Wrapping it up from the Bronx
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 19, 2008 
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If you were considering running out on the field sometime in the next two days, think again.
A second after Pudge Rodriguez caught that pop-up tonight, about 100 police officers came sprinting out of the gates in right field and left field and lined the perimeter of the field. The Yankees are not messing around it seems.
As for other matters:
* Carl Pavano is 4-1 with a 4.99 ERA. You just know some team is going to give him an incentive-laden major league contract for 2009. That team will not be the Yankees, however.
* Robinson Cano is 6 for 9 in the last three games. You have to wonder what his season would have been like if he had been benched for a few days in June instead of September.
* The crowd of 54,136 was really into the game. It’s nice to see people enjoying baseball instead of being mad that the team is in third place. I’m still not clear on why A-Rod is getting booed whenever he makes an out. But such is the life of A-Rod.
* Boston’s victory against Toronto leaves the Yankees 7.5 games out in the wild card with eight games left to play. In other words, they can be eliminated tomorrow. It would take a Yankees loss and a Boston win.
Magic number for Boston to clinch the Wild Card over the Yankees will remain stuck at 2 for a very long time…so THERE !
Hey thanks for doing the math for us Pete!
My preference would by for the Sux to lose the rest of their games and the Yankees to win all of theirs and for the Yankees to slip into the postseason. Since that is not extremely likely, then I would hope that the Sux are forced to do it without our help, i.e., win their way there as opposed to any Yankee losses helping them out.
Much of the booing can be laid at the feet of the media. They’re the ones who have the desire to feed the hatred. It helps to write their stories. Hopefully, next season Rodriguez boycotts the press completely. Perhaps leaving his personal life out of the papers and other sources would help.
I guess Cashman figured they would try and get something out of Pavano. He’s basically a five inning pitcher in the AL East, at best. He could be a number two or three starter in the for soemone in the NL next year.
ER, you couldn’t predict last week’s lotto numbers next week.
ER
The Weather Channel says you’re wrong about the rain delay and I say you’re wrong about Waters and Millar.
It’s because A-Rod sucks. That’s why we boo him.
Then, there are the total idiots that need no reason. The only thing that explains them would be the lack of knowledge about baseball.
For those that love the history of baseball in video form, Fox sports channels has a great series called “The way It Was”. Great videos and home film taken by old time ball players.
Well, at least tomorrow the Sox have to deal with Halladay…
Let’s Go Yanks!!!!
Wait…I thought you told people to boo A-Rod?
i am a 13 year old die hard yankee fan. i live in bridgeport ct. i am always getting in arguments and sometimes fights at school with red sox kids. i got hooked on them when i started playing baseball at age 7. i hear about them winning 26 titles but i never got to see one. i want them to win now. i am tired of getting in trouble at school. i don’t care what they do 10 years ago. my big brother said they have smart yankee fans on this site. please give me some good advice about my problem at school.
Anyone going to the game tomorrow?
I’ll be there bright and early.
What the heck happened to Garland? 8 ER in 2.1 innings? Yeesh.
Nice game, nice win, NICE gem for Brett. Hopefully he’ll earn a nickname soon. I’m not feeling Gardy and Brett makes me think of pine tar.
is this kid for real? ^^
“Robinson Cano is 6 for 9 in the last three games. You have to wonder what his season would have been like if he had been benched for a few days in June instead of September.”
Um, it most likely would have been the same. What, do you think benching him in June would force him to learn to be more disciplined at the plate? Hitters like Cano, who have no plate discipline at all, sometimes have off years like this since they don’t have multiple ways to get on base other than hacking away at every pitch. It is naive to think benching him in June would have turned his season around.
sir, my black eye is real.
since Big G is leaving why not call brett ” little g”
Thanks Pete, for the blog this year. Always a good read and always informative.
Granted its too little too late, but none the less nice to see the yankees still playing hard, showing some pride, and actually putting together a little streak now. I respect the group of individuals on this team for their efforts a bit more now then I did 6 or 8 weeks ago.
ricky- you may address mel as madame.
mel
September 19th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
is this kid for real? ^^
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OK, “Sir”. How do you know he’s a real kid?
Not sure Mel would be any happier being known as a madame.
Cano’s stance was changed a bit, making him less open. That might have some positive effect as we are seeing right now. Of course it could just be one of those mini-plus hitting periods he has had this year. He does seem to have a bit more hussle though, which is a result of the benching.
Well, I won’t talk to a 13 yr. old online.
That’s a pretty good cover though. I had tears from laughing so hard.
