Pop the corks once or twice?
-
-
- September
- 18
-
A few of the beat writers went out for dinner last night and we discussed this on the walk over: How many times should the Yankees celebrate during the regular season?
The team is close to officially clinching a playoff spot as they lead Texas by 13 games. Should they break out the champagne that day or wait until they clinch the division?
Considering their record and the comfortable lead in the division, the consensus was they should wait and do it once. No sense getting carried away.
This entry was posted
on Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 11:15 am by Peter Abraham.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
Chad Jennings
Sam Borden
It just seems more like the Yankees to celebrate once. The only way I see them thinking about doing it twice is if they go on a losing streak that might put the division in question.
My vote would be for once.
what have teams done in the past?
Life’s short. Pop as many corks as you can. Though I might low-key it until they win the East.
Once. When they clinch.
I can’t remember the Yanks celebrating more than once between 1996 and 2000, but the WC didn’t come out of the AL East all of those years.
I vote they do whatever feels natural.
Once, when they clinch the division.
Why are you not in Boston? you are covering them…they are in a pennant race, you will not be with the yankees any longer why do you care? i know you are doing your job, and congrats on the promotion but come on now..
If we don’t win the division I would be very disappointed. Wait and do it then… That’s at least for the full on locker-room spray fest. If the players want to go out for a little celebration then by all means they should!
Welcome to the light side of the force, Pete Abe. You’re coming home at just the right time. Guaranteed, the Sox will make it into the ALCS. The Spanks, with their nobody-beyond-CC-starting rotation will be promptly bounced in the first round. Not trying to stoke fires, but it’s plain reality. Pettitte is cooked, and I’ll be surprised to see the ALDS go beyond three games.
I am not saying the Sos are a lock for the WS, but at least Pete will on the beat of a team that is actually playing well into October.
No popping until the World Series all other victories are meaningless.
do it once, do it big, do it with a win against Boston at home next weekend
I agree with the once move. It would be a classy way of doing it. Pop open a few MGDs when they clinch the playoffs.
Keep it Down until/if the win the AL.
Once.
How lame is this? Didn’t the Yankees do the Wizard of Oz a couple of years ago?
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....okies.html
“No popping until the World Series all other victories are meaningless.”
———————-
a totally specious notion fostered by george steinbrenner. winning the toughest division in baseball is certainly a reason to celebrate. I think they should and will wait until the win the D to pop out the bubbly
They also called their win the “mystique and aura”…heard this anywhere else?
I was asking that a few days ago!!!
Said it yesterday, celebrate the division. Didn’t Torre let them celebrate a playoff spot? I think he said they deserve it. Of course, their division lead was a lot smaller than the one we have now.
But championship caliber teams celebrate the big ones. And would give more meaning to the one where they celebrate taking back the division.
Hey Pete,
Which blog are you taking over I see they have a couple. Or are you going to start a new one?
Welcome to the light side of the force, Pete Abe. You’re coming home at just the right time. Guaranteed, the Sox will make it into the ALCS. The Spanks, with their nobody-beyond-CC-starting rotation will be promptly bounced in the first round. Not trying to stoke fires, but it’s plain reality. Pettitte is cooked, and I’ll be surprised to see the ALDS go beyond three games.
I am not saying the Sos are a lock for the WS, but at least Pete will on the beat of a team that is actually playing well into October
___
idiocy.
Boston’s pitching is lester and that’s it.
and they still are not .500 on the road.
A champagne toast would be appropriate for clinching a postseason spot and the full on champagne spray fest for the division.
this blog has officially become awkward. we all know this is only Pete’s job, we all know he’s leaving in two weeks, and we all know he’ll be covering the Red Sox come October. So essentially we are reading the blog of a hired Red Sox beat writer, who is fulfilling his obligation to a New York newspaper for the rest of the month. No disrespect to Pete but it’s hard not to see these posts as transparent when you know his time with the team ends before the playoffs. I personally think they need to get someone new in immediately and let Pete ease his way out. I don’t want to have to read a dying blog during the most important part of the season. Might as well scrap the current format and start anew right now.
I would recommend a champagne shower after every win. Including April against the Royals. Just keep celebrating and having fun. This team thrives off of it.
TWICE…
wow Pete, don’t know how I missed that you were headed to the Boston Globe…I guess actually working for a few days helped me miss that one. Good luck at your new post and congrats! Hopefully the Journal News will be smart and keep this blog going strong. It will be much different with out you leading the charge for sure but readers and regular posters make this place what it is almost as much as you do (no offense at all in the BTW). At least now the Sox will have a blog worth reading and we won’t see so many of them here!
Between 1996-2006, I only remember one celebration. But if my memory serves the only year the race was even close was 2005- when the Yanks clinched the division AND playoffs on the last day of the season.
In 2007 when the Yanks won the wild card there was almost no hope of catching the division so the Yanks celebrated the Wild Card big.
But the answer is there has always been one celebration. But my guess is these Yanks will find a way to have a private party
I think they should celebrate when they clinch the division (especially since it’s Girardi’s FIRST time as manager) and then at the World Series.
ALDS & ALCS won’t mean much unless they get the RING!!
I think they should celebrate once, when they clinch the division. Hopefully that will be next weekend @ home vs Boston. I noticed however that 9/25 is a MY9 game and Sat & Sun are TBA meaning Fox and ESPN. YES has the best coverage and postgame. It would be nice to see the team clinch on a YES broadcast. Maybe YES will do the postgame even if they don’t do the broadcast, they’ve done that a few times this year. I can imagine if they clinch on the Fox game, right after the last out they’ll cut to Jeannie Zelasko who will send it to the Dodger game in progress. Or if they clinch on ESPN; Gammons will talk about the valiant effort of the Sox and of course he’ll reference ARod’s steroid issue. I want to see Kay, Coney and the crew get pied!
Let them do it twice. There is nothing wrong with getting drunk.
I bet after games they go out and get drunk–might as well get drunk with the team at Yankee Stadium. If I was them I’d already start celebrating and drink during the game.
When to pop the champage: When you clinch the division, ALCS, and WS.
Pete, Best of luck to you, you are the best at what you do. You will bring some class to the Globe. The Yankee Fans will miss you as well as the gang at BehindtheBombers.com
POP THEM ONCE, WE ARE THE YANKEES!!! THEN POP THEM IN NOVEMBER #27
Repost from last thread:
Bob(the original) September 18th, 2009 at 10:44 am
If Borden takes over here, I think we’ll all be happy.
—————————
Sam’s a columnist. I’d love to have him here too but I don’t see him taking to the road as a beat reporter now. Josh Thompson is a possibility and I think he could really grow into doing a great job.
Hand shakes and hugs when they clinch a playoff berth. Champagne and caviar when they clinch the division.
Definitely for clinching the division ONLY.
