Dividing up the playoff money
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 27, 2007 
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I received a few e-mails asking about the Yankees voting on playoff shares.
It’s pretty simple. Via the collective bargaining agreement, Major League Baseball kicks back a portion of its postseason revenue to the players. Every team in the playoffs gets a percentage with the most going to the World Series champion.
For the Cardinals last season, a full share was worth $362,173.
It’s up to each team to determine how that money is divided up. Basically, any player who was on the roster all season (or on the disabled list) receives a full share. This is good news for Carl Pavano and Humberto Sanchez.
Those players who were on the roster all season decide how much everybody else gets.
In essence, portions of shares are awarded based on service time on the 25-man roster. All told, the Yankees have used 49 players this season and all will get something whether they are still with the organization or not.
The players also give out partial shares to the manager, coaches and assorted staff members. This is a huge list of people. I’m probably forgetting some people, but the crew for the Yankees incudes:
Two trainers
Strength coach
Three BP pitchers
One massage therapist
Two interpreters
One clubhouse manager
Assorted clubhouse attendants
The traveling secretary
The media relations director
You can tell a lot about a team by how generous they are to the people behind the scenes The Yankees are usually a fairly charitable bunch. Then again, they can afford to be.
Pete Franklin of WWWE in Cleveland called one of the 1970s Yankee teams (probably 1976, maybe 1977) cheapskates for giving the ballboys $100. I think they refused to take the money, said they were insulted.
I think it was the Roger Angell book on David Cone where after 1999 Cone and Chili Davis insisted they divide a share among the minor league managers and coaches. Those guys were thrilled to get a Christmas bonus of $25,000. Here’s hoping Carl Pavano does something good with his share.
Enjoy the moment, Heroes.
Yes, you – THE HEROES. Jaba and ARod play the game, but it’s you who fill up ‘da House every nite and pay $10 bucks for waterdown beer.
Yes, WE ARE the Empire
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Take a sec. and soak-in your Empire
Bronx Bubbly
Jump into the shower, and celebrate with Kim Jones and The Boys
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With a BIG Yankee SHOUTOUT to Jen, Andrea, and LAS for showing team-spirit and sending in with their photo finds.
Question: Does the team get 25 shares? Or approximately $9 Million if it wins the championship to split as many ways as it wants?
Check put THIS pix and say no more!
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I guess the beat writers dont get a cut.
Dr. Acula -
Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. They’re all awesome!
I just keep getting misty-eyed, thinking about some of the post-game interviews last night. Mientkiewicz and Mariano especially. For those of you who don’t think the Yankees should celebrate a wild card spot, Mo said it best, referring to the kids, you have to celebrate, because you never know if it’s going to happen again. And Derek Jeter, yet again, reminding us that it is NOT as easy as it looks. Minky letting people know how hard these players have worked, as he said, with injuries no one will ever hear about. And to a man, the absolute admiration for their manager, who kept it together during a season where it could have all evaporated.
Anyway, it was enthralling to watch the kids spraying the champagne and beer, drinking some, but mostly just having the time of their lives. Loved the “energy” chant!
Once the playoffs begin, I hope we can all continue to hold this special moment close, because anything can (and usually does) happen in those short series. But this Yankee team is special, and I think they’ve reminded themselves and all of us just how incredible it is to win, year after year. Let’s not take this for granted.
Also, I don’t want to get too melodramatic, but I believe we have all had the good fortune to witness the birth of a TEAM.
And, it’s days like today that I wish I had the NY Daily News to savor. Online is not the same as turning the pages, over and over again!
The beat writers ought to get a share, too. At least enough to buy new laptops!
While A-Rod’s comments are music to my ears, a song comes to mind, one written by Carole King — “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” “Or will my heart be broken when the night meets the morning sun?”
Doreen – I was right there with you getting misty eyed. Seeing Cano’s smile a mile wide as he was getting ready to catch the final out last night, watching Mussina (yes, MUSSINA) jump on Shelley Duncan’s back, and just watching the sheer emotion in the eyes and voices of the veterans. What an amazing second half of the season – I feel privileged to have watched this. I hope that they keep this EN-ER-GY into the playoffs and don’t let all of the good karma fizzle away!
Thanks Pete for the excellent coverage. (If I had a vote, I’d give you a share too!)
isnt george canstanza the traveling secretary ?
Wow what a celebration!! Mike Mussina was getting into it too. On the field Mike jumped on Shelleys back than ran away!! LOL
I was getting teary eyed watching the guys celebration. Doug was espically thankful to Joe and the organization. I espically liked reading Alex’s quote, I hope it is geniune!, If it is we don’t have to worry about who is playing third next year.
I am listening to wfan, now I realize that it is the mets home station, but so far there has been about 30 seconds of Yankee talk, otherwise it is just them ‘itching and moaning about the Mets. Oh how I would love for the Phillies to take over first, and the Padres to win the wild card. How sweet would that be. Espically after everyone buried the Yankees in May and said the Mets took over NY.
I wonder if Mike Lupica still thinks its now a “Mets Town”?
I agree with Doreen. I am really glad the players loosened up and celebrated like they did. They deserve it.
I was at the game last night and I can tell you, if you think the locker room celebration was wild, the off site celebration didn’t take a back seat to it.
It will be interesting to see tonights lineup! lol Should be a good night for PT for the callups.
As far as Arod is concerned, its simple. I hope, for the first time in his life (from a baseball standpoint) he does what HE wants to do instead of what Scott tells him to do. If he does, he stays in NY because he really likes it and has gotten very close to a lot of the guys on the team. Unlike other years when he was really on his own island.
He’s old enough and mature enough now to make his own baseball decisions. I hope he keeps that in mind as the process unfolds.
He will really minimize his career if he leaves the Yankees. He should talk to Reggie Jackson about it. Reggie will tell him, the biggest mistake he made in his career was not coming to NY. It was leaving.
I agree SJ, I hope Alex puts his foot down and tells Scott that I’m just going for more money, I am staying where I am comfortable. It is clear he has finally let his hair down so to speak.
And I think more bubbly ended up on the floor than in anyone’s stomach.
And Thanks Dr. A – great pics all around!
SJ44,
How does it feel to be proven wrong by this team time and again this year?
Or do you still want them to trade Cano and “rebuild”???
The quitters bunch sure has a short memory.
Nate -
Just cut it out, for crying out loud. This is not a contest and puhl-eeze, for the love of pete, isn’t one of the purposes of this blog to be able to vent some of those feelings of despair that come upon us during a losing streak?!!!!!
Because I’m sure, Nate, you’ve never had a single moment’s doubt this year because you are Mr. Perfect Yankee fan.
And in case you haven’t bothered to notice, the Yankees have, in fact, rebuilt their team. They are nothing like the team that took the field in April.
It actually feels good to be proven wrong Nate. That’s what’s so great about having opinions. Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong. But, it won’t stop me from having them.
Thanks for asking.
I got this off the nydailynews blog
* also saw one of the most bizarre things ever, as Kyle Farnsworth’s five-year-old son, Stone, walked around with a can of Budweiser while several players bent down so he could pour some beer on their heads.
very bizarre!!
