By Geoff Walter / SNY.tv

 

Maybe that eight-day layoff wasn't such a good thing for the Rockies. Maybe it was just the postseason experience of Josh Beckett against the relative rookie of Jeff Francis, the intimidating factor of an unfriendly Fenway Park that resulted in the 13-1 loss in game one last night that finally put the chill on Colorado's incredible October hot streak. Nine extra-base hits in a single inning and three bases loaded walks can do that. But hey, stranger things have happened. Visions of Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS reverberated last night when the Yankees scored 19 runs over 20 hits, only to lose the next four straight. It happened before and it can happen again.

 

You want to keep telling yourself that it's only Game 1 and Boston still needs three more. Ideally they would want to win tonight before taking the Series back to Coors Field. The odds favor Boston, but I've never been a betting man, nor one to place odds on anything. Another zebra did that and got into serious hot water as we all know.

But Colorado couldn't buy an out with all the gold in the Rocky Mountains and went through their pitchers like tissues, which doesn't bode well for Game 2. And that begs the question, when the heck did Beantown become a sports capital? The Patriots are undefeated, the Celtics look to have an amazing season, and the Sox are in the World Series again! Lots of sports fans outside the Tri-State Area profess that they love to hate New York, but the Big Apple never had as much a monopoly on professional sports as Beantown does right now.

Wanna argue with the Ref? Don't like the call? Go ahead and make your own!