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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Apr 13, 2009 
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fire the alarms
MORE, Pete, MORE !!!!!!!
pant, pant
A-Rod better take it easy. He JUST had surgery and, we wouldn’t want to see him surrender the yogurt on his first day back.
Can someone explain to what it means “flips”
I guess someone is tossing it underhand to him.
gayle
soft toss.
someone just kneels to the side and flips balls up to him that he hits into a net
“flips” are soft toss, someone crouches next to you and tosses the balls at you sideways, at your belt.
Man, it’s nice to see Alex back. I’m sure he’s thrilled to be back as well, hanging out with his teammates and just being part of the team again.
Betsy
April 13th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Man, it’s nice to see Alex back. I’m sure he’s thrilled to be back as well, hanging out with his teammates and just being part of the team again.
EXACTLY!
So he’s ready to go? No more Ransom?
Arod take your time . > Cody has everything under controll
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
gayle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_-KQFtekUY
I hope that helps.
Does Pete get paid by the Arod entry?
“Can someone explain to what it means ‘flips’ ”
I think that means Arod flipped off the beat writers 42 times. Middle finger dexterity is important.
Jeez, what an attention hog. ARod sure is a jerk, grabbing all the attention for himself. There’s no other possible explanation for why there are five blog posts about him already today. It’s always something with ARod!! I’m sick of him already. Why won’t he just go away? ARod overload! They only person to blame is Alex! It seems like I’m always hearing about him, and it must be something that he’s doing to generate that perception!!
It’s O-V-E-R. Just look at the photo. You can tell he’s a shadow of himself. Plus, we need to move Derek Jeter to the bullpen and call up Austin Jackson to play shortstop and centerfield so we can have two DHs and then trade Melky Cabrera, Cody Ransom, Luis Sojo and Brett Tomko for Manny Ramirez.
Yes, if Pete meant “backflips” I am sure the Yankees trainers would’ve started him out with a somewhat smaller number, gradually increasing to 42.
love ya Cody, but all good things end. Gave it your best I/we appreciate what you’ve been trying to do. Pardon us for being a bit spoiled. Maybe if you got goofier, bought a new mirror or something. Just understand Arod is a tough act to follow. Rest comfortably knowing at the moment no one else we know of could have done it either.
People are so easily fooled.
1. Joshie Boy knew what he was doing. Classic passive-aggressive tactic to goad an emotionally wrought team to react. Too bad it backfired. Payoffs. The gift that keeps on giving. So the Sox can add the Angels to their growing list of teams they have bad-blood with?
2. Alex paying off Ransom to suck, so that Yankee fans will beg for his return.
whozat ?
you’re back! patrick is getting lonesome and he needs back up. he can’t convince anyone that wins don’t matter.
glad you’re over the hughes /kennedy thing. that was rough. it probably was best to lay low for a while.
so now you’re here to defend arod. i will say you like to take on challenges.
I’d say if hes already taken 80 swings in his first day back, I think hes anxious to get back on the field, no? I had a dream and A-Rod was playing April 30th against the Angels.
‘It’s O-V-E-R. Just look at the photo. You can tell he’s a shadow of himself. Plus, we need to move Derek Jeter to the bullpen and call up Austin Jackson to play shortstop and centerfield so we can have two DHs and then trade Melky Cabrera, Cody Ransom, Luis Sojo and Brett Tomko for Manny Ramirez.’
2 Tylenols and sleep, you’ll be ok and coherant tomorrow hopefully
Oh how we miss you A-God
m- I would pay to see Torii, Bobby anyone on that team go running full force at Joshy boy and knock him on his head.
Pete – did you actually count the number of swings, cuts and flips, or is Jason Zillo feeding you this info?
All those numbers are divisible by 6. Odd.
6 into 78 is 13. Arod’s number!
6 into 36 is 6, 6 into 42 is 7. 6 + 7 = 13! Arod’s number!
Count the number of jog steps. I could be on to something here.
Al from BK April 13th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I’d say if hes already taken 80 swings in his first day back, I think hes anxious to get back on the field, no? I had a dream and A-Rod was playing April 30th against the Angels.
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Al BK
That’s a fine dream but try watching Cinemax while before falling asleep next time. lol.
“Does Pete get paid by the Arod entry?”
Dear God! Well, Madonna did….
Please say a prayer for Harry Kalas. I grew up listening to him and my baseball memories all have him in them. He collapsed in the broadcast booth today at Nationals Park. According to the Associated Press Dave MOntgomery, team President said the situation was serious.
