Dealing at the deadline
The Yankees wrapped up the trade season with a minor, yet surprisingly good trade, sending Shawn Chacon to Pittsburgh for Craig Wilson. It’s not going to set the world on fire, but Wilson can definitely help this team down the stretch.
Wilson hits lefties well, Andy Phillips hits righties well … it’s a good match for a platoon at first base, at least for the next month. Chacon was essentially worthless to this team at this point, so to get a serviceable player for him is impressive.
Brian Cashman did a phenomenal job this week, acquiring Bobby Abreu, Cory Lidle and Wilson without sacrificing any of the team’s top prospects. I said my peace on Abreu and Lidle last night, so I won’t repeat myself. But the thing that stands out to me above all else is that Cashman got the job done.
Boston? No moves.
Toronto? No moves.
Chicago? No moves.
Minnesota? No moves.
But the Yankees, hot in the middle of both the AL East and AL Wild Card races, did what they had to do in order to make a run down the stretch.
Are they the best team in the AL now? Probably not, since Detroit still holds that distinction. But did the Yankees thrust themselves right there with Boston and Chicago for No. 2, and there is no reason to think that they can’t overtake the Red Sox and win the AL East now. Even the most pessimistic of Yankees fans has to admit that now.
Some thoughts from around the league… It’s nice to see Greg Maddux get a chance to finish up with a decent team instead of languishing with the Cubs for the rest of the season. … I’m shocked that Alfonso Soriano is still with the Nationals, but not at all surprised that Miguel Tejada, Barry Zito and Roy Oswalt remained with their teams. … The Mets did a nice job getting Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez after finding out that Duaner Sanchez will miss the rest of the season.
With the trade deadline behind us, my vacation begins. I’ll be off for a week before rejoining the circus in Chicago for the Yankees-White Sox series.
Keep the blog alive — I know you will.
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Have a good break Mark, we’ll miss you while you’re gone.
I very delighted to see top prosepcts left in the farm (excect Matt Smith- we miss you!) 1996 was the first time in years that I restarted watching the Yankees. I still think this is the key to it all, mix in some rising younger players plus some experienced veterns. The Yanks seems to be going towards the later and not the hiddin talent (Jeters) they have (had).
Gone for a week? This comments section will probable reach 10,000 by then.
I wouldn’t doubt it.
I’d say we average about 400 posts a game so yeah.
I think we are averaging more than that.
Ok, well now that the trade dead line is over, we have our 2006 NYY’s. And i’m alittle worried. On paper we look good, but what about our new atmosphere in the dugout. Compared to the last 3 years, the Yankee dugout looked like they actually enjoyed baseball, they looked like they were all friends, having fun. It took some time, but all the new guys Melky, Philips, Wang, Damon made this dugout feel young and were a breath of fresh air. Now, when the atmosphere changing i’m worried about the Yankees down the strentch. Eventually, Melky, Philips, Gueil, Green, and more are gone. Back to AAA or whatever, but those guys who worked so hard and gave us everything to stay in the game, are being pushed out the door for the “stars”. I would rather have Melky than Abrue and I would rather have Philips for Wilson. We needed pitching and we got a lilttle boast with Lidle. Great job Cashman, but how could you fu.ck with that dugout and get ride of the guys who helped get us where we are now. Come September our line-up is all stars and that scares me because it looks good on paper, but that love for the game that Melky, Philips, etc. brought to the Yankees will be gone. Sorry, but big name players don’t equal championships.
The schedule makers gave the Yankees their off days at the wrong times. They didn’t need today off but they could use a day off before they have that huge 5 game series. I guess the Jays could use the off day but the Angels had a night game last night and had to fly cross country for another game tonight.
That was a check swing.
Haggard, the only guys that have left so far are Guiel (sent to triple A) and Chacon. Abreu has a Damon type personality (a little less outgoing however) so I’m sure both him a Lidle will fit in fine. No need to panic.
Have a good vacation Mark. Send us postcards, and bring us the motel soaps and shampoos.
Geez, Cleveland is giving the game away.
I am hoping they sound down Beam and not DFA Crosby. I want Bubba to stay.
Sorry to see Guiel go too. He gave his all.
Paul, we seem to like the same players that no one else likes. Chacon, Crosby, etc. haha
Pete Abraham’s blog has an article about Derek Jeter’s new cologne.
I may have added a comment relative to the Carl Pavano response.
http://www.lohud.com/blogs/lohudyankees.html
I like the guys who are not the wealthy, pampered athletes, the guys who are not afraid to get their uniform dirty, who are on the low end of the pay scale, somewhat regular guys.
Paul said…
Not to be outdone. Carl Pavano has an exclusive contract with the La-Z-Boy Furniture Company® to produce a line of reclining lounge chairs called the Pavano Sloucher™.
Production has started on the 14 different models of the Pavano Sloucher™ and will be delivered to stores maybe within 3 years.
These loungers are ideal for relaxing after an arduous fishing trip and particularly ideal for watching other people work.
As a special feature each Pavano Sloucher™ provides wireless internet connection so you can make sure your paycheck is deposited in your account without having to leave the lounger.
Be sure to stop by the La-Z-Boy website to order your lounger today.
LOL
Yeah same here Paul, although I had a different kind of liking of Chacon than I had for Small. I figured Small was a one year wonder but I thought Chacon could sustain that same kind of sucess for years and I think he would have done very well this year if not for that injury. Speaking of which, Mark Loretta was responsible for, as well as the Matsui injury…I think he’s trying to take our team down.
What is it that Crisp is trying to do with face when he is at the plate? He’s making wierd ugly faces.
haggard for u to say those things is ridiculous, and the fact u say it without wanting peace of mind tells me ur more trying to stir up trouble than anything else…abreu is a great clubhouse personality and shawn chacon’s personality was less than stellar. The core personalities are fine, the main difference is guys like pavano and sheffield have not been there this season.
Oh my God Ortiz is coming up this inning. 2 men on, Loretta at the plate, no outs.
Is there no team that can stand up to these guys in the late innings? It just seems that teams fold like cheap tents around the eighth and ninth innings against this club
whatever
Boy do i HATE that boston pillsbury dough boy, urggh i wanna cry :’(
I KNEW PAPI WOULD DO THAT. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Not again!
Anyone else wishing David Ortiz would get hit by a truck?
Wow, just wow. He is getting beaned in his first at-bat when we play them.
Would somebody hit Ortiz with a line drive?
Oh wait, he doesn’t play the field.
in all fairness I could have hit that pitch out
It hardly matters. We will find out exactly how bad this Red Flop team is in a few weeks
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:’(
No Varitek
No Pitching
No Playoffs
Time for the ESPN – David Ortiz lovefest.
We’ll see the standings in two days. We’ll see.
Hey let’s all go watch some ESPN!
I cannot believe that teams are still stupid enough not to walk him. The guy is nearly perfect in these situations, the records show it. Why do they even bother pitching to him?
I would walk him with the bases loaded if it meant the game goes on.
Guys. Tip my hat off to him. And remember, we cant worry each time Boston wins.
btw is Eric Wedge an ex-redsoc
Have a great time, Mark. A well-earned vacation with your family.
The Indians are the most intelligent and proficient team in the league! I mean, let’s just all serve up a pitch down the middle to the most prolific home run hitter in the major leagues! I mean, why not! It’s the right thing to do after all!
[ / end sarcasm ]
How can anyone hate Ortiz? He is just awesome.
Wish he were a Yankee.
Anyway, Mark, have a good one. Send some barf bags from the airport you’re at, because most of us could use them right now.
I feel really sry for the Carmona kid. Poor guy.
He was never like this when he played for the twins. I guess Boston just suits him.
The day I do anything so noble as tip my hat to anyone from that white trash ridden cesspool called Boston is the day I need to be drawn and quartered THEN fried in searing hot oil THEN buried in scorching hot pavement THEN trampled by 400 fat ladies rioting because the candy store was closed!***** BOSTON NOW AND FOREVER, ESPECIALLY THAT RETARDED TROLL ORTIZ!
I don’t feel sorry for him at all. He is actually an idiot for throwing that pitch, actually for pitching to Ortiz at all with 2 men on. Even if the bench hadn’t called for it, I would have walked Ortiz, hit him with a pitch in the head, anything to get him out of the batter’s box. I would rather face Manny than Ortiz, even with the bases loaded.
So all- who on ESPN is wetting himself because of Ortiz?
Skull: That was quite a rant although I do not understand a handful of phrases u used.
In retrospect I wish I had major league pitching talent, maybe be really successful, and have the opportunity to face fat *******, and I would gladly throw my career aside for one shot at putting a fastball right in his eye socket. I know I shouldn’t root like that, but nobody’s perfect, right?
Varitek has a left knee sprain. Nothing else known.
Whatever, we’ll see who’s sipping champagne in the clubhouse come October.
I’m gone, see you all tomorrow.
Who’ll be their backup catcher now?
I’ll just keep watching the Rockies for now. Anything to get my mind off of that horrific image of Mr. Fat Cow Ortiz walking the walk-off.
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A-Rod: Why couldn’t it have been me for once, you selfish, obese creep?
Ortiz: I’m sorry, A-Rod, I really am. It’s just that … that …
A-Rod: That what? That you’re too busy being fat and hitting a trillion walk-off home runs?
Ortiz: Well … yes, but also that … I … I really love you …
A-Rod: Please! Don’t give me that sweet talk. Just go back to stupid Boston and go hit some more stupid clutch hits like you always stupidly do. Forget me.
Ortiz: No — A-Rod! Don’t leave me!
A-Rod: Shut up, you no-good cow! I’m sure ESPN is just DYING to give you an endless amount of compliments just about now! I hope you realize how many people’s lives you ruin by hitting all those walk-offs! That Indians reliever Carmona will be traumatized for life!
Ortiz: I know … I am a very flawed human being …
A-Rod: Shut up! I never want to see you again!
(A-Rod storms off, leaving Ortiz’s hand outstretched in sadness)
Ortiz: Why … oh why must I be so clutch …
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Also, Skull, many kudos to you and your rant.
Vik – In other words, and in a not so eloquent way, I would rather die in the most horrible manner a human can that give a millimeter of credit to those tools from that wretched team. Sorry Vik, I am not as passive or complimentary as you.
I understand skull. I have been in the US for only 6 yrs and have been watching baseball for only 3 or 4yrs. I am obviously not as passionate as some of you guys here.
Vik this isn’t passion. This is pure, straight hatred. The only thing that makes me happier than the Yankees winning REPEATEDLY is seeing the Red Flops die slowly in the summer heat.
“Vik this isn’t passion. This is pure, straight hatred. The only thing that makes me happier than the Yankees winning REPEATEDLY is seeing the Red Flops die slowly in the summer heat.”
I second that notion.
Anyone for pizza?
It is usually passion for one team that leads to hatred on another. But whatever it is ..
Thinking abt it skull, what would you say abt Damon.
Well call me a sadist then, but I actually look forward to seeing their fans all sad and downtrodden, yet feel so unfulfilled when they are happy. Like right now. Yuck, I can’t wait for tomorrow, going to work and hearing all this **** from these red flop freaks. ****, I might just quit lol
Anyway, the Rockies — at the very least — seem to be holding steady. Also, there’s a fantastic matchup between the Angels and A’s today. Currently, they sit in a scoreless tie heading into the fourth. Wonder how it’ll end up?
Vik – I can only love him to a certain extent. I will NEVER fully accept Damon, but I am grateful he finally came to his senses.
Skull, those woeful Red *** are still 19 Titles behind us…..Theo was crying today saying, “we have to win 100 games to keep up with the Yankees”…he sounded like a 4yr old……….The Red *** will win 26 Titles by the year 2500…the whole organization has always been jealous of the Yankees, especially the past 100 years…they have been a pathetic organization since their existence…so no worry, whoopie, they won a game….
Skull: I am gong to take some heat for this but I have been involved in a even bigger rivalry all my life. Actually this rivalry doesn’t even compare. Imagine 1 billion fans on one side vs half a billion on the other side.
lol Skull, do you live near the New England area or something?
I’m cozy in northeastern New Jersey, filled with many happy Yankees fans and occasional Mets fans.
One time, I was walking down the street when I saw a guy with a Red Sox hat. Everyone in the vicinity was looking at him like he was some kind of stenchy pile of bat droppings. Including me. It was fun!
Skull, what else does Boston have to look forward to than the Red Stinks every year? Feel sorry for the fans……
Angels and A’s? Rockies? No disrespect intended, but I could care less about them. Here is what every summer boils down to
1. Obsessive Yankee rooting after the All-Star break
2. Obseesive rooting for anyone playing the Flops after the All-Star break.
“Angels and A’s? Rockies? No disrespect intended, but I could care less about them.”
I can understand the Rockies, but the Yankees have plenty of upcoming games against the Los Angeles Angels of Incredibly Long and Stupid Names, so they better keep a close eye on them. And the A’s are always a colossal pain to deal with.
I was born and raised until I was 12 in Brooklyn. My family moved me to Connecticut for my ungodly ****** up high school years. Here is the kicker: my dads side is all from NY, my moms side is all from Worcester, Mass. Just so you can get a handle on where this anger comes from, well, there it is. And the cherry on top? I live down the street from my second ****: Edison Field. Yep, it ain’t easy.
alright guys. Bad ending to an otherwise good day. Actually good couple of days. signing off for the night. peace out.
guys, i need some help…
How do you control your emotions for 162 games a year?
I am having a hard time seperating baseball and life. When games dont go my way, i find myself in a terrible mood for the rest of the day or night…i.e this sox game, my bro just called me to ask me something about school and i took anger out on him and called him a blockhead, lol.
whereas, when games go my way, i find myself buying everyon icecream and making turkey feasts…
There’s a thin line b/w baseball and life, and i’m finding that line hard to distinguish!
Hellppppppp! (i’m serious..)
Drink Heavily, Lola!
“Hellppppppp! (i’m serious..)”
Meh, I suggest you let go your anger/joy on something not-so-serious, like screaming into a pillow really loudly and continously. Keep screaming until you start to let the anger/joy seep away. That’s what I find works for me, at least (although I think I ate a pillow by accident when Jorge Posada hit that walk-off homerun against the Rangers in May).
Or you could find someone you really don’t like, make light of all of their insecurities and dislikes, push their buttons until they either wet themselves or cry (or both), and just when they can’t take anymore, apologize to them….then do it all over again! Guaranteed you will sleep much better that night
skull how did u say f u c k without censor?
u guys arent taking me serious..lol..i remember the day we lost to the kc royals when giambi grounded into a dp to end the game and we helped snap their losing streak…
i almost drove my car into a wall out of anger…
this could be potentially very serious if i dont get help..
******?
u guys have potty mouths, lol…
**** @ skull’s suggestion, but thats mean! i cant do that…
******
OOPS! I got a five yard penalty for profanity
what the ****, it allows ****** but not **** or ************ or *******?
Just trying to help, Lola
oh wait there we go
ESPN sure does love riding David Ortiz’s left and right ****. *rolls eyes*
Lola, as immature as it sounds, and I at least consider myself to be somewhat reasonable (although the last few posts were not reasonable at all), I tossed my television off my balcony during game 7 of the series that we don’t talk about. That’s insanity
In fact, it’s starting to sound like we were made for each other
****, that series that we wont talk about, was nuts…i failed my midterm the day after game 7 cause i didnt go, i didnt want to face anybody and i was so freaking upset i could die..ha ha, it was horrible!
Blog entry: Thursday, October 21st, 2004.
I am never going to hear the end of the Yankees losing. I ran my mouth so much after game 3, i cant even show my face in public.*****!
It makes me sick to see the replays that they keep showing on every daggon channel i tune in to .
Looks like all the hate is up tonight right? Well, it’s just hats off to Ortiz. Can’t hate him or love him. But he’s a friendly guy in general, just like A-Rod, or Bernie.
I think the Yanks really got themselves into a position to win the division with the trade. They addressed their three biggest needs: a corner outfielder with pop, a reliable end of rotation pitcher, and a quality bench player. For the price, they gave up four minor leaguers who are marginal prospects at best now. And Chacon, who really has nothing left. The Yanks really took advantage of Gillick’s insistence on cutting payroll and the Pirates’ desperation for anything to appear on the Pittsburg papers.
Abreu is a good pickup, but not great. His power numbers are way down, and he really isn’t a dirt-down player. However, he brings a high OBP to the lineup, and has speed, with many facets to enhance the lineup. We’ll see how he does down the stretch in Sept. and in postseason. Lidle is a mere No. 5 man to give starts. He needs not dominate, just keep Yanks in the game. We’ll see how he adjusts to the AL again. It’s tough. As for Craig Wilson, it’s a quality bench player who can fill in both OF/IF and gives the Yanks a good pinch hitter. The bench, another weakness, is patched up.
The Red Sox are unusually quiet today, but I’m sure Epstein was pondering moves. A lot of people say Clemens makes sense, and that is something to watch for in Aug. The Astros will likely sink further in the standings, and if Clemens can acquire waivers without him or Astros suffering a PR disaster, then Boston will definitely pick him up in a trade or claim. The Yankees can only block if they are still in 2nd place, so we’ll see how Cashman does or negotiates. Clemens is pitching very well, even though it’s NL but he has good record and ERA in interleague this year, so if he goes to the Sawx, it will offset what adv. the Yankees gain with Abreu/Lidle.
Ok, good luck to those merry Pinstripers, and we’ll see how the year runs out. The Yanks should win the division again with their trades, but beyond that, I still don’t know. It’s up to RJ, Moose and Wang.
lets not take us down memory lane, i’m getting emotional reading my blog entries from October 16th to October 21st, 2004…
change topics.
Watching the A’s and Angels series. That western rivalry is always interesting.
Still thinking about those days in Oct ’04? I think it’s best to put those to rest, or else you’ll be having too many nightmares. It’s one series, and enjoy the fact that the Yankees have learned from that series and are not mortgaging their future.
Lola, if you’re really having trouble separating baseball and life, maybe you need to take a break for a while and stay away from games. Find something else to do.
I know, I know, that’s blasphemy. But it is just a game. *****, more blasphemy! )
04 was probably the worst year of my life.
First-time blogger to the site so please bear with me.
Mark, why do you say “Chacon was essentially worthless to this team at this point” when his current struggles were/are no different then Johnson or Wright? Is it because they didn’t spend alot of money for him like they did for the others? I ask this only because it looks like the Yankees just gave up on Chacon forgetting what he did for the team last year. I know he has struggled since coming off the DL but, all players go through struggles from time to time. The Yankees need solid pitching in the 4th and 5th spot, did the Yankees feel he would not return to form? His demotion to the bullpen followed by his trade tells me that performance wasn’t the only issue with him and perhaps it was personal as well. What do you think. Thanks.
i think chacon had an attitude problem, according to some. i cant believe david ortiz one the boston game (yet again)
Dj, I just got done reading the article on Lidle on the Yankees home page. There was a section where Torre talked about Ponson “wanting to stay and willing to move to the bullpen.”
Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but I kind of wondered if Chacon wasn’t happy about being in the bullpen and wanted to go somewhere where he could start again.
HI ASHLEY!
HI ANDREW!
where is mike, i need his knowledge of the yankee farm team
can someone supply me with scouting reports/fsctual knowledge on the yankee farm prospects? i know we’ve discussed it a million times but i need to shut someone up
Guys:
I like Chacon too. Did we not sign him to this season after what he did last year. Last year was not a one way street. We gave Chacon a second chance. He helped us get to the post season. So it is a mutually beneficial relation last year. It was not like he’d have been on some other winning team if the yankees did not pick him up. There’s a reason he was available before trade deadline. If people start getting sentimental abt every guy that does a decent job for half a season, we’ll be left with a bunch of castaways all calling NY their home.
i have no clue how you’d find that out. what about milb.com?
Sock him in the face to shut him up.
vik- i agree with you. chacon was wonderful last year. i was impressed with that inning he pitched vs the rangers last week, but i do think he was a fluke. ever since he got hit on the elbow, shin, whatever it was, he has been pretty awful. i know NOTHING about cory lidle- but assuming he is good. cashman was on mike and the maddog today defending him
vince, andrew, vik- do we ever sleep? i think not.
Ashley, Lidle pitched against us in that game where Ryan Howard nearly beat us single handedly.
He kept them in the game but gave up 5 or 6 runs.
Another thing is, we are yankees. We want success now and for ever. Its not like we can afford to throw away 2 more games because of Chacon’s/Ponson’s screw ups by giving them any more chances. If we are guaranteed equal or better value and/or upside and if he hasn’t been with the team long enough, I say pull the trigger. No second thoughts. Even if it is Damon, I dont care.
when ryan howard hit apprx 3 home runs against us? 1 of which essentially landed in maine? i remember that game, but dont remember lidle. i still think he’ll be batter than chac. rob, you’re up late too it seems, but you’re in TX and have that time difference
Well Ashley, I have been a nocturnal animal for the better part of my life. If I have something to do at 5am i’d rather stay up all night than wake up at 5am.
ok, i have another question, as i always do. did anyone get DFAed? are green, guiel, phillips and company still part of the roster?
yea vik, id rather stay up the whole night than go to bed and wake up semi-early.
omg Ashley it took me 5 mins to figure what DFAed meant.
cya all later. night.
that’s alright, i had no clue what desingated for assignment meant until last week. and i still have no idea what “waivers” are and really dont understand what “claiming from waivers” means, so maybe one of you guys can explain it to me if the yankees claim someone from “waivers”
ok..i know we are big on “goodnights” in this blog…goodnight all- talk to you guys tomorrow with JW on the mound. yayyy abreu in pinstripes!
lol ashley, i hate sleep, hence why i will stay up all night trying to make u happy….i’m that good. I live for this everyday for the summer, when im in school ull prob only hear from me during yankee games, if then
I wouldn’t have been happy being thrown into the bullpen either. They didn’t do that to Johnson or Wright. They stuck with them and worked (and are still working) with them and they are still on the team and still starters. To trade him when we need pitching for another bench player bat and then option Guil to 3-A doesn’t make sense. Guil joined the team on Jul 5th. Has played in 14 games with a .258 AVG., .581 SLG., .324 OBP, 8 hits from 31 at-bats with 3 home runs. I don’t get it. What did Chacon do wrong that couldn’t have been worked out? – Thanks, and Go Yanks!
lol ashley, i hate sleep, hence why i will stay up all night trying to make u happy….i’m that good. I live for this everyday for the summer, when im in school ull prob only hear from me during yankee games, if then
Posted by: yankeevmm@yahoo.com | August 1, 2006 12:54 AM
Vince, a portion of that post sounded very very wrong.
hahaha, wow…that is the 2nd time today i have done that
Wright started the season in the bullpen, didn’t he? Or was supposed to?
Guiel, from what I understand, was sent down to the minors. He was not DFA’d. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong.
What Chacon has done wrong is failed to have even 1 quality start since he’s come back from the DL (again, correct me if I’m wrong, since I’m going off memory.) Wright at least has had some good starts, like winning a 1-0 game.
BTW, I’m in Nevada, not Texas, so it’s 3 hours earlier here.
rob right on all counts. even about wright supposed to be in the pen, that was of course if pavano was ready.
Just checked Chacon’s stats. The last time he went more than 5 innings was May 6 against Texas. He won that game, only giving up 1 er in 6 1/3 innings.
goodnight folks. I’ve got to get up early tomorrow. Wife has a Doctor’s appointment and I have to get my truck’s A/C worked on. Again.
u should just drive a sedan….goodnight
Vince, I have one of those too, but where I lived a little over a year ago, a truck was necessary. Still is, just not as much. Goodnight for real this time. I think. lol
Sleep is a waste of time!
tell him andrew!
I believe a few weeks ago there was an article about the non-amicable relationship between Chacon and Torre.
I personally don’t like Chacon very much. He seems to have a bad habit of getting into a jam and then out of it.
I found it ironic that Cashman was on there defending the acquisition of Lidle over Lieber while Lieber was actually pitching and getting torched. That guy is a complete bonehead. Talk about a rude arrogant *******.
Someone asked for an update on the farm, so I’m going to provide it:
Columbus is probably the worst team in the International League. Our only All-Star was Kris Wilson, who I assume was the Mark Redman of AAA ball. Jeff Karstens, Steven White (both right-handed starters), and Bronson Sardinha (solid RF all around) are probably the only notable prospects hanging out in Columbus.
Now AA Trenton is where it’s at. Philip Hughes is our top prospect there. Then a tier below him is Eric Duncan (who has discovered plate discipline and found his power stroke after a bad stint in Columbus), Tyler Clippard (a solid pitching stud), JB Cox (closer of the future), Brett Gardner, and Charlie Manning. The rest of the team is solid, and they’re in second place in their division of the Eastern League.
Class A Charleston only has two notable prospects as far as I know: Jose Tabata and Marcos Vecchionacci. I don’t know much about them, but Tabata is looking like a legitimate outfield prospect. Expect to see him in Trenton next season.
There are plenty of other guys around Class A ball, but they don’t seem to be defining the future of the Yankees quite as much as the guys in, say, AA Trenton. The guys there have a lot of potential, and we should expect to see a handful of them in New York on September of 2007 and in April of 2008. That should give them time to polish up in Trenton and Columbus next year.
that’s alright, i had no clue what desingated for assignment meant until last week. and i still have no idea what “waivers” are and really dont understand what “claiming from waivers” means, so maybe one of you guys can explain it to me if the yankees claim someone from “waivers”
Posted by: iheartcmwang@gmail.com | August 1, 2006 12:45 AM
Ashley, designating a player for assignment means that the team has 10 days to either trade or release the player. He is then placed on waivers and then every team, starting with the team with the worst record, has a chance to claim him. If he clears waivers then he can be sent to the minors.
Also, some guys are placed on waivers without being designated, at which time each team from worst to best record has a chance to claim him. If a team claims a player, say the Royals claim a player from the Brewers, then the Brewers can either trade that player to the Royals, or remove him from waivers and keep him.
Okay I don’t know if that’s 100% right but I think that’s pretty much the basics.
Yeah Alex, you got it. To trade somebody after the deadline to any team, they have to pass through waivers without being claimed by any team. If they are claimed, the team can either trade to the claiming team or pull the player back. A player can only be pulled off of waivers once.
Whoever said that Clemens can still go to Boston, that is not possible. Even if Boston is in second place (so the Yankees can’t block), don’t you think that the Twins, White Sox, A’s, Angels, etc. would block that? There’s no possible way that Clemens makes it through waivers.
What will happen if both Yankees and Redsox are tied when Clemens is on waivers? Who’ll get the first shot. I know there will be some tie breaker rules, but there is a possibility that they may not break the tie.
ok cool. thanks alex.
and cousin eric.
1. It isn’t going to happen.
2. In strictly hypothetical terms, don’t you think Toronto would like to pick someone like Clemens up? They’ve been hurting for starters all year, especially with the time Burnett and Chacin have spent on the DL this year. It isn’t even going to come down to a Yankees-Red Sox battle, even if they are tied.
3. Off-topic, but did anyone read Jayson Stark’s ridiculous article on ESPN, blaming the Astros owner for depriving Clemens of a shot at being traded to the Red Sox? Someone should tell him not to cry over spilled milk. To think some **** like that made the front page is embarrassing. Making excuses for Theo Epstein’s ineptitude at the trade deadline? You can bet nobody would have backed Cashman if HE did nothing.
ESPN really is a bunch of shameless Red Sox homers. It’s embarrassing to read, and it’s a disgrace to journalism.
Sorry about that one guys, I just needed to get that off my chest. I should just stop reading ESPN articles…it’s bad for your health.
Stark is such a b astard for just saying that it was the right thing to do. Clemens held the whole Rockets organiztion for a long time. He owes it to the rockets to stay there and bring some people to the games.
I do not know why espn and everybody else wants to lick Clemen’s *** so bad. When was the last time he did well in playoffs?
By the way, everybody…it looks like the Bubba Crosby era in NYC is coming to an end. I’m pretty sure he’s out of options, and with Craig Wilson officially considered an outfielder, and with Guiel already optioned and Lidle sliding into Chacon’s open spot, the only place where there’s a glut is in the outfield. Melky will remain the left-fielder, and when Matsui gets back, Melky will be the 4th outfielder, and TJ Beam will most likely be sent down to Columbus, while Wilson will get most of his at-bats playing 1st base. But Bubba will have already been gone by then. And who knows what’ll happen to Andy Phillips. He’s definitely gone if Octavio Dotel comes back.
By the time Shef gets back, the rosters will be expanded, so there won’t be any problem squeezing him onto the roster. If only there were some way to expand the rosters NOW…
The scrappy guys and roleplayers who carried the Yankees through a woeful June and through July have done their parts, but their chapter in this book is over. The fans won’t ever forget their contributions on the field, but it’s time to let the big guns write the final chapter of this season. Frankly, I’m looking forward to it.
swoalnsky- what happened to guiel?
As long as they keep the Melkman I’m fine.
Guiel was optioned to AAA Columbus I believe.
Huys,
My therapist said i should disconnect myself from baseball for the next 2 weeks, find something else to occupy my time.
Think i can do it? *shrug* not to confident..what am i going to do?? Maybe get a dog and walk it obsessively??
Help!
Ashley he was sent to Columbus.
Sorry to see him go.
My opinion differs from most others. I would prefer to continue with the ones who got us here, such as Melky, Andy, Bubba, Guiel, Green.
Despite all the doubts, all the recriminations, all the angst, they managed to bring the Yankees to 1/2 game out of 1st place and into the Wild Card spot.
Sure, the new players have talent. Sure, they may help the needs. But the scrambling really built character. I would much rather have a team of Melkys and Andys than a team of ARods and Giambis. It is sort of like the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Or maybe David versus Goliath.
I don’t think Bubba will be gone Swolansky. Craig Wilson took Chacon’s spot, Abreu took Gueil’s spot, so the most logical thing would be to send Beam to Columbus to make room for Lidle. The Yankees would be carrying 11 pitchers instead of the 12 they have been for the past few weeks.
Paul: that’s a noble sentiment, but it just doesn’t stand up to logic. Whom would you want batting vs Papelbon in the 9th inning in three weeks (or in October for that matter), Abreu, or Guiel? If our stars are sufficiently motivated–and rested (a huge problem last year, especially with Matsui, who now along with Sheff will be totally rested for the playoffs)–the stars will win it for us. Besides, we still have Proctor, Melky, Andy (for a while at least), and Cairo. By the way, I wouldn’t be so sure about sending down Beam instead of Bubba. With Farnsworth’s balky back I think Joe likes that security blanket. Plus, with Melky, Wilson and Bernie as backup OF, why do we really need Bubba? If we lose him on waivers or something we have a better verion in Kevin Thompson anyway.
Lola, the thing about baseball is that it is a game, a form of entertainment, and a business.
We are powerless to change it or affect it, just like a movie or television show. We can watch it, enjoy it, hate it, turn it off, tape it and watch it over and over. But taken as a whole there is nothing we can do to change it.
Baseball is like that. We can discuss it with other fans, which is great to do on Mark’s blog. I think that enhances the experience tremendously. And we tend to like or dislike certain players, and develop passions to varying extent to the players involved.
But it is all from the outside looking in. There is nothing we can do to change it. So in every way, it does not affect our life unless we allow it to claim a portion of our day.
It is fun to watch the games and talk about it with friends and argue with fans of another team as to which team is better, but once again, we cannot change it; we can only observe it.
So as we are sad when our favorite TV show is cancelled or our favorite character on a show is written out of the story or dies, we need to remind ourselves it is just a show and there is nothing we can do to change it. It is entertainment. Though at times it may be more frustration than entertainment, it is intended as entertainment.
Baseball is simply another form of entertainment. The players are actors, many highly paid. While the outcome of the games is usually, I hope, not scripted, as in professional wrestling, a win or loss is nothing we can affect.
And really a win or loss does not affect our lives, good or bad. It never will, unless we are in the baseball business.
While a win for our favorite team can bring great joy, and a loss may make us sad, it is not because of something we did or did not do, so it does not affect the rest of our life.
So, Lola, Yankee actions do not affect anything in your life other than the entertainment value. Take the joyful parts and savor them, but when there is a loss or a trade you don’t like (like losing Shawn Chacon or seeing Melky’s role potentially diminish), say what you think, vent your feelings, but realize that it still does not affect your life in any way. It is just baseball entertainment.
It is all easier said than done. It is good to be passionate about something you like, but it is important to realize and accept the limits of your ability to control the events. Once we can accept those limits the enjoyment is much more fun I think.
“It is all easier said than done. It is good to be passionate about something you like, but it is important to realize and accept the limits of your ability to control the events”
What are you talking about, Paul? Giambi never hits a hr unless I have pasta primavera for dinner.
Does anybody know the details of Cory Lidle’s contract? I wouldn’t mind having him in 2007, but is he even signed through that year? I know Abreu is, but not sure about Lidle.
Yeah, and whenever I wear my Yankee cap inside-out, Nick Green hits a double. That’s not something I can’t control…that’s fact!
I’m serious though. He has hit one every single time.
swolansky: Lidle’s a FA after this season. That’s one of the primary reasons the Yanks preferred him to Leiber.
I don’t know about you guys but I cannot wait for tonight’s game. I am 19 years old and finally have a few days off from my ****** summer job and will probably have a few offers to go to a party tonight. But guess what I will be doing? Watching our “new” Yankees take the field tonight, because ultimately this will be the team, along with Sheff and Matsui, eventually, that will hopefully bring another championship to NY. And I could not be any more excited about it!
Also, for those of you who are upset with the dealing of Chacon and the likes of Guiel being sent down, just remember: baseball is a game, but above that, it’s a business. If you owned a business, wouldn’t you rather have people with a college degree over someone who’s last job was a burger flipper? Melky Cabrera is no burger flipper (don’t get me wrong) but Green, and Guiel were nothing more than short-term replacements. They and the others who will see considerably less playing time did a helluva job for us. I couldn’t be more proud of their everyday grind on the field. But more than anything, us, as New York Yankee fans should want a World Series and nothing short of that. I believe the team we have on the field now is good enough to take us there and at the end of the year, that is what I will remember most. Even if, at this moment I am sad to see Melky’s role on the team diminish for the next two seasons. :-/
yeah I read the ESPN article too, glad I’m not the only one who thought is was a load of ****. It was almost blaming the Houston owner for not wanting to give away his best pitcher, so some other team could make money out of it! Get a life man, if Boston really wanted Clemens, they should’ve proposed a decent trade, not a robbery.
The redsox should be ashamed of themselves to drool over somebody they thought was no good and let go. I wish Clemens spat in Theo’s face the very moment he asked if Clemens was willing to return to Boston.
I know Theo did not let him go. But who is Theo. He’s representing the sox. Isn’t he.
I can’t believe that noone is agreeing with me. I have XM radio and I called today to speak my mind and they all agreed wit me. The fact that the great atmosphere the Yankees had over the last few months is priceless and breaking that up does not help. Now that Abrue is in and Sheff is going to have an attitiude and I’m sure Bernie/Bubba/Melky are worried about playing time. (I would, expecially if I worked so hard to keep the Yankees in the running). Even to lose Gueil, Green, Philips, and Cairo’s everyday help is going to hurt the team. The yankees of late reminded me off the 1998-2001 Yankees, home grown guys and hard working role players. I’m worried everyone expects Sheff and Matusi to come back in aug/sept and be the homerun/RBI guys they were, but its not gunna happen. Its guna take time for these guys to get back to that 95-100 mph fastball and off speed pitches and the only way for them to do that is to play for the Yankees and kill our young guys/role players time. I just hope they can survive and Torre can keep the peace and work something out that helps everyone. PS- i heard alot of people say Melky could be the new Bubba, coming off the bench and filling in bc hes young. NO WAY! Bubba is perfect for that role-Melky is a great young OF who can hit, to limit him to a role player, off the bench guy will hurt him in the long run. Just my opinion.
thanks Paul! i really appreciate it =)
Yeah Vik, Theo is the Sox GM. Their former GM, Dan Duquette, ran Clemens out of town because he thought Roger was in the “twilight” of his career.
alex i pitched a no hitter with shawn chacon on mlb the show last night. jeter’s error is what kept it from a perfect game, but he also serverely robbed a braves batter of a hit so i guess i can’t blame him too much…..you think it is a sign that the only game i play the night of a trade deadline and the pitcher happens to be shawn chacon and i throw my first “show” no hitter with him?….for the record in mvp on mvp setting i threw 3 perfect games and a no hitter
It is like having a puppy. Your puppy gets sick and goes away for awhile to get well.
In the meantime you have a substitute puppy who comes in to frolic, sleep, and eat only until the old puppy gets well and returns.
But you cannot help yourself. You fell in love with the substitute puppy and you cannot see sending this substitute puppy away, maybe to a new home, maybe to the pound, maybe to the gas chamber, when the old puppy comes back.
Why can’t you keep the new puppy too? You knew the new puppy was there temporarily but you don’t want him to leave.
I think I need a nap.
Haha yeah Vince I have the show as well but it seems like Cory Lidle isn’t in the game? I found that wierd and the Phillies wouldn’t bite on an Aaron Guiel for Bobby Abreu deal. I haven’t gotten a no hitter but I pitched a shutout, 13 K game with Johnson.
It could be similiar to getting a loaner car while yours is in the shop, right Paul?
Essentially, Haggard, I was agreeing with you using my puppy allegory.
Green and Guiel were the substitute puppies. So was Wilson but we cut off his kibble some time ago.
Melky, Andy, and Bubba were there at the beginning and must not leave. Wait, Melky was a substitute also but came from our farm system so I consider him to have been there at the beginning.
Or a substitute cheese shaker because you broke the lid off of yours.
hahah yeah a no hitter is insanely difficult, it took more than a year for me to accomplish it. Before this i had brought no hitters into the 8th or beyond (one time i got the first 25 outs) on four occasions and blew all of them….i also once gave up a hit with 1 out in the first and then set down the next 26 in order…i was pissed. 13 k is pretty impressive, johnson struck out 240 for me last season but i don’t know if i got to 13 in a game, i know in mvp i had a 15 k performance with him and i almost crapped myself.
But a loaner car rarely has a cold wet nose and a wagging tail.
I am tired of seeing our team barely grinding out wins day in and day out. It will be good to go out there and know that we can win as opposed to having to sit on the edge of our seats the whole time. I would like to take some pressure off our starters and relievers and give them some nice cushions to sit on. Mussina certainly deserves more than 13 wins for all the quality starts he’s posted, and I know everyone wants him to get 20 with the Yanks.
Andy Phillips has a good glove, but his bat has been weak for the past month. He’s probably not going anywhere though…he’s probably going to platoon at first. Nothing wrong with that.
Bubba never really did much throughout the course of these injuries, and while I’ll always remember what he did for us down the stretch in 2005, sometimes you need a boost to your team when one of your players just isn’t producing. There’s a fine line between loyalty and practicality.
Nick Green has been great, but what in his career indicates that he was nothing but a flash in the pan? And besides…who DOESN’T want the young, scrappy Robinson Cano back in the field every day?
Everyone else, like Miguel Cairo, Bernie Williams, and Melky Cabrera, are going to stay on the team for the rest of the season. The key thing to remember here is that they are all fully aware of what their roles are. Recall that they never even knew that they would be playing full-time when the season began. And the fact that they are willing to take a backseat for the good of the team means a lot, but should be expected. And I think that is something they want to get across to the fans as well. They don’t want us to be mad at the front office. They want us to cheer for the Yankees, no matter who is on the field!
The acquisition of Abreu and Wilson and the recoveries of Matsui and Sheffield are supposed to be GOOD things, people! Stop treating them like they’re such burdens! It’d be one thing if we were the best team in the Majors, but as long as we aren’t, there is ALWAYS room for improvement. And I, for one, am extremely excited for the Yankees’ stretch run!
The Yankees have had a lot go wrong for them this season, and they got through it. Now it’s time for us to show the American League what the Yankees can really do.
we have very powerful options now. cairo can be plugged in anywhere at anytime when cano comes back. Lidle can have a personal catcher in fasano. Phillips beats on righties, wilson beats on lefties (the redsox don’t have that in right field, but we do at 1st). Giambi can offic DH everyday and most likely we get some power from first base. cabrera is a BENCH player, which automaticaly makes our bench the best in the universe. we have the defense and bench players to ease matsui and shef back into the “swing” of things. If lidle pans out at all, scott proctor stands to improve greatly.
or flip flop wilson and phillips rather, i think it is the other way around
Lineup come October:
Damon
Jeter
Abreu
A-Rod
Giambi
Sheffield (DH)
Matsui
Posada
Cano
Bench:
Bernie
Melky
Cairo
Fasano
Wilson
That’s just sick. I look forward to seeing Todd Jones quiver in his cleats.
lol 100 rbi guy batting 7th..16 postseason hrs on the bench…hahahah
Unbelievable, isn’t it? I’d hate to be the pitcher to face that team.
Btw, the prospects shined in Sunday’s Trenton Thunder game: Tyler Clippard went 6.2, gave up 3 ER, struck out 10 and walked none; JB Cox got his first save due to Justin Pope’s injury. Eric Duncan went 0 for 4, but made an great diving stab with 2 outs and a runner on 3rd to preserve the lead and the win for Clippard, who I’m sure bought him dinner that night.
Any news on when Cano is coming back? Also, would like to get A Rod out of the 4 hole in the line up……just doesn’t scare me there, espically when people are intentionally walking .250 Giambi to get to A Rod
Why isn’t RJ pitching on normal rest this Thursday and Lidle is?
Joe wanted to give Unit an extra day since he had thrown so many pitches lately (esp. the 129 pitch outing two Wendesdays ago). I don’t understand, though, why Torre would let him throw so many pitches if he knew it would affect Randy’s next three starts?
This is what my lineup would be before Sheffield and Matsui come back…
Damon
Jeter
Abreu
Giambi
ARod
Posada
Cano
Wilson
Cabrera
Now once Sheffield and Matsui come back…
Damon
Jeter
Giambi
Sheffield (DH)
ARod
Abreu
Matsui
Posada
Cano
Sheffield by far is our best hitter with RISP and would be perfect hitting behind 3 people who are always on base. Batting ARod 5th would put less pressure on him and I GURANTEE he would be more successful. Then have Abreu on base for our clutch hitters Matsui and Posada. Then you essentially have your second leadoff hitter in Cano. WOW what a devastating lineup come October if it all pans out!
Good line ups Adam…I agree, get A Rod into 5th spot, less pressure, I would think he would do better
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5834074
Pretty shocking article considering that Dayn Perry normally has nothing good to say about the Yankees.
Hey guys-longtime lurker here.
Lola, the Yanks were becoming more frustration than entertainment for me too until I stopped listening to every blowhards opinion on the team. It was taking the joy out of it.
For that reason I no longer even VISIT CBSSPORTSLINE. I loved their gamecast, but the piece they wrote for last week’s power rankings let me know I had no place there. Same for ESPN page 2 & Msgbrds. Its just toxic drivel to make you angry.
hi guys. who’s excited for the game tonight
I am very curious to see how Bobby Abreu plays tonight in his first game in pinstripes. Actually in my case, reading about it on gameday.
cmarion, i can give you updates via the yes network
LINEUP is a little surprising
YANKEES
Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Bobby Abreu RF
Jorge Posada C
Bernie Williams DH
Melky Cabrera LF
Miguel Cairo 2B
Jaret Wright RHP
Looks like preparations for Giambi to shift to full time 1B.
Anyone see Pete Abe on ESPN? He looked pretty stone-faced.
Thank you in advance Ashley, for game updates.
no prob
have i mentioned that i wont be able to update you tomorrow because ill be at the game with WANG?
HI ASHLEY!
