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[Waquoit]

Since 2004, when things turned the other way, the Red Sox won 4, and the Yankees 1.

Just for clarity, it's 4-1 Sox since 1997. That's over 20 years.

 

[intlzncster]

It does matter it's done to a greater extent, that's my entire point. The Red Sox making everything about the Yankees reminds me of the Orange making everything about UConn.

But they weren't the ones doing it here. There was a one sentence pot shot by a Red Sox. In a congratulatory thread started by a Sox fan. If Yankees fans ignored it, as they should have, if they are indeed 'above it all', then no one would be discussing the Sox.

Your thesis is unsupported here. So why bother talking about the Sox and their fans in this thread?

 

[superjohn]

Just for clarity, it's 4-1 Sox since 1997. That's over 20 years.

That's completely inaccurate and goes towards my point.

 

[Palatine]

It's weird how much Yankees will always be in the Red Sox heads despite the Red Sox winning several World Series now. I care about the Yankees success and have no problem congratulating the Red Sox on their success. The dynamic is similar to the UConn Syracuse dynamic. This thread is about the Yankees, yet Sox fans made it about the Red Sox.

It is weird, it's like the Yankees and Red Sox have switched bodies. The Red Sox keep bringing home World Series Champions banners and the Yankees keep losing in the most excruciating ways. It used to be Boston losing to Bucky Dent, now it's the Yankees making error after error or coming back and then blowing it. Definitely weird.

 

[Engineer90]

I think the Astros are a far superior team and will win the World Series. However, I predict that Cole will struggle. His control has been slipping the last couple of games. He was so good that it didn't matter. But, at some point, it will cross a threshold. I don't know if the Nats have a good enough lineup to do serious damage but Cole is no longer the invincible man.

The problem with the Yankees is Cashman. He loves home run hitters and doesn't value dominant pitchers. On the latter, I can understand because so many dominate pitchers suddenly fall apart and become ordinary. You don't want to get too many of those guys under big contracts. But is it not his job to pick out the durable ones? As far as hitting goes, this string of home run guys are great for winning lots of games off of teams with bad or even decent pitching. The problem is that they often get shut down by great pitchers. If you don't have some guys that hit for average, you are in trouble against a team like the Astros. Dominate pitchers and guys who hit for average win championships. If you have too many holes in your lineup, you had better have dominate pitchers.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Cuse board posts way more about UConn than UConn posts about Cuse, it's not even in the same stratosphere. There are legit times when they have more posts about UConn than Syracuse.

winter is longer in upstate ny than in Connecticut. way longer. things get kinda mundane up there when we're already hitting the links, and they're still fixing their igloos. shut indoors, they need stuff to yak about other than the price of heating oil. lol.

 

[the Q]

Hey Aaron Boone,

Quick question? tie game, 2 outs, 1 on, base open why are you pitching to arguable the most clutch post season hitter in the game?

- Pissed off Yankee Fan.

I'll hang up and listen.

Springer was on first. Walking altuve and moving springer into scoring position is not a great play.

 

[Engineer90]

Hey Aaron Boone,

Quick question? tie game, 2 outs, 1 on, base open why are you pitching to arguable the most clutch post season hitter in the game?

- Pissed off Yankee Fan.

I'll hang up and listen.

It is like he didn't watch how the Yankees lost by pitching to Big Papi. The midget has the world's smallest strike zone and can hit anything in it. Pitch around him! By the way, he makes Pedroia look like a giant.

 

[the Q]

At -235, the Astros are the largest favorites entering the World Series since the 2007 Boston Red Sox were -240 to beat the Colorado Rockies, according to Sportsoddshistory.com.

And we know what happened in 2007. 4 game sweep.

Astros biggest World Series favorites since 2007

Caesars Sportsbook on Sunday opened the Astros as -235 favorites to beat the Nationals in the World Series.

www.espn.com

I think those odds are nuts.

not that Houston isn’t the better team, but those two studs can match Cole and Verlander pitch for pitch and could easily steal those games.

plus they have Sanchez vs a Houston bullpen game in game 4.

 

[uconngb]

Hey Aaron Boone,

Quick question? tie game, 2 outs, 1 on, base open why are you pitching to arguable the most clutch post season hitter in the game?

- Pissed off Yankee Fan.

I'll hang up and listen.

Get some facts and come back to see me......Springer was on 1st not 2nd

 

[Engineer90]

Springer was on first. Walking altuve and moving springer into scoring position is not a great play.

