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| DWI |
Posted
on 15-Feb-04 11:42 AM
NY Yankees and Texas Rangers are finishing up the process to send the Super-Short Stop (will be playing 3rd base now) to the Yankees for financial relief and Alfonso Soriano, the Wiz kid.
De Ja Vu, all over again? Not quite, Babe Ruth was with the Red Sox before he got traded to the Bombers. A-Rod, almost made it to the Red Sox roster, but didn't. I am sure Cashman is smiling at the Red Sox kid GM.
The rich got reacher and I have nothing to complain about. I just thought we should be focusing more on Starting Pitching (Bull pen and Closing are great now).
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| ProudNepali |
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on 16-Feb-04 12:56 AM
SURELY IT's THe Biggest Disaster on RED-SOX Nation's ArSe. What esle could have gone worse???? We were this close to getting him. Damn Yankees Sneaked away with him. Still it's a very CLOSE game. We have a better Pitching than before. Only the Loss of the season is the All-improved Second BAseman Todd Walker. Yet The Red Sox Fans have plenty of Reasons to be hopeful for the players from last season can Only get better. Aftermath of what happened to A-ROd and MAnny deal alongside Garciapara trade Those two will still be the HEart of our Batting Order. Manny will give a Reason for the Baseball world why He is Manny after he had seen and gone though all the craps. As on Part of NOmaR Garciapara "THE two Batting title Champion" he will play his heart out as he always does , this time even more intensely, just to prove that if A-Rod is the (prolly) greatest player of all time HE is not far behind. We will see a much more fired up NOMAr this season than any other seasons before. Same can be said about the whole SQUAD.
We will be taking the Things down to the WIre. And surely for this time We will prove to the World that the CUrse of BAMBINO is OVer.
Guys reserve your tickets soon. You don't wanna be left out.
This IS the YEAR.
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| DWI |
Posted
on 16-Feb-04 06:01 AM
Oh, thy Red Sox Fans...always so helpful.
It would've been a competition till A'Rod signed. Now, it is Yanks by a landslide.
Pitching is good, no doubt. But the league's best hitting club will slide down considerably this season. Nomar and Manny sure have chip on their shoulder to prove something, but they also have that disgust for the ball club. Any sports I have followed, a Sportsman plays his best during free-agency. But he is miserable when his team is in talks of sending him off. Ofcourse their are few exceptions.
Yanks' bullpen is one of the best in the league. No baseball team in the history of the soprt, has ever seen such a line up in the Hitting lineup. The only odd man out is the 9the player in the rotation.
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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 16-Feb-04 09:00 AM
Ain't no big deal if you ask me! I was hoping the Sox would not be able to sign A-Rod back when Sox and Rangers were battling it out with Player's Union for the trade.
A-Rod's contract is simply too big for Sox to carry it. So, thank god Sox did not get him, even though Theo and co. wanted him.
It is pitching that wins games. Any serious baseball fan knows that. And, as for Yanks getting him, "what are they thinkin?" I guess Georgie is NOT thinking. How is A-Rod and Jeter going to play in the same team? Lemme go over the scenario. Jeter (a lesser player to A-Rod in every sense) is not going to relinquish his position to A-Rod because.........because he is the incumbent?? What an example to be set by the captain of the team! I am sure this will go well with all the Yankee players! And, by making A-Rod a third baseman, Yanks would have a mediocre shortstop at defence, and potentially a good thirdbaseman. Not a great defensive player at either position. Really, playing A-Rod at third only makes the Yanks offence strong. But, like I said earlier, in baseball, it is PITCHING, PITCHING, PITCHING that counts.
If Yanks get their head screwed on right, they would move Jeter to third. But then, how would Jeter react to such a move? No one has questioned the Captain so far, and now there is a new kid in town...... All this means trouble for Yanks. Because in baseball, unlike other sports, team chemistry matters. When you play 161 games a year, team chemistry matters. So, good luck Yankee fans. It sure would be frustating to see your team not finish first with all that talent and money being thrown around.
B_D.
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| AX |
Posted
on 16-Feb-04 09:11 AM
Thanks for starting the thread DWI.
