Bigger collapse?- Oracle/Gales/Anybody!

[Gander]

Even die hard Yankee fans admit that was if not the biggest choke, top 3 easily. No excuse for it.

Every Yankee fan I know but Oracle calls this one of the biggest chokes ever. Just think if it was a 5 game series, Yankees would have swept, right Mike? No way should the Yankees have somehow found a way to win 1 more game in the next 4. Thats a tough feat against a bum like Schilling whos tendon is coming out of his ankle.

Kev, thanks for the stats, I had gone back and posted the scores in one of the posts right before yours.

Originally Posted by Gander

Even die hard Yankee fans admit that was if not the biggest choke, top 3 easily. No excuse for it.

Every Yankee fan I know but Oracle calls this one of the biggest chokes ever. Just think if it was a 5 game series, Yankees would have swept, right Mike? No way should the Yankees have somehow found a way to win 1 more game in the next 4. Thats a tough feat against a bum like Schilling whos tendon is coming out of his ankle.

Kev, thanks for the stats, I had gone back and posted the scores in one of the posts right before yours.

I just never saw it as a choke. Show me the game they choked in?
Red Sox simply had a better team that year, I've always felt that.

[Gander]

Mike- I remember you busting my chops on the ESPN board after the Yankees went up 2-0 and then even more after 3-0. You cant tell me you thought the Red Sox had any chance to win the series after they lost those first 3 games. I certainly didnt and I am a huge fan. I thought both teams were very equal that year. If you did believe the Sox would come back and win 4 straight I think you could have made a nice score in any sports book. I mean the kind of score that helps buy a house.

Tim,
The best score anyone ever made, and the truest definition of collapse, was the A's losing 4 straight to the Reds.
I read an article on that series, this is a fact, gamblers anonymous saw participation in their meetings increase over 30% after that series was over.
Guys bet the A's in the first game, and just kept doubling down. Anyone who took the Reds in a sweep made a fortune. I dunno about winning a house, but I do know that according to GA many people actually lost their homes on that series.
A friend of mine who owned a restaurant in Burlington was one of the double down guys who got killed. Guy had to take out a second mortgage to pay up.