Comments on: Red Sox, Rays both win, head into finale tied atop wild card

By: ramsyanks

ramsyanks — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:04:42 +0000

The Red Sux will choke and I will love every minute of it. Drunken Shanties!!

By: foreverchipper10

foreverchipper10 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:24:31 +0000

I hope the Sox blow it so I don’t have to hear all the attention that would otherwise surround the Braves implosion.

By: indaburg

indaburg — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:33:26 +0000

I think a conspiracy theory is ridiculous. These guys are all competitors and they want to win. Soriano, although talented, has been known to serve up the occasional bomb (see Game 5 Rays vs. the Rangers during the ALDS 2010). You are right in that he had difficulty finding the strike zone last night and didn’t look comfortable on the mound. That doesn’t mean he was handing it to the Rays. A bad night happens to even the greatest and most talented pitchers. Nevertheless, I was very happy that his bad night was against the Rays.

No chance Soriano gets traded with his overbloated salary and propensity for injuries. He never should have been signed for that amount in the first place, but that’s between Cashman and his bosses.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:29:16 +0000

Nothing kills a rally quite like a triple play.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:39:44 +0000

I’m further amazed by how many thumbs down you have, considering what you say makes perfect, rational sense.

Oh, wait. Okay, nevermind.

By: florida727

florida727 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:32:58 +0000

And this is the only reason you’re ashamed to be a Yankees fan?

I’m joking.

You actually might be right, believe it or not. Boston is 12-6 v. NYY this year. The Yankees are 9-7 v. the Rays. If you’re NY, which team would you rather face?

The only possible argument one could make that the Yankees would be in favor of Boston being in the playoffs instead of the Rays is that the Rays are reasonably on fire and Boston is having the worst September in MLB history, or close to it.

By: florida727

florida727 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:25:26 +0000

It’s possible. He is that fast. Looked pretty speedy heading down to first on that triple play

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:42:39 +0000

So is Ellsbury the MVP again now?

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:42:31 +0000

Rafael Soriano should be investigated by MLB for the way he sleep walked through the 7th inning tonight. There needs to be a sense of fair play amongst teams but Soriano, with a one run lead never found the strike zone for Upton, and he grooved two batting practice fast balls to longoria which he just missed. Once longoria got 2 strikes he PITCHED AROUND HIM on order to keep from making an accidental out.

The next batter, mike joyce, was grooved a fastball ball at 92, when Soriano pitches 96, he he hit it out.

by this time of the night the red sox were winning and it looked like the rays would go a game down. The Rays are Soriano’s former team and there was obviously a lack of effort on his part tonight to such an extent I wad disgusted by his lack of competiveness.

If the O’s and Blue Jays can bust their assess in games that are meaningless to them the Soriano needs to exert maximum effort and not look like he was personally trying to have Tampa the win tonight.

Go find the video for the entire bottom of the seventh tonight and watch every pitch and at bat up to to home run tonight and you will see exactly what I mean.

For tonight I am ashamed to be a Yankee fan and unless thus wad an order from Giradi or Cashman to keep the sox out of it, I think Soriano needs to get traded out of there thus winter.

Shame

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:22:40 +0000

I wouldn’t mind that!

By: channingtaintum

channingtaintum — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:50:38 +0000

Russell Martin will be pitching to himself.

By: 6ball

6ball — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:26:41 +0000

“the Yankees will counter with a series of relievers ….Dooley Womack, Mike Keckich, Al Dowling, and Ed Whitson are sure bets.

By: nesuperfan

nesuperfan — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:13:25 +0000

And this evening Terry Fancona announced that he has sent down the entire lineup, and has called up 8 more rookies.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:11:00 +0000

The Sox and Rays are tied going into the last game of the season, yet one manager is in danger of losing his job and the other is playing for Manager of the Year. If the end of the Sox season was tacked on to the bad beginning and the incredible middle was the end, people couldn’t stop talking about how great Francona has been this year. I am amazed how people insist at looking at the world in very limited “cause and effect” ways.

By: pisano

pisano — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:09:15 +0000

I never dreamed I’d wish a loss on the Yankees, but tomorrow I hope they get the hell beat out of them. I hope they start Scott Proctor and leave him in for a complete game loss. I honestly thought Proctor would be released by today, so there’s still hope they’ll start him.

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:58:25 +0000

Plus, Braves lost and Cards are up by three in the 8th. This is gonna be a fun last day!

By: itsmekirill

itsmekirill — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:54:15 +0000

Luckily, nobody good will pitch for the Yankees tomorrow.