Vegas is a Yankees fan
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Oct 13, 2009 
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The Yankees were odds-on favorites to win the World Series at the start of the postseason and their sweep of the Twins did nothing to change that.
Though there are tons of web sites with slightly different odds, most places have the Yankees at basically an even-money proposition to win the World Series at this point, with the Angels and Dodgers both being about 3 1/2-to-1 and the Phillies at 4-1.
In other words, you’re not getting rich betting the Bombers. Save your money for the Powerball and just enjoy the games.
Nice.
I wonder how many times in baseball history the preseason favorite actually DID win the WS.
Great ‘factoid’ care of SI:
“28 opposing right-handers have started at Yankee Stadium in the past four months and only three came away with a win: Roy Halladay, Chris Tillman and Kevin Millwood, and in each case they were supported by 10 runs.”
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....z0TsD5EFSX
Coolstandings.com got all winners 100% right.
They favor Yankees to win WS too.
You’re getting better than even money if you bet the Yankees before the playoffs began, however.
What does everyone think of this?
Scoiscia said that a lefty either Saunders or Kazmir would start game 2 so that Weaver could start at home where he is better.
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I would assume that would be Kazmir starting game 2. So assuming that Molina is going to catch AJ then Posada could be the DH. Numbers against Kazmir, Posada 11-25 .440 avg, Matsui 5-28 .170 avg. At least that helps the offense and isn’t a hard decision to sit Matsui. Matsui pinch hits as soon as AJ is done pitching.
Kazmir is not starting game 2. Saunders is.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....p?c_id=nyy
Yeah, we were SCREAMING: TAKE OUR PLAYERS OFF THE FIELD! TAKE OUR PLAYERS OFF THE FIELD!
Please. Don’t remind me.
I figured as much. No way were they going with two RHP for the first two games at our place.
Thanks for digging that up.
Kazmir, as far as I know, was never said to be pitching Game 2, BTW.
It was Lackey and Weaver, originally.
I predict a Yankees sweep. Angels are very good, but the Yanks are better. If our pitchers are all on a roll, we’re unbeatable. I think we’re on that roll.
Game 1 walkoff, Game 2 1 run game, no walkoff, game three Yanks win easy, game 4 Yanks win close (1 or 2 runs, perhaps break it open late).
My BOLD prediction.
bodhi,
That was random. Talking about the midge game?
Lol, Al Leiter blanked on Edwar Ramirez and called him Ramiro Mendoza.
Well Posada is 2-4 against Saunders and Matsui is 1-1. Saunders splits are .257 lefties vs .287 righties. So I would still go with Posada. I would be surprised if Girardi sat him since you want to get another righty in the lineup.
m
October 13th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
bodhi,
That was random. Talking about the midge game?
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Yes ma’am. MLB Network decided to torture Yankee fans by running that. A purely visceral response.
You’ve got to love Leiter: “Joe Girardi had a lot of ancillary distractions…”
69 hours and 6 minutes until Game 1!!!!!!
“I predict a Yankees sweep.”
That is a bold prediction. You don’t even think the Angels are good enough to win 1 game?
If posada is dh and then moved to catcher don’t they lose the dh? I do not think that would he the greatest idea
RS
October 13th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Lol, Al Leiter blanked on Edwar Ramirez and called him Ramiro Mendoza.
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Yeah, well, like the bard says, wishing won’t make it so…
LOL, Erica.
I have to say, I am enjoying the decompression opportunity between series.
Kazmir, as far as I know, was never said to be pitching Game 2, BTW.
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Rotoworld said it would be Kazmir or Saunders. I figured they would go with Kazmir since they started him in game 3 before Saunders. I thought Saunders was their 4th starter.
I play Yankee numbers on Powerball. Not getting rich there either.
I said bold, and I mean it. Yankees SWEEP.
[To avoid fear of jinxing I would like to a point out that my predictions have proven, after careful study and analysis of gathered dtata, to have absolutely no effect on the team's performance, positive or negative. Yes, now we can all rest easy. I will say that my clairvoyant skills are at full force after I called the pitch Tex hit the HR on. But I digress.]