Great acquisitions for the Yankees. They will be the favorite to win the eastern conference yet again.
Proud says “As on Part of NOmaR Garciapara "THE two Batting title Champion" he will play his heart out as he always does , this time even more intensely, just to prove that if A-Rod is the (prolly) greatest player of all time HE is not far behind. We will see a much more fired up NOMAr this season than any other seasons before.”
If Nomar is such a great player, would he warrant long term contract extension? I think he suits very well in LA Dodgers uniform :)
Here’s the look for the Yankees batting order and pitching rotations….
1. Kenny Lofton (CF)
2. Derek Jeter (SS)
3. Alex Rodrigues (3B)
4. Gary Sheffield (RF)
5. Jason Giambi (1B)
6. Bernie Williams (DH)
7. Jorge Posada ( C)
8. Hideki Matsui (LF)
9. Enrique Wilson (2B)
Pitcher
Mike Mussina
Kevin Brown
Jose Contereas
Javier Vazquez
Jon Leiber
Let's not kid here; Yankees may have 7 All Stars on this offense. I think Yankees still need to work little on the Pitching staff. I am not so sure if Jon Leiber is completely heeled from his elbow surgery. may be another trade for left handed pitcher?
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| DWI |
Posted
on 16-Feb-04 11:59 AM
Baseball isn't one dimensional game. As I said earlier, Yankees should have made more effort on Pitching department, but given the situation, this is the best we could do.
Sure pitching is the most dominant factor of Baseball. If a team has 3 top notch starters and good closures then it guarantees atleast the division title, very probably the world series. The best case in point would be Arizona a couple of years ago.
Name me a team which can boast that rotation again? Heck, the Diamondbacks couldn't even goto playoff with that rotation. Oakland Atheletics has had the young and strong pitching rotation since last few years. What happened? Braves duo were still at the top level, did it guarantee the win.
My point is that, pitching is very important and is decisive only when you have the league' top 3 pitchers at their best form. Otherwise, you have to strenghen your other dimensions. Yankees are solid in hitting now. Their pitching is average. Our hitters can give us 5-6 runs a game easily and the pitching staff is capable of putting it down to 3-5 runs a game.
We certainly have a good edge. If you cannot agree with that then you are just pretending to ignore Yankees. Every sports caster comment on the defficiencies of Yankees, they forget to look at other teams. Are their any competitors left?
Red_sox, Braves and Atheletics are good but not enough this year.
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| AX |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 08:58 AM
Owner John Henry now believes a salary cap could be good for baseball after watching the rival Yankees trade for Alex Rodriguez -- a deal his own franchise could not complete.
Mr Henry, how about selling a team? so you would not have worry about Mr BOSS else pay the palyers like him :)
I 2nd you DWI. Yankees is the force in the AL. I would expect them scoring 9-10 runs per game which should be enuff to win the games with the avg pitching staffs. I will not get to watch as many Yankees games as I used to watch :(
Yankees vs Cubs in the 04 world series :)
To Boston dude - can you please tell me which pitching rotation was better than the As in the AL and Cubs in the NL last year? Did they get to the WORLD SERIES???
and talking about fued between DJ and AROD, DJ is still da man in YankeeTown. AROD will help him to get more championship rings
How about telling us more about Nomar? does he wants to stay there and will Manny give 100% after he found out he was going to be traded?
Nomar looks better in Dodgers' blue uniform ;)
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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 10:54 AM
AX,
Good point. I agree that J Henry sounds like a sore loser. While I agree that baseball is a lesser game for not having a salary cap, Henry is not the guy to be championing this cause.
As for pitching and championships, who won the World Series last year? It wasn't the Yankees, and it definitely was not the Marlins hitting. It was PITCHING, the Marlins' pitching that won the championship. We all remember Schilling and Johnson winning it all a few years back with a hapless team, don't we?
Also, A's might have made it further than they did had it not been for the freakish injury to one of their starters. I forget who it was, but one of their starters got injured in a critical game. (Moulder perhaps). When that happens, all bets are off, of course. As for Cubs, I never thought their pitching was that good anyway. Remember all those home runs flying out of the ball park in Chicago?
