Wade Boggs

[mvp 78]

No but our 3 World Championships this century are still vivid memories. I have lots of nice photos that I took at game 6 in 2013. Were you at any of those last millenial championship clinching games and if so, were your photos in B&W?

 

They won in 2009 thanks to ARod who they boo or cheer depending on which way the wind is blowing.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

I think the Sox let Ellsbury walk and I think they were absolutely right to do so, and I think most Sox fans feel the same way.

 

Most of my Yankee fan friends thought it was a serious overpay at the time.

 

But I honestly expected him to perform better than he has.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

No but our 3 World Championships this century are still vivid memories. I have lots of nice photos that I took at game 6 in 2013. Were you at any of those last millenial championship clinching games and if so, were your photos in B&W?

 

Yeah, because it's not like there was color film all the way back in 2000.

[illinoisredsox]

Ummm, that was not a heyday of dominance.

 

Dominant teams don't miss the playoffs and also should be able to put together some back to back championships.

 

Nice try though.

 

OTOH only one team in the history of major league sports has blown a 3.9 games to 0 lead. It wasn't just 3-0, it was 3.9 (alright, 3.8888888-0)

[Spudboy]

Why should he take off the ring?

 

Good question.

 

He has a right to be proud of all of his accomplishments.

[illinoisredsox]

No but our 3 World Championships this century are still vivid memories. I have lots of nice photos that I took at game 6 in 2013. Were you at any of those last millenial championship clinching games and if so, were your photos in B&W?

 

I think they were daguerreotypes.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

OTOH only one team in the history of major league sports has blown a 3.9 games to 0 lead. It wasn't just 3-0, it was 3.9 (alright, 3.8888888-0)

 

You drive your car enough you are bound to get a flat tire at some point.

[a700hitter]

OTOH only one team in the history of major league sports has blown a 3.9 games to 0 lead. It wasn't just 3-0, it was 3.9 (alright, 3.8888888-0)

The biggest Choke in baseball post season history -- going all the was back to the first Worl Series in 1903. And I remember that Choke very very vividly. I have every single minute of it on DVD.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

OTOH only one team in the history of major league sports has blown a 3.9 games to 0 lead. It wasn't just 3-0, it was 3.9 (alright, 3.8888888-0)

 

Please tell us again how Dice K won 15 games while pitching an entire season in relief.

[a700hitter]

You drive your car enough you are bound to get a flat tire at some point.

It has never been done before by any other team. It must have been excruciating. BTW, Clueless Joe should have bunted on Schilling in game 6. That must have infuriated you.

[Dojji]

 

Good times, good times

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

The biggest Choke in baseball post season history -- going all the was back to the first Worl Series in 1903. And I remember that Choke very very vividly. I have every single minute of it on DVD.

 

So you don't think the better team one, you think the better team choked?

[User Name]

And predictably, this has become a Yankees vs Red Sox pissing contest. Back to the thread topic please.

[mvp 78]

So, Wade Boggs' ring, guys? Anyone care?

 

Doesn't seem like it.

[Slasher9]

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[Spudboy]

I'd like to see the story.

 

Me too. I was very attentive to this issue and never heard this.

 

It was assumed that Ells would go for the biggest offer ( maybe his choice of agents created that idea ), but I never heard about any offers being rejected by Ells.

 

Bottom line is that NY wanted and needed him more. They had the money and were willing to make another likely stupid deal.

 

Let's all rejoice in that.

[Dojji]

It has never been done before by any other team. It must have been excruciating. BTW, Clueless Joe should have bunted on Schilling in game 6. That must have infuriated you.

 

It would have infuriated me. I never understood why Torre didn't bunt. This is the World Series. This is professional baseball at its very highest level. You do EVERYTHING you can to try and win.

 

I mean I can understand why the middle of the order guys would swing away, but Jeter and Cairo absolutely should have bunted. At the very least it would have forced Mueller and Millar to play in to try to take pressure off Schilling, and open up the lines for some dinks and dunks.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

It has never been done before by any other team. It must have been excruciating. BTW, Clueless Joe should have bunted on Schilling in game 6. That must have infuriated you.

