No help from the schedule
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Today is one of those days the Yankees get hosed by the schedule. It’s the final game of a road series, but instead of getting a day game and a chance to get to Boston at a reasonable hour, the Yankees play at 7:05 p.m.
The good news, I suppose, is that the Red Sox and Tigers aren’t playing. So the Yankees can gain a little ground on those teams.
The Yankees trail Boston by five games, four in the loss column. A win tonight and a sweep this weekend would leave the Yankees only 1.5 games out with 12 games to play.
Who am I to doubt the Lucky Foul Pole Squirrel and his magical powers? But it’s asking a lot for a team to go 9-0 on a road trip.
Ian Patrick Kennedy, who has never once lost in the entire career, starts tonight against A.J. Burnett. Ask not for the Yankees can do for you, ask what you can do for the Yankees.
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The good news, I suppose, is that saucy will be watching today’s game tonight, on my couch, beer in hand!
Not the first time. We got hosed in the last Boston Series, they got to see the sights in New York while we were still on the road.
For all the good it did them, Boston was off and the Yankees played the night before the last series too
It is very unfair. It seems like the schedule makers always try to help out the soxs anyway they can. I shocked they didnt’ schedule a day game yesterday so they would get almost 2 days off to prepare for us.
I don’t understand the schedule makers for the MLB. If I recall correctly, in one of the previous Boston series, we had a sunday night game and then both teams had to fly to the west coast to play seattle and the angels the very next night where both the Yanks and Boston subsequently lost… Who are these idiots? They should be made to follow all their idiotic decisions – Make them run around the ballpark for three hours and then fly with these teams and made to do it againto feel their suffering.
Ahhh, scheduling. The great equalizer in the AL East.
Our day-game record suckx 26-25
thank the Squirrel all of Boston games have a late start (Sunday, too).
this is the third series in a row with the Yankees that Boston has had been off the day before.
Soxs leave for Toronto, and we go home after this series.
OPTIMISM!
Loving it.
It’s a 93 minute flight from toronto to Boston – that’s not too bad. and there’s no traffic at night, so they’ll hit their crib smoothly.
Beer > F5 Key
_It is very unfair. It seems like the schedule makers always try to help out the soxs anyway they can._
The league hates us, yet they have no problem takin’ our cash.
And whatz up wth da umpires!!?? I swear they outta ski masks when “calling” our games.
Hey Pete, you stole the Kennedy line from nomass! That’s not nice! Anyway, you’re still the man.
And it is a shorter flight from Boston to NY.
Hey Pete, It’s Scooter, the Lucky Foul Pole Squirrel. Get it right!
The league hates us?
Schedule makers hate us?
Get a grip and get over it. There is no conspiracy.
Isn’t it the Blue Jays who decide the time of game (except for the weekends when Fox and ESPN can pick their games)? So do we blame Ricciardi and co for screwing the Yanks? Although, these guys are professionals, I’m sure they can handle it.
_There is no conspiracy._
okay smart guy, prove me wrong!
……tick….tickk…I’m waiting…(foot tapping floor)
screw a mid-week day game. school is back and kids are no longer taking their summer camp trips to the stadium.
It’s all about the money. Toronto has a better chance of selling tickets to a Yankee game on a Thursday night than they do on a Thursday afternoon especially since it’s September (vacations over, kids back at school).
A day off before a game isn’t necessarily a good thing. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, either.
But, I might be wrong, but I think the Yankees do better without an off day when they are in a winning mode.
Peter,,,I LOVE your Optimistic post…and AFTER the Yankees win tonight and sweep Boston…remember they will OWN the tiebreaker over them AND only be ONE OUT in the Loss Column…The Red Sox are a sinking ship that needs MIRACLES to beat the Devil Dogs AT FENWAY…..They are a boxer that is outta gas, has dropped his hands, the ref is a good 12 feet away and the knockout punch is on its way with NOTHING TO STOP IT !!!! Get ready for a LOUD THUD as the (cough-cough) Nation gets ready to be FLOORED ! Go IPK, take what the Moose did and BETTER IT….YOU CAN DO IT, KID !
Anyone want some cheese to go with that wine? Haha, hilarious.
Uncle Vito,
Whatever your profession is, I demand you quit it and become a motivational speaker right away!
Go Yanks!
9-0 on the road trip will SHOW ALL what this team is made of…. 96-66 (THIRTY GAMES OVER .500) after a 21-29 start will mean that over the last 112 games of the season ( which is almost 70% of the schedule ), we will have gone 75-37 (.670)….not bad, for a team that supposedly was a dead man walking !!!