Good luck on the new job Pete. When you get up here to Boston, I’ll be looking for that mug of yours, so I can buy you a beer.
BTW, understand that there are yahoo’s, and then there are Redsox yahoo’s. For some reason, the Sox yahoo’s seem worse than any other. Most fans are very knowledgable, but the yahoo’s are down right insane. They despise the Yankees with all the fiber of their being. Be prepared. I can’t wear my Yankees cap anywhere, without having people throw comments my way. Not nice comments either. I’m not sure if it’s the same way in NY with Sox fans, but being a Yankees fan in Boston is considered an act of treason, of the highest order. Good luck pal!
To be perfectly honest, they really shouldn’t celebrate hard at all after any clinchings in the regular season.
I am not one of those fans who believes it should be World Series or its a failure every year, but if you are going to put $200 million plus on the field every day then at the very least you should make the playoffs. I don’t see securing a post-season spot as a major accomplishment for this team.
Rolling out the plastic for anything before a ALDS win is pointless to me.
Having watched the Yankee way of doing things over the past many years I will be surprised if they do any major celebrating until they clinch the division. It doesn’t matter what they should do. It is what they will do.
Actually though with the new crew such as the Swisher types, we might see a little more giddiness in the celebrations leading to the world series.
The criticism of Pete continuing his work here is inane and those question his integrity should be embarrassed. He’s changing jobs, he’s not changing his “loyalties”.
As for celebrations, have you people not paid attention to this team? They will celebrate THREE times. Clinching post-season, clinching the division and clinching home field. The last two could happen on the same day.
The mindset that only World Series Championships are worth celebrating is what made the last six seasons so joyless. This team has rediscovered the joy of playing the game and winning.
If you only care about the destination you will never enjoy the ride. I would have thought everyone would have learned that lesson in 2008. The guys on the field obviously have.
Time to run errands. I miss Pete already and he isn’t even gone yet.
Anyone knows what day Pete is oficially joining the Globe and when to expect to hear from him?
pat,
With Swisher on the team, everday’s a celebration. Even when they lose, it’s a celebration of LIFE.
re: the Wild Card. Texas blew it’s chance on this homestand. If they had just held serve, they would’ve had a chance to take advantage when the Sox embark on their 10-day road-trip.
Rebecca -
??? ???? ??????
(a happy and sweet new year)
Anyone notice how they celebrate walk offs? I am sure they are going to celebrate as much as possible
“Anyone knows what day Pete is oficially joining the Globe and when to expect to hear from him?”
I believe he indicated he has another two weeks to go with the Journal News
Once, when they clinch the division. Making it to the playoffs is expected, no need to celebrate that.
I agree, handshakes and hugs clinching the playoffs and party for the division.
Clinching the post season is a reason to crack open a few beers. Clinching the division is a reason to crack open a few bottles of Bubbly.
The 2 week wake before the funeral is getting old.
“Making it to the playoffs is expected, no need to celebrate that.”
No it’s not.
Verducci thinks the Angels grumling is just sour grapes…
SI’s Tom Verducci joined the show to discuss the MLB pennant races and more …
– Verducci said that MLB initiated the wild card so September wouldn’t be totally boring. But this year it’s been boring. Verducci said luckily the White Sox have played poorly enough to let the Twins back into it.
– Verducci thinks that Joe Mauer has an even better case for MVP now that he’s in the pennant race. Verducci thinks that Mauer might have won it anyway.
Verducci says Derek Jeter and Miguel Cabrera will get some support, but Mauer probably has it wrapped up.
– Verducci didn’t agree with Angels manager Mike Scioscia and closer Brian Fuentes that the umps were intimidated by Fenway Park. Verducci thinks the Angels were just frustrated.
Verducci thinks that Fuentes is another guy who thrived in the NL who won’t do well in the AL.
– Verducci picked the Mets to win the World Series before the season. Now he said the Yankees and Cardinals are the easy picks right now — although he says the best teams rarely make it through. Verducci said that would be a great matchup.
Verducci thinks that the Phillies are too unstable because of their bullpen and the Dodgers don’t have a big-time starter.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....z0RTQaJUHU
Any news on a going away/thank you party for Pete?
pat September 18th, 2009 at 11:29 am
A champagne toast would be appropriate for clinching a postseason spot and the full on champagne spray fest for the division.
******
I agree, nothing wrong with a toast, but no full on celebration until they clinch the east. I suspect that is what Joe will do.
“86w183 – The criticism of Pete continuing his work here is inane and those question his integrity should be embarrassed. He’s changing jobs, he’s not changing his “loyalties”.
Why is it inane? He has to jump into the fray at a new job at the most critical part of the baseball season. You don’t think he has to make preparations for that now? It’s not a matter of loyalties it’s a matter of a conflict of interest. He’s obviously in a transition and this blog shouldn’t suffer because of it. It’s a community that was built in large part because of Pete and it shouldn’t disappear because he is. I just think making a change now would help everyone involved with the process while still maintaing the information we’ve all grown accustomed to finding here.
pop the corks ?
shouldn’t everyone pie each other ?
Torre let them celebrate a playoff birth in 2007 because it was hard-fought and the team had to come back from a terribly sluggish start to the season just to get the Wild Card. In all the other years, the champagne celebrations were reserved for only clinching the division. Home field advantage was always discussed by Torre, but the players never openly celebrated it. Will probably be the same script this year.
Also, and I am way late to this, but a hearty congratulations to PeteAbe for making a huge step forward in the newspaper world. Forget the names on the jerseys, the name on top of the masthead is what it’s about and in this situation, no one needs to be touting conspiracies or making personal attacks–like baseball, it is a business.
Ed H.
September 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Any news on a going away/thank you party for Pete?
****
I e-mailed Pete yesterday to ask if he would have time for something like that before he left. However, due to moving and current job responsibilities, he was not sure he would have the availability but said he would let me know.
I will keep you all posted if I have more info
Personally, I’m going to miss scrolling through the comments looking for Pete’s latest evisceration of some knuckle-head poster.
Verducci = moron
Thanks, Erica. I’m not a major party animal but this I would definitely come out for!
No, randy.
Nobody wants to see a room full of half naked, whipped cream covered guys whooping and hollering.
Age discrimination suit being filed against the Yankees. Some of the old waiters weren’t rehired at NYS. Tough call, some were as old as 80 years old. When is old too old?
“Verducci = moron”
What did he say in that article that was moronic? He was wrong about the Mets but the rest of it I pretty much agree with.
Sorry we’re having chat chat in the other thread, some poster named Liberty Boy, came out w/ some gibberish talk in the other thread. I’m quoting a response some one had for him, now I’m adding my 2 cents.
“Liberty Boy,
Pena can’t hold AJAX jock.”
