The CF question
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One of the things I mentioned in my first post this week was that I didn’t think Brett Gardner or Melky Cabrera would end up playing the most important games in CF for the Yankees this season. At this point, I just have trouble believing there won’t be someone more recognizable out there at some point.
Now, Andruw Jones would certainly qualify as more recognizable (though, then again, with his weight gain, maybe not) but despite being one of the game’s best players not that many years ago, it seems clear that Jones isn’t much of an upgrade anymore.
According to SI’s Jon Heyman, the Yankees did offer Jones a minor-league deal to come in and compete with Gardner/Cabrera, but agent Scott Boras turned it down. We’ll see if that rejection stands as spring training gets closer.
For me, Jones looks like a bit of a lost cause. The guy just completely fell off the shelf, looks out of shape and couldn’t get it together for a manager who – say what you want about Joe Torre’s authorship – usually gets veterans to play close to their peak. Makes you think Jones’ peak has fallen for good.
A minor league deal is harmless if Jones is willing to take it, but I wouldn’t hold out much hope for him being any kind of find.
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Chad Jennings
Cash supposedly compared gardner’s potential next year to a guy like juan pierre.
Pierre’s line last year: 283 avg 327 obp 40 for 52 stolen bases in 375 at bats
I can definitely see that comparison – if gardner gives us that kind of production next year, i think we will all be pleasantly suprised. That is tremendous production out of the ninth spot and even if posada doesn’t stay healthy all season, that is pretty decent stuff out of the eighth spot. I hope gardner comes around because if he does, those are the kinds of numbers he will put up.
the Yankees got A Jones attention now go back and offer him a 1 year contract with incentives,a in shape(if) A Jones would be a huge plus,can play the position and hit at still a young age
I’m rooting for Gardner; but is there any chance they bring in Jim Edmonds to compete for the spot?
Some days, I consider our current centerfield situation, and say to myself, “Dang, if we had a reliable veteran there, someone like Cameron, we’d be in perfect shape!”
Then I look at our lineup again and realize I’m worried about nothing. I thank Cash Money for that — obtaining Tex completely changes the landscape.
Compare our current lineup to the best of the rest, and no team comes close. (Yeah, I’m biased…. ;D )
And what I mean is — let Gardner and Melky duke it out!!
look at AJ #’sup until last year,you just don’t lose it that quick…he’s worth the risk
Torre gets vets to play at their peak? What happened with guys like RJ, Brown, etc.? He just was not in the mood to get those guys to play to their peak?
Jones is 31 – I have a tough time believing that the guy is done and Im sure boras and Andruw himself dont really believe it either. Boras accepting a minor league deal for Jones would be somewhat surprising like admitting that he is done. That has to be their absolute last resort but Jones cannot sit out for a season and expect things to get any better for him. Eventually, he is going to have to prove he is worth a major league roster spot. I think there is absolutely no harm in the yanks signing jones to a minor league deal and melky/gardner could certainly use the competition. In the end though, the chances that Jones takes a minor league deal and then, goes out and performs in ST is slim.
Let Melky and Brett battle it out. If neither one can get the job done revisit the Cameron deal.
I think that sometimes people get confused. They think real life is just like a video game, and that they can make wild gambles in the hope that a miracle occurs and they can then seem like a genius, without any consequences for guessing wrong. It’s a bit similar, I think, to guys at the tables in Vegas, Atlantic City, or Foxwood, who are hoping for one more throw of the dice to make that big win.
That’s what this Andruw Jones talk reminds me of, because there is nothing that he has actually done in the past couple of years to make a rational person think that he can become the player he was ten years ago.
I remember reading something on Yahoo a couple of years ago, maybe by Jeff Passan, where the author made the case that Jones was going downhill then. That guy really called it.
Bat 21 Great book and Movie.
Tom: Gone with the Wind??? my gut says it is not a war movie, Like many on the IMDB list
Tom -
I was going to ask about Gone With the Wind, too! I figure it’s like Cold Mountain – a romance with the Civil War as a backdrop. Not really a war movie. In fact, I think there is very little actual fighting in Gone With the Wind. They show wounded soldiers and Atlanta burning, but noneof the actual fighting. And they do an awful lot of talking about the War.
Cold Mountain at least had a very, very realistic Civil War battle scene.
I thought so, too, Uncle Ellsworth. I saw it on that list, and thoght I’d ask.
Yea, our lineup is great right now but take one or two players out and replace them with the bench and it is a little difficult to just live with mediocrity in center. Im not saying matsui/posada getting injured is a given or that gardner cannot hack it in the majors for a season but the more competition the better. Putting a slumping gardner eighth and jose molina ninth in the batting order will really make yankee fans wonder why we didnt sign another CF to compete.
Doreen- GWTW is like Casablanca, more of a love story.
Uncle Ellsworth –
Is a movie like “Sophie’s Choice” on the IMDB list? Because that would be a movie that involves a war or the story takes place during a war but isn’t really about a war. Are the movies on that list like that? Stretching the genre, so to speak?
Tom -
Yeah.
Uncle Ellsworth
February 5th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Bat 21 Great book and Movie.
Tom: Gone with the Wind??? my gut says it is not a war movie, Like many on the IMDB list
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The third part of the John Wayne Triolgy was his best and it, too was based on a true story….”The Horse Soldiers”. Great movie.
Doreen,
Cold Mtn is Kind of like From Here to Eternity not sure where I’d put them.
gb7
didn’t you say before a while back you liked To Hell and Back with audie murphy?
GAH, George King is still ranting about Joba in the ‘pen
They’re Chick flicks disguised as war films
not counting last year Jones average 28 hrs & 110 rbi’s the last four years…no need to go back ten years
Joe,
No one thinks he is going to be the player he was 10 years ago but how about the player he was in 2006? He is only 31 years old – the rapid unraveling of his career was surprising and he is certainly still young enough to turn around this epic collapse. Either way, what is the harm of giving him a minor league deal? Little money, no roster spot taken up and it could create a little more fire under melky and gardners butts. There is really little reason why the yanks should not do this deal if they could.
Yeah, Randy…probably my favorite was “To Hell And Back”.
Uncle Ellsworth
February 5th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
GB& it’s a shame it it not out there for rental.
Sounds a lot like McCain
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Yeah….pretty close to the McCain story. I’m trying to download that movie on my computer and if I can, maybe I can get it to you over the internet. I need to find a program at allows converstion to an AVI format.
My mother forced me to watch GWTW once when I had utterly no interest in it.
I decided I didn’t like that movie for that sole reason.
GB that goes with Ft Apache and She wore a Yellow Ribbon Right? I remember they had to dig a slug from his leg. Good one.
I like Searchers, Liberty Valence and Stagecoach as Westerns to start. He and Ford made many solid ones – even the Duke’s later stuff was good
Doreen I agree sophie’s Choice not a war movie nor is Casablanca – a personal Fave
crossing genres
tom -
Hey! That’s not fair!
But, I guess it’s the art of compromise – a little war, a little romance – everyone’s happy.
And about George King and Joba — last week he talked about Joba should be in the pen setting up for Mariano and “that’s where he should stay.” Who the heck wants a career as a set-up guy?????!!!!! He didn’t even add, and take the closer’s job when Mo is done. He’s one of those guys who will never change his mind. Ever.
Rebecca give it another try. It really is a good one – but long and
I think there is a sword fight in it.
GB7 Thanks for tryin.
Rebecca -
Movies like GWTW and Wizard of Oz, the more I watched them, the more I found to not like about them. Wizard of Oz is a big favorite of my youngest daughter, but she doesn’t get the nuances that began to annoy me. My sister put it this way – in the end, the only person you could trust was the Wicked Witch! (Which I believe ends up being the premise of the Broadway musical, Wicked.)
You’re right, Doreen. Maybe I was too harsh. Casablanca is a great film and GWTW may be too (never saw the whole thing).
But, can we agree that Pearl Harbor (the Ben Afleck one) was a chick flick at heart, plus it’s really awful.
Bring in Jay Payton on an incentive-laden MiL deal and have Melky and Gardner to compete to platoon with him. He still hits lefties fairly respectably and he’ll likely asked to be released if he isn’t in the majors by May 1st. Nothing to lose, really.
