The Bitter Rivals Thread

[YankeeMan]

The exceptional...

I hear ya. But I'm afraid they just don't make them like Fisk or Munson anymore. Today they take no pride in your teams' city, history or rivalries...

There are a few that do...
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...and they have a place for them... Cooperstown.

[Dude Paskert]

HOW DARE YOU EVEN SPEAK HIS NAME!!! YOU SAUX LOVIN'...
<Ken shoots YankeeMan with the tranquilizer dart gun he keeps handy for these types of occurrences.>

[FYI: 15 is the ONLY number the YankeeMan has EVER worn on his Yankee jerseys. ]

WHOA!!! CALM DOWN BIG FELLA!!! YOU'RE SPOOKING THE HORSES!!!!

My attitude towards Munson changed a lot after I read his (posthumously published) autobiography...he was a pretty sharp cookie and a very good family man. Thurman worked extra hard to be a good dad because his father was emphatically not one of them, as I see it. I don't like it when people joke about his death because the guy left kids behind, and they were the exact reason he flew...to spend more time with them. I don't see him as having been a "nice" person, but he was a good one who could also play some serious ball.
But, you gotta admit he was...well, you know...he wasn't in as good a shape as Fisk, I'll put it that way.

WHOA!!! CALM DOWN BIG FELLA!!! YOU'RE SPOOKING THE HORSES!!!!

[YankeeMan]

My favorite memory of Munson:

At a game I attended in 1977, a young pitcher (some guy named Guidry) throws a pitch that bounces a few feet in front of the plate. Munson skillfully blocks it and keeps the runner on first. A couple of pitches later, Guidry does it again. Munson, true to his Gold Glove status, adroitly blocks it again. But this time he walks the ball back out to the mound and informs Guidry (in voice loud enough to be heard in Queens) that, if he does that again, he's gonna kick his ass. Then, without giving Guidry a chance to respond, he calmly turns and walks back to his position as if nothing had happened.

Very fiesty. But that's Munson in a nutshell. And why he's always been my favorite Yankee.

[YankeeMan]

07-09-2012:"FYI: Did you know that the Yankees, unlike the BoSux (see 1978), have never lost a 6+ game lead for the wildcard/division/league in team history? They lead the AL East by 7 at the break. Hey, I'm just trying to educate the masses."

Me and my BIG mouth! :stupidme:

[Dude Paskert]

Me and my BIG mouth! :stupidme:

Jeez, at least your boys still have an excellent shot at making the playoffs...the Bosox are putting the peanut gallery out there to see if they can play!
I feel like the O's have been incredibly lucky and their luck is going to desert them in the end.
Who knows, but, hey, it's exciting to watch the suddenly competitive AL East (well, at least three teams...)!!!

[KenFougere]

Me and my BIG mouth! :stupidme:

Getting just a bit nervous? - :nosleep:

Starting to feel the pressure while looking up at the Orioles? -

(Just wondering, that's all . . .) -

[SDL]

Is it just me or do you think that Geirge Steinbrenner did something from The Great Beyond to foist Valentine upon Red Sox Nation?

[Dude Paskert]

Getting just a bit nervous? - :nosleep:

Starting to feel the pressure while looking up at the Orioles? -

(Just wondering, that's all . . .) -

Wow...I thought the O's luck was going to end after the top of the 8th last night, but they came back with three HRs in the bottom half!
Guess I should stop talking about luck and just say those guys have been playing really well lately. Did Mark Reynolds just get contacts or Lasik???

[lito el jonronero]

What about Tigers-Yankees in the 50´s? Frank Lary posted 28-13 vs Bombers

[YankeeMan]

What about Tigers-Yankees in the 50´s? Frank Lary posted 28-13 vs Bombers

We'll talk about that if they both reach the ALCS... Until then, the Yankees have still NEVER lost a six-game (or better) lead for the division... <whew!>

[KenFougere]

Boy, this is hard . . . .

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I'm chocking a little on this but,

'good luck'. - - :disbelief: - :dismay:

[SDL]

I wonder if Bobby Valentine was secretly working for the Yankees.....

[KenFougere]

Of course, that's it!

I wonder if Bobby Valentine was secretly working for the Yankees.....

Well they finished in last place, 26 GB the Yankees. You've got to be right!

What other explanation could there be? (Rhetoricalal)

negarivo_no_emoticon_no_18_www.trucoslive.com.gif - YM, don't you dare reply back with the endless list of reasons . . .

[YankeeMan]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]115729[/ATTACH] - YM, don't you dare reply back with the endless list of reasons . . .

Who me? :innocent:<feigned innocence> When have I ever taken pleasure in someone else's pain???

<Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha>Oh, right…

I feel your pain <sniffle>.

[KenFougere]

Who me? :innocent:<feigned innocence> When have I ever taken pleasure in someone else's pain???

<Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha>Oh, right…

I feel your pain <sniffle>.

scratch-head02-idea-animated-animation-smiley-emoticon-000415-large.gif ------> Geez, just when I think I'm out, he pulls me right back in again . . .