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Originally Posted by MacGuyver
Thats horseshit, when the BOTTOM of the Red Sox batting order has to step up and almost fully come back from a damn near shut out. Just imagine if Damon and Big Papi had been on top of the offensive side of things, nevermind Schilling not being able to push off the rubber with power becuase of his ankle. So about the "Yankees LETTING the Red Sox catch up". Bullshit. I dont think 7 runs in two innings is anywhere near intentional. Thats stupid fucking baseball. Only talent or luck and do that, and I dont believe in luck.
As far as Pedro goes, I dont care who is whos daddy, he better get his fucking head on straight and start earning his fucking paycheck.
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You misunderstood. I wasn't saying the Yankees were letting the Sox back into the game. I was saying it seemed as if the Sox were intentionally breaking their fans' hearts AGAIN. I should have used a smiley.
If, if, if... if the Sox hadn't taken the first 6 innings off, if Damon hadn't K'd 4 times, if Schilling wasn't hurt... hey, Schilling's a competitor and I admire that, I always have. Few players burn the way he does to win. But there's NO FREAKIN WAY he should have tried to pitch last night. He put a big question mark on the one pitcher who has been the most consistent for the Sox this season. He was expected to pitch a possible third time this series... now you have to worry about his ankle the rest of the way. He should have given the ball away and used the time to rest his leg. If the Sox lose this series, especially in 7 games (which the Sox tend to do) that will be the decision that is agonized over all offseason, much like last year's was Grady leaving Pedro in too long. Unless the rest of this series holds some more truly memorable chuckleheaded moments for the Sox.
When people talk about the Yankees weakness this year, they point to the pitching staff. With a questionable Schilling, and always emotionally unstable Pedro, and improved but still vulnerable bullpen, I think the Sox have their share of problems with their staff too. Now it's up to the Yankees to exploit those weaknesses, and exploit them they will.
You don't believe in luck? Me neither. But I do believe in the Curse. Because if you don't believe in luck, how else do you explain the Red Sox? That for the last 86 years they've just hired an unbelievably long string of stupid managers, the players who will be most susceptible to choking, who can't play under pressure, and in all that time can't make all the pieces fit just ONE TIME? While the Yankees have done it 26 times? The Florida Marlins have been in existence barely 10 years and have already done it twice, INCLUDING going through the Yankees to do it.
Although, Sox fans must admit, if the Sox DO win the series this year, they will have won it the "Yankee" way, and bought it. They have the second highest payroll and two of the three highest paid players. A-Rod may be the highest, but Texas wrote that contract, not Steinbrenner, (which Boston was ready to take on) and they still pay a lot of his salary. I have no problem with that, but it's time to stop calling us the Evil Empire when you've turned to the Dark Side as well.
-Mikey