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Post by comebackkid on May 31, 2007 12:24:02 GMT -5
Seriously, this thread is ridiculous. If you try and show some optimism that your team is turning things around, you get replies of "lolz yankz are teh sux keep dreamin." But if you admit the team is in trouble, you get "omg u jump off teh bndwagonn u sellout." It's just totally assinine. You can't say anything here without it being over analyzed and criticized 40 times over. I got "Stop bitching about your team losing" So what should i do? not post here unless my team wins? lol
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 31, 2007 12:27:12 GMT -5
That's exactly my point. There's a 99% chance you're going to get bashed no matter what you post. If you post something positive, you're being too optimistic about your team winning. If you post something negative, you're giving up on your team. Basically, it's always a lose-lose situation. There's a reason there's only a handful of users who bother to post in this board regularly.
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Post by Nash on May 31, 2007 12:31:44 GMT -5
wow a rod your cool.
Anyways, the Sox find another way to lose. Awesome.
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Post by taker1 on May 31, 2007 12:50:32 GMT -5
That's exactly my point. There's a 99% chance you're going to get bashed no matter what you post. If you post something positive, you're being too optimistic about your team winning. If you post something negative, you're giving up on your team. Basically, it's always a lose-lose situation. There's a reason there's only a handful of users who bother to post in this board regularly. Saying " OMG YANKEEZ GONNA MASSACRE & SWEEP SOX IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND" is not optimistic, it's just blind homerism.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 31, 2007 12:57:20 GMT -5
So, what do you care what he thinks anyway? He's making a prediction, even if it is more wishful thinking. Anything can happen. No one would have predicted the Yankees to sweep the 5 game series against Boston last year...hell, I got bashed just for saying they'd take 3/5. I can only imagine the crapstorm that would have hit this board if anyone actually had said the Yankees were going to win all 5 games.
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Post by taker1 on May 31, 2007 13:11:58 GMT -5
So, what do you care what he thinks anyway? He's making a prediction, even if it is more wishful thinking. Anything can happen. No one would have predicted the Yankees to sweep the 5 game series against Boston last year...hell, I got bashed just for saying they'd take 3/5. I can only imagine the **** storm that would have hit this board if anyone actually had said the Yankees were going to win all 5 games. He should be doing what most logical Yankee fans are doing and try to take it one game at a time. Yankees aren't completely out, but wearing pinstriped glasses and saying craplike " They're gonna sweep the Red Sox and win their 27th championship" is just dumb. I mean..how does he not expect to be bashed saying stuff like that?
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 31, 2007 13:24:06 GMT -5
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Post by dafilthymofo on May 31, 2007 13:25:00 GMT -5
I don't mind getting bashed. I am very positive about the yankees. It is May. So much can happen in 4 months. Baseball is a great game and anything is possible.
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Post by krush on May 31, 2007 13:38:31 GMT -5
That's exactly my point. There's a 99% chance you're going to get bashed no matter what you post. If you post something positive, you're being too optimistic about your team winning. If you post something negative, you're giving up on your team. Basically, it's always a lose-lose situation. There's a reason there's only a handful of users who bother to post in this board regularly. Agreed. I can't figure out for the life of me why it's something that anyone cares about in the first place. I wish people would just actually talk about baseball once in a while.
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Post by comebackkid on May 31, 2007 13:40:36 GMT -5
That's exactly my point. There's a 99% chance you're going to get bashed no matter what you post. If you post something positive, you're being too optimistic about your team winning. If you post something negative, you're giving up on your team. Basically, it's always a lose-lose situation. There's a reason there's only a handful of users who bother to post in this board regularly. Agreed. I can't figure out for the life of me why it's something that anyone cares about in the first place. I wish people would just actually talk about baseball once in a while. Im just gonna start posting various pictures of Jeff Bagwells GOATee
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Post by T R W on May 31, 2007 14:05:21 GMT -5
maybe you could find pictures of bagwell's missing shoulder.
