HOPE week kicks off today
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As the Yankees define it, HOPE stands for Helping Others Persevere and Excel. For the players, it also repesents their chance to give back this week.
Starting today, every player on the team will take part in at least one event away from the Stadium designed to recognize an individual, family or organization worthy of recognition and support. The team hopes their efforts will help raise awareness and funds.
Joe Girardi, Mariano Rivera, Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera will be in Washington Heights this afternoon to recognize the work of Marco and Jennifer Chiappetta. In 2006, Marco started spending time in his local schoolyard, helping kids get involved in sports. Within a month, the Chiappettas were hosting children at their home. They eventually formed Patchwork Of Young Leaders Society.
The Yankees will distribute athletic equipment and food vouchers to the organization. The Chiappettas, some of the teenagers and a group of parents will take in the game tonight.
You can go to http://www.patchwork.bbnow.org for more information.
If you’re inspired to serve yourself, go to www.serve.gov.
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You’ve probably noticed the Yankees being a lot more active in this sort of thing than they used to be. There has been more interaction with fans, more charitable appearances and now HOPE week.
George Steinbrenner wrote a lot of checks to a lot of worthy people and organizations over the years and that was great. But there is a lot to be said for ballplayers taking time to go shake somebody’s hand and provide the kind of support that comes from building relationships.
Kudos to media relations director Jason Zillo and his hard-working staff for organizing these events. It should be part of the standard player contract that every player from every team has to be active in the community and with fans. Many players are, some to extraordinary means. But many are not. This week, hopefully, will inspire all of the players to do some good beyond the ball field.
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A-Rod, Texeira, and CC were on the Today show this morning promoting this event. It was a nice piece.
Standing next to two big men, A-Rod and Tex, CC looked like a giant. He is a massive, massive man.
Great Stuff . Proud to root for a great Orginization !
From the previous thread…
DB
July 20th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
miggs
July 20th, 2009 at 11:53 am
“Tomorrow will be interesting, if Mitre wets the bed then the Yanks are in deep doo-doo with their fifth starter spot”
…..Mitre is going to get at least 3-4 starts IMO unless he’s totally horrendous. Seeing his progress in Scranton and knowing his abilities before he got hurt, its hardly something to lose sleep over.
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He’s one year (almost to the day) removed from TJ surgery and is a career minor leaguer with 310 mlb innings (not pitched since 07 in big leagues). What abilities does he have? I think he is closer to being totally horrendous than giving us a quality start.
I’m not down on the guy, just that if he is our best option for a starting rotation spot…we are thin in the rotation to say the least.
from the last thread…
“Hokiehill —
Wirh all due respect Maroon and Orange is a hideous color combo. Still I know your Athletic Director (Jim Weaver) well and the program has much to be proud of, as does the entire Virginia Tech campus the way they rallied after that horrific day.”
I will strongly disagree on the first point but appreciate your comments on the others…having had the chance to meet with Weaver on several occasions I am a big fan. That was certainly a tough time but the support from the extended family of VT was tremendous as was the support from those well outside the community…on the top of that support group list would of course be the Steinbrenners and the entire Yankees organization. They did some great things for the school after the tragedy.
Good job by the Yankees organization
“Good job by the Yankees organization”
I second that…this is a cool thing they’re doing.
Yes, great stuff… Congrats to Jason Zillo of the Yankees for making this happen.
“It should be part of the standard player contract that every player from every team has to be active in the community and with fans.”
No it shouldn’t.
Guys:
I’m not saying Erin Andrews is a forbidden topic. It’s not. But when I post about the team’s charitable endeavors, would it be OK to stay on topic for just a few minutes? That’s not too much to ask, is it?
““It should be part of the standard player contract that every player from every team has to be active in the community and with fans.”
No it shouldn’t.”
It shouldn’t need to be…
Does anyone know if the Regis or Today show clips will be available on-line at some point?
Not at all.
Sorry, Pete.
i’d like to see the Regis clip ? any link ?