Red Sox have their own problems with Manny and Nomar. I am not worried about Manny. If you know Manny, he could care less about all this. As for Nomar, I am concerned about what happens after this year.
B_D.
p.s. good sports talk guys.
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| DWI |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 02:02 PM
Exactly right AX.
As for Boston_Dude, I think we are going back to the same argument again. Okay, a good pitching wins the game.But that is just an abstract conclusion. Are you saying that Marlins had the best pitching staff in the Baseball?Their rotation wasn't even in top 6.
You will say they didn't have best, but they had decent. Here you go now. That means you don't really require the best pitching staff to win the series. Another thing is there is no Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson-Curt Schilling-Greg Maddux-Tom Glavine of yeasteryears that you could accumulate, that would guarantee win in playoff series. We still
have Mussina, Pedro, Hudson etc but none with the best of Post Season records (Mussina is decent, and we have him). Andy is dandy and there are few others. But none that can guarantee and ERA of below 2.5 to 3.0 in 7 innings (in
Post Season). Yankees have hitters that can guarantee above 4-5 hits over the course of the game.
Bottom line, again, is although Pitching wins a game; No team has an arsenal of pitchers to guarantee a low scoring game. Yankees couldn't get the best of the pitchers. But in absence of any team with that claim (in pitching dept), we can fairly say Yankees are the best team in Baseball.
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| ProudNepali |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 02:25 PM
Guys The Yankees Batting Lineup Had gotten better. We can't dare to say the same about the pitching. The baseball pundits will say it had gotten slightly worse. Even so the strength of the Batting lineup should make up for the starting rotation.
Now talk about the RED-SOX. Addition of A-ROd would have been an ice in the cake. But hey we were to lose NOMaR AND mAnnY Too. NOmar and Manny together is a much stronger force than A-ROD alone. Even on Individual comparisons neither Manny nor NOmar are much behind A-ROD. So, even though the trade had occured it wouldn't have been too much of a gain. Again there's the SALARY CAPS.
Talking about the RED-SOX lineup we have a solid lineup that was building from last season. IT will only get better this season. We didn't lose anyone that important. We broke lots of records with our lineup last season and led the league in most of the batting categories so SCORING is not a problem for us. We can compete against Yankees for a score to score. Besides if MANNY and NOMAR have to prove anything so far then THis will be the season. THey will play their best games in order to prove to the baseball world where they STAND AND what their worths are.
As of the Starting Rotation. Ask anyone to name the top three starting rotation for the coming season. Red-SOx will be there. With the acquisitions of Schilling and Faulk two of the league's best Starting and closing pitchers, the opponents of the REd-SOx are surely to have their nightmares felt. And we all know well how are other pitchers are.
GO red SOX Go.
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| AX |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 03:09 PM
now we know why John Hart backed out trading AROD to RED SOX :) he had to pay for the two superstars salary ;)
Red SOX and Yankees lineup are about the same? following is the lineup; tell us how they compare:
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| Nepali Kanchi |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 04:27 PM
I wonder how Jeter feels about having another "superstar" on the team?!
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| kingkong |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 06:48 PM
who cares for christ sake
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| ProudNepali |
Posted
on 19-Feb-04 11:54 PM
Hey AX those two lineups do not look so different. Both of them have enough firepowers in their roosters. The same line up for REd SOX (EXcept for Walker instead of Posey) stunned everyone last season so things are not going to be so different from last season. Yankees look better than last year but that doesn't make the SOX worse.
Could you be kind enough to post the similar comparions sheet for the starting rotation and the bull-pen? It surely will be fun won't it bro?
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| AX |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 08:00 AM
Proud, I never said Yankees have better rotation than Red Sox has. Schilling acquisition was great for Red Sox which already had great pitching rotation.
Proud, give some credit to other clubhouse as well. The team which defeated Red Sox last year in ALCS has added two megastars AROD and Shefflied and they are about the same???
With the murderer lineup Yankees have, they will easily surpass the Red Sox's batting stats this year. They will easily score 1000 runs for the year. You, I and others agree that Boston’s batting lineup were over achiever last year. All of them had career year.
