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quote: Originally posted by big and red: My guess is you are rooting for the Philles and not the Dodgers. 
A very, very astute observation!
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| Posts: 6137 | Location: Elk Grove, CA, USA | Registered: Dec 06, 2003 | |
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quote: Originally posted by mountainman:
Angels in 6 over the Yankmees.
It won't even be close. Yanks in 5. Your pitchers don't scare me, and your best hitter is now on the Yankees. Basically, your team has about 6 innings to outscore the Yankees while the Yankees can wait until Fuentes takes the mound. |
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| Posts: 1440 | Location: New Jersey | Registered: Aug 05, 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by big and red:
Hold on Dodger fans, the Phllies are coming. A great win for the Phils last night. After the bottom of the 8th innning, I thought they were done, but three in the 9th closed out the Rockies. Great series for Lee, Werth and Howard. As a bonus, Lidge seems to be back.
hopefully he's all the way back to his "blown save" self that he's been late in his career... last year was an abberation for Lidge out of the last 3-4 seasons just hope this series is different for the Dohyers then last season too Wolf & Kershaw had the lowest & 3rd lowest OPS in MLB this year against left handed batters, and Howard, Utley & Rollins all hit under .200 against the Dodgers this year when they took 4 of 7 from the Phillies... with Kuo coming back around and Sherill there to help the pen, hopefully the pitching will keep up their momentum as well as Kemp & Ethier we'll see! i'll be there game 2! |
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| Posts: 3959 | Location: Southern Calif | Registered: Jul 07, 2003 | |
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Torre lost that game to the Phils last night! Torre had his 22 year old pitcher, under a great deal of pressure, walking batter after batter, trying very hard to throw one over the plate, and when he finally got one over, it was hit out of the park! Done deal!  Hang this one on Torre, not Kershaw! |
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| Posts: 6925 | Location: Germantown, Tennessee | Registered: Oct 25, 2001 | |
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Torre made a lot of bad decisions his last 2 years with the Yankees. I was happy to see him go. He was "insulted" with a $6M offer with incentives. The incentives were warranted due to his ineptitude. The Yankees made him, not vice versa.
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quote: Originally posted by Board-O:
Torre made a lot of bad decisions his last 2 years with the Yankees. I was happy to see him go. He was "insulted" with a $6M offer with incentives. The incentives were warranted due to his ineptitude. The Yankees made him, not vice versa.
Board-O , I think you're right, but my "Bums" still want a piece of your Yanks! BTW, I have an original Brooklyn pennant from the 50's, which I will hang if the Dodgers make it to the series, but only if they play the Yankees! |
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| Posts: 6925 | Location: Germantown, Tennessee | Registered: Oct 25, 2001 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Board-O:
Torre made a lot of bad decisions his last 2 years with the Yankees. I was happy to see him go. He was "insulted" with a $6M offer with incentives. The incentives were warranted due to his ineptitude. The Yankees made him, not vice versa.
While he certainly made some bad decisions when he was there that led to things like burning out the pen, he was also stuck with some bad contracts, weak pitching and a horrible bench. Most of these problems, IMO, fell on the backs of Steinbrenner and Cashman. I would still take Torre over Girardi. I have a feeling Girardi is going to try to get too cute in one of these playoff games and it's going to cost the Yanks. If Torre had the team the Yankees have now, I think he wins just as many games as Girardi for sure. |
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word.  quote: Originally posted by DoubleD: quote: Originally posted by mountainman:
Angels in 6 over the Yankmees.
It won't even be close. Yanks in 5. Your pitchers don't scare me, and your best hitter is now on the Yankees. Basically, your team has about 6 innings to outscore the Yankees while the Yankees can wait until Fuentes takes the mound.
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| Posts: 6318 | Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn | Registered: Nov 20, 2002 | |
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The weather should be a factor the next two nights in NY. Next year the Twins are supposed to play in a new, non-domed stadium. That should be exciting in November.
