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Non-Tech : Approach of Armageddon -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (45)	10/15/2003 5:55:13 PM
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I hate when they do that...

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (45)	10/16/2003 2:29:54 PM
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ALCS Game 7 a superb finale Clemens, Martinez match up in series' final game By John Schlegel / MLB.com BOSTON -- Red Sox vs. Yankees. Pedro vs. Rocket. Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Enjoy. It's come down to everything anyone could have asked for out of this ALCS between baseball's most storied rivals, maybe more. The ALCS goes to a Game 7 for the first time since 1986 on Thursday, and the Yankees and Red Sox are sending their aces to the mound with as much on the line as any Yankees-Red Sox game has ever had before. First pitch is scheduled for 8:18 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium, and the victor will join the Florida Marlins in the World Series, which begins Saturday. The Red Sox forced this delicious dessert with a 9-6 victory in Game 6 that showed off the offensive explosiveness that was their trademark in the regular season, but had been absent much of the postseason. "I guess it was supposed to come down to seven games, as much as you hate to think about it, coming out here with a one-game advantage today," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "But they battled like we've battled each other all year. We battled back, they battled back, and it was just no quitting on either ballclub. "You certainly take your hat off to them. At least we know tomorrow will be the last day." And Pedro Martinez and Roger Clemens will have the last say. After the wildness of Game 3 stole the thunder of this magnificent matchup of pitchers the first time around, Martinez no doubt will hear from the Yankees faithful who already had distaste for the Boston right-hander before Saturday's incidents. Meanwhile, Clemens will hear the other side of that volume, as Bronx fans cheer on the man whose career started with the Red Sox and will end with the Yankees -- with this game, if the Yankees don't win it. There isn't a man on either team who believes the Game 3 incidents -- from the Martinez vs. Don Zimmer tussle to the Manny Ramirez vs. Clemens shouting match -- will carry over into a game as important as this one. "Zimmer is not going to hit tomorrow," Torre said, drawing a burst of laughter during his postgame press conference. "It's Game 7. Game 7, there's [more] important things than stuff that shouldn't be on the sports page." Red Sox leadoff hitter Johnny Damon actually would invite Clemens to start something by hitting Sox with pitches. "If Roger wants to hit a few of us and put a few of us on base, then we're going to take advantage of it," Damon said, knowing full well the likelihood of that is practically nil. Even without fireworks like we saw in Game 3, the intensity might be even higher than it was on that bizarre Saturday at Fenway Park. The Yankees and Red Sox will meet for a record 26th time this season, with the Yankees holding a 13-12 edge at this point, and you can expect all the intensity of the first 25 to be wrapped into one big finale. Never before have the Yankees and Red Sox played a Game 7, so this one meeting will take special to a whole new level. "I think every game we've played against these guys this year for the most part, every series has turned into it," Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek said. "You didn't expect anything else. I'm sure they didn't expect us to go down without a fight, and tomorrow it's going to be a major battle." John Schlegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.