Official 2009 ALCS Thread LAA Angels ( 2 ) vs NY Yankees ( 4 ) YANKEES WIN !!!

[alleniversonfan01]

Originally Posted by TheAssassin23

And Assassin you may have "been a yankee fan since you could droll" But I dont buy that you didnt know that there was a Yankees season thread. I mean really? It was on the front page everyday this summer. lets be real. You chose a real nice time to come around and talk real loud.

KingFoamNYC Wrote:

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I can't wait to hear the excuses if we pummel the angels (which I doubt I we will) . Wait I think I already know o yea " yankees in a bandbox" and "yankees can't play small ball" smh yo I swear ai fan u sound like skip bayless

There are no excuses if you beat them. If you beat them fine you are the better team. And no1 cares if you cant play small ball and you win by the HR. If thats how you win then thats how you win. But dont come here saying you can play small ball with the best of em, when you have relyed on the HR ball the entire season. All im saying is some of these "Fans" (The real yankee fans over the year know im not talkin about them) are really talking out of their %%@. You guys are taking statements out of context to try to get some lulz by coming at me with some "YOU MAD" type responses. but w/e


I never came on Niketalk and looked for the sports section is my point. I went on the JB forum and Sneaker showcase before I even paid any attention to this following in here. So dont question when I come in here.

Arent you a Sox fan?? The fact you would even come in here to refute any points sounds like your bitter and not ready to let go

.......And as you ended your comment you were already defending the You mad statements when thats exactly what you sound like.

If your hitting HR's on the road and at home all season why would you play small ball?? When we had to we did.
Ok from here on out just keep my name out ya mouth. Your not making any sense anymore.

And by small ball in the last series I meant the last time we played the Angels. Scores of 6-5 and 3-2
O really I didnt know small ball meant close game. Take a seat.

We can play small ball with them we showed that in the last series we played them, low scoring small ball and we won.
Again, you seem to have a terrible understanding of what small ball means. It does not mean that it was a close game.

	NYY	LAA
	3rd	A Rodriguez homered to center, M Teixeira scored.	2	0
	3rd	J Posada homered to right, H Matsui scored.	4	0
	5th	H Matsui homered to right center.	5	0
	5th	C Figgins homered to right.	5	1
	5th	V Guerrero singled to left, M Izturis scored, B Abreu to second.	5	2
	6th	G Matthews singled to right, K Morales scored, J Rivera to second.	5	3
	6th	B Abreu walked, J Rivera scored, G Matthews to third, C Figgins to second.	5	4
	8th	M Izturis singled to right, H Kendrick scored.	5	5
	9th	A Rodriguez hit sacrifice fly to center, B Gardner scored.	6	5

That is what the scoring summary looked like for the 6-5 game. That looks like a whole lotta HRs to be considered small ball. Small ball, is gettingconsecutive singles, stealing bases, going first to third on singles to the outfield (everytime for the most part), Long drawn out at bats to draw walks. Thatis the meaning of small ball. Not just the fact that you win by one run. God this is just like that girls who dont know their sports post.

Either way im done with the arguement. I feel like the Angels small ball may give them the edge in the series, because they have good pitching to back it up.Its not a big deal. If the Yankees win then they are the better team. I am not saying they have to play small ball with the Angels because the Yankees justdont play it. I just think that may give the Angels the edge since their pitching will keep the game fairly low scoring. I am sure you will be the first one inhere to try and rub it in if the Yankees advance. It doesnt bother me. Im not over here standing on a chair with a rope around my neck waiting for someone tokick out the chair. Boston is my favorite team but I like watching sports in general. So w/e arguement over, you dont know the meaning of the terms you use.There is no point for me to continue with you. Please refrain from addressing me furthur in this thread. IM DONE!!!

 

[DeadsetAce]

AIF going IN

the small ball/close game thing had me chuckling, can't lie

 

[theassassin23]

Originally Posted by AllenIversonFan01

Originally Posted by TheAssassin23

And Assassin you may have "been a yankee fan since you could droll" But I dont buy that you didnt know that there was a Yankees season thread. I mean really? It was on the front page everyday this summer. lets be real. You chose a real nice time to come around and talk real loud.

