WARNING!! Annual Off-Topic Baseball Thread. Esteemed Members BEWARE!!

[ChuckElias]

R.I.P. Yankees

(Go Tigers!)

[mick]

The kid grew up a bit.

[dblref]

As much as I hated to see the Yankees lose, they were definitely out-pitched and out-hit in this series. Guess I'll pull for the Tigers now.

[mick]

Originally Posted by dblref

As much as I hated to see the Yankees lose, they were definitely out-pitched and out-hit in this series. Guess I'll pull for the Tigers now.

dblref,
That's great ! Tigers will need all the help they can get.


I was wonderin':

Will there be a lot of Yankee fans rooting for the METS ?

How does that work ?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

I was wonderin':[INDENT]

Will there be a lot of Yankee fans rooting for the METS ?

Not freaking likely!

Go Tigers!!

Good pitching can take you a long way.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Not freaking likely!

Go Tigers!!

Go JR !

[dblref]

Originally Posted by mick

dblref,
That's great ! Tigers will need all the help they can get.


I was wonderin':

Will there be a lot of Yankee fans rooting for the METS ?

How does that work ?

Not me. I'm American League first, and my favorite NL team is Atlanta (worked there 6 years). The Braves really sucked this year.

[ChuckElias]

Look, everybody wants to win the World Series, ok? Why does King George think it's his birthright to win it every year? This mentality that the season is a failure if the Yankees don't win the World Series is absolutely insane.

Are you really going to fire Joe Torre after the amazing 2nd half that the Yankees put together? If you fire the manager every time you don't win the World Series, you'll have a new manager every year. Which means you'll very likely never win the Series again. It's just silly.

And is Lou Pinella the answer to this "problem" of not winning the Series in 6 years? I wouldn't bet on it.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Look, everybody wants to win the World Series, ok? Why does King George think it's his birthright to win it every year? This mentality that the season is a failure if the Yankees don't win the World Series is absolutely insane.

Are you really going to fire Joe Torre after the amazing 2nd half that the Yankees put together? If you fire the manager every time you don't win the World Series, you'll have a new manager every year. Which means you'll very likely never win the Series again. It's just silly.

And is Lou Pinella the answer to this "problem" of not winning the Series in 6 years? I wouldn't bet on it.

Um, Chuck, does the name Grady Little mean anything to you? Do you really think that Grady morphed straight into a genius from a moron as soon as he hit LA? Bah-stan basically fired him because he left Pedro in too long-- iow because he decided to go with his best pitcher. If it works, he's a genius and he gets his own statue in the Fenway. It doesn't work though and he's run outa town. That's beisbol.

NY has gotta do something. It's either the manager or some players. Personally, I think that their entire starting pitching staff should be blown up except for Ho Chi Minh. Easier said than done though. They're stuck with Randy Johnson for another year. They can get rid of Mussina and Wright though. Mussina has never won a big game in his life, and he's 37. And every time Wright pitches, the Yanks are down 4-0 before they can bat.

Sheffield has gotta go too. No room for him; Melky Cabrera has got to play regularly. As for A-Rod? Heeeeeello LA!

Gonna be a busy off-season in NY methinks.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Look, everybody wants to win the World Series, ok? Why does King George think it's his birthright to win it every year?

I don't think he believes it's his birthright to win every year.

I think he believes if he works to assemble the best team on & off the field he will win.

(And yes that translates into paying big money to attract the talent he wants.)

Of course it doesn't always work out, be there ya have it.

This mentality that the season is a failure if the Yankees don't win the World Series is absolutely insane.

The goal of a baseball team is to win the WS. How is it NOT a failure if you fail to attain that goal???