pretty good start so far, with the exception of mo. he missed part of spring training so maybe that has something to do with it ???...and the bosox have been hitting him pretty hard lately. i know he's not what he used to be but i think he'll rebound & do a good job this season.
i'm impressed with the hitting thus far, even though sheff is starting slow. matsui is on fire & i've even heard his name brought up in AL MVP conversations/predictions. :yay the starting pitching has been decent too.
once all the early season red sox drama is over with, we'll be able to get a better idea of what kind of season is ahead.
I'm glad my adopted team is off to a great start as it warms the cackles of my heart.
GO SOX!!
we have rules around here, mikey.
http://www.concretefield.com/forum/index.php?topic=14963.0
please follow them.
Why create a Yankees thread if only one person is going to follow them?
Quote from: MDS on April 08, 2005, 03:37:55 PM
Why create a Yankees thread if only one person is going to follow them?
what are you talking about? you're already the 3rd person to reply. :yay
if you don't like this topic, there's a simple solution....don't click on it.
QuoteUpdated: April 6, 2005, 6:14 PM ET
Yankees: CT scan produces normal results
NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter left the New York Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday after he was hit in the helmet by a pitch and was taken to a hospital for a precautionary CT scan.
The Yankees announced that Jeter's CT scan came back normal, and he will be fine.
In the eighth inning of Boston's 7-3 victory, Mike Timlin's first pitch hit Jeter in the left shoulder and then deflected off his head, knocking Jeter's helmet off and sending him sprawling to the dirt.
"He heard some ringing in his ears. He felt a little woozy," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "Timlin wasn't trying to hit him. He was just trying to rush a little, and his ball was all over the place."
Jeter remained in the game to run the bases, but was replaced at shortstop by Rey Sanchez in the ninth inning.
"After you hit somebody in the head you are concerned about him," Timlin said. "I had a lot of movement today and that sailed."
Jeter was also hit on the left hand by Matt Clement's pitch Tuesday.
jeter should be okay after that beanball the other day...timlin showed concern so i'm fairly certain it was unintentional. but they may want to throw one right between damon's eyes next week, just to be sure. ;)
update: so far they suck. :-D
What are your early thoughts on their pitching additions? I have a feeling he only guy who'll be a true stud for you all is the Unit. I thnk Wright might be a product of The Leo Mazzone Project and can only succeed under him (ala Millwood).
Will Pavano be OK?
my cable co. doesn't carry the yes network so i don't get to see as much of them as i'd like. based on what i have seen, i agree with you about wright. i never liked him & thought they would have been better off keeping leiber. wright was crap up until last season.
pavano...i think he'll be solid...not great...but it's still way too early to know for sure. it was clear that vazquez wasn't the answer so i'm happy to have pavano instead.
if giambi can catch some pop ups, it will cut down on line drives off pavano's head. that would be a good start. :paranoid
still....unit/pavano/wright > leiber/vazquez/loaiza/el duque
Does MLB.TV carry them in your region or are they blacked out?
Even though I live nearly 300 miles from Miami, the Phils game was blacked out last night because technically, according to MLB, Daytona Beach is in the Miami suburbs. :-D
Same goes for the Devil Rays (not that I give a shtein about them) even though I live 150 miles from Tampa.
:P
Quote from: jerome99RIP on April 12, 2005, 12:51:51 PM
Does MLB.TV carry them in your region or are they blacked out?
Even though I live nearly 300 miles from Miami, the Phils game was blacked out last night because technically, according to MLB, Daytona Beach is in the Miami suburbs. :-D
Same goes for the Devil Rays (not that I give a shtein about them) even though I live 150 miles from Tampa.
:P
Same down here in Naples. A case could be said (perhaps) about the Marlins. We're about 100 miles from the Stadium, though there is that large swamp in between.
We're 180 miles from St. Pete, and those games are blacked out as well.
i'm not sure about mlb.tv...i never looked into it. ???
anyway, it was nice to see giambi homer off that self promoting dope schilling last night...then the mildly retarded bosox fans cheered sarcastically when rivera entered the game, only to see him pitch a hitless ninth for the save. :yay
big unit goes tonight!
Yankees close to an agreement to build a new stadium in The Bronx...
QuotePosted on Sat, Apr. 16, 2005
Report: Yankees near deal for new stadium
Associated Press
NEW YORK - The New York Yankees are close to reaching an agreement with city and state governments to build a new stadium, the Daily News reported Saturday.
Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper reported that lawyers from the city, state and team are completing a "memorandum of understanding" and that an announcement is expected around May 1.
While government and team officials did not comment directly about plans or the pending agreement, the newspaper said they did confirm that they are in the final stages.
"We're working very closely with the city and the state and trying to finalize our current plan," Yankees president Randy Levine told the Daily News. "We expect to announce it in the near future, and we hope to break ground in 2006 and be ready to play in 2009."
The new stadium will be built just north of the existing facility in the Bronx, and is designed to seat 50,800. That's smaller than the current capacity of 57,478, but the new ballpark will have more luxury suites.
The newspaper, citing officials familiar with the plans, reported that the new stadium will be comprised of two separate structures: an exterior wall, designed to replicate the original Yankee Stadium built in 1923, and the interior stadium itself.
The stadium construction will cost approximately $800 million and will be fully paid for by the team. The city and state will spend $300 million to build a new commuter rail station, improve parking, and create parkland along the nearby waterfront. :o
The new stadium will feature copper lattice work around its roof, much like the 1923 stadium. The new facility will also have expanded retail and concession areas.
great...there's nothing like a nice drive through the bronx. :paranoid
QuoteSteinbrenner Angry As Yanks Fall to 4-8
By DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer
BALTIMORE - George Steinbrenner is tired of waiting for his New York Yankees to get going. Now he's angry. Miguel Tejada hit his eighth career grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles roughed up Kevin Brown and completed a three-game sweep of New York with an 8-4 victory Sunday. The last-place Yankees (4-8) have dropped four straight and eight of 10 overall.
"Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed as I'm sure all Yankee fans are by the lack of performance by our team," Steinbrenner said in a statement issued immediately after the game.
"It is unbelievable to me that the highest-paid team in baseball would start the season in such a deep funk. They are not playing like true Yankees. They have the talent to win and they are not winning. I expect Joe Torre, his complete coaching staff and the team to turn this around."
Melvin Mora also homered for the Orioles, who took a 6-0 lead in the second inning and coasted to their sixth win in seven games. Baltimore improved to 5-1 against New York this season after their first sweep of the Yankees since 2000.
Tejada went 3-for-4 with two doubles, raising his batting average to .375 and his AL-leading RBI total to 18. He went 6-for-12 with eight RBIs in the series.
Daniel Cabrera (1-1) gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings, and streaking Brian Roberts went 2-for-4 with a walk and scored a run. Roberts, who has a hit in all 12 games this season, is batting .449.
Ruben Sierra and Alex Rodriguez homered for the Yankees, whose four-game losing streak matches their longest skid of 2004. New York, which went 14-5 against Baltimore a year ago, has been outscored by the Orioles 47-26 this season.
Making his 2005 debut after spending the first two weeks on the disabled list with a strained back, Brown (0-1) allowed six runs and nine hits in six innings. The right-hander walked two and struck out three.