Uncle Ellsworth -
GWTW is a great movie, BUT the more I watched it, the more I found I didn’t like about it. Like Melanie Wilkes. She started to grate on my nerves. But not as much as Ashley Wilkes.
And then there’s Scarlett. Sigh. I wouldn’t even begin to talk about all the problems I started having with her.
Again Rhett, the “cad,” was the only honorable character in the movie.
Tom
Agreed. Pearl Harbor was indeed a chick flick. not much action. ugh!
saw the The Beautiful Country the other night on netflix.
that was an interesting after the vietnam war movie.
Not a war movie kind of gal so I’ve stayed out but like the Joba debate some things don’t die a natural death. Would Braveheart qualify?
I think so, Pat.
Star Wars could be considered a war movie no? A war in space.
Casablanca does fall into several genres but is most readily identified with film noir.
pat -
I figured it you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
When they say Andruw eats up the everything that comes his way
I wish they were still talking about his defensive abilities.
(And start introducing movies that just barely fit the description!)
Tom –
Even I never had any desire to see Pearl Harbor!
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Uncle Ellsworth –
GWTW is a great movie, BUT the more I watched it, the more I found I didn’t like about it. Like Melanie Wilkes. She started to grate on my nerves. But not as much as Ashley Wilkes.
And then there’s Scarlett. Sigh. I wouldn’t even begin to talk about all the problems I started having with her.
Again Rhett, the “cad,” was the only honorable character in the movie.
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There were a couple of pretty good stories on a couple of the people in the movie. One of the Tarleton twins was George Reeves, future Mr. Universe and TV Superman, and Leslie Howard was killed during WWII when his plane was tracked down by German fighters and shot down. He was on a spy mission for MI5 and Winston Churchhill.
I knew about George Reeves, but not Leslie Howard. Wow.
Pearl Harbor:
Action scenes were good…..the love story should have been bombed
Doreen interesting take.
I too found many of the characters in GWTW annoying.
I;m going to watch Wizard of Oz again with that in mind.
Uncle Ellsworth -
Glinda the Good Witch is the worst of all!
is that just in Oz or the whole movie?
Doreen, I mentioned a great book about an amazing guy, Moe Berg. “The Catcher Was A Spy”, is a great read. It would make a sensational movie. Berg was an old time major league catcher turned spy during WWII. He worked for WIld Bill Donavon, who started the OSS (pre-cursor to the CIA) and was recruited by Michael Burke….the same Michael Burke that was president of Ringling Brothers, Barnum And Bailey Circus and then president of the CBS run Yankees.
Braveheart is great, although I don’t like Mel Gibson.
300 is beyond amazing.
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Uncle Ellsworth –
Glinda the Good Witch is the worst of all!
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Glenda had a thing for midgets.
Damn you guys still on the war movie subject? It was a question i asked gb last night and i guess its still making its rounds. I never thought there was that many to chose from. See GB. If you would have just agreed with me that Saving Private Ryan was the best one ever it wouldnt have kept going this long. You had to go with the duke.
And Legends of the Fall can be put in with the cold mountain etc. chick flicks. Not a war movie if its more love than war.
saucy -
The way my sister sees it, she gets creeped out by humanoid creatures (lion, tin man and scarecrow). She also sees something sinister in their affection for Dorothy, but I don’t. But, to answer your question, even back in Kansas, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry totally let Dorothy down.
GB7 -
Sounds like an interesting book. Catchy title, too.
i’m trying to think of the name of this movie. a comedy and more of a wartime movie than actual war movie, made in the late 80’s and set in England, i think.
i remember so many scenes, but can’t think of the name of the movie for the life of me (if i ever knew it). several scenes i remember include cricket, using dynamite to kill all of the fish, hitting a bullet in a vice with a hammer, finding a bunch of jam on the shore, the older sister drawing lines on the back of her legs to look like stockings…
can anyone help me out?
I’m fine staring the season with Melky and Gardner battling it out. I expect Gardner to be a nice surprise this year.
saucy, who’s in it?
S.o.S.
February 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Damn you guys still on the war movie subject? It was a question i asked gb last night and i guess its still making its rounds. I never thought there was that many to chose from. See GB. If you would have just agreed with me that Saving Private Ryan was the best one ever it wouldnt have kept going this long. You had to go with the duke.
And Legends of the Fall can be put in with the cold mountain etc. chick flicks. Not a war movie if its more love than war.
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Hey…somebody sucked me right back in. It’s your fault, so don’t complain. Best cartoons could be next.
tom, i don’t remember anyone famous. if i did i’d just look it up on imdb
Wait who gets creeped out? Dorothy, Glida or your sister?
Braveheart was IMO the best movie ever. I always think that the next time i see it he wont fall for the trap that was set.
Rebecca,
I liked 300 accept for the ending. If you are surounded by arrows pointed at you and you know theres no chance to survive. Wouldnt you rush the opposition and take some down with you? Who knows there might be some friendly fire. Also, I guess the leader of 300 in the true story dies right of the bat and doesnt make it to that scene. But it wouldnt have made a good movie without him so ill give that a pass.
Hope and Glory
Doreen
Apply the Wizard references to the Yankees. Could the one everyone portrays to be the Wicked Witch be the one who can be trusted the most? Art imitates life.
It is, Doreen. It bogs down in a few spots, but, overall…a great story about a very strange, but, harmless guy.
Cartoons?
Saturday morning cartoons growing up. All of them. Didn’t matter. We were up, the folks were not, cereal in front of th t.v. in pajamas. Just pure childhood bliss.
Hank talks!
http://zellspinstripeblog.com/.....%e2%80%9d/
Uncle Ellsworth -
My sister.
The Simpsons is the greatest cartoon ever.
thanks Uncle Ellsworth! i don’t think i ever did know the name of it…
Saucy
Hope and Glory is the Movie you want – Excellent movie
Ok Thanks Doreen
pat -
I don’t know who the Wicked Witch would be on the Yankees. Cash? Hank? Girardi? ARod?
The Simpsons is a cartoon? Doh!!
“Best cartoons could be next.”
We’ve done that one already.
How about funniest movie ever?
Tom -
The Simpsons isn’t a cartoon! It’s an animated series.
j/k But I would put the Simpsons in a class by itself.
Bugs Bunny is a cartoon. Mr. Magoo. Dudley Dooright. Mighty Mouse. Rocky and Bullwinkle. The Jetsons. The Flintstones. The Beatles Cartoon. Yogi Bear. Underdog.
So no dinner update from Sam?
“I don’t know who the Wicked Witch would be on the Yankees”
Randy Levine?
“Bugs Bunny is a cartoon. Mr. Magoo. Dudley Dooright. Mighty Mouse. Rocky and Bullwinkle. The Jetsons. The Flintstones. The Beatles Cartoon. Yogi Bear. Underdog.”
Wow Doreen. If you want to know what era people are from you talk cartoons.
My list would be
Transformers
he man
thundercats
voltron
gi joe
If we can get lock down defense and hit around .275 I’d be fine with that.Throw in 30 bags and a .370 obp…Paul Blair made a career of doing so..Man he was great defensive CF ….
hey, if the simpsons were an ‘animated series’ (best tv show ever,imo), so were the jetson and flintstones…
To get creative, move Jeter to center, have A-Rod move back to short and Swisher over to 3rd.
1. LF Damon
2. CF Jeter
3. 1B Teix
4. SS A-Rod
5. C Posada
6. DH Matsui
7. RF Nady
8. 3B Swisher
9. 2B Cano
Three categories.
1. Adult cartoon – “Fritz The Cat” and “The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat”.
2. TV cartoon made for adults – “The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle”.
3. Foghorn Leghorn –
Bugs Bunny – I have a problem with kids being exposed to rabitts dressed up as women and kissing men. To each his own, but, not in front of kids. It’s no wonder kids don’t know who or what they are, nowadays.
okay, Nady has actually played 3B
not that i’m recommending that…
Saucy -
You are right. I added that the Simpsons was in a class by itself AFTER I typed the Flintstones and the Jetsons.
SOS -
Oops!
GB7 -
Bugs Bunny was ahead of his time. Foghorn Leghorn was a grouchy old man-type character. I say, I say…
I would love to see Rocky and Bullwinkle now. Very cold war, though at the time I just loved the Russian accents and the name Natasha.