I’ll look for you on TV.
Ashley, Can you speak Mandarin? May be it is a good idea for you to learn mandarin.
Yes when you marry Wang, how will you communicate with him?
guys, wang is married!
(and not to me)
T.J. Beam was optioned back to Cloumbus.
I’m so sry Ashley. Shud’ve broken ur heart when u found that out.
That could very well change in the future. Don’t give up hope Ashley.
Ashley, CM Wang only will marry another because he thought you were betrothed to Vince and Eric, which was sort of creepy since Eric is your cousin.
Beam, Beans, Beaner, Bummer, Beem, Beemed, was horrible……should have been sent down long ago
I was not happy they got Wilson to play !B so tonight neither Wilson nor Andy are at 1B, but Giambi is there. Egad watch the balls whiz by him.
Breaking News: The wait is over, it seems Abreu received the coveted #53 jersey.
The thing that got the Yankees this far is better defense with Melky and Andy and someone other than Bernie in RF.
thank you for your kind words guys =) we’ll talk more tomorrow about this before i leave for the stadium.
Abreu goes yard today. Any bets?
I was thinking the same Vik actually.
Am I gonna get hunted down for not paying you Vik?
Actually Ashley, don’t wait for the change. make it happen. Take the initiative.
I’ll make sure your life on this blog becomes miserable Andrew, if u lose and dont payup.
Ashley bake Wang a turkey dinner and bring it to the game.
I was thinking Abreu would hit a HR in his first game as a Yankee but that means it assuredly will not happen.
Lidle already lost some respect for talking ill abt his ex team mates.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060731&content_id=1586701&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
I am excited to an extent for tonight’s game…HOWEVER, we need to worry about our pitching. Wright is been really inconsistent and we got beat by Burnett last time out.
One good thing, no Phillips on line up tonight. In July, he put up horrible numbers. .160 batting avg and like a .178 OBP….he was basically an automatic out in July at the plate
The atmosphere in Philly was apparently very degrading to a player’s mindset with the constant pessimism that surrounded the crowd, etc.
Thanks for the updates Ashley. I hope you enjoy going to watch Wang pitch at the Stadium tomorrow. Tonight’s lineup is a great lineup in my opinion. Giambi and Abreu can provide AROD with a lot of protection. Those three guys take a lot of pitches.
If you want to see the batting averages for the last 7 days here they are.
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/preview/MLB_20060801_TOR@NYY
This little factoid scares me about tonight’s game from the article I linked above:
Wright has had little success against Toronto, going 1-6 in 10 starts with a 9.71 ERA – his worst against any team.
Abreu is 12-31 (.387 avg) career vs Burnett.
Jason Varitek is going to miss 4-6 weeks while undergoing surgery to repair cartilage in his knee. Even though he has ****** this year, this is still is good news to hear!
Was I the only one caught up in the uniform saga?
Alex, Larry Bowa said he would make a deal with Abreu:
he would relinquish the number if Bobby promised that he would hit .300 or better as a Yankee.
Dang. Now they have an excuse for not making the playoffs.
I want to beat the Red Sox but I am sorry their catcher is injured. That is a very difficult position to replace.
That will hurt them a lot I think.
Very very very sad.
Sad, sad, sad.
No Adam it isn’t. He is no good but they’ll use it as an excuse.
Varitek missing time doesnt even make a blip on my radar. stability he might have with the pitching is the only thing-But Tek really wasnt on it this year.
Now if they lose Manny, my violin might start playing.
Well whether your not hitting or not, he is still the captain of their team and it surely doesn’t do them any good to lose a clubhouse leader.
It’s too bad for the Red Sox but now they know how we feel with all of our injuries.
Lola’s man Sizemore led off with a hit.
Game Day says it is 96° on the field. I think they should bat with tennis rackets so no one has to run far.
1-0 Indians man on second no outs.
Thanks for the good news Chris
My computer only lets me have 1 gameday open at a time.
I live in Rhode Island Alex so I’m watching the Sox on NESN and following the Yanks on gameday.
2-0 Indians man on 1st 1 out.
2-0 Indians
2-0 Indians 1 on 1 out
I wish Jason Johnson would pitch more Red Sox games.
I get NESN where I live too but it’s out right now because theres a storm blowing through the area.
That was a generous call for Jason Johnson. I saw this guy pitch for AAA Pawtucket. He’s pretty bad. Hopefully Cleveland can continue to bat around.
paul it is way hotter than 96 outside
they need the frozen turkeys to cool them off (still dont know where the frozen turkey joke originated from)
I have never been to a Pawtucket game though it is not that far away.
There is another unaffiliated minor league team nearby, the Brockton Rox. Owned by Bill Murray and a few others they are known for bizarre promotions.
Jason Johnson got with a baseball on his leg. He seems like he is ok.
who’s pitching for the red *** that they are already losing?
Ashley the frozen turkey thing was an outgrowth of Lola’s offering to bake a turkey for Grady Sizemore or ARod or other players.
Jason Johnson. And yes they are already losing 2-0. I don’t know if anyone else posted this but I heard on NESN that Varitek is gone for 4-6 weeks.
I think Giambi should get a few days off to rest his knee…he’s all the way down to .247.
30 + pitches for Johnson in the first…and Sox have no long man tonight.
I’ve always enjoyed going to a PawSox game. Great atmosphere and it costs 6 bucks to get in. Ben Mondor has been great to the city. I was like to go see the Clippers play there, even though they are pretty bad this year.
Francona doesn’t like to have a longman for relief according to the “Remdawg.”
There’s not much in the way of prospects on the Clippers.
55-96 is Jason Johnson’s lifetime record and whenever he takes long walks on the beach he is beaten up by the seagulls.
well he used Kyle Snyder (who was supposed to start today) for 4 and a third last night.
Snyder pitched very well yesterday.
36 pitches for Jason Johnson in 1 IP.
that idiot rookie 2b for cleveland swung at a 2-0 pitch with the bases loaded and 2 outs after the first two pitches were nowhere near the zone
Nothing like starting an inning off with a walk…
Come on Indians get to Johnson early and kill the Sox pen.
rookie mistake jss. let it go.
Hopefully CC Sabathia can pitch like he does for my Yankees team in my MVP Baseball game.
cmarion: there’s no MVP game for this season right? I thought EA stopped making that game.
I have the ’05 version. The last one they made.
not a good start…
Bold prediction: 35 pitches after 1 2/3 innings and Wright will not make it to the 7th inning.
maybe not even the 5th
Does anyone else think Wright looks just a little bit like Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day?
maybe not the 3rd
Jaret did all right in the first so to fill his quota of bad early inning is making sure he messes up the 2nd.
alex- there is a slight similarity
I HATE watching Jaret Wright pitch. He pitches so slow and I am just waiting for him to give up his “bad inning” which comes with every start he has. Also, can he put anymore tobacco in his mouth! GOSH
is it tobacco or jelly beans?
I also happen to think Aaron Boone looks like Paul Walker from the Fast and the Furious.
haha, they were playing some sort of salsa type music when abreu stepped up to the plate
boone’s on my list of attractive baseball players
grounds out in 3 pitches—TRADE HIM!
I’m not liking all of this gounding out stuff.
WOW Abreu hustled down that line pretty quick! Anyone else watching the game?
yea, he was fast. good stuff.
what do you guys think of Beltran? Last year he had 16 hrs…tonight he hit his 33rd
I have just Game Day and listening to the Red Sox game.
The Red Sox broadcasters said Jason Johnson takes so much time between pitches that they don’t need a photographer, they use a sculptor.
They need to replace all these groundouts with hits.
I wish Beltran were a Yankee. When he was a free agent they should have gone after him like no other player before. He was a perfect fit.
53 pitches thrown in two innings for Jason Johnson. But the Yankees have their own problems in this game.
paul: at the time, I totally agreed. I thought that with bernie’s and brown’s salaries off the books and Beltran being so young it was a perfect fit. And he was willing to give us a discount. But with the way he played last year, I think it’s at least possible that he wouldn’t have turned it around this way were he playing for the Yanks. Our fans would have booed him mercilessly last season (even more than Met fans did). Plus, I think we have to be happy with Damon, who also fits a need as a leadoff hitter, is a better clubhouse presence, and required a shorter commitment. Agree?
I read an article awhile ago that Steinbrenner told Cashman to get Ortiz after he was cut by Minnesota but Cashman said that with Giambi and Nick Johnson, they didn’t need another 1B/DH.
that was the main thing, we needed a leadoff hitter
btide: Cash was right. There was no way to know Ortiz would turn into such a great player. Not even Boston can be so vain as to say they knew.
Yes, Chris, like the Yanks don’t have a hit yet. Nor a walk.
Yeah I know Cash was right but it’s pretty unfortunate.
that a boy Coco
Wright needs more innings like that.
LOL. I didn’t want to post that painful fact.
Julio I don’t agree. No telling that a Yankee experience would have paralleled his Met experience. Not sure he would have been booed at all.
However I do agree that Damon has been outstanding.
Is Burnett pitching really well or are the Yankees just swinging poorly?
Probably a combination of both. Although I wouldn’t know since I’m watching gameday.
Yaaay Miguel.
He will steal a base.
paul: not sure if you were addressing me, but my name is Jeff, not Julio.
Sorry Jeff I was mixing you up with someone with a similar email address.
The pitch Damon took looked out of the zone on gameday. Any comments?
Burnett is pitching pretty well. He threw Damon a nasty breaking ball for strike 3.
omg i think wright might start the 6th today!
76 pitches with 1 out in the top of the 4th= bad news
Wright’s not doing bad but he’s just throwing a lot of pitches.
anyone think Ponson should replace Wright in the rotation?
Whew
19 pitches this inning, total of 88.
Jeff, not sure Ponson is any better.
Sometimes I don’t knwo if Wright knows where the pitch is headed when he throws it…he’s go so much movement.
2nd time through the order let’s do some yard work.
honestly? I’m not sure. Ponson’s last outting was more of a disaster. At least Wright has only given up 1 run so far. It’s a wash I think, but I think Wright has better stuff when he’s on.
Technically 1 run over 4 innings is pretty good. Only 1 walk and 4 strikeouts.
He looks good in the stats but seems shaky.
And the 88 pitches over 4 is not good.
After being staked to (another) early lead, Pelfrey’s given it back. 4-4 Muts and Marlins.
Ponson was awful last time also. First time he was decent except the HR.
You guys are right about Wright’s stats, and that generally seems to be the case (except in that Mets game a few weeks back). But we can’t continue to have him go four or five innings each time. Why not have him in long relief if that’s the most he can go anyway? And Ponson was *fantastic* in his first start outside of the Sexson hr.
I predict Giambi homers…
LOL It took me time to figure out who the Muts were. I was trying to recall a team with a dog name, like the Pasadena Poodles or the Birmingham Beagles.
I would LOVE A-Rod to just hit a fly ball right here.
Lol paul, I know it’s not as obvious as the Red ***. I was just trying to convey my hatred for them. Interestingly enough, though, I seem to hae them more because a friend of mine likes them than because of anything inherent about them (unlike my feelings for the Sox, of course).
woo – Arod time!
Red Sox radio just reported that Gary Sheffield agreed to play 1st base when he came back to the Yankees.
Then they said that could be a defensive liability, but that he could not be worse than Giambi.
sorry, I was censored…Red S U X
Wow. Thats perfect. I like that. Sheff at 1B.
Game Day said coaching visit to mound–are they taking him out?
There you go A-Rod.
Yaaay ARod!
A RODDDDDDDDDDD
GO AROD!!
Man I wish Giambi would get that load of lead out of his ***!
good job Arod… let’s go Abreu
That’s a good sign he hit it the other way it means he’s not pulling off the ball anymore.
btide: exactly. Plus, I think this is what we need from A-Rod. Walkoff hrs are great but he just needs to start hitting consistently and knocking in runs.
Does anyone know how many pitches C.C. Splish-Splash I was taking Sabathia has thrown?
Let’s see if he earns his $$$
nice at bat
his reputation is definitely holding up as a pitch taker
I think Abreu just doubled AJ’s pitch count
That’s impressive, 0-2 and he works the walk.
Nice
I grew up watching Abreu so I expect this from him haha.
wow, giambi jr minus the homeruns and k’s
very impressive
Posada never geta hit when he is behind in the count.
Jorge only hits .235 with bases loaded. Lots of players do not hit as well loaded than with 2 on.
Abreu as advertised. CC is up to 67 pitches with two outs in the 5th.
*** jorge, why did u do that
Cano is hitting about .125 or something with the bases drunk…I think Bernie will help him with that.
Come on Bernie. Bases loaded one out.
BERNIE!
Bern baby. BERN.
AND BERNIE OPENS THE FLOODGATES!
WOOO BERNIE
two outs?? I see one.
Ach – Melk.
NICE THROW JASON MICHAELS! Keeping the Indians at 3-1 and throwing out Youkilis at home. 71 pitches for CC in 5 innings.
Haha Chris I might have to agree with Youkilis on that one..I hate to say it but he looked safe.
Dang, Home Improvement boy looked rattled.
I have to say that watching Melky slide is one of the funniest things I’ve seen, he basically jumps and then slides.
cmarion: Is Jason Johnson getting tons of calls? Gameday has all these borderline pitches as strikes
well – it looks like Wright and AJ are both up to the high 80′s now – wonder if they’ll both get shipped out in the 6th.
they showed villone warming up in the bullpen, i would assume he might come in soon
I’d say about 50/50 jss. There has been some questionable pitches being called strikes due to Mirabelli framing the pitches. CC is getting the same strike zone but Mirabelli is framing a lot of Johnson’s pitches.
let’s bring in villone before JW gives up the lead
yeesh
i think torre is going to wait and see what jaret does this inning
Villone for the 6th, Proctor for the 7th, Farnsworth for the 8th, Mo for the 9th.
Watching Wright pitch makes me appreciate the other Yankees pitcher with a last name starting with the letter ‘W’
Hey guys, just got home and was very happy to see the score. Although the lead off single by Johnson makes me feel like I should have stayed away longer.
it’s wierd that the jays have one more hit and three less runs than the yanks
like WWWang
c’mon wright – whiff him already
WOO HOO! DP!!!!!
sweet mother mary – the big G is a Yankees fan!
jw is impressive tonight!
did that last pitch go to the backstop?
wow nice punchout by Wright! Good inning!
I’d send him back out for the 6th…103 pitches but he never throws that many so he should be rested. Plus most of the pitches came in non-stress situations so they take less of a toll on him.
15 pitches this inning—a bit better, but at 103 now. He is finished I think.
Not exactly a quality start but I’ll take 5 innings of 1 run ball from Wright.
YES BURNETT OUT
I think Sabathia could be a defensive end…6’7″ 290.
It would be good if they could get another inning out of Wright.
This is great that Burnett only pitched 4 innings. Tear into the Blue Jays bullpen.
Accardo is the guy from the Giants I think for Hillenbrand.
I’m guessing Villone is in next inning?
was burnett on pitch count or is he hurt? i thought he only threw 80 something.
1-2-3 ouch!
Uh oh, is Giambi injured?
Scoreboard Update:
Rangers beating the Twins 2-0 top of the 4th
White Sox and Royals tied up at 2-2 in the top of the 4th
Cleveland beating the Red Sox 3-1 top of the 7th
Philip Hughes is pitching tomorrow. He has pitched in 116 innings this year total. This means that he only has 34 more innings to go to get shutdown for the year. Yankees being very careful not to hurt Hughes since this is the first time he has pitched 100+ in his major league career.
why is Giambi out? Defensive replacement already?
yep – Villone is in
what would you do if your name was lyle overbay?
4-1 Indians top of the 7th. Hanson is in and he gave up a double and a single. No outs. Texas adds on to their lead in the top of the 4th now beating the Twins 7-0.
“It’s funny how people could think for you and tell you what you’re going to do,” he said. “You all think you all know what I’m going to do, and you all don’t. Nobody knows. That’s the mystique of me.”
That’s one reason why I love Sheff.
woo – that was close
where is everyone?? rob, vince, andrew, alex, lola, vik, paul, eric, MARK?
Ashley: change it to Rollo
Rollo Overbay
Hanson is not pitching a good inning. He is flustered.
It looks like its a skeleton crew tonight Ashley.
I am here. What more do you need?
Mark is on vacation for the month of August.
I am here Ashley. Talking to my cousin who just came from India. And posting on the other blog too.
I read that Phil Hughes grew up a Red Sox fan and Hansen was a die hard Yankees fan. Funny.
5-1 Tribe
lol paul, rollo overbay, ahhaha
i’m always around like angels in the outfield, speaking of angels, where is angel?
Ahh Casey Blake just be happy with your single. 5-1 Indians 1 out. Keep ‘em coming Indians I don’t Ortiz to have a chance to beat you guys again.
cmarion- what is your name? or would you prefer to be called cmarion
I’m here Ashley
Mark not only has a dream job, he also has like half of every month off it seems!! lol
I love Sheffield as well. Everyone is mistaken from his attitude. The fact that he is willing to play 1B says a lot about what is important to him. I hope we pick up his option and just have Giambi DH full-time!
My name is Chris. I don’t mind what you call me but it would probably be easier just to type Chris.
nice at bat for ARod.
wow – Arod is on tonight
ARod!
stolen base by a-rod
a rod the other way
gotta move the runner
I give Abreu a pass for this game so anything he does is a bonus.
I agree – NY takes some adjustment
Got computer fixed. Can now get on more often (last few days were rare because of work computer or sister’s). Got mine back!
Just home from meeting of our Yankee Fan Club (I’m on the board of directors). The largest OFFICIAL Yankee fan club in the country. We are also incorporated as a non profit organization for our charity work.
Saw some of game (place had YES). Now listening on radio. (Don’t have YES at home). Nice at bat by Abreu to draw the walk early on. What was it 10 pitches? Good to see Bernie tie Donnie on the doubles list in style with 2 rbi.
Welcome back Mike.
9 pitches….mike u would do well to benefit in the redsox blog, they have done nothing but ripped our farm system since the abreu deal, convinced their team is ready to compete for years to come and we won’t win for a very long time.
dam – Arod thrown out at home
Mike it was 3 rbi on the double.
I’m here! Just got home a little while ago and was unloading stuff that I bought that I don’t have the money for.
Good outing by Wright, eh? Would have been nice to have at least 1 more inning, but 5 inn of 1 run ball? That’s what we need from him.
Vince, it’s a lost cause over there.
why are we sending runners with less then 2 out?
lol that is correct alex…..esp sending runners on rios!?
I missed something. How did Bernie get on? It’s not showing on gameday
Those misguided Red Sox fans are just buying into the ESPN doom and gloom predictions. Do they realize that Schilling is done after the ’07 season, Wakefield is 39 and has a serious rib injury. Beckett and Lester are very inconsistant. Wells is 43 and he is done after this season. They have no 4th or 5th starter and until Hanson starts to string some shutout innings together; the Red Sox can’t afford to move Papelbon into the starting rotation.
6-1 Indians.
Indians 6-1
That’s right, 3 rbi. A true classic double. I only got to see a few innings on TV.
Thanks for the welcome back.
With Wright’s propensity for 5 inning outings and the heat, I wasn’t surprised to see him only go 5 tonight.
Forget about hot dogs with the game tonight…give me ice cream!
Rob, intentional walk to Bernie.
nice start for Bryan Corey: first batter faced hits a hr. Newsflash to any sox fan who think sox have a better future than the bombers: The Sox have two (2) hitters, Ortiz, who is about 30 (same age about as Matsui, Jeter, A-Rod, Damon) and Ramirez, who is 34. Those guys won’t be around forever and they have no hitting in the minors.
Sox down 6-1.
6-1 Indians. Bryan Corey gave up a solo shot. This is the guy the Red Sox traded for a day before the trade deadline.
Wright again is solid but can’t give innings. If he can give more innings, say 6+ average, it will be a great boon for the Yanks.
A ok game for Abreu, he took a walk, did his part on right field. I’ll give him a pass for the next few games.
Boston have key injuries with Wakefield, Nixon, and now Varitek. So, time for them to combat injury just like the Yankees did but it will hurt the Sox more since injuries are to their pitching staff, not hitters. Good opportunity for the Yanks to take the division (well, they had better).
oh my ****, what is that thing pitching for Boston? Anybody else see that gameday pic of Bryan Corey?
btw, I threw the remote at the sofa last night. I was hoping for a 1-2-3 because I didn’t want the Big ******* to come up for Boston. Sure enough….Thanks for trading Wickman, Indians!
What kind of gets me is that every time ESPN does a game from Fenway, it seems like Erin Andrews is the dugout or ground reporter. Ok, she is cute, but she was born in Boston and her objectivity (to me at least) goes right out the window during those games. Her interview with Ortiz last night betrayed a lot of giddiness, I thought.
whoa that ball was lined right to villone’s face. nice grab.
Ortiz leads off next inning. Think he can hit a 5-run hr? ESPN will laud him if he hits a solo shot, though.
Joe Torre does not yse Game Day. It tells that Reed Johnson hits left handers better than right handers.
oops the other way–Johnson is better against right handers
why did villone start the inning?
i understand so little without my mlb.tv
YESSSSSSSSS IT WORKS!
Did Bobby rob that?
CWS took the 3-2 in the 6th. Texas is still beating the Twins 8-0 in the 6th.
yes Vince, Villone pitched last inning and 2 outs into this one.
Nothing like playing the Royals to give your team a boost.
Dotel pitched tonight for the Gulf Coast League (Rookie League)Yankees. One inning, no runs, hits or walks, and 2 Ks. I believe this is his first outing since the most recent shutdown.
They should pinch hit Wilson if this pitcher stays in.
Ok nevermind they just put a righty in
I hope we get dotel back and he is solid…it would be nice to know the game is over after 4 innings…villone to dotel to proctor to farnsworth to mo…proctor will NEVER be overused if dotel contributes…yeah i know paul but why didn’t proctor start the inning?
Villone was doing well and Proctor is best in short stints.
i think maybe with wilson, phillips may get very comfortable not having so much pressure on him to produce hits.
I think Cash is really counting on Dotel, though he won’t admit it. Otherwise, he would have gotten Roberto Hernandez or Salomon torres
I’m still waiting for the Yankees Notes.
Jeter has 22 sb. Damon has 20 something. Abreu comes over with 20. Melky, Miggy and Alex can all run. As I commented on our Internet radio show last night, Joe gotta let the horses run. Turn them loose.
rbi Alex. Now come on Abreu. (What kind of nickname or hr call will Sterling come up for Abreu?)
Wagner blows save, Marlins win 6-5.
Wow! Andy has gotten a hit each at bat this month.
we need to finish this and ABSOLUTELY must win with wang tomorrow…we have to, too many times we have taken over a tie for first or .5 up and then lost three of five or something and everytime lost the next day.
yankeefan: A Bobby Bomb? Maybe something with the “bobbie” policemen of the UK…ok maybe not on that last one.
The Sanchez auto accident necessitated the Mets move to get Hernandez. Oh well. At least we got one. 5-1 after 7 and the bullpen is rested. Hope things stay the way they are going (here and in Beantown).
Fenway Park is really excited by the basestealing bird.
a boombalati for bobbie? bobbie with a shotty? pardon you a shot from abreu!?
Odd line for Sabathia: 8 innings 10 hits 1 ER
The bird is the star of the game in Boston. They are doing play by play of the bird on the radio.
Wow! Andy has gotten a hit each at bat this month.
Posted by: paul1040@aol.com | August 1, 2006 09:57 PM
Lol. Funny Paul, funny.
I’m a little disappointed that we only scored 1 run in that inning, but I guess 1 is better than none.
what’s the deal with Myers been lately? 8 runs and no K in last 4 innings. I think he’s been underworked.
They are tracking it on TV, It stole second base and was on it’s way to third at last check.
Not sure if anyone posted this yet but Varitek’s knee is going to get scoped http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2536637
Proctor and Farns are usually not good coming back for another inning.
Vince, you’re going to be first in line to get that Derek Jeter cologne aren’t you?
A bird? Hey, better baserunner than Manny.
Dun Dun Duuuun…Liriano missing start Wednesday with elbow sorenes
lol i don’t know, i hope by being like jeter i don’t get less girls or something.
I’m sure Ashley and Lola will find it appealing haha
LOL Vince. If that cologne can make me anything like Jeter I’d take it in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t mind dating miss universe or mariah carey.
Muy bien, señor Proctor!
I was wrong. Nice inning by Proctor.
But he should not work tomorrow and probably will not with Ashley’s future husband throwing.
Not the evil Cleveland bullpen again.. *sigh*
ahah hmm ashley AND lola, or miss universe and mariah carey….hmm lola does make turkeys…but mariah carey has had mental breakdowns..this is a tough choice.
How did Boston get 2 runs? I swear, if Cleveland blows this one… I’ll be hotter than the weather.
A 2 run homer by the light hitting Alex Gonzalez
I don’t like this pitcher with no eyes.
Personally I have a thing for borderline crazy girls. I guess ever since watching Wedding Crashers I picture all the crazy girls like the chick Vince Vaughn ended up marrying. That crazy redhead.
Ahhhh redheads……
Indians Win
Fernando Cabrera needs to do himself a favor and get Loretta. If he doesn’t better walk ORtiz.
ahhhhh crazy people…
Red Sox LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE
(lose not loose)
As soon as I hit ‘post’ loretta bunts out. DOH!
Doh, for the late post, not for Boston losing. That is, WOO HOO!!!
Where are the Yankees notes? It’s just not the same without Mark.
Who comes out? Farns? Mo? Sidney?
Good. Way to go Tribe. Once Yanks hold on, I believe Yanks are in first by what, 2 percentage points or something?
It’s Farnsworth.
meh it’s a tie mike, let’s leave it at that…like i said, wang HAS to win tomorrow.
Farnsy’s in.
whew – yay Tribe – shoulda been two wins
where’s my pepto?
If Yanks were 1/2 game behind now they would be 1/2 game ahead.
none necessary farnsworth had a 0.87 july era and 0.96 in his last 10 appearances. 1 run in 13 innings . 11k in his last 10 innings with 9 base runners
oops, Sox won yesterday so it was 1 game, right?
whoa – Minn gettin blasted by the Rangers 8-0
yes paul, they have 2 in the wins column, well now 1 in the win and 1 more in the loss.
yep
if the Yanks win – it’ll be a tie for first
anyone want to teach Farns where the strike zone is?
If Liriano is hurt Minnesota is done. We had this conversation the other day. You can’t win with only 1 dominant pitcher. Liriano misses 1 start with soreness? That usually leads to other things, if not a stint on the DL, perhaps worse performance.
Thing Sturtz last year and this year. Think Moose, not sure if it was last year or the year before.
whew
Go Farnsy!
I am going without the Pepto tonight—living dangerously.
Yup, we’d be tied with the Sox. But they would have one more loss and 1 more win than the Yanks. So I think the Yanks would be percentage points ahead of the Sox.
haah 101 mph
Hey, Farnsy is well rested at least, right?
THEEEE YANKEEEEES WINNNNN!!!!
Cue up Frank.
YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice end by Farns. Nice game overall—pitching, pitching, pitching.
Looks like Varitek is DL too – arthroscopic surgery for knee. They’re starting to sound like the Yankees.
Start spreading the new/I’m leaving today/ I want to be a apart of it NEW YORK NEW YORK… The Chairman of the Board.
Why do Villone and Proctor get a Held but not Farns? Is that because of the last run scored?
anyone read this article about Sheff and first base?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2536694
Gotta love Jeter…throws a piece of gum at Flaherty…lol
Barring a KC comeback looks like Chicago wins the game 4-2.
I think its because Farnsworth finished the game ut it was a non save situation.
Detroit and CWS are both winning. But, let’s see, who are they playing…
Only the worst two teams in the AL. And Tampa Bay doesn’t even have Lugo anymore.
Counting on KC to make a comeback is like not counting on the sun to rise.
with a 4 run lead, it’s not a save situation
Oooh, rally time DeJesus just walked. I’m sooooo optimistic.
ill be back around 1:00am byebye all
I wonder if Mattingly can get Abreu’s power stroke back?
And while he’s at it teach Shef how to play a decent 1B.
1st and 3rd with one out for KC.
Keep in mind Abreu is in a bit of a slump right now so it might take some time for him to break out. The Yankees get to play in a small hitters park over the weekend so that might be when it happens.
Talk about teaching an old dog new tricks
4-4 KC just tied it up..the sun ain’t rising tomorrow haha
Wow, Royals just tied it up.
I guess the DeJesus walk WAS the start of a rally. I’m please to have been wrong in my skepticism.
Royals need to get on a roll right now, and then go cold again just as the Yankees show up for the final series against them.
The article Sunny referenced above said Mattingly is already working with Sheff on 1st base and Sheff ordered a 1B glove.
the yankees are in first place by 0.002 percentage points! Woo hoo!
Day 1 of my baseball therapy: I decide to skip rushing home to watch the game and go to happy hour with my co-workers, but i see i missed a good game…
That’s okay Lola, I joined you in missing the game. Okay, so I just missed most of it. I came in about the 5th inning, when most of the fireworks were over.
Lola: your therapist told you to go drinking instead of watching a baseball game? Interesting technique…
partially torn miniscus, in the knee for Varitek, surgery on Thursday.
good Lola, a doctor told you to drink and drive.
At least by drinking, the pain is already dulled at least a little if they had lost. And if they win, like today, she gets to have started celebrating early.
A few posts above I gave a link for it. They are going to scope his knee.
“Lola: your therapist”
omg I am a pervert. I read it as Lola: you r the rapist”
OMG, Vik…lol..
Paul, i only had to drive 3 miles, and i dont get hammered…i only had 3 drinks =)
Have to figure out what i’ll do tommorow…maybe call up an ex boyfriend? i’ve kind of neglected boys…baseball became my husband! lol
I am very sad there are no Yankees Notes for today…: (
Well everyone have a good night. I’ll be signing off. I’ve got to get up early so I won’t be running in the 100 degree heat.
yankee indian: you ever see those celebrity jeopardy skit on SNL? “I’ll take the rapists!”
Lola you and Vince can hang out tomorrow…He’ll wear his Derek Jeter cologne for you.
No jss(Jeff).
Gameday says Mike Lowell exited in the 8th with an injury??
ahh it was the Connery imitator’s line.
By the way, let’s see what kind of coverage we get for moving into first. If it happened to Boston it would be all over the headlines.
See ya. Go Wang. Make your # 1 fan proud when she comes out to see you tomorrow night. Mo rested and ready to pick up for Wang.
Varitek could be out 4-6 weeks. Looks like Mirrorbelly will be on the spot. With Nixon out, are things evening up?
Sorry Ashley (who posted “where is everybody?” 3 hours ago) but I was at work until just now. Too many games missed.
Ashley, you don’t even realize how close Vince and I came to a trade at the deadline for you. I almost got you from him. Alas, it fell through before we could figure it out.
haha mike with tek out and nixon out things may have evened out before the deadline….we have the clear upperhand now
abreu top 5 in rbi obp runs
Eric, we have to make up some “blog standings” so we can go through the waiver process. haha
lol, Alex, vince and i dont go out anymore…he cheated on me.
no one knows what happened to lowell?
oh eric- i saw bits and pieces for that. i was so glad that in return he was getting your DVD player. it better be a good one =)
Apparently Lowell fouled a ball off his foot…I don’t know any more than that. Probably just precautionary.
lola- im sorry your doctor told you to watch less games. we missed you tonight on the blog.
guys, im so excited to see wang pitch!! the other games ive been to this year were johnson twice and moose once, but no wang. havent seen him since last year!!
alex, waht are the blog standings right now?
Lola: Vince is flirting with another girl on the other blog. Just so you know ..
Ashley, yeah desperate times call for desperate measures =(
I’m actually supposed to stay away from all baseball related materials for 2 weeks, which includes this blog, checking mlb.com…but i dont think i could survive with that…gotta take baby steps..
baby steps is the way lola. take it one step at a time
Lowell has a contusion on his leg. They are not sure if it will swell up. They will see tomorrow.
i hope it does
Lola, I thought my advice was better than staying away. How does that help?
ok you guys, since we say goodnite to each other on this blog, im gonna sign off soon so goodnight, i will check in tomorrow before i leave for the stadium to see WANG pitch!
haha ashley is ruthless…you are all the loves of my life, calm down.
Paul, your advice is much better!
but my company pays a therapist $200 per session, might as well pretend i take the advice… :-p
Some Red Sox fans know nothing. Still listening to Red Sox radio and fans are calling up and slamming the Yankees.
They say Yanks have no pitching. And they claim the Yanks just buy players.
How much more wrong can they be?
Well it will make October much less palatable to them. If they don’t make the wild card.
Lola, if you act really nuts you might get some good drugs.
Jump on the couch and make monkey sounds. Then bite the therapist. Then set a plant on fire.
night Ashley.
night Ashley. Remember you like me best.
night ashley…remember paul is old.
I just wanted to make this comment:
Today is August 1st.
Kasey’s Prediction: Yankees 7-10 games out of 1st.
Fact: Yankees tied for first.
Aww…I miss how wrong and sad he always was. At least I have his CD (which is really good)
eric check out his blog…he said ortiz will keep the redsox from not making the playoffs.
I think the Red Sox will make the wild card.
Yeah I just posted a similar comment in his blog. Just to bug him a little.
Its Minnesota that’ll make the wild card. But I want no part of them in a 5 game series.
well vik if we take the division we would have them first round…ouch. Let’s hope liriano’s arm needs amputation
lol Vince. I dont want anything bad to happen to Liriano except lose to yankees. I really really like that guy.
yeah he’s pretty nasty….I just hope he can’t pitch in the tri state area
Francona said Lowell is OK. I dont want redsox to have any injuries. I want the yankees to beat them at their full strength.
Wow, I miss mark. Ryan Mink in the game wrap got the details wrong again.
He said Proctor pitched 2 innings and left out Villone. He did not account for the 6th inning at all.
why? they haven’t beaten us at full strength all year.
what a jerk
And Vince refuses to sleep again.
sleep, what a ridiculous invention
sleeping is overrated
I dont want them to have a lame excuse when they fail to make it to the post season.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Sleep is the greatest thing ever. Just making it a practice to sleep in the night is the problem.
Wang better win tomorrow. My fantasy team is primed to make a run for 5th place.
i only like sleeping when i can sleep til 3pm the next day
lol vik, i wouldn’t worry about it, we lost three all stars, they lost an underachieving catcher a rightfielder they are used to losing and some extra fat in their pitchign staff, if they couldn’t put us away all season like kasey predicted, they don’t deserve to win. They have been far too fortunate all year it is about time they suffer.
lol vik, i wouldn’t worry about it, we lost three all stars, they lost an underachieving catcher a rightfielder they are used to losing and some extra fat in their pitchign staff, if they couldn’t put us away all season like kasey predicted, they don’t deserve to win. They have been far too fortunate all year it is about time they suffer.
oh, andrew- no worries there. he’ll pitch a gem
yeha i only like sleeping when ashley can sleep until 3pm the next day too
good ashley, because if he doesn’t we’re getting him a restraining order against you.
im going to start keeping a running tally of all the “interesting” comments vince has made in teh past 24 hours
I agree. But I dont want to have to try and explain this to a redsox fan. Because they wont understand that they ****** regardless of the injuries.
Ashley: I agree. Sleep through the day. There’s nothing u can do until 5 anyway. Well nothing interesting.
you might want to do that anyway
vik it prob wont work…they’ll use the injury excuse even though we wouldnt use matsui/sheff/cano as an excuse
good i love being recorded
speaking of, where is cano? i thought he was going to be back the week after the all star break
Thats why I dont want them to be injured in the first place.
Chance that he’ll in on aug 8th. But not guaranteed. He’ll DH for Class A Tampa tommorow. Source: yankees.com
How do you spell tommorrow. I never get that right.
thank you. good stuff.
tomorrow
y w Ashley.
tom or row? that’s how i remember…couldn’t tell u what it means though….it is like connect i cut. or dessert is the food because u want more of it, desert is what u want less of.
my turn to thank YOU.
Vince: You are an arts student. Aren’t you? If you told us already I forgot.
thanks for the tips
if u consider broadcast journalism an arts, then yes i am.
now can ANYBODY explain effect and affect to me…i looked up the definition and was less sure of myself then when i started
Vince had quite possibly the creepiest comment earlier I think it was today or yesterday.
hahah i would like to read it.
It was the one about you staying up all night to keep Ashley happy.
May I add that it pretty much made my day.
hahah i think that was last night, i believe i said “i will stay up all night trying to make ashley happy” or something along those lines….totally came out wrong
effect is what resulted from an action.
affect is the influence of an action. Not the result.
Thats my understanding.
haha does anybody’s families know about this family?
It did come out wrong and I did interpret it the wrong way haha.
My wife does and she already hates this blog.
so then the term would be cause and effect? because the cause is the action and effect is the result?
then why is it special effects? or is it special affects? effects looks better…but now i’m not so sure. so u would be effected by somebody who affectively hurt your affection?
hahahaha wow…..haha yeah andrew it was a double whammy of misinterpretation….haha vik’s poor wife.
What is this family you speak of, this is the only family I got.
haha oh ok that works for me too andrew…well vik or andrew if you ever get kicked out of ur house/don’t have one i think me and melky and ashley have some room in our cabana
So I’m sitting here watching The Ring and I’m at the part where it shows the girl’s face all distorted and messed up looking. Needless to say I realized I was sitting in the dark.
You’re going to have to make room for Wang when Ashley finds a way to get him to marry her.
lol then we’re going to be like a hispanic/mediterranian/asian/morman family
I think it is special effects. Because they are effects (noun) that are special. And it is “Cause and effect”. I do not think affect can be a noun.
no it can be.
No “affect” is solely a verb while “effect” is a noun or an adjective when written “effective”.
Andrew: dictionary.com has a noun form of affect.
n. (ăf’ĕkt’)
1. Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: “The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect” (Norman Mailer).
2. Obsolete. A disposition, feeling, or tendency.
Well, wouldn’t that be more like “affection”. I’m not sure, I’m not good with words lol.
I am worse Andrew. A lot of times I figure out what some of you guys say just from the context.
lol i’m telling you, nobody will fully understand, daniel webster just added that to confuse everyone
Yeah. We were really wild. Parents in India. So nobody to watch us. Had a research assistantship. So had enough money and a lot of free time and the flexibility to work only when I wanted to, even if it was midnight. And a really cool professor who did not care abt how many hrs I worked as long as I got the job done. And a lot of idiots who were just as wild. Best time of my life.
Vince: I shifted this conversation over to our blog.
hahah lucky…i think college is prob the best time of anybodys life….haha sorry star and jamie, u’ll have to wait a little bit but feel free to ask me anything u want…or vik
haha i didnt eve notice, must send message to other blog
nah not worth it, i can’t ever let that blog have more comments than this one/
Actually I have an idea. We can all move to Lola’s blog until Mark returns and have Lola create a new post everyday. Even if it is abt frozen turkeys.
We must hold down the fort until Mark returns.
Oh sry Vince. I thought you said we have too many comments on our blog already.
haha no, i want record setting numbers, we cannot betray mark he asked us to keep the blog going.
This is going to be a mammoth page to refresh if we keep posting on this thread until Mark returns. I think some people may be using dial ups. Also, it ***** to scroll all the way down a huge thread. Especially on a laptop.
nyway .. hitting the bed. Night Vince and Andrew (a shorter name both of you and Ashley also). Any name longer than 3 letters is not acceptable. Except Paul. Because of his age, he gets a bonus letter.
If you have it scrolled down here it should automatically move it down when you refresh.
hahaa…..yeah or just drag the sidebar down…sometimes mine doesn’t automatically scroll…goodnight vik
yes i am awake at 301
It wont automatically scroll down here when u post a message.
Interesting article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2536659
You guys are going to have to cut down on some of the more asinine comments, like irrelevant (Mets) game scores and random stuff like that, especially if Mark isn’t coming back for a week. This post will have 5000 comments by the time a new post is up, and my computer is going to burn out trying to load it up! Nevermind the fact that it’s tough for readers to sift through everything. Just giving you all a heads up.
I went to the game last night, and wow, it was so much fun watching Burnett freak out like 10 times in that big inning. It’s amazing how much the cheering can get to some players. When the crowd got loud cheering for Jaret, you can tell Vernon and Glaus needed a minute to collect themselves and shake off the pressure. But the best part of the game was when Villone snagged that liner from Gregg Zaun. We had a clear view of Zaun throwing a hissy fit in the dugout, knocking water coolers, bags of peanuts, and random equipment over with his bat, which he kept hitting against the wall. After that we all heckled him when he went up to bat again.
It’s also good to hear all the mere half-hearted boos scattered throughout the stadium when A-Rod gets out, compared to the ovation he gets every time he goes up to bat or when he gets even just a single. Now people start to feel stupid when they boo A-Rod who is clearly coming out of his slump. That’s the way it ought to be.
Tonight should be a good game. Craig Wilson is going to be making his Yankees debut at first, most likely, so Bernie will probably be out of the lineup…I know I’m not the only one who hopes the Yankees sign him for another year after this one! Bernie hasn’t been this good in a long time! Who knew, huh?
Well, my ramblings for the day are done. Time to read ESPN and see what new articles there are to get pissed off about.
I wanted to add one more thing…nobody should feel pity for the Red Sox. They had every chance in the world to give up some prospects for solid pitching or hitting, and instead Theo sat around scratching his head on July 31st. I don’t like seeing people get hurt on any team, but the team certainly doesn’t deserve any pity, just as we weren’t shown any pity after all the Yankees have been (and still are going) through this season.
Tonight is the night to take the lead for good. We have Wang, who beat Toronto last time, pitching for us while the Sox have Lester who was finally beaten last time around and they go against Sowers who has been solid lately.
The SAWX definitely deserve no pity. If they were any good, they would have applied the pressure when the had the chance and been up 7-10 games by now, as one infamous prognosticator on here put it.
Now they will see what it is like to have an injury depleted team, and try to stay in the playoff hunt. The difference is that the Yanks WILL apply the pressure as we get everybody back, and WE will be battling in October, not the SAWX.
Just gotta love the crow that all the geniuses at ESPN must be eating now when they said we would be out of the hunt this year.
Here we go again with espn, and I qoute ” the only reason the Yankees have been able to stay in it for so long this year is because they buy all the good players to replace Matsui and Sheffield” We bought Melky, Andy, and Miguel? I am going to stop watching espn completely because I finally realized that all the men reporters and hosts have Red Soxs tattoed(sp?) all over their b-a-l-l-s
Not only did we not buy them, they weren’t exactly considered good. They were called upon to fill in the roles and it just turned out that they started contributing in a big way.
Dude, that’s ridiculous…we only won ONE game so far with the player(s) that we “bought” being in the lineup. Every other game up until yesterday was won with the blood, sweat, and tears of the regulars (Jeter, Posada, Giambi, Damon, A-Rod), who had to deal with increased pressure, and the roleplayers (Melky, Andy, Bernie, Cairo), who never knew they would be playing this much during the season. Amazing how ESPN can turn on a dime like this. They used to admire the Yankees for enduring all these problems! But now they just hope people forget about what happened BEFORE July 31st (apparently Matsui and Sheffield got initually injured 2 days ago…) and whine about deals that should have been. Does anyone else feel like *****-slapping Jayson Stark right about now? I know I do. And I know Kasey is ready to go with a Texas-style type of punishment. Good stuff.
