Comments on: Angels at Red Sox, Game 4 ALDS Thread http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7236 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:35:23 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7236 106.  105 : I totally hear that. I’m trying to tread very lightly lately with my Red Sox fandom as I make my way around Chicago. For the most part, the Bosox hat stays at home. My gravestone will read: “He Wasn’t Looking For Any Trouble.”

]]> By: Zernialophile http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7235 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:13:56 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7235 105.  Maybe the guy that made fun of your Red Sox hat was just being drunk and stupid, but with the White Sox and (especially) the Cubs losing, the baseball fans here in Chicago seem to be in an absolutely toxic mood. To be honest, I’m not terribly surprised that someone was rude to a Red Sox fan, even though I always hate to see what was likely a fellow Cubs or White Sox acting like such a jerk.

Just talking to various friends, they’re far more angry than ever before…it’s not like the shock and disappointment of the Cubs falling apart in 2003 or any other season that ended in elimination for one of the Chicago teams. If the Bears had a great season and then got absolutely slaughtered in their first playoff game, you might get some of the same general bitterness. And when that ticked-off fan gets drunk…

]]> By: Mattpat11 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7234 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:04:42 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7234 104.  103 Shields pitched two innings last night. K-Rod pitched one

]]> By: Tripon http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7233 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:01:11 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7233 103.  102 K-Rod got lit up in game two, and he also gutted out two innings of relief work in game 3.

]]> By: Mattpat11 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7232 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:54:43 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7232 102.  101 He also got lit up in game one.

]]> By: Bob Timmermann http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7231 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:48:34 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7231 101.  Rodriguez was available. I think Scioscia just wanted to save him for one inning against the meat of the order or a possible save. Shields had pitched well in Game 3 and he pitched well in the 8th inning.

]]> By: Daniel Zappala http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7230 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:46:35 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7230 100.  Sigh.

]]> By: Daniel Zappala http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7229 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:45:54 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7229 99.  To be fair, Scioscia was in a tough spot at 2b. His alternative was to put Rodriguez there, but he’s a rookie. He could have had Aybar move over if Izturis was healthy. He could have put Wood at SS, and moved Aybar over, but Wood is another rookie. Quinlan doesn’t hit righties. So really there wasn’t a lot of choice there.

]]> By: Mattpat11 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7228 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:44:36 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7228 98.  Also, I can’t listen to Chip Carray, so I might have missed this, but was K-Rod hurt or were we saving him for the save that never came?

]]> By: xaphor http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7227 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:43:47 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/10/06/angels-at-red-sox-game-4-alds-thread/#comment-7227 97.  Random thought… Will TB be the first team to face both Soxes in the playoffs?

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