A-Rod named AL player of the week
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Shocking news release from MLB:
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been named the Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week for the period ending September 9th, marking the third time he has received weekly honors this season (previous: 4/9 and 6/11) and the 13th of his career.
In six games, Rodriguez posted a .565 batting average (13-23) with seven home runs, 11 RBI and nine runs scored. The 11-time A.L. All-Star finished the week with a 1.478 slugging percentage and a .630 on-base percentage. A-Rod homered in five consecutive games, tying a career-high, and has hit seven round-trippers in the last five games.
During a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners from September 3rd-5th, he went 6-for-11 with three home runs and five RBI. Over the weekend in Kansas City, Alex went 9-for-12 with four home runs and six RBI. He leads the Major Leagues in home runs (52), RBI (140) and runs scored (132) to go along with a .318 batting average.
Other players considered were Rodriguez’s teammate Jorge Posada (.500, 1.056 SLG, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI); Tampa Bay’s Carlos Peña (.368, 1.000 SLG, 4 HR, 10 RBI); and Detroit’s Brandon Inge (.474, .842 SLG, 1 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI). Cleveland’s C.C. Sabathia (2-0, 0.53 ERA, 9 SO, 17.0 IP), Tampa Bay’s James Shields (2-0, 1.93 ERA 11 SO, 14.0 IP), Boston teammates Josh Beckett (2-0, 3.00 ERA, 15.0 IP, 15 SO) and Jonathan Papelbon (4 G, 4 Sv, 7 SO), and New York’s Chien-Ming Wang (2-0, 2.51 ERA, 14.1 IP) were the pitchers nominated.
Tourneau, the world’s largest watch store, will supply Alex Rodriguez with a luxury Swiss Tourneau timepiece, suitably engraved, in recognition of his achievement as player of the week.
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He gets a free watch? Seriously? Just what he needs, a free watch. You would think they’d donate money to a charity or throw it out the window before they gave a player a free watch. Hilarious.
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Sam Borden
Josh Thomson
They seem to enjoy giving players watches and cars when they win awards..
I don’t understand that marketing behind that.. How does giving a player a 70,000$ car make me want to buy one? I don’t get it.
I could use a nice timepiece, even with someone else’s name & achievements on it…I’m not picky
If A-Rod finds himself hungry or in need to pay bills, atleast he can put his nice new watch on eBay.
It’s a marketing thing.
One of my favorite stories is Richard Jefferson’s first post-game interviews with the Nets when they played the Knicks. He got a free dinner for two, his first one, and while his mic was still live, he said, “I do? For real? All right!”
I laughed just because of his innocence.
Oh yes, Pete.
Very shocking, indeed.
For commenting on this blog, Rebecca the Queen of Optimism will receive a plate of Salt Potatoes, courtesy of Ore Ida.
I don’t think it’s as much about the free watch as it is free advertising for Tourneau.
Peter Abraham is sponsored by Apple. Apple Computers, makers of the Mac and the Ipod. Get yours today.
Are we really complaining about advertising dollars when we are Yankee fans, where EVERY SINGLE THING is sold/marketed?
First pitch speed.
Triple Play inning.
Matsui’s at bats.
15th out, 15 minutes with Insurance
Legal Disclaimer
I could go on…
Yup, free advertising is right..
Dude, Matty, I HATE potatoes.
I’m not joking. My mom used to cook them for dinner EVERY night when I was little, like seven or eight, and she wasn’t a very good cook, so eventually I was like ‘I can’t eat this anymore’.
Seriously, potatoes make me nauseous…
Matty,
My current favorite is the ‘Give that man a cigar’ campaign. I don’t think it has any criteria for winning. They just pick somebody random after a HR or single..
did you guys see federer yesterday when they gave him the lexus? I thought he was going to burst out laughing.
i’m sure a rod gives this stuff away. maybe on his website?
speaking of his website, i get a kick out of arod.com it is pretty funny
And don’t forget: it’s MLB’s player of the week sponsored by bank of america!!
DMan:
I like the HBO blast of the night. Again, no criteria.
He could gives these many, many watches to Steiner Sports to auction off so bums like us could get one. They’re personally engraved for A-Rod. I’d like one.
