AL Playoff MIN v. DETROIT

[S2M]

Detroit better pull this off. Cause Twinkees don't have a chance against the Yankees. Bad enough the ONLY chance Detroit has is for Verlander to win the first game....

Umpires are blowing this game. Polanco never strikes out, and that wasn't a strike. Second, that guy was safe at first. Detroit should be up by one.

[RedWingFan]

Detroit better pull this off. Cause Twinkees don't have a chance against the Yankees. Bad enough the ONLY chance Detroit has is for Verlander to win the first game....

Umpires are blowing this game. Polanco never strikes out, and that wasn't a strike. Second, that guy was safe at first. Detroit should be up by one.

Detroit shouldn't even be in this position. I called them blowing their 7 game lead a month ago though. A choke job for the ages. Up 3 games with 4 to play.

[RedWingFan]

The Tigers deserve every bit of shame, embarrassment and ridicule that people can pile on them...every bit of it.

[T-Bone]

Hooray for the Twins... hehehehe

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

That was an entertaining game to say the least.

[S2M]

ROBBED! First that phantom 3rd strike on Polanco, then the ball hits Inge and the ump says no. WTF?

Looks like Yankees-Sawk in the ALCS.

[Enigma869]

Looks like Yankees-Sawk in the ALCS.

I wouldn't write the Angels off so quickly. I think it's hilarious that the media in Boston automatically think the Red Sox are going to win this series easily. Beckett has looked awful in his last couple of outings. Also, the guy has been forced to take several cortisone shots over the past week. That is NEVER a good thing. Bucholz has looked even worse than Beckett in his past two starts and he's their third starter. I'm not sold on this Red Sox team, AT ALL!

[S2M]

Looks like Yankees-Sawk in the ALCS.

I wouldn't write the Angels off so quickly. I think it's hilarious that the media in Boston automatically think the Red Sox are going to win this series easily. Beckett has looked awful in his last couple of outings. Also, the guy has been forced to take several cortisone shots over the past week. That is NEVER a good thing. Bucholz has looked even worse than Beckett in his past two starts and he's their third starter. I'm not sold on this Red Sox team, AT ALL!

I'll refer you to being down 3-0 to NY in '04.

Only thing that scares me is the Halos' running game. Thats it.

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

Looks like Yankees-Sawk in the ALCS.

I wouldn't write the Angels off so quickly. I think it's hilarious that the media in Boston automatically think the Red Sox are going to win this series easily. Beckett has looked awful in his last couple of outings. Also, the guy has been forced to take several cortisone shots over the past week. That is NEVER a good thing. Bucholz has looked even worse than Beckett in his past two starts and he's their third starter. I'm not sold on this Red Sox team, AT ALL!

I'll refer you to being down 3-0 to NY in '04.

Only thing that scares me is the Halos' running game. Thats it.

the angels have been jinxed against Red Sox in post season ever since don baylor hit that home run in game 5 of 1986 ALCS.

as far as the Sox Yankees series , they might as well just start the series at the 7th inning stretch of the 7th game save millions of shot nerves throughout both the empire and the nation . It all gonna come down to the last two innings anyway.

[Enigma869]

I'll refer you to being down 3-0 to NY in '04.

I can assure you that I don't need Red Sox history lessons from ANYONE! I've been following the Red Sox religiously for well over 30 years. 2004 has nothing to do with 2009. I've never been a sports fan who simply thinks that just because I like a team, means they're going to win. I think the Red Sox do have a better team than the Angels, but that doesn't mean a thing. The Patriots had a better team than the Giants had two years ago and still managed to lose to them in the Super Bowl! If Beckett isn't healthy and Buchholz doesn't get it together, the Red Sox aren't beating anyone in the playoffs. I'm also not someone who really buys into streaks or one team's dominance over another team. The Red Sox ended their streak in 2004, and all streaks must come to an end at some point! The Red Sox will NOT defeat the Yankees this season, even if they get by Anaheim. I'll be back to the old days of hoping the Yankees collapse in the World Series.

[S2M]

I'll refer you to being down 3-0 to NY in '04.

