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***ALCS Texas Rangers v New York Yankees*** (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Doctor Detroit
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Billy Bats
Footballguy
Pretty good player and with a maniac streak.Pretty good first two lines for the Bolts. Downie was quite the find.Steve Downie
Was disappointed we traded him to you guys, but it turned to be a good trade for both teams.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Will Girardi actually go ahead and prove he's a terrible manager by sticking with Burnett for game 4?
Who cares if he looks wishy-washy by changing his mind. The season is O-V-E-R if he takes the hill.
Who cares if he looks wishy-washy by changing his mind. The season is O-V-E-R if he takes the hill.
Premier
Footballguy
Pretty good player and with a maniac streak.Pretty good first two lines for the Bolts. Downie was quite the find.Steve Downie
Crazy player + scoring touch = good times.
Premier
Footballguy
Can CC go on 3-days rest twice? If the Rangers hold on here it would almost definitely go 7 for the Yanks to pull off a series win. You can't hide Burnett forever.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
There's a couple of weeks left in the season. Suck it up. C.C. on 3 days >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Burnett on 2 months rest.Can CC go on 3-days rest twice? If the Rangers hold on here it would almost definitely go 7 for the Yanks to pull off a series win. You can't hide Burnett forever.
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Anyone checking Bill Simmons' twitter feed? (http://twitter.com/SportsGuy33) He's trying his best to jinx the Yankees. 
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Why would Cliff Lee want to pitch for the Yankees? He can go into New York every year in the playoffs and beat them, he should just do that.
I think the Rangers are going to throw a huge offer at him and if they at least win this series, he may very well take it.
I think the Rangers are going to throw a huge offer at him and if they at least win this series, he may very well take it.
Premier
Footballguy
I don't really disagree I guess.On the same note, if Lee doesn't come out for the 9th, Ron Washington should be fired and then shot immediately in the dugout. I saw Feliz look shaky in the LDS at the Trop; he'll probably #### himself trying to close out Lee's gem at Yankee Stadium.There's a couple of weeks left in the season. Suck it up. C.C. on 3 days >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Burnett on 2 months rest.Can CC go on 3-days rest twice? If the Rangers hold on here it would almost definitely go 7 for the Yanks to pull off a series win. You can't hide Burnett forever.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Yeah but then what? Pitch Hughes and Pettitte on three days rest? I think they have to throw Burnett tomorrow.There's a couple of weeks left in the season. Suck it up. C.C. on 3 days >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Burnett on 2 months rest.Can CC go on 3-days rest twice? If the Rangers hold on here it would almost definitely go 7 for the Yanks to pull off a series win. You can't hide Burnett forever.
bentley
Footballguy
Burnett would be going against Tommy Hunter, who's not all that good. Better to take your shot there rather than screwing the rotation for the rest of the series.There's a couple of weeks left in the season. Suck it up. C.C. on 3 days >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Burnett on 2 months rest.Can CC go on 3-days rest twice? If the Rangers hold on here it would almost definitely go 7 for the Yanks to pull off a series win. You can't hide Burnett forever.
shadyridr
Footballguy
I agree but is he gonna go with Hughes & Pettitte on 3 days rest too
Premier
Footballguy
The Yanks will have to win one of game 4 or 5. The only benefit to bringing CC back tomorrow is if you plan to use him in game 7. Otherwise it doesn't make a huge difference.
If he does go tomorrow though, you have to go Burnett in game 5 and then Hughes in 6. Either way, AJ is going to take the mound.
If he does go tomorrow though, you have to go Burnett in game 5 and then Hughes in 6. Either way, AJ is going to take the mound.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Huge back to back hits there, I say you leave Lee on the pine now.
bentley
Footballguy
Need one more run to make it a comfortable situation for Neffi.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Chubby butt comes through with another big hit. Lee now on the bench too long, can't bring him back at 120 pitches.
bentley
Footballguy
He's near his career high, he had back problems earlier in the year, and we really need him case of a game 7. Happy's going to have to be useful at some point in this series. Would be nice to get him some work in Yankee Stadium.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
damn the Rangers are one meltdown away from leading this series 3-0.
Yankees fans pretending they are Dodgers fans, heading for the exits.
Yankees fans pretending they are Dodgers fans, heading for the exits.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
I gotta say...I don't watch really ANY baseball, but is Yankee Stadium always this empty? I know it's 6-0 now, but I've been watching sparingly from the 7th on, and can't help but notice all the empty seats.
I know the tickets are supposedly super-expensive....but it's the ALCS!
I know the tickets are supposedly super-expensive....but it's the ALCS!
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Don't be so sure.
bentley
Footballguy
You're right. That guy's terrible. How about Derek Holland?
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Yankees playing the infield in 
Texas 12-29 w/RISP in the series, awesome.
Texas 12-29 w/RISP in the series, awesome.
Lehigh98
Footballguy
If you threw out that meltdown inning, Rangers would be outscoring Yanks 20-3 through 3 games.damn the Rangers are one meltdown away from leading this series 3-0.Yankees fans pretending they are Dodgers fans, heading for the exits.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
Woah. Can we do that?If you threw out that meltdown inning, Rangers would be outscoring Yanks 20-3 through 3 games.damn the Rangers are one meltdown away from leading this series 3-0.Yankees fans pretending they are Dodgers fans, heading for the exits.
coolnerd
Footballguy
Honestly, If I were not Rangers fan, I would have been all over the NFL unless is was a crazy pitching match-up like the Phills-Sf game 1
coolnerd
Footballguy
Think he has the false humility thing down.Cliff Lee: "I did pretty good."
