I'm going to give the "live blogging" a shot for the remainder 5th inning of tonight's Red Sox game. I am coming in with two outs at the top of the fifth - Jason Varitek is up and the count is 1-2. He has fouled of a couple of pitches and has just pop flied one to Sweeney. The score is 5-1 and Oakland is up next. The announcers have made note that Varitek celebrated his birthday last weekend by hitting a couple of home runs (good news for my HR derby, as I am probably the only one with him as a write in).
We are now looking at the field and the Sox are in position. John Lester had a 5 run 2nd inning pitching to the A's. Jason Giambi is at bat - fresh from a rowdy crowd booing in the last inning. He hits a breaking ball down the middle to Green and it is fielded cleanly to Youkalis. Matt Holliday (also on my HR derby, which I am not rooting for at this time) is up and the count is 1-1 with one out. Lester's pitch is a ball followed by one over the plate which is hit directly to JD Drew. Up next is 3rd baseman Nomar Garcipara. Jerry and Don have bet $5 that Nomar will swing at the first pitch. He doesn't and the money is exchanged on camera. Next pitch is right down the middle and Nomar hits a home run, making it 6-1. Lester has thrown two balls and two strikes to Cust, who is one for two with a single home run earlier in the game. Another ball is thrown outside, making a full count - Pop fly to center field and Rocco Baldelli makes the catch and at the end of the fifth it's 6-1.
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Brett M Rhyne:
ReplyDeleteI'm very pleased to see you trying the live blogging, Joanne. Let's hope your fellow staffers follow suit!
Nice play-by-play of the fifth inning. Typically, live-time bloggers do more than 4 outs; but given the compressed time-scale of this entry, you do a nice job of describing the atmosphere of watching the game — Don & Jerry's Nomah bet, for example. Since you haven't blogged since the beginning of the game, you might try giving a little more background on the lineups, defensive alignments, etc. Next time, try blogging at least one full inning, or better yet, 3 to 9 innings; and only write after an inning ends (unless something especially dramatic or noteworthy happens.