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Lester was good (7-6-3-0-8, 107), but Garza -- named the MVP of the series -- was better (7-2-1-3-9, 118).
Dustin Pedroia lined a home run to left in the first -- 6th pitch of the game -- and David Ortiz followed with a walk. Garza retired the next two Sox and outside of hitting FY in the third and walking him in the sixth, no other Sock reached base until there was one out in the seventh.
By that time, the Rays led 3-1. Lester did set down the first nine Rays batters, but a two-out double from Evan Longoria in the fourth tied the game and three straight hits to open the fifth -- Willy Aybar double, Dioner Navarro single, Rocco Baldelli single -- gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead. Aybar donged to start the seventh to give the Rays a two-run lead.
Boston tried to rally. After Kevin Youkilis popped to shortstop to start the seventh, JD Drew walked on four pitches and Jason Bay singled. After a mound visit from Joe Maddon, Garza -- working slowly -- got Mark Kotsay to fly to right and then struck out Jason Varitek on a changeup in the dirt.
In the eighth, Alex Cora batted -- Tito was not very Assassiny tonight -- and grounded to shortstop. Jason Bartlett did not charge the ball and it clanked off his glove for an error. Maddon went to the bullpen -- repeatedly. He used four relievers in the inning. Dan Wheeler allowed a single to right from Coco Crisp but got FY on a routine fly to left. JP Howell came in and got Ortiz to ground to second (on seven pitches) and Coco was forced. Chad Bradford fell behind Yook 3-0, battled back to a full count, and walked him. Then David Price came in and struck out Drew on a 1-2 check swing.
Price -- who began the year in the lowly Florida State League -- came back out for the ninth. Jason Bay (cbbfbf) walked, but Price struck out Kotsay (ffbbc) and Varitek (bsfbs). Jed Lowrie pinch-hit for Cora and grounded a 0-1 pitch right to Akinori Iwamura, who grabbed the ball on a high hop and raced to second for the Red-Sox-season-ending force.
The Rays and Phillies will play Game 1 of the World Series at the Trop on Wednesday night.
***
Jon Lester / Matt Garza
The Globe reports that the Red Sox are "sticking with the idea that Alex Cora hits hard-throwing right-handers better than Jed Lowrie". Cora went 1-for-3 against Garza in Game 3.Red Sox Rays
Crisp, CF Iwamura, 2B
Pedroia, 2B Upton, CF
Ortiz, DH Pena, 1B
Youkilis, 3B Longoria, 3B
Drew, RF Crawford, LF
Bay, LF Aybar, DH
Kotsay, 1B Navarro, C
Varitek, C Baldelli, RF
Cora, SS Bartlett, SS
I checked their 2008 splits and have decided to not freak out.
Against Power Pitchers***
Cora .302/.377/.415
Lowrie .200/.333/.259
Against RHP
Cora .266/.378/.363
Lowrie .222/.308/.344
Here is a handy chart of how many pitches each reliever has thrown in the series:
Bullpen Pitches Thrown***
Red Sox 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOT
Okajima 4 28 28 32 92
Masterson 5 18 39 15 18 95
Papelbon 12 18 38 8 76
Lopez 1 26 27
Delcarmen 20 28 17 65
Timlin 23 31 54
Byrd 47 47
Rays 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOT
Howell 12 23 20 25 23 103
Balfour 21 19 25 18 83
Price 3 12 15
Bradford 24 14 38
Miller 8 6 1 15
Wheeler 48 33 81
Jackson 14 25 39
Fact: Tampa Bay is
The Red Sox have won nine consecutive ALCS elimination games. Tonight, they go for #10.
Kevin Youkilis:It's amazing. It's really amazing the games we play, and how much fun it's been. When we're all old and our children are all grown up, we'll sit around and meet up and talk about games like the game the other day. It's a wild ride, and we're very spoiled.Jonathan Papelbon admits he's "pretty beat up". His fastball was only 92-93 mph last night.
For me, in these things, if I don't have my A-plus fastball, I'd better have my A-plus mental approach and my A-plus headset. My head was right tonight.Hideki Okajima threw two scoreless innings last night -- the third time he has done so in this series.
From Josh Beckett's post-game interview:
Josh, you struggled in the postseason thus far, but tonight you looked like the Josh Beckett of 2003 and 2007.Also: Post-game Q&As from Maddon and Francona.
