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And loving it.....boston fans are like fat drunken kings being fanned and fed turkey legs and grapes from beautiful topless women
Does this team have a legitimate claim to being one of the best baseball teams all time? 108-54 record, 11-3 in the postseason, knocked off two 100+ win teams on the way to the championship. I would say so. They were dominant. I only wish I could be that comfortable during the Patriots next Super Bowl game.
EDIT: Oh, and congrats to Mookie for finally contributing something in the World Series. He saved his best for last.
From day one they tried to make anyone who believed in the Sox look stupid. Who looks stupid now? Now of course they will try and diminish their place in baseball history by nitpicking everything they weren't perfect at.Another reason why not to listen to sports talk radio, first they wanted to run Price out of town because he was rude to reporters, how the bullpen would falter in the post season and then the neverending conversation about how dumb Dombrowski is/was for not making this team better..
I do not follow the RS as much as I used to, primarily because of the speed of the game, but this was a team for the ages.. Cora was a great hire, the more I listen to him and watch his moves the more I like him.. Cora is everything that Farrell was not; good with the press, informative, made great in game decisions and seemed to be well liked by his team..
Please stop thinking about me. It's making me dumber by the second.im gonna keep bumping this thread in your honor until u cry about it to the mods lmao
I was thinking that too. 2004 has a special place in my memories just because of what it meant, but it's hard to argue that this team wasn't better, given what you listed. They're right up there, not just in Sox history, but all of baseball. Let's not forget that the Rays finished with 90 wins this year too, so they got 108 in one of the tougher divisions.
Does this team have a legitimate claim to being one of the best baseball teams all time? 108-54 record, 11-3 in the postseason, knocked off two 100+ win teams on the way to the championship. I would say so. They were dominant. I only wish I could be that comfortable during the Patriots next Super Bowl game.
EDIT: Oh, and congrats to Mookie for finally contributing something in the World Series. He saved his best for last.
I stated best single season for a reason. Didn't really want to debate who would win on the field or what everyone enjoyed the most as those are fun debates but not my point. On paper this is quite the case to be made for Best single season in baseball history! 108 wins, knock off 100 win Yanks, 103 win defending champs, and knock off 2 time NL Champ in 5.04 will always be the gold standard for me.
I started following baseball religiously in the early 80s and in my lifetime I'd stay these are the top 5 teams I've seen (in no order).
1984 Detroit Tigers- Started 35-5. Cruise control the entire year. Blew away teams in the playoffs.
Why the 2018 Red Sox are better? Better record.
1986 Mets- 108 wins. They had it all. Power. Speed. Hitting. Defense. Pitching. Grinders.
Why the 2018 Red Sox are better? Same record. More dominant in the playoffs.
1989 A's- 103 wins. Dominated the playoffs. Great pitching. Excellent hitting. Loads of talent.
Why the 2018 Red Sox are better? Better record but not sure they are.
1998 Yankees- Won 114 games. The best Yankee team of the dynasty
Why the 2018 Red Sox are better? I don't think they are.
1995 Braves- Strike-shortened year. Dominant starting pitching. Great offense. The toughest of the disappointing Braves teams
Why the 2018 Red Sox are better? Better record.
With that said I think the 2018 Red Sox are absolutely in the discussion.
However....I think a 7 game series with the 2004 Red Sox would be a war. People forget that team- including playoffs went 51-18 after Aug 6th. Thats sick
Nothing beats the 04 season I agree, that was by far the best moment I’ve ever experienced as a Red Sox fan. The later championships were cool, but the 04 is just special!
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Yup. I think they also won something like 20 of 22 in August-Sept and closed the gap on the Yankees from 10.5 games to 2. That was an all time GREAT team. 03 was awesome too but not meant to be.
As for the 98 Yankees, different era of the game but I'd say this year's Sox is right up there with them IMO. The pitching is pretty even and both lineups are very balanced and very deep, hitting for average and power.
IIRC the AL was mediocre in 1998 and the Yankees were challenged by the Indians for much of the season including the ALCS and even the Sox were competitive against them. This year's Sox weren't seriously challenged by anyone all year, wire to wire. Then again one could argue that the difference is Mariano Rivera in his prime > Kimbrel