Don’t forget Andy Pettitte was the Pepsi Clutch Player of the Month.
http://blog.nj.com/ledgeryanke....._week.html
It looks good, so far, that Rocket WILL pitch against Boston…Sah-weet !
this post is sponsored by The Outback Steakhouse, Harold Reynolds fav family steakhouse
Arod has a family foundation as you know. The contribution
would’ve been welcomed,I sure.Banks can be so stiff.
My take on HGH: There is no known test that is 100% accurate. Eventually, someone will come up with a test, its just a matter of time before they find something out. But to test for it now, even though the test is not reliable, is silly in my opinion. I know it is not good that some people may be getting away with using it, but if there is a false positive, due to an unreliable test, you could ruin a players career with a faulty test. You know a test will become readily avalable withing the next few years but that wont stop the problem. It is vitually an unwinnable war. When they find a test for HGH, another drug will be designed and that too will be untestable. Its a never ending cycle and these PEDs will never just go away. Its almost like we have to accept it and move on.
Gameday has a live chat now. Visited the Boston/D-ray chat. Of course they’re more concerned with the Yankees than what’s actually happening in the game. lol.
just watch. Kenny Rogers will only give up one run through 6 innings. I can’t stand that SOB, but wish Mussina could be half as good.
Does this become the Boston/Tampa and Detroit/Toronto game thread?
Rebecca, this is the Tampa Toronto thread, those other teams, we don’t mention LOL Did you see that post on Rocket…LOOKING GOOD !!!
Let’s hope ARod’s new watch isn’t the Scott Boras model. It counts down the minutes till he can opt out,
LOL Drive 4-5,
Did you actually calculate it?
Rebecca,
What happened to our Jets?
Speaking of Toronto, 1-0 Blue-Jays I see.
Clay: I don’t know, but we’re still the best team in the City!
No, really! We gave up 38 points, the Giants gave up 45…
Joe-
Heres what happened to our Jets!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/.....id=3012989
Ok, well, maybe.
Pudge is hurt, being replaced by Rabelo.
mel which section are you in? I just went into the chat.
Can we roll the watch into the contribution from the Texas Rangers to close the deal???
I think this puts us over the top. Give me 5 minutes with Boras and this deal is done. D. U. N. Done!
I’m not there anymore. The sections are confusing and it was hostile territory.
Watched an Aye Bay Bay video w/ the Yogi Bear cartoon, so I made up the handle HeyBooBoo.
Pete I’m sure if you ask him nicely he’ll give the watch to you.
i’m in section 53 they know i’m a yankee fan, and their okay
Product 19 just flew out to center to end the Boston 1/2 of the 3rd…still goose eggs in Fenway…
How the hell is there just one run scored between Boston, Tampa, Detroit and Toronto?
…just wondering…
Halladay got out of the jam in the 3rd inning – 42 pitches and Toronto is still up 1-0 against the Tigers…
…cuz they all stink…
Pete
Can you do us all a favor and occupy the stripper in Toronto so ARod can stay out of trouble and keep his mind on the game?
Thanks for your efforts in doing this.
No Papi in Boston’s lineup tonight. Got a date with a cheeseburger…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti7-CKx_W6U
Toronto is up 2-0 against the Tigers!!!
Go Blue Jay!!!
Toronto scored another run! Sweet!
Mr. Yuk just struck out on an inside pitch and was actually crying on the way back to the dugout because he was afraid of a ball coming that fast at him. ( well that actually didn’t happen, but could it ? ) LOL
Toronto needs to nail this win in order to lose the next three without feeling too bad…
lol……..All sarcasm aside, it is an Honor well deserved. I hope We can keep a positive spin on all things A-Rod and remember His contributions to the playoff run. Keep a happy NYY enviroment and hope He hasn’t already decided to spread baseball bliss elsewhere.
How much “sun tan lotion” does Kenny Rogers have on his arms (and the ball) today?
Yah 2-0. Nice, nice.
Tampa up!
WHOO!
Devil Rays up 1-0 against Really Sucks!!!
Optimism for the lead!
OK, since this thread promises to be slow, here is something to needle your Bosux friends with. The premise- Is DiceK the AL version of free agent busto (TM) Barry Zito? Stats below, and I trust you will agree they are remarkably similar. And also, DiceK is posting these numbers while being 4 years younger and in his prime.
