BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:I don't have a lot of confidence in the Red Sox. It seems like they are very inconsistent.
auggiebc {l Wrote}:BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:I don't have a lot of confidence in the Red Sox. It seems like they are very inconsistent.
95 wins without a healthy rotation all year long is inconsistent?
With a healthy Dise-K and Wakefield we are talking about a 100+ win team.
BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:auggiebc {l Wrote}:BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:I don't have a lot of confidence in the Red Sox. It seems like they are very inconsistent.
95 wins without a healthy rotation all year long is inconsistent?
With a healthy Dise-K and Wakefield we are talking about a 100+ win team.
They've lost 5 in a row or more 3 times since the All Star break.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}: Sox over minor league representative in 5.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Yankee starting pitching has just about 0% chance of making it through the first two rounds. The Tigers, Red Sox and Angels all are substantially better pitching staffs, and that is what wins this time of year.
Tigers over Yankees in 4
Sox over Angels in 5 (winner of this series wins the World Series)
Sox over Tiger in 5
Don't care about the minor league teams.
Sox over minor league representative in 5.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Yankee starting pitching has just about 0% chance of making it through the first two rounds. The Tigers, Red Sox and Angels all are substantially better pitching staffs, and that is what wins this time of year.
Tigers over Yankees in 4
Sox over Angels in 5 (winner of this series wins the World Series)
Sox over Tiger in 5
Don't care about the minor league teams.
Sox over minor league representative in 5.
explain to me how the red sox can match up with carpenter, wainwright, piniero, smoltz... i doubt the redsox can make it to the world series but if so then i'll enjoy the cards exacting revenge for '04 when carpenter was hurt in the post-season.
campion {l Wrote}:I like it when the second place team wins the world championship. The 2004 Red Sox are Pretenders to the championship. The Marlins have two WS titles but have never finished in first place in franchise history. These fuckpigs wrecked baseball.
campion {l Wrote}:I like it when the second place team wins the world championship. The 2004 Red Sox are Pretenders to the championship. The Marlins have two WS titles but have never finished in first place in franchise history. These fuckpigs wrecked baseball.
hansen {l Wrote}:campion {l Wrote}:I like it when the second place team wins the world championship. The 2004 Red Sox are Pretenders to the championship. The Marlins have two WS titles but have never finished in first place in franchise history. These fuckpigs wrecked baseball.
all i'm saying is that the 2004 WS would have been a completely different series had Carpenter been healthy. the final outcome might have been the same but i'd like to think with a Cy Young pitcher on the mound it would have been much closer.
i guess i shouldn't be that upset though because the 2006 cards won the title and were not the most deserving team so i guess it all evens out in the end.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Yankee starting pitching has just about 0% chance of making it through the first two rounds. The Tigers, Red Sox and Angels all are substantially better pitching staffs, and that is what wins this time of year.
Tigers over Yankees in 4
Sox over Angels in 5 (winner of this series wins the World Series)
Sox over Tiger in 5
Don't care about the minor league teams.
Sox over minor league representative in 5.
explain to me how the red sox can match up with carpenter, wainwright, piniero, smoltz... i doubt the redsox can make it to the world series but if so then i'll enjoy the cards exacting revenge for '04 when carpenter was hurt in the post-season.
Is this a real question, or are you trying to be funny? Piniero is terrible, the Sox cut Smoltz, and the other two, while decent, pitch in a league where they face few tough hitters (the toughest of which is on their own team) and get to go against the pitcher.
Of Carpenter, Wainwright, Piniero, Smoltz, Beckett, Lester, Bucholz, DiceK, Beckett and Lester are the two best pitchers, and I'd take the Sox staff every day of the week. Especially when you add in that they have the best and deepest bullpen I have seen in years.
Talk to me about how good Chris Carpenter was in the AL, or how great he and Wainwright would be facing the Rays and Yankees 8-10 times a year.
Assuming Beckett is healthy, which is a big assumption that I will make for these purposes, the Red Sox are the best playoff team of the bunch. I for one can't wait to see CC Sabathia and Burnett fold up like a bad poker hand in the playoffs again.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The Yankee starting pitching has just about 0% chance of making it through the first two rounds. The Tigers, Red Sox and Angels all are substantially better pitching staffs, and that is what wins this time of year.
Tigers over Yankees in 4
Sox over Angels in 5 (winner of this series wins the World Series)
Sox over Tiger in 5
Don't care about the minor league teams.
Sox over minor league representative in 5.
explain to me how the red sox can match up with carpenter, wainwright, piniero, smoltz... i doubt the redsox can make it to the world series but if so then i'll enjoy the cards exacting revenge for '04 when carpenter was hurt in the post-season.
