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« Reply #270 on: June 11, 2009, 01:42:33 pm »
Good for him...  I hope he trips on the way back into the dugout after taking a curtain call for his 3rd hr of the season...
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« Reply #271 on: June 11, 2009, 02:00:24 pm »
Hopefully, the Yankees can find whatever it is that has not allowed them to beat the Red Sox this year.

0-7 vs. the Red Sox, first time since 1912 or something?

Pathetic with their line up.

Wang, IMO, should be cut but his massive salary does not allow it.
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« Reply #272 on: June 11, 2009, 02:23:44 pm »
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Hopefully, the Yankees can find whatever it is that has not allowed them to beat the Red Sox this year.

0-7 vs. the Red Sox, first time since 1912 or something?

Pathetic with their line up.

Wang, IMO, should be cut but his massive salary does not allow it.


As a Yankee fan, here\'s my thoughts:

1. I\'m disgusted that we haven\'t been able to beat boston yet this year.  We should have won the first meeting, but I digress.  

2. Sabathia hasn\'t starting in any of the 7 games (Chamberlain, Burnett, Pettitte, Hughes, Chamberlain, Burnett, Wang).

3. The Red Sox are lucky that they have beaten the Yanks in these 7 games; take these seven away from both teams and the records look dramatically different have played the same amount of games and pretty much the same teams:
     
New York - 34 / 18 (16 games over .500)
     Boston - 28 / 24 (4 games over .500)

4. There\'s no use crying over spilled milk.  Given the way we started the season and the seven losses to boston, we can\'t walk away from this series more than 2 games out of first and possibly tied for first.

5. We have a 3 game series with the Mets and the Red Sox are playing the current WS champs; we\'re bound to pick up some ground by the end of the weekend.
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« Reply #273 on: June 11, 2009, 07:58:41 pm »
Ortiz hits #4

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« Reply #274 on: June 12, 2009, 08:50:37 am »
So disgusted w/ the Yankees right now, I can\'t even get the right words out...
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« Reply #275 on: June 12, 2009, 09:41:56 am »
Rotation: C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes, Chien-Ming Wang
Setup Man: Joba Chamberlain
Closer: Mariano Rivera

Joe Girardi seems set on keeping Wang in the starting rotation, so I won\'t even touch that topic, so why not switch Hughes into the rotation for Joba? They have nearly identical numbers (WHIP, H/9, K/9, BB/9), and Joba seems destined for the bullpen eventually, averaging less than 6 innings per start. Last night\'s loss probably doesn\'t happen with Joba as the eighth-inning guy, Mariano is pitching fewer four- or five-out appearances, Sabathia doesn\'t have to throw 130 pitches every five days and the rest of the pen stays a little fresher.
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« Reply #276 on: June 12, 2009, 10:05:14 am »
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Rotation: C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes, Chien-Ming Wang
Setup Man: Joba Chamberlain
Closer: Mariano Rivera

Joe Girardi seems set on keeping Wang in the starting rotation, so I won\'t even touch that topic, so why not switch Hughes into the rotation for Joba? They have nearly identical numbers (WHIP, H/9, K/9, BB/9), and Joba seems destined for the bullpen eventually, averaging less than 6 innings per start. Last night\'s loss probably doesn\'t happen with Joba as the eighth-inning guy, Mariano is pitching fewer four- or five-out appearances, Sabathia doesn\'t have to throw 130 pitches every five days and the rest of the pen stays a little fresher.


I agree w/ you except that right now I don\'t trust Wang in the rotation...  

I don\'t know why Girardi kept Sabathia in during the 8th.  The Yanks had a two run lead at the time, bring in Aceves, who pichted one inning in the last three days; he\'s proven that he can pitch in the big spot at times... Then bring in Mo for the 9th...
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« Reply #277 on: June 12, 2009, 10:38:50 am »
A trite and meaningless comment:

YANKEES SUCK
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« Reply #278 on: June 12, 2009, 10:46:28 am »
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A trite and meaningless comment:

YANKEES SUCK


when playing the red sox, yes.

and you know our motto: i root for 2 teams, the red sox, and whoever is beating the yankees.