KingFoamNYC Wrote:

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I can't wait to hear the excuses if we pummel the angels (which I doubt I we will) . Wait I think I already know o yea " yankees in a bandbox" and "yankees can't play small ball" smh yo I swear ai fan u sound like skip bayless

There are no excuses if you beat them. If you beat them fine you are the better team. And no1 cares if you cant play small ball and you win by the HR. If thats how you win then thats how you win. But dont come here saying you can play small ball with the best of em, when you have relyed on the HR ball the entire season. All im saying is some of these "Fans" (The real yankee fans over the year know im not talkin about them) are really talking out of their %%@. You guys are taking statements out of context to try to get some lulz by coming at me with some "YOU MAD" type responses. but w/e

I never came on Niketalk and looked for the sports section is my point. I went on the JB forum and Sneaker showcase before I even paid any attention to this following in here. So dont question when I come in here.

Arent you a Sox fan?? The fact you would even come in here to refute any points sounds like your bitter and not ready to let go

.......And as you ended your comment you were already defending the You mad statements when thats exactly what you sound like.

If your hitting HR's on the road and at home all season why would you play small ball?? When we had to we did.
Ok from here on out just keep my name out ya mouth. Your not making any sense anymore.

And by small ball in the last series I meant the last time we played the Angels. Scores of 6-5 and 3-2
O really I didnt know small ball meant close game. Take a seat.

We can play small ball with them we showed that in the last series we played them, low scoring small ball and we won.
Again, you seem to have a terrible understanding of what small ball means. It does not mean that it was a close game.

	NYY	LAA
	3rd	A Rodriguez homered to center, M Teixeira scored.	2	0
	3rd	J Posada homered to right, H Matsui scored.	4	0
	5th	H Matsui homered to right center.	5	0
	5th	C Figgins homered to right.	5	1
	5th	V Guerrero singled to left, M Izturis scored, B Abreu to second.	5	2
	6th	G Matthews singled to right, K Morales scored, J Rivera to second.	5	3
	6th	B Abreu walked, J Rivera scored, G Matthews to third, C Figgins to second.	5	4
	8th	M Izturis singled to right, H Kendrick scored.	5	5
	9th	A Rodriguez hit sacrifice fly to center, B Gardner scored.	6	5

That is what the scoring summary looked like for the 6-5 game. That looks like a whole lotta HRs to be considered small ball. Small ball, is getting consecutive singles, stealing bases, going first to third on singles to the outfield (everytime for the most part), Long drawn out at bats to draw walks. That is the meaning of small ball. Not just the fact that you win by one run. God this is just like that girls who dont know their sports post.

Either way im done with the arguement. I feel like the Angels small ball may give them the edge in the series, because they have good pitching to back it up. Its not a big deal. If the Yankees win then they are the better team. I am not saying they have to play small ball with the Angels because the Yankees just dont play it. I just think that may give the Angels the edge since their pitching will keep the game fairly low scoring. I am sure you will be the first one in here to try and rub it in if the Yankees advance. It doesnt bother me. Im not over here standing on a chair with a rope around my neck waiting for someone to kick out the chair. Boston is my favorite team but I like watching sports in general. So w/e arguement over, you dont know the meaning of the terms you use. There is no point for me to continue with you. Please refrain from addressing me furthur in this thread. IM DONE!!!


First off ++## you and your name. You called me out homie check your own post.

Secondly YOUR A SOX FAN. I dont care what you have to say im a sports fan first blah blah blah your bitter and the only reason your in here is because yourteam SUCKED and you have nothing better to do now but come in here and side with the team that WAXED ya'll 3 games to none. And I can go on baseballreference and gets stats for you to cuz sure as hell doesnt mean you know more about baseball.

Show me a game these Angels beat us in this so called small ball that gives the Angels the edge. Or any team for that matter go ahead mlb.com and baseballreference are waiting for you to look up more stats

I cant believe the 2 Sox fans really think yall have an arguement. Of course we are going to rub it in when we win. Thats liks saying if the Sox had won all wewould be hearing is how untouchable Lester is, how we cant hit Beckett and their lineup is to strong. Your always going to find something to say. Whether itstrue or not aint on me thats all you .