For those looking for video of the celebration, it is up online at yesnetwork. Check it out, and make sure to see the interview with Doug.
Actually, given that it appears the Yankees are treating the division as gone and will rest players, this could be a good day to run a “guess the lineup for tonight” contest. My guess:
Damon LF
Sardinha CF
Abreu RF
ARod 3B
Giambi DH
Duncan 1B
Betemit 2B
Molina C
Gonzalez SS
I’m assuming Abreu plays until he gets the 100th rbi and that two of the Jeter/Cano/ARod trio will be off every game.
I’m also assuming Sardinha can play CF, which is a big assumption on my part, since I have no clue as to whether he can or not.
See listening to Wfan can lead to good things, I just won tickets to see Bon Jovi!!
Yankees Clinch
Mets lose
Phillies win
I win Bon Jovi tickets!!
I read that Duncan is playing rf, so you need to adjust your lineup.
Otherwise it looks about right.
Yah I think I saw that Duncan will be in right too.
Wow was last night exciting!
Congrats Jennifer – a great day all around!
Thanks Jennifer – As a dedicated message board reader and sometimes participant I try to do things without gathering any information that might cloud my ability to make statements without any basis in fact, but, since you have told me Shelly is in right, lets revise:
Damon LF
Sardinha CF
Giambi DH
ARod 3B
Duncan RF
Mientkiewicz 1B
Betemit 2B
Molina C
Gonzalez SS
Billy-
Yah that looks like a pretty good guess… Althoguh I dont know about Giambi. I picture him as having been out partying all night
It would be nice to see Betemit start and get a few more at-bats. I’m still convinced that he can really help us, it’s just hard to make much of an impact when you only step up to the plate twice a week.
I always knew that this team would turn it around during the rough stretch, but I did have a slight bit of doubt after we went through so many injuries and had the rough stretch from April to June. And I was a fan during the late ’80s and early ’90s. Not exactly a golden age for the Yankees. If you didn’t have even the tiniest, slightest bit of doubt, then you’re either one in a million or you could be lying to yourself just a bit.
There are lots of guys who need days off and deserve them. Alex i’m sure can use one too, I think we should use some of the scrubs out of the pen to play the field. You think Bruney can play first?
Jennifer- Bruney in right field, Britton in center!!
Jennifer-
Yah first would be the only place Id put Bruney..
Imagine him at shortstop or third base? I mean he can’t throw a strike to home plate, hows he going to throw a strike over to first?
Jennifer – Congrats on the Bon Jovi tickets. I remember going to see them in the 80s.
Have fun!! Gotta love Jon Bon!
Jennifer
Where on Yesnetwork.com is the Minky interview? I can’t find it. I heard part last night and would love to hear the rest
I can’t find the Minky interview either. I found the vids at http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/index.jsp, but don’t see anything with Minky!
Would love to see it!
Thanks, Dr. Acula for the great pictures!!!!
GO YANKEES!!!
Chris In Fairfield-
Costanza is the Assistant to the Traveling Secretary.
Check on postgame plus, i’m not sure if they posted it. But i’d check youtube, i’m sure someone will post it.
Forgive me if this seems like an odd question, but since there are only two interpreters at this point, are Matsui and Kei Igawa the only two players who use an interpreter now? I know that Wang’s English is much better and that Robbie has helped Melky a great deal with his English. I guess that would just leave Igawa and Matsui unless I am missing someone.
J-Dawg I believe you are correct.
Jennifer- If I am correct it would be one of the first times this year!
Doreen,
I expect that from you since you are from the Quitters bunch too.
If you have opinions you better be able to handle the heat that you will get when you are 100% wrong. Like SJ44 has been all year.
The Mets collapse here is historic.
Them losing to two terrible teams, Nats and marlins, makes it even worse for them.
It’s not like they are playing good teams who even have something to play for.
The Yankees stay at the Vinoy Resort in St. Pete when visiting here. The hottest breakfast item this morning is Alka Seltzer…..
GO YANKEES !!!!!!!!!
Nate,
I just don’t get how having doubts makes a person a quitter. I think having doubts and yet sticking around is a very strong mark of character. And you know what, if the Yankees go on to win the World Series, I will be exceedingly happy to have had my doubts quashed. To all those like yourself, who are obviously bleed a bluer Yankee blue, well, congratulations – you will be able to utter some of the most empty word in the English language: “I told you so.”
SJ44, I have never called you out this year besides when I argued with you and Peter that bringing up Phil Hughes early this year was the right thing to do. The subsequent injury muddied that argument, but I’m not here to rehash that.
The only thing I want to call you out on is your statements that A Rod absolutely would opt out after this year. It sounds like you are backtracking on that, that’s fine. I have to say though, maybe I’m naive, but when you said you had a long relationship with A Rod, I believed you. So when you said he would opt out, it sounded like inside info. Anyway I am glad that is not a definite anymore.
I would love to see A Rod to finish his career here, break the HR record as a Yankee, get a plaque in Monument park and go into the HoF as a Yankee.
Oh one more A Rod point, do you realize that he is the 7th most tenured Yankee?
Most consecutive Yankee service time:
Mariano
Jeter
Posada
Mussina
Giambi
Matsui
A Rod
Cheers, SJ44
I’ve enjoyed your comments thus far.
so ahh…. what do we do now??
4 more games.. a lot of resting up for the playoffs
however we probably have to watch edwar, bruney and company come out of the pen.
At least Joba will more then likely pitch today in the back-to-back games experiment.
I love how the fans who quit and gave up on this team now play the “i have opinions” card.
Face facts. You gave up on the Yankees. The Yankees!
Like they didnt have a history of coming back and righting the ship???
You should feel ashamed and apologize before you try to make excuses for yourselves as quitters.
Doreen,
You and the rest of the Quitters didn’t have doubts. You gave up and said this team was done. That isn’t doubt. You gave up doubt when you called the season back in May. That was pretty firm.
I’m glad you and SJ44 are hopping back on the bandwagon. We could always use more bandwagon fans.
I should get a share for never giving up on this team of champions.
11 more wins starting after Sunday.
11.
Nate – As was discussed on these comments back in the middle of the struggle, there is a big difference between being a “quitter” and being a “realist.” Even ARod acknowledged that there was a time when they did not think they’d be able to make it all the way back to be able to make the playoffs. And yes, I’m sure you can find some of my comments — and some emails with my own daughter — bemoaning the Yankees season and acknowledging that this may not be our year. When we are 14 1/2 games out, it is not unreasonable to be thinking that way.
But, that doesn’t mean I didn’t cheer on the team every single game hoping that maybe they COULD make it all the way back. And lo and behold, they did just that. I couldn’t be happier.
Again it is possible to be a fan yet also recognize potential weak spots or problems.
I see no benefit to pointing fingers at each other now and worrying about who was in which camp back in May and June. Let’s come together and appreciate the joy of making the playoffs for the 14th straight season.
It will be interesting to see how some of the other pitchers respond in the next few days. We’ll see if Ramirez, Veras, dare I say Bruney can respond and pitch their way onto the postseason roster. Bruney has two chances- slim and none, and slim is probably gone for the winter!
P.S. I didn’t give up in May. I didn’t even start posting on here until July.
