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yes i stayed up to watch the whole thing. yes we still need a miracle. no my hopes are not up. but that was kinda fun. i’m just happy i dont have to hear about how perfect Rivera is. i think the adrenaline has subsided enough that i can go to bed now.

i still have just as much hope for the series as i did at the outset. the Sox stil need to win 4 games, and as long as there are 4 games left to be played, they have a chance. am i optimistic? no. but i wasnt at the outset either. just hopeful. that’s all you can be as a Sox fan. you cheer with all you have until they’re done. then you wait for next year.

francona should have pulled schilling earlier. the ankle thing was obvious. Damon needs some home cooking to get back in gear. Sheffield should be intentionally walked in most situations. the cardinals probably win the whole thing this year, but i’m not ready to write off the AL champ yet. friday’s rainout won’t help the Sox as much as it would have if Schilling was healthy.

that’s all i got at this point.

great game tonight. terrible ending. not sure what is up with Schilling. Love the fact that the Sox aren’t afraid to come back against anyone. My least favorite part of the game was the 2-run double in the bottom of the 8th, a yankee specialty. these teams are so evenly matched, i wont even be worried if we go down 0-2 in the series. each game could be won by either team. i bet schilling gets no sleep tonight, his whole season was building up to this start. The one thing this makes us all realize, as Damon goes, so go the Sox.

let’s try again tomorrow.

i dont feel good about this postseason, this series, or this game this afternoon. i will never feel good about it again. why? because we were up 5-2 with 1 out in the 8th against the yankkes in game 7 of the ALCS. thats why. and no, i cant get over it. it’s not even a sacr, it’s still a scab. the wound has not healed. so as we get ready to do this all over again, i am much more guarded than last year.

remember last year? Crushing Game 1 defeat to the A’s in extra innings. it was torture to endure all that and lose on a bunt. The Sox were never in Game 2. By the time I got to the bar to watch, they were down and never came back. I figured it was done. Great year wasted. But then Nixon homered to win Game 3, Ortiz doubled off Foulke in the 8th to win Game 4, and Lowe sat em down in the ninth to pull off the miraculous comeback.

I remember nothing about the ALCS except for two things. 1) sprinting around my house when Ortiz put Wells’ first pitch into the seats for a 3-run eigth inning lead and 2) sitting on my counter watching it all unfold in the bottom of that inning. let’s move on.

the old wound is not healed, but once again we are back for more. the pitching and defense are better than last year, the hitting is just as good, the manager is just as bad. we know all the variables.

so i don’t know what to expect this year. The Sox have just as good a chance as any other team to win 11 games first. But the sample size is so small that anything can happen. This year i am ready for anything. I will not hold back, I will jump with joy and groan in agony. But one thing i won’t do is sprint around my house in the 8th inning. I’ll save that for something a little more concrete than a 3-run lead with 5 outs.

so with that said, let’s play ball…