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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Mr. Kennedy on September 30, 2004, 10:29:08 AM
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Ok, we\'re about a week away from the playoffs.
In the American League, the Yankees, Red Sox, and Twins gained early births into the playoffs, but the Angels and Athletics are still duking it out for the last spot.
As much as we know about the AL, what we don\'t know is who will face who, because the Twins and Angels have the same record, but the A\'s are but one behind, so it\'ll be nice to see how it develops.
In the National League, St. Louis had cliched about a month ago and are by far the best team in the NL. In all likelyhood the Dodgers will win the west, they are like 1 or 2 games from clinching. The Braves won something like their 14th straight NL East, but have yet to do something with it. The wild card in the NL has been the most exciting race of them all, basically it is coming down to the Astros, Cubs, and Giants. San Diego still has an outside shot, but they are still a good year away from post-season contention.
This year has been so exciting. The Red Sox record gets better every year, and hopefully this year they can win the world series. Deep down inside, I know they\'ll find a way to blow it. But alas, they have a Yankee Killer, number 38, Curt Schilling!!!
GO RED SOX!!!!
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As long as Boston keeps sucking on the Yanks Schlong it\'ll be all good.
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As long as my boys go all the way I don\'t care about ratings.
As a matter of fact the farther my boys go the better the ratings will be.
RSN pushes the needle.
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Wouldn\'t worry about the Cubs being in the playoffs...that\'s just not goona happen.
Completed losing 3 of 4 at home against the Reds yesterday. Mark Prior went 9 innings, gave up 1 run on 3 hits, and 16 strikeouts, and got a no decision -- only runs the Cubs scored were on a Sammy Sosa Solo Shot, and we left the bases loaded 3 separate times. They did everything to lose, and they did. They choked -- 3 games left, 1 game back from the Astors. The Astros face the Rockies at home in the final 3, and the Cubs have the Braves at home in the final 3. Barring a sweep, the Cubs have literally no shot.
See Yuz.
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This is sick, both Anahiem and LA rally for victories to knock out their california rivals from the playoffs.
Congrats Anahiem & LA, respective West division winners.
Most likely the sox will see the Angels now, which is good and bad. Bad because they\'re hot and that\'s not a team you want going into the playoffs. Good because, they won\'t be able to align their pitching rotation accordingly, and we should have mis-matches. Plus we won the season series. :)
Minnesota scares me because we lost the season series, and anytime you see Santana twice, you KNOW you have to win the other 3.
GO SOX!!!!
BTW: Was anyone\'s departure from the playoff race more depressing than the Cubs? I mean they had to play the Reds and the Mets, and they still blew it.
CUBS = Completely Useless Beyond September
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Not to make excuses or anything, but how many days off did the Red Sox have after September 9th?
Cubs didn\'t have any, and were forced to play 25 games in 24 days. Kinda sucks when you\'re running on fumes and your offense is in a slump. Oh well...hopefully we resign Nomar and try to keep the team together...and get Steve Stone out of the damn booth. What a jackass.
Oh well, Go Braves and Jon Lieber. See Yuz.
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Originally posted by ROL Jamas
Oh well, Go Braves and Jon Lieber. See Yuz.
Yuck!
I hate the Braves, and Jon Lieber plays for the Yankees! Blasphemy!
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Yeah, but I like the Braves and Jon Lieber is not only a former Cub, but he\'s a Husker fan, too :)
(Note: I too despise the Yankees. I want to make that perfectly clear)
See Yuz.
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I hope the Red Sox win, its time they won a world series.
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American League Playoffs:
Minnesota Twins (92-70) @ New York Yankees (101-61)
Boston Red Sox (98-64) @ Anahiem Angels (92-70)
National League Playoffs:
Los Angeles Dodgers (93-68) @ St. Louis Cardinals (105-57)
Houston Astros (92-70) @ Atlanta Braves (96-66)
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98 wins. Never thought I\'d see that, back in June.
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Schilling vs. Washburn on Tuesday at 4:09 PM EST
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This is actually the best Sox team of my lifetime. Every other time we had a good squad we were lacking in some department. If we had pitching we needed bullpen help. If we had a nice bullpen our defense sucked. If we had defense our bench was thin. This Sox team has all of the above(Starters, Offense, Defense, Bench, Bullpen) and IMO has a GREAT chance of winning the AL pennant.
It just seems like something is different this year. I can\'t quite put my finger on it though........
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:D Oh yeah. Now I remember.
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Hell yeah. It\'s just too bad that Pedro didn\'t dominate. If he\'d been "himself" all year instead of.. give or take.. half of the year.. we\'d have 100+ wins.
98 is great, but 100 is a great milestone for any franchise in today\'s market.
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Well the Braves play the Astros, they always beat them in the postseason but this year seems to be a bit different. Hopefully they\'ll win that and not choke too bad in the NLCS.
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Can someone sticky this? It will be going on for a few weeks.
Schilling is da man, but a lot of people are picking the Angels because Pedro hasn\'t been himself. I think he\'ll be his usual self come post-season, but the biggest suprise has to be Arroyo, he\'s really come around since the beginning of the season.
It all starts Tuesday, Schilling needs to win.
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Most people are picking the Angels because they are on a hot streak going into the post season.
I\'m hoping that they are beat up after fighting for their playoff hopes all the way up to the end of the season.
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They also beat up Seattle and Choakland, quite amazing.
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The Red Sox will lose. They always do. This is coming from a fan. I even made a five year bet that they will not will the WS in the next five years.
It was a tough bet to make but I was pushed against the wall and I have history on my side.
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All Red Sox know the Ultimate fate of their team. That doesn\'t mean you can\'t root for them and show some optimism. Plus like someone said, this team is different.
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I agree but the years of waiting have worn me down. 1986 was so hard to deal with in a sports sense that it broke my spirit. So now I figure I might as well make a buck of them.
Then again, with my luck, they\'ll probably win this year and you can thank me for it. :)
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Is it just me, or does the AL look A LOT better than the NL right now?
Oh, and you know what I wouldn\'t mind seeing?
Astros over Yankees. MVP Roger Clemens. As much as I hate him.
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I will go with the two teams I picked at the beginning of the season.
Red Sox & Astros
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My beginning of the season picks were the Cubs and Angels, does that mean I halfway win?
I personally think that the winner of the Sox/Angels series will win the AL. Minnesota will be less dangerous over a seven game series than they are over 5 with Santana. The Yanks...I just don\'t see them having the pitching to make it work. They need A LOT to work out for them to win the AL (mainly Brown and El Duque).