This “you gave up on the team” stuff is nonsense. Thinking that something will happen and hoping it will happen are two different things. People do not buy lottery tickets because they think they are likely to win millions of dollars. They buy them because they hope they will win millions of dollars.
I, like some others doubted the Yankees would pull it off this year but kept hoping the would. Honestly, I am glad I was wrong. In order to be a Devil Rays fan does someone have to go around actually believing it is likely they will win the world series? Or just hope that they win every game?
Lori- Well said!
Let me first say that I love this team. LOVE them. But, Dr. Acula, and several others among you, are way out of line with the “heroes” nonsense, all the “We did it” garbage, and the like. These are multimillionaires and future multimillionaires. They do not play for fun, and you are not part of it. The melodrama you folks have applied to it makes it more like a soap opera than a sport. I also know that you’re all going to say that I shouldn’t come here, but I don’t come here for you, I come here for Pete’s insights, which admirably remain professional and thoughtful, unlike those of you who were listing those you’d like to thank, and including squirrels last night. Cheesy and childish. The few of you who do consider the game analytically, I apologize; I’m sure many of these commenters have your eyes rolling also, and I just had to say something.
You know what Nate — I NEVER EVER said the Yankees were done. EVER. So, that tells me you haven’t been reading here for the entire season, and the only thing you want to do is haggle people. I know I should ignore you and others like you, but I can’t for the life of me figure out why some people can’t feel good unless they’re making other people feel bad.
As far as I know, discussing options for improving a team that by ITS OWN ADMISSION WAS PLAYING BADLY in the beginning of year, does not mean that they do not want the team to win. Quite the contrary, actually.
I do not post during games. I am lucky enough to get the YES Network and I watch the games with my husband. I post after the game, and mostly the next morning. If you told my husband I was a bandwagon fan, he’d laugh you from here to tomorrow.
For some reason, I thought opinions and open discussion was something that I had a right to participate in. I actually enjoy the difference of opinions here, at least the ones that are intelligently stated.
Enjoy your post season and your empty self-righteousness. I will try to restrain myself from replying to the baiting from you and those like you who just need to rain on everyone’s parade.
The fans who quit know who they are. They know in their own heads that they quit on a team back in May when it wasn’t playing good ball. They didn’t have the stones to back their team like a real fan.
Real fans back their boys until they are mathematically out of it. Some people here aren’t real fans.
And don’t come back at me with you were being objective crap. You aren’t sports writers. You are biased fans.
People can have opinions. Just what when they are wrong they deserve to be taken to the cleaners. If you cannot handle that you shouldn’t be posting your opinions.
There is a huge difference between being a realist and being a quitter. A realist would have realized it was May, this team had talent, this team had a history and showed a little patience.
Most of the quitters here weren’t realists. They were flat out quitters.
Why do you keep defending them, Doreen, if you weren’t one of them?
Real fans back their boys until they are mathematically out of it. Some people here aren’t real fans.
What does this mean? Real fans hope their team will win or think their team will win?
Remember this poll?
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/200.....fs-or-not/
I couldn’t find the poll results, but IIRC it was about 70-30 against. Looks like the hot topic for comment discussion was whether or not to pick up Shea Hillenbrand. One of the first comments was from “TigersFan”, about how the Yankees have to play .680 ball for the rest of the year to make the playoffs. I guess that’s about what they did!
Hey CK,
Why DO you come here if you really believe that?
There are better things to do in life if you are so cynical and can’t get over it and have fun.
Jeff,
I still think he opts out. But, a decision he and Boras have to make. I never discuss that stuff with them. Its none of my business.
The only way he doesn’t opt out, IMO, is if he tells Boras not to do it. At this point, I don’t see why they would lessen their leverage.
If he opts out, I also don’t buy the Yankees party line they won’t negotiate with him if he opts out. I believe the Yankees will negotiate with him, despite their public stances.
Let’s be honest, the Yankees know they have had Arod for a “bargain price” the last 4 years because of the Texas subsidy. They also know (as does Boras), the new Yankee Stadium will bring $100 million more dollars in annual revenue to the Yankees bottom line.
At this point, its a high stakes game of chicken to see who blinks first.
Hey, guys. A little late to the party, but I read through the posts from last night and felt all the good vibes.
First of all congratulations to all involved. Steinbrenner for being the best owner, Cashman for having the conviction to do things on his terms, Torre for being such a rock, and the players for taking care of business.
Also want to say thanks to all here. It’s been a wild ride watching the team go through its highs and lows with you guys. Thanks to all the experts, glooms, optimistics, squirrel lovers, and photo-historians. You know who you are.
Oh, yeah, thanks to Pete Abe, too. I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels that this site is the best for the latest updates. Your gut instincts and in-game predictions are also, at times, amazingly accurate. Thanks for giving us access to the clubhouse.
O.K. enough of that. The real season’s about to begin. Are you guys ready?
To borrow a quote from a really bad song, “We’ve only just begun!”
Long live the Evil Empire.
I do not understand the mud slinging going on here today. We should be happy that our team made the playoffs yet again. And made it after the media left them for dead.
Bronx,
Real fans don’t give up on their team. How hard is that to comprehend?
Even if you don’t believe they will win anything you don’t give up on them after 60 games.
Jeff NJ-
A-Rod is the 7th most tenured Yankee? Are you serious?? What kind of point is that to make?
As someone who voted yes on that poll I can walk with my head held high.
This team was too good to play bad baseball for that long.
You just needed a little faith.
Stop answering Nate’s posts…you are just prolonging it.
Even if you don’t believe they will win anything you don’t give up on them after 60 games.
So is it ok to say that you don’t believe will win anything and still hope they do win?
If the Yankees face the Indians in the playoffs, it will be their first playoff encounter since the ’98 ALCS. That’s really a long time once you think about this. There are four Yankees on the roster who took part in that series- Jeter, Mo, Pettitte, and Posada. There may only be one Indian left from that series- Kenny Lofton, and I’m unsure about him, because he may have been a Brave at that point. Many things have certainly changed since then.
The Doom and Gloomers made this comments section unreadable for those early months. They all have egg on their faces today which is nice.
This is funny:
Tim
June 28th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
No way in hades do the Yankees make the playoffs, in fact it will be a real struggle to finish above 4th place in the American League East. I have been a die hard fan for over years and usually can’t wait to get home to watch a game or read the boxscore, but this is the first time since the 80’s that I have totally given up on this team. I would rather watch paint dry than watch this Yankees team. The good news if there is any is that they have some talent in the minors, ie, Tabata, Urena, Joba, Kennedy, Z. Almonte, Betances and hopefully Hilligoss and some of the new draft class. 2009 can’t get here fast enough for me, hopefully by then this will be a proud franchise again not the dead shell of a team that for 2007.
I wonder if “Tim” will be watching and rooting in the playoffs?????
Defend him Doreen.
SJ44: I didn’t realize you knew A-Rod…if you don’t mind me asking…how do you know him?
doreen, lori, sj,
these people didn’t read the discussions about this topic during the rough stretch. they weren’t around then. we should know better than to expect those ‘real fans’ to actually be following the team, posting and discussing the team when it was hurting. they’re obviously on a different plain of yankee fandom than we are, and we should be honored that they grace us with their remarks.
