Game 6 Open Thread: Boston vs. Tampa Bay, 5:07 pm PT
2008-10-18 16:00
by Bob Timmermann
Once more? With feeling? We shall see. James Shields starts on the mound for the Rays and the remnants of Josh Beckett starts for the Sox. Or will that be the case?
Here's the history of teams in the postseason facing a 3-2 deficit on the road in a 7-game series (1906, 1918, and 1923 weren't included because they weren't played in a 2-3-2 format. 1944 was played in a 2-3-2 format, but all the games were in the same park.):
1911 - Philadelphia routs New York, 13-2 to win a World Series that took 13 days to play.
1912 - Giants beat the Red Sox 11-4 in Game 7 (there was a tie in Game 2), but lose 3-2 in 10 innings in Game 8.
1926 - Cardinals beat the Yankees 10-2 and then hold on for 3-2 win in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium.
1930 - A's beat the Cardinals 7-2 to win the World Series.
1934 - Cardinals win at Detroit 4-3 and then rout the Tigers 11-0 in Game 7.
1935 - Tigers beat the Cubs 4-3 in the ninth inning of Game 6 to win its first championship.
1936 - Yankees clinch championship with 13-5 win over the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
1945 - The Tigers win Game 6 at Wrigley Field over the Cubs 8-7 in 12 innings, but lose in Game 7 9-3. That series was played in a 3-4 format because of wartime travel restrictions.
1947 - The Dodgers win Game 6 at Yankee Stadium 8-6, but lost Game 7, 5-2.
1951 - The Yankees close out the Giants at Yankee Stadium, 4-3.
1952 - The Yankees beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Game 6, 3-2. In Game 7, the Yankees beat the Dodgers again, this time by a 4-2 score.
1953 - The Yankees score twice in the bottom of the ninth to eliminate the Dodgers with a 4-3 win at home.
1955 - The Yankees force a Game 7 with a 5-1 win in Game 6, but the Dodgers win their first World Series with a 2-0 win the next day.
1957 - The Yankees force Game 7 with a 3-2 win over the Braves, but Milwaukee takes Game 7 with a 5-0 win.
1958 - The Yankees get revenge with a 4-3 win in 10 innings in Game 6 and then a 6-2 win in Game 7.
1960 - The Yankees rout Pittsburgh at Forbes Field 12-0 in Game 6. Game 7 doesn't go as well for the Yankees.
1964 - The Yankees (they show up a lot in the list don't they?) beat the Cardinals at Busch Stadium 8-3, but run into Bob Gibson in Game 7 and lose 7-5.
1968 - The Tigers use a 10-run third to beat the Cardinals 13-2 in Game 6 and then the Cardinals make a series of crucial miscues to let the Tigers win 4-1 in Game 7.
1972 - The Reds pound Oakland 8-1 in Game 6, but the A's win Game 7, 3-2.
1977 - The Dodgers face the Yankee and Reggie Jackson in Game 6. It doesn't end well for the Dodgers. The Yankees win 8-4.
1979 - Pittsburgh shuts out Baltimore, 4-0, in Game 6 and then wraps up the series with a 4-1 win in Game 7.
1985 - The Royals travel to Exhibition Stadium and win Game 6 of the ALCS, 5-3. In Game 7, the Royals win again, 6-2.
1990 - The Pirates get just one hit in Game 6 of the NLCS at Riverfront Stadium and lose, 2-1.
1991 - Atlanta wins 1-0 at Three Rivers Stadium in Game 6 and 4-0 in Game 7 of the NLCS.
1995 - The Indians get just one hit in Game 6 at Fulton County Stadium as the Braves win the World Series in six games with a 1-0 win.
1996 - The Braves, after dropping three straight to the Yankees in Atlanta, drop Game 6 at Yankee Stadium, 3-2.
1997 - The Indians stay alive in Game 6 with a 4-1 win, but can't hold the lead in the ninth inning of Game 7 and lose in 11 innings, 3-2 to Florida.
1998 - Cleveland comes to Yankee Stadium for Game 6 trying to prolong the ALCS, but the Yankees win, 9-5.
1999 - The Mets force the Braves into extra innings in Game 6, but lose in 11 innings, 10-9 to lose the NLCS.
2000 - The Yankees finally polish off the Mariners with a 9-7 win at Yankee Stadium in Game 6.
2003 - Bad things happen to the Cubs in Game 6 at home against the Marlins in the NLCS and Florida wins 8-3. The Marlins win the next day, 9-6. Boston wins Game 6 at Yankee Stadium by a 9-6 margin, but lose Game 7 in 11 innings, 6-5.
2004 - The Red Sox come all the way back from a 3-0 deficit to win Game 6, 4-2, and Game 7, 10-3, at Yankee Stadium.
Can somebody 'splain to me why TBS has Dick Clark with America's Stupidest Videos instead of the baseball game that is scheduled on the DirecTV programming guide???
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—TBS had technical difficulties and was not able to televise the start of Game 6 of the American League championship series between Boston and Tampa Bay.
TBS spokesman Jeff Pomeroy did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Why has nobody on Tampa thrown up and in on any of the Sox?? It's an AL ballgame, the pitchers won't have to hit, so start knocking down Youkilis and Pedroia!!
47 Not yet. I never remember to buy vodka -- gin's more my speed.
This one is a fairly wet martini: 3oz gin, 1.5 ounces or so of Noilly Prat vermouth, and 3 dashes of Fee Bros Orange bitters.
brown-rice pasta salad w/basil, tomato, chorizo, olive, caper, chickpea, olive oil and pineapple vinegar--the basic kitchen-sink meal as we call it. Chased with Pellegrino.
