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Closers are melting down all over the playoffs but Mariano Rivera remains the gold standard, Chad Jennings writes. It’ll be interesting to see how Rivera’s 2 1/3 innings of work in Game 2 affect him – if at all – the rest of the series.
Alex Rodriguez has been talking about how he’s “in a good place” for a while but now it’s true in a literal sense: A-Rod has great career numbers at Angel Stadium, and he’ll be looking to continue his breakout October. More on that in my column.
CC Sabathia will get the call in Game 4 on short rest, Joe Girardi said, and the notebook also has news on a potential milestone for Andy Pettitte, a place for fans to watch Game 3 (hint: it’s in the Bronx) and more.
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The early start and the three-hour time difference mean everything is a little compressed before the game today. At the very least, we’ll have the game post and lineup up as soon as its available.
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Chad Jennings
Josh Thomson
“I read that the balloon boy’s dad is going to charged criminally. Good. That kind of “prank” is horrific”
anyone who names their kid, Falcon, is a weirdo
Can someone explain me the benefits of this start time? The first answer is usually always TV, but why would net works want the game to start at 4 so the largest market in the world misses the first 2/3 of the game? This makes no sense to me at all.
The alternative is putting the game on head to head with the Phillies/Dodgers tonite. While I would have no problem missing the latter, others don’t feel that way.
Nick, you think AJ has been bad enought that you only want to see him one more time between now and the end of the WS?
GB, I beg to differ with you. AJ will be starting at least one more time in this series and, if it gets that far, two more times in the WS.
People from the oc will miss the whole game. That is if they have to work
Mo’s 2.1 innings entailed him throwing 25 pitches. That’s like a bullpen session. He should be fine.
I admit I’m worried about Andy now, with his whole mechanical issue thing maybe not quite sorted out yet. One start in the ALDS doesn’t mean everything is hunky dory with his mechanics and, as Sam pointed out, his last start against the Angels was terrible. I hope he pitches well today, but he’s going to need to as the Yankees are not hitting and Weaver is going to be tough.
I am totally jazzed that today’s game is a day game! I never thought that MLB would run an afternoon LCS game on a Monday. As an NYer living in the UK, this means I can watch a game that matters in real time, without having to end up like a sleep deprived zombie!
Betsy
remember CC’s last start at Tampa before playoffs, he was awful. Andy will be fine, he is a big game pitcher.
Agreed. Im going to bobbing and weaving thru traffic on my way home from work today trying to get back to watch the game. Id be ticked if I were an Angels fan.
I still don’t want to see Joe managing the pen like he did on Saturday – that was ridiculous (and true, how knows how Mo is going to react at this point).
Is it 4:00 yet?
Betsy —
You strike me as someone who could win the lottery and spend the entire night worrying about the tax implications.
Try to relax and have some fun. Andy has allowed three runs or less in 7-of-8 starts, 10-of-12 and 12-of-15 dating back to mid July.
The pressure is really on the Angels. Our guys will be able to play relaxed.
Not crazy about the 4 pm start time but I would rather have the early start time then a 10 pm start.
girardi did a masterful job managing the pen the other day. when he seemed to be overmanaging the relievers, changing so often in the division series, it was to get everybody into the postseason and settled down for the long haul of the playoffs, now he’s reaping the rewards of that.
when he managed the marlins (and won manager of the year) the one complaint that people threw out about him was that he burned out his pitching staff, this season, he developed his bullpen by trial and error early on, sorted it out and found the combinations that work, spread out the work so nobody got overused, and now he’s pushing all the buttons at the right time.
i’d say his bullpen use this year has been tremendous.
i’d rank girardi as the 2nd best manager in baseball this season, slightly behind scioscia and way ahead of everybody else.
By limiting Phil and Joba’s pitching, Girardi ensures he has them today. Robertson has really come up big this post season. Maybe he is next season’s EIG, when Phil returns to starting.
I can’t complain about Girardi’s use of the pen in Game 2 since he had Gaudin to fall back on in case the game went even longer. Essentially, he had enough pitchers to go 19 innings that night.
The only thing that is bothering me right now is if the Yankees win the next two games they will be off for over a week. The World Series starts a week from Wednesday – 10/28. It’s not that I’m worried about the Yankees performing after a long break, I’m worried about my own sanity waiting that long!