I can assure you that I don't need Red Sox history lessons from ANYONE! I've been following the Red Sox religiously for well over 30 years. 2004 has nothing to do with 2009. I've never been a sports fan who simply thinks that just because I like a team, means they're going to win. I think the Red Sox do have a better team than the Angels, but that doesn't mean a thing. The Patriots had a better team than the Giants had two years ago and still managed to lose to them in the Super Bowl! If Beckett isn't healthy and Buchholz doesn't get it together, the Red Sox aren't beating anyone in the playoffs. I'm also not someone who really buys into streaks or one team's dominance over another team. The Red Sox ended their streak in 2004, and all streaks must come to an end at some point! The Red Sox will NOT defeat the Yankees this season, even if they get by Anaheim. I'll be back to the old days of hoping the Yankees collapse in the World Series.

Ok, you well-learned logician. If '04 has nothing to do with '09, then Beckett's 'last couple of starts' have nothing to do with his next one.

Oh, and BTW, following something religiously doesn't make you an expert, omniscient, or otherwise Nostradamus.

n
Edit: Twins are 0-7 this year against the Yankees. If you really aren't into streaks or one team's dominance over another - why do you think the Yankees will make it past MN?

[Enigma869]

If '04 has nothing to do with '09, then Beckett's 'last couple of starts' have nothing to do with his next one.

Dude...you can't really be this fucking dopey! You're actually drawing an analogy between the passage of 5 years of time versus two weeks? I hope that you're not serious, because if you are, you can't be taken seriously as a sports fan! Listen...I'm not saying that Beckett is going to impode on the mound. What I am saying is that based on his last two starts, along with the fact that he has now been given multiple cortisone shots doesn't give me a great deal of confidence. If you're a Red Sox fan, then you know the last time Beckett wasn't healthy in the playoffs did not end well for the Red Sox!

Oh, and BTW, following something religiously doesn't make you an expert, omniscient, or otherwise Nostradamus.

I never claim to be an "expert" on anything. I simply said as someone who grew up 8 miles from Fenway Park, I don't need history lessons on a team I've been watching most of my life!

[S2M]

If '04 has nothing to do with '09, then Beckett's 'last couple of starts' have nothing to do with his next one.

Dude...you can't really be this fucking dopey! You're actually drawing an analogy between the passage of 5 years of time versus two weeks? I hope that you're not serious, because if you are, you can't be taken seriously as a sports fan! Listen...I'm not saying that Beckett is going to impode on the mound. What I am saying is that based on his last two starts, along with the fact that he has now been given multiple cortisone shots doesn't give me a great deal of confidence. If you're a Red Sox fan, then you know the last time Beckett wasn't healthy in the playoffs did not end well for the Red Sox!

Oh, and BTW, following something religiously doesn't make you an expert, omniscient, or otherwise Nostradamus.

I never claim to be an "expert" on anything. I simply said as someone who grew up 8 miles from Fenway Park, I don't need history lessons on a team I've been watching most of my life!

Even with Beckett's game 2 struggles in last year's ALCS against Tampa Bay - Lester and the team had the chance to rectify it in game 7 - they didn't. And you can't blame Beckett.

[strangegrey]

Is it too much to hope for the squabling red sux fans to kill off eachother before I speak up!?

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

If '04 has nothing to do with '09, then Beckett's 'last couple of starts' have nothing to do with his next one.

Dude...you can't really be this fucking dopey! You're actually drawing an analogy between the passage of 5 years of time versus two weeks? I hope that you're not serious, because if you are, you can't be taken seriously as a sports fan! Listen...I'm not saying that Beckett is going to impode on the mound. What I am saying is that based on his last two starts, along with the fact that he has now been given multiple cortisone shots doesn't give me a great deal of confidence. If you're a Red Sox fan, then you know the last time Beckett wasn't healthy in the playoffs did not end well for the Red Sox!

Oh, and BTW, following something religiously doesn't make you an expert, omniscient, or otherwise Nostradamus.

I never claim to be an "expert" on anything. I simply said as someone who grew up 8 miles from Fenway Park, I don't need history lessons on a team I've been watching most of my life!

holy shit dudes can't we find some yankee fans to beat the crap out of After 04 I think I said if the Sox never won another WS again I d be happy. 07 was a bonus. Ive got the Boston Globe newspaper front pages from 18 and 04 framed and hanging on my wall, I see em every day ( and my wife aint allowed to tear em down.).. Im gonna watch what happens this year with out getting too much of an ulcer!