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Budding Yanks-Rays rivalry??

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by the_lorax, Mar 12, 2008.

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  1. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    Mike Piazza and Guillermo Mota didn't seem to think it was only spring training.
     
    mike311gd, Mar 12, 2008
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  2. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    If Piazza got a hold of Mota, he would have killed him.

    And the Mets, being the scumbags they are, gave Mota Piazza's locker a couple years later.
     
    BYH, Mar 12, 2008
    #14
  3. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    I didn't know that. It sure turned out well for everyone.
     
    mike311gd, Mar 12, 2008
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  4. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Wouldn't the Rays ever have to be good for a rivalry to even be possible?
     
    dreunc1542, Mar 12, 2008
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  5. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    You should pay more attention to the Rays this season. They're going to be a lot better.
     
    GB-Hack, Mar 12, 2008
    #17
  6. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    I think this was a mistake by Girardi. What possible advantage can there be for the Yankees to be in a rivalry with the Rays? Get them to gear up for you even more than they do? Give them and excuse to think of themselves as equals? Stupid. Send the catcher for surgery & move along.
     
    Guy_Incognito, Mar 12, 2008
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  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    The rivalry has been there since the Rays were hatched. With the Yanks spring training and having offices in Tampa, Steinbrenner thought the area belonged to him. He wasn't entirely wrong, Yanks fans have always packed the Trop for Rays games. The Yanks beat up on the Rays even worse than the rest of the league did in the first two years of the team's life, then the Rays began playing the Yanks as tough as any other team in the league. And there have been some fights along the way.

    But as others have said, this year there won't be a 35-win difference between the teams. That will make it juicier.
     
    playthrough, Mar 12, 2008
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  8. rube

    rube Active Member

    This reminds me of my Tigers back in the '99-'03 era ... they were so shitty that the only way they could get anyones attn was to try and fight whoever they could.
    I'll never forget Robert Fick (who closed out old Tiger Stadium with a salami by the way) getting beer dumped all over his head after making a unprovoked run at some ChiSox bullpen pitchers.

    Lesson learned ... you can't ever take the Devil out of the Rays.
     
    rube, Mar 13, 2008
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  9. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Just in case there was any doubt, Shelley Duncan just bought himself a full-year roster spot on Girardi's newer, tougher Yankees... even when he hits .220 and strike out way too often.
     
    spnited, Mar 13, 2008
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  10. Ruth-Gehrig

    Ruth-Gehrig Member

    The entire scenario would be hilarious if it wasn't so lame.
    First off, Duncan thinks he's Bruce Lee. Can't say I blame the Rays for attacking him.
    Second, What's up with Gomes?
    He had at least a 100-yard run before he reached Duncan, and that's the best he could do?
    He'll never be an enforcer in the NHL, that's for sure.
    And what's up with the sunglasses.
    If he really wanted to kick butt, he would have got rid of the shades well before reaching his prey.
    What a joke?
     
    Ruth-Gehrig, Mar 13, 2008
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  11. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Girardi.... biggest putz on the baseball planet.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Mar 13, 2008
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  12. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    The only way the Rays own the Yanks is if they buy the Yes Network package on their sattellite dish.

    Kazmir cannot pitch a complete game every day.
     
    93Devil, Mar 13, 2008
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