Hopefully the Yankees do win the next two games because I think dealing with a loss will be harder than dealing with a week of no Yankee baseball
“Try to relax and have some fun.”
betsy-
don’t listen to him. the yankees have gotten to where they are with you worrying.
if you change now, who knows what that could do to the mojo.
the yankees need you. keep doing what you’ve been doing
Agreed. Mariano threw 25 pitches in those 2+ innings. It’s not like he labored.
Did anyone hear bald Vinny on the fan?
He believes Nick Swisher owes him endorsement rights on the t-shirts he sells.
I don’t think Nick Swisher signed with the Yankees to be in business with Vinny.
I sit directly behind Vinny and have for years and I think he is wrong on this one.
What do you think?
randy l –
I was just about to write the same thing to Betsy!
Besides, I think she writes what a lot of people think, but don’t want to say.
Betsy needs to keep worrying
Erica needs to continue w/ the timely showering
Doreen needs to continue w/ the Yankees theme meals…so what is on for today? will it be lunch or dinner, given the early start?
yankee fan
What exactly does he mean by enforcement rights? He wants Swish to do a commercial for him? Or he wants a cut of what profit Swish gets from the Modells shirt? Doesn’t Swish have more important things to worry about like winning the ALCS, and the WS than some guy who sells t-shirts of the street?
upstate kate -
Oh! My! Goodness!
it HAS to be lunch. Or afternoon snack. It has to be. So, I best get on it. The dessert part is under control, and I had an idea for dinner, but that will be too late. I can still do the dinner I was planning, but it’s imperative that there be something to eat during the game.
(Given the length of Yankees games, I could still make it dinner, though.)
We can munch on Apples and Peanut butter as an appetizer at the start of the game. (Unless I come up with something better now that I realize I have to think about that.)
Girardi has been phenomenol in his mngt of pen. No one remembers how bad it was ad the beginning of year. He MADE the bullpen into the best in al. People with a simple outview say it’s from putting Hughes in as the 8th inning guy. That’s a part of it but it’s the handling of Ace, drob, coke, marte, and now joba that is the key. He wad as big a star last victory as arod and hairston. He kept yanks in it as they tried to give game away.
6 hours and 29 minutes until Game 3!!!!!!!!!
Upstate Kate-
I am back to fulfill my showering duties.
Although, Angel did shower at precisely the right time on Saturday night in my absense. I was trying to send Yankee people telepathic messages while I was away
Yea, Girardi really burned through the bullpen.
Coke .1 ip
Chamberlain .1 ip
Hughes .2 ip
Marte .1 ip
Aceves 1.1 ip
K-Rob 1.1 ip
Rivera 2.1 ip
The only person who could possibly be a little tired is Mo, but he didn’t throw too many pitches and has had a day off.
Repost: Chad, this is radicilous, I’m an ultra orthodox jew & I never saw anything anti semitic writen on this group when pete was here, can’t u filter anti semitic coments?? This grp became just bad & if those ugly coments won’t stop I’ll get together with other jews & close this grp by court…
the bullpen: if ya got it, flaunt it !
I’m getting very excited for this afternoon. My boss very kindly allowed me to rearrange my schedule this week, so I’ll be able to get home in time for the game today.
It’ll be strange not seeing Cano’s ninja look today-I’ve grown rather fond of it.
Jay don’t you think you should send an email instead of doing through the blog? And what does radicilous mean? I’ve never heard that word before.
I am heading out now to do a few errands (vacation day.. woohoo!!)
I SHOULD be back around 11 to start GTLU. If I am late, it will start immediately upon my return
Randy, lol – true. However, what will happen when I’m on vacation and I can’t worry as much? I will not be tied to this blog and the game, so my worrying will be minimized. Someone is going to have to carry the torch for me…..
Jay
It seems you are a fraud. Built any ballons lately?
Doreen, lol – probably true. I hate being a worrywart, but such is life – a leopard can’t change his spots. I’m pretty sure I worried in 1998, too…
What is a ballon? Sounds rather radiculous!
Vrsce
I agree, I think he is a fraud.
Mark in Tampa October 19th, 2009 at 9:57 am
What is a ballon? Sounds rather radiculous!
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LOL I about fell off my chair.
