Top 4:
Another homer by Jesus H. Damon, this time for two runs. Too bad he didn’t get a hit until Game 6, or else he’d be series MVP. The idea is broached of bringing Estaban Loiaza into the game, which I wholeheartedly support. And here he comes! The Sox load the bases.
After Trot Nixon strikes out, we get an interview with the truly freakish-looking Jim Leyritz. He’s rooting for the Yankees, despite having playing for both teams; he doesn’t mention that when he played for Boston they hired a PI to tail his wife. But then the Sox leave the bases loaded. Oh well. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.
Commercial Interlude:
I may someday watch the “Apprentice” parody, but I don’t think I’ll ever watch the “Apprentice” imitator.
Bottom 4:
Our first Cask & Flagon remote of the night. Man, I wish I was there. Lowe pitches another perfect inning.
Top 5:
Leadoff hit for Mueller. Damon comes up again and… a near-out at second devolves into an error, as His Holiness advances to second, Mueller to third. Buck with the potential-jinx comment, “everything’s going the Sox’ way”- and then they fail to score. Ugh.
Bottom 5:
1-2-3 inning for Lowe. Wow. Keep him in the game!
Top 6:
The Sox go down 1-2-3 as well- and the inning is filled with idle speculation about whether Pedro, who’s warming up, will enter the game. Come on, don’t be silly.
Bottom 6:
Jeter and A-Rod ground out, both to Orlando Cabrera. Somewhere, Nomar Garciaparra watches in his living room, wincing.
Tim McCarver speculates on whether this will be the “greatest win in franchise history,” going through a bunch of history that anyone watching this game already knows backward and forward. Which somehow doesn’t jinx the final out of the inning. Still 8-1; six innings of one-hit ball for Derek Lowe.
Posted by Stephen Silver at October 20, 2004 11:01 PMHow about Dougie Baseball with that scoop. How ironic is it Doug going to the series and Gardy and the boys back home playing golf or in Gardy's case driving a Winnebago cross country with his mom.
Posted by: Mike Vanderscheuren at October 20, 2004 11:50 PMMore power to Dougie baseball. I'll wear my miencieviwiwiciwieiciwiz jersey this week for him.
Posted by: Jeff S at October 21, 2004 12:31 AMAre there a bunch of bars near Fenway? Is Cask and Flagon THE bar for sox fans, or is it just the one that paid the most to FOX to get air-time?
Posted by: Jeff S at October 21, 2004 12:33 AMfenway park is on the same street as most of the best bars in boston. cask & flagon is THE sports bar in boston, as its front door is directly across the street from the Monster, and is routinely packed for any major game.
of course, on my friend's 21st birthday, it was during the NBA lockout of 1999, and it was virtually empty, even for a Tuesday night, so fortunately we were able to get him out of there quickly when he was found with his head in the toilet.
Posted by: LilB at October 21, 2004 04:30 PM