Yankees waiting to announce 40-man decisions
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You might have noticed a lot of teams in baseball making signficiant roster changes today and yesterday. The Rays have added Desmond Jennings and Jeremy Hellickson to the 40-man. The Orioles have added Brandon Erbe and five others. The Cardinals have added a whopping eight players.
The Yankees have added none.
I checked with Austin Jackson this afternoon just to be sure, and Jackson said he hasn’t heard anything about 40-man moves to protect players from the Rule 5 draft. You can bet Jackson will be one of the Yankees protected. If he hasn’t heard anything, the moves haven’t happened.
Things have been pretty quiet since the World Series. Might start to get a bit louder as of tomorrow.
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First comment? Impossible to get one of these in the postseason
What’s going on in Tampa?
Wave, disagree. Phil had a domino effect on the rest of the bullpen. They maintained between a 3-6 game lead for most of the 2nd half, but not an 8 game lead. Without Phil, in any case, I still think we don’t make the playoffs – that pen was atrocious for a long time……..
Heyman is on MLB.com now. Says Mark DeRosa is getting a ton of buzz right now. Says Tejada is getting the most interest of the really old guys. Thinks the Brewers will be a surprise player and have talked to Lackey. Also looking at Washburn and some others. Says Dodgers won’t sign a big FA.
Pardon me, he was on MLB network.
Is it not funny that Jason Bay was being touted as an MVP candidate throughout the season by the media.
Now, the season is over, and Jason Bay is being downplayed by every major Boston media (ESPN and Pete A included).
They want the Red Sox to get him back, but as cheap as possible, to save them from having to spend a lot of money so they can use the excess money to do something else.
Betsy-
Have to disagree. Hughes was useful, but it was really getting guys out of the pen, and new faces in, that did the trick. How many more wins was Hughes worth than Robertson? Some, sure, but not enough to cause us not to make the wild card! Texas was 87-75, for heaven’s sake.
Wave, I’m surprised to see you makw that statement about Young Master Hughes……His insertation to the bullpen turned a glaring weakness into a strength, the best pen in baseball……I think you may have missed the mark on this one
The Boston offer to Bay is the signal that there will be no 100M + contracts this winter. While they may come up to as much as 5/90, they are throwing down the gauntlet. Nobody needs Bay as much as Boston, and they have set their market.
On the other hand, if Bay goes for 75M or less, I think it is that much more likely that the Yanks go after Holliday. I don’t think they want any part of him for 120+(neither does anybody else), but for 80-85M for 5 years? Maybe they go for that.
If I am Boston, I go for Holliday, though. He is a better and younger player; and it keeps him out of the Yankees hands. I don’t think the Yanks want Bay at any price, but if it goes low enough, they will jump on Holliday.
Bingo, Mark. I really think there will be a sort of down market with lots of bargains for the patient teams.
Pat M-
I’m not knocking Phil, far from it. But one reliever doesn’t turn a 103 win team into an 87 win team. Not even Mo could do that. If Robertson had been the set-up guy and not Phil, he probably would have done close to as well.
Wave, As always you make very good points….However, just check out the Yanks record once Hughes took over the 8th setup role and compare it to prior…You may want to also check out Rivera’s save stats and I think you’ll see he just started to rack up saves once Phil was handing him the ball……I have not looked any of this up, but I’m basing this on what I recall seeing as part of the Yanks resurgance in the AL East….Of course the key factor was the return of Alex…..Robertson arrive on the scene in earnest in September or late August
As per the bullpen I love how people are saying they really hope Marte can carry over his postseason performance next year like it is a huge question or like that was the first time he has pitched well in his career.
First, Marte has been one the best LHR in baseball since 2002. He has a long track record of success. The postseason was just a true reflection of his abilities.
Also, I posted this the other day. The numbers may just be a tad off because I do not remember them exactly but Marte pitched 13.1 innings in the regular season.
12 of those innings he pitched to a 3.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP
1.1 of those innings his ERA was 67.00
Marte is a great reliever. 1.1 innings does not make him a question mark.
“First comment? Impossible to get one of these in the postseason”
And yet, none of us are impressed.
Hughes was great his year in the bullpen, but the truth is middle relievers are just not that valuable in the grand scheme of things. That is why Joba or Hughes are not being banished to the bullpen for life.
The Yankees showed they can win in the playoffs without Hughes. In fact they won a couple games having to overcome his bad performances. The Yankees still win the AL East without Hughes.
The bulk of Hughes’ relief appearances came at the expense of Veras and Edwar. The Yankee bullpen had a dramatic turnaround not just because Hughes was so good, but also because the two he replaced were so bad.