Betsy -
I used to think you were a worrywart until I started recognizing some of my own “hesitations” in what you write!
“As an NYer living in the UK, this means I can watch a game that matters in real time, without having to end up like a sleep deprived zombie!”
As a CTer living in Australia this means I have to get up at 7:30… :c
“yankee fan se ct. October 19th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Did anyone hear bald Vinny on the fan?
He believes Nick Swisher owes him endorsement rights on the t-shirts he sells.
I don’t think Nick Swisher signed with the Yankees to be in business with Vinny.
I sit directly behind Vinny and have for years and I think he is wrong on this one.
What do you think?”
I don’t think Swish has anything to do with the shirts Modell’s is selling so Bald Vinny needs to do some fact checking before he speaks out. Swisher posted recently on his website, facebook and swisher that he had nothing to do with the shirts and specifically said to buy the shirts at baldvinny.com….
his website, facebook and twitter*. twitter. not swisher. lol.
Well, game time is 4am for me, I guess I will swallow a sleeping pill now and try to wake up at 4.
I hope yankees make it 3-0 after this game, and make my sacrafice worth while. Go Yankees!!
Beedog!
Good day mate! I lived in Brisbane for 17 years
why dont u cut out the spam for your t-shirt racket already.
Ballon is the French word for Balloon and by analogy also for other different spheric objects
or a stupid spelling error
You better worry extra hard between now and the start of your vacation.
And remember, while your wasting away in Margaritaville, the Yankees will be working extra hard to avoid serious physical injury and the unbearable embarassment of losing.
man pete must be loving life! he got to sit home an watch his beloved patriots crush, then sat in front of the tv and live blogged the phillies game for nobody (11 comments) its like stealing! and once again, he avoided all that flying around covering the alcs and, god forbid, the WS!
Brian
Yep I read that mlb players association can do the shirts without the players knowledge and approval. For someone who acts like a super fan who knows all he should know this. I Swish supposed to stand by Vinny’s table and tell everyone to buy for him? What more is the man supposed to do? I don’t want Swish wasting any time with this nonsense. I want him concentrating on bringing a WS back to NY. If Vinny is the super fan that he claims he is, than he will drop this nonsense and let Swish just play ball.
agreed, Jennifer. It’s strange that Vinny would make a fuss about it at this point, and kind of annoying.
Chad, this is radicilous, I’m an ultra orthodox jew & I never saw anything anti semitic writen on this group when pete was here, can’t u filter anti semitic coments?? This grp became just bad & if those ugly coments won’t stop I’ll get together with other jews & close this grp by court…
Bald Vinny is looking for publicity…that’s it
Jay……its was like 2 comments, hours ago. Maybe e-mail Chad if you’re that upset about it. constantly posting the same spelling error-laden message here is just getting annoying.
Also, what is an “ultra” Orthodox jew? are you like 5 jews morphed into 1 mega jew?
You can tell alot about a person when they get their 15 minutes of fame…
Jay- Stop spamming the blog. Again if you have an issue with what is written write to Chad/Sam we don’t need to keep reading the same thing.
My wife is thrilled about the 4 pm start time. Game should be over by 8, so she can watch her beloved ‘Dancing With the Stars’!
Anyway, back to baseball. Andy looked so strong vs the Twins, he should have a heck of a game today. At least you know the pressure won’t get to him.
I’m gonna miss half the game today.. I wanted to come early and leave early but everything went bad.. woke up late.. came very late to work and will leave pretty late from work.. By the time I go home, hughsie or joba should be pitching..
HAHAH you’re going to close this group by courts? This is the internet buddy, people are free to spew whatever sort of idiocies they want.
it was good to see Molina finally get a hit. if there is 3-2 count on figgins, yankee pitchers should just bring the heat ! Aceves did not saturday night and the small hitter got his first hit in 17 AB’s
Betsy,
Maybe if you merely up your worry quotient, you’ll be able to ensure us winning in 4 or 5, thus precluding the issue of not having your worry presence on the blog for 6 & 7.
Or perhaps, your higher self has known all along we will win in 4 or 5, and thus you felt free to be away from the blog, having a good time.
