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  • RailStone
    Banned
    • Jun 2004
    • 527

    #76
    Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

    Originally posted by seanmac
    There's nothing for pure humor like a group of fans insisting that their team that hasn't won since the Armistice is a lock to beat the team that has beat their brains in pretty much the entire time.

    "But this year is different!" Yes, that's what they said last year.

    "This is the best Sox team I've ever seen!" That's what they said last year, shortly before retiring their Cowboy Up! shirts to the bottom of the drawer.

    As a Yankees fan do I think we can lose this series? Absolutely. Boston has a good team, the Yankees have cracks, and let's face it, it's not easy to go 0-76. Am I worried? Not really. This Yankees team has earned the benefit of the doubt from me for the forseable future. I'll believe that they'll lose when the last out is recorded in the ninth inning of the deciding game. At that point, I'll tip my hat to the other team and leave it at that.

    But Red Sox nation needs to learn that they're being transparent with their chest puffing and braggadocio. There's a lot of reason to be optimistic, but then again, the Red Sox haven't won a meaningful game against the Yankees this year and we all know it. They haven't. And we all know that every Sox fan is going to be reduced to a quivering heap of jelly at multiple points during the series as they await the inevitable collapse. They (and we) will be more surprised if the Sox don't collapse than if they do. That pretty much undermines all the trash talking, because its talking from a position of fundamental weakness. Maybe the mighty Sox get their act together, vanquish their long term rivals and go on to make it 1-76, at which point you guys can resume acting like your baseball team is the best thing since sliced bread. But until then, just shut the hell up and hope for the best.
    Well said.. Simply put, the red sox are not tough enough to do it. Even if they did win, they'd just choke in the WS anyways.

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    • RailStone
      Banned
      • Jun 2004
      • 527

      #77
      Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

      Originally posted by seanmac
      There's nothing for pure humor like a group of fans insisting that their team that hasn't won since the Armistice is a lock to beat the team that has beat their brains in pretty much the entire time.

      "But this year is different!" Yes, that's what they said last year.

      "This is the best Sox team I've ever seen!" That's what they said last year, shortly before retiring their Cowboy Up! shirts to the bottom of the drawer.

      As a Yankees fan do I think we can lose this series? Absolutely. Boston has a good team, the Yankees have cracks, and let's face it, it's not easy to go 0-76. Am I worried? Not really. This Yankees team has earned the benefit of the doubt from me for the forseable future. I'll believe that they'll lose when the last out is recorded in the ninth inning of the deciding game. At that point, I'll tip my hat to the other team and leave it at that.

      But Red Sox nation needs to learn that they're being transparent with their chest puffing and braggadocio. There's a lot of reason to be optimistic, but then again, the Red Sox haven't won a meaningful game against the Yankees this year and we all know it. They haven't. And we all know that every Sox fan is going to be reduced to a quivering heap of jelly at multiple points during the series as they await the inevitable collapse. They (and we) will be more surprised if the Sox don't collapse than if they do. That pretty much undermines all the trash talking, because its talking from a position of fundamental weakness. Maybe the mighty Sox get their act together, vanquish their long term rivals and go on to make it 1-76, at which point you guys can resume acting like your baseball team is the best thing since sliced bread. But until then, just shut the hell up and hope for the best.
      Well said.. Simply put, the red sox are not tough enough to do it. Even if they did win, they'd just choke in the WS anyways.

