The Tampa Bay Rays advanced to the World Series with a thrilling 3-1 Game Seven victory over the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS on Sunday night at Tropicana Field. Matt Garza, who was named ALCS MVP, was magnificent, striking out nine in seven innings and only giving up a single run. Jon Lester took the hard-luck loss, tossing seven frames and giving up all three Rays runs while striking out eight.
Tampa's David Price, the 23-year-old rookie left-hander, looked like The Next Big Thing in major league baseball, striking out J.D. Drew to end the eighth and retiring Mark Kotsay and Jason Varitek on strikes in the ninth before inducing a forceout from Jed Lowrie to end the game. The Rays will meet the Philadelphia Phillies in Game One of the World Series on Wednesday night in Tampa.
This just in: The Dallas Cowboys looked really awful yesterday afternoon. The St. Louis Rams embarassed the 'Boys 34-14, as Brad Johnson threw three interceptions and looked terrible in the first half en route to the Rams taking command of the game 24-7. With Tony Romo out--along with Pacman and Felix Jones--and an unhappy T.O., this looks like a possible combustible situation in Big D.
Finally, we will find out a lot about the Indianapolis Colts a week from tonight when Peyton & Co. go into Tennessee to take on the unbeaten Titans. The Colts have not shown any rhythm on offense this season and continue to play sloppy defense, two uncharacteristic traits of a team looking to rebound from a disappointing finish to last season.
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