Brown retired the first two batters in the first inning before Mora hit his second homer. Tejada then doubled and scored on a single by Sammy Sosa, who went to third on a double by Rafael Palmeiro before Brown retired Gibbons on a fly ball.
In the second, Roberts drew a two-out walk, David Newhan singled and Mora walked before Tejada hit an 0-1 pitch an estimated 420 feet over the center-field wall. It was his third homer, and extended his run of games with at least one RBI to nine — one short of the team record held by Reggie Jackson (1976) and Doug DeCinces ('78).
Derek Jeter singled in a run in the fifth for the Yankees and Sierra hit a two-run shot in the sixth to make it 6-3.
The Orioles scored twice in the seventh against the New York bullpen. Paul Quantrill left with the bases loaded before Palmeiro drew a walk to force in a run and Luis Matos hit an RBI single.
Rodriguez hit his second home run in the eighth off Steve Reed.
Notes:@ Palmeiro's 2,931st hit moved him past Rogers Hornsby into sole possession of 31st place on the career list. ... The Yankees optioned INF Andy Phillips to Triple-A Columbus to make room for Brown on the 25-man roster. ... New York returns home after a 1-5 road trip. The Yankees also lost two of three to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. ... All three games in the series were sellouts, and the cumulative attendance of 144,542 was the third-largest for a three-game series in the 14-year history of Camden Yards.
:'( :-D
an owner who actually cares about winning...how refreshing. :yay
Quote from: mhunt on April 18, 2005, 08:23:05 AM
an owner who actually cares about winning...how refreshing. :yay
But Hunt, you've gotta admit that it's just a tad early to be going out bemoaning the Fall of the Yankee Empire 12 games into the season. Especially with the track record of the players on the Yanks. Especially with the track record of Joe Torre with the Yankees. They'll get straightened out, and they'll be in the thick of the race.
George is hilarious when he's upset, though! :-D
he said that he's disappointed with their poor start...i don't think that's a bad thing. everything he said is true. i don't think he said anything off the wall.
anyway, he knows that the d-rays are coming into town & the yanks will rack up some wins...so he makes the statement to make it look like they're winning because his comments inspired them. :P
Quote from: mhunt on April 17, 2005, 11:09:33 AM
great...there's nothing like a nice drive through the bronx. :paranoid
Drive through my neighborhood broadcasting that kind of sentiment, see how far it gets you.
Quote from: Diomedes on April 18, 2005, 08:41:22 AM
Quote from: mhunt on April 17, 2005, 11:09:33 AM
great...there's nothing like a nice drive through the bronx. :paranoid
Drive through my neighborhood broadcasting that kind of sentiment, see how far it gets you.
you're so street. :-D
the bronx is not a nice place for a stadium...well at least the area of the bronx where the stadium is currently located.
i took a bus trip to a yankees game 2 years ago. when we went back to the bus after the game, there was a bullet hole in one of the windows.
I'd feel safer attending a soccer match at Baghdad Stadium than a Yankees game in the Bronx.
Quote from: mhunt on April 18, 2005, 08:45:43 AMyou're so street. :-D
I live in the Bronx. Taking a bus here once hardly gives you authority to criticize, but somehow it makes sense to me that a self described Yankee fan would be both ignorant and critical of his team's home town. After all, you're really nothing but a Cowboy fan, a Laker fan, a Duke fan.
I'm with the Boss. His team is paid way to much to suck this badly, even with a hundred 40+ games left. They look terrible. Couldn't happen to a better group of people.
Quote from: Diomedes on April 18, 2005, 12:40:39 PM
Quote from: mhunt on April 18, 2005, 08:45:43 AMyou're so street. :-D
I live in the Bronx. Taking a bus here once hardly gives you authority to criticize, but somehow it makes sense to me that a self described Yankee fan would be both ignorant and critical of his team's home town. After all, you're really nothing but a Cowboy fan, a Laker fan, a Duke fan.
I'm with the Boss. His team is paid way to much to suck this badly, even with a hundred 40+ games left. They look terrible. Couldn't happen to a better group of people.
i really don't care where you live...but perhaps you're a bit biased in this situation. :-D i've been to more than a few yankees games but i refuse to drive there because it's a hellhole...and i'm not the only one.
you should move.
the boss' comments worked....the yanks housed the d-rays last night. :P :-D
Quote from: mhunt on April 19, 2005, 12:48:52 PM
the boss' comments worked....the yanks housed the d-rays last night.
Congrats on your team making such a strong statement.
Oh yeah and baseball sucks, you Duke fan.
Quote from: rjs246 on April 19, 2005, 01:03:56 PM
Quote from: mhunt on April 19, 2005, 12:48:52 PM
the boss' comments worked....the yanks housed the d-rays last night.
Congrats on your team making such a strong statement.
Oh yeah and baseball sucks, you Duke fan.
well, at least you still rule at picking up on sarcasm.
Did you check into the MLB.TV package yet?
If you get it, get the "All Access" package for $99. You get all 162 games (other than blackouts) on video and all 162 games on audio from both teams broadcast stations. Plus, you get on-demand replays of entire games, highlights packages & condensed games too.
It really is a fricken steal if you're a baseball fan.
Quote from: mhunt on April 19, 2005, 02:00:54 PM
well, at least you still rule at picking up on sarcasm.
Your face rules at picking up sarcasm! Yeah. Take that.
Nuh uh... his MOMMA rules at it! SNAP!
Quote from: mhunt on April 19, 2005, 12:48:52 PM
the boss' comments worked....the yanks housed the d-rays last night. :P :-D
TB 6, NY 2 (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=250419110).
Yeah, worked great. Maybe he could give another statement.
Quote from: jerome99RIP on April 19, 2005, 02:51:45 PM
Did you check into the MLB.TV package yet?
If you get it, get the "All Access" package for $99. You get all 162 games (other than blackouts) on video and all 162 games on audio from both teams broadcast stations. Plus, you get on-demand replays of entire games, highlights packages & condensed games too.
It really is a fricken steal if you're a baseball fan.
i dont like baseball enough to pay $99 to watch it. :paranoid :-D
You cheap ass! According to this article...
QuoteUpdated: April 20, 2005, 10:37 PM ET
Yanks projected to owe nearly $31M in luxury taxAssociated Press
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NEW YORK -- The struggling New York Yankees will be hit with a record luxury tax this year.
Initial projections by the commissioner's office based on Opening-Day rosters have the Yankees owing $30,637,531, according to information obtained this week by The Associated Press.
The only other team projected to owe a tax is the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, who would pay $969,177.
Going into Wednesday night, the Yankees were just 5-9, tied with Tampa Bay for last place in the American League East.
For the luxury tax, payrolls are based on the average annual values of contracts for all players on the 40-man roster and include benefits. Under that formula, the Yankees opened with a payroll of $204.6 million, followed by Boston ($131.2 million), the New York Mets ($116.4 million), the Los Angeles Angels ($111.2 million) and Seattle ($109.3 million).
Teams with payrolls above $128 million owe tax this year. The Yankees pay at a rate of 40 percent for the amount they are over because they will be exceeding the threshold for the third time under the labor contract that began in 2003. The Red Sox, projected to be over for the second time, pay at a 30 percent rate.