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Post by comebackkid on May 31, 2007 14:07:02 GMT -5
maybe you could find pictures of bagwell's missing shoulder. right next to my picture of Big Foot
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Post by bjd on May 31, 2007 14:24:44 GMT -5
Really, who cares? In my mind this Red Sox/Yankees "rivalry" is dead... both teams are a collection of hired guns. I don't even get into it. I hate the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals just as much as I hate the Red Sox. I'm actually having fun with this season... I couldn't care less if the Yankees lose, and if they do make the playoffs, it will be something even more special... This team hasn't been the underdog in a while, and despite a 200 million dollar payroll, its nice to be in that role every now and then.
The only 2 championships I was really into were the 1996 Yankees and the 1994 New York Rangers. Those two were special... I could see a Red Sox fan being thrilled about 2004, but if they won this year, you'll see my point... it just loses the juice after the first one.
I just try to have fun with professional sports any way possible. I mostly like ragging on the athletes... Am I gonna start ripping my hair out because Carl Pavano was a waste of 40 million dollars? Of course not. I find it hillarious.
So I find all this bickering- "THE YANKEES ARE THE BEST!!!!111" "NO, THE RED SOX ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!" Quite comical... I'm a Yankees fan... always have been, always will be. I'll root for them until the day I die, through the good, and the bad. Right now, I'm pulling for them to pull out of this... if they don't and miss the playoffs, I get to see the return of one of my favorite human beings ever- angry off-season George Steinbrenner.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2007 14:26:22 GMT -5
But what happened with two out in the top of the ninth of 10-5 Yankees win added another smear across the jersey of No. 13. Rodriguez can make feeble denials all he wants, but we all saw -- from several replay angles -- he yelled "Mine" as he ran behind Howie Clark near third base, causing the Jays' infielder to believe he was being called off by shortstop John McDonald. The ball fell untouched by any Jay while an insurance run scored. This set off a firestorm which saw several Blue Jays approach Rodriguez to let him know that his actions were bush league. And we also saw him say, "F*** 'em" to Yankees third base coach Larry Bowa. For all to see, baseball's highest paid player showed himself to be a classless boor. Win at all costs, indeed. As if being rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams and getting to hang with Toronto's finest strippers isn't enough. Talk about greed!
Circle July 16 on your calendars, folks. On baseball's biggest stage we'll get to witness a talented superstar arrive a the crossroads of his career.read more Here
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Post by dafilthymofo on May 31, 2007 14:37:27 GMT -5
But what happened with two out in the top of the ninth of 10-5 Yankees win added another smear across the jersey of No. 13. Rodriguez can make feeble denials all he wants, but we all saw -- from several replay angles -- he yelled "Mine" as he ran behind Howie Clark near third base, causing the Jays' infielder to believe he was being called off by shortstop John McDonald. The ball fell untouched by any Jay while an insurance run scored. This set off a firestorm which saw several Blue Jays approach Rodriguez to let him know that his actions were bush league. And we also saw him say, "F*** 'em" to Yankees third base coach Larry Bowa. For all to see, baseball's highest paid player showed himself to be a classless boor. Win at all costs, indeed. As if being rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams and getting to hang with Toronto's finest strippers isn't enough. Talk about greed!
