Comments on: The Curse of the Rings? http://waswatching.com/2008/10/05/the-curse-of-the-rings/ Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest » Blog Archive » Yankees Do the Right Thing With Championship Rings http://waswatching.com/2008/10/05/the-curse-of-the-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-275713 Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest » Blog Archive » Yankees Do the Right Thing With Championship Rings Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:34:38 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7731#comment-275713 [...] would be remiss if I didn’t mention the Yankees had a snafu with their 2000 rings as some office employees didn’t receive one. I can’t great crazy over office employees, [...] [...] would be remiss if I didn’t mention the Yankees had a snafu with their 2000 rings as some office employees didn’t receive one. I can’t great crazy over office employees, [...]

]]> By: Raf http://waswatching.com/2008/10/05/the-curse-of-the-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-48045 Raf Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:15:35 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7731#comment-48045 Yankees have all theses master hitters and the Jays finish only three games behind? ------- Runs per game, 2007, 2008 TOR: 4.65 - 4.41 NYY: 5.98 - 4.87 Why Did the 2008 Yankees Disappoint?(Offense Edition) http://tinyurl.com/54ez88

Yankees have all theses master hitters and the Jays finish only three games behind?
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Runs per game, 2007, 2008

TOR: 4.65 – 4.41
NYY: 5.98 – 4.87

Why Did the 2008 Yankees Disappoint?(Offense Edition)
http://tinyurl.com/54ez88

]]> By: butchie22 http://waswatching.com/2008/10/05/the-curse-of-the-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-48025 butchie22 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:02:48 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7731#comment-48025 There is no curse, the team hasn't made the right adjustments to keep up with the Joneses. That's all. Boston is a mix of a scrappy NL team, a home run team and a OBP monster squad. Every Yankee fan is pining for the 96 team when they had very little power and had role players. The Angels are the closest thing to the 90s Yankees, how are they doing against Boston in a short series? One more thing, the Yanks finished 3 games ahead of Toronto. Who on that team scares you offensively? Maybe Rios and Wells and that is a very big maybe. What is their curse? Curse of the Cito? Curse of the Field Turf? Gimme a break! Yankees have all theses master hitters and the Jays finish only three games behind? There is no curse BUT only the Curse of Cash Man. Yeah, Steve I'm a Cash Man hater, too.Yanks should have picked up Theo when he bolted the Red Stockings in 2005. As a superscout or consultant, THEN put him into the big chair.

There is no curse, the team hasn’t made the right adjustments to keep up with the Joneses. That’s all. Boston is a mix of a scrappy NL team, a home run team and a OBP monster squad. Every Yankee fan is pining for the 96 team when they had very little power and had role players. The Angels are the closest thing to the 90s Yankees, how are they doing against Boston in a short series?

One more thing, the Yanks finished 3 games ahead of Toronto. Who on that team scares you offensively? Maybe Rios and Wells and that is a very big maybe. What is their curse? Curse of the Cito? Curse of the Field Turf? Gimme a break! Yankees have all theses master hitters and the Jays finish only three games behind? There is no curse BUT only the Curse of Cash Man. Yeah, Steve I’m a Cash Man hater, too.Yanks should have picked up Theo when he bolted the Red Stockings in 2005. As a superscout or consultant, THEN put him into the big chair.

]]> By: Tresh Fan http://waswatching.com/2008/10/05/the-curse-of-the-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-48014 Tresh Fan Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:07:31 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7731#comment-48014 Something like this happened after the 1918 Series. As you may know, players on the Cubs and Red Sox threatened to cease playing prior to game 5 of that Series due to the Series shares being cut in half. Some last minute negotiating prevented the "strike," but the players received nothing out of it. In fact, not only were their shares not increased, the National Commission refused as well to give the Red Sox their World Champion emblems (a type of lapel pin that was a precursor of the World Series ring). Harry Hooper, as well as some other members of the 1918 Red Sox, spent the rest of his life petitioning the National Commission and later the Baseball Commissioner for the emblem, but to no avail. Each and every member of that World Championship team---Boston's last for 86 years---went to his grave without ever receiving an emblem. Finally, in 1993, in a way of exorcising old demons, the Red Sox held a special day in honor of the 75th anniversary of the 1918 Championship and gave a replica emblem to each of the players' living descendants in attendance.

Something like this happened after the 1918 Series. As you may know, players on the Cubs and Red Sox threatened to cease playing prior to game 5 of that Series due to the Series shares being cut in half. Some last minute negotiating prevented the “strike,” but the players received nothing out of it. In fact, not only were their shares not increased, the National Commission refused as well to give the Red Sox their World Champion emblems (a type of lapel pin that was a precursor of the World Series ring).
Harry Hooper, as well as some other members of the 1918 Red Sox, spent the rest of his life petitioning the National Commission and later the Baseball Commissioner for the emblem, but to no avail. Each and every member of that World Championship team—Boston’s last for 86 years—went to his grave without ever receiving an emblem. Finally, in 1993, in a way of exorcising old demons, the Red Sox held a special day in honor of the 75th anniversary of the 1918 Championship and gave a replica emblem to each of the players’ living descendants in attendance.

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