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Now that we know who our ALCS opponent will be, I want to solicit predictions from our readers. Give us your ALCS winner, how many games and some of the reasoning behind your thought process. I know this is a Yankee fan site but, don’t be afraid to pick against them or post a prediction if you’re an Angels fan. I’d love to hear the counter arguments for why the Angels will win.
I’ll start: My Prediction-Yanks in 6.
The Angels have a solid rotation, but lack the kind of #1 shut down starter that will scare you in a short series. CC facing John Lackey is a wash, so I figure that game comes down to the bullpens, which is a recurring theme for me. The Yanks have destroyed Jared Weaver in recent years, so they may even drop him down to #3 starter for this series. I like my chances with Weaver vs Pettitte. Scott Kazmir has been tough on the Yanks, but has averaged less than 6 innings per start and is somewhat diminished at this point of his career. If AJ brings his A-game, I’ll be very confident. They’ll get Kazmir out of the game and go after that subpar Angels bullpen. The Yankee lineup is better than the Angels lineup, but not by as much as you’d think. Yanks were #1 in the AL in Runs scored and the Angels were #2. The Angels lineup is heavily Right handed, so they should match up well facing the Yanks 2 lefty starters. The Yanks have much more power, but as we all know the Angels find ways to generate runs with their aggressive running game. Lineups are a wash to me.
I think this series comes down to a battle of the bullpens, and the Yanks win that handily.
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I think this series will go a full seven games. Both teams will come into this fully rested and Yanks/Angels series are always epic affairs. I think the Angels will steal one at the Stadium and the Yanks will take one game in Aneheim and it will come down to another dramatic Game 7 with CC leading the team into the World Series.
Sabathia Vs Lackey in New York for game 7 would be a huge task for the Angels, one I don’t think they can over come so I pick the Yankees in 7.
Keep in mind, Yank fans, that in 2009 the Angels hit .317 vs the 3 Yankee starters. Angels have always had success vs. NYY with post-season success as well. Angel rotation is set up nicely with Lackey, Saunders, Weaver, and Kaz going games 1-4, while the Yankees scramble to cram in 3 starts for CC…gonna be a good series: Angels in 7!!!
Ok and that means what? Everyone agrees it’s going to be a good series but I don’t see how you can say they are “scrambling” this is basically the world series whoever wins will destroy the NL so use 3 starts now to lock up the CS to get to the world series. The Angels have no pitcher in the advantage in this 7 game series only one draw and one close other than that the Yankees have an advantage or draw, and when you add in the best line up and bullpen in baseball it leans to the Yanks.
I highly doubt CC loses game 7 in New York, if it was in LA I could see it if the series goes 7 it’s the Yanks to lose… Because of the advantage in bull pen I pick the Yankees in 7.
I think it goes a full seven as well, the angels are a good team and i think that they feel as though they have something to play for after the tragedy earlier this year that rocked their team. They have had role players come up big for them and things seem to be clicking well for them. That being said the Yankees are the same way and seem to be determined this year in a way i haven’t seen from them probably since 2001. The home field advantage is about the only reason i am fairly certain the Yankees will pull it off. These are two great teams and i am really looking forward to watching the series, and the Yankees pull it of to head to the world series.
This series is going to be looked at as more important that the world series because which ever team emerges from this battle will easily dispatch of either the Dodgers or the Phils…
Angels are a good team, but I think we’re much better. We struggled in one series, because we had screwed up our bullpen by starting Aceves. We won’t have that issue this time. The key, once again, is AJ. If we get good AJ, we’ll win in 5.
The keys to me are Joba and Hughes… if they can both be shut down in the 7th and 8th we can have CC start a total of 3 games in this series and if he can just go 6 with a lead in each of the 3 games we should be able to close it down from there.
Yanks in 5. This team just has that feel that it can always come back late in games and the Pen is solid.
I’m going for Yanks in 5 as well. I’m close to favoring a sweep but the first game in LA, game 3, would be the one that might ‘trip’ them up. Yes, the Halos have to travel too, but they’re going home. I expect this squad to continue what they’ve been doing the last 4 months, reversing fortunes against rivals. There is no glaring weakness, throw out the stats, their minds are right and little else matters. I expect similar games that we saw against the Twins, great SP-ing and enough offense, sometimes more than enough.
