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Knock that fat POS all over the box, fellas.
And in the grand Yankee tradition of Eddie Lopat, kick some ass, Aaron.
HAIL PED'S!!! HAIL STEROIDS!!
Boston got: Atlanta (3 games), St. Louis (3 games), Chicago (3 games), Cincinnati (3 games), Pittsburgh (3 games) and Philadelphia (3 games).
New York got: New York (six games), Milwaukee (3 games), St. Louis (3 games), Pittsburgh (3 games) and Chicago (3 games).
The combined record of the Sox interleague opponents is 432-407 (.514%) and the Yanks opponents are just about equal at 353-347 (.504%).
I believe, without looking at the schedule there's some home and away and number of game foolishness that goes on with the intraleague, interdivisonal games.
A former power hitting outfielder who's meteoric rise to fame was cut short by a mysterious woman dressed in black who shot him in a Chicago hotel??
Now, after years of wandering he has come back to the majors, this time as an unheralded pitcher. Too old to be a prospect, but yearning to have people walk by him on the street and say: "There goes the best to ever play this game."
Does any team in baseball not seemingly have this issue?
From reading game threads and various message boards, after "Why does <team X> always kill us, but bend over for our division opponents", it seems to be that this might be the single most ubiquitous complaint that fans have about their team.
Which is all to say, I question whether there really is such an effect for the Red Sox.
BTW, it would be extatic for the game to enter the last NYY/Sox series with Sox being 3 games up, and CLE/WEST clinching the WC: that will be an exact opposite of the last years ALCS, with Yanks being down to their last LOSS.
The second says that any team's rookie pitcher Y will usually have success against team Z his first time against them.
Way back on 6/14 I'd predicted the rest of the Sox season, series by series. It wasn't rocket science: splits against good teams, series wins against middle teams, series sweeps against bad teams. Give or take some for home/road, and that's it.
As of now they're right where they were predicted to be; if they continue meeting expectations, they'll enter the final series of the year with 92 wins. And end with 94. ;-)
A few days ago I also completed the same exercise with the Yankees, and also projected them to 92 wins entering the final series. (I'd also projected Cleveland to 93 wins by the end of the season.)
But in the Yankees projection I'd expected them to sweep Tampa in the series ending last night. Instead they went 1-2, two games under the projection. As a result, if they meet my expectations the rest of the way, they'd enter the final weekend with only 90 wins, and need to sweep the Sox in Boston to make the playoffs.
SM has it right in his intro: A sweep or 2-1 in this series keeps the Yankees in it. Anything less, and it's pretty much over.
OK, enough of that. My old prediction from 6/14 was that the Sox would win only 1 of 3 in this series. I'm sticking with it.
You’re making 2 different arguments, bibigon. The first one says that, say, Baltimore gives the Red Sox a lot of trouble, but team X handles Baltimore easily.
The second says that any team’s rookie pitcher Y will usually have success against team Z his first time against them.
Obviously I'm referencing two different arguments. That's the whole point.
I was saying that there are a few things that fans of every team complain about. After the one about "Baltimore gives the Sox a lot of trouble...", the one about rookie pitchers seems to be the most common one I've seen.
These two comments aren't related in any way other than that fans complain about both.
And both complaints I suspect are without merit.
Really? Does Tampa Bay have an 11-5 record against anyone else this year?
LET'S GIVE STEROIDS A BIG CURTAIN CALL!!!
Vote for your LEAST Favorite Red Sock:
http://www.halosheaven.com/?op=poll_vote;qid=1126065684_YXwWkPNX
I have a strange desire to see if the domain shavenhalo.com is still available. But it just doesn't seem as funny as I want it to be.
dERA dERA Wells 3.76 4.33 Small Schilling 3.83 4.55 Chacon Wakefield 4.74 3.95 Johnson RED SOX 4.29 4.35 YANKEESThe difference between the two pitching staffs seems likely to be defense and park-effects. And I have no idea why Schilling is so exceptional -- probably been working out with Kevin Brown or something.
