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Wow here is something suprising the Sox are up 5-4 in the 5th and OMG the yankees had to pull thier starter Andy Petite, who would have thought of that????? So far I like how this year is going, if Gay-Rod had not been on HR tear this month, the NY Skanks would only have 4 or 5 wins so far. Keep up the good work Steinbrenner.
Dice-K, another 4 ER's and a 4.36 ERA so far. Not bad so far, but he better get better if he's going to justify $103 mil.
The Red Sox can afford it, so who gives a shit?
Are you still at work? Cut that shit out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas
The yankees are pitching like shit!
Not tonight... The last four nights have ended at 12, 12, 2, and 4 a.m. respectively, so sitting on my ass and watching the Sox dismantle the increasingly hapless Yankees is exactly where I want to be right now.
I am an incredibly dynamic individual.
edit: 4 walks in an inning for Pettitte... A horrendous outing for Rivera... John Wetteland and David Cone aren't walking through that door, people. Charlie Hayes and Paul O'Neill aren't walking through that door!
Solid. I fought the law, but SSD still went to law school and became a lawyer. Yankees suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas
The Tigers are slipping. It's a tough division, so they need to win these kind of games.
They will be there at the end.
At this point, I think the Yankees would settle for Aaaron Small. Circa '05, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas
Annnnnnd that's your ball game. Lugo tears it up (although with a terrible error), Diasuke gets the W, and the Yankee bullpen is in tatters while Papelbon gets another day of rest. The only thing that sucked about this game was having to listen to John Flaherty, Al Leiter, and Michael Kay announce it. God, those guys fucking blow.
On pace for 18 wins, 223 IP, 203 H, and 257 K. And he's the Sox 4th best starter right now. Another fine point; Red Sox nation is certainly in panic over this.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Hah I actually laughed at this. For a quick second.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas
The negativity in this town (New York) sucks!
Hey, just remember, if the Yankees had any kind of pitching, they'd be 2-0 against the 100 million dollar Jap dude. He had a nice opening day, but, after that, I'm not impressed.
And if a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his ass hopping.
I wish Mariano could pitch nine innings every time they play the Sox. We'd score 50 runs every game.
Be careful what you hope for (whatever that means)
I'm off to the Bronx to witness more pathetic baseball. At least the ticket is free.
hey, not so pathetic. Maybe you guys should take out our starting pitcher more often. Made for a fun game.
So what's YOUR point? Is that supposed to impress someone? Because he's not impressing many people so far. Good stuff, yes, but not great by any means. Take away that performance against the AAA Royals and he's very below average.Quote:
Originally Posted by Long Duck Dong
You think he's below average????? Are smoking fucking crack??? Yes, He's gotten into trouble a number of times, but every time it was because of control issues in a single inning. And he always manages to bounce back after faltering, which is impressive. I expect him to take some time to adjust to new league and a completely new style of playing. Everything else has been fantastic with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
You obviously haven't watched him pitch- he's had three or four bad innings out of all those starts, and his stuff has been awesome at times. He's good and he's going to get better as he settles in. That statement reflects the kind of reasoning that leads people who aren't from New York to become Yankee fans- it's easier than actually thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Listening to the locals you would think the fans here dont think either,
all summer "trade A-rod"
yeah he sux, get a clue
now "can Torre"
Torre is one of the best managers in baseball.
Jesus couldnt win with the pitching that douche sack Cashman saddled this team with, not that I mind at all.
Its cool Smokan, I'm not out to get you or anything. You just say a lot of uninformed things about sports that I like arguing about. Sure, Dice hasn't been lights out, but just take a breath dude. No one that cares about baseball makes any decisions after 20 games. The Yankees are not going to finish last. Rivera is not going to finish with a 10+ ERA. ARod is not going to hit 100 home runs. Manny is not going to bat .188. What does this all mean? It means that a Yankee homer concluding, after like 6 starts, that Dice has "good stuff" but "not great" and isn't worth the money is pretty unremarkable. There are plenty of apt observations to make about baseball and the Red Sox, but this isn't one of them.
I wanted to take a moment to point out to all red sox fans and Stump in particular, that even though they lost, Man Cave Bitch as you so lovingly refer to him hit a 3 run dong for the Yanks.
Dallas can ignore as we both marveled over the rarity of the phrase "Mientkiewicz 3 run homer" when it happend.
Hey, I'm just making comments.... most people in this thread are guilty of "jumping to unproven conclusions", and that's what I was doing. I know that none of this stuff will continue, and the only reason I'm saying it is for the sake of arguing- isn't that what all of this is, since its so damn early?
That being said, I would not be one bit surprised if Rivera ends up with an ERA over 5.00 this year. His stuff looks like SHIT.
I'm not so sure Rivra will have an era over 5 this year. He looked better than he has closing out Saturdays game. As soon as he gets some regular work, he'll be okay.
I've only seen a couple of his games and a few highlights, but it just doesn't look like his cutter is moving at all. If he doesn't get that figured out, that could be a big problem.
I might have to take that back, or change the emphasis to something like, "Fucking Tavarez! He rules!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki
Irregahdless, he still worries me and I'll be glad to see him back in the pen.
Who woulda thunk man-cave-itch and Alex Cora would homer in the same game? It blew my fucking mind.
Double post about triple play. Doh!
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet. Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzski turned an unassisted triple play on Sunday against the Braves. It was the 13th UA triple play in major league history.
First and second occupied by Braves, 3-2 count and runners moving, Chipper Jones hits a line drive near second. Tulowitski catches the liner (one out), touches second for the force on the lead runner (two outs) and then tags the trailing runner (three outs). It looks so simple when you see it!
There's a video here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270429127
You just mentioned it like two minutes ago. :D
With that situation, I'm surprised its only the 13th in history.
The big story there is the Rockies actually came back and won a close game.
Is he? Somehow he made it to sainthood status. Probably after ring#3. But he should have been canned after last year. Enough already. There's no fire on that team, and all the exciting coaches are gone (bring back Zim!). I wanted Pinella walking around in pinstripes with a clean shave after last fall, gumbling at the press, players, and the world, but he's being wasted on the Cubs. Don't know who else who is worthy is out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
Torre is still alive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
My God, Belichick cleans up nice.
If the NBA Lottery had been held yesterday, it could have been one of the all-time days in Boston sports history.
I agree... Torre is lifeless, and it reflects on the players. There's no emotion except for Jeter and Damon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
I don't know, Rivera has looked pretty disgusted the last few outings. Disgust is sort of an emotion.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
It's pretty bad that the Yanks couldn't buck up for a win yesterday, coming off Saturday's game where everything went their way (and with Tavarez pitching). What a waste of a Man cave bitch* homer... It's a shame, I tells you.
*I'm totally using that from now on.
you're welcome, via stump
oh yeah fire Torre!
its totally lack of Passion, not lack of pitching fucking that team up.
if they were just more fired up, they would be winners.
c'mon he has always been deadpan, and he has more wins than quite a few hall of fame managers
Only LaRussa, and maybe Cox have more wins among the still active
yeah, well, two words: Detroit Tigers. That crusty fuck put a fire under their asses.
What do you think I was trying to do when I yelled "Suck it, New York" in the bar yesterday? Someone needs to light a spark, if only so the rest of the season is more interesting than April has been. 16-8... Borrrrrr-ing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
I am stunned you are having this argument,Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
so the reason the Tigers had a great year in 06 was managerial Fire not the team's 3.84 ERA as opposed to the over 5 the Yanks are tossing now.