Anybody that knows anything about baseball knows El Nino can’t sniff AJax’s jock.
Heck Ramiro Pena isn’t even better than Eduardo Nunez. He’s good nowhere around those 2. The only reason AJax hasn’t been called up is b/c he’s going to get extended rest, b/c last yr. he did winterball and they believe that drained him a bit, AJax just won the ROY for AAA, so this overrated talk ppl come out with, I actually find it laughable how anyone can put his future value lower than Pena or Gardner. He’s the next CF for the NYY.
Verducci didn’t agree with Angels manager Mike Scioscia and closer Brian Fuentes that the umps were intimidated by Fenway Park. Verducci thinks the Angels were just frustrated.
–
yes they were frustrated… frustrated at the lousy calls the umps made at the end of that game.
I love how the umps complained that they were being badmouthed by the angels coaches after the game.
How about this:
wild card — celebratory bong hits
division — cold ones
pennant — champagne showers
ws — keg stands
I can’t imagine how tough it will be to make this transition right in the middle of a pennant race. I just hope he doesn’t call us names lol. Like those cranky Yankees fan(although I guess he will have to).
I can’t imagine how tough it will be to make this transition right in the middle of a pennant race. I just hope he doesn’t call us names lol. Like those cranky Yankees fan(although I guess he will have to).
Joe,
What I want to know is if the Globe is a “family paper”?
“When is old too old?”
“Old” is a factor of if the body and mind can be effective at the job and not a number.
My mom worked until she was 79 and only stopped then for a medical reason.
Being around people from 3-79 everyday at her job helped keep her “young”.
Peter – Congratulations on getting a job at a prominent newspaper closer to your family. No one should begrudge you for taking this opportunity.
I will absolutely miss the insider Yankee information and amount of details you provide to the outside fans. Your relentless blogging at all hours of the night to provide us a look inside the Yankees Universe will be sorely missed.
All too often folks of all walks start blogs and then lose steam after just a few weeks or months (Kim Jones, Bob Lorenz, etc)…but yours picked up steam and thrived – gaining readers and commenters each year you were here.
I hope your successor understands the key to a successful Yankees blog:
-Lots of timely information
-Lots of inside information from the clubhouse and on the road
-Lots of thought-provoking posts each day, year-round
-Line-up posts / game threads
“Any news on a going away/thank you party for Pete?”
i think the best thank you to pete is to keep the blog going with whoever takes over .
i don’t know if it will however because he really was a one man band in keeping things moving forward.
if the blog doesn’t keep going the way it did, each person here in this lohud yankee baseball community here will find another way. this has been a great clearinghouse, but with all the ways to connect this surely isn’t anyone’s only way to get yankee info.
i’m not sure what i’d do for findingyankee discussion , but there’s twitter, facebook, other yankee blogs, and new technologies for connecting emerging that we don’t even know about today.
that said,i think we’ll look back ten a few years from now and say how great this blog was.
but hey ,we got two weeks to enjoy it the way it was.
i say make the best of it and make pete proud as he hands it over.
Bret Tomko sidelined for the rest of the season with nerve damage ! That’s too bad for him, but lucky break for us
“Nobody wants to see a room full of half naked, whipped cream covered guys whooping and hollering”
m-
oh yeah, what about erica?
I imagine they will pop the corks once. This is because the Yanks have typically done so, but also because it reflects what has been the team’s goal throughout, and best typified by Jeter’s comments through the years–winning the division is paramount. Pop the corks when clinching the division.
Let the multiple champagne celebrations occur from advancing in the playoffs.
A mention of Pete…
http://blog.ctnews.com/tiscia/
Get Yer Damn hands Off Of her!
September 18th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Bret Tomko sidelined for the rest of the season with nerve damage ! That’s too bad for him, but lucky break for us
****
How exactly is that a lucky break for us?
The pour guy has a serious injury that could put his career in danger. The Yankees got rid of him. He is a non-entity to the Yankees. They were sure not facing Oakland any time soon. All this means to the Yankees is that someone who evaluates pitchers maybe knew what they were doing.
Randy L-
I was keeping my mouth shut. Don’t want to get called a home wrecker again
But you may have read my mind just a little
It’s Pete’s blog posts like this that i will miss the most. Little things about the Yankees that he ponders about and then passes along to us to talk about and post around 100 comments. You can get regular Yankee news anywhere but stuff like this is what makes this blog gold.
Some people’s schadenfreude with Tomko is a little ridiculous. His departure and improvement with Oakland has zero impact on the Yankees except for the one game he pitched against them and won, and now his injury similarly does not warrant any celebration or “told-you-so”-ing. A bigtime so what/who cares.
The logical successor has to be a Yankee beat writer. There are a lot of very good Yankee blogs out there, but what makes this blog special and unique is that since Pete is the beat writer with press credentials and covers the team here and on the road, you get inside information. That’s the best reason to visit this place. I could easily start up a Yankee blog, but you’d just be reading whatever comes out of my head. You wouldn’t be able to read about my last meeting with Girardi, or Jeter or Cashman, etc., as with Pete, nor would you get live blogging from the inside of a press booth during a game.
Several people have clamored for Sam Borden, but he’s a columnist (and a great one too) not a beat writer, so he doesn’t follow them on the road.
So, I would think that whomever replaces Pete as the beat writer should inherit the blog, and hopefully will be able to do as good a job of it.
once every round seems appropriate
Hank (Albany, ny)
If the Yankees win it all this year, can you see Pettitte and/or Mo calling it a career?
Jerry Crasnick (12:18 PM)
Hank, Can’t see why Rivera would quit. He’s signed for $15 million, he’s pitching better than ever, and he’d probably like to stick around and make a run at 600 saves. Pettitte’s offseasons are always soap operas, but I have to think that he would give serious consideration to coming back on another one-year deal. If his family is cool with it, why not?
I second recommending Sam Borden as great replacement for Pete. Sam took good care of the place when Pete was gone.
I see no reason whatsoever why Rivera would not come back. Not when he is still pitching so lights out and still has a contract.
Pettitte… who knows?
The Yankees are facing 9 consecutive tough games. They haven’t won anything yet. It’s way too early to talk about popping corks.
What would be strange:
If the Yanks clinched the AL East by beating Boston @ home AND Boston clinching the wild card the same night by Texas losing.
You’d have two simultaneous celebrations going on at Yankee stadium. Pete wouldn’t know where to go first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xm1XErUvXo
seriously, w/out Pete — game over, man. game over!
If they are going to celebrate at all, they should do it when they clinch the division………..by throwing pies at each other instead of dumping champagne.
Rishi,
Did you see this one? No answer yet, though.
President (RSN)
The Twins have to trade Mauer this offseason, right? Only a handful of teams can afford him (Sox, Yanks, maybe Angels). What’s the cheapest offer the Sox could give and still get Mauer? Reddick and a B prospect?