The Angels are playing amazingly right now, and I love the effect that a bullpen like theirs can have in the postseason, where the bullpen has less to save itself for and can pitch more innings. I honestly think that is possibly the most important thing in the playoffs. When they won the series two years ago, it was on their bullpen with Rodriguez emerging and Percival being his normal badass self. Both are back now. When the Yanks dominated, that bullpen was what did it for them too. Add into that the man I think is the AL MVP in Vlad, Anderson, and a bunch of guys who have been there before and just know how to win, and I think this team is gonna be tough to beat.
The Sox on the other hand, score runs like no one else, and have the best 1-2 starter combo in baseball. I think the wildcard is Wakefield. He was amazing last year in the playoffs. If he can be solid this year, I think this team wins the world series, cursed or not.
As for the NL...is it possible to root against everyone? I hate the Astros and I hate Clemens. The Cards I\'m kinda so so on, but I don\'t like Rolen, being a sorta semi Phils fan now that I live in Philly. That\'s prolly the team I root for though, seeing as how the Braves and Dodgers are two of my 3 most hated teams in baseball (the Giants being the other).
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will someone please sticky this?
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Angels over Sox in 4
Yanks over Twins in 3
Astros over Braves in 5
Cards over Dodgers in 4
Yanks over Angels in 7
Astros over Cards in 6
Yanks over Astros in 7
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LOL, your picking the Yankees with that makeshift rotation. Wow, even though you are biased, those are still outrageous picks.
The Yankees will win the series, but it will be in 5 games, not 3. They won\'t beat Santana once, much less twice.
The Red Sox have owned the Angels. Schilling beat them twice in Anaheim, and once at home. Pedro will not pitch like he did a few weeks back, and the Angels will not go into Fenway and take two games.
I do believe the Astros will beat the Braves, and fairly easily. Clemens and Oswalt line up perfectly, Hoiuston really played their cards right on this one.
The Dodgers do not have the man power the Cardinals have, and they\'re fairly equal in pitching. So a logical choice would be the Cardinals.
Really man, did you put any thought into your picks?
Note: It\'s pretty obvious Yankee fans do not want to see the Red Sox in the ALCS this year after the Sox took 11 games (4 of 6 series) from the Yankees during the year. Every Yankee fan is picking the Angels in the first round, while most neutral parties, and the logical ones, are picking the Red Sox. I\'m not gaurenteeing anything, infact I\'m not one to make bold predictions, all the games are predicated by the games that were played before them. The Red Sox fans do want to see the Yankees, the Yankees do not want to see the Red Sox
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Originally posted by shockwaves
The Sox on the other hand, score runs like no one else, and have the best 1-2 starter combo in baseball. I think the wildcard is Wakefield. He was amazing last year in the playoffs. If he can be solid this year, I think this team wins the world series, cursed or not.
The Wild Card for Boston is Pedro and Arroyo. If we see August Petey we are fine but if we see late September Petey it will be a struggle. Arroyo has been our third best starter and depending on the performance of Pedro could shut the door or swing momentum.
Originally posted by The Hurricane
Every Yankee fan is picking the Angels in the first round, while most neutral parties, and the logical ones, are picking the Red Sox.
I disagree. Its pretty much 50/50 with picks for the Angels/Sox. A LOT of people are picking the Angels to streak right through the World Series.
I like our matchups against Anaheim\'s pitching and I think a lot of people are failing to realize that the Sox are on a better streak than the Angels and have been resting for almost a week.
If the Red Sox ever win the World Series, deep down I think it will only be right if they beat the Yanks on the way there. However if the Yanks get knocked out in the ALDS and the Sox go all the way you can be damn sure that you will STILL be seeing my black ass acting a damn fool on Landsdowne St.
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:laughing: That NEVER gets old.
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Cardinals 8, Dodgers 3
St. Louis takes a 1-0 lead
Red Sox 9, Angels 3
Boston takes a 1-0 lead
Pedro pitches well against the West, and it should be warm out in California, so I expect Petey to pitch well.
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GAS
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*sigh*
Who in the **** leaves in Joe Nathan when he\'s obviously spent? Rod Gardenhire blows Game 2 for the Twins. Unbelievable.
He\'s GOT to know that, well, JC Romero ISN\'T THAT BAD OF AN OPTION IN THE PEN. Nathan was obviously spent halfway thorugh his 2nd inning of work, and he should have been done thereafter. Then, they get the lead, and he throws Nathan out there for a 3rd inning, and what should have happened did -- Nathan got shelled against Jeter and A-Rod.
If you put Romero in right from the get-go, you don\'t even worry about A-Rod or Sheffield, you just go after Olerud, Cairo, and Jeter. Ugh.
Series tied at 1...Johan\'s goona have to win this series by himself.
See Yuz.
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Gardenhiere pulled a Grady last night.
Sox won again 8-3, Petey back in normal form.
Houston won behind the rocket. :)
STL leads LA, 1-0
HOU leads ATL, 1-0
BOS leads ANA, 2-0
NYY tied MIN, 1-1
mjps\'s picks were complete garbage, he\'s already gotten two wrong, showing a lack of baseball knowledge common amongst yankee fans.
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I didn\'t see you pick any??? And the Yanks will still win the series as will Cards and Astros, so even though the games are a little off 3 of 4 ain\'t bad, so take your garbage Sox and toss\'em. You guys win one world series you\'d be talking about it for another 100 some odd years.
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And just because I\'m a Yankee fan has nothing to do with my baseball knowledge, you have know nothing about me, so don\'t insult my intelligence. ****ing Asshole Boston people shit.
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Easy there.
We know that not all yankees fans are stupid.
Just most of em ;)
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Originally posted by mjps21983
so take your garbage Sox and toss\'em. You guys win one world series you\'d be talking about it for another 100 some odd years.
As much as I hate the Yankees this is so true.
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Seriously every year they get on Santas knee and wish for a World Series Championship, get over it, if its that bad go buy a gun and end your life, you have 3 good years left that you can win a championship if that, then you have to reload again, don\'t forget you ruined what you had with Nomar, 2 years Pedro will be broken down, he\'s shown signs of it in the past few years, Schilling is good for maybe 1 or 2 more years. Then you just have an offense with little or no defense because the trades you made this season will be gone in a couple years.
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Hmm, in three years they\'ll have no starting pitching and no defense...just an offense they\'ll have to hope can carry them.
...sounds a lot like the Yankees this year.
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What makes you think the Red Sox only have 3 more years of contention? How many years do the Yankees have? If you say they have a lot more than that you REALLY don\'t know baseball.