While Phil did not make the Yanks a 103 win team from an 87 win team, had Edwar and Veras been the only two we had for that role; they might have turned a 103 win team into an 87 win team. With an MLB quality reliever instead of Phil, however, the Yankees maybe win 98-100 games instead.
Twilight is terrible escapist fantasy for teenage girls where in a boring and bland girl is somehow ~the one~ for an undead virgin vampire d-bag whose whole relationship is illogical and stupid.
Also the werewolf is a pedophile who is in love with the main characters unborn baby
from previous thread.
Thanks Doreen for saving me the money. The only times i will get myself to watch chick flicks are in valentines and my wifes birthdays. Last one was the girlfriends ghosts of the past(dont have the title down)with Matthew Mcgonehey and Ben Gardners wife. Have to admit, it wasnt that bad. The prior time was that movie attonement and she was upset that i took her to a sad ending movie. Hillarious. I was hoping after that movie she wouldnt want to see anymore
SoS,
Yeah, stay away from the Twilight movies.
My wife read the books and really liked them.
However, she didn’t like the 2nd book.
She saw the first movie and really disliked it.
Yet she is going to see the 2nd movie… which is based on her least favorite book.
I don’t get women sometimes. Of course I’m just glad she doesn’t expect me to go watch the movies, because that ain’t gonna happen.
Harold Reynolds is such a delight on MLB network.
talk about a blessing in disguise (him not being at ESPN)
Lucky you vin. Lucky you. My wife still doesnt understand watching the same Yankee sportscenter highlight over and over again. She doesnt understand that some movies dont get old watching it again and again. Sort of like the Yankees winning playoff game highlights. Now on the other hand, when they lose, espn is non exsistant.
so is this discussion “Yankees don’t sniff the playoffs without Young Master Phillip” ?
I think Phil was a Godsend this Year, But I think the Yanks would have made the playoffs without him.
it was a Team.
I think Phil was a Godsend this Year, But I think the Yanks would have made the playoffs without him
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i don’t. I definitely know they wouldn’t have won the division.
that said, they were definitely a team
Fellas. We’re talking about the Yankees here, not the Royals. Yanks would have picked someone up at the deadline or before if Phil wasnt the answer.
jerkface -
You should put spoiler disclaimers in your posts about movies/books/tv.
I didn’t read the 4th book yet. You gave a piece of information not contained in books 1-3. Escapist teenage girl fantasy or not, you need to respect the fact that some people have daughters who love the stuff and are reading it just to have a handle on what the big deal is about.
I personally don’t see the attraction of most of the characters in these books. But as a teenage girl I raced home to watch Dark Shadows.
Yeah, my wife doesn’t really get my whole fascination with sports – especially the Yankees. She keeps reminding me that I don’t play for the team, and that the superstitions I follow hold no bearing on the outcome of the game.
Just like I can’t understand how she can watch that So You Think You Can Dance show. To each his own, I guess.
So i was watching the playoffs this year and took a glance at the Dodgers/Phils game. I was telling my son that that beast throwing 100 was once in the Yankees farm system. I cant remember who we traded Broxton for? Brown?
vinny-b (lock up Girardi and let Jeter wait)
November 19th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I think Phil was a Godsend this Year, But I think the Yanks would have made the playoffs without him
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i don’t. I definitely know they wouldn’t have won the division.
that said, they were definitely a team
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You think Phil Hughes accounted for 8 wins?
Hughes going to the pen definitely helped turn that part of the team into a strength, but there was a lot of things going on with the team at that point.
He made his first appearance in the pen on June 8th. That was around the same time that the starters started consistently going deeper into games. Also, that wasn’t too long after A-Rod came back and gave the offense a big boost.
I’m definitely not taking anything away from what Hughes did in the bullpen. He definitely helped out a lot. That doesn’t mean that the Yankees bullpen is going to fall apart without him next year. Mariano, Robertson, Aceves, Marte, and Bruney is a good bullpen core and there are plenty options in the minors as well as some free agent options Cashman might go after.
Phil Hughes made a huge impact. His development in the bullpen from a middle relief guy to 8th inning set-up guy helped to define the roles of all the other guys in the pen.
If not him, then, possibly someone else emerges. Perhaps Robertson emerges sooner. At the very least, the bullpen gelled quite quickly once those roles were defined and that shouldn’t be underestimated. It is possible the Yankees still get to the playoffs without Hughes in that role, because they would have worked to find someone else who “clicked.” It would probably have taken a bit more time. So, the hold on the division wouldn’t have been as secure, the road to the playoffs would have been rougher, the team would not have been as rested playing in the stretch run.
You can’t really know how it would have ended. But having Hughes do the job he did certainly made it a lot better than it probably would have been.
Doreen, So you had a crush on Barnabas Collins ???? Where the action is was the show that aired before Dark Shadows I believe……
The Yanks definitely would’ve made the playoffs if Phil wasn’t in the pen. I can think of 3 reasons why:
He would’ve been in the rotation – which would’ve been better than the Wang/Aceves/Mitre/Gaudin experience.
Robertson, Coke and Aceves had already stabilized the ‘pen before Hughes joined them. Hughes was just icing on the cake.
Cashman would’ve acquired someone if the need persisted.
S.o.s. – Broxton was drafter by the Dodgers. He was never Yankees property.
vin
November 19th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
The only thing better than the Basbeall-reference Play Index, is a free trial to the index (which expires tomorrow).
Out of curiosity, I was wondering the most HRs hit in a season that accounted for at least half of the guy’s total RBI.
Meaning – has anyone hit 40 HRs, and had less than 80 RBI?
Interestingly, the number 2 guy on the list, Chris Duncan, had 22 hrs, and 43 rbi in 2006. Sorted by HRs, the totals fall pretty quickly.
592 guys have done it, but the bulk of them simply hit 1 or 2 solo hrs, and didn’t drive in any other runs. Not very interesting.
What is interesting is Barry Bonds tops the list when he hit 73 HRs, and drove in only 137 RBI. That’s 51 MORE hr’s than the 2nd place guy. Of course there a bunch of reasons why he didn’t have more HRs:
He got walked 177 times (35 intentional)
Marvin Bernard was the most common leadoff man – and he had an awful OBP
It’s the NL, so the pitcher’s spot was also hitting not far ahead of Bonds.
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My favorite stat about Bonds and the 73 HR year is that he hit 37 HRs at home while all players on all visiting teams put together hit 46. How far back do you have to go to find another guy who, all by himself, hit 80% as many homers in his home park as did all visiting teams? Ruth?
Drugs acknowledged, hitting 37 HRs in 81 games in that park is a remarkable feat.
vin,
Im starting to think my wife is living a double life. I dont play for the team. They dont pay me to watch. I like when she is watching her reality shows and i say to her, “why are you watching the housewives of whatever city they are in that month, all realities are fake.” She comes back with why do you watch sports? Unless its an nba game reffed by the guy in jail. I dont see how they are similiar. To each his own.
I can’t find “hold” stats
anyone?
Broxton was never a Yankee farmhand.
“You think Phil Hughes accounted for 8 wins?”
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there is such thing as a momentum factor. Bill James school of baseball doesn’t account for this.
Ruth often hit more HRs than entire teams.
“So i was watching the playoffs this year and took a glance at the Dodgers/Phils game. I was telling my son that that beast throwing 100 was once in the Yankees farm system. I cant remember who we traded Broxton for? Brown?”
Broxton was drafted by the Dodgers in 2002 with their own pick. The Yankees never had Broxton in their system and the Dodgers did not use a pick from the Yankees to get him.
S.o.s. – Broxton was drafter by the Dodgers. He was never Yankees property.
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Im glad and embarrassed to here that. All this time i thought we gave the Dodgers some awesome reliever a couple years back(not Proctor) and living in SoCal, listening to talk radio continue to bring up Broxton as the best closer. All i can think about is what if we still had him. Thanks aado. I will give him the good news.
Pat M -
No, Quentin Collins, the werewolf. Although my favorite character was Angelique.
The ABC lineup was Ryan’s Hope, All My Children, General Hospital, Dark Shadows, Edge of Night. On the days I was home sick from school, the Young and the Restless was on my agenda, but that was on CBS. At first all the soaps were 30 minutes, then 45, then 60. Except Dark Shadows & Edge of Night – always 30 minutes. They were followed by a movie that ran from 4:30-6:00. Most of the time, the movies had to span two days. Ah, those were the days.
vin
November 19th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
SoS,
Yeah, stay away from the Twilight movies.
My wife read the books and really liked them.
However, she didn’t like the 2nd book.
She saw the first movie and really disliked it.
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The problem with people who read books that become movies is that they NEVER like the movie. I do not think I have ever met anyone that has said oh I love this book and the movie was great too. I think it is because you just lose so many details going from the book to the movie. My girlfriend said the book was so much better than the 1st movie but she can not wait for the 2nd movie so I know what you are saying Vin. I think they enjoy the movie but just in relation to the book it does not come close.
