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UMass922
October 16th, 2009, 06:43 PM
Game 1 gets underway shortly. I predicted Angels in 7 in the playoff prediction thread, so I'll stick with that. Go Angels!
UMass922
October 16th, 2009, 09:18 PM
4-1 Yankees in the 7th. This would be a much tighter game if it weren't for some atrocious defensive plays by the Angels. Lackey pitched admirably, but the Yankees have cashed in on the errors.
LacesOut
October 16th, 2009, 09:19 PM
Go Yanks!
TheValleyRaider
October 16th, 2009, 10:25 PM
Nothing like good, fundamental Angels baseball xreadx

Yanks win 4-1, up 1-0 in the series xthumbsupx
Pards Rule
October 17th, 2009, 07:29 AM
Game 1 gets underway shortly. I predicted Angels in 7 in the playoff prediction thread, so I'll stick with that. Go Angels!


Go Angels! Beat Yanks!!
93henfan
October 17th, 2009, 09:52 AM
Go Yanks!

Tip: You could be much closer to your beloved Yankees if you moved to New Jersey.
LacesOut
October 17th, 2009, 12:38 PM
Tip: You could be much closer to your beloved Yankees if you moved to New Jersey.

LOL LOL LOL

My GF is a Yanks fan, so that's why I want them to win. If she is happy, I'm happy. (if ya know what I mean)

Honestly, I'm not a baseball fan and have no dog in this fight.
LacesOut
October 17th, 2009, 12:47 PM
And you couldn't pay me to move to NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
93henfan
October 17th, 2009, 01:30 PM
And you couldn't pay me to move to NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paying New Jersey natives to move back to New Jersey would be a valid government expenditure, IMHO.
Ivytalk
October 17th, 2009, 08:48 PM
The LA Angels are the New Jersey Nets of MLB!xthumbsupx:p
93henfan
October 17th, 2009, 09:58 PM
The LA Angels are the New Jersey Nets of MLB!xthumbsupx:p

If you're saying that the Nets couldn't get a guy home from second with one out, I agree.
UMass922
October 17th, 2009, 10:52 PM
Angels don't get the "neighborhood" call at second, but get out of the inning. On to the 11th . . .
WWII
October 17th, 2009, 11:16 PM
What a game! Arod ties it back up with an HR in bottom of 11th. He's finally having a great playoff. I'm happy for him.
UMass922
October 18th, 2009, 12:09 AM
Wow, what a horrible way for the Angels to lose. Poor defense costs them another game.
TheValleyRaider
October 18th, 2009, 12:15 AM
2 down, 2 to go

Yankees win 4-3 in 13 innings, and head to LA up 2-0 xthumbsupx xthumbsupx
Go Lehigh TU Owl
October 18th, 2009, 01:02 AM
The Angels might be putting on the worst defensive playoff performance that i've ever seen. I can't believe they lost that game.
93henfan
October 18th, 2009, 09:06 AM
The Angels might be putting on the worst defensive playoff performance that i've ever seen. I can't believe they lost that game.

Yeah, the teams in red in these LCS's have been uncharacteristically bad on defense.
WestCoastAggie
October 18th, 2009, 11:51 AM
The Angels will get back to it's winning over out the Yankees.
UMass922
October 19th, 2009, 06:02 PM
Angels just took a 4-3 lead in the 7th on a triple and a sac fly. Yankees once lead 3-0. Come on LA!
UMass922
October 19th, 2009, 06:26 PM
Abreu. xoopsx
UMass922
October 19th, 2009, 06:32 PM
Tied 4-4, headed to the 9th.
Go Lehigh TU Owl
October 19th, 2009, 07:36 PM
Angels win 5-4 in the bottom of the 11th!!

We got a series!
SoCalAg
October 19th, 2009, 07:38 PM
thank God......the Angels doing the Lord's work!
93henfan
October 19th, 2009, 07:54 PM
Selfishly, I want the Yanks to take the series to set up a Jersey Turnpike World Series.

