Man, that A-Rod, what a choker.
Just kidding, course. That's crazy talk. The dude's hitting like a man who just made his final payment to the devil. Which I'm convinced he did.
And he looks like he's having fun for the first time since he came to the Yanks.
No, A-Rod's not a choker...Mariano Rivera is.
Alright, again, we're going too far. As a Sox fan, I know as well as anyone that Mariano's a monster, as close to a sure thing as baseball has had for a long time, and THE reason this team has had a lock on this division for a dozen seasons.
But, seriously, if any team can start to make a claim that they own Mo, it's the Sox... It's to the point where we can start compiling a top ten games-Mariano-handed-to-the-Sox-and-everyone-still-acted-surprised list, and we can debate our own personal favorites.
2004 would have to be its own sub-category, for God's sake.
What was interesting about this blown save was the fact that, this time around, Mariano let the lead slip in the eighth...Weren't we told that the big man wasn't going to be pitching more than one-inning saves this year?
Meanwhile, in the other dugout was Terry Francona, who had the gall to allow a night off for the game's next great closer with Jeter, Abreu and A-Rod coming up and a one-run lead...Jonathan Papelbon threw more than 50 pitches the last couple of days in Toronto, and, okay, we'd rather he not have to shut it down in August again.
Francona can be maddening. And if my man Okajima had grooved another A-Rod gopher, well, don't get me started...The contrast just seems funny, that's all.
No, I'm not getting ahead of myself here. But after the abortion that was the 2006 Sox season, it's nice to see the lineup show some fight against the Yanks again. Especially the bottom of the order. And especially Varitek, who showed signs that he hasn't quite yet slipped to the level of just a game-caller.
Encouraging to see some solid relief work after those hideous and dark 'WHO did they just bring in?' days of last summer...
And nice to see Coco finally give us a reason to not feel humiliated for asking 'Who needs Johnny?' last April.
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Wow your retarded, Lets be fair here Mo has not gotten consistant work this year, when he starts to get consistant work again he'll be Mo of old...and going back to 2004 as you mention um....Tom Gordon didn't set Mo up to well and w/ no one out and a runner on 3rd one can assume he will score no matter who it is. I wouldn't say the Sox own him at all.
"As a Sox fan"
Your obviously biased, you have not a f-ing clue what you talking about. Your just another frontrunner. Remember 2005 how everyone said Mo had lost it? As far as Im concerned he turned out fine. Your to a "Red Sox fan" like First-Ape Bush is to a humanitarian, a giant lie. I knew about Okajima far before your frontrunning ass did. Your full of s**t. Dont ever think about deeming your self legit you f-ing yob.
A-Rod owns Schilling, and I think that's pretty important, too.
Actually Andrew you might want to check the stats...Mo has blown more saves versus the Red Sox and most of those have occured during the last 2 1/2 years...As for A-Rod owning Schill, he may have finally solved him last night but seeing as how he had a .194 AVG. vs. Schill entering last night, "owning" may be a bit premature.
Don't you all remember when I tipped my hat to the Red Sox at their home opener last year?!? The Red Sox are my daddy.
Coco, I checked those stats, and well on avg Mo. has blown 3-4 saves a year, and in 2004 in that ALCS he only gave one run (http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_postseason.jsp?c_id=nyy&playerID=121250&statType=2) . Tom Gordon set him terribly....and looking inside the numbers Mo isnt a April pitcher ". Rivera's April stats from 2004-06 show a 2.12 ERA, but only 15 saves in 18 chances. In May the last three years he has 26 saves, and in June it's 23. Maybe April is a slow month for the Yankees, and that's what holds Rivera back? Rivera has had two save chances this season, and blown them both in spectacular fashion, first on the Marco Scutaro walk-off homer and then against the Red Sox. I still say go get him, he's got at least 30 saves left in him this season. Remember, Rivera saved "only" 34 games last year, tied for No. 12 in baseball"(ERIC KARABELL, ESPN)....I took a look at his stats, He has 4 blown saves against boston ( in season (04-05 ) and had no blown saves against Boston in 2006....When u face a team so much it is expected to get a couple of Blown Saves in there....honeslty idk what your looking at...2006 Mo owned the Sox giving up only 2 runs last year and both were given up in Non Save situations...so you might want to go check your stats again.
Andrew, I love your intelligent approach filled with FACTS. You can't argue with FACTS. Statistics speak for themselves. Obviously, since Mariano faces the Red Sox more than any other team and has been doing so every year since 1995, the Red Sox SHOULD have him figured out by now and SHOULD own him. The fact that the Red Sox haven't sent The Great Mariano packing in 12 years shows exactly WHO OWNS WHO!!!
Lets keep this in perspective, the Yanks scored 17 runs on the Sox's 1,2 and 3 pitchers.The RedSox managed only 4 more against..well.. "the sisters of mary", only 2 against Pettite the Yankees #3 man and won Friday's game on Mo's melt-down. What will happen in July and August? I think the Yankees will be ok.
look this a very simple debate. the only stat that matters in the BOS vs NYY debate is 26 - 6. Thats the HARDWARE!. How mant rings does MO have? my point exactly. So listen here Mrs.Kevin Dennehy. SHUT UR TRAP and talk to me when your precious "SOX" get to double digits rings.
BABE
BUCKY
BOONE.
Boston is celebrating winning the World Series in April for the 100th time. In fact, for Boston, beating the Yankees any time of the year is equivalent to winning the World Series. We accept the compliment.
Well i'm sure there will be more added here come this weekend... Go Yanks