The worst part is that they STILL ignore the fact that Theo was an utterly inept GM at the deadline, despite all the problems his team has! Utterly unbelievable! You can’t convince me that the Red Sox couldn’t have used someone like Jon Lieber or Livan Hernandez! Now that Nixon and Varitek are out, they’ll have to count on their non-existent pitching. Great moves, Theo!
er…b.i.t.c.h slapping. I don’t want people thinking that I was a weirdo if they thought I used a different swear.
i think it is time we accept that ESPN loves the sox, stop watching them, and move on
I’m sorry, who’s the guy whose sitting at the far right on Cold Pizza right now? The idiot who just predicted a Mets-Red Sox World Series.
Skip Bayless. Actually Skip Clueless.
Day 2 of baseball therapy, and i’ve only spent 37 minutes on mlb.com, espn.com baseball section, yankees.com and markitdown.
I am doing well! =)
ESPN “analysts” have perfected the art of riding the red sox left and right ****. What a bunch of idiots!
Oh Swolansky, the Red Sox pitching staff isn’t so bad. I mean with Iron Ankle Schilling, and Dr. Robotnik’s twin brother David Wells, they’re in good shape. And I haven’t even mentioned Mr. 50/50 Josh Beckett, and Cy Young’s reincarnation Jason Johnson yet.
August 2, 1979.
27 years ago today was one of the worst days in memory for Yankee fans.
A brief tribute to a lost Yankee, the Captain and great catcher, Thurmon Munson.
ESPN “analysts” have perfected the art of riding the Red Sox left and right ****. What a bunch of idiots!
Hey ESPN, David Ortize called, he wants you guys to get off his **** now, so his wife can ride it. *rolls eyes*
hey lola- we are all very proud of you in day 2 of baseball therapy
Wow Lola, you’re really getting bent out of shape. As I like to say, let the haters hate, and the winners win.
I just gave my first resignation letter of my career/life! Pheww, that was nerve wracking. Glad i got that over with =).
Thanks Ashley!
Its tough, but i can do it. Taking Paul’s advice too in addition to not watching any games for a whole two weeks!
By the way, this means i cant go to my game against the angels on August 12th =(…its a saturday…2 tickets…
Did the resignation letter read: “I plan on taking some time off. I will return on the third of Neveruary!”
Lola, I am going to that exact same game.
Good to see you back Falejandro. Was it a kidnapping?
Derek Jeter missed you the most.
Lola, I think you should go to the game. I think that is the Angels. The Yanks need you!
No one can lob a frozen turkey 220 yards like Lola.
LOL, Fale…i thought of a letter like that…but you know this whole corporate culture of not burning any bridges…bleh! But thats more like my kind of resignation letter
Paul..maybe i should go…i would have done 11 days of baseball theraphy by then! Only 3 days short of 2 weeks…i dont think i am being bad! right?
Guys, I have been in New Orleans for the last week, thus my abscence. I was gutting housing, and have the most gangster scar as a result. I’m going to the Angels game, the first I’m going to since I was a child.
Lola, I do not agree with the therapy concept of a two week abstinence, but that is me. What do I know?
I barely made it through elementary school, but I must say 3rd grade was the best 8 years of my life.
Was third grade really that hard in the 1940s?
Lola, please smack Andrew with a 100 or so frozen turkeys.
Hahahaha that was just too well set up to not say anything.
Houston Astros GM Tim Purpura, joined Ben Maller on Fox Sports Radio, and was asked about rumors the Astros were close to trading Roger Clemens: “There was no truth to that at all. There were a few clubs that asked about him, and my response was that we had no interest in trading him. He didn’t express an interest in being traded. He’s here and I had a great conversation with him about 20 minutes ago and he’s ready to go. So there was no truth to that all. I don’t know who came up with that, but they were inaccurate.”
You heard it here first.
You are on my list, Andrew.
: /
Alex I read a different story that he was negotiating with Epstein even 2 hours before the deadline. But only with Epstein. He told other clubs Clemens was off limits.
Apparently multiple GMs or spokespeople reported that Pupura was only considering a trade to Boston.
And Andrew, Santa said you are not getting the Big Wheels this year and no chance of the Transformers.
And forget the pony.
What about the Thomas the Tank Engine playset?
Thomas the Tank Engine is going to a Red Sox fan.
From Pete Abe’s blog:
* Since taking three of four from the Yankees July 20-23, the Blue Jays have lost 6 of 8. Guess it wasn’t Shea Hillenbrand’s fault.
Or maybe it’s because they’ve played those games on the road, where they have a losing record.
I read somewhere yesterday that Torre was uncomfortable with only 11 pitchers.
That speaks volumes about some of the pitchers like Myers who has been awful lately and Ponson who scares everyone.
Thinking about it, 6 relief pitchers should be enough unless one of them is usable for only one batter.
The issue is what happens if or when RJ has another meltdown. Also Lidle is still an unknown returning to the AL.
hahahah i’m still laughing at andrew’s comment
Is it gametime yet?
i hate afternoons, they don’t equal wang.
Thinking about it, 6 relief pitchers should be enough unless one of them is usable for only one batter.
The issue is what happens if or when RJ has another meltdown. Also Lidle is still an unknown returning to the AL.
Posted by: paul1040@aol.com | August 2, 2006 02:00 PM
Problem is, as good as Myers has been this year, the phrase “unless one of them is usable for only one batter” describes him. One reason I hate one batter specialists. They put more pressure on someone else in the bullpen to eat up innings (Proctor, Farnsworth, etc.).
I believe tonight is a Hughes night. I’ll have to check. Catch up on stuff later tonight.
so u mean the two aces of the future pitch the same night?
could be!
Minnersota is getting wasted again by Tejas.
haha i love how rob speaks of minnesota like they are a grand theft auto character
OK, Vince goes on the same list and I am letting Melky know about that rash you picked up working last summer as a pool boy in Thailand.
hahaha paul had a late moment there….hahah jeez that job was referred to as a “pool boy”?! then why did the owner make me take off my -nvm…me and melky will overcome any adversity
…his bat and my boyish good looks will keep us together
One of the headlines on mlb.com says: “LIVE: Yankees GM Brian Cashman joins “Baseball Today” to discuss the aftereffects of the deadline.”
Is Cashman on mlb radio right now? I can’t listen at work.
Short note. I’d expect Wilson to play vs. Lilly tonight. Wilson has a .307(?) Ba and over .900 OPS vs. lefties. Phillips, although a righty hitter, was .195 ba and under .500 ops vs. lefties.
Saw list of prospects above. Austin Jackson of Charleston (A) was missed. He is a CF, just 19 and is .263-3-41 at Charleston. 30 steals in39 attempts. The average has dropped lately. 54 walks, 114 Ks. Still, he is just 19 so we’ll have to see how he develops in the next three years.
One of the headlines on mlb.com says: “LIVE: Yankees GM Brian Cashman joins “Baseball Today” to discuss the aftereffects of the deadline.”
Is Cashman on mlb radio right now? I can’t listen at work.
Amazing looking at the NL standings.
5 teams over .500.
2 teams more than 4 games over .500.
And people think the NL is the better league?
sorry about double post…proxy error
paul, does anybody really think that?
By the way, Vince, I sent you mail yesterday, 1 was finally answering yours and the other a followup. Nothing new to add though yet.
ohh excellent i shall check
I should go out and run errands but it is very hot out. Small children are bursting into flames on the sidewalk.
(spontaneous combustion)
4 hours til wang time
hahahaah i’m still laughing at the last sentence…the rest of it kinda scares me though lol. hahahahaha as morbid as it is, i don’t know if i’d mind seeing small children burst into flames…come on the shock factor would make anyone laugh.
I think Wang throws more pitches warming up in the bullpen then he does during the game.
hahahaah i’m still laughing at the last sentence…the rest of it kinda scares me though lol. hahahahaha as morbid as it is, i don’t know if i’d mind seeing small children burst into flames…come on the shock factor would make anyone laugh.
ashley, perhaps that is not the best choice of wording….wang needs a nickname, why do redsox players always get cheesy nicknames and yankees player’s don’t….maybe that is why they always lose
…btw that first part was meant for paul, since it apparently had malicious content it was delayed in posting
http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=276336
Chacon looks alot happier with the Pirates… : ( I don’t blame him, he was treated unfairly this season.
vince, not everyone’s mind is like yours!!
Right, Ashley, some actually function.
Oops, Andrew made me say that.
hahaha, don’t worry i can pull a paul and forget he just said that….ashley, everybodies should be like mine, the world would be so creative
Alex, that is the first picture of him smiling I saw. He was looking glum in his Yankee picture.
anywayyy guys. it is SO hot outside today. im hoping wang throws like a 60 pitch shut out so i can get back inside ASAP.
Paul, he was smiling in last years picture.
i can make it colder and more pleasent for u if u want ashley….mother nature owes me for sending a hurricane my way this weekend.
haha thank you vince! send some below 80-degree weather my way. much appreciated.
Vince, It’ll be a category 1 hurricane and it’s expected to go between Florida and Cuba.
Here’s a useful site for you.
http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com
I bet Carl Pavano won’t need a Game Day picture.
Chacon was horrible, wasn’t treated unfairly at all. He was as bad as Small. Glad he is gone
haha i’m working on it ashley, just for you….good, category one, psh, i’ll work on my tan in that weak hurricane, should have known when it’s name was “chris”. thanks for the link though.
The injury is what did him in…he didn’t have enough rehab time.
Vince and I are similar. Great minds think alike.
hmmm. ok andrew. paul, do you really think pavano is coming back? i think not.
I hope not Ashley. He is poison.
I would have liked to see this trade: Carl Pavano for Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, just to give their trainers a change.
I got that from an ESPN article.
Mark Prior is worse than Carl Pavano, and that’s not an easy feat to accomplish.
Tonight’s Lineup..I know I’m so reliable:
Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Craig Wilson 1B
Bernie Williams DH
Melky Cabrera LF
Miguel Cairo 2B
Last year Pavano joked about getting paid to not pitch. Then in the offseason he whined about NY that he wanted out.
In the 14 or 17 games he pitched he was awful.
Told you Wilson would be in…..in that is, in fact the lineup.
Wrong, Andrew, at least Prior pitched well at certain times.
Paul, Pavano did pitch a shutout last year but that was like his 3 to last start.
i saw pavano pitch twice last year….one was a 7-3 loss to the orioles the other was an 8-6 win over the cubs…neither start was impressive.
Was the one to the Orioles where he got clunked in the head?
hm i guess it would make sense tonight if giambi’s night off.
haha yes it was alex, good call….it was all downhill from there
I meant at the moment, Paul.
Was Erin Andrews really wearing a Sox jersey on the ESPN broadcast of the Boston game? If she was, I have lost all interest I ever had in her… professional or otherwise.
Yes Andrew. She was wearing a Papelbon jersey. I hated her to beign with. Now I hate her more.
I didn’t hate her at first for obvious reasons, but now I do.
Pavano could actually be pretty good I think if he can ever be healthy and put together a full season for us…that’s just me.
Oh Vik, I noticed the age comment overnight.
So during the game tonight I will be posting the entire edition of today’s New York Times for your reading pleasure while you are waiting for the refresh.
i havent given up all hope on him either, but if he does not start one of the first five games for us next year, he is finished in my book
paul im still trying to figure out how u could possibly make taxes fun
I would trade Pavano for anything and if there are no takers I would donate him to medical science for study.
Maybe they will find out why his butt is so tender.
You know what’s kind of funny? I get NESN where I live and I think ESPN is more Red Sox biased than NESN.
Paul: Did I make a comment abt ur age?? Yeah I did. But I forgot what it was.
I will repost it Vik between pages 215 and 300 tonight.
Has anyone even heard anything about Pavano’s progress recently? Are people keeping that a secret so that he can have a big surprise return a la Erik Cole in the NHL ECC? Because I wouldn’t mind having him pitch during that horrible stretch in August where we need a 6th starter. He’s gotta be better than Ponson, whom we know for sure is going to pitch.
In addition, I think the Yanks are going to call up an extra reliever during that stretch as well. At that point, Bubba Crosby is pretty much useless, and I’d rather not see Proctor develop gangrene on his right arm. Even if it’s Beamer, I’m ok with that, as long as he pitches nowhere near a 1-3 run lead.
Erin Andrews = Eye Candy.
Why else would she be broad-casting a baseball game? I don’t get the impression that she’s all that knowledgable, so…..
I still think Beam should have gone to the Pirates instead of Chacon.
Johnny Damon may pitch during that stretch. Then after the Monday game they fly to Seattle for a Tuesday night game there.
yeah she is eye candy, it annoys the **** out of me because i know people like her keep people like me out of that field 5 years from now
i mean not to say im not pretty sexy, but i’m a dude, and dudes don’t like looking at other dudes…usually.
lol Paul. I think Pavano’s butt makes a nice tender dinner.
Soriano had another lead-off HR today.
You know what still kinda disappoints me about the Abreu deal? Now that we have him, we definitely don’t have a place for Soriano next season.
Yes, Vik, if you are a cannibal.
By jove, you’ve got it. We can trade him to cannibals!!!
Is jove a word. If yes, what is the meaning?
Rob we did not have a place for Abeu either.
Soriano….nice guy, good hitter, poor fielder.
Forever an ex-Yankee, I hope.
Soriano also choked in key situations.
By jove is a British expresion, Mike. I used to hear it in TV shows and cartoons. I think Thurston Howell III or Mr Magoo used it.
oops Vik, not Mike
British expression for ..
expression like golly gee
Gary Sheffield had his wrist examined Monday and was told to continue progressing in rehab, rather than take batting practice. The outfielder isn’t expected back until mid-September. …
Thank you Paul.
The Sheffield note I got in email from mlb.com.
Cano is playing in rehab games and could be back to start the first game of the series against the White Sox, next tuesday.
When I first read that, Paul, I thought that was about Matsui at first, and I almost had a stroke. Luckily, I was mistaken. I’ve already grown to accept that fact that Sheff won’t be back until September.
Everyone recall that the roster expands in September, so we don’t have to worry about making room on the roster for him. It’s just a matter of getting his recovering bat in the lineup…
Robinson Cano will probably be in AA Trenton on Friday. Rain or shine, you can bet your behind (or tender behind, in Pavano’s case) that I will be there making an idiot of myself.
Matsui’s wrist will be examined tomorrow and could be cleared to take batting practice, which means he should get into rehab games pretty soon.
Guys did you realize how significant today is? We are exactly one day closer to Carl Pavano’s next reported injury. Write it down in your caldendars folks.
Falejandro are you wearing Derek’s cologne?
Ted Lilly (9-9, 4.02) makes his third start of the year against New York. He’s 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA in the first two and 2-6 with a 5.89 ERA in 12 career outings against the Yankees, who he pitched for from 2000-02.
(wondering how long before Vince reads this and posts it on the Red Sox blog)
Did something new happen with Pavano today, you guys are ripping him more than usual. Im convinved that these injuries are all part of a masterplan to comeback as the frshest pitcher of all time. look out for Pavano in 2010.
From CBS Sportsline comes the above stat on Lilly and the following:
vs Chien-Ming Wang
Player AB H HR BB SO AVG
Hill 5 4 0 0 0 .800
Overbay 3 2 0 0 0 .667
Hinske 9 5 2 0 0 .556
Catalanotto 10 3 0 0 0 .300
Johnson 5 1 0 1 1 .200
for more info, http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/preview/MLB_20060802_TOR@NYY
Sean, today was the 27th anniversaty of Thurmon Munson’s death.
Pavano is sort of the anti-Yankee. A malingerer. No work ethic at all.
paul it took about 45 seconds
Hi, All. Yankee Vince has talked about the Yankee blog on our beloved Red Sox blog site, and I thought I would see what it is all about. I saw a posting about Erin Andrews. I’m actually about to write a feture on her for a magazine in Florida (I write sports, travel and lifestyle features, and personality profiles, for magazines for a living). She is from Florida and a Red Sox fan, as far as I know. So that makes her alright with me!
The only 2 guys in today’s yankee lineup hitting under 300 over the last 7 weeks are Melky and Fasano.
I am sry. Wrong stat.
lol make sure u ask erin andrews why she is such a sox *****…welcome louder
Ask her for some glamour shots too.
Who would rather see as a on-field reporter on ESPN – Erin Andrews or someone who looks like Chris Berman!
haha someone who looks like erin andrews with the voice of chris berman…i think it would be a funny conflict of interest…regardless nobody wearing a papelbon jersey…ever.
welcome JLouderback
ST. LOUIS — Cory Lidle backed off his critical comments that some of his former Philadelphia Phillies teammates did not expect to win, saying Tuesday that incessant trade talk sapped the team of enthusiasm.
Phillies reliever Arthur Rhodes did not back off his assessment of Lidle, acquired by the Yankees on Sunday, as a player who did not work at his craft and could be found in the clubhouse surfing the Internet or eating ice cream during games.
Keep him away from Sidney Ponson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe we can get him on this blog while he’s “surfing the internet”.
haha yes and explain things don’t work like that around here
I want ice cream. It is too hot to get it; it would melt before I get it home.
Isn’t Berman a Boston homer also?
I have no problem with someone as attractive as Erin Andrews except for the team she roots for.
Thanks for the kind reception. Actually, as Yankee Vince knows from the Red Sox blog site – though I am a lifelong Sox fan, I enjoy intelligent debate with Yankee fans. Though it is heartwrenching when the Sox and Yankees play in the regular season, and in the playoffs, that is what makes baseball a great game. It is always good for baseball when the Sox and Yankees meet in the playoffs. So, hopefully you guys survive and get the wild card so we can meet again in the ALCS this fall!
When I used to have cable, some 7-8 years ago, I liked ESPN and Chris Berman was great. But they declined so much.
Yeah, the playoffs wouldn’t be the same without the classic NYY-BOS matchup.
The Yankee Red Sox rivalry is the greatest in all of sport.
I live in Boston and have gone out to sports bars and have even been the sole Yankee fan there.
It is especially good when the Yankees win.
hahaah look at him telling us we could get the wildcard while the hospitals around boston are renaming their recovery units “redsox nation”
Probably, ESPN employees that are not boston sports fans suffer from chronic Diaohrrea and vomiting with all the ridiculous ******* up to boston players.
Yes I love being with my Red Sox friends when they lose. It’s always quiet and I’m the only one smiling there.
I still think Harold Reynolds was fired for supporting the Yankees.
Paul: Yankee-Redsox rivalry is the greates rivalry only in all of “american” sport. There are rivalries that are considered as a vengeance for a defeat at war.
Most of my friends are Red Sox fans. Often then do not speak to me at the end of the season, except in 2004. Then I heard from all of them.
At least I won’t have to endure that for another 84 years.
ESPN is a pro-Red Sox network, but it is also a pro-Yankees network. It definitely has the East Coast bias. Last year, I wrote a story on Barry Larkin (who now lives here in Orlando and runs a baseball instructional school), and he talked about how the players on other teams hate it when seemingly every other day a network is televising a Yankees or Red Sox game. He says the players do notice that. Of course, I’m sure they don’t mind it when they sign eith either team or are traded to either team.
Point taken, Vik, but even European soccer rivaries pale in comparison to the Yanks-Sox.
Huh? I thought the Red Sox-Yankees games were wars…
2004 was bad, just bad. 2003 was just great though since my friends stayed up that night to finish watching the game.
And in Europe most of the soccer games are merely the pre-game show before the stadium riots begin.
haha Paul. Yeah they kind of play a game of soccer to warm up for the fight.
Haha. Funny, Paul. I am confident that – with the depth of the Sox farm system and the fat wallet that John Henry has, and is usually willing to open – the Sox will be in contention for World Series titles with the Yankees year in and year out for a long time. The Sox aren’t the Cubs. I don’t think there will be a long drought between World Series titles for the Sox again.
let’s hope that isn’t the case, i prefer the cubs being pathetic and the sox being heartbroken..it just seems right.
I really don’t get why people get so riled up over soccer. First of all, most of the time, nobody even wins with most soccer scores being 0-0. How exciting. Second, the game is just not exciting. I don’t see what is so fun about watching someone kick a ball into a net, or almost kicking a ball into a net most of the time.
I remember watching ALCS Game 7 in 2003. I went out to the kitchen to grab a Coke, and returned to see Boone circling the bases. It was the most heartsick I felt about the outcome of a game since Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. I, however, am a Sox fan who doesn’t blast Buckner (he has the numbers to be a Hall of Famer, in my opinion), and I don’t begrudge Grady Little for not removing Pedro, though he should have. I like Francona, and I like the fact the with Epstein and Henry, the Sox will match up well with the Yankees for the long term. It will be interesting to see what happens with the Yankees when Steinbrenner passes and a new ownership regime take over.
I truly believe the Sox will make the playoffs this year. They will beat out the White Sox and the Twins for the wild card, presuming Detroit holds on.
It is not a given Detroit will win since they still have to face more AL East games and they did not do so well.
But cheer up, I think the Red Sox will make the wild card.
lol well louder u can find out in 2009 when swindell takes over, i think it’ll be better though, he is related to steinbrnner (through law only) and he said he will let cashman make the moves, not him or tampa
I was on WEEI after that game. Ted Sarandis actually let me speak. A phone call that is.
my dear yankee family- im leaving in a bit to head up to the stadium. ill miss you all tonight. good luck to WAAAANNNGGGGGGG. hope it is a great game!!
Greg Swindell? Maybe he can hop back and forth from the owners box to the bullpen and serve a dual purpose. (haha)
The Red Sox obliterated their farm system also. Before this year with Papelbon/Lester/Hansen, how many farm guys were on the team?
Was there anyone besides Nixon?
The Red Sox basically traded away the kids and bought players.
Have fun Ashley. We will look for you on television.
Wow, a fan with an e-mail address devoted to Wang? Only in New York!
Have fun Ashley. Carry a few frozen turkeys in case you need to lob them at Wells or Catalano.
The Yankees have relied on home grown talent more so than the Red Sox for more than 10 years. Looking at Jeter, Mo, Jorge, Bernie….
told u louder, he is bigger to us then people think.paul mirabelli and nixon were the only homegrowns on that ’04 team…ashley good luck. Steve swindell haha not greg
Obliterated their farm system? Epstein and his team of scouts have bolstered it to the point that they will have several pitchers and several position players on the roster in the necxt 2-3 years, which will free up money to sign top free agents outside of the organization. Dustin Pedroia is slated to play second next season. Jacoby Ellsbury will play right or center next season or 2008, or they could move Ellsbury, Crisp or Pena for another player. Their farm system is stocked with top pitchers – including Michael Bowden, Edgar Martinez, Justin Masterson and the guy they are working on signing, Daniel Bard, who could be in Boston in two years. Next year alone, the rotation will include Beckett, Schilling, Papelbon and Lester. They will likely move Papelbon to the rotation and sign a top closer. Since Epstein arrived, they farm system has been rebuilt and is a main reason why the Sox have overcome obstacles this season, and is a reason why they will be strong for the long term.
Clemens was a Red Sox farm talent I think. But Red Sox GM Duquette and the ghost of Lou Gorman sent him packing since he was washed up.
How many Cy Youngs did he win after getting expunged from the Red Sox?
paul don’t forget posada…and now wang and cabrera
paul don’t forget posada…and now wang and cabrera
Her e-mail address will be whathappenedtowang@gmail.com when he falls out of favor and is traded next year, like Shawn Chacon!
i cannot wait for papelbon to start
lol chacon wasn’t homegrown, was not arookie last year and is not having a solid 2 starter season this year…he was a flash in the pan, when u start in aplayoff game and are succcessful for two years, then ur no longer that title, wang is here to stay…he has been effective just as long as beckett
jlouder- please dont give me an anxiety attack like that. ok, leaving for real now. talk to you all later.
They shouldn’t move Papelbon to the rotation, not after the way he has dominated most opponents this year. They should only if it’s absolutely necessary.
and by that i mean beckett was good for half of 2003 (the 2nd half) and now arguably good (at least recordwise) in 2006…wang, good since may of 2005, then after the injury still good, now good all of 2006 record and erawise…beckett in 04 and 05 was nothing but underachieving injured and less tha a 15 game winner
Indeed the Red Sox are finally rebuilding their system as are the Yankees. But it is patently disingenuous to hear a Red Sox fan interpose that the Red Sox create their own talent and the Yankees buy theirs.
It is opposite of the facts. Only in 2006 have the Red Sox actually used their farm system. The Yankees despite ownership plundering the system managed to produce the best closer and the best shortstop in all of baseball as well as one of the top catchers and a legendary center fielder.
Wang is only in his second year and he has improved upon last season and continues to do so this year. His overall record is 20-9 so I don’t see how he is going to fall out of favor anytime soon.
yeah i wouldn’t ever move papelbon out of that role, u guys have struggled to find a franchise closer since gordon. move him to a starting role and who knows, maybe he is like lester and ***** after 5 innings
Vince, Mirabelli is not a homegrown Sox player.
Andrew: If there wasn’t something interesting abt soccer, it wouldn’t be the most watched and most played sport on earth. We cant really appreciate the game until u really get into it. My friends still ask me how I can watch a baseball game. Even my french boss who has been living here for 20 years asks the same question. Its the same answer again .. If it were not interesting, people wont watch it and wouldn’t know what the interesting part is, until u get into it.
I really hope the Sox make Papelbon a starter since he is so good at closing. That would significantly weaken them next year.
Maybe they could get Calvin Schiraldi back.
Lester has been lights out his last two starts, hasn’t he?
There are a lot of pitchers that have a good rookie season. But can they follow it up?
Haven’t heard much about “King” Felix this year, have we?
marksman: I agree with you…mostly. I have watched a few soccer games, and although the scoring is low, there is a lot of action and some incredible passes and footwork. I have heard many football fans and others say how boring baseball is to watch! I know that they just don’t get it, the way we do. In baseball every pitch can be exciting. They see 2 minutes between pitches and yawn. We see the game on the line every pitch. How many times do we get to see the tying run step to the plate. Anything can happen. And I know I am preaching to the choir, but what a beautiful game! Ever think about how perfect a game it is? The distance between the bases and mound make all kind of plays possible. You can steal or be caught stealing, bunt for a hit or be thrown out, tag and score or tag and be thrown out at the plate. Double plays are routine, but must be executed perfectly, or they can be beat out or broken up. Even with the speed out there today, plays can go either way. Any change to the distances and you lose that balance – what a perfectly designed game. Leaping catches to rob home runs, diving stops to save a run, and I won’t even get into pitching and hitting matchups…baseball has it all, but many just don’t get it. Maybe the soccer fans say the same about us!
Maybe the Yankees will ask Mo to play 1st base too.
mirabelli played for thunder, i swear…g2g eat be back for game
Vik, I’ve actually tried getting into soccer and I just don’t feel the vibe or the excitement that I feel when I watch a Yankees-Red Sox game.
Actually I think Lester is a good pitcher and will be better next year. He is their potential future ace.
I think he will be there long after Schilling keeps relying on the bloody sock legend and they discover Beckett is Carl Pavano’s twin. Unless of course they actually succeed in trading Lester. Then they have Jason Johnson as their ace.
don’t forget kyle “you need to pitch 5 innings for a win?” snyder
Vik, actually it might only be the most popular sport because most countries haven’t been exposed to other sports, or don’t have the means to build football stadiums, baseball fields, etc.
i would agree soccer is the cheapest sport to play, hence why so many 3rd world countries play it, it is not fair to say it would be most popular if everyone watched the same sports, but not it is too late, soccer is already in the cultures of many countries all over the world.
Snyder pitched really well the other night. He may be good.
I thought the guy they brought up to face the Yanks was terrific, David Pauley or something like that? What happened to him?
Maybe they traded him for luggage.
jlouder: I wanted to say u were being delusional when u said the redsox will win the AL east earlier today. Then I thought you were just listening to your heart. Now for you to question the homegrown-ness of yankees .. I dont know what to say. Outside of the 3 or 4 rookies that came up this year, the only true sox u had for like the last few yrs were Youkilis and *Mirabelli (you traded him away, but you HAD to bring him back). On the other hand we have Jeter, Posada, Bernie, Mo, Wang, Cano. Thats not including Melky, Kevin Thompson, AP etc who helped us a lot this year. Your guys hung on to your rookies because they showed some results in the first half of the season. But things are on a downward spiral for your rookies and I wouldn’t be surprised if they are traded in the off season.
Did our Red Sox fan leave?
I have never posted on the Red Sox blog, for a few reasons: not wanting to hurt their feelings, really did not think I belonged, and did not want to deal with my harasser since some seem to think he is normal.
Vik, Mirabelli is actually not a homegrown player for them.
vik generally i would agree the redsox are heartless and would trade their talent away since they have “so much of it”. But, epstein would have made a move at the deadline and dealt the talent to help this years and next years teams if he had intentions of letting them go..whether they pan out is a whole different story
What would it cost to play baseball. A peice of timber and a ball. Trust me, soccer is not big in India. But I still find it the most physically demanding and artistic outdoor sport.
paul only ellen does, the rest told me not to mind him and that he does not reflect redsox nation, basically that he is a *****…..alex where is mirabelli from then? cause i swear he was on thunder
vik, a ball, gloves, a baseball diamond, a piece of timber, a fence…..the urban version of baseball is stickball, which granted, some guys (esp from brooklyn) went onto become major league players growing up on it, but baseball is not an inexpensive sport in its purest form.
Theo thinks the talent he has is good. Thats why he did not do anything at the deadline. He’ll find out in the next 2 months that they are not as good as it appeared in the 1st half. So, he’ll be willing to trade them.
No Mirabelli started with the Giants.
Transactions
June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1992: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1992.
March 27, 2001: Purchased by the Texas Rangers from the San Francisco Giants.
June 12, 2001: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Justin Duchscherer.
November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
November 29, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
December 7, 2005: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the San Diego Padres for Mark Loretta.
Soccer isn’t either Vince. You need two goal posts, a perfectly rectangular field, two nets, a ball and the shoes. The goal keeper’s gloves, the shin guards, the hospital bills.
oh wow, i must be thinking of hillenbrand haha……wow they could have had dueshehrhehrhe? talk about giving up the farm.
I’m back! I never said the Yankees buy all of their talent. Someone on this blog wrote and said the Sox have obliterated their farm system, and I responded. The fact is, the Yankees farm system is mostly barren right now, and the Red Sox have built their into something solid since Epstein arrived. That is obvious when you look the Sox this year, and prospects the Sox have at Single and Double-A. The Yankees had a decent farm system when Jeter, Posada and Williams arrived, but that was long ago. Though I didn’t say the Yankees buy all their talent, they are reaching a point now where they will have to until they rebuild their farm system.
I apologize for the Mirabelli error.
the yankees have plenty of talent in A and AA just none at AAA…i’m sure if mike were here right now he would indulge u…maybe alex, our version of jamie (but better!) will instead.
vik ur being too nit picky…soccer only needs a ball, u can make a post out of anything, just like u can make bases out of anything, a goalie does not need gloves. Nor do they NEED shin guards, that would be like saying baseball players need helmets and batting gloves…or cleats. The field does not need to be rectangular, but a baseball diamond does need to be a diamon on the infield and have dirt on the infield but not the middle infield and grass in the outfield, or else it is almost a completely different entity…in its barest of forms, soccer is much less expensive than baseball
The Yankee farm system is flourishing right now and provided several current players: Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Andy Phillips.
Future talent is developing on the farm, particularly stellar pitching and outfielder prospects.
But don’t tell Red Sox fans about our farm system. Let them think it is “barren.”
Ignorance is bliss.
lol that is what gets me…redsox last year say we have no farm…enter wang and cano, redsox fans say this year we have no farm…enter cabrera, redsox say we have no farm for the future: Just wait for our litte surprises that jamie projects to be (no more than 3 starters, lucky with trickery and TERRIBLE)
We have to agree to disagree on this Vince.
Hey, Vince (yankeevmm)’s been on the Sox blog and I thought I’d visit. I’m a Sox fan, and always will be =). Besides Hughes and Tabata, who do the yankees really have in the farm? Vince has tried to convince me that the Yank’s farm isn’t as depleted as the media portrays it to be, but who else can you seriously say have real potential?
so everyone listed the prospects that the yanks have brought up, but to scare the bostonians a little more… we have tabata, white, duncan and one of the best pitching prospects in baseball, Mr. Phillip Hughes
The Yanks did draft poorly in 2005. They should have taken local boy Hansen.
But the team had warring contingents sort of like Theo vs Lucchino. And the dumber ones prevailed.
and they had CJ Henry until the abreu-lidle trade
Welcome Jamie
people mistaken the yankees for having no farm because there is never any room on the team to bring them up…yet, it must be a huge coincidence that whenever we have holes someone pops up…96, ss didn’t cut it and we needed a setup man, hi jeter and mo…97 we needed a new catcher, whats up posada? early 90′s we needed a new center fielder, welcome bernie williams….last year we have a depleted staff, and here comes wang, our 2nd baseman are underachieving, robinson cano? I guess the yankees must be the luckiest team on the face of the earth.
i really wanna see jamie and alex battle,i bet they could be best friends one day
and who can forget about needing an outfielder to replace two injured all stars this year, welcome back melky
And this year we needed an outfielder, welcome Melky.
In most of those cases Vince just cited the farm guy replaced a highly touted free agent.
Mel Hall was sent packing when he harassed Bernie. Jeter replaced an injured Tony Fernandez.
Joe Girardi mentored Jorge though which was good.
you bet me to it Vince.
Yankee Vince, That is a compliment to say I don’t express the views of most of Red Sox Nation, because so many of our fans have a “sky is falling” demeanor just because we lose a game or someone gets hurt. There are a lot of great lifelong and devoted Red Sox fans who know the game. There are bandwagon fans who jumped aboard in 2004 since it is trendy to wear a Sox hat. Then there are these lunatics who whine and gripe anytime the Sox lose, or anytime Epstein doesn’t make a move. I don’t always agree with Epstein or Francona, but they know what they are doing, and I trust them.
I have been a lifelong baseball fan. I still play amateur baseball. I know the game inside and out. I know the Red Sox inside and out. And I enjoy sharing my opinion and rationally and intelligently debating with others. It’s a great game, and I am fortunate to be a lifelong fan of a team that is in contention year in and year out. So if someone doesn’t agree with me, that’s fine. I don’t get offended. When I was a sports columnist at a small daily newspaper, I would have letters berating me on a weekly basis. That’s jsut how it is when you are frank about your opinions.
Sports and politics – and some parts of history – are subjects that are always open to debate.
good people like you are the only ones who should be allowed to blog, but if u thought i was saying u were the ***** on the sox blog, my mistake, u haven’t met him yet, his name is daniel fagan, and he is a true Id1ot. that is who i said does not reflect the views of redsox nation, but u also don’t for the most part, except hwen u talk about our farm…fagan just gets personal and sings songs about the yankees losing to the whitesox and then they go onto sweep them. He, gets no compliments
No problem. Since the sox won the Series, I do think the mentality of Red Sox Nation is changing to one that is more reflective of my views – being patient, not overreacting and not panicking when something goes wrong. But there are still many Sox fans who fall into panic mode easily, not realizing that it is a long season, and there are many ups and downs – even when a team is having a season like the Tigers. People need to remember that just because you win 100 or more games doesn’t ensure a World Series title, and just because you get a wild card berth doesn’t mean doom. The last couple seasons have shown that. However, I think this will be the year the Sox win the Al East. I’m not overly concerned about this week’s happenings. If there are four games left and we are five out, then I’ll be concerned and turn my attention to the wild card.
oddly enough, this year has been the weakest of years for yankee fan’s psyche, it really filters out the true ones from the bandwagon, i think by now even the most pessimistic believe we should win the division…nobody knows 100 wins doesn’t ensure a ring like the yankees…not only did we have back to back non winners that did that, but we took down the greatest regular season american league team in history in the seattle mariners….and did not even need a game 7
Heading out for a little while. Catch you people a little later. (Even though I have the air conditioner on, and a fan on, my house feels like a sauna!)…. Hope our friend sees Wang at his best!
Oh yeah. I think I posted before that Erin Andrews is from Boston and went to Florida St. or something. But every time ESPN does a game at Fenway, it seems like Miss Throw-Neutrality-Out-the-Window is doing the game. Her giddiness the other night after Ortiz’ walkoff was so unprofessional.
Louder, I noticed you said you played amatuer baseball…Cape Cod league?
No, no, not at that level. I’m talking about an adult baseball league mostly composed of former college and high school players, and a handful of former minor leaguers. I’m 38. No Jim Morris story here!
Oh ok I see…what postition(s) do you play?
I’m 6-5, 240 and left-handed. First base has been my main position through Little League, high school and adult baseball leagues. I never got into softball. I like the action and strategy of baseball.
Did you ever try your hand at pitching?
Nope, never pitched. I like first base too much. Especially at 38, I don’t want to blow my arm out!
Hey, anyone on here watching the game through MLB.TV? I’m watching it that way and there is no sound so I just wanted to see if anyone else is having that problem.
I have it on, and the sound is working. I don’t like what I’m seeing and hearing, though.
I am watching on Game Day. I make all the sounds myself.
3-0 Cleveland. Could be a goood night and the Red Sox last night close to the Yanks in 2006.
I’m sorry; I have the Sox and Yanks blog on, and I thought I was responding to the Sox blog.
Well done Paul.
Well, If louder doesn’t like what he’s seeing, then that is good news for us, right?
That won’t be the case, Paul. Even if the Sox lose, this is going to be a race to the wire, likely decided in the last week of the season.
Well what is wrong with me then. I can listen to music through Winamp but dont get anything with MLB.TV Maybe a reboot will help but then I’ll prolly be told I have tried to log in to many times and that I have to wait or some BS like that.
Those watching the game: does Wang LOOK as wild as he SOUNDS?
He certainly isnt being his usual self so far. Throwing more balls and walking people.
I’m listening to the radio feed, so I can’t see him. I’m just wondering if he’s missing barely, or if he is missing badly.
At least he got out of the inning.
Hope Wang is OK. He has been a rock.
******. I rebooted and got the stupid “Your account has been logged in too many times. Please try again later.” message. I’m gonna try that mosaic thing.
Don’t look know but YES just showed Carl ” I have a bad bum” Pavano throwing off the mound today. But don’t worry he’s sitting on the bench so maybe he will reinjure his buttocks again ( we can only hope.)Maybe he will be out 4-6 weeks because he got a splinter in his ***
D bags are working Wang’s pitch count.
45 in 2 and 2/3 innings
Dirty Indians. Looks like they are letting Lester off the hook. One runner pickef off and one double play on a fly ball.
Game Day is also not working—still has Catalanatto at bat then jumped to the Wells at bat being done as I typed this.
He’s averaging about 15/16 pitches an inning so that’s not too bad.
2 strikeouts in 2 innings for Hughes so far tonight.
Gameday is either slow or is actually ahead of MLB.TV but has got to be slower than watching it on YES. I hate MLB.TV!
4 strikeouts in 3 innings so far actually.
Go DJ
HOME RUN JETER!!!!
DJ!!!!
Go DJ, that’s my DJ, go DJ that’s my that’s my DJ…sorry I got that from a song haha.
Looks like Abreu just needed a night to get settled.
Wow, this is hard.
I am home, and i CANT watch the game? Wow…this is hard…
Do you want us to keep you posted on the action Lola?
yes, please Alex.
I guess i can see DJ homered, from the comments…
i cant even gameday…
man, i am not as strong willed as i thought…i am so tempted…
yeah, it’s 7-0 Toronto Lola.
I’d better let you know that’s a lie before you go crazy.
1-0 Yankees so far, top of the 4th.
Wang is the only pitcher we have who’s cool enough to have a hyphen in his first name.
ok im back hello all
Abreu is just a triple and a homer away from the cycle, unfortunetly those are the 2 hardest parts to get.
lol Rob, thats not funny!!!
ha ha..
abreu should have to have his arm registered for that throw….that is a WEAPON!
how many scoreless innings does wang have in a row so far?
whats our line up?
Ok, does it make sense to be on Marks blog getting info on the game when i could just watch it, or at least turn on gameday???
arrghhh…
seems counter productive, its just frustrating me more. i need to NOT be home for this to work…
“I always thought the knuckleball was the easiest pitch to catch. Wait’ll it stops rolling, then go to the backstop and pick it up.”
- Bob Uecker, major league catcher 1962-67
hahah rob u get the latest SI issue too?
yeah, reading it while I listen to the game, vince.
A lot of the stuff is outdated. I got this subscription free along with my mlb radio subscription. I’m glad I didn’t allow them to charge me for more. With the internet, by the time the magazine comes, it’s old news.
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Posada C
Wilson 1B
Williams DH
Cabrera LF
Cairo 2B
There you go Lola.
I know a guy who’s caught Wakefield before.
i have the issue mainly for the bathr-nvm.
thanks Alex =)
What’s Wilson’s problem? It takes him 2 ABs to get his first Yankee hit, and then it’s not even a homerun.
Sheesh, what a disappointment.
No problem, 2 on none out for Bernie right now.
Is this right? According to SI, the Mariners sent Varitek AND Derek Lowe to the Red *** for Heathcliff Slocumb?
Stupid trade.
Ok now 2 on, 1 out for the Melk man.
Ok, i couldnt take it, i am watching the game.
Ha ha, that lasted all of a day??? LOL. Shame on me. No self control…
Here’s 2 trades the Red Sox made Rob. These should make you happy.
Jeff Bagwell to the Astros for Larry Anderson
Curt Schilling to the Orioles for Mike Boddicker.
Looks like the Yanks are gonna let flower man out of the inning.
1st and 2nd, 0 outs, can’t score…bad, bad, bad
Lola, more important is to watch it and view it as entertainment.
Short of flinging frozen turkeys onto the field at the players, which in 49 of 50 states would be a crime, you canot control the outcome so don’t take it personally.
Which is the one state in which lobbing turkeys is not a crime?
hawaii!
Russ, you’re not having a relapse are you?
Patience, my friend. Patience.
Wang has really improved his pitch count last 2 innings.
Why? Is it a tradition in Hawaii to lob turkeys into the ocean?
Volcanos more-so Vik.
Not sure, Vik. Research that and get back to us, please.
was anybody else at the 96 yankees ticker tape parade? I will never get over how loud the let’s go yankees chants were headed to the parade
Maidens are flung into volcanos in Hawaii
pAUL, ur advice is more better than the “therapist”‘s …i’m going to do that!
I’ll see what I can find Paul.
Bobby’s Game Daw pic is different today than yesterday.
I think they took his Philly pic and changed the hat.
They need to give Abreu a new gameday picture.
You guys are silly and it makes me happy. I always get a laugh out of reading the posts.
Lola…what’s the name of your blog?
I am the serious one. It is the others.
Hi everyone.. interesting game, so far.
I know Paul, I didn’t mean you at all.
hey all-
anyone else think the bottom 3rd will haunt us as this game goes on?
ANGEL! you are not here enough, ,and jorge should be done with his vacation, what is he thinking?
http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com
havent updated in ages!
Oh, by the way, it is illegal to throw frozen turkeys in the ocean in Hawaii. Only partially thawed is acceptable.
Yeah emcohen. Thats what happens when a bunch of idiots blabber away abt anything and everything.
That is classic Wang.
Lola’s blog is http://www.ItsNotTherapy-ItsTheYankeesDagnabbit.com
oops, maybe not
that was filthy
Maybe 2 more innings from Wang….77 pitches.
Gotta love those 6 pitch innings.
Haha.. been busy the last couple of nights.. its nice to be able to sit down and chat with everyone here..
Wang is starting to really cruise now. He’s just awesome.
Boston on the comeback trail.
That ARod slide was straight out of a movie.
About time you updated, Lola.
I like to read the girlie yankee bloggers (you and Beth) it rocks that there are two women who blog about yankee baseball.
OMG.. Arod faked him out and slid in under him to be safe. Wow!
nice double by ARod. He has a great record against Lilly.
alex is a GREAT athlete! see how he dodged that tag??? amazing! I LOVE this guy!
