Clearing up some roster questions
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 25, 2009 
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A few people have e-mailed in with roster questions. Hopefully this will clear some things up:
· OF Melky Cabrera and RHP Jose Veras are out of options. Any other player they would want to send down has options.
· The 40-man roster is full. Players like Brett Tomko, Angel Berroa and Ramiro Pena are not on the 40-man roster and would have to be placed on it if they make the team.
· Spots on the 40-man roster can be opened up if a player is placed on the 60-day disabled list. Alex Rodriguez is not a candidate for that list. While players can be placed on the list retroactively, the time period is not such that the Yankees could do this with Alex as he is expected back no later than May 16.
· Lots of folks have asked who the Yankees could take off the 40-man. Given his many injuries, Humberto Sanchez is a candidate. The Yankees also could seek to trade Melky Cabrera or Juan Miranda, who is permanently stuck behind Mark Teixeira. Dan Giese could clear waivers and be retained. There are any number of possibilities.
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Are the Yankees getting — gasp! — fan friendly? The gates for home games will open up three hours before first pitch. That means you can get in in time to see the Yankees take BP. That is a change.
I also heard today from a season-ticket holder that he received tickets to the team’s workout on April 2 at the Stadium. I believe that is also a first.
Pretty cool for the Yankees to do that. I think getting to a game early to watch BP is a sign of being a true fan, and not only because you can score some autographs. It’s just fun to watch. I’m a big believer in getting there when the gates open and not leaving until the last out is made.
Is there free wifi in the new stadium? I’d like to get there 3 hours early and play internet poker and win enough to pay for my ticket.
And if that doesn’t work, is there going to be a pawn shop in the new stadium?
Fan friendly, sure. But it’s also another hour that the Yankees can stick their hands in your wallet.
Look for the stadium to be open 24 hours a day soon!
Cool so we get to hit the bars inside the stadium a lot earlier.
Wasn’t Humberto Sanchez protected in the Rule 5 draft? If so, I doubt they want to risk losing him now.
At least we agree on one, thing, Pete. I went to Igawa’s first start, where they fell way behind. A-Rod had the walkoff GS. The guys next to me, on their first visit ever to Yankee Stadium, left after his first HR in the 4th inning or so, figuring they’d seen it all.
I also stayed in my seat for the duration of the 14-13 Texas game, when Teixeira almost knocked Posada out cold.
And more to the point, I stayed in my seat until the last out the last time I went to Yankee Stadium, last July 29th. The Yankees trailed 7-3 heading to the bottom of the 9th. Cano and Betemit struck out to end the game with the tying run on 2nd. But what was the harm? I may have seen another comeback. And what did it honestly cause me? 15 minutes at a baseball stadium? (The converse is that I saw Zimmerman hit a rocket off of Wang to win one at RFK in the 9th).
The mentality of people who pay all kinds of money to enter, eat and drink, and who then leave early, is astounding. I’ve seen the Twins beat the Brewers 8-1. I’ve seen the Braves beat the Cardinals 13-2. And I’ve seen Daniel Cabrera 1 or 2 hit the Yankees in a 10-0 shutout. No regrets about any of that time spent.
“I think getting to a game early to watch BP is a sign of being a true fan, and not only because you can score some autographs. It’s just fun to watch. I’m a big believer in getting there when the gates open and not leaving until the last out is made.”
Pete – can you talk to my wife? (LOL!)
This is good news for kids. Some of favorite memories are of getting to the stadium early and watching the Yanks take BP. I even scored a few balls.
People will also actually have time to visit Monument Park.
I heard the Yankees are now taking bp 4 hours before the game starts
What time does the bar close?
Field gone at old stadium.
http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/4067912.php
I read on another board that you can’t even get to field level without a ticket. And this food court you keep hearing about, yep you can’t access that either.
Im with you get to the park when gates open., However fan friendly why dont you ask the Yankees about this little tidbit that came out today
Batting Practice
Guests are welcome to watch batting practice from their seat location. Yankee Stadium gates will open at 10 a.m. for regular-season day games and 4 p.m. for regular-season night games. For Saturday Fox games during the regular season, gates will open at 1 p.m.
AND regarding the Field Level Food Court
“Please note that only Field Level and Legends ticket holders have access to the Field Level.” (THis is from the A-Z Guide posted on Yankees.com
Does this mean that during BP when you used to be able to go to the field level on the RF and LF side that you will no longe be able to go there?? It was always that iof you went behind the plate or between the bases you could not get here without a ticket which makes sense but being as they now have Field level all the wayto the foul poles this seems like they are creating a case of have and have nots
** just thought I’d knock you back into reality the Yankees aren’t giving you something for nothing.
jennifer
thanks – that’s sad.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com...../guide.jsp
According to yankees.com you wont be able to get to the field level if you are not sitting there. It also says that the mohegan sun sports bar is a membership only club. Is this true?
The food court located near Section 126 on the Field Level offers guests a taste of New York with a variety of concessions, including Boar¹s Head deli sandwiches, Famous Famiglia pizza and Asian cuisine. Please note that only Field Level and Legends ticket holders have access to the Field Level.
