Boston Nation? Try Boston ALIENation
Gemmy10
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al·ien·a·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ly-nshn, l--)
n.
The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement: Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.
Emotional isolation or dissociation.
Law. The act of transferring property or title to it to another
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I bet Nomar and Manny Ramirez will be REAL happy campers this year making for a tranquil Bosox club house and GREAT team chemistry. After all, just count the ways the Sox went out of their way to get rid of Ramirez and even the most loyal Boston nation citizen Nomar was toyed with throughout the off-season. IMHO Theo Epstein deserves a promotion.
n.
The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement: Alcoholism often leads to the alienation of family and friends.
Emotional isolation or dissociation.
Law. The act of transferring property or title to it to another
Source:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=alienation
I bet Nomar and Manny Ramirez will be REAL happy campers this year making for a tranquil Bosox club house and GREAT team chemistry. After all, just count the ways the Sox went out of their way to get rid of Ramirez and even the most loyal Boston nation citizen Nomar was toyed with throughout the off-season. IMHO Theo Epstein deserves a promotion.
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Yes, 4 day long weekend.
Go Yanks! I am so EXCITED.
Unbelievable, I said I wouldn't watch baseball again after the Boone homer in game 7, now I doubt I'll even watch a highlight--what a joke!!!
<< <i>Another bitter Boston fan. >>
My Lord the maturity is lacking around here. You antagonize Boston fans and then call them names when the respond.
Hey boston1918...maybe you should change your user id? You're wearing our embarrassment like a badge of honor. What's the point?
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Since I'm new, I know somewhere-sometime, you guys probably battled this ?: what about the salary cap in baseball or is it really relevant? After all, the Orioles also spent a fortune without the ROI that the Yanks seemed to have garnered. What do you think?
Mike
If an owner goes over the limit he has to pay a penalty to the other teams. True, spending a fortune does not always work....just ask Baltimore and Mets fans.
1. 3/4 or more of your 850 + posts have the word "Yankee" in it...as in you have usally very little of material interest to lend regarding this HOBBY; you post with reckless abandon on MEMORABILIA forums, when your opinions are better suited to Sports Talk or the Open Forum.
2. As a major contributor on the BGS Boards, but watcher of this board until this year, I remember seeing all your inane Worlds Series posts at the rate of 5-6 an hour....a case of quantity over quality for sure.
3. As a baseball fan you should be sickened by this "trade"; it represents everything that is wrong in baseball and if this isn't trying to buy a championship, what is ? How many position players are minor league developed players now, Gemmy ? Three...? Yankee payroll....200 million ? But if you're from New York, it says it all already...."your NYC everything revolves around NYC" bias overcomes your sense of reason.
Be a fan...fine....you're as over the top as the price of a cup of coffee in Manhattan.
the truth is that theo dropped the ball, they needed to get rid of ramirez and get arod they didn't.
now, an already disgruntled ramirez and alienated nomar are the vital cogs in the bosox offense.
the bosox have a strong front four starters and a solid pen but that MAY NOT translate into a pennant, but will make them tough in short series.
i am a long time yankee fan and always looked foward to the boston series. the rivalry always seemed to bring up the level of play between the two teams. nowadays, i enjoy seeing the dejected scowls of pedro and manny after a big loss. guys like that represent alot of what's wrong with the game.
chemistry is a concern for both teams. i feel the yanks have an advantage because they have at least four marquee players that can pick the other guys up when one is going badly. if ramirez goes through a tough spell he may not want to even play, leaving the load on nomar , varitek, nixon. i'm curious to see if the sox can "cowboy up" for two years in a row.
i will miss soriano, his wrists were so quick and he was an electric player. i enjoyed watching him at the plate when he was going well. i truly hope he learns the all important plate discipline and can pick up his defensive game. playing in texas under showalter will probably be good for him and help refine his game.
this season will be an interesting one for yanks and soxs fans alike, both teams still have question marks but it's probably safe to say both teams will playing the post season and even safer to say no one will be complaining when these teams go head to head for the AL crown.
How exactly does Pedro represent what is wrong with the game?
More like Steinbrenner is EVERYTHING that is wrong with this game !!
your criticisms should be pointed at MLB, not the yanks.
until a salary cap is created and enforced... there are no rules against using your wealth to build your team.
The object is to win... not "win against the odds."
anyways...
the last two teams to actually win the world series had relatively small payrolls.
the richest team in the country that sells everything except dogfood with their logo on it does have an obligation to their many fans to "buy" the best team they can.
it's overboard, I know... but it's the american way...
second, it doesn't matter how much money you spend if you spend it foolishly. The yankees just put together a roster that looks like an all star team... yet, chemistry and recent history are not on their side to "automatically" win a world series or the alcs.
Boston fans should be relatively happy with their team and poised for the greatest celebration of all time when and if they dethrone the yanks this year.
The boston team has chemistry, talent and character. plus some amazing pitching...
Boston fans should be psyched that steinbrenner gave them more to hate about the yanks. he just made the prospect of a yankees upset sweeter to a potential successor.
lastly... I am a yankees fan... and these recent blockbuster acquistions make me nervous. It's a hard team to to like. and a difficult team to root for.
Stienbrenner took in a lot of salaries... and put together what appears to be an awesome team on paper... however, wait until the end of the season before you start talking about anyone buying a championship.
I think steinbrenner just sealed the deal and put a larger, more visable bullseye on the yankees franchise.
and I feel that it will make for a more exciting season for all teams.
My gut tells me that this might be the year that the red sox get us...
and it will be more awful considering all of the money we spent and getting a-rod when they didn't.
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That is how I see Gemmy and his 200 Yankee posts per minute.
Take it to the Sports Talk or Open Forum.
You are a veteran with lots to contribute on these boards from a collecting point of view; you have always been a good poster regarding cards.
I can't fault you on your fanship, as I too like the Yankees, but I am a fan of Baseball above all else and I don't think what Steinbrenner does is good for the game. If you have have nots and one glutton you get revolution, its inescapable.
I also don't believe stuffing a ballot box is necessarily the "American Way" we want to portray with America's sport.
We teach our children about the importance of sportmanship and that winning is a by-product of hard work; winning is everything is not what I raise my children to believe.
Our history is full of stories about the cost of winning at all costs. I don't like the example Steinbrenner sets or the lessons to be learned from his conduct....I especially don't like his "effect" on the game I love.
Are you going root for another team this year?
I know man...
I am typically a fan of the underdog...
I must say it would be more satisfying to me if the yanks won without guys like brown, giambi sheff lofton and a-rod...
clemens and giambi were hard enough to stomach...
When I referred to the "American Way" I was being sarcastic... because overdoing it and stuffing the ballot box does seem to be how our children might perceive the american way... Thanks to contemporary media and marketing.
when brittany spears, areosmith, sting, the dixie chicks and justin timberlake show up at a "tickertape" party and sing "we are the champions"
then.... I will renounce the yanks and start rooting for baltimore or detroit.
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I don't have any particular interest in the upcoming season other than watching individual players achieve milestones.
That's not sayinng if Steinbrenner plays wthin the rules that he can't spend money to make the Yankees better.
he shut out the fans who want to hear what he has to say after hurling 7 shutout innings for the win.
he snubbed the media who make a living covering the team.
the irony is the fan and media dollar pay his salary.
steinbrenner can be a nuisance and a distraction but he puts the money the fans and media lay out back into the team. he will always try to put the best team on the field. baseball is a business and people will always be interested in the best product out there. at the risk of proliferating this thread. the yanks didn't sign petitte because the are looking ahead to sign beckett. you heard it here first. money helps alot but solid decisions win rings.