Fausto Faces Curt, Coco Sits
October 20, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Games Worth Watching, Playoffs
The ALCS heads back to Boston. While the Rockies do whatever it is teams do while they’re waiting for their opponent to be determined, the Indians and Red Sox hook up for Game 6 on Saturday night (first pitch: 5 p.m. PT).
This is a rematch of last week’s Fausto Carmona/Curt Schilling showdown. The Indians won the earlier contest on the strength of a seven-run 11th inning. (Hey, if the Rockies are trying to trademark “Rocktober”, maybe the Indians could trademark “7-11″; you think?)
Where there are Red Sox, there is drama. This time it comes in the form of rookie Jacoby Ellsbury starting in center field over Coco Crisp. As a Padres fan, I love this move because maybe it will help drive Crisp’s price down this off-season.
Oh wait, we’re talking about the playoffs. Sorry ’bout that.
Well, then, I don’t really care who plays center. What I do find interesting is that apparently Boston considered replacing Dustin Pedroia at second base with Alex Cora. Then someone remembered that the Red Sox actually need to win this game, so that idea was shelved.
What was my point here? I dunno; you tell me…
Being a person that works in radio, the whole Rocktober thing, will never happen. To many, stations use it and I highly doubt anyone is going to grant them a trademark on it.
It’s silly really. Personally I thought “Rocktober” lacked imagination and creativity..but thats just me. lol
Agreed, I don’t see how they’re going to pull this off. And yeah, it’s kind of a lame word anyway…