Is it September already?

[rainmaker]

Wednesday, Top of the 9th, Sox-Yankees

What a rollercoaster!!

[Dan_ref]

Well.

To have gone less than 7 would have been an injustice to both of these great teams. It would be a worthless cliche to follow the media and say this series is a war. This is not a war, this is a knife fight in a dark, dirty alley.

May the better team win tommorow, and they will.

NY vs Fla, NY in 5.

[ChuckElias]

Upper deck, baby!! Again!!

My, oh, my! Obviously I'm a Sox fan, and really hoping they win one more. . . but isn't this just a great series for baseball in general? The games have been intense and fairly close. The margins of victory have been 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, and 3 runs in the respective games. Each team has scored 24 runs in the series. I just can't get over how engrossing every single game has been.

Tonight, Nomar finally contributes, Veritek and Nixon each hit monster shots, and the go-ahead run is walked in!

And tomorrow, Pedro and Roger square off again!!

BTW, was that Scott Williamson pitching the ninth, or Stu Miller?!?! (If anybody besides JR and mick get that reference without checking Google, they get a gold star )

Finally, despite the fun of sports, the real world continues to crowd in on the people of NYC. My sympathies to the victims of the ferry accident earlier today.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Dan_ref
NY vs Fla, NY in 5.

Really? My money's on Wood tonight.

Oops, just check the score. He's down by 3 already!!

[mick]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Really? My money's on Wood tonight.

Oops, just check the score. He's down by 3 already!!

Wood jacked one. Cool.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

BTW, was that Scott Williamson pitching the ninth, or Stu Miller?!?! (If anybody besides JR and mick get that reference without checking Google, they get a gold star )

Don't need to check Google. Saw Miller pitch in person a few times. No resemblance at all to Williamson,if I remember right- physically or in pitching style. Miller was a little guy that threw nothing but junk. No fastball at all.Heckuva relief pitcher,though- back when they went 2/3/4 innings instead of 1.

Should be a good 'un,tomorrow. You know though,deep down,that they're gonna break your heart again,don't ya Chuck?

[mick]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Should be a good 'un,tomorrow. You know though,deep down,that they're gonna break your heart again,don't ya Chuck?

Cold, JR. Very cold.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Saw Miller pitch in person a few times. No resemblance at all to Williamson,

There was some resemblance tonight. . . Remember Miller's most famous (infamous) moment?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

There was some resemblance tonight. . . Remember Miller's most famous (infamous) moment?

Getting blown off the mound in an allstar game at Candlestick Park in San Fran? I remember seeing that. I also remember him coming back after that to strike out Mickey Mantle in the same game.

Amazing,isn't it? I can remember that,but I can't remember something that happened last week.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Getting blown off the mound in an allstar game at Candlestick Park in San Fran?

Yup, and with the wind gusting over 25 mph at the Stadium, Williamson almost got blown off the mound after one of his pitches tonight.

BTW, between "did it or didn't it hit the foul pole" and the strike zone tonight, when do you think we'll see Angel Hernandez work another post-season series?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias
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BTW, between "did it or didn't it hit the foul pole" and the strike zone tonight, when do you think we'll see Angel Hernandez work another post-season series? [/B][/QUOTE]I think that it's safe to say that he was probably not the best choice to have the dish in a game of this magnitude. I'm also coming to the conclusion that it is now practically impossible to be thrown out of a playoff game, no matter what you do.

[Jay R]

Was Hernandez that bad? I only saw the first three innings. I worked my first game of the season tonight. His zone seemed okay up to that point.

It is interesting that Hernandez was chosen as one of the worst umps in a players and coaches poll and Tim McCleland was rated as the best. McCleland has the dish tonight.

[dblref]

Originally posted by rainmaker
Wednesday, Top of the 9th, Sox-Yankees

What a rollercoaster!!

I was really PO'd by this time. Even my son's dog wouldn't come near me, and he rarely leaves my side when I see him. I think the defining moment was the 6th(?) inning when the Yankees had runners at 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs and Giambi at bat. First 2 pitches were balls, and he wound up striking out. Down hill after that.

[ChuckElias]

[Dan_ref]