An afternoon in the park
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Oct 08, 2009 
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I always find it a little strange to watch a team like the Yankees going through its usual pregame workout – stretching, throwing, batting practice – during an off day when the stadium is completely empty. The music is playing, the scoreboards are on, the media is here …. and there’s a ton of empty seats. It’s sort of like rattling around a big old house.
Anyway, the Yankees are on the field – A-Rod is taking his turn in the cage right now – and they’re going through their paces. Although these workouts are kind of routine, they’re also pretty important; by the time they get to Sunday, the Yankees will have played a grand total of three games in seven days, so they’re doing whatever they can to stay sharp.
Joe Girardi and A.J. Burnett will be meeting the media around 2:15 p.m. Back with much more later.
why is everyone forgetting about swishers huge double to put us in front
Doreen,
This is your cue to find espnews.
Hey, guys. Of the teams in the NLDS, which would have the best chance of beating any of the teams in the ALDS.
(and yes, I am implying there’s a big difference)
Doreen,
This is your cue to find espnews.
Hey, guys. Of the teams in the NLDS, which would have the best chance of beating any of the teams in the ALDS.
(and yes, I am implying there’s a big difference)
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The Phillies are the one and only.
Nice to see Joe Torre win yesterday.
As usual… taking a team that has many holes and will probably get them to the WS this year, beating teams that have far superior rotations in STL and Philly.
28 hours and 4 minutes until Game 2!!!!
Azaz-
not only Swish’s double, but Robbie hustling from 1st to score.
Trish-
nice chart, you really do hate the Sox don’t you! Angels in 3…hmmm…weren’t you right on # of wins this year?
m -
I found it! CHannel 102 (digital, not HD) on Comcast.
Sam quick for you and that is what time do the gates open up at the Stadium tomorrow? Same time as yesterday?
Joe,
The reason I asked is because I picked the Cardinals over Philly. But the Dodgers looked good (or the Cards looked bad) Between the two teams 30 men LOB. Cards had their chances.
As for the Phils, they are good. But that bullpen. You don’t want to hear the manager of your team say that you think your closer’s confidence is getting better.
Today? Someone asked if Pedro will be able to go on a really cold night. Hrr?
That Cliff Lee is terrific, though. He’s the only NL pitcher in the postseason that’s capable of shutting down an AL team.
I think this season Swisher is a better hitter then Posada, and he should bat 6th and Posada 8th.
(Don’t you think Swisher batting 6th is a better protection for Matsui then Posada?).
Azaz -
We did give Swish a shout out way back a couple of threads, but only after a reminder. And thanks for reminding us about Cano’s hustling around the bases and Thompson’s aggressive coaching, too! A real team effort last night. Many contributors.
oops -
That’s a thanks to you, upstate kate, reminding us about Cano.
Kate, thank you! I actually like them when they’re finally done but I do struggle putting them together!
Yeah I really do hate the Suxers. I have to say that other than the Yankees, my picks were based probably solely on emotion. Those are the teams I want to win purely because I want the others to lose! With the Angels, I couldn’t bring myself to pick anything other than a sweep!
Torre’s team is not full of holes. They just underperformed the last half of the season.
Nobody’s talking about Swishy because Jeter’s knock was the biggest hit of the game. The arrow that burst Minny’s balloon. They totally deflated after that (all those K’s by CC helped, too).
The big stories were about Jeter (perfect), CC (good postseason start), and Alex (answered a ton of questions with those rbi hits).
By the way, I like the idea of Burnett pitching game 2 and Pettitte game 3, but there is a problem: if there’s a game 5 Burnett would be the Pitcher instead of Pettitte….
Did I just hear Cole Hammels talk about the games should be at 1 and/or 7 because that’s what the players are used to? Interesting.
I’d think any of these teams in the NL could beat a team from the ALDS.
The NL/AL difference is far less this year than in the past.
Cardinals, with Wainwright/Carpenter, can beat anybody. Plus they have the best 1-2 in the league in Pujols/Holliday.
Phillies have Lee/Hamels/Happ to go along with maybe the 2nd best offense in baseball next to us.
Dodgers have a killer lineup and bullpen. Their rotation, with the likes of Wolf, Padilla, Garland etc. will get clobbered though.
Rockies have an excellent lineup, power bullpen, and a pretty good rotation. Don’t think they have nearly as good a chance as the other 3 though.
what an improvement Thompson is as 3rd base coach
Doreen,
He said that yesterday too. Said all the games should be at night. Also said that he doubts anyone on the West is going to watch a game at 11 AM so it can’t be about TV ratings.
