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May 19, 2005 0:31:02 GMT -5
Post by YanksFan on May 19, 2005 0:31:02 GMT -5
Well, it was a nice streak that could have gone to 11 games but it ended today. Moose started it and Moose ended it with his 5 inning, 4 run game. We still had the lead, so it wasn't his fault. Many streak-killers tonight:
- Posada, Sheffield with costly errors- led to two unearned runs to tie the game.
- A-Rod with a man on first and second with one out in the ninth dissappears.
- Giambi, with men on every base and with his best chance of making a big statement, can't tie or take the lead with a single ro something.
- Gordon, who came in the 8th all for him and allowed a double and the winning run to cross the plate.
I really wanted this one because both Toronto and Boston lost, and we had a 4-0 lead, a 6-2 lead and in the late innings a 6-4 lead. Still, Im very happy they won 10 straight and hope they have more streaks. Now that the streak is lost, now they have to prove it wasn't just a streak, it was for real...
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May 19, 2005 0:57:26 GMT -5
Post by damnyankeefan7 on May 19, 2005 0:57:26 GMT -5
Didn't get to hear or follow the game at all, but sure looks like we handed it to em on a silver platter. I guess maybe Tino needed a night off, but I wonder if Joe thought about using him in the 9th. And Gordon....well, I won't go there.
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May 19, 2005 8:52:35 GMT -5
Post by RJPinstripes on May 19, 2005 8:52:35 GMT -5
A very tough loss! We blew it! Many missed opportunites to add on runs and didn't. Posada's error one of the all-time worse! Oh well, we move on! As my mother use to say, "you can't win em all!" ...why not?
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May 19, 2005 9:04:44 GMT -5
Post by Knuckles on May 19, 2005 9:04:44 GMT -5
- A-Rod with a man on first and second with one out in the ninth dissappears. Geez, YF. He hits a three-run homer in the first for half our runs, leads the major leagues in that respect, AND has a better than .300 average with runners in scoring position. On top of that, the grounder in the hole is an infield single against any defensive configuration IF there is no force at third. If I were writing your post listing all the things that went wrong in an ugly loss that should have been a "W," I'd replace Alex with Sturtze, who walked the second guy in the seventh, and then fell behind 3-0 to light-hitting Valdez with the tying run on second and Ichiro on deck. Tanyon had to come right down the middle with the 3-1 pitch, and Valdez did the expected with it. Let all of Red Sox Nation wear their "Let's trash Alex" buttons, and feel free to criticize him when he fails. IMO, Alex is the last guy culpable in last night's meltdown, with the possible exception of the three-hit night Matsui had, even though he, too, struck out with bases loaded. YANKEE BASEBALL!!!
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May 19, 2005 9:40:34 GMT -5
Post by soxfan9 on May 19, 2005 9:40:34 GMT -5
You're right, Knuckles. Maybe patrons of this board should read your takehimdowntown articles first so that we can make an educated assessment of the game. . . BTW, I don't own a "Let's trash Alex" button, but thanks for the dig.
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May 19, 2005 9:48:06 GMT -5
Post by D23 on May 19, 2005 9:48:06 GMT -5
If we want to pinpoint our losses on anybody, lets add Shef 0-4 night leaving many on. Lets blame Womack for not stealing 4 bases. Lets blame Bernie for coming up empty. Yes it sounded ugly and lots of "what ifs"...but bottom line they lost as a team...
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May 19, 2005 10:14:14 GMT -5
Post by Little_Lefty on May 19, 2005 10:14:14 GMT -5
Redistributing the blame some more:
Lay off Giambi - a 2 RBI night for a guy who previously didn't have the slightest idea where he was is not something to disregard simply because he struck out with the bases loaded.
I hate to saddle my two favorite neo-Yankees (Sturtze and Sheffield) with the blame, but they did deserve it. Sheff's lackluster hitting could've given us that insurance that we needed, and the error, while well-intentioned, was very costly. To be fair, Sturtze should've been out of the inning but for the misplay by Posada (the wild pitch was only part of it - Posada had more than enough time to throw the catcher out at first but he overran the ball)...I'm sure that shook him up a little, but he still shouldn't have walked the second batter he faced and CERTAINLY shouldn't have fallen behind 3-0 on Valdez.
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May 19, 2005 10:54:47 GMT -5
Post by Knuckles on May 19, 2005 10:54:47 GMT -5
BTW, I don't own a "Let's trash Alex" button, but thanks for the dig. Alex is certainly an RSN obsession. The silence from up north on his play confirms that he is doing well better than any words I could possibly string together. YANKEE BASEBALL!!!
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May 19, 2005 11:17:52 GMT -5
Post by soxfan9 on May 19, 2005 11:17:52 GMT -5
Alex is certainly an RSN obsession. The silence from up north on his play confirms that he is doing well better than any words I could possibly string together. YANKEE BASEBALL!!! Or it could mean that we have our own problems to deal with. I think that your obsession of your theory that ARod is an RSN obsession is the issue here.