Peter Abraham, one of the best cats in this business, is moving up in the world. Congratulations to Pete, and it’s wonderful to see good work rewarded. We can only hope that he does for the Red Sox what he’s done for the Yankees.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/swe.....berts.html
Mark Feinsand would also make a great replacement if it needs to be a beat writer. Just need to pry him away from the daily news. Then again he has his own blog, that is good, but no updated nearly as much as Pete’s.
i’ll check m – was reading Rob Neyer’s blog and saw this:
Peter Abraham, one of the best cats in this business, is moving up in the world. Congratulations to Pete, and it’s wonderful to see good work rewarded. We can only hope that he does for the Red Sox what he’s done for the Yankees.
m – i’ll check, was reading Neyer and saw this:
Peter Abraham, one of the best cats in this business, is moving up in the world. Congratulations to Pete, and it’s wonderful to see good work rewarded. We can only hope that he does for the Red Sox what he’s done for the Yankees.
ditmars1929
September 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
The logical successor has to be a Yankee beat writer. There are a lot of very good Yankee blogs out there, but what makes this blog special and unique is that since Pete is the beat writer with press credentials and covers the team here and on the road, you get inside information.
– -
Very good points, so whoever is picking up Pete’s beat would be the blogger as well, no???
ok it keeps getting stuck in the filter, but Rob Neyer had some nice things to say about Pete moving on, too
Jeter’s Edge,
Check out Feinsand’s post from last night. The vultures are circling.
Pete’s following is like gold. Like gold!
Dr. Cox,
I think Pete gave two weeks notice, so no, he will not be covering them during the post season. How sad. I can’t even imagine that. Unless the new person really steps up, it’s going to be sad. Half the fun of the yankees winning is coming here to read everyones thoughts and see the excitement. I avoid places like the MLB forums because it’s all trash. This has been like a true yankee fan safe haven.
Sorry for being late to the game, but I have not been near my computer since yesterday.
I don’t post here often but I have been reading it for a couple years now.
Just want to say to you Pete, you are the best at what you do, and as a Yankee fan for almost 47 years ( the day I was born ) I appreciate what you have brought to Yankee fandom. Good luck in your move and enjoy your time with your family.
Drive 4-5 September 18th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
The Yankees are facing 9 consecutive tough games. They haven’t won anything yet. It’s way too early to talk about popping corks.
———————————————-
You should hang with Betsy.
Dr. Cox,
Pete’s done in 2 weeks, before the season ends. He’ll be blogging the Red Sox when they are eliminated in round 1.
I’m a little confused, too. Pete said the Journal News was committed to covering the Yankees or something like that. Is Pete their only beat writer?
So they’re looking for a beat writer, no? The blog is an afterthought, really, on the face of it.
Yes, Scorpio, I think that in order to get the inside info the person who picks up Pete’s beat should also take on the blog. Otherwise, the blog loses its best quality.
Damn, I still can’t believe Pete’s not waiting for the off season to make the move to Boston. Very strange.
Thanks M! It does look like Mark has stepped it up since I’ve last visited his blog! Hopefully most of the posters here will stay after Petes gone and keep this place going!
I will gladly become the beat writer, but I must first consume Peter’s heart, to gain his powers.
“The Twins have to trade Mauer this offseason, right? Only a handful of teams can afford him (Sox, Yanks, maybe Angels). What’s the cheapest offer the Sox could give and still get Mauer? Reddick and a B prospect?”
They really shouldn’t allow Peter Gammons to ask questions during the chat sessions.
1nce for the division.
if they don’t win the division, it’ll give them more of a reason to want to celebrate winning a division series.
Something tells me that the “new” blog won’t be at this newspaper. LoHud obviously doesn’t get that this blog is about the only thing that even makes their paper relevant.
I mean who here ever read, or even heard of this paper before finding Pete’s blog? I know I never had.
Real funny, Coach…….
Mark Feinsand’s ok (I don’t like him as much as I did a few months ago), but no way am I hanging out on his blog like I did here. It just won’t be the same……..Pete needs to train his successor, lol. It’s up to we posters to keep this place going. Whoever the next blogger is, I’m sure he or she will post sufficient threads and will provide us with sufficient info to keep us going (even if it’s not the same as with Pete). It’s up to we posters to post as we always have and to not let this place just sort of disappear. I notice that when Pete hasn’t updated for awhile, the talk just sort of dies away until a new thread is posted. If Pete’s successor isn’t going to update as much, then we have to change the way we post, lol
Mike (LA)
Do the Angels let Lackey walk? Is he underrated/overrated? He certainly has not pitched well in fenway in October. Thanks.
Jerry Crasnick (12:35 PM)
Mike, I don’t know if the Angels “let him walk,” but most people considered the Kazmir acquisition a hedge against Lackey leaving Anaheim. He’s a horse in the rotation, but he’s had some injury issues, and he’s going to ask for a lot of money this year because he’s the best starter in a weak free agent crop. I don’t think the Angels will bring him back if it means going crazy to sign him.
===========================================
I wouldn’t be totally adverse to Lackey leaving for a big payday.
I think they should pop the corks after every win for the rest of the season, including playoffs. They’re the NewYork Yankees for Christs Sakes, they have every right to.
I wonder if Pete will make snarky “This ballpark is a joke” comments everytime a Boston player hits one off the Green Monster.
Erica – always OPPC September 18th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Ed H.
September 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Any news on a going away/thank you party for Pete?
****
I e-mailed Pete yesterday to ask if he would have time for something like that before he left. However, due to moving and current job responsibilities, he was not sure he would have the availability but said he would let me know.
I will keep you all posted if I have more info
=============
Erica, I emailed and asked the same thing.
I hope we can throw him a going away party.
Coach6423,
This is hardly my first rodeo. I’m talking as a baseball coach and obviously Joe Girardi agrees with me too.These 9 games are important, as Girardi has stated. Winning teams stay focused, losing teams celebrate too early. If you want to pop champagne when the Yanks clinch a Wild Card berth, go for it. I’ll wait until they win something meaningful,which they havent yet.
“The Yankees are facing 9 consecutive tough games. They haven’t won anything yet. It’s way too early to talk about popping corks.”
drive 4-5
i agree.
look at the tigers and how quick it can unfold.
i think some people have to decide it’s over in their minds because they aren’t tough enough to face the possibility it isn’t
just teasing folks.
all kidding aside , i ‘d like it to be officially over asap so girardi can think about only the playoffs.
even though there’s only a small chance the angels or red sox could catch the yankees, it ain’t over till it’s over. if the last yankee game and the last red sox/ angel game had different 9th innings the yankees would only be up 4 games over the red sox in the lost column.
things can change in what seems an eye blink sometimes.