Argh. Listening to the famous Stark podcast where he said he guesses he’s stuck with the Yankees. Talking about how the Yankees have that special [aura] something going on.
You know what? I’ve had a special feeling about this Yankee team all season long. And you know what? The Yankees have said this is a special team, too! Guess who else had a special team? The Colorado Rockies. So, do only the most special teams advance? I guess we have to hope that we’re more special than the Angels.
Ah, didn’t see that. I saw a report where it said it would be Lackey/Weaver, because they wanted their “No 1 and No 2″ In the first two games.
On another site, we were discussing how weird it was that the Angels weren’t pitching one of their lefties in Yankee Stadium.
Argh. Talking about how the Angels have that special something.
Angels Manager Mike Scioscia won’t announce his playoff rotation until Wednesday, but he said before today’s workout today that “in every scenario we’ve discussed, we’ll have a left-hander in Yankee Stadium in Game 1 or 2″ of the American League Championship Series.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.co.....ame-2.html
Wait…then we gonna run the table?
And after, you gonna call yourself, “Wait till we repeat in 2010″ or some such thing?
From the Sardine can, to Our House, to the ALCS, all the way to……?
“My BOLD prediction.”
Bold as love.
100 pitches….yeah, one would have thought as much.
Ah well, we’ll still kick their ***. We’ll just do it from the other side of the plate, and it won’t make a bit of difference to Cano and Matsui.
I guess Scioscia is trying to go the secretive route…
Do we run the table? Hmmmm…Depends. Vs. Dodgers, yes. Vs. Phillies, we lose one game (Game 4, up 3-0; Cliff Lee pitches 8 shutout inings, Lidge loads the bases with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth but gets at line drive right at him to get out of it) but still win in five.
However, since I think the Dodgers win the NLCS, yes, we run the table.
Saunders’ road BAA is .295.
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Bodh, me too, lol – I love being able to relax for a few days; in fact I need this break. Part of the fun of the post-season is the anticipation that builds and the analysis and over-analysis of each team and all the players. So, I’m fine with the break although I understand the players are used to playing basically every day.
Also, if we win the WS, I wil be “Wait till we win it Again”.
I’d like to point out that the credit for that name goes to Nick in SF.
Maybe I’m the exception, but I hate the break. Me want playoff baseball NOW.
Philly can throw 3 LHP at us. Not gonna worry about them, yet, though. Let’s get through this first.
I just really hope the offense wakes up. Especially the guys at the bottom of the order. They are going to have to score runs to win this series. The Angels swing the bats unlike the Twins.
Yanks hit LHP fine.
But you’re right. Sweep or no sweep, we haven’t beaten the Angels YET.
M, I told you – it was horrible, and I heard it live, lol. Jayson should just change his pick – I don’t think the Yankees care if he picks them or not and now he just ticks me off. I don’t believe in destiny garbage, but if I did, there is plenty of proof to believe the Yankees are the chosen ones. In any case, the games will be won on the diamond – it will all come down to ability and execution, not fate.
I love the break, because our older dudes get extra rest – like Damon – Hughes and BP arms get a break.
Also gives one time to study match-ups and look forward to the thing.
The Angels didn’t swing the bats until late in game 2 and game 3………..I realize it’s easy to pick apart the Yankees because we follow them, but although I respect the Angels immensely, I’m not going to make them into some flawless team incapable of failure.
True, but if nobody got a break we’re all on even ground.
Erica – always OPPC October 13th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
69 hours and 6 minutes until Game 1!!!!!!
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Still lovin the countdown, Erica!
Wait till the ALCS
October 13th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Yanks hit LHP fine.
But you’re right. Sweep or no sweep, we haven’t beaten the Angels YET.
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We do hit ‘em fine, but I’d rather have Jorge, Tex and Swish hitting LH. Melky has started lunging again LH, so I’m happy when he’s batting RH, because he stays inside the ball better.
Eh, I don’t want to get nitpicky with Melky. It’s all about pitching anyway.
I like us better well rested. We’re more dangerous that way. And even though he looks indomitable, it can’t hurt Alex’s hip to take a respite.
Melky hitting .318/.383 career vs. Angels (107 career ABs).
Melky likes to hit these guys.
Well, I’m out. Nice discussion.