The “sir” tells me all I need to know. Kids don’t say that anymore.
I doubt that had Cano been hitting, the “lazy” issues wouldn’t have been there. He seemed to take the fielding issues to the plate and his hiiting issues to the field…a vicious cycle. I can’t figure out why it took Long or anybody else so long to figure out that he had screwed up his stance. It was hardly a subtle change when looking at them in side by side videos.
Ricky
You would be better off asking some of your Sox friends parents about how to deal with the frustration of not seeing their team win a WS as children. They have more experience than Yankee fans in that area.
However, fighting with Sox fans is the least of your problems at school. You need to pay more attention during English class. Sentences start with capital letters and you may not care what they did 10 years ago not “what they do 10 years ago”.
Now get off the computer because it is past your bedtime.
Hey, hey. Don’t talk to Madame X that way.
BTW. Just watched Brett’s replay a couple of times.
Very impressive.
1. He ran a long way
2. He had it lined up perfectly
3. It was a blind catch
4. He brought it back into the park
5. And he held onto it.
6. He brought a real smile to Carl’s face. I’ve never seen him laugh.
“I’m still not clear on why A-Rod is getting booed whenever he makes an out.”
I agree. That being said, didn’t you just say the other day that is was perfectly fine for the fans to boo A-Rod (ironically enough, after he made an out)? What’s the deal with that?
mel
September 19th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Well, I won’t talk to a 13 yr. old online.
That’s a pretty good cover though. I had tears from laughing so hard.
The “sir†tells me all I need to know. Kids don’t say that anymore.
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He might have pulled the deception off if he had said “Bro” or “Dude” and thrown a few “disses”, “dats” and “dose” into the conversation.
Cano getting a day off doesn’t have anything to do with him hitting, it’s the fact they altered his swing a little bit so he’s not out in front of pitches anymore. He was given multiple days off over the course of the year and he never regained form…
Was Cano’s stance messed up after the all-star break?
I really hate this, but Cano’s the X factor it seems. We go as Cano goes.
The good news is that he’s listening and seeing good results.
GB7′s absolutely correct. Defense and offense feed off each other in any sport. Jeter, Alex play steady on the other side of the ball at all times, no matter how things are going at the plate. He’ll figure it out.
well, i guess big brother was wrong. i do have good parents though.
mel
September 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Hey, hey. Don’t talk to Madame X that way.
BTW. Just watched Brett’s replay a couple of times.
Very impressive.
1. He ran a long way
2. He had it lined up perfectly
3. It was a blind catch
4. He brought it back into the park
5. And he held onto it.
6. He brought a real smile to Carl’s face. I’ve never seen him laugh.
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OK, Madame X…Bad Carl hasn’t exactly had a lot to smile about over the last 4 years (except at night and on payday).
“He brought a real smile to Carl’s face. I’ve never seen him laugh.”
Pavano has to be real careful about pulling facial muscles, so he probably doesn’t laugh too often.
Mel, it may sound stereotypical, and, it’s certainly not meant that way, but, a lot of the younger latin players have that issue of taking the plays into both parts of their games, until they mature. One only needs to look at Jose Reyes to see that.
You could pitch with a pulled facial muscle, couldn’t you?
I mean, I wasn’t aware that facial expression had aything to do with effectiveness of delivery
Who is supposed to pitch for Baltimore tomorrow?
Who is supposed to pitch for Baltimore tomorrow?
supposed to be Daniel Cabrera but since he’s out for the season, it will be Brian Burress.
Ray, Baltimore called up a rookie making his major league debut. His name is TBD, but, I don’t have a scouting report on him.
Thank you GB7.
Didn’t see your response at first Ed, thank you too.
a-rod gets booed because with his contract he set the bar up very high. It’s his own fault, he went for ridiculous money– not that I blame him for it. But when you set the bar that high, batting .304 doesn’t cut it, even when you score 103 times, hit 35 HRs and get 101 Ribbys in 132 games. He has looked terrible in too many clutch moments, has hit weak popups or struck out too many times with runners in scoring position, and then when he gets interviewed, he looks and acts like a big phony. You just can’t warm up to the guy. I’m sorry he has personal problems, but the average Yankee fan doesn’t care about that (nor should he/she). The average Yankee fan just wants a-rod to perform up to the level of that “bar”, and nothing less. In 2008, he hasn’t, & we’re essentially paying his salary, so we have every right in the world to boo him. This is the Big Apple, the place where the lights shine brighter, supposedly he bought into that when he signed his contract so he has to deal with it.
