Agony & Ecstasy - Yet Neither Dreamy?

With the glaring exception of GAME ONE of these 2013 ''WORLD SERIES'' (the game that saw Jon Lester get accused of greasing the ball as to alter its velocity significantly enough in order to gain an unfair advantage, as he was dominant on the mound for the Boston Red Sox as they crushed with such ease the St-Louis Cardinals 8 to 1 and left no doubt which one was the superior team, that night...) - said series has been a roller-coaster ride of ho-hum feelings and sensations...

Fans (meaning RED SOX NATION; all other fans of ''America's Pastime'' are obsolete) are compelled to question the questionable (calls such that ''fielder's indifference'' aka OBSTRUCTION call in Game 3 - that made no sense) question the unquestionable (our manager, Farrell, inexplicably keeping handing the ball over to Breslow - who hasn't pitched well since the BIG DANCE began here!  He was effective against Tampa Bay and Detroit though; so maybe he's one of those guys that goes ''strictly the American (League) way'' then?) and dodge all the rest - that is when they're not just feeling queasy, jittery and all-together ooky.

However, the series is so evenly-matched, with both teams having garnered the exact same record this year (97-65) during the regular season (which does include ''intraleague'' play) that it is pointless to get too nervous early on: it is almost assured that this will go down to the last pitch.  Game 7. Ninth inning. Full count. Bases loaded. RED SOX WIN!  (That's my scenario and I'm sticking to it!)

Still, having blogged all this and all that - let's have a closer look at all the infuriating things from the past few innings... shall we?

Didn't have the luxury to be at the *main work station* prior to this hour, so it was prepared through, ah... other means!  Have a look:

Can't believe they'd complain more about the way FOX intersperses 

the game's (often uneventful) innings with interviews, 

and not rage against the refs and their controversial call...?!?

Anyway...

Onwards to GAME FOUR - 

where the Sox used THREE STARTING PITCHERS! 

Buchholz, Doubront and Lackey! 

And, in the end, it was Tazawa and Uehara that got it done! 

Sure, it was a total team effort 

at the most crucial time, 

but, truly, Junichi Tazawa is the main relief pitcher 

and absolute set-up man 

for closer... terminator... 

Koji Uehara! 

The Boston Red Sox 

would be nowhere near the elite team 

that they are, now, without 

these two! 

It was a trying week-end, to say the least: but, now, we've got them crimson birds right where we want them!  No doubt about that!  GO, SOX, GO!  FEAR THE BEARD(S)!!!  

And Game 5 is on as we blog...! 

:-!