Between the pit of Man's fears, and the summit of his knowledge

Susan/Circle:
[Sigh] Just when I thought I was totally ovah Johnny Damon, having not thought of him in months, poof, there he is with a 2 run, game-winnah.

 

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Mike:
Despite the anguish his homah brought to my Red Sox haht, I know at some level that this is exactly why the rivalry is the rivalry that it is.

 

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Susan/Circle:
So Manny Ramirez left the game with spasms … So should we staht the clock to see how long it is befoah we get the first "he quit on the team with a 'phantom' injury" story from Shaughnessy?

 

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Mike:
Oh, I'm sure there's already a draft on the CHB's hahd drive just waiting to be submitted. He'll sit back and wait to see if the Red Sox fortunes to turn sour first.

 

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Susan/Circle:
I can't believe that in Shaughnessy's piece today he missed the chance to note the following:

Today, August 29, 2007, the Yankees trail the Red Sox by 7 games, and on August 29, 1978 the Yankees trailed the Red Sox by, wait for it, 7 games … Doo doo doodoo doo doo doodoo

 

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Mike:
Seriously, that's just the kind of historicity that gives Shaughnessy the wood.

 

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Comments

[pinstripe thunder]

And THAT is why we overpay for greedy SOB's 10 years past their prime. Probably still only a 10% chance of winning the division, 50% chance of taking the wild card. If the Yankees do either, tonight was a turning point. That's what Rocket is supposed to do -- beat your ace in the big money games.

Rivera was evil tonight. He was throwing the cut fastball at 90 in April when he sucked, 92 in June -- consistent 94 tonight.

Memo to Torre -- every game from here on in is a must win. That means there is no reason to use Kyle Farnsworth, still the worst setup man in baseball, EVER.

Bob -- Beckett is an excellent pitcher. Still not quite full-fledged ace status...

Kaz -- we're still facing East, against all odds.

[Genghis Ortiz]

Ok, this will be a fight to the end and we gotta be lovin' it all. Much better than last year's 'mail-in-the-last-six-weeks'.

It would be great to see a few more late inning victories and two out rallies. The Karma was there in 2004. And anyone who thinks that both Damon and Millar were simply sideshows in 2004...I respectfully disagree...

I think the Son of Tito has done a darn respectable job keeping everyone fresh and healthy (including Manny)...but I just don't see the fight in these guys...the only one that seems 'into it' is Ortiz, as usual. I wish they would either get mad as hell or act like they are having fun, at least.

I blame it all on Nancy Drew. Fucking waste of $20 + million.

[Kaz]

Pinstripe, give it a fucking rest, dude.

Clemens was pitching against the guy we put in when we can't even put in Kielty...and JD Drew. To leave both Manny and Kielty on the day-2-day instead of moving one to the DL and bringing up Ellsbury for 15 days is a stupid ass move on Tito's part. To leave both Daisuke AND Beckett in for 7 innings while our bullpen licks the lead paint in the Toilet is yet another pair of stupid ass moves on Tito's part. Torre puts in guys like Farnsworth and runs Mariano out there for back-2-back appearances to face a total of 7 batters..he's going to be the absolute death of the bullpen by mid-September.

The rest of the season says we win and the Yankees will be lucky to make the playoffs at best. So, give it a fucking rest here, pinstripe. Go play on your own team's websites for a while. Your trolling is moot and boorish.

[soxdownunder]

Sorry Corporal but I agree completely with Kaz's sentiments. Nobody here really wants your realtime live blogging feigned anguish. There are (no doubt) plenty of places in Yankee cyberland where you can blog this stuff.

[soxdownunder]

inasmuch as I can speak for others ...

[pinstripe thunder]

Sorry. Didn't mean to be boorish. I got carried away in the heat of the moment. I'll take it on the road for awhile, but Yankees web sites are a yawn.

The Corporal