I don't know really if that's even a question. ...
The Clifford Floyd at-bat in the fourth --
Clifford?
Some of his friends call him that. ...
Joe Maddon:
We've got one more shot. We can truly teach ourselves a lesson. We can do something that will make an imprint on us for a long time.You sure can, Joe, and you will, but it's not going to be the good kind of imprint.
Evan Longoria makes no sense:
In my opinion, there'll be less pressure on anyone. We'll throw it out there and have fun. I think there was more pressure when we were up 3-to-1. There was pressure on us to end it. Elimination games are always pressure-packed. You feel you have to win them, and in that situation you start to press. Now it's back to 0-0, and we'll come out and play the way we've been playing all year.Dood, this is an elimination game! So start pressin'!
Clifford:
They're the World Series champs. You've got to take it from them. They know how to win. They stay poised in tough situations. That said, it's going to happen [tonight].Sean McAdam, Herald:
The Rays had spent the off day Friday swearing up and down that, nope, there wasn't going to be any sort of carryover effect from Game 5, and yep, they had already forgotten all about it and seemed almost offended by the line of questioning.***
Crushing loss? What crushing loss?
But defeats like Thursday's don't wash off in the shower. They stay with you. ...
The cracks are starting to show now. Arguably the best defensive team in the league during the season, the Rays have withered in the field in the last two games. ... The bullpen, so critical to the team's magic this season, suddenly looks vulnerable. ...
Game 7 comes tonight, the game the Rays didn't want. They have whiffed on two chances to put the Red Sox away for good and tonight they get their last chance.
It worked in 2004. It worked in 2007. It'll work in 2008.
One.
One game. One win. That's all.
Tonight.
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 1008 Newer› Newest»Crisp flashes that gold glove again, oh thats right he was fragging robbed last year.
fuck - he went.
gotta PH for tek and cora
(maybe let tek hit if there are 0 out?)
Lowrie in for Tek? Your right, not many options.
definitely leave Price in, why not
and drew went
and we still have 3 more outs
I know it Joe, haha. I tried!
Close games are always going to be second-guessed. But they've recorded 24 outs. Not enough.
on a call that close, the home ump has to go to the third base ump. That's twice he called Drew out in this game a on a swing he couldn't possibly have seen either way
I agree, but that doesn't change the fact that Drew went.
Jeemer of course needs to get this last out or it will all be mute in the 9th.
I don't mind Lowrie coming in now, against a lefty. He's a much different hitter batting right handed.
Bay needs to homer to start off the 9th. Price will be rattled and he'll walk Kotsay. Then the dominos will start falling...
second guessing is sore losering
crazy alcs -- why not b2b dongs from bay and kotsay??
i'll call that now!
tek must come out regardless of the number of outs
OK, this is it.
Okie's lovin' that high strike
Jeemer of course needs to get this last out or it will all be mute in the 9th.
It's all mute already, for me at least (:
Ah well. Nothing but our season at stake....
I'm down with that Bay doung.
WE ONLY NEED 2 RUNS.
RED SOX YOU CAN DO THIS.
I think it's fair to say we've felt just about every single feeling there is to feel in this series. And to a smaller extent, this game.
nice work by Oki! Sox are still only 2 runs down.
Yeah, I called horseshit, but right after I typed that I saw a replay and you can't argue it.
Man, Oki has been fucking great.
I effing hate watching tense baseball through bleary sore eyes at 4:30 in the morning.
Please give me a week more....
OK, guys, it really is now or never time. LET'S DO IT
here we go
if there is only 1 inning of red sox baseball left in 2008, i'm sure as shit gonna watch it.
Cmon baby - Lets see PAPELBON TONIGHT!!!!!!
if there is only 1 inning of red sox baseball left in 2008, i'm sure as shit gonna watch it.
I'm kinda tired. I think I'll call it a night...
6th inning G6
7th inning G5
8th inning G5
8th inning G4
5th inning G2
all innings in this series where the Sox have scored at least 2 runs.
We can do it again.
Bay is actually due. It's just about the right time for him to do something big again.
Ish, you're right, it's been the full range. Every baseball everything has been in this series.
This kid can't be that good, can he?
Balfour warming.
efd, nice!
Amy, he's pretty great. Wish he was ours.
so - is patrick having better luck scoring than the sox?
Amy - he is indeed a good young pitcher.
He's got a lot of Sabathia in him.
Whatever happens, it has been a great season, a great series. So why not smile?
That's about as far as Drew's bat went.
Went further than Drew!
Amy, you sound like me now.
I want to win, but I'm at peace.
Tying run to the plate!
yes yes yes
It's a start :)
Time for Kotsay to get a break.
that's one on!
That's a baserunner right there.
Man on, tying run at plate!
Lead-off walk? I'll take it!
KOTSAY --- TYING RUN!!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately Kotsay has left 19 men this series.
Leaving our hope in the hands of Kotsay, Varitek and Cora.
That was a surprise bunt...
BUNT????????????????
WTF?????????????
i don't understand the bunt here when you are down 2.
Kotsay thought he had Longoria napping.
Yeah, the fucking hole in the lineup. But it is what it is. We'll work with what we have.
not sure I agree with bunting when down by 2
Kotsay still lookin for that first dong
At least do something to knock out Price. He's on a short leash.
Now what?? Tek??
bah
tek hitting
bah
TEK PLEASE BE THE HERO AGAIN!!!!!!
so ........ season-ending GIDP from the Computer???????
or could he tie it?
what a joke of an ump
Painted?
Your own box showed it was outside.
Can Tek do it again?
I don't want to watch this...
RH dong?
wqhy not?
let;s go
RH dong?
wqhy not?
let;s go
This is Tek's better side... Havne't seen much of it this series.
Somehow, some way. Get on.
Lowrie on deck.
how high does a pitch have to be for varitek not to swing at it? that high.
Tito does remember that he has a bench?
Doesn't he?
*sigh*
One more chance.
upside: not a DP
well he mad eonly 1 out
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope!
damit
What the hell happened to the assassin?
One swing.
That's it....
Well, we lost to a hell of a team.
TV = off.
...
...
The water is clean.
Alas, not to be
sigh
sigh.
Lester pitches great but gets out pitched.
Go phillies.
I really, really didn't expect to lose this game...
It was a hell of a ride, though.
Mommy I don't feel so good :(
Great freaking series though.
don't hate me for this, but somewhere inside me, i'm happy for them. if they could beat us, they are a hell of a team.
i hope they win the world series.
I feel so much better than I would have if we had lost Game 5 7-0.
came up short but they gave us another exciting season. thanks red sox.
Ok, well, oh well.
That sucked, but it was still a damn good season. And Allan was right, the last 2 games have basically been free baseball.
But still. Shit.
we were real close this year
What Ofer said. I also expected to win. But it was a great series. Great ALDS, great ALCS.
In this team's credit, it never quit. That they took it this far showed their heart was never weak.
Cheers for everything people. I shall sleep through the World Series.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings. And then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops - and leaves you to face the fall, alone."
-A. Bartlett Giamatti
Great season all. Loved chatting with you. Can't wait for our JOS1 outing next year.
Bummer. That was a tough loss. Anyway, great season to get this far, we made them sweat. Many thanks to Joy of Sox for helping us get through another year. See what Theo can do in the off-season.
And thank goodness this isn't happening at Fenway.
We gave them a run for their money at least!
I am sad, but somehow feel at peace that our team fought hard and lost to a worthy opponent.
Good point Amy.
I'm not happy for them tho lol. I guess I'm a sore loser but meh. I really thought they were gonna win.
I always have a dilemma: do you want the team that beat you to go on and win it all, to show that you were only beaten by the best? Or do you want them to fail miserably for revenge?
Sorry, guys. But a hell of a series for Boston! Losing with pride beats everything but winning.
Go NL - these guys just haven't been around long enough to be W-S Champs.
Plus there is the undeniable fact that these announcers the last week or so have made me despise the team even more.
I feel so much better than I would have if we had lost Game 5 7-0.
Yep.
I figured the year was over on Thursday.
Shit.
Now it's over for real.
...
So when is TRUCK DAY?
I feel so much better than I would have if we had lost Game 5 7-0.
Very very true. Me too, big time.
What in the fuck, tito?
I guess there's nothing left to do but thank our great hosts for yet another great year of game threads and posts.