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The yankees can contend as long as Georgey feels like financing it.
And if you think the Sox can\'t contend in 3 years cause Pedro and Schilling are old, that\'s crap. They\'ll be able to sign players if they want from the trades this year, and when they lose Pedro and Schilling, they can just go out and get new pitchers. It\'ll free up tons of salary room. You should know how that works, the Yanks do it every year.
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I\'m just talking about the core players they have now. Maybe I should be eslaborate more. And I never said the Yankees could, so don\'t put words in my mouth, and I\'ll breed all I want Sam so there will be little Yankees running around.
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In 3 years:
Manny will be 35
Damon will be 34
Nixon will be 33
Bellhorn will be 33
Cabrera will be 33
Varitek will be 35
Ortiz will be 32
Mueller will be 36
Millar will be 36
Sounds like the core will still be ticking to me...
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We can\'t all be Barry Bonds now. ;)
Edit: The only clock that will be ticking for them is there time in the game. Some of those players all be it good now will not be what they are now.
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^^^the Sox have the second highest payroll in the game so they can afford to go get players to replace other players.
The only player with a long contract is Manny and Theo Epstein is NOT going to sign a player to a crazy contract that is going to hamper the team from performing in the future.
Not to mention the fact that the Red Sox have one of the best minor league players in Hanley Ramirez(SS). A five tooler who in a few years should be in Fenway.
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Yea, well I\'m a lone wolf against Hunters, so whatever I say is wrong.
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Besides I\'d much rather have the Yankees knocking out the Red Sox again this year than anyone else, I just picked the Angels because they were so hot at the end of the season and were on a roll.
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hot meaning that they beat the texas rangers starting chan ho park and the fading A\'s... real impressive.
As for me, yeah I didn\'t make picks, I don\'t like to get ahead of myself, I\'m a take it one by one kinda guy. Picking the Sox to get swept was absurd though.
Yeah, were in real bad shape our number two starter is Pedro Martinez, by god what will we ever do?
Ok enough sarcasm, I\'m just tired of Yankee fans rubbing their 26 world championships in everyone\'s faces like they deserved every one of them. It makes me sick, i mean god, think of what a little parity could do. Oh well, the Yankees are going no where with that rotation, although I do think they can beat the twins if Brown pitches well tomorrow.
Angels in three... hhehee, that was funny.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
I\'m just tired of Yankee fans rubbing their 26 world championships in everyone\'s faces like they deserved every one of them.
Why don\'t they deserve every one of them?
Do the Red Sox deserve their 5 more than the Yankees deserve their 26?
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Let me put it to you this way...
Microsoft is to computers like the Yankees are to baseball.
There\'s a thing called resources, if everyone had an equal number of resources, I don\'t think they\'d have 26 world championships.
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Not our fault, the Red Sox have nearly as many as the Yankees do so don\'t give me that line of crap. Championships are earned so don\'t try to take anything away from those that would be unfair and stupid. You use the system and the Yankees just use it that much better than anyone else. Its called mo< MOmentum, thats what I was going off, the Angels had to finish the last half of the year hot to come into the world series, the Angels aren\'t out of it yet, its a long shot but still its there.
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Besides you act like the Red Sox\'s staff was that great, other than Pedro and Schilling what is left Wakefield? Lowe? Wasn\'t what he was 2 years ago. Yankees have Mussina, Brown and El Duque and a really good pen. You can\'t have so many comeback wins without a good pen.
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....wow
Don\'t even compre the Yankees staff to the Red Sox staff. That\'s absolutley ridiculous. You have officially revealed the homer in you with that statement. Utter idiocy.
See Yuz.
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The Red Sox pitching staff, this year, makes the Yankees crew look like s**t.. and that\'s with Pedro\'s worst career ERA and Derek Lowe doubling his 2002 ERA.
At least right now, this is true. Mussina is great, but like Pedro.. was way off his career pace this year. Brown was muddled with injuries and stunk. El Duque is great, but is now injured. Lieber was steady, but mediocre. Vasquez fell apart shortly after the season began. Of course, the bullpen has been pretty good. Obviously Rivera, who hasn\'t lost a step in his 8 seasons as the best closer in the AL.. with a very strong Gordon and Quantrill setting him up.
The Red Sox have all of their guys clicking right now, though. Obviously Pedro "rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated" Martinez and Schilling have been overall dominant.. but you can\'t forget Bronson Arroyo. Pegged as a no.5 starter but started Game 3 of the ALDS today and leads 6-1 going into the 7th.. he is why the Red Sox are definitely better than the Yanks pitching-wise this season. 3 great starters, a great change-up in 2003 ALCS dominator Tim Wakefield, and a fantastic (if streaky) bullpen that includes 2003 AL Fireman of the Year Foulke and 2 guys that had a microscopic ERA in the post-season last year.. Mike Timlin and Alan Embree.
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Pedro needs to cut that shit off his head, and maybe he\'d get off the schnide, hopefully he doesn\'t though.
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It\'s been a case of missing velocity and the lack of location for Petey. Without those belt-high 82MPH cutters over the plate.. his HR total would be at least 20% lower. The change-up has been especially unhittable this year, but the fastball has been off. Curveball.. on and off.
Oh yeah, Red Sox sweep in 10 innings. Bring on either Santana or Mussina, bitches.
Red Sox have one on in the 10th... 2 outs... Scisosia brings in his ace Washburn to finish off the the lefty Ortiz.. swing and [size=25]SAY HELLO LAH FRAH![/size] RED SOX SWEEP as Ortiz cranks it into the Monster Seats!
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Sox sweep 3-0, so much for your picks mike.
I expect the Yankees to win tonight, lose against santana, and then win on Sunday.
Oh and money does talk look at the 1997 Marlins, PRIME EXAMPLE.
We have three quality starters, Schilling, Pedro, and Arroyo, that\'s all we need in a three game set. See ya in the ALCS.
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PAPI WITH THE 2-RUN WALK-OFF JACK!!!!!
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gg, but Francona should have left Arroyo in. He was cruising, FFS.. it was just a walk!
Only 92 pitches; you gotta give the starter a shot at 7 IP in that situation. Would\'ve done it for Pedro or Schilling at that pitch count..
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I personally was impartial to the game, but I of course am a big Darin Erstad fan (Former Huskers always get much love from me)...that 7th inning to me was absolutley hilarious. There was no way Timlin was going to strike out Erstad like he was trying to -- Erstad\'s one of the best contact hitters in the game. Walks in the run, and that pitch to Guerrero was right down the middle of the plate.
