will be great when yanks dont make the playoffs

LolsMcwinsey · 08-25-10, 06:55 PM

what does this have to do with "baseball handicapping"?

cranman1328 · 08-25-10, 06:59 PM

start betting against the yankees

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 07:12 PM

Are you a St. Louis Cardinals backer?

thebestthereis · 08-25-10, 07:16 PM

they can't win this game nor make the playoffs, that is for certain

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by thebestthereis

they can't win this game nor make the playoffs, that is for certain

How many points do you wanna bet?

ExposingLines247 · 08-25-10, 07:20 PM

dumb thread die hard sox fan and yeah we have a chance but lets focus on the rays here gotta get one of the 2, yanks may look a little worse than last yr but i believe have a better record at this point than last year, btw some of our starters are gas cans right now

thebestthereis · 08-25-10, 07:22 PM

Originally posted by Pauulzcappin

How many points do you wanna bet?

dude you just don't get the sarcasm. all people do is bash teams they bet when they are down in the first inning 1-0. team can't win they suck everyone should die. it is all that people say ever.

ROFLcopter · 08-25-10, 07:23 PM

You seriously don't think the Yankees will make the playoffs?

Can you post all of your picks and leans for us please?

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by ExposingLines247

dumb thread die hard sox fan and yeah we have a chance but lets focus on the rays here gotta get one of the 2, yanks may look a little worse than last yr but i believe have a better record at this point than last year, btw some of our starters are gas cans right now

This weekend is gonna be important for the Red Sox, you guys are playing Tampa and we are playing Chi Sox on US Cell. Might be a turning point for you guys to get in the fight once and for all.

You guys need LEster though, Wakefield can't be trusted.

Truth Be Told · 08-25-10, 07:27 PM

yea you got a prayer

Grits n' Gravy · 08-25-10, 07:31 PM

sox fan and with no youk or pedroia they ain't making it to postseason.

as a sox fan i also have to say yankees smoke pole.

limitation · 08-25-10, 07:50 PM

Yankees are over rated. With their 250 millions payroll, they only managed to win once past 10 years. I wouldn't be surprised if Yankees get knocked out by Rays in the post season. Beside CC, Yankees rotation is a joke. Granted they have very good offense but they have a lot of old players, Posada, Jeter, A rod, Mo, etc.

brxbmbers42 · 08-25-10, 07:52 PM

Originally posted by cranman1328

not impossible for the red sox to catch yanks right now mosely nova in rotation hughes will come back to earth and no arod ........can happen would be great fffff the yankees and their high payroll

fukk the cards. worry about your dead team and stop worrying about the yankees. hater

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 08:59 PM

Red Sox aren't catching anyone, Yankees and Rays are already in.

That said, I don't think Yankees are going to Word Series this year. If Rangers and Rays don't get matched up in first round, I think that would be your ALCS. Unfortunately, I think they will be since I think Yankees win the division.

Regardless, Texas Rangers are going to the World Series.

LolsMcwinsey · 08-25-10, 09:01 PM

rangers in the world series?

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 09:03 PM

Yankees will put Rangers to shame, wake up...

Doug · 08-25-10, 09:23 PM

The Yanks could miss with their depleted pitching staff.

I can't make a good line on taking Boston to get a playoff spot ( almost same thing), basically.

I wouldn't take Boston at 10-1, but I would at 100-1

Anybody want to try at a nice fair no vig price ?

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by Pauulzcappin

Yankees will put Rangers to shame, wake up...

Rangers match up very well in a seven game series, they actually have some pitching this year and a solid bullpen.

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 10:40 PM

Originally posted by LolsMcwinsey

rangers in the world series?

Why is that so amusing? Have you watched them play this year?

yisman · 08-25-10, 10:41 PM

Yankees will finish ahead of the Red Sox, IMO.

Boston's lineup is not that imposing right now. They don't have the firepower to catch the Yankees.

It'll be Tampa/Yankees, in some order, for the top two spots in the AL East. Boston will finish 3rd.

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 10:42 PM

And don't forget, if Yanks play Rangers, Yanks would have to win four out of five in games not started by Cliff Lee.

B1GER1C828 · 08-25-10, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

Why is that so amusing? Have you watched them play this year?

Lt, if you look at them month by month, they been a .500 team except for june where they went like 20-5

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

Rangers match up very well in a seven game series, they actually have some pitching this year and a solid bullpen.

Did you see what Yankees' lineup did to their solid bullpen in the Arlington series? Yeah...

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

And don't forget, if Yanks play Rangers, Yanks would have to win four out of five in games not started by Cliff Lee.

He's already proven he's not untouchable this year.

Illusion · 08-25-10, 10:44 PM

I hate the Yankees with a passion, but it seems like everytime they drop a few games my fellow Yankee haters come out. NY is in a slight slump right now, but they will make the playoffs.

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 10:47 PM

Lee will be fine in post-season, no worries there. I think Texas is extremely underrated.

And Yankees and Rangers split the two games in Arlington, so I don't see any domination there like you are implying.

Pauulzcappin · 08-25-10, 10:48 PM

You talked about their solid bullpen, I said Yankees dominated them. They actually got a win thanks to it.

violivei · 08-25-10, 10:49 PM

Yankees are by no means a lock!

Doug · 08-25-10, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by yisman

Yankees will finish ahead of the Red Sox, IMO.

Boston's lineup is not that imposing right now. They don't have the firepower to catch the Yankees.

It'll be Tampa/Yankees, in some order, for the top two spots in the AL East. Boston will finish 3rd.

Way to go out on a limb there....

I of course agree and give the Bosox something better than a 10% chance of sneaking in.Yanks have two starting pitchers.

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by Pauulzcappin

You talked about their solid bullpen, I said Yankees dominated them. They actually got a win thanks to it.

You are talking about ONE game, the game when Yankees came back from down 6-1. The Texas pen was fine in first game of that series, allowing something like four hits in five innings.

More importantly, the Texas pen has been good all year, I think they are in top 5 in majors in pen ERA.

netinfo · 08-25-10, 10:59 PM

Red Sox aren't catching anyone, Yankees and Rays are already in.

With over 30 games left, and only 5.5 back, I think the Sox still have a chance, and can still make a run for it. It's not a very good chance, but it's a chance. I think its doable, even though it does not seem very probably that they will topple either the Yanks or the Rays. I just don't think we should crown the Yanks and Rays just yet!

netinfo

MJFtheGenius · 08-25-10, 11:01 PM

lol

I say bet against the cardinals

sundin4prez · 08-25-10, 11:02 PM

Originally posted by yisman

Yankees will finish ahead of the Red Sox, IMO.

Boston's lineup is not that imposing right now. They don't have the firepower to catch the Yankees.

It'll be Tampa/Yankees, in some order, for the top two spots in the AL East. Boston will finish 3rd.

i agree 100%

LT Profits · 08-25-10, 11:02 PM

Originally posted by netinfo

With over 30 games left, and only 5.5 back, I think the Sox still have a chance, and can still make a run for it. It's not a very good chance, but it's a chance. I think its doable, even though it does not seem very probably that they will topple either the Yanks or the Rays. I just don't think we should crown the Yanks and Rays just yet!

netinfo

I know, I was being quasi-sarcastic (hence the

)

I just don't think the current Boston team is as good as the other two.