Baseball will send the bills in late December based on end-of-season figures.
Last year, the Yankees paid a tax of $25,964,060 based on a final payroll of $207,046,868, according to the commissioner's office. Figures were adjusted slightly after the initial bill was sent in December, with New York's tax rising by $937,708.
Boston paid $3,148,962, a decrease of $6,272 from the December bill, and the Angels paid $938,309, an increase of $11,250.
In the adjusted 2004 luxury tax payroll figures, the Yankees led at $207 million, followed by the Red Sox at $134.5 million and the Angels at $124.7 million.
Georgie is paying $31,000,000 in a luxury tax to field that team of yours. The least you can do is buck up $99 to watch them on the computer!!
:boom :-D
pavano finally pitched a good game last night. :yay
kevin brown = batting practice pitcher :boom
Texas, eh?
8 innings of 3 hit ball for the unit today...about damn time. ;D
all hail A-ROD! :yay :yay :yay
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Why the Yanks can't play good in April in the last two years? That's really gross. :puke
Go Rays!!
there's already talk about clemens coming back to the yanks before the trade deadline. :P
I heard that rumor...but it's not like the Yanks have a lot to offer via trade.
Quote from: Zanshin on April 29, 2005, 08:46:08 AM
I heard that rumor...but it's not like the Yanks have a lot to offer via trade.
yeah, they don't have a damn thing.
i guess they'd have to "buy" him. :paranoid ;D
Yankees overhaul lineup after dismal April (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=250502130&prov=ap)
Included in this article is this little gem:
QuoteRandy Johnson could wind up on the disabled list because of a stiff groin, putting another young pitcher in the rotation.
Depending on how long the Yanks are without The Big Unit, they could be in a world of trouble.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 03, 2005, 07:06:10 AM
Yankees overhaul lineup after dismal April (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=250502130&prov=ap)
Included in this article is this little gem:
QuoteRandy Johnson could wind up on the disabled list because of a stiff groin, putting another young pitcher in the rotation.
Depending on how long the Yanks are without The Big Unit, they could be in a world of trouble.
they already are.
oh...and they brought up that scrub 2B to "showcase" him. he will be traded for clemens before the deadline. ;D
[beavis]the big unit has a stiff groin[/beavis]
Quote from: Wingspan on May 03, 2005, 12:13:47 PM
[beavis]the big unit has a stiff groin[/beavis]
So, when does Selig ask to add Viagara to the MLB testing policy?
Solid outing for the Spanks tonight. :yay
Quote from: mhunt on April 23, 2005, 10:54:11 AM
kevin brown = batting practice pitcher :boom
ditto :boo
Quote from: mhunt on May 04, 2005, 08:09:33 AM
Quote from: mhunt on April 23, 2005, 10:54:11 AM
kevin brown = batting practice pitcher :boom
ditto :boo
It certainly looks like Brown had reached the end. He's got nothing left.
By the way, Unit is not happy to be missing a start. (http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050503&content_id=1037342&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy) It does make it sound like there will be no DL trip, at least in this story.
they suck.
no 1B...no CF...no middle relief...and very old starting pitching.
georgie blew it this time. :boo
Should've gone after Beltran.
And Cashman (and Georgie) should know that you don't sign ex-Braves pitchers to big money deals. Leo Mazzone is magic. Look at John Thomson and Mike Hampton (and Kevin Millwood...the list goes on). Shoot, even Tom Glavine isn't the same. The only guy remotely the same is Greg Maddux.
Plus Wright had that shoulder issue right after the signed him and they refused to reneg the deal.
And like the Phillies, the minor league cupboard is bare, so there aren't a lot of options to trade away for help.
You can have Tim Worrell though. We'll take F-Rod back.
Quote from: mhunt on May 06, 2005, 08:37:02 AM
they suck.
no 1B...no CF...no middle relief...and very old starting pitching.
georgie blew it this time. :boo
Welcome to our world, Hunt.
:boom
yeah, it's rough. i hated the wright signing. he was always injured with the indians & only had 1 good season.
i actually hope they do the unyankee-like thing & dump some salary & try to get young players in return.
Quote from: mhunt on May 06, 2005, 08:59:06 AM
yeah, it's rough. i hated the wright signing. he was always injured with the indians & only had 1 good season.
i actually hope they do the unyankee-like thing & dump some salary & try to get young players in return.
uh-oh. Looks like Karma is having its way with hunt. :-D
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 06, 2005, 09:02:16 AM
Quote from: mhunt on May 06, 2005, 08:59:06 AM
yeah, it's rough. i hated the wright signing. he was always injured with the indians & only had 1 good season.
i actually hope they do the unyankee-like thing & dump some salary & try to get young players in return.
uh-oh. Looks like Karma is having its way with hunt. :-D
what karma is that???
The karma where you spend every day during baseball season ripping on the Phillies and their fans.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 06, 2005, 09:07:22 AM
The karma where you spend every day during baseball season ripping on the Phillies and their fans.
and you never do that with the yankees. ::)
look in the mirror, sister. :-D
Quote from: mhunt on May 06, 2005, 09:09:21 AM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 06, 2005, 09:07:22 AM
The karma where you spend every day during baseball season ripping on the Phillies and their fans.
and you never do that with the yankees. ::)
look in the mirror, sister. :-D
The Phillies don't need bad karma, hunt. It was alREADY that bad. My making fun of the Spanks didn't make the Phillies suck because of Karma. :-D
and i'm fairly certain that the yankees don't suck this year because i make fun of the sillies. ;D
anyway, i don't want to ruin this thread with smack talk...that's what the other thread is for.
3 good pitching performances in a row = 3 wins in a row.
karma this!
the yanks approached giambi about sending him down to the minors...of course, giambi said he'd rather work things out in the majors but it's the first step in the yanks getting rid of him, imo.
if he agrees to play for columbus, his salary comes off the major league payroll & it saves the yankees around $37,000 per day in luxury tax. :o ;D
Giambi needs to be released. But they still owe him a whopping $84M. :o
go tino!
HR's in 5 straight games! :o :yay
Quote from: mhunt on May 12, 2005, 08:28:36 AM
go tino!
HR's in 5 straight games! :o :yay
abreu is on the same streak. so if a philly can do it...it cant really be that big of a deal. ;D
2 more wins to be .500. It's soon.
their win streak is now up to 7. :yay
edit: 9 ;D
10 straight! :yay what a crazy start to the season.
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thanks, dude...i've never seen anybody post a cookie before.
good work.
now shove off.
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Congratulations. You can beat 2 teams tied for last place...
you can try to downplay a 10 game winning streak but you're only kidding yourselves. :-D
Hey, we're awesome against last place teams too!
3-3 :-\
hah! they won 16 of their last 18.....and schoolled the redsux last night. :yay :yay
They sure did prove to be experts on schooling today. Pavano's going to have to get some good lovin' from Alyssa after this debacle... and Stanton and Quantrill can join them.
Always nice to treat the home crowd to a holiday weekend day game whoopin'.
She dumped his ass last year... :)
Quote from: mhunt on May 28, 2005, 07:49:11 AM
hah! they won 16 of their last 18.....and schoolled the redsux last night. :yay :yay
17-1.
