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Anaheim is pretty much out of it. 4.5 back of Boston for the wild card. that gives us plenty of space.
The main thing now is for somehow, some way Boston to shake their run of bad luck heads up against the Yankees and win the AL East.
P.S.- It was a pleasure to meet you at the RX bash in Las Vegas.
I had an amazing business trip a couple years ago where I went from a couple days in Lake Tahoe during a very late spring snow shower to drive to San Fransisco to fly to Honolulu for a meeting. Went from 33 degrees to 84 degrees in one day.
That was one hell of a business trip
Hawaii rocks!! And Tahoe isnt terribly unpleasent either
Anaheim is pretty much out of it. 4.5 back of Boston for the wild card. that gives us plenty of space.
The main thing now is for somehow, some way Boston to shake their run of bad luck heads up against the Yankees and win the AL East.
P.S.- It was a pleasure to meet you at the RX bash in Las Vegas.
I had an amazing business trip a couple years ago where I went from a couple days in Lake Tahoe during a very late spring snow shower to drive to San Fransisco to fly to Honolulu for a meeting. Went from 33 degrees to 84 degrees in one day.
That was one hell of a business trip
heres a hopeful stat, if the yankees & red sox tie for the division championship and both qualify for the playoffs, there is no playoff to determine who is the wild card and who is the division champ.
whoever has a better head to head record wins. its 8-5 Boston now and red sox will have to beat the Yankees heads up over their 6 head to head mettings this week and next if they are going to make up the 3.5
so its likely that if Boston can just tie the yankees after 162 games , Boston wins the AL East, Yankees are the wild card. so a tie is all we need
whoever has a better head to head record wins. its 8-5 Boston now and red sox will have to beat the Yankees heads up over their 6 head to head mettings this week and next if they are going to make up the 3.5
so its likely that if Boston can just tie the yankees after 162 games , Boston wins the AL East, Yankees are the wild card. so a tie is all we need
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mr. Smith:
heres a hopeful stat, if the yankees & red sox tie for the division championship and both qualify for the playoffs, there is no playoff to determine who is the wild card and who is the division champ.
whoever has a better head to head record wins. its 8-5 Boston now and red sox will have to beat the Yankees heads up over their 6 head to head mettings this week and next if they are going to make up the 3.5
so its likely that if Boston can just tie the yankees after 162 games , Boston wins the AL East, Yankees are the wild card. so a tie is all we need <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
no chance. when are you people gonna just give up? the red sox and cubs are cursed. nothing can undo the curse so why bother. the books are cleaning up every single year on the cubs and red sox to win the world series futures bets. especially this year since they were the favorites from each league.
talk about dead money...any world series bet on either of these teams is like lighting $100 bills on fire.
heres a hopeful stat, if the yankees & red sox tie for the division championship and both qualify for the playoffs, there is no playoff to determine who is the wild card and who is the division champ.
whoever has a better head to head record wins. its 8-5 Boston now and red sox will have to beat the Yankees heads up over their 6 head to head mettings this week and next if they are going to make up the 3.5
so its likely that if Boston can just tie the yankees after 162 games , Boston wins the AL East, Yankees are the wild card. so a tie is all we need <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
no chance. when are you people gonna just give up? the red sox and cubs are cursed. nothing can undo the curse so why bother. the books are cleaning up every single year on the cubs and red sox to win the world series futures bets. especially this year since they were the favorites from each league.
talk about dead money...any world series bet on either of these teams is like lighting $100 bills on fire.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mr. Smith:
heres a hopeful stat, if the yankees & red sox tie for the division championship and both qualify for the playoffs, there is no playoff to determine who is the wild card and who is the division champ.
whoever has a better head to head record wins. its 8-5 Boston now and red sox will have to beat the Yankees heads up over their 6 head to head mettings this week and next if they are going to make up the 3.5
so its likely that if Boston can just tie the yankees after 162 games , Boston wins the AL East, Yankees are the wild card. so a tie is all we need <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The best thing about being a Yankees fan is watching the Sox fans come up with scenarios that help them win a title.
It is always...IF...IF..IF..
What ALWAYS happens is that the Sox don't take care of business. I refuse to detail the examples from this season or others. The Yanks don't rely on other teams to help them win pennants. They leave it all out on the field and minimize the other bullchit. The Yanks have to lose in order for the Sox to win the East and I don't expect that to happen.