Under most circumstances, that is solid logic. But with 2 outs, a guy on first and you are deciding on Altuve versus the guy after Altuve, you pitch to the guy after Altuve. Why? You are comparing a guy who hits for average, hits for power and is clutch, hitting with a guy on first, with the next guy hitting with a guy on second. However, this does highlight why having a team of guys that can hit for average is so important. It made this a very tough decision because the next guy up wasn't just an average hitter.

 

[soxfan23]

It is weird, it's like the Yankees and Red Sox have switched bodies. The Red Sox keep bringing home World Series Champions banners and the Yankees keep losing in the most excruciating ways. It used to be Boston losing to Bucky Dent, now it's the Yankees making error after error or coming back and then blowing it. Definitely weird.

Boston in general has dominated all of pro sports lately! There is not another city that even comes close to what the Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Pats collectively have done over the past 15 years.

 

[superjohn]

It is weird, it's like the Yankees and Red Sox have switched bodies. The Red Sox keep bringing home World Series Champions banners and the Yankees keep losing in the most excruciating ways. It used to be Boston losing to Bucky Dent, now it's the Yankees making error after error or coming back and then blowing it. Definitely weird.

Losers will always be losers.

Nice self-awareness.

 

[soxfan23]

I think those odds are nuts.

not that Houston isn’t the better team, but those two studs can match Cole and Verlander pitch for pitch and could easily steal those games.

plus they have Sanchez vs a Houston bullpen game in game 4.

I think the Nats staff is a little overrated! Pitching in the NL is NOTHING like pitching in the AL, just look at Sanchez's numbers before he went to Atl last year.

 

[storrsroars]

Thread direction...PAUSE

Who was the hot slutty-looking chick in Cashman's suite? Did you notice Buck and Smoltz said nothing and FOX never went back there?

I have no shame in s.l.u.t.-shaming.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Count me as a Yankees fan who honestly doesn't care about Red Sox success. I care about the Yankees winning. If the Sox win, good for them, they deserve it. Baseball is a tough sport, if you play 162, then get through the playoffs and win it is a great accomplishment. I was fortunate to live through the late 90's dynasty. As time goes by you really appreciate how amazing it is to win 3 in a row and 4 out 5. Hopefully the Yankees can get back to winning.

 

[soxfan23]

Under most circumstances, that is solid logic. But with 2 outs, a guy on first and you are deciding on Altuve versus the guy after Altuve, you pitch to the guy after Altuve. Why? You are comparing a guy who hits for average, hits for power and is clutch, hitting with a guy on first, with the next guy hitting with a guy on second. However, this does highlight why having a team of guys that can hit for average is so important. It made this a very tough decision because the next guy up wasn't just an average hitter.

There is not a single manager in all of baseball that puts the winning run on 2nd base, not a one! You make Altuve beat you with an extra base hit, instead of Marisnick beating you with a bloop single!

 

[bazz&boujee]

Yanks did this without their best starter this year, German, reliever Betances and 3 players coming off injuries going into the playoffs. Then the ump decided to call pitches 8 inches off the plate. We need another ace starter too. It’s time to package some of the extra talent that other teams want and we have plenty to fill in the holes.

german is 3rd or 4th

 

[Waquoit]

Just for clarity, it's 4-1 Sox since 1997. That's over 20 years.

That's completely inaccurate and goes towards my point.

Completely inaccurate?
How many titles for the Red Sox since 1997? 4
How many titles for the Yankees since 1997? 1
Goes to my point that it's the Sox fans in the Yankee fan heads. Even casual fans.

 

[polycom]

Springer was on first. Walking altuve and moving springer into scoring position is not a great play.

with 2 outs in a tie game in a 2-1 count. Yeah sure let’s force a strike to the best clutch hitter in baseball. David Ortiz says what’s up. Load the bases with two outs who cares.The next person up was a PINCH RUNNER. But yeah let’s pitch to the best post season hitter.

 

[superjohn]

Completely inaccurate?
How many titles for the Red Sox since 1997? 4
How many titles for the Yankees since 1997? 1
Goes to my point that it's the Sox fans in the Yankee fan heads. Even casual fans.

This is strange even for this board...

 

[mauconnfan]

As a Yankee fan, theres one thing I will add...Its definitely not the time for Yankees fans to be antagonizing Red Sox fans about the 27 Championships. Ive seen this on Twitter and honestly, that argument is long over. In the last 30+ years, the Yankees have 5, and the Red Sox have 4. Since 2004, when things turned the other way, the Red Sox won 4, and the Yankees 1. The tide really did turn after the collapse in the 2004 ALCS.