If we’ve learned anything this year it’s the more the Yankees celebrate, the more they win
I want the Yankees to clinch the division the first game against the Red Sox, which hopefully will be the same night the Red Sox back into the playoffs with a Texas loss.
Would the Red Sox dare celebrate with champagne on the same night as the Yankees in the New Yankee Stadium? That would be pretty weeny.
Admit it Pete they took you out to dinner to celebrate you “Movin on up”. Good for them.
just my theory
Well, whichever local paper wants to grab hold of this cash cow that is us, loyal LoHud Yankee Blog readers, need to make the blog sort of stand alone (the way Blogging the Bombers is set up is not condusive to high activity) and monitor the comments with a level of common sense. While, I do like Mark Feinsand, the Daily News is HORRIBLE in their comments monitoring. I have read so much racist, sexist, offensive things it’s turned my stomach.
And don’t even get me started about Lupica.
Stultus-
Me too!!! It feels like the right thing to do.
And having a party without Pete there really wouldn’t be quite right….
I will keep you all posted if I have more info
=============
Erica, I emailed and asked the same thing.
I hope we can throw him a going away party.
It does not even need to be in the next two weeks. It could be after the season.
raymagnetic
September 18th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
“They really shouldn’t allow Peter Gammons to ask questions during the chat sessions.”
Too funny lol. Maybe they could throw in Michael Bowden to sweeten the pot?
Well, it does look like we’ll be clinching something, soon.
But there’s still a *chance* to lose the division. Things will get ugly if that happens.
It would be like the Mets blowing it in back to back seasons. Well, except, we’d still be going to the playoffs.
Uncle E-
Like after the LHYB Yankees Winning the World Series-Ticker tape parade party
Pete may be blogging ON the Red Sawx, but he won’t be blogging FOR them. The guy gave his two weeks and he’ll work them like most people do in the professional world.
I like Sam Borden a lot. It’s not crucial the beat writer run the blog. It’s just crucial that he contributes directly through posting and indirectly by keeping the “blogmaster” informed.
I still say celebrate everything.
Lackey is seeking AJ Burnett money and I’m not sure the Yanks will spend that kind of coin on a starter unless Pettite retires. He’s the most reliable starter out there and turns 31 in October so it’s a pretty safe investment.
If they have half a brain they will get someone who is as committed to the blog and the beat as Pete.
This internets stuff is here to stay.
Uncle E-
Like after the LHYB Yankees Winning the World Series-Ticker tape parade party
I like the way you think.
“Lackey is seeking AJ Burnett money and I’m not sure the Yanks will spend that kind of coin on a starter unless Pettite retires.”
If I’m Lackey, I’m asking why I’d settle for AJ Burnett money.
Brandon Awesome “BECAUSE I’M AWESOME!”
September 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Sorry we’re having chat chat in the other thread, some poster named Liberty Boy, came out w/ some gibberish talk in the other thread. I’m quoting a response some one had for him, now I’m adding my 2 cents.
“Liberty Boy,
Pena can’t hold AJAX jock.”
Anybody that knows anything about baseball knows El Nino can’t sniff AJax’s jock.
Heck Ramiro Pena isn’t even better than Eduardo Nunez. He’s good nowhere around those 2. The only reason AJax hasn’t been called up is b/c he’s going to get extended rest, b/c last yr. he did winterball and they believe that drained him a bit, AJax just won the ROY for AAA, so this overrated talk ppl come out with, I actually find it laughable how anyone can put his future value lower than Pena or Gardner. He’s the next CF for the NYY.
————————————————————
The best of the three young shortstops might just be Luis Nunez.
JOEY (Rutland Vt)
Can the Angels Beat the Sox in the Playoffs?
Jerry Crasnick (12:45 PM)
Joey, Sure, they can beat them. But the Red Sox, with some help from the umpires this week, have really climbed into the Angels heads. And to be honest, I’m not sure how much I trust Brian Fuentes and the Angels’ bullpen against Boston in October.
Abe (NY)
Did you happen to see the end of the Red Sox – Angels game on Wednesday night? The Red Sox won it with a base hit to left field with 2 outs and the bases loaded and I have yet to see anyone discuss how ridiculous that play was. The ball literally landed maybe a foot or so in front of the fielder. There is NO way he should not have at least tried to make the sliding catch, or at least just lunge out. It seemed like a pretty standard out play to me.
Jerry Crasnick (12:46 PM)
Abe, I’ve gotta admit, I would have liked to see a little more intensity from Juan Rivera on that play. It wasn’t a “standard out,” but he had a chance to catch that ball, no question. He should have made a better effort.
============================================
For anyone who thinks that the blown calls were a figment of the imagination.
———————————————
This blog is basically a turnkey operation. But it can quickly fold if “Under New Management” doesn’t maintain it. The true test is how much blogging there will be after our season ends (hopefully in November). Things will heat up during the hot stove season, but it’ll require work.
People complain about the inane stuff we talk about here. But if we didn’t talk about our favorite groups, cartoons, tv shows, actors in the slow times, we wouldn’t have become a close-knit community. Maybe a good percentage wouldn’t have come back for hot-stove season or spring training. Who knows?
Im gonna make this quick. I’m gonna remember one phrase Pete used to post all the time about Matsui. “we’re gonna miss him when he’s gone”. Well today I will say the same to all those blog readers Yankees Fan.
Olbermann on the Yankees and A.J:
“At their current trajectory, the Yankees are going to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Here in the Bronx, A.J. Burnett – to my thinking the most important player on the roster – has again succumbed to the yips, and, for the fourth time in his last nine starts, surrendered six or more runs – twice in twelve days to the less-than-daunting Orioles. As on Monday, Burnett, staked to a 1-0 lead, wobbled in the second, giving up a blast to Nolan Reimold and then walking Matt Wieters with one out. There followed three successive singles – the last two of them dink hits by Aubrey and Andino – and then the almost predictable kaboom: a crushed and crushing grand slam by Brian Roberts.
Burnett’s ability to handle misfortune – or even ordinary adversity – seems to be declining. And as was speculated here in the press box by Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record, on what can the Yankees depend if they were to lose a Sabathia playoff opener 1-0 and had to hand the ball to Burnett in an essential second game? More daunting still, until today Burnett had made 14 starts at Yankee Stadium and only once given up more than three.”
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs......rnett.html
Kat O’Brien’s blog died not long after she left Newsday (another paper I never did read for anything other than that one blog). Her blog was the complete opposite of this one — really depended on a small, dedicated band of thoughtful regulars, rather than a mass of pom-pom wavers — but it will not be surprising if Pete’s blog suffers the same fate not long after he leaves, because both depend on two things: an overall tone set by the host, and a bunch (small or large) of compatible regulars attracted by that tone who end up dropping by as much to interact with each other as to read the host’s offerings. Without the accustomed host the overall tone changes, and the regulars no longer feel so much at home and start looking for another compatible setting.