Basically, the Red Sox should be fortunate that Scoscia put in his struggling ace Jarrod Washburn (hasn\'t been himself all year) instead of Troy Percival, and that was the final straw. Big Pappi\'s a badass, and ended the game with one swing. There\'s no way to measure how great of a pickup he was from the Twins in the FA market 2 years ago. He\'s been simply incredible.
See Yuz.
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That is why I have complete faith in the Red Sox this year.
They have NEVER been this good.
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Yeah, nobody cared about Ortiz.. not even the Sox. Manny and Pedro had to nudge Theo to sign him..
Then, he didn\'t get much playing time until almost a third of the way into the season.. but still hit near .300 with over 30 homers and over 100 RBI. Awesome.
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Perfect, Red Sox vs. Yankees ALCS...
Revenge is a dish best served cold... :)
We have our rotation set up this year perfectly, and we are overall a much better team. Should be interesting.
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The Yankees are pests, despite poor statistics. I really hope Francona doesn\'t mess up.
We all know that it wasn\'t Pedro that buried the Red Sox in Game 7..
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
That is why I have complete faith in the Red Sox this year.
They have NEVER been this good.
Don\'t even say that. You\'re gonna curse them. You know as well as I do that you can\'t trust the Red Sox until the last out.
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Yep. You certainly can\'t trust them to get through the 8th inning.
This horse is dead but I just keep beating it. It\'s fun, like Donkey Konga.
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I\'ve been gone for a bit, but one thing I missed that I have to say something about: mjps21983 saying the Red Sox have nearly as many resources as the Yanks.
That is so incredibly far from being true. The Yankees make more than the Sox by a whole hell of a lot. The Sox have a smaller stadium, so they can\'t sell as many tickets (they do sell out every game). The TV base is one of the huge differences though. The NY area is so much bigger than the Boston one that the broadcasting revenue generated by the Yanks is much larger than that of the Sox. There are tons of other factors, but yeah, there is no way that any other team has close to the resources of the Yanks.
And trust me, if the Sox could support a pay roll the size of the Yanks, they\'d use it to try to beat them.
And as for comparing the staffs, don\'t make me laugh.
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The payrolls are only $60-70 million dollars apart but the Yanks could easily support over $200 million in payroll.
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And 60-70 mil is more I\'m sure than the payroll of a lot of MLB teams.
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Minnesota\'s is only aroung 50-60 million. Some one actually stated that most of the Minnesota line up wouldn\'t even start if they were playing for the Yankees.
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^^^Thats true for a lot of teams though. How many players from Minny would start on the Sox? I would venture to say that Torii Hunter would get some burn but other than that everyone sits(Besides, of course, Santana but that is a given.)
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Hunter would play in RF against lefties.
Santana would be the #1 or 2.
Koskie would be an improvement over Youkilis.
I guess thats about it, they\'re not very good, well, neither is anyone in the AL Central.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
Koskie would be an improvement over Youkilis.
But not over Mueller and with Bill healthy Youk doesn\'t get any burn.
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You\'d get some bullpen help though :-p
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Not really, our bullpen have one screw up in the past two seasons in the post-season. The grand slam to Guerrero that was it.
Boone\'s HR doesn\'t count because he hit it off of a starter.
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But are you telling me you wouldn\'t like to add Nathan and Rincon?
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Big games tonight, BURN IN HELL RED SOX, nah, just kidding, good luck, but not too much.
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What\'s the matchup tonight? Schilling vs. El Duque?
I honestly have no clue...meh. Not really paying attention...damn Cubs.
See Yuz.
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Moose vs Schilling
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Schilling got pounded, although it was clear that he couldn\'t truly pitch with the bad ankle.
At a certain point, he could no longer top 91MPH and hung or misplaced a lot of his pitches. Mussina, however, looks absolutely fantastic. Awesome curveball, and great movement on the fastball.
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Wow, I shook off the whole ankle thing, but this looks bad. On top of it Moose is perfect through 6.
Time to concede game one and hope Pedro got that monkey off his back.
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He didn\'t really start showing pain til the 2nd or 3rd inning out there, thats when it was beyond obvious that he couldn\'t be 100% but like they said him 85% is better then alot of guys 100%.
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Yeah but no reason to keep him out there, there are more games to be played.
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Oh, no doubt, but if he\'s that hurt he\'s a stud to even go out there, but whos to say its not hurting the team regardless of how he plays.
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I agree with you. But if he couldn\'t deal with it on like a week\'s rest, what makes us think he can do it on regular rest.
That\'s a big arm out of the rotation, and gives the Yankees a major advantage.
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Finally.
At least Moose won\'t get a no-hitter. :P
I\'ll play spindoctor here. The Yankees usually lose game one, and come back and win the series. The one time I can remember the Yankees winning game one was against Anahiem, and they lost that series.
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Damnit, I\'m skerred
I just hope this is the Bambino f-ing with the Sox fans, its not funny ok, stop it.
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What a game, what a game. Damn they need to stop scaring me like that.
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Wakefield was hittable, that\'s not a good sign seeing as how he was our secret weapon last ALCS.
Great game, though. Hopefully the Red Sox will win tonight then sweep at Fenway.
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The curse strikes again...
Schilling might need surgery.
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Pedro, Arroyo, Wakefield...
Not terrible. Goona have to ride that train for a while, though. Either that or throw Lowe to the wolves again.
See Yuz.
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Hasn\'t Lowe been thrown to the wolves enough yet?
Last I heard, he was so scared of getting shelled that he\'s been using th\' Quantum Sleeper (http://www.qsleeper.com)!
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I might need one of those by the time this series is done.
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Pedro was packing heat tonight. He kept fastball velocity up (season-high 97MPH in the first inning) but in general couldn\'t control it quite as well as he\'d like. 4 walks, two of them really hurt. (scored)
3ER, 4H, 7K.. that 2R-HR in the 6th by Olerud did his numbers in.. but a quality start. Hopefully the Sox can score 4 runs now..
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St Louis vs NY
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After 3 games amongst 2 series, and your calling it already?
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Red Sox are in big trouble. Their two top starters don\'t get a win and one of them might be done for the rest of the post season. Not looking good.
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Who\'s Your Daddy now, j/k seriously what happened to this Yankee Beater team you guys had???
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Jon Lieber happened. What a performance.
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We\'ve had our guys come up and pitch BIG games, Pedro pitched well, but it seems like our guys are just doing it better.
I am worried Brown won\'t be able to get a good game as the Sox are a great fast ball team and Brown is a power pitcher, the Sox have trouble hitting Junk Ball pitchers.