Oh great. Now we got to hear about how much SJ44 is great buddies with A-Rod again
Joy
I actually heard from a good source that Mo and Posada are not generous with the shares, while Giambi tries to be very generous. Obviously they have to agree on an amount at the end.
St. Louis Cardinals …. 10 WS Championships
Boston Red Sux …. 6 WS Championships
Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers …. 5 WS Championships
New York/S.F. Giants …. 5 WS Championships
Hey, wait a minute ! That totals out to 26 WS Championships between those 4 teams.
Is it possible that there’s a team that’s won 26 WS Championships by themselves ? And looking for more ?
Way to back into that corner, will. The quitters brigade coming together as one!
You should be proud that all of you quit and questioned this team. It should make you feel good.
Come on folks. This is a great day, we’re in the playoffs!
wondering about the shares for guys who were traded, DFA’d, etc. Proctor, Proctor’s arm, Myers,…….any idea?
I need help.I won the ‘lottery’ by registering on Yankees.com for playoff tix and was directed to go on line today at 10.am and put in my code,however, they do not seem to be honoring their commitment because I am being told they have NONE AVAILABLE.How can that be,if I was promised that I won?
ok, so who manages the last game?
If you are going to come on here and proclaim you have lifelong friendships with ballplayers you should really post under your real name like a real reporter would and cut the anon stuff out.
Migames,
Either Roger or Moose.
SJ44: I didn’t realize you knew A-Rod…if you don’t mind me asking…how do you know him?
I thought we talked about this last night, sj=stienbrener
_so ahh…. what do we do now_
Why put the whammy on Cleveland, of course.
Are there any Indian blogs we can demoralize?
These boots were made for walking, and Yankee Mystic and Aura are gonna walk all over you, cleveland.
This is a great day. A long time coming. Those who believed and hung around congrats to us. Those who quit and didn’t believe in the fellas congrats too because no one cares about your opinions. Now we can focus on round 1 and winning 3 games.
D–m It Nate — I defend them because I don’t believe anyone who takes the time to post on this blog on an almost daily basis is a quitter. A quitter, or a bandwagon fan, if you will, is someone who, when the team is winning is all aboard, and when they’re losing they disappear. The people you are calling out never disappeared. They had doubts, but they hung in there. I also defend them because it’s a free country, or so I choose to believe.
I don’t know if you are a parent or have ever had a relationship, but I am a parent. I love my children fiercely, even when they’re not perfect. When I talk with my mom about my kids, I am brutally honest about some unpleasant things that come with parenting. But I still love my kids and will be with them throughout anything and everything in their lives. Now, the Yankees are, first of all, a sports team. I do not in any way, shape or form mean to indicate that I put the Yankees on the same level as my children, but try to understand that people can have many different feelings at once, and having a forum to voice the negative and positive feelings, opinions, whatever you wish to call them (here for the Yankees, my mom for my kids) is a wonderful thing.
Listen, you be the kind of fan you need to be. I’ll be the kind of fan I need to be. If you need there to be some kind of hierarchy of fandom, so be it.
Why not Posada manage the last game?
pounder-
try the ACLS and best available and ask for 1 ticket.
the divison series sold out, yesterday, and I doubt there are any pairs left.
i think joe should throw a wrench into the plans and have alberto gonzalez manage the game.
It makes me happy to know Miguel Cairo will get something. He was a strong part of the turnaround when Doug got injured and he agreed to play first base everyday for a while(and was not awful).
I thought I had said this before but could not find my comment on it. What does everyone think they’ll do with Pettitte? On normal rest, he’d pitch Saturday but then only have 3 days between then and Game 2(assuming it is Wednesday). You think he’ll start with something like a 40-50 pitch count max? Or be scratched and just throw a few innings in relief?
Mitchells Pub,
Deep down they believed. Otherwise they wouldn’t be here. Did someone call Doreen a bandwagon fan? I think she went on vacation, otherwise she’s been around the whole season.
Doreen,
I respect your wanting sunshine and lollipops and believing everyone who quits is deep down a good person and a good fan of the team.
But thats not the point.
The point is the blatantly gave up on this team. There is no other way around it. They didn’t believe. They wanted everyone DFA’d. They wanted everyone traded. Cut.
You can excuse “fans” like that. I won’t.
Makes me sick to think they will be cheering next week during Game 1.
pounder -
Sounds like they sold out the lottery allotment. Sorry bud.
I’m guessing it will be mo, po, jeet and alex. Mo will be the pitching coach, jeet manager, po bench coach, and alex hitting coach?
I apologize to everyone who came her today to enjoy last night’s victory.
Take a look at Dr. Ac’s pictures — they’ll lighten the mood considerably.
Just watched the WB Mason replay on YES of last night’s game. What a wonderful end. Love the smiles on their faces! So to all of you negative people arguing about what makes up a real fan and who meets your definition – don’t bring this blog down. We’re happy and Yankees Universe is celebrating today. 11 more wins. Let’s go!
sweetness:
http://migames.wordpress.com/2.....ws-eat-it/
I’m sure there are some nonbelievers who continued posting here because they like posting and busting chops and they like the fact that at the moment they were right. The yanks did look pitiful at the time. They looked like genuis’ when they argued for a complete and utter destruction to get ready for 2008. How quickly that turned around.
How can they say that they have no tix when they in their Email notifiying that was a winner’ THE PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY ONLINE ONLY ON YANKEES.COM STARTING 10AM AND ENDING 10PM.’Im about to disappoint a kid,thanks to this.
Everyone that posts here on a weekly basis knows the depressing commenters. And we took them with a grain of salt back in May. We’ll take them with a grain of salt now.
No need to rehash their negative thoughts.
Time for a little change-up on who gets to manage the final game:
Shelley should manage, Joba is pitching coach, Melky as bench coach and Robbie as hitting coach. What would be funnier than that. There would be lots of life in the dugout with that group in charge but one rule; no forearm bashes allowed when going out to the mound to switch pitchers.
Doreen,
You should apologize for defending anti-Yank quitting fans.
CK-
put some sugar in your coffee.
It must be hard typing with a wet blanket.
Geez, no soup for you!
Moreover, I find your lack of faith disturbing !!
Doreen,
Your comment at 10:52 a.m. hit the mark. Everyone expresses themselves differently. Some people want to look for solutions when things are going bad, some want to complain and some will just keep supporting their team. Most will do a combination of all three. Whatever gets you through.
This team came through and made it to the playoffs, again. This is a good day for everyone.
It’s amazing to stop and think that this postseason could possibly be the last ride of the careers of Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte. Maybe Pettitte will be back. It would truly be special for them to be the postseason warriors of the glory days and to help lead the Yankees to another World Series. That would be a storybook ending for both of them.
Question- What do you think are the chances of Andy returning next year? He has plenty left, but he seems content to retire and spend time with his family. Nothing wrong with that, he’s earned it.
I think CK needs a hug.
This whole hater vs. believer nonsense is hysterical, thanks for the amusement this morning. Why don’t we all just agree that everyone here is a Yankee fan and remember that WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS LAST NIGHT. Everyone needs to get over themselves.
