They've got me using the water bottles too!
I had to watch this one alone because it was a Saturday and on Saturdays at college people like to go out and do things. (I was at a place where I could stare mindlessly at a television for a little bit, though, so I didn't miss much.)
As they wisely say in Liverpool, though, you'll never walk alone, and I didn't - I managed to find another Sox fan at an on-campus Halloween party in our nightclub/sports bar complex. He was dressed as Maury Povich. I was wearing my Papelbon jersey, was chewing gum, and had brought my glove and added some eyeblack because superstitions die hard. (Yes, for every game I have worn my Papelbon jersey and chewed one piece of gum throughout the entire game. The one time I took the gum out before the end of the game was Game 2 of the ALCS, and no sooner was the gum out of my mouth than Tito put in Gagne. Also, my jersey now smells like Febreeze because I can't risk washing the mojo out of it.)
I also had water bottles in my jacket pockets and started tapping them against my legs when the Sox needed a little moral support. It helped to get Timlin out of the sixth, but I was back in my room and had just gotten off the phone with my parents when Okaji, who was more than a little tired from the other night and might have been affected by the altitude, gave up that home run to Holliday. His perseverance impressed me, though - he doggedly got out of the inning and was rewarded by the bottom of the order - Lugo and Crisp - and two rookies from the Pac-10 conference.
There is credit due all around, but the offensive charge was led by Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia, who are amazingly consistently good when they bat first and second. Tonight was no different - they went 7-for-10 with three runs scored, four RBIs and four doubles between the two of them. Is this the lineup of the future? Quite possibly. How awesome is it that these two were the first two rookies to bat first and second in a World Series lineup and set records whilst they did it? Astounding.
The local boy, Manny Delcarmen (another kid who played in Pawtucket!), and Jonathan Papelbon closed the game out, and the Sox won it 10-5 (Mike Lowell adding one extra run in the ninth on some more excellent baserunning). It's funny - the Sox were leading 6-0 after the third because, amongst other notable things, Jacoby had hit two doubles off of the same pitcher in the same inning and Daisuke Matsuzaka showed the world that he can swing a bat, and then later in the game it looked like the Rockies had life in them and it was scary. What can I say, though? It was a great baseball game.
Two more things to point out - it was the longest nine-inning game in World Series history, and the Rockies' starter, Fogg, was pulled from the game before he could get an at-bat. Hmm. Just some food for thought there.
EDIT: Is it wrong if I find the idea of the Sox bullpen performing The Peace! incredibly funny, especially given that the music video takes place on a ship? I'm sorry, but the idea of Papelbon wondering what someone ate for lunch just gets me somehow.
EDIT 2: I was skimming through a Japanese summary of last night's game on the Japanese version of MLB.com just to see how much I could read, and I was thrilled to discover that I had been writing Pedroia's name correctly in Japanese because I recognized it in the article. If you're curious, it's ダスティン・ペドロイア (phonetically: Da-su-ti-n Pe-do-ro-i-a). I love finally being able to understand Japanese after trying it for several years and failing miserably each time...
EDIT 3: Thank you to Dustin Pedroia's parents for submitting this photograph to the Sacramento Bee for an article on their son. I just melted completely. (You have to click that link. You know you waaaaant tooooo...)
As they wisely say in Liverpool, though, you'll never walk alone, and I didn't - I managed to find another Sox fan at an on-campus Halloween party in our nightclub/sports bar complex. He was dressed as Maury Povich. I was wearing my Papelbon jersey, was chewing gum, and had brought my glove and added some eyeblack because superstitions die hard. (Yes, for every game I have worn my Papelbon jersey and chewed one piece of gum throughout the entire game. The one time I took the gum out before the end of the game was Game 2 of the ALCS, and no sooner was the gum out of my mouth than Tito put in Gagne. Also, my jersey now smells like Febreeze because I can't risk washing the mojo out of it.)
I also had water bottles in my jacket pockets and started tapping them against my legs when the Sox needed a little moral support. It helped to get Timlin out of the sixth, but I was back in my room and had just gotten off the phone with my parents when Okaji, who was more than a little tired from the other night and might have been affected by the altitude, gave up that home run to Holliday. His perseverance impressed me, though - he doggedly got out of the inning and was rewarded by the bottom of the order - Lugo and Crisp - and two rookies from the Pac-10 conference.
There is credit due all around, but the offensive charge was led by Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia, who are amazingly consistently good when they bat first and second. Tonight was no different - they went 7-for-10 with three runs scored, four RBIs and four doubles between the two of them. Is this the lineup of the future? Quite possibly. How awesome is it that these two were the first two rookies to bat first and second in a World Series lineup and set records whilst they did it? Astounding.
The local boy, Manny Delcarmen (another kid who played in Pawtucket!), and Jonathan Papelbon closed the game out, and the Sox won it 10-5 (Mike Lowell adding one extra run in the ninth on some more excellent baserunning). It's funny - the Sox were leading 6-0 after the third because, amongst other notable things, Jacoby had hit two doubles off of the same pitcher in the same inning and Daisuke Matsuzaka showed the world that he can swing a bat, and then later in the game it looked like the Rockies had life in them and it was scary. What can I say, though? It was a great baseball game.
Two more things to point out - it was the longest nine-inning game in World Series history, and the Rockies' starter, Fogg, was pulled from the game before he could get an at-bat. Hmm. Just some food for thought there.
EDIT: Is it wrong if I find the idea of the Sox bullpen performing The Peace! incredibly funny, especially given that the music video takes place on a ship? I'm sorry, but the idea of Papelbon wondering what someone ate for lunch just gets me somehow.
EDIT 2: I was skimming through a Japanese summary of last night's game on the Japanese version of MLB.com just to see how much I could read, and I was thrilled to discover that I had been writing Pedroia's name correctly in Japanese because I recognized it in the article. If you're curious, it's ダスティン・ペドロイア (phonetically: Da-su-ti-n Pe-do-ro-i-a). I love finally being able to understand Japanese after trying it for several years and failing miserably each time...
EDIT 3: Thank you to Dustin Pedroia's parents for submitting this photograph to the Sacramento Bee for an article on their son. I just melted completely. (You have to click that link. You know you waaaaant tooooo...)
