Posted on 10/13/2004 6:49:04 AM PDT by johnny7
NEW YORK -- The gloom of seeing their ace bounced after just three innings, his shortest outing in three years, was worsened by the knowledge that the Curt Schilling who had carried them all season might not be seen again this October.
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Well, It is good to have a dream.....
What about it being ominous for the Red Sox? Their No. 1 pitcher was trash-talking up a storm about how he was going to shut up 55,000 fans, and he ended up skulking out of the game after three innings. And their No. 2 starter calls the Yankees his daddy. If you're going to extrapolate all sorts of sordid implications for the Yankees, then you should do the same for the Red Sox. I say it's just one game, and I'm not going to read anything into it for either team or for the series, other than the Yankees getting a W in one game.
The Yankee victory in Game 1 should be the most ominous sign of all. They usually lose when they win the first game, don't they?
One of the great things when the Blue Jays won it all was that Billy Buckner was in their system as a batting instructor and got a World Series ring as a result. :)
They lost Game 1 in the World Series last year, but lost the series. But they've also won Game 1s before and won series, as well as lost them. There's not necessarily a correlation. At any rate, baseball is a marathon, not a sprint, so I don't get to dancing in the streets over one game. I found it annoying when Yankee-haters trash-talked the Yankees when they lost Game 1 against the Twins, so I'm not going to consider the series won because the Yankees won game one this time.
I did not know that. That's funny.
It's true! They are the salt of the Earth.
I find your comments about Mussina and the Orioles intriguing. Specifically, was he always so devoid of personality, or is that a recent development? ;) Seriously, though, Mussina's a pretty serious guy who doesn't seem to like anything messing up his routine. Was he always that way?
It is. I recall posting this info a year or two ago on a baseball thread here on FR and then double checking my old media guides to be sure. He definitely got a ring if not two. I was responding to one of the baseball experts we had who was saying Buckner was actually a good player with a decent career and that one incident had completely tainted it.
Fox showed a graphic last night that showed the Bombers are something like 7-1 in the ALCS all time.
Now lately in the Series it has been a different story.
Yes, George Steinbrenner spends a lot of money, but he wasn't stupid enough to spend $20 million a year on Man Ram. NICE defense by Ramirez in Left Field. For $20 million, you get a great hitter, lousy fielder, worse baserunner and a guy who isn't so great in the clubhouse either. No wonder the Red Sox can't win The Big One.
I hate the Yankees AND the Red Sox. Both get by on huge cable TV markets. Both buy up everyone else's players. Both are insufferably obnoxious. Both think they're God's gift to baseball. Outside of the Northeast, it's tiresome.
I think Buckner wrongly gets a bad rap for that game. People forget that the Mets had already tied the game at home when the ball went through Buckner's legs. And nobody seems to remember, or blame, 1) Schiraldi's terrible pitching performance, or 2) McNamara's terrible managing.
Nonsense. They have the money because of a huge cable TV audience in their local market. The Cleveland Indians in the latter half of the 1990's had 455 straight sellouts and merchandise income right up with everyone else, but the local TV market just can't match New York. We lost Albert Belle, Jim Thome and Man Ram to free agency. Seattle lose A-Rod, The Unit and Griffey. Montreal lost Pedro and Vlad. Even New York's owner is from Lorain, Ohio -- where the Indians flagship broadcast station is located! Yes, the Yankees have a great organization ... but it is ridiculous to pretend they don't have an enormous advantage in money.
New York, a state that gave us Senator Hillary Clinton. Thanks guys! >:-(
Kerry jinxed them when he threw out that ball. They didn't stand a chance.
Yes. Even as a rookie, he really wanted stuff to go a certain way. I don't think he had a bad attitude at all, just very structured in his approach.
He definitely won't win "Most Engaging Personality" competitions.
That part is definitely true. One bad grounder...
Mussina is one of the smarter guys in baseball, and from what I hear from people who've met him, he's a really nice guy with the fans. I just wish he'd realize that when he talks about his routine being messed up, like with the Yankees' trip to Japan, he comes off as a whiny crybaby!
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