It would be cool if they brought back fan fest. My first one was the last one in 93. I think we’re the only team that doesn’t have an official one.
I never knew this website existed! It’s perfect for me. I just found soooo many options in my area and I’m so excited to get to do as many as possible. This is great, thanks a lot for posting that site. I’ve always wanted to do something like this and I have the whole summer to myself until school starts in September so why not? There are some really great things there if anyone lives in the manhatten area.
“It shouldn’t need to be…”
No it shouldn’t and even if someone chooses not to work in their community you don’t force them.
Fatcessaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa on the fan
Jobber to 8th, Yussssse & Montero & whatever else to Toronto for Doc
Go get Bronson Arroyo… Lets get readyyyyyyyy to stumbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
“No it shouldn’t and even if someone chooses not to work in their community you don’t force them.”
I’ll agree with that…I’d hate to see an athlete or anyone forced into a situation where they visibly don’t want to be there. that type of thing doesn’t benefit anyone.
Anyone have a detailed scouting report on Sergio Mitre? I have no idea what to expect.
“Go get Bronson Arroyo…”
again, I’d only be for this because he would have to get a haircut…then we can cut him…
Hahahahahaha
Here’s Diet coke. I’m already laughing
I’m ready for some Jobber, Youuuse, break up da core tawlk
Wouldn’t mean as much if players were contractually bound.
I love that the Yankees are doing this. Whatever the impetus, it’s wonderful of them to do it on such a grand scale. And the more the players do, the more they’ll want to do it.
I’ve said before that the NBA has done this for years, force the players to do community based projects. Of course part of it was to change the hoodlum image of the NBA, but it’s grown into something much bigger. But the kids and needy that are benefitted don’t care. It just makes their heart swell with hope and pride.
Imitation is the ultimate form of flattery, and we’ll probably see other teams do good works drive like this. John Henry just needs to remember to tweet a shout out to the Yankees when the Red Sox do theirs!
Boy, today is really quiet….
2 minutes in and I can already tell that Francesca is going to praise the Rays to high heavens the same way he does the Sox…. Yep, the Rays are tough to deal with and they’ll be in it all the way, but the team that is 4 games ahead of them isn’t that good. That is exactly what Mike is going to say..and then he’ll enumerate the many reasons why the Yankees aren’t as good as either team.
Francessa is right… Tampa is red hot and going to make this thing a legit 3 team race down to the end.
I can hear his Boston-centric drivel from the next room…
I wish I could still listen to Francesca during the day. I assume he’s going to lose his mind about Joba’s antics at the end of the fifth yesterday. I assume he will somehow work Bernie Williams into the discussion as well.
Have a feeling that the last series in Tampa to end the season will decide which one of us goes to the playoffs….
Saw CC, Texie and A-rod on tv today.
He has buried the Mets. Watch them go on a 20 game winning streak now.
YankeesLuv,
What program & what time?
There’s a huge tape delay here, and I would love to watch it.
4 games isin’t a huge lead at all, especially with how quality these 3 teams are.
We were 4 games behind the Sox at 2 different points this season and came back to tie them or overtake them both times.
One mini-slump is all it takes. We were 8 games ahead of Tampa before our slump last month, and the lead was down to 3 games at one point during that slump.
Tampa has Chi Sox coming up next … .So hopefully we can put a little distance between us and them
The best of all worlds would be we win the division, and Tampa or Texas gets the wild card.
Win/win!!!
I think what Francessa was trying to imply was that Tampa is not going to leave us much breathing room at all— we’re going have to work hard for our playoff spot and nothing is guaranteed. And he’s right.
4 games can be erased fairly quickly, we were 4 behind Boston earlier and tied them within a week.
From SWB on Mitre
http://community.thetimes-trib.....notes.aspx
Through seven Triple-A starts, Mitre has been terrific. His last start was one of the best Scranton/Wilkes-Barre starts of the season with eight scoreless innings, during which he clearly got better as the game progressed. When Joe Girardi was asked two days ago what he remembered about Mitre from his time with the Florida Marlins, Girardi said he remembered him as 88-91 with his sinker. With Scranton/Wilkes-Barre he’s been 90-93 and he’s had good life down in the zone. Like pitching coach Scott Aldred said, he only threw a handful of pitches above the knees in his last start.
