[Ratzz]

people get so wound up with the image and the lore...*they are done.
*
they are not in shape..*
they are not young..
they are not fast...
they are not clutch..
they are not inspired..
they are not a team..

they all just try to smack it out.*
history won't get you there.*
memories will not help you.

they don't have pitching,
they don't have batting when they need it..
they don't have inspired managing leadership.*
baseball cannot be played as though following a manual.

as of this moment, they are merely mediocre.*

they could easily fold on Sunday vs, Blue Jays
and the Red Sox will play them hard as hell in last three.

Look for Red Sox to win two of those.

Baltimore is ALIVE... that's a baseball team.



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[Mantle7]

I couldn't agree more. They have ZERO chance winning anything in the playoffs.

[Ratzz]

Girardi is too "by-the-book"

wars are not only won in that fashion... he needs a little Braveheart/William Wallace

he uses too many pitchers, he pulls guys that are hot.. just for a R/L matchup when not necessary.
unless the guy is pitching crap poor, leave him in

[Ratzz]

yep.....

here they go again... Orioles too... Go O's!!

[Ratzz]

well this certainly applies to Tigers as well...
playing together like a team.. and showing up down the stretch.

Yanks have been a 1-dimensional team all year.. and will suck next year (in the playoffs if they make it again).
they should do fine in reg season.. that right field wall is so close, impossible not to hit it out regularly.

hell, even Ichiro started to become a HR hitter in the new Stadium

they deserve to be out, embarrassment to MLB and pro sports.
The equivalent in NBA is a team that tries a 3-pointer every possession,
or a team that never runs the ball, or passes underneath.

that's what you would get in either the NBA, or NFL playoffs– dominated badly.*