Yankees: Objects in Mirror are Closer then they Appear

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Thats right, the imperialistic evil capitalistic yankees are falling - their 10.5 game lead in the east over the Red Sox, the same Red Sox who are the heroes to the working class, and all true Americans, has shrunk to 5.5 games, in the span of one week. With 40 games to go, the the division is OURS>

Diamondbacks>Yankees

With $teiny's tendonitis in his hand, his inability to sign new pitchers off of waivers will hurt the ageing yanks chances to go the distance.

[Arrian]

Given your past threads about the Sox...

The beauty of racking up a 10 game lead is that you can then play like utter **** for a week and... still have a 5 game lead.

-Arrian

[GePap]

So now you change your tune after claiming defeat earlier?

Don't worry, you won;t make it this year either. That is the BoSox way.

[Arrian]

LoA: the bi-polar Red Sox fan.

He's "up" right now. Next week, the sky will be falling and he will be calling for Francona's (or should I say Francoma?) head on a platter.

-Arrian

[Lawrence of Arabia]

maybe, but the difference now is that the sox are winning despite francoma. last night he made another mistake that lost us the lead, good thing manny and ortiz were there for back to back jacks.

[GePap]

Again, he is with the BoSox.

Have you guys seen the new Visa check card commercials with Torre and Steinbrenner? Its really funny, and is good to know the Yankees can have a sense of humor about themselves.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

yeah, but we'll be the ones laughing last - they were arrogant to think that they could take time off from doing their jobs to make a little coin on the side, and now they go on a huge slide.

[Arrian]

You don't actually believe the silly things you say in these threads, do you?

The Yankees lost 6 out of 7. This happens, even to very good teams. It happened to the Yankees because of a combination of a) poor pitching, their main weakness, and b) a mini-slump for the offense.

THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE RED SOX a while back. As I recall, according to you that was the end. I also recall other people telling you to chill and reminding you that it was a long season.

So here we are and things have evened out a bit... and you still haven't got a clue about baseball.

-Arrian

[Lawrence of Arabia]

you scared arrian, huh? you feel the heat coming? your palms are sweaty, you heart racing, you're scared to look behind you, and then you do, and this huge monster Ortiz is bearing down on you with his bat, like an 18wheeler about to do unspeakable things

[GePap]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
yeah, but we'll be the ones laughing last - they were arrogant to think that they could take time off from doing their jobs to make a little coin on the side, and now they go on a huge slide.

No- they are smart enough to play of their fame to make even MORE money to ensure their dominance.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
you scared arrian, huh? you feel the heat coming? your palms are sweaty, you heart racing, you're scared to look behind you, and then you do, and this huge monster Ortiz is bearing down on you with his bat, like an 18wheeler about to do unspeakable things

Until it overturns in flames- just like every other time the BoSox have "come close"

[Arrian]

No. Actually, I'm as close to ambivalent about the Yankees (and thus baseball) as I've been in a long time. I don't particularly like this Yankee team, and thus care less about them. If they lose (I fully expect them to get knocked out of the playoffs in the first round), whatever.

They will still probably win the division. What the Sox are doing right now is setting themselves up to take the Wild Card. Which is cool, because I want the Sox to make the playoffs.

-Arrian

[Lawrence of Arabia]

The Yankees lost 6 out of 7. This happens, even to very good teams. It happened to the Yankees because of a combination of a) poor pitching, their main weakness, and b) a mini-slump for the offense.

it happened to the yankees because of a combination of a) poor pitching, b) 40 year old BALCO patients acquiring testicular cancer c) $28 million a year pretty boy batting a career low d)captain america batting a career low e) bloaiza f) NO PROSPECTS so they cant get randy, glavine, or anyone who isnt a 40 yr old free agent, and about ready to hit the pasture.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Until it overturns in flames- just like every other time the BoSox have "come close"

this time is different. all teams have had their collapses - our are just more puiblicized, because everyone loves the underdog.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

and now, with starting pitching getting worked harder than mexican immigrants, their sterling bullpen which was supposed to be resting up for the playoffs will need to continue going out there in losing efforts, to try to keep the game close.