*screams*

[heavenly_pearl]

Come on, guys! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?

First off, in response to my last post, in the end I decided I would still do my flipping, except in reverse. I decided to mostly watch the game and flip to my shows during the commercials so that I would at least get the basic idea of what the episodes were about.

Was that ultimately a good decision? I'm not sure. I thought it was through the first six innings. Pettitte was pitching well, and we were up four to two. Then they went to the bullpen in the seventh inning. Now, we have an awesome bullpen, widely regarded as one of the best in the National League, but Wheeler and Qualls were just not on their game today. Wheeler let the Sox load the bases, then when Qualls went up against Konerko, he hit a grand slam, giving the Sox a two-run lead. After that, I figured the game was a loss, so I flipped over to watch the end of Grey's Anatomy. When that was over, I went back to the game to await the inevitable.

But wait! It turned out the game wasn't as over as I thought. In the ninth, against Sox closer Jenks, we actually managed to get hits! In fact, thanks to Jose Vizcaino, who came up as a pitch hitter, and his two-run double, we managed to tie the game! I was esctatic, screaming "Yes, yes, yes!" at the top of my lungs. It wasn't a lead, but it gave us a good chance of going into extra innings if we could keep the Sox from scoring in the bottom of the inning.

Unfortunately, the Astros decided to go with our closer Brad "Lights-Out" Lidge to pitch in the ninth inning. No offense to Lidge, who was the closer for the National League in the All-Star game, but he has not been doing well lately. In Game 5 of the NLCS, he gave up the winning home run to Pujols, and again, he gave off another home run in the ninth, this time to Podsednik.

No extra innings. We lost 6-7.

*sigh*

Well, anyway, I think next Tuesday's game will be ours. Oswalt will be the starting pitcher, and for some reason, I never really worry when he pitches. Not to mention that I think it will do the Astros good to get out of that horrible Chicago weather. They are just not used to playing in such cold temperatures. That's winter for us.

I just worry that the Sox will take advantage of how easy it is to hit a home run in Minute Maid Park...

Comments

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

I flipped until CJ came on, and then I couldn't. The Astros were ahead the last time I flipped.

And yeah, the cold out here would be a bitch for Texans. We'll see how Tuesday goes. :)

[heavenly-pearl.livejournal.com]

Heh, ironically, we're getting a bit of wintery temperatures ourselves today. (Guess we got a cold front.) Right now, it's in the forties and I'm sitting here with a blanket over my shoulders, trying to get warm. However, it is going to get up to the seventies later today, and they're predicting about the sixties for the start of tomorrow's game, so it won't be quite as bad as Chicago.

Plus, we have the retractable roof, which means we don't have to worry about playing in the rain like they did last night.

Honestly, I have no idea how either team could stand playing in that cold, rainy weather... Hope none of our guys got sick.

(Now, if some of the Sox got sick... *laughs* No, that's mean.)

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

See, my Sox can play in any weather. They are not limited by the temperature, becuase we have seasons up North, here. :)

You be nice to my Sox. Or I'll beat you up. :P

[heavenly-pearl.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

Fine, I'll be nice to them, but only because you asked me to. :P

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Good plan. We'll be fair about our rivalry. And nice. Even if you are going down. ;)

[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

(Did you get to see Bree flip out on DH in the midst of all the baseball? Her hair actually gets out of place!)

[heavenly-pearl.livejournal.com]

Well, I saw how angry she was at the cemetery at Rex's reburial. Was that the flipping out you were talking about, or an earlier scene?

[samuraiter.livejournal.com]

Yes, I mean the semi-funeral. ... Looks like she takes it to a new level next episode, though. (Entertainment Weekly is being very hard on this season of DH, but it still likes Bree a bunch.)