Yankees let the last one get away
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Sep 29, 2011 
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After carrying a seven-run lead into the eighth inning, the Yankees couldn’t finish the regular season with a win. The Rays walked off with an 8-7 win at Tropicana Field, eliminating the Red Sox from the postseason just minutes after the Red Sox blew a ninth-inning lead in Baltimore. The Yankees were up 7-0 — Mark Teixeira had homered twice, including a grand slam — but Luis Ayala and Boone Logan allowed six runs in the eighth, Cory Wade gave up a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth and the Rays won it on XXX.
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After all that, we get NO games tomorrow. Oh well.
The face of Sox fan failure:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9.....hotostream
RIP BOSTON!
Enough with the BS now its time to get focused..
Redsox: Live by the Proctor, die by the Proctor.
Nice job by the Yankees getting swept……….and anyone rooting for the Rays might regret it later on IF we advance to face them.
I’m glad the Sox are out, but sheesh the Yankees totally blew this game.
I just can’t celebrate…oh well. I do love the idea of Sox fans reeling from this punch in the gut
Wrong headline…when reposting this, may I suggest:
“Hahahaha F*ck You Boston!”
http://www.nesn.com/2011/01/20.....story.html
well I guess they don’t need Bruce Chen after all.
Epic collapse….on par with the 07 Mets and the 78 Sox……and the 2011 Braves unfortunately
RIP Boston…
Not it’s time for the Yankees to get ready for Detroit. Glad D-Rob wasn’t used.
The Rays had this game & they knew it. It was just a matter of when. We only had proctor & mostly our AAA lineup (unable to score). Finally over…..
Right now Tampa is thinking Proctor took one away…and gave us one.
THEYVE DONE IT!!!
I love you SHOWALTER!!!!
The Rays have shocked the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, I’m coming late to the season…Did the Sux won the division yet?
Too bad I don’t have NESN.
I would love to see that post game.
I hope they face the Rays in the ALCS…..because they will mean that they beat Detroit….and because the Yankees are significantly better than Tampa is.
One of the most amazing nights of baseball i’ve ever experienced and I didn’t even catch the game until the 8th inning.
Unbelievable.
And the cherry on top was I was fortunate enough to be graced with a group of Red Sox fans at the bar. Just amazing.
Pepi,
How are you? Hope things are well.
This is me.
I haven’t been around very much. I stop in once and a while just to chat with old friends like yourself.
Tonight was a night where the game’s magic crystallizes in such a pure way.
Great night to be a baseball fan.
Their high priced closer blows the game and their 142M dollar left fielder can’t make the catch for the last out.
Has anybody else witnessed a more exciting finish to a baseball season within just a few minutes??
Screw the Rays, and screw the Sox even more.
Just added another reason for them to hate us. They have plenty enough don’t you think.
I can’t stand the Rays. The pretenders. At least this seals off a great season for the greatest team ever assembled… how long till the RS look to trade Crawford? He blew the game along with Pimplebutt.
The Rays should never have been to this point. It took an epic collapse by the RS and even then they just lucked out getting in. I am hoping the Rays get swept in the first round, as they deserve.
I don’t think you could have scripted tonight better.
Hollywood quality.
Hahaha…
I think I pee’d myself from laughing.
I had the Boston game on, got to watch Papelboner do his thing.
Got to watch Crawford show his elite defensive talent.
Changed the channel back to the Yankees and got to see Longoria hit a HR like a minute later.
Life is good.
Betsy, when we needed to win & get the division the yankees took the first 3 games. They had no trouble beating them. If the game was important they would have put in So-Ro-Mo… game over. Bottom line is they scored on Price.
Best team ever assembled, no weaknesses, 5 aces, best lineup since the 27 Yankees……
Braves and Red Sox should play a best 2-out-of-3 to see just who the biggest chokers are.
My $$$ is on the greatest team (n)ever.
Buster_ESPN
In the span of about 20 minutes, we saw the two worst September collapses in baseball history.
BOSTON 2011 = BEST TEAM EVER!
It would have been better had the Yankees won….. more like a horror show.
The Red Sox are a more dangerous team than the Rays.
They score more runs. They have two pitchers capable of shutting you down.
I’m not scared of the Rays. Not in the slightest.
Sure, the Yankees could lose to them. But if they play badly enough to lose, then I’m prepared to accept that they would have lost to the Red Sox, and that would have hurt a whole lot more.
End of story.
JackCurryYES
Girardi said Garcia will start Gm 3 vs Tigers. Burnett will be in pen.
Now most importantly……I hope Montero’s hand is ok. Still haven’t heard.
Gnight all…..crazy night…..Sox can start making their tee times in the morning
curse of the comparison?
This is what festivus is all about
So…many..conflicting..emotions. Don’t…know how…to feel.
2004 has been put to rest. Karma is a b____.
So are the jigs being broken out right about now?
Kilts?
I wonder who Gonzo is going to blame now.
Post game he’ll probably be making veiled suggestions about how next season no one is going to want to play the sox because they are going to be dangerous
Gritty outing by Proctor. He took one for the team and it looked like he was limping a bit in the final inning.
This epic collapse won’t go over too well with Sully, Smitty, and others at McGreevy’s.
Theo has sum xplainin to do!!
Good night all. Unbelievable!!!
Wonder who the Rangers and Ranger fans were rooting for?
Lockdown, I just can’t wish for my team to lose……sorry, I can’t do it. They quit hitting and guys in the pen did not exactly do their jobs…….
All the credit in the world to Proctor. He pitched his heart out. He deserves a huge applause for gutting it out.
Alright folks. We got our wish. The Sox are dead. Now lets go dominate this postseason! LETS GO YANKEES!!
Just reading over a couple of pages of a sox blog, and I cant believe how many sox fans are condemning Agonz. Thought he was their MVP!!!??
Trisha/nostradamus!!!!!!
the curse of pabe continues
this about sums up the extra bases blog reaction;
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redsoxwho wrote:
The worst collapse ever! The worst collapse ever! The worst collapse ever!
Papelbon must go! Theo must go! Tito must go! CC and Lackey too!
TB won! We are gone.
The worst collapse ever!!!!”
So AJ is in the pen? Then who pitches game 4? I guess CC no matter what………AJ as the long man- I guess that works.
Even though I really didn’t get what I wanted, baseball is still the greatest game in the world. It’s just perfect – Selig can’t mess it up; no one can mess it up.
The ink on Gonzo’s spray cart is blurring under Gammons’ tears.
This is a night you will tell your grandchildren about. Absolutely incredible.
The Yankees would have taken 2/3 if they had to. They beat up the Rays ace in a must win game for the Rays. I’m not sure I’d say “let this get away.”
Can’t fault Girardi–they didn’t lay down, and he played his players exactly like he said he would.
