The Yankess’ payroll dwarfs those of clubs which aspire to .500 records. You call it a “miracle” they’ve gone 9-9?

I’m not saying they won’t be fine and win 95 games, but to say, if they don’t, this team playing .500 ball is kosher because they’ve had so many hurdles is complete nonsense.

There’s nothing wrong with a team spending like the Yankees do and expecting to win. There’s nothing wrong with that team’s fans (who pay for the tickets, the merch, the concessions, the parking and the YES network)to expect them to win. There’s something wrong with a beat reporter trying to lower that fan base’s expectations with ridiculous statements like the one made in this post.

Be professional. Stop sticking up for the team. They are a big club and don’t need you to going to bat for them.

Randy,

He’s playing for Yarmouth-Dennis this summer.

And now they have a bunch of kid pitchers who need time to learn to pitch. That is fine but for fans who are use to winning this may not be the brightest move by Hal and Cashman especially when they charge 70 bucks for a loge seat and over 200 for a box seat.

They have a few position players in the minors that could be good players. Jackson, Tabata, and Montero but none of them are ready to play on the major league level yet. Gardner and Duncan will not get a real chance because the over the hill gang is blocking their way.

I have been a yankee fan for over nearly forty years and have been a fan in the good and bad and remain that way but let’s get realistic here. Realistically 85-90 wins is the number they can win. That will not get them into the playoffs. Unfortunately I must agree with Steve Phillips and people who look at this situation objectively.

When they don’t make the playoffs, I will still be a fan in September and October. How many of the rest of you will be still here?

By Chris Snow, Globe Staff | November 22, 2005

With Theo Epstein off quietly living his life, and the general manager search reaching periodic points of inertia, the Red Sox last night were on the verge of acquiring Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett, a momentous move that would position the club with an ace around which to build its pitching staff for perhaps a decade to come.

it is curious about damon. he doesn’t look like he recommitted himself to a fitness plan over the winter as he said he was going to do. slow hands are really just a symptom of a slow body. hands by themselves don’t go fast. it’s the arms and the core rotation getting the hands up to speed. damon’s arms and core rotation do look slow, real slow.

once the variable of cold weather goes by, it should be easier to see if one of the two of giambi and damon will get going. one would be enough. two would be good fortune. there’s time for some of these issues to play out. as long as there’s some kind of back up plan, i agree it’s too early to panic.

funny you mentioned your nephew. i was going to ask you if he was going to play in the cape league. i looked up his stats at bc. pretty impressive. what team is he playing for?
orleans is close to where i live and work so i’ll be sure to go see him.

for anyone who hasn’t seen a cape league game, they are baseball as it was meant to be played- the best amateur players in the country playing with wooden bats in americana settings where the hat is passed around in the crowds often sitting on hillsides in chairs they bring to the game.

my favorite cape league memory was watching over the shoulder of an oriole scout when his radar gun registered 97mph from a short lefty pitcher. the scout looked puzzled at the gun like there was something wrong with it. next pitch same thing. next pitch he was covering up so i couldn’t see, then the scout just left the game as if in a sudden rush to call someone. it was an unknown billy wagner’s debut coming to the cape from some division three school.