Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
Around SBN: 2012 Africa Cup Of Nations Final

Priceless

Season Tickets for the 61 game plan - $2440
George Washington Bridge - $5 a game
Parking - $14 a game
Tailgating - $40 a game
Parking in playoffs - $28 a game

Having the Yanks have their ass handed to them in the first round the last 3 years - priceless

There is the something money can't buy....for everything else, there is team pathetic.

Comment 8 comments  |  0 recs  | 

Do you like this story?

Comments

Display:

Still ...
Better than the Mets.
"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Oct 9, 2007 1:30 AM EDT reply actions  

Crapshoot
12 hits, 3 walks, 4 homers, and 4 runs.  Either the whole team is anti-clutch and should be replaced with gritty scrappy players who bat .210 but know how to put down a sacrafice bunt, OR there's too much luck involved to expect the better team to win a 5 game series.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Oct 9, 2007 10:53 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah
I think a big part of the problem is the short series.

Except for the series that shall not be named I don't they've ever lost an ALCS.

Over 7 games the Yankees offense could wear a pitching staff down, and expose more weaknesses.

You get one bad break in a five gamer and it could be adios to your season.

by matthaggs on Oct 9, 2007 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly
Losing is heartbreaking, but methinks a wee bit of perspective is required here. Six pennants and four world championships in eight years has made alot of people very spoiled indeed. Bobby Cox has won all of one world championship in seventeen completed seasons with the Braves with mostly incredible pitching staffs, yet strangely they don't call for his head year after year. I guess the folks in Atlanta actually appreciate how foolish and sef-defeating it would be to throw a fine, beloved manager overboard on the basis of lack of success in short series. Perspective: it's a beautiful thing.

by flipster on Oct 9, 2007 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Actually
the folks in Atlanta don't pay much attention to baseball. In the middle of their pennant run they couldn't even sell out the playoff games: http://www.astrosdaily.com/history/1997NLDS/
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Oct 10, 2007 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

Actually
I was thinking more about the front office than the fans.

by flipster on Oct 10, 2007 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah
Fair point then.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Oct 11, 2007 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

And as far as I know
Joe is not a wife beater.

by flipster on Oct 10, 2007 5:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to Pinstripe Alley, an SB Nation blog about the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees.

Community Guidelines

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

Newjedi_small
Ivan Nova's Masterpiece
Small
Pedroia vs Cano
Nsapcs7_extr_small
Pinstripe Alley Fantasy Baseball League
Newjedi_small
The Top 10 Prospects (Presented The Only Way I Know How)
Costanza_small
Pinstripe Theater - I'mGivingYouAMovieDiscussionThread

Recent FanPosts

Small
AJ Burnett to the Pirates?
Small
New Minor league Crush?
Small
The Biggest Questions for the 2012 Yankees
Dscf0540_small
In Defense of the Author
Small
The 2012 Yankee Email

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >


Managers

Mo_rivera_small Travis G

Nsapcs7_extr_small Brandon C.

Writers

Moar_bacon_small Lord Duggan

V5zevr_small WhatwouldJeterdo

Costanza_small I'mGivingYouARaise

Picture_2_small Frank Campagnola

Cone_coffeez_small Andrew GM

Derek-jeter-1_small Chris McKeown

T128_small Rob Steingall

Don-mattingly_small williamnyy