Baseball discussion thread

[talinthas]

A sad weekend for me, as both a giants and a's fan, but damn, tonites a's/sox game was one of the most gripping games i've seen in a long time. It was a damned fine series, all five games worth, and definatly worth the price of admission. Hats off to the sox, even if i wanted them to lose =)

 

[Morpheus]

Yanks in 5 and that's only if Pedro gets to pitch in Game 4. Lowe? Please. Wakefield? Please. Bullpen? Ohmygod! How did this team beat the A's?

 

[Taren Nighteyes]

Yanks in 5 and that's only if Pedro gets to pitch in Game 4. Lowe? Please. Wakefield? Please. Bullpen? Ohmygod! How did this team beat the A's?

Morpheus - Preach on.

GO YANKEES!

 

[John Crichton]

I live and breathe New York Yankees baseball. I hate the Red Sox.

That said, they played one heck of a series and deserved to win. Even though I wanted them to lose, I secretly and deep down wanted a Sox vs. Yanks ALCS. It doesn't get any better than this.

I am routing HARD for a Yanks vs. Cubs World Series. My late grandfather was a long suffering Cubs fan and I know he will be watching. Postseason baseball rules.

 

[John Crichton]

I'm a huge Yanks fan. Do not discount the Sox. Wakefield was 2-0 at Yankee Stadium this year and he is pitching Game One. Boston also has the best offense in baseball. This could be a very long series with the Yanks getting the advantage of using the pitching rotation they want along with home field. The Sox pen has been really good in the playoffs, go figure. One good thing for NY - We may only see Pedro once and the Yanks do know how to beat him better than any other team.

But putting all that aside, if the Yanks starters pitch like they did against the Twins the Sox are in deep trouble.

 

[TiQuinn]

Man, oh man, did my Giants stink up the joint!

Now, I think I'm going to pull for the Sox. I know the Cubs have Dusty, but he left me cold last season. Cubs - Red Sox would be an AWESOME series though!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Why is it that the Cubs are the lovable losers and have fans all across the county while the Red Sox who have been losers almost as long only seem to have fans in Boston?

WGN...

No offence to all the yank fans but I'm going to pull for Boston. I just haven't been able to cheer for the yanks since Mattingly was pretty much forced out.

 

[John Crichton]

No offence to all the yank fans but I'm going to pull for Boston. I just haven't been able to cheer for the yanks since Mattingly was pretty much forced out.

Forced out?! He retired very willingly and gracefully. They didn't trade for anyone until he told them to. He could have stayed if he wanted to and the Yanks surely would have had him back.

 

[stevelabny]

plus if old "donnie groundout" didnt retire, i woulda personally taken him out myself. how much did he suck at the end of his career? he couldnt move his back at all. if he was a horse they woulda shot him.

yes i'm a yankee fan. i always thought dave winfield was a better player than donnie groundout. mattingly shouldve retired about 3 seasons before he did.
he made me very bitter at his existence.

bernie read this and take note, for you will shortly be approaching the mattingly zone. (since you already should be a dh)

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

plus if old "donnie groundout" didnt retire, i woulda personally taken him out myself. how much did he suck at the end of his career? he couldnt move his back at all. if he was a horse they woulda shot him.

John read the above post... It really looked like this from the midwest.

Stevelabny, thanks for showing my point far better than I could have.