Yep. They are. I usually do it when people post something that’s already been discussed a repeatedly in the very thread they’re posting in. Or, someone posts their umpteenth uninformed opinion that makes no sense, and shows no interest in developing the acumen to reason through their thoughts on their own.

I mean…if someone comes in and is freaking out on march 5th about how Joba has no control and that moving out of the pen would be insanity…does such a post NOT deserve to be snarked at?

The worst year for “aces” was 2000, and that was in the context of a relatively weak AL East. To be fair, SJ44 is right to say that the team’s lack of success is not wholly attributable to the lack of an ace. Getting hot in the playoffs matters, and that’s just what the Yankees did in the late 1990s.

Can someone critisize me so i can have a fan base? Seriously,do i have a fan out there? Anyone.

hmmm,
I see you as joking around with facts to back it up. I dont think you pick on people who are not purposely trying to get a rise out of this blog. Your very informative and crack me up. Makes people have to bring logic into the conversations(accept myself offcoarse). Keep it up. CB,whozat,sj and many others are the reason why i only read and post here. Do what you do thats what makes it stand out all alone.

I commented elsewhere:

Last year was killed early by rotation injuries, in playoffs by Wang’s inexplicable collapse… let’s remember that Wang was the only playoff winner against Detroit the year before. One may not like him as a “ace” because he doesn’t have that “dominance” feel – low K’s. But he’s one of 6 AL East starters with over 100IP and ERA under 4 in both 2006 and ‘07. 1 (Bedard) is gone, another (Schilling) might be out for the year. Leaving Halladay, Burnett, and Kazmir. Only 4 others did that in ‘07 alone – Beckett, Shields, Guthrie, and Litsch (Pettitte would have too if not for a meaningless 9/29 start giving up 8 earned in 5 IP – and winning!). Hence the worry about Toronto, while Tampa’s backend rotation is a ?. Ultimately pitching is about not allowing runs isn’t it? Like the style or not, that’s what Wang does.

It’s having multiple starters that allow a team to compete that makes for success. In the playoffs it’s as often – like in hockey goalies – about who’s hot. Think St. Louis in ’06 (Weaver?), Chisox in ’05, Angels in ’02.

unfortunately the Knicks are going to screw it up, I don’t think our fans understand the only reason we aren’t in more cap hell is because Milwaukee’s GM Larry Harris rejected Zach Randolph to Mil. LeBron also said when asked if he ever thought about being a Knick, he responded “no” not that he would admit it but I see it very difficult for him to reject Jay-Z the only hope the Knicks have is Jay-Z and him get into a fight or Jay-Z is fired from the Nets and that’s likely not happening.

I completely agree with this and think its a point that goes missing when discussing the teams lack of post season success.

Yes the pitching in the post season has been poor to very bad.

But since that game they blew to the Sox in 2004 the bats have just disappeared.

The entire team collectively presses way too much in the post season. It’s white knuckles all around.

This is one of the issues with having so many all start calliber players – each of them seems to want to carry the load in the post season rather than letting the game come to him.

It’s also one of the issues with having every season be a complete failure if they don’t win the world series.

Hitting is difficult enough – they need to stop pressing in the post season but that’ s easier said than done.

Hopefully having more younger players contribute will loosen up the team, let them relax and let their natural hitting talent come through in the playoffs.

This is one potential benefit with having Girardi – hopefully making that change and turning page will put 2004 further away in the distance. I don’t think many of the hitters recovered from that (ARod being the most dramatic before and after example)