Comments on: Massarotti at it again. http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/ A couple things about politics, sports, travel, and other stuff. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:15:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Yankees Fan http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2877 Yankees Fan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:23:50 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2877 There you go, now you are asking the right questions. As the teams stand now, obviously the Sox have the better squad. Luckily for the Yankees, they don't play the season until starting in April, when this team is going to look quite different. So the ultimate question facing someone like Sabathia, come April, will one team put him in a better position to win the World Series than the other. That question cannot be answered with any kind of fact, but rather mere conjecture. Based on how active the Yankees plan on being, one can make a strong argument that by the end of this free agent season, the Yankees will be in a position to challenge for the title again...let's face it, the Sox need to make some moves too, we shall see how agressive they are. There you go, now you are asking the right questions. As the teams stand now, obviously the Sox have the better squad. Luckily for the Yankees, they don’t play the season until starting in April, when this team is going to look quite different. So the ultimate question facing someone like Sabathia, come April, will one team put him in a better position to win the World Series than the other. That question cannot be answered with any kind of fact, but rather mere conjecture. Based on how active the Yankees plan on being, one can make a strong argument that by the end of this free agent season, the Yankees will be in a position to challenge for the title again…let’s face it, the Sox need to make some moves too, we shall see how agressive they are.

]]> By: Scholar in Training http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Scholar in Training Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:15:13 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2876 Who has the better team right now, the Red Sox or the Yankees? Who has the better team right now, the Red Sox or the Yankees?

]]> By: Yankees Fan http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Yankees Fan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:16:14 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2875 Perhaps you need a 101 session on the differences between opinion and fact. Perhaps you need a 101 session on the differences between opinion and fact.

]]> By: Scholar in Training http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 Scholar in Training Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:09:54 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2874 This is silly. The botom line here is that if a player wants to win, they hae a much better chance with the RS than Yanks. That is objective fact, not opinion. This is silly. The botom line here is that if a player wants to win, they hae a much better chance with the RS than Yanks. That is objective fact, not opinion.

]]> By: Yankees Fan http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 Yankees Fan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2872 You couldn't be more wrong. History has a great impact...so many players talk about how much the've wanted to wear the pinstripes...what it means. That's part of the draw of the Celtics...to be able to play at the almost Garden...sox really are just a history of failure. You couldn’t be more wrong. History has a great impact…so many players talk about how much the’ve wanted to wear the pinstripes…what it means. That’s part of the draw of the Celtics…to be able to play at the almost Garden…sox really are just a history of failure.

]]> By: Scholar in Training http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 Scholar in Training Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:45:57 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2871 You honestly believe this is how players look at teams? It's not. It's what have you done for me lately. No one cares about the last 10 years. These players look at the team that is being put out onto the field and look to see who gives them the best chance of getting a ring. The answer here is obvious: Boston. You honestly believe this is how players look at teams? It’s not. It’s what have you done for me lately. No one cares about the last 10 years. These players look at the team that is being put out onto the field and look to see who gives them the best chance of getting a ring. The answer here is obvious: Boston.

]]> By: Yankees Fan http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 Yankees Fan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:42:11 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2870 Your analysis is way off. In this decade (to look at a recent time frame), the Sox and Yankees have made the playoffs the same amount, they have made the WS the same amount, and the Sox have one more WS win than the Yankees. To say that an out of playoffs finish by the Yankees last year means that they are a bottom feeder in the AL is just retarded and demonstrates your ever present bias. Your analysis is way off. In this decade (to look at a recent time frame), the Sox and Yankees have made the playoffs the same amount, they have made the WS the same amount, and the Sox have one more WS win than the Yankees. To say that an out of playoffs finish by the Yankees last year means that they are a bottom feeder in the AL is just retarded and demonstrates your ever present bias.

]]> By: Scholar in Training http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 Scholar in Training Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:35:56 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2869 Convenient how you left out the most obvious one for Boston: being on a winning team. Funny how you discount that but you place "history" as number one. You really think these players care more about history than getting a WS win? Would you rather play for a bottom feeder in the AL East or a team that makes the playoffs and contends for a title every year? Convenient how you left out the most obvious one for Boston: being on a winning team. Funny how you discount that but you place “history” as number one. You really think these players care more about history than getting a WS win?

Would you rather play for a bottom feeder in the AL East or a team that makes the playoffs and contends for a title every year?

]]> By: Yankees Fan http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 Yankees Fan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:44:18 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2868 History, teammates, lifestyle, manager (not saying girardi is better, but his style is differnt from titos)...a bunch of reasons...and vice versa for someone to choose Boston over NY...don't be so biased. History, teammates, lifestyle, manager (not saying girardi is better, but his style is differnt from titos)…a bunch of reasons…and vice versa for someone to choose Boston over NY…don’t be so biased.

]]> By: Scholar in Training http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/massarotti-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2867 Scholar in Training Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:42:23 +0000 http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/?p=2878#comment-2867 For what rational reason, other than money, would a player choose NY over Boston at this moment in time? For what rational reason, other than money, would a player choose NY over Boston at this moment in time?

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