The 2007/2008 NBA season got underway last night with three games (Trail Blazers 97, Spurs 106; Jazz 117, Warriors 96; and Rockets 95, Lakers 93). 8 games are on tap for tonight”
Philadelphia vs. Toronto
Milwaukee vs. Orlando
Washington vs. Indiana
Chicago vs. New Jersey
Dallas vs. Cleveland
San Antonio vs. Memphis
Sacramento vs. New Orleans
Seattle vs. Denver
Those of us who are Celtics fans will have to wait until Friday night to see the new, highly acclaimed, version of the Boston Celtics…
The Boston Red Sox are the first and only team to win two World Series during 21st century
The Boston Red Sox became the 6th team in MLB history to face a 3-1 deficit in a 7-game League Championship Series (LCS) and advance to the World Series
The Boston Red Sox are the 4th of the group down 3-1 LCS winners to go on to win the World Series
The Boston Red Sox are the only MLB team to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the LCS and sweep their World Series opponent, and they have done it twice (2004, 2007)
Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francona is the first manager in Major League history to win his first 8 World Series games
The Boston Red Sox are now tied for the 5th longest winning streak in World History with 1921-23 New York Giants
The Boston Red Sox have the second-longest active winning streak in World Series play (the Reds have 9 straight for the Cincinnati Reds from 1975-90)
The Boston Red Sox are tied for 2nd with the most runs in the first three World Series games (25 runs) with Philadelphia (1911), behind the Yankees who had 30 in 1960
The 2007 Boston Red Sox have the post season record for scoring 10 or more runs (6 times) which is twice the 2nd place teams who did it 3 times (1960 Yankees, 1996 Braves and 2002 Angels)
The Boston Red Sox 29 runs scored in the 2007 World Series are the third most in a four-game series in World Series history
The Boston Red Sox 2007 postseason run total (99) is the second-most all-time in a postseason, trailing the 101 scored by the 2002 Anaheim Angels
Game 3 of the 2007 World Series set the record for the most pitchers used by both teams in a 9-inning World Series game (12)
The Boston Red Sox tied a World Series mark by using six pitchers in 2007 World Series Game 3, and the record for the most by a winning club in a World Series game
Game 3 of the 2007 World Series was the longest 9-inning World Series game in history at 4 hours and 14 minutes
Now that the World Series is over and our lives are getting back to normal there is one thing that all of us in the east coast part of Red Sox nation greatly appreciate - a good nights sleep. With the 8:20 PM first pitch start to the games and games going to well past midnight, well, we had all been getting pretty zombie-like. 2007 World Series game 3 was the longest nine-inning game in World Series history at 4 hours 14 minutes. So with the first World Series-less night, we all finally got a good nights sleep.
Yes, I’m sure that in a few weeks we will come to miss baseball. Unlike most other sports, baseball becomes an almost daily part of your life from April to October… But for the next week or so we will just be catching up on our sleep…
It is somehow very ironic that with the Red Sox World Series victory putting an end to the 2007 baseball season we had our very first frost here in the Boston area. All through the playoffs and fall classic we have had unseasonably warm, summer like, weather. Now, as if to punctuate the end of baseball it is finally becoming very fall like…
I had heard rumors for some time that there was a football season going on. So this morning after reading all of the Red Sox coverage (this is Boston, there was a lot of it…) I decided to take a look at the rest of the sports section and low and behold… the Patriots are 8-0… the Boston College Eagles are the number 2 football team in the country…
Upon further exploration… the Bruins actually having a winning start to their 07/08 season… many are actually picking the Celtics to be a major contender this season… the New England Revolution are in the playoffs…
Yes, the insurance companies for may be looking for federal disaster relief. With the Red Sox World Series victory a whole bunch of people, myself included, will be getting refund checks for furniture we purchased way back in the spring (see: )…
Tessie is the Royal Rooters rally cry
Tessie is the tune they always sung
Tessie echoed April through October nights
After serenading Stahl, Dinneen and Young
Tessie is a maiden with a sparkling eye
Tessie is a maiden with a love
She doesn’t know the meaning of her sight
She’s got a comment full of love
And sometimes when the game is on the line
Tessie always carried them away
Up the road from “Third Base” to Huntington
The boys will always sing and sway
Two! Three! Four!
