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Originally Posted by brostholder

I have to agree. Those "no name" pitchers had shut Tampa Bay out for most of the game. The Yanks have to do what's best for them, not what's best for the Red Sox. And at the end of the day, if the Red Sox didn't have the biggest September collapse in baseball history, they wouldn't have put themselves into the situation of relying on someone else to win for them. No matter what the Yanks did, if Boston would've won then their fate would have been in their own hands in a one game playoff. Don't blame the Yankee's relievers....blame Pappilbon for blowing the save and blame some questionable base running if you must blame anyone besides the fates.

I agree. I always tell my Red-Sox buddies it is a long season. Injuries and tiredness of being used too much is factored in. It's tough to swallow for Red-Sox fans.

As a long time Yankee fan, I am glad that the talkheads will focus talking about their collapse as oppossed to the 2004 World Series. Another one tough to swallow for Yankee fans but even worse having to be reminded of it at every baseball game for the next 10, 20, 30 years. Sometimes, I just turn the sound off so I don't have to listen to their drivel as they rarely say anything that is informative.

Joe Giradi has the responsiblility to get the Yankees ready for the playoffs and not be too concerned about the Red-Sox fate. if it was the other way around, I'm sure it would be the same scenario. In a perfect world, the best players would be used in every situation to win every game.

Go Yankees.