HUGE BRAWL: Yankees/Red Sox

[WilliamPitt]

A-Rod and Veritek went at it at the plate. Sturtz went after Kapler and got blasted by Nixon. Big mess.

[Taverner]

1. Awesome!

I love a good Baseball fight!

did Veritek at least get a good right in?

[WilliamPitt]

2. Veritek belted A-Rod, picked him up and slammed him

and then the benches cleared.

Sturtz is about to take the mound again. Dollars to donuts says he goes headhunting, and we'll be off to the races again.

[Taverner]

Damn I love Yankee/Bosox games for this reason

I'm a Giants fan, but we're missing rivalries over here. Giants/Dodgers games are always too family friendly.

Go Sox!

[jus_the_facts]

3. Both ejected from the game.....

:crazy:

:hi: how you doin'? :hug:

[WilliamPitt]

5. Doing well

I love a good rhubarb. :)

[jus_the_facts]

7. Damn glad to hear it......

:* :loveya:

...oh and let's geaux yanks! :evilgrin: :o

[Renew Deal]

4. The Boston goons and thugs are at it again?

Maybe they'll throw some of them in prison

[curse10]

9. oh please...

:eyes:

[Renew Deal]

12. If Bostons pitchers threw baseballs

as well as their fans throw shit on the field, they might win a world series. And don't even get me started with the thugs they have as groundskeepers

[Bombtrack]

15. We have a lower ERA than you dumbass

And our fans don't "throw shit on the field" anymore than any other teams fans. I've been to about 100 sox games at Fenway dude I don't know where you heard that.

[Renew Deal]

18. Remember the playoff game in 2001?

The Sox fans were throwing shit on the field after losing to the Yankees again. You can keep your ERA and I will take the wins.

[bigwillq]

19. Well we (Yankees) have an 9 1/2 game lead

on your Dead Sox. How 'bout that?

[Mr_Lefty]

70. Anyone can win with enough money- ask *

[yankeedem]

91. Except the Red sox apparantly

1918

[bigwillq]

6. Varitek's a big punk

He better not hit my A-Rod and ruin his pretty face.

[WilliamPitt]

8. A-Rod is fine

Ejected, but fine.

[bigwillq]

11. Better be fine, or I'll head up to Beantown

and kick Varitek's ass my self.


A-Rod had to get ejected. He and Varitek were guilty.

I'm glad that's the only 2 to be ejected. Everyone else was just trying to protect their mates.

[curse10]

10. you keep the pretty boys

I'd rather have punk asses over pretty boy jeter and a-rod any day

[Renew Deal]

13. One thing you will never have

is a ring.

[jus_the_facts]

16. O *BURN*

:evilgrin:

[curse10]

17. yes yes

sorry, we don't feel like buying the ring :eyes:

[bigwillq]

21. Oh please

Baseball is just like any other business, sadly he with the most money wins.

[curse10]

doesn't make it right

or make for good baseball.

But I guess money can't buy everything. Last years world series was a joke.

[bigwillq]

Why was it a joke? (nt)

[nickgutierrez]

29. Aren't the Sox #2 in payroll?

[Mr_Lefty]

88. This is a great game

No matter who wins

Although I think the Sox will...

[name not needed]

51. Maybe you should look into it

It has been 86 years, after all.

[bigwillq]

14. Hey at least our pretty boys have proven to be winners

I'll take Jeter and A-Rod in a clutch situation over anyone on the Dead Sox

[Bombtrack]

20. A-Rod has never won a world series

I don't think he's ever been in a world series. Learn your frigging baseball.

[bigwillq]

22. No he has no ring nor I don't think he's played in a WS

But what I meant by "winner" is he's an AL MVP and I would still want A-Rod at the plate in a big game over anyone on the Sox

[nickgutierrez]

24. He's been on shitty teams, for the most part

Is it his fault?

[bigwillq]

26. No, not A-Rod's fault

The Rangers should have been a contender in many of A-Rod's years with them but they had shitty pitching.

[curse10]

28. Well

I'd rather have the home run leaders and RBI guys- that's right- Ramirez and Ortiz

[bigwillq]

31. What does that get you?

Not a ring, at least not yet.

[nickgutierrez]

36. The problem is that RBIs are meaningless as a statistic

And your front office knows that. Ortiz is on the team because he's a common type of player (high OBP, high SLG 1B/DH type) that comes relatively cheap, and he happens to be one of the high end (in terms of talent) in that group. Manny, on the ot, is an elite version of the same type of player, and (while not worth the $20m check handed out to him by management a few years ago) is worth a significant chunk of change (more than you would pay, say, a Kevin Millar-type player).

[bigwillq]

41. I think Manny's worth the money

He has the best swing in the game but I'll still take some of the Yanks over him in a clutch situation.

[nickgutierrez]

46. He may have been worth it *at the time*

As that was the winter of crazy deals -- it was within a year or two of A-Rod's Texas signing. The problem is that it's not a smart deal in that Manny is the type of player (big slugger) that wears down quickly. Spotting him at DH for about 30-40 games a year is a wise move, and one that will help down the road (especially considering the fact that you probably gain a little defensively), probably adding 2-3 years to his career, IMO.

