fox | ALCS game 1 (liveblogging 2, 3rd inning)

Bottom 3rd: ground-rule double followed by sac bunt. Feh. But it's fun to say "Youkilis." And when did these guys all start wearing beards? (Listen, I don't know if that ball actually hit Papi. It hit his shirt, for sure. And with all the respect in the world, a smaller dude, it wouldn't have hit at all.) Okay - Manny, I love you, man, but how many practice swings does one guy need? ... You know, I'd almost rather CC walk in a run than give up a home run? But of course I'd rather he THROW STRIKES and get guys out. Some of those would have been strikes in the last inning (okay, not the ones in the dirt, probably) - what, is the umpire messing with us? And Gutierrez! Last week he was so much better than this! (The bottom of the third is going on FOREVER.) FOR GOD'S SAKE do not drop the ball at third base thank you.

So Boston bats around and scores 4. As an Aaron Sorkin character would say: let's not do that a lot.