“Physically I felt good, I felt pretty much the same when I got here,” Mitre said. “Pitching-wise, I’ve gotten better. When I first got here, I was on a pitch count and I was getting kind of built up. My last three starts, they kind of let me go a little bit. I was trying to build arm strength. Those last three outings they let me go and I bounced back. The main thing has always been, how would I respond after throwing 90 pitches and then 100 pitches, and everything went well.”
The Royals had a lead in the 8th inning in all 3 games against the Rays this weekend, and lost all 3 in the 8th.
That stings. Could have padded our lead by a couple of games.
Yankees play the Rays a lot better head-to-head, both last year and this year, than Boston and much of the rest of the AL has, which I think gives the Yankees an advantage in terms of fending off Tampa. Yankees will have the 2nd half to correct their performance against Boston, which should insure that it’s the Rays and Red Sox battling for the Wild Card. Whoever is the odd team out will have a long bitter winter, considering they’ll have probably ended up winning like 90 games.
Mike said the Rays are very dangerous and will make life difficult for us AND Boston.
He didn’t just single out the Yankees… he mentioned Boston too.
I always find that Francessa commercial comical….and laugh everytime they say “He has the RESPECT OF THE FANS” Classic!!!
m-I believe those three were on Live with Regis and Kelly this morning
What a brilliant observation from Francesa. Without his keen “insight”, nobody could have figured out it’s going to be a three team race this year.
That hasn’t happened since…..last year!
Gotta love Mike pointing out the obvious and his minions eating it up like it’s new info.
I think it’s great the Yankees have been so active in the community. It’s making the team feel more like a team in sync with the city as opposed to a group of guys just playing ball and going home.
Off topic, but things are pretty bad for the mets. They have Gary Sheffield as their #1 RF and #1 LF on their depth chart.
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/te.....p?c_id=nym
Brandon had to counsel his poor friend last night. He was distraught, asking if Brandon thought the Mets were going to make the playoffs and what he thought of their farm system. Brandon didn’t have the heart to tell him the truth.
That guy probably loves his Mets as much as we love our Yankees. Can you imagine? Almost every Mets fan must be going through the same thing.
Personally? I think that Manuel needs to go. No, it’s not his fault that the team is decimated by injuries. But he just has a weird vibe in my opinion. He’s the guy sitting on the bench that you steer clear of.
He can’t even get the remaining team to play fundamentally sound baseball. How about not playing guys out of their position? Get back to the basics.
Interesting article in the NYT last night, but it’s gone already. Talked about the more you try to avoid making mistakes (errors) in sports and in general, the more likely you are to make them. They even mentioned poor Knoblach, but I could only think of the Mets. haha.
6 strong innings from Andy tonight. We need him to have a solid second half.
ah, jeez.
That’s park bench, not dugout bench. Just the weirdo in the park.
S.A., thanks for that.
The Metsie have one of the worst defenses I have ever seen.
They should write a book: “100 ways to lose a Game, by Jerry Manuel (with forward by Omar Minaya).
Unless you are delusional, I don’t know how anyone can dismiss Tampa.
But nobody has… so I don’t know what Mike was talking about. We’re in a good position, but doesn’t mean we have anything locked up, we still have to finish strong the next 70 games and avoid a slump like they had last month.
Unlike the last few years, we’re playing from ahead, not behind, which is where you want to be.
Mets treated Willie like crap – especially the manner in which he was fired.
No sympathy from me.
They should write a book: “100 ways to lose a Game, by Jerry Manuel (with forward by Omar Minaya).
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They should have the book so that when you turn a page, you can hear Jerry Manuel cackling.