Largest margin of victory by the Sox over the Yankees ever. When the Yankees lose to the Sox, they lose. Yankees have done a great job with the rivalry record book lately, sinking to new depths.
Quote from: Diomedes on May 28, 2005, 07:52:29 PM
Largest margin of victory by the Sox over the Yankees ever. When the Yankees lose to the Sox, they lose. Yankees have done a great job with the rivalry record book lately, sinking to new depths.
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:o
hah! the yankees win 16 out of 18 games & it's dead quiet on here...then they lose ONE game and all the cockroaches come crawling out of the woodwork. :-D
classic, misguided, know-nothing yankee haters :-D
With a $200M payroll, they're supposed to win 16 out 18.
Still, nice game yesterday. I'm surprised Steinbrenner didn't spontaneously combust on the spot.
:-D
Quote from: mhunt on May 29, 2005, 08:53:57 AM
hah! the yankees win 16 out of 18 games & it's dead quiet on here...then they lose ONE game and all the cockroaches come crawling out of the woodwork. :-D
classic, misguided, know-nothing yankee haters :-D
You can cry cockroach all you want, it's still the worst loss, evar. Choke on it.
some cockroaches never give up. :-D
you're like cowboys fans who came on here & tried to talk trash after the eagles lost the super bowl...
weak. :-D
do i have to start posting on the sillies' season thread after every one of their losses???...my damn fingers would fall off from all the typing. :-*
Those Royals are scary, eh? :-D
Its Buddy Bell and is great veteran leadership. Runs in the family.
Quote from: MDS on June 01, 2005, 11:57:00 PM
Its Buddy Bell and is great veteran leadership. Runs in the family.
:-D
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Yankees suck.
The Yankees have the distinction of being the first team to have 2 20 game winners (Brown and Johnson) lose back to back games against 2 pitchers without a single win for the season.
Odd stat, but I heard it today and had to post it.
Watch out, you might get called a name for that, PG. This is hunt's "smoke the Yankee hog or get attacked" thread. It's fun..he's like an animal. Just poke him with a fact and he calls you a name!!
Royals complete the sweep. :-D
Buddy Bell for manager of the year!
Being swept by the Royals is the worstest. BTW, this was Kc's first sweep in 79 series. :deion
Pitching continues to be the base of the Yanks' woes:
Only two starting pitchers are below a 4.00 ERA: Mussina leads the pack at 3.90, Johnson is at 3.92. Chien-Ming Wang is at 4.06 in his starts, Pavano at 4.50 and Brown at 5.16.
The bullpen is even worse: Rivera, Sturtze and Gordon are pitching well, but the others are all a disaster with ERAs 5.40 and higher.
The amazing thing to me: Put the Yanks in most of the other divisions to feast on the lesser teams, and the Yanks are challenging for the lead. Heck, they're only five games behind the Orioles as it is. They may indeed do so in the AL East before the season is over. However, they have to straighten their pitching, especially the bullpen, to spring ahead of Boston and Baltimore.
Quote from: Diomedes on June 02, 2005, 10:08:30 PM
Watch out, you might get called a name for that, PG. This is hunt's "smoke the Yankee hog or get attacked" thread. It's fun..he's like an animal. Just poke him with a fact and he calls you a name!!
on my jock much?
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 03, 2005, 07:36:09 AM
Pitching continues to be the base of the Yanks' woes:
Only two starting pitchers are below a 4.00 ERA: Mussina leads the pack at 3.90, Johnson is at 3.92. Chien-Ming Wang is at 4.06 in his starts, Pavano at 4.50 and Brown at 5.16.
The bullpen is even worse: Rivera, Sturtze and Gordon are pitching well, but the others are all a disaster with ERAs 5.40 and higher.
The amazing thing to me: Put the Yanks in most of the other divisions to feast on the lesser teams, and the Yanks are challenging for the lead. Heck, they're only five games behind the Orioles as it is. They may indeed do so in the AL East before the season is over. However, they have to straighten their pitching, especially the bullpen, to spring ahead of Boston and Baltimore.
true.
randy johnson is the biggest disappoinment so far...he looks nothing like he did last season.
pavano & wright are about what i expected....2 guys who had 1 good season so the yanks signed them for too much $$$...they tend to do that a lot. :boo
the team's biggest problem is inconsistency...but it's not like they're out of the race so i won't panic yet. baltimore has some key injuries so they might come back down to earth....and it's not like the red sox are lighting it up either. the media is all over the yankees "downfall" but you don't hear a thing about those defending world series champs...and they're only a couple games ahead of the yanks right now.
oh well.
Truth hurts, hunt? And yeah, I'm on your jock. You fail to realize what a prick you're being for insisting on this thread. How I wish I were a mod. I'd have shut this bullshtein down long ago. If you wanna persist in kicking the Yankees thread on an Eagles MB, and in being such an icehole to people while doing it, then yeah, I'm all over your jock.
Swept by the farging Royals. :-D
well, i'm happy to have a fan....on 2 boards, nonetheless. :-D
you should make up t-shirts.
Quote from: mhunt on June 03, 2005, 10:46:58 AM
you should make up t-shirts.
Watch it hippie. The only one 'round these parts who makes t-shirts is me. :paranoid
Quote from: SSgt PSN on June 03, 2005, 10:59:14 AM
Quote from: mhunt on June 03, 2005, 10:46:58 AM
you should make up t-shirts.
Watch it hippie. The only one 'round these parts who makes t-shirts is me. :paranoid
fine...then he should make up some pennants & perhaps some travel mugs. :-D
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2075561
I read this headline and the first thing I thought of was:
"I am not a smart man":
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Yankees: 27-27
Phillies: 27-27
Welcome to our world, Hunt.
:-D
wow...the same record as the sillies? :o
they really have hit rock bottom! :-D time to fire costanza!
Phillies: 29-27
Yanks: 28-27
Yes!
:-D
http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20050605_NYY@MIN
Carlos SILVA shut down the Spanks.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 05, 2005, 06:22:25 PM
http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20050605_NYY@MIN
Carlos SILVA shut down the Spanks.
Silva has done really well for the Twins since the trade (him and Punto for Eric Milton):
2004: 14-8. 4.21 ERA
2005: 4-3, 3.04 ERA
I know, but he's still Carlos Silva...and the Spanks still suck. :-D
espn radio said something about brian cashman leaving the yanks...and philly was one of his possible destinations.
i'm not sure whether or not that would make the wade-haters happy. :-D
Quote from: mhunt on June 06, 2005, 08:44:44 AM
espn radio said something about brian cashman leaving the yanks...and philly was one of his possible destinations.
i'm not sure whether or not that would make the wade-haters happy. :-D
Espn said that because they know Wade is on his way out at some point in the near future. Speculation.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 06, 2005, 08:56:09 AM
Quote from: mhunt on June 06, 2005, 08:44:44 AM
espn radio said something about brian cashman leaving the yanks...and philly was one of his possible destinations.
i'm not sure whether or not that would make the wade-haters happy. :-D
Espn said that because they know Wade is on his way out at some point in the near future. Speculation.
that's what i figured...they mentioned another team too...but i can't remember which one. ???
Have they mentioned any possible replacements for Cashman in NY?
