Taking a page from the book of Simmons…Running Diary of Game 1 of the World Series
7:05 – Eric Byrnes is very impressive on Fox…hopefully fox realizes this soon and kicks off the terrible Eric Karros and his hair and gives us more byrnesy
7:09 – I love me some Bynesy, I hate me some Jeanie Zolasko
7:10 – Karros’s hair is absolutely amazing. It will not move what-so-every
7:13 – Great, I get to hear Joe Buck’s opinion on every thing this series. Seriously, is there one announcer that interjects his feeling about a situation more then Joe Buck? I still haven’t forgiven him for making the Vikings trade Randy Moss.
7:14 – Boston fans cannot boo the Rockies starting lineup because they are too busy looking around at the people next to them saying “who did he just say?”
7:18 – Jacoby Ellsbury just received the biggest ovation outside of Josh Beckett. Coco Crisp is proud
7:19 – How can you have a flyover at night? We will soon find out
7:21 – Answer, you make fire come out of the back of the planes…stupid idea
7:22 – “Chevy Malibu, the shameless plug you can’t ignore”
7:25 – haven’t heard Tim McCarver’s voice yet…good news though, Joe Buck just informed me that he is coming right up, thanks Joe
7:26 – Heavens forbid if the Rockies beat Beckett. According to McCarver the Red Sox’s are going to quit if that happens tonight.
7:31 – Todd Helton doesn’t mess around with the line-ups. He just read the line-up straight through without any nicknames or anything. That’s why the Rockies are going to make this a series, they aren’t just happy to be here.
7:35 – Is there a worse song in American history then Crank Dat by Solja Boy? Fox decided to play it behind a Jose Beckett montage. Why? I do not know.
7:37 – And the first pitch of the 2007 World Series is……..fastball for a strike. Has a World Series ever started different?
7:38 – Beckett mows down Tavares with an outside fastball that hits the black for strike 3
7:39 – I wonder what the Mets brass think when they watch Kaz Matsui in the World Series. Can’t be anything to great. Mostly &^%(@#* Matsui.
7:41 – Beckett is looking good. He just came back from a 3-0 count to blow a fastball by Matsui. 2 k’s
7:43 – Beckett strikes out the side, throwing all fastballs mind you. Layoff?
7:46 – Yaz with the honor of reading the Boston line up. You could tell he was reading a card the whole time, I can say that because I wasn’t born when Yaz played
7:47 – Pedroia leads off with a homerun leading McCarver to tell us “There’s no better way to start off a game.” Thanks Tim
7:48 – Youk with an opposite field double. Boston is ready to play tonight
7:49 – Last 3 games for Pedroia and Youkilis….575 average and 15 hits...not bad. Also David Ortiz just tried to bunt.
7:50 – Francis is a Canadian…that doesn’t bode well right now. Also he looks like he could be 16 years old
7:51 – Ortiz grounds out and Manny is up. I want to see how long Manny can pose after a homerun this series, my guess 35 seconds.
7:52 – Base hit over drawn-in infield, 2-0 Boston. McCarver thinks it would have been a base hit without the infield in but it would have been easily caught by Tulowitzki
7:53 – Francis’ 1st inning ERA, 5.20. Good thing he is consistent.
7: 54 – McCarver: “Varitek has played in 50 post season games, far more then any other Boston player” after he said that great line the camera showed Manny Ramirez, and I’m willing to bet he’s played in his share of post season games.
7:57 – Base hit for the captain. Francis is struggling so far in this game. Maybe there is something to all of this layoff talk
7:58 – JD Drew for Mayor of Boston. JD just doubled in Manny and now there are runners at 2nd and 3rd with two outs. 3-0 Boston. First mound visit of the evening brought to you by Menards, save big money with Menards.
8:02 – How many times am I going to hear “Pitching Coach, Bob Apadacka” in one inning…answer 53
8:03 – Atkins and Helton save 2 more runs on a very nice play. Francis gets out of the jam
8:04 - Running to the girlfriends house to watch the rest of the game…yes I know lame but if I miss anything you can blame her.
8:12 – Well my computer took forever to start back up but what I saw was; Holliday strikeout, Atkins double, Hawpe strikeout, Tulo double 3-1 Sox, Yorvit groundout to shortstop
8:16 – Ellsbury was named Base runner of the year for the 2006 and 2007 season for the minor leagues, congrats Jacoby that is a prestigious award. Too bad you cannot run the base paths if you strike out.
8:23 – Papi doubles all the way to the wall allowing Youkilis to score from first, aided by the fact that Willy Tavaris and his cannon of an arm are out in center field. Ramirez will be walked to bring up Lowell with 2 on
8:27 – Lowell pops up and WHATS THAT!!! IS THAT THE COUGAR’S MUSIC…THIIIIIIIS IS OOOOOOOOOOUUUUR COUUUUUNTY…IT IS!...ITS THE COUGAR
8:42 - We just learned from McCarver that it’s not a good idea to bunt if you cannot run…the knowledge of Tim McCarver is limitless
8:44 – As the rain falls harder now (sorry I forgot to mention that one), Francis gets out of a semi-jam and we go into the 4th with the score 4-1 Sox
8:49 – Todd Helton sends a ball off the Green Monster, the 3rd double off the wall for the Rockies
8:54 – No matter, Beckett strikes out Atkins and Hawpe to end the inning. 7 k’s for Beckett through 4 innings
9:02 – Joe Buck just jinxed Francis’ perfect inning…damn you Joe Buck, damn you
9:11 – That looks to be game over. Varitek just doubled with the bases loaded making the score 6-1. Francis didn’t look right all game and left most of his pitches up in the zone. McCarver defended Francis all night saying “He is a high ball pitcher”. Who in the major leagues is a high ball pitcher? Please someone tell me how it can be beneficial to be high ball pitcher in the major leagues.
9:18 – Another McCarver gem. “Yorvit was on the sidelines for that game…” for you non-baseball fans out there, there are no sidelines in baseball.
9:33 – Balk…that’s really the only thing that has been worth noting in the last 15 minutes. This game has slowed down very quickly
9:36 – Yoouuuuuuuuuuuk rips a double down the left field line scoring Ellsbury. Youk has been on fire in the last 4 games and when he gets going the Boston line up is very scary. 7-1 Boston…err make that 8-1 Boston. Papi just doubled. Boston is on rolling in this game…err make that 9-1 Boston. Manny with a little floater over Tulowitzki, scoring Papi from 2nd. Whew a pitching change…well timed Pitching Coach Bob Apadacka.
9:43 – Boston just tied the WS record for extra-base hits in a game with 9…did I mention that its only the 5th inning. This running diary may get cut off short here shortly, this game is over and I really have no viewing interest to continue to watch this beat down.
9:46 – I will leave you with this great quote by Tim McCarver “This game reminds me of game 3 of the 2004 ALCS where the Yankees scored 19 runs on 20 hits and Boston came back to win the final 4 games of the series” Thanks Tim, we love you
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