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1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Yeah...we still would have had the advantage then, burnt it was a nervous feeling down 1-0 and with ace Contreras having lost to Byrd and desperation time for an offense that had been kept in check in cold weather.

From my memory, Escobar was unhittable and in a groove. He was mowing them down one by one until that play.

Dropped third strike or not, that play threw Escobar off. Without it, I agree - we would have lost.

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On 11/24/2023 at 10:56 AM, AJ'S Cousin said:

 they caught lighting in a bottle in 2005. If AJ doesn't steal 1st base in game 2 against the Angels we'd have down 2-0 and going to LA. We might have been toast, but my cousin (LOL) bailed us out or we'd still be looking for our 1st WS win since 1917. 

I've never seen somebody try to spin the most dominant post season in MLB history as some sort of squeaker.  Fascinating

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52 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

I've never seen somebody try to spin the most dominant post season in MLB history as some sort of squeaker.  Fascinating

The Sox were one of the finest post season teams ever but that's a pretty strong statement. The 1976 Reds and some of those Yankee postseason clubs can also make that claim.

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There have been twelve undefeated untied teams in MLB Postseason history, of which the Yankees have six. Four of the six were back to back (1927-1928 and 1938-1939). They also swept the 1998-1999 World Series.

19th Century:

  1. 1884 N. L. Providence Grays (84-28) over A. A. New York Metropolitans (75-32) 3-0 21-3

Pennant Era (All 4-0):

  1. 1932 New York A. L. (107-47) over Chicago N. L. (90-64) 37-19
  2. 1928 New York A. L. (101-53) over Saint Louis N. L. (95-59) 27-10
  3. 1938 New York A. L. (99-53) over Chicago N. L. (89-63) 22-9
  4. 1927 New York A. L. (110-44) over Pittsburgh (94-60) 23-10
  5. 1939 New York A. L. (106-45) over Cincinnati (97-57) 20-8
  6. 1954 New York N. L. (97-57) over Cleveland (111-43) 21-9
  7. 1966 Baltimore (97-63) over Los Angeles N. L. (95-67) 13-2
  8. 1914 Boston N. L. (94-59) over Philadelphia A. L. (99-53) 16-6
  9. 1963 Los Angeles N. L. (99-63) over New York A. L. (104-57) 12-4
  10. 1950 New York A. L. (98-56) over Philadelphia N. L. (91-63) 11-5

Division Era:

  1. 1976 Cincinnati (102-60) 7-0 over Philadelphia (101-61) 3-0 19-11 & New York A. L. (97-62) 4-0 22-8

Wildcard Powerball Era: None

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5 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Wonder if all $1.75M is guaranteed? With the state of the roster it really doesn’t make sense to have an old and bad player take up playing time. We have what, like 5/6 guys under 26 that can play MI? 

They’ll get their reps if they earn it. It’s not like Dejong (or Lopez for that matter) are stopping Sosa, Rodriguez or even Romy from playing time if they earn it. Hard to say that any of those dudes have earned an opening day starting role at this point. 

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12 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Wonder if all $1.75M is guaranteed? With the state of the roster it really doesn’t make sense to have an old and bad player take up playing time. We have what, like 5/6 guys under 26 that can play MI? 

I think they simply want prospects to have to force their way on the roster by having cheap veterans as placeholders.  I also think they’re trying to address the clubhouse culture with high makeup guys.  DeJong obviously sucks but at this price it doesn’t really matter.

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16 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

Same.  I figured 6-7M.  Shocked the Sox didn’t grossly overpay. 

Zero chance. I k ow I get to say this after it was known, but DeJong was waived and instead of having a Andrus-like heater…was just worse.

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