Might be too expensive to make though
Mike’s promo on YES is hysterical
“You can’t import new arms, you can’t waive a magic wand and make new arms appear”
And he’s earned the respect of the fans…
“I love the audience, the audience is why I’m here”
LOL
I don’t know how much more I can take of this catch up game with Boston. Is this the second or third time we’ve caught up?
“I love hanging up on the audience, the privilege of hanging up on the audience is why I’m here”
fixed
m
July 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I don’t know how much more I can take of this catch up game with Boston. Is this the second or third time we’ve caught up?
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Haven’t counted, but them heading for Texas sure does make me smile
SA,
Just have the cackle when you open the cover, you know like the Hallmark cards?
And you make several different versions like how the Taco Bell chihuahuas years ago?
“Yo quiero Los Mets..cackle…”
Smoltz is pitching for Boston against Texas tonight. I hope he gets bombed.
He’s struggled against the likes of the Nationals, Orioles, and Athletics.
It will be interesting to see how he fares against a top offense like Texas in their ballpark.
I think it is great what the Yankees are doing. Has anyone found video of the Yankees on the Today show are live? And does anyone know if other guys will be on Today or Live tomorrow? I don’t know why they waited until 20 minutes before they were going on to announce it on twitter. Hello most of us work, how could we watch it?
bodhi,
Yes. Hopefully the Rangers will be riding high off their huge walk-off win last night. Kinsler hit leadoff and walkoff homeruns.
Smoltz and Wakefield pitching in Texas in late July = keep an oxygen tank ready in the dugout, BoSox trainer.
Francesa doesn’t seem to realize the Mets have utterly no way to pay for halladay
*gasp*
Diet Coke rejects Doc Halladay
90 yearold Smoltz vs the Rangers . . should be interesting
jennifer,
Who was on the Today show? If it’s the Today Show, they usually have clips at their website.
m July 20th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
SA,
Just have the cackle when you open the cover, you know like the Hallmark cards?
And you make several different versions like how the Taco Bell chihuahuas years ago?
“Yo quiero Los Mets..cackle…”
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LMAO
That would work!
It wouldn’t surprise me to see Texas take 2/3 from the Sox. We have a great opportunity to go on a run and grab a commanding lead in the East.
It’s important that we take care of the Baltimore’s and Oakland’s of the world. It’ll be nice to have a few extra wins in the bank in the event we run into trouble during the 2 remaining west coast trips we have in August and September.
Halladay to the Mets??
He has a full no trade clause and wants to win…
ha to the Mets
from YankeesPR
Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira will be on Regis and Kelly within the next half hour to talk about HOPE Week.
Yankees kick off HOPE Week today…catch Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira on the TODAY Show during the 8 o’clock hour
Swisher rolling around in right field yesterday reminded me of beer league softball (late innings, when the beer is almost gone).
Is Eric Hinske really that bad?
Is Diet Coke floating Doc to the Mets? First they don’t have prospects, second why would Doc waive his no trade to go to a team going nowhere?
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
July 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Mets treated Willie like crap – especially the manner in which he was fired.
No sympathy from me.
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Don’t forget flying Ryan Church around the country with a concussion
Yeah, I don’t know what Mike’s talking about. Mets fans would be thrilled to have a team built from the farm system? Like in 2020? It’s painful to rebuild the farm system. And expensive as you rely on free agency.
The Mets can’t afford Halladay. The ownership is broke, broke, broke
m
July 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
bodhi,
Yes. Hopefully the Rangers will be riding high off their huge walk-off win last night. Kinsler hit leadoff and walkoff homeruns.
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Didn’t know about Kinsler. I’m tempted to stay home tonight just so I can switch back and forth. Yesterday was a great, but long day any way.
I think Lowell is out again for Boston, too, which will impact their offense (not that I ever wish injury on anyone).
“Is Eric Hinske really that bad?”
