Site of the Only World Series Game I've Ever Attended
The last two nights have not been terribly exemplary of what the Red Sox are capable of, albeit the two games were played in Anaheim and against a very good Angels team. The best pitcher for the Red Sox (and the most consistently good) wasn’t on Wednesday night in an 8-4 loss to the Angels. Bay hit yet another home run to make it 2-0 Red Sox but that was where the fun ended for Sox fans. Brad Penny started for Boston in a Thursday matinee in SoCal and the Sox went on to lose that “rubber game” 5-4 in 12 innings.
That is the worst way to lose. The deciding game of a series. You’ve lost already the night before. You’re away on the West Coast and probably just getting over jet lag. The good news is that the Sox are done with Angels’ Stadium for the season. This is also their last West Coast Swing. There is a 3-game set in Seattle against an improved Mariners Team. (I still believe that Boston is more talented, even in Seattle.) The inter-league games will be played against the N.L. East teams so the farthest west they’ll have to go the remainder of the regular season will be K.C. or Arlington, TX.
Taking 2 of 3 in Seattle will even up the trip at 3-3, so let’s hope for that. Its highly doable I think.