What a night. The baseball gods strike again. The last time we saw them like this was the 2004 ALCS. What a night.
Tarheel In NYC September 29th, 2011 at 12:16 am
So…many..conflicting..emotions. Don’t…know how…to feel.
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FREAKING HAPPY??!!!
It’s pretty funny how Crawford could of saved the game with a great sliding catch and couldn’t. If it was last year on the Rays he probably makes an amazing catch to keep the game tied. Not this year with the Sox.
Chris, the end of your story, not mine. I’m not scared of any team, but the Rays have by far the best pitching and I’ve seen how inconsistent the Yankees offense has been in prior post-seasons.
Crawford dropped a ball? Matt Holliday thanks him.
Captain Clutch September 29th, 2011 at 12:14 am
Buster_ESPN
In the span of about 20 minutes, we saw the two worst September collapses in baseball history.
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And the winner of the losers is the Red Sox. How sweet is that?
The various reporters and ESPN announcers were certain that Papelbon would never allow the game to get away from them. Down to the last out and strike. BOOM.
They were talking about how they just guaranteed that there would be a tomorrow. Talk about having the heart ripped out and stomped on.
Girardi on postgame on YES! Yes!!!!
Betsy–chill out. Had they needed to win this, they would have. 7-0 against Price in the eighth, with all of their best relievers sitting.
Same thing last night.
I think this is going to hurt the Sox for a long time. Have the Mets recovered yet?
Reposting incase someone didn’t see this 2 nights ago. The greatest tweet ever….
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PeterBotte
For Red Sox rookie hazing, the whole team is dressing as the ’07 Mets.
I don’t think the rays get past the rangers
Normally, I’d be very upset about losing a game like this …
Even tonight, seeing Golson get caught off third and blowing a scoring opportunity with 1st and 3rd and nobody out, makes me mad …
But seeing the Red Sox dead & gone, can’t be better!
Now let’s win 11 more games!
Oh Luis, I’m mostly happy! Happy that the Sox are out! But conflicted with feeling both glad and disappointed that the Yankees lost
But most importantly, I’m thrilled that we’re in to the post season!
Imagine Crawford playing in Boston for another 6 years. He is the more modern Buckner.
@BryanHoch: Montero had x-rays on right hand …negative
Before this season started – I would have never thought Carl Crawford would not have made that catch in that spot.
If he can’t make those kinds of plays anymore his value as a player will have plummeted. So much of his value was tied to his glove and he just hasn’t been that good defensively this season. Not like he used to be.
The only thing missing was Proctor pointing to the logo on his hat and grinning like a jackass on the way off the mound.
I said OH MY GOD about in about twenty posts and then noticed the party had moved.
Can you believe that it came down to 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th in both games, 2 strikes in ours, and the Rays tied it.
2 down in the O’s game and Andino, the greatest little player in the world, won it.
OH MY GOD!!!!!
Yankfem, do you remember how people scoffed at us when we predicted the Sux would finish third???? Bojo did too!
OH MY GOD!!!!
Clutch – I am DVRing the Sux postgame. If you want me to make you a copy I will do it. In fact, any of the “eam Rays” D posters who want a copy I will make one for you. Bojo, Clutch, Chase, LGY, J AL, Randy, Yanksfan69, I’m sure I’m forgetting some who were with us all the way in wanting the Sux collapse. Trader, I believe, Luis for sure. BD.
Oh my God I love you all!
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Anyone want to trash the Showalters now????? We’re not talking about forever, we’re talking about the month of September. They were PHENOMENAL!!!!!
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I feel so amazingly happy I feel like I’m in a dream. This is like a dream. And we all know – certainly “team Rays” know that the Yankees are going to kick ass and take numbers in the postseason.
Thank you baseball gods for answering my prayer.
One more thought – ORTIZIAN KARMA. Take that you fat lying roider.
Montero’s x-ray negative. He is just sore.
Montero xrays negative. Thank God!
Alex ready for Friday.
Too bad I don’t have NESN.
I would love to see that post game.
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its pretty damn funny. remy was about to cry
And this article just became about 100x funnier!
http://nesn.com/2011/01/2011-r.....story.html
Good night all. The MLB network couldn’t believe the finishes, and were hopping around!!
Just amazing finish to the baseball season.
No worries! Now time to get to business and let the preseason AL underdogs do their job and get into the WS for a chance at #28!!!!
@Trisha
we should go to Boston tomorrow haha
“anyone rooting for the Rays might regret it later on IF we advance to face them.”
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If the Yanks face the Rays in the ALCS, I will be very happy that the Yanks beat Detroit and are one stop away from the World Series.
Like I said before, what “easy” team would the Yankees face if they make it that far?
Betsy – they didn’t “quit hitting” they quit playing major league hitters – the final lineup was Pena, Golson, Chavez, Posada, Dickerson, Gardner, Romine, Nunez and Laird.
And thank you God that I have a day away from watching baseball before the season begins.
And nobody will be able to say that Girardi tanked the game. Because he didn’t. He smartly didn’t blow out all of his pitching in a game that meant bupkus (sp?).
I hope the Yanks have a good scouting report on Cabrera. He has been hitting like crazy recently. You definitely have to pitch around him in a big spot and make VMart beat you.
Freddy is the 3rd starter…and AJ is in the bullpen.
Ready? Discuss!
Gonzo’s spray chart. Good times. Over intellectualization of abstractions.
The known unknowns vs. the unknown unknowns, etc.
What sweet lullaby is gammons strumming on his guitar?
Whatever the tune – I’m thinking he’s brought out the 12 string.
Reverberations.
Don’t forget Greg Golson.
Horrible baserunning True Yankee.
Trisha
And yes, I would LOVE a copy of the postgame.
Happy night for Yankee fans living in the Northeast.
Elias, it’s going to be bad enough being around here tomorrow!!!
cb,
it’s really in his head right about now.
if i were crawford, i’d ask for a trade. he’ll be treated like dent and buckner now.
6 more years in the hub might break him
LGY, plenty of true Yankees and true Yankee fans tonight. Go Yanks!
LOL
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Joelsherman1
Just cancelled my Boston hotel rooms for playoffs #thingsIdidn’tthinkwoulddoinSeptember
I don’t need to chill out, Pitt, but thank you anyway.
Umbrelladoc, that’s true…………oh well, it’s over – doesn’t matter now anyway
When are definitive game times supposed to come up?
EliasInNH September 29th, 2011 at 12:22 am
@Trisha
we should go to Boston tomorrow haha
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It’s going to be a ghost town!!!!
@Trisha
I’m SURE you’ll be just fine walking around tomorrow. I can see your grin all the way from N.H.
Peter Botte
Hey, the Copley Marriott is now offering October rates of $89/night with two for breakfast.
Looks like Ellsbury won’t be MVP – like Bautista, how much do those numbers mean if your team doesn’t make the playoffs?
