Delcarmen, that's who! The only Manny we need here in Boston.
To recap: The Eastern Wizard (Okajima) was the first to provide relief to superstar starter Jon Lester, who pitched 8 scoreless innings. Oki faced 3 batters, had 2 outs, but left 1 man on when he turned the mound over to Masterson. The Young Gun* let the inherited runner score, gave up one more run, and Fenway fell silent with anticipation.
With 2 on and 2 outs in the top of the 9th, it was the Captain (literally, Varitek) who made the play of the game when, "Erick Aybar couldn't make contact with winning pitcher Manny Delcarmen's pitch and Varitek aggressively pinned Willits into no-man's land, chasing him down the line and ultimately tagging Willits just before he could retreat to third base." (Ian Browne / MLB.com)
If yer one of the bildgerats who's complainin' that this should've played out differently (with a lobbed toss to Youk, fer example), I suggest you be on yer way...
No one questions the Cap'n!
To finish the night (which is a blur in my mem'ry): Drew struck out; Bay blasted one back for a ground-rule double; Kotsay lined out; and rookie Jed Lowrie contributed the walk-off RBI single that sent the Angels to Davy Jones' locker.
Champagne showers ensued, and ye Black Pearl Girls were on site to experience all the excitement of the Sox clinching a spot in the upcoming AL Championship Series!
To recap: The Eastern Wizard (Okajima) was the first to provide relief to superstar starter Jon Lester, who pitched 8 scoreless innings. Oki faced 3 batters, had 2 outs, but left 1 man on when he turned the mound over to Masterson. The Young Gun* let the inherited runner score, gave up one more run, and Fenway fell silent with anticipation.With 2 on and 2 outs in the top of the 9th, it was the Captain (literally, Varitek) who made the play of the game when, "Erick Aybar couldn't make contact with winning pitcher Manny Delcarmen's pitch and Varitek aggressively pinned Willits into no-man's land, chasing him down the line and ultimately tagging Willits just before he could retreat to third base." (Ian Browne / MLB.com)
If yer one of the bildgerats who's complainin' that this should've played out differently (with a lobbed toss to Youk, fer example), I suggest you be on yer way...
No one questions the Cap'n!
To finish the night (which is a blur in my mem'ry): Drew struck out; Bay blasted one back for a ground-rule double; Kotsay lined out; and rookie Jed Lowrie contributed the walk-off RBI single that sent the Angels to Davy Jones' locker.
Champagne showers ensued, and ye Black Pearl Girls were on site to experience all the excitement of the Sox clinching a spot in the upcoming AL Championship Series!
Lopez, Masterson, and Delcarmen doused Officer Dunn with champagne, but he retaliated with a hose!
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Even before any real action got underway baseball-wise, we were spotted by Boston Globe reporter Steve Silva, and want to thank him and welcome any new readers who followed the link from The Scene at Fenway page posted this mornin'.
Stay tuned for more swashbuckling tales surrounding Boston's Black Pearl...
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*As far as I know, Masterson has not officially been dubbed "The Young Gun" by any members of the Black Pearl; I simply find it a more palatable way to refer to the rookie
[Photo Credit: Boston Globe]
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