Finally. Tangible proof of a just God.
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Wow was that game embarrassing. It must of been long trip back from Boston. everyone show up early, stretch, get some warm up pitching in , but don't go down like losers.
Red Sox or Yankees..neither will get past the Astros.
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Red Sox likely would have won game regardless but in a game that requires 6 innings of relief, to not use any of the 4 closets on this team to try to keep it close is bad judgment.
This is the postseason. Win or lose with your top guns.
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As a lifelong M & M boys Yankee fan, I must say that this Sox team plays the game the way it should be played. Aggressive base running, bunting, a superbly executed hit and run. They scored 7 runs in one inning without hitting a home run. It's hard to not want to see them play the Astros. They, including Cora, deserve much respect - they do it right and they do it well......
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Gawds what a night.
But congratulations on a well-written article...very good read.
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The thing about baseball, as opposed to football or basketball for example, is that no matter how badly one team is outscored in a certain game, it has almost no influence whatsoever on the outcome of the next. I'm a Sox fan, but it wouldn't shock me in the least to see the score of game four be New York 9, Boston 3.
I heard many Yankee fans argue they should be up 2-0 in the series after winning game 2. After last night's game, many of my Yankee friends are talking about the upcoming Knicks and current Rangers season. How quick they lose faith.
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@R Don't count me among them. I'm not that worried. Sabathia is well-rested and is not intimidated by the big stage, so I expect him to step up tonight, and Happ to redeem himself on Thursday.
@Dave....pack your things...it's closing time.
A few years ago it was reported that some Red Sox-supporting construction workers had put a Red Sox towel or jersey in the concrete of the new stadium. The concrete was apparently broken up so the offending material could be removed. Alas, it is quite certain they put something else in the stadium's edifice, per a friend of mine in the Bronx. The entire stadium should be torn down and rebuilt to excise the other pieces of offending material. That is the only answer.
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A satisfying game for a Sox fan to be sure. But tonight is a brand-new game and should be an epic contest. You gotta love (and hate) the way these two teams rip each other apart sometimes, then the next game is a whole new story. The '04 game 3, 18-9 route at Fenway comes to mind. Boone might have waited too long to pull Severino, especially with his stacked pen. But Evoldi was brilliant in 7 innings. Pretty much unhittable. Last night was a perfect storm for the Sox. Clutch hitting, stellar starting pitching, sparse use of a shaky pen. If Porcello is on his game and the line-up gets to Sabathia early expect the Sox to punch their ticket to the ALCS.
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As a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan I hate the New York Yankees. But the Boston Red Sox have also earned my ire. Having won a World Series ring in 2004, 2007 and 2013 they have matched the White Sox total since 1900.
So go Red Sox! Then go Astros!
My White Sox defeat of the Astros in the 2005 World Series sweep when they were in the National League received none of the attention and recognition accorded the Red Sox in 2004 and the Cubs in 2016. I was a Cubs "fan" for all of 2016. Go Brewers!
Next year will be the 100th anniversary of the Black Sox scandal engineered by New York City mobster Arnold Rothstein. My White Sox led MLB in strikeouts this year.
You all don't know nothing about humiliation and defeat.
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Say it ain't so Joe!
Baseball is about heartbreak. The great teams have suffered... even the Yankees (e.g. Lou Gehrig, Thurman Munson). As a native Bostonian and lifelong Red Sox fan, I was quite prepared from my childhood in the 1970s into my old age to believe that the Red Sox would never make it. It was sweet when I was proven wrong. In any case, I always considered the Red Sox curse to be that of The Kid, not the Bambino. Ted Williams was born in 1918 and died in 2002. Lo and behold, the Red Sox won their last World Series in 1918 and their next one in 2004. Coincidence? I think not.
I feel bad for teams like the White Sox and the Indians. They had/have their long dearths but never quite captured the imagination like the Cubs, Red Sox, Athletics or even Mets. Perhaps it was the Black Sox incident. Or maybe the White Sox never had a truly iconic player like Ernie Banks. Even Carlton Fisk or Luis Aparicio made their names with other teams. The most famous White Sox was Shoeless Joe Jackson whose career ended in infamy (say it ain't so!) And it's even possible that the North Side of Chicago (with Wrigley Field) has somewhat more prestige than the South Side (with New Comiskey Park) for all of the sociological reasons that we are too familiar with (and as you, Blackmamba, will remind us of) in this country.
