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cknox0723 · 08-16-2006, 09:47 PM

Even the Pale Hose can't mess this one up, I think that is true, but damned if we don't try.

Esteban cruises through a one-two-three fourth inning, setting down the batsmen who are ostensibly three of Cleveland's most dangerous (#2 hitter the catcher Martinez, "Odysseus" Gerut, and mediocre first baseman Broussard). So with that in mind, it is almost no worries when we squander an opportunity to add to the two-nothing lead, as Magglio Ordonez bounces into an around-the-horn double play to completely waste a nice bases loaded, one out situation.

There should have been some worries then. After all, who am I to say that the Pale Hose can't mess this one up? But Esteban rolls through the fifth and we don't score negative runs in the top of the sixth, sp we're still clinging to our big little lead.

The home side's number eight hitter, third sacker Joe Crede, singles to right to lead off the sixth. That's quite a change from the million outs he made for some Chicago team last year, but good for him, making something of himself. The pitcher Carmona bunts him to second, and center fielder Corey Patterson follows by replacing him at second, blasting a ball into one of the outfield corners for a two-bagger. It's almost as if "Mr. September" is playing pinball or some other sort of button-mashing game; that hit is his forty-eighth in the thirty-one day span since September 1.

There's no shame in becoming his umpteenth victim, but we can have a goat in Ramon Vazquez, who boots a grounder up the middle off the bat of Victor Martinez to complicate the inning quite a bit. Jody Gerut's subsequent worm-burner (to the right side, mind you, not in the direction of "Whipping Boy" Vazquez) burns my ass, because the forceout at second doesn't end the inning, and so "Mr. September" trots home, tying the game at two. The reliably mediocre Ben Broussard strikes out to end the inning, but our lead is gone, just like that.

As will be Baltimore's, in a few minutes - the renowned Boston offense is apparently making a seventh-inning comeback, having already scored one run and squeezed out lefty starter Erik Bedard.

You know, all's we need is for this to happen two more times, and then we'll be the Other Sox.

08-16-2006, 09:47 PM	#837
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	blasting fonda Even the Pale Hose can't mess this one up, I think that is true, but damned if we don't try. Esteban cruises through a one-two-three fourth inning, setting down the batsmen who are ostensibly three of Cleveland's most dangerous (#2 hitter the catcher Martinez, "Odysseus" Gerut, and mediocre first baseman Broussard). So with that in mind, it is almost no worries when we squander an opportunity to add to the two-nothing lead, as Magglio Ordonez bounces into an around-the-horn double play to completely waste a nice bases loaded, one out situation. There should have been some worries then. After all, who am I to say that the Pale Hose can't mess this one up? But Esteban rolls through the fifth and we don't score negative runs in the top of the sixth, sp we're still clinging to our big little lead. The home side's number eight hitter, third sacker Joe Crede, singles to right to lead off the sixth. That's quite a change from the million outs he made for some Chicago team last year, but good for him, making something of himself. The pitcher Carmona bunts him to second, and center fielder Corey Patterson follows by replacing him at second, blasting a ball into one of the outfield corners for a two-bagger. It's almost as if "Mr. September" is playing pinball or some other sort of button-mashing game; that hit is his forty-eighth in the thirty-one day span since September 1. There's no shame in becoming his umpteenth victim, but we can have a goat in Ramon Vazquez, who boots a grounder up the middle off the bat of Victor Martinez to complicate the inning quite a bit. Jody Gerut's subsequent worm-burner (to the right side, mind you, not in the direction of "Whipping Boy" Vazquez) burns my ass, because the forceout at second doesn't end the inning, and so "Mr. September" trots home, tying the game at two. The reliably mediocre Ben Broussard strikes out to end the inning, but our lead is gone, just like that. As will be Baltimore's, in a few minutes - the renowned Boston offense is apparently making a seventh-inning comeback, having already scored one run and squeezed out lefty starter Erik Bedard. You know, all's we need is for this to happen two more times, and then we'll be the Other Sox.