Beltre's bombs were by themselves enough to win the final game of this set. The one he literally hit from one knee was easily in the top 5 most impressive home runs I've seen from a Sox player, ever. It was like he was down on one knee, proposing to Sox Nation, hoping we'll finally accept him as a worthy replacement for our beloved Mike Lowell. Beltre, on behalf of Red Sox Nation, I can happily say, "Yes!"
Ortiz's homerun was great simply because the Remdawg called it. "They don't want to pitch him up and in..." next pitch, up and in, and then up and out of the park. Forget drinking the kool-aid. I'm all about the new peach-mango salsa.
Lackey... well, you didn't look like Slackey, so that's a good sign. 2 runs over 6 and 1/3 innings is good, but it still wasn't the dominant performance folks are waiting for. You got the win, that was a nice change of pace. I'll leave your performance at that for now.
Pedroia, you're still the heart of this team. That head's up baserunning on the Ortiz groundout was indescribably excellent. As my father commented last night, your uniform is dirty every game. Aside from winning, there's not much else we fans could ask of a player.
So the Sox swept the Rays, and my only complaint is that we didn't have 4 games this series. I don't think the Rays have an answer for the Sox right now, and I'd love to pay them back for their 4 game sweep of us back in April. Ah well. We might not be able to catch the Rays or the Yankees just yet, but at least we've finally clawed past the Blue Jays by half a game...
Now then, Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals... PERKINS DID NOT DESERVE EITHER TECHNICAL FOUL. I know it. You know it. David Stern has to know it. The jackass officials not only directly impacted the course of the game, but they jeapordized the rest of the Celtics season. Now Perk has to be ultra-aware of his every move because one more Tech and he's suspended for a game. Perk, if you're going to get another technical, do me a favor and use it to just hit Dwight Howard square in the mouth. I'm talking about throwing a true hay maker. Forget Hack-a-Howard, just hit him square in the teeth and teach him what happens when you just swing your elbows around and knock out our Big Baby. Man-Child abuse will not be tolerated!
Seriously, as soon as Davis tried to pick himself up off the floor it was like watching Rocky try to get up after Clubber Lang, well, Clubbed him.
Celtics fans, fear not. This is all going according to plan. Now I can't reveal that plan. We all remember what happened the last time I made a prediction. I learned my lesson, and I won't do that again. Just know that there is a plan, and so far, so good.
