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Ok, I'm about to throw my f#$!ing TV out the f#$!ing window...
We get three (yes, THREE) home runs to re-take the lead (and the momentum), and Beckett goes out and pisses it away AGAIN.
Exactly WHAT the f#$! were you waiting for to take him out of the f#$!ing game, Tito?
Jesus wept...
We get three (yes, THREE) home runs to re-take the lead (and the momentum), and Beckett goes out and pisses it away AGAIN.
Exactly WHAT the f#$! were you waiting for to take him out of the f#$!ing game, Tito?
Jesus wept...
Rays are up 3-1 ... and I'd like to say, this is why baseball (& other capped sports) is great and why the salary cap needs to happen to football (pl) too.
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg698423#msg698423 date=1224045726]
Rays are up 3-1 ... and I'd like to say, this is why baseball (& other capped sports) is great and why the salary cap needs to happen to football (pl) too.
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Obviously it's not just the cap though, the draft is probably a bigger factor.
It's interesting that the big decisions made in the Rays club are made by two people with no background in baseball. They seem to have gotten an awful lot right. Floyd & Pena were two good cheap pickups and some of the trades they arranged are paying dividends (Garza for example.)
Rays are up 3-1 ... and I'd like to say, this is why baseball (& other capped sports) is great and why the salary cap needs to happen to football (pl) too.
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Obviously it's not just the cap though, the draft is probably a bigger factor.
It's interesting that the big decisions made in the Rays club are made by two people with no background in baseball. They seem to have gotten an awful lot right. Floyd & Pena were two good cheap pickups and some of the trades they arranged are paying dividends (Garza for example.)
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg698423#msg698423 date=1224045726]
Rays are up 3-1 ... and I'd like to say, this is why baseball (& other capped sports) is great and why the salary cap needs to happen to football (pl) too.
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It also helps a little to have had every first round pick since you were born, don't forget...
Eventually, you'll win a WS by mistake, at that pace!
Rays are up 3-1 ... and I'd like to say, this is why baseball (& other capped sports) is great and why the salary cap needs to happen to football (pl) too.
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It also helps a little to have had every first round pick since you were born, don't forget...
Eventually, you'll win a WS by mistake, at that pace!
credit where it's due sir, first round picks in baseball are far less likely to pan out than most other sports, and they've built a winner ...
Well done to the Phillies on their first pennant since 1993.
Well done to the Phillies on their first pennant since 1993.
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg699089#msg699089 date=1224140070]
credit where it's due sir, first round picks in baseball are far less likely to pan out than most other sports, and they've built a winner ...
Well done to the Phillies on their first pennant since 1993.
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Yeah baby! My subscription to Setanta means I get NASN channel. So I'll be able to watch the World Series, albeit as a glory hunting Phillies fan!
My ex-next door neighbour in the US will be ecstatic - if he's not dead.
credit where it's due sir, first round picks in baseball are far less likely to pan out than most other sports, and they've built a winner ...
Well done to the Phillies on their first pennant since 1993.
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Yeah baby! My subscription to Setanta means I get NASN channel. So I'll be able to watch the World Series, albeit as a glory hunting Phillies fan!
My ex-next door neighbour in the US will be ecstatic - if he's not dead.
Fair play to the Phillies, they only made the playoffs on the back of another Mets meltdown but they've taken full advantage.
Whaddapie - you still have to give credit where it's due, they have had the pick of the draw but their decision making in recent years has put them where they are. Same goes for the Red Sox albeit they have more to work with. I thought their decision making was brilliant (letting Damon walk, picking and developing Pedroia, Youkilis, Ellsbury, Lester ..... the list goes on) but you gotta admit Big Papi looks a shadow of himself without Manny backing him up.
Whaddapie - you still have to give credit where it's due, they have had the pick of the draw but their decision making in recent years has put them where they are. Same goes for the Red Sox albeit they have more to work with. I thought their decision making was brilliant (letting Damon walk, picking and developing Pedroia, Youkilis, Ellsbury, Lester ..... the list goes on) but you gotta admit Big Papi looks a shadow of himself without Manny backing him up.
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg699246#msg699246 date=1224158461]
Fair play to the Phillies, they only made the playoffs on the back of another Mets meltdown but they've taken full advantage.
Whaddapie - you still have to give credit where it's due, they have had the pick of the draw but their decision making in recent years has put them where they are. Same goes for the Red Sox albeit they have more to work with. I thought their decision making was brilliant (letting Damon walk, picking and developing Pedroia, Youkilis, Ellsbury, Lester ..... the list goes on) but you gotta admit Big Papi looks a shadow of himself without Manny backing him up.
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I do give them credit chaps - They've done a great job.