Anyway, I say Go Sox! Next year in Chicago!
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Growing up in Jersey with many trips to the Bronx, bringing my kids to the Bronx, and later in life living in Cape Cod I came to understand the suffering that Sox fans endured for decades, so besides winning the World Series multiple times, I am sure there were many smiles from graves in the Red Sox nation last night!
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I usually watch Red Sox games to the end, but when the score was 10-1 in the 4th, I took the opportunity to go see the movie "Free Solo" about Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan, all 3200 feet, with no ropes or other gear. He did that in 3 hours 56 minutes.
Let's go Sox! Win tonight and end the Yankees' misery.
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@Joe From Boston
Thank you Red Sox. May the Yankees enjoy their vacation, starting now.
Red Sox 4, Yankees 3, series over.
But Craig Kimbrell certainly made the 9th inning interesting.
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Oh yeah. What's my favorite team? Whoever's beating the Yankees. Go everyone else!
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I think Aaron Judge's prank with the boom box boomeranged on him.
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The entitlement of the Yankee fans! Cry me a river
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You are so right Yankee fans are the worst
Boo Hoo babies!
Go Birds!
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Both Severino & CC have been hot & cold...neither a sure fire starter.
The Red Sox have starters & no bull pen; the Yankees have so-so starters & great bench.
Didi, Gleyber & NYY young players have also been hot & cold.
Meanwhile - the Astros look better than both Sox&NYY- with top notch offense& defense.
Maybe Yankee fans can take solace in losing so as to watch the Red Sox squelched. Verlander, Keuchel--egad!
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I can’t imagine a team that has lost that badly in any game of the post season would go on to win the World Series. And it wasn’t just a fluke from the Sox. They’ve annihilated every team they’ve faced in the MLB this year. Their record is insane! It would be hard for one to not imagine a scenario where the Sox win the whole thing. Sorry, New York..
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Last night's game aside -- please! -- it's clear Severino needs to emulate Eovaldi and learn either a cutter or (better) a two-seamer/sinker. It appears Sevy is trying to strike everybody out, instead of being economical with his pitches. It's foreboding when he throws 11 pitches in the first (albeit a lucky inning when it could easily have been 3-0), and then has more than 40 pitches by the top of the 3rd. The kid has a great arm, but he's not savvy enough yet to read or set up batters. If he wants to continue to throw his change-up, he'd better learn to dial it down about 5 mph. It seems that he was inducing ground balls in the first half of the season; now it's either line drives or long fly balls.
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When Girardi-a proven WS winner- was fired as Mgr, Tyler Kepner-as usual-hailed the decision to hire a plain,green, inexperienced Boone as another Cashman's stroke of genius. Kepner today has a piece trashing Boone as a naive rookie. And instead of giving Red Sox credit for emphatically bouncing back after Saturday's loss in Fenway, Kepner revert to his usual spin.
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At least they did not score all those runs by smashing home runs. Home runs have become way too frequent, taking the excitement and suspense away from plays made in front of the home run wall. So thanks for the bases-clearing double and triple last night Red Sox. Even though it was a blow out, that was still way more exciting than watching balls sail over the wall one after another.
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Story's photo of the near empty bleachers tells you all you need to know. Yankee Stadium sounded like a morgue just 45 minutes or so into the game. Sox fans even when trailing: "Lets Go Red Sox!". Yanks fans: "Let's Go... home". Front runners for sure.
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One of the most beautiful baseball games I've ever seen.
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@Socrates
Absolutely, same here pal.
A humiliating thumping for the evil empire.
It's even better than 04 ALCS game.
Red Sox fan here. When the score got to 8-0, I jokingly told my son that I wouldn't feel comfortable with any lead over the Yankees until a position player was brought in to pitch. Little did I know how prescient this thought was. Still, yet, the Yanks are a powerful team playing in their home park with their backs to the wall. Last night is only an indicator of last night and may serve to fire up the Pinstripes. I hope not but every day in baseball is a new day.
