Exhibition Game 5: Twins at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 05, 2008 
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Here are the lineups:
YANKEES
Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Jason Giambi 1B
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Wilson Betemit 3B
Melky Cabrera CF
Pitching
Ian Kennedy (2-3)
Joba Chamberlain (2-3)
Jon Albaladejo
Ross Ohlendorf
TWINS
Carlos Gomez CF
Brendan Harris 2B
Joe Mauer C
Justin Morneau
Delmon Young LF
Brian Buscher 3B
Jon Knott DH
Garrett Jones RF
Matt Tolbert SS
Pitching
Kevin Slowey
Randy Keisler
Dennys Reyes
Pat Neshek
Julio DePaula
Randy Keisler is still pitching?
Randy Keisler…there’s a blast from the past. How long’s he been with the Twinkies?
What time is the intrasquad game and who is playing in that one?
Alex DHing?
“Alex DHing?”
They do this all the time. It gives them a chance to look at a guy like Betemit out in the field. They played Shelley in RF the other day while Abreu DHed. It’s normal.
I remember when Randy Keisler first came up with the Yankees and showed Jeter up cause he made an error behind him. Long time coming.
I think the intrasquad game is going on now?
I’ll miss a lot of this game (thank you @#$# midterm, but with luck I’ll be able to catch the second half)
“What time is the intrasquad game and who is playing in that one?”
I think it’s like…now.
I suspect it’ll be all minor leaguers.
Whozat
I guess I just don’t ever remember it happening with A-Rod or Jeter.
Good luck Rebecca!
Thanks Lori! I’m more worried about tomorrow, as I’ve three tomorrow (X_X), but have to get through today first.
Exciting lineup and pitching today!
The game is on two Sopcast feeds if you want to check it out:
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/32284
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/30250
Enjoy!
didnt we trade mike lowell to the marlins for Keisler?
or was that the other bust yarnell?
Yanks entire starting lineup today should be on the opening day roster. The four pitchers also all have a good chance to be with the big league team in april. Should be a fun game to watch, luckily before I left for work this morning I set up my tivo to record it
i should have set my tivo. i guess they’re replaying it at 11 tonight. too late for me to watch the whole thing…
“I guess I just don’t ever remember it happening with A-Rod or Jeter.”
How much attention have you really paid to the positional lineups for Spring Training games in the past?
Nice lineup, and the pitchers scheduled to pitch today are guys to be excited about seeing!
pat clearly you hadn’t paid attention. Even if there was really something to be concerned about I doubt they’d be just sending our 300 million dollar investment into the lineup, don’t you?
you can program your tivo online cant u? do u have it set up with a wireless modem or a phone line?
Pete:
Just an FYI, it is Kevin Slowey not “Matt”. As a Twins fan seeing this irked me. The Evil Empire won’t be messing up his name too much longer.
BTW: Tell “Big Stein” that we enjoy his luxury tax money each year. Thanks much.
Max,
You enjoy the luxury tax money? Sorry, that’s your very cheap owner who pockets that. Too bad he doesn’t put it back into the team.
“BTW: Tell “Big Stein†that we enjoy his luxury tax money each year. Thanks much.”
Wasn’t enough to keep Santana now was it?
Finally Joba pitching to real players.
jmo, no wireless phoneline or modem or anything for me. (directv thinks i live in jersey)
Max we enjoy our 26 championships, who would you rather have “The Steins” or that wealthy cheap owner you have now?
Mike Lowell was drafted by the Yankees 6/1/95 then traded on 2/1/99 to the Florida Marlins for Mark J. Johnson, Ed Yarnall, and Todd Noel (minors).
Randy Keisler was drafted by the Yankees 6/2/98 in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. He signed July 21, 1998. Keisler was then released on 2/5/2003.
He has bounced all over the place since and recently was signed by the Twins this off season and invited to camp as a non-roster invitee…
Max, you are a tool.
