So I think the Rockies were used to playing in high-energy stadiums and crowds and last night was anything but high-energy right from the start. The Fenway crowd seemed quiet and very calm, almost like they were expecting a win to be delivered to them on a golden platter and so instead of being the '10th man' they were more like casual onlookers. I think this probably caught the CoRox by surprise.
I still stand by my belief that the home ump, Montague, truly made some bad 'ball' calls against the Rox pitchers forcing them to lay-up perfect meatballs down the pipe or face a walk. Also, I'm not sure how Montague could possibly call that balk against Morales from behind homeplate with that angle; it was very much so like he and the ump at 1st were aware that he had a tendency to kick his leg back a bit and were ready to jump all over him if he did it even remotely close. And it didn't help that Francis couldn't find his killer-curve, and really didn't even get a chance to use it much thanks to bad umping.
That bad umping really made a difference against the CoRox offense, but I guess that's something that you as a hitter have to be aware of and therefore maybe have to be more protective around the plate (Taveras' first strikeout of the game was an example of how he could have protected better). So perhaps the 8-day layoff did screw with some of their timing (somebody get Hawpe a Golden Sombrero) while allowing others to finally get back in the groove (Helton/Tulo/Atkins).
One thing that really stood in contrast was how the BoSux batters reacted to either fouling good pitches away or striking out and being mad at themselves because they would consistently throw out certain 4-letter words. The CoRox however had double the strikeouts, half of them on shady strikezone calls, but didn't feel the need to cuss up a storm. So the CoRox definitely are winning the World Series based on character; lets hope the Baseball Gods turn that into actual wins.
Mendoza's 5280 (reasons for the CoRox to run for President in '08).
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