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There was a week during the Spring when these Yankees defeated Boston and Houston in back-to-back series. That week, baseball commentators compared these Yankees favorably to the legendary ‘98 team. Since that week, the Yankees have been pretty mediocre, clearly underperforming given their awesome talent level. Yet, as good as this team appears on paper, it does have some glaring substantive flaws besides youthful hubris. Frankly, their hitters and starting pitchers are just not that good. I rarely see Yankee hitters confidently working counts as the ‘98 Yankees did. These fine points matter against Boston and Houston because despite the press the new “”Murderer’s Row” has received this year, Boston and Houston are historically good teams. It is sad that it came to this. It is clear to me that the Yankees need an experienced disciplinarian to guide them to a World Series victory.
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I grew up in Queens as an avid, albeit very young, Brooklyn Dodger fan. So when I moved to Massachusetts at age 23 I transformed my dislike for the Yankees into an increasing passion for the Sawx.
So, following Jackie Gleason, all I can say about last night’s game is, “How sweet it is!”
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WOW!! Baseball for football fans! I'll be watching today, or tomorrow as the case may be, or the next time.
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Yikes! Are we sure this wasn't a football game with that score? Come on, Yankees! Get it together for cryin' out loud.
-Die Hard Yankees Fan
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For us Red Sox fans this was a very satisfying and reassuring win. This was the Red Sox at their best throughout the season. It's been like they bring their bats to the park and have huge games or they show up having forgotten to bring their bats to the ball park at all. Being a Red Sox fan is not easy even in a year when won 108 games.
Alex Cora has brought a huge change to this team. His leadership and skill at managing players and line ups could not have been more evident than it was last night.
So, As a Sox fan, we are greatful for a great show of strength in a very exciting win but being a Sox fan also means never assuming any game will be a win or that any series is in the bag until the last out is made.
Go Sox, and to Aaron Judge, this morning Red Sox nation is humming "love that dirty water, ah ah Boston, you're my home" .
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As long as we keep Price off the mound, this series is ours. And thanks for letting us get the newest Yankee Killer, Mr. Nathan Ekvaldi!
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IMO, it's ridiculous to boo a rookie manager who won 100 games with his pitching staff in tatters, the best hitter out or ineffective for a third of the season, and another power hitter (Sanchez) mostly forgetting how to hit. And to boo a 24-year old who won 19 games, which is like winning 27 or so when I was a kid, for peanuts in today's terms, is also silly. Yes, it's a tough game and a tough world, but along the lines of what Joe Torre said when the Yankees blew the 3-0 lead, a great franchise gets put in these situations. Try being a Nationals' fan.
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God, I miss Joe Girardi.
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Boone does not have a feel for bull pen management period. There is a reason so many catchers make good managers. If Girardi were managing this game, different final score, and Romine a position player would not have been pitching in the ninth.
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Whose lame decision was it to pitch Severino on 4 days rest when the brain trust knows he needs a longer rest than that, especially considering his stressful start in the wild card game just four days earlier and a well rested Sabathia in the wings. Terrible, just terrible!
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@Alvino You're so right. And I'm sure you're not saying this in hindsight. CC was the choice clear as day.
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@Alvino I don't know, the fact that a key part of your pitching line up needs so much rest between games is a tacit admission that the Yankees are not likely to go the distance during the post season even if they manage to beat the Red Sox. You can't just be good, you have to be good when you are needed most. Think Madison Bumgarner and Justin Verlander.
@Barbara Sure. But they're Bumgarner and Verlander. You have to manage with what you have. And @Alvino point was that it was a managerial mistake not to go with Sabathia.
T Yankee fans now know what old Red Sox fans felt, but they haven't learned to savor the drama of what used to feel like eternal damnation . . .
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terrific game all around...perfect, really...just wish the Sox could have saved some of those runs for the next game (though I hope they don't need them)...
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Boone deserves some criticism for his pitching decisions, but the fact is, the Yankees scored one run. How would different and/or quicker pitching changes have made a difference?
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@Dave Yes, this is what I ask myself -- how would taking Severino out earlier have made Nathan Eovaldi less effective? Best case scenario they stopped the carnage at three runs. That still leaves Boston on top, although, presumably, a lot more fans would have stayed for the duration.
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Ironic that the new young Yankees are not aware of the fact established for some time now the Boston Red Sox are not the old bridesmaids of the East they once were particularly in regards to this enduring rivalry. Play "New York, New York" in the Fenway bowels at your own risk, Aaron Judge. Put away the boom box and get to work.
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