And I’m serious about that sweep. Shock the world, baby.
A key will be getting into their bullpen early. All of these post season closers have given up runs to cost their teams a game, in this series it will be Fuentes’ time. If he even gets into a save situation.
Still cannot believe Joe Torre cared so little as to not get our guys off the field with the appearance of those midges.
I think the reason why pitching seems so much better in the post season is due to the long layoffs between series.
Baseball is played just about every day, few days off for the whole season, then it stops cold while waiting for the various series to start up.
Pitchers aren’t as affected because many of them are on regular rest or slightly more rest.
This layoff can affect the batter’s timing, while the pitching is still in normal mode. Just look at what had happened to the Rockies after they had that long layoff from sweeping, then sitting in the cold.
I understand why they don’t move up games especially when there are two divisions going. Once both the series are decided though why not move the schedule ahead? Same with the WS. What if both the NL and AL sweep their division championships? Another long layoff for both teams, weather getting colder which isn’t conducive for playing baseball.
Friday can’t get here soon enough for me. I want to get this party started.
The Yankees as a team have a .846 ops against LHP.
Betsy, I currently live in North Central NJ, but we’re staying in a hotel near the GWB for Games 1 & 2 (and Jets Sunday home game) because even that amount of traveling is grueling when the games drag on so long and the stakes are so high.
This down time is actually precious. I’m in hiding, even though there’s a break, so I can pretend I’m Baudelaire or something, laying low, watching the world go by as spectator, and collect my thoughts.
It’s like going into boot camp or something once it gets rolling. My artist/non-baseball friends don’t even bother to call me at this time of year. I get emails: “When will it be over…?”
Betsy,
Stark doesn’t want to change his pick because he knows he’ll look like a fool.
So, he’s doing the contrarian pick. All of them, their heart says one thing, but their mouths say another.
What does Leiter say? I need someone objective.
Oh Sam – you spoil us with your reporting, but you really are one hell of a writer, too. Thanks for your great work! I’d post the LoHud version, but I can’t find it. Sorry if this is elsewhere.
http://www.connpost.com/sports.....source=rss
CR9
October 13th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Still cannot believe Joe Torre cared so little as to not get our guys off the field with the appearance of those midges.
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Joe did some puzzling things toward the end, there. I don’t think it was that he didn’t care, I think he developed some sort of complex – he thought he was an ambassador for baseball, instead of the Yankees manager.
If you go to espn’s Yanks and Angels game page all of the writers picked the Yanks like 8 of them. Even Gammons…I feel like they are trying to jinx them. Especially Gammons, it’s odd when he picks the Yanks.
Fuentes finished 1st 48 in the AL with closes,Nathan 2nd 47, Mo 44
-FYI
“And even though he looks indomitable, it can’t hurt Alex’s hip to take a respite.”
For all the talk about how good Alex hits in Anaheim, he has a .240 BAA this group of ANgels pitchers.
In the 2005 ALDS, Alex had a .133 BAA the Angels but had a .435 OBP. If their approach is the same this time, he needs to be willing to only swing at strikes and take his walks.
Coolstandings,Pro Sports Handiccaprs ,picks Yankees to,Sp far Yankees are 54%.It will go higher.
I can’t keep my eyes open and I have an appointment for an oil change at the crack of dawn. So………
Good night Yankee people!!!!
And a good night to you, Erica
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M, you’re right – if Stark changed his pick for the reason he gave, he would look like a fool. Of course, he sounded like a fool on the radio. There’s just “something” about the Angels? Well, there’s a lot of “something” about the Yankees……..oh brother, lol.
MLB has done a great job covering the playoffs. Tonight, they had an hour on the NL and then an hour on the AL. I was on my computer and listening to their AL show at the same time, so I wasn’t paying close attention……..They weren’t making any predictions, just talking about whether CC should go in game 4, Swish/Abreu, Mo……good stuff.
Fuentes finished 1st 48 in the AL with closes
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I know but he also had a 4 era and had 77 base runners in 55 innings. So he doesn’t exactly do it easy. Yanks will know they have a chance when he comes into the game. It was different when you knew Krod was waiting.
pat
October 13th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
“And even though he looks indomitable, it can’t hurt Alex’s hip to take a respite.”
