This is the agony of following the team from THE FUTURE (okay, Monday morning Singapore time). When I left the house, all they were showing was Schilling warming up. When reached the office, the Sox were already up two-zip. Then I had to skedaddle off to the regular Monday morning meeting, which was tortuous - assigned to finish a task, and trying very hard to wish good vibes, chanting “Sox 8 Cards 2, Sox 8 Cards 2” in my mind. Well, it wasn’t 8-2, but good enough. Can’t wait to get home to see the repeat. First postseason game I’ve missed, and it sounds like a doozy. Great to see Schilling in form, terrible that we had 4 errors, great that we won. But then, I figured this was definitely a win for the Sox: I don’t believe in pitching on 3 days’ rest, Matt Morris is terrible away, and the Sox love batting against contact pitchers - just foul off the strikes and take the balls until you walk or get something to hit.
Pedro on the mound next. You think he cares that he has to bat when he pitches inside? For my money, Pedro’s going to be aggressive, and he’ll take any retaliation he has to. One more win. One more win at a time.
Edit: Wow. Watched the game, finally. Schilling is the man. And Foulke’s ability to go 1+ gives Francona so much flexibility. Awesome stuff. And our hitters’ ability to keep running up pitch counts must be infuriating to the Cards: no pitcher in an AL park, so no breathing room. Bellhorn is in some kind of zone.