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maxxsir · 09-25-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGER STADIUM 1912

Who ever new york plays in the playoffs they will win. i would like to see the yankees destroy detroit in the first round. detroit is a team that has no business being in the playoffs.

We had a visiting Chicago Tribune Sports Writer say pretty much the same thing about mid-season in the Detroit News. Chicago is now 87 & 69 and will be lucky to make the playoffs this year.

We are 94 & 62 this season with one more win than the Yankees.

It wasn't until September that the mighty yanks could catch Detroit. The only thing consistent about the Yanks all year is that their Win/Loss percentage fluctuated constantly.

I am always amazed at you Yankee fans. It was the same thing with the 2001 World Series against the DiamondBacks. You guys choked against a team you thought were inferior to the mighty Yankees. That was one of the greatest World Series of all times and it put the Yankees in their place.

You better hope that you win home field advantage because your Win/Loss on the road is fairly poor and your home stand is just a bit better than ours.

October baseball is very different than regular season baseball. The only thing you have to gain with that “superior Yankee attitude” is another major upset on the scale of the 2001 season

Btw:
For all the money the Yankees Spend & the Last 6 World Series.
2005 Chi. White Sox 4, Houston 0 Jermaine Dye (No Yankees)
2004 Boston 4, St. Louis 0 Manny Ramirez (No Yankees)
2003 Florida 4, NY Yankees 2 Josh Beckett (Yankees Choke)
2002 Anaheim 4, San Francisco 3 Troy Glaus (No Yankees)
2001 Arizona 4, NY Yankees 3 Schilling/Johnson (Yankees blow it big time)
2000 NY Yankees 4, NY Mets 1 Derek Jeter (Yankees win against a team that was a fluke)

TIGER STADIUM 1912 · 09-25-2006, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by maxxsir

We had a visiting Chicago Tribune Sports Writer say pretty much the same thing about mid-season in the Detroit News. Chicago is now 87 & 69 and will be lucky to make the playoffs this year.

We are 94 & 62 this season with one more win than the Yankees.

It wasn't until September that the mighty yanks could catch Detroit. The only thing consistent about the Yanks all year is that their Win/Loss percentage fluctuated constantly.

I am always amazed at you Yankee fans. It was the same thing with the 2001 World Series against the DiamondBacks. You guys choked against a team you thought were inferior to the mighty Yankees. That was one of the greatest World Series of all times and it put the Yankees in their place.

You better hope that you win home field advantage because your Win/Loss on the road is fairly poor and your home stand is just a bit better than ours.

October baseball is very different than regular season baseball. The only thing you have to gain with that “superior Yankee attitude” is another major upset on the scale of the 2001 season

Btw:
For all the money the Yankees Spend & the Last 6 World Series.
2005 Chi. White Sox 4, Houston 0 Jermaine Dye (No Yankees)
2004 Boston 4, St. Louis 0 Manny Ramirez (No Yankees)
2003 Florida 4, NY Yankees 2 Josh Beckett (Yankees Choke)
2002 Anaheim 4, San Francisco 3 Troy Glaus (No Yankees)
2001 Arizona 4, NY Yankees 3 Schilling/Johnson (Yankees blow it big time)
2000 NY Yankees 4, NY Mets 1 Derek Jeter (Yankees win against a team that was a fluke)

All i am going to say is that it will be a very short post season for detroit, a team that i still say has no business in the playoffs. chicago has no one to blame but them selves for being in the position that they are in now.detroit has been playing way over there heads all year. and this detroit team is not as good as some people think they are.
I cant wait to see new york take detroit apart in the playoffs.

maxxsir · 09-25-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGER STADIUM 1912

All i am going to say is that it will be a very short post season for detroit, a team that i still say has no business in the playoffs. chicago has no one to blame but them selves for being in the position that they are in now.detroit has been playing way over there heads all year. and this detroit team is not as good as some people think they are.
I cant wait to see new york take detroit apart in the playoffs.

Oh come on... You are really that confident? The only thing about October is it is full of surprises. If you think Jim Leyland is that much of a push over you got another thing coming.

Leyland ranks sixth among active managers with 1,069 victories over his 14 seasons. I doubt with a record like that he will be getting picked apart or slaughtered by any team in the playoffs. I think he will have a surprise or two ready for NY.