Hey, I completely agree that this is retarded.
<i>you left out millar. i voted for schilling though.</i.
Screw that if Millar is left out.
Is it wrong of me to still dream of the Red Sox passing the White Sox for best record in the AL?
They didn't need home field in 2004. Why start now?
As I said, Go Yankees.
Just wondering what the consensus is.
Neither do I, but a sweep will certainly incite some sort of panic among Red Sox fans...
BP adjusted standings...
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/standings.php
Found any German language steroid articles lately?
You could be having to root for your least favorite team against your second favorite team.
I can't imagine a situation in which I'd be rooting for the Red Sox against the Giants.
Hehe. Gammons reads my posts (see #11).
Here's to an entertaining series, something we can all agree on.
Fans of any contender in the AL, other than the Yankees, should root for the Sox in this series, as the chances of their team to make the playoffs increase with every Sox win, and decrease with every Yankees win in this series.
Go Sox!
And Biff's posts. (#8)
nickm - good point, you're right. The only possible exception I suppose would be the White Sox, who should be considered the only "lock" at this point, and only really have home field advantage vs. Boston (which, if you think about it, *could* potentially become important) to worry about the rest of the way. I don't blame Vince for rooting against us.
Everyone else in contention though should be praying for a Red Sox sweep, or at least 2 out of 3.
1) Do the Red Sox and Yankees own the best rivalry in sports?
75.6%Yes
24.4%No
2) Has the rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees lost any luster this season?
48.3%A little
37.1%None
14.6%A lot
3) Which team do you root for when the Red Sox and Yankees play?
58.3%Boston Red Sox
24.7%New York Yankees
17.0n they both lose?
4) Which weekend series between contenders deserves the most attention?
70.0%Red Sox at Yankees
11.7%Marlins at Phillies
7.3%Angels at White Sox
5.6%Twins at Indians
2.3%Braves at Nationals
1.8%Mets at Cardinals
1.3%Padres at Dodgers
5) What will be the result of this weekend's series in New York?
54.1%Red Sox win two
23.1%Yankees win two
11.7%Red Sox win three
11.0%Yankees win three
6) What is the best pitching matchup of the series?
58.3%Tim Wakefield vs. Randy Johnson
22.6vid Wells vs. Aaron Small
19.1%Curt Schilling vs. Shawn Chacon
7) Which team has the more dangerous lineup?
73.6%Red Sox
26.4%Yankees
8) Which team is better on defense?
64.0%Red Sox
36.0%Yankees
9) Which team has a better bullpen?
72.9%Yankees
27.1%Red Sox
10) Which team will win the AL East?
81.7%Red Sox
18.3%Yankees
11) Will the wild card come from the AL East?
61.4%No
38.6%Yes
12) Which AL team will advance to the World Series?
46.1%Red Sox
34.7%Someone else
19.2%Yankees
Total Votes: 4,171
(god damn it why isn't bellhorn playing uewagjalkwgj)
10) Which team will win the AL East?
81.7%Red Sox
18.3%Yankees
BPro's odds of winning the divisio
BOS: 83.67%
NYY: 16.32%
11) Will the wild card come from the AL East?
61.4%No
38.6%Yes
Bpro's odds of wild card coming from:
AL east: ~24%
AL cent: ~71%
AL west: ~5%
[I think ESPN is trying to put Bpro out of business]
81.7%Red Sox
18.3%Yankees
BPro's AL East Division Odds:
83.67300
16.32330
Not bad for the common folk.
I don't think BPro has published them yet...
Lawton is hitting .216/.308/.331 vs. LHP in 2005
Jeter should have many runners to drive in today
Nah, he probably just didn't know what he was talking about.
A lot of us can say that
According to Sutcliffe, Varitek is to baseball as Secretariat is to horse racing. We have an earliest contender for stupidest comment of the night
By Rick Sutcliffe. In the second inning.
How did this guy ever win a Cy?
Cool, that means Small had no hit stuff in the first inning too, right?
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