NY Yankees choking again?
stevek
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I'm not sayin' it will happen but it could happen.
Wouldn't that be funny if it did?
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Wouldn't that be funny if it did?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOIJHh3mKcQ
<< <i>If it happened once, it could happen again...............................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOIJHh3mKcQ >>
Heh heh. Classic.
<< <i>Hey Yankee Hater: try rooting FOR a team instead of HATING on one of the best.
And since you're so fond of the past, specifically one year (2004), why don't you familiarize yourself with many years of the Yankees' past. Or you can confine your discussion to the present, in which your team is gone. >>
Oh my! Methinks someone's nerve got hit.
I am for the Phillies in game 6, just because I would like to see it go 7.
<< <i>Wow, now I'm being censored by the internet/thread police. Whatever. Maybe they'll let this post stand. >>
I'm not following you here. Both of your above posts were edited by you not the mods:
<< <i>Edited: Tuesday November 03, 2009 at 7:12 AM by MattyC >>
Not that it's a big deal but if you're gonna edit stuff own it.
Also, I don't think the Yankees will lose Weds night.
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what a joke.
Does that mean the Sillies choked for three games straight?
And for 80 plus years?
Steve
Bye Phillies!
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<< <i>All I know is as I was adding to a prior post about how punkish it is to hate on a team instead of rooting for one's own team, every time I hit EDIT the isht went blank on me. I assumed this was because I was using some strong yet not X-rated language, does this happen normally? I own whatever I say no problem. My style as a sports fan: if the Yanks were out and Red Sox were in, I'd just move on silently. >>
Lighten up man - it's all in good fun and entertainment which to me is what sports is all about - I get my brains beat in at work all day and sports is a way to let off some steam and have fun. Whether the Phillies or the Yankees win the World Series, won't make one bit of actual difference in my life, or in virtually any fan's life.
To me, the really "punkish" thing as you refer to it would be "I was using some strong yet not X-rated language"...so look in the mirror, relax, lighten up and smarten up, and enjoy being a sports fan, and take note when fans shout "Kill the Umpire" they don't really mean it. Capiche?
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<< <i>All I know is as I was adding to a prior post about how punkish it is to hate on a team instead of rooting for one's own team, every time I hit EDIT the isht went blank on me. I assumed this was because I was using some strong yet not X-rated language, does this happen normally? I own whatever I say no problem. My style as a sports fan: if the Yanks were out and Red Sox were in, I'd just move on silently. >>
Lighten up man - it's all in good fun and entertainment which to me is what sports is all about - I get my brains beat in at work all day and sports is a way to let off some steam and have fun. Whether the Phillies or the Yankees win the World Series, won't make one bit of actual difference in my life, or in virtually any fan's life.
To me, the really "punkish" thing as you refer to it would be "I was using some strong yet not X-rated language"...so look in the mirror, relax, lighten up and smarten up, and enjoy being a sports fan, and take note when fans shout "Kill the Umpire" they don't really mean it. Capiche?
I think you mean:
Capisca?
Ciao
Steve
Cmon Steve you know that ain't true. You life will be much better if they win.
Steve
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<< <i>Damn it SteveK, if they were going to choke you ruined it by making this thread!
You're right - huge mistake on my part...maybe I should delete the post but I fear if I did that it might only make the jinx worse.
<< <i>Whether the Phillies or the Yankees win the World Series, won't make one bit of actual difference in my life,
Cmon Steve you know that ain't true. You life will be much better if they win.
Steve >>
Steve - There is no bigger sports fan than me...and after thinking about it for a second, yes, there is a factor that would make an "actual difference" to someone and how could I forget about that...if someone is gambling on the games, then yes the games do make a difference and possibly a big difference when the local bookie ruthlessly comes after ya for payment or ya bet the rent money with Bodog and lost.
Steve
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<< <i>Damn it SteveK, if they were going to choke you ruined it by making this thread!
You're right - huge mistake on my part...maybe I should delete the post but I fear if I did that it might only make the jinx worse. >>
Tough call, at this point it is very critical to make the right decision and you being the author of the thread needs to make the decision.....
