RedSoxRooter

I'm actually feeling pretty good about the Yanks. Look, the division title, if it is to be had, is going to be tough. I think after this weekend, the Sox should look to align their rotation for the playoffs more than go for the title. I say 2 outa 3 - maybe a sweep this weekend - but even if they sweep, now they are too far behind. They had to be 2.5 back for this weekend to make a serious difference (even with NY facing the Twins next week). I hope for a sweep, but feel 2 outa 3 is the reallity. This team should have won the East, but moving on, I hope they don't "fire all their guns" at something they lost months ago...

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OH YEAH!!!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I don't know if I have come to fully expect a gem, as you are Zen, but it wouldn't surprise me. I'm also keeping tabs on that ERA. If Arroyo can finish the season with a sub 4 ERA, I think our postseaon #3 man has been found without much debate. Oh, forgot to mention it before, but good writeup elsrbueno (again).

I think the key to this game and series will be Boston's offense. They need to take last night's win and translate that into runs early in this game. The Sox are averaging only 4.7 runs/game in their last 10 games (the number drops to 3.8 in their last 9) and they are only 4-5 in that stretch. Sure they've seen some decent pitching but nothing good enough to keep this offense down like it's been (Jon Leiber no hit bid???).. Anyway, how did they win last night? A rally! Walk, double, double. They need to stop swinging for the fences trying to hit HRs and start getting on base and put pressure on the pitcher. Ever notice how some pitchers become a lot less effective if a runner gets on base? They can shrug off a HR, but force a guy to pitch under pressure and I bet the sox will start to score. ramble ramble ramble.

Wow. Up, down. Left, right. Go Bellhorn!!!!!!

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Unfortunately..... well, my talksox jinx continues. Lowe sucks.

Although the Fox broadcast is sooo gay, I'm totally buying the Star Wars trillegy on Tuesday!

Ok, so if today's game vs the Yanks is postponed and not made up in a doubleheader on Sunday, should the Sox shuffle the rotation for next weekend's series at Fenway? Lowe is scheduled to start today and Wake next Saturday vs NY. Considering Wake's latest performances, should the Sox pitch Pedro tomorrow, replace Wake on Monday with Lowe, and set up a rotation of Pedro, Lowe and Schilling for next weekend? I think so. Essencially Wake misses a start and sets up the postseason rotation (I love Arroyo, but I think Lowe should be #3 in the first round of the postseason) as Pedro, Lowe, Schill, Arroyo. Thoughts?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! He's chokeville and he's got a bad attitude. Sure, throw him an inning or two in a blowout against TB, but he's no where near postseason roster calliber.

Well I say he "owned" or "pwns" the Yanks tonight. A terrific performance once again. So big.

yeah, lol

HOLY MOTHER OF SHITS!!!!! Against Rivera too!

they can probably get in 5 or 6. http://image.weather.com/web/radar/us_nyc_closeradar_medium_usen.jpg

so will you be gone after this season?

C'mon! No fights or bean balling! The last thing I want to see is 4 more players suspended/injured. Both teams are playing well right now but neither is on fire -- unlike the last two series in NY where one hot team crushed one bumbling team both times. This should be fun. :damon:

Is that too old for you?

You'd like that, wouldn't ya???

She can snag my foul balls ANYTIME!!!! So tan, so tan.

He's right you know. I seriously think they peaked 1 month too soon. Oh so close. If Pedro pitches like tonight on Sunday, we're screwed in the East.

Ahh. Embree in and it's 3-0. Great. Mueller tweaked his knee -- even better The offense is starting to slump. Woohoo, just in time! Thank God we are not playing anybody important this weekend. My army of minions.

I think you'll all remember Nomar by next year.

It could account for the 11 game difference from this thread. http://www.talksox.com/index.php?showtopic=932

From Projo: Sox traveled harder road than Yanks Boston played a decidedly more difficult schedule than New York this season. 01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 BY ART MARTONE Journal Sports Editor Yankee owner George Steinbrenner spent a good portion of 2003 -- well, the first few months of it, anyway -- complaining bitterly about the unfairness of his team's interleague schedule when compared to the Red Sox. Boston, he whined back then, gets to play Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. We have to play Cincinnati and the Cubs. And he went on to hint it was just another example of how much Major League Baseball, which steered the sale of the Red Sox to their present owners, favored Boston's management team. His whining quieted, and eventually stopped, when it became clear that the Red Sox' interleague opponents in 2003 (not just the Brewers and Pirates, but also the Cardinals, Astros, Marlins and Phillies) were superior to the Yankees' group of National League foes (Reds, Cubs, Astros, Cardinals and Mets). The combined won-loss percentage of the Red Sox' 2003 N.L. opponents was .506, the Yankees' .488. But Steinbrenner put his finger on a modern truth that slips past many people: In these days of unbalanced schedules and interleague play, not all is equal in the world of baseball. Everybody plays 162 games, but they don't play the same 162 games. That's especially true this season. Heading into last night, the Red Sox had played 11 more games (67-56) than the Yankees against teams with records of .500 or better, and 12 fewer games (75-87) against teams with records below .500. When the Yanks played the Royals last night, that gap widened to 13 games. It won't completely close before the end of the season, either. The Yankees are the only above-.500 opponent the Red Sox will face during the rest of the regular season, but the Yanks only have two: the Red Sox and Twins (whom they play three times at Yankee Stadium during the final week). When everything's in the books, the Yankees will have played 97 of their 162 games (59.9 percent) against teams with losing records. The Red Sox? 89 of 162 (54.9 percent). And the main reason the Yankees entered last night with a three-game edge over Boston in the loss column was their ability to consistently beat the teams beneath them. As the accompanying chart shows, the Yanks, prior to last night, were over .700 this season against teams with losing records. The Red Sox haven't been as successful at beating the bottom-feeders. They've been good -- 47-28 (.627) -- but not at the Yankees' level. The Sox, however, have been better against winning teams. As the chart shows, the Yanks are just barely above .500 against teams with winning records, while the Sox are 39-28. And then there's the Oakland factor. For whatever reason, both the Red Sox (eight wins in nine games) and the Yankees (seven in nine) have beaten the A's like a drum this season. When you remove Oakland from the overall record, the Sox remain over .500 (31-27) against winning teams. The Yankees, however, drop under .500 (22-25). Rolls of newsprint, miles of videotapes and hours of radio air time have been spent dissecting the strengths and weaknesses of the Red Sox and Yankees this year, and, in the end, it may all be as simple as this: The Yankees have had more games against bad clubs, and they've done a better job of beating them than the Red Sox. Simplistic, to be sure. Misleading, even? Maybe. But undeniably true. So when the time comes to look ahead to the postseason, keep this in mind for both Boston and New York: There are no losing teams in the playoffs. Interesting.. Though my only question is: If the yankees are playing and beating sub-.500 teams, wouldn't that (in part) be why some of those teams have losing records? :shrug: