Oct 26 2008
this weekend in sports
This weekend has been excellent, as far as sports goes. The Phillies beat the Rays in game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. For those of you that missed the game, it was a great game. It was close the entire game, until literally the last inning. It was tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the ninth. The Rays pitching however seemed to fall apart when it was needed most. Eric Bruntlett got to first on a HBP and then Victornino walked, followed by Dobbs who also walked. The bases were loaded without a single hit, or an out. The hero of the game of was Carlos Ruiz who singled to drive in Bruntlett and win the game. The Phillies and Rays are playing again right now as I type, so I cannot give a review of that game (it is 0-0).
The other good part of this weekend was the Patriot’s victory over the Rams. The Patriots have obviously been crippled by the loss of their star QB Tom Brady who was sidelined for the season after a “legal” (but cheap) hit by Bernard Pollard in week 1. Since then, the Patriots have been dealing with inconsistency in the quarterback position, which was filled by Matt Cassel. However, I think that in the past few weeks Cassel has stepped up and proven himself capable of at least being in the same room as Brady’s shoes, though he comes nowhere near close to filling them. The Patriots won today with a touchdown reception by Faulk with 3 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Kevin Faulk has always been a clutch player for the Pats, and I am glad they have kept him on. This is all I have to say for now. Tomorrow I will post part 3 of my story and talk about game 4 of the world series.
