Beating the best
The Yankees have certainly had their share of issues this season, but things seem to be coming together at the right time for New York.
Thursday’s 6-4 win over the Tigers moved them 8 1/2 ahead of Boston and nine in the loss column, with Boston scheduled to play Toronto on Thursday night (Roy Halladay vs. Julian Tavarez … yeesh).
More importantly, the win gave the Yankees a 5-2 record this year against the Tigers, who still have the best record in the American League. At least for now. The Yankees are just two behind Detroit in the loss column, making home-field advantage a realistic goal for the Bombers.
There are eight teams besides the Yankees that have winning records in the AL, and New York is 42-30 against those teams. That bodes well for the Yankees as they head toward October, since they’ll be seeing these same teams in the playoffs.
A few quick thoughts from Thursday:
– The Yankees are breathing a huge sigh of relief after Mariano Rivera’s MRI came back without any signs of structural damage. As careful as they will have to be with Rivera, the fact that they felt comfortable enough to use him Thursday is a great sign.
– A-Rod’s three-hit day, which included an RBI single, a double and a solo homer, may be a good sign for the Yankees. If he can get hot in September and ride that hot streak into the postseason, it will help the middle of that lineup immensely.
– Randy Johnson may not be happy with his day after giving up the two-run blast in the ninth, but he gave the Yankees exactly what they needed. For the first eight innings, he looked like an ace, and that’s what they need him to be a month from now.
– Finally, a plug for my boy Bordo. For anybody that may be interested, Sam Borden is having a contest for September to win a Yankees World Series DVD collection. You just have to predict the number of wins the Yanks will have in September. Go to his blog and enter there.
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beat up offense, patchwork pitching staff, going against the opposition’s ace…this one has the makings of a blue jays blowout. but the yankees played a ton of games like that in may and early june, and came away okay. i wouldn’t be surprised if the sox eked this one out tonight, just to give their fans some momentary relief.
for once, mark, we agree almost entirely across the board (though i’m not sure winning two of the last seven series is everything “coming together”). randy looked good for eight innings (he should have been pulled after the lead-off walk), alex had the kind of day that will, hopefully, be a turning point for him (though he’s had a few of those this year and not yet been able to really turn the corner) and everyone can breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing that mo is okay, as we’ve seen what happens when the yankees have to turn to farnsworth or proctor to try and get the job done.
3-0 boston in the first. so much for that halladay-tavarez mismatch.
Kasey, I think I asked you this before, what would you like to see Yanks rotation look like in ’07?
3-3 in boston now.
sam, i thought we discussed this. i assume it’ll look something like this.
mussina
wang
johnson
matsuzaka
lidle
pavano could fit in there if they don’t sign matsuzaka or lidle.
OK, thanks…didn’t know if you thought Moose would be back or not…….Lidle signed through 2007 and 2008?
i’m not sure how far lidle’s contract extends. i think it’s just the end of this season. 2007 at most.
wells is a padre. tavarez is done after 3 in boston. corey on in relief. i’m headed to work.
4-3 boston
yeah what happen to Roy halladay?
dunno – tired I guess. Long season.
Halladay has been fine except for that 3-run homer he served up.
…and the 2-run homer he served up.
don’t forget the 2 run homer he just served as well.
Right on Sunny.
he must have eaten Beckett’s dinner tongiht by accident.
Well the good news for Toronto is that Timlin is in. So it should be 12 – 6 Toronto in about 4 mintues.
Min beat KC 3-1 but the WS lost to TB 5-3; what is going on with the white sox?? totally falling apart.
haha sunny.he is i trouble though.
-kaylee
mintues = minutes… oy
zaunn you ****.
t a r d is a bad word??
it is a very sensitive censor
Yeah it is apparently. I tried to say it earlier and it bleeped me out. At this point I don’t think we should worry about the Sox or anyone else but keep trying to win games so we can catch Detroit.
Andrew, catch detroit for what? i agree but it is fun to watch them lose i mean play.
I’m glad the Yanks looks so solid today. They really pulled off a good win on all fronts. Offensively, defensively, and solid outting by RJ (except for the ninth). A definitely plus that Yankee fans figured out cheering Arod would actually help us win than booing him. Goes to show we Yankee fans are smarter than the average bear. After gloomily noting that the Yanks have only won one series in their past 7 I am definitely encouraged by their play and their patient offense. If we can carry this through Sept, we’ll definitely end up with two things – home field advantage via the best record in baseball, and the AL MVP in Jeter. But once again, I get ahead of myself after one game. For now, I should content myself with the solid game today.
Kaylee – what he means is that if we have a better record at the end of the season than Detroit, we get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Everybody’s gotta come to us and play on our turf.
Oh I see.That makes sense now thanks.
Halladay giving up 6 runs to that terrible Boston lineup… conspiracy anyone?
can’t believe boston is actually going to eek this one out.
I don’t think conspiracy, but I definitely think Halladay has fallen off lately. His last four starts have been less than stellar.
heytoronto is not out of it yet you never know if timlin comes back in.Or will they use papelbon?
I don’t want Boston to give up. The games we play them in don’t mean anything if they aren’t in the race anymore.
papelbonbon is already in – timlin couldn’t get out of the eighth.
Oh I didnt see that.andrew I agree.
Good news, I was looking at the schedule and noticed that after the Minnesota series, the Yankees have a stretch of playing teams like the Royals, Orioles, and Devil Rays until the end of the season. There is a Boston series and two Toronto series thrown in there as well.
Do the yankees play tomorrow?Too lazy to look it up!
Ryan Howard has had 41 RBIs in August. 41. That is insane.
41 rbis?That is alot!
Boston wins, 6-4
Next Game: Fri., September 1 @ 7:05 p.m. ET
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS
Silva
8-12, 6.50
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Lidle
10-9, 4.64
Twins at NYY
Okay Thanks i am lazy!
Did anyone see Alex Cora’s home run? That was the luckiest piece of garbage I’ve ever seen in my life.***** you Alex Rios!!!
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What are you testing Lola??
Oh, lol…for anyone who wants to see, i have pics from yesterdayon my site!
http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com =]
Did you guys see the clown that was officiating the brewers astros game? He should be fired for that. Otherwise, I’ll start to doubt every official’s integrity.
Nice pics Lola. What kind of a camera do you have?
Its time umps be held accountable for somethings that do happen. That was just a horrible call.
thanks Vik.