Is this a real question, or are you trying to be funny? Piniero is terrible, the Sox cut Smoltz, and the other two, while decent, pitch in a league where they face few tough hitters (the toughest of which is on their own team) and get to go against the pitcher.
Of Carpenter, Wainwright, Piniero, Smoltz, Beckett, Lester, Bucholz, DiceK, Beckett and Lester are the two best pitchers, and I'd take the Sox staff every day of the week. Especially when you add in that they have the best and deepest bullpen I have seen in years.
Talk to me about how good Chris Carpenter was in the AL, or how great he and Wainwright would be facing the Rays and Yankees 8-10 times a year.
Assuming Beckett is healthy, which is a big assumption that I will make for these purposes, the Red Sox are the best playoff team of the bunch. I for one can't wait to see CC Sabathia and Burnett fold up like a bad poker hand in the playoffs again.
smoltz was tipping pitches. the fact your coaching staff couldn't pick up on that doesn't say much for them. as for the best pitchers, i'll admit that Beckett is an outstanding pitcher but carpenter is just as filthy. Carpenter is one of those pitchers who emerged from TJ surgery and became a much better pitcher. there are other examples of this. i'll give you that your closer is better... but the cardinals have a crazy good 1-2 punch in Pujols (the best hitter in all of baseball and arguably the best player in the game right now) and Matt Holliday. the red sox have a deeper lineup but that's a result of the DH... AL teams will always (or should at least) have deeper lineups. and, as for the devil rays, they were awful this year.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:campion {l Wrote}:I like it when the second place team wins the world championship. The 2004 Red Sox are Pretenders to the championship. The Marlins have two WS titles but have never finished in first place in franchise history. These fuckpigs wrecked baseball.
There is a tremendous difference between winning over 162 games and winning 3 consecutive short series. Smart teams build playoff rosters. In your world, why bother having playoffs at all? Just anoint the team with the best record. While we are at it, I guess we can go back and make the 16-0 Patriots the Super Bowl champions, but take away their first championship as a wild card team, since the second place team should not be in it.
The Red Sox tied for the third best record in baseball despite stumbling down the stretch while getting the rotation in order. I say we kick St. Louis, which finished 4 games behind the Red Sox, out of the playoffs. Or Philly, which finished 2 games behind the Red Sox. Or the winner of today's battle of mediocrity, which will finish 8 games behind the Red Sox.
Red Sox have built their team to make the playoffs, but be the best team once they get there. It has worked twice in the past 5 seasons.
campion {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:campion {l Wrote}:I like it when the second place team wins the world championship. The 2004 Red Sox are Pretenders to the championship. The Marlins have two WS titles but have never finished in first place in franchise history. These fuckpigs wrecked baseball.
There is a tremendous difference between winning over 162 games and winning 3 consecutive short series. Smart teams build playoff rosters. In your world, why bother having playoffs at all? Just anoint the team with the best record. While we are at it, I guess we can go back and make the 16-0 Patriots the Super Bowl champions, but take away their first championship as a wild card team, since the second place team should not be in it.
The Red Sox tied for the third best record in baseball despite stumbling down the stretch while getting the rotation in order. I say we kick St. Louis, which finished 4 games behind the Red Sox, out of the playoffs. Or Philly, which finished 2 games behind the Red Sox. Or the winner of today's battle of mediocrity, which will finish 8 games behind the Red Sox.
Red Sox have built their team to make the playoffs, but be the best team once they get there. It has worked twice in the past 5 seasons.
You taught me everything I know about casting bait, Teddy. Nice to see you.
I am not saying that the post season should be eliminated, or even that there shouldn't be diviions. But the 3 division set up they have now is bogus. Two divisions, champions play for LCS.
talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:campion {l Wrote}:I like it when the second place team wins the world championship. The 2004 Red Sox are Pretenders to the championship. The Marlins have two WS titles but have never finished in first place in franchise history. These fuckpigs wrecked baseball.
There is a tremendous difference between winning over 162 games and winning 3 consecutive short series. Smart teams build playoff rosters. In your world, why bother having playoffs at all? Just anoint the team with the best record. While we are at it, I guess we can go back and make the 16-0 Patriots the Super Bowl champions, but take away their first championship as a wild card team, since the second place team should not be in it.
The Red Sox tied for the third best record in baseball despite stumbling down the stretch while getting the rotation in order. I say we kick St. Louis, which finished 4 games behind the Red Sox, out of the playoffs. Or Philly, which finished 2 games behind the Red Sox. Or the winner of today's battle of mediocrity, which will finish 8 games behind the Red Sox.
Red Sox have built their team to make the playoffs, but be the best team once they get there. It has worked twice in the past 5 seasons.
I hate when people compare the NFL to Major League Baseball. The longer a regular season, the less important playoffs are in determining the best team.
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