Motivational Speaking ?…does that pay well ? LOL
What is the Yanks record since that Scooter,Lucky Squirrel on the Foul Pole made an appearance?
Maybe we can catch that squirrel and make it appear on the foul pole everyday so that the Yanks will never lose again.
There’s a story all through K-Law’s chat about a proposal at a New York game. Not clear if that’s Mets or Yankees (although I do know that he was at Hughes’ game because he panned him). Did you guys see or hear about it?
Pete, C’mon now!
Yeah, you’re gonna be kinda tired.
But that’s why they pay you the big bucks!
mel,
I think the proposal was a prank. Riveraveblues.com had something about it.
dontfirecash,
apparently the girl said yes. they were laughing about the prankster being such a loser. gonna check it out at riveraveblues. thanks.
Anyone catch the article on why the Redsox are the best organization in baseball by Dayne Perry at Foxsports.com ?
Geez, what an Idiot he is…Every reason on his list is trumped by the Yankees. Take a look and see for yourself.
VOIII ….it was supposed to be the best organization *of idiots* ,,,,,,just a typo…no need to rage !
dontfirecash,
now i understand. they’ve got an ongoing prank war. that was a good one.
mel,
I just watched the video too. Pretty hilarious. I love how she slaps him.
mel-
They have a link to the video here ate River Aveneue Blues. Other good stuff too. I tought it was hialrious, but ended up starting a fight with my wife when she came over to see what I was laughing at.
http://riveraveblues.com/
Ian Patrick Kennedy. A nice Italian boy, no?
Totally non baseball related, but I just saw that Greg Oden is going to miss the enitre season because he got knee surgery. Kind of a bummer, I was looking forward to watching him play this year.
dontfirecash-
Yah I saw that too.. Whew thats tough luck.
Wow – just read Jayson Stark’s article on the Cy Young race, wang got no love. Not even a little
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=3016985
Nate–Sometimes it’s more fun to have the underrated player, though!
i agree – sorta like when wang had his little rough patch this year, and the veterans felt like he was trying too hard.
also, i guess i shouldn’t be surprised at anti yankee propoganda from bristol
Mr. Perry at it again
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7216768
He’s citing stats that say amoong playoff contenders, Mariano ranks 5th behind the closers from the Indians, Red Sox, Diamondbacks or Mets.
He can trust all the stats he wants. I’ll trust my eyes.
dontfirecash, Michael T,
Just saw the video. That was the funniest gag I ever saw. Not the gag itself, but the reaction of the couple. It was the greatest moment of the girl’s life and she was pissed. Good for her, what kind of guy would put on an Ichiro jersey 2 sizes too small? I’m still laughing. You guys heard the Bud Light’s Real Men of Genius “Mr. Stadium Scoreboard Proposal Guy?” Funny.
Mel-
thanks. that was cold. ouch. I love a good prank, but I don’t know, I think they went over the line.
But Mel, you bring up a good point, back on 7-7 someone did propose at the game. via some drawing on Fox Sports. For numerologists and kooks, that was a big day (7-7-07), and alotta people got hitched. Fox even had a contest, with winner receiving an on-air segment.
It was a Saturday game, so Fox coverd the game live, and McCarver and Buck read the proposal, even posted a banner on the backstop, which lasted the whole inning (20 minutes).
That was the 13 inning game against the Angels (Roger vs Lackey) under the GAWD awful hot. As the game went along we all started wonder what happened, but Fox never posted the result. Who knows what happened.
thanks again for bring us the item, Mel
Behind the Indians? Doesn’t the indians closer have over a 5.00ERA?
Pat: One thing to consider–
For Mo to be on his best form, he’s gotta pitch often. Most of the Yankees wins this season, however, have not been save situations. They’re either getting blown out or blowing someone else out.
Mo’s certainly still got it, but just hasn’t seen the game time he normally sees, through no fault of his own.
With the exception of Boston, they would take Mo in a heartbeat. There’s no stat for that.
Dr. Acula,
Apparently the couple is cool again. She must realize that’s the life of being with a “Jackass” geek.
The last time we got hosed on our schedule was the game before boston came to town. Look how that turned out.
SWEEP.
Get your brooms out Yankee fans its dei ja vu all over again.
I just watched it again, and it looks like an act.
That wouldn’t be unusual. back in the day when Springer was hot, actual drama students would work up an act and freakout on stage, only to reveal the skit in school paper. Some NYU students even did a “behind the sting” notebook for The Daily News.