Wasn’t really a complaint, it sounded like more of an opinion.
Flipping back and forth to the pre-game on TBS.
Cal Ripken used to be a decent looking man, but he’s looking a lot like Uncle Fester. Why don’t the makeup guys take care of that?
Gotta love some of the hockey team names. Predators and Avalanche.
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Cal looks more like his dad now. It happens
In that case, he has a point. Not that many people on the east coast can watch a weekday game at 2:30, either.
I think the 6 p.m. start for the Yankees worked out for me, anyway. But the stadium didn’t fill up right away. But I liked that the game was over early (even though it felt later than it was). No easy answer.
I really only care about one thing-the Yankees winning #27. All the other stuff-the ‘controversies’, ‘the Sox’, ‘the Angels’, Joe Torre, yadda, yadda, yadda is completely unimportant to me. I enjoy watching the games and seeing how they are played, not second guessing and critiquing every mistake, whether real or imagined, made by a Yankee someone doesn’t like.
10 more wins and it’s a World Series championship. As fans all we should care about is 25 players as a team doing whatever needs to be done to bring the World Series back to New York. I have the utmost confidence that this TEAM has what it takes to accomplish this.
As Jim Rome would say, ‘OUT’
Not much of a difference between 1 & 2:30 unless it interferes with naptime. Something’s telling me that Hamels wouldn’t even be commenting had his team been given the primetime slot.
I think this season Swisher is a better hitter then Posada, and he should bat 6th and Posada 8th.
(Don’t you think Swisher batting 6th is a better protection for Matsui then Posada?).
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I love how Posada has one bad night and now he should batting 8th. Love it.
MG – you the man!
Where are you from?
“I enjoy watching the games and seeing how they are played, not second guessing and critiquing every mistake, whether real or imagined, made by a Yankee someone doesn’t like.”
I’m going to hold you to that if anything should go wrong with Burnett and Molina.
Joe,
You have to excuse the children.
We have a bunch of people on here lately who have so little baseball knowledge, you can place it in a thimble with room to spare.
Emotional children in the post-season often write foolish things.
We will see more nonsense as the playoffs go on.
They can’t help themselves.
trisha,
lol. I got confused, too. I think we’re both thinking about MT.
10 MORE WINS!!!!
trisha, grew up in Brooklyn, lived on LI for about 10 years, then 20 in San Francisco, now in South Florida.
Agree, MG.
It’s pretty funny that people are letting these petty things like who catches or what bullpens arms are/aren’t used ruin their postseason experience.
This team somehow won 103 games with Girardi and this core… I think they know what they are doing in the postseason.
“I love how Posada has one bad night and now he should batting 8th. Love it.”
I will say that no despite what happened with Posada last night, only two runs were scored, so that is a credit to the work he did behind the dish. Granted if the score was 1-0 Twins it might have been more dicey. I think that posters who brought up Posada’s gaffes probably did so because they got sick of hearing about the screaming need for Posada in the lineup and how Girardi picking the AJ-Molina tandem was the biggest travesty since 2004*.
Anyway, credit to Posada. His bat is always dangerous and he was part of holding the Twins to two runs.
I still like AJ and Molina together and am thrilled they will be teamed up. But it doesn’t mean that I don’t recognize that Posada is solid.
MG totally agree. Peculiarly enough, I was born in Bronx, lived on LI then in L.A. and now gulf coast of Florida. And we both love baseball.
trisha – OPPC lifetime member who trusts Joe Girardi
October 8th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
“I enjoy watching the games and seeing how they are played, not second guessing and critiquing every mistake, whether real or imagined, made by a Yankee someone doesn’t like.”
I’m going to hold you to that if anything should go wrong with Burnett and Molina.
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trisha, you can’t find a single second guess or criticism of any play or player by me this year because baseball, by its very nature, is an imperfect game. Everyone has bad games, even 1st ballot Hall of Famers like the Mick or Whitey, and you learn to accept that as you learn more about the game.
Teix took somewhat of a beating here last night because he was hitless, as did Cano. Meanwhile, both of them made outstanding defensive plays that, in Cano’s case, kept the Yankees ahead while Teix play on the line drive in the 8th kept the game under control. You never know who will step up offensively in each game, that’s the beauty of the Yankees lineup because it could be anyone. There are many posters on this blog who would enjoy the games far more if they understood that.