I have a panasonic lumix, but the pic quality itself are a result of my editing =)
Interesting fact as ive read about Howards 41 RBI in August…Modern Day record most RBI in a single month…Joe DiMaggio 1939 in August with 53
what do you do to them??
change color tones, saturation, lights etc in ps.
the only raw straight from the cam pic on there is this http://may83.com/830aa.jpg
The rest are edited.
ok
Guess who’s back.
hello Alex
ARod is on pace to have a 30HR, 100 RBI and 100 run season. If he indeed does that, which I think he will, he’ll be tied with Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx for doing it 9 straight years. and people are booing him. Go figure.
Mark, what’s the news on Moose?
Shouldn’t he be returning soon…?
Anyone see the latest Village Voice? Aside from the fact that the author said that A-Rod did not play in the WBC, it had some interesting opinions. What do you think about the following?
“It’s hard to think of a superstar in recent years who gets so little respect from his own press, in which he has been referred to, at various times, as Nay-Rod, Pay-Rod, and A-Fraud. Alex Rodriguez, born in New York, perhaps the greatest all-around player of his generation, the greatest Latin ballplayer of all time, and the fifth-greatest player in Yankee history after Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio—in most areas of personal accomplishment he is either ahead of or close to DiMaggio—is practically without support in his hometown.
But as fans are beginning to realize, the New York press, infiltrated by Boston homies such as the Daily News’ Mike Lupica and ESPN’s Peter Gammons, is ridiculously Red Sox–centric. The New York Times, which owns a minority stake in the Red Sox, leads the pack. As Eric Wolff asked in New York magazine (January 9), “Has the Times Gone Red Sox Crazy?” From October 12, 2005, the first day of the Yankees’ off-season, to the first week in January, there were 105 articles mentioning the Red Sox, two more than the Yankees and 26 more than the Mets. “The paper’s Boston coverage can be absurd,” Wolff wrote. “Witness its infamous October 2003 pro-Sox editorial”—endorsing the Red Sox for the World Series over the Yankees—”What’s going on? Too many Harvard grads on 43rd Street?”
The eye-opener was how little support A-Rod got last year for his second MVP award, with many local writers clamoring for the Red Sox’s David Ortiz. A-Rod was equal or superior to Ortiz in all hitting stats, and in the field and on the bases he made contributions that Ortiz, a DH and a liability anywhere but in the batter’s box, couldn’t begin to match. Yet after the award was announced, the Daily News headlined “More Bling, but No Ring,” while the New York Post said “MVP But . . . Lack of Rings Tarnishes A-Rod’s Second AL Trophy.” That’s the way it goes for Rodriguez; if his team doesn’t win it all, his awards are “tarnished.”
Thought all would get a chuckle out of this…
*RED SOX ADOPT A CHILD *
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*Roxbury, MASS– A seven-year-old boy was at the center of a Boston courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who
should have custody of him.The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents, and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible. *
*The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his Aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him. *After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him. After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Boston Red Sox, whom the boy firmly believes is not capable of beating anyone. *
davegasan, i posted that article on my site http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com
i think thats one of the best pieces written on ARod till date.
Nephew from LA is adorable. 19 months and only 2nd time this Easterner has seen him. One of 9 nieces and nephews, and my LA sis says that I have a new nephew or niece coming shortly after opening day 2007! Since family is in, I’m spending time with them. Check in when I can.
Daily News says that Damon yesterday became only the 3rd player in MLB history to have 9 straight years of 100 runs scored with 30 doubles. The others? Gehrig and Musial. Mighty fine company.
Hey everyone,
Good win yesterday, it was nice to see crucial pieces such as RJ and A-Rod come through, and to see that Mo and Giambi are healthy. I’m in Chicago right now and I’m going to a Giants-Cubs game this afternoon, and then I go to NY tomorrow and will be at Sunday’s game. Darrell Rasner’s starting? Well, hopefully the offense shows up…see ya guys later.
I liked how Rasner pitched in releif, but what happened to Karsten. I thought he did alright last time out. And don’t we have expanded rosters? Why don’t we get that Hughes kid out there?
Dave and Lola-
Interesting article. It covers a lot of things we don’t hear about every day.
Karstens is scheduled for Saturday. What games get played this weekend is anyone’s guess. The forecasts for tonight’s game and the one for Saturday are not good at all.
Hughes isn’t joining the Yankees this year. Instead, he and Tyler Clippard are going to be obliterating every team the Trenton Thunder comes across in the AA playoffs.
Hughes probably won’t be pitching in the Majors until 2008, with possibly a 2007 September callup. He hasn’t yet built up a starter’s endurance, and they need to do that next year. If they just throw him into MLB games now, it could upset his arm endurance and have him end up like Jaret Wright, who was rushed in the Minors and ended up with pretty much permanent shoulder damage.
I am tired of this redsox homies and yankee haters taking over all the media and ******* off yankee fans and turning them against yankee players. This is what Buster Olney reported on cold pizza.
Esteban Loiza has got his velocity back which makes his cut fast ball so much better. He claims that will be a big problem for the YANKEES in the post season.
Did he forget that the A’s play Detroit before they play yankees. Even if he assumed that the A’s will beat the tigers, aren’t Mussina and Wang better than Loiaza?
I’m more worried about Dan Haren than I am about that bum Loaiza. Haren’s handily beaten the Yankees before, and he can definitely do it again.
Esteban Loaiza…eyes rolling
what does the wildcard look like right now?
WSox by 1/2 game. tied in the loss column.
White Sox by 1/2 a game.
Looking at the forecast, they may get tonight’s in. Tomorrow looks bad.
DH on Sunday? Yanks trying to avoid that because of getaway day, but the problem is that if these games are washed out, they may NEED to be madeup after the scheduled end of the season—-not for the Yankees sake, but for the Twins & White Sox to determine the wild card winner.
Also, DH on Sunday after the Wed. DH really throws the rotation off. You would have Rasner and ??? … Sean Henn? Good Lord.
And, they have a DH against the Red Sox on Sept. 16.
Mussina should hopefully be back by then, but they seem to be keeping his status hush hush.
Actually, I read a day or two ago that Mussina is coming along very well.
beat up offense, patchwork pitching staff, going against the opposition’s ace…this one has the makings of a blue jays blowout. but the yankees played a ton of games like that in may and early june, and came away okay. i wouldn’t be surprised if the sox eked this one out tonight, just to give their fans some momentary relief.