Circle July 16 on your calendars, folks. On baseball's biggest stage we'll get to witness a talented superstar arrive a the crossroads of his career.read more Here I like it. We need more WWE in MLB.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 31, 2007 14:39:06 GMT -5
Really, who cares? In my mind this Red Sox/Yankees "rivalry" is dead... both teams are a collection of hired guns. I don't even get into it. I hate the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals just as much as I hate the Red Sox. I'm actually having fun with this season... I couldn't care less if the Yankees lose, and if they do make the playoffs, it will be something even more special... This team hasn't been the underdog in a while, and despite a 200 million dollar payroll, its nice to be in that role every now and then. The only 2 championships I was really into were the 1996 Yankees and the 1994 New York Rangers. Those two were special... I could see a Red Sox fan being thrilled about 2004, but if they won this year, you'll see my point... it just loses the juice after the first one. I just try to have fun with professional sports any way possible. I mostly like ragging on the athletes... Am I gonna start ripping my hair out because Carl Pavano was a waste of 40 million dollars? Of course not. I find it hillarious. So I find all this bickering- "THE YANKEES ARE THE BEST!!!!111" "NO, THE RED SOX ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!" Quite comical... I'm a Yankees fan... always have been, always will be. I'll root for them until the day I die, through the good, and the bad. Right now, I'm pulling for them to pull out of this... if they don't and miss the playoffs, I get to see the return of one of my favorite human beings ever- angry off-season George Steinbrenner. I'm different........all I care about is winning. To me, that is the point of whatever you do, whatever you watch...you want to be the best and you want your team to the be the best. I'm not bailing on the Yankees, I'm not switching teams and I'm not going to stop watching....but it is so God damn frustrating to have them be this bad. I don't think it's a game and I don't think it's funny when we sign players and they fail or when everyone's job is at stake and George is thinking about firing everyone...that is so much NON-baseball related activity that it puts everyone's focus so far away from the real mission...WINNING BASEBALL GAMES. Any year that the Yankees do not win the World Series is a wasted year and it just makes everyone a year older and makes it harder to win with the same players the next year. When I play tennis or baseball, it's no fun to lose, I don't feel like I accomplished anything when I don't win...just like when you take a test in school or you go to work and you can't do your job...it's not ok to fail. Every year, one team wins the World Series....the other 29 teams were failures and shouldn't be proud of anything, they didn't get the job done, they didn't do what they get paid to do.....WIN.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2007 14:40:11 GMT -5
Top five things A-Rod should have said after getting caught with a mystery blonde in the streets of T.O.
1. I was doing research on being the best blonde bombshell that I could be... What? Ohhh... it's Bronx Bomber, not blonde bombshell. 2. It doesn't count if you're in another country. 3. I got lost and she offered to take me back to my hotel. 4. When she said "Your hotel, or mine?" I said "Hah!" but she misunderstood me. 5. Does swinging mean something different in Canada?
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Post by taker1 on May 31, 2007 14:43:19 GMT -5
Really, who cares? In my mind this Red Sox/Yankees "rivalry" is dead... both teams are a collection of hired guns. I don't even get into it. I hate the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals just as much as I hate the Red Sox. I'm actually having fun with this season... I couldn't care less if the Yankees lose, and if they do make the playoffs, it will be something even more special... This team hasn't been the underdog in a while, and despite a 200 million dollar payroll, its nice to be in that role every now and then. The only 2 championships I was really into were the 1996 Yankees and the 1994 New York Rangers. Those two were special... I could see a Red Sox fan being thrilled about 2004, but if they won this year, you'll see my point... it just loses the juice after the first one. I just try to have fun with professional sports any way possible. I mostly like ragging on the athletes... Am I gonna start ripping my hair out because Carl Pavano was a waste of 40 million dollars? Of course not. I find it hillarious. So I find all this bickering- "THE YANKEES ARE THE BEST!!!!111" "NO, THE RED SOX ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!" Quite comical... I'm a Yankees fan... always have been, always will be. I'll root for them until the day I die, through the good, and the bad. Right now, I'm pulling for them to pull out of this... if they don't and miss the playoffs, I get to see the return of one of my favorite human beings ever- angry off-season George Steinbrenner. I'm sort of the same. It's nice to have a large lead, but it's also nice to be the underdog. And it really wouldn't be the same if we won this year compared to 2004. Though I wouldn't be complaining..
