A comparison:

Player A: 5 starts, 5-0, 0.92 ERA, 44 Ks, 4 BB, 0.72 WHIP, average game score of 76, opponents’ line of .176/.206/.265.

Player B: 5 starts, 5-0, 0.80 ERA, 53 Ks, 8 BB, 0.71 WHIP, average game score of 83, opponents’ line of .157/.199/.242.

Player C: 5 starts, 4-1, 0.86 ERA, 52 Ks, 8 BB, 0.76 WHIP, average game score of 79, opponents’ line of .170/.213/.444

Player A is Josh Beckett in his last five postseason starts, dating back to his Game 6 shutout of the Yankees in the 2003 World Series. Player B is Bob Gibson in his best stretch of five postseason starts, encompassing the 1967 World Series and his first two starts of the 1968 series. Player C is Sandy Koufax over his five best starts, the entirety of the 1963 and 1965 World Series (Koufax actually had six consecutive starts that were exceptional; I took the best sequence of five).

Now consider that the MLB average OPS in 1968 was .639. In 1965 it was .683. And the average OPS in 2007 was .758.

We will be talking about this performance by Josh Beckett for decades to come.

well, that’s it. I’m not actually sure if we have to play another game or not.

as soon as I saw the towels I began to relax. I think the rockie fans should bring the towels in tomorrow, lay them on the field and then quietly leave. Then Joe Buck can just move into the presentation of the trophies. There is no reason to carry this on any further.

It’s bad for baseball, in a way.

Granted we only have to win one in Coors Field to make this official but what happens if we lose three?

Beckett can and has won with his fastball but he always has it with a devastating curve and slider.

hmmm. I don’t believe in playing games at 5000 feet above sea level. I think Tito should take his team off the field for health reasons at the first sign of problems, say, falling behind by 4 runs…