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It\'s official, no more Schilling. That\'s what happened, if Schill hadn\'t gotten injured, this series is tied 1-1. Now we face an 0-2 hole with Schilling out, it was a good season, but something goes wrong EVERY year.
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Blame it on the rain buddy, just admit it you guys are more cursed than anyone ever will be.
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Yeah, were cursed alright. It wouldn\'t be so bad if the Yankee fans didn\'t flaunt the 26 world series as if it were their own. I mean your not actually in the game... oh wait there was Jeffrey Maier, bastard.
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lol
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I take back my original comment...
I\'m not sure who the Yankees are gonna face now...
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Damn I hate too see the fat lady sing too early, but christ they have no answer to keep the Yankees from stop producing runs.
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Good Luck against the Cardinals, should be a good World Series.
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Heh, I don\'t know bout that Houston won tonight and I hope they win tomorrow and go on to the world series, cuz I\'d be going to Houston for it baby!!!
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Pedro is going for game 5 and if the Sox win CURT SCHILLING is coming back for game 6.
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won\'t happen Yanks will wrap it up tomorrow night, and show Pedro who his daddy is again.
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Pedro should have a great outing in his last as a Red Sox player, I\'d like to see the Sox win in their last game at Fenway, don\'t know if it will happen though.
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Last game at Fenway, where are they moving to??? And Pedro will know who his daddy is next year when he\'s playing for NewYork, j/k he needs to go back to the NL
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There are too many players that hate him on the Yankees, it would cause so much disturbance. My guess is that he ends up with San Francisco, Los Angelos, or San Diego.
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Yea, I know that, Pedro is a dick just like Schilling is too, the guy is stuck up from what I see. I wouldn\'t want either of those guys playing in New York, Pedro has 2 good years left in him if that anyways.
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It\'s not game over in Game 5 of the ALCS yet, but 4-2 Yankees in the 6th.
God ****ing damnit, why does everything the Yankees hit off of Pedro have to be subtle? Posada\'s BLOOP double in Game 7 last year, now Jeter\'s shoe-string 3-run TRIPLE in Game 5. Can\'t he just hit a line drive base hit to Nixon?
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GOD ****ING DAMNIT I\'M killing myself NOW, ORTIZ NEEDS TO BE DEPORTED
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I think I\'m developing a serious man crush on Big Pappi here. That was nothing short of amazing.
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10 pitch at bat I didn\'t even see it but thats insane, well back to New York, hopefully we can hope for a injured Schilling and put it in the books and rest up for game 1.
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"Everytime I think I\'m out, they pull me back in..."
Even if Schilling does pitch well and we do force game 7, who the heck would start that game? We don\'t have enough arms left to win the series.
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Man I\'m worried but I\'m not, strange things happen in the house that Ruth built, but if Schilling is hurt we should be ok, force a game 7 and the Sox might just pull it out.
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Who do you pitch in game 7? Could be Lowe on short rest, could be Wakefield cause he needs no rest. No idea besides that.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
"Everytime I think I\'m out, they pull me back in..."
Even if Schilling does pitch well and we do force game 7, who the heck would start that game? We don\'t have enough arms left to win the series.
It would be a first if they came back from being three down. The Yankees will not lose two more and the Sox will once again rip the heat out of every fan.
Sometimes it\'s just better if they would lose and not put their fans through this.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
Even if Schilling does pitch well and we do force game 7, who the heck would start that game? We don\'t have enough arms left to win the series.
Neither does NY. If Schilling has the ability to push off on his ankle I\'ll take the Sox\'s chances against Lieber. No team has ever won a 7 game series after being down 3-0; but no team has forced a game 7 either. Schilling is the reason I had so much faith in this team to begin with so I am hoping/praying for a miracle.
Gordon and Rivera have already pitched two games in a row. This game will be won by whatever pitcher goes the longest. These two bullpens are spent.
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All respect for A-Rod, GONE! Swatting the ball out of the fielders hand, embarassing. Not suprising from the Yankees though.
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You have to love the attitude the Yankee fans are showing. :rolleyes:
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Wow...... wow
This is going to game 7 :)
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Yes, **** YOU YANKEES!!!
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Schilling...a true warrior. This has to go down as one of the most courageous efforts in a while.
A-Rod...proving he\'s a true yankee: a true A-hole.
And the Sox, making history.
**** YES!
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it was enjoyable reading through this thread from the beginning. I can\'t believe how insanely well Schilling pitched tonight, and that blood soaking his sock... he\'s gonna be the stuff of legend for Boston fans if they can go all the way with this.
Like someone above me said.... **** You Yankees!!!!
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Theres still one game left. Dont get too excited.
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Yeah game 7 is the one where they rip our hearts out...
3 things -
1) Schilling pitched amazing
2) NY Fans still think they can play god on the baseball field.
3) Arod is an Ahole - trying to cheat
I\'m in amazement that there is a game 7, but it seems too good to be true.
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My fucking heart......I think I am going gray.
These Yankee-Sox series are taking years off my life. I\'m looking at 2009 tops if I don\'t get out of Boston.
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Details on why Arod is an a hole.
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Arod hit a dribbler down the line with Jeter at first. The pitcher got to the ball, put it in his glove, and stuck his glove out to take Arod on the run. Arod then proceded to swat the arm of the glove while running down the line. The dumbass ump whos trying to ride the Yankees cock meanwhile signals him safe before he even touched the bag (he ran out the line and past the base and the ump still signaled safe, go figure). Jeter starts pumping his fist as he runs home after the ball went flying.
The umps get together and call Arod for interference and he has the nerve to argue the call!!!!!!!!!
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RED SOX! RED SOX!!
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I have to admit I am impressed at the spirit that this team shows. I still know that my heart has been crushed too many times to get too excited, though.
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Originally posted by shockwaves
Schilling...a true warrior. This has to go down as one of the most courageous efforts in a while.
A-Rod...proving he\'s a true yankee: a true A-hole.
And the Sox, making history.
**** YES!
I told you on AIM, man, I just had a feeling that Schilling was going to have one of those games last night.
And who would\'ve thought that Mark Bellhorn would come through? I\'m watchin\' the game with some pals, and after he bats into a double play with the bases loaded, we\'re saying "alright Mark, there\'s 2 outs, you can\'t bat into a double play, so how about you, eh, do something nice, huh?"...2 pitches later, 3 run homer. Well, eventualy it was a 3 run homer. Good conference, umps :)
A-Rod pulls a Robert Fick Ala 2003 NLDS Game 4, Braves Cubs. Purposely slapping the glove out of the player\'s hands could very well be the lowest thing you can do as a baseball player, being that you could seriously injure somebody. I love his "that\'s my running style!" argument...apparently he runs like a crying slapping sissy. I like it.