If you know baseball so well, name one situation the Yankees had to play small ball with over a 100 wins and leading baseball in HR's?? How does that makeany sense? Obviously they were doing it without it so why play small ball??To show Sox fans they can??

Ill let my team do the talking your panties are in a bunch big time.

 

[DeadsetAce]

first off, THESE TWO SOX fans have posted in the yankees thread from day 1. get out of here with that we post in here cause we lost and are salty. i didnt seethe sign that said yankee fans only. welcome to S&T, people are free to post wherever they want.

second off, no one is saying the yankees SHOULD play small ball. the point he was trying to make is that he THINKS small ball gives the angels an advantage ina 7 game series, that is all. he's NOT saying that the yanks NEED to play small ball to win. he's not saying what he says is fact. he's stating hisopinion. learn to live with people posting their opinions on a message board. and he called you out because you clearly did not know what small ball meant.


/end rant

 

[theassassin23]

^^^ I said nothing to that man so go back and read before you make your statement. He referred to a statement I made about not being in here sice "dayone" and he decided to give his opinion on what I had said. I didnt say you cant come in here I said thats the reason WHY your in here. I mean I wrote itin english didnt I??

" yankees in a bandbox" and "yankees can't play small ball" smh yo I swear ai fan u sound like skip bayless" This statement wasnot made by me I agree with it but KingFoam NYC said it so both ya'll need to check where this is coming from. Your boy got on me because I havent been inthis from day one I went to real Yankee forums and not a sneaker site to talk sports but now I see what I have been missing. Bitter opposing team fans who tryto come with facts and then call them an opinion. I never said once you cant give an opinion but stating it like a fact everyone else should know isridiculous.

And what I got from what he is saying is the Yankees CANT play small ball not they havent HAD to? There is a HUGE difference.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

As chairman of Team Yankees, I'd like to apologize to AIFan and DeadSet on behalf of the rest of the Yankee team for the actions of our very ownTheAssassin. His feelings and sentiments are not shared by the rest of Team Yankees. We hope to continue our Team Yankees/Team Red Sox partnership, and hoperecent events don't prevent that.

Thank you.

 

[DeadsetAce]

Originally Posted by TheAssassin23

^^^ I said nothing to that man so go back and read before you make your statement. He referred to a statement I made about not being in here sice "day one" and he decided to give his opinion on what I had said. I didnt say you cant come in here I said thats the reason WHY your in here. I mean I wrote it in english didnt I??

yes you did use english, congrats. here's what you said:

the only reason your in here is because your team SUCKED and you have nothing better to do now but come in here and side with the team that WAXED ya'll 3 games to none. And I can go on baseball reference and gets stats for you to cuz sure as hell doesnt mean you know more about baseball.
and im saying, ALSO IN PLAIN ENGLISH, AIF has posted in yankee threads all year, he's not here all of a sudden cause he's bitter or causewe sucked and feel the need to take shots at you guys. hell, AIF even said go yankees, beat the halos. i said you guys would win in 5 games. you're gettingway to upset over this small ball debate. it wasn't meant as a knock against you guys. you guys have won your games by the homer, havent had the need toplay small ball. the fact is we don't know if they can because they havent had to. they dont need to. they're a threat to homer 1-8 in their lineup.

@ httb...nothing but love, man. we know where most of you stand, no worries

 

[theassassin23]

^your joking right you agree with this hogwash?? What kind of Yankee fan are you to call yourself commissioner you should be ashamed. F the Red Sox! Lets Bereal

"it wasn't meant as a knock against you guys. you guys have won your games by the homer, havent had the need to play small ball. the fact is wedon't know if they can because they havent had to. they dont need to. they're a threat to homer 1-8 in their lineup. "

Thats all I have been saying this whole time. I didnt come in here screw the Sox I didnt even know yall were Sox fans till something was said about it. Im notupset what so ever just defending my team. I wasnt in the Boston thread like GO Angels they are so much better, not once. So choosing to come out or you justnoticing me here is two different things

And if you go back and read all this got pushed to me cause AI fan had nothing to say to some of the other guys and labeled them as ok in his book because theywere in the forum since the beginning of the season?? Its whatever its easy for you to call someone an idiot and take the ball and run with it without touchingon the real points. I never said the Yankees were better than the Angels at playing small, not once. I said they can abnd I BELIEVE they are a better team forall you opinion nazi's

 

[alleniversonfan01]

Just stop while your behind. Jesus christ. Just let this go back to the Yankees vs. Angels. Your whole argument is based on "YOU MAD" since Bostonlost. No its really not. But im done im not even gonna reply to this +$%* no more till the games start on Friday. Do you really think that is a coincidencethat there are no Yankee fans here to back you up. You are on an Island right now. And apparently on your island small ball means you win by 1 run. Have a niceday sir.