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| AX |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 08:02 AM
Boston_Dude, if Marlins had soooooo great pitching staff, please name one of them beside D Train (real name???) w/o any help :)
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| AX |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 08:08 AM
104,000 extra tickets bridge salary gap
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- In just four days, Alex Rodriguez has nearly paid for himself this year, at least as far as the New York Yankees are concerned.
New York has sold nearly 104,000 tickets worth a total of $4.6 million since Monday, when it acquired the American League MVP from the Texas Rangers. The sales are double the amount for the same period last year, the team said Thursday.
By acquiring Rodriguez, the Yankees committed themselves to an additional $1.6 million in salary this year -- they owe him $14 million and are saving $12.4 million in what would have been paid to Aaron Boone, Drew Henson and Alfonso Soriano.
By selling 22,000 tickets Monday, 23,000 Tuesday, 27,000 Wednesday and 26,700 Thursday, New York raised its season total to 2,334,000. Those tickets have an average price of $44.69, the team said, meaning the Yankees have sold $104.3 million of seats.
In addition, New York received deposits for full and partial season plans that translate to an additional 5,000 total tickets.
New York is 105,000 tickets ahead of its pace last year, when the Yankees drew a team record 3,465,550, and 277,000 tickets ahead of 2002.
The Yankees will pay $14 million this season to Rodriguez, and owe him another $1 million in 2004 salary that is deferred without interest until Jan. 15, 2011.
He will receive an additional $3 million this year from Texas, and also will get $3 million in 2004 salary from Texas that is deferred at 1.75 percent until June 15, 2016.
New York saved $5.4 million by trading second baseman Soriano to Texas, $2.2 million by releasing third baseman Henson and will save another $4.8 million by terminating the $5.75 million contract of third baseman Boone, who tore a ligament in his left knee and will miss most or all of the season. New York says that because Boone violated the guarantee language of his contract, he is owed 30 days' termination pay, which comes to $917,553.
*****
that's how BOSS can afford $195 mil payroll. Other sports owner get a lesson from him :)
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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 09:32 AM
AX,
All I am saying is that in the last World Series, Marlins pitched their way to victory. Marlins outpitched Yanks, as Josh B. made Yanks look foolish.
It is my opinion that a good line of pitchers (especially starting, and a closer) will win you many games during the regular season to get you to the playoffs. However, once you are in the playoffs, what you want are a couple of studs in the starting rotation and a star closer. It is better to have 2 bulls for starters than 3 or 4 very good ones. (e.g. Schilling and Randy). Boston has this combination, and that is why I feel good about the upcoming season. For all the star power Yanks have added, you have to look at what has left the team as well. I think the loss of Andy P. was huge. You know he was your money man. He was one LEFTY you could count on, especially in playoffs to come through, time and again. And, the other 2 who have left the team, Roger and Wells weren't that bad either :)
B_D.
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| ProudNepali |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 10:57 PM
AX brother, what about the loss of Petite, Clemens and WElls. They all won more than 15 games each. The heart of the starting rotation is broken. You and I will both agree on that. Yes, Yankees had refueled themselves but can anyone today say their ROTation has gotten better?? That's the real issue here. OF course, the lineup had gotten much better but that doesn't necessarily covers up for the weaker rotation.
Bro Manny and Nomar had slightly worse season than their other seasons. some of the players did put on their career numbers. But again that's why they were brought down to Beantown. And now do you assume THe REdSOX lineup will be less productive this season?? Yankees fans would like to think (hope) so. But we are not talking about fantasy here. It's the MLB, we are talking about. And...... the starting rotation... don't you believe it's one of the best in the league?? OF course Astros and Cubs are scary.Still... Red SOx lineup will be the scariest of all.
I see a very CLose AL (and AL East) championship race here. ... with the Curse of Bambino finally ending here in BEantown.
Let us here you more Bro.
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| AX |
Posted
on 23-Feb-04 07:39 AM
pitching stats
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| AX |
Posted
on 23-Feb-04 07:46 AM
Newly acquired pitchers have better nos than past Yankees studs.
