Wednesday, September 21, 2005

I called it yesterday. "It's always darkest just before the dawn." I wrote that. Right here. And I was right. Right?

David Ortiz: 4 for 5 (home run, home run, single, single). Four RBI. Four runs scored.

Manny Ramirez: 4 for 4 (home run, single, single, home run). Three RBI. Three runs scored.

Trot Nixon: 4 for 6 (home run, singe, triple, single). Three RBI. Four runs scored.

Jason Varitek: 4 for 5 (single, single, single, single). Two RBI.

Hitters nos. three through six: 16 for 20 with five home runs and a triple. Read that again.

(Bill Mueller, that bum, just went 2 for 4 with a walk, and Alex Cora only had two ribbies. Booo!!!)

After Monday night's listless loss, in which Ortiz homered in the ninth to bring his team just one run short of a comeback win, I saw a photoshopped cartoon that showed Big Papi, his fist in a victory pump, a glare in his eyes, trailing a banner behind him: EVERYONE SUCKS BUT ME.

Last night, Manny and Trot and Tek had something to say about that. But his numbers on the night were still the best on the team. Going back to the night before, the guy homered in three straight at bats. It's his world. We just live in it. Watching, slack-jawed.

Even measured Gordon Edes doesn't mince words: "Surely, seeing George Herman Ruth in his prime could not have been much different than watching David Americo Arias Ortiz perform down the stretch in 2005."

Enjoy this, folks. This is one for the ages.

Curt Schilling, meanwhile? Seven strong with two runs off six hits and a walk. Seven Ks.

Manny Delcarmen and Lenny DiNardo recorded a perfect inning each, with three strikeouts and two, respectively.

Where the hell have these guys been? Can they stick around for, say, another 23 games?

We really needed that.

I have just one request. Do it again. Start tonight.

Etc.
See David Laurila's excellent interview with Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus over at Royal Rooters. He's got some good insight and predictions re: Youkilis, Manny and Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, and more. Prospectus stathead Steve Goldman is the author of the forthcoming Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning, which I started leafing through last night. It's terrific so far: the BP team's crystalline statistical analysis offers some surprising insights into last year's squad. And, of course, it all brings back a ton of great memories from last October. Let's make more.

9/21/2005 11:07:00 AM by Mike Miliard | Comments [0] |  
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