We Did It!
You know it, the Red Sox are the 2007 World Series Champions! The Rockies (or Rookies as I’ve been calling them) looked weak throughout the entire series. Whether it was the 8 days off, or if it was just a fluke that they came up big at the end of the season is beyond me. Either way, 21 out of 22 ended abrutly when they came to Fenway.
While the Red Sox looked like a experienced ball club — their opponents looked like newbies to the Post Season. The Denver Post disagrees:
The Red Sox were too everything in winning their second title in four years. Too strong, too good, too expensive…. Their pulse slow on the sport’s biggest stage, their team looking every bit a $143-million bully (The Red Sox posting bid for Daisuke Matsuzaka $51.1 million nearly equals the Rockies’ $54-million payroll).
If you ask me, that’s Bullshit. The entire team played very well, but the key players in the series were: Lowell, Pedroia (a rookie), Ellsbury (a rookie), Okajima, and their starting Pitching. While Schilling, Beckett, and Matsuzaka were a little pricey, the other big ticket players didn’t do much. The young guys came up big and without them, the team would never have won.
The Rockies were chumps and rolled over. Who knows what happened, but they couldn’t cut it when it mattered most. Same with the Indians. Sorry guys — maybe next year. Time to go open that Champagne.
The Irish Jews
Well said.
I would only add a small comment. I hope to the Lord Almighty that Theo doesn’t sign A-Rod — then we would have officially become the Yankees. I’m betting he doesn’t, not only because of cost but because of A-Rod’s draining effect on a team’s collective psychology (not to mention his poor performance when it matters.)
My second great hope is that the Cubbies don’t jump on A-Rod…I’m trying to follow the Cubs but A-Rod’s presence would make that nearly unbearable.
Congratulations to all of Red Sox Nation!
October 29th, 2007 at 5:00 pm