“Pete:
Just an FYI, it is Kevin Slowey not “Mattâ€. As a Twins fan seeing this irked me. The Evil Empire won’t be messing up his name too much longer.
BTW: Tell “Big Stein†that we enjoy his luxury tax money each year. Thanks much.”
Much not be enjoying it all that much considering the Twins just traded Johan because they didn’t want to pay him. I guess they use the money to sign the Livan’s and Craig Monroe’s of the baseball world. lol
Lol Kevin Slowey is a nice prospect, but come on Max. In a matchup between the Yankee lineup and Slowely, the Yanks have the advantage. Slowey is comparable to Kennedy but allows more home runs. Hes not a pitcher that any team is going to be trembling over facing for the next decade. Liriano on the other hand, is someone you make a comment like that about.
max, we hope you enjoy your roofless stadium once it’s built. good luck with that and playing those “if-necessary” make-up games in the fall…
I’m really looking forward to seeing Albaladejo pitch today. I’m rooting that he goes north I keep hearing he throws hard with decent command…should be good stuff today.
Who is to say that the Twins arent using the money for scouting? We don’t know…
Yeah. What saucY said.
“Who is to say that the Twins arent using the money for scouting? We don’t know…”
They draft horribly.
hmmm Mar.4th
The Yankees prospects were at it once again on Day Two of minor league camp. Getting their workouts in before the rain, Jesus Montero helped bring it down with some light-tower shots during his batting practice session.
Hey, I pitched a no-hitter in Old Comiskey Park and lost while with pitching the Yankees. Remember me?
I heard on 1050 espn that Bobby Murcer does NOT have cancer. The spots were just cells dying. I’ll try to find something online.
Hey man – sorry Andy. I dropped that fly in left allowing 3 runs to score. Whoops. They shouldn’t have had me out there anyway, I’m a catcher. Hey, but if you didn’t walk all those guys, we’d only lost by 1 run, not 3.
Ray,
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....;fext=.jsp
Link is from 05, not sure how much has changed in 2 years, so how do you get that they draft horribly?
great to hear jennifer – thanks for sharing!
Great news about Murcer. That’s fantastic
I think we’ve done a heck of a job over the years drafting fine talent. Our Minor Leagues have always been top 10 year in and year out. We just can’t keep them once they become stars.
Well, they don’t pay over-slot money for anyone.
I can’t find anything online. But they said it was an email. I’ll email Pete to double check.
I can’t wait to see Alba’s & Ohlendorf’s slider
but nothing compares to Joba’s
Wow, I can’t believe all the concern about A-Rod DHing…
I am excited about all the guys we have lined up to pitch today.
“Link is from 05, not sure how much has changed in 2 years, so how do you get that they draft horribly?”
Twins players that they drafted that are in BA’s top 100 prospects? 1 – Nick Blackburn Ranked # 56
oh man, max got owned about 14 different ways. well-done!
I’m not concerned because I know this Joe has the guts to DH Jetes and play Alex at SS if need be
I’m not concerned because I know this Joe has the guts to DH Jetes and play Alex at SS if need be
You guys all stink.
Jennifer: I hope you’re right, that would be some wonderful news.
Okay, I’m off to go take a midterm instead of watching the Yankees (don’t blame me, the university has their priorities messed up
), so wish me some luck, as I’ll need it.
Max when you have an owner that gets you a team before the the new home come rant to us.
there now you got owned 15 different ways
The Twins do a great job scouting other organizations talent, I will give them that.
if I recall correctly, Keisler had somewhat of a decent season with the A’s not too long ago.
Had my fantasy draft last night(it was ridiculously early)…but I have a beast of a team….might be the greatest fantasy team ever….I cant believe how some of these guys fell to me…I had the 7th overall pick.
