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Today we're trying a little bit of an experiment on Hole Punch Sports. My friend David, who joined me at the NLCS, begged me to let him "live"-blog last night's game. Please believe me when I say I made absolutely no edits to the following.

Welcome to game 1 of the World Series readers. I am guest blogging for HolePunchSports and will have a running account of tonight’s game. Since tonight is the first time the Rockies are in the World Series it makes for a great stage for my first column.

4:28 No pre-game show here in the San Francisco Bay Area, Just my dog and me and our good friend miller light. Ahh nothing better then cracking open a cold one while watching southern California burn to a crisp.

4:40 I am getting pre-game butterflies. I have never been as happy with sports as I am with these Rockies. I was happy when the broncos won the 1998 Super bowl. But that was expected. I had been waiting a decade for John Elway to finally lift the Lombardi trophy. This World Series is like opening the best Christmas present ever and you didn’t even know it was Christmas day.
Since Fox decided not to have a pre-game show I am watching ESPN news, which is basically, sports center light. Its like Gatorade vs. Propell. The problem with ESPN news is it is like watching regular anchors with ADD who refuse to tell the full story.

4:49 Just cracked open Miller Lite number 2. Before anyone criticizes me for drinking Miller Lite please remember that the company is now call MillerCoors because of a recent merger.

4:56 Dusty Baker, John Kruk and Steve ? all pick the Boston Red Soxs, Wow I can’t wait for everyone who picked the Sox or the Rox look like fools. I really wish some one had Cahones to pick the Rockies. Oh wait I do. I pick Rockies in 5. Why? Because no DH makes Boston just a little bit weaker and the Rox only use one as a bonus.

5:04 Eric Byrnes is a fox commentaor!!!! And he is giving props to the Rockies and the defense. Get outa here. Last week in Colorado I lost my voice yelling at him for calling the Rockies lucky. Eric Byrnes should run for President. Nice Flip Flop! I guess they are in Massachuets.

5:10 The pre-game show of Eric Byrnes, Eric Karros, Kevin Kennedy all just picked the Sox over the Rox also. Everyone on TV is weak. Since the pre-game show just started I am wonder when the first pitch will actually be.

5:18 Josh Beckett scares the crap out of me still. Those of you who read my comments on on mike’s entry yesterday will have a good impression of how scared I am. But I guess I am always neverous when underqualifed people are expected to do great things. Unlike me however the Rockies are getting it done. Maybe we will be ok. Maybe…

5:23 The American flag at Coors field is bigger then the one Boston hung off the green monster. That makes the Rockies 1 for 1 on random comparisons.

5:26 Woohoo Joe Buck is Back in my life! Tim McCarver too. Can life get any better.

5:27 One minute in and Tim McCarver just announced that if the Rockies win it will give them an advantage. I am sure glad he cleared that up for all of us at home.

5:33 Beer 3. It is clear that pre-game shows were designed to help the booze advertisers. I would rather put a pencil through my eye then go through this sober.

5:36 First pitch from Beckett- Strike

5:38 Taveras Strikes out. Wow that was fast

5:41 Matsui Strikes out. 2 outs in the first. Matt Holiday can turn this around.

5:43 Holiday struck out. 1-2-3 for the Rockies. This is why I have been crapping my pants all day. What an awful side. At this rate assuming the Red Soxs don’t run the score up too high this game will be done in an hour and thirty minutes.

5:47 Homerun Pedroia. On the second pitch from Francis. 11 minutes into the game and the Sox are perfect.

5:49 Youklis doubles off Francis. Are you kdding me this is awful. This is a bad of a start as I could imagine.

5:54 Youklis just got knocked in by Manny. I can’t blog while Boston is up to bat. I will get back to you at the top of the second.

6:05 Painful but finally over. Helton is up in top of the second. At the end of every inning if the Rockies are loseing I am going to take a shot of tequila. It begins now. So cheers to you and yours. Beer 4. Tequila 1.

6:11 Tulo RBI gets the Rocks on the board 1-3 We are back in this one.

6:13 Middle Second. Beckett has 5 Strikeouts. Yep I was right he is as scarry as it gets. Do we really need Dane Cook convincing us to watch more baseball?

6:28 End second. Only gave up one run. Francis is keeping it tight. Still on beer 4 Tequila 2

6:34 Girlfriend is home. This should be fun. I know she will judge me for drinking alone and yelling at the TV but I am not sure exactly how this is going to go down Rockies score no runs in the third. Things are getting better every second.

6:55 Middle 3 Beckett has 7 strikes out. Freakin sweet. At least Jeff is keeping us in this thing. Oh wait he isn’t I will check back in at the end of the third.

7:11 Still 4-1. This is a moral victory at least. I still have nothing but shame and disappointment in my life however. Or at least that is what she says. Beer 5, Tequila 3. I need to eat something
7:14 Top of the 4th. Its Rally time Holiday, Helton, and Atkins are going to eat into this Red Sox victory.

7:22 Middle 4th. Beckett has 2 more K’s and I drank 2 more Miller Lite’s. How come people in lite beer commercials are so happy. Never in all my years on this planet have I ever been that happy.

7:41 End 4 I can’t keep this up. Good thing I live in a ground floor apartment. Francis gave up to more runs and things are starting to look a bit bleak. Beer 7, Tequila 4.

7:55 Mid 5. At least Beckett didn’t strike anyone out. 6-1 Rockies.

8:?? Are you freaking kidding me! Let me recap Morales starts the inning taking over for Jeff Francis who gave up 6 runs but sis strike out JD Drew. Gives up a run and gets two outs. Good. Right? Wrong. He then gets hammered like the pretty girl after Prom. Giving up 4 Runs. Wow. This is as bad as it gets. Right? Wrong again. Morales is relieved by Ryan Speier who inherits 2 outs and the bases loaded. Tough situation? Yes but you can come up and get one out against Lugo. Can’t you? NO he walks him and then Ellsbury and then Pedroia. Are you freaking kidding me you have two jobs. First try and get the last out and bail out the overwhelmed Morales. Second don’t walk anybody.

That is it I am done watching this game. Final Count. Boston 13, Rockies 1. Me 11 Beers 6 Tequilas and I am off to play some serious Halo 3. Peace.

7:18 AM the next day. My prediction still stands Rockies in 5. To do that we had to knock the rust off. And we had it knocked off by a Mac truck from Boston. We will be on a roll now. I am confident. A bit queasy but very confident. Time to fire it up against Schilling. I am not scared of him. Am I?