Kevin brown is finally healthy and he should be a top contender for the 04 CY Young Award with newly acquired megastar batsmen run support.
Personally I will miss Andy Petite more than others two.
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| DWI |
Posted
on 23-Feb-04 05:16 PM
Agreed Ax.
They don't enough creidt to our pitching lineup. The only two drawbacks we have, compared to last year:
1. We don't have a good left hander in the starting lineup (bullpen has it)
2. We lack the post season winners like Wells, Petite and Rocket.
Javier Vazquez is promising. The cuban can really do wonders if he stops thinking about his family back in Cuba.
Kevin Brown is a naaaaasty slider. I think the era you've posted was from Last year? Probably his best year, and he is turning 40 I think, or over 40. If his hands don't bother him like last time with Dodgers, he will be fine. He is a great replacement.
Moose is, and has been, one of best pitchers.
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| DWI |
Posted
on 23-Feb-04 05:18 PM
Living in NY, it is hard to not pay any attention to the other ball club, the METS.
If they wanna sell few tickets this season, they better sign Alfonso Soriano, without replacing Jose Reyes.
They gotta be more aggressive. It sure seems like they are cutting their payroll to enjoy revenue sharing from Yankees.
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| AX |
Posted
on 23-Feb-04 06:46 PM
Red Sox fans, I have found an article. I am sure you would love it coz it's written by one of your boyz from Globe. Les hear how you felt?
One who got away gets going with Yankees
By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist, 2/22/2004
TAMPA -- A week. Seven short days.
Last Saturday, Valentine's Day, New England awoke to a crazy rumor that the much-coveted Alex Rodriguez might be going to the Yankees. By the end of the day, we'd learned it was true, and yesterday, one week later, there was A-Rod in a Yankee cap and shirt, talking to the media on live television after working out as a third baseman at New York's minor league complex.
It was not a good day to be a columnist from Boston. I was tempted to put a bag over my head (I know that's a fastball down the middle for you angry, Sox-lovin' e-mailers, but try to be kind). This was an inglorious week for Red Sox Nation. The Yankees and their fans are known to gloat. Folks around the country are still wondering how the Sox let Rodriguez get away. It was doubly embarrassing to watch Boston owner John W. Henry get dope-slapped by George Steinbrenner after Henry's ill-advised, head-scratching e-mail to news outlets.
Anyway, it's always about us whenever anything happens in baseball, so here's the Boston angle on A-Rod's first day at Yankee spring training (those not into indulgent whining can skip the rest of this).
Let's start with the admission that the Red Sox have a wonderful team. They made great acquisitions in the offseason and have better pitching than the Yankees. There's no reason the Sox can't beat the Yankees this year and win the American League pennant.
But it was impossible to watch and listen to Rodriguez yesterday without wondering what might have been had the Sox completed their protracted effort to get baseball's Michael Jordan. The reality is that Rodriguez is the star of stars and he's going to be sharing the left side of the Yankee infield with Derek Jeter for the next seven seasons.
So Alex, how do you think the Fenway fans will treat you when you come to Boston Friday, April 16?
"I don't know," he said. "I love Boston. I hope if they boo, I hope they don't boo too loudly because all my in-laws will be there. They have all their family over there. That was almost. Almost. We almost went there."
Asked for his reaction to Henry's kooky midweek missive, Rodriguez was slightly more tempered than Steinbrenner.
"I'm sure there's frustration there," he said. "They've built a wonderful team over there and they've made some great moves. We got close. A couple times. All I can say is that I really enjoyed meeting Theo and spending time with Mr. Henry and I just think he's done a great job over there in that franchise, but I'm glad I'm a New York Yankee."
This is not the first time Rodriguez has cited his good feelings for Theo Epstein and Henry, always omitting volcanic CEO Larry Lucchino, who has been identified by some reporters as the man who blew up the negotiations. Lucchino denies the charge, but A-Rod never mentions Larry when discussing his six-week dance with the Red Sox.