If the Yankees are sold on Gardner, it doesn’t make much sense to keep both he and Melky. I am in the minority but I think Melky can still be a .300 hitter with a little bit of power (he’s only 24! years old). He was rushed to the majors and can’t be judged yet. He should have been in the minors developing but he was forced to develop on the big stage as a youngster.
I do think they’ll trade Melky right now or add him to the 25man and trade him early on. They shouldn’t have both he and Gardner on the roster.
gayle- Basically the Yankees only want blue nose people sitting downstairs. In which case given the economy, no one will be sitting there. It will look pretty funny on tv to see the entire upper deck and bleachers filled with few people sitting the the teak armed seats.
Haves and have nots, clearly they don’t care about us, (the have nots).
Children
Children who are less than 30 inches tall and can walk freely under the turnstile or are carried into Yankee Stadium do not need a ticket for entry. However, the child must sit on an adult¹s lap during the game without obstructing the view of any other guests.
Does this mean I can bring my 6 year old nephew in, since I can carry him.
I have no problem with the Mohegan Sports Bar being a membership club only they had that at the old stadium with the Sony Club and the Jim Beam club every venue these days pretty much does. I had the Jim Beam ones the past few years and worth every penny on those hot days in July and August when the heat was unbearable going into the AC and watching the game and getting out of the sun
# The security screening process may lead to entry delays close to game time. The Yankees encourage guests to avoid lines by arriving at Yankee Stadium early to enjoy pregame in- stadium activities. Yankee Stadium gates will open at 10 a.m. for regular-season day games and 4 p.m. for regular-season night games. For Saturday Fox games during the regular season, gates will open at 1 p.m.
# All guests will go through a screening process before entering Yankee Stadium.
# The following items are prohibited and may not be brought onto the premises:
* Backpacks, briefcases, large purses, bags and coolers
* Glass or plastic bottles and cans
* Laser pens
* Video cameras
* Laptop computers
* Firearms or knives really?
* Beach balls, blow horns and all other distracting noisemakers
* Any other devices that may interfere with and/or distract any sports participant, other patron, audio or audio/visual telecast or recording of the game or any technology-related service provided in Yankee Stadium
John_Halfz
March 25th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
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The mentality of people who pay all kinds of money to enter, eat and drink, and who then leave early, is astounding. I’ve seen the Twins beat the Brewers 8-1. I’ve seen the Braves beat the Cardinals 13-2. And I’ve seen Daniel Cabrera 1 or 2 hit the Yankees in a 10-0 shutout. No regrets about any of that time spent.
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John, the problem, I think, is the element I now refer to as Boy Nation. They aren’t baseball people, they’re products of instant culture who scream that this one “sucks” right away if someone has a bad at bat, guzzle a lot of beer, for which they incessantly get out of their seat, and like to hear the sound of their own voices. They also like to call everyone on the opposing team a “fag.”
The subtler parts of the game are completely unseen by them, and they just don’t have that sort of baseball rhythm. The Friday night crowd is the absolute worst: it’s an “event” to them and when they’ve had their “experience”, they are ready to go home.
These are people who stand up in front of you to makes themselves visible to the beer guy when Rivera is throwing a 1-2 pitch in the ninth. What can you do, outside of not going. I’ve sworn off Friday nights, unless it’s Boston or Tampa Bay.
^^ oops I don’t know how that happened.
Someone asked about the bars
Martini Bar
The Martini Bar is located in the Great Hall, near Gate 4, just up the escalator. Featuring a full cocktail bar, it will be open for service from the time the gates open until the conclusion of the seventh inning.
Martini Bar
The Martini Bar is located in the Great Hall, near Gate 4, just up the escalator. Featuring a full cocktail bar, it will be open for service from the time the gates open until the conclusion of the seventh inning.
“The converse is that I saw Zimmerman hit a rocket off of Wang to win one at RFK in the 9th.”
I remember that game. Didn’t he lose like 1-0 and throw a complete game? 20 wins down the toilet.
As far as getting there early and leaving when it ends, what other way is there? I know for Giants games me and my dad get there at 930 for egg sandwiches at the tailgate we go to and keep going til game time. No fan should ever leave to ‘beat the traffic’, there’s no beating 35,000 cars trying to get on the turnpike south. Stay and watch your team. Win Lose or Draw. (Yes Mr. McNab there are ties in football.)
So, I can’t bring a machete into the stadium? Oh darn it.
This is interesting and good information.
Text Messaging
Guests can use their cell phones to text questions and concerns to Yankee Stadium staff at 69900 (standard message rates apply).
Wait, you can’t bring in a Poland Springs bottle of water into the stadium anymore?
taylor- It says as long as it is factory sealed you can.
The screening process is the same as always.
But I always wondered what is the deal with checking cellphones?
It’s like pay no mind to the bomb strapped to my back or the shotgun in my pants. But hey my cellphone is legit!
