PortlandSoxFan

I was going to try to go a full year in between posts, but I decided against it.

WordPress has been updated to a newer version (hopefully that means less spam registrations..I have over 1,000 Russians who want to sell me Viagra as members of PSF.com now).

And a new chat has been installed. A little different than the old one, but I think still very workable; and integrated with your PSF.com login.

2 in a row; today and tomorrow.

Thank goodness for the MLB At Bat Android app; else I’d have to Gamecast. Instead, I get streaming audio.

1-0 Sox, no outs still batting top 1st. I’ll hang out in chat the rest of the afternoon.

2-160 here we come, right?

The bright side is, Ortiz got an RBI…so the morons who are ready do declare him D-U-N after 2 games will now be printing his name on the 2010 MVP trophy. Ortiz may very well BE D-U-N….but it is going to take a helluva lot more than 2 games to determine that.

Nice outing for Lackey…I was watching out of the corner of my eye while working on finishing a friend’s basement. Can’t believe Posada was able to tie it from 2nd on Drew.

Oh, well….on to KC.

…I planned on coming in this morning and authoring a ‘sky is falling’ post as a joke, as the Sox were down 5-1. Nice to see what happened after I started snoring!

Hope to be able to pop into chat sometime this week…didn’t have the laptop home this weekend.

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Two Italians who I had never met ran around in my front yard with me screaming their heads off and drinking champagne. Never gets old!

20 of 23 playoff series the Sox have been in have either ended up in a sweep or gone the maximum number of games.

If this trend continues, here’s hoping no brooms are involved.

Direct quote from Orlando Cabrera after last night’s game.

Really, Orlando?  Have you forgotten Games 4 and 5 of the 2004 ALCS already?

Quibbling aside, that was an all-timer last night.  Seemed like the wind was taken out of the Metrodome baggie when the Tigers put up that 3 spot, but they sure fought back.  What didn’t that game have?  Clutch home runs, great defense, all the drama you could ask for…

So are the Twins merely a sacrificial lamb for the mighty Yankees?  Probably…but maybe they have a little ’2007 Rockies’ in them.  They enter the playoffs hotter than a pistol; maybe the momentum from last night combined with Sabbathia’s usual playoff performance and the Twins could possibly take 1 of 2 in the Bronx.  I think they have a shot if they can go back to Minnesota with a split.

I’ve had a soft spot for the Twins for a long time…as many of you know, the former Red Sox AA team in New Britian, CT became the Twins AA team in 1995.  I’ve seen a lot of these Twins play in the minors over the years, so I’m definitely pulling for them regardless of the fact that they are playing the Yanks.

Actually, I’m not a huge believer in past seasons having too much affect on the present…but you have to admit, Angels/Red Sox playoff history is probably recent enough to play on the minds of some in the Angel dugout. Can they get the Sox monkey off their back?

I don’t think so.

Unless Beckett, Lester, AND Buckholz spit the bit (sure, he had a rough last outing, but I’m willing to average out how the year finished for him), I don’t see this series going more than 4 games.

And there is no doubt in my mind that the Yankees win their first playoff series since beating the Twins in 2004.

…to talk about the Pats.

While it certainly didn’t seem so for the first 55 minutes of the contest, that turned out to be one of the most exciting games I’ve seen in person since I got my season tickets. Sure, it raises some questions that they had a tough time with the Bills…but man; what a game. Even better that all the 4th quarter action happened where we could best see it. Here is the view from my seats:

The view from the top row of section 326