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bcherry8
10-02-2008, 05:56 AM
Red Sox rule and will win the World Series for the second consecutive season. There, I started it. Post any other thoughts/predictions here.
er#1fan
10-02-2008, 07:33 AM
The yankees will win the world series this year! Oh wait i forgot they didn't make the playoffs my bad.Well in that case i'm going to have to go with the Brewers but i don't see anyone beating the Red Sox
coachstew
10-02-2008, 08:38 AM
Let's go Dodgers!! Manny and Joe Torre forever!! What a combination
Lukelakers
10-02-2008, 08:59 AM
Red Sox rule and will win the World Series for the second consecutive season. There, I started it. Post any other thoughts/predictions here.

Too bad you couldn't have made this prediction before Game one was played......
boobiemiles
10-02-2008, 11:08 AM
Go Dodgers
bcherry8
10-02-2008, 02:17 PM
Too bad you couldn't have made this prediction before Game one was played......
Sorry to disappoint, lol. I think the Sox have found a future Cy Young winner in Jon Lester. The kid is dynamite.
SaveUs222
10-02-2008, 02:38 PM
Sorry to disappoint, lol. I think the Sox have found a future Cy Young winner in Jon Lester. The kid is dynamite.

I agree with bcherry. Sox are gonna win it all, alot oy young talent including Jon Lester and possibly the AL MVP Dustin Pedroia.
bcherry8
10-02-2008, 03:21 PM
I agree with bcherry. Sox are gonna win it all, alot oy young talent including Jon Lester and possibly the AL MVP Dustin Pedroia.
Ellsbury is very good as well. Same with Jed Lowry Clay Buchholz. Papelbon isnt exactly old, either.
UNCTarheels
10-02-2008, 03:26 PM
I agree with bcherry. Sox are gonna win it all, alot oy young talent including Jon Lester and possibly the AL MVP Dustin Pedroia.

I'm not sure who will win it all but I'm pretty sure it won't be Boston, now If you didn't know already I'm a Yankee so I'm probably Biased but I just don't see Boston winning it this year. This actually might be the National League's year to win one, Phillies? Dodgers? Brew-Crew?
SaveUs222
10-02-2008, 03:33 PM
I'm not sure who will win it all but I'm pretty sure it won't be Boston, now If you didn't know already I'm a Yankee so I'm probably Biased but I just don't see Boston winning it this year. This actually might be the National League's year to win one, Phillies? Dodgers? Brew-Crew?

Of the 4 teams in the NL I think the Phillies or the Cubs have the best shot. Even though Chicago lost game 1 to LA I still think that they will win the series.
bcherry8
10-02-2008, 03:53 PM
I'm not sure who will win it all but I'm pretty sure it won't be Boston, now If you didn't know already I'm a Yankee so I'm probably Biased but I just don't see Boston winning it this year. This actually might be the National League's year to win one, Phillies? Dodgers? Brew-Crew?
You forgot the Cubbies! lol
TurnTwo
10-02-2008, 04:21 PM
Let's turn this into a attack Cherry as a bandwagon fan thread to the point where it gets closed.

Nah, I'm kidding, haha.

I was impressed by the Dodgers and Sox last night but I still am holding onto my preseason prediction of a Cubs-Angels World Series.
bcherry8
10-02-2008, 04:40 PM
Let's turn this into a attack Cherry as a bandwagon fan thread to the point where it gets closed.

Nah, I'm kidding, haha.

I was impressed by the Dodgers and Sox last night but I still am holding onto my preseason prediction of a Cubs-Angels World Series.
Wow, is Turntwo turning over a new leaf? Does he finally realize that I am not a bandwagoner and have supported the Red Sox my entire life? It appears so.
OldSchool78
10-02-2008, 04:56 PM
First off, the Sox, in my opinion, are going to be the next team that might qualify as a dynasty. Thay have great young arms on the pitching staff. Lowrie is/will be a stud at SS for many years to come. They will probably be shopping for a 3rd basemen this off season. I doubt that Lowell will return, unless he is under contract. I forgot what kind of deal he signed last year.

