Friday, June 10, 2011

Good bye Yankee Stadium... for now.

So the Sox and the legion known as "The Nation" had a great trifecta in The Bronx this week. For us it was a great way to spend the dredges of the middle of the work week, coming home to see the Red Sox thump the Evil Empire two nights in a row.
Ortiz put up a two run blast on Tuesday and then after the game was promptly "questioned" for his showmanship directly after. How does he show his composure?  "That's Papi style. You've seen that before, I just went deep. You want more emotion than that?" He then said he would do the same thing tomorrow. Game two on Wednesday and he did it again in almost the same exact fashion, but minus the fashionable flip and spin before he started his trot around the bases.
Carl Crawford continued his climb with solid hitting with a long shot in game 2 and then Drew with another long ball after him in the second win at Yankee Stadium.
Tonight going into the 7th inning it looked like the Bean Town boys just didn't have the bats going well enough to mount and offensive against the Yanks, but we were all  happily proved wrong when they went down the line scoring 7 runs on 6 hits in the inning. Key hits from Ortiz, Ellsbury, and Mike Cameron were how it went down.
One more run in the 9th and it was in the bag so to say. Josh Beckett pitched a great game with 4 hits, 2 walks and 6 strike outs, helping keep the Yanks from running up the Sox were able to strike. Albers and Wheeler finished it off seeing as Papelbon really wasn't needed by the end of this one.
Great way to start the rest of the week unless of course your living in the empire state.
I really wish I had been at the Cask 'n Flagon tonight, but thank god for MLB.tv.

Keep the Nation loud and proud!

2 comments:

  1. Chris, I hate sports. I'm here because you're pretty cool. Excuse me if I skim and giggle.

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  2. i dont like sports either, just baseball.

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