That being said, I hope the Angels make this a seven game series with every game going 11 to 13 (or more) innings.

Wear 'em out Halos! :D
TheValleyRaider
October 19th, 2009, 08:26 PM
Disappointing loss, plenty of chances to blow it open early, but the Angels got out of it

Yankees still up 2-1 xthumbsupx xthumbsupx
Pards Rule
October 20th, 2009, 08:01 AM
Go Anaheim!!!
NHwildEcat
October 20th, 2009, 08:06 AM
It is harder now since the Phillies won again last night...but I am still holding out hope of a NY/LA World Series!! I would love to see Torre standing on the top step of the visitors dugout in NY. But reality is setting in that it will more likely be a NY/Philly series...which I think I will be fine with too.
UMass922
October 20th, 2009, 08:32 PM
A couple bad calls in the top of the 4th cancel each other out. Looks like Swisher did not leave third too early on the sac fly--but then, he was ruled safe at second earlier in the inning when he was clearly out.

Yankees up 3-0.
UMass922
October 20th, 2009, 08:34 PM
Sabathia cruising on three-days' rest. Angels have just one hit through four.
UMass922
October 20th, 2009, 08:55 PM
WTF!!??!?
ISUMatt
October 20th, 2009, 08:56 PM
worst umpiring by McClellond EVER!!!
MSUfan2010
October 20th, 2009, 08:56 PM
WTF!!??!?

I think Jorge was blocking the ump in all honesty.
Ivytalk
October 20th, 2009, 09:00 PM
A couple bad calls in the top of the 4th cancel each other out. Looks like Swisher did not leave third too early on the sac fly--but then, he was ruled safe at second earlier in the inning when he was clearly out.

Yankees up 3-0.

The SWisher pickoff play at second reminded me of the famous Feller-Masi pickoff play in the Braves-Indians World Series of '48. The ump ruled that Masi was safe, although he was out by as much as Swisher, then Masi went on to score on a hit by Johnny Logan. Lou Boudreau made the tag and couldn't believe it. Feller lost the game, but the Indians won the series.
93henfan
October 20th, 2009, 09:04 PM
I think Jorge was blocking the ump in all honesty.

This is what I hate most about MLB umps: arrogance.

There is no good reason why the home or second base ump couldn't have walked up and had a huddle, just like the NFL refs do, and get the call right.

This whole first-call-stands-no-matter-what BS needs to be made a thing of a bygone era. I really think it turns off a generation that is more in tune to the NFL and its way of doing things.

And Jesus Christ, expand the flipping replay rule to all calls other than balls and strikes! Like, as soon as this season ends. Two challenges per team and get a third if you get two overturned. Simple.
ISUMatt
October 20th, 2009, 09:10 PM
No matter if Jorge was blockingor not, if they were both on the base, Jorge is safe, so no matter what, Cabrera or whoever it was would have been out reguardless...Ump wasnt even looking at their feet, just like on the tag play
MSUfan2010
October 20th, 2009, 09:13 PM
No matter if Jorge was blockingor not, if they were both on the base, Jorge is safe, so no matter what, Cabrera or whoever it was would have been out reguardless...Ump wasnt even looking at their feet, just like on the tag play

He can tell Jorge isn't on the bag. That is why he called him out on the take. But he can't tell if Cano is on the bag until Jorge moves and when he does move the ump sees that his foot is on the bag but didn't see him put it there after the tag.

Like 93 said above, the other umps should have walked over and talked it out.
TheValleyRaider
October 20th, 2009, 10:41 PM
That's what you call a statement game xnodx

Yankees thump Angels 10-1

New York up 3-1, one more win for the pennant xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx
93henfan
October 20th, 2009, 10:55 PM
Yanks and Phils look to be on a crash course (hope I don't jinx either saying that). Should be a very fun World Series.
blukeys
October 20th, 2009, 11:15 PM
Yanks and Phils look to be on a crash course (hope I don't jinx either saying that). Should be a very fun World Series.

