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That was crazy. Yay Melky.

Notice how she states she is a Yankee hater before a Red Sox lover. Welcome newbie.

That is actually why am I really happy right now. If the Yanks can win with half of their starting line-up sick with the flu, out with wrist problems and other misc. disorders I'd like to see what they can do when everything comes together a little bit more down the road. They should be pretty damn good, and it's nice to know the future bench players and back ups are perfectly capable of going out and winning a ballgame. And by the way awesome post, I'm glad you aren't just a blind Yankee hater. People need to realize what you have. :thumbsup:

Three cheers for Johnny Damon!

Nice post Crespo and I completely agree with that last sentence.

Ding ding ding we have a winner :thumbsup:

You can't explain it, because it's a hypothetical baseless quesiton that has one other pretty big factor contributing to how well the batter does. I'll give you a hint, it starts with a p and ends in itcher.

Yes according to Moneyball, but no according to the heart and emotion that comes with late inning hits. My vote is yes it is a myth but I think that late hits carry more emotion. The emotion, however, shouldn't take away from everything else that happened in the previous 8 innings of the game. Let's say the third baseman makes a super catch to save 2 runs and potentielly more but because he made that out the inning was over and it enabled the team to be in the "clutch" situaiton. Meanwhile, that gets lost as being "clutch" in the shuffle, when without that play the clutch hit wouldn't have even been possible. There are so many things that go into winning a baseball game that I think it's unfair to point to a game winning hit as the most crucial play in a game. Good players, like Ortiz and Jeter and Rivera, are spectacular to begin with, so I don't really think it's necessary to label their greatness as something else when it shows in the 9th inning. But human emotions are powerful and people are going to get carried away by them and say "LIKE OMG ORTIZ IS SO CLUTCH AHH I WANT HIS BABIES" and there's really nothing wrong with that. Just my opinion.

Yes yeszir, and that's a little bit unsettling.

Yeah it was. Now they ended this series on a high note with some confidence to face the Red Sox. Not too bad though, I was expecting the Yanks to lose because the YES announcers said that the last time the Yanks swept the Tigers was something like 80 years ago lol. Oh well can't hold down the best team in baseball for too long.

Ah s***.

I think you need to stop jumping all over the Yankees starters when Boston Dirt Dogs comes up with a headline reading "Yankee Stadium Spells Trouble for Sox Rotation Next Week"

Wang's not lookin so hott right now.

Yeah the Yanks are really roughing them up for the Red Sox.

Yes ok because I knew I missed something haha because yes of course i remember game 7

Haha yeah! I didn't even notice that, I must have been distracted or something, until the postgame recap. I absolutely love seeing guys so amped up like that, and I loved Torre's reaction.

Stellar start by Moose. Lost the shut out in the 9th but complete game nonetheless. Very good win.

My NL team is the Chicago Cubs and my second favorite AL team is Oakland.

I thought you guys might get a kick outta this picture. Please note the ear. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f68/SCARDS22/332582a7-c769-42a2-be15-7446e44aadf.jpg

Yanks lead top 9th 6-0, just IBB Arod. 2 outs.

Well on a side note, I came across a funny article that pokes fun at Arod haters ESPN

Yes but in the closer role, especially when one hit can lose you the game, is much more pressure than starting the game for a teeth grinding 20 something year old. And no I meant three innings. Mo just threw 26 pitches because he's amazing. And to throw only 26 pitches in your longest relief role since 1996 is even more so.

I'm not sure Papelbon could go those three innings. Has he pitched three innings in a closer role yet?

Yeah Rivera is just about amazing, spectacular, phenomenal, all of the above. But we already new that. Hello tied for first.

hahahah yeah i just came online to see how many hits they had already. that's pretty impressive/pathetic, depending on how you look at it.