O yea..........

TheAssassin23 Wrote:

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First off ++## you and your name.

 

[theassassin23]

Na the Yankee fans that were with me @$@%#*# on your points so you made peace wu=ith them gave them a pass as you say and moved on. You came at me for sayingwe had a 1.92 era and you began your hating crusade. @*@# outta here downplaying what you did and acting like you won something by the YOU MAD pic when thisstarted and has carried on cause YOU MAD homie. Now its laughable. Cause no Yankee fans are on this page im on an island go back a page and theres a fewcomments for you. Ive never seen a true Yankee fan side with a Sox fan on anything, and I find it hillarious this is the place it happens. Liek your supposedto get some kind of credit. I guess your waiting till Friday now to.........Nothing else to do?

 

[jrp44]

Damn I'm ready for the series to start already

Game 1 is going to be huge

 

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[alleniversonfan01]

OK listen close. Because this will be the last time I ether you.

First of all you was way too happy about a 1.92 ERA for your pitching when in fact the pitching was decent at best. There were base running errors, bad callsin the field, and just non existent bats from the Twins the whole series. No1 was downplaying the fact that 1.92 is decent especially in a playoff series. Butyou was a little too happy about it like all your pitchers went out there and str8 dominated. Again my OPINION is that if you guys come out and pitch like thatto the Angels. You will get crushed because bottom line I wasnt impressed with your pitching other than Pettitte and even he got a little shaky towards the endbut another base running error halted any chance of them scoring more runs.

And as far a KingFoam he only came at me because he thought I was saying the Yankees sucked and those would be my excuses that they "cant play smallball" or "They play in a bandbox" if they win. But we pieced that up because I wasnt discounting how good the Yankees are I was just pointingout that my OPINION is that the Angels small ball will help them out in the series. And no1 is saying the Yankees should play small ball. They win with thelong ball. Do what helps you win. It isnt in the teams DNA to go up there and hit for singles and try to steal bases. Not every team can go out there and doeverything. You can just do what you do best and hope that you win.

Your baseball IQ is $@!$**$ terrible. Point Blank Period. I love how you say that you never said the Yankees are good at small ball when I quoted you as sayingit. You have no idea what the $#*# you are talking about and the whole thing started because you looked at a number and thought damn "WE THE BEST' andwere ready to E-Fight anyone who told you differently. Go have a nice warm glass of milk little boy and take a nap. Maybe you wont be so cranky when you wakeup.

I was really going to just watch this series and hope for some good hard fought games. But now You have made me hope the Yankees get swept (sorry real yankeefans) just so you can go back to the JB forum (seriously? who the $#*# spends their whole time in the JB forum anymore) and we wont have to hear from you untilthe Yankees make the playoffs next year. Hell maybe next year the Yankees will have more 1 run wins and you will be able to come and say you guys are the kingsof small ball. F OUTTA HERE.

 

[theassassin23]

I think youve said this was the last time 3 times



It wouldnt have mattered who we played first round im sorry 1.92 against any team doesnt impress you. So the ERA was by default? The Twins were so bad that thepitching had nothing to do with their bats being non existent????? And my IQ is %+!!????? I said that our pitching is golden, best its been in a while and allthe doubts before the series started about CC not performing in the playoffs or Burnett going into it not in the zone or Pettites shoulder all went out thewindow and now its "just the Twins". Thats my point

Im a grown +%% man but ill put my son to sleep and make sure to tell him be careful son there are Red Sox Decepticons everywhere you turn. You have to becareful as soon as their team loses they get real defensive possibly dangerous. And then ill give him that milk you mentioned in a yankee bottle. Maybe youshould go to sleep and wake up when your team can win a game in october but other than that plaese respond again read half of what I say and say this is thelast time im getting a chuckle out of it every time.