even if the sox don\'t make the playoffs, a sweep over the yanks for the entire season would be huge.
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« Reply #279 on: June 22, 2009, 12:31:30 pm »
Anyone else going to Old Timers Day next month?  Anyone know what the The Stadium opens up?  I want to soak up as much as I can...
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« Reply #280 on: June 24, 2009, 08:07:56 pm »
ortiz is back baby
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« Reply #281 on: June 30, 2009, 04:21:24 pm »
http://www.rotoinfo.com/read_article.php?articleId=318

Rumored steroid list (UNCONFIRMED)

1.Nomar Garciaparra
2.Manny Ramirez
3.Johnny Damon
4.Trot Nixon
5.David Ortiz
6.Shea Hillenbrand
7.Derek Lowe
8.Pedro Martinez
9.Brian Roberts
10.Jay Gibbons
11.Melvin Mora
12.Jerry Hairston
13.Jason Giambi
14.Alfonso Soriano
15.Raul Mondesi
16. Aaron Boone
17.Andy Pettitte
18.Jose Contreras
19.Roger Clemens
20.Carlos Delgado
21.Vernon Wells
22.Frank Catalanotto
23.Kenny Rogers
24.Magglio Ordonez
25.Sandy Alomar
26.Bartolo Colon
27.Brent Abernathy
28.Jose Lima
29.Milton Bradley
30.Casey Blake
31.Danys Baez
32.Craig Monroe
33.Dmitri Young
34.Alex Sanchez
35.Eric Chavez
36.Miguel Tejada
37.Eric Byrnes
38.Jose Guillen
39.Keith Foulke
40.Ricardo Rincon
41.Bret Boone
42.Mike Cameron
43.Randy Winn
44.Ryan Franklin
45.Freddy Garcia
46.Rafael Soriano
47.Scott Spiezio
48.Troy Glaus
49.Francisco Rodriguez
50.Ben Weber
51.Alex Rodriguez
52.Juan Gonzalez
53.Rafael Palmeiro
54.Carl Everett
55.Javy Lopez
56.Gary Sheffield
57.Mike Hampton
58.Ivan Rodriguez
59.Derrek Lee
60.Bobby Abreu
61.Terry Adams
62.Fernando Tatis
63.Livan Hernandez
64.Hector Almonte
65.Tony Armas
66.Dan Smith
67.Roberto Alomar
68.Cliff Floyd
69.Roger Cedeno
70.Jeromy Burnitz
71.Moises Alou
72.Sammy Sosa
73.Corey Patterson
74.Carlos Zambrano
75.Mark Prior
76.Kerry Wood
77.Matt Clement
78.Antonio Alfonseca
79.Juan Cruz
80.Aramis Ramirez
81.Craig Wilson
82.Kris Benson
83.Richie Sexson
84.Geoff Jenkins
85.Valerio de los Santos
86.Benito Santiago
87.Rich Aurilia
88.Barry Bonds
89.Andres Galarraga
90.Jason Schmidt
91.Felix Rodriguez
92.Jason Christiansen
93.Matt Herges
94.Paul Lo Duca
95.Shawn Green
96.Oliver Perez
97.Adrian Beltre
98.Eric Gagne
99.Guillermo Mota
100.Luis Gonzalez
101.Todd Helton
102.Ryan Klesko
103.Gary Matthews
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« Reply #282 on: June 30, 2009, 04:32:01 pm »
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If trees could scream do you think we would be so cavalier to cut them down? Maybe if they screamed all the time for no good reason.

Probably the worst thing about having King Kong run rampant in your town would be the huge, monster genitalia.

I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then I could keep Dracula and Superman away.
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« Reply #283 on: June 30, 2009, 04:37:35 pm »
9 members of the 2004 Red Sox...
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« Reply #284 on: June 30, 2009, 04:47:51 pm »
Who cares?  Like these are the only guys who did steroids.  Let\'s face facts, baseball may be the dirtiest sport behind football and Russian Rocky Fighting.  The sport is filled with a bunch of whiny selfish money grubbing bastards.  It\'s my favorite sport (Aside from wiffle ball, hacky sack and ultimate frisbee), but take it for what it is...  A legal multi billion dollar monopoly that is forgetting where the sport came from.  We root for laundry and owners who really could give two shits about its fans as long as it keeps getting corporate sponsorship.
If trees could scream do you think we would be so cavalier to cut them down? Maybe if they screamed all the time for no good reason.

Probably the worst thing about having King Kong run rampant in your town would be the huge, monster genitalia.

I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then I could keep Dracula and Superman away.
   :mario: :luigi: :yoshi:  :toad: