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To: mmichaels1970

Only one choke, the game. Biggest choke ever was the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. They were 2 outs away from winning that series 4-0, then 3 outs away from winning it 4-1. Only team in MLB history to lead a series 3-0 and even have to play games 7, much less lose it.


184 posted on 01/10/2016 8:22:21 AM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: discostu

That IS a big one. But I probably differ in my interpretation of “choke”. To me, it is doing something “bone-headed” to lose a game. Cinci did three such things in the course of about 60 game seconds.

I admit I look through a Cleveland lens. But if I can say “Even the Browns couldn’t lose a game like that”, then to me, you have reached “All time epic” status.


185 posted on 01/10/2016 8:31:04 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: discostu

Yes. That was a terrible series for the Yankees, one for the ages. But let’s not forget that in 1996, when the Yankees played the defending WS champion Braves, the Braves beat them the first two games at Yankee stadium, 12-1, then 4-0. Then the series returned to Atlanta for the next three games, and the Yankees had to face Tom Glavin, Tom Maddox, Steve Avery, and John Smoltz. No one gave NY a shot. What did they do? They won all three games in Atlanta, then closed the series out in NY, against the best pitching staff in baseball. Every time I have to think about the epic choke against Boston in 2004, I feel much better when I remember the 1996 World Series.


198 posted on 01/10/2016 9:42:46 AM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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