Average Annual Cost, Including Posting Fee: DK $17 mn, BZ $18 mn
IP 2007: DK 184, BZ 174
ERA: DK 4.44, BZ 4.45
ERA+: DK 102, BZ 99 (This is park and league adjusted with 99 being 1% worse than average for the year)
BB: DK 70, BZ 73
HR allowed: DK 23, BZ 21
SLG Against: DK .408, BZ .399
Ks: DK 179, BZ 121 (only real difference)
Line Drive %: DK 19%, BZ 20%
GB%: DK 38%, BZ 40%
DiceK, welcome to the exclusive club of $100 million league average pitchers.
Crawford hit a fly ball that Grape Nuts couldn’t quite get to, runners on 1st and 3rd and Tampa already up 1-0 !!!
Well, it was a fun inning while it lasted!
C’mon D-Rays, you’ll get em next time! No such thing as playing out the string!
troy glaus left the game w/ injury. anybody watching and know what it was?
hopefully he won’t play vs. us for the next three games…
Nice escape from the jam at bottom 4th by Schilling – though he used 29 out of his 89 pitches in that inning…
Go Rays!!!
Sugar Puffs got a little stressed from all that action that inning…will retreat to a little milk bath an ocean sounds and maybe play tomorrow night….
I hope Alex wins a 4th American League Player of the Week award before the season ends.
Now that he is a member of RSN, Schilling has been transformed from a high-priced, dominating Ace into a Gritty Little Hard-nosed Gutty Gritser (TM). Of course he “battled through” that inning”, “got the job done”, “made the big pitches” and “gave them a chance to win” against the overwhelming odds of facing the stacked Rays led by reincarnation of Sandy Koufax himself, Scott Kazmir.
Whoo! Tampa! I didn’t see it but gamecast says it was a great double play!
Double play by Tampa!!! Saux has five zeros now… 1-0 Tampa! Go Rays!!!
Optomism RULES…After Boston dumps this game to the Devil Dogs…Yankees are only 4 games back in the loss column with 19 more Yankees Games in the season….figuring in the SWEEP of the BoSux this weekend…( Yes, for reasons of Optomism )…we will need to pick up 1 more game in the other 16 games that we play as we will then own the tiebreaker against the Evil Nation.
Gotta love TB playing for 1 run.
In the 5th inning.
On the road.
At Fenway.
With a starter he averages under 6 innings per game.
And a monumentally crappy bullpen.
Donut Boy Schilling approaching 100 pitches.
Optomism = Optimism….I gotta read more books…. LOL
OK Sophies Choice, but if you had to pick between:
A. Sox Win/Tigers Lose
B. Other way around
??
I know what I would pick.
DVB – Yeah and we are currently 5.5 games out instead of 4.5… However, I agree with you 101%……
Michael T, You may only have the choice B since Tigers just got a run… it is now 2-1…
Mike T
Interesting post. I’d still like to have him on My team though.
Dammit…Peanut Butter Toast Crunch got a single !!!
Who is Peanut Butter Toast Crunch???
Kazmir just issued his 8th K and ended the 6th… Go Rays!!
arod got free watch and Spike Lee & Brad Pitt’s kids get a free bat given to celebrity kids from the great Jeter himself. Wonder how much that would pull if auctioned on ebay. Celebrities and their freebies.
Schilling’s done for the night.
i thought this was a joke, but its for real, red sox fans are actually voting for president of red soxs nation…..how sad
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/b.....sident.jsp
FIVE BACK BY THE END OF THE NIGHT!
Who’s with me!?
Wow, the games a nail biter!
FIVE BACK BY THE END OF THE NIGHT!
Who’s with me!?
I am – and 4.5 games ahead of the Tigers!!!
And 5.5 games ahead of Seattle!!!
By the end of the night!
What happens to Big Pappi?
You know, not every player makes as much money as A-Rod. Wang makes what, $485k/year and was one of the players considered? He might appreciate a nice free watch he could wear or give to a family member. Or maybe they’ll want to stick it in their trophy case as another reminder when they’re gray of the stuff they had back in the day.
I’ve never said this before in my life, and likely never will again, but cut Bank of America a little slack on this one.
