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Sheffield will miss you all

January

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.”

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 at 10:36 pm by Peter Abraham.
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9 Responses to “Sheffield will miss you all”

jay destro January 17th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
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.
Benjamin Kabak January 17th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I’m going to go ahead and assume that Sheffield meant “Alex Rodriguez” when he said “some guys” felt the pressure.
Rich January 17th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
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
Dave January 18th, 2007 at 12:03 am
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.
Dave January 18th, 2007 at 12:06 am
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?
ryan January 18th, 2007 at 12:20 am
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.
Jake January 18th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I do miss the old look.
DesignatedBlogger January 18th, 2007 at 11:35 am
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?
David April 19th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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.

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