Okay found this, although I’m going to email Pete and ask if he can contact someone to confirm this.
Originally Posted by Cool Papa B. View Post
Okay guys, I just got off of the phone with a Yankee Rep. After a ridiculously long holding time, they told me that ALL TICKET HOLDERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIELD LEVEL FOOD COURT AND ALL VENDORS ON ALL LEVELS IN NYS!!!! This obviously doesn’t include legends & luxury suite restaurants,lounges, and clubs. They said that originally the Yankees weren’t going to allow access to all ticket holders to the Food court, but at they recently changed that.
Free yankee schwag, tickets- http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy they even include a schedule at the bottom!
For anyone concerned about BP and getting into the OF seats… a number of the newer parks (Petco, for example) allow you to go into the outfield seats but not the infield seats without a ticket during BP, so you can catch homers and other such things. My guess in Yankee Stadium will be no different.
BOOOOOO HOOOOO I cant sit in the Good seats! and the new house that JETER, POSADA, MO, BERNIE, O’Neal, MR. T and not A-lex built (Yankee Stadium) is going to look like the toilet bowl in flushing. With every other seat, other than the MVP seats filled.
Please! For years people cried that we needed a new stadium, who else is going to pay A-roids salary or Jeters Ridiculous salary. Its expensive to pay 500 million dollars on 3 players. Stop crying.
Go Yankees!
Frank- You don’t get it. No one is saying they want to sit in other peoples seats. People go down to field level to watch bp and most return to the seats they purchased.
And the seats would be just as expensive with or without Alex.
jennifer, you are missing an opportunity to blame something else on A-Rod
As a bleacher creature I say BOX SEATS SUCK, but really who cares!
They Yankees have sold 4 million seats 2 years in a row!
Lets talk baseball.
On a lighter note. If PETE wants to write about how A-roid is a DIVA, mirror KISSING fancy pants, that has never won anything, or knock the Captain without people acting a fool, then let him.
GET YOUR OWN BLOG IF YOU HATE IT! He is a writer first! Not A-holes publicist.
NOW LETS TALK SOME BASEBALL!
Way off topic:
Does anyone have any experience with sports training at high altitudes?
Are there any benefit/negative that Alex could have training in the higher altitudes of Vail? My son asked and other to say I imagined it would be harder to train because the air has less oxygen, I don’t have a real answer.
Someone save me from googling things involving science. Please?
LOL these Knicks
In the post of the year, Giuseppe Franco says that the Yankees cannot win the World Series without Alex Rodriguez.
The Yankees have won 26 World Series without him. Somehow.
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Pete,
Are you high or something? Hard to believe any respected would say that.
They’ve got A-Rod for the next nine seasons whether you or Yankee fans like it or not.
If the Yanks didn’t think they needed him – they would have let him have the full hip surgery and let him sit out for half the season.
No big deal, right? They don’t need him. Cody Ransom will provide.
Are you telling me that this is a better team without A-Rod in the middle of that lineup?
He’s their best player and one of the best players of our generation. They need him to produce if they want to win a World Series this season.
I don’t see that as such off the wall commentary.
Maybe if you weren’t so blinded by your hatred of the guy or so outraged that I had the audacity to call you on your repeated nonsense attacking the guy on a daily basis – perhaps you would have seen my comment that the Yanks can’t win a ring without their best player as little more than stating the obvious.
Giuseppe, they *can* win the World Series without him. There’s no denying that.
Whether or not it’s less likely I think was the point to be made.
Pete is 100% right… with A-Rod, it is 24+1
The club has played well in ST fundamentally and the atmosphere has been looser and more positive… Pete hangs around these guys everyday, he knows that for a fact.
A-Rod is a dark cloud over the team
gayle
March 25th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Sorry wanted to bring this up in the latest thread but really concerns tickets from previous thread….
Drive 4-5
the games/seats in our plan that are now $5 are they in your same location. If they are and they are now selling your same seat location for now $5 you should call the Yankees and call them on it I dont think that is legal.
Gayle,
Yes, if your seats are in the Grandstand or Terrace sections,the $5 seats are the same as in your package. It’s a ripoff.Mine are in the Grandstand.Here’s hoping we both fare better next year. Hope you enjoy whatever games you do attend.
I never leave a game before it ends …I was there for that exciting game against Baltimore when Arod hit the walk off Granny as we froze in 32 degee weather and if this isn’t loyalty nothing is …I sat through the game that Cleveland killed us 22-0…I believe in 2004. Hey ..as Yogi said ..”it’s not over till it’s over” …although I must confess …around the 8th inning I figured it was over but I stayed anyway. I support the guys in losses as well as wins ..
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
The Yankee’s weakness of this year will be Jeter,Posoda and Damon.
Pete isin’t a Yankee cheerleader. He tells it as it is.
Just because some people worship A-Rod, doesn’t mean that Pete himself has to. His job is to be objective about the team and tell it as it is— and he has done a fantastic job of doing that.
yanksgal- I remember that game it was like April 4th 2 years ago. I was at a Scranton Yankee game. I was just leaving the park, had the game on and John was screaming the Yankees win.
