OT: Two Incredible collapses in one night

[carrigansghost]

It was more fun to be a long suffering Sox fan anyway. Congrats to the Yanks and the next O's fan that pats his team on the back for winning a couple of games, all I've got to say is call me when you come even close to the playoffs.

Rawn

[scooter729]

Win or lose (and my team lost), it was a hell of a night of baseball, and can only help the game in general to have more nights like that.

Now, I'm open to any suggestions about what to do with these....

[sycks22]

Love seeing all that money of Boston just fall apart. Although I'm happy for Tampa, I'm also ticked cuz they don't really have a fan base. Marlins / Rays fans mysteriously show up when their teams make the playoffs, but where were they during the season when their attendance was around 10-15k a game? Cards fans are die hard so I'm all about them. Texas vs Milwaukee in the series, mark it down.

[oldjudge]

Why not bring those tickets to an autograph show and have Crawford and Papelbon sign them

[timzcardz]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Why not bring those tickets to an autograph show and have Crawford and Papelbon sign them

YOU SIR! owe me a new monitor, as I had a mouthful of coffee when I read this.

[vintagecpa]

As a die-hard Braves fan, AHHHHHHHHH, not again. Actually, Philly didn't do themselves any favors last night. I'd much rather have the stumbling Braves in the final 4 instead of St. Louis. As hot as St. Louis is now, I wouldn't want to face them in the first round.

[sayhey24]

It was probably the greatest night in regular season baseball history.

One thing no one is mentioning -- if baseball's terrible new plan for an extra wild card team was in effect now, none of what happened last night would have mattered!

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[Kalineman]

As someone who has followed the game closely since 1961, I couldn't agree more. The best night of regular season history I've ever seen. I can't believe how many people - including non-fans - are talking about last night's games at work today. Incredible.

[steve B]

Are phantom tickets still much of a big deal? They were for a little while.

I like someone elses idea of getting Crawford and /or Papelbon to sign them That would make a great display.


A very mixed night for me. The Sox lost. But so did the Yankees. And my number two team the Orioles won. My wife is from DC and I'm required to root for the Orioles and Redskins when they're not playing a Boston team.

And my old familiar Red Sox seem to be back. My wife had a tough time getting the old "When will they choke" ethos. She finally understood the depth of it in 04. After the final yankees game the announcer said it was the worst collapse in baseball history(debatable). Not having cheered yet I turned to her and said "That's just one more thing they've taken from us".
Within a week it had all changed.

Steve B

Originally Posted by scooter729

Win or lose (and my team lost), it was a hell of a night of baseball, and can only help the game in general to have more nights like that.

Now, I'm open to any suggestions about what to do with these....

[yanks12025]

I'm sorry but whoever said that the Tigers are better than the Yankees made me laugh. Yankees should make it to the world series easily. Rays will be knocked out first round, they barely could beat the Yankees and they had pretty much 90% a minor league team out there.

[vintagecpa]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

I'm sorry but whoever said that the Tigers are better than the Yankees made me laugh. Yankees should make it to the world series easily. Rays will be knocked out first round, they barely could beat the Yankees and they had pretty much 90% a minor league team out there.

This time of year, believing and refusing to lose is 2/3's the battle. Any team matched up against the Rays will have their hands full.

[vintagechris]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

I'm sorry but whoever said that the Tigers are better than the Yankees made me laugh. Yankees should make it to the world series easily. Rays will be knocked out first round, they barely could beat the Yankees and they had pretty much 90% a minor league team out there.

Count me as one who thinks the Tigers will beat the Yankees as well.

[carrigansghost]

In retrospect, I guess O's fans have every right to celebrate knocking the Sox out of the playoffs, We did the same thing when we knocked them out in early May.

Rawn

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by carrigansghost

In retrospect, I guess O's fans have every right to celebrate knocking the Sox out of the playoffs, We did the same thing when we knocked them out in early May.

Rawn

Again, who cares?! No one will go back to a Red Sox conquest over the lowly O's in May. None of us in Baltimore had expectations. However, you did and that collapse will be remembered throughout history. Just *gulp*, face facts and realize we got one over on you this time.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by carrigansghost

It was more fun to be a long suffering Sox fan anyway. Congrats to the Yanks and the next O's fan that pats his team on the back for winning a couple of games, all I've got to say is call me when you come even close to the playoffs.

Rawn

That's fine. Whether we finished 1, 29 or 100 games out is completely irrelevant. The Boston Red Sox did not determine our season but we sure as hell determined theirs! And better yet....it will go down in history. “End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day,” Andino said.