????????????????????????

[yagmaster]

Nothing you can do when someone picks a splitter off the dirt and puts it past Manny.

[yagmaster]

Not tooooooooo bad, we're gonna get to Moose this inning.

[yeszir]

Not the start I would have preferred, but nothing that isnt insurmountable. And I call feel the yankee bias in the broadcast every time any one of them opens his mouth. It's annoying.

[yagmaster]

I hate McCarver but Buck is OK. I also ate at his restaurant :)

[yeszir]

Commence the freaking out about Schilling....

[Bonds*]

Anybody catch the score?

[Bonds*]

How long do they plan on letting Schilling pitch?

[element1151]

This is painfully bad.

[sarasoxfan]

fuck

[element1151]

Curtis Leskanic in, time to save Schilling.

[ACL BoSox]

Reason to be worried? The ankle appears to be a problem.

To add to this, Moose had been perfect thus far. Through 6.

[yeszir]

No more perfect game, and someone PLEASE tell them that his name is BRONSON, BRONSON! NOT BRANDON!

[element1151]

Sox score 2, 8-2 now.

[yeszir]

8-3, and Bernie Williams has grandma knees.

[element1151]

8-3, sox mounting a small comeback.

[yeszir]

At the very least, scoring some runs will prove to the yankees that we're a force to be reckoned with, and it will take away a bit of the momentum should they win

[yeszir]

TEK! 8-5. This thing isn't as over as well all thought I guess.

[ACL BoSox]

damn those 2 runs we fudged over late look like their gonna be a factor.

At least were back in it, but no we are gonna have to deal with Gordon and Rivera, as if it were any consolation.

[element1151]

It would be sweet to get 4 runs from Rivera to win.

[ACL BoSox]

Originally posted by element1151@Oct 12 2004, 09:47 PM
It would be sweet to get 4 runs from Rivera to win.
Yeah, never gonna happen...

[yagmaster]

This is exactly what we need, a strong relief inning. Let's get some runs off of Flash, and give Rivera a not so warm welcome.

[element1151]

ORTIZ TRIPLE!!! 8-7!!!

[yagmaster]

OK! 1 More run, Matsui is so bad :)

[yagmaster]

WE NEED TO FUCKING HOLD THEM HERE!

[Beaneater]

It's official. Whether we win this game or not, we have shown that we can spot the Yankees an 8-0 lead through 6.2 and still play them tough. This has totally deflated the momentum that the Yanks would have gotten from the arse-whooping that this game looked like early. Should be a fun series.

[yeszir]

Originally posted by Beaneater@Oct 12 2004, 11:12 PM
It's official. Whether we win this game or not, we have shown that we can spot the Yankees an 8-0 lead through 6.2 and still play them tough. This has totally deflated the momentum that the Yanks would have gotten from the arse-whooping that this game looked like early. Should be a fun series.
Indeed. This is just plain amazing. 7 unanswered runs!

[ACL BoSox]

Ummm, we were literally a foot away from tying this game. We need to hold the yankees here and get a run off rivera in the 9th.

In the ninth we have....

1. Nixon
2. Varitek
3. Cabrera

nixon is a lefty so that hurts, varitek is hit or miss, cabrera can do damage.

[yagmaster]

We need to get out of this inning first. Someone please retire this ugly Japanese man.

[element1151]

Originally posted by yagmaster@Oct 12 2004, 08:22 PM
We need to get out of this inning first. Someone please retire this ugly Japanese man.
Well we got him out, 1 to go.

[yeszir]

This game is gonna give me a heart attack...

[element1151]

10-7, the comeback was a thought at least.

[schillingouttheks]

bahhh

[ACL BoSox]

Any shot of a comeback has just been flushed down the toilet.

Tomorrow is a new game.

[schillingouttheks]

weve ruined rivera before and we can still do it. i still have positive thoughts unlike u :thumbdown:

[yagmaster]

Ok, we have three outs to get three runs. We can do it, we just need to get into Rivera's head. If we get a few runners, he might get rattled and we'll have a chance.

[yagmaster]

There's a hit! Come on now, we need baserunners.

[yagmaster]

There is no one I would rather have up right now than Mueller. Come on baby!

[yagmaster]

:angry:

[element1151]

Being down 1-0 against the Yankees feels bad.

[yagmaster]

Not as bad as losing 8 - 0, or getting no hit.