They kind of look like mirror images of each other. Two very tough teams. I hate the Yankees but there is a part of me that wants to see the West Coast shut out.
TheValleyRaider
October 22nd, 2009, 10:34 PM
Gutpunch of a game, Yankees lose 7-6

Yankees lead is still 3-2, now going back to NY xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx
93henfan
October 23rd, 2009, 07:59 AM
Wear 'em out Halos! Take it to game seven and make Sabathia pitch 130 pitches!!!
Fear the Bird
October 23rd, 2009, 08:53 AM
Wear 'em out Halos! Take it to game seven and make Sabathia pitch 130 pitches!!!


xthumbsupx If it goes game 7 we won't see Sabathia until game 2 at the earliest and that would be his third straight start on short rest - remember what we did to him last year on his fourth straight start on short rest? xnodxxnodxxnodx
NHwildEcat
October 23rd, 2009, 09:16 AM
The Yankees will finish them off on Saturday night...hell the Angels almost blew it last night..that was freakin' close.
Fear the Bird
October 23rd, 2009, 09:20 AM
I think they will too but weather could be a factor. I'd like to see the Yankees at full strength.

I honestly think if they take care of business tomorrow night, the World Series will go 6-7 games and be great baseball, going either way. However, if this series finds a way to creep into Sunday and CC has to pitch again, the Phillies will roll in 5 games.
GannonFan
October 23rd, 2009, 09:25 AM
I don't get this hype around the Yankees pen - the only guy I'd trust coming out of the Yanks pen is Rivera, who of course is fantastic. But outside of him, there's nothing really reliable right now. Jabba and Hughes keep getting hit everytime they venture out onto the mound, and the rest of the staff is unremarkable. For all the hype given to those two kids, they're finding it hard to translate that into postseason success.
NHwildEcat
October 23rd, 2009, 09:29 AM
I don't get this hype around the Yankees pen - the only guy I'd trust coming out of the Yanks pen is Rivera, who of course is fantastic. But outside of him, there's nothing really reliable right now. Jabba and Hughes keep getting hit everytime they venture out onto the mound, and the rest of the staff is unremarkable. For all the hype given to those two kids, they're finding it hard to translate that into postseason success.

I don't think either bullpen is something to write home to mom about. They both have had their struggles, and I think the tone of this series will be set by the starters and I will certainly give the Phillies the advantage in that regard.
NHwildEcat
October 23rd, 2009, 09:30 AM
However, I guess I don't care who wins...I really hope it goes the full seven games and I will be rooting for the Phils (probably the first time I have rooted for a Philly team since the Eagles were in teh Super Bowl) but I feel deep down that the Yankees will in fact win it.
GannonFan
October 23rd, 2009, 09:34 AM
I don't think either bullpen is something to write home to mom about. They both have had their struggles, and I think the tone of this series will be set by the starters and I will certainly give the Phillies the advantage in that regard.

I think the Rivera factor tends to cloud views in this matter - I'd take Rivera over any closer in baseball (although even Rivera has failed quite a few times on the biggest stage too - jut has succeeded a lot as well). But for all that Jabba, and more importantly Hughes, was made out to be, I don't see them delivering in the post season right now. There was talk on the radio for weeks that the Yanks could practically shorten a game to 5 innings, and then put it in the books by handing it off to Jabba, then Hughes, then Mariano. Unless Mariano is going to pitch all 4 of those innings after Jabba and Hughes fail to record an out in the 6th, I don't see that kind of scenario happening.
GannonFan
October 23rd, 2009, 09:35 AM
However, I guess I don't care who wins...I really hope it goes the full seven games and I will be rooting for the Phils (probably the first time I have rooted for a Philly team since the Eagles were in teh Super Bowl) but I feel deep down that the Yankees will in fact win it.