I usually stay for the entire game too. But I just couldn’t sit through the 17-1 Yankee loss to the soxs. It was torture.
Really, does it even need to be stated that the Yankees need ARod?
Yanksgal; I was so cold that day I left and got home just in time to watch the GS on TV
Of course we can win the World Series without A-Rod. Pete is right, that was a ridiculous comment.
The surgery was A-Rod’s decision and his alone. The Yankees could provide input, but its up to him. He wanted to get it because, as Selena Roberts said, he was scared to death of the Yankees winning without him. His ego could never handle that and he’d be humiliated.
No one player makes a team.
I’m having a hard time here thinking that a OF of Damon,Gardner & Nady being in a WS,they need to get themselves a legit CF & it’s been a while since they had one
Grey 44
March 25th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Pete is 100% right… with A-Rod, it is 24+1
The club has played well in ST fundamentally and the atmosphere has been looser and more positive… Pete hangs around these guys everyday, he knows that for a fact.
A-Rod is a dark cloud over the team
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You are confusing your own morality with the game of baseball. They have nothing to do with each other. A player’s worth is not inversely proportional to your or Mr. Abraham’s dislike of him.
The sooner the both of you grasp that, the clearer you’ll see things.
Cody is a nice guy …I’m happy to see him get a few games to play in …BUT…Alex is a whole different league…one of the best players to ever play the game so I don’t understand the thought process of people who say we don’t need him in the lineup. Alex isn’t the reason we haven’t won since 2003…it’s pitching. Heck, he wasn’t here for 2001, 2002 & 2003 when we LOST !! With our rotation this year, if they stay healthy for the most part, we have no excuses as Mo pointed out. I’m looking forward to an exciting season ….can’t wait for it to begin.
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
So, A-rod’s rehab is going well, huh?
So if Alex missed the entire season (and we replaced him with a Rolen type), we won’t make the playoffs or win the WS?
Wow, you guys must be extremely pessimistic about the rest of the team. Did you happen to take a look at our revamped rotation, young bullpen, and other all-star hitters that we have?
I don’t like to use the ‘fanboy/apologist’ title, but comments like we can’t win without A-Rod fits that bill.
Letting fans in as early as possible has nothing to do with being “fan friendly”.
Its so they can make more money with their Legends Concessions operation. Since they own the concession business now, the more time people are in the park, the more money people spend, which equates to more money for the Yankees.
Simple math at its finest.
so how many teams in the majors can Gardner start in CF for ?….my thinking isn’t many
And did somebody say we can’t win without Alex? Technically we can.
Cali Yanks says “no one player makes a team”…
EXACTLY !!!! Unfortunately most people love to put the blame on one player…Alex. In baseball you win as a team or lose as a team ..it takes nine players with a big emphasis on the pitching. Can we win without any one player ..of course …but…having a player the caliber of Alex sure helps a lot more.
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
Gayle …that was one day to freeze your butt off …wish I could have froze a little of mine off ..lol. I was freezing right up till the Granny and then I was warm all over and didn’t feel a thing. It was a great ride home from the Stadium that night …so exciting
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
They’re playing fundamentally better without Jeter. They’re playing better as a team without Alex.
This is spring training ….they are playing against minor leaguers most of the game…they should play better.
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
I know this has been mentioned on here before but Arod’s performance in the postseason for the Yankees has been less than stellar.
Want to guess where this quotation comes from?
“From the fifth inning of Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS–the onset of the dynasty’s demise–through 2008, Rodriquez hit .136 in 59 postseason at-bats, including 0-for-27 with 11 strikeouts with a total of 38 runners on, every one of whom he left on base.”
Jeter is a model citizen and class act. He is a winner, 4 rings, and the ambassador of baseball. No one ever has a bad word to say about him. He also has a very intriguing off-the-field life and conducts his social life much much better than Alex.
Alex should not even be in the same breath as Jeter.
I’m still shaking my head over Pete’s comments that the Yanks look great in ST without A-Rod.
But they’ve been without Jeter, Posada, and Cano for much of ST as well.
Ted Williams was 5 (all singles) for 25 with 5 strikeouts and only 1 rbi in the post season.
In the 4 World Series that he played in,Willie Mays hit .239 with no home runs and 3 more strikeouts than rbi’s (9k’s to 6 rbi).
In 7 different post season series, Manny Ramirez hit less than .250
My point is that it’s not fair to judge a great player by small samplings of post season performances.
On XM radio the afternoon host today asked an interesting question. Given all his off field baggage,would fans want their team to pick up A Rod if the Yankees were to offer waivers on him? He then told the fans to ask themselves this question: Is the 3rd baseman on your team better than A Rod? If he’s not, then how could you possibly not want him on your team?
No team has ever won a title with Arod.
In modern times, at least.
Get rid of Jeter and Arod.
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http://www.baseball-reference......mi01.shtml
If you’re interested in more information, he has a web site and all info is complete and free.