*BREAKIN NEWS*
OMIGIOD!!
they’re doing the “wave” in Fenway (no, really)
I’m speechless
Youkilis need some anger management sessions per chance ???
and only FOUR BACK in the loss column !!!
10th K by Kazmir w/ 115 pitches at 6.2IP…
One more!!! Go Kaz!!!
Oy, guys, reading a thread on Livejournal about A-Rod and the chance at 61, another user and I have come to the same conclusion:
If you go to any more Yankees’ home games, do NOT use a flash with your camera if it’s a night game
If A-Rod thinks about it, he won’t hit it, and flashbulbs are a sure way to get him to think about it!
hahahahah, the wave
Watching fans at Fenway Park is like watching kids in the play area at your nearest McDonald’s.
Kazmir has 10 strikeouts
You can _hear_ the Boston announcers sweat.
Is Zumaya injured???
Dr. Acula
And it sounds so sweet
Dr. A–I imagine it’s marvelous!
(stupid MLB.tv won’t work on my computer!)
Yes!!! Toronto up 4-1 on Tigers!!!
Watching fans at Fenway Park is like watching kids in the play area at your nearest McDonald’s
I feel like it walking down a college campus and passing a frat party
Toronto just scored two more.
Toronto now leads 4-1 over Detroit in the 8th!!
YEAH!!
Hey everyone,
check your milk cartons, Gagne hasn’t pitched in 15 days and even though it’s 1-0 in the 8th, they don’t have “the greatest trade of the decade” warming up in the bullpen.
Migames-
You hit the nail on the head with that description.
Detroit = classic one year wonders
Zumaya left with what they think was a blister problem.
correction…pulled back nail on Zumaya’s index finger. on his pitching hand.
boston’s players are soaked. They’re sweating more than george bush taking a lie detector test.
Gagne is of no significance to Boston’s fortunes. A waste of a roster spot in the playoffs.
I really laughed out loud reading Pete’s comments about the watch because it was the same exact thing I was thinking. Alex doesn’t need the watch and would be the first to tell you that, I’m sure. A charitable donation would mean so much more than giving a gift to a guy who either has everything in the world or could buy it if he wanted to.
There was a time when ballplayers didn’t make exorbitant amounts of money and things like this happened a lot and made sense. A free steak dinner for hitting a home run or winning a car at the end of the year for being named MVP, etc. Those things actually made sense then because the players weren’t just raking it in the way they are today. Even Wang’s half a mil is something that would take most of us 20 years to earn, although he is way cheap by MLB salaries.
At least it makes for a great laugh drenched in irony.
Got room on the optimism train? I’ll go with the 5 out in the East, 4.5 over Detroit and 5.5 over Seattle as well. Could we have asked for a better off day set up this way for us? All three of those games were set up more or less “in our favor” with the pitching matchups.
Wow, Roy Halladay is still dealing in the 8th…
107 pitches and counting…
wily mo has 2 homeruns today, he has 7 with washington in 21 games. Nancy Drew has 7. Thats right, Theo is the bomb
Oh ya the Optimism train can add as many cars as needed..
No quiet car though, that’d be boring.
Gagne is a joke. I heard sooooo much trash talk from BoSox fans where I work when they picked him up and “kept him from the Yankees”.
Nice double play by Jays…
Theo’s list: Nancy Drew, Eric Gagme, Edgar Renteria, Dice-K….
C’MON TAMPA!
THIS IS WHERE YOU HOLD THEM
THIS IS WHERE YOU FIGHT
THIS IS WHERE THEY DIE!
Detroit is falling apart. Bonderman is out for the season and now Zumaya has a blister problem.
Congratulations to A-Rod!!!
Pedroia having temper tantrums like Youkilis.
whatz wrong with these people.
Pedoria strikes out and he crys and whines all the to the dugout.
PS I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, But I think nancy drew is hot
http://tinyurl.com/jettf
2 out in bottom of ninth, Toronto up 4-1!
Holladay still rolling.
ONE MORE INNING TAMPA!
C’mon! You can do it!
I might be more excited about this ninth inning than I’ve been in a while…
Though, one-run games will do that.
Still,
FIVE BACK BY THE END OF THE NIGHT! FIVE BACK BY THE END OF THE NIGHT!
Anyone see that turn? WOW!!!
