BlackAdder7 said:

JerseyKRS said:

not off to a very good start, are they?

The yankest newest pitcher Lee looked good, didn't he

Lee will be wearing Yankee pinstripes in 2011 - BOOK IT!

In his first playoff game ever, Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter! Dude obviously had a lot of pent-up energy from all those years of no postseason play.

NLDS Game 1: PHI 4, CIN 0

W: Roy Halladay (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

L: Edinson Volquez (0-1, 21.60 ERA)

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sextonseven said:

In his first playoff game ever, Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter! Dude obviously had a lot of pent-up energy from all those years of no postseason play.

NLDS Game 1: PHI 4, CIN 0

W: Roy Halladay (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

L: Edinson Volquez (0-1, 21.60 ERA)

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stupid phillies.....

ALDS Game 1: NYY 6, MIN 4

W: CC Sabathia (1-0, 4.50 ERA)

L: Jesse Crain (0-1, 54.00 ERA)

Yanks definitely dodged a bullet by missing Cliff Lee with the Rangers because CC was shaky tonight.

I actually feel bad for the Twins. We've been beating them like a red headed step child for years.

All praise should be on Doc Halladay for yesterday's performance. That's serious stud shit he did yesterday.

CarrieLee said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

yeah and it was the yanks that knocked the whiney sox out of the playoffs totally!! so they come up with sympathy talk of francona being manager of the year cause he managed a team that had players with injuries ..like he's the only manager that does this? pluhleeze ...another season without boston in the playoffs is wonderful news to me tho!! time 2 work on the next 86 years of crying the blues and pointing fingers at the world champs

Oh god, another sensitive Yankees fan Jersey was enough, I don't need anymore!

not sensitive at all about my 27 time world champions trying 2 go for number 28

JerseyKRS said:

I actually feel bad for the Twins. We've been beating them like a red headed step child for years.

All praise should be on Doc Halladay for yesterday's performance. That's serious stud shit he did yesterday.

yeah props 2 him but damn i think the yanks got shafted by getting AJ instead of Roy

Today's games and starting pitchers:

AL DIVISION SERIES:

TAMPA BAY RAYS VS. TEXAS RANGERS

Game 2: Texas (C.J. Wilson, 15-8) at Tampa Bay (James Shields, 13-15) 2:37 p.m.

MINNESOTA TWINS VS. NEW YORK YANKEES

Game 2: N.Y. Yankees (Andy Pettitte, 11-3) at Minnesota (Carl Pavano, 17-11) 6:07 p.m.

NL DIVISION SERIES

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS VS. ATLANTA BRAVES

Game 1: Atlanta (Derek Lowe, 16-12) at San Francisco (Tim Lincecum, 16-10) 9:37 p.m.

JerseyKRS said:

I actually feel bad for the Twins. We've been beating them like a red headed step child for years.

After 2004, I'm not feeling sorry for any team the Yanks would smack down on the regular until the series is over!

sextonseven said:

JerseyKRS said:

I actually feel bad for the Twins. We've been beating them like a red headed step child for years.

After 2004, I'm not feeling sorry for any team the Yanks would smack down on the regular until the series is over!

True, but you could see the energy getting sucked out of their players and fans as the Yankees took the lead and won the game.

And.... GO GIANTS!!

Two days in a row now the Rangers have opened up a can of buttkick on the Rays.

sextonseven said:

Two days in a row now the Rangers have opened up a can of buttkick on the Rays.

I saw one of the talking heads on ESPN go through a bunch of stats about the Rays the other day. As little as they score it's really pretty amazing that they made it to the post season. There was a whole bunch of statistics in which they were the only, or one of a few, to do so while being that bad during the regular season.

Cerebus said:

sextonseven said:

Two days in a row now the Rangers have opened up a can of buttkick on the Rays.

I saw one of the talking heads on ESPN go through a bunch of stats about the Rays the other day. As little as they score it's really pretty amazing that they made it to the post season. There was a whole bunch of statistics in which they were the only, or one of a few, to do so while being that bad during the regular season.

The Rays were no-hit twice this year by the A's and Diamonbacks and were almost no-hit a third time by Toronto until Longoria got a hit with two outs in the ninth inning. That says it all about their offense.

Man! Some of my favorite Orgers are Yankee fans.

What is the world coming to?

Truly, I don't think there's anythiing on anyone in the world I hate, except the Yankees.

What do you guys think about the AL Cy Young?

Sabathiia or Hernandez?

Fenwick said:

Man! Some of my favorite Orgers are Yankee fans.

What is the world coming to?

Truly, I don't think there's anythiing on anyone in the world I hate, except the Yankees.