I’m at the game on Friday. Looking for a big game out of CC…
Yankeefem, that’s what I want to know. I have tix for Saturday’s game, but I’m having to keep my entire calendar open until I know the time of the game.
Judging by the weather forecast, I better wash my Yankees hoodie this week.
Tarheel, I guess that means that there will be no 4th starter – CC will go on 3 days rest in game 4 no matter what. AJ is the long-man. Hughes, if he makes it, will be a 1 inning guy – like Ayala or Wade. Really, though, the only time we will see any of them is if we’re losing.
CB September 29th, 2011 at 12:12 am
Pepi,
How are you? Hope things are well.
This is me.
I haven’t been around very much. I stop in once and a while just to chat with old friends like yourself.
Tonight was a night where the game’s magic crystallizes in such a pure way.
Great night to be a baseball fan.
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“I haven’t been around very much.” Me neither, I miss you Trish, Betsy, GB7, SJ44, Giovanni, Pat M., and all the other regulars I’ve talked baseball with for the past 3 years, but the current posters are mostly baseball betties.
I hate the Red Sox as much as anyone, but I am very uncomfortable with all the hoo rahs for Tampa winning tonight.
Looking forward to talking baseball with you during the Yanks playoff run; hopefully it will be a long one.
If I were part of the Yankees team, I’d feel cheated by my fan base. All of you who cheered for the Rays should feel dirty and ashamed. The way baseball sometimes works, all these cheers can become jeers if the Rays keep the momentum and become the team to beat.
CB…..I’ve heard several times that Carl Crawford wishes he signed with The Angels…….
Sighted in a refugee camp in Somalia:
http://www.sportslogos.net/blo.....redsox.jpg
every YES crew looks happy.
lol
I guess Cliff Lee was a bit wrong about the Yankees and Sox…………and Agon can go cry in his milk. That team is going to be ripped to pieces by the media and fans in Boston.
Pepi # 25….Good to see you ….
The curse of the Bambino has been replaced by the curse of the construction worker trying to bury Ortiz’ jersey at The Stadium.
And some more famous last words……..
Chase September 28th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Know what’s gonna be great?
Teixeira hitting .100 in the postseason again after he LETS THE F’ING RED SOX INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
My goodness.. this is like Christmas..
pat m,
what did you think of dellin’s start?
Trisha,
It certainly has been fun to watch the demise of the Chokers extraordinaire!!!,
the Boston reporters are pretty much crying. Francona is getting grilled and he’s getting pissed off.
THE GREATEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL HISTORY will send shockwaves throughout Red Sox Nation.
Francona could be fired
Theo is in the doghouse
The fans have turned against AGON and he was supposed to be the savior
Bad marriage with Crawford from the gate
Hate, HATE for John Lackey and Dice K
ESPN has to pipe down about the Sox FROM NOW ON
Boston media will tear them to shreds
Papelbust GONE in a contract year, Bard in as closer backed up by Jenks and Wheeler
HUGE money for CJ WILSON and ALBERT PUJOLS
Goodbye BIG PAPI
Cowboy down Cowboy down!!!!
Montero’s X-rays are…Negative!
AGon is probably saying in his interview after the game don’t worry we will get it done next year, it’s not a big deal.
Hi Pep………the Tigers are a very good team and Verlander probably twice is no easy task. I wish I could be sure that CC was going to be great, but after his last month or so…….I don’t know.
kd-
6 more years. That’s a long time. And that’s now an untradable contract.
The thing about long term deals on guys who are already 29 when they sign is that you are assuming that they’ll produce huge immediate value in years 1-3 on the deal. That’s they only way you can absorb the back end risk as the player ages.
Can we call this Scott Proctor’s most successful appearance against the Boston Red Sox?
Gardner would have made that sliding catch that Crawford missed
Agon can go back to San Diego and gorge on fish tacos now
This is an epic collapse by the Sox that is on par with 04 and should make any Sox fan never mention 04 again…….all I can say is this script was as perfect as can be tonight, too good to put into words and will be made even better when the Yankees win the World Series with Nova and Freddy Garcia being great for the so called terrible starting pitching after CC Yankees….the ending just goes along with this incredible story doesn’t it……it just has to!!!! Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
mmm, fish tacos
is Robert Andino officially the Red Sox killer?
mick, I’m loving you. Let’s not fight ever again. There’s no need. We both love the Yanks.
Randy – us too. There has not been a more unifying moment for Sux hater.
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Add Doc Todd to the list of “team Rays” (for lack of a better name). If I’ve forgotten anyone, please add your name. Because these last four games would have been so lonely without your company. For real! JobaTips also.
Hey, should I trot out my Hallelujah song dedicated to the Sux?????
And if someone can find the song Pete Abe put on the internet – that hysterical song that sounds like two country singers are singing it, please bring it out!
Ick, I put it on MLB for a second – had to flip back to another show. I can’t deal with hearing about the Rays
Best Choke EVAH!
I’m still not happy we lost tonight but realistically we weren’t pitching the best guys because Uncle Joe burned a bunch of our pitchers early thinking we had the game locked up.. and he also made a lot of substitutions. I expect the guys to get rested and ready for Friday. The next 24+ hours are going to be awful..I can’t take the anticipation.
WOW. A Historic Collapse by Bahstan.
What a great night for baseball.
It’s not on par with 2004 because that happened in the playoffs, but this is pretty brutal
Tonight’s events were more dramatic and more exciting than any baseball movie that I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen “Field of Dreams” and “The Natural”!
Oh my God add Bret! How could I forget Bret!
YF are you still here?
# mick September 29th, 2011 at 12:31 am
THIS WAS SO SWEET….a compromise….I rooted for TB……..WE CAN NOW COIN THE PHRASE
“YOU WERE PROCTORIZED”
BD, I just made myself hungry………..they would make a nice midnight snack, lol
“Best team ever assembled, no weaknesses, 5 aces, best lineup since the 27 Yankees……”
does that mean those MVP votes for ellsbury are taking a little hit ?
I’d like the ESPN “experts” who picked the Sox to win the division/WS at the beginning of the season to choke on their predictions.
you’re probably right cb. he really, really hurt his value. it’s going to be really tough for him in boston next year.
maybe to the giants for all of the bad contracts they have. he’d be great in that park
To honor the Jewish New Year, Gammons soaked his dentures in Manischewitz, but now he’s drinking it.
oh my god. i think im in some sort of dream.
Pepi,
It didn’t matter to me one way or the other what happened.
Honestly – I think these games are almost like pseudo-spring training. It’s not even that the team isn’t trying – you just can’t play with the same edge and you’re mostly trying to get prepped for the post season.
I think it’s only an issue when a team clinches very early and really plays soft down the stretch.
The yankees didn’t have that many games like that. Didn’t clinch everything soon enough.