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drmikemarshall.com
I’ll give Pete the benefit of the doubt here. He’s with the team and we’re not. When he says that Al’s a weird guy, I believe him. When he says the team is relaxed with Al out of town, I believe him.
Maybe they’re enjoying a break from the “All-Alex, All the Time” show.
Nick in SF
March 25th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
No team has ever won a title with Arod.
In modern times, at least.
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I’m not sure what your point is. Means nothing to me.
The steroid admission damaged A-Rod more than anything else that he does off-the-field.
Opposing fans always hated A-Rod, but respected him because he was so great and going to be the clean HR king. Now? That respect is gone. He is like Bonds. Just a constant headache that is making a mockery of the game.
The ONE thing that A-Rod had going for him was being clean. Not anymore.
When I speak of Alex I do as a baseball player …not of his personal life which leaves much to be desired. Are people going to deny he’s one of the greatest players of all time? It’s not being an apologist if you a fact.
Since 2004 …none of the Yankees have had steller post-seasons…that’s why we haven’t made it to the WS again..not even past the lst round.
Again …the reason we didn’t make it was more on the lack of pitching than anything else. Pitching wins short series and that’s why we should be right there this year with this rotation.
Go Yankees 2009!!
This is really quite funny. Slow day in Yankee land? Peter brings out a post about ARod and his supposed hatred of him. He blasts couple of people who “support” him and we go back and forth on this idiotic issues until there is something else to talk about. When are we going to learn that he is doing it for blog hits and to increase his comment counts? It has only been going on for the past couple of months. And you people fall for it without fail EVERY time.
I love how people on this blog claim to know more about the Yankees and their chemistry/play than the guy who makes a living covering the team.
I’d take Pete’s word over anyone else. He spends months with these guys, he knows.
that should read “state a fact”…
When A-Rod was a free agent, nobody even made him an offer. and that was before his steroid admission or before a lot of this off-the-field baggage developed (divorce, Madonna, hooker, steroids/cousin etc.)
Why would anyone take him now?
m
March 25th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
I’ll give Pete the benefit of the doubt here. He’s with the team and we’re not. When he says that Al’s a weird guy, I believe him. When he says the team is relaxed with Al out of town, I believe him.
Maybe they’re enjoying a break from the “All-Alex, All the Time” show.
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The point is, he’s confusing his own subjective experience or his own “morality” with the instrinsic “values” of the game that is played between the lines. The game of baseball. It just doesn’t work that way.
In fact, he may have too much of an interior view. Baseball is remarkably resilient; it doesn’t respond to innuendo and people’s expecatations. To suggest the Yankees are better without Rodriguez is just not a credible position, from the game’s point of view.
They’re better off than ever; now they have the pitching to actually win something.
m,
No doubt A Rod is one strange cat and the team is enjoying his hiatus.
But come July and August when A Rod is on one of his rolls and is carrying the Yanks like he capable of, the team will be asking “Cody who?”
“I’m not sure what your point is. Means nothing to me.”
I thought you were enlightened! That’s false advertising.
Anyway ..I don’t care who’s on the team …if they wear the pinstripes I’ll cheer them on. I have for over 45 years and hope to for many more ..
Have a good night all …Yankee baseball is almost here …Praise the Lord !!
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
I may be in the minority… but I appreciate Pete’s objective reporting.
He gives us a realistic perspective on the team. What’s the fun if all his posts were of the “A-Rod is great” cheerleader variety?
I can’t see trading Melky right now, although I agree he might be the most valuable. Really Gardner is possibly at a peak right now, even Lupica is singing his praises. truth is though, the Yankees don’t have any glaring needs right now, even with A Rod out for awhile. The extra outfielder becomes insurance until at least the trading deadline. As for my fantasy team, I may have to reluctantly cut Melky and re-draft him.
bodhi,
Pete’s got a thing for Alex for sure. But there are too many people who say the same thing. And his actions? Ay, ay, ay. Too much evidence to the contrary. There is no conspiracy here. Everything you see and hear about Alex is probably true. Except for the hooker thing. Because why would a man as handsome and smart as him need buy it?
Drive,
I’m not advocating Cody for the year. But, it’s giving the team a chance to gel. Especially with the new guys. Not saying they wouldn’t gel with Alex around. But they can come in under normal circumstances. Without the media zoo that follows Alex around. Not that it’s his fault. I blame the media for behaving like fox hounds and vultures at times. For once, I’d like to see them ignore him and go interview someone like Brett or Cody about a good game they had.
Colin:
Shhh, You’re giving away my secrets. My business depends on stirring up trouble.
In total seriousness, I don’t believe A-Rod is a curse or anything like that. I also don’t believe in team chemistry unless it’s really over the top bad.
I do believe investing such a large percentage of payroll in one player is foolish. I’d rather my 5th-25th players be better than everybody else’s than my 1st to fifth.
The Yankees are so titled toward a few players that it hurts them in situations like the playoffs. They have no answer when the superstar fails.
“The Yankees are so titled toward a few players that it hurts them in situations like the playoffs.”