What do you guys think about the AL Cy Young?

Sabathiia or Hernandez?

I respect Felix's numbers, I do....but his win loss record negates a Cy Young IMHO. Unfair, yes. Too bad.

It should be between CC and Price, I wouldn't have a problem with either one winning as they both performed well enough to earn it.

JerseyKRS said:

Fenwick said:

Man! Some of my favorite Orgers are Yankee fans.

What is the world coming to?

Truly, I don't think there's anythiing on anyone in the world I hate, except the Yankees.

What do you guys think about the AL Cy Young?

Sabathiia or Hernandez?

I respect Felix's numbers, I do....but his win loss record negates a Cy Young IMHO. Unfair, yes. Too bad.

It should be between CC and Price, I wouldn't have a problem with either one winning as they both performed well enough to earn it.

See - I think it comes down to Felix and Sabathia. CC had Price in innings, Wins and strike outs. Price had CC in ERA by .4

So if you are going the old school code, I think CC deserves it over Price.

But best pitcher, I mean look at last night. CC goes 6 innings and gives up 4 runs but gets the W because his team scores 8 runs a game for him.

If the vote is for "best pitcher", didn't Felix pitch a better game day in and day out?

For the record, if CC wins it, I don't think that's a bad decision. He had a heck of a year. I just think Felix had a better one.

Fenwick said:

JerseyKRS said:

I respect Felix's numbers, I do....but his win loss record negates a Cy Young IMHO. Unfair, yes. Too bad.

It should be between CC and Price, I wouldn't have a problem with either one winning as they both performed well enough to earn it.

See - I think it comes down to Felix and Sabathia. CC had Price in innings, Wins and strike outs. Price had CC in ERA by .4

So if you are going the old school code, I think CC deserves it over Price.

But best pitcher, I mean look at last night. CC goes 6 innings and gives up 4 runs but gets the W because his team scores 8 runs a game for him.

If the vote is for "best pitcher", didn't Felix pitch a better game day in and day out?

For the record, if CC wins it, I don't think that's a bad decision. He had a heck of a year. I just think Felix had a better one.

I think Felix should get his ass out of Seattle as soon as he can.

Fenwick said:

JerseyKRS said:

I respect Felix's numbers, I do....but his win loss record negates a Cy Young IMHO. Unfair, yes. Too bad.

It should be between CC and Price, I wouldn't have a problem with either one winning as they both performed well enough to earn it.

See - I think it comes down to Felix and Sabathia. CC had Price in innings, Wins and strike outs. Price had CC in ERA by .4

So if you are going the old school code, I think CC deserves it over Price.

But best pitcher, I mean look at last night. CC goes 6 innings and gives up 4 runs but gets the W because his team scores 8 runs a game for him.

If the vote is for "best pitcher", didn't Felix pitch a better game day in and day out?

For the record, if CC wins it, I don't think that's a bad decision. He had a heck of a year. I just think Felix had a better one.

I totally agree about CC being better than Price. Price shouldn't get the award because he gives up 1/3 less of a run per 9 innings when CC tops him in everything else.

As for CC, looking at last night's performance is not allowed. The regular season is over so dude could stink for the rest of the playoffs and it shouldn't make a difference in how people vote. Just like when he won in 2007.

sextonseven said:

I totally agree about CC being better than Price. Price shouldn't get the award because he gives up 1/3 less of a run per 9 innings when CC tops him in everything else.

As for CC, looking at last night's performance is not allowed. The regular season is over so dude could stink for the rest of the playoffs and it shouldn't make a difference in how people vote. Just like when he won in 2007.

I totally agree that it should be voted on before the playoffs start lest that influence decisions. I was only using last night's game as a frame of reference.

I think Felix had 7 starts this year where the M's were shut out. 20% of the time he starts, his team doesn't score. How do you give up less than zero runs?

I think wins and losses should factor in when everything else is close. Sometimes you pitch up/down to the game's situation. So similar stats should reward the guy with the better win/loss record.

But Felix' season was just so much better in every controllable category, I don't see how anyone could say CC pitched better.

Of course, this coming from a Yankee hater, I don't expect my opinion to resonate too much with you jackals.....

sextonseven said:

Two days in a row now the Rangers have opened up a can of buttkick on the Rays.

They spend the entire season going toe-to-toe with the Yankees for the division, and now they're on the verge of being swept. That sucks.

JerseyKRS said:

Fenwick said:

Man! Some of my favorite Orgers are Yankee fans.

What is the world coming to?

Truly, I don't think there's anythiing on anyone in the world I hate, except the Yankees.

What do you guys think about the AL Cy Young?

Sabathiia or Hernandez?

