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    Washington Post: Tom Boswell: Yankees Are Monuments To Baseball Success

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    posted 2 days ago by The Yankee Clapper to aging, great baseball players, injuries, pennant race, veteran leadership, yankees  |  15 comment(s)

    Boz pays homage to the gritty, gutsy, scrappy, first place 2013 underdog Yankees:

    Perhaps for the first time in their history, the Yankees now epitomize exactly the kind of team that always used to try to beat them: a group of inspired-by-adversity, too-old-or-too-young, one-last-chance players who band together to prove that baseball is a team game, not just an aggregation of talent and fat contracts.

    Put a few all-star seasons, such as Cano’s 31 RBI, Kiroda’s 1.99 ERA and Rivera’s 16 ...

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    51. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:23 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is excruciating.
    52. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I just really hate baseball.
    53. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I am pleased.
    54. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    HOLY ####### ####!!!!
    55. JJ1986 posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Why is Neshek facing a lefty?
    56. Gonfalon Bubble posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:25 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    ####### #### = Ibanez, Raul
    57. cercopithecus aethiops posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:27 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Something like sixty-seven pitchers are active for this game, and yet we get to watch Freedy Garcia blowing it followed by Pat Neshek facing a lefty to undo all of Freddy's hard work.
    58. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:27 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is a bonkers game, by the way. No one scores a damn run in innings 9-12, then they score 4 each in the 13th?
    59. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    By the way, I assume the Yankees are running either Thomas (if there's lefties) or Wade out there for the 14th, so you have to like Oakland's chances.
    60. Kiko Sakata  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    As an Orioles rooter, this is the kind of game I'd like to see both teams lose. I guess this is the closest thing to that we can get.
    61. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:33 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Game of the day (today): Take a wild guess.
    62. escabeche posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:34 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    As an Orioles rooter, this is the kind of game I'd like to see both teams lose
    .

    Not me. At this point the Orioles wild card spot is all but assured if we don't crap the bed, but we didn't come this far to wash out in a one-game playoff. We have to win the division. Go A's.
    63. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:37 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    To elaborate a bit, if B-R and Fangraphs' WPA numbers end up being remotely comparable, this game is already guaranteed to end up in the top 5 of the season to date, and if it goes another inning, will almost certainly end up in the top 3.

    That's without accounting for the pennant race implications.
    64. Baldrick posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Not me. At this point the Orioles wild card spot is all but assured if we don't crap the bed, but we didn't come this far to wash out in a one-game playoff. We have to win the division. Go A's.

    This comment is why I think the new version of the playoffs (for all its problems) might make Septembers pretty awesome.
    65. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:47 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This game hasn't quite surpassed the Jeter Dive game and the dueling Game 162s last year for craziness, but it is up there.
    66. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It had to end that way. I mean, it couldn't just be a normal thing. Crazy.
    67. The Yankee Clapper posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:52 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Worth repeating yet again:
    How inspiring are these gritty, hardscrabble Yankees? Dogged by a team riding an unprecedented wave of good fortune, crippled by devastating injuries all season long, their hard-earned wealth made little more than a slush fund for the league office for the benefit of well-connected cronies, and yet these Yankees, written off again and again, somehow manage to defy the odds and the prognosticators and continue to win. America loves their plucky underdogs and these never-say-die Yankees seem prepared to continue their uphill climb towards the postseason. If you aren't inspired, you aren't paying attention.
    68. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:52 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    AND THOSE SCRAPPY UNDERDOGS DID IT AGAIN!!!!
    69. Baldrick posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:52 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Ugh.
    70. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Now they're torturing poor Nunez by asking him questions his English is clearly not equipped to answer. That was painful.
    71. Roger McDowell spit on me! posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Cued, spin, whatever...Moss should have come up with that.
    72. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Worth repeating yet again:

    How inspiring are these gritty, hardscrabble Yankees? Dogged by a team riding an unprecedented wave of good fortune, crippled by devastating injuries all season long, their hard-earned wealth made little more than a slush fund for the league office for the benefit of well-connected cronies, and yet these Yankees, written off again and again, somehow manage to defy the odds and the prognosticators and continue to win. America loves their plucky underdogs and these never-say-die Yankees seem prepared to continue their uphill climb towards the postseason. If you aren't inspired, you aren't paying attention.


    A-#######-MEN.
    73. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That's a killer loss for Oakland and for Baltimore. What a comeback.
    74. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Final(ish) result: Roughly tied with the #3 game of the year so far. Which is pretty spectacular.
    75. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:56 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That's a huge win for the Yankees.
    76. Monty posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Posts 26, 67, and 72 are why people hate Yankee fans.
    77. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The only comeback I can remember that tops this game is this 2004 game against Diego.

