How the west was won....

I hate playing against Jeter, but that's not the same as saying that I hate Jeter. There's probably 30 MLB teams that would take Jeter off the Ynakees hands if he were available, and the one that wouldn't hasn't won a World Series in over 80 years for reasons just like this.

Thankfully, their new GM doesn't make the same mistakes previous GMs would do, concerning himself with what the fans would want, and has made the deals top make the team a better playoff team.

Only a Red Sox fan could hate some one for playing hard every play. Then again, you put Eckstein on waivers…

Originally posted by vansmack:

Only a Red Sox fan could hate some one for playing hard every play. Then again, you put Eckstein on waivers…

there are enough short people in Boston.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Yankees fans are such history buffs. i mean really, who cares what even happened last year. its over.

Believe me, if more Red Sox fans could forget about the history of the Sox and play for the moment, there would be a lot less negativity surrounding the team, the ball park, the fans, the ex-players….it was a Red Sox fan that coined "the Curse" - not a Yankees fan.

Originally posted by vansmack:
I hate playing against Jeter, but that's not the same as saying that I hate Jeter. There's probably 30 MLB teams that would take Jeter off the Ynakees hands if he were available, and the one that wouldn't hasn't won a World Series in over 80 years for reasons just like this.

Thankfully, their new GM doesn't make the same mistakes previous GMs would do, concerning himself with what the fans would want, and has made the deals top make the team a better playoff team.

Only a Red Sox fan could hate some one for playing hard every play. Then again, you put Eckstein on waivers…

Excellent synopsis of my earlier point. Never was this made more clear than in the last series between the Yanks and the Sox that Nomar played in…
Theo is a good GM, I have to say.

Originally posted by keithstg:

As for Arroyo, I don't know what you consider playing well, but he's allowed between 3-5 runs a game in his last five starts, excepting one very good outing on 8/26, which are decent numbers.

Arroyo is 5-0 in his last nine starts, the Red Sox are 9-0 in those starts. call it what you want (run support) but I'll take a 9-0 record anyday!

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by keithstg:

As for Arroyo, I don't know what you consider playing well, but he's allowed between 3-5 runs a game in his last five starts, excepting one very good outing on 8/26, which are decent numbers.

Arroyo is 5-0 in his last nine starts, the Red Sox are 9-0 in those starts. call it what you want (run support) but I'll take a 9-0 record anyday!

This is splitting hairs, but allowing between 3-5 runs a start isn't going make anyone's job easier, especially against a tough opponent in the playoffs. He looks good as of now, though.

Is Home Plate ump Runge going to ask for an appeal any time soon on check swings for the Angels, or is he just going to do it for Boston hitters? What did Troy Glaus ever do to the umps?

Originally posted by vansmack:
Is Home Plate ump Runge going to ask for an appeal any time soon on check swings for the Angels, or is he just going to do it for Boston hitters? What did Troy Glaus ever do to the umps?

we want our Ted Williams autograph baseball back.

Originally posted by vansmack:
What did Troy Glaus ever do to the umps?

Paying off the umps may backfire. Now you've pissed him off. Forget Lansdowne, that may be on the interstate….

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
we want our Ted Williams autograph baseball back.

Funny story about that. My only complaint about The MLB package on DirecTV is that with Anaheim's season in a virtual unknown back in December when they made the TV deals, most of Anaheims games were on local TV, and the MLB package picks up only cable games on FSN, Comcast etc. So while we had the Angels often, they were on the other teams broadcast. So we heard the same stories over and over again about Erstad being a punter at Nebraska, Vlad coming over, Guillen's breakout year, Figgins stepping up for the injured so and so…..

One of the stories heard often was DaVanons dad being an MLB player and the Ted Williams ball. Well Smackette's favorite movie is "Sandlot" and kept calling it the Babe Ruth ball and called DaVanon "the kid in Sandlot" all season long. Gotta love her.

that was a mighty fine grand slam there. . .

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
that was a mighty fine grand slam there. . .

If I were a SportsCenter announcer, my catch phrase for Vladdy would be "And the lord said, rise up and I will take you to the promise land"

That's what MVP's do.

Congrat's Red Sox fans. At least we put up a fight for the last few innings. Sorry we couldn't make a better series of it, but you'll take the rest I'm sure.

Good luck the rest of the way.

I guess Schilling will now be starting game 1 against the Yankees.

i always just thought of Dodgers fans as just not caring, but they have shown themselves to be pretty classless by cheering whenever Cardinal players appear to be injured

at least the team has some class

and now, i think…..

did we even need to play 162 games this year?

tomorrow night, its on.

Leave it to a Canadian to bring weird new civility to baseball. I just read that the awkward hand shaking and hugs between the Dodgers and Cardinals after the series was Larry Walker's idea and Jim Tracy and Tony LaRussa agreed to it before the series.

Originally posted by pollard:
Leave it to a Canadian to bring weird new civility to baseball.

be nice, its Canadian Thanksgiving today. :)

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
be nice, its Canadian Thanksgiving today. :)

oh cool, I can't wait for Columbus Day celebrations tonight

Well I'm looking more forward to game 2, I never like anyone's chances when Schilling is pitching.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, ya turkey!!!!!!!!!!!