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Red Sox-Angels: Boston Headed to Tampa Bay for the ALCS

 
Where do I start…..I have no idea. What an exciting night at Fenway. *As always, some controversy as to should Lester have been taken out after seven innings. I think he should have been left in there, but you know what? I am not in the dugout (I should be, but am not). Tito and John Farrell talked to him, and they have better insight into it than any fan watching on TV or at Fenway.   *It will get lost in the fact the Red Sox won, but what the hell is wrong with Oki and Masterson? Oki comes in, gets two quiet groundballs, then, with two outs, and a two-run lead, walks Mark Teixeira on four pitches. Oki, I am not sure how well you know math, but if you throw it down the middle, and Tex hits it out of the yard, it is only 2-1. Then Masterson comes in, gets two strikes on Vladdy, then throws four straight pitches way out of the strike zone to the 6'3" power hitter. Then an amazing cross-up between Tek and Masterson (I know he is the captain, and he handles a pitching staff ... (link)

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