Posted by: Kasey | August 31, 2006 07:25 PM
i finally got one right. i’m still not counting out the red sox. it’s fine that i’m the only one.
“Cora came to the plate in the seventh against Roy Halladay (16-5), with Pedroia on first and two outs in a 4-4 game. Cora lifted a fly to Rios at the edge of the warning track. The ball went in and out of Rios’ glove. While attempting to recover with a barehand catch, Rios knocked the ball into the stands, and the Red Sox shortstop had his first homer since Aug. 15, 2005.”
i said about a week ago that teams like toronto would gladly roll over if it would help the red sox catch the yankees. i don’t think it’s too much a stretch to say that’s exactly what happened last night, and it’s going to keep happening.
I will count the Red Sox ou if Yanks up by 8 games w/7 left to play….I think it would be a monumental collapse by Yankees if they don’t win the division, but not counting anyone out w/a month left to play. And I HOPE we don’t take KC too lightly, didn’t we get swept by them in KC last year?
**ou=out
No doubt in two weeks, Boston will have Papi, Manny, Tek, and Nixon playing against us too……..
red sox returning to the lineup after the weekend: ortiz, varitek, nixon, gonzalez
red sox returning to the lineup within the next week: ramirez
“Sometimes a play like that — as much as they’ve been struggling over there — that got them going,” Gibbons said. “It turned out to be a big win for them. Sometimes that’s what it takes. It’s rare, but sometimes that happens.”
wow. gibbons sounds real broken up about the loss.
We going to have to cheer on the White Sox next week?
Bottom line is Yanks need to take care of their OWN business on the field and start winning some series…2 out of 3 against Minn and AT LEAST 2 out of 3 against KC
wow, yankees take 2 of 3 from the tigers AGAIN and AGAIN almost sweep them (keeping in mind this is the best team record wise in baseball) and the redsox snap a 6 game losing streak and you both are worshipping them? Please, give it up. Rios ****** up, the bluejays **** they will **** against the yankees too, the yankees schedule is still easier and even with all those guys back the sox still were not much more than a 500 team against the AL (i believe it was +6 before the injuries)
“i’m still not counting the red sox out.”
yeah, that’s worship alright.
they were +8 against the AL before the injuries.
lighten up or smarten up. your choice.
“yankees schedule is easier”. awesome. so why even play the games. i mean, we can agree that baltimore’s terrible, right? so i guess a different team massacred the yankees directly before the red sox series. seattle’s record isn’t exactly stellar, so it’s a good thing they didn’t take two of three from new york directly after the boston series. right? oh, wait.
idiot.
I am not worshiping them….season isn’t over Vince. Anything can happen,,,,did you bet on Greece beating USA in basketball? I said from day 1 that I didn’t think they had the pitching to make the playoffs,,,right now looks like I am dead wrong…but it isn’t official yet…..
Mussina will start in Kansas City either Tuesday or Wednesday.
accusing the blue jays of mailing in or throwing a game is hardly worshipping the red sox. nor is realizing there are 30 games left to play, so, unless the lead in the standings is 31, the season isn’t over.
but, keep at it, vince. you make some excellent points when you’re not being a big ******* *****.
I simply am saying Yanks need to take care of their own business and they will win the division, that is all….Is it possible Yanks go 9-21 in September? Yes, possible, but highly unlikely,,,tell that to Sox fans about August….
Thanks for info Mark….we need Moose for sure
sam, it is actually impossible for the yanks to go 9-21 in september. they only play 29 games.
Looked at yanks record is 79-53….thought they had 30 games left
they do. but they play in october, as well.
No matter how many bats the Red Sox get back, they won’t get anywhere without decent pitching. I’m not counting them out, but I’m not really worried either. It’ll take a **** of a September for them to get back on track.
ok, well you got my point…9-20 then…looked at schedules…Yanks get 2 days off in Sept…Boston gets 4……..
They do have 30 games left but the last regular season game is in october.
that’s true, swolansky. no argument there. but once they get those guys back they can start out-slugging mediocre teams again. and considering chicago, new york and minnesota are the only three good teams the red sox play, they’ll play 20 of their remaining 30 games against mediocre teams. the yankees schedule is similar, if not better, though. all the yankees have to do is play a couple of games over .500 the rest of the way and the division should be comfortably in hand.
i said about a week ago that teams like toronto would gladly roll over if it would help the red sox catch the yankees. i don’t think it’s too much a stretch to say that’s exactly what happened last night, and it’s going to keep happening.
Posted by: Kasey | September 1, 2006 03:10 PM
it’s going to keep happening? Therefore it is your firm belief that all of the league will continue to just let the redsox win so they can catch the yankees so by the end of the year you won’t look bad for drawing ridiculous conclusions as to why the yankees will fail to make the playoffs.
Yes, the yankees schedule is easier, it is a valid point when you are logically trying to argue as to who should win the division. But you, in all your intellect and baseball superiority claim the redsox, 8 games out of first, with a harder schedule and still a week before they are at full strength, and with the only 4 head to head games left at yankee stadium, will prevail. No wait, excuse me, it used to be you guaranteed they would prevail, now you still “won’t count them out” which, obviously most of us won’t count them out so it goes without saying, but kasey being kasey continues to supply facts like quotes from opposing managers that play the redsox to imply that the sox will actually come back and win the division, but you hide behind “don’t count them out”.
Oh, +8 against the sox before the injuries, excuse me, i forgot 8 games over 500 against the only league you have been failing against since and will play in the future is an automatic bid to make up 8 games in the standings over a team with a better record in the AL in 1 month’s time.
Oh, but no, kasey, you would rather argue the bad teams will surely make the yankees fail because seattle tied the season series with the yankees, but you overlook they took 5 of 6 from the redsox. The orioles, the redsox only success opponent, give the yankees trouble, but let’s overlook the bluejays (still 7-5 after last night vs the sox)and tampa (i believe the sox are 1 game over 500 vs them so far), let’s completely overlook the redsox records vs their own competition and bring up the orioles and the mariners, the latter of which the yankees no longer play this year. It makes sense.
I thought your predictions were harmless and you thought nothing of it? but now i’m an idiot and some term *’d out? I thought you don’t take these things personally? I don’t recall calling you anything Kasey, mainly because I don’t feel the need to, I think it is pretty widely recognized what you are to people in this blog….but no, you don’t make it personal, everyone else does and we are all pathetic for it, or at least thats how you used to act.
