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The Rockies are scary-good right now.

 

That was the best game I have ever been to, baseball or otherwise. And it was a really fortuitous series of events that got me a seat next to one of my best friends and equally crazy Rockies fan.

 

Sweet justice - Byrnes making the last out of the game.

 

I'm exhausted... :stunned

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great work rockies. too bad about the red sox last night but the indians were ON FIRE! plus, while we're used to Dice K giving up a buncha runs, we're also used to our bats giving a buncha run support, so that didn't happen. Oh well. next game!

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Wakefield is going to pitch one for the ages tonight. Or for the aged. Something is gonna happen.

 

He could give Cleveland problems -- Cleveland doesn't hit off-speed pitches very well (and knuckleballers are tougher on left handers).

 

I would start Beckett and have him throw 80 pitches, followed by Wakefield. Beckett could still pitch Game 7 on regular rest.

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I've been a fan since Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

 

On a weekend visit to NYC in 99, I told my girlfriend I wanted to see one "celebrity" - Richard Edson. And I did. It was pretty wild - he seemed shocked that I recognized him.

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Wakefield is going to pitch one for the ages tonight. Or for the aged. Something is gonna happen.

Cleveland is going to be defending a lead in game 7 and be one inning away from the World Series, only to see John Elway emerge from the tunnel and lead the Red Sox to a dramatic game winning touchdown in the bottom of the 9th. That's how Cleveland rolls.

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It's a sports urine story. Why do you hate America?

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Remember when he was the closer? Those were some nail-biting 9th innings ...

IIRC, that was '99, mostly, that they used him a bit for the closer. Wakefield had a decent year this year but the strike zone typically shrinks in the post-season. If it's too windy in CLE it probably won't be a good night, either.

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I thought Wake likes the wind to blow out when he pitches.

Perhaps. But too much wind and he'll have trouble keeping it in a strike zone, if it's moving ("dancing") the way it's supposed to. Walks=base runners=more stolen bases on him than usual (which is already a good amount).

 

I have faith in the guy, but there are some extra factors that play into it when he, in particular, pitches.

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Perhaps. But too much wind and he'll have trouble keeping it in a strike zone, if it's moving ("dancing") the way it's supposed to. Walks=base runners=more stolen bases on him than usual (which is already a good amount).

 

I have faith in the guy, but there are some extra factors that play into it when he, in particular, pitches.

 

I agree.

 

Tonight's matchup is interesting. They can just turn the Jugs off.

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