SOX WIN 8-7!

In the second greatest post-season comeback in MLB history (and greatest comeback in an elimination game), the Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park last night, after being down 7-0 in the 6th inning by a final score of 8-7. Is there still gas in the Red Sox' tank? I think so. Could they come back and beat the Rays and face the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series? Yes, they could. Will they? Will Josh Beckett remember how to pitch? Will the Rays' bats cool off? Will the Sox' bats stay hot? Will I keep asking rhetorical questions? Will you be annoyed reading this blog? Will Joe the Plumber run for President in 2012? Will the Michael Scott/Holly Flax romance on The Office last, even though Amy Ryan is only scheduled to be on a few more episodes this season? I really wanna know!

ALCS Game 5 Tonight!

So, can the Red Sox come out strong tonight and leave Fenway with a little bit of momentum on their side? Or will their season end tonight? I think they'll be able to pull it out, at least for a victory tonight, but I still think these Rays look like one of the best overall teams I've ever seen. The Angels and John Lackey can say all they want about the "better team losing" in the ALDS, but they sure didn't look like the better team in that series. In this ALCS, however, the Rays look pretty damn unstoppable.

People say, "Well, this sure ain't last year's team," and they're right about that, but is that necessarily a bad thing? When people in '07 said, "Well, they ain't the '04 Sox," most could argue, "That's true, this team looks BETTER than the '04 squad." I'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who will honestly say that this '08 team looks better than the '07 team at this point.

So what do I think about tonight? I'm still excited as hell for the game, but that could change about 2 minutes in like it did in Game 4 once Tim Wakefield had already given up 75 homeruns and the Red Sox looked like they forgot how to swing their bats. But I believe they will win this game, and then probably lose in Game 6 in Tampa. Of course, I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't think it's their year this year.