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Ugh. I think it's going to be a long, long game for the Red Sox.

Wily Mo had me scared a bit the way he was going back for that ball.

Yeah, that was my initial reaction. Hope it's nothing serious. I like Matsui -- I just wish he played elsewhere. Come on Ortiz, bring 'em in!

Matsui can't make the catch! Loretta gets on as well. Interesting, he had the ball until he injured his wrist. Wouldn't mind him missing this game, but I hope it's nothing serious.

Error on Jeter! Youk is on!

$19 million cheaper. You can get Manny with him for that amount of money.

Perhaps his number was somewhat inaccurate. $19 million cheaper and he actually shows up for the playoffs... I think you'd be lucky to find one manager that'd take A-Rod over Papi.

They were awful, of course. After they got off to a slow start, they gave up and traded their best player in an effort to cut payroll 30 games into that 2004 season, trading Marbury and Penny Hardaway to New York. All that team had was Marion. Amare still wasn't even close to the player he'd become (though he did fair well) and a second year Leandro Barbosa was the starting point guard. They were a somewhat talent, extremely inexperienced team. Jake Voskuhl and Casey Jacobsen got large amounts of playing time on that team -- how the hell would you expect that team to do? And they actually finished off the season pretty strong. Nash also wasn't the only player they brought in that offseason, they got Richardson as well. edit: And actually, I should add that team, while a little bit more inexperienced, had gone to the playoffs the year before under Stephon Marbury

Lamar Odom is an overrated player. He wouldn't be nearly as effective as he has been if the defense didn't have to double team Kobe before he even touches the ball. Inconsistency plagued Odom in the first half of the season, he got a lot better in the second half, but that's still half of a season that the Lakers went without a consistent #2. Even if I were to concede that Lamar Odom is some kind of capable player opposite of Kobe, I could throw Smush Parker, Chris Mihm, and Kwame Brown (who couldn't even perform when he was in a lineup with Jordan) at you in addition to a pathetic bench. Not one of those three would be starting on any of the other playoff teams. Lamar Odom is their second best player by a LONG SHOT -- and that's a bad thing. Their back up Center is a guy in his first year out of High School, playing against the big men in the West. No matter what, take Kobe out of the Lakers line up and take Nash out of the Suns line up -- the Suns lineup, Leandro Barbosa inserted in, looks a hell of a lot more attractive than the Lakers roster in that case. The case is the same as last year. In the system in which they play, and the shooters that they surround Nash with, it's not difficult to pass to a career 40+% 3 point shooter and get the assist. Hell, I'll debate last years MVP award too. Last year Steve Nash Amare Stoudemire and Shawn Marion, two of the premiere players in the entire league surrounding him (plus shooters like Joe Johnson and Q-Rich) -- with all that talent, how could he have been MVP? This year, we're finding out that the guys they've inserted into their lineup this year are pretty damn capable players -- especially Raja Bell and Boris Diaw. Steve Nash being MVP is a joke. He should've finished in 4th in the voting. Shame on the media for letting their personal opinion of Kobe Bryant off the court affect their voting. edit: And where the hell does this ball hog crap come from? He does what he needs to do to win games given the talent surrounding him. He wasn't a ball hog when he was with Shaq, when he averaged one whole assist more per year than he did this year. And Steve Nash is athletic and aware enough to put up the offensive numbers -- what gives on the defensive end? He's one of the worst at his position at something that makes up half of the game. Not very valuable to me.

One thing... Sabres/Canes is going to be an amazing series.

In my experience playing and watching basketball, 90% of defense is effort, particularly when you're a guard. Now, regardless of what anybody calls Kobe Bryant's game 7, it doesn't matter because the postseason is not supposed to be taken into consideration. Kobe was the most valuable player in the regular season because while Nash had another great player (Marion), Kobe was surrounded by garbage. Kobe took a team that didn't belong anywhere near the playoffs into the postseason. Defense is half the game and Kobe is one of the best defenders in the league at his position -- Nash is among the worst.

Posada... gone.

A-Rod just launched one. No doubt about that one off of the bat. 4-3 Yankees.

In regards to the Jeter play... don't get me wrong, it was a nice play. I said it was nice when it happened -- but is it the 'greatest play ever' like ESPN will be saying it is? Hell no. Not even the greatest play of the last week.

You guys think Kobe in game 7 was a disappearing act? Try watching Steve Nash on defense ALL YEAR. He may have actually gotten worse at it from last year. In other NBA Award news, somebody deserves to lose their Rookie of the year vote in the future after giving Deron Williams a first place vote over Chris Paul. Chris Paul did, however, get 124 out of 125 first place votes.

Nice play by Jeter. But now we'll have to hear about how it's "another great play by Jeter", which means showing all of his other overrated plays over and over for the next week. Ugh.

Nice play by Youk.

Come on Trot! Get 'em home!

David Ortiz uses the Yankees shift to his advantage! I love it. Come on Manny!

What a catch by Manny!!!! I thought we were screwed there.

He's gotten into some trouble now. Runners on the corners with 1 out... Check that... Sac fly by Bernie, 3-1.

Silly Lowell, that's not a double!!!

They should just always have a camera and a mic on the boss during all Yankees games. I'd pay extra to see a channel like that.

Beautiful pitch too. What's that make Damon, 0-8 with 3K's against us?

Big Papi!!!!!!!!!!! An upper deck shot! His ownage of the Yankees continues!