And it was an amazing season and amazing series. Can't complain (too much).
so we got two tight, exciting games (plus an amazing 3 inning comeback) on house money, as Allan said yesterday.
And as I think I said pre-7th on Thursday, it's not like we lost to some flukey team on a hot streak... they led the toughest division in baseball for most of the season.
like yook said -- we're spoiled.
we've been blessed. there is no greater time in history to be a red sox fan.
so we'll get ready for 2009
It was great sharing the season with you all. I hope to see as many of you as possible for JoS1 in Boston.
Oh geez, now I'm getting upset. I didn't think I would but...
LOL, Allan. Truck day is how many months away?
Lots of hot stove stuff til then, and also a WS to watch.
I think the Rays will win, but for my cousin's sake, I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
I'll probably be more upset later.
Right now I'm half-happy for the free baseball, half stunned, and half thinking about the Lost Girl. Yes, that's three halves, I know.
Later on the hurt of the end of the season will hit. Probably when the WS starts.
I want them to win. So the Red Sox don't look bad. I think they'll beat Philly easily. They are riding a fucking Evita rainbow high right now. Little bastards...
;)
As whenever I visit to see my future wife, I go to see the Phillies, I want them to win.
Next season, I'll be married with a Yankee fan living in my house in London.....
Don't get upset, Laura. Baseball goes on all year--just more quietly.
And as soon as we get the 09 schedule, we can start planning for the big rendezvous at Fenway!
Thanks M@ :)
Plus there is the undeniable fact that these announcers the last week or so have made me despise the team even more.
I don't hate them at all. They're a really good young team. I hated the announcers, but they're not the team.
these fuckers might as well finish the story. ... phuck the phils.
Although I will be hoping for a GOOD World Series. I always do. The only time I pull for a blowout in the Series is if the Sox or the Yankees are in it.
All good things must end and so ends this series, but I think I will still root for the Phillies.
Well, I think the Rays have a real chance, anyway. I'm not sure, though, because I never thought the Phillies would be so strong in the post-season.
But I'm really glad we took them down to the wire. They outplayed us, and there's no shame in that.
yes, thanks to Allan and Laura for providing a home to the best Sox blog and community on the web.
Bring on the hot stove! (well, after the WS of course.)
Thanks Amy. Just a little choked up. I always am at the end of the season, whether we win or lose.
I will really miss all of you again. Thanks, Laura and Allan, for once again making my season. And to all the regulars (and the lurkers), it's been a great ride. Thanks for all the laughs.
I always have a dilemma: do you want the team that beat you to go on and win it all, to show that you were only beaten by the best? Or do you want them to fail miserably for revenge?
I'll be rooting for the Rays, but because I think they deserve it (if there is such a thing). And it's a great story. And their fall from glory next year will be all the bigger if they're the WS champs (;
Good for them, Aunt Mabels.
Not gonna win many when you only get 3 hits. Ah well. Til next year.
LOL, Allan. Truck day is how many months away?
Less than 4!
Thanks for having me at your house this year, bloghosts. :D
Anyway, at 10 to 5 in the morning, I bid you all a very fond farewell and be safe and well over the close season.
You've been great fun and a pleasure to share games with.
My favorite memory from this year:
Being present at Fenway when Jason Bay scored the winning run on 8/1.
It's hard to believe there will be no Sox games to look forward to at night.
And gee, my daughter hasn't called yet. She must be upset.
Nothing too much new, but as sucky as this is I'm OK with it. Mind you, not remotely as OK as actually winning, but... They had an awesome year; sox had a solid year. FKR eked it out in the post-season, just like the regular season.
If you're not gonna make it to the World Series, you might as well make it this close. Take that MFY! (who?).
Thank you Allan and Laura!
AL all the way. The Rays have defied all odds and all the naysayers, I want to see them go all the way.
Good series, very good season.
Thank you Allan, for another quality season of lurking.
first full season of game threads = a success!!!
oh, i am also half happy to have the two world series titles in the bag.
so 4 halves. not enough room for sadness yet.
fuckin rays
Good night, Lord!
You're welcome Joe :)
Everyone stop thanking us - or at least me - it's embarrassing.
You ought to blog the Bruins games this winter, ish. The 2-3 of us who care can continue to e-hang out over the winter at your blog.