Happy to help out, Ray.
Np…
“It’s his own fault”
No, it’s not his fault. Any fans that boo their own players just don’t have a clue, regardless of whether that player makes the minimum or 30 million a year.
SteveB
September 20th, 2008 at 12:15 am
a-rod gets booed because with his contract he set the bar up very high. It’s his own fault, he went for ridiculous money– not that I blame him for it. But when you set the bar that high, batting .304 doesn’t cut it, even when you score 103 times, hit 35 HRs and get 101 Ribbys in 132 games. He has looked terrible in too many clutch moments, has hit weak popups or struck out too many times with runners in scoring position, and then when he gets interviewed, he looks and acts like a big phony. You just can’t warm up to the guy. I’m sorry he has personal problems, but the average Yankee fan doesn’t care about that (nor should he/she). The average Yankee fan just wants a-rod to perform up to the level of that “barâ€, and nothing less. In 2008, he hasn’t, & we’re essentially paying his salary, so we have every right in the world to boo him. This is the Big Apple, the place where the lights shine brighter, supposedly he bought into that when he signed his contract so he has to deal with it.
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You’re wrong about nobody caring about his personal life. People like you eat it up. Maybe Rodriguez shopuld follow you around and boo you when you screw up at work or home, and then, write about it in the papaers.
arod gets booed because some people have sheep mentality.
btw, here are the team splits with RISP as of a few days ago:
Melky/Cano/Molina/Pudge/Bench: .210/.262/.292
All Other Yankees: .290/.386/.454
The real problem, which not many people seem to want to accept, is that the offensive woes are orimarily due to having empty proudction all year from 2B/CF/C/Bench – 2000 plate appearances of emptiness.
Two interesting things on the news.
1. Sheffield goes bonkers on Fausto-he better get more that what Pudge got.
2. Knicks fans-Wade said he wants to play for D’antoni when he becomes a free agent.
Brandon, you still want to get rid of D’antoni?
mel
September 20th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Two interesting things on the news.
1. Sheffield goes bonkers on Fausto-he better get more that what Pudge got.
2. Knicks fans-Wade said he wants to play for D’antoni when he becomes a free agent.
Brandon, you still want to get rid of D’antoni?
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That’s unusual about Sheffield. He’s usually so quiet and unassumming. Not normal for him to get upset over anything.
GB7,
To quote ARod – “Ha.”
Good game tonight. Hopefully more of the same tomorrow. I’ve finally been able to convince myself to enjoy the games that remain, without looking at the big picture. Although it would definitely be nice if the Blue Jays could pull it together.
You a-rod apologists are funny. Ballplayers who underperform get booed. That’s how it is, how it’s always been. And I couldn’t care less about his personal life. I want to see him hit those curves during the game, I couldn’t care less how many curves he hits on in the bars afterward.
Clare, I’d love to see the Yanks run the table and see the starters get the wins. Mussina gets his 20 wins and Pettitte finishes with a winning record. The chances of the Yanks sneakin in are slim and none, but many goals still reachabe…Jeter getting 100 runs scored, Abreu, Giambi and Nady getting 100 RBI and Cano finishing with 70 and a .270 average, Rivera getting 40 saves.
It really was a well-played game. Yeah, right now, Toronto is the key for the next 5 games.
Not to mention, Rodriguez winning the home run title and Hughes picking up a couple of wins to make the winter easier to deal with.
SteveB
September 20th, 2008 at 12:50 am
You a-rod apologists are funny. Ballplayers who underperform get booed. That’s how it is, how it’s always been. And I couldn’t care less about his personal life. I want to see him hit those curves during the game, I couldn’t care less how many curves he hits on in the bars afterward.
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How strange that the people who alays say that they don’t care about Rodriguez’ personal life are the ones that always bring it up. Just keep believing yourself…you’ll eventualy convince yourself of it.
Lol
.304, 35HR, and 100+ RBI’s isn’t enough? After missing 3 weeks? What the hell do you want him to do? God people are stupid.
Steve B
If underperforming for what they are paid is the issue, why has Giambi gotten a pass for most of his time in NY and why did Jeter not hear a boo for the first half of this season? They make 23 and 21 million dollars this year and based on your definition have not lived up to their salaries.
I don’t advocate booing any player but if you are being honest about why you are booing A-Rod, I’d have to think you are booing the first baseman and the shortstop too.
on bob sheppard from the times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09.....f=baseball
pat,
I feel like such a boob, getting all emotional.
