The Rocks got hot at the right time.  My son and 2 brothers, who are 
in CO, will be happy.

earlier, Vinny Samarco, wrote:

>/Thanks for sending this.  Being up here in Canada, I don't get to 
>see these kind of articles.  But, whether it is to be on this list 
>is anyone's guess. We have how many people from Colorado on this list, Phil and
>Sandi, Lelia and Tod, Vicki, and also Julie.  Did I miss anyone?
>Vinny
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>Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 6:05 PM
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>Red Sox Relax Before Facing Rockies in World Series on Wednesday
>Canadian Press, 2007-10-22
>By Howard Ulman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS--
>BOSTON - Fenway Park was quiet, the Red Sox clubhouse was dry and 
>Jonathan Papelbon
>was done with his Irish step dance.
>The jubilation of Boston's pennant-clinching comeback was over. 
>There was still one
>more opponent to face, one that fashioned an incredible streak to 
>reach the World
>Series for the first time.
>Monday's stillness was the calm before the swarm. The Colorado 
>Rockies are coming
>to town, taking a 21-1 surge into Game 1 Wednesday night.
>They certainly should be fresh - perhaps too fresh.
>After sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks to win their first NL 
>pennant, the Rockies
>will play their first game in nine days. The Red Sox spent most of 
>the time on the
>field, rallying from a 3-1 American League Championship Series 
>deficit and outscoring
>the Cleveland Indians 30-5 in the last three games.
>"We've played a lot of intense games, but we'd rather go in seeing 
>live pitches in
>a couple of days than nine days off," said Dustin Pedroia, who drove 
>in five runs
>in Sunday night's 11-2 clincher.
>"They'll be ready. They've waited their whole lives to be in this 
>situation, so I
>don't think nine days of rest is going to affect their play at all," he said.
>Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said it was worth the eight-day layoff 
>just to see the
>city galvanized by the Rockies' first World Series appearance.
>"I've enjoyed watching the city embrace it," Hurdle said. "I've been 
>able to go to
>some places where we're able to be in the background and just watch 
>the buzz from
>other people. We've gone to places where we've been overly embraced, too.
>"All the stories about the down time were appropriate. What will it 
>do to the Rockies?
>I understand that. But to watch the city - not to have us run right 
>into the World
>Series - has been really cool."
>The weather is Boston for the first two games is supposed to be 
>mild, with mostly
>clear skies and temperatures in the low teens Celsius.
>There's no snow in the forecast for the weekend games in Denver. 
>Meteorologist Robert
>Glancy of the National Weather Service said Monday that Games 3 and 
>4 should be played
>in around seven-degree Celsius weather.
>"We won't have to mess with rain or snow," Glancy said. "We're 
>between storms. It
>won't be bitterly cold. But stay tuned. Forecasts do change."
>ALCS MVP Josh Beckett will pitch the opener against North Delta, 
>B.C., native Jeff
>Francis, who is 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA in his first post-season. 
>Beckett is 3-0 with
>a 1.17 ERA in this year's playoffs and was the World Series MVP in 2003.
>If Beckett is just as sharp Wednesday, Papelbon - a much better 
>closer than dancer
>- could finish up.
>Papelbon put the wackiest touches on Boston's celebration when it 
>clinched the AL
>East. Standing near the mound in a shirt and shorts, he performed a 
>wild dance, while
>spraying champagne in all directions.
>His repeat performance Sunday was more subdued.
>"Papelbon put some clothes on this time," J.D. Drew said.
>Just imagine his encore if the Red Sox win the World Series for the 
>second time in
>four years.
>"I don't know," Drew said. "He looked like he worked on his dance a 
>little bit between
>the last time and last night. So we'll see. Maybe he's getting some lessons."
>On Monday, there were stacks of bottled water on the clubhouse 
>carpet instead of
>the ice-filled champagne bins that were quickly emptied less than 12 
>hours earlier.
>The plastic sheeting that protected the lockers was gone.
>All seemed normal again as about half the team showed up for an 
>optional workout.
>That's the way of the Red Sox, a group that tries not to change its 
>approach no matter
>how extraordinary the situation.
>"The mentality is always the same, every day. You play nine innings 
>or whatever it
>takes," manager Terry Francona said. "I don't think we try to 
>complicate things.
>That wouldn't be very intelligent. Sometimes this game is really 
>difficult to play.
>Sometimes you need to simplify it."
>There is one difference Francona would love to see: a better 
>performance than the
>Red Sox had when they lost two of three games to Colorado at Fenway 
>Park in June.
>The Rockies won the rubber game behind Francis 7-1, and handed 
>Beckett his first
>loss of the season after nine wins.
>Overall, the Rockies outscored Boston 20-5 in the series.
>"They took it to us pretty good," Pedroia said. "So we're going to 
>have to make some
>adjustments, but I think we're two totally different teams since then."
>The Red Sox stayed in first place the rest of the way. The Rockies' 
>big streak forced
>a one-game tiebreaker with San Diego, which they won in 13 innings.
>"They had an incredible run to this point," said Curt Schilling, 
>Boston's probable
>Game 2 starter. "They're going to play us tough."
>They will if their pitchers can tame the Red Sox hitters.
>Boston hit .381 (40-for-105) in the last three games of the ALCS. No 
>longer are David
>Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell the only threats.
>The Red Sox have an edge in experience. They're also resilient. 
>Seven players who
>were on the ALCS team that rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the 
>New York Yankees
>in the 2004 ALCS were on the team that came back from a 3-1 hole 
>against Cleveland.
>What's the secret?
>"You just try to relax and do what you did all year," Drew said. "I 
>knew I didn't
>want to walk off that field an LCS loser. I'd been in that place 
>twice before so
>it was nice to go home a winner and realize you've still got some 
>more baseball to
>play."
>On that same field, the ALCS logo behind home plate had been 
>replaced Monday by a
>World Series emblem.
>The Red Sox players were relaxed before their final push toward a 
>title. Drew said
>he would "go lay down and take a nap."
>First, he took batting practice to prepare for the Rockies on 
>Wednesday night when
>the old ballpark will be rocking.
>
>
>
>
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