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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Cobbled together? On a $250 million budget. For a 40 man roster, that comes out to an average of over $6 million per man.
Brian Cashman is the most overrated GM in baseball. He's spent over a billion $ of George's money over the past six years, with no WS titles to show for it.
And the Evil Yankees do this how?
NYC will not be paying for the new Stadium. They will only be paying for the infrastructure for the area.
You Red Sox fans protests a bit too much in my opinion. What are you guys really hiding and in what closet.
One game does not a season make. Let's see who puts the trophy in the display case at the end of the year.
I'm not disputing Ortiz' ability as a hitter. I'm just saying a DH should never win the MVP. They have their own award and he positively deserves whatever that award is.
Why Vaquero, whatever do you mean?
Why mention a team that has played the Sox tough then try and say it doesn't matter that the Yanks had a losing record to them last year?
Someone from the Central Division most likely.
You have said it all
So you don't think pitchers should ever win an MVP either?
Blank you, Hillary
or
Hey Hillary, blank you!
Here we go.
Game on 680 - not 850. Damon gets booed. First pitch ...ball
gay rod, I hope he wears his big hamburger helper gloves and his new avon colonge "driven"
yeah arod's "driven"
driven from behind by jeter
Can you 100% guarantee that past/present Sox players were not/are not "juiced?"
The name of the game is going to be who's pitching staff can eat innings? Torre wasted his pen yesterday like a dope so he's going to have to hope that Wong goes 7-8 in game one.
Johnson sucks and will likely set the Sox pen back big time. Jack Welch has a commentary gig once a week on NESN and bashed the Sox for setting up their staff this way.
True that.
Eck was an alcoholic...
does that count?
And with respect to Giambi, his juicing cost the Yanks about 2 full years of productivity and money. NY fans obviously care about only one thing and that's winning.
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