What happened this weekend?!?
What happened with the Red Sox offense? This weekend, the Red Sox just got outplayed. If you look at history between these two teams over the past 3 years - and even dating further back to when Pedro was here. The Rays always play us tough. They get good pitching and, though they are a small market time and lack the big name stars featured in the lineup of their divisional rivals, the Rays get up to play high priced teams.
Like Jerry Remy said: at the first game of the series, there were only 3000 fans but Sunday night had a full house.
The Toronto team coming in tonight looks to be different than the team we played at the beginning of April. Daisuke comes back to take on their ace, and if we can get a couple of runs early, I like our chances.
Other Sports:
I watched Adam Scott win on Sunday, but my wife has been following the NBA (she’s a big fan) and we are just waiting for the Celtics to take care of this. Just like in any sport the further you advance, the tougher it gets.
The young players on the Hawks were very physical last night and I have noticed the call for teams to be more physical, not just in basketball, but in all sports. You don’t want to give in to the other team, but at the same time antagonizing the other team isn’t a part of sports. All of the face making and chest pounding is not within the spirit of competition; it sets a bad example for the high school and college students who participate in organized athletics. If the fans want to see yelling, scowling, and physical play, they should be watching the WWE.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am
“All of the face making and chest pounding is not within the spirit of competition; it sets a bad example for the high school and college students who participate in organized athletics. If the fans want to see yelling, scowling, and physical play, they should be watching the WWE.”
My hero.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Also ironically, I went to a Sox/Rays game in TB in 2006 (we lost 3 out of 4.. ouch); while I was there they had some wrestler guy show up in between every inning. All he did was yell, scream, and pound his chest.
Apparently it worked for the Rays because we sucked. At least I got to see someone steal home in person (Carl Crawford off Jason Johnson). I also got to see Big Papi’s first grand-slam out of Fenway Park.
Best part? Tickets were 20 bucks or so for behind the dugout.
Worst part? I bought good tickets for 3 games, bought nosebleed ones for the 4th game and just walked down to the good seats for free. Wasted 20 bucks!