A Well Deserved Off Day

After bending the Blue Jays over (and doing them dry) with the sweep that took place in soggy Fenway this weekend, we headed into the off day on a high note and it couldn't have come at a better time. The regulars got a nice day of rest, and throwing Paul Byrd on Sunday set up our pitching PERFECTLY for this boogie down. Our triumvirate of Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and Clay Buchholz will toe the slab against the once kicked around Rays in hopes to put them out of contention in this playoff race. With Texas doing their best Matthew Lillard dying impression ("I'm feeling woozy man." Ringing any bells?) from Scream they are going to need to make up some ground and FAST if they want to stay in this race.

All of those "low risk, high reward" players really seem to have panned out, eh? UGH. Well all the ones that needed to leave are now gone, and I'm convinced that Brad Penny is going to go 3-0 with at least one complete game for the Giants down the stretch. NO ONE, I REPEAT NO ONE wants to face a tandem like the Giants would throw at you in a short (5) OR long (7) series. Let's dream a bit: cue necessary squiggles to enhance dreamlike state.

The Red Sox and Giants in the World Series…Does anyone win game 1? I have a feeling if Josh Beckett and Tim Lincecum lock horns everyone is going to get a nice basket of shit sent to them every time they step up to the plate. Push. Game 2 is about as bad as Game 1 with Lester vs. Matt Cain. I can see another round of goose eggs for at least 9 innings in that one as well. Push. Clay Buchholz against Barry Zito. I will give the edge to the Buch just reminiscing about Game 5 of the 2003 ALCS (the infamous "suck it" from Derek Lowe). Game 4. I don't care who we throw out there Jonathan Sanchez is the X factor. So we're four games into the series and its tied 1-1 how the F does that happen? I'm not sure, but that is who I'm calling for in the World Series. Pitching Wins Ball Games Ladies and Gents' these teams have it.

So I know that the last 2 years haven't been very forgiving down at The Trop, but I've got a funny feeling that we are going to curb stomp the hell out of the Rays in this series. The fact that they have Andy Sonnanstine going in the first game opposing Jon Lester spells for a legitimate teabag right to the forehead of Joe Maddon. We've set up our pitching our regulars/bullpen got rest. Let's donkey punch these speedy sons 'a bitches!

Stay Tuned

Ryan