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| Posts: 4217 | Location: Baltimore, MD | Registered: Feb 04, 2003 | |
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quote: Originally posted by MiamiWineNovice:
If Torre had the team the Yankees have now, I think he wins just as many games as Girardi for sure.
I don;t believe that at all. Girardi won Manager of the Year with a mediocre team. Torre has a record of failure with all but the strongest teams. The mistakes Torre made had nothing to do with bad contracts. When the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs two years ago, he had Jose Veras strt the 8th inning, down 3 runs and facing elimination if they lost that game. Almost anybody else would have had Mariano p[itching the 8th in that situation. After Veras gave up a double, Torre brought in Mariano. He made numerous stupid mistakes at the end of his Yankee tenure. Girardi's a far better manager, not to mention far more intelligent.
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quote: Originally posted by Board-O:
I don;t believe that at all. Girardi won Manager of the Year with a mediocre team. Torre has a record of failure with all but the strongest teams.
And what is this year's team? Probably the most well-balanced team the Yankees have had in 10 years. And if I recall, Girardi didn't even get the Yankees to the playoffs last year with a $200+ million payroll. On top of that, Girardi hasn't won anything yet. |
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quote: Originally posted by MiamiWineNovice:
On top of that, Girardi hasn't won anything yet.
EXACTLY! |
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| Posts: 2512 | Location: Utah | Registered: Jan 15, 2008 | |
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I am happy this morning!
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| Posts: 6137 | Location: Elk Grove, CA, USA | Registered: Dec 06, 2003 | |
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 man, i see this series has picked up right where the 08' NLCS left off, just with more offense... so many missed opportunities and poor pitching in key situations last night... tip of the hat to Phillies, they took advantage and the Dohyers didnt now on for Round 2! |
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| Posts: 3959 | Location: Southern Calif | Registered: Jul 07, 2003 | |
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quote: Originally posted by gigabit: quote: Most of these problems, IMO, fell on the backs of Steinbrenner and Cashman.
Agreed. quote: Originally posted by MiamiWineNovice:
On top of that, Girardi hasn't won anything yet.
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| Posts: 2512 | Location: Utah | Registered: Jan 15, 2008 | |
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I'm not saying that Girardi is a great manager- only that I think he's better and smarter than Torre. I think he's made some extraordinarily good moves with the bullpen. I also think he mishandled Chamberlain, but all-in-all, I'm happy he's the Yankee manager.
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quote: Originally posted by Board-O:
I'm not saying that Girardi is a great manager- only that I think he's better and smarter than Torre. I think he's made some extraordinarily good moves with the bullpen. I also think he mishandled Chamberlain, but all-in-all, I'm happy he's the Yankee manager.
Ok - but I also think that he has made some bad moves with the pen (ie putting Mo in the game last week when there was no need for him to be there). We'll see how he does with the pen in a long series. I hope that Sabbathia pitches well tonight through 4 but throws 89 pitches and the game gets called. He's then pissed and goes into the locker room and, because he's an emotional eater, eats Posada and #2. It could happen. |
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quote: Originally posted by MiamiWineNovice:
I also think that he has made some bad moves with the pen (ie putting Mo in the game last week when there was no need for him to be there
That was Mariano asking to be in the game, not a wateful decision by Girardi. Mariano wants to work every 2 or 3 dasy for an inning to stay sharp.
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Yankees in 6!
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| Posts: 943 | Location: Minneapolis | Registered: Jan 06, 2009 | |
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One of my favorite posts of the year:quote: Originally posted by Icewhiner:
1. Boston 26 18 .591 - -
2. Toronto 27 20 .574 0.5
3. New York 25 19 .568 1.0
4. Tampa Bay 23 22 .511 3.5
5. Baltimore 18 26 .409 8.0
Good afternoon everyone. Isn't it a lovely Memorial Day weekend out there!
Labor Day weekend's looking quite nice. Colombus Day's even better! No need to say how nice Election Day's looking!