For all the talk about how good Alex hits in Anaheim, he has a .240 BAA this group of ANgels pitchers.
In the 2005 ALDS, Alex had a .133 BAA the Angels but had a .435 OBP. If their approach is the same this time, he needs to be willing to only swing at strikes and take his walks.
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Man, no one even acknowledges that no one would pitch to him in that series, but those numbers testify to that.
pat, if Alex’s AB against Nathan is any indication, he’s not swinging at breaking stuff a foot off the plate.
100 pitches of fun…
October 13th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Fuentes finished 1st 48 in the AL with closes
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I know but he also had a 4 era and had 77 base runners in 55 innings. So he doesn’t exactly do it easy. Yanks will know they have a chance when he comes into the game. It was different when you knew Krod was waiting.
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Haha. Fuentes getting thrown into a game against the Yankees is like tossing a raw steak at hungry lions.
Fine article by Sam, as usual, but I still have a problem with constant references (by all the media) to Alex’ post-season struggles. For the last few years, everyone has come up lacking in the post-season, not just Alex.
Betsy its an unwritten rule that you can’t critique anyone else.
Fuentes,he wasn’t used much in the division,i kept waiting for him but nothing.Could you imagine Joe hiding MO,WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE?
Matsui and Posada will be important in this series if Scioscia decides not to pitch to Arod in big spots. The Yanks got away with that in the Twins series with Mauer. Most of Mauer’s hits were singles. But Kubel or Cuddyer didn’t come up big behind him. The guys behind him need to get hot and protect against that.
Just took a trip down memory lane. You guys should take a stroll. I swear I screamed at Joe to get the guys off the field, but alas I didn’t post it for posterity.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/200...../#comments
“V” was the one and only (gayle mentioned it, too) to say that they should get the guys off the field.
SJ did yell at Torre to wake up because Joba was losing it. Lots of classic SJ in that thread.
LOL everyone must look at what “pat” said at 8:09. Hilarious given the current context.
Brandon was just Brandon, not so awesome yet.
The opt-out got a mention, and the Hitman got an endorsement.
And Pete was classic in his pre-game and updates. Kind miss his humor.
Bella, true……..lol
Matsui’s and Posada’s presence will be very persuasive toward that end, both having power of their own.
Although I’m not prepared to get ensnared in that web again, I r-e-a-l-l-y don’t want to see Posada sitting out a-n-y of these games against the Angels.
Leave the lineup alone.
When they stop talking about Alex then worry.Today is a slow sports news day.So they fill in with jibberish.
Oh, and Posada had a rough night behind the plate that game.
bodh
He had 6 BB, 2 HBP and 6 Ks in 2005 ALDS. Don’t remember each AB from 4 years ago but those numbers sound like they were either throwing out of the zone and he was swinging or they picked their spots to go right at him.
The Angels and/or his approach may be different this time but those OBP numbers compared to BA is stark.
I’m sorry for being a bad person, but am I the only one have major feelings of schadenfreude while reading the comments section on Boston.com/Pete’s new blog.
The major themes being discussed are:
1) Sox nation getting duped by the front office regarding the supposed low-risk/high reward strategy.
2) The Red Sox being old
3) Ortiz being finished as a major offensive threat.
Reading this makes me smile.
It seems like Friday is taking forever to get here….
M, that was crazy……….it brought back very unpleasant memories. I don’t think I was posting here at the time, just lurking….SJ was obviously frustrated (or was that his imposter, lol).
back in july i bet my frind 100$ that the yankees were going to win at least one championship in the next four years. hope i get my money as soon as this year.
m
I guess I have to take responsibility for that loss because I didn’t take the shower when I wrote it.
Those midges still sceeve me out thinking about it now.
@ M I like these updates by Pete.
UPDATE, 7:48 p.m.: This is weird. There are some sort of bugs on the field and the players are all getting bug spray put on them. That’s why Mientkiewicz was having problems during his at-bat.
UPDATE, 8:01 p.m.: Is this really happening because of gnats? Joba is clearly unnerved by the swarm of bugs on the field and has lost his control. He’s overthrowing everything, which has led to the wild pitches, walks and hit batter. What a mess.
