No and no.
My bitterness aside, game four is what was most important about this series and the coming offseason. With the Rangers down 2-1, Tommy Hinter started instead of Cliff Lee. Cliff Leem who was the answer for the Rangers. More important than game 4 is that if the series went 7 Lee wouldn't have been available. I don't see why Lee could not pitch game 4, Hunter 5, Wilson 6, and Lee again on 7. Oh of course, Cliff Lee has never pitched on 3 days rest.
I hate that point. Pick whatever workhorse pitcher you want; Halladay, Sabathia, anybody, they hadn't pitched on three days rest until the first time they did. Every pitcher had never pitched on short rest until he did. Manuel refused to do it to Lee last year and Washington id the same this year. Makes me woner if Lee isn't saying that he can't go. If that's the case, than he's no ace. Apart from that being a wicked rhyme, it's also true. An ace needs to demand the ball whenever his team's down. I thought Girardi should've started Sabathia in Game 4, followed by Burnett, Pettite, and Sabathia.I don't know why that didn't happen. Supposedly he didn't want anyone else on short rest, so having forseen that issue Pettite should've pitched Game 2 and he'd have been on normal rest on game 6. That's not the point, anyway. The point is, that after Giving the Yanks a very good start on Game 5, Sabathia told Girardi he was available to relieve in game 6... on one day's rest. He's not the only ace that would do that. Any ace would. I think Lee didn't.
On another note, I was beginning to think that the idiotic moves plaguing the Knicks for the past decade were over. I thought we were in the dawning of a new era. The "New New York Knicks" as their calling themselves, would be different.
I was wrong.
For the past decade, consistently the best part of being a Knicks fan was getting to hear Gus Johnson call 50 more games than most people do. Not only did I get to hear Gus Johnson on a regular basis, I got a different Gus Johnson. I got Gus Johnson rooting for my team announcing the games. He was way more over the top than he usually was. He had John Sterling type catchphrases for each players ("My name is Al Harrington, and I make baskets!"). It was amazing. I was looking forward to getting to hear Gus Johnson calling the action for a quality Knicks team. No such luck. For some reason the Knicks decide to let Gus go. I don't get it. I feel betrayed. This is more inexpl;icable than them trading Ewing. For me to say that, well, you could see how hurt I am by this. On to the TAP.
Week 8 Thoughts I Think I Thought About Thinking
1.) Randy Moss would be a Jet today if the Jets had their way. Unfortunately for them, they don't have first priority. So he probably wouldn't end up there, but man what a perfect fit.
2.) As for Childress cutting Moss. I think he was sick of hearing everyone say he didn't have the guts to bench Favre and tgus was the ramatic way to prove them wrong. It's like if a guy became so desperate to prove he wasn't having money problems that he pulls a 100 dollar bill out of his pocket and tears it to pieces. It doesn't really prove anything, just that you're an idiot. Now you're out a 100 dollars for nothing.
3.) A Chargers Vikings Super Bowl, man I gotta stop making predictions. Or predict a Jets and non Giants Super Bowl.
4.) Mike Shannahan thinks we're all idiots. He benches McNabb at the most critical point in the game for whatever reason and brings in Grossman. Maybe that could've worked, maybe the backup QB kick starts the offense and they march own the field. Still doesn't mean it's the right move. Especially if you're going back to McNabb as the starter. Even more especially if your ace in the hole is Rex Grossman. Then after the game he tries to drown everyone's criticisms in some football jargon, throwing around words like "two minute offense terminology" As we all know, the two minute offense is simpler than the regular offense. Running plays are all but eliminated. That's half the playbook. Also, it needs to be simple enough to call at the line, in a hurry, I don't think it can be all that complicated.
5.) How can you not like Josh Freeman? Ahem, "When you look at this guy, here's a guy who's a football player. A football player in the National Football League that wins football games." I think black guys deserve some of that too. Eight career wins, six fourth quarter comebacks. Impressive.
6.) Watched the NFL redzone channel for the first full Sunday this week. That thing is awesome. I mean if the Giants aren't playing, game breaks are my favorite parts of games, this channel is all game breaks. Absolutely worth the money, or the time to find it online, which I may or may not have done.
7/) Nice job by Rex Ryan throwing his punter under the bus after a terrible fake punt. Ryan said the punter has the green light to go whenever he wants. That's a you problem. You don't give punters or kickers green lights, and if you do you make sure you give them the re light when it'd be moronic to go. They're punters. Not QBs. Don't give them authority.
Limerick of the Week
Off the team did the Vikes Moss kick
I guess he and Childress didn't quite click
Now he'll sign with the Pats
The we gotta say congrats
To BB for somehow getting a free draft pick.
Peace
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