C- Russell Martin
1B- Justin Morneau
2B- Chase Utley
SS- Troy Tulowitzski
3B- Garret Atkins
OF- Ryan Braun
OF- Vlad Guerrero
OF- Nick Markakis
UTIL- Jim Thome
SP- Fausto Carmona
SP- Javier Vasquez
SP- Matt Garza
SP- Dustin McGowan
SP- Chien Ming Wang
SP- Homer Bailey
CL- Manny Corpas
CL- Bobby Jenks
Bench- Melky Cabrera
Bench- Joey Votto
Bench- Gregg Zaun
Bench- Ryan Theriot
Bench- Juan Pierre
J-Nice offense, but that pitching is not that great. Still a nice team though.
hate to burst your bubble but for al/nl ( which is like shooting fish in barrel) that’s really a pretty poor team especially that pitching staff
thats’ a helluva team dude…
fantasy question – if you had the third pick, who would you take? i’m not sure who’s going in front of me, but i’m sure one of the guys is a-rod. if you were me, who would you target?
How many teams are in your league and what is the format?? May need to make some moves for pitchers….
The Twins also had 4 in the Top 100 in 2007, 2006, and 2005. All I am saying is that they do pretty well with what they have considering their payroll. We don’t know where that revenue sharing goes to. It could be used on other things besides signing their own guys to bad, long contracts (Hunter, Santana).
Good morning to all,
I just have one question. Why is a fan of a AAAA team in here argueing about how good his team is? Shouldnt you be in a Royals blog talking about what team is going to be in the cellar this year? Its like a Clipper argueing with a Laker. This is the big leagues blog, k.c. and tampa are waiting for you.
I’m 3 in mine and I have the same question…. may take H Ramirez, Wright, or Santana….. which is blasphemy
its a h2h league…I dont really care about pitching, Im going to dominate in every offensive category. And besides that, my pitching staff is not that bad.
8 teams, 5×5, al/nl, head to head, wins awarded per category.
its the league’s inaugural season, so if you guys have recs. on how to structure it, i’m all ears. i’ve never done fantasy baseball before.
Yeah your offense is solid… which is all that really matters for the most part in H2H
12 teams BA, OBP, R, HR, SB, H, RBI. W, K, ERA, WHIP, SV
i’m not a fan of h2h leagues. i was in one last year and signed up again for the same one this year. the guy who runs the league isn’t the brightest and there was no minimum innings set. the teams that made it to the play-offs and did well hardly ever used any pitchers. this year he put a 6 inning minimum in. i only play because it’s a free league.
and imo, h2h leagues really only work well in football…
I’m playing through CBS.. our default scoring system was pretty interesting
The Twins do have a nice minor league system and I’m sure great scouts. Still the cost of that doesn’t come close to the luxury tax that Pohlad pockets each year. Not even close.
Brandon you are a dumb-dumb and a poopoo head to….
Jennifer
Here’s confirmation that Murcer’s tests were negative
http://blog.nj.com/ledgeryankees/
A Twins fans coming to a Yankee blog talking smack.
Followed by the obligatory question, “Why”?
They have one of the 5 richest owners in baseball and he won’t spend a dime on his team.
Yet, the fools in Minnesota voted to give him 400 million bucks to build an OPEN AIR stadium in Minnesota.
That will really attract free agents! lol
Instead of talking smack in a Yankee blog, I’d pull out those DVD’s of the good old days of the Twins.
Its all you have going for you these days.
one thing you can say about the twins is that they get eternal glory and acclamation for the trade of aj pierzynski. wow.
-Brandon you are a dumb-dumb and a poopoo head to….-
they have computers in Kindergarden
-Brandon you are a dumb-dumb and a poopoo head to….-
they have computers in Kindergarden
J Train
You picked up Juan Pierre for his entertainment value, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl0dqWhzU6k
The Twins new stadium is costing 412 million. 152 million of that is paid by the Twins ownership. 260 is paid by the state. I have a feeling there is some revenue sharing money in there.
Thanks Pat. This is certainly good news.
The Twins farm system has gone downhill the last 3 years.
Their drafts haven’t been as productive. Especially since Terry Ryan left the scouting side to be the GM.
They also lost several of their best scouts the last two years because their owner is too cheap to pay them.
