GO ANDY !!!

I really need the Yanks to win Saturday because I have tix for a Game 7 on Sunday. Since the deadline is Monday 9am, I will probably have to work Sunday into the evening. So if there is a game, I have to choose between going to the Stadium and pulling an all-nighter or getting stuff done at a decent time (something my Boss is pushing hard for since he will have to stay up as well otherwise).

We’ll get them on Saturday, I am fully confident Joe Saunders will NOT shut down our lineup again!

Also, if we are going to nitpick, don’t you mean, “No. They are not clearly opinions,” in my opinion (and perhaps in monkeypant’s opinion)?

I appreciate the advice, but I think the reason why I engage in spirited debates is because I often have very strong opinions…ones that leave room for disagreement. If no one was interested in having debates, there wouldn’t be any point in expressing them. I also realize that when you have a disagreement, it’s easy to think the other person is being dogmatic, but that is often a matter of perspective.

[1363] sometimes you have absolute opinions that you always think are right, otherwise they wouldn’t be your opinion. like actual beliefs and things like that. but in games like baseball, there are almost always compelling reasons for various moves. sometimes it can be so clear that it’s just about absolute. but a lot of the time it’s so close that you can only predict which option will work out best. i don’t believe you’ve presented evidence that this was a situation with an absolute correct move. and i believe you dismiss not only the compelling factors against that move, and not only the results, but also even the chance that it would work out even if it were the wrong decision. and i’ve hardly if ever heard you admit that something was a close call even if you thought one option was slightly better.

Massive douche Wally Matthews authored a “Yanks Two Games Away From An Epic Collapse” bit of nonsense – which is just so much horse shit. What were they a game ago? One game away from a monumental triumph over a nemesis? When the series started, should he have run a headline, “Yanks Four Games Away From A Painful Defeat”???

They lost a game. They had a chance to close out the series, it didn’t happen, and the headline is still “Angels Face Must Win in Game 6.”

Whether you are a whiner, or a scaredy cat, or just a Cassandra, I know I’m glad you’re not our manager, because you have the constitution of a noodle without the slightest bit of al dente.

The Yanks took the one game of three that they needed, they took the two games at home that they had to have, and now the have the reward of a two game (max) series at home, where they need to win one.

I like where we are. I’m not happy about tonight, but it is what it is. As George Costanza would say, “We’ve got hand.”

And yes, even if *everyone* doesn’t qualify their posts with “I think” or “in my opinion”, most do employ those phrases more than you. I think.

Anyway, I am just making a point about style and giving you a new perspective on the reaction your statements elicit.

But I had seen the beginning of that at bat right before my stream dropped. And it had sure seemed to me that the first two strikes called on Posada were questionable. I checked pitch fx, and sure enough, they were both balls.

You got two free strikes in that at bat – the last call was wrong, but the former is a tiny bit of reason to consider shutting the fuck up, Mr. Lackey.

I realize I’ve been over the top and repetitive, but I do actually believe Girardi cost them this game (I am not just venting) and really feel strongly that they will now lose this series. So, if now isn’t the time to go over the top, when?