Fenway Paaaaaahhhk

Given2Fly-Fish

on2legs said:

JimmyV said:

Eh...I'll take 3 World Series titles and 2 Pearl Jam concerts at Fenway over anything that has happened in the Bronx during my lifetime.

I'm going to raise you 5 World Series titles and many epic shows at Randall's Island and MSG.

Don't get me wrong.... The three titles are a nice starter set for a franchise. But we may be posting about PJ50 before you guys hit double digits.

I will raise you 2 '94 Garden Shows, The Orpheum, The Quarter Rant and The Experiment...

The Yankees - I cannot touch that...However, I will take my 9 Championships in a decade by all of our sports teams - :-)

lolobugg

both u guys are spoiled... as a cubs fan.. you guys can blow me. as a crimson tide fan bring it on you weak ass bitches. 16... 16.. national championships in a league with no playoffs... now add in PJ and we are f*cked.

ikiT

Dang lolo you aren't even messing around on this tour...

Who I Am

ikiT

That MAY be the greatest play by a shortstop, if not an infielder, in all of baseball's history.

Honestly I'm not blindly anti Yankee, I'm pro good baseball. I am however quite anti A-Rod AND anti Wade Boggs too, that beer swilling, everyday chicken eating, only padding his stats, doubled up pony riding, opposite field slap hitter.

ikiT

Papi

ikiT

so if I'm not at Fenway 1 and they play Rival and dedicate it to Wade Boggs...I will lose my shit.
Help a brother out.

Poncier

Cliffy6745 said:

Boggs riding bitch, typical.

my2hands

I love when people talk about championships won 50 years before they were born

If you weren't alive for the parade the shit doesn't count

mattsavard

on2legs said:

The three titles are a nice starter set for a franchise.

You know how I know you don't actually watch baseball?

ikiT

1918, 1916, 1915, 1912, 1903

ikiT

Baltimore has a starter set. Just sayin.

mattsavard

Who I Am said:

That's pretty pedestrian. Jeter is known to have horrible range and goes out of his way to make routine plays look flashy. According to two historical play-by-play-based systems, Baseball Prospectus’s Fielding Runs Above Average and Baseball-Reference’s Total Zone, Jeter's shoddy defense has COST his team more in the field than any other player in history, with both methods assessing the damage at 230 to 260 runs.

Here are two Pedroia plays that are superior to that limp-wristed Jeter flip, alone.

Merkin Baller

No team can touch the Yankees success (at least in last 2

my2hands said:

I love when people talk about championships won 50 years before they were born

If you weren't alive for the parade the shit doesn't count

Great point, if you weren't there to enjoy it 1st hand, is it the same?

Few, if any professional sports teams can compete with the Yankees' success over the last 20 years. (The Spurs maybe? I don't follow the NBA, but I know Duncan has had an amazing run. )

Few if any cities in the world have had the run of professional sports titles that Boston has had for the last 15 years.

Lolobug hit the nail in the head, we are spoiled something fierce.

mattsavard

Or there's Escobar's behind the back glove flip to barehanded turn for two (also at Fenway)....


Jeter's a bum defensively.

Cliffy6745

mattsavard said:

Who I Am said:

That's pretty pedestrian. Jeter is known to have horrible range and goes out of his way to make routine plays look flashy. According to two historical play-by-play-based systems, Baseball Prospectus’s Fielding Runs Above Average and Baseball-Reference’s Total Zone, Jeter's shoddy defense has COST his team more in the field than any other player in history, with both methods assessing the damage at 230 to 260 runs.

Here are two Pedroia plays that are superior to that limp-wristed Jeter flip, alone.

Jeter for his career is not a very good defensive shortstop, but that play is not pretty pedestrian given the circumstances, by any stretch of the imagination.

RatsTJRats

mattsavard said:

Who I Am said:

That's pretty pedestrian. Jeter is known to have horrible range and goes out of his way to make routine plays look flashy. According to two historical play-by-play-based systems, Baseball Prospectus’s Fielding Runs Above Average and Baseball-Reference’s Total Zone, Jeter's shoddy defense has COST his team more in the field than any other player in history, with both methods assessing the damage at 230 to 260 runs.

Here are two Pedroia plays that are superior to that limp-wristed Jeter flip, alone.

I have been an advocate for years that Jeter is over rated. Doesn't mean he isn't a great player, he was. But he gets so much more credit than players like Biggio, Molitor, and Alomar. He was no better than any of them. He was a great contact hitter who benefitted from a great team around him and a short porch in right. He doesn't belong in the discussion with the all time greats.

CantKeepmedown

my2hands said:

I love when people talk about championships won 50 years before they were born

If you weren't alive for the parade the shit doesn't count

Great point, if you weren't there to enjoy it 1st hand, is it the same?

Few, if any professional sports teams can compete with the Yankees' success over the last 20 years. (The Spurs maybe? I don't follow the NBA, but I know Duncan has had an amazing run. )

Few if any cities in the world have had the run of professional sports titles that Boston has had for the last 15 years.

Lolobug hit the nail in the head, we are spoiled something fierce.

If we're counting from 96 (which puts the Yankees at 5) My memory may be off, but I think it's....

The Spurs have won 5. Lakers have won 5 as well.

Patriots 4. Denver 3

Red Sox 3. SF Giants have won 3.

Red Wings 4. Blackhawks 3

edit......blah, formatting is all messed up and I can't fix it, haha.

RoleModelsinBlood31

my2hands said:

I love when people talk about championships won 50 years before they were born
If you weren't alive for the parade the shit doesn't count

Totally. Just like WWII doesn't matter at all or 9/11 either. Only things that happen right now are worth consideration. Pearl jam's 1990 shows are utterly unimportant as well. Ten? Pfft only LB matters to me!

RatsTJRats

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

my2hands said:

I love when people talk about championships won 50 years before they were born
If you weren't alive for the parade the shit doesn't count

Totally. Just like WWII doesn't matter at all or 9/11 either. Only things that happen right now are worth consideration. Pearl jam's 1990 shows are utterly unimportant as well. Ten? Pfft only LB matters to me!

Lets turn this back into a 10C Seniority argument! Perfect segway!