Your Thoughts Exactly

Since this is likely Pedro’s last start as a member of the Boston Red Sox, I couldn’t be happier. Simple domination of supposedly the best lineup in the major leagues, including a lovely broken bat-broken bat-strikeout-pop out-strikeout of the heart of the St. Louis order in the middle innings. As a long time dedicated Sox fan, it was great to see one of the three key figures of this Red Sox Era (along with Nomar and Mo) contribute at his best in the culmination of a decade of quality baseball. Most of the populace of Red Sox Nation has climbed on the Curt Schilling ball-gobbling bandwagon, and yes he has pitched better this year, and his ankle sutures make for a very nice ESPN Sportscentury moment. But I gobbled Pedro’s balls when he was the best pitcher I’ve ever seen from 1998-2002. Just because he struggles a little doesn’t mean I’m going to stop. Schilling is a hired gun. Pedro is the heart and soul of this team, not just the 2004 Red Sox, but the Red Sox of this decade. And tonight he buried the Cards like he could in his prime.

I was going to spend the rest of this entry complaining about Fox’s TV coverage, but everyone knows its terrible, so there reason to harp on them doing things like zooming on a Taco Bell sign, or McCarver pointing out that Pujols holds on runners at first no matter the situation because he feels more comfortable, followed by a shot of Pujols playing behind the runner the next inning, or a freaking interview with “Leon,” in the middle of a World Series game. (Seriously, why didn’t someone simply push Leon and Chris Myers off the balcony? I am pretty sure they would have been granted clemency for committing a charitable act.) So instead I will simply say this. Red Sox fans, take a deep breath. We’re almost there. Can you taste it?