The sox have the Yanks over their knee and are giving them the same who's your daddy treatment they give the Angel's rally monkey every year in the playoffs.
yuk yuk yuk
I hate to be the one to break this to you but with that bullpen your pinstripes are headed for a third or fourth place finish in the east.
Icewhiner must be clairvoyant.
I'm glad the Sox spend more effort and money on the farm system and player development than the Yankee's ever will. That's what keeps them ahead of your pin stiped losers.
You nailed that one!
Texiera: 182 3HR and 10 RBI
Sebathia: 1W-3L w/ 4.85 ERA
I see your spelling is as fine as your prognostication.
Glad that's not my $65,500,000.00 out there. 7 Teams dont even put that much into their entire payroll and at least a few of them should be playoff tems, which the Yankee's will not.
Here's a lesson for you about shooting your mouth off.
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You really have no life but what I'm most happy about is that I'm stuck in your head. First thing the morning after you must get to a computer and post ha ha you were wrong to Icewino. You loser. Oh no, I was wrong about my baseball predictions this year. The end of the world is next!
I didn't see you posting an oh you were right after the '07 season thread, actually your a typical front running fan and you disapeared once the Yankee's did that year and again in '08 along with your pal Wine Wizzard and my bottle of wine for winning the season bet that year. At least when I lose I pay off unlike the derelicts you associate with. Then again nobody else will probably hang around with you so you don't have much choice I guess.
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| Posts: 1185 | Location: NH Seacoast | Registered: Oct 14, 2007 | |
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Gee, so nasty. All I did was, as you like to call it, "talk smack." I just pointed out why I don't brag a few games into the season, because you wind up looking like a fool. I'm not bragging now. All I've said is that the best team won. I haven't put down Phillies fans or mocked them. You're grasping at straws with your Wine Wizard comments. I don't know what transpired, nor do I care. I also don't know the Wine Wizard. All that's happened here is that you shot your mouth, boasted of how great your Red Sux were, told Yankee fans their team stunk and wouldn't make the playoffs. Now you respond with personal attacks when I laugh at how bad your predictions were and what a fool you made of yourself. Keep trying to twist it though. It's quite transparent.
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I will be picking up my Caymus SS today at Wine Library. Thanks Icewino! I'm open to another bet next season. But I did bet with my Yankees behind 2 games.
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| Posts: 1440 | Location: New Jersey | Registered: Aug 05, 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by MJAlbers:
Yankees in 6!
Nice call and you didn't even edit your post! |
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| Posts: 1440 | Location: New Jersey | Registered: Aug 05, 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Board-O:
Gee, so nasty. All I did was, as you like to call it, "talk smack." I just pointed out why I don't brag a few games into the season, because you wind up looking like a fool. I'm not bragging now. All I've said is that the best team won. I haven't put down Phillies fans or mocked them.
You're grasping at straws with your Wine Wizard comments. I don't know what transpired, nor do I care. I also don't know the Wine Wizard.
All that's happened here is that you shot your mouth, boasted of how great your Red Sux were, told Yankee fans their team stunk and wouldn't make the playoffs. Now you respond with personal attacks when I laugh at how bad your predictions were and what a fool you made of yourself. Keep trying to twist it though. It's quite transparent.
Yes that's exactly what I did and I'll do it again next year. You're free to laugh at my predictions but you need to practice up your smack talk. Posting everything someone said repetedly like a broken record in different threads after the fact isn't talking smack but a I applaud the effort at least. "Talking smack" is saying nonsensical non-fact based garbage in a somewhat friendly competitive manner even when you know there's a good chance you're wrong. Next season try it BEFORE everything is in the record books, that's smack talking. You've posted your one piece you worked so hard cutting and pasting repeatedly for a few weeks now. Its old news. Get some new material. |
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| Posts: 1185 | Location: NH Seacoast | Registered: Oct 14, 2007 | |
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