Comments on: Today in The Journal News: 2008 preview

By: Ed Wood

Ed Wood — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:06:45 +0000

Cue Allen Iverson/Jim Mora voice: “87 wins? 87 wins? Are you kidding me? 87 wins?”

Uh, Peter, that means 75 losses and that’s too many in a division with Tampa Bay, Baltimore and, to a lesser extent, Toronto.

Minimum 90 wins. Playoffs? Now that’s a horse of a different color…

By: george

george — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:42:19 +0000

if you’re predicting that they’ll score as much or more than 960 runs, they’ll win in the range of the low 90s to the 100s, most likely 94-98.

unless the pitching totally breaks down - meaning it would have to be MUCH worse than last year’s staff, which was league average. that seems unlikely.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:57:25 +0000

“Also, how about the game the day of Munson’s funeral where Murcer won it?”
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Great call. It wasn’t a post season game. It wasn’t a full, or near full stadium. It wasn’t even a good Yankee team. But Bobby, who was in tears before the game, had 5 RBI, including a HR and a late inning, 2 RBI single to take the lead (when behind 3-4) and win the game.

How much more emotional could a game be?

By: NJ in Tampa

NJ in Tampa — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:37:49 +0000

Also, how about the game the day of Munson’s funeral where Murcer won it?

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:00:55 +0000

Peter,
The video you posted has a glaring error in it. At 1:15 in the video, you show a stadium that is NOT Yankee Stadium. It looks more like an old Tiger Stadium than it does Yankee Stadium. The break in the upper deck is a dead give away, and the two-tier structure is also obvious because Yankee Stadium was the first three-tiered. Just wanted to bring that to your attention.

By: nyystadiuminsider NICK

nyystadiuminsider NICK — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:14:10 +0000

also about that top 10 games list… Interesting… all of the top ten either happen before 1978 or between 2000-2003?

How is the Giambi game a better game then the 2004 John Flaherty walkoff, Jeter dives into the stands, A Rod forces a double play diving to get the ball then throwing to home game.

By: NJ in Tampa

NJ in Tampa — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:09:46 +0000

Pete I know its hard to narrow a list down to just 10 games but I have to disagree with yours. For example the Giambi game doesn’t belong there. Game 6 of the ‘96 world series deserves to be on there much more than that. Or the game against the Red Sox where Jeter went into the stands face first. That game was unbelievable.

By: jk

jk — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:23:47 +0000

Pete, I hope this prediction works out as well as when you picked the Pats to win the Super Bowl!

By: Boston Dave

Boston Dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:59:51 +0000

Pete,

nothing wrong with your prediction. I think they’ll win at least 90 but may not make the playoffs. I believe this season will be very unpredictable… so predictions right now don’t mean all that much.

p.s. Clare is one of my favorite posters on the blog - and one of the most intelligent.

By: Annie Savoy

Annie Savoy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:45:24 +0000

Pete - I think Joe Girardi will surprise you. I expect him to be very successful with this team.