Trisha:
Nice chart… and, probably not easy to publish it from scratch.
“trisha, grew up in Brooklyn, lived on LI for about 10 years, then 20 in San Francisco, now in South Florida.”
MG, I grew up in RI, the heart of Sux territory. You can’t have grown up in RI as a Yankee fan and not have rooting interests whenever the team to the north is involved. Of course the rooting interest is whoever the other team is! It’s just the way it is.
One of the Phillies commented yesterday that they should have the prime time game after all they won it last year. He does have a point. But when you have 2 games that have to be played on the west coast and TBS wants exclusive rights to all the of them there really isn’t much of a choice. You know they don’t want to stick the Yankees at 2pm. Yankees are a bigger audience than the Phillies, facts are facts.
What happened to the real SJ44?
There is no way Teixeira should have taken a beating, he hit the ball the hardest every AB out of every hitter.
One more thing-before 1978 there was no real Yankees-Sox rivalry, the Yankees dominated in every category and it wasn’t even close. The years where the Sox were good (late ’60s) the Yankees were awful so nobody cared then either.
It’s nice that there is a rivalry like this but I’ll never understand all the anger towards the Sox by Yankees fans-that’s mostly a Sox fan thing and, as Yankees fans, we would be far better off not dropping down to that level. If the Yankees don’t win the AL or the WS I’ll feel bad (for at least 5 minutes, they don’t pay me to be a fan) but I could care less which team knocked the Yankees out. It would just mean the Yankees need to get better next year no matter who wins the WS in 2009.
Frank, thank you!!!!
Believe me I tried everything, including signing up for one month with some hosting company to downloading a free trial from a data-switch company! Man alive, nothing worked. And I hated the thought of giving up the graphics. I finally asked one of my sisters’ advice (she is a graphic artist among other things) and she mentioned .pdf. And the light went on. Wish I had thought of that about 5 hours before I emailed her. But the good news is that I will be able to come up with all kinds of cool graphics for the ALCS and WS and know they will publish.
No one should take a beating. Sometimes it’s your night, sometimes it’s somebody else’s. I think people lose sight of the “it’s a team game” concept in their zeal to denigrate one player. Lots of things need to go right to win a game. And lots of things need to go wrong to lose a game. But the blame game is for people who can’t deal with losses, imo.
trisha – OPPC lifetime member who trusts Joe Girardi
October 8th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
“trisha, grew up in Brooklyn, lived on LI for about 10 years, then 20 in San Francisco, now in South Florida.”
MG, I grew up in RI, the heart of Sux territory. You can’t have grown up in RI as a Yankee fan and not have rooting interests whenever the team to the north is involved. Of course the rooting interest is whoever the other team is! It’s just the way it is.
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two of my best friends grew up in West Warwick and are die hard Sox fans, we have lots of fun kidding each other about it but that’s it. They are also Patriots fans and my birthday present this year was an Eli poster throwing the pass to Tyree in the Super Bowl-it must have made my buddy really feel bad when he bought it but that made me appreciate it all the more.
AJ on ESPN News
“I think this season Swisher is a better hitter then Posada, and he should bat 6th and Posada 8th.”
The lineup is not the way the manager ranks his hitters. He makes the lineup for the best way to produce runs consistently. Swisher has batted 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th this year, depending on what Girardi felt was going to create the best possible result. Not based on who he thought were better hitters at the moment than Swisher.
TRISHA I LIVED IN RI FOR A YEAR AND HAD TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE I TOOK FROM THE SUX FANS UP THERE!!!! I DONT KNOW HOW YOU DID IT!!
MG, we Yankee fans around here cut our teeth on wanting the Suxers to lose every game they play. It isn’t at all about anger, it’s about the rivalry. It’s just the way it is. By the way, it existed well before 1978. We have “hated” the Red Sox always.
Bronx Born
October 8th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
MG totally agree. Peculiarly enough, I was born in Bronx, lived on LI then in L.A. and now gulf coast of Florida. And we both love baseball.
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Bronx Born, we are on exactly the same page unless you went to DeWitt Clinton (I went to Stuyvesant, the schools are archrivals)
“One more thing-before 1978 there was no real Yankees-Sox rivalry, the Yankees dominated in every category and it wasn’t even close.”
