Not yet. Congrats to the Red Sox on their stunning (and I mean stunning) comeback against the mighty Yankees. Derek Lowe was awesome last night, Johnny Damon finally woke up, and David Ortiz was...well...David Ortiz.
As for the Yankees, this once again proves that to win in the major leagues you need pitching, pitching, pitching. Even with the injury to Giambi, the Yanks still have a pretty potent lineup. But you can't be rolling out Kevin Brown and Javier Vasquez and expect to beat good teams like the Red Sox.
Up next for the Sox: the Astros. Phil Garner did absolutely the right thing in saving Roger Clemons for game 7. Throwing him last night on 3 days rest would have been foolish. Besides, the Astros nearly won the game anyway.
Now he's got Clemons on a a full 4 days rest, Oswalt's available for a couple of innings, and Lidge can come in for the ninth. On the other hand, Tony LaRussa's going with Jeff Suppan. Although Suppan was 16-9 this year, I think he had a losing record at home and a considerably high ERA. Also, he used closer Jason Isringhaussen (sp?) for a few innings last night, so he probably won't be able to give the Cardinals much tonight.
World Series prediction: Astros in 6. However, I'm hoping for a game 7. That would mean Clemons pitching in Fenway. Awesome.
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