Can’t comment on the adult cartoons. I was underage when they came out.
i had an older sister who controlled the channels more than me, so i never really had much opportunity to get into the he mans and gi joe type cartoons.
the smurfs were good. then the older classics like woody woodpecker, older tom n jerry, looney tunes, heckyl and jeckyl (but i only think i remember them when i was really young, too violent maybe?)
non-cartoon kid shows: magic garden, wonderama, the great space coaster, electic company…
You Army men and your smut….
I still think we will see Damon start most games in CF with Nady in RF and Swisher in LF, with a defensive substitution happening at some point that puts Damon in left and Melky or Gardner coming in.
There also could be a situation where Gardner starts the season in AAA and we carry a 3rd catcher if Jorge isn’t ready right away. I believe management would move a position player down and not a pitcher in that situation, as pitchers aren’t 100% conditioned yet and we’ll need all the bullpen arms.
This is all based on roster construction, not favoring one player over another. Melky is out of options, Gardner is not, so Gardner is the one that can move back and forth with Melky being the late defensive sub.
“I just loved the Russian accents and the name Natasha.”
try being a programmer
Add Family Guy to the adult cartoon list. I allow my kids to watch some R movies. But I cant get myself to allow them to watch Family Guy. Go figure.
Okay,
Im not sure if you were joking about the changes. Arod is too big to play short and he said it himself. He is confortable where hes at. Didnt know Swisher ever played third. Jeter aint moving positions for till at least when his contract is up. Why would you change 3 peoples positions to fill one? Cant we just have a Broscious like center fielder? We have enough hitting to win it all. Give me a .260 15 hr and 60 ribis with a cannon arm and good solid defense and im good.
Space ghost coast to coast, Sealab 2021 and Futurama are all great “Adult” cartoons
I look for Melky to rebound from last year’s disaster. There were certain negative influences and distractions that have been eliminated, so now it is up to the Melkman to deliver.
Tom
February 5th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
You Army men and your smut….
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I can tell that you loved the two Fritz movies, too.
Speed racer was a good afternoon cartoon. But I tended to watch Dark Shadows.
Didn’t we play cartoons before?
Top Cat, Wacky Races, Hong Kong Phooey in addition to the ones named already. Also loved the Sid and Marty Kroft Shows on Saturday am like HR Puff N Stuff, but that was more acid trip than cartoon. Being under 10 I just didn’t know it at the time.
I seriously thought Space Ghost was whack. its like a ripoff of Superman but with a mask.
pat -
Yes – HR Puff N Stuff – psychedelic and I didn’t know what psychedelic was.
“i had an older sister who controlled the channels more than me, so i never really had much opportunity to get into the he mans and gi joe type cartoons.”
Please tell me your sister was nice enough not to not force you to watch Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears? You did miss out on some good cartoons.
For me, I don’t think it was the particular cartoons so much as it was the Saturday morning lounging around.
Very true, Ed. However, Space Ghost coast to coast is some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever seen.
Tom: what about Harvery Birdman?
And Cap’n Crunch Cereal and Quisp.
This is who I want to compete with Gardner and Melky: Chris Dickerson, CF, Reds
http://www.baseballamerica.com.....l_id=56155
Could possibly acquire him in a deal for Swisher or Nady. There would be other parts of the trade I presume.
sos, lol. we found stuff we both liked. never had to deal with either of those…
I know what you guys are listing cartoons from the 60s/70s but what about Thunder Cats? I think it came out during the 80s right?
how can i forget bananaman and dangermouse!
Another good one, ED.
Doreen-
Love Sid & Marty Krofft. HR Puffnstuff, Sigmund & the Seamonsters, Bugaloos & Land of the Lost.
Buddy Biancalana -
Very creative guys.
Isn’t Will Ferell in a new version of a Land of the Lost movie?
Gardner can’t hit and Melky stinks…..Damon in CF would be a disaster
“My list would be
Transformers
he man
thundercats
voltron
gi joe”
Ed,
That was my list. We’re on the same page bro. I have all the thundercats shows on dvd. Voltrons(cats version) as well.
“Love Sid & Marty Krofft. HR Puffnstuff, Sigmund & the Seamonsters, Bugaloos & Land of the Lost.”
Don’t forget the Banana Splits!
Yes Buddy. It looks like a comedy though. I remember it being a serious show. I dont get why they wouldnt follow suit on a classic like that.
pay
How about Electra Woman & Dyna girl?
I meant pat, sorry!
SOS,
Ed,
I found them on e-bay. Wasnt that expensive. The reason i bought them was because my kids were watching some of these new cartoons. I told my older one that we had better ones in the 80’s and so I had to prove it to him. Long story short, he liked both Voltron and Thundercats but went back to watching his updated stuff. Actually the new ones that are pretty good are Spongebob,Star Wars and X-men. A new batman is coming out,might take a look at that.
Where is the dinner thread?
Also had to buy The Little Rascals for them as well. They absolutely loved them.
SOS,
Star Wars was decent, X-Men was alright but the late 90s verison was better. Which Batman are you talking about? I know there’s a new one that airing right now, it is called “The Batman”.
Torre is on MLBTV with Bob Costas
It’s also reasonable to think that Damon will have less balls to chase down in center for 6 innings a game with 3/5 of the starting rotation averaging about 1 strikeout per inning, thus minimizing his defensive liability for that portion of the game.
What’s up with all of the makeup on Torre? It goes up all the way up to his hairline.
Ed,
I agree. The old X-men in the 90’s were good. I will hold judgement of which is better till I watch more of the new one. The new one is basically going with what was in the movies. What i dont get is why does Wolverine still wear his blue and yellow if he wore all black in the movies? Inconsistant with that.
Im not sure if its called the batman. Its suppose to be an updated one taking some of the stuff from new batman movies. I might be late on it and its probaly already playing for all i know.
Torre has some discrepancies. He says he was “relieved” to no longer be managing the Yankees. Yet, it seemed that if he got the right deal, he would have stayed on.
Sounds like some damage control. Costas is a good interviewer.
Costas is doing a good job with this interview. He’s certainly being thorough with the negative criticism.
Randy:
Can you hear me now???
Sorry I couldnt join the Cashman on vacation conversation earlier but just wanted to confirm for everyone that if Brian Cashman uses a Verizon cell phone he would have been able to hold a conversation while he spent two days skiing.
He was in touch enough for Boras to turn him down about A Jones. No one works 24/7. I think we have to give Cashman a bit of a break after the offseason he put together.
If they can get A Jones for nothing why not. However, a major leage deal is difficult because of 40 man roster issues.
SOS,
was this what you saw?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjJ2i_qSo8
Anyone remember The Magic Garden? LOL I loved that show when I was a kid…..the magic box, the magic box!
I LOVED the Electric Company, especially the Spiderman segments. I liked it better than Sesame Street, although I adored Cookie Monster.
Smurfs rocked, but IMO, there was nothing greater than watching the Superfriends on Saturday morning. I am probably the only one in the world who liked the Wonder Twins – but now, I see how dorky they really were, lol. The Legion of Doom, however, is still ultra-cool.
I never loved Bugs Bunny the character; I much preferred Daffy Duck. The best, however, was the Tazmanian Devil. I got such a kick out of him.
I love Scooby Doo – my favorite character is Velma because I always like smart characters (like the Professor on Gilligan’s Island or Dorothy on the Golden Girls, lol). Scrappy Doo, however……….just FAIL.
Ed,
Im not sure. I saw the previews once and thought it had him looking more updated. It was suppose to come on friday nights. I will have to ask my kids.
The New Zoo Review ……… Comin’ right at you
The Best was Schoolhouse Rock
I’m sure Brett Gardner’s a great guy, but he better steal a whole lotta bases if he’s going to stick around.
One more – anyone watch the Muppet Babies? Barbara Billingsley played the “mother”, though you never saw her face. They invented Skeeter as the twin of Scooter, but my favorite was Animal…….as he was in the first two Muppet Movies.
On to baseball:
I read the Davidoff blog – it was well done, but I think he’s too harsh on Cash (not surprising, though, considering his other blogs this off-season). At the time of the trade, getting Jeff Weaver (let’s use this as an example) was a good move. The fact that it didn’t work out doesn’t mean it was poor decision making by Cash. I can’t even read any more about how genius the Sox are – Davidoff is smitten with them, as if they have never made mistakes. Wow, he gives Cash credit for bringing some semblance of order to a chaotic organization…….and that’s it.