Joe McCarthy, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and the years 1948 and 1949 are outraged right now.
trisha – OPPC lifetime member who trusts Joe Girardi
October 8th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
MG, we Yankee fans around here cut our teeth on wanting the Suxers to lose every game they play. It isn’t at all about anger, it’s about the rivalry. It’s just the way it is. By the way, it existed well before 1978. We have “hated” the Red Sox always.
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trisha, I grew up in the ’50s, the rivalry was the Yankees v Dodgers and v Giants, we could have cared less about the Sox, they were a complete afterthought for me until 1978 and the Dent HR. I’m sure as a Yankees fan in RI it was different because, as I said, Sox fans have always hated the Yankees but not vice versa.
I’m as distant as a US resident can be from the rivalry, and I want them to lose every game possible. Their arrogance is too much to bear! (yes, I know we’re arrogant, too)
I’ll cheer for the Red Sox when they’re 5th in the division and playing the second place and wild card teams.
MG,
I had felt that a large portion of “the Curse” was due to the sox and their fans fixating and obssessing on the Yankees, and not just trying to assemble the best team they can. That is why I hate to see the Yankees sign players, etc. just to keep them away from Boston. The old Yankees were unaffected by anything Boston did, they went about their business and let Boston be affected by what the Yankees did.
The only reason that Philly wasn’t in primetime is because they drew the Rockies, who have no national appeal. Considering this postseason is filled with teams with national appeal, they drew the short end of the stick because of their opponent.
The other series has 2 big teams… Cards/Dodgers, Angels/Sox. Yankees obviously wouldn’t play in the afternoon.
If they had drawn the Dodgers or Cardinals… they would have been in primetime.
“August 1, 1973: In a game at Fenway Park, with the score tied 2–2 in the top of the 9th, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson attempts to score from third base on a missed bunt by Gene Michael. He crashes into Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, and a fight erupts, with Munson punching Fisk in the face.”
Does 1973 count as “before 1978″?
Mark in Tampa
October 8th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
MG,
I had felt that a large portion of “the Curse” was due to the sox and their fans fixating and obssessing on the Yankees, and not just trying to assemble the best team they can. That is why I hate to see the Yankees sign players, etc. just to keep them away from Boston. The old Yankees were unaffected by anything Boston did, they went about their business and let Boston be affected by what the Yankees did.
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Mark, exactly, that’s why I guess I’m an ‘old Yankee’ at heart (and, at 62, rapidly getting there in age as well).
I do agree that the vitriol has always been by the Red Sox towards the Yankees than vice versa.
Of course and sadly, 2004 changed everything.
MR. OCTOBER – I am so happy you weighed in so you can attest to the reality of “it”. I have always described it as the Hatfields and the McCoys. It’s just the way it is!
mel, I think you hit it on the head. When losses don’t throw you I think it is very easy to roll with the punches. As you have pointed out on so many occasions, our feeling that the AJ-Molina tandem was working out better than the Posada-AJ tandem (and for various reasons that we felt were valid observations) didn’t mean that we did not value Posada’s place on the team! Geesh.
Besty if you are here, AJ once again said that he had nothing to do with the decision about Molina. So I think it is time for you to love him again and not consider him a diva!
JasonR
October 8th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
“August 1, 1973: In a game at Fenway Park, with the score tied 2–2 in the top of the 9th, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson attempts to score from third base on a missed bunt by Gene Michael. He crashes into Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, and a fight erupts, with Munson punching Fisk in the face.”
Does 1973 count as “before 1978??
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JasonR, I don’t know if you were there but that was that was a Munson-Fisk thing, they hated each other. The teams had more of an onfield rivalry back then than now, baseball has changed a lot over the years. If you notice, the current Yankees and Sox don’t hate each other except possibly Joba-Youk, during the last series between them Jeter and Youk had a really friendly conversation when Jeter led off the game with a hit. And do you really think all the Dominican players on each team could hate each other?
A.J.’s press conference:
http://bit.ly/OeuVZ
“Does 1973 count as “before 1978??
Jason, I only count for me but 2004 will remain 2004* in my heart. By the way, if you listen to WEEI they still see the RSN kids as having an inferiority complex when it comes to the Yanks – and I always say well they should!
AJ has “stripes” shaved into his hair for the postseason. Nice touch!
Betsy -
AJ also mentioned that when he was on his roll earlier in the season it was with Jorge and he wishes he could figure out what gets him on or off that roll. It seems it just comes down to the fact that the current roll is with Molina.
He’s an appealing guy, I’ll tell ya. Blue eyes get me all the time.