So *titled*? That’s a Freudian slip! Pete thinks a few players are going to lead the Yanks to #27!
Okay, you guys made me go science by not helping with my altitude question.
Interesting factoid: Athletes who train at higher altitudes have an increase in EPO production to make up for lower oxygen levels. Increased EPO causes rapid growth of red blood cells in the body which allow muscles to respire at a faster rate. EPO that is introduced to the body (blood doping) rather than manufactured in the body is a banned PED.
The effects of natural EPO can last about 2 weeks after athletes return to lower level elevations.
The Colorado Rockies have a natural athletic advantage that they haven’t effectively cashed in on.
If you Arod zealots don’t get this you’re total idiots:
“I do believe investing such a large percentage of payroll in one player is foolish. I’d rather my 5th-25th players be better than everybody else’s than my 1st to fifth.
The Yankees are so titled toward a few players that it hurts them in situations like the playoffs. They have no answer when the superstar fails.”
That is baseball – a team sport. GET USED TO IT
Hopefully that changes this year. They have the highest paid C, 1B, SS, 3B, SP, RP in the majors. Their 2B, DH, LF, RF, SPs (besides Joba) dont get paid that badly either.
Healthy and quality pitching is what will get them places.
pat,
Don’t have much to offer, but I do know one of the teams I follow fly in on game day or something because you don’t feel the effects as much as when you fly in early to “acclimate”.
Doesn’t look like the team is confirming the report, but they haven’t denied it either…
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy
Drive 4-5
with due respect, it’s kinda idiotic to compare Ted Williams 1 WS, with Arod’s post-season numbers with NYY. Slight difference in the sample size.
vinny-b (Girardi, Pettitte, Mo, Matsui, Gardner = my top 5)
March 25th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Drive 4-5
with due respect, it’s kinda idiotic to compare Ted Williams 1 WS, with Arod’s post-season numbers with NYY. Slight difference in the sample size.
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How about Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Rod Carew, Harmon Killabrew, or Frank Robinson?
You wanna put a cheater in the same sentence as Cobb, Williams, Mays, Carew, Killabrew and Frank Robinson?
“Is there free wifi in the new stadium? I’d like to get there 3 hours early and play internet poker and win enough to pay for my ticket.
And if that doesn’t work, is there going to be a pawn shop in the new stadium”
LMFAO
Bret the Hitman
March 25th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
You wanna put a cheater in the same sentence as Cobb, Williams, Mays, Carew, Killabrew and Frank Robinson?
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There was no bigger cheater than Ty Cobb, not to mention betting on and throwing games. As for the rest, they all took speed.
“How about Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Rod Carew, Harmon Killabrew, or Frank Robinson”
Arod couldn’t hold Williams, Mays, or Ty Cobb’s jock strap. I don’t know about the others
You are aware of Cobb’s history, Bret the Hitman, are you not? Other than the fact that the man was a vicious bigot who almost killed a man and did pummel a handicapped man, who went spikes first into 2nd base with no compunction and was overall a miserable person, he was a real Georgia peach. Please.
I also didn’t mention Williams.
Tommy Lee Jones was pretty good as Ty Cobb, and yea, Cobb was a very bad guy. He did have an awful childhood, but we’re all responsible for our actions.
“You are aware of Cobb’s history, Bret the Hitman, are you not? Other than the fact that the man was a vicious bigot who almost killed a man and did pummel a handicapped man, who went spikes first into 2nd base with no compunction and was overall a miserable person, he was a real Georgia peach. Please”
Betsy: fully aware. By all accounts he was the person you described.
and as sick a person he was said to be, that is how great a ball player he was. According to fans and detractors alike.
The fact is, none of those HOF’s took steroids. And where is the proof that they “all took speed”? Even so, Arod will go down in history not as a HOF’r but as a cheater so compare him to anyone. It doesn’t count.
*didn’t notice you were addressing Bret the Hitman – my bad*
Cobb didn’t have “an awful cjildhood”. He came from a pretty well-to-do family. He was strict, not brutal.
***childhood***
“How about Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Rod Carew, Harmon Killabrew, or Frank Robinson?”
I thought it was that they were all discovered by Peter Gammons to be orange.
Vinny, no question. However, the question was not greatness on the field – Bret the Hitman sounded shocked that “cheater” Alex would even be in the same breath as Cobb. What Alex did was bad – he contributed to a stain on the game and he tarnished his own repuration. What Cobb did, regardless of his greatness, was far worse.
Cobb’s mother “accidentally” killed his father and he never got over it….His father apparently demanded perfection from his son and Cobb spent the rest of his life trying to please his father…….
reputation – ugh.
I never thought I would see the words speed and Harmon Killebrew in the same post.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4015605
Feinsand did a video preview of the Yankees with ESPN.
Cobb didn’t have “an awful childhood”. He came from a pretty well-to-do family. He was strict, not brutal.
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In the movie, he caught his rather hot mother doing some guy, and when he was young man, his mother killed his father.