The playoffs are always a gamble – but the yanks go in as one of the two best teams.
And on the whole – I do think the Sox have more talent than the Rays.
The Rays offense has real limitations to it.
It’ll be fun. Hopefully we’ll be able to talk about it here.
I miss the old gang as well.
Tarheel In NYC September 29th, 2011 at 12:26 am
Yankeefem, that’s what I want to know. I have tix for Saturday’s game, but I’m having to keep my entire calendar open until I know the time of the game.
Judging by the weather forecast, I better wash my Yankees hoodie this week.
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I heard 8:30 for both days. Saturday will be pretty cold–low is 49, I believe. I am bringing a scarf and gloves.
Don’t you guys on the East Coast ever go to bed!
and we are directly responsible for this boston collapse…THEY HATE US NOW MORE THAN EVER….
NEXT TIME WE SEE YA ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SMILE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Babe was born in baltimore.. His childhood home isn’t that far from Camden.
The Curse still lives.
To honor the Jewish New Year, Gammons soaked his dentures in Manischewitz, but now he’s drinking it.
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HAHAHAHA
Does the Red Sox loss mean Ellsbury and AGon lose all their MVP votes?
Don’t you guys on the East Coast ever go to bed!
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Nevah!!
Just kidding. I need to get going.
Have a GREAT day tomorrow all you fellow New Englander Yankee Fans!!
Don’t smile too much Trisha.
We won’t even have a full day off given that the team won’t get to NY until the wee hours
THE GREATEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL HISTORY
COWBOY DOWN
COWBOY DOWN!!!!
gIRARDI LEFT pROCTOR IN, OUR SECRET WEAPON….HE KNEW ALL ALONG…A GENIUS
Trisha – true pinstriped blue September 29th, 2011 at 12:32 am
Oh my God add Bret! How could I forget Bret!
YF are you still here?
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Oh, yeah!
“is Robert Andino officially the Red Sox killer?”
BD-
i get the feeling you are going to enjoy tomorrow in boston.
i’m definitely going to have a fun day on cape cod tomorrow.
.. and i’m not going to say a word.
there’s nothing that needs to be said
Hey Chad. You posted so quickly you forgot to finish your last sentence before posting.
What a pretty sight this is:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings
yankeefeminista September 29th, 2011 at 12:33 am
Tarheel In NYC September 29th, 2011 at 12:26 am
Yankeefem, that’s what I want to know. I have tix for Saturday’s game, but I’m having to keep my entire calendar open until I know the time of the game.
Judging by the weather forecast, I better wash my Yankees hoodie this week.
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I heard 8:30 for both days. Saturday will be pretty cold–low is 49, I believe. I am bringing a scarf and gloves.
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Yikes! Something tells me I’ll be drinking that $10 hot chocolate (you get a cool souvenir cup, though).
I’d better dig out the scarf and earmuffs, too
Pat M.,
How are you my friend?
Doesn’t surprise me on Crawford. It was just such a very odd mix. From style of play to putting his skill set in a tiny LF for half the season.
Good player. Not close to great. Just doesn’t have the swing.
But he’s getting paid as great and that’s going to be a real millstone for him.
I would be very concerned if I were Boston on his defense – really didn’t look like the same dominant force out there this season.
Would have been better of with Sciosia.
Trisha–when you get the DVR converted to digital file, can you post it on a P2P site so we can all download it?
I admit I wish I had NESN, lol………..got to go check the Boston papers
BOBBY VALENTINE JUST SAID “BUT (THE RED SOX) STILL HAD A VERY GOOD SEASON”
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
Yankeefem
Too many to count!
Honorary True Yankees: The entire Orioles team with special recognition to Robert Papelbon Killer Andino!!
9/29/2011 – 12:02 a.m.
The Greatest Team Ever Assembled fails to make the playoffs.
Pat M.- I think Crawford was a given to the Angels. Did they even offer him a deal though?
What’s great is you know the Red Sox were just getting into the clubhouse where the Yankees-Rays game of course was on, and almost immediately, the finishing blow.
The Yankees’ playoff loss in 2004 will always hurt, but, after tonight, it will never haunt me again.
They did, but it was after he’d agreed with the Sox………I thought at the time that the deal was crazy. I’m sure he’ll have a good year next year, but only superstars are worth that kind of $$$
But, but, but…..
http://www.nesn.com/2011/01/20.....story.html
Pat M. September 29th, 2011 at 12:27 am
Pepi # 25….Good to see you ….
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Pat M. !!!! Alright, another old buddy I haven’t heard from in awhile. Good to hear from so many of the regulars tonight.
Here’s hoping for a long postseason ending with the 28th Yankee WS trophy.
You guys think Boston will cry, what do you think will happen if the Yanks do get to the WS and beat the mighty Phillies?
They’ll have to put half those guys on the witness protection program. How many of you remember Mitch Williams?
Travis, I stopped caring about 2004 a long time ago……..Once that was over, I just blocked it out of my mind, the way I did 2001 WS. As a result, I have no lingering pain or upset over those series.
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 29th, 2011 at 12:38 am
9/29/2011 – 12:02 a.m.
The Greatest Team Ever Assembled fails to make the playoffs.
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 2010 Red Sox won 89 games and missed the playoffs.
In the winter of 2010-2011 they committed to around 300M in contracts.
And in 2011 the Sox won 90 games and missed the playoffs.
At least they are consistent.
It just goes to show – all of those comments out of boston about the yankees “buying” their way to the WS in 2009 were so off base.
I think I’m still in a daze
BOSTON WILL HOLD US RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR COLLAPSE
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
You all know who you are. Please do not question Girardi again. He’s playing three-dimensional chess out there.
If the Yankees don’t beat the Tigers, we’ll be the ones on the receiving end of the laughter
“Trisha–when you get the DVR converted to digital file, can you post it on a P2P site so we can all download it?”
Absolutely!
If anyone really wants to enjoy tomorrow and is celebrating the Sux collapse, tune into WEEI. They have nowhere to turn since the Pats got smacked this weekend!!!
http://www.weei.com/
If you look at the link now you’ll see the best team ever assembled on their way to the Duckboats on the Charles River.
Make sure to look for MVP Ellsbury in the picture.
The Rays better hope they can get some people in the trop for the play offs. Their tickets have to be very cheap to get “fans” in the building.
3 MVP candidates and they’re not even contendahhsss..
Sorry.. I know I have to get it all out of my system tonight lol.
Short….and sweet.
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PeteAbe: Disaster in Baltimore
any chance of a Red sox winning MVP now……i hate to say it but well see the MVP in game 1 on Friday
From the “Curse of the PAbe” blog:
“To all PINK HATS, BANDWAGON JUMPERS, all Sox fans born after 1986, and especially members of the WALLY DOLL GANG:
I’d like to cordially welcome you all to the FELLOWSHIP OF THE MISERABLE. We’ve been waiting patiently for a new generation of depressed, downtrodden and jaded Boston Red Sox fans.