Depending on who you believe, that is also one of the reasons cited for Ryan retiring earlier than expected.
They need a good draft this year to get their farm system going again. Its beginning to fall behind and will be exposed even more now with the losses of Hunter and Santana.
hello everyone.
i’m excited that the twins are sending up mauer morneau and delman young. it’s going to be nice seeing how our guys do against real hitters.
Fools. You wait and see. The Twins will post a better record than the Yankees this year. And I bet you the Twins win another World Series Championship before the Yankees do. How many Championships have you bought this century? Uh, zero. That’s right. There are some teery eyed soon to be 8 year olds running around the Bronx complaining their Yankees haven’t won since they’ve been alive. Waaaaa. Too bad. Money can’t buy everything.
For the record I am not sticking up for Max.
LMAO @ MAX
Oh no, another blog bet.
I guess 2000 doesn’t count as a World Championship “this decade”.
Yeah, I’ll take your bet. The Twins won’t have a better record than the Yankees this year.
I’ll step it up further. They won’t come within 10 games of the Yankees.
i see that a whining child is here to cheer on his decimated team. i feel sorry for you max, not only because you can’t spell, but because you root for a team with a miser for an owner.
“The Twins also had 4 in the Top 100 in 2007, 2006, and 2005. All I am saying is that they do pretty well with what they have considering their payroll.”
The Twins also got players from other teams. Not players who they drafted ie. Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano who I’m sure figured prominently on those lists.
SJ,
Its not worth wasting your breath on twins talk. Maybe there too damn cheap to have their own blog.
In other news, we picked up another multi talented pitcher to help our team go all the way.
Joe Girardi said Larry Hughes is as sharp as anyone in camp and likes how dedicated he is. “He’s a very focused young man, he wants it bad,” Girardi said. “He doesn’t just want to be a starter. He wants to be a top starter, and that’s good.” Hughes’ injuries last year have been the motivation for his intense winter workouts. “Last year was definitely the most disappointing time I’ve had playing baseball,” Hughes said. “That kind of drives you.” — Newsday
I WONDER IF HE’S RELATED TO HUGHES YOUR DADDY.
I’m at college all afternoon. Is this game streaming online?
The Red Sox have a great farm system that starts with their scouting.
They’re really jumping in the game early, scouting teenagers. The only problem is they’re teenage girls. There’s a little piece on the mlb page at espn.com.
Will not post link as it is lewd and lascivious. Scroll through the comments, Yankee fans couldn’t resist taking shots at the “bad apple”.
Another thing. Slowey will win more games in 2008 than IPK. And, Morneau/Young will combine for more HRs than ARod/Abreau. Say “hi” to “Big Stein” and tell him I said so right here.
Money, your taxpayer money in Minnesota, seems to have bought your 6 billion dollar net worth owner a new stadium.
For someone so consumed about how the Yankees spend their money, how come you aren’t upset at your owner, a guy worth SIX TIMES more than the Steinbrenners, needs clowns like you to vote for him to build a new stadium, open air no less, in Minnesota.
Talk about 8 year olds crying. I suspect we will see a lot of 8 year olds with frostbite after some of those April games in Minnesota when that park opens.
Max = delusional. And I thought Mets fans were dumb.
Morneau – 30 HR
Young – 15 HR
A-rod – 50 HR
Abreu – Who cares, you just lost, sucka.
You #2 pitcher will win more than the Yankees 5th starter? Gee, that’s outstanding baseball analysis.
He should! lol Too bad he won’t.
I’ll give you this though, Manny’s is a great steakhouse. Best thing you have going for you after the games.
SJ44 – 2000 was the last year in 20th centurty smart guy. Last centurty – last decade. Yankees haven’t won squat this centurty or decade.
The real question should be
Do the Yanks have as many first place finishes as the Twins have last place? Do you get used to losing(expected)or does it hurt everytime? Sucks to be you.
Yankees 2000 Champs.