Yes, well the post you made while I was posting this makes a lot more logical sense, but it is now how you presented your argument earlier
not*
vince, you’re awesome. i haven’t laughed so hard in a while.
fun chat, but I must go now, free food on campus=one less meal to cook for myself
Glad I can brighten your day in a yankee area, hopefully your mood reflects it from now on
and, yeah, it’s widely recognized that pretty much every MLB organization hates the yankees. baltimore, tampa and toronto will all gladly roll over for boston and play the yankees tough. that is my firm belief.
Kasey’s going with the conspiracy theory
don’t underestimate how much gibbons hates the yankee organization. i absolutely believe toronto is going to throw games against boston the rest of the way. gibbons can not STAND new york.
it’s happened before, btide. remember what schowalter did in texas on the last day of the year last year to assure that the angels had home field in the first round of the ALDS?
Yeah that’s true, but Toronto spent a lot of money to try and be a competetive team this year (how’s that coming Richardi?) so they have a responsibility to their fans and ownership to try and win.
The Red Sox were not going to lose EVERY game for the rest of the season, just like in June, they were not going to win every game for the rest of the season. Aside from the four games against them, the Red Sox are not the Yankees’ problem. The Yankees have to go into each series and play good baseball. Ideally, they will maintain a large enough lead so they can get their pitching staff in order and rest some guys before the playoffs.
I don’t think Gibbons is very stable…
Does anyone else notice that Gibbons always looks strung out?
the blue jays, in recent years, don’t have much history of honoring any responsibility to their fans or ownership. their season sank when they started dealing guys like hillenbrand and hinkse for nothing and punching one another in the tunnel to the clubhouse. gibbons runs that team with all the dexterity of a drunk toddler.
I think it would be unwise to count the Red Sox out, because that certainly came back to bite us in ’04. If they get back some of those guys, they’ll be in better shape. We just need to make sure that we’re playing a good game, and swinging a hot bat, and keep playing as well as we have been. We have a strong bench, and a good bullpen.
Last years team had such a terrible bullpen. Gordon and Mariano did good, but Alan Embree, Darrell May, Felix Rodriguez, etc., were rough guys to have when trying to win ball games.
This is an article from the Onion about the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry. It’s about a week old, but funny.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52032
I’d be surprised if they can get the game in tonight.
Any rain over there?
There is on the west coast.
This just in!
Manny announces his desire to be traded, yet again, but this time to the Kansas City Royals, so he can be closer to some family members!
wow, this guy really doesnt want to play in boston.
Manny should be Manny more often. That’s hilarious, Lola.
You serious LOLA…where did you read this?
that’s hilarious. he can’t possibly have said that. where’d you hear/read that?
yeah is it a joke lola?
I think Lola has yanked our chain,,,,get it “yanked”…that was pretty good, even for me
Don’t know about NY but it is pouring here in MD…
yeah it is here too!
Hey guys, Wang is on the ballot for the ESPN Cy Young thingy. Go check it out.
Good stuff on Pete’s log. MO is NOT going to pitch tonight and Matsui looking STRONG
Can someone confirm…on Pete’s blog, he doesn’t have Abreu in the line up. Then went to another website and Abreu is in the line up…is Abreu playing or not???
abreu’s in the mlb.com lineup. i’d trust that until further notice, considering that pete’s lineup has guiel and giambi both playing first base and nobody playing right. it’d be an odd way to line up a defense.
Russ, Pete doesn’t have a RF listed at all. I think Abreu is in.
anybody live in NY are we starting on time?
Thanks guys, I noticed that too. I hope this MO thing isn’t TOO serious…and have to rely on Proctor and Farnsy as closers alot this month
No rain here in Akron,Oh
Dang it Lola, where did you go after making that comment about Manny? LOL We don’t believe you
I see Silva has ERA at 6.50…don’t we struggle against these type pitchers? (Ex. Loewen from Balt?)
Sorry guys, just got off the phone with the man of the moment, Manny Ramirez himself.
After hearing such news, i just had to hear it from the horses’ mouth, being that, you know, you cant believe everything you see and read and all.
So i called my ex’s uncle’s sister’s daughter who happened to have dated manny’s ex’s sister’s brother, and thank God he had Manny’s direct number!
Long story short, Manny has invalidated this rumor! They got it all wrong! He actually wants to be traded to the Milwaukee Brewers! Being that you know…they get no publicity at all! So this way, everyone wont get on his *** about “Manny being Manny”, cause no one will know about it!
Jon lester has cancer!
Oh my God…..that poor guy.
Please everybody say a prayer or at least keep Lester in your thoughts.
Yeah I will.
OMG, are u serious Kaylee? where did u read this?
This just ruined my day :’(
this is not on any of the sites i have checked…
are u sure??????
i am searching frantically, please give me a link.
ESPN.com has it posted. It’s a “treatable form of lymphoma” apparently.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2569341
BOSTON — Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Jon Lester has a form of lymphoma and will begin treatment within the week, the team said Friday.
The 22-year-old left-hander was placed on the disabled list Monday with back pain, but tests revealed enlarged lymph nodes. The team said Lester has a treatable form of anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona visited Lester on Thursday.
Before the diagnosis was announced, teammate Curt Schilling referred to the melanoma his wife dealt with several years ago.
“Having been in a situation where cancer was an operative word, it’s an incredibly scary thing,” Schilling said Thursday. “You’re talking about a kid at the beginning of his life.”
Lester is 7-2 with a 4.76 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 81 1/3 innings.
Ok, i am no medical expert, but this isnt Cancer right??
They say its treatable…glad to hear that key word.
i think it’s minor cancer….there is definitely a dark cloud over the redsox lately.
sorry lola.My computer is funky.
Lymphoma is a variety of cancer that originates in lymphocytes or, more rarely, of histiocytes. Collectively, these cell types form the reticuloendothelial system and circulate in the vessels of the lymphatic system. Just as there are many types of lymphocytes, so there are many types of lymphoma. Lymphomas are part of the broad group of diseases called hematological neoplasms.
Traditionally, Lymphoma is classified as Hodgkin’s lymphoma, discovered by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (all other types of lymphoma). Modern classifications of lymphoma are more sophisticated than this simple scheme.
lymphoma is hodgkin’s disease? or is that entirely different as well?
that’s awful news, and i’m sorry to hear it. i hope the red sox play the remainder of their schedule with fire and give their fans something to cheer about.
so the bottom line is its treatable..?
