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fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2007-10-12 07:57 pm
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ALCS game 1 (liveblogging, innings 1-3)

I'm not allowed to talk to my baseball buddy [livejournal.com profile] tangleofthorns pretty much until this series is over, so you all get to listen to me instead.

Memo to the sports guy on the radio:  don't tell me the game starts at 7:30 when it starts at 7:00, asshold.  I missed the top of the first, thanks very much, and my boys are the visiting team.

I don't have a lot to say about the bottom of the first.  Feh.

Or the top of the second, for different reasons.

Bottom of the second:  You know, I'm speaking as an Indians fan, now.  But I'm not sure I agree that these have all been strikes.  Kielty and Varitek went down in three pitches each, and the first two to Crisp were called strikes as well, and I want Sabathia to strike these guys out, and ... I'm a little skeptical.  (At least Varitek swung at the second pitch, so it may or may not actually have been a strike.  And Crisp looked at a couple of balls before he struck out swinging.)

Top of the third:  See, and I think there are some pitches here that I would call strikes that the umpire isn't.  But I'm not the expert, am I.  This baseball umpire couldn't tell you if a guy was corner-sweeping (which, incidentally, is no longer illegal).  (Lowell makes a nice catch.  They really should keep him.)  Grady Sizemore.  Could he be any cuter?  Even if he does - which I wish the team would stop doing - SWING AT BAD PITCHES.

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