Let's Make It A Lucky Night

Its coming up on game 5 of the ALCS and again we face a humiliating elimination in the post-season. My colleague Mo Blue already went in to quite a bit of detail about the lack of faith this time around so I am going to stay away from what to expect and look to a key factor for our down fall the last few games. Many people maybe looking to blame the Red Sox pitching for this epic downfall at the hands of the least experienced MLB team to reach the ALCS ever. But there are certain intangibles that have to be effecting the mentality of the clubhouse right now. Namely, the greatest post-season clutch hitter of all time is throwing up a goose egg for homeruns this post-season. I would consider this about as clutch as everybody's favorite 1986 scapegoat. David Oritz has been lack luster and I have begun to show more faith in the late game heroics of Jed Lowrie than David Ortiz at this point. Yes we still have had some production from regular season MVP (prediction) Dusty Pedroia, Jason Bay and some meaningless late inning RBIs from Youk, but it has gotten to the point even if Dusty does get on base, Ortiz is more of a Double-play threat than a home run threat. The sad thing is Jason Bay has been hitting like crazy this post season but its scary to say the Rays will be fine giving up a solo home-run if Longoria keeps upping the ante every time he steps up to the plate.

While my fire that was once my anticipation for another World Series win is now nothing more than a candle in the sun (tokin Jay-z reference) I might be a able to shine a little brighter if Ortiz can drop a bomb on me early tonight and maybe you'll see that fire again all the way from NY.