Dayn Perry is a bigger idiot that any of you think. In his weekly “Power Ranking” of all MLB teams he talks about A-Rod, his 52 HR and the 58 HR he projects to end the season with. This total, Dayn say, will be the second highest in franchise history, a fact that was very illuminating to say the least.
I only ask, A-Rod will then be behind only Babe Ruth or Roger Maris ? I’m not sure which. I mean it’s not like those two guys and their 60 and 61 HRs are memorable or anything.
Go see for yourself: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/powerRankings
While I’ll be the first to admit Papelbon has been great. He hasn’t been tested under playoff conditions. Even the biggest Red Sox fan would have to admit that. It looks like this year he’ll get his shot but until then, even Boston would have to take Mo.
I don’t know Dr. When the girl grabbed her bag and left, that was real, just perfect. And the prankster? He looked kind of freaked after, too. They all deserve Oscars for best actors in a short film.
Don’t get me started on Buddy Ryan.
Those stats cannot possibly be for ‘closers’ only, it must consider every pitcher who has ever pitched in the 9th inning or any bullpen pitcher ever.
I am sorry, but there is NO WAY that Joe Borowski so thoroughly dominates Mariano, especially considering he doesn’t really strike people out as well as Mariano does.
Dayn is a stupid name as well.
Also remember that those stats are calculated for the whole season.. So April and May are bringing the Yankees way down.
Thats fine with me, the media can underrate the Yankees all they want.
Its dangerous to live by stats alone. You’ll find that stats lie quite often when it comes down to it.
Sherard – nice observation. that is pretty hilarious. i’m curious to see how long, if ever, it takes mr. perry to correct that
tori hunter-”"For what he has and the limitations he has with payroll, he’s done a great job. You give this guy a Yankee payroll and I promise you he will do 10 times better than any GM out there.”
espn says ryan is stepping down with the twins. if he’s interested, do the yankees go after him? cashman is not off the hot seat yet. he needs to have the yankees make the playoffs and sign rivera, posada,and arod to be in good shape.
i would consider it a strategic advantage for the yankees to have ryan competing against say epstein of the red sox with yankee money.
it’ll be interesting to hear ryan say why he is stepping down. if it’s because he’s weary of competing with smoke and mirrors at minnesota, then he might be interested in the yankee gm job.
cashman has played hardball with veteran players like bernie, rivera, and posada so i don’t feel sorry for him if the yankees play hardball with him. if they can upgrade at gm ,why not do it?
Typical Joe Borowski Save:
-enters game in 9th with 3 run lead
-strike out
-pop foul out to first baseman
-walk
-home run
-double
-infield single
-hit by pitch
-diving catch by sizemore in center to end the game
I don’t live in Minny, but does every quote that comes out of Hunter’s mouth reference the Yankee payroll? Or is it that those are the only interesting ones worth publishing?
Saucy: sounds about right!
mel – i don’t live in minnesota either, but i agree that every time i hear tori hunter speak he has $$ in his eyes and he slips the word ‘yankees’ in any way possible.
personally – i’m fine if we don’t sign him
It might have been unfair the last time Boston played in the Bronx. The Socks players got to do the many things NYC has to offer when not at the Stadium.
The Yankees only get a chance to see Dunkin’ Donuts shops in Beansville this weekend when not at the Green Sardine Can.
randyl,
I think that by virtue of leading the Yankees back to the playoffs from the brink of no-playoff-land, Cashman is coming back. The excitement generated by Joba alone gave Cash some major equity with the Steinbrenners. As long as he’s cool with the Steiny kids he’ll be around.
Seems like you don’t think highly of Cashman, but he’s getting better after the organization untied his hands. Look at all the stallions on the farm. He shouldn’t be held liable for Pavano’s failure to stay healthy. And the book has not closed on Igawa yet. He’s made mistakes, but all the gm’s have made mistakes. Ryan would be o.k. but I think a lot of fans are satisfied with Cashman. At the very least Brian’s better than Theo.
I used to love Torii but I am now convinced
DiMaggio >>> Mantle >>> Bernie >>> Melky >>> EVERYONE ELSE.
Cashman isn’t going anywhere and Ryan is staying with the Twins. He is taking a scouting position within the organization.
Take a good look at their farm system. They don’t have as much as people think.
Their position players are awful. It reminds me of the Yankees farm system of the late 90’s. There isn’t a single position player in their system that has the upside of Tabata, Jackson, Miranda or Montero.
Their pitching prospects have also dried up. They have a couple of decent prospects but, again not the depth the Yankees have in pitching prospects within their system.