Since you are open to Angel fans, I going to have to say that the Angels will do it in 5. I must first reply to Steve S. who mentions how we have no solid starter. If I recall correctly, Lackey Shut out Boston in game 1 of the ALDS, and Weaver held them to 1 run in game two. I will agree on the other hand that our bullpen is not as strong, but certainly cant be thrown out of the picture. All of our relievers have came in and held the score in Boston, especially in Game 3. I have said all year that if we can get past Boston we will win it all. This is because of the stigma placed on us from the past three years of getting slaughtered by Boston. We clearly didnt put up with that this year. I must say that Vlad is struggling this post season, but that is about it. You guys are very aware of Bobby Abreu and how talented he is. His stats are insane this post season and is a real threat especially since he is very comfortable in NY. If there is any let up on Tori Hunter he will destroy whoever is pitching, as will Vlad despite his weak performance so far. From there, every team in baseball is afraid of the Angel running game. I dont say that arrogantly, only because that is our strength. Yanks are indeed more powerful than the Angels, but you can strike people out and keep them off the bases. But once the Angels are on base they are in the mind of every pitcher. Ever single player goes first to third by habbit and do it very successfuly, and they all can steal second without a problem. Vlad is the only exception to the steal because he just doesnt do it. In the past we have had a winning record against the Yanks. This year its 4-4. That is simply my justification. I think our battle was much more heated against Boston as the odds were against the Angels, whereas the Yanks were pretty much expected to beat Minnesota. The odds were all for NY in that series. Although it was an awsome game 3. So the momentum after beating the odds is stronger than being the expected winner. Putting all of our reasoning aside, because whoever your team is, you are going to find every reason why they are going to win, this is going to be an insane series. Neither team is going to win without putting their best foot forward. Momentum is everything and if someone gets blown out in the first game, whether it be LA or NY, I think that will end it for the losing team. You cant give up any momentum now. GOOD LUCK NY! YOU ARE NOW COMING INTO HOSTILE TERRITORY! Can I mention that Im going to game 3, the first game in LA. I dont go to many games, but I am extactic for this one!
First, thanks for your comment and feel free to check back in as the series progresses. But I have to clear up something you posted:
“I must first reply to Steve S. who mentions how we have no solid starter.”
I didn’t mean to imply that your rotation isn’t any good, I was simply comparing it to the Yanks/Red Sox front line starters. Lackey is a fine pitcher, as is Kazmir and Weaver. But they’re not dominant pitchers. On a staff with either Josh Beckett, CC Sabathia or Jon Lester, your guys would all be #2 or #3 starters. That’s not to say they couldn’t outperform them on any given day, just what their peripherals say they are and ranking them accordingly.
Again, thanks for the lengthy response and feel free to check back anytime.
I think on Burnett’s good days he makes Lackey the number three pitcher in our rotation barley bumping Andy to the 4th spot based solely on age alone.
On his good days, Burnett’s almost unhittable and as good as anyone in Baseball. But his inconsistency knocks him down a peg or two. It all counts.
Yeah but either way he is more dominate than Lackey and would make Llckey our number 3.
How can you even think getting past Boston was the challenge? It’s clear that the Yankees slaughtered the Red Sox down the stretch and I really don’t know anyone who thought they would make any difference in these playoffs. The Yankees offense is way more potent than the Sox with a lot more contact and switch hitters through out the line up and we create a lot more mismatches with our line up because our lefties hit lefties extremely well and we only have two right handed players in the batting order and both are two of the best right handed hitters to play the game in different respects.
The Red Sox rotation is also not as strong as the Yankees, they have Lester who is comparable to Sabathia but doesn’t have the experience leading a club as the ace pitcher as CC does and Beckett was hurt down the stretch and missed his last start before the playoffs. Once you get past that they had Buchholz who is basically a rookie (who pretty much shut your team down) and while he did good he is no veteran pitcher like Andy Pettitte, who has been one of the best middle of the rotation post season pitchers in the last 20 years and he seems more crafty than he has ever been.
It should be a war but I have a feeling Angels fans think it’s over which will make it even more sweet when they lose and have to leave Yankee stadium in game 7 with the bitter taste of defeat at the hands of CC Sabathia over John Lackey.