But you cannot deny that when you have the st pick EVERY SINGLE YEAR for approx. years, your chances of hitting on a couple of those picks increase enormously.
This team is young, fast and hungry, and look built to be around for a long time... They scare the bejeepers outta me for the next years, IF they stay together - Some of them will take a lot o'paying to remain in Tampa.
And I wonder where everybody who said that Buchholz and Ellsbury were too much to give up for Santana are now..?
Fair play to the Phillies, they only made the playoffs on the back of another Mets meltdown but they've taken full advantage.
Whaddapie - you still have to give credit where it's due, they have had the pick of the draw but their decision making in recent years has put them where they are. Same goes for the Red Sox albeit they have more to work with. I thought their decision making was brilliant (letting Damon walk, picking and developing Pedroia, Youkilis, Ellsbury, Lester ..... the list goes on) but you gotta admit Big Papi looks a shadow of himself without Manny backing him up.
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I do give them credit chaps - They've done a great job.
But you cannot deny that when you have the st pick EVERY SINGLE YEAR for approx. years, your chances of hitting on a couple of those picks increase enormously.
This team is young, fast and hungry, and look built to be around for a long time... They scare the bejeepers outta me for the next years, IF they stay together - Some of them will take a lot o'paying to remain in Tampa.
And I wonder where everybody who said that Buchholz and Ellsbury were too much to give up for Santana are now..?
I stopped watching at 0-5.
We were as dead as that squirrel. (Anybody?)
It was over. We were going to get swept out of our own park to lose the series with barely a squeak. Embarrassing, it was.
I got stuck into some work for tomorrow, and was packing up for bed. Amy was calling me... I decided to check espn.com, just to see how bad it was now...
I got here in time to watch the 9th.
That is the single stupidest, craziest, most impossible thing I have ever seen.
And, second only to Istanbul, the most beautiful.
We couldn't do it three times, could we..?
We were as dead as that squirrel. (Anybody?)
It was over. We were going to get swept out of our own park to lose the series with barely a squeak. Embarrassing, it was.
I got stuck into some work for tomorrow, and was packing up for bed. Amy was calling me... I decided to check espn.com, just to see how bad it was now...
I got here in time to watch the 9th.
That is the single stupidest, craziest, most impossible thing I have ever seen.
And, second only to Istanbul, the most beautiful.
We couldn't do it three times, could we..?
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We couldn't do it three times, could we..?
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You did it against the Yanks, why not against the Rays?
We couldn't do it three times, could we..?
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You did it against the Yanks, why not against the Rays?
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg699678#msg699678 date=1224225924]
[quote author=Whaddapie link=topic=22065.msg699671#msg699671 date=1224219302]
We couldn't do it three times, could we..?
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You did it against the Yanks, why not against the Rays?
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We're a FAR different, older, slower and less intimidating team now than we were then, amigo...
Anything is possible, and with these guy, I'll never believe that it's over until the champagne is flying, but if we pull this one off, I'd put it up there as (almost) as unlikely as 2004.
Almost.
[quote author=Whaddapie link=topic=22065.msg699671#msg699671 date=1224219302]
We couldn't do it three times, could we..?
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You did it against the Yanks, why not against the Rays?
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We're a FAR different, older, slower and less intimidating team now than we were then, amigo...
Anything is possible, and with these guy, I'll never believe that it's over until the champagne is flying, but if we pull this one off, I'd put it up there as (almost) as unlikely as 2004.
Almost.
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg699935#msg699935 date=1224257276]
What a comeback .... I had to get up at 6 this morning otherwise i would have stayed up to watch it. Gutted i missed it.
I wonder will the young Rays crack after that result?
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Possible.
But they've shown tremendous mental strength all season - I doubt it.
But I hope so...
What a comeback .... I had to get up at 6 this morning otherwise i would have stayed up to watch it. Gutted i missed it.
I wonder will the young Rays crack after that result?
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Possible.
But they've shown tremendous mental strength all season - I doubt it.
But I hope so...
Just texted my kid brother - He recorded game 5, but didn't get to watch it until now...
Poor bastard is crying into his beer, cos it's only the 6th inning - Thinks we're goimg out 'tonight'.
Do I put him out of his misery, or allow him the pure , unadulterated joy of sticking through it?
Poor bastard is crying into his beer, cos it's only the 6th inning - Thinks we're goimg out 'tonight'.
Do I put him out of his misery, or allow him the pure , unadulterated joy of sticking through it?
game 7 ... say what you want, these red sox are yesta-year's yankees ... build to be a dynasty and a never say die attitude ... well done to them ... game 7 should be a cracker.
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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Texas isn't one of them I hope.
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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Texas isn't one of them I hope.