I respect Felix's numbers, I do....but his win loss record negates a Cy Young IMHO. Unfair, yes. Too bad.

It should be between CC and Price, I wouldn't have a problem with either one winning as they both performed well enough to earn it.

felix is this years zeinke but hopefully CC will get it

Fenwick said:

sextonseven said:

I totally agree about CC being better than Price. Price shouldn't get the award because he gives up 1/3 less of a run per 9 innings when CC tops him in everything else.

As for CC, looking at last night's performance is not allowed. The regular season is over so dude could stink for the rest of the playoffs and it shouldn't make a difference in how people vote. Just like when he won in 2007.

I totally agree that it should be voted on before the playoffs start lest that influence decisions. I was only using last night's game as a frame of reference.

I think Felix had 7 starts this year where the M's were shut out. 20% of the time he starts, his team doesn't score. How do you give up less than zero runs?

I think wins and losses should factor in when everything else is close. Sometimes you pitch up/down to the game's situation. So similar stats should reward the guy with the better win/loss record.

But Felix' season was just so much better in every controllable category, I don't see how anyone could say CC pitched better.

Of course, this coming from a Yankee hater, I don't expect my opinion to resonate too much with you jackals.....

Using last night as a frame of reference? Why not use the Rays/Yanks game from Sept 13th when CC pitched eight innings of two-hit shutout ball because he was matched up with Price who did the same?

Having said that, I'd give the Cy Young to King Felix.

sextonseven said:

Fenwick said:

I totally agree that it should be voted on before the playoffs start lest that influence decisions. I was only using last night's game as a frame of reference.

I think Felix had 7 starts this year where the M's were shut out. 20% of the time he starts, his team doesn't score. How do you give up less than zero runs?

I think wins and losses should factor in when everything else is close. Sometimes you pitch up/down to the game's situation. So similar stats should reward the guy with the better win/loss record.

But Felix' season was just so much better in every controllable category, I don't see how anyone could say CC pitched better.

Of course, this coming from a Yankee hater, I don't expect my opinion to resonate too much with you jackals.....

Using last night as a frame of reference? Why not use the Rays/Yanks game from Sept 13th when CC pitched eight innings of two-hit shutout ball because he was matched up with Price who did the same?

Having said that, I'd give the Cy Young to King Felix.

I don't have a problem with that either, just on a personal level I think his W/L record is ugly, whether that's his fault or not.

Hopefully Andy can give us some strong innings. I don't expect him to go deep as he was on the DL all that time. He is a witch in October, though. 2-0 makes things so much easier.

I'm sure he's going to have a short leash, if Joe knows how to manage. AJ could come in for some long relief, but who knows if that's a good thing or not.

JerseyKRS said:

Hopefully Andy can give us some strong innings. I don't expect him to go deep as he was on the DL all that time. He is a witch in October, though. 2-0 makes things so much easier.

Six strong innings from Andy would be sweet.

uPtoWnNY said:

JerseyKRS said:

Hopefully Andy can give us some strong innings. I don't expect him to go deep as he was on the DL all that time. He is a witch in October, though. 2-0 makes things so much easier.

Six strong innings from Andy would be sweet.

that's asking for a lot IMO. If we can get 5 decent ones, I think that's good. If we can get to the 7th without being blown out in any of these playoff games, I like our chances for the most part.

Robertson, Wood, and Joba can really shorten these games like Stanton, Nelson and Mendoza did in the late 90's. 5-6 innings from the starter, bullpen and then Mariano...it's a recipe that works. Not every night, but damn straight it will in 7 game series.

ALDS Game 2: TEX 6, TB 0

W: C.J. Wilson (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

L: James Shields (0-1, 8.31 ERA)

The Rays have scored one run in 18 innings.

sextonseven said:

ALDS Game 2: TEX 6, TB 0

W: C.J. Wilson (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

L: James Shields (0-1, 8.31 ERA)

The Rays have scored one run in 18 innings.

5 games with one hit or less this season. No offense doesn't equal winning when facing playoff pitching, I don't care whou you are. It's a shame too, I wanted to smash them all over the place in the ALCS.

JerseyKRS said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Six strong innings from Andy would be sweet.

that's asking for a lot IMO. If we can get 5 decent ones, I think that's good. If we can get to the 7th without being blown out in any of these playoff games, I like our chances for the most part.

Robertson, Wood, and Joba can really shorten these games like Stanton, Nelson and Mendoza did in the late 90's. 5-6 innings from the starter, bullpen and then Mariano...it's a recipe that works. Not every night, but damn straight it will in 7 game series.

I don't trust Joba anymore--especially not in close games.