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ESPN talking about how the Yankees tanked verses the Rays but fail to mention the utter lack of play by the Angels...
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Get StartedJinx! Well, half jinx anyway!mikem2780 said:I don't blame any manager for doing what he sincerely thinks is right for his team. In the end, that should be his biggest concern. Joe Girardi absolutely did the right thing last night, there really is no debate. Why would he risk injuring his players when there was nothing left to play for? It makes no sense. His job is to win the World Series, not protect some armchair quarterback's idea of the integrity of the game. He has a team full of aging stars and the season in a grind. I'm sure he thought it was in the best interest of his team to give them a rest heading into the playoffs. As far as the Angels go, they played hard and came up short. If you're mad because they didn't start Weaver, put yourself in his shoes. Better yet, put yourself in Leyland's if the Tigers were in the same situation. Say he runs JV out in game 162, a game that means absolutely nothing, after logging a lot of innings through the season, and he gets hurt. Tigers fans would never forgive him, no matter how many times he said he was trying to protect the integrity of the game.
[color=#006400 said:biggunsbob[/color]] ESPN talking about how the Yankees tanked verses the Rays but fail to mention the utter lack of play by the Angels...
[color=#551A8B said:TinselWolverine[/color]]
[quote="biggunsbob":taoo765b] ESPN talking about how the Yankees tanked verses the Rays but fail to mention the utter lack of play by the Angels...
[color=#006400 said:Mitch[/color]]I'm sorry but this is baseball, right? September, no chance at playoffs and you play your young guys. Nothing wrong with that. And the Yanks for example were getting their playoff rotation set. As far asnther ineup a joke, we had joke lineups this season. You worry about worthless stuff.
[color=#006400 said:biggunsbob[/color]]
[quote="TinselWolverine":ymoq7u5d]
Really. And I just saw a fan poll on ESPN that reported that 99% of the baseball fan world was tuned in last night primarily to see which division champion was going to get the #2 seed in the AL playoffs, too...
The Angels played poorly against Texas for the same reason they played themselves out of a shot at the wild card down the stretch - they're an inconsistent streaky team, and finished the season on a poor streak.
[color=#006400 said:biggunsbob[/color]]Give me a break....the scrubs that did not play are Hunter and bobby Abreu... both not having great years but both better then the scrubs the LA threw out there last night...
[color=#551A8B said:TinselWolverine[/color]]Anyway, right at this moment in time...the Tampa Bay Rays are a better team than the New York Yankees.
So Detroit might have actually caught a break.
We'll see.
[color=#006400 said:biggunsbob[/color]]
[quote="TinselWolverine":iao6dfjw]Anyway, right at this moment in time...the Tampa Bay Rays are a better team than the New York Yankees.
So Detroit might have actually caught a break.
We'll see.
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