Bring on Game 7!
See Yuz.
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Didn\'t Bellhorn play for the Cubs?
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I missed why riot cops were called in late in the game...
Were the fans being jerks?
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Originally posted by Ashford
Were the fans being jerks?
It\'s New York. What do you think?
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Yeah, Bellhorn was a cub. Thus James\' singling him out :p
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One of the fans tried to play god of the baseball world and turn a 3 run homerun into a 2 run double. Not quite a Jeffrey Maier moment, but it could have been.
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Originally posted by Ace
It\'s New York. What do you think?
HEY!
I\'m a New Yorker...
What did they do, exactly?
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
One of the fans tried to play god of the baseball world and turn a 3 run homerun into a 2 run double. Not quite a Jeffrey Maier moment, but it could have been.
That fan didn\'t do anything. She was trying to not get hit by the ball. As a matter of fact I don\'t think she even took her hands out of her pockets. The ump just called it wrong.
Originally posted by Ashford
HEY!
I\'m a New Yorker...
What did they do, exactly?
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After this play was reversed the fans started throwing baseballs, cups, and plastic bottles onto the field. It didn\'t seem that bad on TV but I guess the umps felt threatened enough to bring in the stormtroopers.
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I love that picture.
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It became shockingly evident after watching the slow-motion replay that A-Rod was out.
He\'s running all of the way down the line.. "regular" style.. and then as soon as the tag approaches he reverses his arm movement, swatting the glove. It\'s so obvious on the replay; you can see that A-Rod swatted it, and Arroyo had a good lock on the ball in his glove.
I\'m not too surprised that Arroyo dropped it.. A-Rod\'s gotta have some power given his HR production.. on pace to set the MLB record..
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This is stupid if Trot Nixon or someone like Varitek did it, you guys would be calling him a gamer a Red Sox god to you all if they had done it, they would have been deemed smart, the guy obviously was just reacting, the only thing he could think of was to get the ball lose so what do you do??? Push him, he didn\'t look like he really meant to slap it looked more of a pushing motioin, but you all have your opinions. I just hope something of a miracle happens and the Yankees bats wake up tonight.
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A-Rod has been in the MLB for 10 years.. he knows you\'re not supposed to interfere with a routine play like that. Nothing against A-Rod, it was an intense game and he make an error in judgment. It happens to all of us, but it\'s important to note that it happened.
It wasn\'t a bad call by the umpires in the end, and overall A-Rod and especially the Yankee fans should be ashamed of their actions at that time.
You didn\'t see Red Sox fans disturbing the game when the Sox got butt-raped in Game 3 at Fenway..
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Bottom of the 2nd and Red Sox are leading 6-0 :D
But its still just the 2nd inning...
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What nationality is Damon?
A bit of topic but this has been in the back of my mind.
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Damon\'s as American as we are, but.. hmm.. I would suspect there\'s a little Native American or Mexican in him. Maybe, maybe not.
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He has a little bit of Jesus in him, too. Only Jesus can hit 2 Home Runs for 6 ribbies against the Yankees in Game 7. Only Jesus :)
6 outs. Only 6 outs until DESTINY.
See Yuz.
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I\'ve said this before...
3 OUTS AWAY!!!
Note: If the Yankees lose they will not be remembered for the 26 championships, they will be known as the biggest choke artist of all time, 192 million payroll and all.
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[size=30]THIS IS SO FREAKING AMAZING!!! ITS SO CRAZY RIGHT NOW!!! THE GREATEST COMEBACK OF ALL TIME!!![/size]
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Im glad Im not in Boston right now.
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wow, what a nice through ass-kicking to send the yanks home
life is good
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BOSTON BOSTON!!!
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This is amazing.
I\'m on my way to Boylston RIGHT NOW!
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I can\'t believe it! The World Series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BOSTON RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Man o man my stomach still hurts, still in knots.. Probably got an ulcer after this series, I haven\'t slept. Boston is awesome, I love it!!!
Even faced with the hamburger helper, Boston pulled through.
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I will say that Boston looked like they wanted it more than the Yankees I mean there pitching wasn\'t spectacular the Yankees just didn\'t go up there trying to hit anything like the Sox did. I anyone think of this, we stole Babe from you back in 1918 I think and we steal A-Rod from you in 2004 to reverse the curse??? This is insane, I just hope the Astros get in for Rogers sake. Go Stros
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Great now to break the curse you have to win the world series, don\'t count your chickens before they hatch, you beat the Yankees but theres still a World Series to play.
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I\'m glad I was wrong in predicting the Yankees to win...
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The Red Sox are now the symbol of comebacks, everytime a team is down 3-0, everyone will point to the 2004 Boston Red Sox.
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Yep. Nobody in MLB history even won Game frickin\' 6 after being down 0-3 before..
This was a series like no other. Well, actually.. it was kind of like that other ALCS that the Red Sox should have won.. *cough* Grady.. but more dramatic.
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It\'s looking like St. Louis @ Boston Saturday night.
Bottom 8, 5-2 STL
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5-2 St. Louis Final, they are your National League Champions.
World Series:
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox[/b]
Game 1: Saturday October 23rd, 2004 7:30 EST at Fenway Park
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The curse lives my friends, heard this today all 4 times they\'ve gone to the world series prior to this they\'ve faced the NL team with the best record for the decade the Mets, Cardinals, Reds don\'t know the other all have gone to game 7\'s and the Red Sox have lost all 4 game 7\'s(credit Dan Patrick Show for this Info). Its not over yet buddies, the Cardinals have the best NL record this decade I see a coincidence.
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Dont be too sure... After all, they just made history, what makes you think it will end now?
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I don\'t know history has a weird way of repeating its self, they can beat the Yankees all they want, but to get to the world series they have win it. I\'m not sure just a nice piece of info.
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Beating the Yankees was an omen, the Cardinals are like a carbon copy of the Yankees with less Assholes.
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Mkay, you have to have more assholes on your team, Pedro, Schilling, Manny*cough cough* I\'m sick but I\'m at a bar livin it up with a Yankee player, hmmm, lets see anyone that played for the Red Sox were all pricks after they won and talked shit about the Yankees instead of having respect.
