“Red Sox, not State”; Or, “No, the W on the Red Cap does NOT stand for Shrub, it stands for the Nationals.”

Yep. Still weird. Thank god not on the Yankees though. (And yes, Nomar wasn’t doing much playing as he’s waiting for his wrist to recover. Hey putzes - STOP HITTING HIM IN THE WRIST.)

I’ve got a draft of a post explaining how the Red Sox are of course going to win the AL East and, um, how the Nats are going to compete in the wild card. (Stop laughing.) This clearly isn’t it, but check back. It will probably appear someday.

Amazing.

Ooh, a good point found on SOSH:

2007 ALCS MVP - Josh Beckett

2007 WS MVP - Mike Lowell

Yes, that was a good trade right there.

Game 4, up 3-0, one run lead….

Still nervous. Paps paps paps paps paps….

The Rockies make me nervous. They’ve got that team-of-destiny scent to them that I think we had 3 years ago and the White Sox had 2 years ago. Of course, the Tigers had that scent last year, and that didn’t work out too well for them. They are going to be tough though, for non-metaphorical reasons. They have a strong, strong offense, and good defense. Possibly the best defense in the game.

I have no desire to play the 2004 Cardinals with the Rockies as the 2004 Red Sox. I wish I liked the Rockies better. I want to like them, but I have a very hard time rooting for an evangelical fundamentalist team. (Check here for more.) The Brewers I could cheer for whole-heartedly. I can spare a smile for the Mets, or the Mariners, or the Blue Jays. But the Rockies are making it harder with this stuff.

(By the way, I’m well aware that several guys on the Red Sox including Tek our Captain, and including Wake my favorite, are evangelical Christians. The difference is that 1) they’re not in charge, and 2) both Tek and Wake went on the Red Sox Queer Eye Special. They didn’t have to do so [Timlin notably refused to do so, muttering some crap about values.] The fact that they did, shows to my mind at least some more open-mindedness, or at least somewhat less of the homophobia that I find so appalling in most of these particular evangelical sects.)

Wake out again because of the shoulder.

^#%(*. Damn it.

I’m still pleased and excited about the series, but a big chunk of enjoyment just went out of it for me.

Not so jittery anymore!

2007 AL Champions! We win the pennant!

Fox pointed out something I hadn’t remembered - Tito’s taking us to our 2nd WS in 4 years. I am *firmly* convinced that if we’d had Tito in 2002 or 2003…well now’s not the time.

When I think back on how I felt on Tuesday….never would have guessed. But I’m not surprised. Elimination games for us? That’s JUST where we want em baby!

I’m wicked jittery right now.

Wow. Paps got us out of that. Dice-K through 5, Okajima in the 6th & 7th, and Papelbon…

No elimination today!

Yep. Oh, and you’re worthless, Manny Delcarmen.

Also, Wake DID NOT pitch badly. I don’t care what the stats say. The bad-Manny gave up 2 of those runs, and in a sense ALL of them should be unearned because the ball bouncing off of Wake’s glove could have been called an error. In a regular season game, Tito lets Wake pitch out of the inning. It’s the post-season, so he pulled Wake. I’m fine with the decision. I don’t ever want to see MDC again. Irrational? I don’t care, and I’m REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD TO ARGUE.

(Nope. Obscenities back in.)

Answer:Nothing Good.

Nothing good, that is, if you’re the Angels. We’re up 2-0 and on our way to CA. Rational note to Mike Scioscia: Take one too many chances on an extraordinary hitter like Manny Ramirez, and he will do something with them. Irrational note to Mike Scioscia: Dude. You called down the worst kind of baseball karma on yourself right there. What did you *think* was going to happen?