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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on Oct 14, 2005 0:08:39 GMT -5
Did any one notice his blatant use of the double negative in that press conference - apparently you only need your GED to be an MLB umpire.
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 14, 2005 14:36:46 GMT -5
Being a Chisox fan in LA (as those of you who follow the Chisox thread know), I would just like to add my take on this:
1. Sox got a gift. I wasn't sure if the ball was trapped or caught, but regardless, Sox got a gift.
2. Scioscia is taking some heat for having Paul in the game, but I think it was the right move. You don't want to lose your dh in a tie game.
3. Scioscia didn't want to criticize Paul, but it was pretty clear that as a former veteran catcher, he knew that if there is any doubt at all, you just tag the batter while he's standing there.
4. No one in LA said anything about how well Buerhle pitched. All anybody talked about was that the Angels aren't hitting, but they're sure pitching great. Rex Hudler was particularly annoying. Couldn't the Sox then say the same thing?
5. Joey Cora must have been the happiest guy in the Sox clubhouse with the way things turned out. If the Sox had lost this game, he would have been excoriated for sending Rowand home on the overthrow with nobody out.
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Post by Hank Scorpio on Oct 17, 2005 9:13:10 GMT -5
After all the A-Rod bashing...is Vlad Guerrero getting a free pass? Sure seems like it.
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Post by TBird41 on Oct 17, 2005 11:40:20 GMT -5
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Post by Hank Scorpio on Oct 17, 2005 12:20:41 GMT -5
Vlad his that big grand slam in 2004 vs the BoSox...forgotten b.c Scoscia went to Washburn instead of Percival to face the Big Papi...but I agree with that blog.
By the way, going into this year's ALDS, A-Rod was a career 395 hitter in the postseason, including batting 409 in the ALCS vs the Yankees when he was with Seattle in 2000, and 421 in last year's ALDS vs Minnesota, posting OPS's above 1.100 those two series. He had never batted lower than 300 for a series before last year's ALCS [258]...the last 4 games of which were an absolute nightmare. And then came this year's ALDS...which we don't have to rehash.
My point: the record shows he is actually a pretty good postseason player. He was an outstanding postseason player in Seattle. He was that same player through game 4 of the ALCS last year with the Yankees... and now he is the "biggest choker of all time" or whatever else people want to label him to make him scapegoat for the Yankees failures. As I have maintained, that is erroneous, as would be people pinning the Halos going down on Vlad - if you are having an off week, your teaammates need to pick you up. Paul O'Neill was a 200 hitter in every World Series for the Yankees except 2000 vs the Mets [murdered the ball at a 471 clip] and 2001 vs the D-Backs [the only guy who hit, 333 avg]...but no one remembers him as a bad World Series player...why? B/c his teammates compensated for his poor hitting. Win as a team. Lose as a team.
Taken from the immortal Pinstriped Blog:
Then there's Tony Womack. Without Womack's early season ineptitude, the Yankees would have won the American League outright and had home-field advantage in the playoffs. The reverse of this lesson is that the Yankees wouldn't have gotten anywhere at all without Alex Rodriguez. The press and the fans can pillory him for his poor postseason performance, but it's just scapegoating. A lot of Yankees didn't hit in the Division Series. These things happen. Babe Ruth went 2-for-17 in the 1922 World Series. Joe DiMaggio went 2-for-18 in the 1949 World Series (though the Yankees won). Yogi Berra was 1-for-16 in that same series. The key for both Berra and DiMaggio is that their teammates picked them up. A-Rod's didn't. We could go on: Mickey Mantle, 3-for-25 in the 1962 World Series (Yankees won), 2-15 in the 1963 classic (Yankees lost).
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Post by hoyarooter on Oct 17, 2005 13:18:30 GMT -5
Great stats from that blog, Borat. I never realized Mickey Mantle was such a choke artist. Anyone can have a bad playoff series. It happens. When it starts happening repeatedly is when you should start to worry. Neither Vlad nor ARod falls into that category yet. Same with Figgins (who certainly didn't help matters for the Angels by almost never getting on base).
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Post by Hank Scorpio on Oct 18, 2005 11:10:28 GMT -5
www.yesnetwork.com/yankees/pinstripedblog.asprecommended reading year round...goldman is probably my favorite baseball writer in the world. from today's blog...the 3rd item had me laughing to myself for about 20 minutes at work today PUJOLS’ SHOT My first thought was that it wasn’t a real home run, and that they had cut to that commercial where Derek Jeter is hitting fungoes out of Yankee Stadium. VLAD GUERRERO GOES 1-FOR-20 IN ALCS Vladimir Guerrero is not a TRUE Angel. P.S. At least A-Rod runs them all out. FUNNIEST THING I READ TODAY… …Was in Tracy Ringolsby’s Rocky Mountain News column. Describing the Rockies' offseason plans he wrote: "The Rockies will watch closely to see what Los Angeles does with right-hander Elmer Dessens. The Dodgers are expected to decline his $1.3 million option and pay the $250,000 buyout. The Rockies have made overtures to Dessens each of the past two seasons, but were outbid. This year, the Rockies will use what money they have to strengthen the pitching staff, and Dessens could be a key part of that." I know we in New York or spoiled by the Yankees’ big budget, but come on — you’re going to rebuild your pitching staff around Elmer Dessens? And how can you report that uncritically? It’s like the Rockies saying that they are going to build around an imaginary giant purple bird called the Quanby. You’d want your local columnist to question that. DENVER — The Rockies are anxiously awaiting the contract status of the Quanby, an imaginary giant purple bird rumored to have been associated with the Dodgers last season. Rockies officials feel that the Quanby can help them make up 20 games in the standings. The Quanby has been described as being a seven-and-a-half foot tall bird somewhat resembling the giant predatory Phorohacos of Miocene South America, but they acknowledge it could look like anything else, and might not even be a bird. They insist, however, that it is an excellent pitcher. “We don’t know what it can do. We’re not even sure that it exists,” said a Rockies official close to the search, “but we’re pretty sure it’s better than what we have.” He added, “Applaud, children! Clap if you believe in fairies!” And many of the beat writers in attendance stood and applauded, because from infancy we all learn to love being spoon-fed.
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Post by Jack on Oct 19, 2005 22:24:23 GMT -5
Boy, those Cardinals fans sure have gotten good at congratulating other teams celebrating on their field. The best fans in baseball!
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