Wow I feel terrible for Lester. He’s only 22 years old…
Yes it is treatable because I don’t think it’s in an advanced stage yet. It’s a good thing he was getting his back checked out or they might never have found it.
I know that is terrible but at least its treatable.
it’s scary when your almost his age….
i know…thats what freaked me out most vince…he’s 22 and i’m 23 :-/
yeah, that’s really messed up.
Hey guys, really sorry to hear about Lester but my mother is a cancer survivor since 2001 and I know medical technology has advanced even since then so I hope and pray that Lester gets the right treatment and makes a full recovery.
A friend of mine actually had a very advanced version of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was diagnosed about 10 months ago, and he recovered fully about 2 months ago. I’m sure Lester will recover too, but it will be a long time before he pitches in the Majors again. Poor guy.
on an unrelated note, i don’t know if anyone sees a lot of movies, but i watched “crank” last night and it’s awful, but so enjoyable. gratuitous, ignorant, insipid, but it’s 83 minutes of pretty much non-stop action (and one ridiculous sex scene). it’s as though they made the film with the express purpose of marketing a video game along with it.
I wonder why Manny is still being a *****.
Its bad news. I am sure he will be okay. With the advances in medical technology and the resources at Lester’s disposal. But I am more worried for his career.
if this team lets silva beat them…
i just like that jeter is 1-1 and mauer isn’t so far.
So.. one inning down. Now would be the time to start getting aggravated by the amount of men left on base, lol.
Okay I finally got in his stupid thing.And i cant get the game yet cause my computer is acting weird
I have Twins coverage.. ack.
Lidle looking good.
i’m watching the M’s/devil rays game on TV and the gamecasts of the yanks and sox games.
the M’s announcer (dave niehaus) just stated that he wouldn’t trade the mariners’ infield (sexon, lopez, betancourt, beltre) for anyone in baseball. this came moments after mentioning that there’s nobody he’d rather have close out games than j.j. putz. i know times are lean up here, but COME ON.
Hi Angel!! =}
Lidle has looked good so far.
Hey, anyone here into cars? I am currently obsessed with the Bugatti Veyron. That car is SEXX!
OMG!!!!!!!! ALEXANDER EMMANUEL I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN. I LVOE YOU!!!!!!!! WOO HOO0O
Wow Alex.. nice shot!
A-ROD!!!!!!!!!
go my boy go.
lola, tell us how you feel about alex’s at-bat.
Hi Lola.. did you get your pictures up yet from the game? I’d like to check them out. Its nice to see the crowd being supportive.
I really hope he’s ready to go on a tear.
Kasey, i’d take up this whole comment section if i did that
ha ha!
Yes Angel, check em out on the site http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com
Nice alex!
It would be nice if come october we have matsui and a rod as matsui and a rod in our lineup.
Okie.. i’m moseying on over to check them out, lol.
This car is SEX! http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/10/veyron06_04.jpg
by the way, where is Paul??
I miss him :-/
is he on vaca?
1-0 red sox in boston on lowell’s second homer in as many games.
Those are awesome pictures, Lo!
You guys look like you had a blast.
Boston doesnt have a chance
I am REALLY liking that Babe Ruth montage.
I was wondering where Paul was myself.
That Fenway umpire is bs.
lidle gets a lead and promptly walks the lead-off batter. shocking.
kaylee, if boston pulls back into the race, will you rediscover your red sox fanhood or are you a yankee lifer now?
okay I finally got this game.
I know Angel! its pretty amazing! I love trying to pick out Yankees i know, and then i find i have sooooo much more to learn about.
Everytime i go to ESPN Zone with a friend whos a Mets fan, they get pissed, LOL. They are like, what is this “Yankees zone”? LOL
Pretty stark contrast to ESPN TV… LOL.
So now they have all their bartenders wearing Mets tees to compensate, LOL!
Answering your earlier question Lola, I’m also a car fan…when I was driving to massachusetts with my family we saw 3 Lamborghini’s, a Porshe boxter, a Corvette, and a Bentley. Once we got to MA, my cousin told me he traded his 4 wheeler/atv for a ’92 Pontiac Firebird…talk about one sided trades.
I need to get there next time I get to NYC. That is amazing.
Maybe they’re trying to compensate for being such shameless Red Sox homers on their tv shows.. lol.
My eyes hurt.
The power supply on my monitor died, so I am using an ancient thing from back in the 5 1/4″ floppy disk days (okay, so maybe not that old….) The resolution *****. I need my LCD back.
Looks like A-Rod is finally starting to hit again. I just hope he doesn’t run into another throat infection. lol.
lidle’s closing in on 50 pitches with one out in the 3rd. great stuff.
kasey I hate the red sox.so No i would not
Hahaha i just noticed the shot of the guy in the tier box neighbor shot is yawning.. either that or he just dropped his $8.75 beer.
Silva isn’t far behind in pitches, Kasey. He’s got 34 through 2. On that pace, he’ll have over 50 by the end of the 3rd.
2-0.
Small ball, small ball, small ball!
WOO HOO!
Yeah, Angel its certainly a place worth checking out.
Thats one of my favorite spots in the city. Any sports lovers dream. About 20 big screen tvs and all sports! all different feeds, pick what u want to watch, and if u have a table, they give you sound too! Its great.
And i LOVE the fries! they are so good.
Upstairs they have the arcade, where i can pretend to be Lisa Leslie showing off my jump shot playing basketball..ha ha. I always beat the boys! good times
LOL, when espn is getting on my nerves too much, i just call it “The Zone”. lol
now he’s scared to pitch to my boy!
Alex is so hard on himself. He was so frustrated there with that double play.
This is baseball..no one has a 1.000 batting average.
Its ok..these things happen. Just as long as they dont happen often, then we are gelling. =]
i hope this game ends by 9ish..
i am being forced to have a life again, lol…
true the longer this game lasts the longer i remember things from tonight
I like Joe Maeur a lot. The kids good. Plus he seems like a nice guy, and he’s my age, looks like the guy next door, and he wears number 7! (thats my number..)
wow. The pitch Ervin Santana struck out Carlos Guillen with moved from almost behind Guillen’s back to on to the plate. It almost took a 45 degree turn.
awww, tough break… :-/
That breaks the no hitter
kaylee, i thought you loved the red sox six weeks ago? was that somebody else? i might have you mixed up with somebody else.
just get the third out, lidle. just get the third out.