“SJ44 – 2000 was the last year in 20th centurty smart guy. Last centurty – last decade. Yankees haven’t won squat this centurty or decade.”
What’s a centurty?
Ray,
I was going off Baseball America’s top 100 of originally drafted players only.
SJ44 – Slowey #2? You obviously don’t know anything about the Twins. Baker, Liriano, Bonser, Hernandez – shuffle them how you want – those are the Twins top 5. Slowey is trying to be the #5 same as Kennedy smart guy.
Well then he definitely isnt winning as many games.
raymagnetic – its the thing that is there alongside a type-o. last i checked, this blog doesn’t have a spell checker Mr. Correct Guy.
Wow Max sure those two things are possible (unlikely but not impossible) but will they make you feel better that your team traded the best pitcher in baseball for nothing and is looking at a 3rd place finish in its division?
max, it is a matter up for debate as to which century the year 2000 belongs. what is not up for debate is that you are a petulant, whiny brat who can neither spell nor come up with any valid reasons why your sadly depleted team will even break .500 this year.
“Fools.”
In the 2006 draft the Twins picked #20 and took Chris Parmalee, an outfielder.
In low A he hit .239 and struck out 27% of his at bats.
The yankees had the pick after Parmalee came off the board and took Ian Kennedy.
They 21 picks after parmalee they took Joba Chamberlain.
Fools. That’s a good word for a Twin fan to be adept at using.
How is 2000 the last year of the 20th century? It’s the beginning of the 21st century? Do you see the 2 followed by the 3 zeros? Yeah that signifies it’s a new century and therefore a new decade. You’re being plum foolish with that one.
How about you stop talking for you team and let each team do their own talking. The yanks and the twins play a lot this season so we’ll see who has the winning record.
after a thorough reading of max’s comments i am convinced that he is no more than 15 years of age.
max, if this blog did have a spellchecker that could check for typos, it would have told you that typo is spelled typo, not type-o.
Hey Max, check out this little definition of the current decade:
The 2000s is the current decade, spanning from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009.
-Source: Wiki
Sorry bro.. not to nit pick.
so 2000 is part of the 1990s decade wow that is a new one
Plus, I just wanted to let everyone know i’m chuckling at my desk because there’s a bitter twins fan on the LoHud Blog.
Wander: your logic is flawed by the fact that in the first century, as in the first calendar year, they didn’t start in year 0. A century is 100 years. Starting at 1 and going to 100. Not starting at 0 and going to 9. Duh.
dearest max, i’m afraid we can’t provide you with a well needed spell-check here so i’d like to extend our most sincere apology and ask you to leave us now. recess is over and you must get back to kindergarten.
After that brief interlude to school an 8 year old Twins fan (is school out this week, or is he just raising the drop out rate in Minnesota?) let’s go back to talking about today’s game.
I’m excited to see the pitching lineup the Yankees are putting out there today. Good chance to see Albaladejo and Ohlendorf in game action along with Joba and Kennedy.
IIRC, Heath Phillips, if he didn’t throw in the intrasquad game this morning, may also get an inning in this one.
Max’s real name is Millimeter Peter and he just found out everyone else isn’t like him so he is lashing out
max unless the pohlad’s are taking you out on the yacht they bought with the our money (revenue comes from fans not owners) you have no reason to thank us for the money. it certainly never gets spent on the team.
But its always nice to have the twins in the playoffs as a warm-up for the alcs.
Current Decade:
The United Nations General Assembly has declared the decade of 2000–2009 the “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.”[4]
The UN also noted, the Yankees own 1 world championship in the “Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. The Twins own none.”
SJ good point. Anyone know who’s slated to throw on Saturday? I’ll be live in Tampa sitting in the new RF seats sipping on a delicious beverage..
I think you are way wrong. All of you guys. Its been 8 long years for you money spending babies. Wait and see. Yankees collapse in 2008. Yanks win 83 games. Twins win 85. You shall see!
The Twins are playing most of their regulars. Hopefully they stay in until Albaladejo comes into the game.