I’m pretty materialistic, but I’ll opt for poverty over that.
Cobb was almost 19 when that happened, playing pro-ball and within 3 weeks was playing from the Tigers. He was hardly in his “childhood”.
“There was no bigger cheater than Ty Cobb, not to mention betting on and throwing games. As for the rest, they all took speed.”
I’m sure they all drank too.. some might have smoked weed as well. None of the above are performance enhancers. Despite the name, Speed doesn’t make you run faster.
E-gawa
March 26th, 2009 at 12:43 am
“There was no bigger cheater than Ty Cobb, not to mention betting on and throwing games. As for the rest, they all took speed.”
I’m sure they all drank too.. some might have smoked weed as well. None of the above are performance enhancers. Despite the name, Speed doesn’t make you run faster.
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You’re a complete idiot. Nowhere did I say that speed made you fast. It is a performance enhancer, however.
I agree… thats why I don’t think it is a big deal that A-Rod took steroids.
The old players used to come to the park drunk and take greenies. A-Rod took steroids, but everyone else took something too. The entire game is tainted.
Therefore, A-Rod is the clean HR king.
Has anyone seen Pettite pitch today and if so how did his cutter look….Pete I assume you watched him throw, is his cutter back to riding in and down to righties ????
lol. This is from Kat’s live chat:
Thanks very much. The day before I left, I mentioned to several of the Yankees from the Dominican that I was headed down there, and when I got back they asked how it was and where I went, etc. Cano was particularly interested, especially after I told him I visited his hometown of San Pedro de Macoris, was at a field a couple blocks from his house and that a coach there said he is the most popular player from San Pedro. He was thrilled to hear that, *calling over other players like Jose Veras and Edwar Ramirez to have me repeat that someone called him the most popular player from there.*
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Also lol @ Al being clean king of anything.
Only one that I know of on here that saw Pettitte pitch was PA.
PAT, did you watch MLB Tonight, with Mike Marshall. Great exhibition on eliminating pitching injuries? It’s on now.
This is also from Kat’s blog. Makes no sense to me. If there’s room for Melky, why wouldn’t there be room for Gardner? Definitely room for a pinch runner on the bench.
*Cashman said that if Melky Cabrera is the starting centerfielder, Brett Gardner would likely go to Triple-A. If Gardner is the starter, Cabrera (who has no minor league options remaining) would likely be a reserve on the bench.
Too bad that Cabrera’s a better left handed hitter than a right handed hitter. They could platoon to a certain extent.
No GB7 I missed it…I did read his first book about 15 years ago…Great insight, I always remembered his therories when I was coaching and giving private lessons….Found out today that I’m going into the hospital next week for some bone graphing on my left hip….I’m suffering from what is refered to as Baby boomer atheletic syndrome….Wore out to many moving parts over the years…
PAT M.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:25 am
No GB7 I missed it…I did read his first book about 15 years ago…Great insight, I always remembered his therories when I was coaching and giving private lessons….Found out today that I’m going into the hospital next week for some bone graphing on my left hip….I’m suffering from what is refered to as Baby boomer atheletic syndrome….Wore out to many moving parts over the years…
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They played the first part, but, in a couple of minutes, he’s giving a demonstration. He also has a free info site at http://www.drmikemarshall.com
Some interesting and great info.
And who would they carry as the 25tn man if not for the Gardner/Melky loser? Shelly Duncan? Berroa AND Pena?
I am hoping Cashman is just putting out a smoke screen. There is also no conceivable way Melky will win the job unless Cashman unfairly forces him on Joe because of his salary.
Interestingly, he says he figures that Lincecum will have some arm troubles in the next couple of years, but, he said he’s looking at more issues with both knees and his hips.
PAT, how great would a week of classes, demonstrations work with Koufax and Marshall be for young high school and college pitchers be? Talk about two of the best and almost perfect pitchers giving instruction. That would be a must attend….
I remember Marshall’s days with the Dodgers…I never faced him in Spring Training, but watched him throw…He made it look easy….Word was that he was a pain in the arse…So smart that he didn’t have the patience back then with the regular folks…..Ah Sandy Koufax….
“You’re a complete idiot. Nowhere did I say that speed made you fast. It is a performance enhancer, however.”
You’re a tool. No where did I say that you said that. You did however bring up the use of speed in defense of the use of steroids which is just complete ignorance.
How does it enhance performance?
PAT M.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:44 am
I remember Marshall’s days with the Dodgers…I never faced him in Spring Training, but watched him throw…He made it look easy….Word was that he was a pain in the arse…So smart that he didn’t have the patience back then with the regular folks…..Ah Sandy Koufax….
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Loved watching Koufax. When you get time, you’ve got to watch his video demonstrations. He also has xrays of Andy Messersmith’s pitching and glove elbows. amazing stuff.
He shows the difference between his ’71 motion and ’74 motion.
-gawa
March 26th, 2009 at 1:56 am
“You’re a complete idiot. Nowhere did I say that speed made you fast. It is a performance enhancer, however.”