<< <i>Yankee fans in this forum don't take endless poshots at other fans or teams upon being knocked out. There are some true colors flying around here and they are not coming from Yankee fans.... As usual. >>
Come on now Dan....even though the Yankees haven't won it all in awhile, it's "easy' to be "nice" when ya have a history of 29 championships and all kinds of other successes, Hall of Famers, etc, etc....Try being "nice" when the team ya root for has lost over 10,000 games, and the other team ya root for hasn't ever won a Super Bowl...perhaps someone such as the late great Mother Teresa could be nice under those sets of circumstances, but nobody will ever compare me to Mother Teresa. LOL
<< <i>Yankee fans in this forum don't take endless poshots at other fans or teams upon being knocked out. There are some true colors flying around here and they are not coming from Yankee fans.... As usual. >>
As Usual its a very defensive Yankee fan position from Dan.
<< <i>Capisca Stevek?
Steve >>
Well then go ahead Steve, you explain how I or you... "You life will be much better if they win." - How would my life be better?...or explain How would your life be better if the Mets won a World Series in 2010?
I'd like to read it.
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<< <i>Yankee fans in this forum don't take endless poshots at other fans or teams upon being knocked out. There are some true colors flying around here and they are not coming from Yankee fans.... As usual. >>
As Usual its a very defensive Yankee fan position from Dan.
Dan is a good guy - I just hope his team gets squashed.
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<< <i>Yankee fans in this forum don't take endless poshots at other fans or teams upon being knocked out. There are some true colors flying around here and they are not coming from Yankee fans.... As usual. >>
As Usual its a very defensive Yankee fan position from Dan.
Dan is a good guy - I just hope his team gets squashed.
Ofcourse he is, I just have a long standing arrangement of giving him a hard time is all.
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<< <i>Yankee fans in this forum don't take endless poshots at other fans or teams upon being knocked out. There are some true colors flying around here and they are not coming from Yankee fans.... As usual. >>
As Usual its a very defensive Yankee fan position from Dan.
Dan is a good guy - I just hope his team gets squashed.
Ofcourse he is, I just have a long standing arrangement of giving him a hard time is all.
That's one thing I truly like about the forum...I've always stated I've never met a fellow card collector who I didn't like...and even though I've had a go with a few here from time to time, I still feel that way.
Steve posts a reverse jinx thread and then turns around after a win and posts this.
Then Dan makes his own reverse jinx thread.
Tough call but in my unbiased opinion without having a horse in this race and a former gambler that attempted every trick in the book (and then some [including, but not limited to, the mythical 'Reverse Chickenbone Dance']), think Dan currently holds the trump card.
Just sayin...
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<< <i>Hey Yankee Hater: try rooting FOR a team instead of HATING on one of the best.
And since you're so fond of the past, specifically one year (2004), why don't you familiarize yourself with many years of the Yankees' past. Or you can confine your discussion to the present, in which your team is gone. >>
Oh my! Methinks someone's nerve got hit.
Gotta love it. The won't admit it, but I think any Yankee fan would give up 10 of those championships to erase 2004!
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Also, and prolly more important you could come here and boast.
That alone makes your life different.
Unless of course nothing makes you happy, then I'd agree winning this series would not effect your life.
The only time I saw Pedro pitch in person was on 9/10/99 against the Yanks at Yankee Stadium.
I think he faced 28 batters that day, Hitting 1 and allowing 1 hit, he struck out 17 batters. (the hb was cs)
The opposing pitcher? Andy Pettite.
Of course the NY Post claimed today that it happened on 9 11 99 and the opposing pitcher was Clemens
Don't these guys ever check the things they report as FACT?
Steve
Also, and prolly more important you could come here and boast. >>>
Sure, that's the fun with sports...good adrenaline rush thrill entertainment...but I was alluding to it won't make our wives or girlfriends love us any more or less...it won't put an extra penny in our bank accounts..and things such as that. Hey, perhaps for some their sports is more important than those things mentioned but not to me.
But your comment about "happiness"...yea, I'll go along with that...yes a nice short term adrenaline rush happiness thrill...okay...but ya know what...win or lose I'll still be at work at 8:30am the next weekday.
