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Re: Does Torre get fired if Yankees lose game 7?
nope, if they lose its because they have average starting pitching and numbers 6-9 hitters that strike out entirely to much.
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Re: Does Torre get fired if Yankees lose game 7?
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nope, if they lose its because they have average starting pitching and numbers 6-9 hitters that strike out entirely to much. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not saying he would deserve it, but you never know what the Boss will do when he gets riled up. |
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[censored], he can fire him if he wants. Maybe Seattle will go after him then.
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I'm not saying he would deserve it, but you never know what the Boss will do when he gets riled up.
face reality sooner or later spending loads of cash on older veterens and trading away all your youth catches up with you regardless of game 7 outcome, these are two great baseball teams |
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Re: Does Torre get fired if Yankees lose game 7?
I disagree. Rivera get the Sox out in the 9th inning of game 4 and we're talking about what a great team this was to dispatch a terrific Red Sox team in four straight. Matsui's drive in the 6th is two feet to the left and the series is over in five.
Don't misunderstand me: the team that deserved to win won every game this series. The Red Sox deserved to win the last three games. But the Yankees have been in the playoffs ten straight years, been to six world series, and won four. They won 101 games this year, the most in the league. Steinbrenner is indeed spending loads of cash, but he's spending wisely. |
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is he spending it wisely, or does he have such a large margin for error that it doesn't matter?
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Re: Does Torre get fired if Yankees lose game 7?
Lots of teams spent a lot of money in past year with little effect: the Orioles and Dodgers come to mind.
But look at what Steinbrenner did this year: They lost Clemens, Pettitte, and Wells who won 52 game last year. How many teams losing 3/4 of their starting rotation have won 101 games the following year? They got El Duque back, rehabilitated Leiber, and got 24 wins out of Brown/Vasquez. Tom Gordon was a lifesaver. They had a weakness in right field and they got a great year out of Sheffield. Miguel Cairo hit .290 and played well. And the new third baseman wasn't bad. They recognized their needs and got quality players to fill them. |
#8
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Re: Does Torre get fired if Yankees lose game 7?
They recognized their needs and got quality players to fill them.
Cmon! Signing Bill Mueller is seeing a need and filling it with a quality player. Taking a chance by signing Jon Leiber is risky/good GM work. Getting Kevin Brown/Javier Vasquez/Alex Rodriguez/Gary Sheffield in ONE offseason is a tad overboard IMO and covers up mistakes that would DOOM most teams(giambi/contreras). EDIT: I will concede that Brain Cashman is a good GM, but the NYY have amargin for error that FAR exceeds any other team. |
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Re: Does Torre get fired if Yankees lose game 7?
I've been ragging on their starting pitching all year, but in fact, their starting pitching has been excellent this post-season. The only day it was bad they scored 19 runs. Leiber threw one bad pitch and, even so, held the Sox to 4 runs in 7 innings.
The problem with their starting pitching is that it was so mediocre all year, that Gordon and Rivera are not quite what they were earlier in the year. And Quantrill is nowhere near what he was. |
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Actually . . .
Rivera only threw 139 more pitches this year than in 2003. And he had a lower OPS against than in 2003.
And Gordon threw only 103 more pitches than he threw in 2003. And he to had a lower OPS against. Gordon just hasn't pitched well in the post-season. And Rivera's two "blown" saves actually consist of allowing on ly one run in four appearances. |
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