Pedroia (Mr size 6 shoe) & PukeALis cry at EVERY called strike
Paolo-
Do’t get me wrong, I’d like to have DiceK on my team too. But if this is as good as it gets, I’d rather give the young cheap kids like IPK and Huges a shot, and spend the $100 million to keep Arod, Mo and Jorge. Of course, Cash blew almost half that on Igawa.
Guys, I know I’m doubling but:
On 10 Sept 2005 the Yankees were FIVE games out of first place.
If we win tonight, that’s exactly where we’ll be.
The division is OURS for the taking!
who else hates coco crisp hair?
Halladay being replaced. 1st & 3rd with 2 out in the 9th.
oh pls, deep inside we all know the Red S.O.S will unfortunately win it with a walk-off.
bottom of the 9th in fenway
Redsox about to drop it!
migames-
Hair I hate:
Coco
Manny
Lastings Milledge
Magglio
Tek
BArry Zito
Pedro, circa the Jheri curl look
Wow this is tense!
Jays 4 Tigers 3 hold on Jays
michael t:
more hair i hae
Chad Curtis
5 games, 5 games, 5 games… Come on!
NICE reminder, Rebecca
Boston couldn’t take our heat and melted faster then the Wolverines the last two weeks of that season.
I find long hair on guys a turn on, but they have to have the body to match.
But that’s just me.
C’MON TAMPA! C’MON TORONTO!
1 Out!
Ortiz grounded out…two more to go…
C’mon Toronto, you need just one more out!
Big Papi hobbled down to 1st base.
way too tense, both games in bottom of 9th very close.
pukeilis is at bat…1 out, no one on
why is Casey Janssen pitching and not Accardo. I can’t believe this.
Line out to third! 2 outs!
OPTIMISM EVERYONE! THIS IS NO TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE!
this detroit game is driving me crazy
Jays 4-3. Runners on 1st and 2nd in the 9th, 2 out.
3-2 to Sheffield.
Color me impressed if the Rays can make one run stand up at Fenway. They also blew a few chances to get insurance.
And the Greatest Clutch Hitter Ever (TM) is already spent.
MVP Ordonez?
Now bases loaded. 4-3 bottom of the 9th inning.
Magglio Ordonez at best.
Damn, bases loaded by Detroit 2 out. Still 4-3 Toronto.
tigers win. I can’t believe it.
Red S.O.S.?
What, they’re going on strike?
STRIKE 3! 5 GAMES BACK!!!!
*Four! Four! Four!*
That’s right boston, you’re not in Kansas anymore – the ghosts of 1978 are swirling in your clouded sky!!
_Shoutout_
*WOOT! WOOOT! WOOOOT!*
BOSTON LOSES!!!!
tigers won…who cares
i swear, magglio is so juiced up its sad
There’s more drama tonight then all the weekend combined!
TAMPA WON!
FIVE BACK ON SEPTEMBER 10!
TAMPA SHUT OUT BOSTON!
I am screaming with excitement
So what if Detroit won? I want the division!
Toronto does what it does best. D-Rays pull it out. Damn that’s disappointing though.
1-0!!
A shut out by the D-Rays?! What?!
13
Count them, 13 Strikeouts by Devil Rays pitchers tonight!!
BREAKING NEWS :
THE YANKEES CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY.
Yankees are only 4 games back in the loss column with 19 games left on their schedule and 3 of those with the Red Sox. If the division ends in a tie, the Yankees will win that tie if they take 2 out of 3 or sweep the Red Sox this weekend. Red Sox Nation has elected a President. In a landslide, it is Chicken Little.
Magglio looks like a friggin ugly woman
Not to pop any party baloons, but the Detroit win strikes me as more significant than the RS loss. Damn. Oh well. Yanks control their destiny.
Man, D-Rays 1-nil over Boston, winning run plated on a sac fly RBI. Sweet….
anyone see the blown call in the tigers game? there should have been one out when johnson caught that ball in the top of the ninth, umpires this year have been terrible!
john gibbons should be fired. First, for letting Halliday pitch into the 9th inning, after throwing 123 pitches and giving up the single to Casey. Second, he should be fired for not using Accardo and pitching Janssen instead.
