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Tony's Top 5 numbers from Game 2 of the ALCS
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433. Total pitches thrown by 14 pitchers, seven each from the Red Sox and Rays. Tampa starter Scott Kazmir (98) threw the most and Red Sox reliever Javier Lopez (one) threw the fewest.
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3-1/3. Innings pitched by Tampa closer Dan Wheeler, who proved to be the key to the game by staying in the game as long as he did. Wheeler's effort neutralized any advantage the Sox had with Jonathan Papelbon.
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14. Times on base for Red Sox' Nos. 2-5 hitters Dustin Pedroia (four), David Ortiz (three), Kevin Youkilis (three) and Jason Bay (four). That group scored all eight Boston runs and accounted for all seven RBIs.
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3. Starting players in the game who failed to reach base via a hit or walk, including Jacoby Ellsbury (0 for 6), Mark Kotsay (0 for 6) and Gabe Gross (0 for 3). Overall, there were 24 hits and 14 walks in the game.
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19,620. In seconds, the time of the game. Try sitting down some time and counting (at a normal pace) to 19,620. We're willing to bet it would take about 5 hours, 27 minutes (give or take).
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Tony Massarotti is a Globe sportswriter and has been writing about sports in Boston for the last 19 years. A lifelong Bostonian, Massarotti graduated from Waltham High School and Tufts University. He was voted the Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by his peers in 2000 and 2008 and has been a finalist for the award on several other occasions. This blog won a 2008 EPpy award for "Best Sports Blog".
Tony's Top 5
NFL power rankings
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Broncos. OK, we’re convinced. Kyle Orton is now 26-12 in his career as a starter. Josh McDaniels looks like a real coach. And the defense is much improved.
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Saints. Went into Philly and beat the Eagles, went into New York and beat the Jets. Better defense than we thought. Right?
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Vikings. If you’re a Vikes fan, Brett Favre should scare you come playoff time. But in the regular season? So far, so good.
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Colts. Don’t look now, but only three teams in the NFL have allowed fewer points than Indy. And have we mentioned the quarterback?
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Giants. They can run, pass and play defense. And did we mention they’re well-coached? Who needs Plaxico?
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Sox pitching depth hits bottomThe real reason for concern is that key pieces of the 04 and 07 winning teams are old and rusty.
Ortiz, Lowell, Varitek. Is there a baseball "Cash for Clunkers" program? Trade them in for new models.
Bob
'Big Papi' revealed as a mythWow....no sugar coating here, huh Tony? It is bitterly disappointing to confirm what I think most honest Red Sox fans must have at least suspected. Does it change anything? Not really. Again no honest Red Sox fan really believed none of the Home Town players were involved with this, did they? Baseball could have ended this whole story years ago by just making "The List" public. Instead, it will continue to trickle out over the next 10 years and we'll never get past this.
Steve from Plattsburgh, NY
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