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CC is gonna go eat his feelings in the dugout now.

Holt hit .292 vs lefties this year. But I’ll defer to Cora on this one. Still a good chance Brock Star comes off the bench once the Yankees go to the ‘pen.

Brock Holt on the bench tonight. What’s he gotta do to play twice in a row? Pitch, too?

Ron Darling can suck a lemon. http:// https://nesn.com/2018/10/did-red-sox-break-baseballs-unwritten-rules-in-alds-blowout-of-yankees/amp/ TBS color analyst Ron Darling, a former big league player himself, took notice, seemingly inferring Benintendi broke baseball’s “unwritten rules” by swiping the bag with a nine-run lead. “Well, I guess (that’s) from the school of never taking anything for granted. You don’t usually see that. In the postseason, maybe, in the regular season, never,” Darling said on the broadcast. For added effect, Darling’s broadcast partner, Brian Anderson, followed that up by restating the score. Fast-forward to the seventh inning. Benintendi again piqued Darling’s interest, this time swinging at a 3-0 pitch with the Red Sox still leading 10-1. “I found (Benintendi stealing in the fourth inning) unusual, but you know, you can still keep pushing the envelope,” Darling said after Benintendi fouled off the pitch. “But boy, swinging 3-0 in the seventh with a 10-1 lead … there used to be a book, there’s no book anymore, everything’s grey, but I would find that offensive, personally.” He added: “You have to judge for yourself if rubbing it in ever starts to rub you the wrong way.”

A cycle in a playoff game is quite memorable.

Brock Holt!

Let’s gooooooo!

Crowd seems a little amped tonight. Not the usual mausoleum atmosphere of (New) Yankee Stadium.

I like. Betts RF Benintendi LF Martinez DH Bogaerts SS Devers 3B Pearce 1B Holt 2B Vazquez C Bradley Jr. CF Eovaldi RHP

Nate Eovaldi - who has a better record vs the Yanks than David Price - gets the start for Game 3.

FACKIN DAVID PRICE...

And that’s the game.

For the record, I don’t like the Sox wearing the red jerseys two days in a row. This series is going 5.

Yowzers. Closer than it should’ve been, but I’ll take it.

Not sure if I like this move, still... Porcello was (surprisingly) looking great, and I definitely don’t trust Kimbrel for 4 outs. But I’d love to be wrong.

Matt Barnes - while dominant at times this year - wears his pants like a retiree in Boca Raton.

Workman. Whew!

Whatever that father and son paid for front-row monster seats... pretty sure it paid off.

Well, Sale is hitting 95 on the gun... that’s at least somewhat of a relieving sign.

Fun meaningless stat: Since the epic 2004 ALCS, the Red Sox and Yankees have faced each other in 260 regular season games. Since the start of 2013, they are 57-57 against each other.

This one's going 5 games. Go Sox. Given that Happ is pitching for the Yankees, the Sox go with future HOF (and Yankee-killer) Steve Pearce batting third. (Quite the underrated midseason trade, btw.) Red Sox lineup: Betts, RF Benintendi, LF Pearce, 1B Martinez, DH Bogaerts, SS Nunez, 3B Kinsler, 2B Leon, C Bradley Jr., CF

Fuck it. Bring on the Yanks. 2004.

I’m ok with them replaying the clips ad nauseam.

Finally announced the Sox ALDS Game 1 time — 6:30 central on Friday. (Astros/Cleveland is the day game.) Personally, I’d rather play the A’s... but it’d potentially be a whole lotta fun to face the MFYs in the playoffs again (for the first time in 14 years).

Also another fun fact: Mookie Betts is the first 30/30 player in MLB history to also win a batting title in the same season.