How I spent my summer vacation
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- July
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Joba Chamberlain, industrious fellow that he is, stuck around New York for the All-Star break. He popped up at a Vitamin Water party on Monday and here he is playing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Joba was part of the XBox Live Game with Fame session in Manhattan yesterday.
Joba is doing assorted appearances these days. Yes, he has his head on straight. Calm down.
Meanwhile, Jason Giambi relaxed by chugging ice water straight out of a Jack Daniels bottle in Las Vegas. Whiskey? No, of course not. This photo via Deadspin.
Say this for the The Big G: He makes it easy for the waitresses. No glass required and you still get a nice tip.
The Yankees have a mandatory workout at The Stadium tomorrow at 1 p.m. That should be a blast for the boys.
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Peter Abraham
Great photo of the Giambino!
Looks great to seeing them having so much fun.
For those that missed it last thread, Joe Blanton is going to the Phillies for three minor leaguers.
i dont feel so well.
i guess I haven’t used this computer in a while.
Yeah, this is a winning season alright.
Well, Joba looks like’s having a great time. The Big G – I don’t know – maybe he’s having a good itme NOW, but later, not so much!
That photo of Giambi should be in Monument Park.
I can’t wait for next season when he’ll be chugging Ice Water for another team, GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!!!!
thats a balls out party right there jason.
that joba looks skinnier and skinnier in each pic
I wonder how Blanton’s 5-12 record will translate to the NL.
Addition by subtraction? Beane spins more straw into gold?
Blanton had perfect stuff for our tired, aging hitters!
Posting this again:
Phillies gave up Cardenas, Outman and Spencer. I think Cardenas is like their best prospect or one of their best…and they gave him up for Blanton.
Oh yeah, Rock on Big G!
Well the Phils gave up Cardenas who is a walking web gem but kept hold of Carrasco and he’s gonna be crazy good according to scouts.
Joba’s looking good.
SA: It’s billy beane. Of course he’s going to fleece you.
Rebecca-Billy did a good job!
SA: Why do you think we never trade with Oakland?
Also, are any of you watching the Mets game?
nick in sf-
blanton had 230 innings last year.
guess what that qualifies him for?
Yup…they will rob ya.
I’m watching the Mets game..nothing else on..
Blanton was never seriously on Cashman’s radar. I believe that Cashman is cautious when talking with Billy Beane who’s the kind of GM that would give you an apple for an orchard.
“SA: Why do you think we never trade with Oakland?”
who do the yankees trade with now?
when was the last trade?
I think that picture of Giambi is from his new club in Vegas. He teamed up with a couple rockers(Good Charlotte) and others to open it. It looks like we will be getting out of his contract just in time. JD straight out the bottle is deadly and good things don’t usually follow nights like that.
randy:
Angels—Matt Kennard for Jose Molina
Dodgers—? for Wilson Betemit
Nationals—Tyler Clippard for ?
there have probably been others.
If only Blanton was 30 years older –
and cuban
and 50 pounds heavier
and a brother to a clutch post-season pitcher
and didn’t throw so hard . . .
HE would have been a great addition to the NYY!
Rebecca – I believe it was the beloved Scott Proctor for Betamit
Blanton looked pretty puffy even before he ate all those innings. But is he a gritty gamer?
No way Beane would have delt Blanton to the Yanks, whether we wanted him or not.
“Angels–Matt Kennard for Jose Molina
Dodgers–? for Wilson Betemit
Nationals–Tyler Clippard for ?”
We gave up Proctor to get Betemit.
I think we got Veras for Clippard.
Sanchez or Albie for Clippard (just from memory)
” I believe that Cashman is cautious when talking with Billy Beane who’s the kind of GM that would give you an apple for an orchard.”
it might also have something to do with beane being smarter, having played the game, and being a better judge of talent.
... but besides those minor things , i have no idea why brian would be wary of beane?
Dodgers–? for Wilson Betemit
Nationals–Tyler Clippard for ?
Dodgers ? = Scott Proctor
Nationals ? = Albaledejo (there is a 0% chance I spelled that right)
Wasn’t Albaladejo was for Clippard?
...How could I forget poor Scott Proctor!
And yes, Albi for Tyler.
Jose Veras was with us last year but I don’t remember how he came by.
Sanchez was from Detroit in the Sheffield deal.
