02-10-2009, 06:28 PM
<!--quoteo(post=17147:date=Feb 10 2009, 04:14 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Feb 10 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=17121:date=Feb 10 2009, 02:53 PM:name=phan)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phan @ Feb 10 2009, 02:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->stone's been saying that for a long time about soriano and it's never made sense<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think he's trying to say (without blatantly saying it) that the Yankees won before Soriano was there, but never with him.
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Stone is using a poor argument... they would have <b>won</b> the 2001 World Series if the greatest relief pitcher of all-time could have held the lead in the bottom of the 9th of Game Seven. It's extremely rare for Mariano Rivera to blow a post-season save, but he did against the D-Backs.
Had Rivera performed in his usual manner, <b>not only do the Yankees win the series, but Alf is the fucking hero</b>...he hit a mondo-clutch go-ahead homer (it would have been the game-winning, Series-winning HR) in the late innings against Curt Schilling, giving the Spankees what seemed like an insurmountable lead.
So yeah, Stone is right about it being a hideous contract, but totally [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ruby.gif[/img] about trying to pin the Yankees' demise on Alf.
I think he's trying to say (without blatantly saying it) that the Yankees won before Soriano was there, but never with him.
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Stone is using a poor argument... they would have <b>won</b> the 2001 World Series if the greatest relief pitcher of all-time could have held the lead in the bottom of the 9th of Game Seven. It's extremely rare for Mariano Rivera to blow a post-season save, but he did against the D-Backs.
Had Rivera performed in his usual manner, <b>not only do the Yankees win the series, but Alf is the fucking hero</b>...he hit a mondo-clutch go-ahead homer (it would have been the game-winning, Series-winning HR) in the late innings against Curt Schilling, giving the Spankees what seemed like an insurmountable lead.
So yeah, Stone is right about it being a hideous contract, but totally [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ruby.gif[/img] about trying to pin the Yankees' demise on Alf.
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