Doreen could use a hug too. She has too much love for quitters.
migames I believe John had an article in todays paper how he admitted he was wrong.
This years team was certainly the most fun to watch after mid May.
It says * THE PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY * It doesn’t say you are guaranteed to get tickets.
Why would Andy P retire? Hes at the top of his game and name me one player who has ever gave up 16 mill guaranteed.
yup, its linked. Humble pie, the best dish out there. I bet Steve Phillips is crying, although with the mets going down, he has to feel good about that. Sweet Jesus, I hate Steve Phillips
Pete,
Rerun that playoff poll from May so I can get a good chuckle at most of the people here.
Steve Phillips must feel like SJ44 right now.
Monument Park- I’m really not sure what he will do. He just doesn’t strike me as being someone like Clemens. I just can’t picture Andy pitching into his 40s, even though he definitely could.
Is it too early to play “What is (are) your favorite moment(s) from this season”?
I think mine was way, way back in April when A-Rod came up in his first “clutch” situation. I sat watching and praying that he get a hit, just a hit — not strike out, not hit into a DP — to get the year off to a good start. And he hit a homerun! It seemed a good omen at the time.
I believe Proctor and Myers will get full shares as I am sure will Cairo and Phillips I think this team recognizes the contributions these players made in some instances this year as well as in the past.
pounder-
ahh that sucks. unfortunately, most of the tickets were sold _yesterday_ to season ticket holders.
I checked last nite, only ACLS and single seats to the divison series were left.
If I were Andy, I would come back. He’s said his elbow feels better than ever. He’s proved that he could pitch in the better league. There’s good energy in the club and he can mentor the young guys like his good buddy Rocket did. And who wouldn’t want to be along for Farewell Yankee Stadium Tour ’08? (ahem $16M).
But, his son’s football injury scare must’ve really shook him. Wanting to be close to the family will be a big part of the decision.
I think he has to come back. If he opts out, the wife might not let him come back for a third tour.
Why are the people who gave up and their defenders so sensitive? They should be apologetic. Not downright defiant. Which is funny.
I think the Andy thing is far from a decided point I personally believe a lot will have to do with 2 things. How the Yankees do this year and IF Torre returns and if anyone had any issues with that one you just needed to hear his players talk about him last night.
For 16 mill, I think Andy can find a private jet to head down to Texas when he felt like it.
You only get one chance to play pro ball. You can’t go back.
And hes friends with Roger. He knows how precious the gift is. As long as your healthy you should give it a go.
ansky wrote: “If you are going to come on here and proclaim you have lifelong friendships with ballplayers you should really post under your real name like a real reporter would and cut the anon stuff out.”
Oh, baloney. There’s no reason SJ44 shouldn’t continue to post under his chosen nick. He makes no claims to be “a real reporter,” just someone with a bit of inside info. I say, take his remarks for what they’re worth, seriously or not as you see fit. If you’re skeptical, so be it. But there’s no reason he shouldn’t continue to post under his current nick.
best moment of the year, Arod’s “HA!” play. I dont know what that blonde did, but she turned the season around for us. God Bless You
The moment of the year was the 8th inning comeback at Fenway. off their 2 best relievers. With A-Rod getting the finishing hit.
Showed a lot about the team. How the season went.
How they never stopped fighting. Never gave up.
Surviving.
Now the excitement, struggles, disappointment, and ultimate heartbreak that define post-2000 Yankee postseason begin.
I’m best buddies with Andy Pettitte and he said he is having turkey for lunch and is 90% coming back next year. I’ll ask my best buddy A-Rod later today after SJ44 finishes his chat with him.
Watching Borowski blow another save last night brought a smile to my face.
More than any day this season, today is the day to ignore all trolls. Only positive thoughts today.
Andy Pettitte has been the best free agent signing of any pitcher from the 2006 offseason. IMO, feel free to disagree.
what the hell is *ansky*?
Woohoo! Post season! =]
ansky,
Can you also talk to Roger and ask him if he’s playing ‘possum? And when you talk to Moose, tell him to keep doing whatever he’s doing. And when you talk to A-rod ask him if Boras scolded him for getting emotional and eshibiting his true feelings about New York. Thx.
Ted Lilly is the best free agent signing and someone the Yankees should have signed instead of Igawa.
Worst decision of Cashmans season.
migames – I know it’s kinda wrong, but I got quite a chuckle when I saw all those blonde masks on fans. Don’t get me wrong, I love A-ROD!!!! I sure hope he doesn’t think he’s going anywhere!
My only regret this year is that I didn’t find this blog sooner! I have a good friend and she and I couldn’t wait for the season to start, and have known all along they would make it. Just couldn’t comprehend an October without them. We have friends that were Tigers and Red Sox fans, and they have quietened down considerably from earlier in the season. It’s definitely been a season to remember!!!
I make no promises during my one on one chats with my best buddies from the team. But I’ll try. Roger just texted me and said he’s feeling better. Cross your fingers!
Sabathia and Carmona are really good but this is the Yankees.
I’m more excited than worried.
Eshibiting? I like that! But I meant to say exhibiting.
Oh!
I just thought of a great momement – when Shelley took out the Toronto infield with his slide-O’-death
Not to start the whole grammar debate from yesterday again, but I work on a TV show and every morning I have to watch all the morning shows…Ed Helms was just on the Today Show, and the chyron said “Helms’s Sophomore Season”. Interesting.
You gotta put the squirrel up there somewhere during the Red Sox series!! There was some interesting bean-balling going on this season, too!
Nate- Fair enough. Lilly has been a good one so far, but it could turn into one of those bad long-term deals. Who knows, you could be right and he may keep it up.
So glad this team proved all the doubters wrong.
One great moment for me was Tyler Clippard shutting down the Mets in his MLB debut on Sunday night baseball.
Sherri-
so how did you find this blog?
HA!– Da _Blonde_ Bomber!
http://tinyurl.com/2r8fa3
This is the cover of the year.
That celebration really got wild last night..
I wonder how much more they did after they left.
A 4 year deal for a quality pitcher, who is also left handed and had success in the AL East, doesn’t seem to me like a bad long term deal.
Bad long term deals are of the Zito variety. 7 years.
You are going to see plenty of NL teams make offers for Igawa come November.
Dr. A – I was just googling one night trying to find more Yankee info and I came across this blog – been addicted ever since!
Roger just called me, but his call was dropped, goddman the new at&t!
The Zito deal is nearly as bad as it gets. The Giants may be praying that they can find a way out of that deal at this point.
Nate-
I think your sundial is screwed up, the hot stove league doesn’t start for another month.
The time is currently, WOOOO HOOO-BRING ON THE INDIANS!!
migames-
Oddly enough, I just received a call from Debbie Clemens, she wants to know if I make house calls
So I scored playoff tickets for round 1 game 4 this morning thanks to the ticket lottery and moreso, thanks to Pete and this blog since I didn’t know I had to register for them.
The tickets went fast and I could only pull up bleacher seats.
I actually was dumb enough to throw the first pair I pulled in the bleachers back and look for better seats when I got bleacher seats.
It took me 10 minutes to get another pair of seats to come up, so I’m guessing bleachers is what was released this morning since that’s what came up. Did anyone get better seats?
