Scioscia announces rotation and roster

Fear the monkey......

The Angels played in one of the worst divisions in baseball. I think the Sox will win this series in 6 games.

That's a terrible thing to say about Torii Hunter!

great regular season monkey...but fails every year to evolve into a playoff monkey...extinct

I'll take Beckett, Matz and Lester... very confident.

gd...6 games, huh? That'll be historic in a 5 game series...

We are in trouble if it takes us 6 games to win a best-of-five series

It's a 5 game series, so the Sox can't win the series in 6! Fear the Angels -- they are the most complete team in baseball!

gd the series is 5 games only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmm... if they win in 6 games that would be amazing. It's a best of 5.

gd - Sox in six? Um, isn't it a five game series?

what is "monkey" means?

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Brilliant prediction. However, not only will the Angels win this Series in 4 games or less, but the Series only has 5 possible games, so go ahead, win it in 6.

nice job with the 6 game prediction....its a 5 game series

GD wrote "I think the Sox will win this series in 6 games".

Please tell me that was a joke.

"The Angels played in one of the worst divisions in baseball. I think the Sox will win this series in 6 games."

Brilliant prediction - considering it's a 5 game series

where is game 2 posts?

Also sorry for the double posts; but when a game is over can you start a new thread; that says game over and the score maybe??? It will make it easier for the ones following you on a phone to keep updated with your posts.

If the Sox win in 6, it will be an even more amazing feet then their comeback against the Yankees in 04.

That's because it's a 5 game series!

If the Sox win in 6, it will be an even more amazing feet then their comeback against the Yankees in 04.

That's because it's a 5 game series!

Why is Pedroia not playing in the nightcap??? The batting title is very much in reach. Tito's got no right to deprive him of something that will mean alot to Dustin years from now.

If the Sox win in 6, it will be an even more amazing feat then their comeback against the Yankees in 04.

That's because it's a 5 game series!

GD that will be a little tough to win in six since it is a 5 game series

6 games, wow, considering this is a best of 5, genius, great prediction.

First series if 5 games genius

The Sox should have no problem taking care of the Angels.

Since AROD is not playing right now (dont know why any of them wouldn't since its the last game of the season), did he already go home [missing from the dogout?].

Game 2 canceled?

I like the Sox pitching. The x factor is Beckett. If he regains his old form Sox will sweep. If not, I still like them in five.

the rally monkey

There could be 6 games if they had to play at the old Garden.

I think the Sox are weak, but the Angels are the worst 100 win team in history. Their +/- is like 60 runs. I think we'll see a lot of bad baseball on both sides. Well, not a lot, as MLB is the only major sports league that still believes in the shortened mini-series to determine playoffs. Archaic and ridiculous. I can't believe the owners allow this to continue.

Normally I would have to agree that the Sox would win (based upon previous history); however, this year, the Angels has an 8 and 1 record against the Sox and some of that was Sox + Manny. I'm sticking with my Halos this time :)

What would be even nicer is if the f-ing networks would announce the times of the games. I was smart enough to buy tickets here in SoCal before it was determined the Sox would play Anaheim, but neither I or my girlfriend know if we can get time off from work to go of if we will even need to. Hopefully its an evening game (10pm back there)

Never mind.....

Seriously i just HUGE RESPECT for here. I have relied on this blog for my daily life. They fell of the face of the earth after game 1. This is not exceptable, giving the time of the year. Now i have to check espn if Dustin won the batting title or even played in the 2nd game. Also please give me a new blog post after a game has completed. It makes it easier. I live in AC, NJ and have limited insight into the SOX from my home base. Please let us know what is going on right now.

Fix the typos, please!

Wow, some really dumb comments. Mostly about the Angels playing in the worst division in baseball. Even if the AL West was weak we took 8 of 9 games from you this year and beat all of your best pitchers. And now Beckett is hurt. Not to mention Lowell and Drew are hurt. This year the Red Sox get to go through what the Angels went through last year. The Angels are in great health now.

Sox will sweep... for the third time in a row!

Hey gd, how can you use the bad division card on the account that the angels have taken 8 of 9 from the Red Sox this year. Suck on that shit.

You people are retards look at your record this year against the best team in baseball.

I got my tix for game two and five living out here in california. Believe it or not, I spent a total of $60 for two games. $60 won't even get me one game in The Fens for the regular season most times. .

I can't wait. I'm predicting Sox in 5.

The Angles will sweep the Mannyless sox, there will be no game4.

Funny thing is that even with Beckett out, our next two starters have more wins than any of the Halos. ill take Lester and Dice K over Lackey and Santana. I will say that Tori Hunter makes the Angels better than last year but another thing to consider is how hard the Halos pitched KRod this year. The guy pitched every possible save opportunity. I think he is going to be tired and I think he is going to caugh up a couple late leads.