We’re baaaa-aaack! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH……”
This says it all.
From a Sox blog:
“To all PINK HATS, BANDWAGON JUMPERS, all Sox fans born after 1986, and especially members of the WALLY DOLL GANG:
I’d like to cordially welcome you all to the FELLOWSHIP OF THE MISERABLE. We’ve been waiting patiently for a new generation of depressed, downtrodden and jaded Boston Red Sox fans.
We’re baaaa-aaack! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH……”
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I think somewhere down the line people forgot that that the Sox are famous for losing. Tonight’s just another dirty feather in their feces stained cap.
Verlander just won the MVP
COWBOY THUD
COWBOY THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whether you were cheering for a Tampa win or not, it all worked out.
Had the Yankees won and the Sox ended up in the post-season, people would be grumbling about that. Now some will say that be careful what you wish for, but the truth is the Sox have risen from the dead in the postseason before so who would wish for them in the playoffs?
Anyway, it was a beautiful night of baseball, 8 unanswered runs not withstanding.
Ding Dong the Sux are dead!
adrian gonzalzes just said the red sox did not make the playoffs because of injuries to buchholz, matzuzaka, and youkillis.
good teams overcome injuries.
YankeesWFAN ARod would have played if this was playoff game according to Girardi.
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Verlander has literally no shot of winning the MVP… So unless you think it’s Miggy…
Pat M – told you they were dead men walking.
And West Coast Sux Fan, wherever you are – how you doin? Remember all the crap you gave me about those excellent Sux????
I’m watching ESPN because ExtraInnings stopped the Rays broadcast. I’ve been inside every other lockerroom when they’ve clinched, where’s the Rays lockerroom on ESPN? Or did I miss it?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
ESPN, you losers.
betsy, i’ll say it again – playoffs is a clean slate. any team can beat any other team. once that’s accepted, then you can just sit back and enjoy.
randy l. – give him a break, he’s never had to make excuses in his career
randy, I have never heard our players use injuries as an excuse. AGon should man up.
adrian gonzalez needs to shut up.
I hope someone from the Sox will credit the Rays and say they just didn’t get it done.
I suspect that Francona will say something to that effect because he’s the only classy person with that club.
Papelbon is on NESN if you have it.
“The Yankees’ playoff loss in 2004 will always hurt, but, after tonight, it will never haunt me again.”
7 years later, Boston finally had to pay up on that deal they made with the Devil … did Red Sox fans honestly think that their days of being star-crossed were gone forever??? Shame on them … The Curse of the Bambino never died, it just took a 7 year vacation in the Bahamas … welcome back!!!!!!!!!
Has Pete Abe always been a Red Sox fan and was only pretending to root for the Yankees here at LOHUD?
M, I would rather the Yankees have won since I didn’t give a fig about the Sox or Rays. I guess you could say it worked out – but that only holds if the Yankees do their part.
Agon, the same one who said not to worrry because they were going to the world series, just said that it wasn’t in God’s plan. Period.
I can live with that. But at least I didn’t have to go back on my original statements, AGon!!!
(Happy that I didn’t of course)
I suspected that Alex would have played if this were an important game. Why push him when the real games start in 2 days?
Agon is used to being gone fishing in October. He’ll be ok.
Theo Epstein: “This is one for the ages.”
djs, I know it is intellectually, but losing 4 in a row and blowing a big lead is something I can’t get out of my head……..I’d rather feel good about the Yankees instead of happy that the Sox are out.
And the tears of a million Sox fans come pouring down on NYC
if the sox commit to another 300 in contracts, they might get scary good. they also might get hugely screwed.
if they sign cj wilson 5/90, prince 8/160, and francisco rodriguez 3/45 they may really live to regret it
Agon, the same one who said not to worrry because they were going to the world series, just said that it wasn’t in God’s plan. Period.
LOL, thanks trisha!
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 29th, 2011 at 12:47 am
Agon, the same one who said not to worrry because they were going to the world series, just said that it wasn’t in God’s plan. Period.
I can live with that
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You go girl!
Betsy,
I understand. I was rooting for a Yankees win. But the baseball gods had other ideas after the Sox went ahead and kept the lead.
It’s a good night. We should all be happy. The Yankees were disrespected all season. Starting in the winter. Continued in the spring. When we were 1-8 against the Sox.
The only bad thing is that Theo will be gone. Someone might actually follow the Yankees model. That could be bad. Good news is that it takes at 3-5 years to do what Cashman has done.
Build up and save all your chips using the almighty $$ and a good eye for the right players. Let’s hope it pays off while Boston cries in their Sam Adams.
This is how I picture most Sox fans after the hapless Carl Crawford couldn’t handle Andino’s soft liner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
I can’t think of a better scenario, trisha you were right, saw the big picture, half the time i’m only teasing, i always wanted their utter humiliation and couldn’t have thought this up…
“adrian gonzalzes just said the red sox did not make the playoffs because of injuries to buchholz, matzuzaka, and youkillis.”
randy,
Last year Gonzalez’s Padres underwent an enormous collapse down the stretch as well.
I bet that was due to injuries to buchholz, matsuzaka and youkilis as well.
For the guy who that franchise is supposed to be building itself around – he really hasn’t acquitted himself professionally or in terms of leadership during this period of time with his statements and excuses.
@DKnobler: Ortiz: ’03 loss to Yankees “not even close” to as bad as this yr. “This is worse. Not even close.”
The BEST thing would be for the Sox to heavily leverage themselves in a handful of HUGE contracts so if one or two guys are slumping or injured, the whole team goes under because there is no balance and no even distribution of talent/money. The Yankees made that mistake already. I’m counting on the Sox to make it.
PUJOLS – to break the all-time HR record. 10 years.
CJ WILSON – AJ Burnett money.
Gardner would have had that ball Crawford couldn’t get to.
To tell you the truth, though, I thought he caught it.
Baltimore 4, Boston 3: 1927 Yankees say hi and enjoy your offseason
This was a crazy way to help the Sox into oblivion, but hey, we’ll take it
As to the Rays, agreed with Yogi Mantle – thanks for the assist, don’t get too comfortable . . . As LockDown said, the Yankees hit David Price hard.
CB, Pat M., randy, Trisha, Betsy: good to have you here repping the old guard. Credit where credit is due: Trisha, you called it from day one about Boston. Consider this your vindication. And Betsy, in a crowded field, your Agon/fish tacos comment is my nominee for line of the night. LOLOL
Now the Yankees await the arrival of the Tigers on Friday – gotta respect Justin Verlander’s overwhelming gangster for sure, but let’s see if the Yankees can find a way . . . Night all, enjoy the day off tomorrow, hit the reset button on Friday and let the games begin: 11 wins to #28, and LET’S GO YANKS!!!