Andruw Jones – what a dope. If he accepted the offer and played well, he’d have a GREAT chance at the CF job (as Melky and Brett are hardly fixtures). Let’s see if he gets the offer he’s waiting for – he hasn’t gotten it thus far.
Betsy,
There was a new saturday morning show that came out a few months ago with some super heroes in it that had 2 supermans. They both looked young. One with a cape and short hair and the other with no cape and longer hair(cool looking). It might be something youd enjoy. I wish i could remember the name, it comes on ktla channel five in so.cal.
One other one thats good is Teen Titans. It has robin in it.
Uncle Ellsworth
February 5th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
The Best was Schoolhouse Rock
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It was the voice of Leon Redbone that made that show.
Underdog
Mighty Mouse
Johnny Quest
And of course on Sundays you could only find Davey and Goliath right before Abbott and Costello
The only film dealing with precision daylight bombing, and told from the commanding officers point of view is Command Decision. There are virtually no battles scenes, but it is most certainly a war film, and one that celebrates our side. The principal characters are somewhat fictionalized, but they are based on Jimmy Doolittle, Curtis LeMay, and others.
In some ways, it is a revelation.
Barry Lane
Jeter didn’t have the baseball package?? Wow. Fallen idol. I’ll never look at him the same way again.
The most different war movie ever has to be Letter of Iwojima. Has there ever been an american war movie besides this one giving us the other sides prospective?
Nick: at least Jeter was being honest. lol
“Jeter didn’t have the baseball package??”
What does he mean by the baseball package? What if hes just too busy dating hot chicks to watch baseball after games. I wouldnt have the package either if i was in his shoes.
I CAN’T BELIEVE CASHMAN DIDN’T SIGN SHEETS!!11! OMG HE IS TEH SUCK!!!!
“I mentioned a great book about an amazing guy, Moe Berg. “The Catcher Was A Spy”, is a great read. It would make a sensational movie.”
gb7-
i’ve got it on my bookshelf. i gave it to my father who was all over in the navy in ww2 a few years ago when he was down for the summer and in between yankee games he read the whole thing. i can’t remember him reading another book ever.
we got talking about his experiences in the war and he told me about the sinking of a ship called the rhohna that was in the convoy off north africa he was in. i looked it up and it still constitutes the largest loss of U.S. troops at sea.
that would be a good topic for a war movie because it was kept classified until 1967.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Rohna
Maybe Jeter wasn’t being honest. Maybe he has the baseball package but he didn’t want Arod staying up late watching TV for a couple more hours when Jeter just wanted to go to sleep. Maybe he didn’t trust Arod with the remote and all those pay-per-view channels. Maybe he just wanted to mess with Arod’s head. Lots of possibilities.
Based on his infiltration within the Maxim 100, Jeter must be in possession of some sort of package.
lol. He has the upgraded Hefner package. Arod wishes he can upgrade to that someday.
I guess Jim Edmonds would be out of the question…?
jorgesaysno
Barry Lane
February 5th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
The only film dealing with precision daylight bombing, and told from the commanding officers point of view is Command Decision. There are virtually no battles scenes, but it is most certainly a war film, and one that celebrates our side. The principal characters are somewhat fictionalized, but they are based on Jimmy Doolittle, Curtis LeMay, and others.
In some ways, it is a revelation.
Barry Lane
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There was another movie called “Strategic Air Command” with Jimmy Stewart that had Frank Lovejoy playing the LeMay part.
“Bombs Away” LeMay was a great commander, but, absolutely ruthless. He defended the fire bombing of Germany and Japan until the day he died. LeMay was a brilliant stratigist, but, near the end of his career, he became a very dangerous man. The US would have nuked Cuba and the USSR had it been up to LeMay, and his recommendations almost led to that during the ‘62 Cuban Missle Crisis.
S.o.S.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
The most different war movie ever has to be Letter of Iwojima. Has there ever been an american war movie besides this one giving us the other sides prospective?
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Tora, Tora, Tora.
Tora Tora Tora
The Japanese part was told by Japanese director and the American by an American Director
Best “the War at Home” Movie
The Great Santini! Hoorah!
GB,
Was it any good?
S.O.S, I’m not much into modern stuff. I love the cartoons from the 70’s and 80’s because I have fond childhood memories of them, but also because they are somewhat cheesy. My favorite superhero show was the tv show, Batman. It’s very annoying that it’s not on DVD yet….Adam West was the best,lol.
Interesting comment by Verducci. He points out how, with presumed less use of PEDs by ballplayers, the WS was played by two teams which relied on a more “athletic” style of baseball, with baserunning and defense as more of a priority.
If you watch Ken Burns’ series, that’s how baseball was played generations ago.
I think this has factored into GMs being reluctant to sign guys like Dunn, Abreu, Anderson, etc. Older and less athletic guys will be seen as greater risk.
Edmonds’ name came up here over the weekend (?). I think he would be a great pickup, but others here seem to think he’s completely spent as both a hitter and a fielder.
And there was Dr Strangelove too. Sort of a different approach angle on the ‘war movie’ I know.
GB, were you in service around that time?
I think I know someone who’s a descendant of a guy whose use of the phrase ‘Tora Tora Tora’ became famous and became the movie title. Or something like that. I don’t know the exact details.
Betsy,
I couldnt stand the to be continued same bat time, same bat channel. I had to know how Batman was going to survive yesterday. Great shows.
Betsy -
I used to love watching Batman! “Same bat time, same bat channel.” I loved the cliffhangers. I loved the villains, and I agree – Adam West was so cool.
I also watched another campy show – The Monkees.
Those two were “must-see t.v.” for me.
The very, very best growing up, though, were the few occasions when we got to stay up to watch Johnny Carson – either because we had company or because we were visiting somewhere and it turned into a late night. It made me feel grown up at the time. It was still in New York back then.
Does anyone remember a show with Kaye Ballard and Eve Arden called “The Mothers In Law?” I thought that was a fun show. But I don’t think they’ve ever re-run it so I wonder if they even have it on tape anywhere. I’d buy that DVD. I have the DVD collection of “That Girl.”
randy l.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
“I mentioned a great book about an amazing guy, Moe Berg. “The Catcher Was A Spy”, is a great read. It would make a sensational movie.”
gb7-
i’ve got it on my bookshelf. i gave it to my father who was all over in the navy in ww2 a few years ago when he was down for the summer and in between yankee games he read the whole thing. i can’t remember him reading another book ever.
we got talking about his experiences in the war and he told me about the sinking of a ship called the rhohna that was in the convoy off north africa he was in. i looked it up and it still constitutes the largest loss of U.S. troops at sea.
that would be a good topic for a war movie because it was kept classified until 1967.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Rohna
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Yeah, that would be a great movie, as would be an honest telling of The USS Indianpolis. I’ve read a book and some articles, and the complete neglegence of the Navy Department and Pacific Area Commander was criminal.
The “Catcher Was A Spy” was outstanding. I learned so much from reading about him, from his photos being used for landmarks for the Doolittle Raid to him trying to see how close Germany was to developing the atomic bomb. It took guts for a Jew to live in Germany and the occupied countries then.
Betsy;
definitely Adam West’s Batman was awesome, whenever there’s punch, the word “pow” pops up. It just amuses me when I was little.
Did you guys know that the guy who played Robin with adam west was one of the fastest readers? Supposidely he can read a whole book in minutes.
now here’s a strange one. Bill Pulsipher is going to be pitching for puerto rico on mlb network. 35 year old lefty. who knows? he may be back in the bigs sometimes.
stranger things have happened.
Betsy, totally with you on magic garden and electric company.
Not sure if you saw my earlier post.
Vaguely remember new zoo review. Apparently I made my mother wake me up early for that.
Doreen: Hey hey, we the Monkees and we monkeying around?
…I think that how it goes. lol. Even though it came on way before my time, TV land was the best channel to learn all about tv greatest shows.
ANSKY
February 5th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
And there was Dr Strangelove too. Sort of a different approach angle on the ‘war movie’ I know.
GB, were you in service around that time?
I think I know someone who’s a descendant of a guy whose use of the phrase ‘Tora Tora Tora’ became famous and became the movie title. Or something like that. I don’t know the exact details.
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LMAO. Nah. I was too old for that war.
smart azs.
