When we had key injuries we stayed close, when you guys started to get hurt you folded. No excuses from the Sox.
I forgot about Rivera, he wasn't listed on the injury transaction thing. He must not have gone on the DL. But by the time he was hurt the division was wrapped up anyway, so it wasn't that big a deal. Randy Johnson made 33 starts, he wasn't an injury. Farnsworth appeared in 72 games, neither was he. Pavano is what he is, basically a wash with Clement. Even Mussina, though he was on the DL, made 32 starts. The only realy losses the Yankees had to deal with were Sheffield and Matsui, and they replaced one of them with Abreu. If you really think the Yankees injuries even come close to the area of the nieghborhood that holds the ballpark that the Red Sox injuries are in, you're nuts.
we got Abreu 3 months later, we kept it together w/ young players. We lost Sheff and Matsui for most of the year, lost Cano another month and lost other players here and there. our injuries were HUGE but we kept pace and didnt' allow a healthier Sox team to run away w/ it. Then we made trades(still weren't healthy) and found our stride and ran away w/ it while Boston took a nosedive once they had some injury problems.
Yankees 9/19/06 Gary Sheffield Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 9/12/06 Hideki Matsui Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 9/11/06 Miguel Cairo Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 9/5/06 Mike Mussina Activated from the 15-day disabled list. Carl Pavano Transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. 9/2/06 Andy Phillips Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 8/23/06 Mike Mussina Placed on the 15-day disabled list. 8/18/06 Andy Phillips Placed on the 15-day disabled list (strained left rib muscle). 8/16/06 Octavio Dotel Reinstated from 15-day disabled list. 8/8/06 Robinson Cano Activated from the 15-day disabled list. Miguel Cairo Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 6, with a strained left hamstring. 7/14/06 Darrell Rasner Transferred to the 60-day disabled list. 6/27/06 Robinson Cano Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. 6/15/06 Bubba Crosby Activated from the 15-day disabled list 6/11/06 Shawn Chacon Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 6/3/06 Darrell Rasner Placed on the 15-day disabled list with discomfort in his right shoulder. 6/1/06 Gary Sheffield Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 30, with a left wrist injury. 5/26/06 Tanyon Sturtze Transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. 5/23/06 Gary Sheffield Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 5/21/06 Shawn Chacon Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left leg hematoma. 5/19/06 Bubba Crosby Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. 5/13/06 Tanyon Sturtze Placed the 15-day disabled list with soreness in the front of his right shoulder. 5/12/06 Hideki Matsui Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left wrist fracture, retroactive to May 11. 5/9/06 Gary Sheffield Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left hand contusion, retroactive to May 6. 4/30/06 Aaron Small Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 4/1/06 Octavio Dotel Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 24. Aaron Small Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 24. Carl Pavano Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 28. Red Sox 9/19/06 Abe Alvarez Transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. 9/13/06 Tim Wakefield Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 9/3/06 Jason Varitek Activated from the 15-day disabled list. Trot Nixon Activated from the 15-day disabled list. Alex Gonzalez Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 9/2/06 Jon Lester Transfered to the 60-day disabled list. 8/31/06 Lenny DiNardo Activated from the 60-day disabled list. 8/29/06 David Pauley Placed on the 60-day disabled list. 8/28/06 Jon Lester Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 24, with a back strain. Adam Stern Placed on the 60-day disabled list. 8/22/06 Alex Gonzalez Placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 19. 8/18/06 Keith Foulke Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 8/1/06 Jason Varitek Placed on the 15-day disabled list with an injured left knee. 7/31/06 Trot Nixon Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right biceps muscle. David Wells Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 7/30/06 Matt Clement Transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. 7/22/06 Tim Wakefield Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 18, with a stress fracture in the area of his rib cage. 7/18/06 Wily Mo Pena Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 7/13/06 Lenny DiNardo Transferred from the 15 to the 60-day disabled list. 6/16/06 Matt Clement Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 15, with a right shoulder strain. 6/13/06 Mike Timlin Activated from 15-day disabled list. Keith Foulke Placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 12, with tendinitis in his right elbow. 5/31/06 David Wells Placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 27) with a right knee contusion. 5/28/06 Coco Crisp Activated from 15-day disabled list. Wily Mo Pena Placed on 15-day disabled list. Mike Timlin Placed on 15-day disabled list. 5/26/06 David Wells Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 5/24/06 Lenny DiNardo Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 22, with a neck strain. 5/22/06 David Riske Activated RHP David Riske from the 15-day disabled list. 5/19/06 Mike Holtz Placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 17) with a left elbow strain. 5/4/06 Hee-Seop Choi Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 4/15/06 David Wells Placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to April 13) with a right knee sprain. 4/12/06 David Riske Placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to April 5) with a lower back strain. David Wells Activated from the 15-day disabled list. 4/11/06 Coco Crisp Placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 9, due to fracture of his left index finger. 4/1/06 Hee-Seop Choi Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 29. David Wells Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 28.
Look, I'm not trying to argue that the Yankees had more significant injuries. However, we did have quite a few. Remeber, we lost Cano for a long time too. The reason the Yankee injuries don't look as big is because the Yankees had far more depth this year than the Sox. (Even a Sox fan has to admit that, right?) Honestly, more than positional players stepping up, we have to give more credit to Proctor and Villone. They carried the team for a long time this year. Johnson started games, but got rocked quite a few times. Wright never got out of the 6th. Moose pitched hurt until we finally had a divisional lead. Farnsworth missed many games that we needed him due to things like stiffness, like Mo, the number of games doesn't tell the story. More than the addition of Abreu to fill in for Sheff, we had Cabrera jump into Matsui's spot. Bernie played some of his best OF in years while in RF for Sheff most of the year. It's fair to say that the Sox were more weakened by their injuries than the Yankees were by theirs. However, that's only half the story. The Yankees had the players to jump in and fill spots until guys got healthy again. For the Sox, all the eggs were in the same basket.
What does this list prove? You guys lost no tryly important players until Timlin and he sucked when he was healthy anyway. we lost Cano, Sheff, Pavano and Matsui- say pavano isn't important but the other 3 sure are and we kept pace until we got a little healthier and made some moves but the minute important guys like varitek went down you guys folded and even w/ your injuries you never had 3 guys on the DL at the same time the caliber of sheff, matsui and Cano. you guys lost b/c you made a bad decision letting Damon go and replacing him w/ Crisp, Beckett had a bad year and it looks like you got rooked in that deal and your pen outside of Papelbon was bad. we both had injury problems but our team was able to overcome and win the division AGAIN while your team is back to it's familiar role of watching baseball in october on TV.
