Good times
Ah yes, Yankees Elimination Day, always one of the most joyous days of the year. Let's review the past five seasons as something to keep in mind in January when the Yankees make their annual signings of one washed-up starter and one mediocre starter who had a career year in his contract season, which will make all the usual suspects start screaming THIS OBVIOUSLY MEANS THE YANKEES ARE THE FAVORITES TO WIN IT ALL!!!!!:
2001: Up 3-2 in the World Series to Arizona and on the verge of a fourth consecutive title, the Yanks lose Game 6 by a score of roughly 73-0 and blow a lead in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7. It was one of the worst gag jobs of our lifetime, but it somehow gets spun that the Yanks actually won the Series because of Games 3-5.
2002: One round and out against the Angels.
2003: Lost the World Series at home with Josh Beckett on the hill.
2004: What happened in 2004? Trying to remember ... trying ... oh yeah, just the worst choke in the history of sports.
2005: Angels One-and-Out, Part Deux.
Had several people ask me yesterday if the email from Luther was for real. Indeed it was, folks. Dave's World reader The Bridgeport Bluefish about sums it up: Did someone actually complain that Peyton doesn't get enough props? And that's a new excuse that I hadn't heard before, the Pats beat the Colts because the Pats' O-line holds all the time. I mean, I guess it falls in the general "the Pats cheat and that's why they win" framework, but it's still pretty specific.
Chile's Corner will be posted tonight, in the meantime, a salient point from Chile that I'm clipping out of an email without asking him: Quick thought on the Yankees: their best pitchers in the regular season were Smalls, Chacon, and Wang. Smalls went what, 10-0, Chacon's ERA was like 2.5, and Wang was at least serviceable for most of the season. So of course the Yanks start Mussina twice and Unit once, keeping Smalls in the bullpen. Who was it that said that Torre's only ever going to trust his guys and never give anyone else a chance?
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