Although the MLB season is not over and in fact has some of its most exciting games sure to come in September and October, it is never too early to debate the best of this season.
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Jeter’s Still the Man
Derek Jeter has been one of the only reasons the Yankees have been winning lately–and he’s the reason they’ll keep winning in the playoffs.
Over the past few months, and in the last weeks especially, the Boston Red Sox have challenged the New York Yankees for the AL Division title that the Yankees have held since 1998. And in an atmosphere where every game is crucial, one Yankee, like so many times before, has proven to be a leader–a player who has put the team on his back and led them to victory when they needed it most: Derek Jeter.
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Gladly pitying the poor Yankees
On the 18th of June, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte’s great army fell victim to the combined forces of the Allied Armies at the Battle of Waterloo. In 1876, Lieutenant Colonel Custer lost his life at the hands of more than 10,000 Native Americans at the Battle of Little Big Horn. And a Greek force hidden in a large wooden horse once besieged the Trojan Army.
A roller coaster ride–summary of Terry Francona’s first season with the Red Sox. Loaded with exciting spins, flips, corkscrews, and turned stomachs, the Sox have learned to weather the storm, and now are in prime position to overtake the Yankees in the AL East. It has been a long, stressful journey for Francona, but the fruits of his labor may be finally paying off, as his Red Sox sit only 2 ½ games behind first place for the first time in a very long time this year.
So lighten up Bostonians, give your man a break, he deserves it. I’m sure Francona won’t be trohwing away any Game 7 leads any time soon.
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It’s About Damn Time
Written by a Yankees fan, why the Yankees deserve to lose to the Red Sox this year.
I am a New York Yankees fan. Diehard, at that. Yet, for some reason, the intense Division race going on between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox doesn’t faze me. I’m not obsessing about it.
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The Titanic is Sinking
by Trevor Freeman
This morning I received an e-mail from a Yankee fan and smiled…….the nervousness is setting in.
“Why do you even bother? We all know how this ends….with the Bronx Bombers hoisting the World Series trophy for the 27th……let me repeat…27th time. The Oakland Athletics are not beating anyone, Boston will have its way with you guys and then they’ll head to the BX for their annual ass-kicking at the hands of the Yankees. Do yourself a favor and start mentally conditioning yourself for the inevitable.”
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Another BoSox Setup?
Is the latest run by the Red Sox another setup? I watch night after night almost expecting doom. Solid pitching, timely hitting, good defense. Pinch me I may be dreaming.
I want to sum up my emotions regarding the Sox since the trading deadline. It has been like watching two different teams, I like the current version much, much better.
The gates are open and the final run is on. It’s going to be a close race, a photo finish, right down to the wire, but however it turns out, the Yankees won’t even be close.
By Ryan McGowan
I ran into Dan Shaughnessy, sports columnist for the Boston Globe, a few weeks ago while I was waiting for an order at a Chinese restaurant in Newton. “Shank” is somewhat of a personal hero of mine, not as much for his writing ability (though I do think he is a good writer, even if many disagree with what he has to say) but more so for his status as a fellow Holy Cross graduate/ex-writer for the HC Crusader student newspaper. As there were only four people in the restaurant at the time (myself, Jennifer the Lovely Better Half, and two restaurant employees), you can imagine my startled expression when I was interrupted from reading a crusty 2001 back issue of Newsweek and listening to Muzak versions of “Sweet Home Alabama” by the grand entrance of a tall, lanky, curly-haired man, surrounded by his family, whose face I have seen countless times on TV and headlining the Globe columns bearing his name.
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Bonds Still MVP? No Question
Contrary to what you may have read elsewhere, the debate over who should be National League MVP is not a debate. Or at least it shouldn’t be. Outside of an unlikely collapse in the final month of the season, this “debate” is really just another Barry Bonds coronation.