86 Series ?
Can’t say I was rooting hard for the Sox but I definitely wasn’t rooting for the Mets.
Sam, stop making this blog about you. And please remove the headshots – they are very annoying.
“I’m as distant as a US resident can be from the rivalry, and I want them to lose every game possible. Their arrogance is too much to bear! ”
YAY MEL!!! I think I will leave on that high note!
Later y’all.
Why not? If 8th was good enough for Alex, it’s good enough for Jorge, lol……just kidding!
Kay was surprised and disappointed that Jorge threw CC under the bus- he says he should have just blamed himself.
pat,
I would’ve preferred he wait until he earned his “stripes”.
He looked like a 25 year-old up there. I thought he did well, and he looks pleased as pie
to have this opportunity.
Rox with some excellent small ball in the first inning.
Anyone hear AJ’s presser? Anything interesting?
Hey Randy, before I go I decided this series was the Pavano karma series. What do you think?
I read AJ’s quotes earlier today and he set the record straight-he’s basically a streaky pitcher and it doesn’t matter who catches him when he’s going well just as it doesn’t matter who catches him when he sucks. Eiland even said that when AJ was on he could catch him.Girardi just made a ‘instinct’ call on this. Hopefully it all works out-the Yankees are much better than the Twins so that might be part of the decision making process.
“JasonR, I don’t know if you were there but that was that was a Munson-Fisk thing, they hated each other. The teams had more of an onfield rivalry back then than now, baseball has changed a lot over the years.”
Nah I wasn’t there. I wish I was.
For the most part, I agree with you. It’s only really a rivalry when both teams are good, and for the most part that hasn’t happened until the last 10 years, really.
Trish
I have 2 sisters that moved to MA and raised families there. They are long time Sox fans, and we have a good natured rivalry. One has a sign in her yard “red sox fans only, Yankee fans go home”. There is hope for the next generation tho. Her daughter is a Johnny D fan, and jumped ship. I love buying her Yankee stuff. My other sister’s son is a big Jeter fan, his room is a shrine to Derek.
betsy,
It was all good. Pel put up audio. But the video is better. He’s got a new ‘do. The mean lady cut off the questioning, popular guy.
Why is CC saying that one cross up was his and one was Jorge’s not throwing Jorge under the bus, but Jorge saying the same thing is throwing CC under the bus? It’s a non-story.
one last thing-I’ve been to Fenway once, about 20 years ago for a Sox-Yankees game near the end of the season when they were battling for the AL East Title (the Sox won it that year). I had standing room tickets and could not have had a better time jibing back and forth with Sox fans, it was all in good fun and both sides were as passionate as the other.
Bronx Jeers
October 8th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
86 Series ?
Can’t say I was rooting hard for the Sox but I definitely wasn’t rooting for the Mets.
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That’s where you live has an affect on your level of like or dislike for a team.
In 86 I was rooting for the Mets because I didn’t want the RS fans to enjoy WS victory.
Yankee fans in RS territory dislike the RS like you in Yankee territory dislike the Mets.
“Jason, I only count for me but 2004 will remain 2004* in my heart. By the way, if you listen to WEEI they still see the RSN kids as having an inferiority complex when it comes to the Yanks – and I always say well they should!”
I definitely agree. In spite of the two World Series and the other titles in other sports, Boston fans are still infinitely more obsessed with what happens with the Yankees than New York fans are with what happens to the Red Sox.
Hopefully with a day of rest for Minny Sota. The game will be more fair. Not right the NFL scheduled a game the day after the MLB season was over at the Metro-dome. This series should have been pushed back a day because if it. Well the Yankees can’t say they didn’t win at least one when they get bounced out!
AJ gets hammered (as usual) tomorrow. Who’s pitching batting practice for them in game 3? Tired-armed Andy or Crazyman Joba????
It used to be enough for either the pitcher or the catcher to simply say they got signs crossed and that was that. Now it’s a follow up all the time, well, who crossed who? And then when an answer is given, the player is accused of throwing a teammate under the bus.
Anyone selling tickets tomorrow for a reasonable price?
Doreen,
It was obvious there were cross ups last night. No big deal to me.
But Kepner wrote that Jorge glared at CC on the one he had to chase. lol, Jorge’s a little edgy nowadays.
No big deal, winning smooths all kinds of feathers.
