I TOLD YOU SO!

SOX WIN 2-0! Dice-K goes 7+ strong innings!!!!

WOOO HOOO!

Tonight's key is Beckett. If he can pitch like Josh Beckett, the Sox will win.

Time to get Your Sox on!

The Sox and the Rays start duking it out in the ALCS tonight and this Hotdogman will be parked in front of the TV for every out!

The key to tonight's game will be for Dice-K to get out of the fifth inning. Dice-K always seems to have one bad inning early in games which forces him out too soon. If he can hang until the 7th inning, the Sox will be better off. We don't want the bullpen overworked in game one and Dice-K's performance will have a lot to do with that. He didn't get out of the 5th against the Angels; luckily the Sox were able to rally and take advantage of many Angel miscues to win that game.



The Rays won't be as sloppy defensively, so good pitching will be the key to victory!

GO RED SOX!!!

Red Sox March to Playoffs!

The Boston Red Sox will play the Cleveland Indians beginning Friday Night for the right to play in the World Series against either Colorado or Arizona. The barnstorming Yankees (who still suck) blew their load just getting to the post season and didn't have enough pitching to force another Yanks/Sox showdown.

The key to victory over the Indians will be whether Josh Beckett, Curt Schilling and Dice-K Matsusaka can out pitch Sabathia and Carmona. I wanted the Yankees to push the series to 5 games so Sabathia would be tired versus the Sox.

The hitters will have to hit too. Big Papi and Manny Ramirez are ON FIRE, let's hope they stay that way! It's about people playing big on the big stage-and there's no hitting duo bigger and badder than Manny and Papi.

I hate this long layoff between the ALDS and the ALCS. I'm too filled with anticipation. Once the series starts, I'll settle into a rhythm. A good baseball rhythm. In the meantime, I'll read up on the stats, the players and I'll take another look at the match ups from this season.

Friday can't get here soon enough.