Well, I guess there's no point in watching NESN's post game show...
fooking price started the year in the lowly florida state league - ends up saving the game that wins the pennant. that is some crazy shit
This didn't surprise me. All season I've looked at Matt Garza as a better pitcher than James Shields or Red Dot.
There was something about David Price. Had a feeling he would come in for a key situation...
Told you in Game 5 this Rays team does not play by the rules. Kept telling people I wouldn't be surprised if they lost Game 6 but ended up winning Game 7. That's just how they roll. That's how they got here. When you think it was a tipping point, they tip the other way.
So right now, I have a little bit of sweat trickling down my back. A small sense of calm. At least my heart has slowed down. Aside from the little things that we will spend the next few days second-guessing, there was nothing huge tonight like there were in years past.
Two similar teams coming into this thing, with the Rays slightly better... And that's how this series ended up, with the Red Sox having the tying run at the plate. The speed of the bat, the location, all could have varied by so, so little, and this game could have been tied.
This was the stuff of legend. And it should be a fantastic World Series, from the casual baseball fan's perspective.
Today was windy with a mix of clouds and sun. We turned our furnace on for the first time this morning. The temperature here never reached 50°F. It felt like we had turned a corner. And now, we have.
So now we begin second season in our lives in one year. The offseason.
I'm glad to read all these comments. I thought I was the only one who felt this way, nice to see I'm not alone.
As Ofer said - thanks to A & L for another great season of game threads.
And a special thanks from me to ALL the JoSers who have done so much for Cat & I.
And yes, it turned out to be a GREAT series. Would have been even more fun if we had won, but it was still a GREAT series.
put me down in the Rays column, for a combination of the reasons already expressed. At the heart of it is that I'm an AL fan (with one obvious exception), and once you get past the bitterness of this loss they really are a talented team. I'd like to see them complete the worst-to-first comeback.
now i gotta check out ebay for a 2008 AL champs red sox shirt!!!
I'll miss reading all the comments at the end of the night if I missed a game thread.
and of course i'll miss our in-game convos, even when they veer woefully off topic
But we're only months from them starting again.
Definitely a success, Allan! I only came along late August last year. This year I was here from April and before. It really did make the season for me. Thanks for answering all my questions, regardless of how dumb they were.
doing trophy shit out on the field?
Well, I'll throw in one more round of thanks. I'm usually a lurker, but have been enjoying he environment around here a lot the last couple of years. I'll try to be more of an active participant next year.
My last word...
If my fiancee starts on me, the wedding is off!
:-)
Night Night.
mvp? upton, garza??
Good night, Lord. Hope all is well across the pond.
I always find the off-season goes by really quickly. I'm watching movies and trying to tackle writing projects and before I know it, it's spring training, and soon after we'll all be gathering here again.
Thanks to all you awesome commenters who I've never met (that is all of you) who've made this year so much fun. I look forward to JoS1.
I'm just going to have to catch up on lots of good sox-related reading in the off-season (1918, dirty water, more).
mvp? upton, garza??
Should be Upton. I was thinking earlier that if the Sox win it, Upton should still be the MVP.
Yeah, Lurkers---come out of hiding. We can always use fresh blood around here...but be sure to bring your sense of humor!
OK, I guess I am off to bed before midnight. I won't miss going to work bleary eyed.
Talk to you all soon, right? The games may be over, but the analysis goes on and on!
garza MVP.
OH, and now I can start spending more time reading WMTC. :)
The best thing for me - the 7-run comeback that kept Fenway Park from being the scene of their celebration. I wrote the next morning in a comment that probably no one saw "At the very least, no matter what happens now, we don't have to watch them celebrate on our field" I always have hated that more than anything.
don't hate me for this, but somewhere inside me, i'm happy for them. if they could beat us, they are a hell of a team.
Yeah. They won the right way. The Red Sox lost the right way. At least, that's how it feels.
And Joe, sometimes the math doesn't need to add up to make sense.
Good night, to all those that are still here. Talk to you soon.
Amy, what a great idea! :)
Sosock, I totally agree. I said earlier, at least we're not watching this at Fenway. That's the worst. So that's a saving grace too.
G'night Ofer - don't be a stranger.
right. like 9=8
Good night, Ofer, and good night to everyone.
GO SOX 2009!!