    Bottom of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-2, Padres' Trevor Hoffman facing 5-6-7
    b9 0-2 0 --- 3,(0-2) O NYY J. Giambi T. Hoffman -5% 5% Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
    b9 0-2 1 --- 5,(1-2) O NYY J. Posada T. Hoffman -3% 2% Strikeout Swinging
    b9 0-2 2 --- 3,(2-0) R NYY H. Matsui T. Hoffman 3% 5% Home Run (Fly Ball)
    Kenny Lofton pinch hits for Tony Clark (1B) batting 8th
    b9 1-2 2 --- 4,(2-1) R NYY K. Lofton T. Hoffman 49% 54% Home Run (Fly Ball)
    b9 2-2 2 --- 6,(3-2) O NYY M. Cairo T. Hoffman -4% 50% Strikeout Looking

    Top of the 12th, Padres Batting, Tied 2-2, Yankees' Bret Prinz facing 7-8-9
    Bret Prinz replaces Paul Quantrill pitching
    t12 2-2 0 --- 5,(2-2) SDP R. Hernandez B. Prinz -8% 42% Single to CF (Line Drive)
    t12 2-2 0 1-- 4,(1-2) O SDP T. Long B. Prinz 8% 50% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
    t12 2-2 1 1-- 2,(0-1) SDP K. Greene B. Prinz -8% 42% Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Long to 2B
    t12 2-2 1 12- 4,(3-0) SDP S. Burroughs B. Prinz -13% 29% Walk; Long to 3B; Greene to 2B
    t12 2-2 1 123 5,(3-1) RO SDP M. Loretta B. Prinz -11% 18% Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Long Scores
    Felix Heredia replaces Bret Prinz pitching
    t12 3-2 2 12- 2,(1-0) RR SDP B. Giles F. Heredia -14% 4% Single to RF (Line Drive); Greene Scores; Burroughs Scores/Adv on E9/unER; Giles to 3B
    Xavier Nady pinch hits for Kerry Robinson (DH) batting 4th
    t12 5-2 2 --3 3,(1-1) O SDP X. Nady F. Heredia 1% 5% Lineout: 2B
    3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Yankees 2.

    Bottom of the 12th, Yankees Batting, Behind 2-5, Padres' Rod Beck facing 1-2-3
    Rod Beck replaces Scott Linebrink pitching
    b12 2-5 0 --- 5,(3-1) NYY B. Williams R. Beck 5% 10% Walk
    b12 2-5 0 1-- 3,(1-1) NYY D. Jeter R. Beck 13% 23% Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Williams to 3B
    b12 2-5 0 -23 4,(1-2) RO NYY A. Rodriguez R. Beck -10% 13% Groundout: 3B-1B; Williams Scores
    b12 3-5 1 -2- 3,(1-1) NYY G. Sheffield R. Beck 10% 23% Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Jeter to 3B
    b12 3-5 1 1-3 2,(1-0) R NYY J. Giambi R. Beck 24% 47% Single to CF (Fly Ball); Jeter Scores; Sheffield to 3B
    Jay Witasick replaces Rod Beck pitching
    b12 4-5 1 1-3 3,(1-1) R NYY J. Posada J. Witasick 38% 85% Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Sheffield Scores; Giambi to 3B
    b12 5-5 1 -23 4,(3-0) NYY H. Matsui J. Witasick -1% 84% Intentional Walk
    Ruben Sierra pinch hits for Enrique Wilson (2B) batting 8th
    b12 5-5 1 123 3,(1-1) RO NYY R. Sierra J. Witasick 16% 100% Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Giambi Scores
    78. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 06:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Posts 26, 67, and 72 are why people hate Yankee fans.

    No pity for the tongue-in-cheek challenged!
    79. rlc posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    At what point does the A's confidence start to crack? Really tough stretch for them...
    80. DKDC posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So does the Wild Card #1 always get HFA for the play-in game? Or is it based on HTH record?

    For some reason I can't find this on mlb's site.
    81. flournoy posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Posts 26, 67, and 72 are why people hate Yankee fans.


    Christ, who wrote that absolute bilge quoted in 67?
    82. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:06 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So does the Wild Card #1 always get HFA for the play-in game? Or is it based on HTH record?
    I think it is WC#1, although MLB could make enough of a mess of things that it is based on inter-league player or some damn fool thing.
    83. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:07 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    At what point does the A's confidence start to crack? Really tough stretch for them...

    I still think the A's or the Orioles are the best team in the AL at this point (the Yanks are running on air, with no more off days), but they've also got the most brutal schedule of the lot. I bet both of these teams kind of wish they'd re-schedule tomorrow's game for 8:00.
    84. DKDC posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:08 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    That's a killer loss for Oakland and for Baltimore. What a comeback.


    It's just one game. Oakland can boune back as soon as tomorrow and if Baltimore keeps doing what they've been doing, the Yanks will stumble eventually.