I’d like to see him facing major league hitters. I like his contro. That was the biggest problem with the pen last year.
It’ll also be interesting to see if Ohlendorf’s second pitch is coming.
“The UN also noted, the Yankees own 1 world championship in the “Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. The Twins own none.—
lol
Not sure what the argument is here but the 20th century was the time period lasting from Jan 1st 1901 to Dec 31st 2000.
SJ- absolutely.
i’m really looking forward to watching the contrast between joba and Ian today.
( will miss seeing shelley though )
Oh wow thats great news about Murcer.
yeah, great point, Max… because its great to root for your team and hope that they can win 85 games.
On a side note, I’m amused at how there is never a year zero, like 1 BCE leads straight into 1 CE for example; so the 1st century gets shortchanged like that
Any chance we can get an update on the intrasquad game? I think Horne and Melancon were among those scheduled to pitch.
Kevin CT: so what. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 – no Championships. Whipped by teams with half the payroll. DBacks. Marlins. Angels. Every year another excuse. Money can’t always buy Championship. But it sure is great when the Yankees lose.
The twins will get about as close to 82 wins as the Gophers will 4 wins next fall… go to the Mega-mall.
Just seeing the Papelbone quote now. It sounds really bad when a newscaster reads it. He’s good, but so are a lot of young pitchers. Sounds like a bad apple to me. Some things are better left unsaid.
Hey all, anyone know who is slated to pitch on Saturday? I’ll be at the game (flying down tomorrow), sipping a delicious beverage in the new RF seats..
See. velocity has proved it. Yankees 0 Championships in the 21st century. Waaaaaaaa.
this century: 1909 – 2008
20th century: 1901 – 2000
at least get it right…
what is the news on Murcer? i didn’t hear anything
saucY: this century: 1909 – 2008 ??? another type-0 ?
I don’t get it. Max is a Twins fan, but using the same ol’ tired song that the Sox fans use?
Guys, Max is not a Twins fan – he is a Red Sox fan, as evident by his posts. Posing as a Twins fan, he believes, gives him credibility in a Yankees chat… because we certainly wouldn’t respect anything he had to say if he was a Sox fan bashing… Ignore him, half of what he says doesn’t make any sense anyway.
audio link for today’s game?
Max thinks you can get to the playoffs in the AL with only 85 wins. Okay!
I’m not defending Max, but technically, 2000 was part of the 1990s decade. The first decade began with AD 1 and ended at the end of AD 10. So This decade decade started Jan 1 2001, and will end Dec 31 2010.
Also, since I didn’t get an answer, is this game streaming live anywhere?
News on Murcer. The spot found turned out to be onlyn scar tissue, and not another tumor. Very good news indeed.
Guys. Max left the building an hour ago. I just stole his name to get a rouse out of you and you all bought it hook, line and sinker. Ha Ha. What a riot. It was getting pretty stale in here.
Go Yankees!!!
john were you able to find that online? I only heard it on the radio.
Jax: The Twins won the World Series in 1987 after posting only 85 wins. Shows how much you know about baseball.
just found this
http://blog.nj.com/ledgeryanke.....ative.html
Somebody tell a teacher that Max is not in study hall.
Max = Millimeter Peter
jennifer-
Yah, great news isn’t it?
Game ison YES and ESPN and will be reboradcast on YES tonight
go back to brainard, lundegaard!
and take garrison kielor with you.
I disagree about Papelbon.
I know fans hate hearing it but, that’s culture of the game. Money is an important part of it and it comes from both sides, players and owners.
I don’t have a problem with what he said because he is talking about bettering the situation for all closers. Not just himself.
What’s more interesting to me is, what the Ryan Howard arbitration case means in the short term for the game.
You have a lot of young stars in the game whose salaries are going to go through the roof in the next 3-4 years.
Guys like Hughes, Chamberlain, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, Nick Markakis, Papelbon and Hanley Ramirez. Those are just a few of the guys who will see 8 figure salaries earlier than ever.
