Well, game one
of the World Series looked to be more old school than new, at least for the
victorious Red Sox: 5’9” Mookie Betts
scored two runs; 5’10” Andrew Benintendi scored three to go with four hits;
6’0” Eduardo Nuñez did launch-angle honors with a three-run, pinch-hit homerun
in the bottom of the seventh; and the Red Sox actually ran the bases, even if
dh J.D. Martinez didn’t look good in his steal attempt. And maybe I should mention here that the Red
Sox (I can’t say “Sox” because to me “Sox” can only mean “White Sox”) have
elected to carry a mere eleven pitchers, as opposed to twelve for the Dodgers.
Yeah, there was
more new-school stuff than what I would’ve liked, but what can you do? The Red Sox basically emptied out their bullpen
after starting Chris Sale, the first of seven pitchers for the Carmines (hello,
Hawkeroo). The Dodgers went with five,
so, if you add it up, that comes to twelve pitchers in a game that went eight
minutes short of four hours. Well, at
least the Fox Network didn’t go into heavy promo mode for any of its new shows.
Count your
old-school blessings, I say.
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