With that said, I do not expect the Yanks to win the American League unless by some miracle these sad sacks in the pen step the fuck up. Unfortunately, it looks like the Sox finally have the formula that wins in September/October.
heres a hopeful stat, if the yankees & red sox tie for the division championship and both qualify for the playoffs, there is no playoff to determine who is the wild card and who is the division champ.
whoever has a better head to head record wins. its 8-5 Boston now and red sox will have to beat the Yankees heads up over their 6 head to head mettings this week and next if they are going to make up the 3.5
so its likely that if Boston can just tie the yankees after 162 games , Boston wins the AL East, Yankees are the wild card. so a tie is all we need <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The best thing about being a Yankees fan is watching the Sox fans come up with scenarios that help them win a title.
It is always...IF...IF..IF..
What ALWAYS happens is that the Sox don't take care of business. I refuse to detail the examples from this season or others. The Yanks don't rely on other teams to help them win pennants. They leave it all out on the field and minimize the other bullchit. The Yanks have to lose in order for the Sox to win the East and I don't expect that to happen.
With that said, I do not expect the Yanks to win the American League unless by some miracle these sad sacks in the pen step the fuck up. Unfortunately, it looks like the Sox finally have the formula that wins in September/October.
GOOD NIGHT!
RED SOX WIN
YANKEES ONLY HOPE, ONLY HOPE IS TO WIN TOMORROW.THEY MISS SHILLING IN THIS SERIES BUT WILL FACE PEDRO ON SUNDAY. NEXT WEEK IN FENWAY YANKS WILL FACE PEDRO AND SHILLING IN 2 OF THE 3 GAMES.
RED SOX WILL SWEEP IN BOSTON. WILL THEY SWEEP IN NY?
STAY TUNED
AND YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR CURSES AND GHOSTS!
RED SOX WIN
YANKEES ONLY HOPE, ONLY HOPE IS TO WIN TOMORROW.THEY MISS SHILLING IN THIS SERIES BUT WILL FACE PEDRO ON SUNDAY. NEXT WEEK IN FENWAY YANKS WILL FACE PEDRO AND SHILLING IN 2 OF THE 3 GAMES.
RED SOX WILL SWEEP IN BOSTON. WILL THEY SWEEP IN NY?
STAY TUNED
AND YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR CURSES AND GHOSTS!
NEW YORK -- The way the Boston Red Sox are playing these days, nothing seems to be able to stop them. Not even Mariano Rivera.
Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off the majors' top reliever, and the Red Sox stormed past the New York Yankees 3-2 Friday night to cut their AL East lead to 2½ games.
The Red Sox are 25-5 since trailing their longtime rivals by 10½ games on Aug. 15. Boston has two more games at Yankee Stadium, highlighted by Pedro Martinez vs. Mike Mussina on Sunday, and three against New York next weekend at Fenway Park.
Rivera took over in the ninth with a 2-1 lead, poised to earn his career high-tying 50th save. But with a boisterous crowd standing and stomping, Boston had other ideas.
Trot Nixon drew a leadoff walk on a full-count pitch and pinch-runner Dave Roberts stole second as Jason Varitek struck out. Rivera hit Kevin Millar with a pitch and then Cabrera, playing in his first Red Sox-Yankees game, grounded a tying single to right.
Rivera struck out Kevin Youkilis, but Damon blooped a soft single to center field. Rivera (4-2) appeared to mouth the words "Catch the ball" after it dropped in front of Kenny Lofton, who had pulled up.
Both of Rivera's losses have come against the Red Sox. He leads the majors with 49 saves and has blown only four save chances, two to Boston.
Keith Foulke pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 35 chances, completing the combined four-hitter. Mike Timlin (5-4) pitched one inning for the win.
Until the ninth, it was a game of home runs -- and home runs that were taken away.
A sellout crowd of 55,128 began cheering the moment Orlando Hernandez came out to take his warmup pitches, and players from both sides were hanging on the top railing of the dugout at the start.
Boston slugger Manny Ramirez got the fans riled up right away when he circled the bases on an apparent two-run homer in the first inning, only to have umpires reverse themselves and call it a foul ball.
