MLB Postseason

[Boondocksaint27]

My beef with Giambi goes further then his roiding and when he became a Yankee it made him so much easier to hate. Then I read the Yankee Years and it affirmed my opinion that he was just another slugger who hits 30 in the regular season and shrinks in the playoffs. Who takes themselves out of the biggest postseason game they've ever played in (03 WS against Marlins)? If I were a GM and was looking to hire a coach, having read that book, he would be nowhere near my team...well, maybe strength and conditioning...

 

[trigg3r]

My beef with Giambi goes further then his roiding and when he became a Yankee it made him so much easier to hate. Then I read the Yankee Years and it affirmed my opinion that he was just another slugger who hits 30 in the regular season and shrinks in the playoffs. Who takes themselves out of the biggest postseason game they've ever played in (03 WS against Marlins)? If I were a GM and was looking to hire a coach, having read that book, he would be nowhere near my team...well, maybe strength and conditioning...

My beef with Giambi extends to him and his brother running 3 hour hitting and talking seminars to high school kids and charging big money to said kids or their parents when Jason had already signed a huge contract with the Yankees.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

My beef with Giambi extends to him and his brother running 3 hour hitting and talking seminars to high school kids and charging big money to said kids or their parents when Jason had already signed a huge contract with the Yankees.

I hear ya but those parents/coaches/school districts don't have to pay for that any more than they do the overpriced tickets to the games. He and Jeremy were trying to make money and I see nothing wrong with that.

 

[nightmare3983]

So David Locke and a couple of other people posted this link on twitter. It's a good read even if you don't believe in "angels" aka deceased loved ones being able to alter the outcome of a baseball game. I don't think that happens because I'm sure there could have been a number of compelling stories had the Rangers won the title as well. But, it's worth a few minutes.

https://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21760399

 

[Stifle Tower]

Jeter broke his ankle so you'll probably get your wish. He was one of 3 guys on the entire team getting good at-bats. The others being Ibanez and Texeria. Ichiro is coming around a little bit too; but the rest of the line up is full of black holes with Swisher, Cano, Granderson and A-Rod producing almost nothing collectively

Definitely an up-hill climb from here.

Happy to see the Yankees lose, but I'm always sickened by injuries. Feel sorry for Jeter.
And I'm seething mad about Holliday's "barrel slide." He rolled right up on Scutaro's ankle. Marco is VERY lucky he didn't break an ankle or tear a ligament in his knee.

 

[nightmare3983]

Happy to see the Yankees lose, but I'm always sickened by injuries. Feel sorry for Jeter.
And I'm seething mad about Holliday's "barrel slide." He rolled right up on Scutaro's ankle. Marco is VERY lucky he didn't break an ankle or tear a ligament in his knee.

Any baseball fan should be. Even Cardinals fans.

 

[Stifle Tower]

So David Locke and a couple of other people posted this link on twitter. It's a good read even if you don't believe in "angels" aka deceased loved ones being able to alter the outcome of a baseball game. I don't think that happens because I'm sure there could have been a number of compelling stories had the Rangers won the title as well. But, it's worth a few minutes.

https://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21760399

There ARE "Angels in the Outfield" but they're now totally confused. Happened when that $%^#@*& of an owner changed his team name to the LA Angels of Anaheim.

Now I do understand keeping a team name. For example, when the 49'ers move south they won't be renamed the "SF 49'ers of Santa Clara." But to alienate the city in which you play in, trying to capture an ethnic minority in another city, that's just wrong. I had followed and cheered for the California (then Anaheim) Angels from my childhood. Giants became my #! NL team after I moved to northern CA. But when Moreno pulled that despicable legal manuever, Angels went from my favorite AL team, to one of my most hated - but still a LONG ways away from the Yankees.

 

[nightmare3983]

There ARE "Angels in the Outfield" but they're now totally confused. Happened when that $%^#@*& of an owner changed his team name to the LA Angels of Anaheim.

Now I do understand keeping a team name. For example, when the 49'ers move south they won't be renamed the "SF 49'ers of Santa Clara." But to alienate the city in which you play in, trying to capture an ethnic minority in another city, that's just wrong. I had followed and cheered for the California (then Anaheim) Angels from my childhood. Giants became my #! NL team after I moved to northern CA. But when Moreno pulled that despicable legal manuever, Angels went from my favorite AL team, to one of my most hated - but still a LONG ways away from the Yankees.

Don't forget about the Angels in the Infield:

 

[YB85]

Hey Yankees, you're down 2-0, just lost your captain, and your expensive hitters can't hit. What could make it worse? Facing Justin Verlander. Love it.

 

[Boondocksaint27]

.205 for the postseason. ARod is hitting on girls in the stands after being benched in a game where his Captain goes down. Beautiful.

 

[Boondocksaint27]

By the way, David Wells has had the comment of the night so far in regards to the ARod story: "He's hitting poorly, maybe he's looking for a slump-buster"

 

[nightmare3983]

The Tigers lead 3-0. I love it.