A few things on Beckett.
I was out all day yesterday and just caught up with this stuff late last night.
First of all, no way that pitch was accidental. Abreu was stepping out of the box. The ball went directly over his head, and only about 3-4 inches over his head.
Secondly, Beckett’s actions are what emptied the benches. After the pitch the ump was holding back Abreu, everything seemed ready to blow over, and Beckett comes walking in from the mound running his mouth. That ignited the whole thing.
Third, after the benches cleared and nothing happened, everyone strarted heading back to the dugouts and Beckett got in the face of Mike Scoscia, yelling and pointing at him.
Unbelievable. So many words to describe this guy, none of which would make it through the filter. He’s a complete jackass. Between him and Papelbon, those guys exude as little class as humanly possible. Thank god the Yankees don’t have any guys like that on the team.
jennifer,
Exactly, if you’re going to get tossed, get tossed for backing up Abreu & Scoscia (I can never spell his name). You would get instant credibility around the majors if you did.
randy, you mistakedly exaggerated Livan’s innings total a few threads back. He went 6.2 innings total, not the “SEVEN shut out innings before giving up two runs in the 8th inning” that you stated. Still a nice debut for Livan.
DT April 13th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
“Can someone explain to what it means ‘flips’ ”
I think that means Arod flipped off the beat writers 42 times. Middle finger dexterity is important.
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Hahahaha
And what’s with Torre & Abreu getting all fired up AFTER they leave the Yankees?
Thank goodness we have Burnett, Bruney, and Swisher. Anyone wants to pick on our guys better be prepared for a smackdown.
For some reason my last post got filtered out. PLease say a prayer for harry Kalas.
http://www.philly.com/philly/h.....pital.html
Notice how few teams actually tried to start anything like that with the Yanks while Farnsworth was here? There was some running of the mouth, chest-puffing stuff, but nobody wanted to scrap while he was here. Too bad he couldn’t pitch worth anything, but at least he was good for something.
Also, only AFTER Beckett’s second meltdown, this time getting in the face of Scoscia, was there any pushing or shoving.
So first he throws a pitch at Abreu. That doesn’t get the reaction he wants so he comes charging in towards the plate yelling at Abreu.
After the benches clear but nothing happens and guys start calming down, then he has the nerve to get in Scoscia’s grill. Finally, some pushing and shoving. Hunter gets thrown out. Such garbage. Who the hell does this guy think he is?
He should get a minimum 5 game suspension.
If one of you media guys would put your camera over the wall in one of the stalls…. now THAT would be news!
“Thank goodness we have Burnett, Bruney, and Swisher. Anyone wants to pick on our guys better be prepared for a smackdown.”
We should bring up Shelly… just in case any funny business goes down.
don’t give ‘em any ideas…
“I would pay to see Torii, Bobby anyone on that team go running full force at Joshy boy and knock him on his head.”
Abreu hasn’t got the grapes.
Hunter does, but Beckett is a little bigger and seems mean, bordering on anti-social. Could be Ryan v. Ventura all over again.
“We should bring up Shelly… just in case any funny business goes down.”
Baseball’s answer to a hockey goon.
miggs,
He won’t get anything. This is not the NBA, where they really frown on flagrant stuff and won’t hesitate to bring down the hammer, even on their stars.
How’s the media playing it out? They love the Red Sox, but the Angels are the team they adore.
I really do believe Josh knew that lipping off to the Angels would set them off. Can’t believe that he would do this, days after they lost a teammate.
@whozat.
real original post. zzzz
Shelley kills his own.
…the ‘OTHER SteveB’
“glad you’re over the hughes /kennedy thing. that was rough. it probably was best to lay low for a while.”
I will never understand fans like you who would rather be right than have the team do well. You’d have been screaming for John Lester’s head when he was averaging 5 IP or less a start at age 23/24, but now probably tout him as an example of the kind of young pitching the Yankees need to develop. You think there’s some kind of Magical Winning Ability that a guy like Livan Hernandez has, and yet are blind to the fact that he relies HUGELY on the kind of defense that they Yankees do not have in order to get wins.
In short, you’re a willfully ignorant jerk. I didn’t stop coming here to hide from guys like you. I stopped coming here because the commenting section here has been overrun by people like you. I only swung by today because I was bored, and now I’m leaving again.
m
- When did Torre get fired up? Was this recently? I could have missed it?
“randy, you mistakedly exaggerated Livan’s innings total a few threads back. He went 6.2 innings total, not the “SEVEN shut out innings before giving up two runs in the 8th inning” that you stated. Still a nice debut for Livan.”
