Pick 2 Click: Joe Crede

Well, I missed the last 7 innings of what looked to be one of the most exciting wins of the year because I went to see the excellent documentary The Corporation at the Century with my wife. (The film, by the way, is a thought-provoking look at corporations and how their role in the world has come to be one of near complete domination of our lives, and how it didn't used to be this way. It features interviews with Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Milton Friedman, Michael Moore and others, and it does try to present both "sides" of the issue rather than bashing the viewer over the head. Recommended.)

Anyway, the Sox overcame a mediocre game from Scott Schoeneweis and a terrific display by the Tigers' studly Carlos Guillen. Reading the game recap, it looks like the Sox chipped away with some solo home runs (often their Achilles Heel) from Konerko and Valentin, and a 2-run double from Joe Crede. The game was won by Crede in the bottom of the 9th, as is his style, with a dramatic walk-off home run that had Hawk Harrelson's voice cracking as he screamed the "YES" part of "You can put it on the board..." This sure couldn't compete with the Boston/NY 11-10 insanity and A-Rod's swearing-lip-reading-for-idiots brawlfest, but hey, fuck that -- the Sox are back in first place, and that's all I really care about.