A quote from Papi:
“Man, my knee’s been hurting again,” he said. “I don’t know. I guess a day off never [is] bad. I was missing a lot of pitches yesterday.”
It is confirmed that he will undergo surgery after the season ends.
Boston better start look out for the Tigers and pray they hold on to the wild card spot
Don Vito – I can’t stop laughing – President Chicken Little of Red Sox Nation!!!!! OMG, too funny.
for all the donkeys in the world. Damn those Tigers. Gibby should’ve brought in a left hander against Granderson.
The Yankees control their own destiny this week.
A-Rod is itching at Ruth, Mantle, and Maris.
Let’s get the rings and the HR record back where they belong, in the Bronx.
WHO’S WITH ME?!
(and Tampa’s win tonight? TOTALLY OPTIMISM!)
Surgery for Ortiz? Gastric bypass????
WOW!
It’s like Toronto took a dive.
123 pitches?! The players’ union should begin an investigation.
Well Optimism is pretty much the greatest thing since sliced bread. If you’re into that kind of thing.
Todd-
LOL!
Gibbons’ hatred towards yankees is well documented. May be he thought it was a wise idea to save his best bullpen guy for the yankees series. And I can assure you, if he was given a choice of winning either today’s game/tomorrow’s he’ll pick tomorrow’s 11 out of 10 times.
Well. Monday night football is exciting too folks. 27-20 Bengals.. Ravens have the ball on the Cincy 5 yard line with under 2 mins
Hey Nation,
Can you SMELL WHAT THE EMPIRE IS COOK’N!!
a) Dice-L 9.57 ERA in last 5 starts
b) Red Sox team ERA vs Empire 5.44 in 2007
c) Schilling 2-6 since returning from DL
smok’em if ya got ‘em, boy & grrls!!
OPTIMISM FOLKS! Lets keep it going!
Would’ve loved a Detroit loss, but I’ll take a Boston loss anyday. 4 up on Detroit and 4 back of Boston in the loss column.
I almost feel sorry for Schilling and I almost feel sorry for Ortiz, but I can’t bring myself to it. They’ve said so many craptastic things about our team and our guys they’re just getting their bachi (bad luck).
Oakland on the board. It’s finally time to be scoreboard watching, right? All the games are important. Hopefully Yankees can take advantage tomorrow.
cleveland is winning in the 8th, 4-2, which would put them just 1/2 game out from the 2nd seed in the playoffs.
Dr. Acula,
If we play our cards right, we can have home field with a little help. It’s getting tight.
curious about Gibbons’ well-documented animosity for the Yankees? Passer by, can you enlighten me? Any articles or material you can recommend?
Dr. A–You know, if we take the division, we’d actually want Cleveland to be the third seed, right?
Rumor has it that Oakland will host Boston in the season opener in ‘08. It would be great for Matsuzaka to get that start.
Detroit playing a double header with Texas tomorrow. What was that talk about Zumaya’s fingernail?
From Rotoworld:
Jeremy Accardo, battling a tired arm, wasn’t used in a save situation after Roy Halladay was taken out in the ninth inning Monday.
The Jays won’t use Accardo strictly as the closer the rest of the way. He still should get at least a couple of more save chances, but since the Jays intend to monitor his workload closer, they could also turn to Casey Jannsen in the ninth.
Oops, meant to say that the opener will be played in Tokyo.
Again, from Rotoworld:
Joel Zumaya came out of Monday’s game because of a pulled nail on his right index finger.
Consider him day-to-day. Zumaya was charged with two runs in 1 1/3 innings tonight.
Anyone listening to that Steve Phillips idiot on espn?
Just how STUPID and INCOMPETENT can a guy be?!
To wit:
(rough paraphrase)
“In Wang’s 18 wins in 15 of them the Yanks won by 3 or more runs, that means he’s winning because of his team and not because of extraordinary pitching. Compare that to Beckett and Escobar, where their teams won by less than 3 runs in 7 of their starts. THEY WIN THE CLOSE GAMES!”
In other words, Phillips the dumbass thinks because e.g. in 7-2 games Wang usually doesn’t give up 4 more runs and make it 7-6 and make it “close” per Steve Phillip the dumbass standards, Wang hence did not pitch extraordinarily.
There’s inability to read into statistics, and then there’s sheer stupidity/complete lack of analytical skills. How did that incompetent dumbass ever become GM?