ARodddddddddddddd
Beth? Who is Beth?
JORGE!
hahahah a rod, what a good kid…POSADA HITS A BOMB! the hrs are starting to come back
Georgie Juiced one…big time
Beth’s blog is “Yankee Chick”
Ortiz 0-3 with 3Ks.
Beth = http://yankeeschick.mlblogs.com =)
hahhaha i am liking these new guys
Rob, this Wilson dude still hasn’t hit a home run? What is the deal here?
Wow they were really right about Wilson hitting lefties well.
Hi! I am back. I am going to catch up on the recent postings in a minute. Here is your HUGHES update. He has pitched his 5 innings. Still no score. He gave up just 2 hits, 1 walk, and 8 strikeouts. One of my best friends lives outside of Reading, PA and is at the game (a HUGE Yankee fan). He says he hasn’t seen this at the AA level, says Hughes is clearly AAA right now. 94 mph on the fastball, 71 on the curve, and was very strong in the 5th (his last inning) where his curve was just deadly. A great report.
Jorge Posada…Simply Grrrrreeat.
Too many yankee fans take him for granted.
Ooooh maybe Ortiz can golden sombero today!
I’ve been to many Reading Phillies games in my time…wish I could see Hughes pitch though…too bad.
MELKYYYY
I was filling on the Hughes updates while you were out, Mike but you can take over again haha.
How many double plays will the Indians fly into.
So exactly how hot is it on the East Coast today? We had 112 on Sunday.. it was hideous – so you have my sympathies, East coast people.
Full Name: Dustin Michael McGowan
Born: 03/24/1982
Birthplace: Savannah, GA
Height: 6’2″ Weight: 215
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
College: N/A
MLB Debut: 07/30/2005
Dustin Michael… Married… Was drafted out of Long County High School in Ludowici, GA… Named as the team MVP in both baseball and basketball… All Region in basketball… All State in baseball… Played Little League, Junior and Senior League… Enjoys fishing, hunting and golf, as well as long walks on the beach…
I wonder if they are regretting trading Bob Wickman?
I was out helping my bro put up a shed and come back to see the Yanks up 3-0. Sweet.
Ground rule double robs Melky of an RBI and more points for my struggling fantasy team. Grrrrrr.
Mr. McGowan, you can walk the bases loaded. I don’t think any of us mind, do we?
Paul forgot to mention McGowan likes cheese straight from the shaker too.
WOW, Johnny hits .600 with the bases loaded.
We’ve had pretty cool weather where I’m at.
It barely topped 100º today.
angel we’re getting a hurricane this weekend..currently a 1 but the heat will change that into something nice. it is about 98 and humid today
higher than 600 now
HEEEEEEEEEERE’s JOHNNY!
My baby Grady Sizemore can really help us here.. =)
I was a little late on that call. I made it after he got the hit.
I think the Yankee Stadium voice of God should say that every time Johnny comes to the plate.
Manny tied the game in Boston.
Blecccch!
3-3 now Manny just homered
LOL *barely topped 100* spoken like a true desert dweller.
Aww Vince .. I hope its not a bad one. Hey, are you going to turn your laptop off during it?
I feel sorry for people with asthma or other respiratory problems. My dad died of a lung disease in 1993. This kind of hot, humid stickiness is very hard on them.
i hope not, as long as my dad finds out i’d like to keep it running on battery for an hour or two haha
Derek hits only .500 with bases loaded.
What’s bad in the desert?
115º and 40-50% humidity.
i have asthma, this is why i stay in all day
Pitching change
fudge! rammy manirez just tied it up ;(
common Grady!!!
Poor McGowan.
You really do have to feel for the guy.
Then you remember that he just gave up 2 runs to your Yankees, and your thoughts turn to, “HAHA,*******!.”
**** Manny. Looks like ****, fields like ****, runs the bases like ****, is in his own bloody world,
but I gotta admit the dude can hit.
Back to Earth from Paradise. How are you “FAMILY”?????
The Indians are pulling off their famous tank job, 4-3 Sox now
And what’s the reason you stay up all night, Vince?
haha I can actually handle desert heat, Rob.. but then I come from a climate where everyone puts their gloves and coats on when it gets below 60 degrees. I’d rather desert heat anyday that the humid nasty stuff we’ve had.
¡Hola Jorge! Good to have you back.
Abreu hasn’t had an RBI since July 24.
lol…asthma…my trigger is sleep eric haha…..what up jorgeeee jorgee is having a big night u are lucky, jorge, that ur coming back tonight when jorge homered
Hi Jorge.. nice to see you back. Hope you had a nice vacation.
Hi Alex. Hi Vince. A great night since I can enjoy your comments again. And of course, a greater one because we are winning AGAIN!!!!!
welcome back Jorge. How was your trip to bacchanal?
I am liking what I’ve seen so far of Abreu’s at bats.
Good to talk with you again, my dear Angel and “ancient” uncle Paul. (At least at this comment you both are together) Playa del Carmen was great. And Tequila and Bacardí DID their jobs.
abreu is a machine. jorge if they start losing again ur gonna have to go on vacation again
Okay.. i’m not saying anything next time, lol.
With this team????? Losing again??????? No, Vince. Don’t worry.
Jorge I am going to have Lola throw a frozen turkey at you for that ancient comment.
Wow..very nice AB for Alex.
Angel. You’re right. Abreu’s at bats have been terrifics
Alex did it again!!!!!! He is really back!!!!!
I can’t believe this is still the same inning where Alex did his fake-out.
What the **** is wrong with A-Rod? Where did all his power go? Bases juiced and all he can manage is a single!?!?!?!
haha paul u sure u can lift it?
hughes gave up 2 walks, but a great night. NO decision. 5 IP, 0 R, 2 hits, 2 walks, 8 Ks. his replacement stunk and Reading is up 4-0.
Alex with 2 rbi! 7-0 Yanks! Ashley must be SO happy for Wang!
BTW, someone I never mentioned before. Check out the stats on 1b Cody Ehlers at Tampa.
Prospects don’t necessarily have to make the big club. If you have a good 3b (but the guy is stuck behind someone like A-Rod for the next six years or so) the guy can bring you back something good in a trade.
Welcome back Jorge.
ohh ur having lola do it smart planning
Paul: ANYTHING coming from Lola will be very welcomed. (Don’t be jealous Vince)
Thank you Vikram. Here I am again
I am going to leave the blog for tonight. Going to a Sports Bar very near from my office to see the last 3 innings. See you tomorrow folks
Where is Barry Chen from Taiwan tonight? He has to be proud!
Chien Ming-Wang= I am Ace!
Half the pitches Wang threw today, were to Hinske.
Long at bat….good to see an out.
Great game for Wang……….Stinking hometown Indians…….UGH….should have won all 3 games in Boston…..
night Jorge, drive safely.
No drinking and driving, especially at your age,
Is drinking and driving even illegal in Mexico?
91 pitches, Wang should continue.
But it is really hot tonight. I hope Ashley broght a few frozen turkeys to sit on to keep her cool.
(frozen turkeys have so many purposes; they are not just a weapon.)
Come on Wang! Another CG shutout?
BTW, I asked a trivia question at our meeting last night, and no one got it. Which Yankee HOF pitcher was known as “The Knight of Kennett Square”?
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hahaha….russ what’s the score? i can’t believe that ******* lester gets bailed out every game.
lol Paul.
Oh yeah. Yours truly is on every 2 to 3 weeks as a guest commentator too! LOL
The Craig Wilson Game Day picture is different from earlier in the game.
Lola: Time for ur boy to show up.
Mike I want to be on as a guest. I don’t know anything about baseball but I can do impressions.
4-3 Boston UGH…Indians down to last 5 outs
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1 out double for the tribe
BTW, the answer…
The HOF Yankee pitcher known as “The Knight of Kennett Square” was…
Herb Pennock.
Where is Kennett Square?
ur wild mike
HAFNER 2 RUN HOMER 5-4 TRIBE!!!!
Indians take the lead!
HAFNER yessssssssssssssssssssss
LEAVE HIM IN, JOE! The more you get from Wang, the less you need the bullpen! LEAVE HIM IN! SAVE MO, PROCTOR, ETC. for another day. Ashley (I hope I got her name right) must be SO happy.
Indians have no relief pitchers
holy **** 17 straight scoreless innings for cmw, whatever has gotting into him he should give some to moose and Randy, and Lidle too
Ashley must be going crazy over Wang. Vince please don’t interpret that the wrong way.
Angel, i have a new post up (finally!
)
and Paul, i gave you a shout out…
http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com
Oritz and Manny coming up in bottom of 8 for Boston HOLD YOUR BREATH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>however, Mo just flew into Boston and is now in
andrew ashley only goes crazy for one man haha…me.
ortiz leads off so at least he can’t hit a walkoff but manny can
Kennett Square is a town S of West Chester, PA near the PA/DE border (I am near Allentown, PA). My knowledge of Yankee history goes WAY back. Hence my nickname, Stat-o-matic. LOL.
hey guys keep me updated on the yankee game, i’m watching the sox to make sure they lose..hopefully.
Bobby Abreu has the most gangster gameday picture ever. We need to get that man a nickname.
BTW, some of you remembered that today is a sad anniversary. I was working a summer job, just before going to college at Penn State at this time in 1979 when I heard the sad news. Did you know that in his last game Thurman Munson did not catch? He was at first base that night….now, (I’ll give you a few minutes)….
where did Munson play his last game?
Wang’s picture on the MLB.com front page is… interesting.
Wow, nice, Lola, thanks!
And really neat for the Thurman tribute. He was a favorite of mine.
HEY PAPI HOW DOES THAT GOLDEN SOMBRERO FIT YOU? HA!!!!!
somebody borrow jorge’s somebrero, ortiz needs it, nice clutch at bat
Ortiz. Golden sombrero.
Munson was used at C, 1B, 3b, and outfield to try and save his knees
…why is it called the golden sombrero? I never figured that out.
Thurman’s last game was on 8-1-79 in Old Comiskey Park in Chicago.
I can’t remember him at 3b,though.
mike, i’m dying to know
there we go
Ortiz has a Golden Sombero!!!!!!!!
I called it! Yes!!!
Wang is at 18 scoreless innings and counting.
This includes this game, last game, and the 6th inning of his July 22nd start against Toronto.
Jonbon is coming in to pitch to Cleveland.
Thurman’s last game was at the White Sox.
drat, too late
Andrew, from wiki:
In baseball, the golden sombrero is a slang term used to describe a player’s dubious feat of striking out four times in a single game. A platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game, while a horn or titanium sombrero is bestowed upon a player who, by some fluke of providence, strikes out six times in a single (usually extra-inning) game.
The term derives from “hat trick”, a hockey term for three goals that was applied to baseball for three strikeouts. The rationale is that four is bigger than three and thus the “hat” for four should be much bigger, like a sombrero.
there went the shutout. Villone owes Wang a Buick.
Haha that’s hilarious.
$5 says that Wang goes out on the field and starts screaming at Villone in Chinese.
Why is Toronto carrying 3 catchers?
These Hinske ABs are annoying me more than Glaus’s hr
Wow, they’ve only been 7 players in history to have a Horn (titanium sombrero, 6 strike outs)…makes sense, thats pretty hard to accomplish!
July 25, 1913 CARL WEILMAN St. Louis Browns (horn; 15 inn)
May 2, 1956 DON HOAK Chicago Cubs (horn; 17 inn)
May 31, 1966 RICK REICHARDT California Angels (horn; 17 inn)
July 9, 1971 BILLY COWAN California Angels (horn; 20 inn)
June 14, 1974 CECIL COOPER Boston Red Sox (horn; 15 inn)
July 17, 1991 SAM HORN Baltimore Oriole (horn; 15 inn)
September 9, 1998 ALEX GONZALEZ Toronto Blue Jays (horn; 13 inn)
(lol at how Sam Horn got a Horn!
THE YANKEES WIN!
Cue up Frank (I hate Liza, LOL!)
Do you know that despite all the years Fisk played, and all the HR he had, and that Munson died at age 32—that Thurman had more 100 rbi seasons than Fisk?
Ashley should smack him with a frozen turkey.
Now entering…Sandman, pitching for the Tribe in the bottom of the 9th…….Come on MO………3 outs to go
We win. Hopefully Boston loses and we go up by 1 game.
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees wiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!
Now i will patiently cross my fingers and wait for boston to lose =)
Oh great, Mr. I-think-I’ll-throw-a-ball-over-the-middle-of-the-plate-for-Ortiz is coming in.
why dont the indians have a freaking reliable closer…arggh, carmona in again…lets cross our fingers collectively.
Yeah I meant Carmona.
By now those turkeys are not likely frozen but partially cooked in this heat.
Bet Ashley feed the team in the lockerroom.
Eric Wedge is doing all he can to give away these games to Boston.
Wang 13-4.
Going INTO this game, he was 7-2 in his last 10 games with a 2.74 ERA.
Now 8-2 in his last 11 with an ERA of ????
WOW.
bottom of the ninth willie moe pena strikes out 2 more to go
Who said Wang isn’t consistent? I thought the Jays had a good offense.
1 out left in Boston
the white sox are losing..
but not like we care about the wild card…
cookie crisp strikes out 1 to go
guys!!! i’m back from the game. i left after the top of the 8th when i saw that CMW was done for the night. HOW GOOD WAS WANG TONIGHT?! my lord, i am even more obsessed than previously.
2 pouts, mirrorbelly up,
woo hoo, lets go Carmona..
Alex was 3 for 5 with 2 rbis and a run today! Thats my boy =)
I’m worried about Utley’s hit streak. 0-4 tonight in the 7th inning… looks like the streak ends tonight.
Ashley must have a smile as wide as a split watermelon.
Did you propose marriage to Wang, Ashley?
you know it
I want it to end. I have had enough coverage of it already.
i thought about it…maybe i should have run onto the field and proposed…but then i would have been ejected and would not have been able to see the rest of the godliness that is wang.
FUDGE!!! Mirrorbelly was hit by pitch on 3-2,
A Gon up…
**** he hit mirabelli
2 guys hit
Happy for you Ashley. Because Wang was great in a game u were at the stadium.
Nooooooooo, Chase’s hit streak cant end =(
*** is this Carmona guy doing?
Ashley, if you had done that you would have been one of those fans featured on ESPN running onto the field and then being escorted off haha.
what the **** he hit agone
are u ******* kdiding me, now he is hitting players on his way to a bs? why dont u ******* blow them
Wow you got home fast Ashley. It must be nice to travel with police escort.
Come on Tribe. Don’t **** another one away.
andrew- ill keep that in mind for next time!
vik- thank you! it was a great game
geez they want to face Ortiz.
haha paul, hopefully no police (yet)
“Don’t call me until they hit 40….”
Joe DiMaggio.
What is this retard Carmona doing???
watching the sox on mlb tc. who is this crappy indians closer? is this the same one who gave up the homer to ortiz?
Oh no…
he walked youkalis, bases loaded
eric wedge, this is why your team is terrible
This guy is terrible. Quick, someone stall the game so we can ship Mo out there.
Bases freaking loaded. >:O
this is not helping my therapy…
only now do they get someone up in the bull pen
I think Eric Wedge is on the Red Sox payroll.
yes the same one who gave ortiz a bp pitch
yes Ashley. Rafael Betancourt was sitting down every hitter he faced day before yesterday and today. Eric Wedge removed him in the ninth. I seriously suspect Eric Wedge.
Sox win
well, boston won.
freaking Carmona…urghghh.
*breath lola* breathe…
I’m going out to snipe this Carmona guy down.
Yup. Same guy. 22 year old.
Makes you wish they kept Wickman.
Value Mo. Worship(???) Mo. See what other Mo-less teams have do deal with.
Thanks INDIANS GEES
omg.. i swear cleveland are doing that on purpose.. how do you blow a game with two outs like that?
What the **** is wrong with that guy? He Ks the first two batters, then he hits Mirrorbelly of all people and that just led to the end.
The Indians were not this bad when we faced them. They played like a pro team then.
i swear, this Carmona guy better not come to NY…
i’ll pelt him with frozen turkeys, what a wanker! urghhh…i am sad
carmona owes us two games. what a *****. eric wedge is even worse for choosing to put him in the game after what happened on monday night.
I am not getting why the got rid of Wickman.. you’d think they’d have someone semi-ready to step into the job if they were going to make a move like that.
Made his major league debut on October 5, 1991 with Boston and in 1992 he belted all 5 of his major league homers in 27 games for the Red Sox…Was drafted by the Rockies in the November, 1992 expansion draft in the 2nd round and spent most of the 1993 season on the major league disabled list with elbow problems…Appeared in 9 games at catcher for the Rockies during their inaugural season in 1993 before signing back with the Red Sox in 1994. Made it back to the big leagues for the final time with the Red Sox in 1994…Overall he spent parts of 4 seasons in the major leagues and played professionally for 9 seasons…Embarked on his managerial career in 1998 after undergoing eight surgeries over the course his playing career that ended his career after the 1997 season.
**to deal with*** , sorry.
I am gonna hunt Wedge down. No wonder he blew a playoff spot last year when Cleveland choked.
My.therapist.told.me.to.stay.away..trying.to.control.my.anger.
well..i’ll look at the positive, wang pitched 8 shut out innings, alex went 3 for 5 with 2 rbis and a run, jorge with a 2 run shot…
you win some, you lose some =)
i can’t wow….i am beyond rage, that was absurd. No explanation u cant even credit the redsox, all they did was get hit by pitches. conspiracy and now the sox are gonna have this comeback kid espn ******** nickname or some **** and nobody will know ortiz was 0-4 with 4 k, even though when a rod did it, yankees won and thye covered it like crazy
Guys I am going to go to the hotel where the Indians are staying and I’m going to shoot Carmona with my paintball gun.
I suspect Eric’s character. Cant be a manager if he was so stupid. If he is not stupid, he’s cheating.
i htink we should try to look at the bigger picture here guys. the yankees won because they are great and will continue to be so. the sox won out of pure luck. they wont be so lucky next team they play.
The bio I posted was of Eric Wedge, if anybody is wondering.
I really hope Lidle gets us the sweep tomorrow…
Must be nice Boston facing a team for 4 games w/no closer…..so lucky
Absolutely, Lola. We cannot control what they do but we can admire that our CM Wang is one of the top pitchers in baseball.
That was like a Brad Lidge/Jason Isringhausen moment for Carmona. Solid stuff.
CM Wang for president! why is this guy our 4th starter?
He is not 4th Ashley, they split up the big guys so the bullpen would not have Wright and other guy 2 days in a row.
All these ******** Red Sox bottom of 9th wins drive me nuts.
I swear someone is in those CF stands (where else do people sit in the CF stands) giving Ortiz and Manny and the rest some signal.
Maybe some of you should be allowed to sit in the black and give signals to the Yankee hitters? LOL
He should be 2nd, but Torre wanted him between Wright and the 5th started so he could eat up some innings, which he is doing.
Mike in Fenway CF is the Green Monster and part of the bleachers.
i think therapy is working…i havent punched anything =)
i am kind of sad chase’s streak might be ending today…he’s one of my favs..
ah ok. good stuff.
Ok I’m going to Boston to get rid of Carmona. Be back in a few hours.
Wang=ace
mike haha, where is barry chen from taiwan?
A lot of the teams stay at the Four Seasons Hotel on Boylston St, across from the Public Gardens.
Utley is still going to get a chance to bat! Yes!!!
my blog gets no love =) ha ha
ill be back at 12 i have a draft to conquer for football
Got to go. Need to take headphones to work tomorrow, what with the afternoon game.
Let’s go Lidle.
from CBS Sportsline:
With his impressive run of stingy performances, Wang has surpassed an inconsistent Randy Johnson and become New York’s No. 2 starter – right behind Mike Mussina.
woo hooo, Chase’s hit streak continues, with a chopper that was almost an error, but he hustled and beat out the throw
!
CBS Sportsline is wrong…RJ is a 4th starter at best……and we have him for one more year
they took away his hit??? =(
now they gave back the hit…
Lola: It seems they scored it an error.
no, they gave the hit back!!!
ok. Dang.
Holy cr.ap. If Feinsand is going to off a week, you guys might have this blog to over 10,000 posts when he comes back. Wang looked good tonight. Lots of people outside New York still doubt this guy but I have no idea why. This is why you guys have been able to hand in the race until your thunder comes back. Moose, Wang, and RJ (3 out of every 4 times out has been solid).
Should be an interesting final 2 months.
aww, they might take chase’s hit away =( :’(
I dont think it will be interesting Kevin. I honestly think (not feel) that we will run away with it.
Lola: I hate to do this to you but I am happy, actually ecstatic, it ended. Who cares how many straight games they hit in? And what good is it if they dont win.
Utley’s was scored a single–courtsey of those Cardinals folk.
Wang had another great night, more dependable than ever. The offence came through and looks like A-Rod is picking it up, which is good. The fans look like they are mostly getting off his back when he makes an out. Of course, Jeter lead the way again.
I saw A-Rod visiting kids in the city for charity. That’s very good of him–despite his playing and all the money, you really can’t say anything bad about his character.
Abreu has 2 hits tonight, one a double although he did strike out in a key spot. So, overall good night for him. Let’s see what Lidle can offer tomorrow–expect something, but not too much.
About that Sox game, could it have been thrown? Well, I know for fact the Indians and Red Sox have had collusions and deals all the back to times of Cy Young and Tris Speaker. How else did the Sox win the 1918 AL Pennant when Cleveland was that close to winning and the pick to win? Don’t blame the man eating hot dogs and beer–he quit out on the Sox more than army deserters did in France.
Ok, maybe Carmona is just too young to pitch.
Ok guy’s I’m back. Carmona is in the back of my trunk and he will be “persuaded” to never throw a game away again.
Yeah Thomas. But all we can do is doubt. But doesn’t matter anyway.
How many AAA+ affiliates Redsox have. I thought it was only Padres. Looks like Indians are too. Looks like all the teams yankees beat for a century syndicated into a loser’s syndicate.
now he has too hits, yes!! =)
Go Utley!!
grrrrrrr Lola.
Hey Thomas!! =)
lol, Vikram…sorry hit streak continues! u’ll just have to deal with it :-p
tee hee
Ok, time to finally get an hour of studying in…
Good night all =)
Im out everyone. Good night.. sleep well.
night Lola & Angel
night vik
I cant believe the Phillies gave up on their season already. They ae only 5 out of wildcard.
night Ashley.ay hi to ur man Wang on my behalf.
They are showing Ortiz’s walkoff hits on a day he’s 0-4 with 4 strike outs.
I am here, Wang won again, Yeah!!!!go!go!go!
Haha we were looking for you during the game.
haah vik im not going to sleep yet
barry chen we have been looking for you! wang was on fire tonight
Barry: We have a girl here who needs ur help to learn chinese. She’s in love with Wang.
Speaking of sleep, where is Vince?
sry Lola. Thought u were leaving.
That’s Ashley, not Lola.
Sorry, i can’t help that girl because Wang is married, So I think she has no more chance,
Noooooooooooo we will find a way. So will you help Ashley?
I dont know what I’m thinking. Sry Ashley.
We’ll find Wang’s wife a new husband. Ok, Vince will marry her.
well, I can help her to learn Chinese, But I can’t help her to chase Wang. got to back to work. See you all here again next week
So are Vince and Lola officially divorced?
I would say so
HAHAH. you guys are so funny- i cant believe you asked barry chen to teach me chinese! im still laughing
i dont think barry is on the blog often enough to understand my obsession
He probably understands ur love Ashley. Otherwise why would he offer to teach u chinese? I’ll try to find out any online reading materials for you.
btw Ashley, need to wake up atleast at 1pm tomorrow. Game is on ESPN.
The email speaks for itself.
Ha, latest I’ve ever gotten up was at 4pm after not sleeping for 48 hours.
HE LIVES!
i got up at 4 once…it ******. Ashley, sorry your man is taken, i can pitch as good as wang in video games if that does it for you?
Good morning all! Boy these Yankees look really good right now. I mean, they are going to DESTROY all of the AL’s bullpens. Pitchers throwing 40 pitch innings, or 100 pitches by the 5th inning. I suppose it is possible that the Yankees won’t make it to the postseason, albeit a very faint possibility, but the ones that do if it isn’t the Yankees will undoubtedly feel these negative effects of a tired pen courtesy of NY. This lineup will grind pitching to bone dust. I don’t think it is possible anymore to go even 8 innings against them in their current arrangement, never mind a complete game. That is impressive.
By the way, all Boston fans are completely delusional in thinking they have a chance at the East. There just is no way. What are they going to do, get walk offs for the rest of the season? Doubtful. They better start focusing on the wild card quickly before someone catches them. The fear is back in the AL, and this time it is going to be a Bronx Beatdown being handed out to Boston, Anaheim, Oakland, Toronto, and anybody else in the way. Period!
is anyone ready to give torre a few props for the job he’s done this year. frankly with all the injuries, the yanks shouldn’t even be in contention. sure they nonames have stepped up, so has torre. using wang 4th to hopefully ease the workload on the pen, is just one of the ways he has done a great job. think it can safely be said, he’s been a huge part of the puzzle.
Good morning everybody! I knew there would be more than 1000 posts by this morning, so I’m only going to respond to several claims:
1. “Fausto Carmona doesn’t have what it takes to be a closer.”
Frankly, he has great stuff. I just feel bad for him having to go up against Boston in Fenway with a 1-run lead, twice in 3 days. The kid just needs to get some experience under his belt….and he better find it soon, because he’s killing my fantasy team!
2. “The Yankees don’t have a farm system.”
Jeez, haven’t Vince and I posted on this like 50,000 times already? Phillip Hughes, Jose Tabata, Tyler Clippard, JB Cox, Eric Duncan, and Brett Gardner are all bona fide prospects, and all but Tabata are currently in AA Trenton, meaning they are just a season or two away from the Majors. What people seem to forget is that the Yankees really don’t have a need for infield prospects, other than at first base (Duncan), considering those positions are locked up for a long time (very long time for 2B). So losing SS CJ Henry and 3 mediocre prospects in the Abreu trade doesn’t really hurt us, but it immediately makes everyone think that we sacked the farm. But like Paul said, what they don’t know will only benefit us, so shhhhhhh……
3. “Boston has a great farm system”
You mean Anibal Sanchez, Hanley Ramirez, and Andy Marte? Oh, wait…
Swolansky, get rid of Carmona as soon as you can before he meltsdown the rest of your fantasy team the same way he completely melted down during that game last night.
vik- no worries, i am awake. actually, im at work, but im gonna leave early to come home and watch the last hour or 2 of the game. want to see how this lidle guy does.
vince, are you SURE you can pitch as well as wang in video games?
He probably uses cheats.
I feel really sry for Carmona. He’s a 22 yr old kid. He was put in a tough situation and now he is scarred for lihe.
Ashley: I’m working from home today. I can give u live game updates if you want.
I’m sorry, I just don’t see what was so tough about it. He was facing the bottom of the order and he got 2 outs, then he must have realized he needed 3.
thanks vik. i should be home by like 2
50000 people is what is tough abt it.
i think carmona was nervous and was overthrowing
Ah yes, the 50000 ****** at the park must have contributed to it. My bad.
Well you know how the saying goes: Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Carmona should have learned from his mistakes on monday night.
I’m sure he’ll be fine. He just needs to pitch against KC and TB a few times to get his confidence back…goodness knows Boston tore it out of him and stomped all over it. Poor kid.
As for my fantasy team, I think he needs a little bit of time on the bench. He could use some rest. And some therapy.
Anyway, is anyone else excited about watching the game on Gameday at work? I know I am. I also know that I’m not going to be getting any work done today. Woohoo!
Guess some people don’t read our minor league posts. LOL
Maybe I shouldn’t give Hughes reports any more. Let our boys remain a secret.
Am I the only one thats going to watch the game on TV? Wow. I rarely get to watch a game. And finally when I can, I catch watch it along eith u guys.
Yeah Mike. Lets keep it secret. Tha way we’ll have weapons and secret weapons.
*catch=cant
*eith=with
May be I should start proofing my posts.
I will be watching Vik. I think.
Didn’t Hughes dominate last night? Again? He and Clippard are looking better and better with every start.
I need to vent for a second…does anyone else think Cal Ripken Jr. is a first-year shoo-in for the Hall of Fame? Other than that whole Iron Man thing (which is impressive, don’t get me wrong), I can’t think of a big reason why he should be in it. It’s like the whole Ozzie Smith reasoning. Yeah, he was good, but he wasn’t amazing. I mean, just compare him to the other shoo-in, Tony Gwynn. Cal Ripken Jr. was great, but is he HOF material? It’s a shame McGwire has the steroid shroud surrounding him, because he’d be a first-year ballot winner over Ripken in a heartbeat.
But I guess in the case of Ripken, it was a combination of his abilities and his class, dedication to the sport, and importance to his team and his hometown fans. Still, I don’t think that’s enough for a great (but not extraordinary) player to make the HOF in his first year of eligibility.
Just my opinion.
Since anyone can get the boxscore online.
Last night:
Hughes 5 IP, 0 r, 2 hits, 2 walks and 8 K.
I have friends who were there. 94 on the fastball, 71 on the curve. They said he outclasses AA. They see a lot of AA and said his size, stuff etc. are far better than any AA they’ve seen.
Wang has been simply amazing lately. I am so happy! :>
Let’s see how well our new pitcher fits in.
haha ashley oddly enough, the night after wang pitched his 2 hit shutout against tampa…i pitched a 2 hit shutout with him…against tampa. His following start i had 8 shutout innings…it has been very odd…but no no cheats. And boston holds no more than 40,000 in their old and tiny park
ripken had 3000 hits and 400 HRs as a shortstop… he’s in without the streak.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260802102
They dont even as much as mention Ortiz’s Golden Sombrero…*shaking head*
“Dude….I can’t stand your negativity and useless banter any longer!….If you want to try to be a sportswriter, or something possibly effective for a future, then go back to NY, study at a Jr. College, start writing “well thought out stuff” and get on a blog that makes you “happy” and satisfied…? You sound like a very sorry individual spewing venom about people you don’t even KNOW! Please, please do something useful with your time…get to bed before 3:00 am, get off the Red Sox blog-a-sphere, and make your life (whatever’s left of it to salvage) WORTHWHILE!!! Volunteer or something?, I can’t stand to read your nonsense on Ian’s blog!!!”
I guess I am starting to accomplish something. I love when I get promotion without trying.
haha i got that in an email this morning.
jesus, 110 degrees at field level
“you see a rod at third, he has struggled lately”…..he has? i don’t recall him struggling lately.
If its 110 already, after an hour with 55000 people it will only get worse.
Man I thought Abreu got enough of that one.
DING DONG
3R HR Giambinoooooo
GIAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jeez we almost hit 3 hrs that inning, andrew where is everybody? go get them.
I thought so too Andrew. Abreu hit that ball well.
Vik and Vince, looks like it’s just us today.
Man Wilson’s fly ball was just a short arm jab. Is the ball really carrying that well or is this guy that strong.
Ashley will join us around 2.
Lidle getting quite a few ground outs here…
Gamedaying it.
lola if u want to be less angry i would suggest watching it on espn instead, gameday is sooo frustrating…i’ve also missed u
i am at work, can only gameday,
and cut the ****, u dont miss me =)
This ump has a tight zone.
that ball was a BULLET
hhaah of course i do, ,how could i not? btw is there a story behind ur name? the only thing i know that was also named lola is my friend’s car….but i like the name
at work. catching up when I can.
wow i can’t believe i just referred to her as friend…i actually hate her guts, but anyway yeah her car’s name is lola
“my ex bf was drafted by the redsox so i dumped him”….haha funny sign at the stadium tonight….i love how espn is showing redsox walkoffs during a yankee bluejays game…real professional guys…they have now been talking about it for 15 minutes
Can somebody explain why they are showing the Ortiz home run during a yankee-blue jays game.
green just waved at 3 pitches, *** was that? put cairo back in.
Can somebody explain why they are showing the Ortiz home run during a yankee-blue jays game.
Posted by: yankee_indian@xyz.com | August 3, 2006 01:47 PM
Because ESPN are a bunch of Red Sox/Ortiz **** riders.
Vince, the full name is DamiLola, which means “God gave me wealth in a child”, in Yoruba, which is a Nigerian language.
Thanks =).
that’s pretty ******* awesome….i’m calling you dami from now on
That at bat pretty much did it for green. He’ll be in Columbus or gone by the end of the week.
This announcer has the hots for Ortiz. He’s practically wetting himself with excitement while talking about him.
lola were u or ur parents born in africa/nigera?/have u or any of your relatives ever been to chad?
That was nice tattoo right on his bum
Man those Blue Jays in their black uniforms in that 110 degree weather.
Now Vince…only guys i am “dating” or boyfriends are allowed to call me Dami. I clearly recall we are divorced. =)
My parents are Nigerian. I dont think they have ever been to Chad, although my mom was quite the world traveler, so perhaps there’s the possibility…i have not been to chad.
The Jays GM thinks Johnson is our #1 or #2 starter..hah
****. I don’t think i will ever meet someone who has been to chad, every person in hs that came from africa, i have asked, random black people on the street, i have asked (jk…sorta) people online i have asked, my teacher who TAUGHT all over africa, i have asked, none not one person, has ever stepped foot in that country….i really really just once, want to meet someone….ok whatever you say DAMI
alex wang is probably the most underrated pitcher in all of baseball
a few days ago, they were talking about how Ortiz is a lock for MVP. I wrote Mike and Mike today saying that if they want to call Ortiz a leading candidate or the leading candidate, that would be ok, but not a lock.
I reminded them that with 3 All stars on the DL, a certain SS is hitting .357 (now), and on course for 100 runs scored, 100 rbi and 30 steals in keeping his injury depleted (until the trade deadline) team in the thick of things.
vik, hopefully u didn’t leave out that he has played solid DEFENSE too….the redsox’s offense has not generally been the problem, their pitching has.
sorry, i meant mike.
i have officially had heartburn for 24 hours.
Thats another thing with media. To them pitcher who walks 10 and strikes out 10 in 5 innings than a pitcher that gets 17 ground ball outs. A hitter that hits 30 HRs, 100rbi and hits 200 is better than somebody that hits 350 and scores 100 runs.
Vince, if you want to meet one person from Chad, i have an idea, buy a plane ticket and go to Chad!
, u’ll meet a whole bunch of people from Chad then. Genius, uh? 
Vince, I think you meant Mike.
i made that correction already vik! jeez. haha jk
lol lola i don’t know how safe it would be to make chad the first time i leave north america.
That should have been a base hit for Jeter instead of an error.
I saw u corrected urself. But it was too late by then.
Pretty clever there…walked giambi on 4 pitches to get to wilson…their strategy worked.
Vince, if u didnt cheat on me, i’d offer to take you, show you around the world a bit..it doesnt end in jersey and florida, u know =).
Can I take Vinny’s spot?
lol, you guys are too funny. I checked in to find out how the game was going and I entered into the midst of a conversation about Chad of all places. haha thats the best thing about this place – I never know what kind of twilight zone I am going to enter into when I log on.
Can you see the pride on Cashman’s face as he speaks?
Alex, if u were to take vinny’s spot, i’d go to jail =)
maybe in 4 more years?
haha angel, we have creative minds…hey lola, there is no proof i cheated, jeez, u know i still love u, haha glad to see where ur loyalty lies alex…..andddd i’ve been to canada, every state on the east coast and california…i’m not THAT sheltered, jeez.
Looks like Lidle is pitching a great game so far. He probably observed a lot last night.
“You can observe a lot by watching”….Yogi
Nice job ther eby that fan. Something, Ben Affleck was unable to do.
Alex Wang must be the most underrated pitcher in all of baseball, considering none of us have ever even heard of him.
Although Chien-Ming Wang is pretty underrated too.
lol, u cheated on me, and you are still cheating on me as we speak =)
On second thought, Alex seems to know how to treat a woman, so i’m going with him.
Hey Alex !
hahahahahaa, so many flaws in that statement, but i’ll let it slide…umm HI ANGEL!
what a homerun to this scrub?
If Lidle is half as good as what he’s shown today, we can hang on to him as our 4th or 5th starter for a couple of years.
And he gives up a home run as I am typing this.
way to jinx him, now wells is up as the go-ahead run
a homerun with 2 outs is not the end of the world…hopefully he can get to 7 innings…whats his pitch count?
He’s just letting the Jays think they have a chance. No worries.
Thank God. Otherwise, u guys wud’ve balmed me for jinxing Lidle.
despite the ground out, i really hope the yanks get wells in a couple years… or he doesn’t go to the red sox
Sorry rprinzi, the Yanks cant get Wells as CF in a couple of years, cause they are getting GRADY SIZEMORE!.
Yay! Brandon League is my favorite pitcher! He always gets rocked by the Yankees!
i doubt wells leaves toronto, they spend money now and they would have dumped him with delgado if they didn’t want to build the franchise around him
Favorite non-Yankee pitcher, that is. My favorite current Yankee pitcher would have to be Scott Proctor, followed closely by Mike Mussina.
i remember hearing that wells wants to go play for the rangers… he grew up in arlington.
mine is wang and non yankee kevin barry, the relief pitcher of the braves haha…he went to my first hs, first major leaguer ever.
as they say league has great command with no walks in 11 innings, he walks jeter to begin the inning
i spent most of this summer in cleveland and saw 4 Indians games. I really like Grady Sizemore. He’s going to be really special… just a doubles machine.
Don’t worry LOLA:
I’ve just called Brian Cashman (we have a direct line) and gave him the ORDER to get Grady Sizemore next year. I offered Brian your place so Grady can spend the nights, because he doesn’t like Hotels
Wells and Halladay are the Blue Jays’ franchise players. As much as people might speculate, those guys aren’t going anywhere for a while. The Toronto fan base wouldn’t stand for it.
abreu is ahitting machine…what is he 4-12 so far?
Bobby Abreu is hot.
Favorite non-Yankee player: Jorge Cantú
Favorite(s) Yankee player(s): Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Alex Rodríguez, Jorge Posada, Johnny Damon.
Can I give you more????
4-10…big run there
haha my fav non yankee PLAYER is vernon wells….please don’t hurt me, i don’t like him when he faces us.
LOL, you guys are getting all wrong! Your favorite non-Yankee is supposed to be TERRIBLE against the Yanks! That’s why I like Brandon League!
melky in the clutch, unbelievable.
Don’t worry LOLA:
I’ve just called Brian Cashman (we have a direct line) and gave him the ORDER to get Grady Sizemore next year. I offered Brian your place so Grady can spend the nights, because he doesn’t like Hotels
Posted by: jtorresmesias@hotmail.com | August 3, 2006 02:57 PM
Waiting for your comments Lola. Brian is on the phone asking me if you accept the deal
in that case I LOVE BYUNG HYUNG KIM!! (sp)
just to interject-Jeter & Abreu are making the games for me.
nick green: good luck in columbus
seriously
Amen to that, rprinzi. Care to join me in AA Trenton as we cheer on Robinson Cano?
well, i was wrong mark, i guess they could win all 3 vs toronto with wright and ponson pitching..no wait i wasn’t wrong, i said 2-3 with the understanding ponson would pitch and not lidle
In that case my favorite non-yankee is Kazmir. He gets knocked around by us and kills the sox.
If i didn’t live 8 hours away, I would definitely be in Trenton just to check out Hughes, Cox, Clippard, Duncan
Good luck to Green in Columbus but with a vote of thanks. He helped us some and he did not cost us anybody.
this lidle guy is gonna be huge forus i can see it now, nobody fully knows what he will do to this rotation even if he isn’t as good as he is today. Scott proctor is prob gonna become his best friend because that man is going to benefit the most. Well, we have a HUGE game tomorrow….this should be 4 wins in a row and u know how i feel about that…we need to win 5 in a row for at least my psyche…and boston has to lose today or tomorrow…btw who do we even play tomorrow?
LIDLE!
Baltimore
Nice job by Lidle. Cant ask for more.
I think Lidle’s outing was much better than most of us were expecting to
hmm, let’s put together a nice 10 game winning streak or something sweet, we should run over baltimore with johnson mussina and wright pitching.
Ha ha, Jorge, YES, tell Brian i said YES!!! I’ll give up my Car and my PSP (most prized possesions) for Grady!
He can stay at my place ANY TIME 
Last 12 series we’ve won TEN. One tied. The other one was at Toronto (1-3)
I have to say Lidle has impressed me so far today.
i can picture reading kasey’s blog during an 8 gamewinning streak. “carl pavano had a setback, jeez this team is terrible, the redsox beat a AA team today, this team just never loses, remember when they won 12 straight against the nl? The yankees cannot even win 12 in a row”
if they bring in carmona tonight, eric wedge should be fired, redsox should be on a 6 game losing streak
Thats the first bad swing by Abreu as an yankee
Brian Cashman: Hey Grady, Jorge is telling me that her friend Lola said yes
Grady Sizemore: Really? How old is she?
BC: I think she is under 25
GS: Mmmm. Sound great
BC: And she can cooks turkeys
GS: PERFECT!!!!! I say YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
BC: She also likes loooooong walks on the beach
GS: Oooops. I prefer long rolls on the sofa
BC: I don’t think that would be a problem
GS: You can count on me then. I’ll be in pinstripes next season
i cant believe nationals offered soriano for tabada straight up….that speaks VOLUMES about that kid’s potential…abreu 3 hits today
Bobby Abreu is so hot right now.
Nice. That should make Alex feel a lot better. A Giambi HR will be a nice finish though.
BC: She also likes loooooong walks on the beach
GS: Oooops. I prefer long rolls on the sofa
Heck yeah!!!
ha ha
Lost 2 runs, to ground ruled doubles in the last 2 games.
i guess giambi is not in a slump anymore ever since that hr vs texas
Dude, Abreu and Jeter are great tablesetters today, aren’t they? I think they should stay in the 2 and 3 spots for the rest of the season.
If the Nats don’t re-sign Soriano, they are going to be run out of town. To let that much talent go without getting anything in return is just shameful. They’re going to pay him whatever he wants. Frankly, I’m kind of glad we didn’t get him.
itd be nice to see this kid cap the game and the series
Vince, where did you hear/read that about soriano-tabata?
Yes I agree. They have scored 2 runs each for 4 total between them.
I am soooo glad to see the intentional walking of Alex is back
Hallelujah!!!
And Giambi makes em pay
Woo hoo, 8-1 us, 8-1 us, my we are so hot right now, go yankees
Craig Wilson has had so many opportunities with RISP today…it’s good to see him finally drive them in! Now let’s all laugh at Scott Schoeneweiss, my new favorite non-Yankee pitcher!
I like his name.
In this heat, I actually agree with Torre’s decision to take Lidle out…although I would have loved to see another solid inning out of him. Great outing by Lidle.
craig wilson looks and his name sounds like he should have been with the beach boys.
Lidle’s final line
6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Only 80 pitches 0_o
Lidle, Abreu and Wilson today make Brian to look like a genius
Lola:
I am so sorry for this. Brian is asking me now if Grady can bring his girlfriend to your place. What should I tell him????????????
ohhh jorge is starting to make this hot
Maybe you could make some help, Vince
LOL Fasano looks like he soiled his pants when he gets up.
hhahah andrew….lol sure thing jorge i’ll join in with lola, sizemore and his gf.
::ducks in fear of incoming frozen turkey barrage::
You guys are crazy : p haha
What???? Jorge, Grady doesnt have a girlfriend. I AM HIS WIFE!
He’s cheating on you Lola. Bad Grady.
Man, cheating on me seems to be all the rage these days :’(
why are we using our good pitchers in an 8-1 game, where is beam?
