tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post245520952811429245..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: ALCS 5: Astros 9, Red Sox 1allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-67784296789327566702021-10-22T09:26:06.162-07:002021-10-22T09:26:06.162-07:00Basically we just hit the shits !
The whole Barn ...Basically we just hit the shits !<br /><br />The whole Barn has fallen in on itself in the last 2 days<br /><br />I have been forced to hide behind the Couch as a parade of Pitchers you NEVER ever wanna see stroll in & get "torched" & destroy any remaining & lingering hopes of a comeback !<br /><br />But we just need to win 1 game of Baseball - it's not impossible & we have done it before<br /><br />Win Game 6<br /><br />Worry about Game 7 ..... IF we get there<br /><br />We need Nate to help turn the tide & the Offense needs to reappear from out of the Swamp, or wherever it has gone to<br /><br />The last 2 games almost everybody has been swinging too early in the count - even "Kyle the Kareful" has looked dreadful at times ! Generally he's the most patient with the best sense of the strike zone.<br /><br />The last 4 Games has seen a single half innings "obliterate" the Game - that's all it has taken to win<br /><br />I fancy that Game 6 ( & hopefully 7 ) will look far more like Game 1 - close & lower scoring ?<br /><br />We need to grind out a win to flip the script back & put the pressure back on the home team<br /><br />So can we win a Game with a score of say 3-1, 4-2, 5-3 etc.<br /><br />Well it amounts to Nate Pitching a Cracker for 5-6 innings & Houck, Whitlock, Pivetta etc. putting the rest together & can that lot limit Houston to say 1-2-3-4 runs at most ?<br /><br />It is possible & I would suggest that Alvarez, Gurriel & Tucker are the main dangers for mine - get those 3 out consistently & it is indeed possible<br /><br />So really it may boil down to the old chestnut of hitting with RISP<br /><br />Think I saw the stat last night for the last 2 games & it was something like 5/18 v 0/18 !!! It seems like 0/625 .....<br /><br />Change that & we can win Game 6<br /><br />That is ultimately the simple truth - we don't have to score a dozen, just a handful might do it ?<br /><br />Can we squeeze out a win & push it the distance to that fabled friend or foe - Game 7<br /><br />Despite the last 2 nights from Hell ...... I am still hopeful, I don't really know why ? Maybe just a hunch I had from the start of the ALCS that we would see a Game 7 ?<br /><br />Everybody wrote Houston off days ago<br /><br />Now everybody is writing The Sox off<br /><br />They were wrong then<br /><br />They are wrong now<br /><br />You don't make it this far to roll over & go home when it gets a bit tricky<br /><br />I still believe<br /><br />I know Alex Cora & all the players still do too<br /><br />It's up to Nate<br /><br />He has the ball<br /><br />He sets the Tone ....Paul Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144667244809443144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-52361320438681366932021-10-20T20:37:35.842-07:002021-10-20T20:37:35.842-07:00Rut row, Runter.
Renfroe is trending on Twitter (1...Rut row, Runter.<br />Renfroe is trending on Twitter (11:36 PM ET).allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.com