I think Manny is probably the third best hitter in baseball right now (behind Pujols and... that guy in San Francisco, I forget his name :) ), and is definitely worth a nice chunk of change.

Sorry -- this type of thing is my *real* specialty. :)

[indigobusiness]

49. I hope A-Rod is still able to prance around...

that would be so sad.

[GOPisEvil]

23. Why did Sturtze stay in the game?

:shrug:

[WilliamPitt]

25. The umps didn't see him go after Kapler

Fine with me. He's rattled, gave up two runs. He's lucky; Ortiz and Nixon looked to be trying to rip his head off.

[GOPisEvil]

27. Well, he's out now...

[bigwillq]

30. LOL!!

I don't think they should have sent him out to pitch after the fight in the first place. His emotions were running too high and he needed to go cool off.

That showed in his performance in the next inning.

[GOPisEvil]

32. The scrub that replaced him is not starting well.

Walk and a 2B.

Edit - Nomahhhhh...Sox lead. Wow.

[bigwillq]

35. Yeah, I think the fight gave the Sox more of a lift

Still a long game though.

[GOPisEvil]

38. As a fan of neither, this is fun!

Yikes...1-2-3 DP...

[bigwillq]

42. Yikes is right

The announcer just said something to the extent that it's unraveling for the Yankees and then they turn the DP and get out of the inning on the next batter.

[WilliamPitt]

33. THE RED SOX TAKE THE LEAD

[curse10]

34. 4-3 baby! No outs!

Yeah!

[bigwillq]

37. Bases loaded.....

Ut-oh

Well for us Yankees fans....


Ut-oh, a double play

[Career Prole]

57. ...and at this point, believe it or not

I just woke up. :cry:
I dozed off during the rain delay. I don't believe this shit!!!!
My kid turned the TV off and put a blanket on me and I didn't wake up until the last out in the fourth.
Sonuvabitchin' summer colds and medicine head! It was Dayquil I took, not Nyquil!
AAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!

[Career Prole]

66. Oh fuck me!

6-4 yankmes now...I shoulda kept sleeping.

[faithnotgreed]

39. just when did alex decide he was a yankee tough guy? go sox!

[bigwillq]

43. What would you do in that situation?

A-Rod was just protecting himself, so was Varitek (even though he still a punk). Fights happen in sports. Deal.

[TroubleMan]

40. Did Pedro beat up any senior citizens this time?

nt.

[WilliamPitt]

44. Only if they tried to claw his eyes out

like little girls.

[TroubleMan]

45. LOL...Zimmer did go out like a bitch, didn't he?

LOL...

[bigwillq]

52. I even had to laugh when Zimmer took the fall heard

round the world. And I'm a Yanks fan. Yeah, he went out like a bitch but someone forgot to remind Pedro to respect his elders.

[TroubleMan]

54. I'm not a Sox or a Yanks fan...I can't touch this without flak from either

side...LOL

[bigwillq]

56. Well, I'll back off you then

Take no offense if I get a little heated. It's not directed at you but I am glad your involved in this thread. It's interesting to hear non-Sox or Yanks fans opinions of this situation.

[TroubleMan]

58. I think both Pedro and Zimmer were wrong, but I also thought it was funny

There's lots of ammo for both sides to joke about this.

[VelmaD]

61. Could we please dispense...

with tossing the word "bitch" around? Please. This is me asking nicely. :)

[bigwillq]

63. I'll try to abide (nt)

[VelmaD]

68. Thanks

Wow. You guys are being really accomodating today. :-) Thanks.

[bigwillq]

69. I'll only accomodate to your wishes VelmaD

Just cause I like you!

[VelmaD]

71. Heeeee...be very careful...

you don't know what you might be getting yourself into when you offer to "accomodate to my wishes". :evilgrin:

[bigwillq]

77. I'll be careful

You have 2 wishes left

[TroubleMan]

65. Sorry....I was referring to a guy...it wasn't meant as a sexist term

However, I don't know a pejorative term for someone who can't fight that won't offend somebody....pussy...no...faggot...no....punk....no...no matter how I put it it will offend someone.

Somehow non-pugilist just doesn't get the point across.

However, I'll stop though. I didn't mean to offend you.

(on edit) I don't mean to use those words, but when you think of common alternatives for bitch in that context, then those are the ones most people would come up with....I'm not trying to offend someone, just work out a better word for next time....which I obviously didn't

...okay...taking foot out of mouth now.

[VelmaD]

67. Not particularly offended at the moment...

like I said...just asking nicely. I'm not used to people just saying, "ok". You rock. :yourock:

I'm trying to think up a word for someone that won't fight that isn't offensive and having the same problem you are. Maybe wimp...not sure if that has any connotations I don't know about. Or maybe coward. :-)

on edit: I can't believe I forgot my very favorite name to call someone...chickenshit. :-) As in, "my ex was a huge chickenshit".

[TroubleMan]

72. Devil's Advocate: Technically chickenshit is a person who's scared..

So is wimp.