Its why he lost his job. He has not done a good job keeping their farm system competitive.
NINETY-Six and Sixty-Six…..Say it with me, Rebecca !!!
nate,
Isn’t Hunter from the South? Didn’t his momma teach his that it’s low class to talk about such matters in public?
Oh…and Yankees win 11-3 tonight…!!!
Yah Cashman should be pretty firmly set in place I think..
The farm system has gotten a TON of attention this year, and most people like what they see.
Cashman gets the majority of the credit for that.
yeah, he’s from Pine Bluff, Arkansas!
Vito! 96-66!
=D!
> A win tonight and a sweep this weekend would leave the Yankees only 1.5 games out with 12 games to play.
13 games.
But I’m only thinking about tonight’s game right now. I’ve even held off pondering about the Sox too much to instead think about how young Ian is gonna do tonight. Gotta win tonight. Period.
And *then* I can enjoy riding into Boston livin’ large and feeling good against a struggling Boston team that came >this
nate,
Heyman reporting that Hunter turned down 3y/$45M! When Minny saw the deal that Ichiro got, they must’ve thought, “Oh crap”.
They’ve got to deal with Hunter & Johan and worry about fielding a team that will fill that new stadium. K-Law said today that he didn’t understand their aversion to guys who strikeout because it costs them power.
Oh, well, I still dream of the day when we can shed that largest payroll in baseball tag.
“It is very unfair. It seems like the schedule makers always try to help out the soxs anyway they can. I shocked they didnt’ schedule a day game yesterday so they would get almost 2 days off to prepare for us.”
You’re kindly ignoring the generous gift that the Schedule Fairy gave the Yankees by giving us a crap load of bad teams to play in the 2nd half.
Naive Yankee fans who feel nothing if not entitlement.
… that came *this* close to being swept by Tampa Bay.
“They’ve got to deal with Hunter & Johan and worry about fielding a team that will fill that new stadium. K-Law said today that he didn’t understand their aversion to guys who strikeout because it costs them power.”
Deal with Johan AND Hunter? Yeah right. They might keep Hunter, but Joe-Han is out of there.
SJ44,
What is Juan Miranda’s potential? Could he win a spot next year?
Lets not worry about the schedule or the Red Sox.
The Yankees know what they’ve got to do, and they’re going to go out there and do it!
“DiMaggio >>> Mantle >>> Bernie >>> Melky >>> EVERYONE ELSE.”
Melky is nowhere near that group, you know.
“SJ44,
What is Juan Miranda’s potential? Could he win a spot next year?”
Potentially, albeit unlikely. Miranda reads more like a bench bat than an everyday starter.
I’ll go one better dman.
The Sheffield and Johnson trades. Cashman comes out looking great doing those deals.
Gary Sheffield has an arthritic shoulder. He is going to be 39 and the Tigers owe him 28 million dollars.
This may be his last productive year as a player. Its awfully hard to hit HR’s with a bad shoulder.
The Yankees got rid of a pain in the butt, saved 13 million, and don’t have to deal with his injuries. In return, if Humberto Sanchez recovers from TJ Surgery, they have a stud. If he doesn’t, and neither Whelan nor Claggett distinguish themselves, he still comes out of it smelling like a rose due to Sheffield’s physical state. Can’t lose either way in that deal.
With Johnson, he traded a guy who wanted no part of NY, and only would go to AZ, and got 4 useful players in return.
He had no bargaining position and still improved the team in the Johnson deal.
He not only ridded himself of 16 million but, Johnson fell apart physically. That alone makes the deal look great.
When you add to it Vizcaino, who has done the job this year, Ohlendorf, a young power arm that looks made for the 2008 bullpen, Gonzalez, a 23 yr old SS who looks like he could have a nice future and Steven Jackson, another good, young arm, the Johnson trade looks great.
When you get rid of almost 30 million dollars worth of old talent, and infuse the organization with younger players with upside, that’s the job description of doing the job as a GM.
3 hours until game time and they’re coming out of the woodwork already. Should be kind of busy today with no Boston game.
BTW, we’re just having fun. We’re not really mad or indignant. The only thing that really gets us is that umps blatantly blow calls against us and give other teams free rein to hit our players with no consequences. But it’s no big deal. They’re the Yankees, right?
And don’t talk to us about crying, go see your first baseman. “101 Ways to Cry About a Call” coming out on DVD soon.
Mirandas real young though isn’t he? He has some room to grow I thought..
“Its why he lost his job. He has not done a good job keeping their farm system competitive.”