On a side note.

Reporter to Jeter. " Derek, what is the WORST invention in your lifetime?" Jeter, " it would have to be the camera phone. Everywhere I go people are snapping my picture."

Reporter to A-Rod. Same question. A-Rod "October"
boobiemiles
10-02-2008, 10:52 PM
I like the NL this year. For some reason, I really think that the Zambrano will come up HUGE in these playoffs, and the Dodgers and their red sox "washups" aka, franchise players that they don't want to pay anymore, and of course they have torre leading them with all of his experience, without the yankee pressure...

But I like Zambrano a lot!
boobiemiles
10-02-2008, 11:57 PM
Wow, I haven't even looked at the playoff matchups until just now. I guess that Dodgers/Cubs NL Finals won'd be able to happen...


And what the hell happened to my boy carlos Zambrano!
UNCTarheels
10-03-2008, 08:26 AM
Wow, I haven't even looked at the playoff matchups until just now. I guess that Dodgers/Cubs NL Finals won'd be able to happen...


And what the hell happened to my boy carlos Zambrano!

To ask you if you saw the game last night? Bib Z didn't look that bad but the Defense behind him sure did 4 errors two in the same inning, it's going to be hard for the Cubbies to win 3 in a row especially having already used Zambrano.
OldSchool78
10-03-2008, 09:04 AM
Everybody in the NL is playing for the runner-up trophy. The AL is superior. The Red Sox are the cream of the crop there. If the Red Sox get upset, I still like the AL to win the Series.

The Dodgers have good young pitching, but I see them crumbling under pressure. manyy will screw something up, that is a given. The Cubs are just the Cubs. I think they have dug too big of a hole.

Milwaukee is in disarray. The Phillies are my pick to win the NLCS and then get steamrolled by the Sox. Remember, the AL has homefield, which for Boston, except when Dice-K pithches, mean alot.
TurnTwo
10-03-2008, 12:19 PM
Most intriguing World Series Matchups in my mind:

Cubs v. White Sox (Chi-Chi) - What better way for the Cubbies to break out of their 100 year drought then a series against the South Siders?

Dodgers v. Angels (LA-LA) - The battle for Los Angeles.

Cubs v. Red Sox - Two of baseball's most historic franchises in two of baseball's most historic venues. A real throwback series for all the purists out there.
boobiemiles
10-03-2008, 12:42 PM
Brewers v. Rays (?)
bcherry8
10-03-2008, 12:59 PM
Brewers v. Rays (?)
The battle of the former scrubs.
boobiemiles
10-03-2008, 01:00 PM
as opposed to the battle of the scrubs:

Red Sox v. Cubs
bcherry8
10-03-2008, 01:02 PM
as opposed to the battle of the scrubs:

Red Sox v. Cubs
Thats funny. How many World Series titles have your Yankees won since the turn of the century? None. The Yankees have to be considered scrubs before the Sox.
boobiemiles
10-03-2008, 01:06 PM
I would be upset if i had 1/9 as many rings as the yankees did too. fetus
bcherry8
10-03-2008, 01:07 PM
I would be upset if i had 1/9 as many rings as the yankees did too. fetus
The Yankees practically bought the majority of their rings. And how's golfing in October?
boobiemiles
10-03-2008, 01:13 PM
The Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll in Major League Baseball!!!!!!


How much did you pay for Dice-k?????????


I don't want to hear it if your a Sox fan. The Yankees don't even have enough hands to fit 2 rings on each finger!

Golfing in October is awful... it's too cold little boy
UNCTarheels
10-03-2008, 01:17 PM
The Yankees practically bought the majority of their rings. And how's golfing in October?