But Yeah Torre should of pulled the team off the field. Especially when he saw how much of a problem Joba was having.
pat,
Never you mind. This loss was squarely on Joe Torre. And what the heck happened to Carmona? He was fabulous that year and simply fell off the map. Another star that flamed out after blinding the Yankees.
Betsy,
lol. It was pretty funny, huh? It’s just like any other game thread.
Seven,
“Some sort of bugs” major understatement given what happened after that!
Torre just sat back and relaxed way too often. Especially in the 2004 series with Wakefield on the mound. Like he didn’t go after the wins just waited for them to come to them.
pat
October 14th, 2009 at 12:02 am
bodh
He had 6 BB, 2 HBP and 6 Ks in 2005 ALDS. Don’t remember each AB from 4 years ago but those numbers sound like they were either throwing out of the zone and he was swinging or they picked their spots to go right at him.
The Angels and/or his approach may be different this time but those OBP numbers compared to BA is stark.
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Alex is much more of a contact hitter now. As impressive as his OBP has been over the years, Alex is far less vulnerable now in a pitcher’s count.
pat
October 5th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Just wanted to see if we could all agree on something tonight.
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I was so naive in 2007.
Incidentally, wasn’t Midge Barbie’s bridesmaid or something?
I’ll see if anyone answered affirmatively tomorrow morning.
Tired.
pat,
LOL. And Rebecca was had not morphed into Optimist Prime yet. She was young and innocent and not at all jaded yet.
I had a Midge doll. She was Barbie’s brunette best friend.
Off season planning already underway for RSN.
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....do/?page=1
I don’t know about the Barbie connection, but Midge was friends with Betty and Veronica and dated Moose.
Nick in SF……Archie was always my favorite comic once I hit puberty….Betty was the hottest, howver Veronica Cabot had this aura about her….Money aside
The allure of the bad girl… the brunette schemer… I understand.
Will you be in attendance in Anaheim on Monday and/or Tuesday? A buddy of mine has a ticket for me for the Monday game, I’ll be driving down some time Sunday, I think.
Hoping to get lucky with the Tuesday game as well.
Nick in SF….Monday appears to be a day game, and I might be going with my son…..I’m set up for Game 5 ( if necessay )….I’ll know more in the next few days….We’re actually having a winter storm coming thru So Cal today and tomorrow….Quite refreshing considering it hasn’t rained here since early March as we only had 8 inches for the year….Need rain to ward off the rain season…..We need to touch base on the Monday game and maybe we can meet up for a cold one before the game……
Sounds good. I can be contacted via my flickr page, just take the screen name there and add @yahoo.com. I might not be around the blog much tomorrow, hitting the road early, but will be checking in some time for sure. Off to bed now, talk to you soon.
oops, the flickr page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92472245@N00/
those odds are pretty bad
those living outside the US can bet on betfair which is a two way market so the company doesn’t put up any odds, instead its punters on both sides. RIght now bid ask for Yankees to win the WS is 2.36-2.38
Dodgers are 4.5-5.0
Phillies are 5.8-7.4
Angels are 4.7-5.0
And Yankees are 1.53-1.64 to win the ALCS
I think the odds are in favor of the yanks obviously. My second pick would be the angels. Whoever is coming out of the AL is winning it all. My third pick would be the dodgers and I dont think the phillies have any shot. Hamels has looked like garbage for most of the year and the fact that he is still doing terrible in the postseason shows everybody that they are looking for last years Cole when they dont have him. Hamels this year had extremely mediocre numbers compared to years past. He looks like a shell of last years version. Lidge was the worst closer in the mlb this year. Hitting doesn’t win in the postseason alone so they are goners.