Of course the numbers here are such that most could defect and still leave a sufficient number to keep the next host alive with whoever is compatible in the new reign, but it will become a different place.
Who knows, some may like the new version better.
Once is enough, but what do you care by then you’ll be asking the same question to the Boston fans when your working on the globe blog….
Rob
September 18th, 2009 at 11:29 am
this blog has officially become awkward. we all know this is only Pete’s job, we all know he’s leaving in two weeks, and we all know he’ll be covering the Red Sox come October. So essentially we are reading the blog of a hired Red Sox beat writer, who is fulfilling his obligation to a New York newspaper for the rest of the month. No disrespect to Pete but it’s hard not to see these posts as transparent when you know his time with the team ends before the playoffs. I personally think they need to get someone new in immediately and let Pete ease his way out. I don’t want to have to read a dying blog during the most important part of the season. Might as well scrap the current format and start anew right now.
I couldn’t agree more. Pete is now a sox blogger. We know he isn’t rooting for the yankees. His allegience is now to the sox. It makes his posts seem hypocritical. Why he couldn’t wait until after the season I will never know, but I assume it is because the globe wanted to stick it to yankee fans here and insisted. He needs to go to his new home now. I see he doesn’t even want a going away party. Probably because he didn’t much care for yankee fans anyway and can’t wait to get away from all of us. This has been a big slap in the face to yankee fans here. Moving on to a new job is fine. But he could have been more sympathetic to our feelings here and saved it for after the season.
Rex —
In this economy that’s probably as much as he can hope for. There weren’t many huge contracts given out last year except the Yankees and I expect it to be another slow off season in terms of FA spending. We’ll see.
Uncle Ellsworth (be nice, until it’s not time to be nice)
September 18th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Uncle E-
Like after the LHYB Yankees Winning the World Series-Ticker tape parade party
I like the way you think.
***
Yes, I am very wise
I can understand where people are coming from when they say stuff like Pete’s being ingenuous and what not.
But he’s been more than gracious as a host, and we should graciously let him leave as he pleases.
He doesn’t “have” to do anything. He could put up lineups and game threads. Do his interviews and submit his stories.
So, I for one, am grateful that Pete cares enough about us (at least that’s what I believe), to maintain the high standard he’s set. Who cares if his heart’s not in it? The fact that he’s doing it, should tell you something about how loyal Pete is.
My guess for when we clinch. Saturday 26, I’ll be ticked if it is Sunday 27, had a chance for those tickets but turned them down.
jennifer
September 18th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
My guess for when we clinch. Saturday 26, I’ll be ticked if it is Sunday 27, had a chance for those tickets but turned them down.
———————–
I’ll be there on teh 27th – but you don’t get to see the champagne celebration etc when you are there, do you? that clubhouse stuff is the best part!
“This internets stuff is here to stay.”
uncle ellsworth-
someone earlier was asking how do you tell when someone’s too old.
well one way is by seeing how afraid someone is about change.
i get a feeling that there’s some people on this blog who are going to go through withdrawals like crack addicts if it isn’t the same.
i’m actually curious how the blog will change and what pete’s going to do at the globe.
i look at this whole development as a totally positive thing.
i mean what’s the downside?
who wants to do the same old thing over and over again?
we’ll all still be yankee fans but there are all kinds of ways for that to express itself.
Does anyone know what the actual magic number is to clinch the playoffs is now? (Not the division, the playoffs)
*disingenuous
Yankee_Diva –
It’s just a blog, really.
Check out Feinsand’s, or hang around here until Pete leaves.
Pete’s given you more than you could imagine here – I think he’s cared more than you realize.
Pete will be blogging on the Red Sox come postseason. Perfect time then to “troll”, should you want to show your displeasure.
In the meantime, nothing Pete has done should make you think that reading his blog in the present will be any sort of “conflict”. You should be thanking him for what he’s provided here, instead.
Brian (Richmond, VA)
Jayson… make your bold prediction here… 2009 World Series Champions are, the ____________..?
Jayson Stark (1:05 PM)
New York Yankees. Best team in baseball. Period.
86:
Yeah, I get that. My sense is he’ll use some number higher than Burnett’s, but lower than Sabathia & Santana, say maybe $18M, as his starting point in negotiations. But he’ll likely have to take south of that.
It is still 4 Erica.
Eric (DC )
I understand the Mauer over Cabrera for MVP, but Jeter over Cabrera? How is that even possible?
Jayson Stark (1:08 PM)
Look, Miguel Cabrera has had a tremendous year. But I think there’s a tendency to minimize Jeter’s achievements because he’s a Yankee and he plays with other great players. Well, what makes Derek Jeter the cinch Hall of Famer he is, is that he makes the players around him better. And this is up there with his greatest seasons ever. I just said they’re the best team in baseball. So would they be the same team without him? I’d say no. A loud no, in fact.
“Does anyone know what the actual magic number is to clinch the playoffs is now? (Not the division, the playoffs)”
Four
Randy-
I see your logic. One thing I have learned is that “nothing lasts forever”. At the risk of getting oevrly deep and philosphical, its the truth. The key is instead of worrying about upcoming changes, to enjoy whatever time you have.
Twice only:
Once if and when they win the ALCS.
Once if and when they win the WS.
The rest of it is crap.
Does anyone else think I would be a perfect “Guest Commentator” on any of Pete’s possible future Boston blogs?
Party when they win the Series.I believe that too much drinking is a big part of Joba’s demise on the mound.
2006 Tigers partied so hard,if you remember,after beating the Yankees in the first round.
They went to the WS and couldn’t pitch,hit or field.Didn’t win a single game,against the St Louis Cardinals.
BigSix
September 18th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Yankee_Diva –
It’s just a blog, really.
Check out Feinsand’s, or hang around here until Pete leaves.
Pete’s given you more than you could imagine here – I think he’s cared more than you realize.
Pete will be blogging on the Red Sox come postseason. Perfect time then to “troll”, should you want to show your displeasure.
In the meantime, nothing Pete has done should make you think that reading his blog in the present will be any sort of “conflict”. You should be thanking him for what he’s provided here, instead.
Pete did a wonderful job here. I don’t take that away from him. And you can count on me to troll. I will take great pleasure in that.I hope someone will post the link of Pete’s new home when it comes out. Some sox sites already know me. If the replacement here doesn’t do as well I suppose I will have to find it elsewhere. I already read Riveraveblues. I can check out Feinsand. But this was more up to date and I enjoyed reading the comments here by the regulars for the last couple of years. It will leave a big hole in my daily life, and yes, I suppose that is sad.I do need a life. LOL But when you leave and breathe yankees it was my yankee fix several times a day. I still feel betrayed.