Ortiz: ’03 loss to Yankees “not even close” to as bad as this yr. “This is worse. Not even close.”
M, Yankee fans rooting for their team to tank? Yankees blowing a big lead? Having to watch the Rays celebrate after we blew that lead? Not a good night for me – I have a very bad feeling after that game.
I’m not about to say the Sox are down for the count and I have no idea if Theo will be gone or not…..not that it matters as I have no interest in what they will be dong.
What next, Papi? Dassit?
The Rangers won’t be easy, The Tigers won’t be easy, The Rays won’t be easy, and the Sox wouldn’t have been easy. Welcome to postseason baseball!
Pretty dumb comment from Ortiz considering that in 2003 they would have gone to the WS had they won……how can anyone compare the regular season to the post-season?
Betsy,
When you wake up in the morning, I think you’ll see that it was a good result even though it feels awful now.
Baseball Tonight is now showing an update on the Atlanta and Boston Collapse (of course the greatest amount of time will be devoted to the Tampa collapse)
Mets manager is crying. That made me cry. That’s how much the managers care about hard their guys try, only to be crapped on by spoiled and ungrateful small-minded fans.
Milk shakes for all?
Tyler, I always said that – that’s why I didn’t care one way or the other if the Sox or Rays won. I just don’t think this team is going into the post-season in great shape.
@DKnobler
Red Sox had just got back to clubhouse when Longoria homered.
M, I don’t think so. I mean, I guess I’m glad the Sox are out, but this series just left me with a sour taste in my mouth. Does any one here even care about the Yankees/Tigers series or just that the Sox lost?
there is no postseason w/out the regular season…
Paps is a free agent. I don’t think the Sox will be willing to give him the deal he’ll be looking for. And blowing this game is definitely not the way you want to enter free agency.
I’d say the Sox are looking at another “bridge year”
I mean, I’ll feel good because I’m off from work, I’m not going to temple and I’m going to catch up on some DVRing, lol……..but I have an obsession with the Yanks, not the Sox (and I still think the Rays are very dangerous)
I can’t believe that Boston didn’t make the playoffs, especially given that Dice-K was deemed the greatest No. 5 starter of all time just this past offseason. Chortle. Snort. Guffaw.
This is probably the greatest article evah. Thank you for posting it.
http://www.nesn.com/2011/01/20.....story.html
I think it was painful because they were so close. And then it was “Yanked” away from them.
They had to sit in the rain delay while their grip on an outright win slipped away.
I somehow knew their relievers would cost them. They have been ground into the ground.
The broadcast crew on the espn crew were bemoaning the abuse of Aceves. I completely concurred. Just because I don’t like the fact that he went to Boston doesn’t mean I want them to destroy him.
Betsy, we wake up tomorrow in the exact same place we would have been had we won tonight: one day away from hosting the Tigers in the ALDS. I wanted the Yanks to win tonight too, but they didn’t play like they needed this game because they didn’t. It didn’t matter. So enjoying the Sox collapse in its fullness is AOK.
“Credit where credit is due: Trisha, you called it from day one about Boston. Consider this your vindication”
that’s the biggest smile I could find. Thank you so much for the mention – and the mention of vindication. It does feel good.
And I did go out on a limb (as did the others who predicted it) and we never hedged our bet. The upside is that when you hit it right it is right out there and feels great. When you hit it wrong, I guess you just sit and wait for your words to be spat back at your ad nauseum!
pat September 29th, 2011 at 12:53 am
Ortiz: ’03 loss to Yankees “not even close” to as bad as this yr. “This is worse. Not even close.”
I believe so. That was one game pain for them. This time, it’s entire sep
LOL
Betsy … c’mon … if the Yankees were all about winning this game, they would not have done bullpen by committee from the first pitch, pulled their starters around the 5th inning, and keep their 3 headed monster in the bullpen when the game became close.
You think Robertson would have given up that 3 run jack to Longoria with 2 out in the 8th inning and do you honestly think that Mo would have given up a 2 out, 2 strike home run to a pinch hitter who was barely hitting over .100?
Again, c’mon!!!
I think Papelbon makes sense for Philadelphia.
They’re about to realize how hard it is to win the WS without a true closer.
andino has been money…i was there in Balt when he beat us in the makeup game….he is a funny dude, they had him on the big screen reviewing Titanic….”It’s predictable, you know what’s going to happen.”
well this sure was unpredictable….and so much fun.
Nick, I’m concerned about how the team is set up for the post-season…………right now, the blown 7 run lead just doesn’t sit well with me. I don’t begrudge anyone for enjoying the Sox collapse ,but my focus is on the Yanks, not them.
Gotta listen to Kurkjian. Turn it on if you can. BBT
Betsy,
Just enjoy this. Why worry about the Yankees right now? Like Nick just said, our Yankees are in the exact same place win or loss.
The Yankees are the best team in the AL and the Red Sox didn’t even make the playoffs. A beautiful season.
The playoffs start Friday and whatever happened this past 3 games has absolutely no impact on that.
Go Yankees!!
Proctor and Andino are true Yankees =)
“One of the greatest collapses ever in baseball history, 9 games ahead in September”
Kurkjian on Sux
@DanBarbarisi “One Yankee player watching Papelbon blow the game said the Yankee clubhouse “Celebrated like WE just clinched” when the O’s won”
Adrian said the Sox would have won the division if Daisuke didn’t get hurt.
Funny stuff.
henry, luchinno, and theo just decided that firing francona or trading a whole lot of players just isn’t going to work considering the massive outrage that red sox nation is feeling.
in an unprecedented move, the red sox braintrust has traded the entire red sox nation to the san diego padres for a more laid back fanbase .
Why worry about the blown 7 run lead?
The game would have been managed completely different if it mattered. This was a ST game. Nothing else.
The blown 7 run lead would not have happened had the Yanks needed to win this game.
There would have been different Yankee players on the field.
And the Yanks would be set up for the postseason the exact same way had they held on to win.
Sports Center did a side by side recap of the two games, basically in real time. Great stuff.
The only thing that would have been better is if the 2 games ended simultaneously.
“The Yankees are the best team in the AL and the Red Sox didn’t even make the playoffs. A beautiful season.”
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touché
Jonathan Papelbon True Yankee?
Blasphemy???
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 29th, 2011 at 1:02 am
“One of the greatest collapses ever in baseball history, 9 games ahead in September”
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And we will get the blame for it which makes it even better…they will say we tanked with Proctor.
Andino, JJ Hardy, Reynolds, Jones, Johnson, Weiters, geeze the list is long, Angle in the field, Markakis in the field. But Johnson closing those games out. Amazing.
trisha, are you home???