With home field advantage and a flat out better team than the angels I would hope the yanks would be favored. I think the yanks have the edge when you compare the two lineups as they don’t have any 2 that really match up against arod and tex right now in terms of top 10 best talent in baseball. Lackey and Weaver to pose formidable matchups for CC and Burnett but after that, we have pettitte and they have an abysmal kazmir. We have home field advantage which is a big deal. I would take Mo over fuentes any day of the week any week of the year. Oliver, Bulger and Jepson were solid this year but I think anyone in their right mind would take Hughes, Joba, Robertson/Coke/Aceves bullpen combo if they had to choose. Coke has been lights out for over a month now. Hughes was untouchable all season. Joba was the most electric arm out of the pen the last two years. Robertson looked unshakable under pressure his last time out and aceves has been a rock in the middle of the pen going 10-1 this year. This is a better pen than we had in the last world series win with nelson stanton and mendoza. Id say all in all this team is looking like they can take down the angels in 5 or 6 games tops.
I do have to say I am a bit worried about damon – he looks like garbage at the plate. His swing is completely off and he has that lost puppy dog look every time he strikes out. Hopefully, the week off will help him get his act together but I really think something is actually wrong with him physically because he is just so totally horrendous looking.. Since sept 20, damon has 6 hits and no homers. Thats actually better than I thought but still not great. Arod, jeter and posada cannot do everything by themselves.
Tex will likely get into the mix a little more as despite his homer, he is 2 for 12 so far but I think damon would be a welcome addition to the offense against a team that has their offense running on all cylinders. 6 of the 9 angel starters have an obp of 250 or better against the sox with aybar at 364 and hunter at 385 and vlad at 500 and abreu at 692. We had posada at 364 and matsui at 417 and arod at 500 and jeter at 538 which looks good against them except nobody else broke 250 and only tex is above 200. So there lineup played more well rounded than the yanks in the ALDS.
That doesn’t mean much and could reflect a number of things but to me, lackey and weaver are better pitchers than anyone the yanks have seen so far starting and they cannot expect the same four guys to carry the entire burden. I am looking at damon, tex and cano really. Tex hit 467 for the angels in 2008 in the ALDS. Including this series, damon has averaged 302 352 474 with the yanks and sox in the ALDS. Cano hit 333 375 800 in the ALDS in 2007. I dont expect too much out of swish and cabrera but those 3 need to step it up against lackey and weaver.
To state the above comment a slightly different way, we had cabrera, swish, cano, damon and tex all putting up obps of under 250 while the angels only had figgins, izturis and kendrick do the same. We matched up against pavano, blackburn and duensing who had eras of 5.1, 4.1 and 3.64 respectively. While the angels matched up against beckett lester and bucholz who had eras of 3.86, 3.41 and 4.2 respectively and I think anyone would agree are of higher caliber talent and have far more post-season experience. Again, not saying that there aren;t numerous variables involved but i do think the yanks have to hit better against weaver, lackey and kazmir as a lineup than they did against the twins pitchers above as those two are two of the leagues better pitching talents as was kazmir up until this year.
Happy Birthday Joe Girardi!!
Jeter made a nice throw to home on the play that resulted in tagging out Punto after he overran third. But, Jeter could have done better. It took a good throw by Jorge to make the play happen.
There was no rush to throw the ball, since Punto was so far from home. If Jeter had held the ball and run toward Punto, he could have waited to see which base Punto ran toward. Then there would have been an easier play to tag Punto out whether he continued toward home or went back to third.
In other words,
Steven seconded!
Pat M, Archie was the best – I collected Archie comics, lol. I was totally a Veronica person, though – Betty was such a disgusting goody-two-shoes. Speaking of Midges, Midge was Moose’s girlfriend…………..
Pat M, it was Veronica Lodge, not Veronica Cabot, but I can understand the confusion. Either way, she was cool………..and Archie had a car (jalopy) called Betsy, lol
Nick in SF – was that a really bad John Mayer reference above? “Bold as love”?
There must be something in the water of everyone named Dave or David that makes them complain about everything, regardless of what it is.
GB7 -
If “Dave” is the “Dave” of the last off-season who wrote a lot (a lot!) and Ben Sheets, then at least he’s made progress: paragraphing and breaking his thoughts into separate posts.
a lot ABOUT Ben Sheets, that is. (Brain still foggy this a.m.)
Has the ALCS roster been determined yet, or is it still too early?
Dave makes it easy though – when you start off calling a player garbage, you don’t have to read any further…thanks, Dave!