Burt Ward played Robin. “holy hole in a donut, Batman!”
S.o.S.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Did you guys know that the guy who played Robin with adam west was one of the fastest readers? Supposidely he can read a whole book in minutes.
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Sounds like he must be related to Doreen.
SOS,
I believe his name was Tim Burt, something like that.
Ed:
Yeah, but: “Hey, he, we’re the Monkees, and people say we monkey around, but we’re too busy singin’ to put anybody down.”
(There’s more, but I won’t bore you!)
GB7 -
Ha Ha!
“Burt Ward played Robin.”
see I was close.
Mr. Ed was funny.
Ed,
I think Doreen got it right. You are mixing the name up with Tim Burton who i believe made a nightmare before christmas.
Good night fellas.
Doreen: its fine, you won’t bore me at all. from time to time, I watch Bewitched.
=X
I remember when Pulsipher, Isringhausen and Wilson were Generation K, and going to set up the Mets for years.
Gosh, I hate to say it, but I’m getting old.
Doreen, I loved the mothers in law show.
Was a big batman fan also. I was the first one on my block to get a colored tv and everyone in the neighborhood used to pile into my living room on friday nights to watch batman.
Monkees,Partrige Family,Brady Bunch, Dick Van Dyke followed by Mary Tyler Moore show and of course That Girl and Flying Nun.
randy l.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
now here’s a strange one. Bill Pulsipher is going to be pitching for puerto rico on mlb network. 35 year old lefty. who knows? he may be back in the bigs sometimes.
stranger things have happened.
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Haven’t seen him in years. Part of the Mets “Generation Trey” in the mid 90’s with Paul Wilson and Jason Isringhausen.
This will sound cheesy, but I loved the Carol Burnett show & Mama’s Family.
Bewitched was great Ed. Samantha was hot until she turned into Lizzie Borden lol.
Petticoat Junction, Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres also.
They certainly don’t make em like they used to.
Nick in SF
February 5th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Jeter didn’t have the baseball package?? Wow. Fallen idol. I’ll never look at him the same way again.
LOL… poor Arod.
The book left out the best part of the story.
Because Jeet didn’t have the baseball package, Alex casually flipped through the channels. He stopped on VH-1 and was mesmerized.
Yes, they were showing the Madonna biography. Alex was glued to the set. Derek had to get him a bib.
And as Paul Harvey would say… now you know the rest of the story.
I’ll take “Petticoat Junction”, “Beverly Hillbillies” and “Green Acres”.
Speaking of “Green Acres”, there is a couple of singer/comedians named Pinkard And Bowden that do an impression of Jimi Henrix doing his version of “Green Acres”. Great stuff.
YankeeRay -
A lot of those shows were goofy and unsophisticated, but they were fun and mostly you could sit with your family and enjoy them together. I watched all the shows you named. I still love the Dick Van Dyke show and wish Nickolodeon would start airing it again.
Most of the old B&W shows, I saw those in syndication. Leave it to Beaver, Donna Reed, Father Knows Best.
Our family watched My Three Sons. That was an interesting show. Virtually no women for years, and then wham! Robbie and Dad both get married.
Buddy Biancalana
February 5th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
This will sound cheesy, but I loved the Carol Burnett show & Mama’s Family.
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Nobody was funnier than Tim Conway and Harvey Korman.
McHale’s Navy was a great show, also.
I preferred Petticoat Junction to Green Acres. And though I watched Beverly Hillbillies, I didn’t really like it much.
Boy, I didn’t realize I was such a tv junkie!
Smothers brothers, laugh In and I even liked the Flip Wilson show.
Hogans Heros and Get Smart
spring training is so close i can taste it…and it tastes good…maybe it is just all these threads about food…i love it!!!
GB7-
Were you an F Troop fan?
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I preferred Petticoat Junction to Green Acres. And though I watched Beverly Hillbillies, I didn’t really like it much.
Boy, I didn’t realize I was such a tv junkie!
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Beverly Hillbillies – Grannie telling the hippies about smoking crawdads.
Buddy Biancalana
February 5th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
GB7-
Were you an F Troop fan?
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Yes…I was in love with Wrangler Jane.
Buddy Biancalana
February 5th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
GB7-
Were you an F Troop fan?
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The scurge of the west
Trisha –
I took your advice. We’ll see what happens with the “anniversary letter”.
Lisa Swan gave it some nice pub.
http://subwaysquawkers.blogspo.....uined.html
I sent it out a few sardonic sports writers and SI’s Rick Reilly responded tonight. He thought it was “freakin hilarious” and wanted to know if I could get it printed somewhere.
He has permission to run with it if he wants. We’ll see what happens.
Adam 12 and Dragnet
boy there were some great shows back then, and still had time to watch the yankees with Horace Clarke
Betsy, i’m with you on Magic Garden and Electric Company. Not sure if you saw my post up there about them.
No to Hogan’s Heros. Never, ever liked it. I have a good sense of humor, but I really didn’t like the premise. F-Troop and Gomer Pyle weren’t high on my list either.
Smoking crawdads! (Near the cee-ment pond?)
Laugh In – I liked it, but my parents loved it. I guess that would be very, very dated if they re-ran it now.
DT -
That’s great for you! I hope it gets a lot of “airtime.”
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
No to Hogan’s Heros. Never, ever liked it. I have a good sense of humor, but I really didn’t like the premise
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That was a take off of Great Escapae and
Here Come the Brides and Love American Style.
YankeeRay
February 5th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
No to Hogan’s Heros. Never, ever liked it. I have a good sense of humor, but I really didn’t like the premise
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Not sure what happened on last post
Hogans was based on my fav movie Great escape and stalag 17. Klink and Schultz were good.
Reggie just took Bob Welch deep on yankee classics
Good stuff DT!
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
No to Hogan’s Heros. Never, ever liked it. I have a good sense of humor, but I really didn’t like the premise. F-Troop and Gomer Pyle weren’t high on my list either.
Smoking crawdads! (Near the cee-ment pond?)
Laugh In – I liked it, but my parents loved it. I guess that would be very, very dated if they re-ran it now.
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hah. They were down at Griffith Park.
they also had a two parker with Don Drysdale, Wes Parker and Leo Durocher. Jethroe was trying out for the Dodgers and was throwing his “Possum Ball”.
YankeeRay
February 5th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
No to Hogan’s Heros. Never, ever liked it. I have a good sense of humor, but I really didn’t like the premise
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That was a take off of Great Escapae and
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Actually, it was based on “Stalag 17″.
For those that don’t remember the show or the guy, some of the best of the early ’60s TV comedy was “The Steve Allen Show”.
GreenBeret7
February 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
For those that don’t remember the show or the guy, some of the best of the early ‘60s TV comedy was “The Steve Allen Show”.
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Milton Berle and Red Skelton as well. Of course once Ralph left the honeymooners the Jackie Gleason show was good tv.
Andruw Jones is a five time all-star, a 10 time gold glove winner, and has 371 career home runs. He will be 32 in April. Take a flier maybe? If any team gives him a guaranteed spot, it’s their risk. But clearly this guy is at least worth a look if it would come cheap. Melky and Gardner, while young do not have anything close to Jones track record…
doreen-
i’m reading about cashman insisting to torre how mientkiewicz/phelps platoon was going to be better than having benie on the bench which is what torre fought for.
torre said basically that it pissed him off and he would never forget how cashman was going to go by his numbers instead of torre’s opinion.
i know with me personally when i look back , that’s when cashman lost me for good. on the blogs, i remember all these 20 something stat heads saying the same crap cashman was. it is very nice seeing many of these people disappear from sight after supporting cashman on the bernie/mienkiewicz/phelps fiasco and then the hughes/kennedy fiasco.
eyechart and phelps hit .200 off the bench. phelps was waived after 36 games.
just from this,i can see why cashman doesn’t like this book.and why his supporters don’t.
Hmmm, nobody seems to be clamoring for Ben Sheets anymore.
Once again I guess Cashman knows what he’s doing.
Randy, I honestly think that if Cashman knew that Torre would in fact only use Bernie as a pinch hitter with an occasional start to spell someone, he would have been much more open to bringing him back.
However, he knows Joe. If Bernie were on the team, he would have played him way more than he should have. The reality was that Bernie just didn’t have it anymore except fora little bit from the right side.