Think Nick Swisher, only slower and a worse RF’er, combined with being a worse offensive player if in the starting lineup every day. Swisher is in a slump but he has been a good contributor at multiple points this year. His struggles are less important especially now that A-Rod and Teixeira are anchoring the 3-4 spots up to their expected abilities.
jennifer,
Thanks. That means they hit both shows. Today Show’s on right now, and Kelly & Regis is coming on at the top of the hour. Guess I’ll be flipping back and forth. I really prefer the Today Show, though.
Mets have nothing on their minor league or major league roster that will interest Toronto, sans Wright who they won’t trade.
They don’t want Beltran’s contract
Reyes is making money as well.
F-Mart is made of glass. Niese is average. Parrnell is another Farnsworth.
They have 0 assets even if they include their MLB roster.
There are two problems with acquiring Roy Halladay, beyond the talent outlay and salary cost. First is that Toronto will not grant a 72 hour window to redo/entend his contract. Number two, he can demand a trade or Free Agency at the end of THIS SEASON, because he was traded in the middle of a multiyear contract. That ends any trade as far as I’m concerned.
Erica – always OPPC
July 20th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
July 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Mets treated Willie like crap – especially the manner in which he was fired.
No sympathy from me.
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Don’t forget flying Ryan Church around the country with a concussion
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That’s just reckless and dumb. The other, though, is willfully cruel.
So they’re reckless, dumb, and cruel.
….maybe it’s also litigious.
***redo/extend*** his contract
12:33pm: A friend of Halladay’s tells Jon Heyman of SI.com that Doc’s top priority is winning, but the righty would apparently prefer a quiet environment and a team that trains in Florida. Heyman’s source believes the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals and Phillies are among the teams to which Halladay would approve a deal.
From mlbtrader.com
Winning team? check
Trains in Florida? check
Quiet environment? err…can we ship out Swisher?
Also from the file of “It Can’t Get Any Worse” for the Mets-
It seems like Gary Sheffield has more than just a cramp and no one knows when he is returning
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07.....180311.htm
http://www.yanksblog.com/item/.....today-show
Found the today show piece. Can’t watch it yet though at work. bummer.
hard to pronounce name ?
Ricky Romero…. *Ri-kee Ro-mer-o*
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
That’s just reckless and dumb. The other, though, is willfully cruel.
So they’re reckless, dumb, and cruel.
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Sounds accurate to me
Smoltz and Henry are the same age.
In fact, I think Henry just married Smoltz’s daughter I think. Hold on, I will google it…
-dennis
“hard to pronounce name ?
Ricky Romero…. *Ri-kee Ro-mer-o*”
No Brandon, he’s talking about Rzepczynski
Brandon, this is the guy that you’re referring to.
Marc Rzepczynski
A team has to be interesting to generate revenues – interesting doesn’t have to mean liked but being liked helps.
Feel good stories with players doing community work is a way to generate interest and to counter the bad aura that all the big contracts and the raised ticket prices has created.
Getting the players out there is simply good business for the Yankees. Now this is not me being cynical – I think its great that the players and the team are doing this.
Did Francesser say that Romero’s name is hard to pronounce? What a joke.
Anyways, the Mets COULD build a good farm system, unfortunately Omar doesn’t know how. Just look at how Theo and Brian did it. Pay overslot in the draft, sign lots of kids out of latin america.
Or you could trade away your stars for minor league prospects. Personally I wouldn’t trade away Reyes, Wright or Beltran. Honestly beyond Pelfrey, Martinez and a few others the Mets don’t have many tradeable players.
Hopefully, in about a month and a half we’ll see the Cabrera/Gardner/Jackson OF combo that represents the best possible defensive configuration.
I know, I know…if the Yanks are involved in a heated race, Girardi will be reluctant to go the unproven commodity. Still, if/when it happens we’ll see a much more dynamic OF.
“Did Francesser say that Romero’s name is hard to pronounce? What a joke.”
No, he’s talking about Rzepczynski.
I do really like the community service effort the Yankees are pushing. There are so many children out there who admire the players for their talent and want to try to emulate the things they do. Teaching the value of community service and helping others in need is a great thing to teach children
I applaud the Yankees for this
Mets could make a good package with Flores, Meija, Tejada, Fernando Martinez, and Daniel Murphy.