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May 19, 2005 14:25:15 GMT -5
Post by YanksFan on May 19, 2005 14:25:15 GMT -5
Well, I wrote my post just some minutes later after the game, you can see it was very early in the morning. All I was thinking about was about the last innings, including the errors, the pitching and the RISC. I was highly expecthing A-Rod to at least get a hit and tie the game, so thats why I put him there, but I agree that it was off. He had a very good game and wasn't really culpable, understand that I was thinking only about the meltdown in the last innings. I agree with you Knucks.
Many things went wrong, but we are back on track and I expect them to keep winning, so Im happy. We'll keep getting better.
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May 19, 2005 19:36:15 GMT -5
Post by Knuckles on May 19, 2005 19:36:15 GMT -5
Well, I wrote my post just some minutes later after the game, you can see it was very early in the morning. All I was thinking about was about the last innings, including the errors, the pitching and the RISC. I was highly expecthing A-Rod to at least get a hit and tie the game, so thats why I put him there, but I agree that it was off. He had a very good game and wasn't really culpable, understand that I was thinking only about the meltdown in the last innings. I agree with you Knucks. Many things went wrong, but we are back on track and I expect them to keep winning, so Im happy. We'll keep getting better. My apologies YF. I was bitterly disappointed after that game too, but I had the whole night before I replied. I'm obviously a little touchy with Alex, which is funny, because he's far from my favorite Yank. But I don't like it when the media and feeding frenzies make undue attacks against particular players, and I felt that Alex got too much of a bad rap in SOME quarters after we lost last year. I'm pretty delighted with him lately myself, a few defensive glitches notwithstanding. Still, my passionate reply is inappropriate for a fan of a team that lost one game after winning 10. Spoiled, spoiled fan that I am, I wanted 100 in a row, or so. YANKEE BASEBALL!!!
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May 19, 2005 20:05:03 GMT -5
Post by asburyboss on May 19, 2005 20:05:03 GMT -5
a 100 in row? I'll settle for 80 of the next 120...and then 11 straight to end the year- of course.
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May 19, 2005 21:15:19 GMT -5
Post by DavidL on May 19, 2005 21:15:19 GMT -5
Getting soft, AB? ;D
I want the next 100, too, as well as the last 11. But, as Knux often reminds us, it's winning that last game that's the goal.
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May 19, 2005 21:56:05 GMT -5
Post by asburyboss on May 19, 2005 21:56:05 GMT -5
nah! I'm thinking David Wells and Curt Schilling would be the sole survivors once the cannablism started in the Andes... eventually Wells would run Curt down on the beach (yeah- they'd get off the mountaintop) and be crowned the true "survivor" of Red Sox Island. Since when is a "cast" called a "boot"?? Schilling is STILL in a cast? At what point does someone bring up his weight-gain as the contributor to this stress fracture, err sorry- "Stress situation"...I saw the guy's delivery in slo mo the other day and not only noticed his mechanics were outta whack- I also saw him gain 5 pounds in his face! It's called Low-carb, Curt.
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May 19, 2005 22:15:21 GMT -5
Post by CeciliaTan on May 19, 2005 22:15:21 GMT -5
Since when is a "cast" called a "boot"?? Schilling is STILL in a cast? At what point does someone bring up his weight-gain as the contributor to this stress fracture, err sorry- "Stress situation"...I saw the guy's delivery in slo mo the other day and not only noticed his mechanics were outta whack- I also saw him gain 5 pounds in his face! It's called Low-carb, Curt. A boot and a cast are two different things. The boot can be taken off and put back on, whereas a cast is, well, cast on so it can't be removed without a saw. Not that commentators or players necessarily use the right term when they are talking about it. I have no idea if Curt has a cast or a boot, since I haven't actually seen it... As for the weight gain, I notice that this year he gave up the Dunkin Donuts promotion! (It's Damon and Theo now.) So maybe he is trying to cut down. -ctan
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May 20, 2005 10:31:54 GMT -5
Post by soxfan9 on May 20, 2005 10:31:54 GMT -5
nah! I'm thinking David Wells and Curt Schilling would be the sole survivors once the cannablism started in the Andes... eventually Wells would run Curt down on the beach (yeah- they'd get off the mountaintop) and be crowned the true "survivor" of Red Sox Island. Since when is a "cast" called a "boot"?? Schilling is STILL in a cast? At what point does someone bring up his weight-gain as the contributor to this stress fracture, err sorry- "Stress situation"...I saw the guy's delivery in slo mo the other day and not only noticed his mechanics were outta whack- I also saw him gain 5 pounds in his face! It's called Low-carb, Curt. Way to throw the totally unrelated RSN into this YANKEE thread. FWIW, it's a stress REACTION not a "situation."
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