For free-thinking Sox fans, what's particularly grating about A-Rod in pinstripes is the obvious conclusion that Boston's lengthy pitch wound up paving the way for the Yankees to get Rodriguez. It's as if the Red Sox struggled mightily to loosen the top of the bottle, only to watch the Yankees pour the A-1 over choice porterhouse.
"I think a lot of the landscape was already in place," Rodriguez said when asked about the quick negotiations with New York. "We already knew the obstacles going into it [thanks, Sox]. I wouldn't blame Boston for this, it was just more of a novel experience for everyone involved with Texas, Boston, and our group. And I think New York benefited some from that. And I think it was just quick and easy. I marvel as how quickly Mr. Cashman and Mr. Levine and everyone involved made this work."
Ouch. That's like hearing, "You're fat . . . and you're ugly."
"It's been a dream come true, so far," said Rodriguez. "This throws me right into the mix of East Coast baseball. Being born in New York, it's something I take very special. Wearing the pinstripes and playing for the New York Yankees is, I think, the ultimate dream for anyone.
"This whole winter I've gotten a great taste of East Coast baseball and the fans' attachment. Back and forth from the Boston franchise and the New York Yankee franchise. It's like a passion that I've never seen before, and I can't wait to be in the middle of it and do my best.
"People take baseball as seriously as religion in the East Coast, and it's fun to watch. I think Boston and New York are the ultimate places to play baseball. I just felt that the Yankees and Boston were the only two alternatives for me.
"If you didn't like watching New York-Boston last year, there's something wrong with you. I can remember jumping out of my couch three or four times in that series. It was just awesome to watch. I wished and dreamed about someday being able to play in games that meant that much. And the dream is here much sooner than I thought.
"It couldn't have been a better series. When Aaron Boone hit that home run, that was pretty phenomenal."
Would you have taken Pedro out?
Rodriguez laughed, then flashed that Whitney Houston smile. Diplomatic as ever, he said, "Oh, man. Pedro's great, isn't he? I love Pedro. What a great series. That's as good as I've ever seen."
Man, this guy is smooth. He's already addressing some of the New York reporters by their first names.
He's carefully calling his new team "Derek's team." And he won't duck questions about his quarter-billion-dollar contract.
"I was man enough to sign that contract and I have to be man enough to back it up and be able to carry the responsibilities with the contract," he said. "I'm not going to take the contract and go hide in the back room."
In the words of Bob Lobel, "Why can't we get players like that?"
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| ProudNepali |
Posted
on 25-Feb-04 02:22 PM
AX brother, that article had been discussed by lots of TV personnels including the ESPN folks. Steinbrenner might have had filed a case agaisnt John Henry by now for expressing such views. At this point fo time he is a sole loser. Theo Epstein had been doing all he can do in his capacity as the GM.
THe point here is "Regardless of what is going on in the Media or with the Owners" the squad we have reamains the same. If the atheletes were making bizzare comments then it would have been a problem. So far we don't see the smoke over the chimney. So, why bother getting tangles in that business. BUt you guys as much as anyone else know that "A-ROd wanted to PLAY for BOSTON". why?????? because Red SOx is probably the most liked franchise in the history of Baseball, there's no place like FENWAY park,and most of all We are the MOSt loyal fans of all. That's what an athelete forsees. Red Sox was a good fit for A-ROd but it was still a bone in the neck for the REd-Sox admin... (even though they might not admit it) because "THE DEAL" wouldn't have gone through without the Sacrifice of two of the best players in the MLB.
And hey AX bro thanks for the courtesy of the Statistics. THe pitching .... Red Sox and Yankees they both look equally good. Could you be kind enough to post the statistics of our newly acquired Schilling and Foulke. Schilling had proven that he can pitch against any lineups in the league and also against the YANkkeeesss (remember the playoffs 01-02), Foulke is arguably the best closer in the Eastern Conference. Their stats will stun anyone..... of course Yankeess too.
Don't the Yankees nation prefer to have Petite, Clemens and Wells (all the big time post season winners) in their lineups to newly acquired pitchers (even these are good pitchers).
And again, the pitchers the Yankees had acquired had not tested the Easten Conference batters as much as those acquired by us Red Soxs.