For argument sake, I have to respond. First, I never said the Yanks would be easy to beat. I feel we have much more momentum going into this series and we were the underdog in our last series against Boston. As far as the pitching talk goes, I think Lackey ranks right up there with CC and Beckett. I dont think that either one is better or more dominant than the other. If you want to argue that, just go back to game 1 of the Angels ALDS game where Lackey shut Boston out. He didnt shut out the Marlins or the Nationals, but he shut out Boston. I dont care who you are, that is impressive pitching. I have the utmost respect for both CC and Beckett and cant say anything bad about them, just keep in mind you are Yankees fans, so ultimately CC is #1, Beckett #2, and Lackey #3. Because I am capable of seeing the talent in other pitchers other than the Angels, I would actually put Beckett #1, and it wouldnt matter to me who went #2 or #3 between Lackey and CC because I dont see either one of them being better than the other. And when it comes down to it, any team is capable of launching of any one of these pitchers. Take (forgot his name) the knuckleballer in Boston. He is aparently a gnarly pitcher. Every game Ive ever seen him pitch, he got absolutely destroyed. So lets bring it back to reality a bit, read my post again, and realize that I think it is going to be an epic battle. I dont think, nor did I ever say the Yanks would be easy to beat, I just think we have the upper hand when it comes to the momentum. This is the way the ALCS should be. Two teams who earned it, not the Wild Card who got in on sypmathy simply because there needed to be 4 teams. I respect the Yanks, but luck better be on your side.
Boston is in a complete slump and have nothing but aging starter who strike out and walk… there team is Nick Swisher, one is good a whole team won’t win. Only Youkilis had a .300 average in the regular season.
Saying Lackey is as good as Sabathia because of the first game of the ALDS is ridiculous! Numbers Vs numbers, stuff Vs stuff Sabathia is far and away the better pitcher. Sabathia is the best left handed starting pitcher in baseball right now and a top 3 or 4 pitcher in all of baseball Lackey is top 15 maybe but not top 5. It really ruins your credibility to compare Lackey to Sabathia.
You just made the whole playoff prediction easy then. Its numbers for numbers right. Based on past performance the Angels have a winning record against the Yanks. Therefor you cant say New York is going to win because that hasnt been the case. You might want to think before you speak because you are really ruining your credibility then by predicting a win for the Yanks because the “Numbers Vs numbers, stuff Vs stuff” you arent going to win. So quit saying that you are.
It’s talking about talent level in players and “stuff Vs stuff” “numbers Vs numbers” when pertaining to teams the Angels shouldn’t even be here if that’s the case because Boston man handles them… How can that change but the only thing the Angle Trolls can argue is the Angels beat the Yankees in the past?
Angels trolls live in the past more than the Boston 2004 people… Get over it… it’s a new year, it baseball, it’s fun stop trolling!
Based on this year which “ace” is better?
3.37 ERA, 230 IP, 197 Ks, 67 BBs and 7.7 H/9, 1.148 WHIP.
3.83 ERA, 176 IP, 139 Ks, 47 BBs and 9.0 H/9, 1.270 WHIP.
The top stat line is Sabathia and the bottom is Lackey… 9 hits per 9 innings Vs 7.7 is the best comparison, Lackey walked only 20 less batters in 54 less IP and Sabathia lead the league in most 1-2-3 innings. Sabathia is the better pitcher by debating that you prove yourself as a troll not looking for logical baseball discussion but rather an E argument…
To go even further into it Sabathia in his whole career has never had more than 8.9 hits per 9 while Lackey has never had less than 8.4 (in 2006) which was the only time he ever had less than 8.9.
If you just want to talk about the teams the Yankees and Angels split the season series 5-5 but the Yankees won 2 games in LA and the Angels only won 1 in NY.
Mariano > Fuentes
“I think this series comes down to a battle of the bullpens, and the Yanks win that handily.”
I think it is way more likely that the series comes down to starting pitching and hitting…
Starting pitching and bull pen go hand in hand though wouldn’t you agree? IF the starters go out early and bull pen gets blown up it’s a game that came down to the bull pen but only because the starters faltered, the stories are linked so to me if it’s a game of bull pens the other half of the story is always the starter.