All you said was that you life would not change, no mention of wives, no menton of money.
Just a blanket statement which you know have changed.
Being the willy nilly that you are I should have used my crystal ball and made sure exactly what you were saying
even if you omitted it.
Good luck to both teams as my life will not change regardless of who wins.
And I mean all the things that Stevek mentioned later and more.
Steve
<< <i>wouldn't give up 1 ring to have 2004 back. I think Red Sox fans highly over exaggerate what 2004 means to Yankee fans. Sure it hurt like hell..... In 2004. But, when you get to that point as much as the Yankees do it was only bound to happen. 2004 hardly ever enters my mind anymore. >>
Liar!
The 2003 loss to the Marlins was "bound to happen". The 2004 ALCS was NEVER supposed to happen -- it was a friggin' miracle!
Glad you know it.
Steve
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<< <i>2004 will always be the battle flag for Sox fans. It was the first time that they EVER had a hook to hang the ol hat on. I have no problem with that. The Yankee have so many hooks to hang hats on that .... well .... 2004 is not a bother anymore. It really isn't ..... sure they choked a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. Just like the Sox choked a 10 game lead in the late 70's. Both were gigantic historic chokes. Big whoppy doo doo >>
Dan honestly though you have to admit for SOME Yankee fans it will always disturb them, I know you hate the Sox almost as much as I hate the Yankees but it would have been much better being a Sox Hater if 2004 never happened. Pretty much like the Giants beating the Pats, I have many things to be proud of as a Pats fane but that G-Men Victory will ALWAYS leave a bad taste in my mouth- I think some Yankee fans will always feel the same way about 2004- maybe not you but some.
<< <i>2004 will always be the battle flag for Sox fans. It was the first time that they EVER had a hook to hang the ol hat on. I have no problem with that. The Yankee have so many hooks to hang hats on that .... well .... 2004 is not a bother anymore. It really isn't ..... sure they choked a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. Just like the Sox choked a 10 game lead in the late 70's. Both were gigantic historic chokes. Big whoppy doo doo >>
we're talking post season chokes - nothing even comes remotely close to the choke by the Yankees.
...I can tell it doesn't bother you.
...but then again, when ya have all those championships, I can see whereby even a bad choke like that may not hurt so bad....
...as far as Phillies fans....the older fans still hurt over the "infamous" end of season collapse in 1964.
Of course Yankees fans remember 2004 but at least for me, its not as painful to remember as it is joyful for Red Sox fan to remember. Does that make sense? Capisca?
And I thought it was CHOW? (just kidding, I do know its Ciao)
Think about it. Just because stevek had Jacqueline Bisset five times, and I only had her twice, there
both wonderful memories for both of us. Doesn't really matter who had it more, does it ?
However, 2004 was kind of like softparade about to climb in the sack with Erin Andrews, and then, swooooooooooooop,
perkdog came in and stole her away from him.
<< <i>In all honesty, winning one or two championships is as thrilling as winning five.
Think about it. Just because stevek had Jacqueline Bisset five times, and I only had her twice, there
both wonderful memories for both of us. Doesn't really matter who had it more, does it ?
However, 2004 was kind of like softparade about to climb in the sack with Erin Andrews, and then, swooooooooooooop,
perkdog came in and stole her away from him.
<< <i>In all honesty, winning one or two championships is as thrilling as winning five.
Think about it. Just because stevek had Jacqueline Bisset five times, and I only had her twice, there
both wonderful memories for both of us. Doesn't really matter who had it more, does it ?
However, 2004 was kind of like softparade about to climb in the sack with Erin Andrews, and then, swooooooooooooop,
perkdog came in and stole her away from him.
<<< Just because stevek had Jacqueline Bisset five times >>>
I don't even dream that good. LOL
<< <i>And I thought it was CHOW? (just kidding, I do know its Ciao)
Hey, are you "Frank from Gloucester"? (regular Yankee fan caller on WEEI).
OK Yankee fans -- enjoy #27 -- as much as I would like to see Pedro do well, he's probably going to get lit up worse than Petite will. Final will probably be 10-7, Yanks.