2007 ALCS Schedule

Here are the game time and probable starters for the ALCS between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. Home games are in red.

GAME 1: Friday, October 12th: FOX, 7:00 pm

• CC Sabathia (19-7, 3.21 ERA) vs Josh Beckett (20-7, 3.27)

GAME 2: Saturday, October 13th: FOX, 8:00 pm

• Fausto Carmona (19-8, 3.06) vs Curt Schilling (9-8, 3.87)

GAME 3: Monday, October 15th: FOX, 7:00 pm

• Jake Westbrook (6-9, 4.32) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12, 4.40)

GAME 4: Tuesday, October 16th: FOX, 8:00 pm

• Paul Byrd (15-8, 4.59) vs TBD

GAME 5: Thursday, October 18th: FOX, 8:00 pm (if necessary)

• TBD vs TBD

GAME 6: Saturday, October 20th: FOX, TBD (if necessary)

• TBD vs TBD

GAME 7: Sunday, October 21th: FOX, TBD (if necessary)

• TBD vs TBD

ALDS Game 4: sweet victory!

Three! four!
Three! four!
Three! four!

(bunch of ah-ah-ahs here)

All this energy calling me
Back where it comes from
Its such a crude attitude
Its back where it belongs
All the little kids growing up on the skids are goin
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Jumpin (jean) gene genies, moody james deanies goin

Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks

Mama knows but she dont care
Shes got her worries too
Seven kids and a phony affair
And the rent is due
All the little chicks with the crimson lips go
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Shes livinin sin with a safety pin
Shes goin cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks

Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks

I got some records from world war two
Ill play em just like me grand dad do
He was a rocker and I am too
Oh cleveland rocks, yeah cleveland rocks
So find a place
Grab a space
And yell and scream for more

Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks, cleveland rocks

(bunch of ah-ah-ahs here)

Three! four!
Three! four!
Three! four!
Ohio

Cleveland Browns: QB Score: Week 5

Derek Anderson drank from the Bret Favre fountain of bad decisions before the start of the first half and those magical fluids clearly had an impact on how he played. Sure one of his interceptions was the result of a tipped ball, but even that pass wasn’t so wise to begin with and overall he was throwing the ball all over the place, just not frequently enough into his receivers’ hands.

The second half was a little different. Anderson pretty clearly moved into “game management mode” which is a mode that suits him well, especially against a New England defense that is one of the best in the league. The Browns made a comeback and the final score belies how close the game was midway through the fourth quarter. That the Browns were able to get within a score is a credit to how well the defense played and they did play quite well. New England is scary good and before Sunday the Browns’ defense was scary not so good. Maybe Sunday’s performance will give them the confidence boost they need.

A few things need to be kept in mind when thinking about how well Anderson played:

1. The game was on the road.
2. The Patriots are the best team in football, with one of the best defenses.
3. The Browns played without their starting running back for the entire game (save for the first play).

None of this makes up for the few horrendous decisions Anderson made, a few of which crippled the team’s chances of keeping pace with the Patriots in the first half. Still, things could have been much worse.

QB Score: 31
QB Score per play: .674