I didn’t pass on the bleacher seats the 2nd time. I was cursing myself for not buying the first pair in the bleachers I pulled when it looked like I was going to get shut out,
I’ve never sat in the bleachers before, so I guess my first time being a playoff game is a good way to start. Not to mention, it cost me 60 bucks for 2 tickets to a playoff game which is a steal. I was prepared to pay a lot more for the other seats.
I hope game 4 is the Yankee clincher!
“Dr. A – I was just googling one night trying to find more Yankee info and I came across this blog – been addicted ever since!”
Hey, hey, hey, what do ya say, Sherri darling.
95-67 !!!
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LOL
MJL, my point in saying that A Rod is the 7th most tenured Yankee is just that it surprised me when I realized it and thought it was an interesting tidbit for the blog. I guess what it really shows is how much the roster has turned over since even the 2003 win over the Red Sox in game 7. Also, A Rod is clearly one of the leaders on the team now, yes he leads differently than Jeter or Mo, but he has got to love the fact that he is more old guard than new when it comes to seniority in the clubhouse. When you see him dance around with Melky and Robbie, it is very hard to picture him leaving for the money, at least this year.
John Kruk found stuffed in a trash can in back of the ESPN cafeteria in Bristol, Conn.
Something about his Detroit Tiger predictions earlier in the year. More later in the 6:00PM report along with updates whether Steve Phillips has had any success with getting his foot out of his mouth and of course Peter Gammons with his normal Red Sox report.
All that and much more …..
Great Season Comeback. I truly believe that if here was No Wild Card, the Yankees would have kept the pedal down and blown right by the BoSux. No Matter, unless NYY and LAA basically run the table and CLE & BOS fall on their faces…the matchups are set….CLE/NYY and BOS/LAA….I KNOW this Yankees team can plow through CLE,,,and I welcome EITHER LAA or BOS in the ALCS. Boston for the ultimate joy of knocking the living (bleep) out of them…and LAA to finally get that (pardon the pun) monkey off our back….Either team that finds its way to us in the ALCS, we are gonna SMOKE !….and as for the WS ?…There is not ONE team over there that has a Snowball’s chance to win more than 2 games in the WS against us….OPTIMISIM RULES….TROLLS DROOL !!! 27 in ’07 INDEED !
This past couple of weeks, I’ve been watching my 2 DVD-set (in between games), “100 Years of the New York Yankees: Pinstripes, Power, Pride” and it really gets you in an October state of mind…er…New York state of mind?!
Nate – you are making my name look bad. relax dude.
Don’t forget Scooter the squirrel’s share, 5 pounds of peanuts.
Maybe Bruney’s chair should get a little something for injuries sustained?
This is an example of the veteran leadership in the clubhouse:
There was no way, Pettitte said, that he would let the young players share in his doubts.
“I never could allow myself to go there,� Pettitte said. “Mentally, you’ve just gotta take the mindset that we’re going to pull this off. We’re too good. You had to push forward and keep going. In the back of your head, yeah, you can think that. But especially with the young guys, you’ve just gotta keep driving and say, ‘We’re gonna pull this off. We’re gonna find the way to do it.’�
ok, I skipped through comments because there were a bunch of finger pointing nonsensical blah blah blah blah comments…
but
J-Dawg, I was reading and it said that Melky said something through an interpreter, so there must still be a Spanish interpreter in there sometimes. Unless by “through an interpreter” they really meant “through Cano.”
Yah it does seem strange that Melky would need an interpreter.. But I could see how they might keep one around the team just in case.
Doreen,
There’s a difference between people who used the blog as a place to vent frustration (as you did) and those who rolled over and quit like dogs (Sj44, Kasey, etc.)
Anyone who surrenders a baseball season in May, particualrly a NY Yankee baseball season, is a crap fan and a worse analyst, and deserves nothing more than our contempt and abuse.
If you quit, you quit. There’s no unsurrendering now. Those of us who stood tall through the hard times and bailed water while the rats jumped ship get the glory. Those who didn’t have the stomach for it get nothing but the shame.
Melky’s interpreter is the other Hispanic players who will speak to the media in English. I saw Molina act as interpreter for him on Yes this weekend.
Someone told me that his English isn’t terrible but he’s not confident enough in it to speak with all of the media in English.
Hey Yankee bloggers, you can get a Joba Rules t-shirt or make your own here:
http://www.zazzle.com/joba_rul.....4846235697
From what I understand Melky spoke very little English last year. Maybe they didn’t anticipate him learning so much this year.
WHERE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SAID SOMETHING A FEW MONTHS AGO AND ENDED UP BEING WRONG ABOUT IT ?????!!?!?!?!
pat: that may be true, but I don’t find it absurd that the Yankees would employ a Spanish interpreter.
huh. Didn’t mean to post that so quickly.
it’s not absurd that they’d employ a Spanish interpreter, but with all the bilingual folks already in the clubhouse, it’s also not absurd to think they’d just bypass the idea entirely.
Yah I would think they might have an interpreter on hand though..
What if one of the non-spanish speaking managers or coaches wanted to have a 1 on 1 meeting with a non-english speaker..
I don’t think they’d want another player in on those meetings right?
DMan–right. that’s why I’d think they’d just have one around, just in case. It’s not like this is the Devil Rays with a limited budget.
Two interpreters
taiwan
japan
Gah! i keep hitting submit before I type out my full comment!
But I don’t think they bother with the interpreters all the time with the media. Anyone who can get the point across is good.
DMan Jose does the honors from time to time. I would suspect that Melky still isn’t 100% comfortable doing long interviews in English.
They can afford interpreters, so they probably don’t need one especially with all the Spanish speakers with the team. Like most people who are ESL, they understand more than they can speak. Matsui uses his interpreter as a buffer with the media and as a Yankee doesn’t want to be misquoted. Didn’t Wang get rid of his because he felt he didn’t need one anymore and the guy was terrible at it? Of course if the Yankees posted $50M to just talk to Melky he probably could’ve negotiated an interpreter.
There is no Spanish interpreter if you recall a few years ago when Melky got sent down after his disastorous debut Torre had the meeting tolet him know and they brought bernie in for translation just to make sure that he understood the reason behind it.
Melky has been taking classes in English so he has improved. I know I have read that Mo makes it very important to the younger Spanish speaking players that it is very important for them to learn English.
Nate you aren’t seriously trying to debate that you are a better Yankee fan than other people on the boards are you? One could say a true Yankee fan wouldn’t be hating on others that show interest in the team.
I remember Mo’s english when he came up. THe worst i have heard. Now he is pretty good. Goes to show.
Gayle: weird. I would think they would have an interpreter to avoid having someone like Bernie in a meeting. But I guess someone like Bernie is completely professional and it’s almost like having an unbiased person in there.
I remember Joe Torre said something about having a meeting with Melky and having Tony Pena there to make sure everyone understood each other.
Most players probably speak baseball English and baseball Spanish.
Pete would know.
So when they say that Melky says something “through an interpreter” in an article it probably means another player, huh?
You got to hand it to some people. They trash this team all year but now they are fully on board once they make the playoffs.
Fair weather much?
Being from southeastern ct. put on weei this morn only to hear them make fun of joe torre being emotional.He was the constant but of all jokes and the sound bite from last nights celebration. My first thought was they don,t want us in the playoffs, LETS GO YANKS!!!!!!
Andrea, Gayle,
Yah thats what I was thinking.. But those 1 on 1 meetings are probably few and far between.. And they can probably bring in a coach like Pena if they need too in those cases.
When Melky did that segment for Kids On Deck (geez I know my Yankee watching goes a bit beyond the necessary) they had Ray Negron as the interpreter
haha. we must be bored out of our minds. you do realize we’re talking about interpreters, right?
feeb 27-in- 07
Yah I love how they talk about ‘passion’ in baseball, but when somebody shows a true passion and emotion for the game, they make fun of it. bunch of clowns on weei.
Gayle did you see the episode of Yankees on Deck (don’t worry. I love that show. I make my Godson watch it. He’s only a year old, but I like to think he likes it) when Melky and Cano hung out with the Globetrotters?
Okay – I have a trivia question for you guys (actually, I was just wondering) – who was the last Yankee pitcher to pitch a perfect game?
David Cone! Woot! And just to brag.. I was there! =]
David Wells
cone
I can only hope for the worst for the red sux lets get past clev and then deal with cali.
oops meant cone
Yep -
David Cone, New York Yankees
When: July 18, 1999 vs. Expos
Where: Yankee Stadium, New York
Line: 9 innings, 0 hits, 10 K’s
Cone threw his perfect game on a day when the Yankees honored both Don Larsen and Yogi Berra, who had teamed as the battery for Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch, which was caught by Yogi. Berra was back in Yankee Stadium after staying away for several years, due to a feud with owner George Steinbrenner… The final out was pinch-hitter Ryan McGuire, who flied out to left to end the game.
Where are those people who had big mouths a few months ago??????!!??
Hello??
Anyone out there???
I don’t think they’ll respond or they will have short memories.
DMan – I would brag, too!! I bet it was incredible!
yes I saw the Globetrotter one that was pretty funny. You know speaking of Yes shows anyone remember how when Girardi was signed they put out this press release announcing that he would be doing this show with Flash about catching etc guess they n ever got around to it
I wonder where David Cone is these days..
You people are discussing what interpreters are in the clubhouse.
Get a life?
There are much better things to discuss on the day after the playoffs are secured.
Folks I know this might not mean much to some but we are a half game away from the 3rd seed(angels). Do we keep pushing to get that knowing they might be a second round opponent or just let everything fall where it may. I just think any advantage we can get we should take. Thoughts?
If anyone hears anything about the Yankee Rally in Bryant Park please post it. I went to them the past few years they were alot of fun!!
If anyone hears anything about the Yankee Rally in Bryant Park please post it. I went to them the past few years they were alot of fun!!
i think david cone made a deal with the devil because he never pitch nearly as well as he did after that game. He was so good, then he was So bad
I don’t think they should lay down, but I think they need to give some pleases a few days off to get healthy.
Tell you the truth i didn’t even realize that what is the deal i thougt we were almost a lock to get clev.
Actually Andy, we’ve moved on to talking about David Cone and perfect games. =]
Andy: calm down. We already acknowledged that we’re losers. Don’t worry about it.
Gayle: I loved that episode. They had so much fun.
S.o.S.27, the only way to make anything happen is if we over take boston. If not, we wont get home field untill the W.S.
Feeb it would be for seeding in the second round .
SOS i think at this point we get rested and healthy and let the chips fall where they may. You never know we may win a fewgames against the O’s and end up seeded 3rd but we should not go full out to get it.
…regardless of our record. We have a scarlet letter on our chest: Wild Card…or wc
Dman: I’m so jealous you were there.
Wikipedia says David Cone is living in Greenwich, CT, retired.
i was at Well’s. lucky for me they were my 2nd best seats ever.
Good times!
migames,
Oh, so that’s why Varitek wears the C on his uni. I wonder what happened to the W? Must’ve fell off years ago.
I thought Varitek wore that C because he is, whats the word that Beckett yelled at Joba? Cu….i cant remember. thats what that C stands for.
migames,
So even if we had the second best record in the a.l. We would still not have home field advantage in any of the series? If thats true,was it always like this?
Brosius caught the last out in Cone’s perfect game, it wasn’t a fly to left.
Yup. Girardi called that game. Amazing, amazing.
Can you believe my Red Sox co worker came over a few minutes ago and sang some version of “the division is slip slip slipping away”. I barked at him but I wish I had said he could have the division we’re going for the world championship. I get the feeling I’ll get more opportunites for that.
Anybody miss the bad chemistry that Randy Johnson and Gary Sheffield brought to the table ? Of the good moves that Brian Cashman made, their exits may have made the most impact and the best may yet to be seen in the form of Ross Ohlendorf, Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whalen, and Anthony Claggett. Luis Vizcaino has already made his contribution at a point in the season where he was really needed.
according to Yankees website
There are two possible schedules for the League Championship Series. If the Yankees win the A.L. East Division and have a better record than their opponent, the Yankees we will have the home field advantage. If the Yankees enter postseason as the Wild Card Team or if the Yankees win the A.L. East Division and their opponent has a better regular season record, the opponent will have the home field advantage
S.o.S.27, yes
I am a Red Sox fan and have a question. Are Yankee fans enjoying the Mets total collapse as much as Red Sox fans?
Does it seem to anyonelse that the players on the team seem to be selling Torre hard this past month? Posada a few weeks ago said that he didnt want to play for another manager and A-rod yesterday also gave Torre props. It will be interesting to see if Cash and Stein will cut him loose even though all the vets want him to stay. I remember hearing that Cashman(his biggest supporter)were having their differences this year.
Will it take winning the W.S. or just getting their? IMO WINNING IT ALL.
What do Red Sox fans have against the Mets?
S.o.S.27, for example, the 2002 playoffs. The Angles had a better record than the Twins and they both faced each other in the ALCS, but the angles were the wild card, the Twins had the homefield advantage.
I don’t know, VI, but I’m enjoying Wily Mo Pena stick it the Mets!
What do Red Sox fans have against the Mets?
The mets took away from there near debacle this year
Andrea,
Maybe they confuse the ny on their caps with ours.
To answer the question yes. Just because all the crap we have to hear at the begginning or every season that the mets are taking over New York and how exciting the are to watch vs. our team.yada yada yada.
What do red Sox fans have against the Mets all I will say is 1986
Haha. Oh. So Red Sox fans actually really LOVE the Mets.
1986? I figured that would be the answer. But I thought they’d get over it.
I am enjoying the collapse alot!! I’m rooting for the Phillies to win the division, if they have a chance i’m going to take a drive down the turnpike to go watch a game.
Hi Peter,
I have a question. How about the players the Yankees have DFA-ed, released, or traded. For example, I believe that Everyday Proctor and Utility Cairo also contributed when they were still under pinstripes. Could they get some share of the playoff money? I would be a shame to see Painvano, oops Pavano, receive a full share but some real contributors get nothing.
I’m actually not enjoying it at all. I always root for the Mets because deep down I really want another Subway Series.
Oh well.