Angeldude, Pavano also pitched well yesterday. I wouldn’t count on him to do it again. For the most part, if you match up CC with Lackey, Burnett with Weaver, Pettie with Kazmir, I think the Yanks have a clear advantage.
Sabathia Vs Lackey
Lackey is a good pitcher but he isn’t a stereotypical “ace” pitcher and he also doesn’t possess pure blow you away stuff and because of that the edge goes to the big lefty.
Burnett Vs Weaver
Weaver actually takes this if and when Burnett isn’t on his A game, Weaver is one of the better young pitchers in the league today and does possess some “ace” like qualities but when AJ is on he can shut down any line up at any time so I call this one a draw based on which AJ shows up to the park
Kazmir Vs Pettitte
Kazmir doesn’t have the same fastball this year he did in the past and his slider is also lacking in break and control, he really got away with a lot of high sliders to the Red Sox they should have crushed and yet just took for strike outs. With Pettitte’s experience and ability to get out of jams and based on the stuff Kazmir had against the Red Sox advantage Andy.
Sabathia vs Lackey = Draw
Im not convinced that CC dominates Lackey. We will see in Game 1.
Burnett vs Weaver = Draw
I would almost say Weaver on this one, but the argument is the same either way. If either one of them bring their A game and the other doesnt, its over.
Kazmir vs Pettite = Pettite
Ill be honest when I say that Im not a Kazmir fan. He did well during the regular season, but the post season is what counts. If you can get there but cant finish it off, what good are you? I would rather see this be Saunders vs Pettite which I would then call a draw.
Well it looks like it will be quite different than I thought.
Sabathia Vs Lackey = Sabathia
Burnett Vs Saunders is easily Burnett with the advantage
Kazmir or Weaver Vs Pettitte and considering Weavers 5+ ERA career against the Yankees (and this season) makes me give this one either way to Pettitte with experience and cunning on his side.
Hmmm…it’s not really surprising that here at theyankeeuniverse.com almost everyone thinks the Yanks will win. You all try to give some good reasoning…but it’s nothing more than fan loyalty and wishful thinking.
I say the Angels will take it in 6 or less. Why? Because we are Yankee Killers plain and simple! We have a long history of consistently ruining the Yanks. Don’t you love it! The Angels are a very scrappy ball club (did you watch game 3 with the Boston!) and they have a special way of countering the Yankees “power”. Look what they did to the great Papelbon! That wasn’t supposed to happen but boy did it!
Either way it should be a lot of fun! Good luck…you’ll need it!
Well, if we go by past performance, the Red Sox would be in the ALCS, because they own the Angels. The Yankees are the better team, and the Angels and Yankees split the season series, despite 6 of 10 being in Anaheim. Oh, and the Yankees are scrappy- did you see game 2?
HAHAH so Yankee fans are only picking the Yankees because we are “wishful fans” but an Angel fan picking the Angels is what?? Hypocrisy thy name is you!
This is the year that turns it all around for everybody (almost-except for the poor, but noble Twins).
The Angels overcome their playoff history with the Red Sox.
The Dodgers overcome a long playoff string of horror stories with St. Louis to beat them.
The Dodgers avenge last years’ loss to the Phillies.
The Yankees overcome their legacy of loss by overworked, slow, bad defense- Joe Torre teams to the speedy, peppery Angel teams of the early and middle Oughts.
The Yankees avenge the last meeting with the Dodgers (1981) to win the Series.
The only thing that could have beaten the Yanks this year was 3 icebox games in the Rocky Mountains in the last week of October. That’s off the table now.
Regards,
Tom G.
Its about time I got a little fan support. I have to agree that we are “regular season” Yankee killers, but the post season Yanks are a different club so I dont think we will kill them. That being said, we are still going to win. I call it in 5 though. You helped my point by mentioning the Papelbon God! Or so they think. By far he is the best closer in the game today and we got him yanked from the game. So “power” means nothing if you cant handle the small ball. It is clear the Angels can handle the “power” as showed our shear domination over Papelbon. Good Luck NY!
Papelbon is the best closer? I think you are forgetting someone.
I take it you are thinking about Mariano Rivera. I will call him the best closer 10 years ago. He is still great, but Papelbon takes that one.
Yeah, there goes your credibility. There isn’t one measure with which to defend that position. Rivera is quite clearly still the best closer in baseball.
