There's advantages to getting live sports events on television on the West Coast. Since the TV schedules, correctly, cater to the more populous Eastern time zone, we out West get to see the end of games at a decent hour, not 1:30 am. However, the downside is I'm in traffic coming home from work when games start. I missed the start of Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday, of course, so when I got home I was shocked to actually see the Colorado Rockies had a lead in the third inning. It was only 1-0, but considering the humiliating 13-1 defeat the Boston Red Sox laid on them last night, not bad.
Alas for Rockies fans (and Red Sox haters), that was the sum total of Colorado's offense, the Red Sox using timely hitting and excellent pitching to eke out a 2-1 win and a 2-0 Series lead. Likely National League MVP Matt Holliday went 4-for-4, but it wasn't enough to counter Mike Lowell's RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning. It's a baseball cliche that great teams beat you in a variety of ways and the Red Sox have done that so far in the Series. Tons o' offense last night, pitching and timely hitting tonight.
*Maybe* the Rockies can do something when the Series moves to Denver for Game 3 on Saturday night, but I somehow doubt it. Boston just has the look of a team that's going to steamroll whoever they play. At least I'll at least two more chances to see the Rockies gorgeous Brad Hawpe before I go back to ignoring the National League for a whole season, being the American League-centric type that I am. –Jim Allen
There's advantages to getting live sports events on television on the West Coast. Since the TV schedules, correctly, cater to the more populous Eastern time zone, we out West get to see the end of games at a decent hour, not 1:30 am. However, the downside is I'm in traffic coming home from work when games start. I missed the start of Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday, of course, so when I got home I was shocked to actually see the Colorado Rockies had a lead in the third inning. It was only 1-0, but considering the humiliating 13-1 defeat the Boston Red Sox laid on them last night, not bad.
Alas for Rockies fans (and Red Sox haters), that was the sum total of Colorado's offense, the Red Sox using timely hitting and excellent pitching to eke out a 2-1 win and a 2-0 Series lead. Likely National League MVP Matt Holliday went 4-for-4, but it wasn't enough to counter Mike Lowell's RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning. It's a baseball cliche that great teams beat you in a variety of ways and the Red Sox have done that so far in the Series. Tons o' offense last night, pitching and timely hitting tonight.
*Maybe* the Rockies can do something when the Series moves to Denver for Game 3 on Saturday night, but I somehow doubt it. Boston just has the look of a team that's going to steamroll whoever they play. At least I'll at least two more chances to see the Rockies gorgeous Brad Hawpe before I go back to ignoring the National League for a whole season, being the American League-centric type that I am. –Jim Allen