Betsy
October 14th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Pat M, it was Veronica Lodge, not Veronica Cabot, but I can understand the confusion. Either way, she was cool………..and Archie had a car (jalopy) called Betsy, lol
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You’ll have to excuse PAT M, Betsy. In 1960, he backed Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge for President and Vice-President.
http://www.northjersey.com/spo.....stiny.html
I’m glad Klapisch said what he said about destiny – it’s a bunch of hooey. Interesting quotes from Cash, though:
“To be honest, I think they look down on us,” said general manager Brian Cashman. “They’ve had their way with us for some time, and now we have something to prove to them. It’s not the other way around.
“I think the Angels feared the Red Sox, but they don’t fear us. I think they’re happy they’re playing us.”
*I don’t care if the Angels fear us – this isn’t football, where emotion is a huge factor in determining the outcome. I just want the Yankees to execute – if they do, they’ll be fine.
The only part of the article that annoyed me was the Abreu reference. We won 103 games and what – we would have won 110 with Bobby? Klapisch is a stooge if he thinks that Abreu was worth what he would have gotten in arbitration. If the Yankees had signed him, we would not have Tex. He really needs to think, Klapisch does.
doreen – yeah, this dave is the same dave from last year. at least this year, hopefully, he won’t write about Ben Sheets AGAIN. if he does write about either Webb or Hudson then it’s good. but then again, who knows which
injury pronepitcher he’ll write about this season?GB, LOL – I thought that, but I didn’t want to point it out as I was trying to be nice. I see you didn’t have that problem, lol.
GB, why are you up at this hour (if you in the eastern area)? better yet, why you even up this early? lol
Betsy – I love that comment by Cashman…….play the role of disrespected…..love it.
Arliss, I think it’s a mistake if the Angels actually look down on us. If they want to think it’s going to be easy to beat us, that’s their problem. I’m actually surprised Cashman said something like that.
Doreen
October 14th, 2009 at 8:19 am
GB7 -
If “Dave” is the “Dave” of the last off-season who wrote a lot (a lot!) and Ben Sheets, then at least he’s made progress: paragraphing and breaking his thoughts into separate posts.
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No doubt that if he had typed those rants on paper, he would have wasted plenty of Sheets…..killed a lot of trees. All I know is that it was a great way to get to sleep. Only 2 minutes of reading and you slept like a baby for 12 hours. I pity those that read them at work. Lots of people got fired for sleeping on the job.
Can’t remember where I saw it, MLB or ESPN, but they did a comparison between Tex and Swish vs Abreu and Morales and gave the advantage to the Angels. Abreu was one of my favorite players, but Swish has been a good replacement. His defense has steadily improved, he was great in the ALDS. Swish has the same plate discipline as Abreu, altho Bobby was certainly hot in the ALDS. And Tex is in a class by himself.
Betsy
October 14th, 2009 at 8:34 am
GB, LOL – I thought that, but I didn’t want to point it out as I was trying to be nice. I see you didn’t have that problem, lol.
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Betsy, I figured that might have crossed your mind. I’m not afraid of PAT. His biggest fear is what I’ll do to his golf game out on the course. He won’t mess with me. I’ll tie him to a tree make make him watch me shoot a round of golf. He’ll never play again. The shock will drive him insane.
Betsy – sure, a mistake on their part, but I like Cashman trying to put a chip on our players shoulders by claiming the Angels look down on us…….love the move.
Lawnmower October 5th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
This will forever be known as “the bug game”. Wait on Fausto, make him suffer like Joba did.
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Looked back at the thread that was posted from that game. If this isn’t the truth! That is what I will forever know it as!
Betsy I read that too. You’ be replacing Bobby with Swisher. To me Swisher was a huge addition both on and off the field. I give the edge to Swish.
Betsy_ it is all mind games. He wants his guys to think the Angels look down on them. Make them come out with a little extra hop in their step, an I’ll show you type of thing.
” I’ll tie him to a tree make make him watch me shoot a round of golf.
not many people know it but gb7 used this method to teach charles barkley how to play golf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50K65PNeBU
upstate Kate – that comparison was on MLB tv
Upstate Kate- Did they really? I don’t think I am being a homer when I say I’ll take Swish and Tex in a heart beat over those two.