Did you read the essay by Paul Simon?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09.....f=baseball
The best line was by Bernie Williams.
Didn’t they show Jeter stats with risp. And it was .270 something since June.
Yeah, you’re much smarter than I am. Then you must know that this season a-rod is batting .268 with runners in scoring position and .321 the rest of the time. Look it up. When you are getting paid much more than everyone else, that kind of disparity isn’t acceptable. He deserves to be booed– not all the time, but some of the time.
I have a hard time reading this stuff about the Stadium. It fills me with so much more emotion than any baseball stadium should have a right to do.
SteveB
September 20th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Yeah, you’re much smarter than I am.
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Well, you’ve part of your issues solved. You’ve learned to admit it.
Pete, can you give us the websites for the Toronto blogs so we can tell them to win? Tx.
Yankees with RISP:
Melky/Cano/Molina/Pudge/Bench: .210/.262/.292
All Other Yankees: .290/.386/.454
ARod isn’t the problem. Find a better CF/C/Bench/2B. Then the offense is fixed.
mel
September 20th, 2008 at 1:11 am
pat,
I feel like such a boob, getting all emotional.
Did you read the essay by Paul Simon?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09.....f=baseball
The best line was by Bernie Williams.
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The emotional part is realizing that he’s about to be 67 years old and I remember when he and Art Garfunkel released “The Sounds Of Silence”.
Pat, you are right, Giambi isn’t the same ballplayer he was. But he still has been productive– his on base % has ranked among the league leaders every year, but his numbers with runners in scoring position has been dropping badly & I’m sure he won’t be returning next year. Overall I don’t think the Yankees got their money’s worth on Giambi. As for Jeter, he was a huge disappointment the first half of this season, has gotten much better the second half. I gotta have a full season before I get down on Jeter, he’s been too valuable for too long a time.
Hey GreenBeret7, I gave you hard stats, that’s the best response you have?
“I gotta have a full season before I get down on Jeter, he’s been too valuable for too long a time.”
It didn’t take you a full season to get on ARod. You do remember how he was the best player in baseball last year, right?
Is ricky still online ?
btw ARod’s OBP with RISP is over 40%. so sure he could be doing better with avg with RISp, but he isn’t hurting the team. Molina/Melky/Cano/bench have killed this offense. 2000 wasted plate appearances on those automatic outs this year. That is close to 40% of the team’s plate appearances down the drain.
mel
September 20th, 2008 at 1:11 am
pat,
I feel like such a boob, getting all emotional.
Did you read the essay by Paul Simon?
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For me, the emotional part was realizing Paul Simon is about to be 67 years old, and I remember when he and Art Garfunkel released “The Sounds Of Silence” in 1964 on their “Wednesday Morning, 3 AM” alblum.
Hello,
I am curious about ARod’s RISP numbers. Would you guys be happier if he was hitting .293 with RISP, or would you still consider that unacceptable? Just curious.
Thanks.
Brandon,
Did you see my Knicks/Wade/D’antoni question ^^?
Jennings was at the game I guess. Updated his blog. Marquez going to AFL. Talk of Coke going to rotation.
I agree with Jennings, though. Coke seems to be in the perfect spot.
SteveB
September 20th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Hey GreenBeret7, I gave you hard stats, that’s the best response you have?
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Flawed and cherry picked stats on a player you don’t like hardly make your case.
I’ve been down on a-rod since before he was a Yankee. I think he caves in the spotlight. I had mixed feelings about the Soriano-arod trade back then.
Look, reality is that a-rod’s not going anywhere, and other than pitching, I do agree that C/2B/CF/bench are what’s wrong with the team. I would include fixing 1B, since Giambi isn’t returning. But with Posada back, and I believe Cano will rebound next year, that solves two problems. I think for 2009, the Yankees need a solid fielding 1B-man with some pop in his bat, they need to fix that bench, and I would resign Abreau, hang onto Gardner to see what he has & let the rest of the OF situation ride until 2009, when we lose Damon & Matsui and gain AJ.
Mel, with any luck, a great Fall League season by Marguez will give NYY another option or a good piece of the trade puzzle. I’d be leery of trading young solid pitchers unless the deal is for something good. Him and Horne being injured this year hurt the team a lot. Ponson or Rasner would not have had half of those starts.
Pete, the so called fans who boo Arod are idiots. I can’t think of a nicer name to call them, sorry.
marcum TJ for Toronto.. they lose Burnett also and they are a 4th place team at best…
overtones
September 20th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Hello,
I am curious about ARod’s RISP numbers. Would you guys be happier if he was hitting .293 with RISP, or would you still consider that unacceptable? Just curious.
