Champagne for somebody
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 25, 2009 
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The Yankees have a magic number of five to clinch the division and could do so this weekend by sweeping the Red Sox.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox have a magic number of three to clinch the wild card, which they also could do this weekend.
The Yankees passed on celebrating a playoff berth on Saturday, deciding they would wait until they wrapped up the division. But the Red Sox, knowing the division is likely out of reach, plan to bust out the bubbly if they clinch.
“Oh, we will … hopefully,” David Ortiz told Ian Browne of MLB.com. “So we don’t have to get our clubhouse dirty. Oh, we have to. Of course. We have to roll like that. That’s how we do it.”
The Red Sox have an eight-game lead on Texas in the wild card. Boston has 10 games left.
we need a sweep….cant have these scums celebrating here
Celebrate winning the wild card? That’s something to be proud of. They should make a rule that the only way you can celebrate is if you actually WIN your division.
David Ortiz and his .235 batting average….shouldnt be allowed to celebrate…
“we need a sweep….cant have these scums celebrating here”
That’s OK, let them celebrate their wild card. The way the Sox have been playing on the road, they’ll be wishing they traded for VMart a month earlier. I’m not sure if a team benefits from their home park more than the Sox have this year. Just take a look at Pedroia’s splits.
“Oh, we will … hopefully,” David Ortiz told Ian Brown of MLB.com. “So we don’t have to get our clubhouse dirty. Oh, we have to. Of course. We have to roll like that. That’s how we do it.”
Good luck covering that stupid team.
“Oh, we will … hopefully,” David Ortiz told Ian Brown of MLB.com. “So we don’t have to get our clubhouse dirty. Oh, we have to. Of course. We have to roll like that. That’s how we do it.”
They can dirty up our clubhouse all they want and it would still look 100x better than that dump they play in
Yeah. And good luck getting an intelligible quote from Ortiz to put on your new blog Pete.
typical mindset of a second rate team
Why would either have to clinch this weekend? Say Texas wins every game they play this weekend and neither Boston or NY sweep this weekend, then neither NY or Boston would clinch anything.
If the soxs win both Friday and Saturday and the Rangers lose Friday. Than the soxs would be able to celebrate at YS after the game Saturdays game. The Rangers play a night game Saturday and Sunday.
Hey Pete, you forgot the * next to Ortiz’s name like how you put them next to A-Rod’s name.
Interesting, if we sweep the Sox, and then TX gets swept. Both team could be celebrating on Sunday.
Imagine if we sweep and texas loses three…They’d be celebrating at the same time.
wow jinx
Would they celebrate after a loss, I wonder. Say they lost Sunday, but would be in due to a Ranger loss Saturday night. Would they break out the bubbly?
And who supplies it? If the Yankees do, they should buy the cheapest garbage possible.
It wouldn’t be possible. Our game would be over before the Rangers. So they’d be out of the park by than.
Good point, Vin.
Let’s look at the home and road splits for the Sox:
Home: 283BA .363OBP .495SLG .858OPS
Road: .259BA .342OBP .418SLG .760OPS
Now The Yankees Home and road splits:
Home: .283BA .366OBP .490SLG .857OPS
Road: .284BA .357OBP .470SLG .826OPS
I cant stand Ortiz; but he’s been crushing the ball lately and he’s been pounding the Yanks all year.
Youkilis isnt playing tonight. I’m sure he was going to get a game off this weekend anyway, but it’s funny that he chose the Joba game to rest him.
true, i assumed an 8:05 espn game.
Sundays game for the Rangers is at 3pm. Our game starts at 1. so it should be over before there’s. The Yankees should make sure to kick the soxs out as soon as the game is over.
we’ll see who’s celebrating after the playoffs are over
(re-post)
Don, we are just now at the halfway point between the end of season 5 and the start of season 6. It’s almost too much to take.
Thank goodness for Yankee baseball and Cal Bears/NY Giants football. And, um, the daily joys we get from friends and family.
If that happened they wouldn’t get a chance to celebrate, that would be priceless.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/i....._teac.html
This is taking the rivalry a bit too far ( i got this from soxvsstripes blog)
“Celebrate winning the wild card? That’s something to be proud of. They should make a rule that the only way you can celebrate is if you actually WIN your division.”
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Yanks and Sox perhaps clinching on the same day? How come no one thought of that before?
Ortiz’s season: .237 avg., .331 OBP, .459 Slugging, .790 OPS
keep talking dude, you’re past your prime, no roids, older, fatter, get ready for that steady decline… i love it
I don’t watch lost. However, I now believe that the entire series is nothing but a figment of Jose Molina’s imagination.