 

I do agree they should have bunted on him.

 

But I think the good outweighed the bad with Torre.

 

Calling him Clueless Joe is just silly.

[a700hitter]

Luckily, the league anti doping PED program was not in effect in the Yankee heyday of the last century. That clubhouse must have been like a drug den with players shooting each other up. In 2000, they brought in Canseco as a PED consultant, because Clemens needed to take it to the next level. They had needles hanging from their haunches as they walked around that clubhouse.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

And predictably, this has become a Yankees vs Red Sox pissing contest. Back to the thread topic please.

 

Agreed.

[Dojji]

Why? We all remember Tito Francoma. Disparaging managerial nicknames are a tradition in this part of the world, and I mean Boston and New York both

[Slasher9]

And predictably, this has become a Yankees vs Red Sox pissing contest. Back to the thread topic please.

 

ok now im confused. should we start a new thread for the contest? wont that clutter up the forum? there's a whiny complaint everytime a thread is started. so are we or are we not to go off on tangents within threads? are you the f*&^@# thread police?

 

jeter blows a-rod

[illinoisredsox]

The biggest Choke in baseball post season history -- going all the was back to the first Worl Series in 1903. And I remember that Choke very very vividly. I have every single minute of it on DVD.

 

The biggest choke in professional sports post season history.

 

I prefer to think of it as the greatest comeback in professional sports history.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

Luckily, the league anti doping PED program was not in effect in the Yankee heyday of the last century. That clubhouse must have been like a drug den with players shooting each other up. In 2000, they brought in Canseco as a PED consultant, because Clemens needed to take it to the next level. They had needles hanging from their haunches as they walked around that clubhouse.

 

It must be nice to be a fan of the ONLY clean team during the PED era.

[Dojji]

And predictably, this has become a Yankees vs Red Sox pissing contest. Back to the thread topic please.

 

OP talks about Boggs coming in with a World Series ring on he won while playing for NYY and trying to provoke a reaction.

 

This was a Red Sox-Yankees pissing contest from minute 1. That pretty much was the thread topic, "oh hey look, Boston legend had a Yankee ring on." I don't mind playing that game, it can be fun, and I'm pretty sure there's nothing against it in the forum rules -- but let's not even pretend that that wasn't the intention all along.

[User Name]

It would have infuriated me. I never understood why Torre didn't bunt. This is the World Series. This is professional baseball at its very highest level. You do EVERYTHING you can to try and win.

 

I mean I can understand why the middle of the order guys would swing away, but Jeter and Cairo absolutely should have bunted. At the very least it would have forced Mueller and Millar to play in to try to take pressure off Schilling, and open up the lines for some dinks and dunks.

 

Except that it wasn't the Worlds Series, it was the ALCS. A WS between two AL teams would be something though wouldn't it?

[illinoisredsox]

Please tell us again how Dice K won 15 games while pitching an entire season in relief.

 

Nice try, but I already issued my mea culpa on that one, along with how it happened.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

Why? We all remember Tito Francoma. Disparaging managerial nicknames are a tradition in this part of the world, and I mean Boston and New York both

 

I thought Francona was a heck of a manager for you guys.

[a700hitter]

I do agree they should have bunted on him.

 

But I think the good outweighed the bad with Torre.

 

Calling him Clueless Joe is just silly.

He did such a great job in his other managing gigs. He is the most over-rated manager of all time. He always had the luxury of managing a push button team with a formula for the bullpen that was second to none. As easy as that team was to manage, he still needed the gerbil Zimmer next to him to explain the game to him. Once Zimmer left, Torre got real stupid again.

[User Name]

ok now im confused. should we start a new thread for the contest? wont that clutter up the forum? there's a whiny complaint everytime a thread is started. so are we or are we not to go off on tangents within threads? are you the f*&^@# thread police?

 

jeter blows a-rod

 

You're kind of an ******* aren't you? It's fine to go on tangents, but the way this is going, it will become a flame war and the thread will be locked, which is what I'm trying to prevent.