Comments on: Closing ceremony canceled by Yankees

By: no.27

no.27 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:31:53 +0000

By the way, Brandon Webb, Josh Beckett, John Lackey, Tim Hudson, and Cliff Lee could all be free agents after next season. That’s another reason why signing Andy Pettitte as the 4th starter to a 1 year deal and relying on Hughes, Kennedy, Aceves, Rasner, Coke, Horne, and Igawa to be the 5th starter makes more sense than signing a guy like Burnett, Lowe, or Sheets.

By: no.27

no.27 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:20:29 +0000

Why do so many people put the 2009 Yankees rotation together with pitchers like AJ Burnett and Derek Lowe ahead of Wang? Derrick Lowe’s last year in the AL East was terrible, as in, 5.4 ERA. I don’t have any idea why the Yankees would consider signing him to a 3 or 4 year deal when they can have Andy for 1 year and have a better idea of what they are going to get from him.

By: TheKiid

TheKiid — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:54:28 +0000

it’d be awesome if you proofread the blog a little, pete. just a suggestion.

By: RalphieD

RalphieD — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:55:39 +0000

ajax with a rbi single…1 for 3 on the day…3 for 7 overall so far

By: randyhater

randyhater — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:37:23 +0000

I wouldn’t have gone to a November 9th closing ceremony at gunpoint (especially after the absurd Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig tribute actors and the equally perverse spectacle of middle-aged, pot-bellied, non-athlete sons of dead stars waddling onto the field in their fathers’ uniforms) but how does a team announce they are having a closing ceremony and then just cancel it? IS ANYBODY IN CHARGE OF THIS FRIGGIN MESS???

The best thing that can happen now would be for George’s idiot sons to sell the team. Neither of these two Jim Dolan knock-offs can run a candy store, much less the greatest franchise in the history of professional sports. Really, can any sane person envision a return to glory led by either of these two buffoons?

Please God, give the Boss one last moment of lucidity and the sense to pass the team along to a worthy custodian.

By: 86w183

86w183 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:32:56 +0000

I think Pinella and Manuel are more deserving, but Torre did a fine job guiding a disfunctional team through six months. He benched veterans that deserved it and played kids, something he was loathe to do in the Bronx. He also benefitted from managering in the weakest division in sports, but he proved again he is a fine manager.

One of Girardi’s challenges in the off-season will be to review the year with Jeter, ARod, Mariano, Mussina, Pettite and Damon and get a sense for where his core veterans are in their view of him and then go forward. Obviously two of those guys may not be back, but their perspective from lots of years in the game and in pinstripes is valid.

RustyJohn— I agree with your sentiment aobut using local musicians/roots for special events but your musical ideas are way off. The sports fans who pay the overwhelming majority of the bills are 40+ and they would never tolerate the groups you mentioned. Dude, it’s all about the audience… the PAYING audience

By: deadrody

deadrody — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:18:26 +0000

Well, I’m sure this is sacrilege, but it’s a building. And there is another one that is better in every way (without the history) next door. Besides the fact that is basically looks nothing like the stadium looked when all that history was made since the massive renovation.

I get the feeling that the organization was only half-hearted in needing to do a massive OMG send-off. They aren’t moving to CA.

And as far as the “football history” of the building ? I could not possibly care less. Oh, wait, yes I could. About the “music history” of the place ? “music history”? Really ?

By: Hideki "Fat Toad" Irabu

Hideki "Fat Toad" Irabu — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:57:51 +0000

Matsuzaka and Okajima will do lousy jobs in the ALCS. Jonathan Papelbon has John Rocker traveling with him. Those Sockies will lose.

By: S.A.-Looking forward to 2009 and show CC the money (and food)

S.A.-Looking forward to 2009 and show CC the money (and food) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:03:03 +0000

So did we decide on who told Heyman all this stuff that was going on?

By: PAT M

PAT M — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:02:57 +0000

They are doing it with a very young team…..There’s over 50 million in salary that is riding the pine…Yes Manny has infused energy and a big stick, but this team was in shambles last season….They are playing in the NLCS & have a shot of going to the Series…..Watched at least 50 Dodger games this year, the improvements do warrant a certain degree of respect…