# Yankees lose! Yankees lose! Yankees lose!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341 "2004-10-21T03:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/1 "2004-10-21T03:55:39Z")
In the absolute biggest choke job of all time, Yankees lose the ALCS 4 games to 3 to the amazing Boston Red Sox. 25 times in MLB post-season history a team has won the first three games of a playoff series, and 25 times that team went on to win the playoff series. Until October 19, 2004 no team down 0-3 has ever been able to even force a Game Seven. But the mighty Boston Red Sox do, as the goddamned Yankees cough up Game Six. And on October 20, 2004 the almost unthinkable happens the Boston Red Sox come back from the dead, winning 4 consecutive games to win the 2004 American League Championship Series!! The Red Sox are going to the World Series! In fact, the Red Sox appear to have performed 2 impossibilities this evening: come back from 3-0 deficit and more importantly shut Tim McCarver up since Damon’s grand slam. BTW is the Bronx on fire yet? Oh yeah, did I mention the Yankees, those pin-striped choke artists spit 3-zip lead!! ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/2 "2004-10-21T04:07:14Z")
You gotta give some credit to the Sox, too. Ortiz twice, then Schilling, now Lowe and Damon. Talking about the Yankees choking denies those guys their props. Those guys are clutch! ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/3 "2004-10-21T04:09:13Z")
Choke? How many errors were they? OUT-FUCKING-PLAYED. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/4 "2004-10-21T04:11:04Z")
The Yanks prove once again, they have no heart. The Tin Man of New York. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/5 "2004-10-21T04:12:29Z")
**5 Time Champ** … I know where your username derives from, but the fact that you started this thread is interesting – this is the Red Sox’s fifth AL pennant since their last World Series vistory in 1918. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/6 "2004-10-21T04:25:54Z")
> [@](#): > > those pin-striped choke artists spit 3-zip lead!! It wouldn’t surprise me if that was the headline in the NY Times tomorrow, ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/7 "2004-10-21T04:29:35Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > **5 Time Champ** … I know where your username derives from, but the fact that you started this thread is interesting – this is the Red Sox’s fifth AL pennant since their last World Series vistory in 1918. Just a coincidence, I just dislike the Yankees and their insufferable “fans.” And I don’t follow the American League since the Junior Circuit doesn’t play real baseball. Actually I don’t follow baseball much anymore, the greedy, millionaire players, the greedier billionaire owners and clueless Commishner are slowly killing the game. I congratulate the Red Sox on an unbelievable series win. Beating the Yankees 4 games in row in such a convincing manner is great for Boston, and great for baseball as whole. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/8 "2004-10-21T04:30:42Z")
If that’s what the NY Times would say, I can’t wait to see the NY Post’s headline. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/9 "2004-10-21T04:35:38Z")
The New York Times: **Red Sox Defeat Yanks in Historic Comeback** New York Post hasn’t been updated yet, but I predict “Bronx Bums Cough Up Pennant.” Those headline writers are poets. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/10 "2004-10-21T04:36:30Z")
As a guy who couldn’t care less about baseball, I have very mixed feelings about this. Hand one: Work is gonna suck tomorrow. Everyone is going to be in a seriously bitchy mood. Hand two: WFAN radio can STFU about the Yankees already, and concentrate on what’s important – The NY Giants, damnit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/11 "2004-10-21T04:39:49Z")
Of what a lovely way to learn the news!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/12 "2004-10-21T04:42:24Z")
Uh…Make that OH what a lovely way to learn the news…at the Dope. I don’t care about the Yankees losing. My brain just translates it into the fact that the Red Sox have won! I wish I were in Boston tonight! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/13 "2004-10-21T04:44:06Z")
Beautiful phrasing at the end of the Times article: > [@](#): > > It was actually happening. The nerd was kissing the homecoming queen. Paper was beating scissors; scissors were beating rock. Charlie Brown was kicking the football. The Red Sox were beating the Yankees for the American League pennant. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/14 "2004-10-21T04:45:09Z")
The New York Post headline tomorrow: OUCH! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/15 "2004-10-21T04:51:30Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > Just a coincidence, I just dislike the Yankees and their insufferable “fans.” And I don’t follow the American League since the Junior Circuit doesn’t play real baseball. Actually I don’t follow baseball much anymore, the greedy, millionaire players, the greedier billionaire owners and clueless Commishner are slowly killing the game. They’re killing the game? Evidently you haven’t been watching this week’s baseball. It’s the best playoff baseball ever played. I’ve never seen more exciting baseball - not just the ALCS, but the Cardinals-Astros series has been spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/16 "2004-10-21T04:59:13Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > … the Cardinals-Astros series has been spectacular. Agreed. Tonite was a bit of a yawn but tomorrow both sides will take off the gloves. Man, I feel like a kid again. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/17 "2004-10-21T05:06:51Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Hand two: WFAN radio can STFU about the Yankees already, and concentrate on what’s important – The NY Giants, damnit! 🙂 Are you cracked?!? Starting tomorrow it’ll be 24/7 commentary until April on what the Yankees have to do to win next year. Do you honestly think the NY sportswriters and talk hosts are going to forgo 6 months of fodder for the G-Men? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/18 "2004-10-21T05:07:07Z")
Bwahahahaha! Someone check on **World Eater** to make sure that he didn’t hang himself. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/19 "2004-10-21T05:10:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > They’re killing the game? Evidently you haven’t been watching this week’s baseball. It’s the best playoff baseball ever played. I’ve never seen more exciting baseball - not just the ALCS, but the Cardinals-Astros series has been spectacular. You’re right, baseball is amazingly resilient. In spite of everything the players, owners, Commissioner and FOX all do to ruin the game for the fans, baseball bounces back–just like the Red Sox bounced back against the Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341/20 "2004-10-21T05:47:35Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > In the absolute biggest choke job of all time, Yankees lose the ALCS 4 games to 3 to the amazing Boston Red Sox. Amazing? Like Spiderman? Or like a wayward baseball on America’s Funniest Home Videos that hits two trees just right to come flying back and pound some guy in the nutsack? Now, mind you, I don’t give a crap one way or the other (well, actually, being close to NYC, I’m relieved that the Yankees lost so I don’t have to deal with all the WS hype), but, I’ve never heard ‘amazing’ applied to a team with a history of losing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankees-lose-yankees-lose-yankees-lose/270341.md?page=2)