Posted on 10/17/2004 3:49:35 PM PDT by Neets
Yankees look for sweep; Astros try to pull even
October 17, 2004 BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - After a record-breaking rout against the Boston Red Sox in Game Three, the New York Yankees are on the verge of their 40th World Series appearance.
The Yankees - and the two teams combined - set a League Championship Series record for runs scored in a 19-8 rout of the Red Sox on Saturday, taking a three games to none lead. Of the 25 instances when a team has taken such a best-of-seven series lead previously, it has closed out the series in four games 20 times.
The chances of New York advancing to the World Series for the seventh time in nine years are very good considering no baseball team has ever come back from a three-game playoff series deficit. New York will give the ball to Orlando Hernandez, who jumped out to an 8-0 start this year before shoulder problems resulted in a finish of 0-2 with an 8.03 ERA. In his one start against Boston this season, "El Duque" pitched just three innings due to a rain delay.
Boston will pin its survival hopes on 14-game winner Derek Lowe, who was moved up from a potential Game Five start after the Red Sox used scheduled Game Four starter Tim Wakefield out of the bullpen Saturday. Lowe has a career 3.50 ERA in the postseason but was saddled with a 9.28 ERA against New York during the regular season.
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A Rod did the Green Monster Boogie.....The Yanks hit much better with 2 outs...
In fact both of my sons in law love my daughters and I bust both of their balls. I also kick their asses on the racquet ball court and the golf course but I'm past my fighting prime and these are two big fellows so I know when to quit. Or if I don't quit I keep a granddaughter in each arm. :-}
Easy...
Gee -- A-Rod almost makes me forget Aaron Boone.
And did you see that somebody threw the ball back, just like last night? Pretty funny.
The Sox are so down on Derek Lowe, but he's a regular Sandy Koufax compared to the clowns they had pitching last night!
Were Dickey and Munson Italian?
"That one was right down the pike," one of the announcers said and I thought, "Well, it's probably ON the (Mass.) Pike by now." Actually it came down on Lansdowne St
(aka Ted Williams Way) and someone threw it back (Cubs-
style--over the 50 ft or so wall. Johnny Damon threw it
back to the street, and it came right back! Finally
umpire Joe West put the ball in his pocket.
Just when I thought we'd gotten the "good" Derek Lowe
back, it's "Derek bLowe" again.
Eddie Yost on deck.
And who would think Lawrence would be Italian. Although there is a St. Lawrence River.
DO you let theseguys win at anything besides the hand of the Walsh Girls? Or is THAT well enough? OR are they letting the Old Man "win"? Hmmm...heh-heh...
El Duque is IN COMMAND...
Or is that Lorenzo??
Manny just sat their with the bat on his shoulder. .....completely fooled.
El Duque is into the Sox' heads already. Maany doesn't get fooled often.
Talked to my brother in upstate NY this morning, about the stadiums there. If that ball were to be hit out of Yankee stadium, it would marked with time, date and GPS and on E-Bay in 10 minutes.
Gorgio just got a hit. ....no jinx.
Lawrence Berra's definately Eye-talian...
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