Indians [vs] Red Sox (GP, Please)

[MChapman]

Drew just hit another ball to center field brining in another run! 5-1 Sox!

[Dan Petrovic]

8-1 Sox, still 1 out.

EDIT: Youkilis hits to centerfield, bounces off the wall. One run. A throw to first base hits Youkilis in the helmet allowing another run. 10-1 Sox.

[Travis Hoffman]

ZZZZZZZZZZ....told you. Now I'm sure the biased "national" media can sleep better tonight.

Wedge gave up on this one in just like he did Game 5. Perez had no business being in any game the rest of the playoffs.

People never learn. An optimistic Cleveland fan is only asking for heartbreak. Go read a book.

Regardless of outcome, Indians are still the best team for the money in baseball and showed the bloated payrolls of the East how it can be done. They also liberated Joe Torre from his torturous role as Steinbrenner's scapegoat. Good luck, Joe.

Red Sox do lead the league in outfielders who shrink home runs into singles though....

[MChapman]

I'm not on here to rub anything in to those Cleveland fans, but honestly i've heard a lot of crap today (at school in pa; not many sox fans) about how they're going to loose. I keep my faith, because as we all know with the Yankees they came back when they needed it! Now tonights game is a hell of a game with Schilling pitching pretty phenomenal, and the offense pulling together..especially J.D. Drew. God Bless you all Indian fans, but the Sox are here to play, and we're not giving up without a fight. So as a friendly Sox fan i'd just like to say never underestimate them, and be wise when you tell us you think were going to loose.

[synth3tk]

No Comment.

*sigh* There's always tommorrow. It looked like Boston figured out how we play and drew on that the last couple of games. Typical of a Cleveland sports team to almost make it then have it pulled from under our feet. Schilling lasted much longer than I would've expected, and Boston's offense was powerful with much help from our defense.

Edit: Travis, I might just read a book next game. Seems every time I watch, we lost. All three games. I wonder if there's any relation...

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Now I'm sure the biased "national" media can sleep better tonight.

Professional Sports is not GP. My commentary on stated topic, therefore, does not have to be entirely GP either. Let's get down and dirty.

Want an example of media bias? Some "reporter" with the San Fran Chronicle (pinnacle of journalistic grand jury testimony leaking integrity) selectively chooses to release a report of Paul Byrd having purchased some HGH (back when it wasn't banned by baseball). I wouldn't put it past some Red Sox worshipping buddy buddy writer of theirs in Boston to encourage them to release this "story" conveniently the day before ALCS game 7. And they conveniently try to smear the name of one of the nicest people and best success stories in all the AL playoffs ("Indians Face Game 7, HGH Scandal" ESPN.com professes. Morons).

There are undoubtedly hundreds of athletes spread out across ALL baseball teams who are guilty of using HGH (although again, it wasn't banned until 2005) and more damaging banned substances like steroids. The media controls which names are leaked (or fabricated) purely to affect sporting outcomes, sell papers, and get ratings. I wonder why we haven't heard of any Red Sox or Yankee players named. God knows they are the central repository for over the hill 800-year old players who may think they need a little HGH kick to further their careers. I'd venture to guess this substance problem affects at least one player on every team in baseball (the Mitchell investigation promises to shed a lot of light on that area), yet we selectively hear of only a few being reported.

Oh yes (I'm not making this up) - Be sure not to miss this morning's Outside the Lines story on Paul Byrd's evil ways. How in the heck does E$PN put together a story in less than a day based upon a report that was posted at midnight last night? YOU THINK THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING? It's one big Red Sox Yankees rump-kissing conspiracy.

What a sick, twisted, sports world we live in. If it's that important your beloved Red Sox and Yankees win every championship there is in the universe, well keep throwing money and manipulating media resources to suit your greedy gains, baseball and journalistic integrity be darned.

This is why I do not buy newspapers or believe a word of what I see on TV. It's all a big fixed sham.

BOYCOTT ESPN FOREVER. Read this sarcastic, disrespectful, biased garbage from one of the many supposedly "neutral" columnists on ESPN's website: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playof...jim&id=3072472

What a HACK. It's ok to claim the Indians are playing scared, but try to stick to the facts instead of sticking your tongue out and going nanna nanna boo boo (Noooo time for looooooooosers cuz we are the cham.....wait, that's another thread :-P) to the Indians and their fans. Where's Albert Belle when you need him?