I guess I watched a lot of TV because I liked almost all those old shows. Get Smart and any Three Stooges were must see.
GB thanks for book recommendation. my Library has it so I will check it out tomorrow.
Kevin O.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
“Andruw Jones is a five time all-star, a 10 time gold glove winner, and has 371 career home runs.”
He is also a player who had a .222 average in 2007 and a very dismal .158 in 2008. That all star player has long departed.
I’ve said this before but Jones makes Varitek look like a top of the line slugger!
Didn’t Sheets win the Who should the Yankee sign next LoHud poll?
“Once again I guess Cashman knows what he’s doing.”
when was the other time?
Randy l -
the book also said that everyone was agreed that Bernie was done, including Torre. But Torre changed his mind.
Hey, Phelps was a bust. Mientkiewicz wasn’t horrible, because at least he made up for his offense with some good defense. And then he got hurt.
I wish Bernie had accepted the minor league offer, understand from a matter of pride why he might not.
If Giambi could play first base, there’s no issue here; Bernie comes back because they could afford the roster spot.
But the thing of it is, Torre held a grudge. That’s part of what I took from that.
And, randy, no one else made Bernie an offer to play somewhere else.
I loved the Bat Signal, Doreen! LOL Everyone was so serious on that show and that’s what sold it…….I used to think Robin was so cute, too. My favorite villains were the Joker and Frank Gorshin’s Riddler. I also thought Julie Newmar as the absolute perfect Catwoman – wow, she was gorgeous.
S.O.S…..I only grew up with them on repeats, so I didn’t have to wait a whole week to find out if Robin would get eaten by those alligators or if Batman would climb out of vat of hot acid in time. The episodes were usually aired back to back…lucky me! The Batman movie, made in 1966, was really cool as well. Lee Meriweather was a pretty good Catwoman and the exploding shark at the beginning was classic. I loved the corny jokes as well…
Ed, those Pows/Aarghs/Bams were the best…….They probably should have quit before Batgirl, though.
I only watch old tv shows – Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island, Mr. Ed, the Patty Duke show (underrated classic, IMO), Bob Newhart show, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, I Love Lucy……
One show I remember was a show called Lime Street, with Robert Wagner. It starred a 13 year old named Samantha Smith. She was the girl who, at age 9 or 10, wrote a letter to Gorbachev and was subsequently invited to the Soviet Union. At 13, she was very pretty and talented……unfortunately, she was killed in a plane crash not long into Lime Street’s run. It was a real shame……
Anyone remember Out of this World? It was about a girl whose father is an alien (voice by Burt Reynolds) and she communicates with him via a cube. She could stop time by putting her fingers together, lol.
Another show I remember was a Loni Anderson vehicle called Easy Street………it wasn’t very good, but for some reason, I Liked it, lol
How could I forget the Dick Van Dyke show? I love that man – he is so incredibly talented. I never watched the Mary Tyler Moore show on reruns except for the Chuckles the Clown episode………maybe the funniest show ever. What about Taxi? Reverend Jim was a classic – “what……….is…….a yellow……light” LOL
Here is what I don’t understand about Bernie. I know he wanted a major league deal, but was only offered a minor league one; however, does anybody really think Torre would have cut him?
Lots of Dodgers starred on some classic shows:
Leo Durocher on the Munsters (another great show – not fond of the Addams Family) and Mr. Ed (seriously – a horse galloping around the diamond ? Classic)..
Wes Parker and Don Drysdale on the Brady Bunch
Sandy Koufax, Leo, Johnny Roseboro – Mr. Ed.
The Patty Duke show was a fun show.
When Nickolodeon first started, I guess back in the early 80’s, the used to air these shows all the time.
With the catalog of tv shows that exists, why, oh, why has Nick at Night (or TV Land, or whichever of those networks on cable) stuck us with a lineup of 2 Home Improvement, followed by 2 George Lopez, lather, rinse, repeat. Or The Fresh Prince, or even, MASH, ad infinitum. It seems like they should be able to get a lot more creative in their programming.
I mean, you could have a 50’s night, a 60’s night, a comedy night by decade; a sci-fi series night. I could go on, but you get my drift.
With the number of television stations available on cable or satellite, why, oh why is it the same stuff over and over? And why can’t they indulge people like me, whose Friday and Saturday night party days are long over, and put on some of these shows? There is literally NOTHING on during the weekends. It’s insulting.
Of course during baseball season, the problem almost goes away…..
It would actually help DVD sales to air these series, too.
I remember Out of This woRld too.
I think the bigger issue with ex stars taking minor league deals is traveling on a bus. More so than pride, at least.
doreen-
i’m not going to be able to put this into words, but when cashman went against bernie i knew he was a a smuck( i’d use another word but it wouldn’t make it through the censors). and in over his head.
there are some things you do that are so bad in life you never get to take them back. cashman put a curse on himself on that one.
from that point on nothing good has happened with cashman. what have they won? nada.
the yankees won’t win until cashman is gone.
it’s going to be known as the curse of bernie.
http://blogs.nypost.com/sports......html#more
Joel calling Torre out on the truth about A-Rod……Of course, this doesn’t make the Yankee players look so hot themselves.
I really can’t get past the A-Fraud thing. If it’s true that the A-Fraud thing was done in jest, directly to Alex, then Joe is guilty of lying in the book. If it’s true that the A-Fraud thing was done in jest, but that players ALSO at some point called Alex that behind his back, then Joe is guilty of withholding specific information (conveniently, the type of information that would humanize the guy and show that he was not disliked on his own team).
http://blogs.nypost.com/sports......html#more
Joel calling Torre out on the truth about A-Rod……Of course, this doesn’t make the Yankee players look so hot themselves.
I really can’t get past the A-Fraud thing. If it’s true that the A-Fraud thing was done in jest, directly to Alex, then Joe is guilty of lying in the book. If it’s true that the A-Fraud thing was done in jest, but that players ALSO at some point called Alex that behind his back, then Joe is guilty of withholding specific information (conveniently, the type of information that would humanize the guy and show that he was not disliked on his own team).
randy l –
All I can say to that is I certainly hope you’re wrong.
Betsy
February 5th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I loved the Bat Signal, Doreen! LOL Everyone was so serious on that show and that’s what sold it…….I used to think Robin was so cute, too. My favorite villains were the Joker and Frank Gorshin’s Riddler. I also thought Julie Newmar as the absolute perfect Catwoman – wow, she was gorgeous.
S.O.S…..I only grew up with them on repeats, so I didn’t have to wait a whole week to find out if Robin would get eaten by those alligators or if Batman would climb out of vat of hot acid in time. The episodes were usually aired back to back…lucky me! The Batman movie, made in 1966, was really cool as well. Lee Meriweather was a pretty good Catwoman and the exploding shark at the beginning was classic. I loved the corny jokes as well…
Ed, those Pows/Aarghs/Bams were the best…….They probably should have quit before Batgirl, though.
I only watch old tv shows – Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island, Mr. Ed, the Patty Duke show (underrated classic, IMO), Bob Newhart show, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, I Love Lucy……
One show I remember was a show called Lime Street, with Robert Wagner. It starred a 13 year old named Samantha Smith. She was the girl who, at age 9 or 10, wrote a letter to Gorbachev and was subsequently invited to the Soviet Union. At 13, she was very pretty and talented……unfortunately, she was killed in a plane crash not long into Lime Street’s run. It was a real shame……
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Batman got a lot better when Commisioner Gordon’s daughter, Barbara put on the skin tight leathers and became Batgirl (Yvonne Craig was gorgeous). Eartha Kitt was also Catwoman. Vincent Price, Burgess Merideth, Liberace, Victor Buono (King Tut) were great.
The spinoff to the show was “The Green Hornet” with Van Williams and Bruce Lee as Kato.
Mike Cameron is terrible. The last thing the Yanks need is another whiff machine. Last vid I saw of Andruw, he had a belly that made me feel good about myself. If anything, the Mets should sign him as a flyer for RF. He hasn’t been a great CF since he bulked up a few years back. He’s been living on rep. I want a true CF to hit 9th. A Gardner type fast slappy great defense guy but not sure if he’s ready. I’d much rather give him a shot than the other options I’ve heard.
Doreen
Did you watch the Costas interview? Wondering how it played from someone who read the book.