Do you think The Boss will can Torre and/or Stottlemyre? If so, who will replace them?
I think Girardi would replace Torre.
i haven't heard anything about cashman's potential replacement.
as for torre...girardi is a strong possibility...but i'd love to see them get sweet lou if he somehow escapes from tampa bay. ;D
i was hoping randolph would eventually replace torre but he's stuck with the muts.
I could see Piniella. He's frustrated by the cheapass Naimoli in TB. I'd want to get out of there too.
I'm curious to see how they fix the pitching problem. The minors are dried up and if they trade that asian dude and/or Cano it would be dumb. They need young talent in there somewhere.
they need to bag this season...try to unload some of their old garbage for young talent & build from there.
but that's not georgie's style...so they won't. :P
They might be able to get a quality player for Randy Johnson... if they pay his whole salary.
From a White Sox forum :)
QuoteHere are some interesting stats comparing the Yankees Opening Day rotation vs. the guys who are now on other teams but were in New York's starting rotation last year:
Yankees Opening Day rotation (Johnson, Mussina, Brown, Wright, and Pavano)-
21-20, 320IP, 4.87 ERA
Yankees Exiles (Contreras, El Duque, Vazquez, and Lieber): 24-11, 296IP, 4.14ERA
Phillies 34-28
Yankees 29-31
:-D
holy crap! :o randy johnson actually pitched like randy johnson today.
bout damn time.
But how is Gordon? :poison
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 11, 2005, 07:27:56 PM
But how is Gordon? :poison
2.79 era so far this season.
Quote from: mhunt on June 11, 2005, 10:28:10 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 11, 2005, 07:27:56 PM
But how is Gordon? :poison
2.79 era so far this season.
I think Ed's talking about the fact that Gordon was taken out of today's game after taking a grounder off of his pitching hand (index finger).
I haven't seen anything that gives any details about whether Gordon's injury was serious.
Johnson looked great today, though. He dominated perhaps the best lineup in MLB.
oh...i didn't see that.
had company over so i missed the last few innings. :P
Gordon's OK.
From mlb.com:
QuoteGordon OK: Tom Gordon avoided injury when he was hit on his right index finger by a batted ball in the eighth inning on Saturday, but Torre said he would try to give the right-hander the day off, anyway.
"His finger is a little sore," the manager said. "There's nothing wrong with it, but I'll probably try to stay away [from playing him]."
2/3 taken by Cardinals. :-\
Phillies took 2/3 in both series. :-*
Yanks went 3-9 on the road trip...
thanks for the gordon update...good to hear he's okay.
Quote from: mhunt on June 11, 2005, 10:38:30 PM
oh...i didn't see that.
i'm a fair weather fan and since the yanks suck right now i skipped the last few innings in favor of the mets game.
Fixed. :P
Quote from: SSgt PSN on June 13, 2005, 08:51:40 AM
Quote from: mhunt on June 11, 2005, 10:38:30 PM
oh...i didn't see that.
i'm a fair weather fan and since the yanks suck right now i skipped the last few innings in favor of the mets game.
Fixed.
Haha. Nice.
i don't think a fairweather fan would be following the yanks this year....but you were almost witty......almost.
Quote from: mhunt on June 13, 2005, 09:36:57 AM
i don't think a fairweather fan would be following the yanks this year
Which is why you started watching the Mets. Vote for Pedro!! ;)
yeah...and i plan on starting some G-I-A-N-T-S GIANTS! chants during the next homestand.
:-D
Found this in Philly.com this morning...
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/baseball/11888953.htm
Yanks are announcing a new stadium to be completed in time for the 2009 season today.
Good. The one they play in now is a shteinhole. ;)
here's the latest:
the second baseman will be switching from left field to center field to platoon with bernie williams so matsui can return to left. :-X
also, steve phillips was on espn radio this morning & said that IF the yanks are 10+ games out by mid-july, they should consider trading matsui, shef, bernie, & womack for prospects. i actually agree...time to get younger & a couple of those guys are in the last year of their deals.
Quote from: mhunt on June 14, 2005, 08:11:49 AM
here's the latest:
the second baseman will be switching from left field to center field to platoon with bernie williams so matsui can return to left. :-X
also, steve phillips was on espn radio this morning & said that IF the yanks are 10+ games out by mid-july, they should consider trading matsui, shef, bernie, & womack for prospects. i actually agree...time to get younger & a couple of those guys are in the last year of their deals.
They could probably get something for Matsui and Sheffield. I can't imagine that they'd get more than a marginal prospect for Womack or Williams (who is shot at this point).
It would be interesting to see the Yankees in the role of seller, rather than buyer. Not sure if Steinbrenner would allow that, though.
yeah...matsui & sheff would the their only "real" trade bait, imo...i guess there was a rumor about sheff to the cubs but the yanks said there's nothing to it. i'm not sure what the yanks were rumored to be getting in return.
anyway, roid-man hit a walkoff HR in the 10th last night so they're back at .500. :paranoid
What, no bragging today hunt? :P
I left the house to go to work and it was 11-7 Rays.
At like 4am I saw the ticker on ESPN say 20 runs for the Yanks and I thought I was seein shtein.
Impressive comeback.
(http://www.condosonsapphirebeach.com/graphics/sun-cartoon-small.png)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/SamiB/veer_cover_8_rgb.jpg)
Bottom of the 8th....11-7 Devil Rays
Franklin Nunez pitching for Tampa Bay
R Cano singled to center.
D Jeter singled to right, R Cano to third.
R Sierra (hitting for Womack) grounded out to second, R Cano scored, D Jeter to second. 11-8 Rays
G Sheffield singled to left center, D Jeter to third.
A Rodriguez singled to left, D Jeter scored, G Sheffield to second. 11-9 Rays
T Harper relieved F Nunez.
H Matsui doubled to deep right, G Sheffield scored, A Rodriguez to third. 11-10 Rays
J Giambi intentionally walked.
R Johnson ran for J Giambi.
B Williams tripled to deep center, A Rodriguez, H Matsui and R Johnson scored. 13-11 Yankees
J Posada homered to right, B Williams scored. 15-11 Yankees
R Cano flied out to center.
D Jeter reached on infield single to second.
R Sierra singled to right, D Jeter to third.
G Sheffield homered to left, D Jeter and R Sierra scored. 18-11 Yankees
A Rodriguez homered to right. 19-11 Yankees
H Matsui homered to center. 20-11 Yankees
R Johnson flied out to right.
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>:D
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 22, 2005, 10:45:45 AM
What, no bragging today hunt? :P
nah....just another win. i'll save my bragging for later. ;D
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 22, 2005, 11:40:24 AM
(http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050622/i/r3318410604.jpg)
My wife doesn't grab me like that, jeez
Quote from: mhunt on June 22, 2005, 12:17:30 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 22, 2005, 10:45:45 AM
What, no bragging today hunt? :P
nah....just another win. i'll save my bragging for later. ;D
You mean like when the Yanks come back and win against a good team. ;)
now you can see why i didn't brag. :P
they stink again this week. :boo rumor has them intersted in mark kotsay from oakland...he'd give them a real CF which would help the defense & in turn help the pitching...i'm not sure who they'd give up though...maybe womack since he's expendable. ???
