ALCS Game 1 Journal
Game One is exactly what happens to Chicago teams. It was so Chicago. The White Sox come in on too much rest, heavily favored, with the better pitching and proceed to sleepwalk, botch simple plays and generally screw up in ways they haven't screwed in all season.
For me, the night started off bad, what with all of the House and Prison Break promos. Tonight, on a very special episode of House, House gets AIDS. Tonight on Prison Break. Prison Break gets raped. Tonight on Fox.
If there were any Angels fans from Orange County at Comiskey on Tuesday night, were they fearing for their lives? Do they regret their decision to come or the wealth they've accrued to make the trip possible? I'm from Chicago and cheering for the White Sox but I don't know if I don't go down there for fear they'd smell the North Side on me. I think the real mean ones can.
I thought that we were either going to blow them out early, or they would score first and then the White Sox would play nervous all night. After Garrett Anderson homered and Paul Byrd cruised through the bottom of the second, you knew it was going to one of those nights. Like when the Bears were awesome in 2001, had a bye week in the first round of the playoffs, and then got their clocks cleaned by the Eagles. Or any of those times the championship Bulls would lose the opening game of a series in which they were heavily favored.
Just off the subject for a second, how the hell did some kid steal a jet and fly it to Florida? Where is Homeland Security? Do they actually do anything besides scare us with their color charts? Moving on...
Joe Buck seemed to be cheering for the Angels all night. There was even a moment where Tim McCarver and Lou Piniella said they loved visiting Chicago. McCarver then sarcastically noted that Buck loved it, too. Buck didn't respond. What's that, Joe? You prefer St. Louis? What do they have there? One mall with a Bennigan's inside an old train station. Screw you, Buck.
Playoff experience is huge. In 2003, the Red Sox were probably the better team in the ALCS. But the Yankees had been clutch before. The Angels have a World Series under their belt. The White Sox need to some October confidence under their belt in a hurry. They looked like they had it against the Red Sox in the ALDS with all those clutch hits, so I think they still have time to get that Ozzie-swagger back against the Angels.
For me, the night started off bad, what with all of the House and Prison Break promos. Tonight, on a very special episode of House, House gets AIDS. Tonight on Prison Break. Prison Break gets raped. Tonight on Fox.
If there were any Angels fans from Orange County at Comiskey on Tuesday night, were they fearing for their lives? Do they regret their decision to come or the wealth they've accrued to make the trip possible? I'm from Chicago and cheering for the White Sox but I don't know if I don't go down there for fear they'd smell the North Side on me. I think the real mean ones can.
I thought that we were either going to blow them out early, or they would score first and then the White Sox would play nervous all night. After Garrett Anderson homered and Paul Byrd cruised through the bottom of the second, you knew it was going to one of those nights. Like when the Bears were awesome in 2001, had a bye week in the first round of the playoffs, and then got their clocks cleaned by the Eagles. Or any of those times the championship Bulls would lose the opening game of a series in which they were heavily favored.
Just off the subject for a second, how the hell did some kid steal a jet and fly it to Florida? Where is Homeland Security? Do they actually do anything besides scare us with their color charts? Moving on...
Joe Buck seemed to be cheering for the Angels all night. There was even a moment where Tim McCarver and Lou Piniella said they loved visiting Chicago. McCarver then sarcastically noted that Buck loved it, too. Buck didn't respond. What's that, Joe? You prefer St. Louis? What do they have there? One mall with a Bennigan's inside an old train station. Screw you, Buck.
Playoff experience is huge. In 2003, the Red Sox were probably the better team in the ALCS. But the Yankees had been clutch before. The Angels have a World Series under their belt. The White Sox need to some October confidence under their belt in a hurry. They looked like they had it against the Red Sox in the ALDS with all those clutch hits, so I think they still have time to get that Ozzie-swagger back against the Angels.
posted by David Stassen at 8:59 PM
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