There should have been a 10th inning yesterday. The umps blew it enormously–calling a baserunner tripping over Middlebrooks interference on Middlebrooks. Horrible way to lose.
Just have to swallow it and go to the next game, where Buchholz throws the final start of his season, hoping to even the World Series at 2 games apiece. The hard road. Comment away.
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It’s on the offense for not getting to Kelly and on Salty for making that fucking terrible throw to 3rd (DON’T throw to 3rd with 2 out, Red Sox!) and Middlebrooks not getting a glove on it, but still a CLUSTERFUCK of a call by the umps. Maddening. Shame to possibly lose on that.
Lose the series, I mean. I want Game 4 to start right this fucking minute and Game 3 “ended” like 15 minutes ago.
Dude gets up on the wrong side of 3rd (headed toward 2nd), SHOVES Middlebrooks to the ground, and it’s “obstruction” on M’brooks. Again, the Red Sox probably deserve to lose this game, but what in the fucking fuck was that?
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/80260-the-obstruction-call/?p=5073990
Also, I woke up angry after a few hours of sleep…might try to go back to bed now, but could be a lost cause.
Couldn’t thread yesterday, back now. Seems that after game 1 everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
Cardinals take the lead helped by an Ellsbury error. This is not fun at all.
And Lou Reed died today!
Intentionally walking the no 8 hitter to get to the pitcher. Oh, the excitement of NL baseball.
Two on, nobody out. Do something, Bogey.
Patience again. Walk, bases loaded.
Papi makes it home as the ball gets away, but Gomes stays at second. Tie game.
Don’t bunt if you can’t do it, damn.
Gotta take the lead here.
Ross strikes out and that is for Buchholz. Carp does not get it done. One run is not enough in that situation.
Gomes looks awkward. But as long as he catches them …
Fantastic inning from Doubie. I have high hopes for him next season.
We need another Papi moment here.
Letting Kelly and Lynn last so long will be a big reason the Sox lose this series if it ends up that way.
They don’t give him the moment but four balls instead.
Besides big reasons like not hitting a lick, throwing to third base unnecessarily, getting screwed by umpires, some major mistakes by the manager and so on ..
A Johnny Gomes moment!!!!
Gooooooooomes!!!
12 outs …
Truth, throwing errors to third basically summarize the losses this far.
No walks, Doubie, please.
Doobie, you magnificent bastard.
Another 1-2-3. I’d let him hit and then have him pitch the 7th.
are any of you guys baseball rule geeks?
Buchholz/Doubie combined made a pretty good start.
It would have been a double anyway, but Gomes looks terrible in the outfield.
Not I, soxgirl.
Me neither.
Why does Breslow suddenly suck so much?
I’m trying to google what happens when there are more than nine fielders on the team and I can’t find anything.
And Breslow makes me cry
NL Mr. October up as tying run.
Man, fuck off, Breslow.
Utter failure. Come on, Taz.
Breslow should not get to throw another pitch in this series. But where does that leave our pen?
Strike 1 for Taz.
Grounds out to 2nd.
Lackey in the 8th?
Wasn’t Breslow good at one point?
Papi’s hot these days.
Breslow was great in the ALDS and ALCS. Threw away game 2 and now this.
time to say yes to med school maybe?
Berry pinch running.
Breslow probably will be good again in the regular season.
Lackey, eh? Desperate times…
Xander did not get the calls. Time for Lackey to protect the lead.
Isn’t he supposed to pitch game 7?
Xander gets Adams. Five to go.
Game 6.. in 3 days.. weird side session, basically…one down.
Damn!
Another throwing error? Can’t believe it.
Key popup!
Wild pitch, but then the pop-up. Two down.
Lackey gets the job done. Three more outs!
Lackey should be good for game 6 and Taz can pitch again tomorrow.
2-run lead. Do yo thang, Koji.
No insurance … the mission now is to deny Carlos Beltran another at bat.
Descalos, Craig, Carpenter …
Descalso grounds out. Two to go.
I love Koji, I do. But he looks like he hasn’t slept in days and it stresses me out. Maybe he needs one of those eye de-puffing cremes.
2 more.
Long single…come on, DP.
DP needed to avoid Beltran.
1 more.
Carpenter pops out. One more! Please!
Pick off!!!!! Victory!!!!!! Back to Fenway!!!!!! Cardinals’ march to World Series title obstructed – hopefully for the year!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, the Cardinals get their own gutpunch final out! Series to Fenway Wednesday!
That win was fuckin’ pulling teeth.
Tomorrow: eight innings from Lester and a save from the master.