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09-21-2006, 09:08 AM
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Congrats Yankees and their fans
Another division title. Kind of like the Mets, this has been over for a while, since the Yankees swept my team in the middle of August. A month later and its official. Kind of funny the Yankees lose and 1/2 hour later pop the corks with the news of yet another Boston loss (who cares at this point).
With all the injuries they have had this year, I'm sure to win the division by this kind of margin with 2 weeks left in the season feels pretty good. Way to go Yankees! 
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#2
09-21-2006, 06:16 PM
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Now on to their a$$-beatin' in the post.
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#3
09-21-2006, 06:32 PM
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Yeah Tim that sweep will be talked about for decades.
I think what happened this year was this: The yankees had fielded an all star team of sorts the past few years. The problem with all star teams is that noone wants to accept a role and noone leads the team, everyone else expects someone else to do it. I also think the pitchers had slacked off the last few years because they always felt the hitting would bail them out. Little did we yankee fans know that the injuries we thought had doomed them, actually reinvented the team and made it a beast. When Matsui and Sheff went down it was tragic, then we lost giambi for a while as well as damon for a while and lost Cano for over a month. Funny thing happened then, the pitchers bore down, guys Like Melky Cabrera and Bernie Williams stepped up, and Jeter just flat out took the role as leader on the field and off and directed them. The other big deal was that the Yankees had relied on power and hadn't been adept at manufacturing runs with old fashioned things like stolen bases, sac flies, bunts, etc. When they were suffering from all those missed players they started playing good old fashioned run manufacturing baseball. It was almost like a boot camp for them. They emerged from he injuries and kept up the mindset that carried them through the hard times. Whats even scarier is that the big lead allowed Matsui and Sheff not to have to rush back and both are 100% physically fine. Matsui is already knocking the rust off and I expect Sheff to do the same thing the next 10 days, hes been activated again. With those guys back in the lineup and guys like Melky and bernie available to fill in or pinch hit if needed, I expect them to roll in the playoffs.
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#4
09-21-2006, 06:56 PM
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Yeah Tim that sweep will be talked about for decades.
LOL! I wouldnt go that far. That 7th game walk off HR by Aaron Boone will be talked about for a while even though they failed in the WS that year to the Marlins. But that 5 game series sweep, while I agree put the dagger in the Sox and clinched a division title for the Yankees, will not matter squat unless they win a title this year. Anything else is a huge disappointment at this point. They dont have the Red Sox to beat in the playoffs, so nothing short of a Yankee WS title will be good enough for Yankee fans. You can only rest on that 5 game sweep for so long. Now its time to play against teams who didnt give up like the very disappointing Red Sox. Good luck. I'm with Scuds in that I dont like the way the post season sets up for them.
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#6
09-21-2006, 07:03 PM
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I really don't see anyone in either league that would be favored over the Yanks in a 5 game or 7 game series. Not to mention all the arm rest that the pitchers have gotten as well as the rest the starting players have received. Oakland has that going for them also. But the Yanks played both Minny and tigers well, and both of those have been engaged in a still ongoing dogfight. All their pitchers(relievers and starters) have been abused and will continue to be for another week at least. Talk about a bad setup, no way for me in any way would I pick them. The Nl is a joke in my opinion, the whole league. I will say it now, if anyone beats the Yanks it won't be in the World Series, or one of the central teams, it will be the A's. They are the biggest threat. Rested players and arms and sharp baseball when it mattered late in the year. To anyone rooting for the AL central teams, good luck, you will need it. Can't wait to see Sheff!!!
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#7
09-21-2006, 07:09 PM
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Well I mean first people said it was the Red Sox and Chisox who would beat them in the Al. Well, adios to them, they couldnt even make it to post season.
I agree 100%. What a huge disappointment by both teams. I will say it now, if anyone beats the Yanks it won't be in the World Series, or one of the central teams, it will be the A's. I agree somewhat. I think the A's have the best chance but both teams need to win 1st round games first just to meet and thats no lock. I dont feel that about the NL at all. While inferior to the AL by a lot, any of those teams can beat any of the AL teams in a given 7 game series. Not likely but wouldnt completely shock me. Tell me Mike, did you really give the Marlins any chance against the Yankees in 2003? I sure didnt. The Yankees were just as good that year, with better starting pitching, and the Mets are far better right now than the Marlins were in 2003.