This, of course, would make you a real positive “worry free” poster…but don’t worry about that, your secret is safe with me
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Well if u wouldn stop I wouldn either, Chad, this is radicilous, I’m an ultra orthodox jew & I never saw anything anti semitic writen on this group when pete was here, can’t u filter anti semitic coments?? This grp became just bad & if those ugly coments won’t stop I’ll get together with other jews & close this grp by court…
Maybe Jay is an uneducated robot
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....ent.3.html
Nice photo gallery of the ALCS. I thought you guys would really like that one. I think Bobby gets an “A” for affort.
Life long Yankee fan who has two partial packages at the stadium, one of which is in Vinny’s section. Vinny is a tool, for stirring this up and for 500 other things he has done. He thinks the section/stadium/world revolves around him.
That said, nice shirt.
But he’s a jerk.
Cant wait for the game today. I have my dvr set.
Am I missing something? What anti-semitic comments?
Donnie on with Joe and Evan……..I still can’t stand that he’s not a Yankee, but hopefully one day he’ll return.
Discussion of Ronan Tyner
Here’s hoping the Yanks play super RADICULOUS today and go up 3-0!! Cant wait til 4pm!!!!!!!
I plan on heading out to the Stadium today because I have no life. Any one else coming?
Jen, did you get my email?
Anyway you can use yankeetrisha@verizon.net. Again, thanks for the help.
Bronx Jeers, I hope so because any loss would be unacceptable. They don’t get paid that amount of $$$ to lose…..I hope they recognize that.
Doreen, I used to call myself the Paul O’Neill of fans, except I never kicked over water coolers…. My worry has nothing to do with the confidence I feel (or lack thereof) in the team. If there is nothing to worry about, I worry about that, lol.
that was so 2 days ago…move on already…
Erin- lucky you to get off early! I am relying on the DVR (and the TV in our conference room)
Hey Sam,in your article about Mariano being the gold standard for closers, you forgot another closer in postseason that has faltered too,Brian Fuentes(Angels) blew the lead in game 2 ALCS.
In the LAtimes.com yesterday,Greg Beacham wrote that in the history of the Angels postseason,they have never been able to overcome an 0-2 and win.
Jay, I think you have gone off the deep end. Seriously, why are do you think you are such a victim? If someone made inappropriate comments you are giving them power by acting like a lunatic.
I don’t condone making racist or ethnic based negative comments, but most people ignore morons who make stupid comments.
Frankly, you are acting childishly. How about growing up instead, and realise that this world is made up of all kinds of people? And please, learn how to spell.
iiicollies
October 19th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Discussion of Ronan Tyner
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I (unfortunately) remember that thread, I thought he meant comments from today.
Bodh, lol….I really don’t like posting my overly negative thoughts, but sometimes I can’t help myself. It will help to get away ,to be honest, as I’m taking this all too seriously.
upstate kate
October 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am
that was so 2 days ago…move on already…
Erin- lucky you to get off early! I am relying on the DVR (and the TV in our conference room)
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I know-I’m eternally grateful to my boss! I think he realized that I would get absolutely no work done once the game started and figured what the heck?
Am I missing something? What anti-semitic comments
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Someone said that sandy Koufax was not the greatest pitcher ever and that Hank Greenberg could not hit.
Jay. I do agree it was not appropiate of whoever made that comment. But please stop posting the same comment. You may want to email Sam and Chad directly and Im pretty sure they will take care of that.
Rebecca,
I’m glad that you’re going to take advantage. Best deal in town! I hope they get a good crowd. Though I can’t imagine why not (aside from the fact that it’s not a good time). I hope a lot of kids and youth groups take advantage.
Let’s hope it’s a good matinee for you guys.
Is it 4pm yet???? Longest workday already.
Shouldn’t the Philadelphia game start at 4:30 and the west coast game start at 8 EST ?
I guess that would make too much sense.
Swisher Salute t-shirts? Who is the target audience on that product? The 500 people who are paying attention to the players reactions to the roll call?
OK, enough already Jay. Call fellow Jew Kevin Youkilis. Maybe he has a sympathetic ear for you.
If not maybe Bernie Madoff will listen.
Jay, what you need to know is that neither you nor any group has the power to shut down the blog. Newspapers are private enterprises and as owners of the press have the right to do anything they want to – including violating their own policies – as long as they are not breaking any laws.
