ALCS Game 4 : Yankees @ Red Sox (Live Thread)

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=mlbplayoffs&prov=st&type=lgns ^ | 17 Oct 04 | YAHOO

[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.

[L.N. Smithee]

John Kerry just issued a segment congratulating "Manny Ortez"

This IS a joke, right?

If this is true, this is a gaffe on par with Bob Dole's screwup while campaigning in Los Angeles in 1996. Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo had just finished off a no-hitter when he was wrapping up a stump speech, and someone got word to him before he left the podium. He then said to the crowd: "Hideo Nomo has just pitched a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers!"

The Clinton camp used the mix-up to symbolize Dole's supposedly backward thinking -- 'To him, the Dodgers are still in Brooklyn when they actually moved to L.A. in 1958.'

BTW, the Football Fans for Truth site has those painful pics of Kerry "playing" football and throwing a first pitch like a girl at Fenway Park.

[caspera]

Not tonight, but Kerry did say that his favorite current Sox was "Manny Ortez"

[NYCVirago]

Well, no need to watch the post-mortum on YES, is there?

So much for taping all this stuff. Tonight will be erased!

[pcgTheDestroyer]

hehe, then at least by SOME standard, the Yankees will have swept - by NYCVirago's tapes! ;-)

[raccoonradio]

Yes, it is a joke, but it is true that awhile ago Kerry was asked whom his favorite current Red Sox player was and he said "Manny Ortez". He also mentioned his fave player of the past was Eddie Yost, who never did play for the Red Sox (was a base coach for a couple yrs though)

[benjaminjjones]

Manny Ortiz wins it! :)

I Kucking Ferry actually said Manny Ortez, LOL

[benjaminjjones]

I Kucking Ferry actually said Manny Ortez, LOL=

I THINK Kucking Ferry actually said Manny Ortez, LOL

Urp! Took my trash out, got ciggies at the seben-de-leben, and made it to last call at the 2 o'clock bar. Wow did I ever! Am back to typing with single fingers.

Mission accomplished, 'cept I didn't have time to talk to the only semi-decent girl that stumbled into the late night bar.

Time for bed again. buh-bye...

5pm Game? Guess I'm blowing off the afternoon clients tomorrow, LOL

[april15Bendovr]

The curse ofthe Bambino is on the Red Sox not the Yankees. People in Boston need to realize that having two liberal demagoging Senators is the Curse. Babe Ruths last world series was against the Cubs in 1932. This was the same year Ted Kennedy was born.

[gridlock]

Game 5 tonight at 5pm

So if they play for four and a half hours tonight, we'll all still get to sleep on time. Thank Goodness!

I hate the way they start postseason play at 9:00. Wazzupwitdat! First pitch is supposed to be at 7:05.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I'll make sure I post you the TV screen shots. :) Rivera's in. Turn out the lights.

Your collar feeling a bit tight?

:-)

3 blown Mo saves this year.

Blown save 1: against the Red Sox
Blown save 2: against the Red Sox
Blown save 3: against the Red Sox

I'm liking that pattern. How about you?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Boston you are the only only only....!

That damn song has really grown on me.

[GraniteStateConservative]

B-E-L-I-E-V-E!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Here's a screen cap for you.

Pwn3d.

[ClintonBeGone]

LOL you dog!

[angcat]

What happened here? I fell asleep around 12:30AM.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Sorry. I had to respond to your post.

:-)

[GraniteStateConservative]

What happened here? I fell asleep around 12:30AM.

We're alive. That's what happened!

Alive!

[angcat]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bjs1779]

B-E-L-I-E-V-E!

Feeling better today I see! It is always a great feeling to wake up to a win like that.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I couldn't sleep not knowing what was happening. I went to bed at 11pm and woke up at midnight-- rested and ready for the rest of the game.