Credibility? It sure sounds credible when a Yankee fan is calling their closer the best closer in baseball. Well, I say the Angels are the best team in baseball! Sounds about as gay as you telling me Rivera is the best closer in baseball. No bias involved. Sound like a bandwagonner to me.
More trolling but I wouldn’t call Paps the best closer in baseball, this year his numbers were the worst they have been since his call up in every category, he is clearly slipping and on the way down as most closers tend to do.
Mariano is probably still the best closer in baseball if for no other reason than he doesn’t walk anyone, he still strikes people out and he has a sub 2 ERA, do you know of anyone with those stats this year? Being serious find a closer with comparable stats and I will reconsider.
That’s silly. The evidence says Rivera is the best closer, and he just won the award for best reliever, so your argument is pretty weak.
Since Chris H is a “numbers Vs Numbers” guy, we will finish the debate. For a closer ERA ultimately means nothing if the save % isnt there. Papelbon had a 100% save % compared to Rivera’s 83%. The old man may have a low ERA but aparently doesnt have what it takes to close them all out. There are only a few others at 100%. Joakim Soria, K Rod, Bobby Jenks, Francisco Cordero, Trevor Hoffman, Brandon Morrow, Frank Francisco, Troy Percival, Ryan Franklin, Huston Street, and Fernando Rodney. Give me a low ERA all you want. Someone who can save every game they come into means a hell of a lot more to me.
This is a laughable argument, especially when you consider Mariano Rivera’s postseason career. Rivera > anyone in that list in terms of closing games when they count. Look at Papelbon, for instance. Your comment fails in light of his most recent save situation.
Actually the most important stat is not Save percentage because saves can be acquired against the Royals and Nationals as well as the Red Sox, the most important stat for a closer is WHIP because if you don’t walk guys and you don’t give up hits you rarely blow saves.
Mariano Rivera WHIP is 0.90
Jonathan Papelbon WHIP 1.15
Papelbon blew 3 saves in the regular season same as Mariano…
K-Rod blew 7 saves including one to the Yankees and he has also never had a season in his major league career where he didn’t blow at least 4 saves I just re checked….so what are you talking about? Do you even know?
You are proving yourself wrong by not knowing stats…
All of your arguments are failing because you don’t know what you are talking about, your own statistics are wrong…
Huston Street not any more
Well, we sure are having to eat this one. Baseball is funny, one little mistake can change everything. If Fuentes did not give A-Rod that 0-2 high outside cookie in game two we would likely be looking at a 2-2 tiebreaker tonight and would have a real series going. Instead…it’s 3-1 and next to hopeless. My boys are giving this one away and the Yanks are hitting on all cylinders.
Did you ever notice how humble baseball players are compared to other athletes? Baseball is that kind of game. My hats off to the Yankees. They are doing everything right this post season.
AngelFan, I understand your reasoning…Angels were Yankee Killers…in the past as were the RedSox. This is 2009, not 2002 thru 2008, a different year a different team…for all of us.
I think the Yanks have a little to much Pitching (man for man) plus Power. Your team has very good base-running but we have a guy all of your pitchers are going to be very careful of…Brett Gardner (just joking). We have to think of each game as a one game playoff, so will you.
I pick Yanks in 5, we will be into your BP by the 6th inning each game, our team takes more pitches then yours. Pitching will win or loss this one.
Why even respond with any reasoning the guy is obviously an Angel fan trolling…
Its good to hear it. What do you want Chris? A big sausage fest with a bunch of yankees fans boosting each others ego’s? Your pathetic bro. Or is it when you hear the opposition you start to shit yourself?
Your obviously not here to have a real conversation on the teams or realistic chances of each team winning your here to troll… Prove me wrong, but 90% of all Angels fans only signed up here to troll and try to start arguments and say how much the Yankees are going to lose by with out an conversational Merritt.
Nice name calling though, proves your mature….
A Rod + Jeter + Texeira + CC + Mariano = 2009 World Series.
It’s quite a bite more complicated than I am afraid…
MrLove = bandwagonner who probably watches rachel ray too simply because she is in New York. How dare you say that to one of your own Chris H? He might get mad at you!
Exactly, more trolling….
