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The Road to the World Series: MLB Playoffs Thread!

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Joe

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i bet some of you are waiting for my reply. give me a little while to gather my thoughts but i will let you know now im not that pissed because the red sox did deserve to win.
 
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calder

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Aaaaah, that was a great evening of televised sports alright. :D


As a true bonus for me, we get a potential outbreak of Mad George disease the likes of which the media has never seen. God I love it when he just snaps, and this might be finally enough for him to really do something crazy.
 
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Mashing

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Did anyone see that Nike commercial with the years counting up with the Red Sox fans in the bleachers... well done commercial

Edit: Heh, I guess I should read the last page before posting
 
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PS2 KID

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Drek said:
Are you high? Theo put together an at least comprable, if not better, team on paper for this season, then they went out and did better than the Yanks in every statistical catagory except wins. He did all that with about an $70M gap between the two team's salaries, thats over half the Sox' payroll.

Better doesn't describe it.

Cashman could actually be good if he got out of NY though, I'm sure Steinbrenner handcuffs him from making any Ortiz-type moves, betting on a player to break out when Steinass would rather just drop three to four times the money and get an all-star who's best days are long behind him.
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I'm not high. I really thought we could beat the Red Sox. I think more than anything it was the confidence level of our hitters completely collaspe after the blown saves.

Steinbrenner gives Cashman carte blanche and as many checks as he needs.
 
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Miguel

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calder said:
Aaaaah, that was a great evening of televised sports alright. :D


As a true bonus for me, we get a potential outbreak of Mad George disease the likes of which the media has never seen. God I love it when he just snaps, and this might be finally enough for him to really do something crazy.
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I'm gonna laugh when Beltran turns his 15 year, 550 million dollar contract down.
 
Brofist

Brofist

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I demand a sequel to this

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Mashing

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If the Astros get to the series that will do A LOT to convince him to stay, because Mc Claine will open the pocketbook for him... he's already one of the most popular Astros on the team. He will put people in seats when people like Biggio and Bagwell retire.
 
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metsallica

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Nike's getting a bit ahead of themselves, aren't they? Ending the so-called "curse" would require victory in the WS. While this series victory was certainly sweet (and may have been enough to cure the casual Bosox fans), nothing has been broken yet.
 
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Ninja Scooter

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Cashman gets fucked over by George. Guy tries to sign Vlad Guerrero but gets cockblocked because George has some fascination with Gary Sheffield (as great a season Sheff has had, he's old, is a potential cancer, and has talked about retireing already. Vlad is gonna be one of the best hitters and Right fielders in the game for the next 10 years).
 
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Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
Best. Series. Ever.

Not even close. Nothing I've ever seen compares to this. Amazing. This is why I love sports.


We all watched history unfold. Take that in for a moment.
 
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Kuroyume

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Miguel said:
I'm gonna laugh when Beltran turns his 15 year, 550 million dollar contract down.
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Because he is happy being only a NL Division champ for the next 15 years? LOL He'll sign with one of the NY teams if he is smart.
 
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Desperado

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Kuroyume said:
LOL He'll sign with one of the NY teams if he is smart.
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:lol :lol :lol
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the Mets???? BWUAHAHAHAHA!! You're such a fucking moron. Have fun with Hidalgo and his humongous contract. Oh and thanks for Wheeler.

BTW your front office blows. Art Howe deserves better.

Kazmir.....Kaaaazzzmiiir....
 
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Vgamer

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Congrats to the SOX!! What a series and what an amazing comeback! Watching the local TV it looks like there is Thousands upon Thousnads of people in the streets of Boston!!
 
mashoutposse

mashoutposse

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Damn, this hurt. Congratulations to the Red Sox.

This team is nothing like the late '90s dynasty squad. Please bring back the days of great pitching and manufacturing runs.
 
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PS2 KID

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mashoutposse said:
Damn, this hurt. Congratulations to the Red Sox.

This team is nothing like the late '90s dynasty squad. Please bring back the days of great pitching and manufacturing runs.
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Yeah, too much swinging for the fences. I miss those days. They were special. Just Jeter, Bernie, Rivera, and Posada left.
 
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MetatronM

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Miguel said:
Ned: Joe will be around in a few minutes. He's typing up his "State of the Yankees" speech.
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Here, I'll do it for him.

The State of the Yankees sucks.

Derek Jeter's on right now giving an interview and basically said they didn't deserve to win.


LOL at the Fox 5 Sports coverage: "More news on this disaster at Yankee Stadium a little later."
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

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firex said:
Let's see...
Steinbitch ruined the game by overpaying for talent, driving up the cost of mediocre players.
2004 ALDS Yanks vs Twins - $154 million payroll vs $58 million payroll, and the Twins are expected to compete against this?
Lineup is stacked with current all-stars or former all-stars, while most teams may have 1-2 all-star caliber players and an "ace" pitcher (with "ace" being rather subjective).
Used to monopolize all the pitching.
Little to nothing from farm system; talent bought from other teams (again, by simply paying beyond what most other teams could afford).
Steinbrenner also pretty much started building these insanely stacked dynasty teams after, quite frankly, one of the few likable Yankees of the past 20ish years, Don Mattingly, was done for.
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I really don't understand the Yankee hate and I've been a fan of them since the mid 70's. Someone should explain this.
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You can hate the Yankees all you want, and if you're a Boston fan it's a birthright for you. But even as a Boston fan if you do not respect what the Yankees ball club means to baseball, you are not a fan of the game. Period. Look, I'm a die hard Giants fan and will be one until the day I die. Living in Southern California it's really hard to slam on the breaks when I see someone with a Dodgers cap. But I am a fan of the Yankees for what the club means to the history of the game itself.

And yes. Tonight was historic.
 
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Meier

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For a product of an Orlando HS to be the one to provide the death knell to the Stanks in the biggest collapse in MLB history... well, I could almost cry. What a glorious, glorious day for all of sport.
 
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Dilbert

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As a lifelong Yankee hater...it was a beautiful thing to watch.

As a baseball fan, though, I applaud both teams for an AMAZINGLY entertaining series. The only regret I have is that this series has overshadowed another amazing series in the NLCS. Hopefully tomorrow's Game 7 will be every bit as entertaining as tonight's.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

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-jinx- said:
As a lifelong Yankee hater...it was a beautiful thing to watch.

As a baseball fan, though, I applaud both teams for an AMAZINGLY entertaining series. The only regret I have is that this series has overshadowed another amazing series in the NLCS. Hopefully tomorrow's Game 7 will be every bit as entertaining as tonight's.
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Hopefully Houston gets it. I fucking hate the Cardinals.
 
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calder

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The great thing about it that for the untold millions of us kinda-sorta Sox fans who really just wanted them to beat the Yankee's ass we can start to hate the Sox too if they win the WS. Because as any fan of another AL East team can tell you, there is no doubt at all that the BoSox are the logical Lesser Satan in baseball once the Yankees stop hogging all the hate. ;)
 
DCX

DCX

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Well...after crying for a half hour :( Congrats Red Sox fans, you deserved it, you OWNED us....all i can say is watch out... YANKS RELOADED

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" PHEAR US !!! "

DCX
 
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