Boston Red Sox - 2006

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thrasha

While Giambi is magically hitting as well as he ever did with the juice.

I didn't know he was hitting .340 this year.

[GBrushTWood]

Quote: Originally Posted by deeman11747

Dont feel bad. One day you can tell your children your team was owned by not just some scrub..but the greatest ever.

Wow, I thought you were a cool baseball fan, but you showed your true colors with this post, lumping yourself in with the rest of the arrogant Yankee fan vermin.

You do realize that you are cheering for almost a sure thing every year? I don't see any difference between $hit talking Yankee fans and somebody who takes enjoyment out of betting for a number greater than 2 to show up on a roll of dice. How is there any enjoyment in that? That's not a reflection of reality. Seth Mnookin made another great analogy to how absurd the Yankees operate: In real life, if you break your leg, you do not just go out an purchase another leg. You work to rehabilitate it, a time consuming and costly process itself. The Yankees simply go out and purchase the shiniest, fanciest leg available at the store and surgically install it.

So, congratulations, you guys will once again win the division, mainly because your bottomless wallets allowed you to virtually eliminate all factors that could lead to not making the playoffs (bad luck, injuries, underperformance) that happen to 29 other teams in baseball. If this makes you feel good about yourself, I really feel bad for you, because clearly you must fail at all other aspects of your life. Take pride in winning the division again, you probably have nothing else to hang your head on..

And no, I really am not bitter about the Red Sox falling apart in 2006. I'm more or less fine with the plan they have in place. Crummy luck, old guys underperforming, and injuries just plain happen in baseball. That's reality guys. It's reality for every other team except 1. I just get extremely irritated when puke Yankee fans gloat and talk $hit, because it's a chicken **** thing to do, especially when you're the rich-boy fancy pants in the class. A little humility would be nice.



*edit* Oh, and don't even bring the "stop whining about money, the Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll!!". Don't even bring it up, because there is 0 other teams that could have pulled off that Abreu deal. This is fact.

[Dice]

Quote: Originally Posted by GBrushTWood

Wow, I thought you were a cool baseball fan, but you showed your true colors with this post, lumping yourself in with the rest of the arrogant Yankee fan vermin. You do realize that you are cheering for almost a sure thing every year? I don't see any difference between $hit talking Yankee fans and somebody who takes enjoyment out of betting for a number greater than 2 to show up on a roll of dice. How is there any enjoyment in that? That's not a reflection of reality. Seth Mnookin made another great analogy to how absurd the Yankees operate: In real life, if you break your leg, you do not just go out an purchase another leg. You work to rehabilitate it, a time consuming and costly process itself. The Yankees simply go out and purchase the shiniest, fanciest leg available at the store and surgically install it. So, congratulations, you guys will once again win the division, mainly because your bottomless wallets allowed you to virtually eliminate all factors that could lead to not making the playoffs (bad luck, injuries, underperformance) that happen to 29 other teams in baseball. If this makes you feel good about yourself, I really feel bad for you, because clearly you must fail at all other aspects of your life. Take pride in winning the division again, you probably have nothing else to hang your head on.. And no, I really am not bitter about the Red Sox falling apart in 2006. I'm more or less fine with the plan they have in place. Crummy luck, old guys underperforming, and injuries just plain happen in baseball. That's reality guys. It's reality for every other team except 1. I just get extremely irritated when puke Yankee fans gloat and talk $hit, because it's a chicken **** thing to do, especially when you're the rich-boy fancy pants in the class. A little humility would be nice. *edit* Oh, and don't even bring the "stop whining about money, the Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll!!". Don't even bring it up, because there is 0 other teams that could have pulled off that Abreu deal. This is fact.

I though White Sox fans were the most hated fans? Or is it just fans that beat your team? Don't worry, we'll be putting the Red Sox out of their misery once we elimate them from the Wild Card race.