Believe it or not, this series will go 7 games. For you Yankee fans that think it will be over quick, you are mistaken. If the Angels, steal one of the first two in New York, you guys are in serious trouble because the next 3 games are in Anaheim. This will go 7, and I think it all comes down to which team can protect their home field. If the Angels steal one of the first two in New York, I think the Angels win the series. We will see…it is going to be good either way.
If it goes 7 home field is the Yankees since game 7 is in New York… I think LA will win one in NY and NY will one in LA so it all comes down to game 7 in the Bronx with CC on the mound, advantage Yankees on that game.
Yanks break through with 6 game series victory. Yanks bullpen biggest adtvantage for either team will shine through. It is a pleasure to be part of the universe GO YANKS !!!!
I’m going to go against the conventional wisdom in this prediction. Most people seem to be projecting a tight 6 or 7 game dogfight.
I’m predicting the Yanks in 4 or 5. (5 games only if someone on the Yanks has a breakdown, for a game-but this will be just a blip on the road up the mountain)
Oh sure, there will be very competitive, potentially game changing moments in the first 3 games, but all will be overcome by late inning Yankee heroics.
Please understand that I am NOT predicting the Yankees to sweep the Angels easily, or wipe them up. There will be tight, fist biting moments thru-out. But, slowly, bit by bit, the Angels will sucumb, and the Yankees will win in a classy show of talent and late inning magic. Just like the season.
People will say after its over–Wow, the Yankees are a good team! Even better than we thought.
Heros–Arod, Damon, Cano, Melky, Molina.
Tom G.
I love all the talk of late inning magic for the Yankees in the regular season. The regular season is over my friend. How about being down 6-4 in the top of the 9th with 2 outs, count is 0-2 and winning it 7-6. Thats an argument that wont last at all for the Yanks. Your “late inning magic” excuse is worthless when you are talking about playing the Angels.
You are right. The rosters have changed since the regular season, there are all different players. Oh wait, no, they are the same players who walked off 15 times. They also had a 9th inning comeback in the 1st round, with a walkoff. Considering that the Angels have been great at blowing leads this year and the Yankees have been great at coming back, I’m not sure why you would think it is worthless.
just thought i should throw it in that the angels had, when i checked in september, 46 comeback wins this season. the yankees have been great at coming back, but the angels have been better.
The Yankees lead the league in come backs and the Angels were second so how were the Angles better? Oh wait they weren’t…
You dont get to the playoffs with blown leads. It comes down to wins and losses. Yanks had 6 more wins than the Angels. Dont give your team too much credit.
Huh? Teams get to the playoffs in different ways. The Angels did not have a good bullpen and blew plenty of leads. The Yankees had a good bullpen and that allowed a lot of comebacks. These are facts, not opinions.
I would also say that your team had 6 less losses stop giving them so much credit! You Angel fans think you are sweeping this series or something makes me laugh, most Yankee fans are going with 6 or 7 game series and giving real reasons if they don’t.
Chris H clearly didnt learn how to read in elementary school because no one said that it is going to be a sweep. I hope all Yankees fans arent so weak that they cant handle a little opposition. The stats are there. The Angels have dominated the Yankees for a long time. To tell me that this is a new year is b.s. Thats a pathetic reason! Its a new year for the Angels too! woopeee! You can tell me all day long how good the bullpen is, how much power the lineup has, how great the Angels small ball is, how many walk off homers A-Rod has, etc., but its all numbers and the Angels have dominated the Yanks for several years now and not much has changed in the Yankees organization, so why should I believe that anything is going to change? Because A-Rod is a juicer, got caught and is now a changed man? Maybe he is Christian now too! Good Luck!
More name calling and talking about people not knowing how to read… typical troll!
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The indication from you guys is it’s going to be an easy series, everything you guys are saying is “it’s going to be a hard series we win in 5 games good luck your going to need it”…. As far as I am concerned you are trolling another site try and get an internet argument started and make yourselves feel better for something, I’m not taking it there so GL with that.
So the Angels dominate the Yankees and it can’t be changed but the Red Sox dominated the Angels but it’s a new day for you guys? Hypocrite… I don’t need to read the diary of a Hypocrite, start talking about something with credibility and non bias attached to it and we can talk.
Did your mom take that picture for you? Just as white trash as I envisioned you to be. Nice poster though. I bet your momma is proud.