Okay, we’ll ignore Garza, Liriano, Baker, Mauer, Morneau, Perkins, and Neshek, because, you know, those guys suck.
I don’t know why he lost his job. However, I do know that signing luminaries like Ponson and Ortiz would be a good enough reason for me to can him.
Doreen -
In reality, Kennedy is Sicilian and had his name changed from Ianello Pasquale Chiadendicci. He hangs out in Bensonhurst.
Miranda lead all minor leaguers in the organization in RBI this year with 96. He showed good power and a better glove than advertised.
I think its awfully early to call him “just a bench player”.
Could he win a job next year? Doubtful. However, if he is hitting in AAA by mid-season, and their first base situation is up in the air, he will get every opportunity to be in the Bronx.
He’s a typical Yankee hitter. Sees a lot of pitches and can use the whole field.
Considering this is the first year in the last two years he played this much baseball, he is definitely a guy to watch for the future. He had a very good first season in the Yankee organization.
“Mirandas real young though isn’t he? He has some room to grow I thought..”
Yes, but he reads like a TTO guy (meaning, he’ll only K, BB, or Homer) with very limited defense.
I’m not in love with him.
Oh, goody!
3 hours until game time and they’re coming out of the woodwork already. Should be kind of busy today with no Boston game.
BTW, we’re just having fun. We’re not really mad or indignant. The only thing that really gets us is that umps blatantly blow calls against us and give other teams free rein to hit our players with no consequences. But it’s no big deal. They’re the Yankees, right?
And don’t talk to us about crying, go see your first baseman. “101 Ways to Cry About a Call” coming out on DVD soon.
even with the season that hunter is having, i hope that cashman stays away from him. here are my reasons:
1- he’ll be 33 next summer, and i’m sick of how we sign players who slowly break down (especially in a demanding position like center). see: johnny damon, gary sheffield
2- mel, like you i would like to see us shed the tag of ‘highest payroll in baseball’ (although, i don’t see that happening anytime soon)
3- i am really happy with the job that melky has done in center and i don’t see hunter as an upgrade given his age
4- i’m sick of paying for players for past performance
i would have easily been ok with ichiro, but hunter is no ichiro, he’s not playing into his 40s like a lot of scouts say for ichiro
nate c,
Add to that the possibility of Austin Jackson of being in the mix.
The last 3 years, their farm system has gone downhill in a big way.
Like I said, they have a couple of pitching prospects, Perkins and Garza among them. Their position players aren’t good and their last 4 drafts have not yielded solid results.
His earlier drafts, which Morneau and Mauer were a part of, were terrific. The last 3-4 years haven’t been good.
If they had a farm system ready to replenish the team after Hunter and Castillo (who was traded) he would have never lost his job.
But, that’s not the case and that’s why they made the change.
“Miranda lead all minor leaguers in the organization in RBI this year with 96. He showed good power and a better glove than advertised.”
Come on, you don’t really worry about RBI totals, do you?
“I think its awfully early to call him “just a bench playerâ€?.
Could he win a job next year? Doubtful. However, if he is hitting in AAA by mid-season, and their first base situation is up in the air, he will get every opportunity to be in the Bronx.”
Where’s that power? He slugged .480 as a 24 year old at AA. I’m not seeing anything too spell-binding there.
“Considering this is the first year in the last two years he played this much baseball, he is definitely a guy to watch for the future. He had a very good first season in the Yankee organization.”
If that is true, then what happened? Starting from Square one at age 22 or 23 is not a good developmental sign.
Adk–Melky’s not there yet, but this is what, his second year?
There’s no saying what might happen
“Its why he lost his job. He has not done a good job keeping their farm system competitive.”
whoa there. who says he lost his job? has anyone said why ryan’s’s stepping down yet? that’s a joke he hasn’t kept their farm system competitive. the twins have sent a ridiculous number of players to the major leagues in the past few years including this one.
i don’t know too much about austin jackson – other than the fact that he can’t legally buy alcohol yet.
“The last 3 years, their farm system has gone downhill in a big way.
Like I said, they have a couple of pitching prospects, Perkins and Garza among them. Their position players aren’t good and their last 4 drafts have not yielded solid results.
His earlier drafts, which Morneau and Mauer were a part of, were terrific. The last 3-4 years haven’t been good.
If they had a farm system ready to replenish the team after Hunter and Castillo (who was traded) he would have never lost his job.
But, that’s not the case and that’s why they made the change.