[Stu]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dice

I though White Sox fans were the most hated fans? Or is it just fans that beat your team? Don't worry, we'll be putting the Red Sox out of their misery once we elimate them from the Wild Card race.

No, just the most ignorant.

In all seriousness though, the Red Sox are already eliminated. You can't lose your CF, C and 3 starters for significant amounts of time and still expect to be competetive. Either way, I still agree with the direction the Red Sox are taking. They didn't make a stupid move and try to fix a team that was clearly beyond fixing at the trade deadline.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by GBrushTWood

Wow, I thought you were a cool baseball fan, but you showed your true colors with this post, lumping yourself in with the rest of the arrogant Yankee fan vermin. You do realize that you are cheering for almost a sure thing every year? I don't see any difference between $hit talking Yankee fans and somebody who takes enjoyment out of betting for a number greater than 2 to show up on a roll of dice. How is there any enjoyment in that? That's not a reflection of reality. Seth Mnookin made another great analogy to how absurd the Yankees operate: In real life, if you break your leg, you do not just go out an purchase another leg. You work to rehabilitate it, a time consuming and costly process itself. The Yankees simply go out and purchase the shiniest, fanciest leg available at the store and surgically install it. So, congratulations, you guys will once again win the division, mainly because your bottomless wallets allowed you to virtually eliminate all factors that could lead to not making the playoffs (bad luck, injuries, underperformance) that happen to 29 other teams in baseball. If this makes you feel good about yourself, I really feel bad for you, because clearly you must fail at all other aspects of your life. Take pride in winning the division again, you probably have nothing else to hang your head on.. And no, I really am not bitter about the Red Sox falling apart in 2006. I'm more or less fine with the plan they have in place. Crummy luck, old guys underperforming, and injuries just plain happen in baseball. That's reality guys. It's reality for every other team except 1. I just get extremely irritated when puke Yankee fans gloat and talk $hit, because it's a chicken **** thing to do, especially when you're the rich-boy fancy pants in the class. A little humility would be nice. *edit* Oh, and don't even bring the "stop whining about money, the Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll!!". Don't even bring it up, because there is 0 other teams that could have pulled off that Abreu deal. This is fact.

I obviously agree with some of your points because they are facts, but geez, the "shiniest leg in the world" is a guy who was hitting .277 with 8 dingers when they got him? Abreu has had a great series this weekend, but it's not like the guy is one of the best players in baseball.

The Yankees going out and getting A-Rod and Randy Johnson is obviously stupid, I never wanted either of them, but Abreu isn't a terribly unfair acquistion IMO.

Also, about the Yankees' wallets allowing them to avoid pitfalls that all other teams come across, I've seen Red Sox fans on this board admit that the Yankees would not have made the playoffs last year and prolly wouldn't make it this year if it wasn't for Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera and Chien-Ming Wang. Those three don't have anything to do with their wallets.

Certainly there are arrogant, stupid Yankee fans but every team has them, including Boston.

[Dice]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Certainly there are arrogant, stupid Yankee fans but every team has them, including Boston.

AMEN!

[davehughes14]

Quote: Originally Posted by camulos

No, just the most ignorant. In all seriousness though, the Red Sox are already eliminated. You can't lose your CF, C and 3 starters for significant amounts of time and still expect to be competetive. Either way, I still agree with the direction the Red Sox are taking. They didn't make a stupid move and try to fix a team that was clearly beyond fixing at the trade deadline.

I see your point. The Yanks in the past few years have made moves that didn't pan out and they mortgaged the farm system to do so. Even at 5 1/2 games, there's still a lot of baseball to play, and I don't think this race is over by a long shot. Just my opinion though. 4 more games still to play in the Bronx, and the Sox could easily take those 4 in Sept.

[Dispatch]

Here is a good article on Jacoby Ellsbury for anyone.

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/ore...l=7&thispage=1

Ellsbury was also the Eastern League player of the week August 6-13 with 11 SB.