I dunno. Maybe an actual win?

Six years to go on that ridiculous contract they gave A-Bum .

I was trying not to pile on, SB. A-Roid has been a playoff choker for most of his career. With the exception of 2009, so has Fat Albert - I mean C.C. Sabathia.

One thing about Rodriguez was that he probably should not have played given his injury. But it begs the question as to whether his skills are rapidly deteriorating. They certainly appear to be because his power seems diminished.

First off, congrats to Detroit. Jim Leyland has a nice team; scrappy, determined, professional. I'll be pulling for them the rest of the way.

The Yankees....what ever happened to my team. For all the "good" Steinmonster did for the Yanks the philosophy of buying the best players has become mutated. A-Dud? - never wanted him. Back then I wished they spent their money on pitching. It was player gluttony. Don't forget A-Hole was a shortstop and the Yankees already had one of the best. As Goombah said, one good year in the post season - 2009 (even a blind squirrel finds a nut). A-Dud reminds me of another "compiler" the Yankees had - Dave Winfield. If the Yankees were winning 8-0, Winfield would hit a homerun.

The whole sport has become a TV show; entertainment. I'm only a casual viewer now. A four hour game, chock full of inane commentary, TV personalities and meaningless statistics.

Go Tigers!.... and Lions!

To pile on A-Rod is a grand Yankee fanbase tradition of deflecting blame and responsibility elsewhere, since he's always been a good reliable scapegoat.

How about blame the team instead? Or Girardi making that puzzling choice to pull his starting pitcher that early? Or the line-up impotent when the fates were practically giving them a win for the giving?

Way to pick 'em.

at least he got one right

One out of four. That's a .250 clip. Twice as good as ARod's average.

I thought the same thing, and still question whether Nova was actually hurt or not, but if he was hurt, then it's understandable.


...but I can't argue with this. I12 cursed everything! lol

I'm glad to see that the $375 million that the 2 teams with the highest payrolls in MLB spent this year, didn't go to waste. Oh wait. It did.

What does a piece of crap look like, lately?

....but piling on is a fan tradition no matter what team. I work with a bunch of Philly fans. They will be blasting Howard. OK, the team stinks too, even though they had the best record in the AL, they were swinging "rusty gates", as we used to say. Girardi's move was puzzling, but he must have known or seen something wasn't right. The move didn't hurt them.....it was those fungo bats. Swing battah!

Girardi's move, while questionable, had zero impact on the game. The lack of hitting did. So if you want to throw Swisher and Tex into the blame, go right ahead. But leave Girardi out of this one.

As far as A-Hole getting the blame? Well, A-Hole is the one making the most money. He's the one that came with all the hype. So he's the one who's going to get the lion's share of the blame. That's just the way it is. In New York, and everywhere else.

Not only that, but he IS the clean up hitter. It's his job to advance/knock runners in. That's his role in that spot.

As for the Phillies, I'm more shocked at them losing than the Yankees. They were my World Series pick at the beginning of the year and I think them losing at home, Game 5, with Roy Halladay on the mound, getting 3-hit and shut out by Chris Carpenter is more shocking than the Yankees losing.

Did you guys see some of those calls by the umpire game 4 Yankees vs Tigers wtf talk about getting squeezed. What is up w/ Betemit he likes golfing at curve balls at his feet. Yankees always leave men on base in key games. It's a shame but hope the Tigers win it all.

I was also stunned that the Phils did not advance. Now espn is reporting Ryan Howard ruptured his Achilles on the last playof the series.

I thought Philly would win the Series.

Howard took one step out of the batter's box and dropped like a lead weight. It was evident he was in a lot of pain.

SC, would the BoSox be interested in some old Yankees? A-Dud would be a good fit. He might still be able to reach the Green Monster.

They almost got ARod a few years back. I wonder how differently things would have worked out.

A-Rod wanted to be a Met, and would have been a Met in 2001, if him and/or his agent didn't make ridiculous demands.

http://bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1372633&position=0

a quick update on the situation with the red sox and cubs

Tigers woke up at least. Do it again and we have a series.

Lilo - take solace that the Tigers have not fallen asleep. They have just been ravaged by injury and run into a buzzsaw Texas team.

Yeah, that's it Goombah.
But at least we live to fight another day.

Two pretty good series, strictly from a baseball fan's point of view. I'm enjoying it.

Lilo, did you see my boy Elmore Leonard behind first base the other night?

I was hoping he'd throw out the first pitch. He's pushing 90, and not likely to see too many more Tigers' playoff games. I mean, he is an all time Detroiter, no?

Sorry that I missed that. Yeah he probably should have been recognized.

Wow. Not a word about the WS.

Game 5 tonight and I hate to break the silence, but anyone watching / rooting for either team?

It could go both ways, and I think we'll have game 7, but I don't think any team's a favorite right now, home court advantage or not.

It'll be some record if the Rangers will go on to win this thing coming back from a 2-1, since it didn't happen many times, but like I said I think it's 50/50 right now.

Not a fan of either team, but I'll go with the Cards. NL glory and all that

I'm pulling for the Cards. I hate the Rangers. Plus I personally believer that if St. Louis wins, this will solidify Pujols staying in St. Louis. I'd find it hard to believe them winning another World Series and him bailing.

I'm pulling for the Rangers, I hate the Cardinals. Plus I love Ron Washington. We got a good look at him here in the Bay Area when he was the bench coach for the A's. He's a really good guy and, since my Giants beat up on them last year, I wouldn't mind seeing the team win their first World Series instead of the Cardinals winning another.

I would like the Rangers to win for one reason - so that Josh Hamilton can get a ring. I think he truly is a role model for young fans, and I admire his perseverance tremendously.

BTW what's the repercussion of Tony LaRussa's moves in game 5?

the old man simply gave up the game!