You tell me.... how the season looks ..?
Just a loyal Bostonian and a MLB fan.
Go Red-Sox Go.
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| AX |
Posted
on 07-Mar-04 06:39 PM
here's something to start with
NY Yankees 11- Boston 7
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| lizardking |
Posted
on 07-Mar-04 06:46 PM
what a fierce rivalry with the red sox. huhu.kudos to Alex Rodriguez. Always liked him.
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| ProudNepali |
Posted
on 08-Mar-04 10:38 AM
Did you ALso say that was a spring training gain??
And did you also notice that NOMAR (arguably the best player in the RED SOX uniform) didn't play that game??
But oh yeah... Loss is a Loss. That doesn't mean anything to the teams themselves. Yet medias and the fans get their chance to celebrate. But..... The RedSox did look solid with their lineup. Yankee is good too. Just that the Red-Sox is better.
Go SOx Go.
The Pride will be back in Beantown by the end of the season.
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| AX |
Posted
on 08-Mar-04 10:59 AM
Nomar the best sox player? Let Mr Henry know about it, so Nomar can he rich like other SS. Why can't he get fair share of market??? AROD got paid very well so did DJ and Tejada just did few months back with Orioles.
I think he is a better player than DJ and nos proves it, but lacks leadership qualities. Better keep your players under contract, else you be competiting with Devil Rays for the last position. I still say Nomar looks good in Blue Dodgers uniform. Wait till you see it :)
Proud bro, thanks for taking the lost graciously. We Yankees like to beat Red Sox every game possible be it season or preseason
tuned in for more bad news .......
YANKEES rules
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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 08-Mar-04 01:29 PM
Wow,
A preseason game generates so much talk! Wonder what a divisional playoff series between the Yanks and Sox will do? Wait, I already know. It makes an old man, who can barely walk, charge Pedro in front of thousands of people? :) I love that T-shirt which has Zimmer's portrait and it reads, "Zimmer, he had it coming!"
If Yankees wanna pay every steroid filled muscleman in baseball, then let them. We'll see just how good Giambi and Shefield is when artificial chemicals aren't flowing in their veins. (I might have gone a little too far here, but that's OK. They are Yanks, so it is ok to criticize them for anything and everything :) )
As for paying Nomar, I am sure he will get his fair share. Be it here or somewhere else. We don't have endless amount of $$$ like the Evil Empire does.
And as for pre-season games, c'mon, should I even bother? For instance, Redskins were 4-0 during NFL preseason last year. By the end of the year, the coach was fired and is perhaps banished from NFL for good. That's what pre-season means.
B_D.
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| AX |
Posted
on 08-Mar-04 01:40 PM
B_D said "If Yankees wanna pay every steroid filled muscleman in baseball, then let them. We'll see just how good Giambi and Shefield is when artificial chemicals aren't flowing in their veins. (I might have gone a little too far here, but that's OK. They are Yanks, so it is ok to criticize them for anything and everything :) ) "
where did you get that piece from? can I read the article....
B_D said "As for paying Nomar, I am sure he will get his fair share. Be it here or somewhere else. We don't have endless amount of $$$ like the Evil Empire does"
Red Sox comes 2nd to Yankees.... stop whining, will ya???
CURSE still on......
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| boston_dude |
Posted
on 09-Mar-04 09:55 AM
AX,
Are you telling me that you haven't yet heard about the steroid usage controversy in baseball? Well, if you have not, here is a link to a news report:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4389316/
The headline of the article reads:
Report: Feds say Bonds,
Giambi, Sheffield got steroids
As for the curse, his name was GRADY LITTLE, and he aint with the Sox no more :)
B_D.
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| ProudNepali |
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on 09-Mar-04 10:38 AM
AX BRo do you doubt NOmar's Credibility?? Did you forget that he is the TWO times batting title Champion???
Didn't you also know that he was offered some $ 16-17 millions/season by the Red Sox Organization during last spring training?? Of course, the baseball market is slumping these days.....but the figures I had just presented would have made NOmar the highest paid SS ....second only to A-ROD. And in that category perhaps the third highest paid batter (behing A-ROd and Manny). Wake UP Dogg!! This is no time to day dream.
