ALCS

[BlueHen86]

Oh, the irony.

No kidding. The slimiest organization being rolled by the Rangers

I hate the Yankees (but I'm glad that they are good because it's makes baseball more interesting), but I don't consider them to be slimy. They are in a great position to take advantage of a flawed MLB economic system. Every other MLB team wishes that they could do what the Yankees are doing.

Like him or not, George Steinbrenner was a great owner.

[JoltinJoe]

This is all just bs-ing among baseball fans having a good time here.

Except for the parts about the Rangers and D-Backs being dirtbags. Those parts are true.

[Shellin]

This is all just bs-ing among baseball fans having a good time here.

Except for the parts about the Rangers and D-Backs being dirtbags. Those parts are true.

To be completely fair, if it meant getting to and potentially winning the World Series, I wish the Mariners would become slimy dirtbags.

[Grizalltheway]

This is all just bs-ing among baseball fans having a good time here.

Except for the parts about the Rangers and D-Backs being dirtbags. Those parts are true.

To be completely fair, if it meant getting to and potentially winning the World Series, I wish the Mariners would become slimy dirtbags.

No fucking shit, right? Or, at the very least, put together a lineup that can score more than 1 run per game.

[JoltinJoe]

This is all just bs-ing among baseball fans having a good time here.

Except for the parts about the Rangers and D-Backs being dirtbags. Those parts are true.

To be completely fair, if it meant getting to and potentially winning the World Series, I wish the Mariners would become slimy dirtbags.

Well, the Mariners are slimy dirtbags. They traded Lee to the Rangers after shaking hands on a deal with the Yankees.

So they suck and they are dirtbags too. :#thumb:

[Gil Dobie]

Great job Rangers.

[UNHWildCats]

I think you're diminishing Lee's overall ability here by calling him a "command pitcher". He still throws with enough heat to make everything else effective. He's like Hamels. Of course neither is a power pitcher, per se, but they're still throwing fast balls in the mid 90's and that makes everything else they throw that much more effective. Maddux was never the post season pitcher that Lee is - that's a horrible comparison.

Lee's fastball is in the low 90s -- a decent velocity but a fastball that most major league batters can handle with ease if it is in the wrong location. What makes Lee so effective is that he can spot his fastball on strike one, which then sets you up for his cutter.

Can he spot that fastball so effectively on short rest? Because a pitcher throwing 91 on strike one who misses his spot too often might have a long night.

Lee had a great post-season last year, but it's a little early to coronate him as an all-time great post-season pitcher. He's pitched in one post season prior to this year. Of course, I hope you're right and he does go down as a all-time great post-season pitcher, because he's going to be winning those future games for the Yankees.

The comparison to Maddux wasn't based on his post-season work. It was based on his ability to pitch on short rest as a command pitcher.

[UNHWildCats]

Well, he's 6-0 now in 7 postseason starts with a sub 1.50 ERA and 3 complete games. Granted, he's no Halladay or Hamels, but I'd say he's pretty good. After the Yanks don't win it this year, I'm sure he'll be worth the $25M for 6 years the Yanks give him in the offseason. That is, of course, unless Texas just resigns him anyway, since Cashman not getting a deal done during the year has let Texas fix their ownership problems and pull in a TV deal. Wouldn't that be a hoot - Lee knocks the Yanks out this year and then spurns them in the offseason to boot.

Cliff Lee is already looking at real estate in Northern NJ and Westchester County.

Well Southern Jersey.