Erica – always OPPC
September 18th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Does anyone else think I would be a perfect “Guest Commentator” on any of Pete’s possible future Boston blogs?
————————————————————
No. You’re going to need to be more catty, more snarky, less intelligent.
“I couldn’t agree more. Pete is now a sox blogger. We know he isn’t rooting for the yankees. His allegience is now to the sox.”
yankee diva-
he’s said numerous times he roots for the story . what part about that don’t you understand ?
even yankee players don’t have the allegiance you thing they have to the yankees. the first thing you learn if you want to get a paycheck in baseball is don’t wear team loyalties on your sleeve.
i worked for clete boyer as a bullpen catcher in winter ball for two years and he never knew i was a yankee fan. people that work in the game don’t wear team hats and root for their favorite team. they just don’t.
hughes was a red sox fan. buchholz i heard was a yankee fan as a kid. when you go pro it’s for the love of the game and for the money. it’s not to help the yankees or any other team.
pro sports writers are no different. it’s the love of the game and the money as a job just like any player.
the game needs fans to be blindly crazy in rooting for teams, but the little secret is that they are the only ones like that.
I heard the Boston Globe has already approached Erica about a Red Sox GTLU. She told them if they re-sign Damon in the off season it’s a done deal.
Where will it end? What will be next –
RedBeret7
Nick in Cambridge
Back Bay Jeers
Rishi
It depends, you’ll see them congratulating each other on the field, and maybe a player or two will come out and spray Champagne
No popping until the World Series all other victories are meaningless.
———————————————————-
Amen
jennifer –
I guess that could be fun, too – I think my basic wish is “sooner rather than later” – was hoping it would be done so I wouldn’t have to stress out at the game
randy l.
September 18th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
“This internets stuff is here to stay.”
uncle ellsworth-
someone earlier was asking how do you tell when someone’s too old.
well one way is by seeing how afraid someone is about change.
i get a feeling that there’s some people on this blog who are going to go through withdrawals like crack addicts if it isn’t the same.
i’m actually curious how the blog will change and what pete’s going to do at the globe.
i look at this whole development as a totally positive thing.
i mean what’s the downside?
who wants to do the same old thing over and over again?
we’ll all still be yankee fans but there are all kinds of ways for that to express itself.”
I agree I see this as a No Brainer for Pete – good for him.
whether this thing of ours continues is up to Pete’s Successor and the JN and the Commenters. Who knows, Pete one day may be looked upon the Buck Showalter of this board as some Joe Torre takes it to another level.
Best of luck to you, Pete. Thanks for all the great coverage.
Ironically, I was a Yankee fan living in Boston up until this year. You helped me follow the team over the past couple years (NESN and ESPN coverage is so Red Sox slanted, similar to what the Al Quaeda Network fed to Iraqis).
The Globe will be lucky to have you. I dig the writing of Shaughnessy, Tony Mazz and Bob Ryan (all guys who aren’t afraid to let the holier-than-thou Sox fans know their teams have flaws too). Most of the beat writers and current bloggers are boring homers… Amalie Benjamin? When does she have time to write? Seems like she’d be busy picking up John Henry’s dry cleaning, washing Larry Luccino’s car, etc..
Good luck to you. As you know, Boston is a great town. I hope you can watch #27 from up there (there will be plenty of bar stools available that night!) and know that you did a great service to all us Yankee fans over the years!
Truthfully, I wish Pete didn’t tell us he was leaving until maybe the day before he did or something. It would have been sudden, but we would have moved on quickly.
Now, the nostalgia will carry on for 2 weeks and it feels kind of awkward knowing he’s leaving to cover the Red Sox right before the playoffs start.
We can only hope his successor is as dedicated as Pete was.
DT – OPPC member (blood type – Positive)
September 18th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
I heard the Boston Globe has already approached Erica about a Red Sox GTLU. She told them if they re-sign Damon in the off season it’s a done deal.
****
Ewwwwwwww- no worries. That will not happen. Not unless it pays really well. In that case, Boston GTLU it is, but I will root for that line up to lose!!!
just say no Erica, don’t go over to the dark side. You will have to forfeit the highly coveted Yankee Snoopy.
once Pete starts up his new Sox blog if any of you visit (I know I will) be sure to post with “From Lohud” in your name to keep track. That will be one positive from this, we can actually have someone providing thoughtful inside info on the Sox at Pete’s blog as opposed to those clowns at ESPN or any of the other worthless Sox sites out there now.
upstate kate
September 18th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
just say no Erica, don’t go over to the dark side. You will have to forfeit the highly coveted Yankee Snoopy.
****
But Yankee Snoopy is my friend
Just a side note-
It was incredibly bittersweet when I got home yesterday and found my package from Pete. I anxiously ripped the box open and read his news all at the same time.
However, the man gave me the gift of Yankee Snoopy. I will always be grateful
Rishi
I thought we would have it locked up by than, that is why i didn’t pick that game.
But since the red soxs just didn’t lose for the past week our number didn’t go down a lot.
Was Yankee Snoopy all you hoped he would be?
That was very nice of Pete to send him to you
Erica,
I’m happy you got your man!
Erica
Wow that was really cool.
2 years ago Pete sent me a cork from one of the Yankees celebration. I still have it.
the game needs fans to be blindly crazy in rooting for teams, but the little secret is that they are the only ones like that.
And yet Randy l where would this blog or the many others..or the teams be without us fans. Short for fanatics, you know. I understand him rooting for the story. I just now think he is rooting for another ending to that story. And it doesn’t benefit the yankees.
upstate kate
September 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Was Yankee Snoopy all you hoped he would be?
That was very nice of Pete to send him to you
****
Yankee Snoopy is even better!!!!!!!
I was expecting him to be rather small. Instead, he is about 10 inches tall. He is also very soft and cuddly. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take him out of his sealed bag, but stuffed animals aren’t much fun when they are wrapped in plastic. LOL
jennifer
September 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Erica
Wow that was really cool.
2 years ago Pete sent me a cork from one of the Yankees celebration. I still have it.
****
That’s awesome. Did you win some sort of contest too?
Come on Diva lighten up, we lost Peter’s insight but we still do have our wonderful team, a bunch of promising youngsters on the verge and the remainder of the 2009 season to enjoy.
Things could be much worst. This blog will evolve into something different for better or worst we’ll have to wait and see.
http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/.....eague.html
Some engineers from Berkeley have come up with a new formula for the magic number which takes into account the remaining opponents on the schedule. In the case of the Yankees, this lowers the magic number to clich at lease a tie for a playoff spot to two games.
Hokiehill
September 18th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
once Pete starts up his new Sox blog if any of you visit (I know I will) be sure to post with “From Lohud” in your name to keep track. That will be one positive from this, we can actually have someone providing thoughtful inside info on the Sox at Pete’s blog as opposed to those clowns at ESPN or any of the other worthless Sox sites out there now.