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Originally posted by mjps21983
Mkay, you have to have more assholes on your team, Pedro, Schilling, Manny*cough cough* I\'m sick but I\'m at a bar livin it up with a Yankee player, hmmm, lets see anyone that played for the Red Sox were all pricks after they won and talked shit about the Yankees instead of having respect.
actions speak louder than words...
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and another thing, Schilling is one of the most respected players in the game, that\'s really low calling him an asshole.
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Hurricane\'s got it right. That and I just look at the Yankee\'s uniform and think asshole.
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Originally posted by mjps21983
The curse lives my friends, heard this today all 4 times they\'ve gone to the world series prior to this they\'ve faced the NL team with the best record for the decade the Mets, Cardinals, Reds don\'t know the other all have gone to game 7\'s and the Red Sox have lost all 4 game 7\'s(credit Dan Patrick Show for this Info). Its not over yet buddies, the Cardinals have the best NL record this decade I see a coincidence.
If you see a coincidence, that means it\'s just lucky and that it won\'t happen again. Good job.
The way you\'ve ragged on the Red Sox the past week is just sick. Now that your Bangwagon Astros are gone, you\'re screwed there, too. Now you root for the Cardinals, perhaps the Astros biggest rival. Awesome.
*does the A-Rod Running motion dance* SLAP!
Bangwagon Fans piss me off.
See Yuz.
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Seriously, how can a fan of Steinbrenner\'s team be calling anyone else an asshole? And what the hell makes Schilling an asshole? And you want an organization moving towards assholes, look who the yanks got last offseason. I think A-Rod\'s actions speak for themselves, and I KNOW Sheff\'s past speaks for itself.
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I\'m Staying out of this thread and any sports threads on this forum...
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Wow, most ignorant statement ever.
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Hurricane you are a Red Sox fan of course anything I say is ignorant to you.
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No, just the fact that you refuse to acknowledge the Red Sox as a better team. I never called you a bandwagon fan.
My beef with you is that you don\'t bring anything to the table except your "the Yankees are your daddy" kind of attitude. Perhaps now that the Yankees aren\'t in the World Series, the ratings will go up.
You have to understand, when your a Yankee fan, it\'s you against the World.
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Mmm.. yeah. Pedro is a bit of an asshole, but Curt? You\'ve got to be kidding me.
Well, yeah, he\'s been a bit cocky before. I remember hearing about how he\'d taunt batters, telling them what he\'d throw and then striking them out on it.. but that\'s it.
What\'s assholish is Jeter saying that the better team doesn\'t always win after losing the ALCS.. and complaining about playing hard all season and not coming home with the pennant.
Uhm, Derek.. you should be the last to complain because you\'ve never missed the postseason since you were called up in 1996! We know you\'re a great player, and respect your ability as a dirtdog and as a captain to a dynasty.. but the Red Sox have suffered long enough. They deserved to win last year, and they earned that AL title this year.
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Thank you blade, but I never ever ever said the Yankees were better than the Red Sox after the Sox won, your putting words in my mouth now. Yea the better team won, is that ok to say, the Yankees choked the Red Sox deserved to win, I\'d much rather have the 96 Yankees on the field then this group, and I\'d much rather see a lower payroll with a few stars and good solid role players and a sold 3 pitchers and a good solid bullpen like we had this year that god washed out because of how many times they appeared in the season. So please do not put words in my mouth, and ROL don\'t call me something I\'m not especially when you don\'t know me, I have my reasons for rooting for the Astros as they are from Texas I live here and I\'m from New Jersey does everything connect now asswhipe???
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Is your name Derek Jeter too, Mjps? Eh heh, none of my comments were directed at you, dude.
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Jeter whatever man thats laughable. He also said that this wasn\'t the same team as in past years. Red Sox are a great ball club, and built for the post season, but think what happens if Schilling goes down again and when Pedro gets rocked by the Cards batters
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This thing over yet? DId the Expos get in?
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I think you guys got it all wrong......I like the red sox much more than the yankees, and yes they won the series with an amazing comeback, but i still think the yanks are a better team. I think they are the most skilled team in baseball. I think the yankees just sort of slacked off when they got up 3-0, but as soon as that happened the sox took 2 and after that, they had all the momentum, and they became unstoppable.
I also think the sox will win the series. There\'s no such thing as a curse, and that\'s stupid to believe in. The sox have so much momentum going into this series after that historical comeback that I dont think an all star team could beat them.
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Obviously the Yankees are not the better team cloud, this was apparent by their makeshift pitching staff.
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Of course the Yankees were better. They paid more money for their players.
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Go Cubs:(
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Word :(
*wants Carlos Beltran*
See Yuz.
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Just Do It (http://www.nike.com/usa/justdoit/v2/index.jhtml)
I really hope they show this commercial during the series.
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Touching, BS.. very touching..
This is the year to be here, though! Oh wait, that was 2002.
This is the "keep the faith" year.
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REDSOX win game 1!!!!! 11-9!!!!! Bellhorn with a 2-run HR in the 8th!
60% of the teams that win game 1 win the World Series! I wont say anything else or I might jinx it........
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Red Sox take game 1 in a fashion more exciting than I had wished, but it was entertaining none the less.
Red Sox 11, Cardinals 9
BOS leads 1-0
Tomorrow\'s Starters: Curt Schilling vs. Matt Morris
Schilling is still 50/50 to me, but I could see him stepping up again. Morris is a Seton Hall Alumnus, but I will never root against the Sox.
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Methinks that this should be a surprisingly light/easy series.
Curt, Pedro, and D.Lowe should be revved up enough to hold the Cards down.
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Originally posted by Blade
Methinks that this should be a surprisingly light/easy series.
You\'d be suprised what the sox could pull off...
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Heh, I\'ve been disappointed by these guys before.. but..
Well, look at D.Lowe in Game 7. Look at Curt in Game 6. Look at Pedro\'s velocity and command of the change-up.
If he can keep those frickin\' fastballs off the plate, he\'s about as good as he\'s been in the past this postseason.
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that\'s all folks
Red Sox 6, Cardinals 2
BOS leads 2-0
a night off, and then...
Pedro Martinez vs. Jeff Suppan
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Dirty -MuthaF*ckin- Water
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This is very exciting but I will hold back my enthusiasm. Too many bad memories.
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the sox already have 8 errors.......... they will come back to bite them in the butt one game if they keep up this 4-errors a game crap!
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I\'m not saying anything about how I think this series will end...
But I can\'t wait til the first Yanks game at Fenway next year when the fans start chanting "Year Two-Thousand!".
**** the Yanks.
Go Sox.
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yeah, the yankees are gonna need a new chant, 1918 might not work in a few days.
