Sheffield will miss you all
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jan 17, 2007 
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Gary Sheffield made an appearance at a Tigers’ promotional event tonight and had this to say about his time in New York:
“The fans in New York push you so hard, and I welcome that,” he said. “I’m a get-in-your-face kind of guy, and so are the Yankees fans. When they got on me, it motivated me. Some guys didn’t see it that way — they felt it as pressure — but I loved it.”
i wonder who is gonna get burned aside from joe torre in his book in yankeeland?
jeter isnt really the captain? remember that?
be interesting to see which bridges go up in flames.
I’m going to go ahead and assume that Sheffield meant “Alex Rodriguez” when he said “some guys” felt the pressure.
Sheff could have been referring to himself because as a Yankee his playoff stats were:
2004
ALDS: .222 .333 .444
ALCS: .333 .444 .533
2005
ALDS: .286 .318 .286
2006:
ALDS: .083 .083 .083
I love the new site.
If Vizcaino is a lock for the pen, Britton should be a lock as well. Britton had a better whip, better walks per nine, better era and pitched in the AL.
Wasnt the original trade that Mike Gonzalez and another played would go to the Braves for Laroche and then the braves would spin off Gonzalez to the yanks for melky or proctor? I thought that was the trade because the pirates needed a power slugger in their lineup, the braves needed a young outfielder with some pop to take over for A jones and the yanks wanted a lefty reliever. If that was the deal, what did the braves all of a sudden decide they would rather have a lefty reliever than an outfielder?
I don’t think Sheff was talking about ARod. He and ARod appeared to be friends while he was a Yankee. Then again, this is Gary Sheffield so who knows.
I do miss the old look.
I took it as Sheff was referring to ARod. But it’s too early to speculate. We’ll have to read the book and see what he says.
BTW, on the new blog design, sometimes the “submit comment” button is grayed out, and I can’t click on it. I have to go back, then click on comments again, and re-enter my comment, then click the button. Anyone else have this happen?
Rasner did not give up an earned run in Oakland and had given up 1 run in the 5th inning today. It was a quick hook by any measure.