You have no way of knowing why the Twins removed Ryan. Trust me, you don’t. I don’t care what they’re stupid press releases said. It’s fodder.
Also, Luis Castillo is not a good player. If he lost his job because he couldn’t replace him, then that’s sad.
Also, your comment on the drafts. You do realize that the big-spending teams and the low drafting teams win, right? Meaning, picks 1-10 and then 20-30 typically get the best players, based upon sign ability and the natural ebb and flow of the draft. The Twins are poor and usually have an above .500 record. That KILLS their draft position.
im pretty sure tampa bay is just on beantown payroll. i mean cmon. If they didnt give the Red Sox those last 2 wins (and assuming the Yankees win tonight), the Yankees would only be 2.5 back. I know you all can do the math. That of course would mean a chance to have the LEAD in the division after this weekend…hard to believe we were once 14.5 back. Anyway, thats baseball i guess. anything can happen.
enough rambling—lets go IPK.
Miranda didn’t play baseball for two years because he was banned by the Cuban Government from playing because of their fear of his defection.
Some of that time was spent in a Cuban jail. The rest of the time, he was prohibited from practicing or playing baseball in Cuba.
You can’t just look at numbers. You have to look at where he was playing and take into consideration it was his first year of playing competitive baseball in two years.
Hitting HR’s is very tough in the FSL because of the size of the ballparks and the fact that most games are played at night, with heavy humidity. That means, the ball doesn’t travel well. Add to it, its a pitchers league so, his numbers for half a season of play in the FSL are impressive.
Cameron Maybin only hit 10-12 HR’s in A ball and if you talk to any scout, they will tell you he has great power potential.
Miranda hit well when he was first called up to Trenton and the RBI are something to look at because many of them came in later innings of games.
The guy had a very solid first year in the system, considering he hasn’t played competitive baseball for over two years.
When you consider the time he had off, plus competing against better players, its difficult to find fault with his season.
Randy,
There have been rumors about Ryan’s future in Minnesota the last few months.
Their last few drafts haven’t been good. Nick Punto at third? Casilla at second? No SS? No power throughout the organization.
Like I said, his early drafts were excellent. He hasn’t gotten the job done the last 3-4 drafts and that’s what has hurt him.
His main area of expertise is scouting, not running an entire organization. It seems, Carl Pohlad is putting him in a situation to maximize his talents.
Juan Miranda couldn’t hit lefty pitching if he tried.
I lived in NY before moving out to Minneapolis a couple of years ago. I had no idea the level of disdain all other fans have for the Yankees. I guess when you are subjected to the fairly insular NY sports market for so long, you can get fairly oblivious to how other teams view the Yankees.
For example, I was at all 3 of the Yanks-Twins games at the Metrodump earlier this season. NY won the first two games by a score of 8-2 and 10-1. In the third game, when Farnsworthless blew it in the 8th inning, the crowd went nuts as if they had just won the WS. They started mocking the Yankee fans in attendance, almost oblivious the the whipping they’d taken the two nights previously.
I guess a long(ish) story short, we need to realize that 90% of baseball fans in this country love to beat the Yankees, and when they’re not playing us, don’t want to see them win. It’s just another baseball tradition – if you’re not a Yankee fan, you hate them. In recent years, the whole payroll thing has just added fuel to the fire.
I’m not saying this to whine or complain, but this kind of needs to be taken into account when we don’t get the decision on a close play. Imagine: You’re brought up as a Yankee fan and end up as an umpire. It’s the 9th inning at Fenway and Boston is winning 4-1. A play like last night’s happens, where it’s borderline. Are you saying you’d make the decision in Boston’s favor, especially when you’d have a union to back you up no matter what?
I think we all just need to realize that decisions going against us is part and parcel of being the most popular and most successful franchise in sports.
Pete,
Just announced – Belichick was named the new host for the revised “Candid Camera” show…
“We thought it would be funny if we put a camera on the Jets defense coach…. whatch the wacky things that he does when he thinks no one is watching!”
Juan Miranda Stats
2007 Season
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
TAM FSL .264 67 250 35 66 17 3 9 50 116 29 60 1 0 .348 .464 .812
TRE EAS .265 55 196 29 52 17 2 7 46 94 23 46 0 1 .352 .480 .832
Minors .265 122 446 64 118 34 5 16 96 210 52 106 1 1 .350 .471 .821
sj44-
glenn perkins, matt garza, scott baker, pat neshak, and kevin slowey seem like a good core of young pitchers that any team including the yankees would love to have. i don’t see how anyone could interpret this stable of young pitchers as anything but a huge success. so far it looks like they have had as much if not more more success than the yankees’ young pitchers. garza is doing better than hughes that’s for sure.
i’m talking off the top of my head and maybe you have stats that say otherwise, but those starters plus neshak’s late inning relieving looks as strong as anyone’s young pitchers.
i’m not even bringing in bonser and liriano because they came from other organizations.
the twins pitching looks solid to me for next year because of the young guys ryan has there or coming up.
so, i wonder what mel hall is up to?
