{quote]Did anyone see the eight inning between Yankees/Sox? The Yankees are winning on pure luck!
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Really? Last I checked the ability to field was considered a good thing.
I also understand that when a man is in scoring position, getting a hit is helpful to one’s cause.
Now, assuming this is the case, how come the Red Sox inability to do either of these things constitutes “luck”?
Oh I get it - as in, “We’re sure lucky Boston forgot how to field and hit in the clutch”!
{quote]And let’s not forget they stole Babe Ruth all these many years ago.
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Actually, the word is “bought.” You see the Red Sox, in a move that would foreshadow all following exectutive decisions by the Fenway folks, decided that a hundred thousand dollars or so was a good deal for a person who was the best hitter and pitcher in the game at the time.
But look at the bright side. Part of the money was used for financing of “No, No Nanette,” a broadway play.
I still picked the Yankees from the start, even if the Mets didn’t make it for the NL.
By the way, Jeff, if it weren’t for catching the Tribe flat footed, the Braves would be known as the “Buffalo Bills” of baseball. The Yanks have a much more consistent series record over their last few appearances.
The AL will assert its usual superiority in this series.
SoxFan59
“Its fiction, but all the facts are true!”
The AL? As in the Junior circuit (or is that Junior League)? When are they gonna start playing baseball over there? Make your pitchers bat (and your managers think), like baseball was meant to be played.
Hey, the Yankees are a good ball club (so were the Mets, for that matter). But this edition of the Braves has something seldom seen in professional sports these days - real heart. Like I said before, Braves over Yanks in 7.
An aside - best banner seen at Turner Field last night: “John Rocker for NY Senate!”.
Now, Satan, you can make your “rip Atlanta’s heart out” retort:P
The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik
SoxFan, I am sure the Yankees seem like a really good team compared to your Sox team, but compared to the Braves, no contest. 2 of 3 in the regular season, and 4 of 7 in the Series.
Rocker was in a car accident and totaled his car on Monday and was still pitching in the 90s on Tuesday night. Tell me the Yanks have guys with heart like that.
Coaches set the tone for players, who also overcame stuff like:
SCOTT BROSIUS who had to deal with the death of his father, as it lingered over him and his family for months before he finally passed away a couple of months ago.
DARRYL STRAWBERRY and his problems. Yes, you could say they were self-inflicted, but John Rocker driving 100 MPH was not?
And the whole team had to deal with perceptions that this team was failing, simply because NOBODY could live up to the 125 win juggernaut of last year (the best team EVER, by the way)!
Nah… I’ll make one post about how we’re team of the year, century, decade and how last year’s team was the team of all-time, in a large font no doubt, and it’ll go away…
A sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune, Bernie Lincicome, made this statement this morning about the issue of who is the team of the 90s:
"As New York’s GM Brian Cashman said, and he is barely old enough to remember Whitey Ford, “Aren’t we the team of the century?” Of course they are. The Yankees being known as the TEam of any Decade is the same as, oh, Albert Einstein leading his resume with “Scientist of the Week.”
SoxFan59
“Its fiction, but all the facts are true!”
Well Satan, we have had our share of problems this year. Gallaraga (sp) being diagnosed with cancer and has been at many of the later games. Lopez being injured. Guys playing above their norm, just to make up.
Besides, I do not believe the Rocker was driving 100 MPH, he was heading up one of the interstates and someone started into his lane and in trying to avoid them, ended up hitting a truck. I heard (from my wife who saw it on TV) that his car was messed up pretty bad.
However, since the Yanks have obviously sold their souls to Satan, maybe the Braves do not have a chance.
I ain’t saying anything until we glove the final out of our fourth victory… Braves fans looked REAL STUPID when they started comparing their '96 team to the '27 Yanks, and I ain’t falling for that trap!