—————————————————-
We could all make it like a field trip and do it at the same time.
Erica, No I think he just sent it to me.
What contest did you win?
“We could all make it like a field trip and do it at the same time.”
I was thinking more Blitzkrieg than field trip semantics I suppose.
LOL. I’ll drop by to say “Aloha” to Pete. But I’ll get a face full of “what are you doing on a Sox blog?” and “I would never go to a Yankee blog. Troll!”.
Nice, I didn’t think he would be so big, I was expecting him to be more like a beanie baby.
Erica
You wouldn’t want to leave the plastic on and have him sufficate would you?
I can’t seem to get the link through the filter, but a group at Berkeley has come up with a different magic number formula which take into account the remaining match-ups on the schedule. According to this formula, 2 more wins for the Yankees guarantees no worse than a tie for a playoff spot.
Google “RIOT baseball” for more details.
Jon (Baltimore)
I think the Yanks should just move Joba to the pen for the playoffs and have a 3 man rotation. Have the starter pitch 5 strong, Joba and Phil split 3 innings and Mo pitches the 9th. Thoughts Jay?
Jayson Stark (1:40 PM)
That’s what I would do, too, at least in the first two rounds. All they’d have to do is start CC in Game 4 of the ALCS on three days’ rest, and everybody else could go on normal rest because of the extra off day. So they wouldn’t need a fourth starter until Game 4 of the World Series. That would be my plan. Not that they’ve asked me.
Jon (Baltimore)
I think the Yanks should just move Joba to the pen for the playoffs and have a 3 man rotation. Have the starter pitch 5 strong, Joba and Phil split 3 innings and Mo pitches the 9th. Thoughts Jay?
Jayson Stark (1:40 PM)
That’s what I would do, too, at least in the first two rounds. All they’d have to do is start CC in Game 4 of the ALCS on three days’ rest, and everybody else could go on normal rest because of the extra off day. So they wouldn’t need a fourth starter until Game 4 of the World Series. That would be my plan. Not that they’ve asked me.
Uncle Ellsworth (be nice, until it’s not time to be nice)
September 18th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
“We could all make it like a field trip and do it at the same time.”
I was thinking more Blitzkrieg than field trip semantics I suppose.
———————————————–
How about Trojan Horse style?
m – jinx
jennifer
September 18th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Erica, No I think he just sent it to me.
What contest did you win?
****
I actually didn’t win one either. Uncle E won the millionth post contest. But his winning comment was about me. So Pete included me in the prize.
Pete’s a really generous person
MaineYankee
September 18th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Erica
You wouldn’t want to leave the plastic on and have him sufficate would you?
****
LOL… I didn’t think Snoopy would sufficate.
Is this like when Laura asked me if MPB Johnny Damon spoke back to me?
lol. great minds. I’m still reeling from Pete’s news, but I’ll think about the matchups/scenarios as the season end. But looks like Stark put a lot of thought into it.
———————————————–
“How about Trojan Horse style?”
I’d shy away from cloak and dagger stuff.
This is such a sad day around here. I mean Im at work and cannot even concentrate. Im like where the heck are we gonna get the lineups(with extras lol) at 3:30, GGBG? This is not funny.
One thing I wanna say too, we as fan(and crazy Yankees followers) can do our part when he’s gone. Everyone should keep coming and commenting and hopefully we get used to whoever they replace him with.
MaineYankee
September 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Uncle Ellsworth (be nice, until it’s not time to be nice)
September 18th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
“We could all make it like a field trip and do it at the same time.”
I was thinking more Blitzkrieg than field trip semantics I suppose.
———————————————–
How about Trojan Horse style?
————————————————————
Are you saying that I should play part of the horse?
RhapsodyInBlue
September 18th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Come on Diva lighten up, we lost Peter’s insight but we still do have our wonderful team, a bunch of promising youngsters on the verge and the remainder of the 2009 season to enjoy.
Things could be much worst. This blog will evolve into something different for better or worst we’ll have to wait and see.
I have had more fun watching this team then I have had watching other yankee teams in a long while. I know that when other sites have changed though it isn’t usually for the better. I guess we will find out soon enough.
GreenBeret7
September 18th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
MaineYankee
September 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Uncle Ellsworth (be nice, until it’s not time to be nice)
September 18th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
“We could all make it like a field trip and do it at the same time.”
I was thinking more Blitzkrieg than field trip semantics I suppose.
———————————————–
How about Trojan Horse style?
————————————————————
Are you saying that I should play part of the horse?
—————————————————-
I suppose we could make it a moose. I think I could find one.
“No popping until the World Series all other victories are meaningless.”
So if wins are meaningless are losses meaningful?
MaineYankee
September 18th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
“We could all make it like a field trip and do it at the same time.”
I was thinking more Blitzkrieg than field trip semantics I suppose.
———————————————–
How about Trojan Horse style?
————————————————————
Are you saying that I should play part of the horse?
—————————————————-
I suppose we could make it a moose. I think I could find one.
————————————————————
LMAO. Very few would have gotten that. Not sure that I’m the antler type. The opposite end is the best fit.
Celebrate when you clinch the division. This is the New York Yankees, not the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
GB7
LMAO. Very few would have gotten that. Not sure that I’m the antler type. The opposite end is the best fit.
——————————————————–
I wasn’t going there because I didn’t want to start a fight out of respect for Pete.
It makes sense to celebrate just once, but on the front end. Making the playoffs is the immediate goal within reach – there should be no distinguishing between making the playoffs and winning the division as far as celebrations go.
I forgot which college hoops team it was … but about 15 years ago one team left the nets up after winning their final four berth, rather than cutting them down as is traditionally done.
If Girardi were to persuade the team to save the champagne for after the last game in October, there would be a better sense of the ultimate goal.
How many celebrations are there now for a WS winner BEFORE they win the WS? Celebrate the LCS after celebrating the LDS after celebrating the division … do they really HAVE to celebrate merely clinching a playoff spot?
Something about the celebrations is different too. Clubhouse staff covers everything in plastic before the end of the game? Protect the catered spread? Guys wearing plastic? Face masks? Goggles? C’mon … that’s like putting on five condoms PLUS a raincoat, rubber gloves and a gas mask when you go out on a date.
On the other hand … it depends on who you’re going on a date with I suppose …
0 times, the playoffs have essentially been a foregone conclusion for a month. If they did something amazing to clinch a berth, it would be acceptable.
Pop the cork 3 times, one for each playoff series win, which is already one too many.
Just a thought – Yankees get swept at Anaheim (aka Yankee house of Horror) and lose the next Series to Boston. The Red Sox proceed to win the AL East on the last day of the season. Do you celebrate the wild card then?