Quote from: mhunt on June 24, 2005, 10:25:02 AM
now you can see why i didn't brag. :P
they stink again this week. :boo rumor has them intersted in mark kotsay from oakland...he'd give them a real CF which would help the defense & in turn help the pitching...i'm not sure who they'd give up though...maybe womack since he's expendable. ???
With a .279 OBP? Steinbrenner better be giving ol' Moneyball Beane something strong in his drink to get him to take Womack. Gonna cost old George a bit more than that. I'd guess that the A's will want someone young that takes a walk.
womack was only a guess since he's expendable now that cano is doing pretty well at 2B....and i don't think womack is as bad as his current numbers indicate. it could be one of those "take womack, we'll even pay his salary...just take him!" deals. :-D
Well, the A's don't need Duncan, so they'll probably want your other prospect from the minor league system... :-D
it's not like kotsay is an all-star either....i don't think they'd have to give up that much.
today's updates:
sheff doesn't want to be traded.
the yanks turned down a sheff for cameron deal w/ the muts...thank god.
rumor has them trading for juan encarcion in the next week & then possibly trading him for kotsay...i know i spelled encarcion wrong.
also, quantrill & stanton will be traded or released...possibly today.
Oh jeez.
Someone cut Wade's phones off today so he can't scoop up Quantrill or Stanton!
Watch them go to ATL and be awesome now.
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 24, 2005, 02:34:50 PM
Well, the A's don't need Duncan, so they'll probably want your other prospect from the minor league system... :-D
Considering the shape of the Phillies minor league teams/prospects, should we really be mocking the Yankees farm system??
:-\
Quote from: mhunt on June 30, 2005, 08:54:00 AM
also, quantrill & stanton will be traded or released...possibly today.
Both released (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2098031)
the yanks actually got something for quantrill. :o
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2099342
sure, tim redding & darrel may aren't great but at least the yanks got a little younger....those guys should be able to help out the clippers. ;D
Quote from: jerome99RIP on June 30, 2005, 09:03:11 AM
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 24, 2005, 02:34:50 PM
Well, the A's don't need Duncan, so they'll probably want your other prospect from the minor league system... :-D
Considering the shape of the Phillies minor league teams/prospects, should we really be mocking the Yankees farm system??
:-\
It may not look like it, but we have more prospects than they do...
Quote from: mhunt on July 02, 2005, 12:47:52 PM
the yanks actually got something for quantrill. :o
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2099342
sure, tim redding & darrel may aren't great but at least the yanks got a little younger....those guys should be able to help out the clippers. ;D
I really really hope that the Clippers are like single A, because thats where Tim Redding belongs. HE SUCKS.
AAA
Then he wont help them.
Quote from: BigEd76 on July 02, 2005, 01:25:03 PM
Quote from: jerome99RIP on June 30, 2005, 09:03:11 AM
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 24, 2005, 02:34:50 PM
Well, the A's don't need Duncan, so they'll probably want your other prospect from the minor league system... :-D
Considering the shape of the Phillies minor league teams/prospects, should we really be mocking the Yankees farm system??
:-\
It may not look like it, but we have more prospects than they do...
unfortunately, most of them are on the major league roster. :-D
Yankees' Pavano won't pitch Sunday (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3734352?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49)
only 4 games out of first & 3.5 games out of the wildcard....not too bad considering how they have fallen, according most. :-D
giambi must be back on the roids.
yay! :yay ;D
No Kotsay for you! (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2104318)
Quote from: BigEd76 on July 09, 2005, 02:31:27 PM
No Kotsay for you! (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2104318)
no big deal...it's not like he's all-star material. they'll acquire a cf. i guarantee it.
the yankees ate schilling's lunch last night.........and i loved it.
oh, and they also need a few starters since 3/5 of their rotation is on the DL. no worries though. :-D
Wow! That Homer A-Rod hit off Schilling last night was a bomb! Schilling doesn't look to be suited for the reliever/closer role. He needs a lot more pitches to get ready.
I'm usually looking for the Yanks to lose, but I can't help but root for them against the Bo Sox with the O's only a game behind them in the standings after last night.
I heard A-Rod talking on ESPN about how he hopes a game like last nights gives them the jump start they need. I've heard various Yanks say the same thing every time they win a big win. Their best hope is for A-Rod to keep up the clutch hitting. If he gets hot he can carry them all the way to first place in a hurry. He's the shtein, even if he is a Yankee now.
i saw that tim redding was pitching tonight so i decided to watch my sixers dynasty dvd instead of the game.
good call by me.
Yeah, Tim Redding FARGING SUCKS.
The Yanks have a new pitcher du jour:
Yankees trade for Al Leiter and put him in rotation (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-leiter&prov=ap&type=lgns)
it was either sign leiter or let me start sunday night's game. :paranoid :-D
Dibble likes the Leiter move (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3771910?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49)
Yanks in 1st place (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings)
Gotta give credit where it's due. Despite a terribly incosistant season, the Yanks find themselves back in familiar territory on top of the AL East. Even though their pitching is in shambles, this team is too good to be at the bottom of the division. Although I think it is about time for them to go on another double digit losing streak. ;)
Yankees acquire Shawn Chacon from Rockies (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3836512)
Al Leiter, Hideo Nomo & Shawn Chacon...
Who's next? Bring back Hideki Irabu!
they haven't really given up anything for those 3 so i don't mind...if they pitch okay, great...they need the arms right now. if not, c-ya.
one positive thing i heard is that cashman is insisting on keeping all their top-level prospects (for a change)...they could have had chacon a couple weeks ago but the rockies wanted one of the yanks' top pitching prospects. cashman held out until they lowered their demands.
How can they possibly have any "top-level" prospects left after hemhorraging (sp?) them all off the last 4-5 years?
Quote from: FFatPatt on July 29, 2005, 10:52:08 AM
How can they possibly have any "top-level" prospects left after hemhorraging (sp?) them all off the last 4-5 years?
they're the yankees.
Maybe, but they still will win the same number of 2005 World Series championships as will the Phillies.
Quote from: FFatPatt on July 29, 2005, 11:08:17 AM
Maybe, but they still will win the same number of 2005 World Series championships as will the Phillies.
keep the phils talk out of this topic, please...we only discuss major league baseball here. :-D
No big surprise here:
Yankees decline 2006 option on Bernie Williams (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/yankees/2005-08-02-williams-option_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA)
QuoteSheff slaps
Yanks, Jeter
Derek's no leader, he tells mag
BY MICHAEL O'KEEFFE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Gary Sheffield has news for Yankee fans: Derek Jeter ain't the leader of this pack. "I know who the leader is on the team," Sheffield said in an explosive New York magazine interview set to hit newsstands Monday.
"I ain't going to say who it is, but I know who it is. I know who the team feeds off. I know who the opposing team comes in knowing they have to defend to stop the Yankees."
Sheffield, who has a reputation for being prickly and outspoken, doesn't stop there.
The 17-year veteran blasts the media for hyping team captain Jeter and third baseman Alex Rodriguez over every other player on the team - and says the Yankees lack family values, chemistry and trust. "Why shouldn't I tell the truth?" Sheffield told writer Stephen Rodrick. "I ain't trying to get no Pepsi commercial."