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I got one of those Joba shirts, they are tight.
I used jobacard as a coupon code, worked, $2.50 off.
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Looking forward to Baltimore at home so I can wear it!
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Isn’t Singer a homer? If so, then this doesn’t hold much weight. Still nice, though.
You all sound so much like the Sox fans of old, it’s Hilarious…. Reading this garbage has become my new time-killing hobby at work…. Thank you and keep it up!!! Good luck this weekend… You guys might wanna bring that squirrel to Fenway, it might be your best shot, and he’d be your best pitching option on Sunday!!
*Line-up News*
Torre says Jorge gets a day off today, as he will catch all three games against Boston.
Jorge has caught 131 of this season’s 145 games.
You guys might wanna bring that squirrel to Fenway, it might be your best shot, and he’d be your best pitching option on Sunday!!
Wait, so your old man Schilling is prolly not throwing against or old man, and if its not Schilling, its Wakefield? How did he do against Tampa’s bats the other night?
And dont compare tampas pen and say “you won the game” we talking about your old arms up there. Funny, only beef you have is with our “old” arm in Clemens – that genius Duquette let him go and he went on to win 3 more Cy Youngs.
Bo Sox Brahhh, you should split while ya can.
You all sound so much like the Sox fans of old, it’s Hilarious…. Reading this garbage has become my new time-killing hobby at work…. Thank you and keep it up!!! Good luck this weekend… You guys might wanna bring that squirrel to Fenway, it might be your best shot, and he’d be your best pitching option on Sunday!!
Interesting move. But didn’t Molina catch Kennedy his first start?
Shouldn’t be any problems there.
Randy,
I don’t know if Garza is doing better than Hughes. He’s been healthy all season and is 3-5 with a 3.71 ERA.
He was sent down earlier in the year and has been up and down.
Its also his second season in the majors. This is only Hughes’ first year in the majors.
Bonser has not been good this year. 7-12, 4.91 ERA.
Like I said earlier, they have a few good pitching prospects but, that’s it.
Their position players in the system aren’t good. Mauer and Morneau were guys that were drafted 6-7 years ago.
The newer wave of Twins position prospects have not been good at all.
If you look at the two organizations top pitching prospects, you have Garza, Perkins and Slowey for the Twins vs. Hughes, Chamberlain and Kennedy for the Yankees.
You gotta give the Yankees the edge there. Considering the fact the Yankees (up until the last couple of years) haven’t been developing players from within, that’s pretty impressive.
Americo –
Ah! I thought so!
J Damon LF
D Jeter SS
B Abreu RF
A Rodriguez 3B
H Matsui DH
R Cano 2B
M Cabrera CF
W Betemit 1B
J Molina C
( that was 2nite’s lineup )
According to Torre on the FAN:
Farnsworth was unavailable last night and isn’t available tonight. Dealing with a “neck issue”.
Vizcaino is available tonight.
No Joba or Edwar tonight.
Between Posada’s stiff neck the last time they were in Toronto, Vizcaino’s back and Farnsworth’s neck, the Yankees may have to look into staying in another hotel after this season.
I can’t remember the last time so many guys have turned up lame sleeping in hotels on the road.
Looks like they’re resting Giambi for the series at Fenway too.
Vito, is the space between A-Rod and Matsui for Toronto’s first inning pitching change?
The Yankees changed hotels for this current series after Posada’s issue from last time. Apparently it didn’t work. Although Farnsworth’s back acts up every 6 weeks or so like clockwork regardless of the mattress.
saucy
September 13th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Vito, is the space between A-Rod and Matsui for Toronto’s first inning pitching change?
You got it !!!
exactly saucy – the good news is I don’t have to sit at my desk with Gameday up but instead I can go home and watch 9 innings in peace!
And Bo Sox – glad we’re here to entertain you. FYI – I’ll take the squirrel over anyone on the Sox staff (excluding Papelbon) anyday.
Are Beckett and Dice-K ready for their monthly Yankee-beat down? Hope so!
“Vito, is the space between A-Rod and Matsui for Toronto’s first inning pitching change?”
