2008 ALCS Post Game 6 Open Thread
Hart Brachen:
Last night I realized the the word which perfectly describes the Red Sox in the ALCS is
brinkmanship,
Hart Brachen:
That is "the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage."
Hart Brachen:
Sounds about right, huh?
Is it me, or are those mo' hawks starting to look a little silly?
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2008.10.19 at 10:25 AM
Indeed.
Posted by: Daubie | 2008.10.19 at 10:32 AM
Heh.
BTW Kaz pointed out that comments were not showing up to yesterday's strip after Pudge's.
Seems Pudge's comment was #50 and, unknown to me, TypePad made a config change in September such that any comments after #50 get paginated into a new set, i.e, 1-50, 51-100, 101-150 etc.
I need to put in a code snippet that will allow you to access the comments beyond #50.
Posted by: h.b. | 2008.10.19 at 10:32 AM
Apparently, the first rule of defeating the post-2003 Red Sox in the playoffs is to never put the Red Sox on the edge of defeat.
Posted by: david | 2008.10.19 at 10:59 AM
Catch-22.
Posted by: yazbread | 2008.10.19 at 11:11 AM
Catch-22.
Posted by: yazbread | 2008.10.19 at 11:12 AM
h.b., no comments need be posted after mine.
When I say Rays, you say Choke! Rays! Choke! Rays! Choke!
Posted by: pudge | 2008.10.19 at 11:39 AM
The code snip worked on the comments >50.
But the archives are still jacked. Lots of little off season tweaks still to make... all in good time.
Posted by: h.b. | 2008.10.19 at 11:45 AM
Beckett holds on.
JV breaks out of his slump at the right time.
YOUUUUUKK!!!
Papi is swinging well.
Game 7 belongs to the Sox.
Posted by: Primitive Screwhead | 2008.10.19 at 11:52 AM
Fun game last night, and looking forward to ALCS game 7.
The Soxaholix chat via Gabby worked well, too. Decided to try it while TBS was um... *confused* (yeah, that's it.) And stuck around for the rest of the game with a core group of fellow Soxaholix.
Thanks h.b.!
Posted by: redmiller1 | 2008.10.19 at 12:00 PM
Huge game tonight. Stop by for the liveblog.
http://www.diamondhoggers.com/2008/10/its-only-biggest-game-in-tampa-bay-rays.html
Posted by: TheNaturalMevs | 2008.10.19 at 12:35 PM
You guys are welcome. I wore a Varitek shirt in order to allow him to break out of his slump and he did. I know correlation does not equal causation, but I think it is pretty obvious that I had something to do with yesterday's win.
Posted by: da kine | 2008.10.19 at 12:42 PM
Lester is the best
man to start in game seven.
Will Rays mime Cleveland?
Dale
Posted by: Dale021 | 2008.10.19 at 12:54 PM
rays fans hanging heads
Upton can't do it alone
Garza, meet Lester
Posted by: jhammo | 2008.10.19 at 02:01 PM
ALCS done
Tampa left to lick their wounds
Sox again in 4
Posted by: jhammo | 2008.10.19 at 02:04 PM
season long no fold
whoa young upstarts not so fast
thought you had it, eh?
Posted by: jhammo | 2008.10.19 at 02:06 PM
da kine,
I've been wearing my Papi jersey every game for the same reason. ;-)
Posted by: Primitive Screwhead | 2008.10.19 at 02:29 PM
"Last night I realized the the word..."
Either that's a typo or it's a subtle way of saying...
"This is the day [night]
Your [Red Sox fans'] life will surely change...!"
Posted by: scott12xu | 2008.10.19 at 03:51 PM
[insert image of Nelson from the Simpsons]
Ha Ha!
Posted by: da kine | 2008.10.19 at 04:00 PM
Kennedy was the master of brinkmanship and where was he from? Yes, that's right, Rays. Say it again. Say "Boston."
Posted by: birthofasoxfan97 | 2008.10.19 at 07:00 PM
Damn- we had our shot
Posted by: vasoxfan | 2008.10.19 at 11:46 PM
That was an unsatisfactory outcome
lc
Posted by: louclinton | 2008.10.19 at 11:46 PM
Garza pitched lights out tonight. Tonight followed the season to a T. Good pitching and the bats never really came alive. Should be an interesting off season.
Posted by: yazbread | 2008.10.19 at 11:51 PM
dirtdogs has it right - let's blow up this lineup and move on. thanks manny for that extra twenty mil.
Posted by: Daubie | 2008.10.19 at 11:52 PM
Disappointing but great season...more easily said after 2004 & 2007.
Playoff Sox missed Mike Lowell as much as Manny.
Go get Vlad Guerrero please. And if head office fucks with Papi, I'm burning all Sox attire...
Posted by: Genghis Ortiz | 2008.10.20 at 12:33 AM
Ugh.
At least we have the Pats to watch now.
UGH.
Posted by: Kaz | 2008.10.20 at 01:20 AM
Who will Joe Buck & McCarver. "root" for in the WS while "calling" the games? Two underdogs might make their heads explode. We can only hope.
Yes, they did have their chances.
Posted by: Scott | 2008.10.20 at 01:41 AM
Sad sad sad. Missed the whole of game 7 to work commitments - stupid international dateline - stupid sun and earth rotation. A great season again by the boys; ups and downs, highs and lows. Lowell's injury may have been the difference but credit to the stupid Rays.
God I love baseball.
Posted by: soxdownunder | 2008.10.20 at 01:58 AM