The first amendment actually gives people the right to say pretty hideous things in a generic sense. It is only when someone is targetting specific individuals as opposed to an entire group that it can rise to the level of being a crime or a violation of the first amendment.
Jay, what you need to know is that neither you nor any group has the power to shut down the blog. Newspapers are private enterprises and as owners of the press have the right to do anything they want to – including violating their own policies – as long as they are not breaking any laws.
The first amendment actually gives people the right to say pretty hideous things in a generic sense. It is only when someone is targetting specific individuals as opposed to an entire group that it can rise to the level of being a crime or a violation of the first amendment.
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Thanks Trisha
5 hours to game time… Let’s get some new posts goin!
Casanova – Mariano only threw 25 pitches to get 7 outs. He should be fine with the day off.
Jay – you sound like a complete tool.
What is bald vinny’s claim? Is Swisher benefitting from this somehow?
Bald vinny is annoying…..guy has turned being a yankee fan into using the yankees in every way possible to make money. I question whether he is actually a fan or if he has simply become a bleacher entrepreneur.
“Also, what is an “ultra” Orthodox jew? are you like 5 jews morphed into 1 mega jew?”
This made me laugh pretty radicilously hard
It’s time to play postseason “Guess the Line Up”!!!!
Please post your line up submissions, with positions here (or any new threads). I will accept submissions until the earlier of 12:30 or when it gets leaked online.
Good luck lineup guessers!
4 hours and 52 minutes until Game 3!!!!!!
I was listening on WFAN this morning when Carton explained the Bald Vinny/Swisher thing.
According to Carton, Bald Vinny made that swisher salute t-shirt. Swisher loved it, started wearing it, etc. So Swish and his agent trademarked the “Swisher Salute” slogan and the picture on the t-shirt and sold the idea to Modell’s. That’s all according to Carton so who knows what the deal is.
Sounds like a pretty crappy thing for Swish to do but it’s well within his rights.
Swish copyrighted “Swisher Salute” and now Modells is selling the t-shirts which is of course sanctioned by MLB.
The ironic thing is that those t-shirts will most likely be available for for 4.99$ come January when Modell’s needs room to sell NFL playoff gear.
Trish you never got my reply? If not I’ll resend it again when I get home. ALso email me from that email address.
Well, if that’s all true, it does sound bad. But I’m curious, did bald vinny get Swisher’s permission to use his name and likeness in the first place? Mm. Doubt it.
Bronx Swish’s people said they copyrighted it for his protection. They don’t want people taking Swisher Salutes and using it how ever they please.
There are some fans that think they are bigger than the team, or better than others. Fireman Ed is one…
Erica
gotta go w/ the A line up
SS Jetes
LF Erica’s PBF
1B Tex
3B Mr “in a good place”
DH Sui
C Jorge
2B Ninja Cano
RF Swishalicious
CF Melky
thanks
Patrick Carton is wrong. Swish had an entry posted that said they had nothing to do with the t-shirt sold at Modells it was done without his knowledge.
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Tex 1B
A-Rod 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Swisher RF
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Pettitte P
“Mm. Doubt it.”
No he did not so Swisher has every right to do what he did.
“Bronx Swish’s people said they copyrighted it for his protection. They don’t want people taking Swisher Salutes and using it how ever they please.”
I think that’s kind of a thin excuse. This was clearly done so that Swisher could cash in on the “Swisher Salute” thing.
“Patrick Carton is wrong. Swish had an entry posted that said they had nothing to do with the t-shirt sold at Modells it was done without his knowledge.”
Okay maybe so but Swisher did trademark the image meaning he gets money when someone else uses it. So he profits from the t-shirts sold at Modell’s, I believe.
For the record, since I was not on during Saturday night’s game. Here are my thoughts/reactions to the game
1) A-Rod is really amazing. I don’t know what has gotten into the man the last two weeks but I sure like it
2) That game would not have been won without two amazing catched by none other than, MPB Johnny Damon. And yes, I was screaming like a girl when he made them. I have seen Johnny take so much crap for his fielding on here, in my opinion very much undeserved. It was great to see him making some game changing catches
3) There is really nothing to say about Mariano Rivera. I do in fact sometimes wonder if maybe he is just inhuman. Cause there is nothing more automatic.