Grow up Kasey. Does it matter who’s fan she is?
I hear a lot about him here, Lola. He seems like a nice guy from a really nice family – I think his grandpa used toplay at one stage.
Alright having have to put the words to and play together in order to be able to post them, lol.
Ive noticed were playin guiel at first a lot lately anyone know why
yeah mauer had an SI spread, his grandpa played but had to stop because he is nearly blind.
Yep, I think thats where I read it, Vince.. although there is a lot about him in the STrib too.
vik,
no, it doesn’t matter a bit. i just remember somebody being confused about who to cheer for, so i was wondering if the standings had anything to do with it. i have no problems with kaylee. ease up, buddy.
You certainly didn’t sound like that Kasey.
vik,
not every thing i say is negative, and not every comment i make is insulting. some of it is just harmless conversation. try not reading into stuff so much. it might make for a healthier dialogue.
lol she was confused.. she’s come over to the dark side now.
kaylee, i thought you loved the red sox six weeks ago? was that somebody else? i might have you mixed up with somebody else.
Posted by: Kasey | September 1, 2006 08:11 PM
to me, this is a pretty harmless question. don’t attempt to infer tone from text. it’s much more difficult than doing so when somebody speaks. please, dude, ease up. i’m not trying to start an argument with every single comment. get off the defensive.
first impression is the best impression Kasey. Could be the wrong impression but thats the one that lasts.
and I apologize if I misunderstood it
well, i’ve now corrected you and tried to explain myself. so accept that and move on. thanks.
the blue jays have left men on base in every inning so far, i believe. most of them in scoring position. and troy glaus just left the game, i have no idea why.
i’m not sayin’, i’m just sayin’…
You really think they’re doing that on purpose, Kasey?
lidle seems to love alternating between dominating and ineffective.
Who cares, neither of them will make the playoffs.
LOL, kasey, as long as we win, it doesnt matter what the blue jays/red sox are doing.
we just need to take care of ours. with only 30 games left (29 after today) and an 8 game lead, if we keep taking care of our business, they cant catch us.
I’m really interested in Kasey’s conspiracy theory.
Lidle is a nibbler. It’s not odd to see a lot of long pitch counts and foul balls when a pitcher like that is going.
But his pitch count is now over 80. End of inning, official game, start pouring. please? lol.
82 pitches through 5. I say one more scoreless and Lidle can get the 6 inning shutout. Can’t ask for more.
had bartlett 0-2 with two outs and he can’t finish the inning. lidle is one of the least dominant pitchers i have ever seen. he is NEVER in control of the ballgame, no matter what the score is.
“kasey I hate the red sox.so No i would not
Posted by: kayleexxx@aol.com | September 1, 2006 07:50 PM”
That’s interesting since I remember you having a Red Sox Blog.
Kasey, I must say … I haven’t really been bothered by anything you have written here all year … but to suggest that a Major League team is tanking games is simply insane. Even if Gibbons is off his rocker, his players wouldn’t take part in that kind of thing.
Sean … Torre doesn’t like starting Wilson against righties, and with Giambi DHing after getting a cortisone shot in his wrist, Guiel is the man at first vs RHOs.
Lidle has 82 pitches after five innings. Perfectly fine to give them six innings, possibly a piece of the seventh.
mark,
i’m not being serious. hence the “i’m not sayin’, i’m just sayin’.”
i DO think teams play the yankees much tougher than the red sox and would far rather see the sox in the postseason than the yankees.
and to amend my lidle post, i meant to type least dominant EFFECTIVE pitchers. he seems to get the job done more than half the time, but he never seems to have the game in hand.
Mauer is currently at .350, while Jeter is at .344. We’ve got ourselves a race here, folks.
The MVP is 3-3.
i DO think that teams and managers give up on a season and care far less about certain games, and far more about others. every team gets up to try and play spoiler against the yanks.
Yep.. its going to be an interesting month in the batting title race.
Yay Bobby!
Also, I thought I would share this tidbit tonight …
During batting practice, I’m standing in the dugout when Sweeny from WFAN calls me over to look at a guy in the stands wearing a purple shirt.
I take a look and do a double-take, because it’s Nick Green, standing there with two friends, taking in BP.
Momentarily confused, I was informed that Nick has an identical twin — and I mean IDENTICAL — named Kevin, who was at the game with a couple of friends.
I quickly called Pete Abe over to play the same joke on him, and I immediately understood what my blank stare must have looked like, because he had the exact same one. Great stuff.
Wow Abreu is a tank…
and the moustache comes to the plate…
Kasey, ever since the Sox won the title in 2004, I think teams gear up for them just as much.
God has a twin?
the giambi is the worst cluprit in this mustache thing, ****
Well it does say that God made man in his own image so I guess it’s a possibility.
Haha, Mark… that’s pretty funny. I guess no one really had any reason to know he has an identical twin.
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus left the game due to an injured head.
Poor guy.
thats my boy!!!
troy glaus left the game due to “an injured head.”
what?
Haha.. i forgot Nick Green was God.. we’ve kind of been a bit slack with the Nick Green fan club here lately.
Wow-It sounded like there was a lot of cheering when A-Rod came up.
dear major league pitchers,
adrian beltre can’t hit a breaking ball. can’t do it. just something to keep in mind.
Yay Arod!! I’m so happy for him.. nothing like some good hits to get some confidence back.
I think it’s safe to say that A-Rod is coming back.
Giambi’s moustache kinda looks like a dust bunny.
Angel, we may stray from Him, but in the end, we shall all return to the Almighty Nick Green.
They’ve really been getting behind him a lot lately from what I can see/hear on tv, pinstripes. Its nice to see.
injured head? How?
Amen, Andrew. lol
Evening bloggers…just got in…so far so good. go A Rod!!
LOL at Alex! it does look like a dust bunny
what the heck is an injured head? The possibilities are endless with a description like that..
Go ask Carl Pavano, he probably knows.
Ok, that was in bad taste.
Maybe this will put an end to the trade A-rod debate on ESPN.
Well a Carl Pavano injured head would probably involve some kind of Darwin Award feat.. lol
Injured head sounds really bad. Did he take a line drive to the head? The heck is an injured head???
Breaking News Just In…Carl Pavano was transferred to the 60 Day DL with a sever case of a bruised ego…he had no comment on the situation.
lol, Alex leave Carl alone! Bully! lol
If he was playing soccer, I might understand injured head…
It’s getting ugly.
