<p>I HATE the Yankees (old Mets fan) but I do feel bad for Joe Torre.
Really though, I don’t have much interest in baseball now that the Phillies are gone. Wish we still had Schilling…sigh.
Back to Penn State football (hey, they won on Sunday).</p>
<p>No, rooting for the Yankees is inextricably linked to rooting for Steinbrenner.</p>
<p>Major Yankee fan here - I couldn’t watch anymore: 4-0. AAGGHH!!
PS My brother -in-law does some work for Joe Torre. He says his expression would be the same if you told him his mother died or if you told him he won the Series.</p>
<p>Rooting for the Red Sox here. When D went off to college in Boston, the Red Sox won the Series. It would be wonderfully fitting if they should win the series again, now that she is in her last year in Boston.</p>
<p>Next year will be the Cubs 100th anniversary of winning the World Series. They have never won a World Series at Wrigley Field. In 1908, they won the World Series at what is today UIC’s College of Medicine.</p>
<p>Major Sox fan here. (Red ones, of course)</p>
<p>But there are a lot of people in the Yankees organization that I admire. I just hate their uniform and their owner. </p>
<p>If Steinbrenner fires Joe Torre, I hope every free agent that organization has walks away. Like Don Zimmer said a few years ago, why work for someone who treats people like dirt? Steinbrenner’s team lost because HE insisted on overpaying over-the-hill hitters and ignored the most important thing in baseball - pitching. Now he’s gonna blame Torre for this? Seriously, if you fire Joe Torre, who are you going to hire? </p>
<p>I’d love to see Posada, A-Rod and Rivera all defect to another team just to tick Georgie off. Hello, Mets?</p>
<p>"Steinbrenner’s team lost because HE insisted on overpaying over-the-hill hitters and ignored the most important thing in baseball - pitching. "</p>
<p>No, he also paid a million dollars per game for an over-the-hill pitcher as well.</p>
<p>Touche, fundingfather. And I don’t think he got his money’s worth. Methinks perhaps Roger is overstaying his welcome in the major leagues.</p>
<p>OMG, Red Sox winning 8 to 1!
What’s with Stephen King? They said he was an ardent Red Sox fan, and then panned to him sitting in the stands reading a book!
Whaaaaaa?</p>
<p>I know…what book was it, anyway?! Looked like a Grisham novel…</p>
<p>Maybe it was the “Inconvenient Truth” by Al Gore. ;)</p>
<p>It will also be interesting to see which of the Presidential candidates will suddenly become Red Sox fans! :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Well, Dennis Kucinich was interviewed in New Hampshire wearing a Cleveland Indians hat… he’s from Ohio and he’s staying loyal. So count him out, 1sokkermom.</p>
<p>From original post:</p>
<p>"Is anyone watching baseball anymore? "</p>
<p>I think everyone from New England was up very late last night! ;)</p>
<p>Baseball certainly isn’t dead here in Colorado. Go Rockies!!!</p>
<p>From article in today’s Boston Globe:</p>
<p>"Giuliani commits baseball blasphemy: He’s rooting for Red Sox
October 23, 2007</p>
<p>BOSTON --In an act of baseball blasphemy, Yankee die-hard Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday he’s pulling for the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series over the Colorado Rockies.</p>
<p>“I’m rooting for the Red Sox,” the Republican presidential contender said in response to a question, sparking applause at the Boston restaurant where he was picking up a local endorsement."</p>
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<p>Who’s next??? Any bets ??</p>
<p>All you Sox fans, be sure to get a good night sleep tonight. It’s going to be a late night on Wednesday and Thursday. What was I thinking at scheduling a staff meeting for 8 a.m. on Thursday morning???</p>
<p>Go Sox!</p>
<p>We were visiting D’s college in Massachusetts for family weekend…caught most of Game 7 on the tube, despite having to be up early for flight the next morning.</p>
<p>Look for me in the grandstands on the 3rd base line tonight. I will be the one wearing Red and Blue! Go Sox!!</p>
<p>robyrm2 - LOL - you and the other 30,000+ in the stands! </p>
<p>We are also in Red Sox Nation, and today, several of us (female) faculty members, decided to show our support and dress in Sox clothing. Now, this is a high school in MA and most of us are lifelong, die-hard Sox fans. When H saw my outfit this morning (very nice tan khakis, dress shoes, and a Manny Ramiriz jersey), he asked if I was going to “get in trouble”. Now, we do not have a teacher’s dress code, and our vocational teachers dress in jeans/work clothes every day. Those of us on the academic side do not wear jeans, unless it is a school-sponsored dress-down day. So, with the exception of the jersey, I am dressed pretty much the same as I do every day.</p>
<p>One of the other teachers told me that early this AM, as she walked by some of the administrators, one laughed and commented positively on her outfit. However, another one said something on the order that it was not “professional attire” and how he hoped it would not “affect her classroom and teaching today”. She very politley responded back that her dress does not dictate her professionalism and that her classroom today would be just like any other day, and that he was welcome to come by and see for himself. Believe it or not, he did walk by first period (which is very rare as he doesn’t walk through the halls on a regular basis). My response was that the 5 or 6 of us should link arms and walk by his office later today - LOL! So far, no comments to the rest of us, but it is still early.</p>
<p>Oh, did I mention this - he is a long-time Cleveland Indians fan!!!</p>
<p>GO RED SOX!!!</p>