Sheffield never mentions Jeter and A-Rod by name, but he told New York the media portrays the two superstars "in a positive light and everyone else is garbage."
He says other players look at the Yankees as a first-class organization, but he believes the team lacks respect for family.
"It's not a family-oriented team. In L.A., wives can fly on the plane; with the Yankees they can't," the former Dodger said. "With other teams, the wives always have functions to bring them together. Not here."
New York's media crush, he contends, damages whatever chemistry the team might have. "This is the first team I've been on where no one sits at their locker," he said.
"It's where you build your chemistry from, how you get to know each other, just talking about life. I'm used to having six chairs around me, but here if there are six chairs, then there's going to be 20 reporters around me."
Sheffield, 36, also concedes he's not willing to pull a Jeter and dive into the stands after a ball. "That's not happening. I tore up my shoulder, I tore up a knee. I'm not doing that again," he said.
The All-Star with the gunslinger eyes also told New York he was insulted when general manager Brian Cashman offered him a two-year, $18 million contract before last season. He ended up signing a three-year, $39 million deal.
"I just came off 39 home runs and 132 RBIs and you ain't got nobody on your team that can put up those numbers, and you ain't gonna get anyone who is going to," he said. "But George [Steinbrenner] asked me not to take it as an insult and kept pursuing me. I said, 'Fine, I don't have to speak to anyone in the organization to still do my job.'"
I just about fell off my desk chair reading that :-D :-D :-D
this just in....sheffield makes a lot of stupid comments. :-D
he's surly...angry...and probably dumb...but he plays hard & can hit so it's okay. ;D
btw, anybody hear the story about the guy who posed as an mlb exec & kept calling media outlets around the country telling them that giambi tested positive for roids???....which one of you yankees' haters did it? :-D
Nah, thats the first I heard of that. It was probably a Red Sawx fan. :-D
i was a little off...he was posing as a yankees exec, not an mlb exec.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8831712/
anyway, i'm pretty sure it's one of you clowns. :-D ;)
It was me. For $10, I'll do the same thing for "Big Papi" David Ortiz. Deal?
Yankee fan jumps onto net (http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050810&content_id=1164624&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy) (video clip included)
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/08/09/sports/09yanks3.lg.jpg)
hmm
Must have been a Philly fan.
I wish I could punch some professional baseball players in the face. Maybe I'll do a tour of all of the stadiums and see how many players I can sock.
"Play a real sport bitch!"
Start with the Braves. Thanks... :)
Quote from: BigEd76 on August 10, 2005, 06:02:53 PM
Start with the Braves. Thanks... :)
fargit I'll start with the Philles. All baseball players could use a good fist in the ear.
Yankees acquire Matt Lawton from Cubs (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-lawton&prov=ap&type=lgns)
is baseball season over yet ???
Another two weeks, but I assume the Yankees will pack it in within the next couple of days.
could happen. they need to miss the playoffs this year to send a message to georgie.
:yay :yay :yay
Quote from: mhunt on September 13, 2005, 10:51:22 AM
could happen. they need to miss the playoffs this year to send a message to georgie.
Quote from: mhunt on September 23, 2005, 08:18:15 AM
:yay :yay :yay
Make up your mind.
missing the playoffs would send a message to georgie....but i'd never root against them and watching the red sox annual collapse is way too fun.
the yankees win. :yay
c'mon, let's hear some talk about payroll. ::) :-D
Payroll is for the gays.
Still a joke if u dont win the series
Enjoy the Angels
Quote from: MDS on October 01, 2005, 07:30:43 PM
Still a joke if u dont win the series
why???...because of payroll? :-D :-D
i was waiting for that excuse. :P
Yanks don't make it out of the first round.
you will watch every yankees' playoff game even though you hate them. 8)
Quote from: mhunt on October 03, 2005, 10:59:14 AM
you will watch every yankees' playoff game even though you hate them. 8)
I don't watch baseball playoffs until the World Series, and even then, I don't watch every game. Boring ass sport.
Yankees go WAH! (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2179632)
::)
i was waiting for somebody to post that. :-D
i'm sure you sillies fans wouldn't have said a thing if the cubbies sat their starters yesterday. ::)
yeah right.
Quote from: mhunt on October 03, 2005, 12:20:57 PM
i was waiting for somebody to post that. :-D
i'm sure you sillies fans wouldn't have said a thing if the cubbies sat their starters yesterday. ::)
yeah right.
Yes, the FANS can complain, but a farging professional team that already clinched should stfu and play the game.
the team/coaches would have complained too...get real. ::)
anyway, it was a classless move by showalter...he's bitter. but it doesn't matter...the yankees would have started mussina yesterday if they thought it was a huge deal to get home field. it would have been nice but oh well. i'm glad the yankees made the media aware of showalter's actions.
and did you read the quotes?
QuoteFormer Ranger Alex Rodriguez, who played for Showalter in Texas, was one of the Yankees who was peeved at the Rangers manager's decision.
"There's a code of honor when so much is on the line," Rodriguez told the New York Daily News. "You hope people do the right thing. But you can't control what people do."
Yankees manager Joe Torre was equally surprised.
"It's surprising," Torre told The New York Times. "If his team was in the playoffs, I could understand it a little bit more. It's just surprising he pulled them so soon."
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said told the New York Times that he didn't mind Showalter's decision, however.
oh yeah, they really sound pizzed...definite whining going on there. ::) :-D
The difference is that the Phillies surprisingly did their job and won the game. The Yankees wouldn't give a rat's ass about the Rangers pulling their starters had they actually won, but instead they let Boston spank them.
Yankees controlled their own fate for home-field, and they blew it.
Quote from: mhunt on October 03, 2005, 12:31:27 PM
it doesn't matter...the yankees would have started mussina yesterday if they thought it was a huge deal to get home field. it would have been nice but oh well. i'm glad the yankees made the media aware of showalter's actions.
ESPN experts think Astros more likely to win Series than anyone, especially the Yanks (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2005/news/story?id=2179945)
i like the fact that the yanks are underdogs this year.
Teams without pitching tend to be underdogs in the playoffs.
yeah, the red sux are probably considered underdogs this year too.
good point.
Quote from: mhunt on October 04, 2005, 09:44:40 AM
yeah, the red sux are probably considered underdogs this year too.
good point.
I would be very surprised if either of the AL East teams did anything in the postseason this year.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 04, 2005, 09:47:34 AM
Quote from: mhunt on October 04, 2005, 09:44:40 AM
yeah, the red sux are probably considered underdogs this year too.
good point.
I would be very surprised if either of the AL East teams did anything in the postseason this year.
i'd agree if the white sox & angels had better pitching...they're both good, but not dominant.
The Angels pitchers are the best of the bunch. And they've got Vlad. They should win it.
Here are the announced matchups:
Yanks vs. Angels
Game 1: Mike Mussina vs. Bartolo Colon
Game 2: Chien-Ming Wang vs. John Lackey
Game 3: Randy Johnson vs. Paul Byrd
Game 4: Shawn Chacon vs. Jarrod Washburn
Game 5: TBA
Yanks: Mike Mussina, Shawn Chacon, Randy Johnson, Chien-Ming Wang, Aaron Small (Would Wang or Small be in the bullpen?)