For Minnesota I mean.
Nice!
If he was playing soccer, I might understand injured head…
Posted by: pinstripes242@yahoo.com | September 1, 2006 08:52 PM
Injured while headbutting somebody? hahaha
thats my husband!!! woo hoo..great at-bat Robbie Jose!!
(kasey u do realize i am JOKING about the husband thing? right? lol)
Am I seeing this right? According to Gameday, Guiel has never had an AB with the bases juiced?
or the ball, Rob. I never understood how that didn’t hurt.
I just noticed now that Guiel has Andy’s number.. better than Embree having it, lol.
Awww, i miss the Sheff
I think he had one Andrew and it was probably a sac fly or a walk.
Oops I meant Rob not Andrew
Huh? That was Rob wondering, not me lol.
Guiel is having a bit of an epic at bat here..
aww too bad, at least another runs scores.
Ew he swung at ball 4.
Of the people who have worn 46 since Pettitte left, Donovan Osbourne has to be the worst.
Gameday is having another field day. Says outs recorded then it shows him getting an RBI.
Mark, you been following the Skins? Just pre season, or do they have some issues this year?
LOL Mark! I was trying to forget him. He was an Adventure in Wonderland when he pitched.
Mirrorbelly making a case for the golden sombrero.
Game official…let it pour in NY………..
I will still think of 46 as Andy’s number.
rocco that true but I bash the players on it!so nice huh?
Even if you didn’t ask the question, you now know the answer Andrew haha.
i still cant believe andy is gone.
its 2006, u’d think i’d be over it by now =(
Looks like the nursery kids over on the Sox blog need to have their diapers changed.
That’s ok Lola, I think I got teary-eyed when I heard that he went to Houston.
If Liddle can get Mauer without throwing too many pitches, 7th inning?
great job Lidle!!
Who’s going to finish off the game assuming we still have the big lead? Bruney? Dotel? Beam? Veras? Pavano?
Another 6 inning shutout for Lidle.
Any of those guys. Bruney is coming up for the 7th probably, so it might be one of the other names you listed that don’t rhyme with Lavano.
I may never get over it Lola, lol. I still miss him. I hated seeing him pitch for the Astros.
I know which one it’s not gonna be Andrew
yeah nice job tonight!by lidle
i always secretely hoped b.cash would bring him back…just for old times sake. *sigh*
pavano is hurt right?
by the way, anyone need a good laugh? LOL, i love this Page 2 article by DJ Gallo…its old, written in May i think, but still relevant =]
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/060530&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1
Wednesday at Boston: The Yankees won 8-6, but A-Rod got only one hit and scored just a single run. But that’s not even the worst part. In the second inning, following a David Ortiz strikeout, Manny Ramirez hit a home run to left. Then the next batter, Jason Varitek, grounded out to A-Rod at third. I mean, come on A-Rod! Now you make the play?! The batter before hits a home run over your head to cut your team’s lead to two and you do nothing, and then Varitek hits a weak grounder to you and you make that out? How about jumping up and snagging that Ramirez shot before it rocketed over your head? That’s what your team needed! I mean, I don’t know — if I’m going to pay a guy $25 million to play third, I expect him to make those plays. I can get anyone to field routine ground balls.
what is with the white sox they cant even beat KC
Glad to see the high-powered Blue Jays offense not being able to score a single run.
Sterling just scared me half to death with that call.
I know andrew.
What the heck just happened?
The White Sox aren’t making the playoffs.
Andrew:Not playing like that they arent.
brian bruney moustache, lol
KC is kicking Contreras’s ***.. sheesh.
Glad to see Jose Contreras failing in a place other than NY.
Contreras just hasn’t been the same since the Yankees ended his winning streak.
I guess the ball got caught in the wind and made the catch difficult. I sounded like he almost lost it.
I know and he is supposed to be their ace
Is this a cruel name? Today at work I had a report..and this girls name was Manhattan Spangler.. does that sound like it belongs in Studio 54 or what?
I sense an imminent Keith Foulke shelling.
be nice andrew but he has been their reliable pen guy
i think i’m gonna follow suit and grow a moustache too.
what do u guys think?
Ugh never mind. Bengie Molina being slow got them into a flyout double play.
LOL Lola if that floats your boat, go for it.
Manhattan? Ha ha,
thats like Becks naming his kin Brooklyn. I know someone named Bronx.
I dont know if there are any Queens or Staten Islands out there, since they are doing the NY boroughs thing
Do you need a donation of Veet or Nads, Lola?
Hey, I’ll save my dust bunnies for you on the Swiffer when I use it next, Lola.
Alex!! Multi-homer game!
OMG, thats my boy! I am in awe of this man!!!
Alex?
Alex!
alex again?!!
Another A BOMB!!
Oh, but it was another “worthless” HR. I mean, 6-0? Why didn’t he hit that when it was a tie game?
Oh, wait….
Is it just me, or is he being a lot more aggressive at the plate lately? When he was slumping it seemed like he was almost always in an 0-2 count because of his patented first pitch swing and miss.
What is there an invisible wall out there?? Tori looked stunned there.
Gosh 2 solo shots from A-Rod…so unclutch….can we still trade him? haha
Oops .. Toriiiiii I mean, lol
Sterling just said that the Posada hit is the nuttiest thing he has seen in years. Apparently he did not see the Red Sox highlights last night.
so anyway, back to my moustache…how are we gonna make this happen?
He looks like he’s making better contact when he makes contact with the ball and he’s laying off swinging at pitches he has no business swinging at.
Steroids Lola, steroids.
both his HRs today were 1st pitch swings
ok, i am not an english major and we only had to take one english class, LOL
is it moustache or mustache?
Andrew, before I read your “advice” to Lola, I was thinking something along the lines of, “well, Lola, you could always visit a Las Vegas Gym.”
Ok, i’ll give Jason Grimsley a call. Maybe he still has some formula laying around. =]
i got to go soon my mom keeps naggaing my to do my stupid american history and english homework.
I’m pretty sure it’s mustache but I wouldn’t bet my life or the season on it.
Kaylee, it’s Friday? And Labor Day weekend?
well it depends Lo, are you going for a Fu Manchu or a Groucho Marx? lol
**** no sombrero for Mirrorbelly. Have to settle for an 0-fer.
Gonna go get some Melk now.
According to dictionary.com, both mustache and moustache are acceptable.