Real Simple:
Bald Vinny is a loser. Always has been. Self promoting pseudo Yankee fan who legitimately believe people come to Yankee games to see him. I am a bleacher season ticket holder……couldnt care less about Bald Vinny. Like I said, guy is a loser.
Yes he gets a cut because he is part of the players association. Is he supposed to turn over the check to Vinny? If so why? If the Yankees wanted to they probably could shut down his little t-shirt stand.
“There is really nothing to say about Mariano Rivera. I do in fact sometimes wonder if maybe he is just inhuman. Cause there is nothing more automatic.”
I really wish you didnt say this.
anyone else think Jay is secretly a Nazi, posting “radicilous” sounding statements as a Jew to make Jews look bad? Sounds crazy, but possible!
I don’t think Swisher gets any money from the Modells’ shirts, MLB does which in turn pays the players but I don’t think it’s necessarily from the sale of their own “personal merchandise”. It’s more from a general fund and all players get a small slice.
Bald Vinny has no recourse unless he copyrighted or trademarked or whatever you do to protect your idea, and I doubt he could have done it without Swish’s approval.
I think some people had issues with Girardi’s bullpen use because during the year he would use his relievers for an inning, (example Hughes). During the post season he has been changing pitchers quickly and using a lot of them.
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Regarding Pete. He did what is best for him. The Gannett paper is basically a Westchester paper. It is not the Post, Daily News or NY Times. It does not come close to the circulation of those 3 papers. I am sure he made the best decision for him.
Swisher’s agent trademarked it so nothing obscene or profane could be made and Swisher’s name included on it.
A one finger “salute” was the first thing that came to mind that they may have been trying to avoid.
the start times are radiculous, saturdays game should have started at 6 or 7 the latest. 4 is early for a lot of peeps
Erica…I agree with most of those 3 comments, although I think some of the criticism he gets is deserved (he’s looked pretty bad AT TIMES). As is usually the case on the internet, it goes a bit too far and naturally he doesn’t get the credit when he deserves it.
Arliss-
Its okay. I would never jinx my boys. I am way too superstitious. But to clarify, we have seen closers like Fuentes, Lidge, and Nathan blow saves against the Yankees this season. And they are considered some of the best in the game. That is why when Mariano blows a save it is so shocking, its so rare
jeter
damon
teixiera
rodriguez
matsui
posada
cano
swisher
gardner
I like to see Gardner make a start. Maybe he gets on base a couple of times and runs wild.
to take that thought a bit farther with Johnny Dangerously, he certainly doesn’t get the credit he deserves overall as a Yankee contributor. The guy has been great for the Yankees when you consider his offensive and defensive contributions in pin-stripes. I think you’d be hard pressed to find a level-headed Yankee fan that regrets that signing…
Phillie game should have started at 4. Warmer in the East during the day.
Yankee game should have started at 8. California games should always be at night.
MLB does what the networks want. Dumb, but money talks.
Erica,
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swish RF
Melkman CF
“Yes he gets a cut because he is part of the players association. Is he supposed to turn over the check to Vinny? If so why? If the Yankees wanted to they probably could shut down his little t-shirt stand.”
Did I ever say that? No. Of course not.
The bottom line is, Vinny came up with the “Swisher Salute” slogan and he came up with the image on the shirt. Swisher then trademarked that idea, even though he didn’t come up with it, and now Vinny can’t prosper from his idea. It’s not against the law what Swisher did but it’s wrong in my opinion.
Trevor-
You need to list the positions
Patrick – I wasn’t directing it at you. I was just making a general statement. And Vinny should have been smarter and trademarked the idea. It is his loss.
Erica,
I need to run out but I had to make sure to play GTLU before I left
Here is my line-up
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Melky CF
Thanks. Hope you enjoyed AC.
Gotta go with the A-Lineup indeed:
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teix 1B
A-Rod 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Melky CF
I would love to see Gardner play, but he just isn’t as good as Melky.
Hey you gotta love Swisher and I surely do but I’ll pass on the “Swisher Salute” T-shirt.
If I’ve got 15 bucks to blow in my Yankee budget, it’s on a beer and a hot dog.
Here’s my idea for a Yankee-LoHud t-shirt:
“Johnny & Erica: Strangers in life…Lovers on LoHud “
Damon is a gamer. It was a good signing by the Yankees. He has made some good plays in the outfield, but he is not a good defensive outfielder. But offensively, I’ll take him at bat in a pressure situation.