Another two shows that probably were only on for a season or two at the most were Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (with Pat Crowley) and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (with Hope Lange). I think they were both movies first. The “Daisies” show had a bit sheepdog and what seemed like a lot of kids. Either the wife or the husband was a writer, I think. Anyway, I loved the house it was set in.
Saucy, you got the Magic Garden in before I did, lol! It’s actually out on DVD now….
Doreen, my partying days never began, lol. My big kick in high school and college was spending time in the library/bookstore! I completely agee. TV Land has turned into one big reality show. I don’t care about high school reunions and that kind of thing…..and enough with the Andy Griffith and MASH repeats, lol.
Joe Namath & Rosie Greer were on the Brady bunch too…
pat -
No, my husband gets home about 8 pm so I was pre-occupied.
I guess I’ll have to see if they replay it somewhere.
Bernie didn’t return phone calls – IMO, he was rude and out of line. His pride got in the way of accepting a ST invite? That was his problem, not Cashman’s.
GB7,
I recently read a book called The Jedburghs, written by a former SF officer, Bill Irwin. It is a non-fiction book about, obviously, the OSS Jedburgh teams infiltrated into France in 1944. He has detailed accounts of the experiences of about 5 of the teams.
One on the team leaders, who I am sure you are familiar with, Aaron Bank, wrote a great fictional book called Knight’s Cross. He was given the mission to capture Hitler in the closing days of the war. The mission was scrapped, but the book is an interesting what-if.
I think the best option to start out the season is to try Damon as the everyday CF. Yes, his arm stinks, but he can still go back and get the ball. I’d hate to see Swisher on the bench. I can live with Nady on the bench, even though he’s making too much money this year for that. Maybe one of them will be traded (hopefully Damon or Nady, if anybody), but there’s enough flexibility where you can put Melky in for defense late in the game (maybe shift Damon over to LF at that point). I don’t know whether Matsui will see anytime in the field, but I agree that I can’t see Gardner or Melky forcing someone like Swisher to the bench.
doreen-
i’ll try to tone it down because all reading this book is doing is making me remember why i didn’t like cashman in the first place.
Great game…Lakers ( plus 6.5 ) vs. Boston….Nick in SF,,,do you have any action on this game ???
GB, as I’m not a guy, I can’t say as I have much use for Batgirl. She was the Scrappy Doo of Superhero tv shows – she just got in the way. Eartha Kitt was ok – no one could hold a candle to Julie Newmar, though. Vincent Price as Egghead was classic……I remember Liberace, lol. He played twins on the show. Ah, I loved the King Tut character…….Art Carney played the Minstrel, lol, and Shelley Winters played Ma Parker. What a cast of characters, lol.
I never saw the Green Hornet, just the Batman eppy of same.
Todd, that’s right, lol. The Bradys sure knew/had connections to famous people – Davy Jones, Desi Arnez, Jr. (according to Alice, her friend was Lucy’s housekeeper, lol).
Another funny show that I only saw a few times was Car 54, Where are You?…..
“That was his problem, not Cashman’s.”
the curse thinks otherwise.
Another show I liked as a kid, but not a kid show, was Uncle Floyd. I didn’t realize they were all reruns though.
Will the real Frank Gorshin please stand up?
http://ckuik.com/Frank_Gorshin
Randy l =
You don’t have to tone it down. I think it’s clear what your opinion is of Cashman, so I kind of know what to expect.
No one is going to change that opinion. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t understand the intensity of your dislike of him, and you don’t understand why I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt. That’s okay by me. It makes for interesting conversation.
randy l
The Yankees hadn’t won since 2000 and Cash and Bernie got along just fine in most of those years. Your curse theory has some holes.
Pat, you don’t know what cursing is until you hear Randy on the golf course after I beat him…..
that baseball bat is gonna leave some marks…..and, he’s my partner.
Doreen
It would be worth a watch.
Besides Costas being a great listen in general, he went at the interview from a different angle than most others who spoke with Joe.
GB –
Randy will already be pretty easy to spot on the golf course – he’s the one wearing the catching mask.
pat -
I’m trying to find when it’s going to be rerun or if there’s a venue out there on the web. I have a feeling it’s going to be on a pay-only portion of MLB.com.
I enjoy Costas’ interview style and I’m glad to hear he approached the interview differently.
pat m-
i just got a game action phone photo of the celtics/lakers game
from a woman i’m seeing who’s there, but i sent my clever text message response asking for cheerleader photos instead……. to my previous girlfriend.
uh oh.
How many strokes on the front ??? And GB7 are you going with wood or aluminium ???
Just found it. It’s going to replay at 1 AM. I don’t know if I’ll make it. I need to look for a second rerun!
Also 5 AM. Hmm…
PAT M.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
How many strokes on the front ??? And GB7 are you going with wood or aluminium ???
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Strictly wood, Pat M. Never could stand the sound of that “ping, Ping”.
Oh! All tomorrow morning! Whew! So, I’ll probably sit down to watch it tomorrow at 9 after my daughter leaves for school.
You know, I’ve gotten very little accomplished this week!
I’ll probably end up looking silly, but I’m calling it. Boston will win it in the last 7 seconds here.
GB
Cursing myself on a golf course is a given.
When I was learning my dad used to say play fast, replace your divots, rake the traps and nobody cares how bad you play as much as you do. I never played with a baseball bat but it might have helped.
I thought the Costas interview was quite good. When Bob started giving the Klapisch quotes you could see Torre was starting to squirm a bit. (trying to stay on talking points)
Doreen – thanks for your book review btw. Good job. I think you (or maybe it was someone else) mentioned Girardi got nary a mention – were there any other noticeable absences?
Yup….I’m looking silly!
“Randy will already be pretty easy to spot on the golf course – he’s the one wearing the catching mask.”
not only that, the wild way orville moody says gb7 hits the golf ball , i’m wearing a cup too.
What happened to Sam? He fell down on the job.
Mussina sets the record straight about Rivera remarks.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....p;c_id=nyy
Good memories on the old tv shows people. I’d have to say Bret Maverick was my favorite old character with Jim Rockford in second.
I was laughing to myself the other day about the Rob Petrie playing golf and getting sick when his wife had a party planned.
I love the idea of a different night by decade or otherwise on TVLand.
DT -
For a guy who is going to be a surefire first ballot HOFer and a player most people consider the MVP for the Yankees from 1996 to now, Mariano Rivera, while not completely ignored, got relatively little mention.
Does anyone else remember he had to leave the playoffs in either 2003 or 2004 because there was a family tragedy in Panama? I would have thought something would have been mentioned at least in passing about that.
pat
February 5th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
GB
Cursing myself on a golf course is a given.
When I was learning my dad used to say play fast, replace your divots, rake the traps and nobody cares how bad you play as much as you do. I never played with a baseball bat but it might have helped.
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It guarantees that nobody will laugh at you or get upset when you don’t replace the divots or rake the traps. God…I was awful. I only gave golf up for world peace.
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not only that, the wild way orville moody says gb7 hits the golf ball , i’m wearing a cup too.
LMAO. It really hurts that you have no confidense in my abilitites. Orville Moody didn’t give me a chance (he was a coward).
What about shinguards ?? Cup is not an option, it’s mandatory…..
GB7-
Listened to Mike Francesa interview Mussina, who came across as honest and very humble. Francesa actually asked some good questions in the 20 or so minute interview. Mussina is staying retired and so far doesn’t miss the grind.
It would however be nice if he was a July 31st call up if it looks like the Yankees are going to the playoffs, for him to have one last chance at a ring!!
Doreen, and will you give us a recap like you did with the book? LOL
thank god we didn’t sign sheets.he is having elbow surgery & will miss most of the year.
i had a feeling he would need surgery.
Doreen
February 5th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
DT –
For a guy who is going to be a surefire first ballot HOFer and a player most people consider the MVP for the Yankees from 1996 to now, Mariano Rivera, while not completely ignored, got relatively little mention.
Does anyone else remember he had to leave the playoffs in either 2003 or 2004 because there was a family tragedy in Panama? I would have thought something would have been mentioned at least in passing about that.
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Yeah, that happened just before the start of the 2004 ALCS. He flew back to the US right after the funeral, just in time before the start of Game 1. It’s easly to understand that his mind might have been on other things.
Betsy -
Don’t you think I should retire?
I’ll answer pat’s question – what did I think of it, but that’s it.