Haha, Clearly.
saucy – clever, i liked that
Considering the Yanks have all but sewn up at least the wildcard cuz Detroit would have to go a not-happening 13-4 just to tie with the Yanks if the Yanks played just pedestrian 9-8 ball the rest of the way and reading Peter’s blog entry about his mom talking about Jeter, it got me to thinking: What will the Yanks do about Jeter at SS after next year?
He’s 33 and already bad now -he won the last three Gold Gloves at SS by mere attrition i.e. Omar Vizquel left the A.L. for S.F. and A-Rod became the Yanks 3B because Jeter wasn’t moving there from SS.
They should move Jeter to LF and Matsui to DH after next year (Giambi let go for Mark Texiera at 1B in ‘09).
The problem is who’s at SS in ‘09? A-Rod would be too old ot play there. Moving Cano there would be risky -why fix what ain’t broke (him doing a decent job at 2B with room to improve)? Edgar Renteria and Orlando Cabrera are the only notable free agent shortstops after ‘08. Renteria is having a solid 2007 but what will he be like in 2009 let alone ‘08 to warrant signing him? Ditto for Orlando Cabrera who is a nice player but like Renteria, old for the position come ‘09 (mid-30s) thus probably won’t be as good with the glove then as he is now, and has little power. Also you think either is taking just a one-year deal? ‘Doubt that, so forget them. Even if they were as good as they are then, what if they tank 2010 on? Too risky.
How good is Alberto Gonzalez? Good enough to take over SS from Jeter and bat ninth in ‘09? He’d be 25 then.
sj44-
scott baker is only 25 and is 9-7 with a 4.17 era with the twins in 21 starts. the twins look pretty loaded with young pitching to me. not that the yankees aren’t. the yankees also have the advantage of of paying a lot for their draft picks too. ryan doesn’t get that advantage.
4 central division titles in 6 years on an under 75 million dollar payroll says ryan is at the top of the list of quality gms. from the news reports i’ve just read i don’t think ryan was fired. it looks like he really did choose to step down.
my original point was that if he was interested in the yankee job ,it would be something worth looking at from the yankees point of view. if he really is strongest, as you say at evaluating talent, what about paying him a gms salary to do that for the yankees. if cashman is strong on the administrative end and ryan is so good on the developmental end , that’d make a pretty strong team.
that’s my two cents worth on ryans surprising resignation. i’m actually more interested ( and that’s an understatement) in the yankees winning tonight and going into boston 4 1/2 back.
the yankees have been such an erratic team that a 4 game lead on the tigers doesn’t feel that safe. they need to keep taking series. if they do that they’ll get the wild card at the least.
Re:Jeter-
Jete’s got a lock on SS for a while to come. I’m sure he’ll be moved eventually, but I can’t see it happening any time soon, unless he becomes incapable of playing the position.
The fact is, he’s Jeter, and he is still getting Gold Gloves, so there’s not really much motivation for the organization to push the matter. I think, until he basically volunteers, he’s staying there.
Here’s another dilemma: Say A-rod stays with the Yanks through 2013 (my guess is either a 3-year extension or new 6-year contract, I know the Yanks want the latter so they keep their discount from Texas paying part of his salary through 2010), do the Yanks go after 3B Miguel Cabrera when he becomes a free agent after 2009?
If the Yanks got Cabrera to take over 3B in ‘10 but signed Texiera for 1B, moved Jeter to LF, and moved Matsui to DH in ‘09, where does A-Rod play? I’d think he’d be too young to be the DH in ‘10. I’m guessing Texiera would move to DH to make room for A-Rod at 1B in ‘10 (Matsui let go after ‘09), unless Matsui has such a good ‘09 at DH, you keep him there for another year or two and have A-Rod go to RF, but would A-Rod have the speed to play the OF then? He’d be 35. Nice problems to have but it’s gonna be interesting. Bottom line is A-Rod and Jeter will ultimately have to move from their current positions and find new ones.
A-ROD will never play the outfield. He cant catch flyballs. If I would have to quess, he would rotate from 1st to d.h.
KurticusMaximus
Oh no doubt Jeter’s the SS next year, but 2009? Does he strike you as the kind of guy who wants to be less than solid at his position? He doesn’t strike me as being that. He comes off like a very prideful guy. My guess is he remains at SS in ‘09 for the simple fact that the only best free agent options after him, Renteria and Cabrera, will be too old to consider as replacements, and the Yanks will have to accept o.k. defense from Jeter. I will say I just can’t see him at SS in 2010 though.
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