The Red Sox playoff ride has been a wild one, taking me on a rollercoaster with late night 12th inning losses, Game five amazing strikeouts, and fourth inning beatings of 72 year old men. I got to attend the game last Saturday where the Sox series with the A's turned around on a Trot Nixon two run homer to win it in the eleventh. Such an amazing game, and an amazing night filled with high-fiving strangers, discussing the nuances of base running with other fans, and watching great baseball with my family. Ah, October memories.
This weekend was a little traumatic, with the antics on Saturday putting a damper on the Red Sox achievments to this point. With the Hudson drama during the last series, and the Zim drama this time round, you'd think baseball was trying to be more like hockey. Sheesh.
I hope the Sox calm down and get back to the business of playing ball. It's bad enough to lose a series, but even worse when in doing it you makeyourselves look like a bunch of spoiled brats looking for a fight. A few classy and skillful wins may go part way towards repairing the teams image as well as helping to get the fans back into it. Go Sox.
if they really wanted to make it more like hockey, they should add an element of personal accountability. if a pitcher throws at a batter, the pitcher, and not his team's bench, should answer to the batter. the 3rd man entering a hockey fight (we're talking gloves off) receives a penalty ranging from 10 min misconduct to a match penalty (ejection).
Good points. Those same comments have been made, using the National leauge as an example since there is no DH in the NL. Thus, pitchers in that league can't just go head hunting without facing retribution next time they roll up to the plate.
It's interesting to note that Pedro pitched in the NL for a while, having more at bats than Clemens who has pitched in the American League his entire career.