(p.s. in all of Wang’s 18 wins this year, only in 1 did he fail to give a quality start: 6.1 IP 4 runs…now because he did not give up more runs and make the games “close”, Steve Phillips the dumbass thinks that means he didn’t pitch well in those wins…when 17 out of 18 wins were quality starts!!!)
That just sounds painful
Thanks Bobcat. Sounds extruciating.
*excruciating*
I’m not sure if I want to know how Phillips got a job in NY at all…
But that’s okay. At least working for ESPN, he doesn’t work for the Yankees!
Kill-Schill:
Here’s one story
http://www.rivative.net/2000st.....stime.html
There were other comments made by him around july-august last year that were not exactly professional
Is anyone concerned with Detroits come from behind win??
Phillips is definitely at the bottom of the pile, but ESPN in general has just gotten so sloppy lately.
Everybody notices.
That’s okay, I’m going to assault Steven Phillips next time I see him in Bristol.
Thanks Passer by, I’m going to read tomorrow.
Night all
P.S. Detroit win wrecked me earlier. They were down 3 runs with no one on base in bottom of the 9th.
Shruted –
It certainly doesn’t help, but we must remember that Detroit is down to Verlander, Durbin, Robertson and Miller in the rotation. May not be enough to win more than 15-16 of their remaining 19 or so games, which is what they will need to do to top the Yankees for the Wild Card.
With our schedule, I think the Yanks win at least 12 of their remaining 19 games. Can Detroit win 15-16 of theirs?
It’s alright Kill-Schill(ing),
Keep the optimism levels high!
Optimism.
Doesn’t matter WHAT Detroit does from here on in, because we are ahead of them. Only way they get in is if Boston collapses.
I watched the post-game show on NESN tonight, and RSN is certainly getting nervous about the lead in the division. Two things stood out:
1) Not once did anyone mention that the lead in the loss column was down to four; they kept saying the lead had been reduced to five;
2) Not surprisingly, the analysts decided that the fate of the Red Sox would be dramatically different had Ortiz and Manny played tonight, so the “injury card” is coming out…
Sorry, guys, no one cried a tear for the Empire in April and May when the Yankees were scuffling and dealing with injuries. One gets the sense that a number of sphincters are tightening up in good ol’ New England.
Nicely put, Bobcat, and Amen to that.
Bobcat, and Everyone Else:
You all know that there is a possibility we can end this week just .5 games back?
The Yankees have gotten hot at the right time.
HERE’S TO THE POWER OF OPTIMISM!
Bobcat
Hey, you from around the New England area too?
DMan,
No. Syracuse.
Mel, Rebecca-
Home field advantage is so sweet.
And you guys get NESN way up there? Wow thats some reach for that station.
Bobcat–
No way! I’m go to Syracuse!
DMan–I don’t, I get YES.
check out this funny photo caption (below the picture)
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/c.....hoto05.htm
the tiger radio announcers could not believe toronto did not use a lefty against granderson!!!
they were blown away.. the toronto loss hurts…..
Someone just accused me of being a Red Sox fan, because I made a post on LJ about the Red Sox losing.
Umm.
What, exactly, do I do then?
Do what you do best, Rebecca.
When ya lay pearls before swine…..
The Toronto loss hurts big time. Gibbons is a moron.
Player of the day: Scott Kazmir.
Rebecca–Nothing Beats the Power of Optimism + Squirrel
September 10th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Bobcat, and Everyone Else:
You all know that there is a possibility we can end this week just .5 games back?
The Yankees have gotten hot at the right time.
HERE’S TO THE POWER OF OPTIMISM!
Rebecca….We can actually finish in the standings Sunday Night after sweeping the BoSox….ONE HALF GAME UP ! NYY 87-62 ( sweep Toronto and Boston ) Bos 87-63 ( they lose 2 more to TB and endure our pounding SWEEP ! )….OH Mighty MY MY MY !!!
Congrats to Arod, Posada also deserves a honorable mention.
so how many of the player of the week watches does he need to trade in for an mvp?
so if arod does come back (believe he will) and has a little bit of an off season again, say all totals off ten- to twenty% will you still love him.
i wonder?
Well written and informative. I Love it!