Nah, gotta go with what Rollins said before the year - he called a Yanks/Phils WS and had the Phils winning it. The man hasn't been wrong in a prediction in over 3 years. He's a modern day Nostradamus. xthumbsupx
NHwildEcat
October 23rd, 2009, 09:37 AM
I think the Rivera factor tends to cloud views in this matter - I'd take Rivera over any closer in baseball (although even Rivera has failed quite a few times on the biggest stage too - jut has succeeded a lot as well). But for all that Jabba, and more importantly Hughes, was made out to be, I don't see them delivering in the post season right now. There was talk on the radio for weeks that the Yanks could practically shorten a game to 5 innings, and then put it in the books by handing it off to Jabba, then Hughes, then Mariano. Unless Mariano is going to pitch all 4 of those innings after Jabba and Hughes fail to record an out in the 6th, I don't see that kind of scenario happening.

For the record...I hate Chamberlin...maybe it is the constant throwing at Youkilis' head or maybe its just because he is an arrogant a-hole but I think Hughes can buckle it down when needed. As for Rivera, yeah he has blown a couple games but he is cerainly the greatest closer of all time and one of only two who actually deserved to get paid big bucks to do so...(the other being Hoffman).
NHwildEcat
October 23rd, 2009, 09:38 AM
Nah, gotta go with what Rollins said before the year - he called a Yanks/Phils WS and had the Phils winning it. The man hasn't been wrong in a prediction in over 3 years. He's a modern day Nostradamus. xthumbsupx

Most of the season he as like Nostradamus...he didn't exisit at the plate...

BUT he sure did deliver the other night.
Ivytalk
October 23rd, 2009, 09:39 AM
The Yankees will finish them off on Saturday night...hell the Angels almost blew it last night..that was freakin' close.

Yanks middle relief and A.J. Burnett faltered again! That said, I also think that NY will clinch tomorrow.
GannonFan
October 23rd, 2009, 09:45 AM
Most of the season he as like Nostradamus...he didn't exisit at the plate...

BUT he sure did deliver the other night.

Doesn't matter how you get here, only what you do when you do get here. Kinda like a Phils mantra - the bigger the game, the better they get. That's why I like them in a big way if they get to play the Yanks. I'm actually a little more scared of the Phils playing the Angels to be honest - it may seem like a let down after thinking they could be playing the bid bad Yanks.
NHwildEcat
October 23rd, 2009, 09:55 AM
Doesn't matter how you get here, only what you do when you do get here. Kinda like a Phils mantra - the bigger the game, the better they get. That's why I like them in a big way if they get to play the Yanks. I'm actually a little more scared of the Phils playing the Angels to be honest - it may seem like a let down after thinking they could be playing the bid bad Yanks.

Yeah I know I will be more inclined to watch if its the Yanks/Phils...the Angels bore me. It was hard watching the Sox/Angels game for that reason...oh yeah and we sucked too.
EmeryZach
October 23rd, 2009, 10:09 AM
Yanks are going to blow it. They are going to choke like in '04.
Pards Rule
October 23rd, 2009, 10:18 AM
^^^ I hoping!!!
TheValleyRaider
October 25th, 2009, 11:06 PM
5-2 is the final

Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win! xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx

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AshevilleApp2
October 26th, 2009, 05:33 AM
Lord help me, but I have to root for the Phillies. xsmhx
blukeys
October 26th, 2009, 09:53 AM
Lord help me, but I have to root for the Phillies. xsmhx

No worse than all the years we had to root for the Braves when playing the Yanks.
UMass922
October 26th, 2009, 10:05 AM
More Little-League fielding mistakes by the Angels last night. How on earth do you fail to field two sacrifice bunts in a row? Two batters in a row are trying to make an out and you can't grant them their wish? And this after you score a rare run off of Mariano Rivera to at least make it potentially interesting in the 9th?

Please, Phillies, play good defense this week!