Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

[nkhera1]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

Obviously as a Yankee fan... everythign I say is going to be drenched with bias... but anyways...

The Yankees stardom and spendng benefits other teams as weel as our pwn. The Yankees luxury tax and revenue sharing is given to all of the other teams as salary money. I believe I read somewhere the luxury tax and revenue sharing of the Yankees totals 90 mil (May be wrong about that) Thats about 3 million dollars to each team in the league. Thats good enough for a decent pitcher or hitter,

The Orioles broke their attendence record at 3 home games this year. Who were they playing those 3 games? The Yankees? The Dodgers set a franchise attendence record for a single game this year. Who were they playing? The Yankees.

Although the Yankees spending

the only games my diamondbacks sold out besides our opening series, was our series with the yankees. It was amazing to see the stadium so full.

Also if sheffield decides to retire they will probably try to get a right fielder like j.d. drew, but i'm not sure exactly what his plans are.

[K_GUN]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

as a red sox fan....


.....the 2003 red sox GAVE the yanks the pennant (thanks grady)

the 2004 red sox have been clearly beaten by the yanks..no excuses


while everyone (myself included) thought this red sox team was much better than the yanks.....the yanks made MAJOR improvements on offense

last year juan riveria/karin garcia (yes karin) were replaced with SHEFF

boone replaced with AROD

MATSUI, the real matsui in MLB this year(remember he hit 50- HR in his final japanese year)

those are 3 very tough hitters this year


and they always have karma their way

schilling ankle/lieber pitching like cone

oh well

[K_GUN]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

as a red sox fan....


.....the 2003 red sox GAVE the yanks the pennant (thanks grady)

the 2004 red sox have been clearly beaten by the yanks..no excuses


while everyone (myself included) thought this red sox team was much better than the yanks.....the yanks made MAJOR improvements on offense

last year juan riveria/karin garcia (yes karin) were replaced with SHEFF

boone replaced with AROD

MATSUI, the real matsui in MLB this year(remember he hit 50- HR in his final japanese year)

those are 3 very tough hitters this year


and they always have karma their way

schilling ankle/lieber pitching like cone

oh well

[Misfit]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

3 million isn't much when the Yankees are already outspending the competition by upwards of 120 million. The Yankees drive up the price of talent making it even harder for poorer teams to sign decent guys to reasonable deals.

I may be a fan of the second highest payroll in the league (which is going to come down next season), but I've always wanted a cap in baseball because I think its better for the game. The A's were the modern example of how to run a team with a low budget but look at who they get bounced out of the playoffs by, the Red Sox and Yankees. And they're going to have problems maintaining their level of excellence when Hudson and Mulder's contracts are up. Minnesota's the next best team with a low payroll and they've been the Yankees' whipping boys the last few years. The Yankees beat the Twins in game 4 partially because of a 3-run homer by Ruben Sierra, who was hitting 7th or 8th in their lineup. If Sierra is a Twin he's hitting fourth or fifth. No other team has the luxury of having a power guy like that hitting in the bottom of the order, especially not the Twins.

[Misfit]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

3 million isn't much when the Yankees are already outspending the competition by upwards of 120 million. The Yankees drive up the price of talent making it even harder for poorer teams to sign decent guys to reasonable deals.

I may be a fan of the second highest payroll in the league (which is going to come down next season), but I've always wanted a cap in baseball because I think its better for the game. The A's were the modern example of how to run a team with a low budget but look at who they get bounced out of the playoffs by, the Red Sox and Yankees. And they're going to have problems maintaining their level of excellence when Hudson and Mulder's contracts are up. Minnesota's the next best team with a low payroll and they've been the Yankees' whipping boys the last few years. The Yankees beat the Twins in game 4 partially because of a 3-run homer by Ruben Sierra, who was hitting 7th or 8th in their lineup. If Sierra is a Twin he's hitting fourth or fifth. No other team has the luxury of having a power guy like that hitting in the bottom of the order, especially not the Twins.

[Cardot]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

Im not really even a baseball fan anymore...but what a disapointment the Red Sox have been in this series. I cant imagine being a Redsox fan right now. They thought this was the year and the "evil empire" proves them wrong again.

As a Red Sox fan, I find this much easier to take than losing in game 7, bottom of the 11th. Or watching Bob Stanley blowing game 6 of the World Series by throwing a wild pitch allowing the Metsies to tie the game.

[Cardot]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

Im not really even a baseball fan anymore...but what a disapointment the Red Sox have been in this series. I cant imagine being a Redsox fan right now. They thought this was the year and the "evil empire" proves them wrong again.

As a Red Sox fan, I find this much easier to take than losing in game 7, bottom of the 11th. Or watching Bob Stanley blowing game 6 of the World Series by throwing a wild pitch allowing the Metsies to tie the game.

[jordan0386]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

i think it ends tonight...the sox talked big, but they just dont want it, imo


yankees are amazing, year in and year out

now i gotta school and hear all these "die hard" yankees talk about how the red sox suck


joy, joy

[jordan0386]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

i think it ends tonight...the sox talked big, but they just dont want it, imo


yankees are amazing, year in and year out

now i gotta school and hear all these "die hard" yankees talk about how the red sox suck


joy, joy

[nkhera1]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

we shall see how hernandez does, but he has had plenty of time to rest and his dead arm should be over by now. Yanks have a good shot if hernandez and lowe both pitched as they did during the season.




edit: another thing i have noticed is that jeter is hitting .186. If the yanks weren't leading 3 games to 0 this would be a major topic.

[nkhera1]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

we shall see how hernandez does, but he has had plenty of time to rest and his dead arm should be over by now. Yanks have a good shot if hernandez and lowe both pitched as they did during the season.




edit: another thing i have noticed is that jeter is hitting .186. If the yanks weren't leading 3 games to 0 this would be a major topic.

[NYJets]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

I predicted the Yankees to lose all 3 games, and have happily been wrong each time, so I'll keep with the theme. El Duque gets bombed, Lowe dominates, Red Sox 9 Yankees 1

[NYJets]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

I predicted the Yankees to lose all 3 games, and have happily been wrong each time, so I'll keep with the theme. El Duque gets bombed, Lowe dominates, Red Sox 9 Yankees 1

[nkhera1]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

well lowe only needs 10 pitches to get out of the first inning.

edit: also olerud is not playing today, i heard he hurt his foot yesterday.


double edit: Well hernandez needed 22 pitches to get out of the inning, but he escaped unharmed. Hopefully he will settle down a bit more after walking ortiz and ramirez. What a surprise! Matsui hits another double. That guy is a monster. Red Sox should have signed him when they had the chance.

[nkhera1]

Re: Yankees-Red Sox ALCS Thread

well lowe only needs 10 pitches to get out of the first inning.

edit: also olerud is not playing today, i heard he hurt his foot yesterday.


double edit: Well hernandez needed 22 pitches to get out of the inning, but he escaped unharmed. Hopefully he will settle down a bit more after walking ortiz and ramirez. What a surprise! Matsui hits another double. That guy is a monster. Red Sox should have signed him when they had the chance.