50 It might be true that most people do that, but if it is, then most people are drinking straight gin and not martinis. A martini depends upon a very healthy amount of vermouth and bitters.
45 It would definitely be an interesting strategy if someone on the Rays had thrown up on the Sox. I like that idea. First, they should have a pie-eating contest between innings, though.
58 Very true. Straight chilled gin or vodka isn't all that interesting. The vermouth and bitters do all the magic.
Now, HK, here's a question: Twist, Olive, or Onion?
The guys at WHNZ are all offended that there's to alternate umpire on the left-field line.
Never mind that through the whole regular season we do just fine with only 4 umpires.
I hate how sports writers/broadcasters can make predictions, and when they end up being wrong, all they have to say is one team choked. As I'm sure they'll do if Boston wins this series.
116 I love it in THE NUTTY PROFESSOR when Jerry Lewis impersonates Dean Martin and sings that song. The introduction of Buddy Love is one of the top ten film character entrances of all time.
Besides, it isn't the introduction of Indiana Jones that is the great selling point on that character.
The moment that you say you'll follow him anywhere is when he nonchalantly shoots the sword-wielding Arab. THAT, and not his entrance, tells ya everything ya need to know about Indy.
Daniel Day Lewis in There Will be Blood
Don Cheadle in Devil in a Blue Dress
Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice
Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Orson Welles in The Third Man
146 That gets into great opening scenes. I'm fond of the opening scenes in:
The Godfather
Miller's Crossing
Butch Cassidy
Punch Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
Boogie Nights (As you can see, I'm a P.T. Anderson fan)
The Wild Bunch
What sort of technical difficulties?
"technical difficulties" =Fox sabotage?
Coco Crisp: picked off first...
Steve Harvey: rapidly approaching dangerously unfunny.
way past that now.
Ditto.
Go ahead! Go out tonight! Don't worry about the game! I'll take care of that!
--your favorite deity
TBS spokesman Jeff Pomeroy did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
getting the story straight.
Typo...!
The Rays are just making this interesting so that they can win it with a walk-off homer.
3 oz gin
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz lillet blanc
This one is a fairly wet martini: 3oz gin, 1.5 ounces or so of Noilly Prat vermouth, and 3 dashes of Fee Bros Orange bitters.
brown-rice pasta salad w/basil, tomato, chorizo, olive, caper, chickpea, olive oil and pineapple vinegar--the basic kitchen-sink meal as we call it. Chased with Pellegrino.
-too bad about Cousins....
-Oh, and the occasional Milagro Silver chaser, straight.
Looks like Cousins' collarbone got cracked.
Never underestimate the human capacity for self delusion.
I'm predicting a Macho Taco attack around 8:30.
Not a hot-dog eating contest (considering it's a ballpark & all)?
Now, HK, here's a question: Twist, Olive, or Onion?
Never mind that through the whole regular season we do just fine with only 4 umpires.
Who thinks Shields is/was getting squeezed vs. he is just not sharp tonight?
reference please?
unless I miss my guess that's
Wonderful WINO!!!!!!!!!!!
I have missed guesses on occasion....
And right on cue... yet another very unexpected home run.
I, uh, think Shields was left in too long.
Also the WHNZ guys should remember that they're supposed to be TB homers, not BOS homers.
Film at eleven.
okay, dinner time. Someone alert me if a Rays comeback is in order. Just yell really loudly.
I believe Maddon is now panicking.....
Just a game late.
That drink is like being punched by an iron fist in a velvet glove. I feel really good right now.
The Esquire version:
http://www.esquire.com/print-this/ESQ1106DRINKS_84
Rick went Dorrell.
Or like a large gold brick wrapped in a lemon peel?
I love you guys!
that's just the Ol' Janx Spirit talking.
#1: Harry Lime.
#2: Indiana Jones
The moment that you say you'll follow him anywhere is when he nonchalantly shoots the sword-wielding Arab. THAT, and not his entrance, tells ya everything ya need to know about Indy.
I will accept Khan on the list.
The question is Garza. Do you wish you were Garza, or are you glad you're not Garza?
Which is why we were discussing just about anything else, no?
/Sorry for double posts. Booze and the toaster are a dangerous mix.
"Laura"
Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now"
and (underrated) Henry Fonda's terrifying Frank in "Once Upon a Time in the West."
"What about this one, Frank?"
And:
Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.
Daniel Day Lewis in There Will be Blood
Don Cheadle in Devil in a Blue Dress
Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice
Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Orson Welles in The Third Man
With you on that. The mere mention of Frank makes me cringe.
And the mere mention of Frahnk (Martin Short in Father of the Bride)
"Start your countdown... and I'll be back before you can say.... bllllllast off!"
Burt Lancaster in The Sweet Smell of Success.
Maybe not on the Top 10 list, but really great.
Brando in The Godfather.
And another personal favorite -- Rufus T Firefly (Groucho) in Duck Soup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJgPCNzt5E
(about five minutes in)
Of course I like you, Dmitiri! (I think he's drunk!)
One of the better actor introductions in memory (at least to me), too.
The Godfather
Miller's Crossing
Butch Cassidy
Punch Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
Boogie Nights (As you can see, I'm a P.T. Anderson fan)
The Wild Bunch
"If they move, kill 'em."
(Intense Jerry Fielding minor chord.)
NOW, Ford, is your cue.
Raiders has one of the great opening scenes.
I love the opening scene of The Sound of Music.
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