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Finally, a great comment instead of just sniping. I would expect someone of a-rod’s abilities, getting paid that kind of money (to be the best in his sport) ought to be able to “rise to the occasion”. In other words, I expect him to be better in clutch moments than his career numbers, not worse. Batting in the middle of this Yankee lineup, any decent hitter will compile numbers. And BTW, I don’t question a-rod’s talent– he has loads of talent. I don’t think he puts it to good use at times, that’s my point. I don’t hate the guy– and for the record, I rarely boo him. I just don’t expect much from him in most late innings, game-in-the-balance situations. I’d rather have Jeter, Damon, Abreau, Jorgie, or Cano (when he’s hitting like Cano) at bat instead of a-rod. Dollar for dollar, a-rod comes up short in my eyes.
is McGowan also going to miss part of next year, or was he just shut down for this year?
the paul simon piece made my day. and yeah GB7 -it’s hard to believe that he’s 67.
Steve B
Giambi’s RISP this year is .225 and his OBP is almost 20 points lower than A-Rod’s yet the one with the higher BA, OBP, OPS, Slug% and who has as recently as last year almost single handedly got the team to the playoffs gets booed.
My logic is if a team can’t make the playoffs because ONE player is ONLY hitting .300 with 100 runs scored, 100 RBI and a .393 OBP, that one guy may not be the problem.
The booing has become reflex. It’s become part of the stadium experience and that’s one thing I would have no problem with leaving behind when they move across the street next year.
GB7,
You can never have too much pitching, but in a year or two we may have too much pitching. Some of the prospects underachieved, but we did net two championships.
I’m sure SJ, et al will have a better handle on this, but won’t we have Rule 5 issues soon?
Can’t believe Coke was passed over twice.
mel
I didn’t read it but I will right now.
Pat– I made that comment about Giambi above. 2008 was a total team failure, I don’t blame any one person for it, plus there were injuries, although this team could (should!) have overcome the injuries.
One thing I really do worry about– was there a “mental letdown” with the change in managers? I was disappointed that Girardi didn’t appear to take a more proactive role with his team, at least that’s how it looked outwardly. I thought he was a tougher guy. For example, I agree with Pete 100% that he should have benched Cano in June. Cano needed direction and Girardi didn’t provide it. I have no doubt that the other players picked up on that. Did it affect them negatively? Hard to figure.
We may be in the heat of the pennant races, but the Giants’ hot stove talk appears to be on fire. A lingering rumor was given new life Wednesday night. ESPN’s Peter Gammons said the Giants could trade starting pitcher Matt Cain, 23, to the Brewers for first baseman Prince Fielder, 24, shortstop J.J. Hardy, 26, and another player. He didn’t cite his source.
talk about dumb trading for the Brewers. It’s a steal for the Giants though.
http://www.fannation.com/truth.....view/68432
A-Rod has 42 hits in 157 at bats with RISP this year for a .267 average. However, judging him completely on this is pretty naive for the following reasons:
He is a career .303 hitter with RISP in 2097 at-bats, which is a much more trustworthy sample size of data to judge him on than a measly 157 at-bats.
Also, 157 at-bats is not very meaningful:
42/157 = .268
43/157 = .274
44/157 = .280
45/157 = .287
46/157 = .293
47/157 = .299
48/157 = .306
So people are essentially booing him for having 5 or 6 fewer hits than his career average with RISP would predict he should have. That is a pretty dumb thing to do. Judging anybody at any time on any span of 150 at-bats is always a dumb thing to do.
Frankfurter, you are 100% right. I am a bit “old school” in judging ballplayers. I look at the numbers but that’s not how I make my determinations. I watch for how well the ballplayer hits the ball– in certain situations is he popping up or maybe striking out a lot.. that kind of thing. If you aren’t totally focused & you’re swing is off by 1/8 inch, you pop up instead of hitting a screamer in the OF gap. It’s my opinion after watching pretty much every single game that in clutch situations in late innings, a-rod is just one of those guys who… well… you don’t want up in those moments.
mel
Good story by Simon. Moving to a new Stadium isn’t getting me misty. Maybe it will hit me Sunday but the visceral reaction people think they feel for the Stadium has so litle to do with the building itself.
To me it’s more about the people you were with and the way the experiences made you feel. Those things won’t go away for me just because they move into a new building.
