Sterling says it's important to get Burnett more work so they have another option out of the bullpen.
So the Russian Gestapo isn't too good at these trivia questions. Q: How many runs did some team allow in the WS? A: They lost in four straight games. Brilliant. I can't blame this on Sterling because he was clearly reading it off a sheet.
Well, if you don't think it's the same damn thing, then don't tell me that I'm looking for an argument where there is none. Sheesh. And this is exactly the kind of reasoning that makes me say, "Ugh." The Yankees have been playing .700 ball in July. That's insanely good (like, 113 wins over the course of a season good). The Red Sox have been playing .500 ball. Not great, but it's not like they've tanked, either. Since June 1st, the Yanks have played ball at a clip that would give them 102 wins over the course of a season. The Sox have been playing ball on pace for a 99-win season since June 1st. But the point is, it's both. The Yanks have earned first place by playing better than everyone else in the division. The Sox coughed up first place by playing worse than their competitors. To look at it as more one than the other is just silly.
I'll address this one more time Cappy, because you clearly love to be difficult to converse with. Yes, the Yankees have been playing great. I've said that already. The Red Sox have been playing poorly. If the Sox were not playing poorly, they'd still be in first place. Regardless of what the Yankees are doing. Therefore, the headline that the Sox have ceded their lead in the division is valid. To believe otherwise, and to further argue it, is more than silly.
Actually, I have zero love for being difficult to converse with. If people understood what I was saying the first time, I'd be mighty pleased actually. Gee, so the Sox would still be in first place if they had a better record than the Yankees? Gotcha. Thanks for the enlightenment. Of course it's valid. But no more or less valid than saying the Yanks took over first place. It's all the same fucking thing! As soon as you start to point out the streaks and the "what ifs" and the "they shouldas" it becomes nonsense. The standings are the standings. Sox fans might like to look at it as coughing up the lead. (Some) Yankee fans might prefer to look at it as overtaking the Sox. But in the end, none of it matters except the actual standings. And the only temporal frame that matters is the first day of the season to the last day of the season. The four game losing streak the Yanks had when they were two games back in May counts in the standings just as much as the four game losing streak the Sox have had in the past few days.