Erica-how was your trip? Did your friends make it through the entire game?
“Patrick – I wasn’t directing it at you. I was just making a general statement. And Vinny should have been smarter and trademarked the idea. It is his loss.”
Yeah it is unfair but don’t you feel bad that his idea is basically being stolen by Modell’s? Shouldn’t he be able to prosper from something he created?
ss derek
lf johnny
1b mark
3b alex
dh hideki
c jorge
2b robinson
rf nick
cf brett
Erica – i’m pretty sure I heard you scream when Johnny made that catch.
SS – Jetes
LF – Damon
1B – Tex
3B – Mr. Hudson
DH – Matsui
C – Jorge
2b – Ninja
RF – Swish
CF – Melky
Bronx Jeers-
LOL. That sounds like a winner to me.
Unfortunately, the rest of the world is not in on the MPB joke. Otherwise, it comes across creepy. But I sure would wear it
Erica, today’s lineup should be:
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF
Pettitte SP
Erin
October 19th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Erica-how was your trip? Did your friends make it through the entire game?
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Sort of…..
We managed to hang out at the table eating dinner at the bar until around the 7th inning. Thankfully, a massive and hysterical argument over buffalo wings broke out and lasted about 2 innings. Then we paid the check and went to the main bar area.
We stayed at the bar drinking and watching the game. I switched to soda by the 8th innng. Unfortunately, my friends did not. (We had been drinking since about 2 in the afternoon so you can only imagine). I began to get the feeling this game better end soon. Sadly, it did not.
It the 11th it looked like the game would end at the Yanks would lose. Then A-Rod did his magic. My friends acted really excited which was cool. The drunkest friend was refusing to leave the bar because (in her words) “I have invested way too much time in this game. I will see the end)
By the top of the 13th, I could not in good conscience, allow my friend to sit at that bar and drink anymore while we waited for the game to end. So I insisted we leave the bar and go back to the main casino floor where TVs were set up and we could gamble more.
I was actually standing in the middle of the casino yelling “run, run, run” when the Yankees finally won the game
Jeter SS
Damon LF (Erica’s PBF)
Tex 1B
A-Rod 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF
Pettitte P
“Unfortunately, the rest of the world is not in on the MPB joke. Otherwise, it comes across creepy. But I sure would wear it”
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Erica, you should have one of those shirts made up for Yankee Snoopy.
“A” Lineup to go up 3-0
Jeter – ss
Damon – lf
Tex – 1b
Alex – 3b
Matsui – dh
Posada – c
Cano – 2b
Swisher – RF
Melky – cf (he’s put together some really good ab’s this series)
Erica,
I read you last comment to Erin, so does that mean you won while at the casino. Too bad it wasn’t in Vegas where you could have won $.
KF
October 19th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Erica,
I read you last comment to Erin, so does that mean you won while at the casino. Too bad it wasn’t in Vegas where you could have won $.
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I lost $60. Which is probably the least amount of money I have ever lost there. I came home a happy girl
I’m sure more people know about the “Swisher Salute” than the MPB joke but I doubt it’s the difference is as astronomical as we we imagine.
The “roll call” ?
Personally, in the top of the 1st I’m focusing on the pitcher and not how the players respond to the tired roll call.
Other than Johnny and Swish, most just give a perfunctory wave of the glove and are focusing on the game. Especially the infield.
Remember when Melky misplayed a ball because he was busy answering the roll call?
new thread
this is a test-
Ernie
Ed H. (Winner of Guess the Postseason Roster)
October 19th, 2009 at 11:43 am
“Unfortunately, the rest of the world is not in on the MPB joke. Otherwise, it comes across creepy. But I sure would wear it”
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Erica, you should have one of those shirts made up for Yankee Snoopy.
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Funny story-
I was once in a store with a friend who wanted to buy something for her niece. I saw a child sized Damon t-shirt and said, “I should buy this for Ernie”
My friend asked me who had a child named Ernie. I told her, it would be for my Ernie doll. LOL
Anyway, Yankee Snoopy has his inaugural Yankee Stadium jersey. I do not want to change his clothes because what he is wearing works so well for him