[Beaneater]

Call me crazy, but I'm not that depressed by this. This whole game was disastrous from the get-go -- Mussina was incandescent, Schilling was clearly not all there, eveything that could have gone wrong did through 6 1/2, and we still got within one swing of tying the game in the 8th and the 9th. (Indeed, in the 8th we got within about 5 feet of tying the game.) They slapped us around like the proverbial red-headed stepchild and we still crawled back in it.

I know, I know, this is the Red Sox we're talking about. They're capable of repeated meltdowns, as 85 years of history tell us. But seriously, is everything going to break the Yankees' way for this whole series? What I saw tonight shows me that in order to beat us, the Yankees need 1) an insane pitching performance and 2) a titanic Red Sox collapse (a la Schilling). That is not going to happen every game.

Afterthought: Did anyone else notice that the strike zone was smaller when the Yankees were batting? Sheffield got 4-5 strikes at least twice, and there were some questionable strikes called against the Sox (questionable enough that even the Fox crew questioned them). I realize that I am hopelessly biased, so I'm calling on some of you hopelessly biased people to confirm or disprove my idea. :)

Not that I'm saying that we would have won with a better strike zone -- only 1 run that I recall was directly attributable to a bad call (Sheffield should have been punched out in the 8th, perfect pitch from Timlin that was somehow not called a strike, and he later came around to score). But it sure made me want to throw things at the TV (since the actual umpire was not within throwing range).

[empireII]

Great job sox offense. Down 8-0 in the 7th and cut it to 1 run! Amazing.

[Beaneater]

I should have said that 2 runs were attributable to that bad call. Sheffield should have been K'd for the second out, then (assuming that all else remains equal) Matsui pops out for out #3 and Williams does not hit the 2-run double.

Makes no difference in the final analysis though, except that psychologically it would have been different to go into the 9th down 1 instead of 3.

[CalvnHobs6]

Some good came out of this game.
A) A ridiculous comeback
B ) Shutout innings by Embree, Mendoza, and Leskanic.

I like the way this series looks. Sure, we're down 1-0, but this was just not Schilling's night. Discount the first 3 innings (if only) and the sox won this game 7-4. Ridiculous, but if the Sox can get 7 runs in a game where Moose starts...what about Lieber? I like it.

[mosox]

Well, Schilling and Damon were just terrible, and without #38 pitching well and without #18 getting on base, it was going to be tough.
The comeback was a good sign but the middle relief was a disaster, except for Embree.
Sox pitchers cannot get behind in counts and expct to get these guys out.
And why, after several years do the Sox fail to see that Matsui is a low ball hitter?
Timlin got him out in the 8th with a high pitch inside, SURPRISE!
Down 1-0 is not horrible, but it's time the Sox get in the game from start to finish.

[CalvnHobs6]

Another thing: The 55,000 Yankee fans were shut up from the 7th- the end of the game.

[ahhchon]

the yankees strike zone was smaller than a cracker jack box. it was rediculous.

the game was pathetic, we should have put it away.

john

[Beaneater]

Originally posted by ahhchon@Oct 12 2004, 11:12 PM
the yankees strike zone was smaller than a cracker jack box. it was rediculous.
Well, at least one hopelessly biased person agrees with me! :)

[YanksHater213]

Hey, dont get down about this one game. We showed them we will not lay down for them. Just remember who won game one last season and who won the series...

[Zenny]

A loss is a loss, no matter how crippling or how many runs scored, etc. We just have to hope for a Petey gem tonight.

[Bren25x]

well we really gave in to them tonight. what a pathetic offensive effort. you allow mussina to throw a perfect game for 6.2 innings and then lieber a 3 hitter through 7....seriously...pathetic. its like buckling up under pressure every time we play this team in their place. its a joke, the entire thing is a joke. and you know very well if some miracle happens and we get back in this series, you know very well who is going to beat us. not A-rod, not Jeter, not Sheffield, BUT CAIRO, OLERUD, KENNY LOFTON, OR NELSON DE LA ROSA...BECAUSE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DO IN A BIG GAME THEY DO IT--just like aaron boone and bucky dent. this is so painful and hurtful and am extremely let down. i would have taken a split in NY. but when you dont win with either Ace, or beat jon leiber its time to pack them up.

[ARod2212]

Originally posted by CalvnHobs6@Oct 12 2004, 11:05 PM
Another thing: The 55,000 Yankee fans were shut up from the 7th- the end of the game.
Yeah they were tired from cheering all game. ;)