****, i feel sorry for teams sometimes! when the yanks are in the zone, they really pour it on. make teams look bad, lol.
Now we are just showing off, but i love it!
I Know but those honors classes give you homework and i forgot my backpack yesterday so i have double homework but i am ignoring my mother!
Yeah when our pitching and our hitting are both clicking, get the **** out of the way lol.
I guess either is right.. lol
mous·tache (mstsh, m-stsh) Pronunciation Key
n.
Variant of mustache.
We deserve games like this, Lo. Because we sit through and support them during the games when things aren’t going as well for them.
LOl @ Rob’s las vegas gym comment
I don’t believe in homework over the weekends but I still do it because I am a huge tool.
The pronunciation keys confuse me more than the actual word sometimes.
I know i dont either but….Teachers do
lol, isn’t that the truth, Alex.
Come on, Geter!
Well your teachers are jerks.
****** Jeter, RBIs man, we need RBIs. The fantasy team is counting on you.
Actually I’m up 7-2 right now so it doesn’t really matter.
haha yeah they are I hate one actually he is a jerk.
It would be huge if Dotel could get going.
Pepto time.
Hey did Paul go to a game? I hope he hasn’t become a victim of his “those who are kidnapped after going to a game” theory.
Angel, we’ve actually only had 2 get kidnapped.
Kasey, Lola, and myself have all made it back.
I don’t believe in homework over the weekend either, but I teach in a school where we have a block schedule, so it’s impossible not to give homework over the weekend sometimes. Also, sometimes the students end up with homework because they’d rather do their socializing in class instead of getting their work done.
Everyone give him a golf clap, his ERA is below 10 now.
That’s true.. maybe he’s off taking a long walk on a beach somewhere, lol.
Well Rob I am one of those few gifted enough to be able to socialize and get work done at the same time. And my grades aren’t bad either
BonBon is about to blow it…
haha rob that is me.
Papelbon leaving the game with an injury
Paplebon just got taken out.. he was holding his neck.
Toronto, 2nd and 3rd, 1 out, top of 9, down by 2…
i talk in class but i get A’s so i dont care teacherss do
He knew something was wrong.. he stopped right away.
Ok I think we’re past making fun of Boston now. Their closer goes down on day 1 of the final month. I mean ****, enough is enough you would think.
Ok good night guys, going out! we got tis, go Yankees!!
see u all tommorow!
Kaylee, I used to talk so much that one day one of my teachers got a roll of duct tape and taped my mouth shut. Without a warning or anything, just walked up and did it.
Andrew, I actually am one of those teachers that don’t mind talking, as long as you get your work done. Most young folks can’t or won’t do that though.
Back to baseball, it looks like Joe is really trying to not pitch any of his relievers for more than 1 inning.
My supervisor last year, who was a Dean, didn’t even like me joking about using duct tape.
She didn’t like my joke about cement shoes, either.
Some people have no sense of humor, Rob.
Haha I thought it was pretty funny so it was all good.
My brother is a teacher and I know for certain he could not make it through a day without having a sense of humor.
andrew:I got kicked out of my work experience class for talking to much that is why i am aiding for an elective now.
Some of the a@@wipes I had in my 8th period class last year, it would have been nice if I could have gotten away with duct taping some mouths.
So I see Kaylee here is a rebel.
******* Lyle Overbay.
Hey, just noticed. A-Rod is at 99 Rbi. What a horrible year, eh?
yeah andrew.
Only 99? We should trade the useless oaf!!
One thing I really like about my school: Yesterday during the day game, all the teachers were giving each other updates. A lot of Yankee fans there. I’m jealous of one of the custodians. He gets to wear his Yankee hat everyday. None of us teachers are allowed to do that though.
Even the principal is a Yankee fan.
I think there might be a Sal Fasano or Wil Nieves sighting in the top of the ninth.
but i hated the teacher anyway
One of the tech teachers skipped school the day that Halo 2 came out.
100th RBI here?
As soon as I hit post and click back over to gameday, it shows an out.
sigh….
The Blue Jays tanked that game big time…Kyle Snyder? gimme a break.
Sox scratch it out but lose BonBon enroute to the 2-1 win.
Waldman said something earlier about Beam not giving up a run the whole time he was in the minors. Anybody know for sure if that is true?
God is on the field! *moment’s silence*
Defensive Substitution: Sal Fasano replaces catcher Jorge Posada, batting 6th, playing catcher.
What’d I say.
Sal Fasano looks like Mario the Nintendo character.
**** I knew the shutout was too good to be true.
The,,,,,The….The Yankees WIN…THE YANKEES win…magic number down to 21….YES>>>good job Lidle and A ROD
Wow, Yankees win and everybody disappears. What happened? You all running down the street yelling? I just hope you’re not naked, that’s supposed to be saved for when the Yanks win the Series.
Hey Rob. I wanted to ask you this. What would you do if one of us is your students and we always bad mouth you. That would be funny. hahaha.
im here, kinda tipsy, great win, i sense a rod will beast in september, sweet game, go yankees…..a rod is sick
I’m used to students bad mouthing me. hahaha.
I had some pretty disrespectful students the last couple of years. I think I could handle it, Vik. Of course, your mama would probably be talking to me a lot….
Vince did you at least make god choices?
Vince, I figured you’d be in that state. Friday night at college? Figures….
I was a good boy in college and didn’t party. Of course, I don’t drink period. Maybe that’s why. lol.
I meant good choices
“Tanyon Sturtze, who has been out since mid-May following shoulder surgery, could begin a throwing program by next week.” yankees.com
Now the s ux fans will start crying that they were not able to catch up with yankees because og Papelbon’s injury.
my mama is in India and she cant speak english. so no worries Rob.
Obviously the S*x front office has given up on the season, even if the players and manager haven’t. Otherwise they wouldn’t have traded Wells.
Rob: It isn’t true, but Beam had a ridiculously low ERA while with Trenton…it was below 0.50 most of the season, and he ended up at 0.70 before going to Columbus. He did well enough in Columbus. He’s got potential, and he’s got good stuff, I just think he needs a bit more time in the Majors before he can become the next Scott Proctor.
Swolansky, thanks.
I actually had found Beam’s stats for the minors. In his last 10 games in Columbus, he gave up 2 earned runs. He had around a .76 or something ERA in Trenton, then had a 1.71 or something ERA in Columbus. A lot different than his 10+ ERA in the majors.