Comments on: The Sunday Links

By: kimmiebruce

kimmiebruce — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:30:31 +0000

Pete, we heard your interview on ESPN—we didn’t see this post before we set out to run some errands, and clicked on ESPN 1050 to hear an interview, and didn’t know it was you until the sign off at the end. Great job!

By: yanksince57-aceves/mccutchen/next?

yanksince57-aceves/mccutchen/next? — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:31:12 +0000

moose and joe have always been underrated as defenders!

By: Yankee Trader

Yankee Trader — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:25:04 +0000

Randy 1

Thanks for replying to my post about Clete Boyer, at the top of this page. I too grew up in the times of the 60’s great Yankee teams. Clete Boyer played in my opinion with the best infield in Yankee history, in terms of defense, with Kubek at short, Richardson at seond and Skowron/Pepitone at first.

By: Yankee Lover

Yankee Lover — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:23:59 +0000

Interleague play hurts some teams. The Yankees are forced to play a pretty good Mets team 6 times. Who do the Red sox play six times? If they must have interleague play they should balance the schedule. I think since playoff spots and pennant races are sometimes decided by a few games these games are critical.

By: Skippy

Skippy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:14:39 +0000

Where did clever, witty, self-deprecating Randy Johnson come from? Why did we get stuck with surly, noncommunicative Randy Johnson (not to mention ineffective Randy Johnson)?

By: murphydog

murphydog — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:12:45 +0000

If I’m Theo and the ownership, I’d offer Manny arbitration. His defense is terrible, his numbers are down, his age is catching up to him. Doesn’t Manny have to refuse arbitration to avoid a negative finding and instead go out to the FA market?

By: mel

mel — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:09:54 +0000

Thanks, guys.

I wonder how Uggla’s arm is. Maybe a move to the OF would be the way to go.

Speaking of converting positions. Adam Loewen (LHP) of the Orioles is going Ankiel.

Rather than have a elbow surgery on his troublesome elbow, they’re converting him to an OF. Apparently he was a .353 hitter in college where he pitched and played 1B. He sounds pretty excited about it.

By: pat

pat — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:02:32 +0000

Manny hired Boras earlier this year. If Boras doesn’t get Manny an extension or get Manny to free agency, Scott gets nothing.

Why would Boras take on a client for free unless he had an indication the Sox were looking to do something other than just pick up the option.

By: mel

mel — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:58:33 +0000

murphydog,

It’s just that we’ve seen this song and dance before. Will they really break up that the Ortiz tandem?

But this could really be the year. Maybe they let Manny be Manny somewhere else.

According to the Globe, the fine was closer to the $10k-$15k range. And it was for the attack, not the insubordinance in the batter’s box.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:54:49 +0000

“Speaking of Uggla, not so ugly yesterday when he walloped a ball into the stands. Is he normally a butcher in the field? Or was he just nervous seeing more than 5,000 people in the stands?”

mel, the Marlins are known to have bad infield defense, and the all star game was proof of that…Uggla 3 errors, Hanley Ramirez 1 error (just think last year they had Miguel Cabrera at 3b.) Some say it’s focus with Hanley and he’s still young, but I wouldn’t be surprise if he’s the next B.J. Upton, with a move to CF. As for Uggla, he might be an AL player.