Ponson had a pretty nice debut last year as well. How well did that turn out?
miggs
You should have learned from when Pedro was in Boston. They can start the trouble but are immune from the supensions. But have you noticed that the Yankees get suspened if they start it or retaliate. Course RS fans I try to say that to don’t agree.
“Baseball’s answer to a hockey goon.”
Unfortunately, that’s the most use he’d have on the ML team.
“In short, you’re a willfully ignorant jerk. I didn’t stop coming here to hide from guys like you. I stopped coming here because the commenting section here has been overrun by people like you. I only swung by today because I was bored, and now I’m leaving again.”
guess you’re not over your predictions of how great hughes and kennedy were going to be last year
So far, so good for A-Rod.
Just don’t ask him any questions, and he won’t say anything stupid.
AD,
In the playoffs against the Phillies. Remember when Saito threw at Victorino’s head? Then one of his guys got plunked? He was yelling and pointing from the dugout. Disgusting. He never lifted a finger for Alex & Jeter. Probably kept his pitchers from retaliating, too. (not that I’m a big advocate of that).
Alex plans on donning the earbuds again and just focusing on baseball.
http://www.newsday.com/iphone/.....1975.story
Notice how few teams actually tried to start anything like that with the Yanks while Farnsworth was here? There was some running of the mouth, chest-puffing stuff, but nobody wanted to scrap while he was here. Too bad he couldn’t pitch worth anything, but at least he was good for something.
Remember when he almost drilled Manny in the head last year before he got traded? Not that I approve of that stuff, you could kill someone like that afterall, but at least he made the guy uncomfortable at the plate for a minute. That’s more than any other Yankee pitcher was able to do while he was w/ Boston.
M
- Yes, wasn’t Victorino pointing to his rib cage afterward, as to say “hit me here, not in the head”. Got it, I thought maybe Joe got a little fired up this season.
Becket is a Jackass, him Paplebum, Youk and Pedroia all need a beat down this year.
“You think there’s some kind of Magical Winning Ability that a guy like Livan Hernandez has, and yet are blind to the fact that he relies HUGELY on the kind of defense that they Yankees do not have in order to get wins.”
To be honest, I liked Hughes and Kennedy to begin the year last year, too.
But again to be honest, it would have taken more than just better defense to have saved their starts last year.
Steve B go post on your pathetic NJ forum.
Randy is the equivalent of the Phillies general manager. He’d sign Ibanez over Burrell because ‘Ibanez just knows how to drive in runs’. Completely baseless grit & heart mongering that ignores key causes for the effects he observes.
Pete, when you feel obligated to write stuff about A-Rod, do you wear that same “I want to kill myself” expression that Pedro Gomez used to when he was tasked with covering Bonds? For some reason I always picture his miserable mug when I think of you sitting there watching Alex.
Harry kalas RIP
That reminds me, randy, have you found that post yet in which you predicted that Hughes and Kennedy would combine for 0 wins last season?
” you mistakedly exaggerated Livan’s innings total a few threads back. He went 6.2 innings total, not the “SEVEN shut out innings before giving up two runs in the 8th inning” that you stated.”
nick in sf-
in my exuberance, i was an inning off. he only went 6 shut out innings and then gave up two runs and left with two ours in the seventh. it was so close to the 8th i gave it to him.
the score was 5-0 when he gave up the two runs. the wily veteran was pitching to the score to minimize further damage.
RIP harry Kalas
I guess its good for Tex to sit against Kazmir although his patience will be missed.
ShUU SHuu Fighters
April 13th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Steve B go post on your pathetic NJ forum.
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You are directing that comment at the wrong Steve B, at least get it right.
In my (our) forum no one speaks ill of anyone else. Obviously we can’t replicate what Pete does so well here, so we don’t try to. We may not have the volume of comments that appear here, but we get loads of hits every day. And what comments we do get are mostly intelligent and insightful.
Any word on what is going on with Tex’s wrist? This morning I heard Brandon Tierney refer to is as tendonitis? Are they indicating how long he’ll be out?
“That reminds me, randy, have you found that post yet in which you predicted that Hughes and Kennedy would combine for 0 wins last season?”
nick in sf-
how many wins did they get last year? was it that bad ? damn. but thanks for bringing it up.
all kidding aside, i really do wish there was an easy way to go back and look up posts. it’s possible to do , but it’s major headache material to do it.
Longtime Phillie game announcer Harry Kalas died. His son Todd is a Rays analyst.