Easy Buddy I'm a Yankee and I don't want to here that kind of crap! Ha Ha just kidding............You have to remember the Yankees won a majority of their titles before the Big Spending sprees of the last few years. We won quite a few titles with "Home Grown" players, Derek Jeter has always been a Yankee, Bernie Williams=Life Long Yankee, Mariano Rivera=Life Long Yankee Jorge Posada=Life Long Yankee Those guys were 4 Key players with our most recent Championship teams and they're all life Long Yankees, there's probably more but those are the ones that I'm pulling off the top of my head.
bcherry8
10-03-2008, 01:17 PM
The Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll in Major League Baseball!!!!!!


How much did you pay for Dice-k?????????


I don't want to hear it if your a Sox fan. The Yankees don't even have enough hands to fit 2 rings on each finger!

Golfing in October is awful... it's too cold little boy
A large part of our team is made up of homegrown talent. The Yankees go after high-profile free agents and sacrifice their prospects. Thats why you are the Evil Empire even though our team also has a large payroll.
TurnTwo
10-03-2008, 01:26 PM
A large part of our team is made up of homegrown talent. The Yankees go after high-profile free agents and sacrifice their prospects. Thats why you are the Evil Empire even though our team also has a large payroll.

Hush, Pysher.
boobiemiles
10-03-2008, 02:25 PM
Don't even pretend that the Red Sox like to pay their players!!!


Pedro?
Manny?
Nomar?

I believe that these 3 are 3 guys who were HUGE parts of the Sox world series runs.


And have you ever heard of Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Chen ming wang, and Joba Chamberlain?

You do realize that there was a reason why the yankees didn't get Santana in the off season right? because they wanted to keep their home grown products!!!
OldSchool78
10-03-2008, 03:53 PM
Don't even pretend that the Red Sox like to pay their players!!!


Pedro?
Manny?
Nomar?

I believe that these 3 are 3 guys who were HUGE parts of the Sox world series runs.


And have you ever heard of Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Chen ming wang, and Joba Chamberlain?

You do realize that there was a reason why the yankees didn't get Santana in the off season right? because they wanted to keep their home grown products!!!


Mussina????? He was Baltimore's before being lured away by the Yankees for big bucks.

Everytime I hear any Yankee fan talk about their 26 titles I want to puke, especially when it comes from some 20 something kid. How many were you alive to witness? The most famous Yankee of all was Babe Ruth, an original Red Sox.

Let's say that you younger guys were born in 1985, I would bet I am pretty close. During your lifetime the mighty Yankees have won 4 World Series and none since since 2000. They have gone 8 years and counting without a World Series Championship. They choked away a 3-0 lead to the Red Sox, something that had never been done before, so you do have that in the record books.

Dice-K......I bet you are all wishing that the Yankees did spend the money to talk to him. It turns out the Red Sox did OK. Meanwhile you had Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, your homegrown talent combine for a whopping ZERO wins this year. Nice job.

Another thing. The Yankees lead the steroid era in admitted/suspected abusers. Giambi, Pettite, Clemens, I know I am forgetting a couple. In that same era, The Red Sox have ZERO suspects. A real class act those Yankees. I guess the old adage if you aren't cheating you aren't trying really does apply to them.

Lastly, The Yankees DO NOT have their players names on their jerseys. Why do I see names on the backs of jerseys of these MORONS that where them? Just the other day I am at the gym and in walks Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter. They didn't look anything like they do on TV. They even had Yankee tattoos so I knew it had to be them. All I could do was stand there and laugh. It's not the Yankees that I hate, it's their overbearing fans.
bcherry8
10-03-2008, 09:02 PM
Mussina????? He was Baltimore's before being lured away by the Yankees for big bucks.

Everytime I hear any Yankee fan talk about their 26 titles I want to puke, especially when it comes from some 20 something kid. How many were you alive to witness? The most famous Yankee of all was Babe Ruth, an original Red Sox.

