Lazy Man and Sports

Since I was going to be sitting at home watching game 1 of the World Series last night, I thought I’d make myself useful and record my thoughts.

(All times PT)

• 5:24PM – Is there anything better than the big flag that takes up the Monster? You know it’s a big game when they roll that out.
• 5:43PM – Beckett just struck out the side. It looks like he just wants to the fastball for now. With the results he’s getting I can’t blame him. In his last outings, he’s featured more curves. It’s an interesting start.
• 5:47PM – Pedroia HR!!! Wow, he’s enjoying that wall. Score it 1-0 Red Sox.
• 5:48PM – Youk double… Francis can’t be comfortable with Papi and Manny coming up…
• 5:51PM – Ortiz grounds a ball to first after trying to bunt. He just doesn’t seem quite the same.
• 5:52PM – Manny with a screaming hit and it’s 2-0 Good Guys.
• 5:54PM – Fox Trak and comententaters show that Lowell should have walked on four pitches, but the last call a strike. Lowell flies out on the next pitch… Grrrr…

• 5:57PM – ‘tek with a hit. We could have the bases loaded with one out. Damn that’s a tough call. Maybe Drew will continue the October magic.
• 5:59PM – Drew does! Is it possible to erase a year of incompetency with just a few ABs.
• 6:00PM – Lugo is up with an opportunity to drive in two runs. I wish we had Ellsbury up now. Lugo fails and ends the inning.
• 6:10PM – Beckett gets hit a little hard in the top of the 2nd. He’s got some K’s, but in giving up a pair of doubles and a run, it’s now a 3-1 game.
• 6:21PM – Francis was cruising with the first two outs and getting Youk down 0-2. Youk draws a walk. Thought 1 and 2/3 Francis is up to 45 pitches.’
• 6:22PM – Eagle’s Deli promo with their 5lb cheeseburger – that’s not a typo. Am I watching the phantom gourmet?
• 6:23PM – Papi hits a screaming line drive to the wall. The great Rockie OF defense couldn’t come up big there and the result is 4-1 Red Sox lead.
• 6:28PM – Francis gets out of the second with no further damage, but at 57 pitches, he might not go 5 innings today. That could be huge.
• 6:30PM – First sighting of the Liberty Mutual commericials. All sing together now… “And I don’t know if…”
• 6:42PM – Lugo with a perfect bunt base hit. Part of me is interested in seeing Ellsbury try the same thing.
• 6:48PM – It really is raining hard now. I’m surprised we aren’t in a rain delay…
• 6:49PM – Helton hits a huge double off of Beckett. All they hit are doubles.
• 7:07PM – Ramirez just hit a double that he had to hustle for. I’m amazed he got a double out of that. Francis is up to 92 pitches.
• 7:12PM – Varitek has a two-run double, making 6-1 Red Sox.
• 7:14PM – Francis gets the final out, but is up to 103 pitches, possibly ending his day after 4 innings.
• 7:31PM – Lugo with a leadoff base hit! Wow… there aren’t words. Too bad Ellsbury’s bunt was not good enough to move him. You’d think that with the speed on the bases it would be a no-brainer. Ellsbury should just steal second right now. I want a free taco from Taco Bell.
• 7:36PM – Youk drives in Ellsbury with a double after a questionable balk call making it 7-1. The umpire’s point was that Morales stepped more towards home. Ellsbury probably would have scored from first, he’s that fast.
• 7:38PM – Ortiz hits a double towards the triangle driving in Youk. It’s now 8-1. My wife will be disappointed to find that she missed a lot of action with her hair appointment. If only women could plan their hair appointments a little better.
• 7:41PM – Ramirez muscles a bloop over the Tulilliowitski’s head (can anyone spell his name) for an RBI single making it 9-1.
• 7:43PM – The Red Sox tie a World Series record with a 9th extra base hit in a game. However it’s only the 5th inning, no there’s time to kill that record.
• 7:48PM – It’s exactly a grand slam, but J.D. manages an infield hit making 10-1. This half inning is 17 minutes old. Still two outs with the bases loaded.
• 7:53PM – Lugo just walked with the bases loaded. It’s got to be a record to have him on base twice in the same inning. It’s now 11-1 Red Sox.
• 7:56PM – Ellsbury just walked with the bases loaded. It’s now 12-1 Red Sox. We got a conference at the mound and the inning is 28 minutes old according to Fox.
• 7:59PM – That’s the third straight walk with the bases loaded. Pedroia has 5 plate appearances in 5 innings.
• 8:02PM – The announcers do a nice run of the Electric Company’s “1-2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9-10, 11, 12″ song and credit it Seseme Street. Sad…
• 8:02PM – 34 minutes later the inning is over. The score is 13-1.
• 8:37PM – Not much has happened except that Beckett hasn’t come out the game with a huge lead and multiple long, long waits between innings. I don’t understand it. We could have him well rested for the 4th game.

Not much happens until the end of the game. Gagne came in with a 12 run lead and did his job. Perhaps we’ll bring him in with only a 9 run lead next time. Both teams looked like they just wanted to get this game over with so that they can get to sleep and be ready for game 2.