They were loaded. They had arguably the greatest 4 man rotation in history that yr. Interesting that in the same calendar year the heavily underdog Jets beat a loaded Baltimore Colts team.

The O's won the American League for three straight years back then. 1969, 1970 when they won it all and then 1971 losing to the Pirates. They were also in it in 1966 as well when they smoked the Dodgers in four straight. In the 1960's, the only other team with more Series appearances than the O's was the Yankees. It's absurd what has happened to that once-proud franchise.

Go to a Red Sox /(insert any team name other than Yankees) game and vendors will be circling around the park hawking "Yankees Suck" t-shirts!

If they weren't in our division I'd be rooting for them to make a comeback but in the 60's and 70's I hated them .I probably hated them even more than the Sox because the Sox weren't all that good back then (except '67 of course ,but Yankees sucked).They were the Evil Empire then. They were so good,but they were great because they had the best farm system back then, hands down. They had something called "The Oriole Way" which was preached at all levels of their minor leagues.

Suck it Braves.

Something landed on Bruce Bochy's shoulder while he was walking back to the dugout after the final out. It startled him before he brushed it off and was quite funny to see.

Of course, all teams have those. I was just responding to SATS getting fucking stupid and trying to defend Yankees fans like they don't bandwagon but all Phillies fans do. He's a dumb whore.

Hey, how'd missing the playoffs work out for you? Enjoy it? That $132M payroll paying dividends yet?

Have you ever had to live in a city full of Phillies fans? Yankees fans are nowhere near the level of fucktard that Phillies fans are. Yankees fans gloat because honestly, they fucking deserve it. They've won 27 championships and 40 pennants in their history. That's more than any other professional team in history. There have been 107 World Series so far and the Yankees have won 25% of them.

What have the Phillies done? Nothing. They've sucked most of their history. They are good in relatively short spurts. They've been around since 1883 and have TWO World Series titles and SEVEN pennants. They also recently were the first team to reach 10,000 losses.

Fuck the Phillies and their fans.

Um, yes, I presently do live in a city full of Phillies fans. I still hate the Yankees and their fucking fans way more. I really couldn't give a fuck about amazing wonderful history.

You live in Philly? Where about? I'm over by UPenn.

Well, I live in Delaware, but I commute into Philly daily (Suburban Station) and Delaware is basically a Philly area anyway.

Who let the little girl into the dugout?

and can she pitch 3 games in the next series?

That would be nice. 1, 4 and 7.

What is with the hair though? I always thought the emo tools avoided sports because of how 'conformist' they are.

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Looks like these are the pitching matchups for the NLCS.

When does it start? Thursday? I know the ALCS starts on Friday so that would make sense. I just don't know why the hell they have to wait so damn long. I need a Giants jersey.

I have an Alberto castillo( former Met) '03 home cream colored jersey. Size 46. Sell it to you at a reasonable price.

Damn you Kusand!

Wait, what did I do?

You didn't change my title? woops

Wasn't me for once, but it's an excellent change.

I was watching that game when that happened. It's quite possibly the most animated I've ever seen Lincecum.

So THAT'S who Lincecum is! Being too lazy to google him I had no clue who he was, but I hear he's a great pitcher.

edit: and THIS is the most animated I've ever seen him.

Fuckin Lee is really dealing tonight and has put the Rays on the brink. Is this good or bad for the Yanks?

Great for the Yanks. Lee won't be pitching until game 3. And can only pitch probably game 6 or 7 too. Best case scenario for them.

The Rays had a cute little season. 2010 American League East Champions! Bye bye, Carl Crawford!

Tonight rocked, go Rangers!

Thanks Tampa! Thanks for wasting Lee for us!

♫Cliff Lee, Tulibu dibu douchoo♫

Could he be ready for Game 2? He's done the three-days-rest thing before and it's worked; especially against the Yanks. Or would they hold him until Game 3 on the road?

No the Rangers said he won't start on three days rest I'm pretty sure. That's why he didn't pitch game 4.

Thanks for saving Lee's arm Texas! We're going to want him to be fresh and rested next season!

Go Yankees, SATS! Woo!

Snort.

I knew that would get you. Its almost as guaranteed as peppermint tea and patent attorneys.

Not yet. First go Giants and Rangers, then if all else fails go Yankees.

If I have to root for the Yankees 2 years in a row...

This is just a fucking travesty.

Pathetic and immoral.

I did it last year and I'll do it again. Go to one Met game, just one, when the Phillies bus in their fans. They deserve nothing except maybe jail time.

Its ok SATS. We know why you'd be rooting for us and believe me, we don't mind. Smite the common enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I rooted for the Mets in '86 too. We understand where you're coming from.

I hate you. Do you know what the Yankees and their shit-ass fans did to us Red Sox fans pre-2004? DO YOU KNOW THE HORROR?!

Go to one Yankee game, just one.

I went once to the old stadium. Once. It's a fucking toilet. House that Ruth built, my ass. Here's comes the irrational anger again .......

You know who's really good at baseball? John Lackey. Wish the Yanks had signed him!

I have, it was actually a pleasurable experience. They were playing the Tigers, they won, and Mariano came in to pitch and this was a meaningless game in like July and flashes from cameras were going off throughout the entire stadium. It was pretty cool.

I've also been to A LOT of Met/Yankee games at Shea and let me tell you, not once did the Yankee fans act like Philly fans do. I was even at the game when Roger Clemens had to bat and Estes threw behind him. Met fans were nothing short of maniacal that day and not even then were Yankee fans stepping out of line.

Now this isn't to say i don't know my fair share of Yankee fans, I ended up at a Yankee fans house in 2000 when they beat the Mets, I know what they can be like.

It's nothing compared to Philly. Nothing.

Well....... if he's pitching game 7 that would be a bad thing for the Yankees, but yeah Yanks are lucky they won't see him until game 3. Limit his opportunities.