It creates a dilemma for small market teams. They play these guys early in the career because they are talented and cheap. Quicker than ever, if they are productive, they will reach salary levels previously only reached through free agency.
What do they do?
The game is awash with cash. EVERY team is making money. Yes Max, even the Twins posted an eight figure profit last year.
Do these teams continue to cry poormouth? That will be problematic to do when the next Collective Bargaining Agreement is negotiated and the books are reviewed? Or, do they bite the bullet and pay these guys in order to keep them?
IMO, I believe its one reason why the Yankees broke tradition and gave Cano a multi-year deal this early in his career.
It will be interesting to see if other teams, mainly small market teams, follow suit.
If not, guys like Braun, Ramirez, BJ Upton, etc., will be on the trade market in the next few years.
Bryan: Max = bored at work: waiting for game to start…
I think it’s unfair to say Polahd is a cheapskate, his team operates in the red. The twins have lost money for several years. Perhaps once the new stadium is built they will make more money and the Twins will spend more. I can’t forgive them for letting Santana go, though, he’s the kind of talent you pay no matter what.
Max last time I checked this is the year 2008 NOT 1987. You sound idiot. Happy Trails….
“Not sure what the argument is here but the 20th century was the time period lasting from Jan 1st 1901 to Dec 31st 2000.”
In response to this:
There is considerable disagreement about whether to count the centennial year (e.g. 2000) as the first or last year of a century. This confusion is documented for every centennial year from 1500 onward, and almost certainly arises from the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concept of zero to Western Europe in the twelfth century.
Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/c.....technology
blood has been shed, jerry….
one of my all time favorite movies!
mlb.com is carrying it for the subscribers, but only the Twins broadcast. Anyone know when our Yankees announcers are getting to work?
Santana was greedy. There was a respectable offer on the table that he chose not to take. It makes me ill that people think the Twins were trying to be cheap. At least in trading him away they got some pretty good talent back. The Yankees were never going to give up Hughes. That was a ploy to get the Red Sox to pull the trigger – which they almost did. Hey at least he’s in the NL so neither of us have to face him.
His team doesn’t operate in the red. That’s creative accounting.
His team is very profitable. Between the revenue sharing money, MLB licensing money, the XM deal, the network broadcasting deals, and one of the best local/regional TV deals in the industry, they bring in over 70 million per year.
That’s before a ticket is even sold.
They are doing very well.
“What’s more interesting to me is, what the Ryan Howard arbitration case means in the short term for the game.”
Prince Fielder certainly took note of that contract. He wasn’t very happy with the Brewers when they renewed his contract. And Boras is his agent.
It would be nice to have Prince back in yankee stadium hitting the ball out of the park just like he was doing when he was 12 and hanging out with his father at the park.
Max – who cares? Seriously. Bitter, bitter.
Also, a century runs from 1/1/00 to 12/31/99. The first century got shortchanged, but obviously not really because the year 0000 still existed; just nobody knew it was the year 0000 at the time. They all thought it was 1 BC, except that they didn’t know it was 1 BC because they didn’t know it was BC, because they didn’t know JC was going to be born in 1 AD. It’s not like everyone woke up on 1/1/0001and said “Hey, where did that year go? It was right here yesterday!”
What were we talking about? The Twins? Right. They just aren’t going to be very good this year. Ex-Torii, Ex-Santana, etc. They weren’t even very good when they had Hunter and “Tans.”
Is someone streaming the game online? I have it set to DVR at home, but I could use some midday Joba on this disgustingly rainy and cold day in Boston.
So I suddenly have the urge to see how the 24 million dollar 2007 Devil Rays faired against the rest of the league.
Anybody know how to get baseball reference to rollup the results into nice season series win-loss records for team against team?
Or I am stuck counting game by game?
Jax: What does the year have to do with it? The Cardinals didn’t even win 85 in 2006 when they beat the Tigers for the World Series Championship. What team did the Tigers beat again that year? You seem to have convienantly forgotten. Look who’s the idiot now…
Yea,
I am pretty sure I read an article in the NYTimes about how the owner of the Twins is actually the #3 or #4 richest owner in the league.