@DanBarbarisi “One Yankee player watching Papelbon blow the game said the Yankee clubhouse “Celebrated like WE just clinched” when the O’s won”
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can’t make this up
I have to say this about AGon. I don’t watch NL baseball much, so I only heard how great he was. When Boston acquired him, I was curious to see how he would do in the AL East.
What I saw was a player who could be pitched to by lefties, and a player who seem to wilt in big situations. A player who postured with false bravado and couldn’t back up his words.
A player who makes excuses for his failures. Who doesn’t take responsibility for his own failures.
AGon…M.V.P.? No, more like P.U.S.S.Y
So, was the RS collapse a “RUTHIAN” collapse?
Heh.
Yankee numerology: last-place Baltimore finished 28 games behind us.
28!
hey, where’s gb7?
“And we will get the blame for it which makes it even better…they will say we tanked with Proctor.”
mick, EEI will be an interesting listen tomorrow because today they were defending the Yanks IF the Yanks chose to go without all of their regulars because they said the Yanks earned the right and the Sux would be doing the same thing – resting people and getting ready for the postseason and not chancing injuries or anything else in the game because they didn’t need to.
so I can’t see how they could make a great case for that. Wade has been very good for us. Ayala too. And nobody would have expected us to put one of our starters in, or Mo or DRob, to win a meaningless game!
Well the Yanks certainly seemed to be intent on winning. Heck posters here were upset because they felt Girardi was playing to win
We knew it would be tough to go from small market to Boston. Crawford and Gonzalez are seeing that now.
He’s the face and voice of their clubhouse now? Yikes. You won’t see Jeter or Longoria saying things like the verbal diarrhea he spews.
2011 NYY HISTORIC SEASOND
Division Champs
Derek Jeter – 3,000 hits
Mariano Rivera – ALL-TIME saves leader
MVP – Curtis Granderson?
ROY – Ivan Nova?
MOY – Joe Girardi?
Unsung hero – SCOTT PROCTOR
2011 Red Sox THE GREATEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Youkils broke down (for good?)
Buchholz back problems permanent?
Francona – FIRED?
Papelbon – GONE?
Papi – GONE?
NO MVP for Ellsbury
NO MVP for AGON
NO MVP for Pedroia
Red Robin – sat on a power line? ZAAAAAAAAAAP
Guys,
It’s been a wonderful season, filled with thrills and accomplishments. Again this has been a season for the ages…..The hated Sux have been vanquished yet again!!!
Now the real season begins!!!, Go Yankees!!!’
Take care and see you tomorrow, good night.
It is raining like crazy outside right now. I’m guessing it is due to Global Warming and all the tears falling in Boston. Can’t add that much moisture to the atmosphere without consequences!
Scott Effin Proctor now joins Bucky F. Dent and Aaron F. Boone in Boston folklore.
Swishalicious33 September 29th, 2011 at 1:02 am
@DanBarbarisi “One Yankee player watching Papelbon blow the game said the Yankee clubhouse “Celebrated like WE just clinched” when the O’s won”
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Like many of the fans here who rooted today for the Rays, the Yankee players were probably pissed off at the nerve of the Boston / ESPN press that called the Red Sox team better than the 27 Yankees and 98 Yankees.
I know that personally I am thrilled they choked.
Their 3 MVPs!
BBT Top 10 Plays
I’ll let you know any of interest to us…
BD (Boston Dave) September 29th, 2011 at 1:02 am
Adrian said the Sox would have won the division if Daisuke didn’t get hurt.
Funny stuff.
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And we would have won the division if Alex and Hughes didn’t get hurt… Oh, wait…
@DAVIDprice14
I pitched like crap but my TEAM picked me up!! That’s what a good TEAM does and WE did it!!!
or should i spell it fulklore?
the L is silent.
randy l. September 29th, 2011 at 1:07 am
hey, where’s gb7?
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@DanBarbarisi “One Yankee player watching Papelbon blow the game said the Yankee clubhouse “Celebrated like WE just clinched” when the O’s won”
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I guess the New York Yankees players aren’t real Yankees fans.
@ScottMCBSSports
RT @danconnollysun: Here’s Andino’s quotable gem: “End of season like this, [to] make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day.”
Theo: “If we go 9-18, we’re where we want to be. Win a third of our games. The worst team in baseball wins a third of their games.”
Eh, maybe a good night’s sleep will make things look brighter, lol – I’ve not gotten any sleep in months
Bucky
Buckner
Boone
Baltimore
and soon our very own killer b’s.
@danconnollysun Dan Connolly
by MaureenaMullen
Here’s Andino’s quotable gem: “End of season like this, [to] make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day.”
Hee hee
@RochieWBZ
Theo: “can’t sugarcoat this. This is awful.” #redsox #wbz
Jpmel wrote:
A. Gonzalez put up great numbers, but man, seeing that dude interviewed after the game was sickening, he’s way to casual for my liking, “not in Gods plan”? Are you kidding me? He’s soft, real soft. whew. Can’t stomach holy rollers. It’s baseball man. Save the God stuff for Sunday mornings.
9/29/2011 1:07 AM
and the Babe.
randy l. September 29th, 2011 at 1:02 am
henry, luchinno, and theo just decided that firing francona or trading a whole lot of players just isn’t going to work considering the massive outrage that red sox nation is feeling.
in an unprecedented move, the red sox braintrust has traded the entire red sox nation to the san diego padres for a more laid back fanbase .
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I think the none existing Tampa Bay fanbase is a better target!!, but anyway very funny Randy!!
LGY is quicker on the draw
LGY, I can accept not being worried about the Yankees, but I most likely won’t spend much time thinking about the Sox; I’m just not that obsessed with them (though I hate them).
mick September 29th, 2011 at 1:08 am
Scott Effin Proctor now joins Bucky F. Dent and Aaron F. Boone in Boston folklore.
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Not really, he gave the RS some hope with the season turning 14th inning HR for Dumbsbury. Andino has earned the “F.” middle name for them this year.
Betsy,
Don’t take this the wrong way, but go take a pill and get some sleep.
You need to charge up for the next month. Season’s not over.
“Theo: “If we go 9-18, we’re where we want to be.”
9-18. That’s one digit short of 1918.
ARe you ready for this bullsh*t?????
Top 10 F’N Plays of the Day on ESPN
#2 – A spiffy double play by the Sux in tonight’s game
#1 – Longoria’s homer to beat the Yankees
What a stinking bunch of asswipes they are. Nothing about Andino’s hit off that pinch-mouthed loser twit that capped the collapse of the Sux.
They make me puke.
Mick, that’s the brilliance of the 14inning game bs the red sox. Girardi then proceeds to tank the last game in exactly the same fashion. Red Sox can’t complain because they were the beneficiaries of the same tactics.
TVs all around the bar. Bunch of us Yankee fans watching the game on YES network. A group of Sox fans have their eyes on the Yankee game during a live look in from MLB Network. MLB Network 1 pitch behind the YES Network.