JasonR, Munson hated Fisk, he though Fisk got all the attention. And I was a big Munson fan so didn’t like Fisk either but the only time I would think about it was when the teams played each other.
any team can beat any team in October. I think the Phillies are the only strong team that could do it though. The NL is much much weaker than the AL. Every player who has moved from AL to Nl has done great, especially pitchers. Regarding Matt Holliday he is hitting almost 100 points higher in the NL than he did with Oakland this year
TRISHA
It really was amazing the amount of abuse I took. The sux fans that I worked with at the time (which was about 40 people) went as far as putting Yankees Suck bumper stickers all over my car the day after the 2000 series. In my annual review sheet which is sent to my corporate headquarters I had 32 people write great boss knows how to run a business but…. HES A YANKEE FAN THEREFORE HE NEEDS TO GO!!!
Doreen, I fell for AJ’s blue eyes from the moment he walked into camp. Actually, I loved his tattoos and crazy hair – odd, because I am a pretty conservative person. I noticed the stripes last time – they look like Adidas stripes. I didn’t get it…are they supposed to be pinstripes? I hope they will replay the press conference later – I really need to hear this.
Trish, I never hated AJ – I was really angry and disappointed in him because I detest the idea of personal catchers. But…..let me tell you what happened a couple of nights ago. Adam the Bull was on WFAN (late night) and I normally like him. Boy, he was ripping AJ to shreds for being gutless, etc…… Even though at that point I was still angry at him, I had to turn the radio off. It still bothered me and I was defending AJ to myself – actually, I was talking back to the radio, lol. I never believed AJ went to Joe and requested Molina, never. I did think he gave off the vibes (hugging Molina, etc……). However, I think I’m convinced that Joe made (IMO, the wrong decision) based on his own opinion and didn’t give a hoot what AJ or anyone thought.
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LoL – Jorge always has a glare in his eyes! It’s just so silly, and I feel like it’s being exploited to drum up more controversy than is necessary or at least inherent in the situation.
Girardi’s press conference:
http://bit.ly/4iJiXP
I think that Jorge will eventually be a MLB manager, but, boy, will he be a bear! His players will have to keep away from his bad side!
Can someone please explain what OPPC means? kthx
MG
October 8th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
JasonR, Munson hated Fisk, he though Fisk got all the attention. And I was a big Munson fan so didn’t like Fisk either but the only time I would think about it was when the teams played each other.
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For the people that dislike Posada because of his personality would have really disliked Munson.
sparrow,
Cliff Lee’s the real deal, did it in the AL. But when you have Penny, Smoltz, and Pedro visit the fountain of youth in the NL, that tells you something.
Is there also a huge divide between Minny & the Yankees? Someone (espn columnist?) wrote that Mauer’s the only one that could start for the Yankees.
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Looks like AJ and Hughes had the same barber this week. Maybe they bought a Flowbee for the clubhouse!
WFAN is carrying a replay of AJ now, so yay
betsy -
The tattoos seem to fit AJ. At any rate I’ve gotten so accustomed to seeing them these days, I don’t have as much automatic reaction to them anymore. Except the sleeve tattoos on women. Most tattoos on women.
I’m glad my daughter, so far, has a healthy fear of needles. 
Gary Busey-
Official Positive Posters Club
27 hours and 7 minutes until Game 2!!!!!
I thought AJ did pretty good in that interview
I loved what I read a few years back about the Boston-Yankee rivalry. I can’t remember who wrote it, but he said: “The Yankees and Red Sox are a rivalry like the hammer and the nail are a rivalry. It is a battle with a known result every time.”
Doreen
October 8th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
It used to be enough for either the pitcher or the catcher to simply say they got signs crossed and that was that. Now it’s a follow up all the time, well, who crossed who? And then when an answer is given, the player is accused of throwing a teammate under the bus.
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It seems like they all are like sharks with some blood in the water.
No original thoughts. Just a pack mentality.
A.J. is to the extreme:
http://bit.ly/31ueGa
M, I don’t like his new buzz cut – ick. I liked his crazy, spiky hair, lol.
I’m definitely going to watch the replay – it’s nice to hear, but I always like to see AJ, lol. Good boy, chatting Andy up – as he has done all year.
I love Posada and what he means to the Yankees, but we need to win, and aside from the fact that he is not mingling well with some of the pitchers, how bout last night? How in the world can you as a Pro catcher miss a ball thrown in the air? Its not like the balls were in the dirt or way out of the strike zone. Even if you are crossed up if it thrown in the air and doesnt hit the ground or the bat you should catch it. I dont see any other catchers missing balls that are in the air. In addition, when Mauer scored on his passed ball, how about Posada hustling after the ball and making a play?
iiicollies
October 8th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I think that Jorge will eventually be a MLB manager, but, boy, will he be a bear! His players will have to keep away from his bad side!