Poor Lola.
One lucky happy kid at the stadium. He ran to his mom/dad after spraying some water on Jeter.
That kid who was spraying DJ with water on the sidelines was so funny.
DBags made Proctor throw 28 pitches. What if we need him tomorrow. Yeah, I got it Vince. Thanks for the tip. Tom-or-row.
Beam was sent back down to make room for Wilson.
Abreu replaced Guiel.
Lidle replaced Chacon.
Wilson replaced Beam.
god **** you torre, why the **** was farnsworth in there?
Heading home from work. Catch game on car radio.
Should have used Ponson.
It didn’t look that bad to me… they could have taken him out as a precaution.
yeah i know, but still…why not have ponson in there in the first place… 8-1, torre knows that farnsworth and proctor are better when they don’t pitch back to back
I think so too. just precautionary.
i side with andrew, he was prob precautionary. A ball that hit the glove first isn’t gonna break anything. Still, why not ponson? ESPN said farnsy hasn’t pitched in awhile…didn’t he pitch last night?
err two nights ago i mean
Ponson is in now…but why? Did something happen to Farns?
Villone finished last night.
Yeah it looked like a ball deflected off his glove and his throwing hand but it didn’t look bad. Probably just a precautionary move.
Good afternoon people.
Looks like Lidle pitched very well today, better than I certainly expected.
Jorge, I am shocked you are jeopardizing Lola’s virtue. She is a fair flower, deeply hurt by her break up with Vince.
This post is at 1429 comments after 3 days. It’s already taking longer than usual to load up lol.
Gotta rest some of those position players…this heat has to be brutal.
I am still in aw i got hate mail from someone in the redsox blog last night, i cannot tell you the degree of satisfaction that brings me
hi guyssss. i missed most of the game. looks like lidle did well yes?
Lidle’s final line
6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Only 80 pitches 0_o
Posted by: marksman@ny-yankees.net | August 3, 2006 03:35 PM
Vince what did the email say?
thank you andrew. looks like he could be a solid # 5 starter
Is that Mo or Ponson out there?
“Dude….I can’t stand your negativity and useless banter any longer!….If you want to try to be a sportswriter, or something possibly effective for a future, then go back to NY, study at a Jr. College, start writing “well thought out stuff” and get on a blog that makes you “happy” and satisfied…? You sound like a very sorry individual spewing venom about people you don’t even KNOW! Please, please do something useful with your time…get to bed before 3:00 am, get off the Red Sox blog-a-sphere, and make your life (whatever’s left of it to salvage) WORTHWHILE!!! Volunteer or something?, I can’t stand to read your nonsense on Ian’s blog!!!”
The Yankees WIN……….the Yankees Win……Gee Gads, Green and Fasano are really, really, bad at the plate…..Fasano can’t even foul a fast ball LOL…….anyway, great Game Lidle….Good game Yanks…go TRIBE………….
this was my response:
Do you need a tissue to wipe those tears? I should
grow up and go back to ny, where i do not originate,
but it is perfectly normal for some little brat to
write me an email pleading with me to stay off of the
public blog he or she reads but never comments on?
“Wow buddy, i’m sure it took a lot of maturity not to
even say who u are and use an email address that is
never in that blog either, huh? You really showed me.
Glad to know my words have no effect on u and are
childish and invalid yet you took the time out of your
life to write me an email asking me to stop. If you
were any more transparent, people would walk through
you. “I can’t take it anymore!!”-priceless, fuel the
fire. I don’t need to hear a life lesson lecture from
some ***** named andy who is trying to advise me to go
to a junior college when i’m already in college. You
want to offer your opinion of my writing from a
writer’s perspective? Why don’t you do some correct
research for once before you try to come at me.
Hateful venom? scroll the blog and find me where i
spit hateful venom and ever make it personal with
people. This is a baseball blog, i offer facts and
opinion based on facts, if you can’t deal with it
because intellectually and baseball wise i am superior
to you, then go to another redsox blog, otherwise I am
here to stay, and you can be the one to grow up tough
guy.”
Lola, do your thing.
Vince you should have said “***** I have a fan club on facebook so don’t speak to me”.
Wow, Vince, you have a secret admirer.
hahaha andrew….yeah, somebody LOVES ME paul.
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
. 
I think I know who it is Vince. Is it an aol.com email address?
The team is playing very confidently right now…very good to see with a tough schedule after the Baltimore series.
I don’t post on the Red Sox blog because I feel it is their space.
Hey I did not like it when some jerk came in here constantly to tell us the Yankees were awful. But then he was personally offensive and I know you are not like that.
Come on now. Why hate? Can’t we all just get along — and agree that the Yankees are getting better while the Sox are getting worse.
are the sox playing tonight
You know we’re going good when you get the game winning hit in the first inning.
Yeah of course it’s on ESPN.
Vince, why do you go post on the red sox blog?
They are sox fans, they hate the yanks,..they will always disagree with everything you have to say, so why bother trying to start with them in their blog?
Just wondering…
I really think Eric Wedge is throwing the games. MLB should investigate.
The Bleeding Indians scandal.
lol because i actually get along with most of them and they offer a different perspective, which is sometimes an interesting one, plus some of them i get to put in their place and have them understand the yankees aren’t as awful of a franchise as they would like to believe…haha no paul i am nowhere near fagan status that is for sure. I am a less redsox optimistic gosoxred of the redsox blog…if that made sense and yes vik i believe it was aol why?
All I can say is “don’t start no s.h.i.t., there won’t be no s.h.i.t.!”. Red Flop fans are useless boils on the *****. of humanity, and need to be lanced! I truly love this time of year. If we are to be the Empire, then we must rule someone. I mean, you can’t be an empire and rule over nobody, right? WE OWN THEM NOW!!! BRING IT ON BOSTON!!! YOU GOT NOTHIN’!!!!! Keep harassing their blog space, just like they fancy themselves doing on ours from time to time. It’s time to show them that WE have the power!
RED SOX S.U.C.K.!!!!!! NOW AND FOREVER!!!!
Unrelated, but i totally love how ARod is in the midst of ALL our scoring plays somehow =). Yah!!!
- 1st J Giambi homered to right, D Jeter and A Rodriguez scored. 0 3
- 5th R Roberts homered to left. 1 3
- 5th A Rodriguez safe at second on throwing error by pitcher B League, D Jeter scored, B Abreu to third. 1 4
- 5th M Cabrera singled to left center, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third, J Giambi to second. 1 5
- 6th J Giambi hit a ground rule double to deep center, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third. 1 6
- 6th C Wilson singled to right center, A Rodriguez and J Giambi scored. 1 8
hahah skull needs treatment sometimes
Shawn Chacon won his first game today pitching 5 innings and giving up one run. Of course he faced National League batters.
I wonder who would win…Trenton Thunder (with Hughes pitching) against any NL team.
I do need help..I need…
MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!!
LOL more cowbell?
*Clink clink clink clink clink*
YES!!!!! MORE!!!!!
Wow…lol, I am not quite right in the head ****!
Can’t find anything on Gulf Coast League Yankees today. They were supposed to have a noontime game. All it says on milb.com is “scheduled”.
Cano was supposed to play for them today.
Can’t find anything on Gulf Coast League Yankees today. They were supposed to have a noontime game. All it says on milb.com is “scheduled”.
Cano was supposed to play for them today.
Hello, all! Great game today!
I stayed away from the blog because I recorded the game and started watching it late. Didn’t want any spoilers. haha
Nice to see Lidle have a great start. I’m sure he could have gone at least another inning, but was probably pulled for the heat.
Hope Farnsy’s okay.
Nice to see Ponson have a good relief appearance.
Great contributions from Abreu and Wilson.
Stinking proxy errors.
Where’s Ashley? I’m down and need some lovin.
See you later. Have a great night (it will be if Boston loses!) Been a good day.
Anybody have any news on Matsui?
from Fox Sports:
Yankees 2B Robinson Cano singled twice and had an RBI grounder in his first minor league game since being sidelined by a strained left hamstring in late June. Cano is scheduled to play three games for Double-A Trenton starting Friday and rejoin the Yankees next Tuesday.
haaa fat chance eric
We definitely need more female members on this blog…
Tuesday the Yanks begin a 3 game series at the White Sox in Chicago.
Then they come home for 4 games with the very dangerous Angels.
Rob – Regarding Matsui, I think we will find out tomorrow or later tonight whether or not he was cleared for batting practice. I’m not sure how frequently Ryan Mink posts updates, but he’s been pretty punctual and thorough with most of the Yanks’ news (even for Pavano).
Hopefully Matsui was cleared for BP, so he can rehab in Trenton before the Minor League season is over!!!
I cant poke baseball fun on anybody on this blog. So I go to the other blog. There are some really nice people on the other blog too.
Sportscenter starts. With Loretta’s walkoff. AGAIN.
Abreu already saw 76 pitches as an yankee. espn.
I predict the Indians will take a 15-2 lead into the 9th and the Sox will win 16-15 after the Indians pitchers hit 12 Sox players and issue 11 more walks.
To be sure the Red Sox can advance on the bases, Indians manager Eric Wedge has suggested his pitchers throw underhand after the 6th inning.
From Pete Abraham’s blog:
UPDATE, 5:55 p.m. Matsui was not cleared to start batting practice, which comes as a surprise given how confident he was last night. The Yankees still believe he could return by September but playing in August is now pretty much out of the question.
Landing Bobby Abreu and Craig Wilson looks smarter than ever now.
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Well that saves Bubba for this season, I hope.
I recommend you read Pete’s blog if you have not read it yet. He is a good writer and often has good insight.
Mark has a link for him on this blog but here it is to save you time.
http://www.lohud.com/blogs/lohudyankees.html
Ok I’m convinced these Cleveland shitbags are throwing these games away. Why the **** would you pitch to the ****** bag with worms growing out of his head with a man on third and 2 outs?
ESPN broadcaster when Cleveland gets a hit: “And Hafner lines one into right field for a base hit”
ESPN broadcaster when Boston gets a hit: “AND THAT IS A FAIR BALL, OH WHAT AN AMAZING HIT, PAST THE DIVING THIRD BASEMAN AND INTO THE OUTFIELD. WHY DO I SOUND SO HAPPY ABOUT A GUY WHOSE FACE LOOKS LIK AN *** I DUNNO BUT I AM.”
5 pitch inning for Beckett. As much as I want to convince myself that the Indians are trying their best, I dont see anything to convince me.
Why are they even playing this game? They should just forfeit so the beloved Boston Red Sox can be well-rested for their next series.
Ok Jake Westbrook, you just keep on throwing balls over the middle of the plate to *** hole.
Ok. They’re not throwing away the games. Just not giving it their all.
Boy. Do I love Boone.
Hello again, ardent supporters of the Evil Empire. Jeff from Red Sox Nation here again. All joking aside, actually us Red Sox fans who are students of the game and appreciate intelligent debate don’t mind in Yankee fans are on the Red Sox blog. To me, baseball is a great game, and baseball wouldn’t be baseball without the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry.
Vince, remember that – just as you think you are setting us straight, we think we are setting you straight as well
Boston is acquiring Javy Lopez from Baltimore tomorrow according to local Indians annoucners doing the Indians vs Sox game tonight. Lopez is in last year of 8.5 million contract. They are also saying Veritek might be out up to 6 weeks
Jeez there go the Red Sox again, buying all the talent they can get.
I like the Lopez deal. He calls a good game, and has experience handling good staffs with the Braves. He is not what he once was, but he is adequate for our short-term needs. When Varitek returns, he will spell Youkilis at first and give us a solid bat off the bench.
As I have said on the red Sox Blog, I’m one who supports Epstein’s decision to keep our stable of exceptional prospects in lieu of shortsighted deals. The Sox would not be in the race this year without guys like Papelbon. Lester, Pena, Hansen and Delcarmen. They will be able to plug guys in the strarting lineup the next few seasons that will cost them little, allowing payroll flexibility to replace Schilling and Wells, and any needs in the bullpen, infield and outfield.
Yeah Russ. I’ve got the ESPN Sports Center tool bar in my PC and I’ve just read that Javy López’ info.
I think he WAS a pretty good catcher. And he IS a very nice person. I met him personally some years ago (2001) when he was playing for the Braves. But his good days are something of the past. This year Javy’s stats are:
76 games. 8 hr. 31 RBI. .314 OBP. .265 AVG.
Nothing to worry about
Chase Utley extended his hit streak to 35 games. Amazing
The Indians are really tankin’ it here.
Who are they giving up??
Not sure yet. I imagine very little since the Orioles likely just want the Sox to take Lopez’s salary. Like I said, he is a good pickup, for the short term behind the plate and for the remainder of the regular season and post-season off the bench.
Pronk should go yard right here.
There they go again. The Red Sox throwing money at a problem. How did they get Javy Lopez after the trade deadline?
The Yankees promote from the farm team and like to bring up talent.
Well, the Red Sox are a rich team with the highest ticket prices in baseball. I guess they can spend some more money.
I so called that.
nice call Alex
Funny, Paul. You are tending to forget the guys who have contributed from the minors this year. The reason the Sox went outside to get some help at catcher is that they only have Huckaby and Miller at AAA. Catcher is the lone position where the Sox don’t have solid prospects.
You did and that was not good.At least for us sox fans
-kaylee
jlouder: Look at the ace of ur future. For centuries to come.
Louder, why didn’t the Sox call up the Molina’s? I’m sure they’ve got another catcher waiting in the wings haha.
Beckett will be fine. He has the stuff of an ace. Like I said before, he has to learn that he can’t pitch the same way in the AL as he did in the ML since the AL has lineups stocked with offensive firepower. Beckett is a great pitcher who will figure it out.
I would like to have one of the Molina’s on teh Sox. As much as I like Varitek, just like Posada, he is nearing the end of his career. The Sox will need to draft a catcher, or acquire a top minor league catcher, in the next season or two.
Funny how a third/fourth pitcher (Wang) learned to pitch in the AL faster than an ace (Beckett) did.
Well it looks like the Sox will lead the league in players named Javier Lopez, right Jeff?
Grand slam!
Chooooooooooooooooooooooo
Choo Choo…grand slam
RIDE THE CHOOOOOOOOOOOOO CHOOOOOOOOOOO YESSSSSSSSSSS GRANNY
True, Wang has pitched better than Beckett, but I like Beckett. You can’t be shortsighted just because a guy has a tough stretch. The Sox will come back and win this just like they have so many times before this season.
Beckett with a 5.03 ERA, Wang with a 3.58 ERA…but Beckett is clearly better right?
tIME TO TAKE BECKETT OUT!tavarez or seanez can pitch betterthwn THIS
Bad thing is, Tribe has no relief pitching
That’s true. Two Javier Lopezs. I think Lopez the reliever is decent. Not sure if he will contribute again this season though.
Beckett is JUST being Beckett. What were you expecting???????
jlouder: Just throwing the ball at 97mph and striking out 10 guys is no good if you give away 3hrs each time out.
And Jeff, if Carmona emerges from the bullpen then you could bet your first-born that the Sox would win…not by their own doing, Carmona would find a way to go to the store, pick it out, gift wrap it with expensive wrapping paper, put a bow on top, and give the game away.
I was joking about the money thing from the Red Sox. That is just what the Yankees hear from Sox fans a lot. It is the pot calling the kettle black.
Sox fans don’t fear. Cleveland manager will have his pitchers throwing underhand 8th and 9th inning so you can win.
The fix is on. You will win this game.
Hope this time Indians can hold the lead and ESPN experts cry a little, seeing their beloved Red Sox at second place
You will obviously like him jlouder. Because he plays for you. He stunk on the road through out the season and started to stink at home recently. The only teams he dominated was NL teams or weak AL teams playing at Fenway. Look it up if you want to.
To be honest, I’m not concerned about this game. The Sox will rally. Carmona or no Carmona.
PROBABLY Louder. Just PROBABLY
HEY YOU WOULD ONLY BE 1 GAME AHEAD iT IS NOT LIKE YOU WILL HAVE A 10 GAME LEAD ON US!
Like I said, Yankee Indian, we will agree to disagree. I like Beckett, despite the fact he has given up lots of homers this season. He will be a top starter for years to come, barring arm injuries.
The Indians are really trying to give this game away…I mean they are giving an effort to give it away…unbelievable.
May I ask what makes you think so? Did ESPN tell you that? Or ..
Huckaby will ground into a 5-4-3 triple play haha
Ok I’m back from my corner after being angry. Looks like Choo didn’t get the memo from the rest of the team. Good for him.
Paul, Sandman will enter in th 8th inning…he has had two days off, he just landed in Bawston
And I don’t like Beckett because he is “on my team.” I like him because he is a top-line pitcher; he’s just scuffling. Tavarez is “on my team,” and I don’t like him. Nor do I like Seanez. I’m equally a knowledgeable Red Sox fan, and baseball person. I don’t play favorites just because a player in on the Sox.
Ok 6-4-3 DP…not bad.
we can still make a comeback Indians havent won(YET).
Close Alex.
so i suppose this would be “beckett having a bad stretch” and “wang having a lucky stretch” nothing to do with us having a better 2 starter right?
He will be fined for hitting a grand slam.
Huckaby………That is how you hit.
Not sure why Francona didn’t send up Kapler for Huckaby.
Not at all Vince, Beckett is clearly better…I mean just look at his pitching line…5.00 ERA…that’s quality in my opinion.
don’t worry alex, i’m sure by november he will figure out the AL and it won’t be an excuse anymore…wang? he is just unproven and useless.
miami vice time, be back at 10, ,the sox better be dead by then
Nooooooo Vince don’t leave meeeeeeeee.
If Beckett did not beat the yankees in 03 WS, nobody would even be talking abt him now. Because he did nothing else. Even Cleveland’s Cliff Lee is supposed to have filthy stuff. Accept it, Beckett is barely over 500 for his career.
and anybody wanna bet Snyder will be shelled today?
Where’s Erin Andrews tonight. I miss her. Noone has looked quite is good on the field with a Red Sox jersey. By the way, today’s a report was announced in the New England Journal of Medicine that indicates that men who look at women’s breasts for at least 10 minutes a day have lower blood pressure and are at less risk for a heart attack. No kidding. No joke!
Okay KYLE Snyder s better than Tavarez or seanez but I wanted them not snyder!
Whoever wrote that report deserves a cookie for saying that.
If that is the case, redsox fans and espn viewers should be healthy for looking at Ortiz’s breasts for 2hrs everyday.
My comments on Beckett are done after this message. Time will tell. As a Red Sox fan, I’m not concerned. He’ll be fine and he will win 15-20 each season.
Whether you comment or not, Beckett s ucks. Good for us though.
I wouldn’t say that he ***** because I mean, he didn’t get 13 wins for nothing, so there’s something there. But he is not the superstar pitcher that everyone (ESPN) makes him out to be.
I <3 Shin-Soo Choo!
Hey it’s Lola…hey Lola.
That’s weird, doesn’t Snyder usually go 4-5 innings before the meltdown? Looks like the meltdown came 4-5 innings early today.
“not concerned”? OK, well how would you respond to a Yankee fan saying, “Unit will be fine next year and give us 15-20 wins” Sure Unit is older, but Beckett has never done what you think he was going to do. He throws his curve ball trying to not get blisters and has a 5.00 ERA, in August. Saying, “I am not concerned” is as foolish as thinking Unit will bounce back next year with a 2.50 ERA and 19 wins.
I know Andrew. Just giving jlouder a hard time. Like I said he is avery good 3rd man and an above average 2 man. Not an ace by AL standard.
Here The indians go again CRAIG HANSEN outs help
hey Alex! =)
Well put Gabe. Why couldn’t I think of it? Dang.
Lots of help from the ump at first right there…he was safe by 4 feet.
double play =(
: /
Like I said, you’re entitled to your opinion about Beckett, or anyone else. Saying he ***** doesn’t demonstrate your intelligence as a baseball fan. BUt you’re entitled to your opinion.
Okay it was a tie…tie should go to the runner unless the ump is paid off by John Henry…
Jlouder. See I made you talk abt Beckett again.
How did Pronk get his nickname?
Never mind.
He is often referred to by the nickname “Pronk”, which combined two competing nicknames “Project” and “Donkey,” originally suggested by former teammate Bill Selby during spring training of 2003.
…strange.
Betancourt should be the Indians closer tonight.
Doesn’t matter Lola. Beckett got beat up. I cant ask for more.
Why?NOt the real closer?
Hey that Punk Lowell didn’t complain about anything or throw his helmet and bat like a baby…….good job Lowell
Collapser would be a better term than closer. Or maybe conceder.
It’s time for Fausto Carmona. I want to see him on the hill again.
Or maybe gift wrapper.
Haha Andrew. That was creative.
Hooray cerveza
Louder Fausto Carmona?Like they are going to trust him again!
Oh ****, I forgot Carmona is still tied up in the back of my trunk… wonder if they’ve noticed.
Hope Francona sends Kapler in for Huckaby. Kaylee, Carmona is the Indians’ closer – for better or worse.
Yankee roster question for ya’ll. Let’s say Dotel is ready to be called up next week. Who do the yankees cut from the Roster? If they cut Ponson then they do not have a long man. I would maybe send down Nick Green, cause Phillips can play 2nd and 3rd. But then when Cano comes back that means Phillips is gone. Something to think about.
Green will most definitely be the first to go… then I’d probably say Ponson, but I can’t be sure. Bubba maybe?
If Bubba goes you lose speed off the bench until Matsui returns and sends Melky there.
sorry I am a red sox fan but I hav to agree BECKETT S*cks!
Gabe: I dont want to think abt it and mess my brain up. So I’ll just wait it out.
Beckett is either lights out or terrible. You usually don’t know which you’re getting.
how many times will the indians take leads into late innings only for it to be blown???
Indians are just terrible, leaving Westbrook in…game will be over soon, another win for the Sox…….please send Green and Phillips away…Green batting what. .120 Phillips .220….WHY IS WESTBROOK STILL IN? Your right…this is horrible
U get the terrible Beckett 70% of the time.
I know that is the problem with BEckett!
without Ponson no long man?
Villone, Villone, Villone, Villone.
Shrek and Fanny will be batting later. Again.
Love it Indians.
Westbrook going to throw 200 pitches tonight……….Fire Wedge, please………….
Green and Phillips have won games for the Yanks and played hard.
Russ wants superstars at each position.
The Indians must hate us, why else will they bring our hopes up EVERY GAME, only to kill us in the 8th and 9th inning.
What I thought was pathetic?
The Yankees and Blue Jays played each other today, yet the only thing you heard about in the 2nd inning was Boston, Boston, Boston.
Rob. Villone has proven too valuble to be the “long man” he is more in the 6th-7th mix not a long man who piches once a week.
Green has won games? LOL Paul, he has to be one of the worst hitters in the league. Even Phillips better than Green. I watched Green today, he almost isn’t hitting half his weight….he has won nothing. Papi and Manny up in 9th,,, game will be over shortly. Phillips is abv avg on defense, well below avg on offense. When Sheff plays 1st in 2007, hopefully get rid of Phillips once and for all…….
gabe, if Dotel comes back he will probably take that role, allowing Villone to become a long man again, the position he started the season in.
Depending on when people join the team….Green is undoubtedly the first to go.
The next choice is much more difficult. Andy and Bubba have been key role players though I think both are out of options and Melky still has options.
So to send Melky down for 2 weeks is better than losing Andy or Bubba forever.
If Dotel comes back before Sept 1 I would be more inclined to lose Myers than Ponson.
i really hope the indians can take some on here…
it is so annoying to think the Indians should be 3 outs away from sweeping the Sox at home, and all we can hope for is a split, and that probably isn’t going to happen.
I decided to just ignore it (ESPN-Boston-Ortiz love affair) and not spoil my mood Rob. Otherwise, My head can be used as a room heater.
Sounds like Sam is here, not Russ. Sorry, ma’am.
Maybe if you actually could grasp the facts. Giambi and Philips are hitting about the same.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH god ]please not timlin again!
Difference between Giambi and Phillips, Paul, is the OBP. Giambi’s is still over .400, despite batting only about .250.
Phillips may make it to the end of the season, but he won’t make any playoff roster.
I agree Paul. Send down Melky for a couple of weeks than lose AP/Bubba forever.
i am so tired of this ****es walking off.
Lola, your man needs to come through
I think both Andy and Bubba have options. And I would not lose Myers. I like having an extra lefty in the ‘pen.
Thanks Rob. Paul must be doing taxes again. Yea, Phillips and Giambi “batting the same”…….EXCEPT GIAMBI HAS ABOUT 30 MORE HR’S, 70 MORE RIBI’S AND OBP IS AT LEAST 150 POINTS BETTER……..Your right Paul…Phillps alot better……alot better off on the bench…………
I must say, again, I was impressed with Ponson out of the ‘pen today. I wasn’t sure how effective he would be. Nice to see he is capable of pitching in that role.
Huh. I got the proxy error and found a way to avoid the double post. Close the ******* browser window.
Who the **** is Joe Inglett?
No wonder the Indians can’t hold a lead, it looks like they have a AAA team for the rest of the season.
I didn’t think they traded THAT many guys away….
Atleast, Ortiz cant hit a walkoff.
Giambi OBP .407, Phillips .275, Giambi Slug .586, Phillips .404, Avg. Giambi .253, Phillips .242, HR Giambi 31, Phillips 7…….your right Paul, Phillips is comparable to Giambi LOL
Usually, Ortiz gets clutch hits when he got hits earlier in the game. He has none today. Lets see what he does today.
No, he can just tie it, send it into extras, and hit a walkoff later.
ESPeeN Execs have already paid the umps and Indians to make sure that happens so they can have another Ortiz orgy tonight.
Thanks for the Cano update. I see he Dh’d. Went 2 for 5 with an RBI.
Dotel pitched in that same game (Gulf Coast Rookie League). One inning, no runs or hits, one walk, one K.
Late breaking news:
The official scorekeeper suddenly changed one of Ortiz’s strikouts from the golden sombrero game to a ground out.
Rumor has it ESPeeN was involved….
There is nothing like he is better in the clutch. He just doesn’t choke. He just plays it like any other AB. Proved.
One thing about Ortiz he certianly is the best player in the game at slowly waddling off the feild when he makes an out… did this guy every hear of a trot?
YES! hE GOT ORTIZ OUT
Manny can hit too…
pheww, i thought manny hit one out!
I don’t think Andy or Bubba has options left.
As for Bubba, I’ll gladly write his ticket out of town. C’mon. He has almost NO power, is hitting .207 and even when he pinch runs….how many bases does he steal? Very little.
Sam, you have trouble understanding English apparently. I did not say Phillips was BETTER. I said they are batting the same.
You did not site production, you slammed him on batting average. My only point was Giambi is hitting the same, which you somehow read to mean Phillips is better. Not sure how you manage day to day not mixing up the box of cereal from the dishwashing detergent.
Andy Phillips is a rookie. Sure, he is 29, but he was blocked from advancement for many years by name first basemen. A rookie.
Sam you also said over and over and over and over and over and over that Melky is terrible. That Cairo is terrible. Basically the whole team is terrible.
good point about Bubba coming off bench, Yankeefan.
YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!
Finallly!!! Woo hoo
good job Jason Davis!
ESPeeN announcers suddenly went into a major scramble. They just lost 76.35% of their story lines tonight.
Can’t have a miracle every night.
Finally Cleveland holds on to a lead.
But Mike, most fans love this guy. He’s not expensive and he’s a decent defensive replacement.
FINALLY!
Mike: I meant Bubba.
The Yankees need some new young players on the team. Enough with the over 30 multi millionaires.
Come on everybody…lets ride the CHOOOOOOOOOOOO CHOOOOO…also, someone asked good question…anyone know answer to how Boston gets Lopez after deadline passes? How does that work?
I love Bubba Crosby. I had no problems last winter with the idea that he might have been our starting center fielder.
However, I think he has regressed at the plate this year (over last year) and agree that as a pinch runner he is not doing much. You can’t knock his defense, but if somebody has to go I think he will be the one.
Notice Carmona did not pitch? That’s because he’s still in my trunk. Time to drive him back to Boston. Be back later.
Russ, even after the trade deadline, you can make trades on waivers. You designate a guy for assignment, or whatever, and have a chance to trade him.
I’m not sure of all the particulars either, but it is possible. I think the player has to clear waivers first to be traded though? Correct me if I’m wrong.
Despite the Sox’s two comeback wins, I have to admit, were this the Yanks who had to comeback against the dismantled tribe TWICE and lost TWICE (basically got swept) – I would begin to have serious concerns…
I’m not sure how the Red Sox will react to the injuries, but now that the roles are reversed, I can say that I hope the Yanks listen to what they say and basically not worry about anyone else and start concentrating on doing their jobs and keeping the wins coming and not concern themselves with the rest of the division and the races.
Rob I think he has to clear waivers and teams have a chance to claim him in reverse order of standings.
However I find it hard to believe a few others did not claim him.
Nice job of kidnapping Andrew.
Let’s see. Going into this year, Bubba was a .221 career hitter. He is hitting .207 now. Going into this year, he had 36 career hits, only SIX of which were extra base hits. For all of his “speed”, he had SIX career stolen bases.
Now I know coming off of the bench and playing isn’t easy, but what in any of those statistics justifies him staying? Or playing ahead of say, a Kevin Thompson, who had 45 doubles ALONE last year between AA/AAA? Thompson of course, would make the MLB minimum.
One problem I’ve seen with the Yanks in recent years is that they have gotten top-heavy. The starters have the big contracts, but the Yanks have skimped on the bench. Look at the great teams of 1998-2000. Who was on the bench? Girardi backed up Jorge. You had a Sojo, Raines and Curtis. Leyritz on the 1996 team. Strawberry. Compare those types of benches to what we had starting this year in Bubba & Stinnett. Then when Matsui and Sheff went down….thank goodness Posada is having a good year and Melky stepped up.
While Bubba is wearing the Yankee uniform, I root like heck for him. But offensively? He reminds me of SS Wayne Tolleson of the late 1980s. The Emperor has no clothes. There is nothing there.
I understand Wilson also plays catcher. Any idea how good he is and if he could be the regular backup?
Huh. You have a point Mike. Granted baseball is a business. But there are some sentiments too.
btw how abt Aaron Boone. I love him.
He is the 3rd string emergency catcher right now. He last caught in 2004, but had caught each year (minors and majors from 1995-2004).
Waivers
Any player under contract may be placed on waivers at any time. If a player is waived, any team may claim him. If more than one team claims a player from waivers, the team with the lowest record in the player’s league gets preference. If no team in the player’s league claims him, the claiming team with the lowest record in the other league gets preference. The previous year’s standings are used during the first month of a season to determine preference.
If a team claims a player off waivers and has the viable claim as described above, his first team may choose one of the following:
arrange a trade with the new team for that player within two business days of the claim; or
rescind the request and keep the player on their major league roster, effectively canceling the waiver; or
do nothing and allow the claiming team to assume the player’s existing contract, pay a waiver fee to the first team, and place him on their active major league roster
If a player is claimed and the option to rescind is used, this option to rescind a waiver may not be used again for that player in that season. If no team claims a player from waivers in three business days, the player has cleared waivers and may be assigned to a minor league team, traded, or released outright.
The waiver “wire” is a secret within the personnel of the Major League Baseball clubs; no announcement of a waiver is made until a transaction actually occurs. Many players are often quietly waived during the August “waiver-required” trading period to gauge trade interest in a particular player. Usually, when the player is claimed, the waiving team will rescind the waiver to avoid losing the player unless a trade can be worked out with the claiming team.
any questions?
Wilson has caught in only 40 major league games. So can he catch? Yeah, but probably is best where he is. An emergency 3rd string catcher, but someone who plays lf, rf, and 1b (and can dh of course).
Wish the waiver wire was online. Looks like Javy Lopez going to Boston. They making a push for Andruw Jones too?
Got to check that waiver line now.
Thanks Sunny. That was a good explanation.
13 games between now and the 5 game series in boston. Six with Orioles, 4 with Angels and 3 with Chicago.
weird…my posting vanished
We may crash the MLB system with all our posts before Mark comes back.
later, all. Have a good night!
lol if you want some high quality boston meltdown entertainment i would highly suggest checking out the sox blog.
Thanks Sunny
I am listening to Red Sox readio and callers and the host are trashing Beckett and other players.
And the manager.
And the GM.
the funny thing is is in two days theoretically they could be back in 1st again, yet they are treating this like doom…guess it runs in their veins or something.
Right now a guy on the phone is screaming “He is a horrible manager!”
francoMa as they call him?
LOL, yes, Vik.
Now people are saying they were bad all year.
Amazing, the Sox have the 3rd best record in all of baseball and the fans are freaking out.
i am vince….but at least i forget names too
oops, I read it too quickly
I am worried about tomorrow’s game. Not sure which RJ will show up.
i can tell u most likely the bad one because we don’t win 5 in a row
That is what makes me proud to be a yankee fan. The fear the yankees put in their opponents.
We won 5 in a row Vince. The Chicago sweep and the 2 against seattle.
We won 5 in a row Vince. The Chicago sweep and the 2 against seattle.
haha yeah i know, but i think the last two or three times we have won 4 in a row we have lost the following game…and we BARELY won 5 in a row in that instance, it took a rain delay a good call for us and a melky homerun…crazy things happen on the 5th day
oops DP
Next time is a good test for Lidle. Agianst sox at Chicago.
In 2 games against Cleveland this year Beckett is 0-2 with a 13.79 ERA.
Ace bandage?
Becketts record:
Until May 25th
(7-1) decent era
Wins: Tex, Tor, Sea, NYY, Bal, Phi, Tam.
Lost vs Cle
After May 25th (6-5) not so good era
Wins: Atl, Phi, Mets, Chi (9-6 (5 against Beckett), KC, Oak
Losses: Tor, NYY, Tam, Oak, Cle
If anything this shows me, he dominates NL. AL hitters now know Beckett better. Strange people make an argument that Beckett will get used to pitching in AL when the fact is the exact opposite. AL is getting used to Beckett.
I am starting to fall in love with the Marlins. Deep love.
Where’s everyone????
I am here, another 4 hours at work LOL
I did not ask until now, but because there is nobody else here I am going to ask. Whatever happened to your Aug 1st prediction Russ??
Refresh my memmory Yankee? I might be wrong on that one….however, I still was 100% right on needing a bat to contend for a playoff run….
I agree, Vince, with your assessment of the Sox fans freaking out. I am a lifelong baseball fan, and Red Sox fan even as a little kid (I was in kindergarten when Fisk hit the home run in 75 and in third grade when Dent hit the homer in 78), so I’ve been through a lot of great times and heartbreaks. Yet, as a person who knows baseball, I don’t freak out when the Sox lose, go through a mediocre stretch like they are right now, or fall out of first. The sky is not falling. No need to trash Beckett, Epstein, Francona or anyone else. Beckett is definitely scuffling, but as I have stated several times, he is a good pitcher and he’ll be fine. So will the rest of the team. I get agitated when the lose just like anyone else. Guess I just realize what an up and down game baseball is, and that you can be two games out one day and two games up a week later.
Your prediction abt the the yankees being 6 or 7 ga,es out by aug 1st Russ. Could be somebody else, but I think it was you.
I might have said that….glad I am wrong about that one……
yes louder, one game in august is never a reason to freak out
Yes, they have surprised me so far w/all the injuries
Even the bats, its nice that they did something abt it. But at no point did I see a desperate need for any more bats.
I did. Playing Phillips, Crosby, Green, Guiel on everday basis for an extended period of time would have not been good. I am not a fan of any of them to be honest with you.
If Matsui and/or Sheffield had come back by mid-August, getting another bat or two would not have been necessary.
Since it looks like even a first of September return for either of them may be in doubt, the bats were definitely a good idea. But the most important pick up for this team was Lidle. If he can continue to pitch like he did today, post-season here we come.
Aaargh, I hate ESPN. “The wind prevented a Red Sox comeback”… I’m not saying it was harder to hit a homerun with that wind, but a 5 ft 10, 210-pound guy took one out to the deepest part of Fenway. To make it seem as if forces of nature conspired to top Ortiz and Fanny is a bit much. All week there have been articles about how they say Ortiz never lets up, about how they expect him to get it done, so now they have to point to some external factor why it didn’t happen. I have respect for Ortiz’s abilities, but are his numbers actually better in the clutch than normal? Since he is an extremely dangerous player to face, it would be imaginable that just hitting his normal average in the clutch would make him seem like a clutch hitter. He doesn’t freeze up, and that’s already a lot. Same thing might be true for DJ btw, doesn’t choke and hits like always in the clutch, but since he’s so dangerous normally, it would also give him the “clutch” image.
Other random comments: congratulations to Chase Utley, nice to see good outings by Lidle, A-Rod and Abreu, and finally: go Captain, chase that catcher for BA
Wind? May I quickly give some lines (altered slightly for brevity) from Mark Gallagher’s Explosion, which chronicles the HRs of Mickey Mantle:
5/4/61 (# 329 of 536). Just a few days beforehand, on May 2nd, was the Yankees 1st game ever in Minnesota. On this date, May 4th, the Yanks had a 3-2 lead in the 6th. Mickey comes up, batting lefty, with no one on.
There is a 25 mph wind. Pitcher Ted Sadowski recalls that the strong wind nearly blew him off of the mound. He challenges Mantle. “I bet yoiu can’t hit one out against this gale. I bet you a case of beer you can’t do it.”
“You’re on,” Mantle shouts back.
On the very next pitch, Mickey hits one better than halfway up the rcf bleachers into the teeth of the wind. Only the wind prevents a true tape-measure blast.
As Mantle rounds second, he shouts “I’ll take Budweiser” back at Sadowski.
I edited some of it out, but you get the point. Don’t let me hear some cruddy wind excuse.
Oh yeah. Didn’t Ortiz hit one into a very strong wind earlier this year against Myers? Funny, I remember that.
Amazingly they don’t.
Leave it to ESPN to make news where it doesn’t even exist, only because it concerns the Red Sox.
Andruw Jones is not going to be acquired through the waiver wire by the Red Sox. It just isn’t happening. Why would the Braves make deals for bullpen help if they weren’t serious about making a push for the playoffs? And on that same line of thought, why the **** would they let their best slugger go if they’re serious about the playoffs??? Do people think this stuff through???
Javy Lopez getting acquired through waivers makes more sense, since Baltimore isn’t a contender (even though I still think that’s unlikely, since Boston will dump him off once Varitek recovers, and Lopez wants to catch every day). But Andruw Jones? Roger Clemens? No.
No. No a million times over.
…and this ESPN love affair with David Ortiz makes me want to vomit. But that goes without saying.
i predict we will win tonight, as it seems this chen pitcher has yet to win a game ALL SEASON. can that really be true?
He was demoted to the bullpen after going 0-5 in the rotation, but I think he was only recently brought back to the rotation. Of course, that isn’t an excuse for his being absolutely terrible this year, but it explains why he has so few decisions as a starter.
At least we’re not facing Erik Bedard in this series. That guy has been the only bright spot on yet another miserable season for the O’s.
The yankee$ are the worst thing for baseball…How about adding the dollar sign to the yankee cap and uniform in place of the NY
They have all the money …
-buy all stars for every position, which other teams just don’t have the money to do
– have players on drugs that the league should still be persuing but is not
(Giambi is most likely taking legal drugs to hide his illegal drugs and sheffield was on drugs but the league won’t talk about the yankee players…they only worry about Barry Bonds)
- Yankee$ always get the benefit of the close calls…it seams like they get 4 strikes while the other teams get 3
-How can this team celebrate if they win….the odds are so much in their favor its amazing that they lose….they should be embarrassed with all there big money, star players and big ego’s that they haven’t won a championship in a long time
ESPN and FOX only show the pathetic yankee$ every week…how about showing some Tiger games or some Padre games…they are in first place too!
Chen is 0-6, 7.07, but never count your chickens before they hatch.
Hmm…what about the BUSINESS of sport don’t some people understand? If you want true amateurism…well, I’d say Little League but after the Danny Almonte fiasco, you won’t even find it there.
Rule # 1 Major league baseball is a BUSINESS. We love the games but for those complaining about the $$$, remember Rule # 1 above all else. I hate to sound cynical, but once some people take the blinders off and see the naked truth, hopefully a light will go off in the old noggin’.
BTW, correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t Giambi the ONLY player to come out and say “I’m sorry”? Granted because of legaleze he couldn’t say what he was sorry about, but hitting .208, almost losing your job, and being publicly humiliated seems like enough punishment. How about giving the guy a little credit for working his tail off to make it back? Unlike Palmeiro, he didn’t blame a teammate for giving him a “B12″ shot. Unlike McGwire, he didn’t hide behind an “I’m not here to talk about my past” line. I don’t condone what Giambi did, be he is the ONLY one so far man enough to face up to it.
As for TV…ratings mean everything, and sorry, but there will always be higher ratings for the Northeast and cities in the Northeast than there will be for the Midwest. It’s something called reality.
Parity stinks. I like dynasties. Do you want to know why? Because dynasties give you a standard to shoot for. A standard of excellence. No one wants to be the next 1987 Twins (no offense to them). What they WOULD like to be is the next 1998-2000 Yankees. But it seems like true excellence gets “dumbed down” in today’s society. People who can’t attain certain standards try to knock those who have attained those standards back down to their own low level.
Money can’t buy wins, it cannot buy happiness. If it did, the National Inquirer would go out of business because it wouldn’t be able to report on all of the miseries of today’s celebrities.
True happiness is only found within.
I’ll get off of my soapbox now. Thanks.
There are three kinds of sports franchises.
1) that are out there only to make money. These teams dont care about winning. They are just there to make the money. The owners just pocket all the revenue and dont put anything back into the team.
2) that are out there to make money and win. These teams try to win as long as there is no conflict of interest. i.e. making money
3) teams (actually team) that want to win more than make money. These teams only goal is to win. The only thing that comes in between is if they make losses. They dont mind cutting their profits.
All ML teams have enough money to pay for decent roster. They’ll put fans in the seats if they pay for the players (look at the yankee road attendance), which will generate more income, hence covering the higher payrolls. But they dont do that. Because they are scared that if the high pay roll roster dosn’t perform to the expectations they may lose money. That is a risk, the yankees are willing to take and hence the success.
So, please. Stop whining. Talk to ur hometown teams owner instead. Ask him why he is not committed to the team.
LOL, I love it when people come in here and spout out the typical anti-Yankee talking points. They usually consist of:
1. Yankees have too much money
2. Giambi is on steroids
3. They can’t win a WS despite their talent (I suppose they’re not allowed to lose any regular season games either, considering their talent)
Every critic seems to think they’re starting some kind of revolution. They think we’ll “see the light” or something. Sorry pal, but that isn’t happening.
By the way, I know Lola will like to hear this…once again, A-Rod was involved in every single run-scoring play in yesterday’s game, whether he was on the bases or scoring. That’s pretty impressive. It’s one of those things that slips under the radar when MVP discussions come up.
RobbieKamden, what is it like being 100% wrong?
1. Yankees are good for baseball and are part of the reason baseball is enjoying one of its best years as the Yanks themselves draw over 4 million fans at home for the second consecutive year.
Yankee road attendance leads all of baseball which means it brings more revenue for every other team.
Better attendance, more money for other team means bad for baseball? Wrong. It is great for baseball.
2. You allege they buy stars for every position. Let’s review:
LF-Melky, Yankee farm
CF-Johnny Damon, free agent
RF-Bobby Abreu, trade
3B-ARod, trade
SS-Derek Jeter, Yankee farm
2B-Robinson Cano, Yankee farm
1B-collection including Andy Phillips, Yankee farm
C-Jorge Posada, Yankee farm
DH-Jason Giambi, free agent
DH-Bernie Williams, Yankee farm
Starting pitchers, Mussina (free agent), Wang (Yankee farm), Johnson (trade), Wright (free agent), Lidle (trade).