I said that the Yankees COULD PLAY SMALL BALL I didnt say they were better than the Angels at it. The worst part is I think the Angels are the best teamleft other then the Yanks. And again you pick and choose what you want to take from what I said and make it into what works for you. Its BS and you should goback and read better.

 

[yoda]

To be honest, I haven't read anything AIF & Assassin have been saying, but lemme just say this to Assassin..

AllenIversonFan01 and DeadsetAce have been posting in this thread since DAY 1.

While the teams we root for are different, they do provide some good info, great to talk baseball with, and take/dish out some jokes.

So I'm not feelin' the hostile-ness towards them. I'm sure the other guys of Team Yankees feel the same.

And I KNOW you did not question HarlemToTheBronx's fanhood. My dude came up with Team Yankees.

Hell, I think it was the August 6th game, a couple of the Team Yankee guys, including myself, all got tickets and were tryna meet up before the game to havesome beers. Turned out Deadset also copped himself some tickets and he was gonna join us if we did meet up. I guess you missed that part of the thread

.

Do I not like the Red Sox, yes. Do I hate Sox Fans? Only if they're like the Celtixhalfshell.

I'm not questioning your "fan-hood", but if you're such a big fan, and I'm sure you know NT has other forums other than the JB forum, youlook for Yankees threads. But I guess you've been to busy from April til Playoffs.

 

[alleniversonfan01]

Sorry that when I see ignorance I feel the need to point it out. I wish I was done but I get the feeling that your one of those guys who thinks that Theirretarded comments hold water if someone doesnt call them out on it. Prolly be in here like "Yea Thats what I thought. Nothin to say now huh?"

But now that I see that you have resorted to finding the largest You Mad pic on the internet (not just any you mad pic, but you went the extra mile to find thebiggest one) I will take that as your white flag. I gotta go make money anyways.

 

[incredibleev]

1) Yankees can play small ball. They may only have 1 or 2 dudes that can lay a bunt down, but they run like hell. There's at least 5 guys in the startinglineup that can steal a base. Plus Girardi is basically an NL guy, he can manage a small ball type of game

2) The starting pitching and Arod were the 2 keys to the Twins series. CC, AJ, and Andy came through big time. The game Andy pitched on the road in theMetrodome...AJ couldn't have done that I don't think. That being said, this series will come down to the bullpens...and the yankee bullpen right now isno joke

 

[theassassin23]

Uh oh guys another Yankee fan saying our pitching was good jump down his throat and tell him he's wrong wait has he been here since day one? Does he passyour Yankee test?


Hey Yoda read and then holla at me. Cause I missed your NT Yankee get together then I cant speak on it? I return hstility with hostility if you have a problemwith that sorry for you.

The fact you are sitting here claming this TEAMYANKEE %$@+ is hilarious to me. Its a message board I didnt say I was gonna fight the kid im arguing points Idont agree with. If you dont want to take the time to read it why say anything? Is this all for opposing fans to go back and forth and kiss each others @#%??

My point was I never came on here enough before to even look for a sports section to me NikeTalk is about shoes. I literally never looked in general or S&Ttill recently. I have nothing to prove to you son but read up then holla at me. I made a statement about our pitching era and cuz WENT IN HARD.

Dont throw stones when you live in a glass house

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Yo I was thinkin about these angels and I've come to realize that we took 2-3 from them in anaheim with a.j, andy, and chad gaudin pitching, and in thechad gaudin start we had our D lineup in that game. What I also realized is that in 2002 and 2005 they beat us in the ALDS 02' in 4 and 05' in 5 thoseangel teams back then had the superior bullpen best in the majors and they had official power threats in theire lineup (vlad, troy glaus) in their prime. To bequite frank those yankee teams compared to this one is straight garbabe. Call me crazy but I think since its a 7 game series its not gonna be as close as uguys think it is, only thing the yankees need to do is win the first 2 at home and 1 of the next 3 in anaheim. If we come back to the stadium with a 3-2 leadI'm quite positive were gonna wrap this thing up in 6. Winning those first 2 home gamesa is really important

O yea.. today is my B-Day guys I hit the big 18

Golden lady here I come

 

[theassassin23]

Originally Posted by AllenIversonFan01

Sorry that when I see ignorance I feel the need to point it out. I wish I was done but I get the feeling that your one of those guys who thinks that Their ******ed comments hold water if someone doesnt call them out on it. Prolly be in here like "Yea Thats what I thought. Nothin to say now huh?"