The Yankees have not gotten many breaks and had some tough luck since then. You can make the argument the Yankees should have won World Series in the mid 2000’s with the talent they had, but It never worked out. 2009 was a really good team, and you can make the argument how that group could have won more than 1 World Series, but it just seemed like that window of opportunity closed quickly because those guys started to age starting in 2011 and always seemed gassed by the time September/October came around.

I’ve seen 7 all grown up for them. Also hate the Yankee fans who talk about 27 it’s ridiculous. Also we are now “celebrating” the first decade in a century without a WS, both impressive and very sad. They’ve been really good in this decade so why? Maybe Brian can help answer that.

 

[mauconnfan]

In a thread started by a Red Sox fan, congratulating the Yanks, that's a myopic way of viewing it.

Heck, mau responds to a Sox fan's generic critique of the Yanks, with an attempted Red Sox pot shot. And then has the "awareness" to say Yanks fans are above it all. Can you not see that?

See @JohnFSilver's response above? That's how it's done.

And we make posts about Cuse all the time when they have failures. It fuels us. Yet, we have had far more success than them. We should never even mention them in theory. But it's fun to poop on them. We are NOT above it. That's what being a fan is all about.

Not sure what you saw but you’re lost. I Liked uconngb’s classy post well stated.

Then soxfan23 who is constantly all over the Yanks posted with a jack off reply to be sure the Yanks received no credit for battling the better team. He deserved my reply too bad if you don’t like that really could care less.

 

[the Q]

I’ve seen 7 all grown up for them. Also hate the Yankee fans who talk about 27 it’s ridiculous. Also we are now “celebrating” the first decade in a century without a WS, both impressive and very sad. They’ve been really good in this decade so why? Maybe Brian can help answer that.

I think Billy Beane has the best answer for it.

 

[dennismenace]

Can you guess which major league player who across a full season has the most bad calls go against him according to statcast? But it's probably his fault for being 6'7".

Yes, Judge. Pitches which are clearly below the knees (yes even HIS knees) should be called ball but that's not why they lost. I think you're going to see electronic strike zones in the not too distant future. They are already using it in the minors. I think this is fair if it works right; the replays have worked well in the other aspects (foul/fair) (tags) (interference) etc. Tired of the BS from umpires who can just do that over and over. There were bad calls and certainly inconsistent calls at the plate against both teams; you would think they could do better for the playoffs. Pretty embarrassing to me for MLB to have that kind of quality on the big stage.

 

[Zanzman]

It is like he didn't watch how the Yankees lost by pitching to Big Papi. The midget has the world's smallest strike zone and can hit anything in it. Pitch around him! By the way, he makes Pedroia look like a giant.

If you think calling the man a midget is a compliment then you are as big an a** hole As I thought u were

 

[the Q]

Yes, Judge. Pitches which are clearly below the knees (yes even HIS knees) should be called ball but that's not why they lost. I think you're going to see electronic strike zones in the not too distant future. They are already using it in the minors. I think this is fair if it works right; the replays have worked well in the other aspects (foul/fair) (tags) (interference) etc. Tired of the BS from umpires who can just do that over and over. There were bad calls and certainly inconsistent calls at the plate against both teams; you would think they could do better for the playoffs. Pretty embarrassing to me for MLB to have that kind of quality on the big stage.

still better than the nfl and NBA by far.

But yes, electronic strike zone is inevitable.

 

[dennismenace]

Yankee's fan here (longtime).

Altuve is not the Astro's highest player. Not sure why, but when I see Astro's in the post season, all I hear is his name. He's more feared than Aaron Judge, especially in critical at bats.

Just saying kid should be making 'bag'.

BTW he seems to be a good man overall. Respect.

He's making a case for "Mr. October" of this generation. Got to hand it too him. Scary good in the playoffs and he's got a motor and a half. And a good man.

 

[mauconnfan]

Yes, Judge. Pitches which are clearly below the knees (yes even HIS knees) should be called ball but that's not why they lost. I think you're going to see electronic strike zones in the not too distant future. They are already using it in the minors. I think this is fair if it works right; the replays have worked well in the other aspects (foul/fair) (tags) (interference) etc. Tired of the BS from umpires who can just do that over and over. There were bad calls and certainly inconsistent calls at the plate against both teams; you would think they could do better for the playoffs. Pretty embarrassing to me for MLB to have that kind of quality on the big stage.

No doubt Judge gets killed consistently. But he had a bad series took way too many first pitches down the pipe. Guessed too much and badly.

 

[jibsey]

Go Nats