Later, Ramirez made a spectacular catch to rob an incredulous Miguel Cairo, who was already near the dugout when he learned he was out.
A pair of rain delays dampened spirits somewhat in the middle innings, but the crowd roaring again by the ninth.
Yankees reliever Tanyon Sturtze came on to start the fourth after a 66-minute rain delay with the Red Sox leading 1-0 on Johnny Damon's upper-deck home run. Sturtze blanked the Red Sox on one single for 3 2/3 innings, striking out five.
Sturtze left the field beaming, rather than bloodied. The last time he faced the Red Sox, he got beat up in a bench-clearing brawl that started after Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch from Bronson Arroyo and tangled with Varitek.
The Yankees made it 1-all in the fourth against Arroyo on Jorge Posada's RBI groundout and John Olerud hit his eighth homer the next inning deep into the right-center field stands.
Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off the majors' top reliever, and the Red Sox stormed past the New York Yankees 3-2 Friday night to cut their AL East lead to 2½ games.
The Red Sox are 25-5 since trailing their longtime rivals by 10½ games on Aug. 15. Boston has two more games at Yankee Stadium, highlighted by Pedro Martinez vs. Mike Mussina on Sunday, and three against New York next weekend at Fenway Park.
Rivera took over in the ninth with a 2-1 lead, poised to earn his career high-tying 50th save. But with a boisterous crowd standing and stomping, Boston had other ideas.
Trot Nixon drew a leadoff walk on a full-count pitch and pinch-runner Dave Roberts stole second as Jason Varitek struck out. Rivera hit Kevin Millar with a pitch and then Cabrera, playing in his first Red Sox-Yankees game, grounded a tying single to right.
Rivera struck out Kevin Youkilis, but Damon blooped a soft single to center field. Rivera (4-2) appeared to mouth the words "Catch the ball" after it dropped in front of Kenny Lofton, who had pulled up.
Both of Rivera's losses have come against the Red Sox. He leads the majors with 49 saves and has blown only four save chances, two to Boston.
Keith Foulke pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 35 chances, completing the combined four-hitter. Mike Timlin (5-4) pitched one inning for the win.
Until the ninth, it was a game of home runs -- and home runs that were taken away.
A sellout crowd of 55,128 began cheering the moment Orlando Hernandez came out to take his warmup pitches, and players from both sides were hanging on the top railing of the dugout at the start.
Boston slugger Manny Ramirez got the fans riled up right away when he circled the bases on an apparent two-run homer in the first inning, only to have umpires reverse themselves and call it a foul ball.
Later, Ramirez made a spectacular catch to rob an incredulous Miguel Cairo, who was already near the dugout when he learned he was out.
A pair of rain delays dampened spirits somewhat in the middle innings, but the crowd roaring again by the ninth.
Yankees reliever Tanyon Sturtze came on to start the fourth after a 66-minute rain delay with the Red Sox leading 1-0 on Johnny Damon's upper-deck home run. Sturtze blanked the Red Sox on one single for 3 2/3 innings, striking out five.
Sturtze left the field beaming, rather than bloodied. The last time he faced the Red Sox, he got beat up in a bench-clearing brawl that started after Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch from Bronson Arroyo and tangled with Varitek.
The Yankees made it 1-all in the fourth against Arroyo on Jorge Posada's RBI groundout and John Olerud hit his eighth homer the next inning deep into the right-center field stands.
I have tickets to the game tomorrow. I will be the guy in the bleachers wearing a white Pedro Martinez #45 shirt. I bought it at the All-Star game in 2000 in Atlanta when I lived there.
LETS GO RED SOX
LETS GO RED SOX
IF THEY WIN THE AL EAST IT WILL MAKE ME AND 2 OTHER THE RX POSTERS SO HAPPY!!
and fishhead and wilheim will have no general objections to that either
And if the red sox win it all, the shrink will have to console himself with the skankees 214 world series championships since the red sox won 1.
LETS GO RED SOX
LETS GO RED SOX
IF THEY WIN THE AL EAST IT WILL MAKE ME AND 2 OTHER THE RX POSTERS SO HAPPY!!
and fishhead and wilheim will have no general objections to that either
And if the red sox win it all, the shrink will have to console himself with the skankees 214 world series championships since the red sox won 1.