But now that I see that you have resorted to finding the largest You Mad pic on the internet (not just any you mad pic, but you went the extra mile to find the biggest one) I will take that as your white flag. I gotta go make money anyways.

IncredibleEv I give you mad propsfor defending yourself earlier to these idiots who want to question someone on a damn shoe forum about their Yankee fanhood. Im glad to see that im not theonly one that doesnt feel the need to come around and agree with something to make friends around here. What it all boils down to is I believe the Yanks arethe best team in baseball and they will prove it. and when they do all the fans of opposing teams will look for any excuses they can come up with.

You only popped up in the Yankee forum when they were playing the damn Red Sox and in August were already talking about the Yankee fans that have humbled youand the ones that go to hard. And there were Yamk fans then asking you why you were there in the first place? What changed? Your full of %$@% man andeverything you say youve said before its been shot down you wait a little while and use the same %$@% against someone new.

 

[proshares]

- Happy Birthday Foam.

- Who the hell died and made HTTB King?

- Arguing in a thread where SKA is bound to come in here mad one day is not wise.

- We don't have a partnership with them, we tolerate them.

<3

 

[JD617]

I've been sleeping on this thread.

at page 7.

 

[mez 0ne]

Sensitive %!% dudes.

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Originally Posted by TheAssassin23

Originally Posted by AllenIversonFan01

Sorry that when I see ignorance I feel the need to point it out. I wish I was done but I get the feeling that your one of those guys who thinks that Their ******ed comments hold water if someone doesnt call them out on it. Prolly be in here like "Yea Thats what I thought. Nothin to say now huh?"

But now that I see that you have resorted to finding the largest You Mad pic on the internet (not just any you mad pic, but you went the extra mile to find the biggest one) I will take that as your white flag. I gotta go make money anyways.

IncredibleEv I give you mad props for defending yourself earlier to these idiots who want to question someone on a damn shoe forum about their Yankee fanhood. Im glad to see that im not the only one that doesnt feel the need to come around and agree with something to make friends around here. What it all boils down to is I believe the Yanks are the best team in baseball and they will prove it. and when they do all the fans of opposing teams will look for any excuses they can come up with.

You only popped up in the Yankee forum when they were playing the damn Red Sox and in August were already talking about the Yankee fans that have humbled you and the ones that go to hard. And there were Yamk fans then asking you why you were there in the first place? What changed? Your full of %$@% man and everything you say youve said before its been shot down you wait a little while and use the same %$@% against someone new.

Yo assasin I understand where your coming from, on NT its kinda crazy like u can't have a disagreement with anyone cause if u do dude and "hisboys" will try to discredit everything u post in that thread which is basically mad lame like this is the internet and some people take it way to serious.You and ai fan have a disagreement and should be able to post in the same thread without people pickin sides like this is a s&t thread on niketalk not reallife beef. I disagree and "don't like" a couple of dudes on niketalk but none in the regular dudes that get involved in all the red sox yankeebanter I mean I know all the red sox fans that post in this thread want the yankees to get swept and get beat by 5+ runs each game and that's the beauty ofit wen we beat the angels were not only beating them were beating everyone that hates us. Just be proud of being a yankee fan the hate should make u smile butabout ai fan I mean dude is a respected poster he's brought credible analysis to sox and yankee threads all year but if u don't like him u don'thave to at all that's just life why can't 2 people dislike eachother without other dudes jumpin to their defense?

 

[incredibleev]

Who cares what a red sox fan thinks about the yankees right now anyway? There's nothing else to talk about when it comes to baseball so why not let themjoin in the discussion. They could say whatever they want about the yankees, doesn't affect anything. They're still watching the Yankees vs Angels withno pull on anything. I've had to watch Sox/Tampa and Sox/Indians the past couple of years in the ALCS, now I finally got the yanks back. I'm happy withthat and I'm happy I don't have to think about the red sox when it comes to anything.