2 outs, 2 strikes in the bottom of the 9th. Dan Johnson goes yard. Us Yankee fans start going nuts. The Boston group swings their heads around to see Tampa fans cheering. They flip their heads back around and see Dan Johnson’s ball land beyond the RF fence.
Classic moment.
“I guess the New York Yankees players aren’t real Yankees fans.
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Baseball Tonight just starting on ESPN
ESPN can try to scrub the record books but we know what the baseball almanac says about 2011 and the Boston Red Sox…
GREATEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL HISTORY
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 29th, 2011 at 1:12 am
They are licking their wounds
….and figuring how to spin the collapse 
Good night and pleasant yankee dreams!!
SportsCenter – Scott Van Pelt just said that the night that Mark McGwire broke the home run record* and tonight are the two most memorable nights in his broadcasting life.
Barry Larkin – the most intriguing, interesting baseball night in his life.
LGY, lol
I still say that the Red Sox Collapse is Ruthian. The Curse of the Bambino still lives. It just took a little time off to make the collapse that much worse.
just grabbed 2 behind the plate game 1
My educated guess is that ESPN will talk more about the Rays beating the Yankees (but won’t mention that the AAA team was on the field) then they will about the O’s beating the Sox
YF – I have it on. I swear I don’t think I’m going to be able to get a lot of sleep tonight. Too hyped plus I think I will watch NESN’s rerun of tonight’s game!!!!
Wanna hear something else great? The issue of ESPN magazine that just came out is called “The Boston Issue” and was a disgusting lovefest of all Boston teams.
Perfect. So very, very perfect.
i hope everyone can now see that having the red sox eliminated was a worthy goal.
man did things ever turn around fast.
this was baseball at it’s best.
there will be some books about tonight and the way this season ended for the rd sox.
Swishalicious33 September 29th, 2011 at 1:18 am
Wanna hear something else great? The issue of ESPN magazine that just came out is called “The Boston Issue” and was a disgusting lovefest of all Boston teams.
Perfect. So very, very perfect.
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Corksuckers
Good point on BBTN: Boston got to watch the Rays’ comeback during their rain delay. And think about it.
Trisha, you’re funny
I’m the exact opposite! All of the excitement and action has worn me out, and I’m ready for bed!
Good night, everyone. Let’s get ready for Friday!
Kind of funny that the “classy” Adrian Gonzalez makes excuses game after game, whether it be about his injury, the Yankees not playing full lineups, or somehting Ive heard from him after nearly every loss this month, umpires squeezing him. Whereas Papelbon the “classless” one takes responsibility and does not blame anything but himself.
Guess what? Adam Jones DID figure in that perfect collapse tonight. He threw Scrutaro out at the plate in the top of the 9th!
Another moment in 6 Degrees of Separation. Adam Jones, my heart and soul fantasy player, throws Scutaro out at the plate and keeps it a one-run game so that destiny can unfold and Papelbum needs to give up just two runs for the O’s to win it.
Yes, Swishalicioius. I made reference to that yesterday.
“Welcome to Boston, Loozah” is the title
“this was baseball at it’s best.
there will be some books about tonight and the way this season ended for the rd sox.”
Yeah, maybe we can get Buster Olney, the Sux sycophant who wrote “The Night the Dynasty Died” too write it and he can have Peter Gammons collaborate, if Gammons is ever sober again after tonight!!!
trisha – true pinstriped blue September 29th, 2011 at 1:18 am
YF – I have it on. I swear I don’t think I’m going to be able to get a lot of sleep tonight. Too hyped plus I think I will watch NESN’s rerun of tonight’s game!!!!
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I really haven’t slept much since tripleheader Sunday. I am in total playoff mode. Not even sure how I will make it through work tomorrow. At least I am on a night sched with all these late games in the Bronx. All I want to do is eat sleep and breathe baseball.
‘Night, Tarheel!
Papelbon: Whatever doesn’t kill ya makes you stronger
So, um. No return to Boston for Papelbon?
Red Robin sightings?
Don’t think he’s around. I swear I heard the cybersounds of someone crying “MOMMMMY, COMFORT ME!!!!!!!”
LGY, poor Paps
M, you’re right – it’s like for some reason I want to wallow in worry. Not anymore, lol.
Ok, I admit it, I will get a bit of pleasure reading the obituaries on the 2011 Sox.
“Papelbon: Whatever doesn’t kill ya makes you stronger”
Yeah I’m sure that will make his whole team feel better. The EEI guys asked Kruk a really interesting question. If your offense keeps working and working and your pitching keeps losing you games, does the offense start to resent the pitching? Kruk said yes, it happened when he was with Philly. He said it wasn’t the same because they were a last-place team but if they were in the situation the Sux was in, it definitely would feel worse.
Papelbum blows their last postseaon game against the Angels – the last time they were in. Papelbum blows their last game of the season to keep them from going to the postseason. And that’s the best he has? What a self-centered oaf he is.
Well, I am out of here. Have a good night and enjoy!
One strike away……….the story of the 2011 Red Sox
That was truly a memorable night. Now, time to take care of business Yanks. We have some good match ups ahead of us.
YF, I’m grateful I don’t have a game to watch tomorrow. Can you imagine if it was the playoff between the Sux and the Rays. E chihuahua! I need a day to bask in the warmth of the greatest collapse in baseball history and just read everything I can and listen to EEI and smile nonstop. It will also give me the chance to gear up for the beginning of our run to #28.
Night YF!!!
Sux postgame still going!!! And my tape is still running. Think I’ll start watching.
Good night compatriots!
there are many tix avail on stubhub
WOW! Freddy got game three!!! and Nova game 2!!!
Sweet!!!!
The Proctorization is complete.
And the rats will be dancin’ in that cesspool that is Fenway.
Vaya!
Gotta give Cashman credit for picking up Proctor.
As a yankee fan who lived in Boston for 10 years, i’m very happy to see them go hide under a rock for the winter. The Detroit Verlanders are the only team I’m concerned about until we get to Phily. I feel pretty good about where we are.
The one thing that’s a head scratcher is Girardi’s use of pitchers last night. Why didn’t Betances get more work? He used pitchers like it was a spring training game. No pitcher on the postseason roster should have touched a ball last night – Maybe starters like AJ who need to get some work in to transition to the pen.
Don’t get me wrong – the result is what matters. I’m ecstatic and don’t want to be critical . 4-5 innings from Bettances, 2 from Brackman would have been useful, I think.
This game is why I find Girardi annoying. Got real cute with use of relievers and then paid the price at the end of the game. Bringing guys in to pitch to one batter is absurd and then turning it over to guys (Logan&Alyala) who are suppose to be reliable relievers that blow the game is
stupid. Sure hope this doesn’t come back to bite us in the ass!