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Post by HC92 on Sept 1, 2018 6:58:15 GMT -5
The Sawx have been ridiculous all season but have come back to earth a little bit of late. Just hoping the Yankees can get healthy in time for the playoffs and make a run. Having Didi, Judge, Sanchez and Chapman all on the DL at the same time has been challenging. If those guys get back, I’ll take my chances in a short series with the Sawx, especially if Sale isn’t able to return to top form by then. I am a little nervous about Price being injured again. We definitely need him out there, preferably for two starts in a 5-game series. As good as the Sawx have been, one good thing is we don’t have to hear Sawx fans complaining about how unfair it was that the Yankees were buying championships back in the day. Wish I could dig up some of those threads from the old board.
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Post by lou on Sept 1, 2018 7:04:34 GMT -5
The best news is we no longer have to listen to Girardi and Farrell say nothing for an entire season
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 1, 2018 9:35:28 GMT -5
Yanks acquire Andrew McCutchen. His production has certainly declined significantly since his MVP/All Star days on the Pirates--but only 31YO...
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 1, 2018 9:40:37 GMT -5
All the Yankees need right now is a home site for the play-in game. After that everything starts fresh. If the injured players all return for NY and Boston (and that is a BIG "if") it could be a match-up for the ages.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 1, 2018 10:09:50 GMT -5
The way the Sox starters have pitched in the last 15 games or so, it kinda feels like they have 3-4 long relievers masquerading as starters in the rotation. I do feel like they will hold on, but I don't think it will be easy.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 2, 2018 8:26:02 GMT -5
Ok, ERod's return makes me feel a little better. Now, if we can get Price back in a week, and Sale the week after......
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Post by HCFC45 on Sept 2, 2018 11:35:08 GMT -5
Ok, ERod's return makes me feel a little better. Now, if we can get Price back in a week, and Sale the week after...... I knew that you would come around!!! !
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Post by Xmassader on Sept 2, 2018 19:53:41 GMT -5
NAD Perhaps these stats will make you feel even “better”.
Of the 9 Bosox starters this yr. still with the club (excluding Jalen Beeks now with TB), 4 (Eovaldi, Johnson, Velazquez and Wright) have not pitched in an MLB post season game. The other 5 (Pomeranz, Porcello, Price, Rodriguez and Sale) have pitched collectively in 20 post season series and 34 post season games with a record of 2-14 (Price with the 2 wins is 2-8) and an ERA of 5.80 (73 earned runs in 113 and 1/3 innings) with individual ERAs ranging from 5.03 (Price) to infinity (Rodriguez).
Other AL clubs (particularly Houston with Verlander, Keuchel, Cole, McCullers and Morton) have staffs with a better post season track record. Or if that’s not comforting enough, you can look back on the ‘54 Indians or ‘01 Mariners🙂
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 3, 2018 4:42:32 GMT -5
NAD Perhaps these stats will make you feel even “better”. Of the 9 Bosox starters this yr. still with the club (excluding Jalen Beeks now with TB), 4 (Eovaldi, Johnson, Velazquez and Wright) have not pitched in an MLB post season game. The other 5 (Pomeranz, Porcello, Price, Rodriguez and Sale) have pitched collectively in 20 post season series and 34 post season games with a record of 2-14 (Price with the 2 wins is 2-8) and an ERA of 5.80 (73 earned runs in 113 and 1/3 innings) with individual ERAs ranging from 5.03 (Price) to infinity (Rodriguez). Other AL clubs (particularly Houston with Verlander, Keuchel, Cole, McCullers and Morton) have staffs with a better post season track record. Or if that’s not comforting enough, you can look back on the ‘54 Indians or ‘01 Mariners🙂 Thanks, Xmassader, but I already had all that info stuck in the deep recesses of my mind! . And you left out the 2011 and 1978 seasons!
Two interesting series starting today: the Sox playing down in Atlanta against the first place Braves, and the Yanks out on the left coast against the A's. Sox guaranteed to reduce the magic number on either a playoff spot (13) or the division/best record (18).
NL Wild Card race is something!
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 3, 2018 18:00:34 GMT -5
NAD Perhaps these stats will make you feel even “better”. Of the 9 Bosox starters this yr. still with the club (excluding Jalen Beeks now with TB), 4 (Eovaldi, Johnson, Velazquez and Wright) have not pitched in an MLB post season game. The other 5 (Pomeranz, Porcello, Price, Rodriguez and Sale) have pitched collectively in 20 post season series and 34 post season games with a record of 2-14 (Price with the 2 wins is 2-8) and an ERA of 5.80 (73 earned runs in 113 and 1/3 innings) with individual ERAs ranging from 5.03 (Price) to infinity (Rodriguez). Other AL clubs (particularly Houston with Verlander, Keuchel, Cole, McCullers and Morton) have staffs with a better post season track record. Or if that’s not comforting enough, you can look back on the ‘54 Indians or ‘01 Mariners🙂 Thanks, Xmassader, but I already had all that info stuck in the deep recesses of my mind! . And you left out the 2011 and 1978 seasons!
Two interesting series starting today: the Sox playing down in Atlanta against the first place Braves, and the Yanks out on the left coast against the A's. Sox guaranteed to reduce the magic number on either a playoff spot (13) or the division/best record (18).