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LOL-I was thinking the same thing last Sunday when Jorgie was the players manager. I can totally see him as a manager, and you’re so right-I certainly wouldn’t want to get on his bad side!!
poor Jorge can’t seem to win with some people. He has been a great Yankee as long as Jeter and Mo…show the guy some respect. This crap makes the comments section unreadable at times…good thing Sam, Chad and Josh are posting frequently enough that the comments section isn’t as necessary for getting updates and random info.
“I think that Jorge will eventually be a MLB manager, but, boy, will he be a bear! His players will have to keep away from his bad side!”
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I always thought he would make a great manager or coach one day. He’d be tough too, no going soft.
Gardenhire said he’s thinking of shaking up his line-up tomorrow to get Gomez and his speed in the game.
Alex, AJ and Jose better get a good nights sleep so they are sharp and fresh for steals and bunts.
Mark in Tampa
October 8th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I loved what I read a few years back about the Boston-Yankee rivalry. I can’t remember who wrote it, but he said: “The Yankees and Red Sox are a rivalry like the hammer and the nail are a rivalry. It is a battle with a known result every time.”
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Before the RS won a WS, the fans here seemed to be content if they finnished ahead of the Yankees. Even if it was out of the play offs.
betsy,
lol. his buzz cut makes him look 15. and i’m conservative, too, regarding tatts and piercings. but it’s a good look for him.
glad to see you didn’t rip up your aj fan club membership card.
i knew you didn’t really hate him, nobody does a 180 like that.
AJ is a streaky guy. He isin’t a start-to-start guy, he is a guy who is good for a while, then mediocre/bad for a while.
AJ’s current roll has been with Molina. So what is wrong with not wanting to disrupt that and keep the good vibes going?
He probably didn’t pitch to Posada a lot in September because he was so bad in late August that Joe wanted to change it up to try and see if Molina can help him figure it out. He did. And they didn’t change it towards the end of the month because they didn’t want to disrupt anything. Thus, they are continuing with it.
AJ alluded to this in his presser by saying he wasn’t susprised by the decision because he was in a good rythm with Molina these last handful of starts.
I thought all the ladies liked Cervelli’s eyes.
My sister is crazy about him
Carlos Gomez?
Isn’t he the guy who was the centerpiece of the Johan Santana trade? The guy who hit .229 this year. His game is speed only, yet he had 14 steals this year, and was caught 7 times. Please put him in the lineup. Especially if it means sitting Kubel, Span, or Young.
oh ans another thing, Posada is not throwing anyone out either so having Molina in there with Minny thinking of ways to create opportunities is a great idea
Jones
October 8th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I thought all the ladies liked Cervelli’s eyes.
My sister is crazy about him
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Your sister can’t have him, he’s mine!!! LOL
Rick,
In addition, there was the suspension/injury.
Everyone talks about Hamels’ changeup, but that’s a beautiful curveball.
Gomez? yes another over rated Mets prospect like Milledge who is now exposed in the AL
Posada is not throwing anybody out? You do realize Posada and Molina have the same % of throw outs this year, don’t you?
Try again when you decide to post gibberish.
“Gomez? yes another over rated Mets prospect like Milledge who is now exposed in the AL”
since when did the Pirates moved to the AL? please get your info straight.
No one asked AJ the most important question: Has the whipped cream been re-stocked?
Erin
“Your sister can’t have him, he’s mine!!! LOL”
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I’ll be sure to let her know that she has competition
I know that Molina and Posada are at 28%. But its not always about stats and numbers. I think Molina throws better
Jorge lives 6 houses away from me in North Jersey. I actually am quite fortunate to have talked baseball with him. Trust me this guy WANTS NOTHING MORE IN THIS WORLD FOR THE YANKEES TO WIN 27 THIS YEAR. He lives and dies for the Yankee pinstripes.He is a very very proud Yankee and the furthest thing from mean. I believe the proper word to describe him is intense. Its actually pretty funny because AJ has been to his house quite a few times this summer. (anytime really really really expensive cars are in his driveway that arent his the whole neighborhood stops for a few hours just to see if its a Jeter spotting. I believe that he probably was a little upset about not catching game 2 but it doesnt mean that there is some kind of grudge between him and AJ.
