A Perfect Ending
Sunday night I finally had a chance to actually watch an entire Red Sox game without falling asleep and I find myself yelling at the TV in the eighth inning as I watch the bull pen let Schilling's great outing start slip sliding away. Then Jonathan Papelbon runs to the mound and seeing his display of confidence makes it impossible not to believe that he will deliver us from evil. Fifteen pitches later and Paps has stopped the bleeding and the Sox have taken one from those pesky Rangers.
Jonathan has been able to wipe away my pent up frustration at ESPN airing the game later than I like and having to listen to Joe Morgan with such an economy of pitches, it has made me absolutely giddy. I live for this.
The first weeks schedule of so many day games and then late games has been less than ideal. Now the weather looks like it will not be very cooperative in the opening week at Fenway but I can live with it all now that I've seen that Jonathan is back as our closer and better than ever. He is a force to be reckoned with and I'm so happy he is one of the Red Sox 25.
Also to be noted is that this is the 40th anniversary of the 1967 team also known as the "cardiac kids". That was the year I fell head over heals over the Red Sox and have been hooked ever since. It would be cool if our 2007 team can bring us some of that same excitement that we had in 1967. I only hope my aging heart can take it. I'm more than willing to give it a shot.
3 comments:
Paps was amazing Cruiser!! Watching him Pre Game antics, then hanging out in the bullpen, then warming up....then heading out the door to Put UP the Broom the Rangers were trying to use...it's like watching a transformation take place in front of your eyes!
Great Game to be AT!!!
I'm glad Tex you finally got to see a great game after enduring all that cold weather.
I wish I had been able to see the game today but that wasn't possible because of work. When I did get a chance to hear the radio broadcast J.D. hit a homerun and the score was 7-0 and I was so happy for Josh, the Sox and Red Sox Nation. Always icing on the cake if you can win opening day at home. I loved the "almost" basebrawl as well. Man I love baseball.
My first time to walk into Fenway was in May, 1967 and I remember the dress I wore to the game that day. Yes, people dressed up to go to the games 40 years ago. Actually, it was a green and white striped dress with a big zipper on the front and SoxCruiser wore this dress in one of her school pictures....now you know we are real sisters and not just sistahs.
I also like having Paps as our closer and the Sox sure needed him the other night. Watch for him to run in from the bullpen, across the outfield, across the base path and then totally stop at the edge of the grass.
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