Closer-Mo, Yankee farm
Show me another major league team with as much farm talent playing every day. To suggest the Yankees buy all their players is delusional or plain ignorant.
3. The Yankees have players on drugs? You mean like Barry Bonds and Refael Palmeiro? Ummmm, maybe you should rethink those thoughts.
4. The Yankees get all the close calls and get 4 strikes? Do you actually ever watch a game or just the standings and whine incoherently?
5. ESPN is so not a Yankee supporter but they may show the Yankees from time to time so America can see the epitome of quality of sports.
More Padre games are a scary thought. Yeah those Padres are a juggernaut at 56-52, 4 games over .500, 4 games over last place in the division. The entire National League has 5 teams over .500, still reeling from the Interleague games when they had to face the professional teams of the American League.
So basically each and every point you spewed is completely wrong. Why are you so bitter about the Yankees? Maybe you should be more upset with the owners and managers of whatever team you might follow if they are already out of the playoff chase. Maybe ask the owner what he did with his revenue sharing $$$$$. Maybe he will take you for a ride in his limo.
Very well put Paul.
yes, Swo, it made me very happy
see my post…
Unrelated, but i totally love how ARod is in the midst of ALL our scoring plays somehow =). Yah!!!
- 1st J Giambi homered to right, D Jeter and A Rodriguez scored. 0 3
- 5th R Roberts homered to left. 1 3
- 5th A Rodriguez safe at second on throwing error by pitcher B League, D Jeter scored, B Abreu to third. 1 4
- 5th M Cabrera singled to left center, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third, J Giambi to second. 1 5
- 6th J Giambi hit a ground rule double to deep center, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third. 1 6
- 6th C Wilson singled to right center, A Rodriguez and J Giambi scored. 1 8
Posted by: Lola | August 3, 2006 04:45 PM
why is Mr Robbie Kamden sending me emails about how much the yankees ****?
Spoken like a true sour loser, rotlfmao.
Wow paul, don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel. Just kidding. That was very well stated. Thank you.
On another topic, ESPN kind of admitted last night that the Yankees are getting better. They actually made a comment about “the talk of a subway series is starting to hold some water now.” I was pleasantly surprised.
U r the center of attraction Lola. Otherwise why would he pick you among so many of us?
good job Mike, Vik and Paul for breaking it down so eloquently.
And Vik, lol, i’m sure he sent everyone with a working email addy that email…
Everyone wants Lola. And a baked turkey.
By the way, I really so prefer the whole berry cranberry sauce over the smooth stuff.
Thanks Vik and Frank.
I LIKE being the “evil empire”. Announcers wax poetic about the “lovable Cubbies” or those lovable Amazing Mets of 1962.
Well, that Mets team was 40-120. The Cubs haven’t won a WS since 1908. Let them be lovable. I’d rather be feared, respected and despised—-just like the Cowboys were, the Celtics were, Notre Dame, Duke, etc. It means you are winning.
I’ve been on “road trips” with our fan club. Other teams sure don’t mind when they get 40,000 in their stadium and a good 18,000 are Yankee fans, don’t they? Not only that, have you seen the hotel rates? You should see the hassles we have had trying to get decent rooms from those who want to triple the rates when the Yanks come into town. Ridiculous.
My fan club has put on festivals where we have brought in retired players to sign autographs. We have auctioned off nice items. All proceeds going to benefit charities, and mostly charities that help sick children. Do you know we were booed? Some people are so demented they boo us for putting on an event like this because we are a Yankee fan club. Forget the kids we took to Yankee Stadium for “Dream Come True” that met their favorite player, or the sick children who benefitted from the thousands we raised. Some people wouldn’t even help sponsor the event because of their smallmindedness. People won’t discuss that, though, will they?
And yes…good point above….Nobody ever talks about the amount of $$ the Yanks pay out to other teams because of the luxury tax. Now how about an audit to see how teams are spending THAT money.
Sorry if I sound pissed, but if you went to certain businesses asking for them to sponsor an event to help sick children and got told, “I hate the Yankees” and the person won’t even listen to you or the help you are trying to give just because of who you root for….
You’d be pissed too.
Thanks Lola.
I did not get email from him/her and I checked it about 15 min ago. Also checked my spam folder.
Nothing there except for someone wanting to give me $27.4 million dollars because her husband died and she knows I will use it better than her greedy relatives. All I need to do is send my complete name, address, phone, bank account #, and they will send me the money.
Keep up the good work Mike. I know you will whether I tell you or not but told it anyway. Proud to be a fan of a team, people like you are a fans of.
ps: The sentence may not be well formed but thats the best I could do.
I love the Berry Cranberry too!
I think i’m going to have turkey and cranberries for lunch =).
Mike, you make me even prouder to be a Yankees fan.
I am beaming with pride right now
“So after a hard day’s work in the blistering heat, six anonymously-placed ice cream bars awaited Lidle when he came to the clubhouse — one for each inning.”
Lola, is there something you’re not telling us? haha
Mike, the audit trail will lead to a wallet. Should take 3 minutes.
An example is David Glass, former Wal-Mart chairman, who owns the Kansas City Royals. How much of the revenue sharing money did he put back into the team?
Zero
None
Nada
It all went in his pocket.
Minnesota Twins owner, Carl Pohlad,the billionaire who has carefully kept his payroll below the threshold so he gets the luxury tax in his pocket.
Thanks.
Don’t know if this guy spammed me, I’ll have to see when I get home.
But I get probably 8-10 **** e mails a day, and I suspect a lot of it has to do simply with my e mail address. Most of it is absolutely **** ads for Cialis or Viagra. Disgusting.
Good point on Pohlad, Paul.
I hate the Twins franchise as much as I like the twins players. I absolutely hate the owner. He is one of the richest guys in America. His kids probably spend more on partying than he spends on the team.
ohhh it feels so good to be backkk
haha i just got the 27.4 million dollar email too, unfortunately no hate mail or else i would add it to the folder
LOL, Alex, i read that too.
Naw, that wasnt me…now if they were 6 frozen turkeys, u might have cause to raise an eyebrow
i read that ice cream bit too in the post. i wonder who the “anonymous” player was who left them?
swolansky, thank you for the info about tonight’s starting pitcher.
i think it might have been giambi, his high school bud ..
I read Matsui had a doctors appointment to see if he could take bp yesterday. ANybody know how it went?
Somebody said, he wasn’t cleared to take bp.
I am trying to make my cousin who doesn’t know anything about baseball a yankee fan. He just came from India. I think I am half way there. I told him the whole yankee redsox thing. He was like “What? Why do they even try to argue with you”. They being the redsox fans.
yeah he wasn’t cleared to take bp yet, his return was moved back, i don’t really care, i think if we get those two back it makes our playoffs easier, but either way i feel confident this team as is will win the division anyway
lola, your prob right. regarding matsui, i think the team will be even better when he comes back clearly. but even if he had some setbacks and couldnt make it, i feel strongly enough about our current team that we could certainly make the playoffs
seee, lola did not say that recently.
vik- take your cousin to one of the games. i bet he’d get really into it.
Well, its official. The Red Sox got Lopez.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060804&content_id=1592640&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Well it is official. The Red Sox got Lopez.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060804&content_id=1592640&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Ashley-I live in Michigan. So i can only take him to tiger games. Which is a really tough ticket to get this year.
I want people to hide ice cream for me. I will find it.
oops. sorry.
ah. well then maybe he can just watch the ultimate rivalry dvd. i’m sure he’d enjoy that.
I got that DVD for free after I got a bunch of stuff from Bob’s.
What are the Sox going to do when Varitek recovers? Javy Lopez is pissed off about not having playing time, and with Ortiz in the DH spot, he sure as **** isn’t going to enjoy being the backup catcher again. Isn’t this just a clubhouse disaster waiting to happen?
i have that DVD, i don’t like the ending though. I am still yet to watch it from terry francoma’s point of view.
my feelings on lopez is the quote was “the last thing i want to do on this team is not play”….to me that means if he were on a contender he wouldn’t mind being a platoon guy, but on the orioles, it makes no sense….that is at least how i took it.
When Varitek returns the Sox will trade him for to the Giants for Jason Schmidt.
And Red Sox people say that we get expensive players past their prime…gimme a break.
I’ll do that Ashley.
I think it is awful to be part of the Orioles.
The owner is a psycho and makes George look like a teddy bear. I think the manager is a good guy but the mish mash in the front office has made trading or building a team almost impossible.
That franchise is heading for the bottom.
The Orioles most need a new owner.
i liked the roided orioles of 96…they were fun to watch, especially in the alcs…did anybody ever doubt brady anderson was on steroids that year?
btw angel if you are out there it is severe thunder lightening and rain right now and im standing strong
Good point, Paul. Oriole fans love to bash our owner but never look at their own. They had a nice team, a beautiful stadium, and just trashed everything. I’ve seen a couple of games in Baltimore and am scheduled to go down 9/9 for the Yanks and Baltimore. Inner Harbor in afternoon, game at 4. As usual, I am sure that game will draw about 40,000 and half if not more will be Yankee fans. Oriole fans won’t show because they will be some 20 or more games out by then.
pump it LOUDA PUMP IT LOUDA PUMP IT LOUDA TURN UP THE RADIO BLAST YOUR STEREO….sorry too long a pause
well well, over 1700 posts and no new topic…no good updates on the yankees. Let me think..hmmm. Mark must be on vacation or something. Its driving me nuts. I’m forced to read about every other team, then my YANKEES. MARK! come back and write some more ****, i’m dying here. Yankees are on a roll and your not, step it up. But at the same time, enjoy your vacation.
hahaha, yeah he is on vacation until chicago series….we will be at 10,000 or at least that’s the goal
lets all move to Lola’s blog.
Can someone tell me the point of a trade deadline if the red sox can still make a trade 4 days later?
We will crash the MLB system.
But we have MANY new topics.
>Hiding ice cream
>Cheapo owners
>Turkey croquettes
>Custody battles in the messy Lola-Vince divorce
>Randy Johnson’s hairpiece is used as a golf club cover between starts
wavers is supposed to be for a bunch of losers to go somewhere else. Andruw jones was just claimed off waivers…it says multiple teams claimed him but the team is unnamed….i doubt it is the sox if multiple teams claimed him right?
hahaahha….the **** with that, nobody is getting my kids
Good question Yankeewest but a number of other teams could have blocked the deal but did not. Lopez had to clear waivers.
If baseball wanted to be correct, they’d call July 31st what it really is:
The NON-WAIVER Trade Deadline. But since nobody understands waivers to begin with, they leave that part out.
What really makes me angry is that the Orioles gave Lopez away. They knew the Sox were desperate for a catcher, could’ve traded Lopez anywhere (or not traded him at all) and gave him up to the Sox for nothing. Isn’t it an unwritten rule that you don’t help out teams in your own division?
Who cares, we can punish them this weekend.
I had the opportunity for tickets to both games but unfortunately can’t go to either of them.
I wonder how stupid Arthur Rhodes feels about the ice cream comment now that Lidle and the Yankees basically showed him up after yesterday’s game.
Rhodes is just angry because every time he faces the Yankees he can’t get anyone out and his ERA doubles. Plus, who doesn’t like ice cream? sheesh
Eric the Orioles traded your seats to the Colorado Rockies so you would have to sit in that stadium.
looks like sox are giving up stern…that kid is good but the sox have “an almighty farm system” so they have about 473 outfielders better.
I’d love to go see a game in Denver. I haven’t been to many stadiums:
Yankees, Shea, RFK and Camden Yards.
Although I love Yankees Stadium because of the Yankees, I think my favorite place to see a game is Camden Yards. Especially when the Yankees are beating them up.
Stadiums? Stadia? Stadii?
I’m about 40 minutes from Camden and have to agree. It is a great stadium with a terrible team.
Yeah? I’m 45 minutes away. Where are you at?
Stadia
I’m in Bethesda, about 2 miles from I-270.
I live in Arlington.
Is it really Stadia, Vik? That sounds ridiculous.
I’ve been to camden but not for a game, anaheim but not for a game, fenway, yankee stadium, shea (veterans) stadium but not for a game and the marlins home, dolphin stadium.
no stadium plural is stadiums
Wow Vince…you should try seeing a game sometime. I bet the stadia are more impressive with people in them.
Sorry…shameless use of stadia.
Yes emcohen(eric? sry I am not good with names). It is.
I think it should be stadii.
No Vince. It is stadia.
Safeco, Camden, RFK, Yankee, Fenway, Wrigley, US Cellular, Citizen’s Bank, Rogers Centre
Did you actually see games there? Or are you like Vince and just like to look at the outside?
lol there is no way i will ever believe it is stadia…ever.
haha eric often times passing along the east coast my family just stops to see stadiums, rarely do we go to actual games (except marlins orioles yankees redsox mets) and anaheim i saw on my senior class trip
I saw games at each one except Fenway and Citizens Bank.
sta·di·um ( P ) Pronunciation Key (std-m)
n. pl. sta·di·ums or sta·di·a (-d-)
there, both are acceptable
Ahem…
it’s: “haha eric often times passing along the east coast my family just stops to see stadia, rarely…”
http://www.answers.com/topic/stadia
btw: What is this “a player to be named later business”. What if the redsox cheat the orioles or the other way round later.
Who said we haven’t come up with new and interesting topics here?
Usually a team will submit a list of players that the other team can pick from. It’s a pre-agreed upon list by both teams.
emochen, I go to Coors field all the time. Its the same situation. Great field ****** team.
Or it could be just a player the teams agree upon at a later date. There’s been trades where the person to be named later was the original player traded.
haha that is why i had a comma, rarely was part of “rarely do we stop to see games” but often times we stop to see the stadium.
I wish this blog would refresh automatically. I’m sick of hitting reload just to see the latest Vince and Eric comment about baseball grammar and Paul’s insightful player bios.
So it works to the advantage of the seller. He can pick from list but the buyer cant pull anybody of the list. Can he?
Now wait a minute. How can that (the same player returning) be allowed. Two teams can help each other a lot that way. and if they decide who the player is later, what if the redsox agree for nothing at the end of the season, because they dont have any need for Lopez anymore?
haha yeah i know it is annoying.
haha yeah i know it is annoying.
vik it is like a contractual agreement, the redsox have to give up a player agreed on and i believe they have a certain amount of time (48 or 72 hours) to agree on someone….they cannot just be like, “joke’s on u we’re not actually giving anybody up”
They can’t do that…that’d be like the Yankees sending Chacon to the Pirates but Pittsburgh deciding not to send Wilson to the Yankees. The Red Sox agreed to send someone to the Orioles, so the Orioles and Red Sox agree upon who that player is. If (although in this situation it would not happen) Varitek came back and the Orioles really wanted Lopez back, then there’s no reason that Lopez couldn’t be that player.
A player traded by team A to team B should not be allowed to be traded back to A by B. Otherwise, redsox and padres will keep rotating their players at will helping each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_to_be_named_later
hmmm…my list is….
Yankee Stadium I, Yankee Stadium II (old and new), Shea, Veterans, Citizens Bank, Camden Yards, RFK, Three Rivers, Fenway, the Rogers Centre, and US Cellular.
i did not mean they will not give away anybody. but how will the Orioles have any bargaining power after the sox’s purpose with Lopez is served. The 48-72 hr window ansers that. Thanks for the info guys.
wait according to this they have 6 months….then couldn’t boston use lopez for the next 2 months and then give him back to baltimore?
No for two reasons:
The Orioles don’t want him back
The player has to switch leagues.
And how is Javy Lopez switching leagues for a trade bet Orioles and Redsox?
I’m sure there’s some MLB rule favoring the Red Sox that allowed the trade to happen.
ohh right…vik, only the ptbnl has to switch leagues, hence why most of the time it is minor leaguers cause they can go to either league….plus he is not on their ptbnl list.
My list of stadia visited:
Camden Yards.
I know, I know, I need to get to more games.
My goal is to get to THE Stadium at least once before it’s replaced. And I hope to make it to Anaheim to see the Yankees play the Angels. I’d like to make a whole series.
i want to see jacobs field and wrigley, those are my top 2…and tampa but that is only cause it is convenient and high tech.
Oh yeah. The only stadium I’ve been to is tiger stadium. It looked great. But I dont know how it compares to other STADII because I haven’t been to any other stadium.
I was born on the north side so I go back to Chicago every 2 years or so. Wrigley is not that great to be honest lol. It is old, very old, and the interior/exterior are not very nice.
lets all move to Lola’s blog.
Posted by: yankee_indian@xyz.com | August 4, 2006 02:56 PM
I think this is a great idea
.
At least to prevent Mark’s blog from crashing…too many proxy errors lately.
Vince, you are dreaming. I get the kids! “Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets”, dont you remember?
I suggested it twice already Lola. Nobody will listen to me.
lola, what is your blog website?
hmm, good thing verbal/internet blog agreements don’t hold up in court, or else i’d be screwed…..you can have them until they turn 3, but then i get them back!…
yankeeslo.mlblogs.com
who gets them during their teen years when they are biatchy?
http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com
Everyone who wants to go to Lola’s blog, say I
neverrrr must not betray mark…..i’ll take em for teen years and rule with an iron fist of fury.
Ha! I just realized the song “Whatever Lola Wants” is from the musical,***** Yankees. Nice.
Vince if you had kids in their teens they’d be drunk more often then you haha
Good evening Yankee family. Will be here throughout the evening if I don’t get busy at work. Any predictions on what RJ will show up tonight with an extra days rest? The good RJ or the evil RJ? LOL
Good evening Yankee family. Will be here throughout the evening if I don’t get busy at work. Any predictions on what RJ will show up tonight with an extra days rest? The good RJ or the evil RJ? LOL
OOOPS,,,it posted twice…sorry
lol as long as they can hold their alcohol, don’t need to be attended to like annoying drunk people, and dont puke…then sure they can drink, i’ll give my kids “enough rope to hang themselves”
my bet is evil so espn can have a field day and we won’t win a 5th game ina row…but i’d honestly like to see a sweep of this series, esp with the sox playing tampa and kansas city for the next 6
Hello Russ! =)
I think RJ will be fine tonight. He didn’t look right in Texas although the results weren’t bad, it all caught up with him against Tampa…Probably the hangover (haha Vince) effects from that 129 pitch outing. The extra rest should help him immensely.
The fine Lola, how are you doing tonight?
The plural for stadium is stadiums, except in the midwest farm country where it is
stadiumoo
haha paul ur like bill scheft.
it was confirmed it is stadiums or stadia, but stadiums is less retarded.
I live about 7 minutes from where Thurman Munson died in the plane crash, right outside of Akron. A great, great Yankee. Truly a sad day in 1979. He is still sadly missed. God Bless Thurman and his family.
Last time the Yankees were in Baltimore they won two games by the same score 6-5, and then lost 11-4, on my birthday no less.
They cannot take the Orioles lightly and be cocky. The Birds hit well but the pitching is a problem.
Bill Scheft? Hmmmm
As for going to Lola’s blog, other people might not be able to find us.
Remember Mark gets $1.14 for each post we make after the season as a bonus.
Today In Yankees History
August 4, 1963: In his first at-bat in two months after breaking his left foot, Mickey Mantle slams a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning to beat the Orioles, 11-10.
August 4, 1998: Yankees’ slugger Darryl Strawberry hits a game-tying pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth inning of New York’s 10-5 win becoming the second major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in one season.
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The above is from the yankees.com NY Yankees News Alert.
i just realized how dumb jerry springers signoff is from his show “take care of yourself and each other”
that is such bull ****, if everyone did that he would be out of a highly rated tv show and would never have had to be governor oh ohio or whatever he was…..what a hypocrite, that jerk wants everyone to have issues with each other so he gets more ****** up ratings….even though they are prob actors.
Mickey’s HR on 8/4/63 actually came in the 7th. It tied the game at 10. The Yanks lost the first game of the doubleheader 7-2 that day but won the nightcap 11-10. Mickey hit for Steve Hamilton.
A former client of mine was on one of the Springer shows and gave me a lot of insight as to what really goes on.
i must know, paul explain.
The show is taped in advance and usually is longer than 1 hour. Groups that might oppose each other are prepped and encouraged to take their dispute to each other.
Conflict of any type is encouraged and staged. The guests are invited with the expressed purpose of causing sometime of visual conflict.
that is pretty awesome, what did ur client do?/the topic.
Person A says something to Person B. Offstage bouncer/stage person says to Person B, “Are you gonna take that?”
that is so funny.
Former client.
I really did not want to be associated with someone who appeared on the Springer Show. I severed the relationship right after that.
The client had a bizarre, controversial charitable organization. But I had a feeling it was a front for even more bizarre behavior. I never saw the show but I heard about it.
I cannot give you any more client information because of privacy issues. However I can say that unrelated to the charitable purpose of the organization he represented the client went on the show dressed as a woman.
I don’t think I need to say any more.
well-Bubba Crosby is gone. He’s been released. And was none too happy.
I dont understand-why would the O’s trade a guy within their own division? Wouldnt Benjie Molina from the Jays make more sense because he’s OPENLY stated he wants to leave & the Jays have said Zaun is their guy.
I guess this is one drawback to leading the sox, we couldnt claim Lopez off waivers & block their trade.
huney is there an article on crosby?
I don’t know about you guys, but given their respective hitting and catching skills (and experience-this season at least), I think Craig Wilson is a better bet as an every day catcher than is Lopez. Frankly, I’m rather surprised by the move. Obvsiouly it won’t work as well as ESPN hopes (see its story headline) it will be. Lopez never was a good defensive catcher, and now he’s not a good hitting catcher. With Boston’s “new philosophy” of defense-first, I thought they would have rather kept Huckaby than go after the malcontented Lopez
Bubba is gone? For Beam to rejoin the team? Why did they make a roster move?
bubba is gone. they are talking about it right now on the yes network
kim jones just said bubba was really unhappy
paul, they DFAed bubba to call up some pitcher who i have never heard of
They brought up Jose Veras from Columbus. As for Beam, once sent down, he couldn’t come back for 10 days.
I see it on Pete’s blog.
That is really sad. He was the best defensive outfielder.
I guess it was only a matter of time. I didn’t think it would come so soon, though. I figured Bubba would at least stay with the team until Matsui or Sheff came back.
Now if Johnny is hurt there is no one to play center.
No one = Bernie.
I think Bernie is a great Yankee, one of the greatest ever, but he does not have the skills.
In a tight game can Bernie throw out a runner?
Bubba had to go (if they wanted to keep Bernie) since Melky is the better 4th OF when we get our stars back, and Kevin Thompson is a better option for 5th OF.
If they DFAed Bubba that could mean he did not clear waivers which they often ask for all player Aug 1.
I would prefer he makes it back to Columbus, but that is not likely.
Yanks got Veras from the Texas organization last offseason. He is 25. He did spend a little time with the team earlier this year (don’t worry, if you blinked, you missed him.) Nice numbers at Columbus.
4-3 2.73 44 games, 19 saves, 52.2 IP 45 H 18 walks 58 Ks.
I really think they should have released Nick Green or Phillips, but Bubba was bound to go eventually.
Melky is the best defensive OF and can play CF. Remember, that besides 1b, Wilson can play LF, RF and is the 3rd string catcher.
Not Phillips, he got them where they are.
Does anyone not think defense is important even at 1B?
Without Andy at 1B, if Giambi played there, no question we would be in 3rd place.
Green will go when Cano is scheduled to come back on Tuesday. Cano is with Trenton this weekend.
Crosby was hitting .207 and had 21 strikeouts in 44 at-bats. There is someone worse at the plate than Phillips. Not sad to see Crosby gone.
come on now russ, he was a yankee in heart, he loved playing for us and was good on defense, plus who can forget that huge walkoff last year against the orioles? without that we win the wildcard and not the division.
damon
jeter
Abreu
ALex
Giambi
posada
Wilson
Cabrera
Cairo
Yankee, he was horrible. Wildcard or division last year, didn’t matter. Didn’t make it out of division playoffs anyway. OK, so he had 1 good hit, that is bad. Defensively abv avg, but that is about it. Is he gone for good?
I love it when people are such low life **** that when you feel bad about a player leaving they rub salt in the wound asking if they are gone for good.
Absolutely, positively the greatest sign of a major posterior chasm.
**** replaces the word sc um without the space in the middle?
I’m definitely sad to see Bubba go, and I’m sure so are the Yankees. But he had to be released; he was nothing more than a defensive replacement, and when in the lineup was a trap door. As I say, I think next time they need a 5th OF we’ll see Kevin Thompson, who is a much better in-house option anyway.
Not sad to see Bubba gone. As of now, he has 54 career hits, and a .216 career batting average. His career on-base pct. is .255, and a .300 slugging average. The OPS is .555. For those of you unfamiliar with OPS, under .700 is horrible unless you are a middle infielder like Rizzuto or Bowa were. Outfielders with OPS’s under .700 are history. Last year Tony Womack was around .550 or so. As for speed… he had ten career steals.
Damon is a DEMON!
Good evening everyone. I predict the good RJ tonight. If everyone crosses their fingers tonight that should help RJ. I’m watching on Comcast tonight and w/be at Camden Yards tom. afternoon. Have to leave no later than noon to find parking within the state of MD. Go Yanks!!!
Settle down tax man, it is a business………and Crosby stunk….you miss Guiel too? LOL……..
Yankee, Paul would think those numbers are HOF material for Bubba LOL………I agree w/you on your assessment of Bubba………Don’t K against Chen LOOKING LOL
Remember, good GMs can’t go by on sentiment when trying to improve the team. You have to use your brains, not your heart. If you find A is better than B, then B is gone.
here’s a sweet stat for you, D.J. is only 10 percentage points out of first place for lead in A.L. batting average. But that dosen’t matter because he dosen’t play d.h. most every day so he wont be considered for m.v.p.
Mike, it is about character and teamwork.
Dang, 2 runners stranded in the 1st…….Cleve 3…Detroit 0
Character and teamwork don’t get your average up from .216, and don’t provide you with a career slugging average over .300. It is no substitute for TALENT, which Bubba had very little of.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cochinorios/detail?.dir=1ef3scd&.dnm=f15dscd.jpg&.src=ph
A view from Camden Yards from the game I was at last year. For anyone interested.
Double for Wilson. He, Abreu and Lidle are making Cashman look very good right now.
Seriously. This Wilson guy can hit lefties.
Okay I’m back and it’s lookin’ good so far.
Miggy!
MIGGY
Our game is the opposite cant chilling stop giving up homers?
Looking better now, right?
Good job Cairo! Bottom of the order is much better today so far than they have been in the past week or so.
Cairo delivers. AGAIN.
We want Toronto to win tonight???
Kaylee, Shitting can give up as many homers as he wants. I don’t mind.
Ohh I know You guys dont Mind Schilling giving up homers!
Sterling just gave the stolen bases numbers for a bunch of Yankees. 6 Yankees have very high SB%.
Cano playing 2b and batting 2nd for Trenton tonight. He walked his first time up.
Chen is approaching 50 pitches already.
I only hope by the end of tonight Schiiling takes over the Sox team lead in HRs given up.
The guys can run. Don’t pull on the reins. Let the horses run.
Alright. This blog at 2000 yet? Who is gonna be # 2000? lol
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Can we ever get Tejada out.
mmm i’m back i was watching during dinner, good start, i am loving these quick leads, it is so essential when a team gets hot, esp on weaker teams like the orioles, it really demoralizes their pitchers and offense.
Utley struck out his first time up.
ESPN showed a graphic that Bonds is 2 for his last 22. 14 hr, 45 rbi and 88 walks but only hitting .240.
Hi everyone.. nice to see the boys out to an early lead.
lol, i have broadband and it still takes my computer a 10 seconds or so to fully load the comments section.
god i hope what they are saying over on the sox blog is not true????They say mirabelli is hurt hope not.
Hiiii Angel! =)
Hopefully Randy keeps it up. Proctor & Mo have rest, in no small part to Wang going 8 on Wednesday.
haha poor kaylee….unfortunately years of hatred has rendered all of us non sensitive to a mirabelli injury…though it makes the lopez deal look better
**** mirabelli is hurt great just what the sox need
Anyone want to guess how many times so far Jim Palmer has in some way or another mentioned the Yankees payroll? When DJ struck out in the 1st inning and thought the pitch was a ball and looked at the HP ump, Palmer says that DJ does not expect to be struck out? I am now turning the mute on the TV.
haha poor kaylee….unfortunately years of hatred has rendered all of us non sensitive to a mirabelli injury…though it makes the lopez deal look better
I no it ***** good thing we have lopez!
kaylee how bad is he hurt?/lopez cannot catch a knuckleball…
I noticed that Cproctor… they have mentioned it at LEAST 5 times so far.
Payroll isn’t everything.. the biggest thing working against the O’s is their stupid owner Peter Angelos.
Yeah. I have DSL and it is taking a while. Mark has to read each and every post when he gets back!
Lopez can still hit a little….but can he CATCH? Big difference. In his prime, Lopez left something to be desired defensively (Maddux didn’t want to pitch to him) and now???
They are saying he twisted his ankle!
Hey there, Lola-girl
Lopez is a has-been.
He might still be able to catch for you, but not every day. And his bat isn’t anything close to what it used to be.
Hmm Chen got a bit of a gift there, lol.
Bengie wants out of Toronto, either an issue with playing time or the Mounties’ hands are too rough, not sure.
Bubba Crosby was designated for assignment…I’m just speechless now.
Maybe the s*cks should sign Kelly Stinnett. He was released, apparently.
Leaving way too many runners on w/Chen on the mound….we should have like 7 or 8 runs…….
I Know that.That injury could make or break our season!
Russ, Chen has about a 7.00 ERA. He’s given up 3 runs so far. That’s a 9.00 ERA for the game.
Don’t worry yet. Worry if he puts up a zero the next two innings.
Alex, I spoke about it above and there were a few idiotic comments happy about it above.
They DFA’d Bubba???
Here comes RJ, 2 on, 0 outs…need to worry about him
Wasn’t Brian Roberts supposed to be the next big thing in baseball. Thats what is going to David Wright also.
Russ, Chen has about a 7.00 ERA. He’s given up 3 runs so far. That’s a 9.00 ERA for the game.
Don’t worry yet. Worry if he puts up a zero the next two innings.
Posted by: rob.bush@excite.com | August 4, 2006 08:02 PM
Or worry if RJ starts giving up hits…….
What is Johnson doing out there?
3 rd inning and RJ is melting down. Yanks already left 6 men on base.
Paul, I wouldn’t say I am happy about it. I am a diehard Yankee fan and not an idiot. But anyone who wants to hold onto a .216 career hitter….
I am worried….here comes teh EVIL RJ LOL 3-1, still 0 outs
here goes RJ…*sigh*
This is getting out of hand
second time up…Cano singles in a run.
David Ortiz hit another HR, 105 RBI. he is just amazing.
Tampa leads Boston 2 home runs to 1 home run.
As Mark says everytime RJ has a bad outing, which is about every other time, I am not worried, he will turn the corner lol…Ortiz hits #38 UGH
hey, we actually got Tejada out.
YEAH schilling likes to give up those homers!
Well I am sad about it, he will be missed.. and i dont care if that makes me silly, lol. He played hard and hustled 110% no matter how often he played.. I appreciated that a lot about him – some players could take a lesson from him. He never really had much of a chance to play often enough to do anything much with his batting average.
who hit them for tampa?
Utley flied out in his 2nd time up. 0-2
Hollins and Crawford.
PHILIP HUGHES WATCH, LAST 10 STARTS in AA: 57.2IP, 29H, 7R, 15BBs, 76Ks, 1.10ERA, 0.76WHIP, 11.95 K/9.
Carll crawford and Damon Hollins!
how could they not give tejada an error on that???
If it were ARod, they’d give him an error, then beat him in public with a baseball bat.
Yup. Friends were in Reading for his last start. Said he is definitely AAA ready. He looked like a man among boys. Waiting for Hughes to arrive in the Bronx is like parents awaiting their newborn’s arrival into the world LOL
Thanks for the Hughes stats, Vince. I knew he was kicking butt recently, but didn’t have the hard facts to know how much butt (and how hard) he was kicking.
haha evidently his leg has endless power for butt kicking in AA….lola i agree a rod would prob get an error but it was a hit
btw these O’s announcers are starting to annoy the **** out of me…”the sky is tough tonight but tatis played that PERFECTLY FOR A NEWCOMER!”
“johnson is 43, nobody expects him to throw harder than 94″
“payroll payroll payroll”
singleton had a hole in one over the weekend.
Schilling is injured.
He is trying to get some blood for his sock.
Here we go, twice tonight, A Rod had runners on 1st and 3rd on his at bat and leaves them stranded……..really wish he would not bat 4th…come on A ROD…how many runners left on
paul is he really injured? if so how badly? is he dead yet?
Schilling is ok. He just needed a rest from loading the bases.
1st and 3rd, 1 out and can’t score…UGH
Hi family. Here at office “gamedaying”
9 hits 3 runs, we aren’t playing the best fundamental ball right now, but it is still better than the sox who don’t play for 8 innings. Plus, chen’s pitch count is over 80
4 innings, 8 left on base….
what happened to that small ball bunting philosopy? Better to have a superstar at each position?
Russ. Things can not go perfect EACH and EVERY game. We have won 8 of the last 9. Isn’t it a good stretch for you??????????
Dellin Betances today in Tampa
(Gulf Coast rookie league)
3.0 IP 1 Hit (a hr) 1 run 2 walks 3 strikeouts
ERA is 2.00
God You scared Me there!
Anyway, we are still winning this game. So as Tampa. Seems to be a good night
who is that mike?
paul abreu may be a superstar but he is fundamental, he steals bases, can hit and run, plays solid D, etc…sorry but crosby and guile combined are not as good fundamentally or talentwise.
Yes, fairly good stretch Torre, but this game should be out of hand right now……
DP!
fairly good? what are u kasey? i’ll take that fairly good stretch for the rest of the year willingly….is winning 8 of the last 10 and losing 1 series fairly good too russ?
God I cant watch this red soxx gamed anymore!
whats the score kaylee/situation
“paul abreu may be a superstar but he is fundamental, he steals bases, can hit and run, plays solid D”
who is paul abreu??
CBS Sportsline: Hernandez singled to left center.
GameDay: Ramon Hernandez singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Melky Cabrera.
They are both covering the same game. AMAZING!
8th round draft pick from this year. About 6’8″ or 6’9″. 18 years old. VERY raw but has huge ceiling. Righty pitcher, fastball mid 90s.
Heard a lot about him before the Yanks drafted him, and keeping my eyes on him. I believe he got a $1 mil signing bonus.
Still 2-1 tampa but schilling cant get a flippen out
lol lola…..paul, abreu…there happy?
ohh mike, that guy, i knwo who u mean now
Mike: Who are you talking about?
oh, lol..duh!
If Lopez catches when Yanks play Boston, Joe should let the boys run, run, run on Lopez’ arm.
On the bright side going 3 up, 3 down the Yankees did not leave anyone on base this inning.
dont know how schilling got out of that inning!
Draft pick Dellin Betances. He pitched today and his outing is posted above.
Chicago getting to Halladay…up 5-3…3 run homer for AJ
yankees will score at least 2 next inning, u’ll see.
Thanks Mike. I thought you were referring to Betances, but I wasn’t sure. Is he really 6’9″?
okay I am watchig the yankees game now cant stand watching schilling pitch.
thanks RJ LOL
this is sifficult to watch
haha kaylee go back to watching the sox, ur bringing bad luck.
difficult too
here’s to hoping johnson gets injured in spring training…it’s ok with my prediction we take the lead back
hey I cant help it Schilling is too difficult to watch!
sifficult?
Chen is actually on track to get his first win :s. To those actually watching the game, does RJ look as awful as he seems on Gameday?
I give up on the red sox this year if we lose to tampa!
and look at that, that was number 2000 I think
. Thanks a lot James Shields btw, he learned a thing or two from Cleveland closers how to hand a game over to the Red Sox…
DJ!!!! It was about time for him today
come on guys, get your ******* heads together.
say what you will about the game but Kenny Singleton is doing a yoeman’s job as a substitute solo-anchor
Chen, 0-6, 7.07 ERA is going to beat us……priceless GEES
I can’t watch but a friend of mine has the package. He did not give a good report on Randy.
Yes, Betances is 6’8 or 9.
Sox tied 2 in top of 6th, no out, nobody on. Schilling up to 67 pitches.
Oh well, I’m off to bed (3 am here), go Yanks & TB! Also curious, when I wake up, will Utley be at 36? 0-for-3 now…
This may be a little off topic but they dropped my boy BUBBA! He’s the perfect late inning defensive replacement and pinch runner! I know when we get Matsui back that he’d probably have to go but not quite yet. And for who? Some minor league bullpen guy since Dotel is a wuss! I miss Bubba
randy looked old but not clueless out there today so far.
russ you aren’t become bipolar again are you? you know very well a 1 run deficit against the orioles bullpen is not game over.
Yeah. Utley flied to CF his 3rd time up.
BTW, you should have seen who got a triple for the Mets….el duque! Just missed a hr.
We have Muss going well, Wang kicking butt….the one thing keeping us from a good run seems to be Randy’s inconsistency.
umm, crosby stole 6 bases and melky is better defensively. Dotel is recovering from the most serious pitching injury, he is no wuss. Crosby is a 216 career hitter and hitting below that this season nvm im not even going to get into this
It will be funny to see the Yankees get swept this weekend in Baltimore.
Chen’s ERA is down below 7.00.
Probably a good job by him.
Cut the heart out of a team and they react to it. They might blow this whole series.
There is more to a team than hitting statistics. It is people who play the game, not robots. I do not expect a few of you to understand the importance of intangibles, but a team suffers when a popular member is removed.
So do some of the fans.
SCHILLING IS SCARING me now bases loaded 1 out do you mind getting out?schillig.
Lidle may be the answer to that, Mike, but we’ll have to see how his next couple of starts go.
Cano singled again his 3rd time up tonight. 2 for 2, with a walk, a run scored and an rbi.
paul stop being such a downer, they aren’t getting swept this weekend ur acting irrational over crosby leaving, they didn’t fall apart when phillips was demoted last year. or crosby in the past.
sweeeet i got singleton announcing somehow in the commercial break, no more orioles announcers!
Kaylee, I thought you weren’t wathing Schitting anymore?
Crosby “the heart of the team” I just rolled off my chair……that was so funny Paul LOL
GOD thank you schilling!
Schilling the master UGH
I am not Just looked at the score!He actually got outs!
What about two ******* sixteen with no power don’t you get?
You want a .216 hitting OF, you can have him. I don’t.
They don’t help you win anything.
Like I stated, GOOD Gms and managers can’t be sentimental. Sentiment won’t win you games, but it sure as **** can cost you some (ask Grady Little, Gm. 7, 2003 ALCS)….
Kaylee, God doesn’t thank people who sell their souls to the devil team.
Remember, the devil is associated with red, not blue.
Vince, irrational? no.
Irritated that some are mocking it? Sure.
Go Orioles!
What’s his name??? JORGE!!!!!!!!!! What a beautiful name
Ohhhhhh I guess I forgot about that!
woo hooo, thank God for Craig Wilson!
YES! Wilson comes through again. Tied up. Walking the melkman. Bernie pinch-hitting.
Mike you just don’t know when to stop do you?
HEYYYY WELCOME TO THE TEAM WILSON!
paul u can be upset a fixture left, but it is not going to cost us the season, it was a good move, nothing you can do about it, you’re being irrational right now.
Kris Wilson. Bubba Crosby.
Hmmm.
I love Bubba. I really do. But I don’t want him at the plate in that situation. I take Wilson over Bubba. Definitely.
Come on Bernie…at least get one run in here…….
Like I said yesterday, Lidle, Abreu and Wilson are making Brian Cashman looks like a GENIUS
lol rob it is craig wilson, kris was that terrible pitcher we had for a little bit
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Vince. Kris, Craig, whatever.
You know what I meant. lol
I must be getting old. My memory is becoming like Paul’s.
Just kidding Paul, before you start yelling at me to get off your lawn.
Dagnabbit Bernie.
Vamos Bernabé!!!!!!! A darle la vuelta a esto!!!!
think we have left over 10 runners on tonight
this guy’s era is creeping up to my age
God I hate “lucky” plays like that.
cano finished 3-3 in 7 innings for trenton tonight
Red sox fans..I dont like em they are accusing me of not being a sox fan cuz I asked for them To put in JUlian Tavarez or RUDY SEANEZ INsteadof schilling!
haha kaylee hates schilling as much as we do i think. I would have let cairo bat there, he has been ridiculously clutch
11 lob, I think.
Last outing for Randy…no strikeouts. Tonight…no strikeouts.
johnson has gone 2 starts without a K, i really hope he has enough in the tank
lol scary mike…..what the **** are we gonna do with him next year…long relief? and pick up 2 starters for when pavano gets injured to go with wang mussina and lidle?
YEs i hate Schilling and it is annoying me that they are sticking with him!
Thanks Vince. I was just going to check on Cano.
Villone has not started since 2004, but I wonder if he could start the rest of the year and put Johnson into the bullpen?
with moose pitching tomorrow, i let villone throw another inning, that was easy then either Mo or proctor in the 9th…i don’t want veras, ponson or farnsworth in there tonight….proctor didn’t pitch yesterday did he? i can’t **************** i think he did, if he did then farnsy instead of proctor
paul should we really mess with a good thing like that? villone has been steller.
Farns is not available tonight. Swollen hand hot by pitch.
Dunno, Vince, we now have back to back bad outings for RJ. He was not shelled like last time tonight but he still looked awful.
I really hope they get Matsuzaka. Johnson in 2007 really worries me. Randy will be 43 in a month.
No guarantee Lidle will be here in 2007. He is a free agent at the end of the year. Hopefully he pitches well and wants to come back to be with his old high school buddy, Giambi.
it would be nice if ponsons tepped up in the pen
jeez then mussina wang FA FA FA…we need matsuzaka, and at least one more starter since i dont trust pavano and we are not holding wright
we need to outshine the orioles bullpen, come on guys that would be ridiculous if we didn’t.
Utley grounded out in the 7th. Guess we wait to see if he gets one more shot.
I am gunna scream if they leave Schilling out there for the 8th!
Randy no decision tonight. Updated Stats.
11-9
5.11
RJ did last 6 innings. 4 runs in 6 translates for a 6.00 ERA. Really that is not a good outing.
No walks-good
No strikeouts-not good
1 HR-still not good esp to a guy who has not played in the majors since 2003 and at 10 AB this year.
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And Red Sox take the lead after another Ortiz HR.
ESPN has their Ortiz Orgy for tonight. Makes me sick.
Ohhh I missed that Homer by Papi!
THE BBG does it again. When is the last time (if ever) someone knocked Ortiz on his butt?
Mora hits .228 vs LHP and .314 vs RHP.
Should I understand this pitching change?
Proctor I think pitched yesterday, hence, why I am not watching facing Mora and Tejada……game could be over here……RJ bad outing again…..not quality at all
Proctor is going to walk Mora, and serve up a fat one to Tejada.
I sooooo hope I’m wrong….
Poping over from next door on Ians blog..
Just wanted to know if you guys know why Villione was pulled from your game? GameDay doesnt give details.
Well, can’t say we didn’t have our chances w/Bernie and A Rod up couple of times……Tigers just took the lead…7-6 over Tribe…does TRIBE have any BULLPEN? GEES…….
russ johnson missed a quality start by a run
agas, i don’t know, torre doesn’t leave to leave villone in more than 2 unless we are losing, i would stick with him until we have a lead, proctor pitched yesterday
Good, I was wrong.