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So, if I set next year\'s Yankees payroll at 210 mil, you taking the over or the under?
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I hope "The Curse of the Bambino" wins. :D
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i really don\'t watch baseball like that..and since i live in the ny/nj area one could assume i\'d be a yankee fan, but i\'m more of a mets fan..that said i really wasn\'t upset to see the yanks not in it this year...it was gettin kinda boring seein then there year after year...they was startin to get a little arrogant too...maybe this loss will bring them back down to earth & humble them a bit..
that said i\'d like to see the red sox win it..sometimes i like rootin for the underdog..and it seems this team deserves to win it...
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Whew, man.. they gotta resign him. Theo! Theo, we love you man.. but to maintain that love you just gotta..
A 7-inning, 3-hit tour de force shutout of the best offensive team in the NL by.. coming from my estimations.. the best pitcher in the AL. I felt insulted by Tim McCarver when he called Pedro\'s change-up "one of" the best.
If there are better, more unhittable change-ups than that.. I want to see them. Don\'t show me archive footage of Pedro either, that won\'t fool me.
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Red Sox 4, Cardinals 1
BOS leads 3-0
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How exciting to be one win away. We can\'t Yankee this series though, I don\'t want to be know as the only team to come back 3-0, and lose a 3-0 series lead. Although the Cardinals are a big reason they lost this game, when Suppan butchered the ground ball I knew it was over. Anyway...
Game 4:
Derek Lowe vs. Jason Marquis
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This is truly frick\'n unbelievable.
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wheres mjps? :D
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I am almost speechless. There is an air around town that I have never felt before. Everyone is wearing Red Sox nalia. It is incredible.
I can\'t stop thinking about my grandfather who died without ever seeing his Red Sox win one. It\'s crazy because one of my earliest memories is of him sitting on his chair in the living room listening to the game on the radio. He took me to my first game at Fenway when I was 5 years old and we went to at least one game together every year until he died in \'94. I remember how he told my parents to wake me up so I could see the Red Sox win in 86. I had gone to my first game earlier that year so like every other kid in school I was in love with the Sox and I was CRUSHED when they lost. That was the first and only time I ever saw my Grandfather even well up. My grandfather would have LOVED this. This is amazing. They have to win.
I\'m going to be at the cask \'n\' flagon for the rest of this series and I hope to see some of you other Boston cats over there too.
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What an amazing thread. I\'m tearing up.
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mjps left after he made some ignorant comments, he got pwned when he said the Yankee pitching staff was just as good as the Sox.
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Where did I say that the Yankees pitching was as good as the Red Sox, provide me that quote or when I said that Hurricane, cuz thats funny, and congratulations on your first WS championship in like 90 years, and to think I came into this thread to congratulate you guys, pffft. The better TEAM won this year, not the most TALENTED or PAYED, this Red Sox team is built like the Yankees were in the late 90\'s. Good pitching timely hitting and POP when they needed it.
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Somebody queue the Star Trek: First Contact opening theme when the Sox win Game 4.
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Originally posted by mjps21983
Besides you act like the Red Sox\'s staff was that great, other than Pedro and Schilling what is left Wakefield? Lowe? Wasn\'t what he was 2 years ago. Yankees have Mussina, Brown and El Duque and a really good pen. You can\'t have so many comeback wins without a good pen.
To even mention the Red Sox staff and the Yankee staff in the same sentence is a joke.
There\'s your quote buddy.
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Yankees pitching and Red Sox pitching.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
To even mention the Red Sox staff and the Yankee staff in the same sentence is a joke.
There\'s your quote buddy.
Yes...thanks for saying the same thing I said in Page 2. Awesome.
See Yuz.
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Not to be unrealistic, but to be an asshole I could compare the $26 million dollars of pitching showcased by the Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS (8 ER in a handful of innings) to the $30 million dollars of pitching we\'ve witnessed here in the World Series from Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling. (0 ER in 13 innings)
Not to knock Brown and Vasquez, but they\'ve both been aces on different teams.. playing second fiddle to the Moose now.. and statistically Pedro/Schilling has proven to be considerably better than any one-two the Yankees put together.
The only one that\'s even.. comparable right now would be Mussina/El Duque. Even so, the 1-2-3 of Petey/Schill/Arroyo is better than their best 1-2-3.
Of course, speaking of the playoffs alone.. Derek Lowe has been very effective. Go to the bullpen, and you\'ll see that starting pitching has decided the Red Sox\' fate. Keith Foulke got worked like a cheap whore this postseason and didn\'t give up a run until Larry Walker took him deep last night. Can\'t say the same about Mariano Rivera.
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There you have it, guys. Game 4, 3-0 Red Sox. The curse is broken with a shutout of the St.Louis Cardinals.
8 games in a row is a MLB playoff record. Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez, and Derek Lowe gave up 0 earned runs on 10 hits in 20 innings of work. The Patriots have won 20 in a row. It is a good time to be a Boston sports fan.
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Pigs can fly, hell is frozen, the slipper finally fits,and Impossible Dreams really can come true.[/b][/color]
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I am fucking numb right now. After the game people were going bananas on Landsdowne. We were running around screaming and hugging random people. It was crazy. My craziest Boston experience ever. The cops were trying to slowly move the crowds out so my buddies and I left to drive around the city and celebrate. There were people out everywhere. Crowds on Huntington, on Washington Street, on Mass Ave, on Blue Hill ave. Everyone out honking their horns and waving Dominican flags and BoSox hats. Crazy.
I actually went by my uncle\'s(My grandfather\'s brother) house to make sure he was still alive. This is crazy. CRAZY.
I am going to be downtown this Saturday BRIGHT AND EARLY.
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Awesome. Too bad it couldn\'t be my Astros in the series...but the Sox winning eases the pain a bit.
Go Sox, Go Astros. F the Yanks.
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I still can\'t believe it. It almost doesn\'t seem real.
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wow
I don\'t know what to say!!!! WOW!!! I can\'t beleive it happened - this is just so amazing!! the greatest day ever!!
5 Million expected in Boston to Celebrate the Championship!
Word Series Champs!!!!
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.doodmonkeyradio.com%2Fnuke%2Fhtml%2Fmodules%2Fcoppermine%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10002%2FPedro-WS1.jpg&hash=92e6657999237e90c1b9fcffd71fbb93420b93ed)
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world series = snorefest
i bet the ratings dropped like a brick
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Yes, because when my team is playing in a championship all I care about is ratings.
Don\'t you have a muffler to fellate?
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Sales = King
;)
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dude, nothing makes you happy