Come on Philly!
The better team won, fair and square.
That's what usually happens in a 7 game series.
I was impressed with our heart, when all seemed lost. And we had chances last night, that we squandered, but overall, the result was a fair one.
I think we'll see a minor shake up in the off-season, with a big name or two setting down (or at least seeing less playing time). Big Papi is a shadow of his former self (though there are reports that he was 'more injured' than initially reported during the play-offs. Schilling has pitched his last game for us, I'm almost certain.
And the unkindest cut of all, my favourite player ever, Jason Varitek has become such a liability at bat, that we essentially forfiet an entire inning everytime he plays. We either need to get a new catcher, or beef up our line up to where we can live with that loss. NOTE: He is still, without doubt, the game's best defensive catcher, from a "call the game" perspective, and will one day make a great manager.
Might be quite a rebuilding year for us next year, with Mike Lowell's long-term health in question and Wakefield the wrong side of 30 (12 years the wrong side of it!) as well.
I heard today that we're shaping up for a real run at that wanker Texiera during the winter. That would be a boost, but there'd be a heck of a shuffle involved if we get him - Either Papi or Lowell is gone.
Anyways, I will not watch one single, solitary second of the world series, and I hope that the Phillies batter Tampa. Not 'cos they beat us - I can lose to a better team... But because I have ALWAYS hated them, since they were born. Period. Second only to the Yankees.
Only 137 days until catchers and pitchers report... let's go Sox!
That's what usually happens in a 7 game series.
I was impressed with our heart, when all seemed lost. And we had chances last night, that we squandered, but overall, the result was a fair one.
I think we'll see a minor shake up in the off-season, with a big name or two setting down (or at least seeing less playing time). Big Papi is a shadow of his former self (though there are reports that he was 'more injured' than initially reported during the play-offs. Schilling has pitched his last game for us, I'm almost certain.
And the unkindest cut of all, my favourite player ever, Jason Varitek has become such a liability at bat, that we essentially forfiet an entire inning everytime he plays. We either need to get a new catcher, or beef up our line up to where we can live with that loss. NOTE: He is still, without doubt, the game's best defensive catcher, from a "call the game" perspective, and will one day make a great manager.
Might be quite a rebuilding year for us next year, with Mike Lowell's long-term health in question and Wakefield the wrong side of 30 (12 years the wrong side of it!) as well.
I heard today that we're shaping up for a real run at that wanker Texiera during the winter. That would be a boost, but there'd be a heck of a shuffle involved if we get him - Either Papi or Lowell is gone.
Anyways, I will not watch one single, solitary second of the world series, and I hope that the Phillies batter Tampa. Not 'cos they beat us - I can lose to a better team... But because I have ALWAYS hated them, since they were born. Period. Second only to the Yankees.
Only 137 days until catchers and pitchers report... let's go Sox!
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702684#msg702684 date=1224507159]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg702669#msg702669 date=1224505587]
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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Texas isn't one of them I hope.
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Well I don't really like their owner ....
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg702669#msg702669 date=1224505587]
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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Texas isn't one of them I hope.
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Well I don't really like their owner ....
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[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702684#msg702684 date=1224507159]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg702669#msg702669 date=1224505587]
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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Texas isn't one of them I hope.
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Well I don't really like their owner ....
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shit
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702684#msg702684 date=1224507159]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg702669#msg702669 date=1224505587]
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=22065.msg702667#msg702667 date=1224505518]
I'd like the Rays to win just as it will piss of the Yankees even more ... ha ha
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I don't mind who wins to be honest, there are very few teams in baseball that I'd begrudge them a bit of success.
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Texas isn't one of them I hope.
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Well I don't really like their owner ....
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shit
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg704255#msg704255 date=1224680114]
The summer will definitely be interesting for the Red Sox, Yankees too actually.
Baseball off season is always better than it's Premiership equivalent.
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yup gonna be interesting to see what happens with trades (Peavy) etc ... I sadly expect the Skankees to make some big big splahes.
World Seires prediction: Rays in 6 IF their starters can pitch on average 6 innings a game ... if not, Phillies in 5
The summer will definitely be interesting for the Red Sox, Yankees too actually.
Baseball off season is always better than it's Premiership equivalent.
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yup gonna be interesting to see what happens with trades (Peavy) etc ... I sadly expect the Skankees to make some big big splahes.
World Seires prediction: Rays in 6 IF their starters can pitch on average 6 innings a game ... if not, Phillies in 5
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=22065.msg705053#msg705053 date=1224762653]
I think Halladay could leave the Jays this summer too. He deserves to.
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to the Rangers?
I think Halladay could leave the Jays this summer too. He deserves to.
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to the Rangers?
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