A-Rod bobbled the ball? I don’t care that he still got the outs. He wasn’t perfect. Trade him.
good job proctor a rod and green….this game is making me have nausea
Yes he did Yankee, but as Paul pointed out, a guy w/10 AB gets a homer and we have no clutch hitting tonight whatsoever……
dp.
Now we hope Wilson makes Cashman look REALLY good.
For the record, I AM NOT RELATED TO SCOTT…unless he strikes out the side…then he’s my distant cousin.
Good job by Proctor.
I think Villone was pulled for the righty lefty thing, but Mora actually hits RHP significantly better.
hahah proctor…..russ, what does clutch hitting have to do with johnson starting?
To top off tonight’s game results tomorrow Cleveland will trade Victor Martinez to the Red Sox for a pair of Mirabelli’s underwear to be the starting catcher.
JORGE!
HIP HIP JORGEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Jorge
thats my boy Jorge right thurr!!! woo hooo!!!!!!
Utah street b’yches!@@
YAAAY JORGE!
JORGE!!!!!!!!
It MUST be him. JORGEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a beautiful name!!!!!!!
…and Mariano is up….
Nothing, Posada HR????
JORGE HIT THAT ONE ON EUTAW STREET!!! WAY TO GO JORGE!
On-field Delay.
Chris Ray broke down crying.
wow, a lead! We may see Mo soon.
Unless Ponson closes it out.
Yeah Russ. Jorge homered!!!!
Yankees have already beaten Chris Ray twice this year.
is it spelled Eutaw street or Utah street?
What actually caused the delay?
Althoguh I CAN beleive Chris Ray cried.
Lola, isn’t it actually spelled ‘Eutaw’ street?
Just got done watching my local Tribe game. Their bullpen has to be one of the worst in the league. Detroit wins 7-6. Can we trade Phillips, Crosby, Green, Guiel, Fasano, RJ for Papi? LOL
You mean by Camden Yards? I think it is Eutaw. I was there but a long time ago.
Eutaw
lol guile is in AAA and crosby is done….fasano is our only backup….silly russ.
Utley will get another at bat.
did chris ray really cry?
c’mon MO
Lola and Rob, I’m sure it is spelled “Eutaw”. I’ll check tommorrow.
I was there a year ago, and I’m pretty sure I saw ‘Eutaw’ on the street sign.
Crosby out of options?
The Red Sox announcers are giving almost play by play of the Yankee game also.
It is Eutaw. Been there a couple of times.*******.
Now we need a DP.
Yikes I need the Pepto.
yep – Crosby is out of options
yes crosby was out of options, what is going on in the sox game
Paul email me some.
I hope Palpebon stubs his finger
Farnsy isn’t in, no pepto……….
damm – that was close – 5 more feet and the red sox go to extra innings
The Pepto is for general use, not just for Farns.
Brandon Fahey is the son of former catcher Bill Fahey and word is, he likes long walks on the beach…
Tomas Perez just killed us. He is ****** up real bad to the sox. The DRays dont pinch hit for #9 who doesn’t have a hit this season trailing by 1.
****. Boston won.
DP!
THE YANKEES WIN!!!!!
Do the Orioles have Frank? LOL
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees winnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!! DP baby!!! woo hooo!!!!!!!!!!
YES THANK GOD I LOVE YOU MO!
yay
Mmmmm… the old DP. We win, unfortunately the Sox won too…
MO, TE AMO!!!!
THE YANKEES WINNNNNNNNNN,,,the YANKEES WIN>>>>>>>>>>YES>>>>>>>>>>
whew, plenty of Pepto left for tomorrow.
LOL, ok ok, i get it, its Eutaw!!! lol,everyone seems to know it well but me.
“its eutaw, i had my first kiss there”
“its eutaw, thats where my mom met my dad”
“its eutaw, i was born on that street corner”
LOL
Utley got another at bat in the ninth… and struck out. Nobody will beat Joe D’s record anytime soon.
TRIVIA (now that the Yanks won)… I will give 5 minutes before I give the answer.
Name the ONLY pitcher in major league history to pitch in 10 or more seasons and have a winning record in every one of those seasons.
Why does it seem like teams like us and Boston seem to have the most difficulties against teams in the celar?
Andrew, can’t worry too much about eh s*x. We just need to win 2 out 3 every series and we’ll be fine.
Chase’s hit streak seems to be over :’(
unless they go to extra innings…i am sad…i was rooting for him to beat Pete Rose (not joe D)
Chen, 0-6, 7.07 ERA is going to beat us……priceless GEES
Posted by: sam13281328@aol.com | August 4, 2006 08:59 PM
It will be funny to see the Yankees get swept this weekend in Baltimore.
Chen’s ERA is down below 7.00.
Probably a good job by him.
Cut the heart out of a team and they react to it. They might blow this whole series.
There is more to a team than hitting statistics. It is people who play the game, not robots. I do not expect a few of you to understand the importance of intangibles, but a team suffers when a popular member is removed.
So do some of the fans.
Posted by: paul1040@aol.com | August 4, 2006 09:06 PM
neither of you ever do that again unwarranted.
Inside Stuff on the Orioles:
Inside Stuff: What’s in that big building beyond right field? It’s the Warehouse, the longest building on the East Coast (1,116 feet) and a former warehouse for the B&O railroad. The Warehouse is only 432 feet from home plate. The O’s have their offices there, along with the ballpark’s main kitchen and ticket office. The Warehouse also has The Orioles Baseball Store, open daily), a cafeteria (Pastimes), and a bar/lounge (Bambino’s), all on the ground floor. For those art fans among you, the Birds have opened Gallery E, a sports art gallery, in the south end of the Warehouse in 1999. It features works from such as Norman Rockwell and of course the ubiquitous sports artist, LeRoy Neiman. For those more interested in baseball, you can visit the Orioles Hall of Fame Located at the north end of the warehouse on the wall at the base of the scoreboard. The Hall has plaques of former Oriole greats much like those in Cooperstown. Eutaw Street between the park and the Warehouse is a great place to visit before the game with lots of food and souvenir vendors. They close down Eutaw Street to the public at 3:00 p.m. for evening games. It opens again at 5:00 p.m., for fans holding tickets for that night’s game. If you enter the ballpark on Eutaw Street between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. you can roam the bleachers and flag court for balls hit out of the park during BP. Make sure to look for the brass baseballs embedded into the sidewalk marking the spot where home runs cleared the right field fence and landed on Eutaw Street. Also search out the plaque to mark the spot where Ken Griffey Jr. hit the warehouse during the All-Star Home Run Hitting Contest. If you want your name on the scoreboard during the game, mail your request to Scoreboard Surprise, Baltimore Orioles, 333 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, and include a charitable donation of $10 or more payable to The Baltimore Orioles Foundation. You can also give them a call at (410) 685-9800.
Carl Pavano? TJ Beam? Bubba Crosby?
Mussina
mike im gonna go with whitey ford for the **** of it…mostly cause i have his autograph.
and whoeevr asked why we struggled against crappy teams, cause they step it up against both of us because we (more the yankees) are the standard for excellent
vince don’t tell me what not to do
ever
Kevin Brown? Jared Wright?
Can’t say how important this win was. Back a few months ago, we would have taken 1st place, then lost the very next day while Boston won to lose the lead. This time, we stayed ahead and we are primed to gain some more ground with Mussina pitching tomorrow.
and don’t compare me with that freak
No game in Baltimore is out of reach.
I learned that last year when my beloved Yankees blew a 4(?) run lead and ended up losing on a walk off in extras. That **** ball landed right in front of me too, and then I had to walk out of the stadium with drunk bird fans in my face the whole way.
Of course, we got the last laugh last season. hehe
Many know about Joe’s 56 game streak in 1941. Few know that after it was stopped he immediately started a 16 game streak. 72 out of 73.
Fewer than that know that as a member of the San Francisco Seals (a few years before joining the Yankees) Joe had a 61 game hitting streak.
Vince, 5 in a row. Again.
This was not a very impressive game. Yanks got poor starting pitching and left 13 men on base against terrible pitching by the Orioles.
However they did rally to win, and that was good.
The answer is….
George Herman Ruth.
Yup. Granted in some of those years (1933 with the Yankees,for instance) he only pitched one game, but he won it and was 1-0.
The Bambino is the ONLY pitcher to pitch in 10 years or more and have a winning record in each and every season.
me to vince EVER, I will stick Paul on you
That was interesting Mike. So what is the lesson Babe taught. Eat a lot of hot dogs and drink a lot of beer if you want to be the emperor.
Chase’s hit streak is over. :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’(
Has the Ortiz orgy on ESPN started yet?
I would have liked to see the Babe take on Kobayashi in a hot dog eating contest.
Yeah Lola. I am happy to hear that. Nice.
then don’t be irrational and i won’t. and that goes for both of you.
Be back later!
you can’t say something like it will be funny to see the yankees get swept by THE ORIOLES and then later say GO ORIOLES! as a result of losing out 5th outfielder and then not expect to be repremanded, or ribbed.
Lola, I don’t know that song. Paul, I’ll see if Pepto is sold next to the hotdogs. Btw, I have seen Giambi hit a homer out to hit the Camden Yards building…he didn’t break a window, unfortunately. A couple of years ago, a bunch of friends and I went to the Yard for O’s vs Yanks game and were in the elevator with the O’s mascot…we were all wearing Yankee’s gear. Oh, I just love hearing the Yankee fans on the Baltimore cable channel cheering loudly over the broadcasters. Goodnight, guys and girls, off to bed. Need to get a head start in finding a parking space nearer the stadium than Delaware and not the price of club house tix. Take care gang, and Go Yankees!
Don’t look now, but Johan Santana is currently on track to pick up a loss. To the Royals.
Looks like Minnersota might be starting to fade.
Vince, what are you, my mother? I don’t think so…..clam up and calm down……go drink some Kool Aid and some warm milk
do u see me yelling sam/russ?Though u are currently sam at the moment.
I think it is past your curfew Yankeevmm and Yankee fan1…go a night night
now who’s who’s mother? i go to sleep later than everybody on this blog…partly thanks to partial insomnia, i don’t think u need to be telling me when i should start….esp since i’m not the one who is moody every 4th day
This page is starting to chug a bit when I load it.
Didn’t say you were yelling, your just being a jerk, which is nothing new. Think you ALL GOD or ALL KNOW ALL or whatever….go study or do something productive instead of picking on people
Go blog on the Sox blog, maybe they would care
i’m doing both and it is no coincidance people have tried removing u from the blog before and not me, don’t tell me who is a jerk and who isn’t. If i’m wrong about something i’m wrong, but i try to avoid sharing opinions based on nothing like “phillips guile cairo jeez 2-3 runs tonight tops vs millwood! And we lose!” If that makes me godly, then i guess i’m godly, but then so is everybody else on this blog accept you most of the time. Don’t tell me how to spend my time, i’m on my summer vacation, i study when school is in session, until then i’ll study something fun like baseball. You wouldn’t keep responding if you didn’t care.
except*
now for paul i was joking, he is optimistic 80-95% of the time, i don’t care what he does and if he wants to have a down day he is welcome to it, but u, u just switch at the drop of a hat from pleasent and civil to robotic and pessimistic.
the yankees seems to have left half the team on base during the game. I think Torre is going to up the batting practice a little
anyone know who opposes mussina tomorrow?
Click on Yankee till he reaches puberty…..done……
Loewen(1-3, 6.44 ERA) starts for the orioles tomorrow.
real mature sam, puberty?Yet ending every sentence with “LOL” is real mature.
hmm, i like those odds…have we faced him this year vik?/ever?
Remember Yankee, in 1st grade we were all taught the word I is capitolized….not “i”..DER
were we also taught how to spell capitalized?
Unless, somehow “i” has to do with US government.
“Didn’t say you were yelling, your just being a jerk, which is nothing new. Think you ALL GOD or ALL KNOW ALL or whatever”-Do you really want to get into an english argument on a baseball blog right now?
yankee, go cheer on your Red Sox….or try and pass the 1st grade, study for that…it is funny watching you act like a 6yr old….keep going, your doing great
It is Friday,,shouldn’t you be out or something? Nice summer vacation you have
I am not the one to speak in sentence fragments and throw temper tantrums once a day and try and coax people, including mark into arguments. I don’t bring up predictions from april to hassle someone with while they are working. I, by no means, ever show i support the redsox, all I do is defend the yankees, yet you are the one who turns against them at least once a week and pisses off everybody in this blog….Hence why paul did not even want to be compared to you. Telling me to pass 1st grade? You are a waste of time to argue with, you are on par with arguing with fagan, just as useless and contradicting.
We did not face him this year Vince. I dont know if we ever did.
Let go Vince and/or Sam
Yankee, you blabbing to anyone….I have been a Yankee fan longer than you have been alive little boy Yankeevm…..have a good night everyone, time to go….go Yankees and MOOOSE tomorrow…
well, hopefully he gets blown apart anyway…we could really use a sweep with the sox playing 6 gimme games that they will probably lose two of.
“yankee you blabbing to anyone”-that doesn’t even make sense. Yeah, you keep using the same line asbout being a yankee fan for the last eternity, and yet you never ever show it, so what good is that excuse? You were a fan in the 80′s but are nothing but annoying now? something doesn’t add up.
vince-1 sam-0
Loewen faced us June 3rd, 5IP, 4R, 3ER…not sure if he got a decision or not……..have good night all, including you VMM
u too.
and thanks for the info russ…at the very least i have faith with abreu and cairo in the lineup in addition to the regulars we can work counts.
**** yes, we can work counts. Chen was nearly at 50 pitches by the end of the 2nd inning tonight.
yeah exactly.
It was a no-decision for Loewen on June 3rd, Damon hit a solo shot in the 10th of Ray to beat the O’s, 6-5.
*off of Ray
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/powerranking?season=2006&week=19
My my, how things have changed.
Wow things kinda got ugly here last night. I’m happy I skipped all of it. Hope everybody is enjoying their Saturday (it’s the first Sat. I’ve had off of work in over a month) and is getting ready for another great game!
i can’t believe 8 of the top 9 are AL teams, that is pathetic
The Yankees have the second best record in the Majors…don’t tell ESPN that though.
nope, according to espn we are probably still not a realistic wildcard spot because randy johnson is 43 and bobby abreu can’t hit for power.
anyone know besides zito and matsusaka (sp) players the yankees might be interested in in the offseason? What catchers, first baseman, starting pitchers and relievers are out there in the offseason this year?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007_mlb_free_agents/index.html
That should help Vince.
looks like wilson is our guy at first for at least next year…i guess we can squeeze 07 out of posada and then have a catcher for one year in 08 before our prospect in 09…id prefer not to rush him…that didn’t have much to say in terms of pitching besides maddox, mulder and gagne, none of whom i think the yankees will sign anyway.
Hmm, Jones in the Atlanta line-up today, does that mean they made the decision to pull him off waivers, or what will happen? I thought they had to decide by 1pm today.
Is Cereal Boy locked up for multiple years for the S*x? If not, expect them to pursue Tori Hunter in the off season.
Even if Crisp is locked up I wouldn’t be surprised to see them go after Hunter.
Is it game time yet?
vince do u sleep?
lol i carve out a few hours lola here and there…..i think crisp has 4 years for some reason.
Vince is not human, thus he needs no sleep.
2006 Salaries
Rk Player Salary (US$)
1 Alex Rodriguez $21,680,727
2 Derek Jeter $20,600,000
3 Jason Giambi $20,428,571
4 Mike Mussina $19,000,000
5 Randy Johnson $15,661,427
6 Bobby Abreu $13,600,000
7 Johnny Damon $13,000,000
8 Hideki Matsui $13,000,000
9 Jorge Posada $12,000,000
10 Gary Sheffield $10,756,171
11 Mariano Rivera $10,500,000
12 Carl Pavano $8,000,000
13 Jaret Wright $7,666,667
14 Kyle Farnsworth $5,416,666
15 Cory Lidle $3,300,000
16 Craig Wilson $3,300,000
17 Ron Villone $2,250,000
18 Octavio Dotel $2,000,000
19 Tanyon Sturtze $1,500,000
20 Bernie Williams $1,500,000
21 Aaron Small $1,200,000
22 Mike Myers $1,150,000
23 Miguel Cairo $1,000,000
24 Sidney Ponson $1,000,000
25 Jesus Colome $815,000
26 Kelly Stinnett $650,000
27 Sal Fasano $425,000
28 Robinson Cano $381,000
29 Nick Green $356,700
30 Bubba Crosby $354,250
31 Chien-Ming Wang $353,175
32 Scott Proctor $352,675
33 Andy Phillips $333,150
34 Wil Nieves $328,600
Statistical Information provided by: STATS
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I bet Carl Pavano thinks he should be making more.
2210 responses and still counting
any chance on sturtze coming back? i wouldn’t mind getting rid of him, ponson wright and sheffield…in addition to stinnett crosby and prob phillips who are or will be gone by the end of the season…actually phillips will prob stay, not ike he cost anything anyway.
hey paul, areu feeling better?
Sturtze will be 36 in October and with his injury, I would say there is no chance.
Bad time for Mulder to have a shoulder injury…his free agent year.
Will have to catch up on today’s game later. Volunteering today and will miss most of it.
I was feeling fine yesterday. I was feeling bad Bubba was cut and that mutant male/female beast was celebrating his departure and being an all around jerk and then Mike joined in citing the stats and enjoying it over and over.
Basically I said I felt bad he was gone. There were others here who liked him too.
Most adults with common sense or a modicum of people skills would back off and let it go. Now the mutant pain in the butt sam-man/sam-woman I could really not expect civil behavior but I did from Mike and did not get it at all.
I really hope to see neither of them again any time soon.
When Stinnett was released if someone were to like him I would not repeatedly site his statistics and say over and over that he was terrible and I am glad he is gone. And then say it another 10 times in case he missed the first 10 times.
That is just stupid, rude, and really not showing respect for other people’s feelings.
We all like different players, for different reasons, all equally valid.
However once in a while we need to respect the feelings of others.
jeez. I liked crosby, but he was a sacrifice I am willing to accept and have came to terms with a while ago, ever since cabrera emerged….Mike was only stating his opinion, that is how I took it, you don’t have to, but I don’t think he meant to kick you when you were down….Now sam, I think based on last night we all know how I do and do not feel about sam, so I won’t address it, but those are my two cents.
-have.
Getting back to baseball, I am pretty sure Sturtze’s contract is up after this year so he would be a free agent.
I am pretty sure he burned his bridge with Joe Torre on the injury issue. Best guess is that he will not be back.
Try and hide an injury once and be forgiven.
Make the same mistake twice?
Yeah, I think Sturze is gone. You don’t hurt your team like that and expect to be wanted back.
12 Carl Pavano $8,000,000
I bet Carl Pavano thinks he should be making more.
Posted by: paul1040@aol.com | August 5, 2006 02:33 PM
****, I’ll take half that much to sit on my posterior all season.
good. I like villone in his roll anyway, i think if dotel is healthy that is prob all we need to do to our bullpen next year.
rivera farnsworth dotel proctor myers villone…no weak links
starters we need at least 1, preferably 2 starters…maybe johnson goes to long relief, esp if dotel is not healthy…and a better backup catcher would be nice. I like wilson at first so far with phillips as a platoon
Btw, is it game time yet?
I’m going through withdrawals….
we could always use johnson in the pen anyway…12 pitchers…esp with myers playing once a month.
that would make the rotation mussina wang FA lidle FA probably.
Vince, if Sheffield is kept on for next year, say goodbye to Phillips. He just hasn’t gotten it done with the bat this year, and he can’t even use lack of playing time as an excuse.
Better to get rid of him now before we get too attached.
I also have some experience in management dealing with teamwork and experience with a softball team and coaching some kids at basketball.
It is not all about the numbers; it is about people. The mix, the chemistry.
If you only go by the numbers you will never win.
A player who defies the numbers is Johnny Damon. Though his number this year are pretty good they have not always been. Yet his contributions have been intangible though incredibly valuable.
Derek Jeter is another one who some considered overrated because he did not have great numbers. But every Yankee fan who has watched him play knows all he does for the team.
I am not comparing Bubba’s talent to those two; he is no match. But my point is there was a certain chemistry and enthusiasm he brought to the table that cannot be measured other than in the results for the team. They will never reflect in his numbers. But I thought of him as a catalyst.
It would be nice to get that Mitsubishi person from Japan, or whatever his name is. Then we’d have Mussina, Wang, Matsusaka, Lidle, and FA/Johnson/Ponson.
My personal opinion is that RJ should retire at the end of this season. I don’t know that he has much left. But I could be completely wrong. I’d like to be wrong.
Hughes will probably pitch AAA next year, and, depending on how he does would have a shot at the rotation in 2008. Unless they have problems, then he could be a mid to late season call up.
Notice I didn’t mention Pavano anywhere?
I really think there will be a few changes for next year.
We need 4 starters to go with Wang.
The only others signed are Johnson and Pavano. Johnson is not capable and Pavano is a bottomless pit or should be thrown in one.
As for relief Mo is signed along with Farns. Proctor not sure. Villone is a free agent.
Myers is a waste of space I think. He is mediocre overall I believe.
Ponson pitched well in relief so far. Maybe Johnson will be a reliever.
The Japanese pitcher mentioned sounds interesting, and maybe Mussina could come back at a lower salary, but it is unlikely since he will be offered more elsewhere. So we need 4 starters.
that’s fair paul, i have no doubt bubba brought more than numbers, but i feel like melky has all but taken that place anyway, i don’t think the team will suffer…but i get your point, i think probably the most historic example is the 1980 US hockey team, a bunch of college kids, not even the best ones, and they beat the best team in the world.
rob, i forgot shef might play first, the problem is i think we could really really use his 13 million for pitching, if we don’t dump him where is this money coming from? cashman has said repeatedly that he wants to cut back spending, that would leave us for at most 5-10 million to spend on 2 starters and a backup catcher. 2008 however i think a lot of guys go and 2009 huge salaries like giambi damon and matsui probably go and smaller ones like tabada, and maybe duncan replace them.
Bubba’s a lot like Ryan Freel in that they might not be the 2 most talented guys you see but they’ll give you 110% every inning of every game they play.
Sorry Paul. You don’t know me. When I believe I am right, I am a very stubborn individual and will state the facts (and yes, often repeatedly) to back me up. My friends are used to it. They’ve known be for years. You’ve known me for a few days.
I want the Yanks to win as badly as anyone here, and didn’t believe Bubba gave us our best chance to win. That’s it.
When it comes to winning, I have no sentiment. Sorry, but I want to see the best team on the field. Period.
Vince that hockey team is a great example of what I was trying to explain last night and today. Teamwork is more than the numners.
And yes, Alex, he contributed all he had each time he played.
good point i forgot no mussina….i would like to hold lidle and sign him then wang and lidle can have 3 FA’s (or pavano and we can actually get maybe 1 million out of that 40 put to good use) with the japanese guy we would only neeed 1-2 starters…i would like to resign villone and maybe he will do it since he had success here.
bullpen rivera farnsy proctor dotel (signed one more year after this one) johnson and resigned villone…
2008 wang japanese guy hughes clippard leftover free agent?
isn’t lidle signed through 07?
Good point about Sheffield’s salary, Vince.
I think if he comes back, he’ll probably have to take a pay cut.
I have a feeling Mussina will be back next year. I hope so, at least. If he does make 20 wins for the first time this year, he ought to consider that it was with the Yankees that he got there.
If Villone keeps pitching like he is, I think the Yankees will do what they have to to keep him.
Once a jerk, always a jerk.
Vince, let us wait and see on Lidle. Only 1 start so far.
Matsui and Damon both are on 4 yr deals starting in 2006 I think.
Dotel is on a 1 year deal. Most of the bullpen are free agents after this season.
Only Mo and Farns have another year. Mo has a buyout for 2008.
The Orioles have a pitcher on their staff named Winston Abreu…we have to hope for Bobby to face him just for the irony.
Anybody know where to find information on players’ contracts(i.e. how many years are left?)
ohh so then 2010 is when those two and possibly a rod are done here…though id like to see us keep a rod (don’t shoot me). Yeah i dont think resigning villone will be an issue and it is possible for mussina, at 37 turning 38 he may not want a new environment since he has only been on 2 teams his whole career. Some sox fans say he will be on their team next year, i think they are full of ****…if i remember correctly he doesn’t have good numbers vs the yankees anyway, but he does against the redsox.
I am only basing lidle on his past career in the AL….I think signing 4 new starters would be way too difficult and expensive so we may end up being stuck with lidle even if he doesn’t pan out, but that’s just me..I have faith in all three guys we signed and not just cause they have shown up so far.
btw an early 30′s andy pettite’s contract is up this year…any takers? rob, paul seems to…..i thought we signed dotel for 2 years 2 million…but i guess it was 1 year 2 million….didn’t mark say he was signed for next year too? oh well.
Vince, maybe there is an option on Dotel for next year?
Bullpen
Mo-2007 guaranteed last night, buyout option for 2008
Farns-I think a 2 yr deal, maybe 3 starting in 2006
Proctor-not sure
Villone-not sure-signed as a FA with Seattle for 2005, traded to Marlins and then to Yankees
Dotel-1 yr deal for 2006
Myers-signed as a FA for 2006, think just 1 yr
Beam-farm
Ponson-not sure if the St Louis contract prevails or if he is a FA
o ok.
You might be right Vince but I thought the discussion was Dotel had the option to do 2 years and decided on 1 to see if he liked it here and then see what happens.
I really don’t begrudge him anything. The Yanks took a chance on an injured player and he could still be great in the stretch.
Farnsworth is in the first year of a 3 year pact.
Rob, Mark would know a place to see each player’s contract status. We miss Mark!
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/new-york-yankees_111398168678860040.html
Contract info. Don’t know if it has everybody or not.
Shows that Mussina has an option for next year.
Pavano is signed through ’08.
Wright is signed through ’07.
Right Rob, we know he has an option but they will not exercise it. I think for $20 million
Correct, Paul. Wright can be bought out for next year for $4Million.
Myers is signed through ’07 as well.
Wow, outstandind site, Rob. Thanks!
Search engines: sometimes you find something.
What I can see about Wright, if he’s kept for next year it’s $7Million. If they let him go, they pay the $4Million buyout.
It says Cano is only on a 1 year contract? That doesn’t sound right to me…..
No one is signed for next year–not even Wang.
I tried googling but did not find it. Goo job, Rob.
soph slump maybe? cano should be at least 4 yrs….so we only gain 3 million by no wright…i’ll still take that and buy a relief pitcher or backup catcher, that is essentially what his value is anyway.
Pregame!
btw, nobody answered me, is it worth getting pettite back?
I think the Yankees have control over guys like Cano, Wang, Melky, etc. until 2010 or something like that.
I have no idea why I am on the computer right now as I should be off til the sox game tonight.But i am not anyways Vince so you really think the astros are gunna let pettite go?
I do not think Andy will come back. I am also not sure he still has the skills.
One of the biggest mistakes the Yankees made was letting him go. But then he was injured.
Vince, I think a lot of Yankee fans would sentimentally like to see Petitte back in pinstripes. But will he come back? The reason he went to Houston in the first place was to “go home.”
I am a little worried about him, too, since he hasn’t seemed to be too great of a pitcher lately. But maybe that spacious right field in THE Stadium is what he needs to right the ship again.
In short, love to have him back. Just not sure if he will be the Andy Petitte we remember.
“George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees for $10M in 1973.
Forbes magazine valued the club at $1.026 billion in April 2006.”
Think he got a return on his investment?
hi everyone, just me and the radio today *sigh*
Vince, i think I read something in one of the NY papers about Pettitte not even being sure if he wanted to play beyond this contract.
There are rumors Pettitte may retire after this year. He did have a great comeback year last year after being hurt in 2004, but he is struggling a bit this year.
i don’t think he will, and i would prefer not to have him back, but i was curious. Kaylee, i have no doubt he won’t be with the astros though.
that site is so interesting! like jeter gets paid in installments of 1 million dollars, and his agent is casey close? does that guy have any other players? Sheffield negotiated his own contract, and giambi has two agents? That is so cool, what a good site, good find rob.
wow retiring so early? he really must be miserable after getting injured and being with houston, what a bad move for an extra year on his contract.
Rob, could I get that kind of return on my 401K?
Yeah And Clemens has retired twice already!
Someone somewhere in my general neighborhood must have recently purchased, stolen, been gifted, or somehow else acquired a motorcycle.
At one point in my life I may have seen the allure of a motorcycle and even enjoyed riding on a friend’s at one time some 20 years ago. However now and then the greatest drawback of motorcycles, besides the safety issue of potentially being flattened under the bumper of a Buick, is the noise issue.
(Actually I once saw a car stopped in traffic at a traffic light, getting ready to take off when the light changed hit a motorcycle at somewhere between 5 and 10 mph and still saw the rider catapult off into the air and to the ground below. That convinced me that my interest in motorcycles was effectively ended.)
As for the noise, it always bothered me. I never liked loud noises like fireworks, though I liked to see them at Disney World and Fourth of July presentations, but I hated the bang. I also never liked circus clowns that caused explosions no matter how funny it seemed.
So the motorcycle noise disturbs me.
This aforementioned neighbor, wherever he or she is, has recently come into possession of a motorcycle about which I only know that he or she turns on the engine and revs it over and over for a period of time and then must head off to the local 7-11 for a gallon of milk, which is not that bad other than he/she seems to bring home that gallon in 16 ounce containers necessitating 8 round trips to the store which involves 8 start ups and revvings of the engine to the point I want to stick screwdrivers in my ears waiting for that eighth and final trip to conclude.
This makes me feel the need to investigate local municipal noise statutes and their application to nuisance trips to the convenience store. Either that or I need to purchase the entire collection of Iron Butterfly and play it until my stereo melts or my neighbors have me arrested for noise violations.
Be like Australia. Play Barry Manilow until your neighbor knocks it off.
Ah, Iron Butterfly. The “first” heavy metal band.
Funny Paul. I recall one night in college I was trying to sleep because I was getting up early to drive home for the weekend. Some yahoo was out in the parking lot revving the engine on his motorcycle. And I was rude to ask him to keep it down at midnite. The nerve of me.
Apparently there is no Game Day offered.
Pettitte’s got his four rings, pitched in 3 other World Series, got his money. His kids are growing up. Maybe he just wants to be more of a father to them.
Then again, maybe the game isn’t as much fun for him anymore. Maybe he thinks it has become more work than fun, and if that is the case, then he wants out.
Just speculating.
Craig Wilson is in the lineup again. He’s been there since Wednesday, 4 games straight now.
I wonder what that says about Phillips.
Wilson is hot. Go with your hot hand.
jeez now i have flashbacks of the hockey guys (who are excused from most of their tests during the season) getting back from the bar on tuesdays wednesdays and thursdays (they lived next door and throughout my residence halls)around 3:30am when i had 8am’s the next day
Vince I have a question for you on the other blog
Nothing wrong with Barry Manilow.. lol.
barry manilow is a good way to get ur grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, older cousins, younger cousins, enemies, friends, local clergy and local politicians to fall asleep.
Ah, Loewen’s a lefty. That would be good reason to play Wilson instead of Phillips.
And also since he’s hot, like Mike said.
suzyn waldman was just talking about how the yankees didnt reach being 24 games over .500 until September 20th last year. Its amazing that they they have done it earlier this year considering all the injuries they’ve had. How people can remain pessimistic in the face of that is somewhat amazing, lol.
am i missing something? why is it blacked out?
Doesn’t FOX have the rights to all games until 7pm on Saturdays?
I take it Loewen didn’t want to have anything to do with DJ? hahaha.
Too bad Damon couldn’t get a 4 pitch walk.
whats up with all the throws to first, lol
***, it is not on fox up in here…..i hate fox those ********.
Hey, keep throwing to first. Wear yourself out, Mr. Loewen.
abreu is awesome so far.
Oh man, arod robbed there..
****, hope jeet’s fine..
Jeter has not been caught much this year, only the 3rd time. Too bad, that kills a rally.
injury?
wow cbs sportsline is worlds better than gameday
jeter got hurt? why was he trying to steal 3rd with 2 out?
i think he is fine
Just looking at Moose’s stats. Did you know he has not had a start of less than 5 innings this year? And he has had only 2 starts of less than 6 innings? (1 for 5.0, and 1 for 5.2)
GameDay and Sportsline each have their benefits and detriments.
yea rob. moose has been great this year. if (when) they yankees make it to the playoffs, i would hope torred redoes the starting rotation and has moose as 1 and wang as 2, johnson as 3
Trenton has 2 today. Cano did not play in the first game.
We will have to check the night game. I didn’t see anything about him going to Columbus. The last I knew, he was to be at Trenton all weekend then hopefully join the Yanks on Tuesday in Chicago.
Clippard went in that first game. 5 1/3, 4 r, 3 earned, a no decision. 1 walk and 9 ks.
ERA 3.85
ashley that will def happen in the playoffs assuming we don’t have it come down to the final weekend. The only reason they don’t do it is because innings but with the playoff rotation more than likely mussina wang lidle johnson, that won’t be an issue.
Yanks are doing Loewen a huge favor with these ABs. C’mon guys, work the bloody count.
only 9 k? what is wrong with him…that era better get smaller i hope.
wow troy aikmen’s family is really hot.
Torre has always considered Game 3 of the opening round best of 5 as a huge game. So if the Yanks make the playoffs and Wang starts game 3, don’t read it as “Wang is # 3″. Instead, Torre will use who he thinks is his # 1 ace in Games 1 and 5 (if he can…you don’t know when they will clinch a playoff spot. Hopefully Torre will have time to “set up” a playoff rotation). The # 2 guy would actually go in Game 3, since Torre places so much emphasis on that game.
Geez, already a score and none out.
Have to catch up on the game later. Volunteering for Miracle League and gotta go.
Gee, nice to get 2 plate appearances the first time through the lineup, right Tejada?
Giambi did also and he popped out.
so the rotation would most likely be mussina (if a win then the weaker between lidle and johnson, if a loss then the stronger) and then wang and then the other of the lidle johnson equation…interesting….mussina needs a dp and some economical innings.
hahah, pete abe just called pavano the “rajah of rehab” which i think is hysterical. also in the post today, it said that dotel will come back “in a few weeks”- will he actually be back this season? because it seems it has been the same story all season.
Bad outing so far by Mussina. up over 40 pitches already.
Ashley it is because you never know how long it takes to recover from such major surgery. Each body is different.
TJ surgery takes between 12 and 18 months to recover so if he doesnt end up coming back this season.. it wouldnt be a complete surprise.
mussina will be out by the 4th at this pace
ugh.. really getting his pitch count up.. he’s past 50 already.
i think that single might have mussina implode, hope im wrong.
I hope this inning is his “bad inning”
Isn’t it the yankees thats supposed to work counts??
40 ******* pitches that inning.
This is not the same team that played Toronto.
Not sure I like this team.
They have been. Moose just had one of *those* innings.
The Yanks and a bunch of their fans went into this series way too cocky.
****** melky, 2 pitch outs are ********. work the **** count
No, Paul, I like this team. It is just a bad day for Moose. I think after what he has accomplished this year so far, he is deserved a pass on this one. My only criticism of him is that sometimes he lets the home plate umpire get into his head, and he has trouble shaking that, but overall, this team is built for a title. No doubt in my mind. Anyways, they weren’t going to win every game the rest of the year.
Ugh Melky, work the count.
I’m about to turn this off.
Mussina has a bad day and the **** batters aren’t doing jack **** to pick him up.
Paul, I am not cocky. I am confident we have everything it takes to win the whole thing this year. In fact, I haven’t felt this good about them in a while. Of course time will tell, but I am not worried about losing this game in the least bit.
this game is not over it is 3-0 and the orioles, even their closer, are not lights out. Mussina needs to settle down and give us 6. This guy’s era shows he prob wont hold us down all game, they will turn it around but they need a spark.
I was confident before the trade deadline. I am less so now.
Why was Cairo replaced? Was he hurt?
is it the 0 losses since the deadline paul?
Looks like it. He went off with Gene Monaghan.
can someone please ******* handle tejada
this game is major freakout material.
4-0 is nice but yesterday’s game was ugly and today’s looks like deja vu with even less hitting.
Jay Gibbons has a goofy looking gameday picture
i hope cano is good to go for tuesday thats all i can say
Baltimore is taking Moose deep into counts.
The Yankees are not doing the same to Loewen.
If that doesn’t change, the Yankees won’t win. They need to have better ABs. 12 pitches per inning doesn’t cut it.
Yep, we may need him. Hope it is nothing serious with Cairo.
mussina is at 72…he needs to stretch that for 3
Fortunately the Yanks have a day to recover before Chicago but they are on the road and that is tiring.
That should be Wang, Lidle and Jeckle-Hyde Johnson.
Also the White Sox will be looking for revenge as the Yanks really embarrassed them in NY.
Cairo – strained left hamstring.
i’m a bit nervous that while we are playing the white sox and the angels, both contenders, the sox will be playing the royals…
angel anytime timetable for his recovery?…i still think yankees take 2 out of 3 from the sox, they have no starters carrying them right now.
These at bats are awful.
Hamstring? Like Cano…..could be done for the season.
be right back, need to go throw my neighbor’s cat into their pool
They didnt say. Just pointed out that Crosby was out for a month with the same injury and Cano was out over a month. Not especially good news.
Jeezus – 3 innings – 75 pitches. Not a good outing my Moose
I’ll be surprised if Moose makes it past the 5th inning
Mussina is unable to put away the hitters. Its not like he’s not throwing strikes.
Maybe Moose wants to be more like Beckett, get his ERA up.
Yeah. He’s struggling through every inning.
He’s struggling, but he’s working through. the story right now is no run support.
Moose – 3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO
Loewen – 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO
Moose is having a bad day. Or Loewen is having a good one. Or both.
moose is at 87 through 4, if he has a good 5th he could give us a quality start…we have got to keep him off the field with some offense.
The Yankee batters are mailing it in.
Anyone try a bunt?
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh! thus is frustrating. the yankees are averaging 4 pitches seen per inning >:O
Some offense would be nice.
88 pitches thru 4 innings. I would think Torre gives him one more inning. Unless Moose goes out and gets 3 straight 1 pitch groundouts, I would be surprised if he makes it to the 6th. You’re right that at least we’re only 3 runs back – it could’ve been a lot worse. But Moose is definitely laboring. And when are we going to start hitting??? It’s not like we’re facing Schilling or Halladay. It’s Loewen fer pete’s sake!
UGH.. not a good time for one pitch – one outs
The kid started the game with an era over 6.
And Loewen has only 54 pitches thru 4 innings
I agree Rob. Moose is keeping us in the game inspite of his struggles. The bats should pick him up. Is there a chance that the hitters get complacent when Moose is on the mound.
You are right Sunny. It could have been a lot worse. He had the bases loaded at least twice.
Is that right?? Only 3 balls hit out of the infield?? 2 of them outs…
everyone is looking a little flat.
this dumb thing said ball ball ball strike looking ball foul ground out
everyone is looking a little flat.
ugh. what is going on? Did Mattingly take a vacation and no one told the team?
Someone needs to step up. Time for ARod to put on his MVP hat and kick start the offense. (Or anyone else for that matter)
1 hit thru 5 innings. Is this the Yankees??
Where did the offense go?
95 pitches, a very very important inning….send him out for the 6th with the bullpen up
Okay, maybe 1 more inning out of Mussina?
He’s at 95 pitches.
That helps. Apparently Posada throwing out Patterson picked up Mussina a little bit.
I do NOT want to see any one pitch – one outs this inning.
Darn Green leading off. Hopefully he gets on base.
It was a 1-2-3 inning so maybe he’s got one more inning, but I would think the BP would be ready to come in during the inning in case Moose self-destructs.
Cano, please get back. please. Don’t be injured anymore.
With Cairo’s hammy hurt, I would think the Yanks are regretting designating Crosby for assignment
I love the Yankees today! Woo hoo, just what i need, a higher BP. Thanks GUYS!
Right Yankees, lets do something with this walk, please.
I cannot wait for Matsui and Cano to get back.
Is Jeter really the only Yankee with a BA above .300?
why is this loewen’s era close to 6 when in 16 at bats, we can only get a hit and 3 base of balls against him?????????
Calm down Lola. We’ll be fine and you’ll bake a chicken for me. I dont like turkey.
another SO.
Offense didn’t show up today, obviously.
Jeezus…
crosby has nothing to do with cairo, if anything they are happy they did not get rid of green who will now prob for the remainder of the regular season.
arrgh.
crosby has nothing to do with cairo, if anything they are happy they did not get rid of green who will now prob for the remainder of the regular season.
Wonder if Duncan can play 2b? ;-]
Bobby’s Game Day picture looks unhappy for the way the Yanks are playing but his CBS picture is the older one with smiles.
ha ha, never have i given up a game after being 3-0 in the 6th inning, not even 10-0 in the 7th inning…but i think i’, about ready for a nice long walk on the beach.
this ******* is really starting to irritate me, maybe being aggressive since he is throwing strikes is the wiser move?
kee-rist
7 strikeouts.
And they have faced this pitcher before.
Is this Loewen kid really that good. He’s getting Jeter and Abreu to swing at pitches at thrown at their feet. Atleast thats what gameday shows.
If I hear one more time how great Tejada is against the Yankees, Sterling is getting a surprise in his mailbox.
His stats would tend to indicate he’s not that good – but who knows he could just be having a good day. Blind squirrel and all that..
no win for moose, hopefully, someone can pull this out of the fire.
Can we ever sit down Tejada??
I don’t know what’s going on, but last night the Yanks left 13 men on base, and today doesn’t seem to be any better. They need to find a spark somewhere and asap.
It would be one thing if they were losing but were at least leaving men on base, but 1 hit thru 6 innings is a tad discouraging. Something is going on.
on a tangent here – but Gibbons is one ugly duck.
this game is over if they don’t A: hold them at 4 and B: score in the top of the 7th
sigh
Nice. Now we can put Beam in and not feel bad. Bad day.
Villone is now ******* it up. Why not leave Mussina in for one more inning?
Let’s see, be patient at the plate, drive up the pitch count, get to the bullpen. Recipe for Yankee success?
Looks like they forgot. The Orioles didn’t.
if things were going by stats, the Yanks would be winning 7-3 at the moment, or 8-4, but the offense today is anemic and the BP doesn’t seem to be doing much better
KRIPES – Wild pitch!!!
get villone out of there he is overworked, put in that veras kid and save the bullpen, maybe he shows us something, i can’t believe how flat they came out to play today, this is ridiculous, they have done nothing that could help us win….even jeter got caught trying to steal third with 2 outs in the only chance we had to score.
What happened to my post??
Atleast we dont have to worry abt putting in a certain pitcher. Bad game but we will be ok. Go rays.
The Curse of Bubba
F U C * !!!!
woo hoo, go yankees!!
Did the O’s do something to the Yank’s water??
holy frick
I just realized we have 3 more innings. Huh. Not bad. Still have hope.
go time – c’mon Yanks!! time to rally
leadoff walk… c’mon guys – time to take it to em!
walks are better than outs but we need 16 more to tie it
woo – hoo – c’mon TEAM!
2 walks. What the **** happened? Can’t do squat, now suddenly 2 walks in a row? Or did I fall asleep and dream this?
Same kinda of heroics Posada – do what you did last night… >_<
If this keeps up, Loewen is going to have his 15 minutes on Sportscenter.
Some sh*tty pitcher shut down the Yankees? Dedicate 1/4 of the show to him!
