Posted on 08/18/2006 8:27:35 AM PDT by Airborne1986
It's now or never for the New York Yankees.
The Yankees open a five-game series at Fenway Park on Friday with their alter egos in the American League East, the Boston Red Sox. Just 1 1/2 games will separate the two teams when that series begins.
Since the All-Star break, the Sox have slipped considerably, going 16-17 with problems surfacing with their starting pitching, relief corps and hitting (with the exception of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez). The Yankees, meanwhile, seem to have righted themselves after a long year of struggles with injuries and under-producing pitchers such as Randy Johnson. New York has gone 20-12 since the break to move past Boston into first place, a five-game reversal in 31 games.
Yet even with the additions of Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle and the improved pitching of Johnson, the Yankees won't separate themselves from the Red Sox if they don't make a move during this series, because Boston may be the most resilient team in the American League, if not in all of baseball. ...
For all the Red Sox difficulties of late, especially with their pitching, they could be tied for the division lead by Saturday morning if everything goes right and if they continue to play at home the way they have thus far.
That would give the Red Sox the advantage in the series and for the rest of the season. They would have their top three pitchers — Josh Beckett, Curt Schilling and David Wells — going in the final three games against the Yankees, with a chance to turn the tables on them just when much of the world felt New York was ready to assert itself and pull away.
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Being one half-inning and nine straight innings of winning baseball over the course of three more games (including at home) away from going to the World Series, and being unable to do so.
Yes, you favor the Red Sox who were owned by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Ortiz is so bad in the field they won't even play him. He's not a complete player, he's a great hitter.
The award is Most Valuable Player. You "play" in the field too. The DH is a sucky rule anyway.
Don't forget the KC Royals, too. Yawn. Season starts today.
Almost forgot. Thanks for the reminder.
Season starts today.
Amen.
LOL Kerry..he loves Manny Ortez and remembers Dwight Everets. He Hunts with a bolt action skeet shooting revolver and cries when glaciers melt. He is die hard red sox nation.
A lie . . . he played in the 2004 WS v. St. Louis, and even turned a DP. He's not a bad first baseman at all.
"Just do us Red Sox fans a favor and keep A-Fraud at third. He's on a record pace..."
I bet the Sox fans are happy they dodged that bullet..
What was the Yanks record last year against Tampa?
The KC Royals that beat up the White Sox too?
Gay rod and queer eye for the Damon guy are right where they belong.
Maybe so, but the pinstripes have really ruined baseball, an amazing feat given their recent world series drought. They lead the league in time a game takes to play. You might as well start every player with a 2-1 count because two minutes into the at bat thats where you'll be. I'm old enough to remember Jack Clark's brief stint in the Bronx. He was so happy to return to the NL where games didn't routinely go 3 1/2 hours. As for the ridiculous trading deals...when money is no object...just stop tell the Boss to stop whining about how much a new stadium will cost (when the Stadium was done over in the seventies it almost drove NYC into bankruptcy).
And the Yankee Fans have pictures of Hillary with a NY cap on.
He's about as good as the Juice Boy
The self-same suddenly resilient KC Royals, with Grudzhafacylkknnnankenenkkayyrkkkzzkkk, the only man in baseball whose last name printed on his jersey forms a 180-degree arc.
BFD!!!
If he could help the team, he'd be in there every day like a real ballplayer.
Who's lying now?
And this is relevent to the Red Sox record and "strength" this year how?
He helps the team every day as the DH.
He could field 1B, but we have other options over there. Why should Ortiz play 1B when we have the Greek God of Walks over there, manning the position very capably at that?
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