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Great game by Pettitte
Couldn't have asked for more
Couldn't have asked for more
Michael Brown
Footballguy
Don't know if you're being serious or just making fun of the fans, but people left when Texas put eleventeen runs on the board in the 9th. Stadium was jammed from the outset. Probably the loudest I've heard it during pregame stuff, lots of anticipation, even the Hamilton HR didn't completely deflate the place. But after the 1-2-3- bottom of the 1st, everyone just kinda sat on their hands for awhile. Couple of moments here and there -- A-Rod up with one on, and Tex up with Gardner on third come to mind...but yeah otherwise, there wasn't much to cheer for.Still doesn't excuse leaving a 2-0 game, which a handful of people did after the bottom of the 8th. Traffic getting out of the Bronx on a Monday night really isn't all that bad.ETA: My tickets are in the 6th row of the grandstand, pretty much right behind home plate. They were $54 each FV. The majority of the tickets in the stadium are that much or less.
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Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Well the team with home field should be up 2-1 at this point but it sure as heck doesn't feel like everything is going to any plan. The offense needs to wake up or the Burnett questions won't matter anyway. Interesting thing I noticed last night - the 3 Rangers starters were on the championship teams in my league - the 3 Yankees weren't. 
Wouldn't have guessed that without looking.
This Rangers team is fun to watch though. Sucks they are doing it against my team.
Wouldn't have guessed that without looking.This Rangers team is fun to watch though. Sucks they are doing it against my team.
boubucarow
Footballguy
I have never understood the majority of fans. The small chance of a historic comeback is worth the aggravation of staying when your team is losing big. I never leave a game my team is losing early because of the fear of missing a comeback. I am far more likely to leave a game my team is winning big as I don't really want to see if the other team can come back.
No real dog in this fight, but that was an absolute thing of beauty to watch last night for anyone who has ever loved baseball and isn't a die hard Yankee fan. All of the superlatives, all of the hype....all true. Soooo many times the performance doesn't live up to the hype, but last night, it did. In spades. Lee was so utterly dominate, so completely masterful that there was no doubt who was going to win the game after about the 3rd inning. 100 mile per hour fastballs may sell tickets in June, but being able to hit a dime from 60'6" while changing speeds is frequently more effective. The way he was cutting his fastball, four-seeming his fastball, changing speeds, dropping that mid seventies high-school-looking curve wherever he wanted it. Amazing. May have been 1 hard hit ball all night long against a virtual All Star batting order. Bravo.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
Jesus. I should have taken this post more seriously.
wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
Good thing my team traded that guy.Genedoc said:
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
I agree. Why does being a YAnkee fan matter? I'm absolutely loving the pitching I'm seeing this postseason. Sucks my team isn't doing it but hey, it happens.Genedoc said:
Hard for many to appreciate beauty when your team is on the wrong end of the domination. If you still can, you're a better man than me.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
LOL! Yankees with a virtual All Star batting order.The top and bottom of the lineup is weak. This lineup isn't nearly as good as the one they had last year.Genedoc said:
TLEF316
Footballguy
As I said from the start, the Yankees should have thrown Burnett last night against Lee.
If Lee threw his A-game (which he obviously did), NOTHING the Yankee starter could do would have mattered (short of a no hitter).
Burnett had to pitch eventually, so why not take your 2 least winnable games (the game lee starts and the game burnett starts) and make them 1 game? If Burnett blows up against Lee, who cares? Lee's shutting you out anyway. I would have set up the rotation as follows.....
Game 1- CC
Game 2- Pettite
Game 3- Burnett
Game 4- CC
Game 5- Hughes
Game 6- Pettite
Game 7- CC
This way you get 3 games out of CC, 2 out of Andy (who's still better than Hughes, plus you get Hughes at home instead of on the road) and water down the disadvantage of having to pitch Burnett (since he's pitching a game you're 90% gonna lose anyway)
Hell, in this scenario, Andy even gets an extra day of rest.
Ideally, I'd prefer to go with Andy in games 2 and 6 and just let CC g
If Lee threw his A-game (which he obviously did), NOTHING the Yankee starter could do would have mattered (short of a no hitter).
Burnett had to pitch eventually, so why not take your 2 least winnable games (the game lee starts and the game burnett starts) and make them 1 game? If Burnett blows up against Lee, who cares? Lee's shutting you out anyway. I would have set up the rotation as follows.....
Game 1- CC
Game 2- Pettite
Game 3- Burnett
Game 4- CC
Game 5- Hughes
Game 6- Pettite
Game 7- CC
This way you get 3 games out of CC, 2 out of Andy (who's still better than Hughes, plus you get Hughes at home instead of on the road) and water down the disadvantage of having to pitch Burnett (since he's pitching a game you're 90% gonna lose anyway)
Hell, in this scenario, Andy even gets an extra day of rest.
Ideally, I'd prefer to go with Andy in games 2 and 6 and just let CC g
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
Hughes ERA...2010:Home 4.66Away 3.47Career:Home 4.53Away 3.82
TLEF316
Footballguy
Playoffs are a different bag though.I think I'd still prefer to throw him in front of a favorable home crowd.