You’re a tool. No where did I say that you said that. You did however bring up the use of speed in defense of the use of steroids which is just complete ignorance.
How does it enhance performance?
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Then why did you use the remark about speed not making you faster? Speed gives you a higher energy level when you are tired/exhausted, thus keeping you on the field and enhancing performance.
The link to Marshall’s mechanics videos.
http://www.drmikemarshall.com/.....Video.html
Thanks GB…..
So does Red Bull.
I said that because I thought you might have been confused.
PAT M.
March 26th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Thanks GB…..
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My pleasure, PAT. Hope it helps with your coaching. I think it says that there are 11 videos, covering 2.5 hours.
E-gawa
March 26th, 2009 at 2:17 am
So does Red Bull.
I said that because I thought you might have been confused.
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I’m never confused. I wouldn’t have said it, otherwise.
Some never learn GB….
PAT M.
March 26th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Some never learn GB….
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They never do or never will.
That Marshall interview will be on a few more times between tonight and tomorrow. I wish NYY could find their one Sandy Koufax. The Steinbrenners would have to deliver his paychecks in an armored truck.
How’s your new pitching find doing? Anyway that you could convince him to go to an independent league and file for free agency?
The BELOW link is a article that explains who the Yankee CF is and what the Yanks have planned for Mr. Melky: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....ng-Cabrera
Trade Steven Jackson and Juan Miranda. That opens up two 40-man roster spots. Neither has a future with the Yankees.
Some of you guys are hypocrites. You say now “oh the atmosphere without A-Rod in camp is going great, he’s a dark cloud over the team, it’s 24 players plus A-Rod…”
When Cody Ransom is hitting .111 with no homers and Gardner is slumping in the #9 spot, you’re REALLY going to miss Alex hitting in the middle of that line up. Let’s be real here, guys. You might not like A-Rod…hell you might hate A-Rod…but he’s an important assest to the team.
When he opted out of his contract, most of you were willing to let him walk away. “We don’t need him” you said. Yet when the report of A-Rod getting injured first came out, most of you freaked out. Some of you were already dubbing this Yankee season “the lost season”.
Please…
Pete–when I was a kid (and a little older than a kid) in the 60s and 70s, I remember going to the stadium early all the time to watch batting practice before the game. To be honest, I wasn’t aware that allowing fans in to watch had ever been discontinued.
Oh, and on your previous post about the stadium and prices. The prices are insane. ‘Lots of people’ can’t afford $250 for a baseball game. That’s ridiculous. The new stadium was conceived in a time when social mood and the resulting economy were ‘bling-centric’ and overheated. You also said the Yanks built this stadium through ‘no fault of their own’, which is also not true. There were quite a few people who saw the economic crisis coming, and for years. Certainly people like the Yankee management had the connections and advisors to let them know. The new stadium as a concept in terms of updating services, etc., was fine. The execution is an embarrassment and an affront to everyone who doesn’t have a household income of $300,000 per year or more–and those people are in very great danger of losing their jobs during the next few years.
Can people stop posting about how “objectively” Pete reports on the Yankees here?! I love this blog and without it would be lost when it comes to the Yankees (no YES or MLB package for me) but this blog is not an objective avenue to report on the Yankees. And this is not a slight against Pete because this is a BLOG which requires no objectivity what so ever. Pete makes a post and typically follows with an OPINION, which is the point of blogging to begin with. On top of that, he does a great job at it, and his objective newspaper articles are great on top of that.
And when you have a blog and offer your opinion, you should expect people will disagree…and sometimes disagree vehemently. Correct?
And when your blog has a comments section, you’ve provided an avenue for those who disagree to voice their disagreements. Right?
Which is why I have absolutely no idea why people go off with “Well, if you don’t agree with Pete…LEAVE.” or, even more puzzling, some of the bizarrely vitriolic, often personal responses from Pete himself.
Hola, I agree with you. Blogs would be boring places if everyone agreed all the time. If that was the case than no discussion/comments sections would be needed. People have the right to disagree with Pete and he has the right to defend his postion.
Where most comments take a wrong turn is by adding personal attacks or beating down on someone because their opinion is different. I know I’ve fallen into that trap, but typically after I feel like I’ve been attacked for no reason. It should be easy for people to have a civil discussion about a topic whether you are in agreement or not.
“It should be easy for people to have a civil discussion about a topic whether you are in agreement or not.”
Agree completely…even when it’s about sports and the Yankees.
At this point shouldn’t Cash trade Miranda for like anything at all close to decent? The guy is at least a viable backup for some team. It seems they could get something in return; he is truly blocked from getting playing time with the Yanks for quite some time.
Cobb was almost 19 when that happened, playing pro-ball and within 3 weeks was playing from the Tigers. He was hardly in his “childhood”.
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Curiously and perhaps revealingly, you omitted point about seeing his mom with another man.
So that wasn’t traumatic for a 19 year old????
nice… how many times have i wanted to see batting practice, only to wait at the gate until 1 hour before gametime, only able to catch the 2nd half of the visiting teams bp.