Tom,
They have an imbalanced offense. All those righties who feast on the monster are so much less effective on the road.
Their numbers would be even uglier if the Orioles had any pitching. The Sox had an OPS of .950 in the 18 games against Baltimore this year!
They’re a tough team, but not playing the majority of their games at home will really hurt them.
The answers can be found… in Francisco Cervelli’s gaze.
The Yankees celebrated a WC clinch before. It is still an accomplishment for a team to get into the playoffs.
I still feel that this first round makes little sense. They play all these games, and it comes down to a best of 5 series which makes it easier to move on if you have a weaker all around rotation, but a stronger 1-2.
I wouldn’t mind seeing the Red Sox celebrating their clinching in YS if it came with them being swept and the Rangers losing. It seems that would put a bit of a damper on the celebration. Yay, we lost the game, lost the series but clinched the Wild Card.
Meanwhile the Yankees would celebrate clinching the division, possibly clinching HFA and the best record in baseball.
How ever it goes though, the Yankees earned this. They should finish the season with at least 100 wins, not too shabby.
Or, Johnny Damon’s beard whiskers…
as positive as i can be…i feel we clinch on Monday….3 wins in a row is pretty rough
“but it’s funny that he chose the Joba game to rest him.”
Something lost in all the hype of that situation is that Joba has never hit Youk.
Tom in N.J.
September 25th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Or, Johnny Damon’s beard whiskers…
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(Erica perks up from her desk)
What about Johnny’s beard whiskers???
I wonder what Ortiz’s drug of choice is for this season. He wasn’t hitting the ball very far, then his daddy comes to visit and shortly thereafter his power magically returns.
“pat September 25th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
“but it’s funny that he chose the Joba game to rest him.”
Something lost in all the hype of that situation is that Joba has never hit Youk.”
That is only because Youk’s head is so large (Bond’s sized) it has its own gravitational pull. The ball just bounces off the atmosphere unless its coming in at just the right angle.
Nick in SF….Yanks a sligh bow-wow at The Stadium tonight….Is the talk up in the Bay Area about the possiblility that the Cal Berkley Bears looking past Oregon….. My guy has Cal -5….Any thoughts
the red sox should be a much better team in the playoffs than they have in the regular season because beckett and lester will pitch such a high percentage of games and buchholz is pitching very well.
i watched buccholz last night and the kansas city hitters were not squaring up the ball at all on him. i hate to say it , but he looks like hes going to be for real.
the one thing that can derail the red sox is they are very bad against stolen bases and the angels if they get the right runners on could run wild on vmart. varitek is not going to be catching hardly at all the playoffs which is their catching controversy.
hopefully the angels will take the red sox out in the first round, but it’ll be good if they face the red sox in the playoffsif the yankees can figure out lester better tonight than other teams have lately.
i’d run tonight against their catcher whoever it is. why not pressure the one part of the game they’re really bad at ? it’s one way to mess up their pitchers by having them worry about runners stealing.
Nope, he never hit him. But he did throw at him numerous times (and I’m ok with that, just with they werent all at head level).
“Something lost in all the hype of that situation is that Joba has never hit Youk.”
Wow, never realized that.
No pitcher has hit Youkilis 3 times in his career. But three have hit him twice (as far as I can tell). Among those three… Mo. Go figure.
They are the Nexus of the universe, Erica.
Kudos to Peter for picking apart Kruk’s comments.
These guys just blah blah blah and no one EVER calls them on it,
Hmm,
I wonder if that scenario unfolds, both teams clinching on Sunday, which team will get the most coverage, the Yankees for winning the division? Or the most-favored nation Red Sox? That will be very interesting, indeed.
I actually think it would be pretty cool.
Maine Yankee -
Saw your response in the earlier thread. I have the luxury of being able to be heretical, because I live in a cocoon in central New Jersey.
Tom in N.J.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
They are the Nexus of the universe, Erica.
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DUH!
1. Yankees have celebrated the wild card before.
2. Who cares? It is an accomplishment to win the wild card, but the only celebration that matters is the one for winning the series. Let them have their fun. A lot of you people need to lighten up.
Maybe Joba will “accidentally” throw one into the dugout…I’m not a fan of him plunking people (unless it’s in retaliation) but I would laugh if that happened.
They key is that as long as they play reasonably well during the homestand, the Yankees should clinch at home; at least the stadium can feel the good vibes of winning the division at home.
i really don’t understand the anti-celebration sentiment. i think it was retarded that they didn’t celebrate their play-off berth. that is part of the game. i agree, lighten up folks.
