Originally Posted by basom
you may be right. i was only reporting what i heard about Henry's reaction to saturdays game. aparently he was not impressed by francona's bullpen management.
last night was amazing on several levels. the nation deflated, people were selling their tickets for half of face value, tickets that just three or four days ago were going for 10-15x face value. you could buy standing room last second release tickets without waiting in a line.
then you have the longest post season game ever played. 5 plus hours of nail biting. the people could have given up. its easy to go home and get a decent nights rest. why do i want to stick around untill 1:38 am if we are just going to boot it and get swept, i dont want to see that. well.... the fans stayed. we waited, and hoped that something would come out it. and the screaming masses were rewarded. guess how many walkoff homers have been hit in red sox playoff history????? four. and ortiz has two of them this season. the feeling inside the park was frenetic.
are they going to win today? maybe, maybe not. i think so, i think this is going back to new york. will the win the series? most likely no, but i will be watching either way. i will be screaming my lungs horse. call me masochistic, call me delusional....... much like skiing in the east it's about the pursuit, trying against the odds to find that sweet line that is holding snow. dealing with terrible weather/snow/tight as fuck trees/bushwacks from hell to get to one moment of release, that may last for the briefest of moments. but when you feel it, however brief that feeling is, you know why you put in the effort, and delt with the slog. go sox.