As of Stereoids....... Hey you gotta watch ESPN presentations more?? And also the sports news... not just the GAMES.
What about TWins beating Yankees??? now does that stat makes Twins the World Series Favorite?? As of Devil Rays compared to SOX You and I shall all witness at the end of the season that REd Sox had won twice as many games as the DEvil Rays did. And the Sox will be about 5 games ahead of the Yankees. Yankees might well be competing with the BlueJays for the seond seat in the AL East.
The Yankees may provide stereoids to all the remaining atheletes in their squa.... that way they might be as competitive as the SOx.
GO SOx go
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| AX |
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on 09-Mar-04 11:46 AM
B_D and ProudNepali, how can I miss the news about Balco and the steriods?
I am little hesitant to jump into the conclusion until actual testing, which may come later this season.
Will you sox fans please stop the character assassination??
about Nomar: Proud bro, I already said he has better nos than Jeter. That's why I think he should be paid more than him. In between AROD and DJ??? around 200 mil??? i am sure you red Sox fans know why Nomar rejected the offer... or should I???
Proud said "What about TWins beating Yankees??? now does that stat makes Twins the World Series Favorite?? As of Devil Rays compared to SOX You and I shall all witness at the end of the season that REd Sox had won twice as many games as the DEvil Rays did. And the Sox will be about 5 games ahead of the Yankees. Yankees might well be competing with the BlueJays for the seond seat in the AL East. "
what is this??? to much blah blah there.... MLB is not only about Red Sox, do the homework before writing something... read more about Orioles than you will know who red Sox needs to compete with... here's the link if you need to know more about them
Baltimore Orioles
Devil Rays may win 70 game this year, so you do the math.....
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| AX |
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on 16-Apr-04 10:17 AM
Yankees are in beantown for the four-game series with the hated Red Sox which begins tonight. It is the greatest rivalry in any sports. Their rivalry goes back to long way. Since Red Sox dealt Babe Ruth, the greatest player in the history of baseball to Yankees for $125,000 in 1920, they have not won the title yet. The rivalry was more intensified last year when they clashed in the AL championship game. It went to wire-to-wire, at last Yankees came as a victor with Aaron Boone's amazing home run in the 11th inning in the deciding 7th game of the ALCS.
During off season, Red sox loaded high power Curt Schilling and emerging close Keith Foulke to go with DH Ellis Burke and 2nd basemen Reese. They also tried to acquire the best player in the league, Alex Rodriguez, who won MVP last year with Texas Rangers. Unfortunately Alex landed with Yankees for star 2nd basemen Alfonso Soriano. The owner spats went on; Red Sox owner John Henry even went as far as calling 'Evil Empires' to the Yankees and the BOSS strike back him calling a whiner. Since last year, Yankees has changed so much. They have added another star Gary Sheffield in the right field and Kenny Lofton to the Center field, who is injured for the game tonite. Their reliable duo Petite and Clemens from Lone Star state left to play for their home team. They are replaced by now strike out King Kevin Brown and the youngster Javier Vazquez. These two teams have baseball's highest payrolls, the Yankees at $183 million and the Red Sox at $125 million.
Vazquez will be pitching tonite, Red Sox are countering with knuckleballer Wakefield, the last pitcher who lost to Yankees in last year ALCS. For the year, Vazquez is 1-0 with and Wakefield has no decision with both having 1 start under their belts. AROD, Sheffield, Vazquez, and Brown from Yankees and Schilling, Foulke, Reese, and Burks will know tonite how intense the rivalry is between these two teams. Is this really the year for Red Sox? Or is the curse of Bambino still on? Whatever the reason is it is good for the sports. That’s why Baseball is so special than any other games. As much as I enjoy other games, nothing comes close to baseball. Baseball is still the America’s favorite pastime.
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| DWI |
Posted
on 16-Apr-04 03:01 PM
Not exactly same as Rockets and Pedro, AX, but still enough juice. Can't wait. I have a feeling we might loose the first one. That should help Vazquez to settle down, better for us in the post season.
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