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Post by comebackkid on May 31, 2007 14:44:40 GMT -5
Really, who cares? In my mind this Red Sox/Yankees "rivalry" is dead... both teams are a collection of hired guns. I don't even get into it. I hate the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals just as much as I hate the Red Sox. I'm actually having fun with this season... I couldn't care less if the Yankees lose, and if they do make the playoffs, it will be something even more special... This team hasn't been the underdog in a while, and despite a 200 million dollar payroll, its nice to be in that role every now and then. The only 2 championships I was really into were the 1996 Yankees and the 1994 New York Rangers. Those two were special... I could see a Red Sox fan being thrilled about 2004, but if they won this year, you'll see my point... it just loses the juice after the first one. I just try to have fun with professional sports any way possible. I mostly like ragging on the athletes... Am I gonna start ripping my hair out because Carl Pavano was a waste of 40 million dollars? Of course not. I find it hillarious. So I find all this bickering- "THE YANKEES ARE THE BEST!!!!111" "NO, THE RED SOX ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!" Quite comical... I'm a Yankees fan... always have been, always will be. I'll root for them until the day I die, through the good, and the bad. Right now, I'm pulling for them to pull out of this... if they don't and miss the playoffs, I get to see the return of one of my favorite human beings ever- angry off-season George Steinbrenner. I'm different........all I care about is winning. To me, that is the point of whatever you do, whatever you watch...you want to be the best and you want your team to the be the best. I'm not bailing on the Yankees, I'm not switching teams and I'm not going to stop watching....but it is so God damn frustrating to have them be this bad. I don't think it's a game and I don't think it's funny when we sign players and they fail or when everyone's job is at stake and George is thinking about firing everyone...that is so much NON-baseball related activity that it puts everyone's focus so far away from the real mission...WINNING BASEBALL GAMES. Any year that the Yankees do not win the World Series is a wasted year and it just makes everyone a year older and makes it harder to win with the same players the next year. When I play tennis or baseball, it's no fun to lose, I don't feel like I accomplished anything when I don't win...just like when you take a test in school or you go to work and you can't do your job...it's not ok to fail. Every year, one team wins the World Series....the other 29 teams were failures and shouldn't be proud of anything, they didn't get the job done, they didn't do what they get paid to do.....WIN. Typical Stereotypical NY Sports fan
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Post by taker1 on May 31, 2007 14:46:30 GMT -5
Really, who cares? In my mind this Red Sox/Yankees "rivalry" is dead... both teams are a collection of hired guns. I don't even get into it. I hate the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals just as much as I hate the Red Sox. I'm actually having fun with this season... I couldn't care less if the Yankees lose, and if they do make the playoffs, it will be something even more special... This team hasn't been the underdog in a while, and despite a 200 million dollar payroll, its nice to be in that role every now and then. The only 2 championships I was really into were the 1996 Yankees and the 1994 New York Rangers. Those two were special... I could see a Red Sox fan being thrilled about 2004, but if they won this year, you'll see my point... it just loses the juice after the first one. I just try to have fun with professional sports any way possible. I mostly like ragging on the athletes... Am I gonna start ripping my hair out because Carl Pavano was a waste of 40 million dollars? Of course not. I find it hillarious. So I find all this bickering- "THE YANKEES ARE THE BEST!!!!111" "NO, THE RED SOX ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!" Quite comical... I'm a Yankees fan... always have been, always will be. I'll root for them until the day I die, through the good, and the bad. Right now, I'm pulling for them to pull out of this... if they don't and miss the playoffs, I get to see the return of one of my favorite human beings ever- angry off-season George Steinbrenner. I'm different........all I care about is winning. To me, that is the point of whatever you do, whatever you watch...you want to be the best and you want your team to the be the best. I'm not bailing on the Yankees, I'm not switching teams and I'm not going to stop watching....but it is so God damn frustrating to have them be this bad. I don't think it's a game and I don't think it's funny when we sign players and they fail or when everyone's job is at stake and George is thinking about firing everyone...that is so much NON-baseball related activity that it puts everyone's focus so far away from the real mission...WINNING BASEBALL GAMES. Any year that the Yankees do not win the World Series is a wasted year and it just makes everyone a year older and makes it harder to win with the same players the next year. When I play tennis or baseball, it's no fun to lose, I don't feel like I accomplished anything when I don't win...just like when you take a test in school or you go to work and you can't do your job...it's not ok to fail. Every year, one team wins the World Series....the other 29 teams were failures and shouldn't be proud of anything, they didn't get the job done, they didn't do what they get paid to do.....WIN. It's nice to win, but I care more about being entertained and excited. This season would be no fun if it continued the way it's begun- with the Sox kicking butt. I'd like to see some sort of drama. That's why I liked the 04, 05, and the 1/2 of 06. It was exciting. This season has lacked that so far.
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