    85. Swedish Chef posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The O's have Boston TWICE, Jays, and Rays. In 10-12 games, most anything can happen. I'm rooting for a 1-game playoff for the division winner.

    It's so weird that the Red Sox is regarded as a pushover now, going from powerhouse to laughing stock intraseason is quite a trick.
    86. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:09 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Christ, who wrote that absolute bilge quoted in 67?

    That was the esteemed Yankee Redneck. I see that it apparently went over your head, too.
    87. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:13 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's just one game. Oakland can boune back as soon as tomorrow and if Baltimore keeps doing what they've been doing, the Yanks will stumble eventually.

    I know one thing: Kuroda best give them 7+ solid innings tomorrow. When you're down to Corey Wade....

    This ALE race is reminding me a lot of the one the Yanks and the O's staged in 1974. The O's swept a 3 game set at Shea in mid-September to take a 1/2 game lead, and they fought tooth and nail right down to the final weekend before Baltimore clinched it. Of course that was when Baltimore was the dominant ALE team and the Yankees really were "scrappy underdogs".
    88. The Yankee Clapper posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:16 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Posts 26, 67, and 72 are why people hate Yankee fans.

    Haters always find a reason, but this is supposed to be fun, no?
    89. Monty posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:27 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    No pity for the tongue-in-cheek challenged!

    Haters always find a reason, but this is supposed to be fun, no?

    Here's the thing: everyone got the joke the first time. Posting it three times on one page turns it into exactly the kind of bragging and high-fiving that, as I say, makes people hate Yankee fans.
    90. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:50 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I know one thing: Kuroda best give them 7+ solid innings tomorrow. When you're down to Corey Wade....

    It's not that bad. Soriano and Robertson didn't pitch today, plus Joba only went 1, and Phelps should be available for long relief.
    91. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:52 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Posts 26, 67, and 72 are why people hate Yankee fans.


    No, he reason people hate Yankee fans are because the Yankees are winners - the greatest winners in the histort of sport, and losers hate winners.
    92. Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:54 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Here's the thing: everyone got the joke the first time. Posting it three times on one page turns it into exactly the kind of bragging and high-fiving that, as I say, makes people hate Yankee fans.
    Exactly.

    Look: everyone with a soul hates the ####### Yankees. 'Joking' about how they're gritty underdogs, especially when said 'joke' is repeated over and over in a context that seems increasingly stripped of its original ironic sentiment, is a great way to remind us all of why we hate them in the first place.

    I hope the Yankees lose out for the rest of the season and are sitting at home come October. Oh dear lord how I hope.
    93. Swedish Chef posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:54 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Posting it three times on one page turns it into exactly the kind of bragging and high-fiving that, as I say, makes people hate Yankee fans.

    The first Yankee-hater to post something that isn't dour and dull in this thread gets a prize!
    94. Monty posted on September 22, 2012 at 07:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm a fan of the Mariners and Padres. I have EARNED the right to be dour and dull!
    95. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on September 22, 2012 at 08:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0


    The first Yankee-hater to post something that isn't dour and dull in this thread gets a prize!


    Oh they'll find a sudden change in mood if the Yankees lose a few. That's why I liken the Yankee-hating vermin to cockroaches - only when things are dark do they emerge from their dank hives to frolic and celebrate. In the full light of Yankee victory they hide in their warrens, their basements, and the league office, bitterly bemoaning the continued success of America's most beloved sporting franchise. It's sad, really.
    96. rlc posted on September 22, 2012 at 08:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Melky Mesa rounded third base as if he'd spotted A-Rod's wallet lying in the grass behind the bag.
    97. Monty posted on September 22, 2012 at 08:18 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Oh they'll find a sudden change in mood if the Yankees lose a few. That's why I liken the Yankee-hating vermin to cockroaches - only when things are dark do they emerge from their dank hives to frolic and celebrate. In the full light of Yankee victory they hide in their warrens, their basements, and the league office, bitterly bemoaning the continued success of America's most beloved sporting franchise. It's sad, really.


    At least now you're acting like that on purpose.
    98. Gonfalon Bubble posted on September 22, 2012 at 08:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's been a rough week for Melkies. Melkii?
    99. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on September 22, 2012 at 08:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Raul ######' Ibanez. How do the geriatric always perform for the Yankees?
    100. CONservative governMENt! posted on September 22, 2012 at 09:45 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The Yankees have shown some nice character, but need to get those runners in from 3rd (Granderson, Martin) to give the pitching a break. Before Nova's turd the rotation was on a nice stretch, so I think they take out Mr. Griffin tomorrow and then can mow through the Twins/Jays/Red Sox fairly comfortably.

    I think Ichiro is in the OF everyday into the postseason at this point, given his arm/defense already.

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