HAHA.
Mo you know as well as I do what they are on “the yankees universe” to do…
The only thing the Angels can do better than the Yankees is play better defense. Perhaps they have better depth, though. Beyond that, the Yankees have a better bullpen, a better rotation, a better lineup—there’s really no argument here. If this was a Rockies website and fans were claiming to have the best team in baseball, that obviously wouldn’t be true given the numbers. However, with the Yankees, no one can really argue with the notion that they have the best team in the AL.l
I think people don’t understand the difference in being the best team in baseball and not losing… the Yankees can lose a series like any other team the only difference is they shouldn’t lose a series, they are expected to win because they are the best but they could lose. People read they are the best and lose their mind thinking someone s dissing the Angles.
Krod, Frank Francisco, Huston Street, Joakim Soria, Bobby Jenks and in fact none of the people you mentioned have ever had a season in which they didn’t blow a save so your argument not only doesn’t make sense it isn’t even true….
Also where did you get 83%? He closed 44 of 46 save opportunities so he only blew 2 saves of 46 total save chances… When you consider Papelbon blew 3 saves in 41 chances and had a higher ERA and WHIP Mariano is better and your argument holds no water!
Mariano had a .197 BA against this season while Papelbon had a .213 BA against… Rivera was better than Papelbon in every statistical category so how is Paps better?
EDIT: I just went through every stat of every closer you just listed and they all have worse ERAs and WHIPs than Mo and they all blew at least one save with less chances than Mo had.
You all need to shut up. Stats will be worthless when the Angels are sitting at the top. AngelDude, your stats are a little off. We will see how NY’s stars perform. They will probably blame it on bad calls when they lose. You cant win here if you arent an Yankees fan. These people are blinded by their money. We will see who is popping the champagne after 5 in Anaheim. Good Luck NY!
It wouldn’t be AN YANKEE FAN because Yankee doesn’t start with a vowel so it would be A Yankee fan…
Nobody is complaining about anything here Angels fans came here and posted bogus stats that I busted so whats wrong with that? So go to an Angels universe site and stop trolling!
Angels fanthink everything starts with an A
Chris H, you gonna tell your fellow yankee fan that “fanthink” isnt a word?
Chris H this is the other Chris H “fanthink” isn’t a word…
LAA Kid are you going to tell every other Angel fan who comes on this site not to troll? Probably not because your name sums up your age.
To be honest with you…home field isnt going to mean anything in this series! Both teams have good pitching, and good pitching shuts up crowds real fast. Either team can win on the road, so the logic of CC winning no matter what in game 7 is not logical. Lets quit with the so called crap talking and get ready to enjoy a good series. Because that is what its going to be regardless of who wins. WHoever wins this series, wins the whole thing. And I am an Angel fan by the way. Whoever thinks this series ends in less than 6 games is being stupid. Thats all I have to say. Cant wait to see this thing play out!
Agree.
I don’t think fans so much as the “walk off” factor makes CC have the advantage in game 7! Just by knowing you have the last at bats in game 7 is a huge confident booster and also allows you to have the last say so on the Angles which is why I think the Yankees win no matter what if it goes to game 7.
Dude I agree with you and said it from the beginning that this will be a good series. I dont get why saying that the Angels in 5 is suddenly saying that we are going to blow them out. What if all 4 games we win are won in the 13th inning? Would that be a blow out? Its not the number of games they win it in, its how the games are played. If they Angels swept them but the Yankees took it down to the 9th every game or forced them to come back every game I could hardly consider that destruction. I want to see good games more than anything. I hate world series where one team gets blown out. I dont want to see it go to 7. Dont ask for a prediction if you dont want one.
Any time you win one game in a 7 game series it’s a blow out… You think the Twins feel like they are competed with the Yankees even though 2 games were close and they got swept? No… You are an arrogant person and that’s cool and all but why bring that to a blog that has nothing to do with the Angels… Frankly if it wasn’t for Angels fans we wouldn’t have spent this much time debating who was going to win….
I never asked for predictions that was a dumb thing to do because you California folk want to talk trash the whole time!
The Angels are the team that is the underdog in this fight not the Yankees, act like it! You Angel fans think you are kings of the MLB or something because you beat a weak Red Sox team that we took their souls from weeks ago.