Let's say that you younger guys were born in 1985, I would bet I am pretty close. During your lifetime the mighty Yankees have won 4 World Series and none since since 2000. They have gone 8 years and counting without a World Series Championship. They choked away a 3-0 lead to the Red Sox, something that had never been done before, so you do have that in the record books.

Dice-K......I bet you are all wishing that the Yankees did spend the money to talk to him. It turns out the Red Sox did OK. Meanwhile you had Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, your homegrown talent combine for a whopping ZERO wins this year. Nice job.

Another thing. The Yankees lead the steroid era in admitted/suspected abusers. Giambi, Pettite, Clemens, I know I am forgetting a couple. In that same era, The Red Sox have ZERO suspects. A real class act those Yankees. I guess the old adage if you aren't cheating you aren't trying really does apply to them.

Lastly, The Yankees DO NOT have their players names on their jerseys. Why do I see names on the backs of jerseys of these MORONS that where them? Just the other day I am at the gym and in walks Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter. They didn't look anything like they do on TV. They even had Yankee tattoos so I knew it had to be them. All I could do was stand there and laugh. It's not the Yankees that I hate, it's their overbearing fans.
Could not agree more.
boobiemiles
10-03-2008, 09:33 PM
26 rings
TurnTwo
10-20-2008, 12:56 PM
Phillies-Rays... WHO YA GOT?!?!
boobiemiles
10-20-2008, 01:14 PM
as a long time rays fan I couldn't be happier
GRBball2008
10-20-2008, 01:17 PM
Phillies-Rays... WHO YA GOT?!?!

im taking the rays in 6
BathRamsFan
10-20-2008, 01:19 PM
as a long time rays fan I couldn't be happier

Long time? the last 4 months? lol I'm rooting for em. As long as the
Yankees or Sox aren't in it I am interested.
boobiemiles
10-20-2008, 01:21 PM
well I grew up in Tampa so I've always been a fan.....
BathRamsFan
10-20-2008, 01:21 PM
well I grew up in Tampa so I've always been a fan.....

my bad then....
boobiemiles
10-20-2008, 01:24 PM
haha jk... It was my impression of a cherry bandwagon
bcherry8
10-20-2008, 03:24 PM
my bad then....
Dont mind him. He's a Yankees fan ripping on me because my Sox lost. Im not gonna make excuses, Lester pitched well enough to get them a W in game seven, the bats were just silent after the first inning. Anyways, I say Rays in five games. The Phillies and Dodgers were basically playing for second best. Its nice to see some former Muckdogs in the World Series though. 2000th Post
anth31
10-20-2008, 04:45 PM
9=8 lol but really cherry, i doubt some of the muckdogs are there.
TopShelf
10-20-2008, 04:47 PM
9=8 lol but really cherry, i doubt some of the muckdogs are there.

Ryan Howard, NL Rookie of the Year, MVP, Phillies 1B, once played in Batavia.
anth31
10-20-2008, 04:58 PM
yeah my bad, so did Chase Utley
bcherry8
10-20-2008, 05:18 PM
yeah my bad, so did Chase Utley
Correct. It is proudly displayed at Dwyer Stadium lol. Actually, if you go the the Batavian, Hilly posted an article about former Muckdogs being in the world series. Here's the link:
http://thebatavian.com/sports?page=1
Go a little more than halfway down the page.
boobiemiles
10-20-2008, 05:54 PM
ricky Williams, former NFL rushing champion also played for the muckdogs
anth31
10-20-2008, 07:43 PM
yeahhhh dude i know i have his muckdogs baseball card lol
The Truth
10-20-2008, 07:52 PM
proud to say i saw utley in his limited time as a muckdog hahaha
boobiemiles
10-20-2008, 10:57 PM
yeahhhh dude i know i have his muckdogs baseball card lol
Jordan Doyle spent a day with him once (as a muckdog of course) haha
anth31
10-21-2008, 05:13 PM
lol thats awesome. i wish i remembered seeing him