At any rate we Tiger Fans have nothing to lose. We are enjoying our season. On the other hand it will be the Yankees that will need to prove your theory correct. I hope you are wrong myself...

BayAreaYankeeFan · 09-25-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by maxxsir

We had a visiting Chicago Tribune Sports Writer say pretty much the same thing about mid-season in the Detroit News. Chicago is now 87 & 69 and will be lucky to make the playoffs this year.

We are 94 & 62 this season with one more win than the Yankees.

It wasn't until September that the mighty yanks could catch Detroit. The only thing consistent about the Yanks all year is that their Win/Loss percentage fluctuated constantly.

I am always amazed at you Yankee fans. It was the same thing with the 2001 World Series against the DiamondBacks. You guys choked against a team you thought were inferior to the mighty Yankees. That was one of the greatest World Series of all times and it put the Yankees in their place.

You better hope that you win home field advantage because your Win/Loss on the road is fairly poor and your home stand is just a bit better than ours.

October baseball is very different than regular season baseball. The only thing you have to gain with that “superior Yankee attitude” is another major upset on the scale of the 2001 season

Btw:
For all the money the Yankees Spend & the Last 6 World Series.
2005 Chi. White Sox 4, Houston 0 Jermaine Dye (No Yankees)
2004 Boston 4, St. Louis 0 Manny Ramirez (No Yankees)
2003 Florida 4, NY Yankees 2 Josh Beckett (Yankees Choke)
2002 Anaheim 4, San Francisco 3 Troy Glaus (No Yankees)
2001 Arizona 4, NY Yankees 3 Schilling/Johnson (Yankees blow it big time)
2000 NY Yankees 4, NY Mets 1 Derek Jeter (Yankees win against a team that was a fluke)

I love it when people come in and just talk Yankee spending. George Steinbrenner is not the richest owner in baseball. Why does he spend whatever it takes? Maybe he cares about winning more than what anyone else does? Maybe more than your own team? Probably so. Imagine your team spending as much as the Yanks do, would you love them still? If you're a Boston fan don't bother commenting on that, you spend right up there with us.

Before you go on about us losing from 01-05 think about it this way.... Yankees have won 4 out 10 World Series' and 9 out of 10 of those years we clinched the East. Not too shabby. Don't you wish your team can repeat anything just once?

**nyjyrk** · 09-25-2006, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BayAreaYankeeFan

I love it when people come in and just talk Yankee spending. George Steinbrenner is not the richest owner in baseball. Why does he spend whatever it takes? Maybe he cares about winning more than what anyone else does? Maybe more than your own team? Probably so. Imagine your team spending as much as the Yanks do, would you love them still? If you're a Boston fan don't bother commenting on that, you spend right up there with us.

Before you go on about us losing from 01-05 think about it this way.... Yankees have won 4 out 10 World Series' and 9 out of 10 of those years we clinched the East. Not too shabby. Don't you wish your team can repeat anything just once?

Let them cry about speding all they want to. We'll just keep smiling as George turns out a contender year after year.
Do you think Cubs fans would love an owner who cared whether they win or lose?
What about Pirates fans? Do you think that they wouyld love to have an owner put money back into thier team instead of pocketing the Luxury Tax?
Ditto on the Royals.

Keep in mind also when people complain about the Yankees payroll. How many of the starters came up through the Yankee orginization? Look at most other teams in contention, and you'd be suprised at how may of them have only one or two starters that were "homegrown" talent.

**nyjyrk** · 09-25-2006, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by maxxsir

The only thing consistent about the Yanks all year is that their Win/Loss percentage fluctuated constantly.

What season are you watching?????

Yankee winning percentage-

May 31st - .608
Jun 30th - .584
July 31st - .598
Aug 31st - .598
Sep 25th - .600

Looks pretty consistant to me.
Unless you consider a fluxuation of .024 a major discrepancy.
Face it, the tigers are choking away a huge lead that they built up by playing the Royals alot and the Pirates and Astros(minus Clemens) in interleague early in the season. They had a true test in August and September and failed.

FreakPartner27 · 09-27-2006, 10:05 PM

So the Yankees belong in the playoffs and the Tigers don't . . . and both teams have identical records?

Just making sure I understand.

**nyjyrk** · 09-27-2006, 10:28 PM

Were you responding to me?
I never said that they don't belong, just that they're not as good as they were playing in June. Their schedule was softer than in August and September.