Red Sox Think Outside The Bun

What they're saying out there in the power grid about Game 1 of the World Series ...

• I Ain't Got My Taco. Got one. Beckett was Beckett, and that was really the key. But the runs were fun. Really fun. Gotta come right back at 'em tomorrow. The most exciting part of the game was when Coco explained the taco giveaway to Royce Clayton, who promptly came up with the theory of going to every Taco Bell in the world and act like you hadn't gotten your taco yet. I'm thinking about the Colorado games, and the three options we have. I figure we do one in each game. Youk sits, and Ellsbury bats leadoff with Dustin second. Lowell sits, with Ellsbury leadoff, Dustin second, and Youk fifth. Ortiz sits, with Ellsbury first, Dustin second, Lowell fourth, Youk fifth. And each time, you've got an awesome bat off the bench. [ A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory]

• Sox Light Up Rox In First Series Game. As much as we'd rather not have admitted it, the eight-day layoff clearly had an effect on the sharpness of Colorado's hitters and pitchers alike. The Rockies lineup as a whole was behind Beckett's heat all night, and every pitch Francis and company threw to Red Sox hitters lacked life and precision. I had figured the Rox would have some rust, but this wasn't rust. This was a sunken cruise liner after a week at the bottom of the ocean. [ Up In The Rockies]

• Open Letter To The MLB Execs Who Green-Lighted A Wednesday Night Game One. Game one? On a Wednesday night? Dudes, come on. That's great for hobos and inmates, but what about the working man? The guy who pays your bills? By putting game one on a normal business day, you're cutting into my pre-game preparations. See that bunting on the field and that World Series logo on the Fenway grass? That's the unwritten code for "No work shall be done today, people. Stay home and get yourselves psyched up for baseball." Because in another week, it's all gone, Pete Tong. And it's a long, cold winter before it comes back. Whoever came up with this idea needs a beating, and six hours in a locked sauna with Tim McCarver. And also, a beating. [ Surviving Grady]

• Rockies Momentum Hits A Big, Green Wall. Ouch. Maybe I should have pulled for Cleveland a little harder. This was every bit as ugly and one-sided as the 13-1 score would indicate. It was so bad, it made the Cleveland Indians' Game Seven effort look praise worthy. That's bad. [ Bugs And Cranks]

• Time To Break Out The Purple Uniforms. Well, it's the World Series. It takes four wins to take the title. And last time I checked Game 1 was just one game — regardless of the score. So let's look at the bright side. The last time the Rockies came into Fenway Park, they lost the first game and then, over the course of the next two days, switched to their purple uniforms and pounded the Red Sox 19-3 to win the series. So, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the Rockies show up wearing purple on Thursday. In fact, I endorse it. Start Wearing Purple! [ On The Rox]

• Ouch. I disdain saying more, except: It has to get better from here. 0-1. Pah. Nothing. We'll go back to Coors 1-1 and it'll be okay. That said, tonight felt like being sodomized with a broken bat and a fistful of tacks. I make no apologies for that mental image. Night all. [ Sparks Of Dementia]