Lester's balls may in fact have their own gravitational field. HUGE HUGE showing tonight. And Jacoby... man, this team is ENTIRELY different when he's on.

Also it appears that the Balls out Nasty Postseason Paps is here again

Oh and we owe an assist to Vlad. His popping out on the first pitch in the first and his getting thrown out at third really killed the ballgame for the Angels.

It's like they're not just brass balls... they're TITANIUM. Considering the strike zone he was working with, Jon attacked the batters and produced results. No nibbling, no junk. Just phenomenal execution (ahem) and an uncanny ability to pull himself out of jams.

Also Paps was practically growling on the mound tonight. I've missed Fierce Angry Postseason Paps.

Vlad running on the basepaths is only slightly faster than molasses running uphill. Of course, he's still faster than Sean Casey.

Lester is fucking unbelievable....how can you not love this guy?? And how great is it to see Jacoby hot as a pistol?

Speaking of Casey. No way in hell he makes that play to get even Vlad at third. Youk did a magnificent job there.

And having Jacoby back, well, we need to hire a hypnotist to convince him its October all year long

I believe all Sox fans around the country would contribute money to that worthy cause.

Another Key to this game:

Figgins: 0-5.

Red Sox shut down the lead off man, so no stolen bases and Anderson's 2-4 did jackall.

As opposed to

Ellsbury: 3-5

And everyone in LaLaLand was jazzed about Gary Jr. making a return to the (postseason) lineup. Turns out the gaping hole was Chone-sized.

Speaking of Gary Jr., the missed catch he had was uncharacteristic.

Dionysus: Ellsbury only went 3-5, but he got on base EVERY time he was at the plate!

Now if he can only do that about, oh, 10 more times this month. . . .

What a game! HUGE win.

I feel for you east-coasters and your late hours!

Lester was amazing and I heart Post-season Paps. I'm glad that Lowrie was able to pull his defense together after making the error.

Watching Vlad run is painful! Great throw by Youuuuuuuk!

I'll pitch in for hypnosis for Jacoby.

Time to get my bum to work, and more importantly, cofffeeeee!

Jacoby deserves a Gold Glove. and I am not saying that because he has the best hair in baseball (you know Pedroia is so envious!) and perfect eyebrows.

those TBS announcers were killing me. who dresses them, clowns? seriously...orange suit?

another thought: Jacoby is A-Rod's antithesis. as in: he ONLY really produces in October. it's like he went "it's October 1st? oh, crap. I should hit that ball!"

::yawwwwwwwwwnnnn::

Wooooooooooooooo HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Jacoby's face after that I'll-sacrifice-life-and-limb-for-this-club catch was pure badass. Well worth the sleep deprivation I'm currently suffering.

I love October Baseball.

Im loving my SoxTober tshirt i got off of SupahFan!

Dionysus:

>And Jacoby... man, this team is ENTIRELY different when he's on.

There was an article in our local paper last week (http://tinyurl.com/4f7ov8) that actually did some of the numbers on this. . .

"When Ellsbury is getting on base and scoring, Boston usually succeeds. In games in which Ellsbury has scored, the Red Sox are 51-17. In games when Ellsbury has scored two or more runs, Boston is 22-3."

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