M, I think I got really angry because AJ is one of my favorites…lol, that buzz cut does make him look 15. I think the whole look is good for him. What’s odd is that he’s a pretty quiet guy – despite the pies and despite looking like he does.
He may throw better but, he hasn’t thrown better than Posada this year. That’s what matters.
In fact, if you have watched the games this year, Molina’s defense hasn’t been as good as it has been in years past.
Is he better defensively than Posada? Yes. However, its not by as wide a margin as its been in years past.
The numbers, despite you choosing to ignore them, back that up.
The Twins could DH one of the OFers (Kubel probably) and play Gomez in the OF. Considering middle infielder Brendan Harris was the DH last night I don’t think it is a big swing in any direction (good or bad) for their lineup. Plus as Mark said, Gomez can not get on base nor proficiently steal bases, so his threat is in theory only.
Thanks Pel!! I am watching the Phillies game and forgot about the press conferences.
Who thinks Molina will be back next year? I personally think he is out and Cervelli is in as the back up next year. Maybe Montero or Romine will be ready to come up.
Wang update from Newsday-
“..he has to wait another two months before he picks up a baseball, and expects to be light tossing by spring training. His hope is to pitch in the majors two months into next year’s regular season.”
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1510371
Mr. Oct -
Goes with what I was saying – that passion and intensity combined with the high probability that he’ll be a manager. It’s something to look forward to.
the only way Gomez will get on base is by bunting. other than that, he’s a free swinger.
>Thanks Pel!! I am watching the Phillies game and forgot
>about the press conferences.
I’m trying to get this postseason audio thing ironed out.
Twins are facing a RH pitcher with all of their lefty bats with the short porch. We also have Molina behind the plate tomorrow.
Why would they choose tomorrow to play “small ball”?
pat,
Thanks for that. It was sooo good to see CMW in the dugout. Really great.
Last night, someone from Taiwan was saying he (don’t remember if it was the fan or CMW) would rather stay with the Yankees and do his rehab and what not.
We can shelve this discussion until the winter, but I hope they can work something out.
There was some Matsui talk yesterday, too. I know people want to leave that spot open for Jorge and the other vets, but how can you let Matsui and his 28+ homeruns walk? You know he’ll go to another team (Seattle? lol) and how are you going to replace his production?
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MR.OCTOBER,
I wouldn’t question his passion to win. Kim Jones mentioned something very touching yesterday, that Jorge cried last year because he was going on the DL. I always thought he was a team player. Others may beg to differ, but he’s a leader, & a true Yankee. I have the greatest respect for him.
“Especially if it means sitting Kubel, Span, or Young.”
I can’t find where I read it now but sitting Tolbert seemed to be what they were saying.
iiicollies
You are right on with the manger thought! Its amazing to see a guy making what about 15 million a season running at 6am and returning an hr later completely drenched from sweat. The video collection he has in his video room is UNBELIEVABLE!!! Im not sure if its everybody that he has caught against but I do know its got to be pretty close to it. On gamedays he usually leaves 10:30 am. Granted I dont know if he goes directly to the Stadium but I would assume so. He is a very passionate man and is truly proud to be a Yankee.
MaineYankee wrote:
For the people that dislike Posada because of his personality would have really disliked Munson.
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Can you imagine how ornery a 38 year old Munson would have been? But then again, Munson was ready to hang up his spikes before the 80′s came around.
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I thought at one time if they had to choose between Damon and Matsui for next year, the choice would be Damon.
Because of all the clutch hits Matsui has had I’m no so sure.
I’m glad the decision isn’t mine.
rae
Thats right I remember hearing that he cried when he went on the DL. Great point!
The Wanger!!! I was always a fan of his even when he struggled this year. I feel like a guy that w as that good the previous two and a half years doesnt just loose it that quick. That was odd. Hopefully he can turn it around and contribute in 2010.
The Ghost
October 8th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
MaineYankee wrote:
For the people that dislike Posada because of his personality would have really disliked Munson.
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Can you imagine how ornery a 38 year old Munson would have been? But then again, Munson was ready to hang up his spikes before the 80’s came around.
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I think Munson’s days as a catcher were very near to an end at his death. His knees were very bad at that time.
I believe he had started to play in the field some at that time.
Sam, Chad — take a few cheesy cell phone pics like Pete did, or – gasp! even a few decent digital camera pics to post now and again.