Gayle,
Wow I forgot the curse of 86. Man they sure have a lot of frustration built up over the years. You would think they would try to block it out. Guess its something you get used to being a fan of theirs.
Jeff NJ,
I love how the wild card was great for the Red Sox, but it’s not good enough for the Yankees. It must really suck for those fans having to live in that big shadow for the last 12 years. No wonder they hate the Yankees.
It’ll get really bad if they win the division.
The angels seem to be bangged up going into the playoffs. I hope they can put up a fight and drag that series out to 5. Being that we are going to have a hard fought series(4 or 5 games). I want us to be the team to eliminate the sox. But I have never rooted for them before and am not about to start. Go Angels.
Mets fans hate the Yankees. But I think most Yankee fans don’t hate the Mets, they just find their fans annoying in their Yankee hate.
Pat: that’s generally what I find.
Does anyone have the video of Kim interviewing Joba last night?
LC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErgY62w9HM
Here’s the JOBA interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....38;search=
There’s several others there on youtube under YES Network.
I’ll be interested to see how the players look tonight. Hopefully they drank lots of water/gatorade before going to bed. Champagne can cause a painful hangover.
JOBA quote from his interview while he’s getting champagne poured on his head: “…that’s really cold…. I don’t know who this is, but I love them.” He’s so cool!
Thanks so much saucy and Sherri!!!!
Here is my suggested line-up for tonight
Flying Monkey, LF
Scarecrow, SS
The Wiz, 3B
Dorothy, DH
Cowardly Lion, 1B
Tin Man, C
Toto, CF
Glenda, 2B
Mayor of Munchkin City, RF
Wicked Witch of the West, P
I thought Hughes was pitching tonight? Did I dream that?
I didn’t get to see any of the celebration! No YES network for me =[
So I can’t wait to go YouTube them all tonight!
ahhhhoy
Thanks Pete, I had just assumed that I missed the signup date for playoff tickets until you posted the info here. Me and my friend both signed up for the lottery and agreed to take the other if either of us won. I didn’t get picked, but he did! I woke him up at 10 am this morning and we got two tickets to ALCS Game 5. Tickets aren’t great, but I don’t really care as long as I get to go. Here’s to hoping it’s another Yankees / Red Sox classic…
Hopefully 15 years from now, Joba will still be able to take part in celebrations with the Yankees. That would be awesome! Watching him on and off the field, it’s hard to believe that he’s a rookie. Young players with his maturity and his makeup only come along once every few years. Something special indeed!
Eric, does that mean your friend pays for the tickets too?
nice!
Did Joba call Edwar ‘Flaco’? (rhymes with taco)
mel,
yeah, it means skinny in spanish lol
I love the fact that Sox fans are enjoying the Mets collapse…They lose 12 games in the standings to the Yankees and they are joyful over a NL club Struggling? way to deflect the pain Sox Fans….I can’t wait to avenge 04…Can’t wait to see the Fenway Faithful with that Oh-no hear we go again look in their collective face…
i was trying to figure out what Cano said during Mo’s interview…
Good nickname for Edwar, especially since he weighs about 95 pounds!
Gordo would be completely inapproriate for him!!
Haha Skinny. Thats funny.
i knew a fat kid once who ended up with the nickname “flaco”
Is anyone else listening to wfan? Mike has no voice!!
The Mets are making this final weekend fun for me. There fans walked around so smug the first 150 games here. Openly trashing us when we were down.
I don’t feel any pity.
Who’s your daddy, Pedro?
Sherri
September 27th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
JOBA quote from his interview while he’s getting champagne poured on his head: â€?…that’s really cold…. I don’t know who this is, but I love them.â€? He’s so cool!
That wasn’t champagne. That was an ice cold Budweiser.
Can Edwar have an ERA under 5 before he gets a nickname?
Mr. Zippy, that actually looked like a red bull.
the funniest celebration story i came across, from si.com:
‘Jeter escaped from the wild celebration in the Yankees clubhouse and spotted general manager Brian Cashman in a corridor leading to Torre’s office. Cashman pleaded with him to not douse him with champagne, and when Jeter backed off, the GM exclaimed: “That’s why you’re the captain.”
The two then embraced.’
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
One thing from Joba’s face.
It was damn cold.
And he loved every minute.
I’d like to request 3 more celebrations this year.
Thank you.
nate c, also where this little stat came from…
“Notes: Pena’s fifth-inning homer was the first allowed by a Yankees starter since Sept. 5, a stretch of 110 innings”
Greg S. — I heard that was the longest such stretch since the DH was introduced into the American League!
this was from the other night, probably one of the funnier back and forths i have seen on this blog, enjoy it everyone haha.
*migames* September 25th, 2007 at 10:57 pm who ever was calling SJ44 a Bruney as an 8th inning guy is wrong. SJ44 was the one saying that we should get rid of Arod and sign Mike Lowell
*SJ44* September 25th, 2007 at 11:05 pm Really, when did I say “get rid of Arod and sign Mike Lowell”? I never said that, ever. But, keep trying.
*migames* September 25th, 2007 at 11:11 pm “SJ44 June 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 pm. I’d take Lowell and let Arod walk.”
Google yourself. You always say to stats heads to take your head out of the stat book and watch the game. I say to you sir, take your head out of the baseball game and search the internets. You will find great stuff
names were not changed to protect anyone, sorry sj
“barnsy
September 27th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
I’d like to request 3 more celebrations this year.”
haha. this one was just practice!
all i have to say is that SJ has been bashing joe torre from day one all the way to the game on tuesday. This is what he said april 29th at 3:29pm:
The beat writers may not like it but, if they don’t fire this guy, this team isn’t leaving last place.
He has no idea what he is doing anymore.
later on he went to say: If Torre isn’t fired today, this team will go nowhere this year and he will end up hurting pitchers because he is incompetent.
Some place this guy on a pedestal, as if what he says is pure wisdom. He makes great points, his insight into the farm system is great and truely appreciated. But, his bashing of torre has been borderline psychotic and it takes away from his other post. Opinion is one thing, pure hate is another thing.
doreen- is that true? if so, even more impressive stat than i originally thought. hopefully they can keep it up, and before someone attacks me, yes there are other ways pitchers give up runs besides homers, we know thats not the only important thing, still a great stat though.
this is the stat that is troubling (obviously not the joba and mo part, that’s awesome)
Going into Wednesday’s game, Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera had allowed two earned runs in 26 September innings, posting a 0.69 ERA. Other Yankees relievers had allowed 56 earned runs in 57 1/3 innings, an 8.79 ERA.
hope joba reacts positively to working two days in a row, cuz we are gonna need him. personally i think he can handle whatever cash and joe ask of him, lets watch and see.
Greg – I don’t know if it’s true — I heard it, I think, listening to the replay of the Yankee game this morning. Or it could have been from ESPN while I was making the beds. But I did hear it and I’ll try and look it up.
Mr. Zippy – sorry about mis-stating about the champagne. The gist of what I was trying to say had to do with him saying, “I don’t know who this is, but I love them.” I just thought that was funny.
Sherri,
fyi, the last out of Cone’s perfect game was actually a popup to Brosius by Orlando Cabrera.