“It’s my opinion after watching pretty much every single game that in clutch situations in late innings, a-rod is just one of those guys who… well… you don’t want up in those moments.”
I can respect your opinion. I personally don’t agree, because he is the guy I want up in those spots. But if your eyes and gut tell you otherwise, then I won’t argue with you on it.
mel
September 20th, 2008 at 1:48 am
GB7,
You can never have too much pitching, but in a year or two we may have too much pitching. Some of the prospects underachieved, but we did net two championships.
I’m sure SJ, et al will have a better handle on this, but won’t we have Rule 5 issues soon?
Can’t believe Coke was passed over twice.
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Yeah, Mel…NYY has a lot of relief types and pitchers like Igawa, Rasner and other soft tossers that need to be moved and the NL is their best location, same with relief pitchers like Britton, Ramirez and and a few others all are on the 40 man rosters and need to be moved before the draft. Those are NYY’s best ML ready pitchers that are expendable and could bring in a few kids that don’t need protection. Not many others on the ML roster like Ransom and even Cabrera could be moved or not protected. Not many others are worth worrying about other than the young pitchers like Horne, Marquez and Meloncon.
As far as Coke goes, he’s 26 and has been a late developer, but, surely Pittsburgh may be kicking themselves righ about now. Left handers, especially the hard throwers, for what ever reason develop later than right handers.
pat,
I agree with you about the bricks and mortar aspect. I look forward to the new stadium. They’re taking some aspects of the old stadium, but they can’t take the memories and the moments.
Verducci did the best job I’ve seen so far:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
Looks like Yankee Stadium will grace the cover of SI. Beautiful photo in the link above.
It’s a must read. Please see the part about Geno and the scale. Alse the quote by Yogi. I have a horrible feeling that he won’t last much longer after the Stadium is gone.
Not so sure about that Mel. Yogi Berra seems to be indestructble and always appears to be spry and energetic. My bet is on losing Whitey Ford sooner than later. He has seemed more frail and I think that he was fighting cancer a while back (2000). It was reported at the first of the year, that he was selling off most of his memorabilia. Nothing that proves it, just things didn’t seem right during the All Star Game.
mel
Thanks for the Verducci story. The Jocelyn Wildenstein line made me laugh.
I’ll have to print it for my dad to read. He played baseball with the bullpen catcher mentioned in the story and will get a kick out of it.
hey brandon, whats up?
ER-
Kill youself
“I’m still not clear on why A-Rod is getting booed whenever he makes an out.”
thats cause you’re an idiot. the ‘best player in baseball’ has been here 5 years and done nothing. less than nothing actually as he shrinks when the moment gets bigger. smart yankees fans can see that this team will never win a championship with this loser in pinstripes, and we’re stuck with him for 9 more years!
go ahead, worship the stats, cause thats all you’re gonna get outta arod, no rings.
I think we’[re worrying a bit too much about the Rule 5 draft. Sometimes a prime talent changes hands, but not all that often. The Yanks can protect 40 guys, plus those in the organization less than three years (and in some cases 4) cannot be drafted either. I’m not going to go through and try to figure out which guys not on the 40-man might be available, but I owuld expect the Yanks to release guys like Pavano, Rasner, Ponson, Moeller and some others to free up space.
Remember a team can only draft a guy if they have room on their 40-man roster AND they much keep him on the MLB roster for the entire season.
As for ARod, Steve give it up. You choose one stat example from one season to create a label that is baseless. If you watched the Yanks last year ARod was tremendous in the clutch, but you choose to ignore that to focus on the post-season. Just be fair, or at least try.
Used to be—- are you ten? You can not make the point that ARod has done “less than nothing” for five years and get treated seriously.
Gotta love how he has to throw the Red Sox win in there. Good thing he’s not objective, though.
What do you mean you dont know why A-rod is still getting booed Pete?!! Because he’s BRUTAL!! Stadium closing or not, hes still terrible of late.
Frankfurter said “So people are essentially booing him for having 5 or 6 fewer hits than his career average with RISP would predict he should have. That is a pretty dumb thing to do.”
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Those 5 or 6 extra hits could have been 5 or 6 more wins, some of which were against teams ahead of us. If A-Rod would have done better in those siutation, we would still be in the thick of things, instead we are going home early.
The ghosts of 2004 help Millar get a single.
That would be funny if they help him hit a winning HR in this game to put the last nail in NY’s coffin for 2008.
Halladay tiring while young gun Lester getting stronger up in Toronto. Should be another inning or 2 before Sox take the lead!