That would be enough to get Doc.
“Brandon, this is the guy that you’re referring to.
Marc Rzepczynski”
He said Romero after that but yeh I guess he ment Marc.
Why would the Mets be buyers at this point?
-dennis
that’s what she said!
July 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Hopefully, in about a month and a half we’ll see the Cabrera/Gardner/Jackson OF combo that represents the best possible defensive configuration.
I know, I know…if the Yanks are involved in a heated race, Girardi will be reluctant to go the unproven commodity. Still, if/when it happens we’ll see a much more dynamic OF.
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I just posted about this on another site – but I don’t see AJax being a regular until next season at the earliest.
I, too, would prefer this to getting into a long-term enslavement to Bay or Holliday. Damon on a 1-year deal as a DH/LF/PH swingman could help nuture this scenario. We have enough slug in the infield to get away with this.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
I just posted about this on another site – but I don’t see AJax being a regular until next season at the earliest.
I, too, would prefer this to getting into a long-term enslavement to Bay or Holliday. Damon on a 1-year deal as a DH/LF/PH swingman could help nuture this scenario. We have enough slug in the infield to get away with this.
*****
FINALLY!!!! Someone else who advocates resigning Johnny Damon!
Hey GreenBeret,
I hear Phelps has experienced quite a spike in his velo, and was hitting 95 in the 7th inning recently.
I hear it came from Riverdogs site; do you know if they are exaggerating? That would be something, if he could do it with any consistency.
Erica,
You really are adorable (don’t mean it in a condescending “girl on the forum who knows baseball” way at all.
Alter
July 20th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Mets could make a good package with Flores, Meija, Tejada, Fernando Martinez, and Daniel Murphy.
That would be enough to get Doc.
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That’s barely enough to get Edwar Ramirez….if the Mets add some money.
Damon is a disaster on defense at this point in his career and it will only get worse.
Of course, you could do worse than Damon as your 4th OF. Depends on the asking price.
vb03
July 20th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Damon is a disaster on defense at this point in his career and it will only get worse.
Of course, you could do worse than Damon as your 4th OF. Depends on the asking price.
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Agreed. That’s why he plays a swing role, rather than being relied on as the virtual everyday LF.
The thing about Damon is, although he’s had a decent year, his inability to play without chronic interruptions because of injury, soreness, means he’s not all that marketable, and therefore may take a 1-year deal from us.
I would not advocate for more than the 1 year.
I wouldnt mind another year of Damon. Do you guys think he is worse than Swish?
funny where are those fans that told me getting Matt Holliday for the OF was a must for next season ? or Jason Bay ?
I think they’ll part time A-Jax next season. 200-250 ABs for LF/CF next yr.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes July 20th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Agreed. That’s why he plays a swing role, rather than being relied on as the virtual everyday LF.
The thing about Damon is, although he’s had a decent year, his inability to play without chronic interruptions because of injury, soreness, means he’s not all that marketable, and therefore may take a 1-year deal from us.
I would not advocate for more than the 1 year.
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He’s a 4th OF at this point, that’s about it, we agree.
It’s simply not feasible to have him out there every day, but in short bursts of PT he can be very effective. The multiple days off should keep him fresh enough so he’s ready when called upon. The man can still hit.
More worrisome to me is the DH situation, where it is likely we will not retain Matsui, and looks like Jeter and Posada will be hogging that role in the very near future.
There’s only one DH though, and two of Posada and Jeter. It is likely that both will lose their on-field defensive capabilities at the same time. Who takes DH?
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
July 20th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Erica,
You really are adorable (don’t mean it in a condescending “girl on the forum who knows baseball” way at all.
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Thank you!! LOL. I try. I am a CPA and when I annoy my clients for information I tell them all the time that they can’t get mad at me because I am so cute and loveable. The sick part is they usually argee.
