What a series.

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Red Sox/Angels ALDS News & Notes - 10/8
Published 10/8/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... What a series [38 Pitches] ...

Schilling 'Stunned' Angels Didn't Take BP
Published 10/8/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... notes in his blog, it doesn't sound like the Angels really did themselves any favors in the "being prepared" department. On the eve of Game 3, the biggest game of the season, the Angels decided to skip outside batting practice. From Schilling's blog: ...

Did Angels Skip Batting Practice?
Published 10/8/2007 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... to Curt Schilling’s blog today, and frankly, I’m pretty peeved at what I’m reading. Schilling, who shutdown the Angels over seven scoreless innings in Game 3 Sunday, blogged that the Angels didn’t even ...

38 Pitches: Schilling: What a series
Published 10/8/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
38 Pitches: Schilling: What a series One last thought. I guarantee someone will make a big deal out of this and it’s not meant to be. It’s something that I would guess only affected me but that’s why I mention it. I was stunned yesterday as I walked to the pen to warm up, that the Angels took no BP outside. I am walking to the pen and they were doing the ‘on your own’ routine that teams will often do in Spring Training for oddly timed games or during the regular season when you get an early day game after a late night. Now I would bet they didn’t think twice about it, they were ready for the game and all that, but as I am walking to the pen I couldn’t help but think that as high as I was adrenaline wise, with the series on the line, and my nerves on edge, there was no way they could be anywhere near as ready for this game as I was when it started. Sounds stupid I guess, but I know it got me fired up and excited about being a ...

Back East
Published 10/8/2007 by Mike Miliard at Sox Blog
... Take it from yesterday’s winning pitcher: “Manny and David were just unreal for three straight games. Since I’ve been here I’ve never seen nor heard Manny look and feel this locked in. In a season he made it clear he struggled in, from day 1, to see him find it now is incredibly reassuring. David? Well he just keeps being Big Papi. His ability to ease back and relax when it seems everyone else’s tenses up has to be one of the reasons he’s become that go to guy.” ...

Aging Everquest Enthusiast’s Theory On Why The Angels Didn’t Show Up
Published 10/8/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... , a contest which featured David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez going back-to-back off Wevie Stonder II, Eric Gagne making a 9 run lead stand up, and if we’re to believe Curt Schilling (7 IP, 0 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk), the hosts taking a somewhat cavalier approach to their pregame routine. From 38Pitches.com : ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, October 9
Published 10/9/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... and praises Curt Schilling for his seven shutout innings Sunday. (kevinyoukilis.mlblogs.com) Schilling himself gives one of his fascinating, detailed breakdowns of the game on 38pitches.com. ...

Around The Web 10-12-07
Published 10/12/2007 by Sky at skyking162
... Curt Schilling’s blogging frequency has taken a dip, but you have to enjoy reading a playoff series recap by one of the participating starting pitchers, no matter how many cliches are involved. ...

What Happened to Hafner?
Published 10/22/2007 by halejon at The Mockingbird
... all year. I wonder if the Red Sox, who have notoriously good advance scouts (check out Schilling gushing about them on his Blog) picked up something, or if his bat speed was just down at the end of a long season so they kept pounding him. ...