Not that I blame him for not spending copious amounts of money into a market that wouldn’t return anything near the outcome of the NY Market… but it sort of, well TOTALLY, takes away the right for a Twins person to call out ‘Big Stein’.
Tino!
Good point Russell, he has to be a Sox fan. Twins fans don’t care enough about their team to be as angry as he is.
come on with the game YES.. i thought it was 1:05 start and they’re showing some interview with IPK and Moose, and i only have 45 minutes to watch before i have to go to another class!
Ok Andrea – you got my attention – what did I miss about Tino?
89: There are a couple of owners even richer than Pohlad’s 6 billion? Hmmm….to Forbes!
Max: you can win 85 games in the NL and get to the playoffs. That doesn’t happen in the AL.
Good article about how Joba could be deployed.
http://www.dugoutcentral.com/blog/?p=1058
Lori: haha, he was just on Yes. He said “coming up, line-ups and first pitch.” I thought more people were watching [embarassed]
SJ,
You raise great points, but I’m of the school of kids should be seen, not heard.
He’s got every right to say what he wants, but it really should be behind closed doors.
Contract negotiations through the media are just a pet peeve of mine. Public grumbling after a renewal when there’s nothing you can do about it is another one.
Wang & Joba couldn’t be happy about getting a dollar a day raise over the league minimum. But you don’t hear about it. They know if they do their jobs, keep their jobs, and are loyal to the organization, their payday will come and their families will be taken care of for generations.
Papelbon? Maine? Whine, whine, whine. They have every right, but you’ll never see the great ones do it.
And Papelbon sees himself as a martyr for closers? That role’s already occupied. Mariano and the ridiculous money that the YANKEES pay him raises the scale for closer money, not Papelbon fighting for a raise in his very young career.
Not arguing with you, but airing your laundry in public like that just raises my heckles. I’ll get off my soapbox now and enjoy the game.
IPK looks great in HD baby!
I thought the game started at 1pm too…just saw interview with DJ on ESPN. Gotta love the captain. ALWAYS saing the right things. Anybody know when the first pitch is supposed to be?
nice play Wilson.
Andrea – Darn – I seriously thought about staying home today to watch the game
Oh well.
Didn’t the Yankees only have 87 wins in 2000 when they won the World Series. I thought they played in the American League. Boy, some of your logic in here is plain old crap.
Sorry, misremembered
Carl Pohlad, according to the Forbes 400 list of 2007, has a networth of 3.1 billion
Sam Zell, now chairman and chief execute of Tribune Co (and thus owner of the Cubs, I believe), clocks in at 6 billion
So at least Zell’s worth more
max, i know it’s not my argument, but about the 87 wins in 2000 thing: The AL then was a lot different than it has been the last couple of seasons. since about 04 there have been teams in the AL with 90, 91 wins that miss the playoffs.
yeah! Bobby’s biopsy revealed only scar tissue! great news.
There have been 7 Wild Card teams in the World Series over the last 6 seasons. 3 from the American League. Record doesn’t matter any more. It all about who is peaking at the right time…
this home plate ump is really generous to both pitchers
“man that swing morneau took…if you think of is swings as the alphabet, A being his best swing, that was somewhere around LMNOP”
I love Ken Singleton.
nice job joe g giving it to sutcliffe!
Giambi really IS a cat at first. nice grab.
Max: I know you posted it 20 min ago but I’m watching the game.
2000 was 8 years ago.
SJ,
Do you have any sort of link or info to back up that the Twins had an 8 figure profit last year? Just curious because I would like to see that info for all the teams.
mel,
If I remember correctly, Maine didn’t complain about his contract being renewed and said it was fine with him. If you have evidence to the contrary I’d be eager to see it.
Ivy,
Nothing I read, it’s what I saw on ESPN News this morning. Maybe I misremembered.