Also heard Steve “how was I ever a GM” Phillips rank starting pitching. He put the Angels first, Phillies, Yankees, Dodgers. Um okay. Vegas may think we are favorites, but let everyone else not. This team won 103 games!! I really could care less what all those jerks say. The game is played on the field!
And all this destiny garbage is really annoying. This kid (and I am not disparaging him in any way shape or form)was a rookie, he was not a vet on this team. I’m willing to bet half the team didn’t even know who he was. Now they are latching on, that they are going to win it for him. Total joke.
jennifer -
Now we know why the bugs bothered the Yankees more. It was so easy at the time to think that Cleveland was just mentally stronger. But they knew not to use bug spray; the Yankees did not. That’s what I call a home field advantage!
randy l.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:57 am
” I’ll tie him to a tree make make him watch me shoot a round of golf.
not many people know it but gb7 used this method to teach charles barkley how to play golf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50K65PNeBU
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It’s part of my sinister plot kill golf and to put an end to wasting all of the land used for golf courses. They can use the land for better things…NASCAR tracks.
i have a funny feeling ian kennedy is going to be in the mix very early next year with nothing to prove in the minors
I always like Tori Hunter, but whenever he talks about the Yankees he talks about their payroll.
Seems somewhat hypocritical when he took the money to go to the Angels.
Doreen
A bug specialist (and I should know the official name, since my uncle is one), called the Indians and told them not to use bug spray, that it actually attracts them.
Plus if you recall (I am trying to block it out) the bugs were not as bad when they were pitching. I recall hearing that they come for maybe 15 minutes than leave. I maintain if Joe pulled them off the field we would have won.
Doreen
October 14th, 2009 at 9:02 am
jennifer -
Now we know why the bugs bothered the Yankees more. It was so easy at the time to think that Cleveland was just mentally stronger. But they knew not to use bug spray; the Yankees did not. That’s what I call a home field advantage
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I guess the Yankee scouts didn’t do their job.
Maine- That is pretty funny. Why didn’t he take a million and stay with the Twins.
And it isn’t like the Angels are owned by a poor owner (oxy-moron). They are owned by Disney. Disney just has a small budget for the team, and pockets all the profits. Not Hal/Hank’s fault.
randy
It’s impossible to teach anyone to play golf that bad.
Maine- On that same vein. I heard that in Minnesota they have huge mosquito’s. The Yankees better call a bug specialist and find out how to get rid of them.
Arte Moreno now owns the Angels. Disney is just a poor neighbor.
Jennifer-
I agree, they have gone a bit overboard w/ this “destiny” thing.
Yesterday on ESPN they had a poll asking who people thought would be in the WS. Most people thought Yankees/Dodgers. I don’t think the ESPN guys were happy w/ the results
jennifer
October 14th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Maine- On that same vein. I heard that in Minnesota they have huge mosquito’s. The Yankees better call a bug specialist and find out how to get rid of them.
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Mosquitos in Minnesota have flags painted on their sides. Some even paint names on their noses, like Minnesota Minnie and Kate Moss-quito.
58 hours and 41 minutes until Game 1!!!!!!!!!!!
At least in the post season the Minnesota Mosquitos will already have frozen to death!
How stupid is it to build open air that far North/West?
they wanted to save the 150 million or so it would of cost for the dome
they figured 6 weeks wsnt worth the mnoney
Has the display on this site changed for everybody? I use Firefox, but the display for the comments and the content that Sam and Co. enter looks very different than it did yesterday. My PC ran some scandisk thing this morning so I’m wondering if it is just me or not?
“Nick in SF – was that a really bad John Mayer reference above? “Bold as love”?”
Pfffft.
Jimi Hendrix.
ESPN wants to have the destiny story. They tried it with the Twins and how the dome didn’t want to close to baseball.
Now we are getting all the Adenhart stories and the motivation that is creating team wide, where even Vlad is wearing Adenhart’s name on a shirt he wears under the uniform.
“It’s impossible to teach anyone to play golf that bad.”
maine yankee-
never underestimate gb7.
MikeBoston… I use firefox at home, window ie at work. it looks the same as always for me. I checked in before leaving for work this morning.
I didn’t realize that Disney no longer owned them. But you get my point.