PAT M.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
What about shinguards ?? Cup is not an option, it’s mandatory…..
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Perhaps Rebecca has a line on where you guys can get some suits of armor.
I forgot all about that Doreen. GB was right – that was in 2004 right after they beat Minny.
His wife’s cousin and son were electrocuted while cleaning the pool at Mo’s home.
Apparently Sheets knew all along that flexor tendon surgery was a possibility, but was trying to go instead with resting it. The Brewers were praying that he’d be signed by another team so they could unload the damaged goods and get a draft pick.
Instead the Brewers are left with the cost of surgery and rehab for Sheets, who could sign in June with a team, whereupon the Brewers would not get a draft pick.
Pulsipher looked really good, tonight. 6.1 innings, 6 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 7 strikeouts.
“What about shinguards ?? Cup is not an option, it’s mandatory…”
pat m-
they’ll slow me down.if i don’t wear them, gb7 will have more trouble catching me to beat me with the bat.
the rangers & sheets agreed on a 2 year deal but i believe the rangers didn’t like what they saw in his physical & squashed the deal.
DT, I think it was just before the Boston series started.
***The Yankees won their seventh straight American League East championship. In the 2004 ALDS, Mariano appeared in all four games and allowed no earned runs, despite blowing a save.[38] However, following the ALDS, joy turned to mourning for Rivera. He learned that two of his relatives in Panama had been killed at his home when electrified guard wire fell into the pool they were in. Rivera immediately flew home, and his status for the upcoming ALCS was in doubt. Although the funeral in Panama was held on the same day as Game 1 against the Boston Red Sox, Rivera flew 2,200 miles back to New York and arrived at Yankee Stadium in the 5th inning to a standing ovation.[2] Having suffered through a very emotional day, Rivera was able to record a save later that night, as well as in Game 2***
Best War Movie against Aliens:
Independence Day
Night of the Living Dead-the zombies were sorta like aliens!!!
Best cartoon Movies:
Anything by Pixar
Shrek
Tim Burton’s ” The Nightmare before Christmas”
GB – I would think a movie about Bill Stephenson, A Man called Inpreded, would be the ultimate war movie. He was basically the #1 secret agent in the world at the time of WWII. The #3 working under him was a gent named Ian Flemming, and the James Bonds books were basically modeled after Stephenson.
“Stephenson’s official title was British Passport Control Officer. His unofficial mission was to create a secret British intelligence network throughout the western hemisphere, and to operate covertly and very broadly on behalf of the British government and the Allies in aid of winning the war. He also became Churchill’s personal representative to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Stephenson was soon a very close advisor to FDR, and suggested to Roosevelt that he put Stephenson’s good friend William J. ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan in charge of all U.S. intelligence services. Donovan founded the U.S. wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which eventually became the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).”
While you guys have covered most of the “Classic” TV Shows that I remember from my childhood, there were 2 that that haven’t been mentioned, but they were unique and I do remember them: “My Mother the Car” (featuring the voice of Ann Southern as a 1928 Porter) and “Hazel” (starring Shirley Booth).
Also, kudos to saucy for mentioning Floyd Vivino of the “Uncle Floyd Show” who had a sidekick for the Ages: “Looney” Skip Rooney.
The Twilight Zone was a must watch as was the series Mission Impossible.
randy l
February 5th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
“What about shinguards ?? Cup is not an option, it’s mandatory…”
pat m-
they’ll slow me down.if i don’t wear them, gb7 will have more trouble catching me to beat me with the bat.
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I’ll track you down with my Scooter.
Randy I, I have a mental image of GB7, lining up a 5 footer for a quad boogie, gets his line and then drops to his knees and stokes a billard type stroke and with some insane form of English, sinks the bloody putt…..
being a lefty , if pulsipher is healthy and keeps pitching like tonight, someone will look at him. i wonder how he did against adrian gonzalez with him being a lefty and hitting three hr the night before.
i started watching then i started reading the torre book and missed a lot of it.
Randy and GB Jousting on a golf course. I’d pay to see that.
Cartoon movie: The Point
LOL Doreen……….I was just joking with ya. Joe is saying the same things over and over again, so although I’m sure this is a good interview, I’m not sure how compelling it will be.
Yankee Trader, I can’t believe I forgot to mention the Twilight Zone, one of the best tv shows ever made. I’ve only caught it in reruns, but I always catch the July 4th and New Years Eve marathons on the Sci-Fi channel.
As I said last night, I’m jumping out of my skin -ST can not get here soon enough!
great cartoon,johnny quest.
More Verducci:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
Old(grumpy, rude and mean)YanksFan
February 5th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
GB – I would think a movie about Bill Stephenson, A Man called Inpreded, would be the ultimate war movie. He was basically the #1 secret agent in the world at the time of WWII. The #3 working under him was a gent named Ian Flemming, and the James Bonds books were basically modeled after Stephenson.
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Yeah, they were some crazy people. “Wild Bill” Donavon was also the Regimental Commander of “The Fighting 69th Infantry” from NYY during WWI. Quite a character.
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A movie called “Cloak and Dagger” from 1946 with Gary Cooper was a movie based on Michael Burke (for President of the Yankees).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038417/
Michael Burke ***former*** President of the Yankees).
pat m-
sj44 said as a condition of our match that he wanted us to make sure that we act up enough so that he has to go in front of his club board who he likes to spar with.
do you think there is any chance that sj44 won’t be in front of that board? i’m trying to decide who’s going to cause sj more trouble, you , me , or gb7.
i have a hunch it’ll be a synergy thing when together the trouble caused will be more than the some of the parts.
do you want to break it to gb7 ( or have me do it) that they won’t let him play with just one bat. he’s going to have at least ten bats in his bag .
Saucy, are you kidding me? I Loved The Point – I have it on DVD, lol. I saw it when I was 13 and stayed at a dude ranch in Arizona. My parents hung out with the adults and the kids got to watch this movie about a round headed kid in a town of pointy headed people (or is it the other way around)…….I bought the DVD about a year or so ago and still haven’t watched it. Darn – I might watch it over the weekend.
I’m certain he has an old Hector Lopez model from bat day 1962
PAT M.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Randy I, I have a mental image of GB7, lining up a 5 footer for a quad boogie, gets his line and then drops to his knees and stokes a billard type stroke and with some insane form of English, sinks the bloody putt…..
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Al Cvervik is my hero.
“I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don’t tell ‘em you’re Jewish, okay?”
Betsy
I saw you mention Samantha Smith earlier. Her plane went down not to far from me. My wife thinks she heard it go over our house.
One cartoon I didn’t see mentioned was the pink panther.
“Randy and GB Jousting on a golf course. I’d pay to see that.”
tom-
yeah , pat m, gb7, and me are going to stay at sj44’s house in miami and gb7 and i are going to take on pat m and sj44 at sj’s club.
gb7 got a week full of lessons from orville moody who was so distressed that he sent gb7 to vietnam a few weeks later. orville won the us open a year later despite watching gb7’s swing. he’s actually my partner. but that doesn’t mean i’m safe . with his swing no one is safe on a golf course.
pat m can hook and slice equally well, but i think he’s a bit of a sand bagger who’s better than he’s letting on.
sj is worried we won’t get him called in front of his country club board because he like to annoy them. i just hope he doesn’t hold any grudges if he has to find a new course to play on.
we’ll throw the whole thing up on a blog, but we need a catchy title like thrilla in manilla or rumble in the jungle.
Anyone watch Yankee Hot Stove tonight? I think someone on there said a number of the players tried to get Bernie to go to ST that year. They told him if he came down Joe would’nt cut him.
I’ve never seen the Wizard of Oz, except a scene or two when channel surfing.
I remain proud of that fact, lol.
I see Uncle Floyd was mentioned in this blog – all you Rockland County area radio listeners and all Uncle Floyd fans -catch his new radio show THE GARDEN STATE JUBILEE on WRCR 1300 AM simulcast on wrcr.com Saturday nights at 9:03 PM. Also visit http://www.gardenstatejubiless.com to hear archived shows. This is an old fashioned comedy /variety / musical show featuring New Jersey’s own Uncle Floyd. Also, Uncle Floyd is a write-in candidate in the race for Governor in New Jersey and leads in the latest NJPolitcker.com poll – Uncle Floyd polls 51% followed by Christie at 17% and Corzine at 15%.