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      • ehh
        Hall Of Fame
        • Mar 2003
        • 28962

        #78
        Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

        Originally posted by GeePee20



        IMO, Boston will win in 7 because of pitching! Schilling in the playoffs is different. Granted, Pedro has struggled against the Yanks but he's still Pedro Freakin Martinez. The Yankees have a bad bad bad rotatioin compared to the Sox. All the Yankeees have pitching wise is Mariano Rivera.
        Uh, that is just wrong.
        "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

        "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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        • ehh
          Hall Of Fame
          • Mar 2003
          • 28962

          #79
          Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

          Originally posted by GeePee20



          IMO, Boston will win in 7 because of pitching! Schilling in the playoffs is different. Granted, Pedro has struggled against the Yanks but he's still Pedro Freakin Martinez. The Yankees have a bad bad bad rotatioin compared to the Sox. All the Yankeees have pitching wise is Mariano Rivera.
          Uh, that is just wrong.
          "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

          "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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          • RailStone
            Banned
            • Jun 2004
            • 527

            #80
            Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

            red sox= sacramento kings. all the talent in the world, but weak in the mental toughness compartment, Just wait and see.

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            • RailStone
              Banned
              • Jun 2004
              • 527

              #81
              Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

              red sox= sacramento kings. all the talent in the world, but weak in the mental toughness compartment, Just wait and see.

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              • Armitage
                Pro
                • Feb 2003
                • 723

                #82
                Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                Originally posted by GeePee20
                The Boston and New York lineups kind of balance out because they are both loaded. Yankees probably have the better lineup but because of the pitching advantage, the Sox will win. Good pitching always beats good hitting.
                Call me nuts, but I think the Yankees are going to prove that theory wrong this year.

                But.. on the other hand.. I'm not going to change my prediction from the Cardinals to win the World Series.

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                • Armitage
                  Pro
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 723

                  #83
                  Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                  Originally posted by GeePee20
                  The Boston and New York lineups kind of balance out because they are both loaded. Yankees probably have the better lineup but because of the pitching advantage, the Sox will win. Good pitching always beats good hitting.
                  Call me nuts, but I think the Yankees are going to prove that theory wrong this year.

                  But.. on the other hand.. I'm not going to change my prediction from the Cardinals to win the World Series.

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                  • ehh
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 28962

                    #84
                    Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                    Should be interesting to see if Schilling's ankle problem (which I think the Sox are purposly blowing out of proportion) and Rivera's family tragedies have a series effect on the series. Anyway, I can't friggen wait until 8:20 EST on Tuesday night!!
                    "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

                    "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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                    • ehh
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 28962

                      #85
                      Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                      Should be interesting to see if Schilling's ankle problem (which I think the Sox are purposly blowing out of proportion) and Rivera's family tragedies have a series effect on the series. Anyway, I can't friggen wait until 8:20 EST on Tuesday night!!
                      "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

                      "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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                      • NYJets
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 18637

                        #86
                        Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                        Woohoo, one more day. Rivera is supposed to be back in time for tuesday's game.
                        Originally posted by Jay Bilas
                        The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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                        • NYJets
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 18637

                          #87
                          Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                          Woohoo, one more day. Rivera is supposed to be back in time for tuesday's game.
                          Originally posted by Jay Bilas
                          The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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                          • glucklich
                            Banned
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 4272

                            #88
                            Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                            Originally posted by RailStone
                            red sox= sacramento kings. all the talent in the world, but weak in the mental toughness compartment, Just wait and see.
                            Well does that include Schilling because I remember him giving the Yankees problems in 2001 and he is pitching in 3/7 games in this series if necessary?

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                            • glucklich
                              Banned
                              • Jun 2004
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                              #89
                              Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                              Originally posted by RailStone
                              red sox= sacramento kings. all the talent in the world, but weak in the mental toughness compartment, Just wait and see.
                              Well does that include Schilling because I remember him giving the Yankees problems in 2001 and he is pitching in 3/7 games in this series if necessary?

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                              • nkhera1
                                All Star
                                • Oct 2003
                                • 5913

                                #90
                                Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

                                Originally posted by glucklich
                                Well does that include Schilling because I remember him giving the Yankees problems in 2001 and he is pitching in 3/7 games in this series if necessary?
                                i seriously doubt they yanks are as scared, because first of all they have a better lineup, and while schilling is still great, hes not as good as he used to be
                                Just wait till Arsenal moves into Emirates Stadium.

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