Posada. I’m disgusted.
I dont know if i should evenn watch the SOX GAME.WElls S*cks!and it getsworse tomorrow jason Johnson!
I would not let them sleep. Make them take batting practice til game time tomorrow.
tomorrow we have to gain a game on the sox, regardless of this outcome, i don’t care if wright is pitching
He’s a Rookie, Rob.
From what I’ve seen the Yanks have had problems with Rooks this season..
Of course, I’m happy as a clam with it. Now if Wells can be the pitcher he was last year, we can put the heat on.
the two absolute worst types of offensive performances…not taking advantage ever, and not having situations to take advantage of…..juan rivera homered AGAIN today.
ugh that killed that little rally attempt.
Juan Rivera? Why don’t we ever get players like that?
ohhhhhh VInce with that pitcher we got going tomorrow i will Be surprised if you guys dont gain a game on Us!
Are you SURE your a Sox fan, Kaylee? Your more negative than me at my worst.
Anybody actually watching the game? I want to know how Veras looks.
Let Rivera hit as much as he wants to in the next 5 days and then go into a slump.
Don’t worry, teams have a habit of rolling over for the S*x. *cough* Cleveland *cough*
All i have to say is: LETS GO DEVIL RAYS!!!!!!!!!
From what I’ve seen the Yanks have had problems with Rooks this season..
Posted by: agastald@gmail.com | August 5, 2006 06:58 PM
Yankees have problems with Rookies and pitchers they haven’t seen before. They’ve seen this guy before. They just **** today.
Let Rivera hit as much as he wants to in the next 5 days and then go into a slump.
Veras got Tejada out. I like him. He’s a keeper.
lol
I know, 1 inning does not a pitcher make.
I am a SOX fan But It is hard to be positive when you have guys that should be down in “A” ball pitching!
Kaylee, we’ll trade you Pavano for any of your starters except Schitting or Wells.
Take JON Lester he is the worst!
Pavano for Lester. Okay, everybody else okay with that?
god – blessed !!
Is it over yet?
Juan Rivera? Why don’t we ever get players like that?
Posted by: paul1040@aol.com | August 5, 2006 07:01 PM
Actually – he was a Yankee – traded to Montreal for Javier Vasquez
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=4956
Juan Rivera Stats.
Hey guys!
I’m in Miami Beach, FL, so unfortunately I haven’t been able to catch the last two or three Yankees games. I’ve been Gameday-ing mostly.
I really just have three words to say:
“LET’S GO RAYS!”
I hate it when we have to rely on what Boston does. I’d really rather the yankees took care of their own business and to **** with Boston.
just wait til wells Gives up his runs!
Kaylee.. you want to trade LEster? Thats it.. either you have the WORST baseball sense I’ve EVER seen.. or you arent a Sox fan
A five-run rally would be nice.
Stupid, worthless, idiotic Orioles. Can’t they just let us win? Haven’t they done enough damage by giving Lopez to the Buttsox?
Yeah, and just because we need him to ****, he’ll come out drunk and throw a perfect game, lol.
so much for jeter’s hitting streak – or anyone else’s for that matter.
Boston is already winning. Guh.
And now the Yankees have their *****-bats working.
three strikeouts for abreu… oy
Yeah I do.
the Yanks put three balls past the infield – and two of them were outs.
this was one sh-tty game for them.
I can’t believe the Yankees were just 1-hit by Baltimore, of all teams.
HA HA, LATROY HAWKINS. YOU DIDN’T STRIKE OUT THE SIDE. YOU SMELL. Go A-Rod!
Abreu might have had 3 strikeouts.. he’s the one thing that stood between us and being no-hit by the Orioles of all teams.
hopefully they can put this behind them and crush them tomorrow 14-0
K!
Let’s just hope the Yankees stay true to form and come out swinging tomorrow.
Don’t they usually score a lot of runs after a bad offensive game?
Offensive in more ways than 1…..
that is pathetic. julio, welcome to my neck of the woods, ur 40 minutes away
They need to put this behind them. As long as they keep winning series.. im okay with that. I dont expect them to sweep every single game. although I thought they had a good shot with Moose on the mound today.
Sunny, thanks, I know Rivera was a Yankee. I always say that when we traded away a good player like Rivera and Nick Johnson.
If you watch Sportscenter tonight, be prepared to see the 15+ minute love fest for Loewen. We won’t stop hearing about this one for a couple of days.
After winning 9 or their last 10, the Yankees were due to lose one eventually. It’s just frustrating to lose in this way.
oh no.. “jesser” is back, lol.
Hey, at least the Yankees weren’t held to 1 run 2 days in a row by the Royals. I mean, the Orioles are a bad team, but they’re still not the Royals, right?
I’m beginning to wonder if/when we make it the playoffs, all the teams we face will call up all their rookies from AAA and watch them shut out the Yanks right out of the Playoffs. sheesh. (spewing sarcasm)
Well I have had enough bad baseball for tonight. Heading out. Have a good night folks. Maybe the Curse of Bubba will let the Yanks win next week.
Have a good night.
Btw, we are nearing 2500 comments. That is behind pace to reach our goal of 10,000 by the time Mark returns.
Slackers.
THIS javier lopez is worse then Mirabelli
haha javy kaylee, ur so silly….angel that was purely a slip up
He is though!HAve you seen him!
Ok I wasn’t around for the game but 1 hit? 1 measly hit? What happened?
Kaylee… look at the STATS. Stats dont lie. Lopez has a far better BA than Mirabelli.
Kaylee… look at the STATS. Stats dont lie. Lopez has a far better BA than Mirabelli.
Fat Toad Part II is getting smacked around…
“Carl Crawford reaches on fielding error by first baseman David Ortiz. Damon Hollins to 2nd.”
Boston’s first mistake tonight. Playing that fat a@@ in the field. Not that I mind…..
Cano is playing the night game for Trenton. Batting 2nd and playing 2b. He grounded out the first time up and doubled in a run in his second at bat.
Ortiz’s error tonight was his 2nd of the year. This is his 2nd game at 1st base. That is on pace to committ 32.4 errors over 162 games.
Giambi, is nearly 9 errors better. He has committed 7 errors so far this year. Over 162 games, that would be 23.6.
Granted, I didn’t factor in actual innings played at the position, but I think you get my point.
Maybe they should get rid of the DH. The Ortiz would HAVE to play the field.
“David Ortiz grounds into double play…”
Alright Mr. Clutch! You’re doing great!
Jose Tabata came off the DL last night and went 0-4 with a K. Tonight he struck out his first time up and then was pulled from the game with an injured hand or wrist.
if he has 2 errors in 2 games isn’t that a pace for 162 errors? i am confused.
if he has 2 errors in 2 games isn’t that a pace for 162 errors? i am confused.
Sorry Vince, 10th game at 1st base.
My mistake.
Dotel pitched one inning today. One batter reached on an error, and Dotel hit one batter with a pitch. The other three batters struck out swinging.
rob, can you also tell me how much a rod is on pace for? i have a bone to pick with someone who said ortiz is a better fieldert han a rod and i am gonna get them good.
May I answer? I think Alex is on pace for about 28.
Mike was that Dotel outing in the GCL?
Yes. GCL.
I have DSL and I am refreshing as if it was dialup.
Interesting. Just to show how Cairo was getting his hits at the right times, he had 46 hits and a .234 batting average, but had 25 rbi and 11 steals.
Cano had 88 hits and a .325 batting average and 27 rbi.
Just an interesting tidbit on Cairo. He was getting them at the right moments.
Cano grounded out in his 3rd at bat.
********* believable, the umps have given the redsox a run and now an extra baserunner in the last inning.
If another team pisses another one away to Boston, I’ll puke. This is ridiculous.
Maybe we need to get Goose, Eck and Sutter out of retirement.
Heck…what’s Luis Arroyo doing now?
Good. A DP. I don’t have to puke.
Still a game up and 2 in the loss column.
Thank God Boston got Javy. He suks almost as bad as Kevin Brown. 0-5. Too bad we didn’t gain a game on the Sawx – that would’ve been a nice to have.
Mike is right. If Alex played 162 games at 3rd base, he would committ about 28 errors, according to this years pace.
However, if this year is anything like last year, A-Rod won’t committ many more errors. Last year all but I think 2 of his errors came before August.
It is true that Ortiz currently has a better fielding percentage than A-Rod (before tonights game.) However, a sample of 10 games for Fatty vs. 100+ for A-Rod? Please.
Plus, 3rd base is a MUCH harder position than 1st. I mean, come on, how many times does a first baseman have to throw across the diamond to 3rd?
comment 2500?
God I took a beating over on the red sox blog tonight!
man vince:you guys yeah you and the red sox fans gave me a beating over there tonight!
kaylee, we’ll treat you really nice if you reject the darkside.
Teronta has lost 9 of their last 10. If they keep this up, they’ll be out of contention in no time.
The darkside of what????
The Red Sox = the darkside.
Our buddy Fausto Carmona blew another save and picked up another loss today…I think he maybe should go to the minors to get his head right.
I think he ahould too.Thought that was what he meant.
How old are you Kaylee? It’s never too late to join the good side (the Yankees).
I am only 14.
btw here is the proof i don’t sleep well…..yeah…uh, go yankees?
14? Boy I feel old. I’m 44, 45 in December & this is the fortieth year (that I can remember) that I am rooting for the Yankees.
Yup, the first year I can recall rooting for them was 1967. I probably was watching games with my dad before then, but my memory doesn’t recall them. It does start with 1967.
Boy, Kaylee probably doesn’t even know who Whitey Ford is.
Imagine if I started talking about Russ Ford.
Eldon Auker died this past week at age 95. He won 15 games for the 1934 pennant winning Tigers and 18 the following year for the World Champion Tigers.
Was he the last living pitcher to face Babe Ruth? I have to wonder. There can’t be many left, if any.
Could the Yanks be interested in a South Korean first baseman now playing for the Yomiuri Giants? If you haven’t read this article, check out
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/baseball/20060805-0907-bbi-southkoreanslugger.html
That’s pretty cool kaylee I just turned 15. Vince I think you need some Lunesta dude.
I have trouble sleeping sometimes also, but moreso because of phone calls.
Late night phone calls scare me that it is bad news and something is wrong.
But Scarlett Johansson calling 3 nights in a row at 3:30 AM because she could not get her Tivo to work is really disturbing.
I know I said, “Scarlett, I will be there for you,” but I cannot fly out to LA each time she has a Tivo crisis.
Try going back to sleep after listening to 40 minutes of sobbing on the phone.
I got in about 10pm last night, opened the web site and saw Yankees were 1 hit by a guy w/an ERA worse than RJ’s. I about fell out of my chair? Gees, what happened? Moose, giving up 3 runs in 5 innings? Bad outing, that is like what Wright will do today and has done all season. Moose gets a pass, hope he isn’t injued or anything, again, I just looked at the box score. Who was this masked man for Baltimore yesterday? Help me understand….
Its one of those days the bats looked tired Russ.
Wang:
SPLIT G IP H R HR BB SO W L Sv P/GS WHIP BAA ERA
Season 24 156.0 156 66 8 39 48 13 4 1 92.3 1.25 .265 3.58
Schilling:
Season 24 159.1 161 67 24 20 142 14 4 0 104.9 1.14 .264 3.78
Wang lost every single game he allowed more than 4 runs. Schilling won a couple of games in which he earner more than 4 runs. Yet Schilling is supposed to be God and Wang is just a flash in the pan.
btw Wang also has a save
Dang, Fasano catching and Green at 2nd today. Why isn’t Posada playing? He got a day off Thursday and tomorrow. We need to win this game. I think Posada and Cario should be in the line up. Unless Posada is hurt. Those really are two automatic outs in the 8th and 9th position today.
Also, Damon DH, Williams in center, defensive liability there too today……..
Cairo can’t play today. He was taken off injured yesterday with a strained left hamstring.
I would have thought someone who was a yankee fan for the last billion years would have known that.
Thanks NY, still doesn’t explain why Fasano is catching in my opinion…….. batting a robust .111
NYY, all I saw was the box score from yesterday, didn’t read anything, didn’t see the game
Lopez is going for Baltimore, Fasano caught Lopez last year. Hopefully it works to Fasano’s advantage.
Man short today. Cano back Tuesday. Strained hammy for Cairo? I’d expect him to miss as much time as Cano has.
i dont think we’ll see cairo back until sept. but cano is supposed to be in the lineup on tuesday.
Nope. If anyone else’s rehab time is anything to go by, he’s out for the next month for sure. I guess it depends on how bad the strain is, and his body’s recovery time. Quite a blow, I think. Cairo has come through with quite a few clutch hits for us when we’ve needed them. That will be missed.
It’s a shame although Nick Green is a very good defender his offense isn’t the same as Cairo’s.
Cairo has given us a lot more offensively than a lot of people realize.. in terms of crucial hits.
Game 108 today. The 2/3 mark.
See my post above re: Cairo’s # of Rbis relative to his # of hits.
Hey, everyone. Hope our Yanks can put on a better performance today. Its kind of hard to get worse than yesterday.
russ i think posada is off cause there is an off day tomorrow…torre loves giving him double days off
That’s a good start
JETER!!!
abreu man, fundamental
A Rod really needs go get out of the 4 hole
I said it before and the Post has an article on it today.
Jeter = MVP
At least we are getting deeper into the counts today. That is a plus.
russ a rod his that ball squarely, it was just right to the center fielder….plus today a rod has dominating numbers vs lopez….can’t blame torre, not to mention abreu and giambi are lefties, torre has a lefty righty lefty righty lefty combo going
Bernie should not be in the lineup today…he is 0-15 against lopez.
wow who knew wright has not given up a hr in 8 GAMES!?
Is Wright the first person to get Tejada out so far? lol
We finally struck out Tejada
navvick, same thing torre wanted to rest damon’s knees..half a day off
Nice start by Wright.
Ok. Jaret Wright looking somewhat ok there. Hopefully he can keep us in this game. I think he can do it.
Nice job by Wright getting out of a jam.
Cano walked his first time up today in Trenton.
Wright gets out of it again.
It seems like he never has an easy inning.
Nice job by Wright getting out of a jam.
Posted by: yankeefan1@enter.net | August 6, 2006 01:59 PM
X2.
Still a zero on the board for the Orioles.
Is this is the script for Wright today.
2B, sac bunt, SO, out
hahahaha
Johnny!
JD!
DAMON!!!
Funny how all our recent homeruns are being produced by 1 and 2 batters. And occasionally 3. We are not getting power from where we are supposed to.
Is it me or is Abreu the most consistent hitter in the lineup lately?
Darn. Would have been the first hr for Abreu in a while. Double. and 2 for 2 with steal.
Should have went to 3rd on that fly by Alex.
Come on Jason.
If A-Rod gets that same pitch again it’s going to be a home run.
True, but while they weren’t hitting them we were getting it from 4 and 5 and they often had noyone on base for them.. strange. They’re hitting them hard.. both Giambi and Alex have hit them hard or far.. is it windy there or something?
yes angel the wind is blowing out today according to oriole announcers
Hello all!
Sounds like the bats are a lot better than yesterday. (understatement) Everybody but Jeter and Bernie hit ‘em hard in that inning, with Abreu and Alex just missing HRs.
lol what about giambi? his went off the top of the wall
Giambi came through. 3-0. Proctor, Farnsworth and Rivera rested just in case, and with the off day tomorrow, they are ready after Wright gives his usual five. (Hope Wright gives five or six and has easier innings.)
Gotta wonder if any middle infielder might squeeze through the waiver line while Cairo is out?
Wright walks the leadoff guy. AAARRRGGGHHH!
Yeah. ABs even on outs are bit longer too.
Yeah Angel. I would rather have it this way than everybody hitting a hr in a game to blowout a team 20-2 and then nobody hitting in another and lose 1-0 or 2-1. Kinda “load balancing” if you are into computers.
vik i doubt we would go for another utility guy with greene and cano coming back on tuesday (hopefully)
How did Widger end up with Baltimore?
now wright walking the 9 hitter batting .180
and they made minor changes to the “WRIGHT SCRIPT”
**** tejada is the tying run, come on wright, ground ball
and another walk…..ugh
Sheesh Wright, what happened? 2 walks so you can face Tejada?
*** is it just me or could green had tagged the guy going to 2nd?
Rob, the White Sox DFA’d him and the Orioles signed him/
and he gets out of it again.
Ortiz another HR
good analogy, Vik.
hahah ok wright, don’t know your logic but it is working, good play a rod, nice and calm, i think his E addiction is behind him.
May be Wright can pitch only with a man on second. So that the runner will tip the hitter and the hitter will be surprised because Wright can’t do what he intends to do.
Thanks Alex.
Wright wiggles out of another one. Sigh of relief.
Tejada is 0-2 against him. Good. I haven’t had to hear Sterling gush about how Tejada is so great against the Yankees.
Wonder, Ortiz w/Minnestota from like 1997-2002 hit like 30-40 HR’s total, now w/Boston hitting 40-50 plus a year….talking about steroid boy
Rob, Widger released by the White Sox before the deadline and picked up by the Orioles ro replace Javy Lopez.
Is Kelly Stinnett playing somewhere? The Yanks released him and did not send to Columbus.
Melk man delivers
a delivery by the MELKMAN!
Wow Melky.
MELKYYYYYYYYYYY MY BABY!
MELKY!!!
Melkyyyyyyyyy
:O Fassano gets a hit.
It would be nice if they could break this game open.
Fasano w/a double…oh my…….bunt GREEN BUNT
russ i have been saying that for three years…to be fair ortiz didn’t play everyday and now he is in his prime…but i am stil very suspicious.
Russ, part of the problem in Minnersota with Ortiz is that he was expected to be a contact hitter and hit the ball the opposite way. Plus, I think he was in a platoon at 1B.
When he went to Boston, he was encouraged to play to his strengths and they helped him close the holes in his swing.
Doesn’t mean he did’t use steroids, but I don’t think it’s as simple an explanation as that.
Pinch running for Sal Fasano will be Jeffrey Tambor.
Sheesh he’s staring at third with Fassano running there and doesn’t throw there?
yeah green!
The bottom of the order GITTIN ‘ER DUN.
LOL Russ you got your wish! He bunted and still got on base.
Come on. More runs. 1st and 3rd w/no one out.
Alright.. how could that be scored as a an error on a fielders choice when the pitcher didnt make the choice in the first place, Comcast nerds?
why i would have a mant hat size hit for contact is behind me
Winston Abreu is in the bullpen…..
Irony approaches? Abreu vs Abreu?
Jeffrey Tambor from The Roper’s Paul?
How do you pop that pitch up?
Surprisingly, it’s only 4-0 (at the moment) – I’m amazed it’s not 10-0 at this point. Not that I’m complaining – this definitely beats the flatness we had yesterday. GO YANKS!
UGH Damon…come on, need at least 1 more run here
There goes Damon, choking in clutch situations….
I still sometimes wonder if he’s a Boston plant….
(I am joking, before anybody gets their BP skyrocketing.)
I hate double plays.
Unbelievable…you can’t get a much better scoring opportuinty than that.
2 more left on base.
that inning better not come back and hurt us…1 and 3, 0 outs and can’t score
i guarantee if they show jeter’s hr they will show his dp too on sportscenter/bbtonight tonight.
Did I hear that Jeter is playing with some sort of sleeve or something on his arm?
Maybe he’s still banged up from Mora sitting on him yesterday.
And a leadoff single……
dammit
come on Wright
I didnt notice, Rob. If Jeter is hurting he’s not going to say anything. He hit a HR.. so who knows. Maybe its just as a precaution or for extra support.
here we go, can’t get runs, leadoff single, and walk, no one out…….gees
Cano struck out his 2nd time up today.
Ok. I figured out what the script is now.
Get the leadoff guy on base. Doesn’t matter how.
The next guy will sacrifice.
Get the second guy out. The runner will advance to 3rd.
Walk the next guy.
Get the third guy out.
Does he enjoy pitching from the stretch or something? haha
Here goes the Sam/Russ Jekyll/Hyde transition…
This will catch up to Wright here……..
dang. Still wrong. I donno. This guy doesn’t have a script. Only a mission. To get our BP to shoot thru the roof.
That’s part of the reason he has trouble pitching deep in games is that he either has a lot of guys on or throws 5-8 pitches to each hitter.
COME ON GREEN USE UR ******* GLOVE
I don’t know, I kind of agree with Russ here. You can’t continue to get yourself in trouble. Eventually they will get you.
Glad they got that out, but it should have been a DP.
need a dp here………come on wright
Paul, do you have any pepto I can borrow?
yeah rob but saying we can’t score runs is a bit of an overstatement don’t u think?
angel, it is like clockwork, this is the middle transition i think.
****
4-1 now
I have the IV hookup Frank.
doesn’t jeter always have that sleeve?
How ’bout some Maaloxx then?
75 pithces, normal outing so far for Wright…won’t make it past the 5th again today…lucky only 1 run there
5-2 over in tampa
4 innings, 1 run. So far Wright is the Yank’s best pitcher in Baltimore.
so when the yankees leave men on it is terrible and ineffective offense but when the orioles strand runners it is lucky?
There’s no question Wright’s a great pitcher. His stuff moves all over the place if he had better command he could have an ERA around 3.50 or less.
Get the bats off your shoulders Booby and A-Rod.
Sheesh
Ok I definetly meant Bobby.
4th HR today.
wow giambi is on some kind of power trip right now…got the run back
GIAMBI!!!
ok we got that back. courtesy Giambi.
Jason!
Now wright, throw up a 0 here
haha alex….perv.
haha i love how my page has to reload in increments of three steps now.
no – when the yankees strand runners i get ulcers and when the orioles strand runners i stop vomitting
Cano 0-1 with 2 walks, 1 intentional for Trenton so far today.
Boy, “Touch ‘Em All” is gonna be a Yankee parade tonight.
I’m just dislexic I guess Vince haha
Tejada is now 0-3.
Oddly enough, Rodriguez is also 0-3.
What are the odds both of those guys go 0-3 in the same game?
Cano’s hitting .625 for the Thunder this year.
haha crisp sombereo, redsox must have secret mexican heritage, they love their sombreros
Not watching this inning….Wright will be over 90 pitches, in the 5th, up 4 runs……..well got the first 2 outs….pepto please
Is that an intentional walk to Conine. What a dbag?
lol inning is so silly today
Only 14 pitches that inning, not bad.
And a SO to end the inning.
After getting the first two guys, I wondered if he could actually get a 1-2-3 inning.
Guess he feels he needs to give the fans their money’s worth and make it interesting.
Good Job Wright…can Mo pitch 4 innings today?
See. I told you Wright absolutely NEEDS a runner on second to relay signs to the batter.
He’s certainly very good at making innings interesting. He’s got out of them with some well timed outs – gotta be happy with that.
russ why? proctor and farnsworth are both rested and have an off day tomorrow.
Wright is starting to worry me but he is still getting the job done. Don’t know how much more he has in the tank today.
Does anyone else occasionally have the comments load in the grey column and not the white one where they are supposed to be?
One thing with Wright is you know he’s got some stones to keep getting out of those innings.
Yeah, angel. That happens to me occasionally.
Oh good.. i wont take it personally then, lol.
Probaby Jaret for one more inning.
Me too Angel. Kidding Vince about Mo..I don’t know about Wright in the 6th
Typical Wright. 90 pitches, 5 innings. Let’s see if he comes out. At least it’s 5-1 in our favor. So he did his job. Not easily, mind you, but he did it.
Happens a lot to me too Angel.
Two more outs Wright….come on!!!
Does Wright have a rythym out there or does it seem like he’s laboring?
Wright in the 6th? Are we in the twilight zone or something?
I guess it’s not so odd. Now, if he still pitches in the 7th…..
Another inning with 2 up 2 out. Here come the baserunners?
Why can’t he have more innings like that?
Great job Wright…you can have the rest of the day off!!! Nice job!!
everybody keep in mind wright is our 5th starter…6 innings 1 run? come on now, that is something boston wishes they could get out of their 2 or 3 starter right now.
Wow a 1-2-3 sixth inning for Wright. That’s a rarity. Big question. Does Joe take his chances with Wright in the seventh?
If Randy can get his act together, then our rotation is shaping up nicely.
Good point Vince.
I’m not opposed to Wright coming out in the 7th, but I don’t think he will.
When does Mark come back? The load time is starting to get annoying.
wow, a 5 pitch inning? To boldly go where no Wright has gone before: the 7th
jk.
I would send Wright out for the 7th…no reason not to.
mark said the chicago series…not sure which game exactly
Tuesday.
Abreu is wearing down a path between first and second.
Wright has not pitched more than 6.0 innings all year.
I think he doesn’t come back. Sounds like Proctor is ready. Besides, top of the order is coming up. I don’t think Torre wants them to see Wright for the 4th time.
Is A Rod in another slump? I really wish he’d bat 5th…….
Our pen has had some rest lately. No need to try to squeeze an extra inning out of Wright.
esp with an off day tomorrow
I don’t think he’s slumping – just not getting any breaks. Abreu got on base by getting hit by pitch. Arod has just got to find the holes.
nice play abreu!
Cano back Tuesday. Hope he has taken lots of inf. practice. WANG goes Tuesday.
Is that one scheduled for ESPN?
Check out the picture of Cairo with the Yankees notes article.
Scary.
those are two balls sheffield wouldn’t have gotten….they are smoking proctor and he is an out away from a 1-2-3 inning
No Mike, but wednesday and thursday are both ESPN.
Cano now 0-2
RJ on Wednesday? Which RJ will fly to Chicago? I wonder is he has 2 passports?
Tejada and A-Rod are both 0-4 now.
Again, what are the odds?
I think Randy should get an extra day off each time they have the opportunity.
Nice to see Giambi having a great game.
Phillips in to run. There goes a bat. lol.
With a day off tomorrow do the players fly home? Is there a charter that goes to Yankee Stdium and they fly to Chicago on Monday or do they all go together to Chicago and spend the night in the hotel in Chicago having pillow fights and elevator races?
Or do they all fly off separately in their private jets?
Tampa Bay now within two.
Giambino is out of his slump it seems, 3-3 today and he’s really been owning pitchers lately.
Boston middle relief ***** again.
Paul I think they do option number 2 in your list…go straight to Chicago, pillow fights, etc…btw I hear Melky owns when it comes to pillow fights.
prinzi who’s in in that game? paul i think they all fly out today and spend tomorrow in chicago, i feel like i read they would be in chicago by tomorrow.
So much for the pinch runner.
declarmen was pitching, gave up two… timlin in now 6-4
So much for the pinch runner.
i don’t think phillips will be back next year
Right now Timlin is Vinny
It was Delcarmen but they yanked him for Timlin
c’mon rays – go melky
Proctor for another inning?
i think you’re right. Phillips appears to have faded quite a bit and I would be surprised if the Yanks don’t designate him this year. Does he have options? I don’t think they can send him back to AAA…?
Giambi leaves the game, and an error at 1B. Ironic.
Well, Proctor has pitched in two days – plus a day off tomorrow so I think it’s a good decision.
no outs. ick.
I wonder if they have a separate flight that Proctor’s arm can go on.
if phillips can’t field hit or run he is rendered useless, tough day for him…..phillips won’t be gone this year september rosters expand and he can play 2nd, with cairo out it is worth keeping him…doubt he makes the playoff roster unless it is purely defenive replacement…next year i think he will def be gone and yes he is out of options.
Phillips overslides the bag on a steal and then throws the ball away.
I don’t think he is endearing himself to Mr. Torre right now.
Dear Mr. Millar,
We would like a DP. Help us out here?
Thank you,
The Evil Empire.
I would have kept Bubba over Phillips…nothing against Andy, that’s just me.
i guess millar is off the juice….that or he doesn’t have a 310 in left to hit for
Dang delay. Millar popped out while it was loading. Grrrr…
i think in hindsight with cairo hurt keeping phillips for now makes more sense…he can play 2nd, i’d rather have three backup infielders then 5 of’s
Torre is blowin’ my mind today.
6 of’s*…7 if u count wilson as an of too
When you bring up the splits for a player in game day, there’s a space available at the bottom for more info.
How about a “Vs. Mo” line?
6-5 Sox now down in Tampa, T. Lee just went deep
6-5 Sox
I am guessing Farns is not available.
Tampa Bay within one.
I think Joe brought in Mo for the last 4 outs just to give him the save opportunity. hahaha
6-5 in boston, timlin aka dr dead arm just served one up to lee, here comes *** hole
This would be an opportune time for Papelbon to lose his magic.
Has Paperweight ever done a multi-inning save?
I recall reading Carl Pavano missed most of the 2002 season and part of 2003 from a pillow fight injury.
The exact injury was undisclosed but teammates called him Featherbutt for months until the restraining order was served.
paul, save situation why not mo? besides doesn’t hurt to give farnsy two days off
If I read that right, ALL of Paperweights blown saves have come in games he pitched more than 1 inning.
Vince, this isn’t a save opportunity
tie game
TIE GAME! PAPERWEIGHT BLOWS IT!
Papelbon blows save. incidentally its an ex-Yankee. I was hoping for it.
Papelbon just blew one, HR to Dioner Navarro…why can’t the Yankees get players like that Paul?
I think they said it was Alex, because the tying runs were on base when Mo came in.
Ha Ha Papelbutt! And you smell like one too!
Jeter’s batting average has fallen to .349
Alex, what do you mean no save opportunity?
4 run lead, Mo has to get 4 outs. Since he has the potential to face the tieing run, isn’t that a save opportunity?
wow i cannot get over the diff in tampa announcers when it is the redsox as opposed to the yankees “it begins with papelbon’s stare to the plate when he locks in then he reaches back for something extra and fires 95 to the plate”********* some more ***** tampa announcers, like when they got excited over a loretta single or an ortiz hr.
HE BLOWS IT HE BLOWS IT HE BLOWS IT!!!
wow i cannot get over the diff in tampa announcers when it is the redsox as opposed to the yankees “it begins with papelbon’s stare to the plate when he locks in then he reaches back for something extra and fires 95 to the plate”********* some more ***** tampa announcers, like when they got excited over a loretta single or an ortiz hr.
HE BLOWS IT HE BLOWS IT HE BLOWS IT!!!
Hmmm…they’re getting soft with what they consider save opportunities.
Abreu.
haha sorry double post….alex, tying run was on deck, it was a save situation.
Just ask Goose Gossage.
it is either 3 runs or less game with no outs…the final 3 innings or tying run on deck, those are the 3 situations
Nice Abreu. Who needs HRs?
BTW, both Tampa HRs in that inning were by former Yanks.
Navarro and Travis Lee.
Remember, Lee was a Yankee in 2004 but got injured early in the season.
Wow, Booby’s first Yankee RBI. Yaay, Booby!
The brought in Abreu one batter too late…Bobby had his first Yankees ribbie.
Bobbaaaayy!
He’s a machine.
****, they brought Winston in 1 batter too late.
Nice Abreu. Who needs HRs?
Posted by: yankee_indian@xyz.com | August 6, 2006 04:17 PM
A-Rod could use one right here Vik.
Dioner is a young catcher too. Why don’t we ever get players like that?
Would be nice. But I wont complain if he doesnt hit one.
woo – 6-6 Boston and TB
How did we lost Dioner again?
Was he part of the RJ deal?
that pitch was way up….proctor and mo both did not get that pitch
Dioner was a Yankee – went to LA for Kevin (ack) Brown
Ugh…when he struggles he really struggles. He did hit a few hard today though…hey that’s baseball.
It is late in the game and the players need to preserve some energy for the tomfoolery at the hotel later.
If my memory serves me right, Dioner was an yankee prospect we traded to Arizona in the RJ deal. He is not as good as he is supposed to be.
Juan Rivera, Dioner, practically half of the good major league players were once in the Yankee farm – traded away for quick glory.
Yes Rob, he was part of the RJ deal, then Arizona sent him to LA for Shawn Green
A-Rod is 1 for 16 in last 4 games. 3 BB.
Dioner and Javier Vasquez went to Arizona for RJ
Nobody out, one on for Tampa in the bottom of the ninth.
Dioner
January 11, 2005: Traded by the New York Yankees with Brad Halsey, Javier Vazquez, and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.
January 11, 2005: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Beltran Perez (minors), Danny Muegge (minors), and William Juarez (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green.
Cano is 0-3 now with 2 BB.
THE YANKEES WIN!
THEEEE YANKEEES WIN!
Extra innings in Tampa
Boston and Tampa going to extra’s
There’s a very good chance sox will lose ground today. How lucky the sox almost always get an off day after an extra innings game.
Wright is 8-6. He likely will get to 10 wins for the season.
Not bad for a 5th starter. (or is he the 4th?)
Mo did get a save. Great. I want him to have more than the greatest pitcher that ever lived in Boston who just blew a save.
Proctor did not get a hold though.
!@*#^!(@$$
Ortiz might make it up this inning. HEY TAMPA! DON’T PITCH TO HIM!
Giambi’s 32nd matches last year’s total.
Rivera save # 407
Wright now 8-6, 4.38
2/3 mark…Yanks with 66 wins despite the injuries.
Going extras in Tampa.
Gotta go eat and get ready for our club’s Yankee Internet radio show.
2/3 mark at the Yankees are at 66 wins? On pace for 99. Fine with me.
Good game folks. Have a great afternoon, evening, or whatever.
Here’s hoping Boston loses.
looks like they listened to you rob
Later Rob.
Rays win!
Tampa Bay wins!
Tampa WINS TAMPA WINS!!!
Sox 2 games back.
Yanks 2 games up!!!
TAMPA WINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS A HUGE 2 GAME LEAD INTO CHICAGO
The sox lost. We win. 2 game lead. Nice. What a choke job by Boston.
2 up and 3 in the loss column.
Pimplebutt blows one.
HALE-FREAKIN-LUYA
Granted Tavarez took the loss, but….
Hey, I always knew Tavarez was good for something.
It’s a great day to be a Yankee fan
The Yankees are 11-3 this year in games before an off day.
Thats a very “USEFUL” stat Alex. Great.
great win today guys. i missed the game but reading the recap it looked as though wright/and our offense was solid. i think i may even be more excited that boston lost in extra innings. cant wait to see you know who on the mound on tuesday.
Right Ashley. Dont get tired celebrating too much today. You need to save urself for ur man.
you got it vik. shouldn’t be a problem.
Part of the joy of a Red Sox loss and a Yankee win is to listen to Red Sox radio and hear the fans freaking out.
They want to trade half the team and fire the GM, the manager, the grounds crew, the team bus driver.
I think Jaret Wright and Jon Lester are having very similar performances. Both have good stuff. But neither has control. Both get into jams. But both work out of them. Both keep their respective teams in the game. But neither goes deep into the game.
Only differences. Lester is currently their second best pitcher. Wright is our 4th or 5th. They are counting on Lester for the future. We are not.
Hello boys, girls, Vince, and Vik. Just got back from Baltimore and I have to say today’s win was awesome. I’ve never seen 4 Yankees go yard in person before and it was a vast improvement over yesterday’s game which was just horrid.
I didn’t get kidnapped thankfully although my friends and I had a little run-in with some Oriole fans after we lost 5-0 yesterday. Other than that I am alive and well.
Good you made it back, Andrew. We still have not seen Ann and I think Brian is still being held by kidnappers.
who are ann and brian?
Tampa Bay intentionally walks Ortiz, faces Manny, and gets out of the inning. Then they win in the bottom of the inning.
Gee, I wonder why other teams haven’t thought about doing that?
Welcome back Andrew. Good thing you came back today. I would have forgotten ur name if it was any later.
Ann and Brian were regulars of this blog earlier in the season who each went to see a game and vanished mysteriously.
I think Ann went in Philly when the Yanks were there and Brian went to Atlanta when the Red Sox were there.
Alright,did the red sox lose someone here has got to know!
how bout the yankees?
-kaylee
13-12 since the All Star Break…guess which team has that record?
Boston?!
Probable matchups for the big Boston series:
Wang Vs Jason Johnson
Lidle Vs Lester
RJ Vs Beckett
Moose Vs Schilling
Wright Vs Wells
Good guess Kaylee. You win.
vik is that confirmed? im going to boston for game 1 of that series and would be delighted if cmw was pitching
kaylee it’s not too late to become a yankees fan
Vik the question is who pitches the Tuesday after? Ponson? Veras? White?
Red Sox have a day off before those games but the Yankees keep moving and then fly to Seattle after the Monday game.
It probably makes sense for the Yanks to fly someone from Columbus into Seattle for that first game so they don’t wear out a long reliever and the relief corps.
I might have to if I want to have a team to cheer for in october!
a pox on proxy errors!
No Ashley. It is not confirmed. I just projected the current rotation.
How abt just try Hughes for the first game vs Seattle?
Bad idea to rush Hughes and he is on an 80 pitch count.
Wow. We are 11-3 in Wright’s last 14 starts.
Its only a spot start. He’ll be sent back regardless of what he does. Unless het gets 27Ks.
vik by ur projection, we would have ponson start twice, rather then just once in the boston series….is that the plan? 6 games in 5 days, it is either pitch somebody in the boston series on short rest, or pitch ponson in one of the doubleheaders or pitch ponson twice not in the boston series.
No it is 5 games in 4 days.
I heard “my guy”(favorite sox player)julian tavarez gave up a walkoff to tampa bay jesus Julian you were supposed to make me proud and impressive me not the yankee fans!
-kaylee
When are the Yankees going to realize Alex Rodriguez is a failure. While he was with his previous teams, they did nothing. When he left Texas, they played good. If I remmember right, they were part of the post season. They need to get someone from their farm system to play third. Maybe Milky Cabrerra could be converted to third base. Could you imagine the bats of Sheffield, Jeter and Cabrarra.
melky cabrera? What do you mean imagine? we’ve seen them. Can you imagine the bats of 2 time mvp a rod, jeter sheffield cabrera? Illogical to value melkys bat over a rods. The guy was on a playoff mariners team and the only reason they lost was the yankees in 2000 alcs. How do people forget that? he did well in that series too…just like against the twins in 04..how are people going to call a rod a failure? he is a hall of famer at 30.
the only reason texas never did anything right was pitching, not a rod and that is their FO’s fault. A rod had an amazing games 1-first inning of game 4 against the redsox too….just like the entire team..a rod had a terrible series against the angels…just like most of the team. I am so sick of defending this guy when I shouldn’t have to, howdy you never post here and then you come in here bashing a rod when the yankees have won 10 of 12, where were you three weeeks ago when people cared?
Because I find it hard to believe that someone could win the AL MVP last year and be considered a failure
lol Vince… its really hard to take someone seriously that has an email address “howdydoody” lol.
Besides it can’t even spell Melky Cabrera – that should tell you something about it.
By that logic – Chris Carpenter (who won the NL CY Young) and Colon (who won the AL Cy Young) were failures too.
Howdydoody is just trying to stir up trouble. Loser.
Colon was an awful choice for Cy Young last year. The writers who voted for him were on crack.
Mo was the Cy Young last year. No question.
Now the problem for our Wang-lover is this. If she is going on 8/18 (and I do project Wang to pitch against Boston on that date)…which game does Wang pitch in? 8/18 is the day/night DH, is it not?
Does the person who wants Melky at 3b realize Melky throws lefty? LOL
Agreed. I’ll go to my grave knowing they s****ed Mo out of the CYA last year.
you always know the kamikaze posters cause they never respond when their argument is torn apart…ever notice that? They just disappear onto another yankee blog.
Mo was the Cy Young last year. No question.
Posted by: paul1040@aol.com | August 6, 2006 08:07 PM
you’ll get no argument from me.
I don’t think he even stuck around to see the responses.
What is wrong w/A Rod AGAIN? 0-5 today, batting avg down to .275 or so. He isn’t producing hitting 4th. Over past week or so, he has been bad again offensively. I know w/Abreu hitting 3rd, Giambi couldn’t hit 4th, two lefties in a row. But something has to give w/A Rod…been slumping again
unfortunately with no shef there is no alternative. damon has to bat first, if u put abreu 2nd it is two lefties, and then a rod would be 5th but u still have two lefties.
Alex will figure himself out don’t worry about it.
I noticed you guys were talking about potential starters for the Red Sox series. The Yankees could start Wang and Wright in the DH, Johnson (Sat.), Mussina(Sun.), Lidle(Mon.), and Ponson pitching the two games before and after the series (17th and 22nd).
You could interchange Lidle with Wright depending on which one of them pitches friday and which one of them pitches saturday vs. the Angels.
We need not have to use Ponson twice. Its one guy taken out for the double header. In other words, we need an extra pitcher for the DH game. So I dont see the need to use Ponson twice.
I’d rather use Ponson twice and aviod him facing Boston. Seattle and Baltimore are weaker hitting teams than the Red Sox.
I wont risk 2 games for the fear of losing 1 to Boston.
Why does a walkoff hit get more credit than a rbi hit in the top of the 9th? If you think abt it, hits that give you the lead or tie the game in the top of the 9th are more clutch. Because, that is your last chance to tie and you are doing it on the road as opposed to walkoff hits, which are at home and if the game is tied, you are sure to get another chace.
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I’m not gonna say that Mo wasn’t Cy Young last year, becasue I think he was, but I’m not gonna go as far as to say that whoever voted for Colon was on crack. He did have a stellar year and you can’t take that away from him…
I’m getting so tired of people knocking on A-Rod because he isn’t putting up his stellar MVP numbers this year. The guy is still having a GOOD year! He’s got a lot of RBI, a decent number of HRs, and his average isn’t that bad at about .275. Yes, that isn’t what he usually does. BIG *******’ DEAL! Who the **** are you going to get to do better?
A year ago, early in the season, either Fanny or Ortiz wasn’t doing so hot (I don’t remember which.) Francona swapped them in the lineup, putting the hotter hitter 4th after the other. The guy who was struggling took off because he had some protection behind him and pitchers couldn’t pitch around him and get to the weaker guy behind him in the order.
Now that Giambi is batting behind A-Rod, he’ll get better pitches to hit. He’ll be fine.
and, oh yeah, Mo should have gotten the Cy Young last year IMHO.
He had an amazing year, even for him. Funny we’re not ripping him this year just because he hasn’t lived up to last years standards…..
iheartcmwang, I think you could be right about Kaylee, and there are some serious issu”EZ” there. Sorry Kaylee, you’ll come back around to where you were about a month ago, soon, go back and check the old blogs,your conscience, and your heart.
ellen, anybody with a conscience wouldn’t root for the team to the north.
Whoa. This is a lot of posts. I might have to wait until Mark posts a new entry to post again, because my computer is starting to catch fire after trying its darnedest to load this page up.
Mark may not be coming back.
Melky and Derek report that Mark was nowhere to be found last night at the hotel during the pillow fights. Then when Larry Bowa made his famous caramel apples there was no Mark.
Strangely I fear another kidnapping. I am checking milk containers to see if his picture is on any of them.
Truly concerned…
Good morning everyone. I made it to Saturday and Sunday’s games at Camden Yard. (Btw, it is Eutaw Street.) And it only took us 15 minutes to find parking for $10 in Baltimore…of course we arrived 3-1/2 hours before game time. I think the HP ump had a strike zone as large as he at Saturday’s game. Oh well, at least we won the series. We got some pixs of the Yankees taking BP. Is it only me but doesn’t it look weird watching the Yankees’ trainer pushing the guys legs over their head? Why do they run backwards in a serpentine line? Hope to catch up on all the comments on this blog tonight during Yankee’s off day and I’m having baseball withdrawal.
ellen, it’s not too late for you either. come over here and join the forces of evil with us.
2800+ comments is great, but where are all the MLBloggers on here? C’mon, folks — start your own MLBlog, too.
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