SoCal Slaughter

One sports fans misery was another's delight on Thursday. It started in Boston and ended in Los Angeles, as the Ducks thoroughly embarrassed the Bruins in their own building and then the Angels dominated the Red Sox in Game One of their American League Division series.

The night started well enough, as the B's scored first and led 1-0 after the first 20 minutes. It all went to hell from there. Teemu Selanne potted two PP goals and Corey Perry added an even strength tally and it was 3-1 Ducks heading into the third. The Bruins looked uninspired and played like garbage on their way to giving up three more goals and losing 6-1. Certainly not the effort fans wanted coming off a 7-2 thrashing of the Canes and a four day lay off. Islanders are up next and may be the sacrificial goat the B's need.

The night ended in shambles. The Sox got four hits, all singles. John Lackey looked like a Hall of Famer. For all that went wrong, CB Bucknor is an ass hole, gotta hand it to the Angels. Torii Hunter has been a vocal leader for this team and backed it up with his bat last night, hitting a decisive three-run bomb to dead center. Other than that hit, Jon Lester pitched pretty damn good in his own right. If the Sox are going to win this series they have to have Game Two tonight (9:37 EST, TBS) and salvage a split before heading back to Fenway. It will be interesting to see if the bats get going against Jered Weaver who has been solid all season for the Halos. If Josh Beckett is healthy, he claims he is, and pitches like he has in the postseason, sans 2008 against the Rays, he could shut down the Angels and spare us from seeing Ramon Ramirez shit himself on the mound again.