Where do I start…..I have no idea. What an exciting night at Fenway.
*As always, some controversy as to should Lester have been taken out after seven innings. I think he should have been left in there, but you know what? I am not in the dugout (I should be, but am not).
Tito and John Farrell talked to him, and they have better insight into it than any fan watching on TV or at Fenway.
*It will get lost in the fact the Red Sox won, but what the hell is wrong with Oki and Masterson? Oki comes in, gets two quiet groundballs, then, with two outs, and a two-run lead, walks Mark Teixeira on four pitches. Oki, I am not sure how well you know math, but if you throw it down the middle, and Tex hits it out of the yard, it is only 2-1.
Then Masterson comes in, gets two strikes on Vladdy, then throws four straight pitches way out of the strike zone to the 6'3" power hitter. Then an amazing cross-up between Tek and Masterson (I know he is the captain, and he handles a pitching staff better than anyone ever has in the history of baseball, but Tek and his staff seem to get crossed up more than any other team in MLB), a single to right, and we have a tie game. The eighth inning is a problem for the Sox right now.
*I know the media loves Mike Scioscia. I will grant anyone that he is a good manager. But the Angels lost last night because of his ego. A speedy man on third (Reggie Willits), one out. Erick Aybar (only 45 K’s in 346 ABs) is at the plate. No reason to squeeze there. But Scioscia has to be the hero, has to be the story. Delcarmen falls behind 2-0. There is a decent chance for a walk, which would bring the extremely tough to double-up Chone Figgins to the plate, although he does strike out more often (80 K’s in 453 AB’s).
Remember, at this moment, with the Angles scoring two gift runs in the eighth; all the momentum was on the Halo's side, and Fenway had a pre-2004 feel to it. You know why the media loves Scioscia? Because he bunts, and he runs, the baserunners take chances, they hit and run, and he does not always play by the book, and old-time media guys love all that stuff.
I hope everyone watched when bad baserunning cost the Angles Game One, and the ego of Mike Scioscia took away Game Four for them. Oh, and his venom towards the third base ump after Tek tagged Willits out? Pathetic and laughable. He was embarrassed because he knew he had screwed up, and he directed his anger towards the third base ump.
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