ALCS Thoughts

> Anyone who saw Matt Garza outpitching Jon Lester in a Game Seven... you're lying.

> Coco Crisp, if he goes to the bag instead of the man in the eighth, is probably safe.

> Whenever you use five pitchers in an inning, it's scary. Especially when one of them is Chad Bradford.

> Youkilis swings at ball four in the eighth. Not exactly Greek God Of Walks there... but he walks on the next pitch anyway. And it's all on a rookie against a guy (JD Drew) who has been Mr. Clutch for the past two years... and Price treats them like the piece of garbage that he is. Beautiful.

> I watched Mark Kotsay for years in Oakland. Seeing him get eaten alive by David Price... didn't surprise me. Some things, even laundry can't change.

> Price against Varitek was like watching an old animal getting killed by something remorseless and young. Which is, well, what it was.

> The next time you hear about how important it is to have experience to be a closer, think back to Price tonight. Experience is nice. Throwing in the high 90s with movement is, um, better.

And at 11:40 pm EST, on a ground ball from Jed Lowrie that Akinori Iwamura wisely did not choose to throw, the Red Sox Were Killed. Finally, with a stake in the heart, a decapitation of the head, with holy wafers and garlic stuffed in the head, and the head exposed to direct sunlight.

Matt Garza and David Price -- you're getting laid!

Update - Simon on Sports has your yummy, yummy Red Sox player tears. Youkilis, your tears are so yummy!