Wonder how much warren buffet/jordans doesnt have to dish out now that the sox aren't going to sweep the world series.
I did tell my wife last week, as I bought several books at my favorite used book store - "baseball season will be over in a couple of weeks, (trying to project positive) so I'll have a little more reading time on my hands.
I guess it will be a couple of weeks, though. I will watch the series. Just won't necessarily be all crazy about making it for every out.
GO PHILLIES! :)
Night all and thanks again
Listening to WRKO's wrap-up..
Same.
I'm disappointed but not crushed. I don't think I can root for the Rays, but respect them and they way they did things.
Another thank you to RS and LG for what was a very enjoyable season of talk and sharing.
Best,
Jeff
A lot of things loomed large coming into this postseason, which in the end, brought the Red Sox to a point where they were close. Very, very close. But not close enough.
You look at this ALCS roster... Beckett throwing 91-93, Lowell headed for the operating table... Hell, even Slügo. All season the Red Sox have stepped up when injuries cropped up, but you look at this postseason Red Sox team, and the holes became just large enough to be too large.
Castig's pulling for the Rays. I'm up in the air. I want to see a good series. I want to see the Rays have their hands full. If they win after a hard fight, that's fantastic.
I want some World Series theatre.
alright, I have to finish folding the laundry, take the garbage and recycling out, etc. etc.
"oh, hello real world."
Thanks all, catch ya later.
With all those injuries, what a run. We'll be back in it next year. Thanks, my Canadian hosts, for another year of a terrific website.
I think I'll get my blog up for some winter game threads for the local winter teams. I'm not looking to make a full-time job out of it, but we'll try out some game threads... Why not tomorrow night? We shall see.
Dale Arnold, on the Rays celebration: They don't know what to do!
Cool audio montage on WRKO to close out the season. And then Green Fields of the Mind. The saddest parts.
recap on RKO now.
This is so cool. I wish I had taped this.
too many injuries this year and too much weird shit. but we've got a good team.
Tomorrow night, I'll be in class during the B's home opener :( but I'll probably be able to post a few times while in class if you're going to gamethread.
manny's 500 th :D
" I wanna thank all the fans of boston. I love you guys, and I wanna thank you for being there for me through all the ups and downs." -Manny
what a jerk.
Haha bullpen band!
19-16 red sox!
watched the finale of that game with a certain someone.
fuck, reminders really are everywhere
there really were a lot of fun games this year.
hahaha. fuck you angels.
here's the quote.
it hurts a lot less than it did in 2003.
*cap tip to Garza and Price*
The Sox can beat anyone when helthy and really played great despite the injuries but just got slightly outpitched in that one crucial game.
They went down fighting at least...Game 5 was a great memory for sure.
I hope the Rays beat the Phillies now if nothing else than to prove that the AL East is toughest division in baseball.
Plus, Brett Myers is one of the biggest assholes in baseball and I REALLY don't want to see him get a ring.
The Philly fans deserve it more than the TB bandwagoners but I still have to root for the Rays a bit now.
Thank you Red Sox for another great and memorable season. Get 'em next year!
Castig was choking up a little bit when reading his yearly passage from Green Fields of the Mind... That's the part when the offseason really sinks in. The feelings of looking back at the summer and looking forward at the winter. Meh.
But we will press on.
i think the hardest thing for all-around-boston fans is that three teams' seasons ended with such disappointing final games after very teasing highs - the Pats going 18-1, the Bruins falling after that epic game 6, and the Sox coming oh-so-close to the big comeback.
Castig was choking up a little bit when reading his yearly passage from Green Fields of the Mind...
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops."
But luckily the wheels keep turning. And as far as Boston goes, all four of their major sports franchises are forces to be reckoned with. In this town there never really is an off-season if you like all the sports. There is something for everyone, and these days, it's bound to be exciting.
Personally I think it's much better to come close than to get blown out in the last game. I would have been a lot more bummed out if the season had ended after game 5 without the comeback.
Yeah it still sucks that they couldn't have won tonight and completed it but at least they have more dignity and respect from the Rays this way.
Here's the end of Castiglione's sign-off. The piece from the poem is around the 4:30. Toward the beginning is his call from Game 5, with the crazy un-Joe-like call at the end.
(And just ignore the video--I always just tape whatever's in front of me on the table.)
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