Zimmer was neither...he rushed out there like he had balls of steel.

Then got pushed down like a little ________.

Now complete the sentence without offending anybody.


LOL

[VelmaD]

73. Well, my first thought would be...

like a "little old man"...but Jack Palance could kick my ass so that one's out the window. :-)

About the only insult I can come up with for Zimmer is that he was an idiot for going out and trying to start some shit with a bunch of guys half his age and in considerably better shape than he is. Not the brightest lightening bug in the swarm.

[TroubleMan]

75. LOL...it's hard to use a pejorative term without being....um... pejorative

THOSE DAMN NON-PUGILISTS!!!!

[VelmaD]

78. That's why I love my niece...

when she was little she used to come up with the best "perjoratives"...monkeybutt, rutabaga-brain! *snort*

[GOPisEvil]

47. Credit where it is due: Nice call by the ump on Jeter's groundout.

At full speed, I thought he was safe. Replays proved he was out. Good job Hunter Wendlestedt.

[curse10]

48. I hate the fox commentators!

They are creaming their pants over Derek Jeter- :eyes: like he's the second coming of christ.

They have an obvious bias- and have for awhile. Watching the playoffs last year was excrutiating with them commentating.

[GOPisEvil]

50. Interesting I read that with "Passion of the Centerfielder" Damon batting.

:D

[yankeedem]

53. They admire champions

While Nomar "went fishing" in the entire ALCS.
Not to mention Jeter's headlong dive into the stands, while Nomar was nursing a minor injury. Real champions play hurt.

[bigwillq]

55. No doubt

Nomar was a bitch during that series a few weeks ago. Jeter is a true champion, on and off the field.

[name not needed]

59. 2 RUN DOUBLE

:D

[bigwillq]

60. 5-4 Yanks

Yeah!!!

[name not needed]

62. 6 - 4 now!

[bigwillq]

64. Arroyo left the game (nt)

[warrior1]

74. ow

Jason Veritek, left, and Alex Rodriguez squared off to spark a bench-clearing brawl in the top of the third inning.

[bigwillq]

76. "Pitching meltdown"

9-4 Yanks!

[bigwillq]

79. Now a Yankees pitching meltdown

Red Sox score three make it 9-7. Two on, two out.

[BigMcLargehuge]

81. just tuned in

Go SOX!!!!

[bigwillq]

82. Sox: Bases loaded, Manny up (nt)

[BigMcLargehuge]

83. if he pulls this off you might be able to hear me scream

whereever you live in the lower 48

[bigwillq]

84. I'll keep my ears open (nt)

[kaitykaity]

80. Anybody hear Tim McCarver do that plug for "De-Lovely"?

This that a Fox studio's film?

Mentioned in casual conversation? "Oh, by the way...

:wtf:

[bigwillq]

85. 9-8 Yankees

Sox still have bases loaded with 2 outs

[BigMcLargehuge]

89. man I hate Nomar

choke artist to the max

[bigwillq]

90. Choke choke choke Nomar

maybe his nose gets in the way but I still think he's cute!!

This is one crazy game and now we have a balk!

[Redneck Socialist]

86. Wow good game!

I just tuned in, bases loaded, sox down by one. Let's go Red Sox!

[Career Prole]

87. C'mon Nomar...c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon, make 'em pitch to ya...

NOOO, NOMAH!!!

[Redneck Socialist]

92. Woooo Hooooo!

Red Sox win!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[curse10]

93. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Woooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[DODI]

Congrats Sox Fans --

but please do remember, it is not only the Yankees you have to beat.

[Mr_Lefty]

94. Hooo yaaaaahhhhhh

[bigwillq]

95. Nice comeback

Congrats to all the Sox fans. You just beat maybe the best reliever in the game. Hey, if your gonna beat a team like that might as well beat the best they got.

Enjoy the win!! It was well-deserved.

What a great, crazy game.

[Catholic Sensation]

96. eric gagne is a dodger not a yankee

he's the best reliever in the game

[bigwillq]

98. That's your opinion

I said maybe the best reliever in the game.

Rivera, Gagne, Hoffman are the three best. On any given game, that order may change but not those three names.

[Mr_Lefty]

99. I agree great game

Even if the yanks won - it was great. I'm glad they didn't.

[bigwillq]

100. That's how I feel

The Red Sox won yes but it was another classic Yankees-Red Sox game.

Just like a few weeks agao when Manny put the Sox up then the Yanks came back...

No matter who won that game it was still classic.

[Career Prole]

102. Agreed. What a battle!

And I slept through the brawl!
Don't take my "Yankees suck!" chant below personally...it was force o' habit! :D

[bigwillq]

104. You'll see the brawl plenty of times

Just turn on ESPN, I bet they replay it a zillion times.

No offense taken over here.

You're free to root for whatever team you want to!!

I give you permission.

[fishnfla]

97. nice game

that was sweet

[Career Prole]

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[Yavin4]

103. Wow! You're Only 8 and 1/2 Games Back!!

Wow!!

[minkyboodle]

105. hell of a game

Wild and Whacky!!!