Ok, as you can tell the Boston Red Sox are advancing and I don't have to go through the process of why they got knocked out.  But there moving on to the World Series to face the Colorado Rockies and that's a great thing, but it's not a done deal yet!  I must tell you the Sox came up clutch especially with Beckett in the mound in Game 5(in Cleveland), to me it shows why he is the best pitcher going today, nothing phases him, this isn't the pitcher of a year ago who would of gotten rattled, but one who is matured into putting fear into batters and pitching with greatness. After that Game 6 and 7 at home, blowout in the first with Schilling pitching a gutsy game, Drew came through with a grand slam and in Game 7 an eventual blowout but a tight 71/2 innings before the Sox blew it away with clutch performances from Pedroia who is performaining like a pro and Youklis whose a hitting machine. Do the Indians know what the word choke is, well its something they've become accustomed to and they can go through it again.  Now the World Series!

  Ok I must admit hearing Tim Wakefield is unavailable for the playoffs does make a little unsettled. You have one of your starters banged up and unavailable so that screws the pitching rotation around a bit.  Oh course Josh Beckett will take the ball in Game 1, then Schilling instead of extra rest will pitch on his normal rest in Game 2(4 days), then you have Dice-K in Game 3 in Colorado and Game 4 will probably see John Lester replacing Tim Wakefield in the start; they'll probably add Julian Tavarez(a long inning guy/spot starter) to the roster to replace Tim Wakefield from the roster.  I guess it's the playoffs and you take them as you can, you gotta struggle through what you have.  Hopefully if the bats throughout the lineup stay consistent and if you get a few strong starts from your starters I predict the Red Sox will beat the Rockies in six games. I hope I'm right, the Rockies have yet to lose in the playoffs yet, but they also haven't faced competition this good.  Go Sox and bring another title home to Red Sox Nation!

    I'm trying to actually to see if it is viable for the Boston Red Sox to comeback from their 3-1 deficit aganist the Cleveland Indians.  Yes I know they did comeback from a 3-0 lead aganist the Yankees three years ago, but you can't rely on the "backs are aganist the walls" motto to win all your playoff series, you have to have a reasonable to fair shot.  I'm not saying it can't happen, but these are good teams your facing and it's hard for a 96 win team like Cleveland to blow 3 straight games.  But if you do win tonight with your ace Beckett going, then who knows.  Both Games 6 and 7 are at home. But they have both there aces going in tonight's game in Sabathia and Game 6(if it comes to that) Carmona aganist Schilling and it's hard to have both Cleveland's aces losing back to back games.  If anything is going to change someone besides Ortiz, Ramirez, and Lowell have got to give us some clutch hits.  Lugo and Crisp are worthless at the plate in the series, I know they can run, but please come through with some hits. I don't know if Francona is going to put Ellisbury in centerfield to replace Crisp, but enough is enough, I know Terry Francona's philosophy of sticking with players even when their in slumps (he did it with Johnny Damon in 2004 and he ended up with a big game aganist the New York Yankees in Game 7), but sorry to say that philosophy doesn't always work.  Sometimes these players just can't hit and you've got to force a change.  Hopefully Pedroia will come around, more or less he's had some good swings but it hasn't found the right spot.  Maybe if it gets to a Game 7 he will be the sleeper batter who comes through.  But first you have and I'm mean have to win tonight.  Let's not assume we got Game 5 in the bag, they got their ace on as well(though he's been slumping), so go in with a positive patient attitude and take it from there. Oh it does feel good by the way that Joe Torre stuck it to the Yankees by rejecting their one year deal, so there's something to feel good about.  I don't think anything more needs to be said they know what they have to do and you'll either find out if they fell flat on their face or showed some Red Sox pride!!