Yeah, this should have been the leadoff story on Sportscenter. I love how the crowd just ERUPTED when he stole that base…almost as much as if he’d stolen home. That takes me back to old Pistons games where we’d get a free taco if they’d score 100 points. The crowd would just riot when that 100th point went down. Sadly the free Taco is only on October 30th…they put it that far back so people forget by next week. I won’t forget…I know where I’m having lunch next Tuesday.
And yeah…watching those first two games reminded me of 2004. The Sawks rally from behind to win the ALCS then face an overmatched NL who has no idea that they’re running into a total buzzsaw. If the Rockies had any shot at winning, they needed to win last night. I don’t think the pick-off of Holliday really mattered…they weren’t getting another hit.
The worse thing is since the national sports media has a major East Coast you’ll have tons of Boston-biased reporters ranting about what an amazing sports town it is with the Sawks winning, the Pats dominating and The Celtics having KG (I love how they all assume that the Celtics are back despite not playing a game yet). And of course this is with all of them ignoring the fact that the Bruins are basically dead in that town. Meanwhile, Detroit teams went nuts in 2006 but no one really mentioned it. If you hate Boston now, you’re going to hate them even more later.
Stevo


