The Bitter Rivals Thread

[Biggerin]

mattingly, love the avatar bud You should stick with it.

[drillerman]

YEAH MATTINGLY you should stick with the b

[KenFougere]

Re: Re: Great Series!

Originally posted by BC498
And one other thing, can anyone tell me what happened in that seventh game in 1975?

__ Well, in the last 3 World Series that the Red Sox were in,
they took all of them to the 7th game...
...you take it from there...

[Mattingly]

Originally posted by Biggerin
mattingly, love the avatar bud You should stick with it.

Don't worry, I'm only owning up to my part of the bet, as I do wish the events went the other way.

It was a series I thought we'd win, but you can't win em all. Two more months left to play, and we haven't been more than 1/2 game back. We'll see how it goes when we get further down to the wire.

PS, I guess the June Swoon will have to wait until August.

[Mattingly]

Originally posted by drillerman
YEAH MATTINGLY you should stick with the b

You mean Yankee Baseball?

For the av, I took the lesser of three evils. Those patched red socks, I can't stand, and anything saying "Boston Red Sox", no way. The "B" wasn't as bad, nor as reminding of who we just *almost* beat.

[drillerman]

nice use ofB

[Mattingly]

Re: Re: Re: Great Series!

Originally posted by KenFougere
__ Well, in the last 3 World Series that the Red Sox were in,
they took all of them to the 7th game...
...you take it from there...

Could it have been the ghost of an ex-Boston pitcher who was somehow responsible for this? Hmmmmm, I wonder.

Read all the facts of that World Series right here: http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1975ws.shtml

[Mattingly]

Originally posted by drillerman
nice use ofB

I can get very cheesy when I need to. Sometimes I should just put more whine with that cheese.

[Biggerin]

6 games left, 3 at fenway, 3 at yankee stadium.

The yankees need 3 wins to ensure winning the season series. The Red Sox need 4.

Either the red sox need to sweep one and not get swept on the other, or we need to win both series.

I would bet on the latter, but either way works for me

[Mattingly]

Re: Re: Great Series!

Originally posted by BC498
Just keeping things in perspective. And one other thing, can anyone tell me what happened in that seventh game in 1975?

P.S. My condolences Mattingly, red is not your color.

I don't have any writeup on game 7 itself, but here is what I do have on the entire WS, including box scores of all games:

http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1975ws.shtml

Hey, I lost a bet, that simple. That's a tough Beantown team, but what can I do. I stuck my neck out and I hope to win the next two series (end of August at Fenway, and early September at YS).

It's only for a week, then TFAM can wear the Yankee colors and sig.

[drillerman]

no id make tfam have the old padres colors on
you know the barf colored one from the 70's

[Mattingly]

Originally posted by Biggerin
6 games left, 3 at fenway, 3 at yankee stadium.

The yankees need 3 wins to ensure winning the season series. The Red Sox need 4.

Either the red sox need to sweep one and not get swept on the other, or we need to win both series.

I would bet on the latter, but either way works for me

Yeah, well we'll see how much of a "betting" man/woman you really are in the next two series. I'll see if I can drag BC498 and YM in there also.

I can't believe I'm still ticked to no end at how those last two games ended, especially Sunday's.

[Mattingly]

Originally posted by drillerman
no id make tfam have the old padres colors on
you know the barf colored one from the 70's

I don't quite remember those, but I do remember the rainbow ones from the Astros. I don't think I could ever forget that craziness.

How about the green and gold that Charlie Finley put his A's in, or the black and gold of the Bucs and funny caps from the 70s? That's what I'd call *ugly*.

[drillerman]

i've seen the a's ones
but the bucs? i have no clue what they look like

[Mattingly]

Do you remember Willie Stargell and how they had Fan Appreciation Night with R&B group Sister Sledge? The song was "We Are Family". Do you remember the black caps which were straight at the side and flat at the top? They came to a 90 degree angle.

When you saw that with the goldish yellow unis, that made for a crazy combination.