Game Seven!

Are there any more magically words in sports than "game 7"? The Red Sox have definitely earned a game 7. Last night was great! Great I tell you!

I watched the game from Mahoney's (home of the world's coldest bottled beer - seriously every fifth beer is frozen). Nobody had the slightest doubt in the world that Curt Schilling wasn't going to come through with a big game (and he did with 7 innings of 1 run ball).

Jon Leiber also pitched a good game but the Red Sox made him work harder in his 7 innings (124 pitches to Schilling's 99) and his mistake pitch was taken out of the park by Bellhorn (while Schilling's mistake pitch to Posada was knocked down by the wind and stayed in the park).

To me - this was the most exciting game of the series. Possibly this had to do with the fact that the noise from the bar kept me from hearing Tim McCarver's voice all the time. Red Sox fans are really spoiled with Jerry Remy (the best in the business). Everything is a step down from Remy but McCarver is just awful.

Tonight is game 7 and I can't wait.

Interesting side story - Sean the bartender's day job is as a high school teacher. After the Sox got down 3-0, Sean told the class "Everyone who thinks the Red Sox can come back and win this series - stand up." Only two students stood up. When it was 3-1 he asked the same question and a few more stood up. At 3-2 - half the class stood up. Sean fully expects everyone to stand up this morning when the question is asked.

Some miscellaneous thoughts and observations:

- Last night this knock out named Niddia sat to my left for a few innings. She is from around here and is back from LA (where she's lived for the past 2 years) to be in a movie called The Nuance of Casual Sex. Man did she smell good.

- I'm convinced that at least one member of the umpiring crew must wear a receiver that allows someone to see the replays and send down word to help them get the right call.

- Probably my favorite moment of the night was when Schilling went very high and very tight on A-Rod in the first inning. A-Rod has quickly become "Most Hated Yankee Number 1". If A-Rod were a hockey player - he's be Ken Linesman. Come to think of it "The Rat" would be a good nickname for "A-Rod" (although "Swinger" would be good too).

- If the Red Sox win tonight - what sort of wholesale changes do you think you'll see in New York? Brian Cashman would be the first goat but what of Torre? What of Giambi? Does he get his ass booted for not being available to play while still cashing a munga check? Can Carlos Beltran name his own figure to sign with the Yankees?

- Next year Bronson Arroyo will drill A-Rod with the first pitch no matter what. I wish I could bet on things like that.

- Game 7! Does it get any better than this?