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#8
09-21-2006, 07:15 PM
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The Yankee-red sox Series was brutal and required the yanks to really overwork the pitching staff. You may not believe me but I said as much at the time to everyone. Wells and Clemens were old then(even older now!!!) and neither was in the best of form or health. We had Petitte and Mussina pitching well then but I was really worried about the team being exhausted and overworked. And thats really how they played, like a tired team. The AL central teams have just been dueling so hard for so long. The A's aren't a dominant team but do play sound fundamental baseball and have been in rest mode like the Yanks with the eye on the postseason for quite some time now.
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#9
09-21-2006, 07:22 PM
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I remember being so depressed and down on baseball after the Yankees beat the Sox in 2003 playoffs. I was eating dinner at Applebees the night of game 1 between the Marlins and Yanks. They had it on at the bar and I couldnt even watch. I angled my seat so I couldnt see the TV. Later that night I turned on the TV to see that the Marlins were about to win the game and they did. I still thought the Yankees would come back but they played (as you eluded to) like a very tired team.
My only question is how come the Red Sox sweep the Cardinals in 2004 after a very tiring 7 games with the Yankees, coming back from the dead? You cant tell me those pitchers werent tired?
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#10
09-21-2006, 07:27 PM
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You got blown out so badly in a few games that you lost that the starters were removed anywhere from innings 2-4. They didn't pitch as many innings. The Yanks Boston series in 2003 were tight games where starters stayed in a long time, and then at the end both teams were using starters on no rest as relievers. Apples and oranges Tim. Come on, you have a better memory than that.
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#11
09-21-2006, 07:40 PM
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O MAN,who you want in the 1st round? I got some bucks on the A's,and no doubt that I want Detroit.You can have THE TWINKS.I'll avoid them as long as possible.Maybe you guys can beat them,and then the A's meet the Yanks.That is the way I would prefer it to go.I think the A's are most vulnerable against a hot team(like themselves.)You are no longer a hot team.You lost to BOSTON last weekend,and couldn't even win to start your own party last night.Is that a half a$$ party,or what? Celebration because somebody beats Boston? That was hilarious.
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#12
09-21-2006, 07:45 PM
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I like the Yanks and A's to win the first round, and quite frankly don't think it matters which one of plays which one. They both will get AL Central teams, and its like 6 of one and a half dozen of the other. I think you have a smart bet and I like it. Betting the Yanks in the first round won't make you squat, but betting the A's might. As far as the Yanks go I realize you are trying to bust balls but even little kids can see that Torre is pitching guys who couldnt even pitch all that well down on the farm in Columbus and has been alternating resting starters. The Yanks won that division a long time ago and if you think they care that they won the division you are wrong. They have been in winning World series mode for weeks now, and if you think they are playing full out you are crazy. Its about being well rested and in good shape for the post season, Torre is doing his job. His biggest concern this week is the play of Sheff and Matsui to evaluate where they stand for the post season.
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#13
09-21-2006, 08:01 PM
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LOL! Red Sox are beating the best pitcher in baseball 4-0.
Could have done this a month ago! Mike, the Yankees just plain got outplayed by the Marlins. Beat around like a bush league team. That was a huge disappointment. They played like hens. I dont believe that beating Boston was good enough. They are professional athletes and should have been able to get up for that series and didnt. They failed, like a kid on dope fails an algebra test.
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#14
09-21-2006, 08:01 PM
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Theyll be scalping metro cards in the middle of October with all the traffic they'll have on the D train and 7 train.Listen 5 year anniversary of 9/11 why shouldn't there be another subway series.
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#15
09-21-2006, 08:19 PM
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I'm a gunna ask O Man one more time.Is Juice King Giambi gunna be able to power this team with that wrist being like that? You are not gunna win this thing without him smashing the ball into the seats late in games.
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#16
09-21-2006, 08:29 PM
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2597804
Never mind.This Giambi isn't gunna help you.Say ya prayers,and get extra crackers from the priest this week(cuz you ain't gunna win it all without this guy cranking bombs out of the park.)
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#18
09-21-2006, 10:21 PM
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People think the Tigers will fold up cause of that not been there thing. They are a better team than the Astros who ended up in the WS because of one thing, pitching. And Detroit has that. I dont count any team out that can pitch. The Astros were not hot last year coming in, they pulled out games because they stayed IN games. Detroit can do the same. They can stay close.
As long as the Yankees have George the buyer, they will be hated.
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09-22-2006, 02:58 AM
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#20
09-22-2006, 07:43 AM
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Everybody in th AL Central loses last night.
SD and LA both win.
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) then off to Cold Stone for a 20oz milkshake. Cant get any better than that.
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