Somehow the Red Sox pulled it out last night. I don't even know what to say about the game. We had Paul Byrd pitching, his first 5 outs were loud outs (deep fly balls and hard line drives), we were down 3-0 in the 6th again Joe Saunders who had won 4 in a row, the Angels needed this win badly, yet somehow we pulled this one out of our asses. After exploding for 5 runs in the 6th to take a 5-3 lead, we promptly gave it right back (and then some) by allowing the Angels to score 4 unearned runs in the 7th due to a horrible Varitek passed ball on strike 3 of what would've been the 3rd out. We then managed to tie the game with 2 clutch runs in the bottom of the 8th, only to give the lead right back when the Angels connected for three consecutive 2-out hits in the 9th to go back up 8-7.
In the bottom of the 9th, with 2 outs and nobody on base, the rally began. Ortiz walked, JD Drew somehow got jammed on a 3-1 pitch that he KNEW was going to be a fastball but still managed to squeeze out an infield hit, Jed Lowrie pinch hit and ripped one down the third base line that Chone Figgins miraculously blocked by couldn't do anything with (bases now loaded), and then Nick Green had an epic at bat where he took a pitch RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE on a full count and somehow it was called a ball (TIE GAME!). Up next was Alex Gonzalez who then blooped a ball to left field that Juan Rivera possibly could've caught, but he pulled up on. GAME OVER. I'm not gonna lie. It looked like Juan Rivera just wanted to go home (or go to Centerfold's or something) because he really made no effort to catch that ball.
Angels closer Brian Fuentes claimed that the umpires were too "timid" or "scared" to make any tough calls at Fenway against the Red Sox (read: Nick Green at-bat) and I think he's right. But let me tell you something Brian Fuentes. That's why they call it Home Field Advantage. This type of biased umpiring has been happening for years in every sport. It's because of the human element of officiating. Deal with it.
Side note: I want to do bad things to Kourtney Kardashian. I'm talking about a situation with whipped cream, handcuffs, jello, midgets, baby gorillas, etc.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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