Can Boston do it tonight?? Who likes their chances?

Mike Gallo · #1 10-06-2003, 11:00 AM

Hi Everyone,

I think major league baseball made a mistake by scheduling the A's and RedSox for today. I had a discussion with a friend that if I played for the A's I would rather wait a day to play. He asked why, I said because of momentum.

Does anyone think that playing the game today benefits the Boston RedSox?

Clarkmeister · #2 10-06-2003, 11:05 AM

Momentum = Pedro

No amount of days between game 4 and game 5 will change that.

Boris · #3 10-06-2003, 12:02 PM

"Momentum = Pedro"

The A's have won both games this year against Pedro when playing at home.

The statistic I really don't like is their MLB record of 8 consecutive losses when they have a chance to win a division series. I just wanted to puke when I watched the game on Saturday night. I don't think a team can play any worse than the A's did.

Clarkmeister · #4 10-06-2003, 12:34 PM

Obviously the last loss wasn't Pedro's fault.

Mike Gallo · #5 10-06-2003, 12:39 PM

No..can you say bullpen?

Pedro pitched lights out last game.

I look forward to the game, and the resulting meeting with the Evil Empire..the Yankees.

Boris · #6 10-06-2003, 02:07 PM

no, of course not. I'm just pointing out that they have been able to win games that Pedro has started.

Here's a link to funny article all time chokers. The Red Sox are already there and if the A's lose tonight they will be right along side the Sox in the Gasping for Air club.
web page

ohkanada · #7 10-06-2003, 02:12 PM

After the Twins, I consider myself a Red Sox fan. I think the only fault of Pedro in the 1st game is giving up 3 early runs and forcing the Red Sox the need to comeback.

Against Zito, tonight they don't want to have to comeback again.

Ken Poklitar

andyfox · #8 10-06-2003, 02:49 PM

Zito is not exactly chopped liver, but he's pitching on 3 days rest, he doesn't trust his fastball, and he's been inconsistent this year compared to his Cy Young year.

The A's have to be shellshocked. They played like a 5th place little league squad on Saturday and they were one pitch away from getting out of the 8th inning jam on Sunday. I'm not so sure Ortiz's ball shouldn't have been caught. There are some new players on the squad, but enough of them have seen them lose the 5th game of the ALDS three years in a row to be thinking about it.

And then there's Pedro. Game, set, match.

Boston 6, Oakland 1.

Boris · #9 10-06-2003, 03:14 PM

The Sox had their chance to pound Zito in Game 2, a day game in which the ball carries very well in the Oakland Coliseum. They only scored one run. Night time is totally different. The ball doesn't carry at all. Zito could easily go the distance tonight. The A's have managed to score runs on Pedro in the first two meetings so I don't see why this should be any different.

I agree with you about the ball Ortiz hit. I think what happened is that Dye had a hard time picking up the ball because the batter's box was in the shade and Dye was in the sun. It's very difficult to see into a dim area when you are in an area with reletively more light.

andyfox · #10 10-06-2003, 03:37 PM

One of the enjoyable things about watching so far, for me, has been the 3 old ballparks. Yankee Stadium had a lot of its idiosyncracies taken out when they last renovated it, but I love watching when the Red Sox and Cubs are at home. With the sun out there, right field in Fenway may be more difficult than playing in left during the day.