Two games into the World Series and everything is coming up (red) roses for the Red Sox. First, there was the dismantling 13-1 blowout in game one in which the Sox reduced the Rockies to pebbles. Then last night, Colorado was ground into sand as Boston slipped past the Rocks 2-1 behind stellar pitching by Curt Schilling, Hideki Okajima, and Riverdance king, Jonathan Papelbon.
That's not to take away from the gem that Boston ace Josh Beckett threw in game one. Beckett was dominating from the start with a consistent 95-97 mph fastball and a sick breaking ball that had the Rockies shaking their heads all evening.
With the scene shifting to Denver for the weekend, you really get the feeling that Boston could close this series out in four straight, but it remains to be seen. Maybe Colorado will be able to break through against Dice-K in game three.
There has to be a euphoric feeling in New England these days with the Red Sox gunning for their second championship in four years, not to mention the Patriots putting together their own little dynasty over the past several seasons and undefeated so far this year in a very weak AFC East.
And then you have the Boston College Eagles, ranked #2 in the college football BCS polls and cementing that position with a 14-10 win at #8 Virginia Tech last night.
Not to be outdone, the Celtics made some moves over the summer to bring themselves back into post season consideration. The C's traded for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to compliment their star forward and former KU alum Paul Pierce. Most experts pick Boston to at least make the conference finals with a chance to go to the NBA finals next June.
They say nothing beats the fall foliage in New England and, at least these days, nobody is beating the Boston sports scene either.
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My wife and I are big Red Sox fans. My mom's from New England and I loved Jim Rice and Freddie Lynn as a kid.
We were so excited that we talked about setting up a chowder stand uptown for Arkalalah, painted with a huge B.
Reality eventually settled in and we decided it would be too much work .....
I think that would have been a great idea. If nothing else, it would definitely show that Red Sox Nation is sweeping the country...even out here in the country...:)
Thanks for the comment and it's nice to know someone shares my love of not only baseball... but the Sox
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