The Rivalry Part 2

It's the bottom of the fourth. Bucholtz should be out of the inning. With two outs on a 1-2 count, he threw strike three past some new Yankee catcher I already despise. First, cause he's a Yankee. Second, he wears number 19. I hate Yankees wearing that number.

Anyway, the home plate umpire calls it a ball. It's knee high right over the inside corner. But the seasick bum calls it a ball. New Yankee catcher gets a basehit, giving the Yanks a 4-3 lead. Jeter comes up and knocks in two. It's tough to beat New York when they get extra outs at home. It was a chicken call by an ump intimidated by New York. IN my mind, the Rivalry is back, based on that call alone. All the old hatred is seeping in.

6-3 Yankees in the bottom of the 4th. Updates to follow.

UPDATE: Julian "Automatic Win Day" Tavarez comes out of the bullpen, throws a wild pitch. Yankees score another. 7-3, heading to the top of the 5th.

UPDATE PART 2: Sox score 3 in the top of the 5th. Wang's outta there. No outs, two on. 7-6, good guys come charging back.

UPDATE PART 3: Tim McClutchen. He's been around forever. No excuse being intimidated. Either he's a horrible ump or he favors New York. Jerk. Anyway, Sox add on 3 more. Should have been more. Lugo and Varitek both struck out on horrible calls. Pedroia should have walked on a 3-0 count, but a pitch six inches outside was called a strike. Dustin drove the next pitch down the line for a ground rule double though. Oh well. In spite of the umps, Sox lead 9-7.

UPDATE PART 4: I've never seen such a horribly umpired game in my life...I take that back. Every game at Yankee Stadium except game 6 of the 2004 ALCS is this bad. 19, whoever he is, has the umpires in his pocket. On what should have been a double play to end the inning, he came 5 feet outside the baseline to tackle Lugo trying to make a relay to first for a double play. The ball went over Tavarez's head, who was covering first, allowing two runs to score which shouldn't have, cause the inning should have been over. 11-9 Evil Empire.

UPDATE PART 5: The Yankees won, 16-9. I have no further comment.