*WORLD SERIES GAME ONE THREAD: Rockies at Red Sox*

[johnnylovescandy]

LOL when Rockies win 2-1 in Game 2...

[Los Feliz Slim]

Home from the Little Bar in LA, drunk and grunching.

How'd that taste, Rockies fans? Hope it whet your appetite, because more servings are on their way.

BOOOYAH

[Butcho22]

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Not that this was a duff for the Rockies, but even those picking a Rockies series win were thinking the Rockies were going to win Game 1.

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A good indication that it was in fact more important for the Rockies to win.

Maybe I'm missing something or not putting enough emphasize on the match-ups, but basically I would expect Boston to win the series after losing the first game more often than I would expect Colorado to win after losing the first game over a large sample, therefore it was more important for the Rockies.

[NT!]

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Home from the Little Bar in LA, drunk and grunching.

How'd that taste, Rockies fans? Hope it whet your appetite, because more servings are on their way.

BOOOYAH

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[youtalkfunny]

Could we all please stop calling for Beckett in Game Four?

Think about it: if you do that, you need Shilling and Dice to pitch on short rest, as well. Is that what you want?

This Lester kid ain't bad. Did you forget that?

(Also, another 1-2-3 inning from my man Gagne. I'm not joking when I say that I hope they don't dump him this off-season.)

[NT!]

two first round picks > gagne next year when we are already stacked anyway. let him walk plz.

[tuq]

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Could we all please stop calling for Beckett in Game Four?

Think about it: if you do that, you need Shilling and Dice to pitch on short rest, as well. Is that what you want?

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Not necessarily true. Schilling in 2 & 6, Dice in game 3, Lester in 5. In the 2001 WS Schilling started games 1, 4, and 7, Randy Johnson 2 & 6, Brian Anderson 3, and Miguel Batista 5.

Not the thread for this, but I'd like to hear one of the baseball experts chime in on the chance of a horse like Beckett pitching at 100% on three day's rest, i.e. is it worth the chance. Beckett, Schilling, and Jack Morris all did it in recent WS, of course it was really common way back in the day but I guess the wear & tear is much greater now.

[Uston]

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two first round picks > gagne next year when we are already stacked anyway. let him walk plz.

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Any explanations as to how Gagne could possibly be a Type A free agent would be appreciated. I think they go by the prior two seasons. Gagne has been pretty good over the entire 2007 season and he pitched two innings in 2006.

[Vyse]

I thought the same thing Uston, but I remember reading a couple of months ago that he is likely to be rated one. Elias is bad.

Tuq, sabermetric studies are basically universal in that pitching on three days' rest = bad. But I'm sure there are exceptions, and Beckett's previous success on it + keeping him to a low pitch count + him being a power pitcher assuredly helps. The Sox could've easily pulled Beckett earlier and used him on three days in Game 4, and quite frankly I'm surprised why they didn't just to have the option available to them.

[lastchance]

Even if they're not starting him in Game 4, isn't it a good idea to pull him anyway?