NL Wild Card race is something!
I just realized I messed up the magic number on making the playoffs - I believe it is 7 now, and not 13. I was looking at Oakland's record, in terms of clinching at least a home wild card game.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 3, 2018 21:20:45 GMT -5
Magic numbers are 7 and 17.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 3, 2018 22:47:04 GMT -5
Magic numbers are 7 and 17. Mickey Mantle and John Havlicek, magic numbers indeed
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2018 10:23:30 GMT -5
Bob Cousy at HC--17
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Post by nhteamer on Sept 4, 2018 14:21:24 GMT -5
when did digits greater than 5 become illegal in college hoop?
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Post by hc87 on Sept 4, 2018 15:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2018 18:07:47 GMT -5
In Hs in early 60s i wore 16
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Post by DiMarz on Sept 6, 2018 17:33:10 GMT -5
I remember in the 60’s when players had 2 numbers. One for home and one for away..Homes were even and away were odd (could have been reversed)..
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Post by HC92 on Sept 10, 2018 16:04:11 GMT -5
Funny story. A friend’s daughter works in a fancy sunglasses place in Boston. Guy walks in with his girlfriend looking at sunglasses. Friend’s daughter starts chatting them up and finds out they’re from out of town. She asks what they’re doing in Boston and Carlos Correa says “Beating the Red Sox.” Like that guy.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 10, 2018 20:31:23 GMT -5
C'mon that's funny even if you are a Red Sox fan! Neutral sports joke: A man and his wife walked into a Dentist's Office... The man said to the dentist, "Doc, I'm in one heck of a hurry...…... I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic..... I don't have time for the gums to get numb... I just want you to pull the tooth and be done with it..!!! We have a 10:00 am tee time at the best golf course in town and it's 9:30 am already... I don't have time to wait for the anaesthetic to work...!!!" The dentist thought to himself, "Well, well, at last a golfer with real BALLS...!!!" So the dentist asks him, "Which tooth is it sir... ” The man turned to his wife and said, "Open your mouth, honey, and show the dentist..."
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Post by timholycross on Sept 11, 2018 9:10:40 GMT -5
Believe it was 1957-58 that the rule changed. Saw a picture of Kentucky, the champs that year; and one of Illinois. No now-illegal numbers. OTOH, Kansas in 1956-7 (lost to NC in the title game) did. High school probably changed gradually due to $, some states sooner than others. My freshman hs team (hand-me-downs, of course) in Mass. had the last set of jersies used that had 6-9s.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 11, 2018 9:59:46 GMT -5
If all refs had the same number of digits as the killer of Inigo Montoya's father, we could still use the number 6. (Look it up)
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Post by HCFC45 on Sept 21, 2018 5:55:35 GMT -5
The Red Sox have a terrific team and should be the clear favorite to win the AL pennant and the World Series, too. The Yankees have a good young team but need pitching.They are way under the spending cap and are expected to add some quality starters next year. For now it's all Sox, all the time. ---- from a realistic Yankees fan. OK classmate of '67.... Don't know how young the Yanks are, but I'll go so far as to say "the Sox have an Excellent young team" in Betts, Benintendi, Bradley, Bogaerts, Devers, Swihart, Holt, Vasquez, etc. and pitching with Sale, Porcello, Erod, etc., etc., etc. The worry going into this year was how to replace Big Papi? Well, JD Martinez is doing just fine and Mooreland is a very good all around replacement for Hanley and we have one of the best managers in baseball in Alex Cora! ! On a side note... I met Tito Francona (his daughter was dating a Bucknell player) at a HC BB game at the Hart in 2007/2008, shook hands with him and thanked him for the Sox World Series wins in 2004 and 2007 telling him that my parents had then been alive for 3 Red Sox World Championships(1918 being the first) and 2007 marked their 67th wedding anniversary! He thanked me for telling him that! I also mentioned that to David Ortiz recently when I met him at a signing and photo op for purchasing a case of his wine! He was pleased! He has huge hands!!! ! I look forward to many more years of games with the Yanks! I must say it is tough being married to a Yankee fan, but this century has been easy!!! As for my dear friend NAD, sleep well and worry not!!! !The above was written on August 31st..... I hope you slept well last night NAD!!! Because, in case you have not noticed, the Sox clinched the AL east title last night by beaten the "Evil Empire" in Yankee stadium and celebrated on the field and in the clubhouse!!! This is their 3rd straight AL east title!!! !!!
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 21, 2018 6:31:43 GMT -5
OK, but among those Sox loyal fans, how 'bout those 2 jokers who found the championship banner that was to be used that "fell off the back of a truck" and then tried to shake down the organization for some kind of compensation to get it back. That's the real story!
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Post by alum on Sept 21, 2018 7:16:34 GMT -5
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 21, 2018 8:14:27 GMT -5
With apologies to our own RGS, Robert Lewis Stevenson said “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” I used the term "jokers" for these two guys. They had not just a good hand but a great hand and overplayed it. If they just handed the banner to the Sox or even made a video that they recovered the banner and are just so happy to return the banner over, there would be a public outcry for the Sox to do something nice, like VIP tickets to the playoffs. But once they said they should get some sort of "compensation," it looked like a shakedown and they likely turned themselves from heroes to goats. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of almost certain victory.
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