Thank goodness for the (relatively) pure world of FIRST, because the professional sports world is a corrupt, biased farce, where evil empires truly DO exist.

Now back to your regularly scheduled graciously professional programming. I'm done with this thread. Go Indians - you do it the RIGHT way.

[synth3tk]

ROFL! Nice rant, Travis. That's fine that you didn't use GP, I just didn't want flaming wars to get out of hand. But you're right about the media. I wouldn't put anything past them.

[MChapman]

I do agree with you on the media part, they put some weird things in when they shouldnt, because they dont have all the facts. But as far as i'm aware of our teammates have not been questioned on using anything illegal this season.

More importantly i wasnt rubbing anything in, i was just simply saying, going to a school where there is mostly Philly fans, gets old after they bash a team thats popular where i'm from. I mean their Phillys didnt make it far themselves, so they have no right saying what they do to me or others. I'm just here watching the team i grew up with in hopes of another win. Good Luck tonight to both teams!

[synth3tk]

Personally, we might choke. I don't want them to, but it's in Cleveland's blood. Boston has been playing like no tommorrow the last couple of games, and if they make it, they sure do deserve it!

[Dan Petrovic]

Don't get me wrong, Cleveland deserves to win just as much, if not more than the Red Sox with their fat salaries.

Even if they don't win, they forced the Red Sox, who's players get paid much more, to a 7th game. They beat the Yankees, the highest payed team in MLB, in four games out of 5 games. That's impressive!

Tonight's game can go either way. Daisuke didn't get past the 5th inning in Game 3 and now they are relying on him to put a strong start to Game 7. However, if things get too rough, the Sox have the opportunity to put Beckett back in.

Despite how much the Rockies steamrolled the other teams in the post-season, I think whichever team wins tonight will go on to win the World Series. It really can go either way.

Cleveland's offense is strong, their pitchers need to get back in the game (much like Paul Byrd was in Game 4).

[Tim Delles]

Hmmm... for someone who claims that he wants the thread to be no flaming you toe the line very close

We just wanted to go to Boston and win the last game on their soil, just like we did with the Yankees.

o well...

[JackN]

As much as it pains me, I am rooting for the Indians, but it looks like they are done now. They played the two best teams money can buy, and that is exactly the problem with major league baseball, it is an uneven playing field. Teams like the A's, Pirates, Twins, Marlins and Devil Rays can't compete with the elite teams in terms of payroll. The Yankees and Red Sox can just throw a pile of money at a player that is more than the entire payroll of most teams i.e. Dice-K. I commend the Indians for getting it done the old fashioned way of building prospects and making smart trades.

[Tim Delles]

Originally Posted by JackN

As much as it pains me, I am rooting for the Indians, but it looks like they are done now. They played the two best teams money can buy, and that is exactly the problem with major league baseball, it is an uneven playing field. Teams like the A's, Pirates, Twins, Marlins and Devil Rays can't compete with the elite teams in terms of payroll. The Yankees and Red Sox can just throw a pile of money at a player that is more than the entire payroll of most teams i.e. Dice-K. I commend the Indians for getting it done the old fashioned way of building prospects and making smart trades.

Dice-K only gets $ 6.3 million a year

HAHA!!! what about the $250 million paid to A-Rod by the rangers? ($25 million a year)

Tampa Bay Pays an outfield (Carl Crawford) 4.1million a year. and they are the lowest payroll in MLB.

Arizona pays Randy Johnson 9 million a year.

Phillies have 7 players paid more than 6.5million

Jamie Moyer
Jimmy Rollins
Jon Lieber
Tim Gordon
Freddy Garcia
Adam Eaton
Pat Burrel (13+ million)

Cleveland:

Paul Byrd (7 million)
C.C. Sabathia (8.5 million)
Jake Westbrook (6.1 million)

So yes the Red Sox and yankees can throw money at people, but every team does it when they REALLY want someone...

And if you honestly believe that ANY TEAM can't just throw money at a player then you are completely wrong.

So please stop whining about this team or that team spends more money that the team i like. Believe me if they wanted to they could.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by Tim Delles

HAHA!!! what about the $250 million paid to A-Rod by the rangers? ($25 million a year)

Have the Yankees been getting their money's worth out of him? I haven't seen anything spectacular yet.

By the way.... Jacoby Ellsbury is the man.

[Tim Delles]

SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!