A Bloody Red Sox-Yankees Weekend

From Sea to Shining Sea ^ | 8/21/06 | Purple Mountains

[PurpleMountains]

Here in Rhode Island, where I was brought up and still spend my summers, it’s not so much Democrats vs. Republicans or haves and have-nots. Rhode Islanders are divided pretty evenly between whether you are a Red Sox fan or a Yankee fan. For Red Sox fans, this past weekend has been an unmitigated disaster, as the Yankees, mostly recovered from debilitating injuries, faced an obviously dispirited Red Sox team with its team captain and on-field leader on the bench, injured. Two hapless catchers, Lopez and Mirabelli, have been trying to spell the irreplaceable and scrappy Jason Varitek, but have few hits, many passed balls and many stolen bases on the part of the Yankees to show for it. Three of the top Red Sox pitchers, Keith Foulke (reliever), Tim Wakefield and Matt Clement (starters) are also injured, along with right fielder, Trot Nixon, who was on his way to a banner year when he went down.

If you add to that a bull pen that throws batting practice when they are not walking batters, then you have the makings for the loss of five straight games to arch rival New York, most by lop-sided scores. Even young phenomenon, Jonathan Papelbon, who was blowing them out as a temporary closer in Foulke’s absence, seems to have lost it recently. Using starting pitchers nobody here had ever heard of before, Manager Terry Francona had to be operating in a state of shock as Yankee after Yankee rounded the bases, and, to rub it in, recent Red Sox expatriate, Johnny Damon, did the most damage.

It’s only five games, and it’s a long season, but Red Sox nation is in a state of shock this afternoon; and the season looks lost. The only bright note is that most years Red Sox fans have this kind of excitement to savor. I couldn’t imagine what it must be like to be a Kansas City Royals fan.

[b4its2late]

SWEEP! Yanks 2, Sox 1

[Doogle]

..hehe..son of massacre, yanks win 2-1 to sweep the sox 5-0 AT HOME

[SF Republican]

I remember when Jim Leaher asked Mark Shields if he could have either a BoSox world series winner or John Kerry win the Presidency, Mark would not answer.

[JohnLongIsland]

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[HitmanLV]

NY Post Sports Headline tomorrow: "How SWEEP it is!"

 

[Trajan88]

Oh the humanity... make room for #27 in October ;-)

[Trajan88]

Mark Shields = fuddy duddy

[CurlyQ]

There Dead Jim!

[gridlock]

You're going to have to photoshop in a long line, now...

[Victoria Delsoul]

"How SWEEP it is!"

LOL, good one. Go Yankees!!!

[HitmanLV]

YANKEES!!!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Woohoo!!!

[LibertyBelt]

From http://rehearsethecurse.blogspot.com/

Slaughterhouse Five

Five rubber, Boston duckies
Standing in a row--
Four days later
The Fenway grass is mowed.

Four Days at Ole Fenway,
Four Glorious Days;
Five wins at Yawkey Way,
A Hundred Glorious plays.

Five straight summer punches,
Five rounds in the ring;
Four days of summer punching
So now who's the King?

Five-in-a-row, like '43,
The Yankees sweep the field;
Five Down in 4 – a Daze --
The Bombers socked the field.

They’re down for the count
In one through four:
And the knockout blow
Was like five more.

Holy Cow - five shots,
five bullets from hell;
Holy Cow -- five straight,
the Yankees rang their bell.

Five nails in four days,
The coffin is getting tight:
Five hammerings, Holy Cow,
There go Boston's lights!

One, Two, Three, Four--
But Five is the stuff of dreams!
Three, two, one, zero--
A Blast of Yankee dreams!

It's Five for Five
At the Ole Fenway:
Five in just four
Most glorious days.

Slaughterhouse Five, how Schweet it is,
The Boston Duckies was swamped:
They went to war with chins held high—
But me the Boys from Da Bronx.

[xp38]

Bosox are closer to the third place Blue Jays than the Yankees now.

[Ranger1135]

The major difference between the Yankees and the rest of baseball is that they can take a flier on a Carl Pavano, Raul Mondesi, John Leiber, Jose Contreras, Hideki Irabu, etc. etc. etc. for outrageous money and if they don't play a lick for them they still have money to sign the Randy Johnsons', A-Rods', and Damons' without hesitation. Is it an advantage? Yes. Do they overspend and drive up costs around baseball? Yes. Get a Yankee fan to admit this? Not a chance.