10/19: Do or Die Part III
We've been in this situation before. Last year. 2004. 1986. Are we going to make it 4-4 in improbable comebacks, or is our time up? Find out tonight.
We've been in this situation before. Last year. 2004. 1986. Are we going to make it 4-4 in improbable comebacks, or is our time up? Find out tonight.
The Red Sox are in a great position to win the Peavy sweepstakes due to their depth and the Padres' asking price. That may seem like a steep price -- Bowden, Masterson and Anderson for Peavy -- but for a 27-year old who is as immensely talented as he is, it's completely logical.
The Red Sox enter tonight’s Game 7 with a chance to complete a comeback that might match, or perhaps even…
Now, the Boston Red Sox are playing like the defending champions they are.
Look, I understand that the sexy stat is 9-0 ... that's nine straight elimination games the Red Sox have won in the ALCS while facing elimination, but let's not delude ourselves. It's 9-1 in the playoffs. I'm not trying to intimate we have no shot of winning the ALCS, but 9-0 is a flawed statistic. So let's stop quoting it.