“it might also have something to do with beane being smarter, having played the game, and being a better judge of talent.”
Yeah, when Cash is talking to Beane, he is probably blinded by all those World Series Championship rings that Beane is wearing. How can Cash ever compete with a guy who has built teams that have 0 series wins? (zero, none, nil, zilch, jamais, nada, you get the point)
Thanks right, randy, Cashman never ever deals with GMs who were once players at any level, because he’s just scared of athletes. He purged all the brilliant former players from the front office for the same reason.
“guess what that qualifies him for?”
A free round trip ticket to see Dr. Andrews in Birmingham?
lol pat – nice!
“Jose Veras was with us last year but I don’t remember how he came by.”
Veras was signed as a free agent in 2005.
Rebecca,
Couldn’t get into X-files. More of a Twin Peaks fan. Can’t believe there’s a second X-files movie.
Brutal game in Baltimore.
Detroit gets the lead. The Gambler gives it back. Not once, but twice. Hopefully O’s come out on top.
“Angels–Matt Kennard for Jose Molina
Dodgers–? for Wilson Betemit
Nationals–Tyler Clippard for ?”
thank you for looking up what i was too lazy to look up.
those trades are not exactly bobby bonds for ed figueroa and mickey rivers.
i did like the molina one however.
I think “I Want to Believe” belongs in the “will the Yanks make the playoffs?” thread more than this one.
Twins Peaks was awesome. I visited some of the locations in 1991. That cherry pie really was good. I have Julee Cruise on my iPod.
is anyone here actually saying cashman is as good a gm as billy beane?
this i have to hear.
not as good, but he isn’t afraid of him
tk in dc-
if cashman only got control three years ago and isn’t responsible for anything that happened before that, i would think that means he has no rings either under his leadership.
the difference is of course that beane works with 1/4 the payroll that cashman does.
you can’t have it both ways on cashman. either he’s responsible for the years before he took over completely or he’s not. most of you say he’s the victim of bloated long term contracts he inherited. well if that’s true than he didn’t earn any of those rings.
matt kennard = JEFF kennard
Clenched fist, raised in air? Tone down your exuberance Joba, or risk the wrath of the Loose Goose!
I say Cashman isn’t responsible for the relative dearth of minor league talent between the late 90s and the mid-2000s. That’s a relatively big deal; farm systems are (generally) rather important towards improving a team, since there’s only so much you can do with an infinite payroll.
Nonetheless, if you look at Cashman’s trade history (or, the trade history while Cashman was GM, how much power he had over any of those trades is legitimately debatable), he never gets fleeced. He might not do any fleecing, either, but sometimes that comes down to luck more than skill.
For example, when AJ was traded for the Liriano/Nathan/Boof combo, AJ was one of the brightest young catchers in the game, Nathan hadn’t been converted to a full-time reliever yet (or had just been), Boof was considered a jewel of the Giants’ farm system, and Liriano was a young kid in A-ball. (If I recall correctly, off the top of my head.)
It was arguably a rather even trade at the time, but hindsight is 20/20.
Also recall that GMs don’t do all the player evaluations single-handedly; a lot of that comes down to scouting staffs and assistants, too. Another mulligan I’m willing to give Cashman is that he had little control over the size of the scouting department in the same period the Yankees had a terrible farm system, with Steinbrenner (infamously) ordering several large cuts in that department.
randy, you and I have had discussions about the state of scouting (and overall, decision-making) in the Yankee organization now, and I certainly agree the Yankees need to do better in that area. So the question becomes, is Cashman capable of turning the Yankees into a first-class player scouting, developing, and evaluating machine? Or not? I’m inclined to think he is, because I think the Yankees are precisely in that direction.
I still think that trading the decaying remains of Robin Ventura for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor is one of his more underrated deals. Sure Crosby wasn’t all that useful, but we got plenty of worth from Proctor, and then shipped him out just in time for the arm problems.
second half? What second half?
I hear too much of that “ice water” can give you “food poisoning” on game night.
No wonder Big G doesn’t have any rings
The best part about that stache is you can wake up the next morning and clear up that hangover simply by licking the leftover whiskey stuck in it.
Giambi goes back, back, waaaay back…
Shelley Duncan + Jason Giambi + VODKA, BEAM AND JACK DANIELS + 2AM = Them playing hide and seek in the bushes with me and my friends. Good times.