[Buckeye McFrog]

and the reaction along the banks of the Charles today is quite predictable...accuse the Yankees of taking a dive!
(they are calling them the Tankees)

[101voodoo]

The Tankees? LOL, well sure, if you are a RS fan then of course you must believe it is the responsibility of the team playing the team which can determine the seasons outcome for your team to play their starters the full nine.

Forget preparing for the ALDS and having your startwers rested, uh uh,the Yankees should have, in a game totally meaningless to THEM put their best pitchers out their and the best closer in the history of the game, allo the fuc*ng RS could have a shot at losing in the first round, a total certainty anyway.

I lived in the Boston area for 12 yrs and can testify to them being the most pathetic and sorry fans in sportsdom. To be a Red Sox fan means NEVER admit you were beaten by a better team. Nope, if you lose the reason will be one of the following:

Umps were biased
Umps were lousy and inconsistent
Playing field was tailored for opposition

Then we have the alibi's and the “what if’s”:

“Did you see that shot xxx hit in the 4th? Damn if that had been hit just 1/4 inch higher on the bat it would have cleared the wall.

If xxx gets a better jump on that pop fly by xxx in the xx inning he catches it and the entire game changes.

and on and on and on...

The good folks who reside in MA are called “Massholes” for a reason.