BASE-BALL

[KEVIN_224]

FOX wants the Yankees and Dodgers (NY and LA), but they won't obviously sat that out loud.

I've been a Yankees fan since 1981, so one half of the World Series is a no-brainer. Many rematches are possible:

NY vs Atlanta - 1996 and 1999
NY vs Los Angeles - 1977, 1978 and 1981

Have the Dodgers in the World Series and see them lose for the third year in a row?

[1995hoo]

Last night someone at Turner Sports lost track of what round this is. They kept using this graphic until about the fifth inning.

[Beltway]

I really don't care who wins this year, so long as it's the Yankees.

I was a big Yankee fan in the 1960s when growing up in Florida.  No MLB team within a thousand miles back then.  Exciting team loaded with future hall-of-famers (Mantle, Maris, Ford, Berra, etc.).

Now it is a whole different team and they have won more than enough pennants and WS, and I want to see other teams winning it.

[jp the roadgeek]

Been following the Red Sox since 1984, so the Yankees have been, are, and will always be the enemy.  It was awful watching the 4 in 5 year run from 96-00, and I was sick for days after Aaron F Boone.  Coming back from 3-0 in 2004 felt like Bastille Day in that we finally overthrew our oppressors.  Like the US beating the Russians in 80, with the parallel being that we still had to play one more game/series to cement our legacy.

Am I surprised the Yankees are dominating the Twins?  No.  The Twins are their female dogs. 

[Rothman]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

[Alps]

All of you Sux fans are why I'm enjoying this postseason while you cry in your Sam Adamses.

[NWI_Irish96]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

[Rothman]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

[NWI_Irish96]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

Frank Thomas, for one.

[Rothman]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

Frank Thomas, for one.

Pfft.  Says him.

[KEVIN_224]

The Yankees won 7 World Series in my lifetime, with 5 of them as an adult (I'm 48). We've been waiting for nearly 10 years now. It was brutal living in Old Orchard Beach, ME from 1985 to 1987. The Red Sox nearly won the 1986 World Series. The Patriots were in Super Bowl XX. The Celtics won their 16th title in 1986. I lost how many times I heard "But you live in New England...". The Yankees are the only New York market team I've ever loved.

I was actually a Miami Dolphins fan for 36 years, but finally gave up on them this year. I grew tired of them having no Super Bowl appearances since XIX and not winning one since VIII. The Patriots, who are 5-0 at this writing, are "good" only because their schedule (except for the Buffalo Bills) is softer than cotton candy. The combined record of their opponents to now is 5-18. I also simply got fed up living in that team's shadow.

[NWI_Irish96]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

Frank Thomas, for one.

Pfft.  Says him.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/758294-mlb-steroids-era-the-best-hitters-who-are-believed-not-to-have-juiced

And Bleacher Report.  And plenty of others.

[Rothman]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

Frank Thomas, for one.

Pfft.  Says him.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/758294-mlb-steroids-era-the-best-hitters-who-are-believed-not-to-have-juiced

And Bleacher Report.  And plenty of others.

That title says it all.  "Believed to Have Not Juiced" rather than "Players Who Did Not Juice" speaks volumes.

[NWI_Irish96]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

Frank Thomas, for one.

Pfft.  Says him.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/758294-mlb-steroids-era-the-best-hitters-who-are-believed-not-to-have-juiced

And Bleacher Report.  And plenty of others.

That title says it all.  "Believed to Have Not Juiced" rather than "Players Who Did Not Juice" speaks volumes.

Yes, it means that reasonable people believe it.

[Rothman]

As a Red Sox fan, when the Yankees start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were this century.

As a fan of any other team, when Red Sox fans start crowing about their WS wins, I always ask how many of them were without David Ortiz on steroids.

Pfft.  What player wasn't on steroids?

Frank Thomas, for one.

Pfft.  Says him.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/758294-mlb-steroids-era-the-best-hitters-who-are-believed-not-to-have-juiced

And Bleacher Report.  And plenty of others.

That title says it all.  "Believed to Have Not Juiced" rather than "Players Who Did Not Juice" speaks volumes.

Yes, it means that reasonable people believe it.

Nah.  It means there is no guarantee they didn't juice up.

[1995hoo]

Short night's sleep. Totally worth it.

[ET21]

Playoff Kershaw showed up again 

[Henry]

As they say, you can't script October. I'm going with the Nationals to beat the Cardinals in the NLCS, and whoever wins tonight's ALDS Game 5 (Rays or Astros) to beat the Yankees in the ALCS.

[jp the roadgeek]

Joe Kelly and Dave Roberts will always be loved in Boston.  Joe Kelly and Dave Roberts will be pariahs in LA.  What Roberts did last night equates to Grady Little for the Red Sox in 2003 by leaving Pedro in.

[nexus73]

Playoff Kershaw showed up again 

....ain't that the truth!

Hard to believe when the Dodgers set a franchise record for wins in a regular season, that they would fall apart like a cheap suit to Washington.  Remember when the Mariners set a record for most wins in the regular season by any MLB team?  They lost in the first round of playoffs.

Rick

[akotchi]

Playoff Kershaw showed up again 

....ain't that the truth!

Hard to believe when the Dodgers set a franchise record for wins in a regular season, that they would fall apart like a cheap suit to Washington.  Remember when the Mariners set a record for most wins in the regular season by any MLB team?  They lost in the first round of playoffs.

Rick

Second round.  They won their ALDS against, I think, Cleveland.

[nexus73]

Playoff Kershaw showed up again 

....ain't that the truth!

Hard to believe when the Dodgers set a franchise record for wins in a regular season, that they would fall apart like a cheap suit to Washington.  Remember when the Mariners set a record for most wins in the regular season by any MLB team?  They lost in the first round of playoffs.

Rick

Second round.  They won their ALDS against, I think, Cleveland.

I thought different.  Sorry!

Rick

[Alps]

As they say, you can't script October. I'm going with the Nationals to beat the Cardinals in the NLCS, and whoever wins tonight's ALDS Game 5 (Rays or Astros) to beat the Yankees in the ALCS.

Feel the hate. Let it flow within you. Yankees/Nationals.

[jp the roadgeek]

As they say, you can't script October. I'm going with the Nationals to beat the Cardinals in the NLCS, and whoever wins tonight's ALDS Game 5 (Rays or Astros) to beat the Yankees in the ALCS.

Feel the hate. Let it flow within you. Yankees/Nationals.

I'd actually like to see Les Nats get there after 50 years of never making it as a franchise.  However, the other team that wears pinstripes, has cloven hooves, and rooting for them is like rooting for the house in Blackjack, The Wicked Witch of the West to conquer Oz, or Bernie Madoff to win the lottery, that is another story. 

[Alps]

As they say, you can't script October. I'm going with the Nationals to beat the Cardinals in the NLCS, and whoever wins tonight's ALDS Game 5 (Rays or Astros) to beat the Yankees in the ALCS.

Feel the hate. Let it flow within you. Yankees/Nationals.

I'd actually like to see Les Nats get there after 50 years of never making it as a franchise.  However, the other team that wears pinstripes, has cloven hooves, and rooting for them is like rooting for the house in Blackjack, The Wicked Witch of the West to conquer Oz, or Bernie Madoff to win the lottery, that is another story. 

I find it odd that anyone in Cheaters* fan territory can accuse someone else of being evil.