Randy I ( The Original Tin Cup ) I too look for the Halos to take out the BoSox if they can overcome their deficient bullpen…..The Angel Track Team will just eat up Boston at both end of their battery……I just rather not have to deal with Fenway & Beckett & Lester as well as Bucholtz who is pitching very well…..Kinda hoped that Joba would have had a season comprable to his….He is younger, but still he’s been a disappointment for much of the season….
Dice K has hit Alex 3 times in 18 PA so load him up with armor when he steps in against him this weekend.
Re: all the talk of clinching, the good news to me is that at least the fans in New York can be there when the team clinches, as long as the Yankees play reasonably well against BOS and KC on the last homestand. I don’t care when Boston gets the Wild Card since ultimately it’s a let-down for them to not finish ahead of the Yankees; but it will be nice to see the Yankees celebrating at home again.
Slu, Yanks won the first wild card in 95 and they did celebrate, the second time was in 2007, and I don’t recall a celebration
I agree with Pat M in saying i don’t recall them celebrating in 2005. If it were me, I would never celebrate a wild card. I don’t see the point in celebrating being “2nd best” or in baseball’s case..4th best.
Pat M.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Slu, Yanks won the first wild card in 95 and they did celebrate, the second time was in 2007, and I don’t recall a celebration
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There was definitely a celebration in 2007. I remember it vividly. But at that point they had no hope of winning the division
2007* typo
i do wonder if the Yankees MGMT could actually BAN the sox from doing any kind of celebration ..
Pat M, yes – you sent your birthday wishes yesterday and I appreciate it. Nope, I’m 38 and proud of it. I won’t ever spend any of my time wishing for youth that I can’t get back, lol.
I just want to see the Yankees clinch, but not with AJ on the mound……so he can throw a banana cream pie in Girardi’s face. What a waste of a good pie, though – there is nothing in the world like a good banana cream pie.
Pat M, looking ahead to U$C is always a danger, but hopefully the players know that Oregon is dangerous in its own right… I think they all know how tough Autzen is, and Tedford was Oregon’s offensive coordinator before he came to Cal, so… hopefully looking past the Ducks won’t be a problem. Still, it could be a classic trap game if Oregon wasn’t a good team. I am not going to invest too much (financially) in the outcome.
I have no problem with a team celebrating the wild card. These guys play 6 times a week for 6 straight months. I would want my employees taking a couple hours (if that) to celebrate at the end of it.
What would be strange would be celebrating both the playoff berth then the division clincher a week or two later. Not even sure the players would want to do that… unless if they really like the feel of champagne in their eyes.
The Yankees wouldn’t ban the Red Sox doing anything. Heck, they let Sox fans without tickets into the stadium so they could celebrate in ’04….
I never thought Bucholz was not going to be good….I still have no idea how he’ll do in the playoffs, but then we have our own question marks. It makes me wish that Phil was back in the rotation – well, hopefully the confidence he’s gained in the pen will be an advantage for him next year, but I still have regrets.
oops from doing anything…
need. more. coffee.
“there is nothing in the world like a good banana cream pie.”
I’m more of a pecan pie fan myself… but that wouldn’t be as welcomed when smashed in a teammate’s face.
it’s almost disrespectful not to celebrate, IMO. For the Yanks to claim they are above baseball tradition borders on the disrespectful.
Whats up fellas.
I think the Yankees should celebrate the division by throwing the tarp on the field. Spraying the tarp with bubblies and doing the slip n slide all on it while getting drunk. Whos with me?
In 2007 the Yankees broke out the champagne in Tropicana Field when they clinched the wild card.
Getting to the post season is still getting to the post season, regardless of how you do it.
i just had a vision of both teams celebrating on sunday, dance off style from each foul line.
what is wrong with my brain
Listen fellows, it is a posibility that both the yanks & bosox will pop it on sunday that will happen if the yanks sweep & texas get swept…
Looks like the Sox are going to be the first team to celebrate victory in the new Yankee Stadium w/champagne. Does anybody have that Ortiz shirt that they dug up a while back???
The Sox won’t get swept! They’ll be 2.5 out on Monday morn!
So let me get this straight, the Sox are going to break out the champagne to celebrate loosing to the Yankees…
The most satisfying way to get to and win the World Series this Year would be to go down 3-1 or 3-2 to Boston in the ALCS and come back to stomp them.
I get no respect.
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let’s celebrate