Angels: Bartolo Colon, John Lackey, Jarrod Washburn, Paul Byrd, Ervin Santana (I heard that Santana is in the bullpen)
Red Sox vs. White Sox
Game 1: Matt Clement vs. Jose Contreras
Game 2: David Wells vs. Mark Buehrle
Game 3: Curt Schilling vs. Jon Garland
Game 4: Tim Wakefield vs. Freddy Garcia
Game 5: TBA
Red Sox: Matt Clement, David Wells, Curt Schiling, Tim Wakefield, Bronson Arroyo
White Sox: Jose Contreras, Mark Buehrle, Jon Garland, Freddy Garcia, Orlando Hernandez
Quote from: rjs246 on October 04, 2005, 09:56:21 AM
The Angels pitchers are the best of the bunch. And they've got Vlad. They should win it.
but they won't.
It kills me, but I did pick the Yinks to win the series. Hopefully I'm wrong, because Gay Rod doesnt deserve to celebrate a series win with his butt buddy Jeter.
I'm rooting for the Astros.
Cut Johnson right now. :boom
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let's go chacon!
FOX is pissing themselves right now because they figured they had another Yankees/Sox ALCS.... :-D
yanks' game ppd because of rain. they'll play game 4 tomorrow night.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2005, 01:44:33 PM
FOX is pissing themselves right now because they figured they had another Yankees/Sox ALCS.... :-D
Good. Farg those teams.
the yanks will even up the series tonight & cheer everyone up! :yay
yea thatll do the trick.
Quote from: mhunt on October 09, 2005, 07:46:57 PM
the yanks will even up the series tonight & cheer everyone up! :yay
Well, it would at least make an interesting game 5. :D
Into Game 5!! 8)
HAHA
Buh-bye Yanks :bow
Great play to end the game. Love the drama.
Sox are out
Braves are out
Padres are out
Yanks are out
Wade is out
Balance to the world is being restored.
George can't buy a ring! :-D :-D :-D
YANKEES SUCK
Good job by ARod tonight.
Get Matsuzaka. :evil
:deion
i expected worse...you guys are slipping. ;D
ps- GET WADE!
Making fun of losers isn't our style.
We leave that to Yankees fans...
:-D
apparently mds, sd eagle, avenger, & phreak disagree. :-D
anyway, i'll give my thoughts on what the moves they need to make in my yankees offseason thread. :deion
Why waste time making fun of the Yankees?
Their annual collapse in the postseason isn't worth ridiculing at this point. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The other teams in MLB should take it as inspiration that no matter how much money you throw at a problem, there's no beating smart decision making when it comes to personnel.
The Yanks simply haven't been as smart as other teams during the past five years in that regard.
Then again, neither have the Phillies, so in essence, making fun of the Yankees is hypocritical when the Phillies have been exactly as stupid since they haven't won dick either.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on October 11, 2005, 08:40:24 AM
Their annual collapse in the postseason isn't worth ridiculing at this point. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The other teams in MLB should take it as inspiration that no matter how much money you throw at a problem, there's no beating smart decision making when it comes to personnel.
it's only been 5 years since they won it all...i'm not sure that qualifies as an "annual collapse". anyway, there is one piece of good news for the yanks....kevin brown's contract is officially expired. ;D
Sweet. Only four teams left until the season is over.
Quote from: mhunt on October 11, 2005, 08:48:22 AM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on October 11, 2005, 08:40:24 AM
Their annual collapse in the postseason isn't worth ridiculing at this point. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The other teams in MLB should take it as inspiration that no matter how much money you throw at a problem, there's no beating smart decision making when it comes to personnel.
it's only been 5 years since they won it all...i'm not sure that qualifies as an "annual collapse". anyway, there is one piece of good news for the yanks....kevin brown's contract is officially expired. ;D
Come on, bro. If the Yankees go a year without winning it all, it's an annual collapse to Steinbrenner. Five years is a fricken eternity.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on October 11, 2005, 08:59:08 AM
Quote from: mhunt on October 11, 2005, 08:48:22 AM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on October 11, 2005, 08:40:24 AM
Their annual collapse in the postseason isn't worth ridiculing at this point. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The other teams in MLB should take it as inspiration that no matter how much money you throw at a problem, there's no beating smart decision making when it comes to personnel.
it's only been 5 years since they won it all...i'm not sure that qualifies as an "annual collapse". anyway, there is one piece of good news for the yanks....kevin brown's contract is officially expired. ;D
Come on, bro. If the Yankees go a year without winning it all, it's an annual collapse to Steinbrenner. Five years is a fricken eternity.
maybe to georgie...but not to a rational baseball fan.
and since you're all on the edge of your seats waiting for my yankees offseason thread...i'll give you a sneak preview.
they should trade a-rod to the mets for david wright & mike cameron...the muts might just be dumb enough to do it. :deion
Quote from: mhunt on October 11, 2005, 08:48:22 AM
it's only been 5 years since they won it all...i'm not sure that qualifies as an "annual collapse". anyway, there is one piece of good news for the yanks....kevin brown's contract is officially expired. ;D
i threw up in my mouth when i saw that he was paid 15 million this year
A-Fraud isn't going anywhere.
4-32 in the playoffs after the Yanks went up 3-0 against Boston last year equals Yankee for life.
You're stuck with him so don't go planning on selling that #13 jersey on Ebay any time soon.
;D
Living in NY, this is especially delicious. Yankees fans were strutting a few days ago when Boston got knocked out, cocky bastiches sauntering about everywhere in their grotesque Cowboy manner, gloating over the Red Sox failure.
Now they're eating dirt, consoling each other that at least the Red Sox are out, too. Pathetic fans.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on October 11, 2005, 09:19:46 AM
A-Fraud isn't going anywhere.
4-32 in the playoffs after the Yanks went up 3-0 against Boston last year equals Yankee for life.
You're stuck with him so don't go planning on selling that #13 jersey on Ebay any time soon.
;D
i haven't owned a baseball jersey since i was 12 years old. :-D has anyone??
I bought my father-in-law a Mariano Rivera jersey on e-Bay one year for Christmas, since he's a Yankees fan.
It hangs on his wall. He might have worn it once.
$200 MILLION+ PAYROLL AND YOU CAN'T EVEN BEAT THE ANGELS
Quote from: mhunt on October 11, 2005, 09:23:53 AM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on October 11, 2005, 09:19:46 AM
A-Fraud isn't going anywhere.
4-32 in the playoffs after the Yanks went up 3-0 against Boston last year equals Yankee for life.
You're stuck with him so don't go planning on selling that #13 jersey on Ebay any time soon.
;D
i haven't owned a baseball jersey since i was 12 years old. :-D has anyone??
Considering I played baseball until I was a senior in high school, yes, I'd say that I owned a jersey after the age of 12.
:flex:
Fag.
Still not interested, rjs.
:puke
Wait! I get it! I said that you were gay for playing a gay sport and then you turned it around and called me gay! Damn. BURN!
yay! another baseball sucks post!
hurray for originality!
Dude, it wasn't original at all. I post anti-baseball posts all the time. Yeesh. Try to keep up.
farg old people.
Get Torii Hunter. :evil