RedEye charts the MVP performance of each inning plus the things we wish we had seen on TV.
1st inning: Mark Buehrle: 1 K, no hits, and he did it in five minutes.
Wish list: The Cell needs a weather bubble. Make it see-through so light gets in. Maybe get Cellophane to sponsor it. Got a million of these ideas …
2nd: Co-MVPs. Houston’s Morgan
Ensberg (solo homer) and Joe Crede (RBI single).
Wish list: Houston’s Craig Biggio dropped a pop fly and the Sox went up 2-1. I wish the ball had hit the wet earth, split and then unraveled, like in “The Natural.”
3rd: Houston’s Willie Taveras: Very fast triple and the game-tying run.
Wish list: A few of these Astros should shave the beards. It’s impossible to tell any of these critters apart.
4th: Tadahito Iguchi: Nice play going to his left. Yes, it was a slow inning.
Wish list: During the in-game dugout interview, Houston’s pitching coach should have been eating pizza and sipping a Coke.
5th: Houston’s Lance Berkman: 2-out,
2-run double.
Wish list: Pitcher Andy Pettitte nails two Sox runners off bases. Here’s hoping these plays spark a revival of that childhood base running game “Stolen Bases.”
6th: Pettitte: Allowed 2 hits with 2 outs but stranded both.
Wish list: I wish I had “top of sixth inning” in the pool for the first Joe Buck in-game reference to “Prison Break.”
7th: Paul Konerko: First-pitch grand slam puts the Sox up 6-4.
Wish list: I do not wish for instant replay to be used in baseball.
8th: Cliff Politte: Three up, three down.
Wish list: It’s so loud at The Cell that I wish it wasn’t 45 degrees and raining.
I wish it were 25 degrees and snowing.
9th: Houston’s Jose Vizcaino? Oh, no, no, no. It’s Scott Podsednik with a walk-off solo homer.
Wish list: Two great games, electricity in the air, and fans talking baseball. Chicago should have the Series every year.