You hate blow series and games yet you don’t want it to go 7? Sounds like backward logic.
Why would a bunch of Angel fans Google Yankees to the point they joined and commented on a Yankee blog? You will notice no Yankee fans on this site trying to find an Angels blog because we don’t care enough to do so… Looks like Angel fans really fear this Yankee team or they wouldn’t spend so much time making up stats and tearing them down in ways that doesn’t make sense to give themselves a false sense of security on the series.
Lets just play ball and talk about this when its over. I will take the Angels in 5. They will win tonight and games 3 4 and 5 then the Angels will sweep who ever gets in either the Dodgers or the Phils.The Angels have to much speed for the Yanks. The Yanks our the Angels bizitch in the playoff as of late. I dont even like baseball. But I love the playoffs.Plus Karma is going to bite Texiera in the Ass for not resigning with the Angels.We will see who got the better deal in a week and a half wont we?
It’s ARE not OUR….
You aren’t a baseball fan but you like the playoffs? So you are a bandwagon fan who jumps on whatever team is close to the world series? Rofl at you!
No. I grew up in Orange county I am now in florida I have always followed the angels but dont care either way. I didnt know this was English class. I know the difference. Bandwagon jumper I am not. Jags Lakers Angels and the Kings My Rams left and I left so I am a Jags fan for 15 years
SO you grew up in Florida and you just pick a team to root for in every playoffs…
It’s not English class but it makes you look like you don’t know how to spell and since you can actually talk on the internet your spelling is all you have…
He said he grew up in Orange County, which is the county that houses the Angels.
I know where Orange county is… I am questioning him actually being from California, rather I think he is from Florida and a troll pretending to be from California.
Califonia people like to talk trash? Now thats the pot calling the kettle black. If the Yanks do win just chaulk it up as another bought world series. Do the Yankees even have a farm system? oh ya its called free agency!!!!!!
How is it the pot calling the kettle anything? Known of us have talked trash… If another Yankee fan on another site did that is no one here so I can’t speak for them but all the Angel fans here have been trash talking so it’s the Me calling your fans trash talkers…
We actually have one of the better farm systems in baseball right now as far as I am concerned.
Ya the free agency market is always good. So (Known) on here trash talks? Lmao what a dick.
It would be NO ONE not KNOWN on here…
Calling someone a dick on the internet makes you a tough guy… I’m sorry you can’t fight me because it’s the internet I know it must make you angry you can’t ride on people…
It’s the internet kid, if calling people names makes you feel better about whatever your dad did to you find another place to do so.
wow!!! You attaced me first end of story, I wrote what I thought would happen and you attaced me. Everything I have said about the Yankees is true. It seems you are the one looking for a fight.I was born in Orange county in the city or Orange moved from Califonia when I was 22 in 1989.I see you are confused you arent even the Chris you want to be your the other Chris. lol And yes you were being a dick I call um like I see um.I did get game 1 wronge C C was on fire. If he pitches 3 games like that the Angels have no chance.
Let me put it this way. If Yankees fans are so offended by the trash talking Angles fans on this site, then take your pussy asses back to New York because all of the trash talking Yankees, Jeter, and A-Fraud fans got there asses handed to them last night. You dont walk into someone elses home and think you are going to walk out without getting your ass beat. And it wasnt only on the scoreboard. You should have seen the bloody Yankee lips that walked out of the stadium. They cut the beer off because it got so out of hand. I guess they wanted to see red so bad that we hand to do it with their own blood. Dont think this one is over! We are in So Cal now, we are going to sweep in So Cal, go back to NY, lose, and then come back to So Cal in game 7 and send you money grubbers packing. Not to mention we are going to do it without any cheaters juice! A-Rod should be in the pen with Roger Clements and void any record or talent that they are ever said to have had!
a. huh?
b. Yes, I am sure no one on the Angels ever used steroids. It’s not like Troy Glaus or Brendan Donnelly, who, might I remind you, were kinda important in that 2002 run, have been implicated! (Of course, seeing as you were playing a team with Barry Bonds, it’s not like you weren’t facing some steroid users on the other side either. Everyone was using! It’s awful but I think, to an extent, we need to get over it)
b. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
I’m glad his prediction went so well hahah