NYY626
July 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I wouldnt mind another year of Damon. Do you guys think he is worse than Swish?
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Definitely not. But I am sure I am not the most impartial person on this blog
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
July 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Hey GreenBeret,
I hear Phelps has experienced quite a spike in his velo, and was hitting 95 in the 7th inning recently.
I hear it came from Riverdogs site; do you know if they are exaggerating? That would be something, if he could do it with any consistency.
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It’s what the guns read at the ballpark. He does indeed throw hard. 95 MPH is probably tops, but, he’s got control of everything. He’ll move fast, I think. Tall slender guy with a loose arm. He was a team mate of Jeff Samardzija at Notre Dame. He had 93 innings in his last college year plus another 73 innings at Staten Island. Has 110 as of now for this year.
More worrisome to me is the DH situation, where it is likely we will not retain Matsui, and looks like Jeter and Posada will be hogging that role in the very near future.
There’s only one DH though, and two of Posada and Jeter. It is likely that both will lose their on-field defensive capabilities at the same time. Who takes DH?
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Judging by the way Jeter is playing this year, I dont think this is going to be a problem in “the very near future”. He’ll be fine at SS in 2010. Then, they go from there. So theoretically Damon can be the DH next year and play OF when A-rod, jetes or jorge need a DH day.
The guys on the TODAY show
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#32007677
the Yankees have 71 games left, 41-30 puts them at 95 for the season. Even with all the alleged ‘weaknesses’ they are 41-22 since early May, continuing at that pace puts them at 100 wins. The Rays are the only team with the potential to get there (the Rangers don’t have enough pitching) and have been below .500 on the road and are playing at a pace to win 91, in order get to 95 they have to step it up (and soon), particularly on the road. I don’t see where the Rays have the starting pitching to go on an extended winning streak. If the Yankees split the remaining games with the Sox and Rays they will most likely win the division, you heard it here first
m
July 20th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
YankeesLuv,
What program & what time?
There’s a huge tape delay here, and I would love to watch it.
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I’m sorry M, didn’t read your post till now. They were on Today and Regis and Kelly. There were there to promote Hope Week.
Here’s the link for the Today appearance…
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#32007677
Joba to the pen, LOL. I hope you keep rolling your eyes – I’m not going to stop posting because you don’t like what I have to say. Skip my posts – or don’t – I don’t care.
Michael Kay would gladly trade for Halladay and then not extend him, lol. That makes a lot of sense – give up some of your best prospects for 1 ½ years of Doc. I do agree, though, that it’s slightly annoying that no one can spell or pronounce his name, lol
Joba to the pen, LOL. I hope you keep rolling your eyes – I’m not going to stop posting because you don’t like what I have to say. Skip my posts – or don’t – I don’t care.
Michael Kay would gladly trade for Halladay and then not extend him, lol. That makes a lot of sense – give up some of your best prospects for 1 ½ years of Doc. I do agree, though, that it’s slightly annoying that no one can spell or pronounce his name, lol
Wang feels tenderness in right biceps while playing catch. Shut down until Friday. Not the news Yankees wanted.
Damaso Marte to pitch for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tomorrow
Both from Bryan Hochs twitter
Lohud Yankees Blog show do some good deeds highlighting of its own.
Hey Yankee fans!(the best fans in the world)
My name is Marco Chiappetta and On 7/20/2009,My non profit organization Patchwork was honored to be part of The Yankees organization, HOPE WEEK (7/20-7/24) The New York Yankees donated $10,000 to the cause to support our mission. Special thanks to the AMAZING and I mean JASON ZILLO from the New York Yankees for making this happen!!!
Our goal for our non profit organization is that every teen completes our leadership program inspired and properly prepared to start their own charities, foundations, or nonprofit organizations. Our youth will become actively involved in their communities and grow into leaders that find a cause and purpose to serve others in need. visit us at http://www.patchwork.bbnow.org or follow us on our new twitter account- http://twitter.com/PatchworkNow. Thanks again and LETS GO YANKEES!!