Tessie, “Nuf Ced” McGreevey shouted
We’re not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn’t live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only
The Rooters showed up at the grounds one day
They found their seats had all been sold
McGreevey led the charge into the park
Stormed the gates and put the game on hold
The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright
Boston’s tenth man could not be wrong
Up from “Third Base” to Huntington
They’d sing another victory song
Two! Three! Four!
Tessie, “Nuf Ced” McGreevey shouted
We’re not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn’t live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only
The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright
Boston’s tenth man could not be wrong
Up from “Third Base” to Huntington
They’d sing another victory song
Two! Three! Four!
Tessie, “Nuf Ced” McGreevey shouted
We’re not here to mess around
Boston, you know we love you madly
Hear the crowd roar to your sound
Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn’t live without you
Tessie, you are the only only only
Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn’t live without you
Boston, you are the only only only
Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn’t live without you
Red Sox, you are the only only only
The Boston Red Sox rookies really took it to the Colorado Rockies last night in World Series Game 3. Jacoby Ellsbury, a guy who was still playing in Pawtucket late into the summer went 4 for 5 last night with 3 doubles and 2 RBIs. Dustin Pedroia went 3 for 5 with a double and 2 RBIs. Even Dice-K Matsuzaka (a pitcher!) went 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Combined (in case you can’t do the math), the three rookies had 8 of the Red Sox 15 hits and 6 of 10 RBIs.
Thus far in the World Series Ellsbury is 5 for 9 at the plate and Pedroia is 5 for 14.
In case your focus on the World Series has been occupying most of your sports attention, you may have missed the fact that Major League Soccer’s MLS Cup Playoffs have begun. The MLS Cup Playoffs culminate in the championship, which is the championship of . Round one is a two game aggregate score series. Currently MLS is in the first round of their playoffs, with the following teams competing:
Eastern Conference
New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls
Saturday, October 27 @ 7:30 PM - New England at New York
Saturday, November 3 @ 7:30 PM - New York at New England
DC. United vs. Chicago Fire
Thursday, October 25 - D.C. United 0 at Chicago 1
Thursday, November 1 @ 7:30 PM - Chicago at D.C. United
Western Conference
Chivas USA vs. Kansas City Wizards
Saturday, October 27 @ 8:00 PM - Chivas USA at Kansas City
Saturday, November 3 @ 10:00 PM - Kansas City at Chivas USA
Houston Dynamo vs. FC Dallas
Saturday, October 27 @ 8:00 PM - Houston at Dallas
The axiom goes that the team with the best pitching will prevail in the post season. The Boston Red Sox are starting to look like the World Series contender with the better pitching (but most predicted that going in). Last night on a night when the bats fell silent (in contrast to game 1), the 2 runs that they did manage to score proved to be enough as Red Sox pitching held the Rockies to only 1 run.
Two games into it and the Rockies have only scored 2 runs. Like I said… It’s the pitching…
The Boston College Eagles were sleep walking through a rainy night in Blacksburg, Virginia. The number 2 Eagles were trailing the Number 8 Virginia Tech. Hokies 10 to 0 with 4:11 left to go in the game. That is when Heisman Trophy hopeful Matt Ryan and the Eagles decided to wake up. They scored their first touchdown with 2:11 left. Then after recovering an onside kick they scored touchdown number 2, the game winner, with 11 seconds left (4:11, 2:11, 0:11 - If I were on this team I think I would get a lottery ticket with the number 11 in it…).
The Eagles are now 8-0 on the season and are still in the running for the BCS championship game.
by Dropkick Murphys