That said, my GF tried to get me to read the books and I refused but she did get me to watch the movie with her and I have to admit I really liked it. It is a movie that is hard to tell if people will like it. I thought no way and I ended up enjoying it. I would recommend renting the first one to anyone remotely interested and seeing if you like it at all.
trckle effect
if due to Phils abscence the Yanks were fighting for a playoff spot or the division. Giardi does not have the option to rest Mo, CC, AJ, ANdy …That to me is why he was so important
xMF is momentum factor clubhouse adjusted. Also twilight is so trashy that it fails to meet the requirements for spoiler protection.
Edge of Night
Lauri Laughlin right?
Luke and Laura the – Left handed boy
vinny-b (lock up Girardi and let Jeter wait)
November 19th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
“You think Phil Hughes accounted for 8 wins?”
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there is such thing as a momentum factor. Bill James school of baseball doesn’t account for this.
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So the momentum Phil Hughes added to this team accounted for 8 extra wins. This has nothing to do with Bill James. This has to do with a middle reliever having that much of an impact on a team. That is ALOT of wins.
vinny-b (lock up Girardi and let Jeter wait)
there is such thing as a momentum factor. Bill James school of baseball doesn’t account for this.
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The problem is that no on can really account for it because it is completely subjective.
“So i was watching the playoffs this year and took a glance at the Dodgers/Phils game. I was telling my son that that beast throwing 100 was once in the Yankees farm system. I cant remember who we traded Broxton for? Brown?”
Thankfully, you’re thinking of someone else. Broxton was drafted by LAD in 2002, 2nd round.
Uncle Ellsworth (much adieu about nothing),
You can find holds on the mlb.com stats. You have to click ‘next stats’ twice to get to it, right next to pitches/inning pitched. They mean next to nothing, though, Coke had 21 while Phil had 18. Coke was obviously not more valuable. Holds were created to give middle relievers a stat to take to arbitration.
Favorite part of Twilight?
When he takes the girl flying and he wants to show her what happens to him in the sun. So he steps into sunlight and he…….glitters.
Absolutely riveting.
thanks Mark
Just curious
“So the momentum Phil Hughes added to this team accounted for 8 extra wins. This has nothing to do with Bill James. This has to do with a middle reliever having that much of an impact on a team. That is ALOT of wins”
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were many games, when Phil Hughes entered with runners on base, and the game completely on the line. I don’t know the exact number
The reason books are so much better than movies is in large part because of the details the book provides………but also because you can get into the voices of the characters. In a movie, it’s impossible to know what anyone is thinking without them having to speak out loud. That’s boring exposition and it’s awkward. I’m a book person – I love words, any words.
Vampires? I’m a big fan of George Hamilton’s Dracula from Love at First Bite. It’s an absolutely hilarious movie – a classic.
I think you are probably thinking of Yhency Brazoban, who was in the Yankee system from 1999 until he was traded in the Brown package. He was a hard throwing reliever who is now done.
It is funny how some people destroy sabermetrics and advanced metrics as ridiculous and then they come up with stuff like “momentum factor” and “team chemistry factor” “gritty gutty factor” “young guys with energy factor” etc. etc. etc.
Which sounds more ridiculous?
Did YES have a hot stove show tonight?
“All this time i thought we gave the Dodgers some awesome reliever a couple years back(not Proctor) and living in SoCal, listening to talk radio continue to bring up Broxton as the best closer. ”
You might be thinking about Yhency Brazoban. He was traded along with Jeff Weaver for Kevin Brown. If I recall correctly, Brazoban had a very big arm, but could never stay healthy. He wasn’t in the majors or minors last year. He may be off playing in some other country.
Thank you Mark!! I knew we traded someone with a live arm that his name started with BR—-. Honest mistake. Again, for once, im happy to be totally wrong.
Are you denying the existence of the Kate Hudson factor?
Sure, it’s not on anyone’s fancy chart but this game has a heartbeat you know!
It is funny how some people destroy sabermetrics and advanced metrics as ridiculous and then they come up with stuff like “momentum factor” and “team chemistry factor” “gritty gutty factor” “young guys with energy factor” etc. etc. etc.
Which sounds more ridiculous?
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I have one that you forgot that trumps all those factors. Something only the Sox fans recognise. THE UNIFORM DIRTY FROM A SECOND BASEMAN FACTOR. That and that alone makes him better than ours.
Bronx Jeers
November 19th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Are you denying the existence of the Kate Hudson factor?
Sure, it’s not on anyone’s fancy chart but this game has a heartbeat you know!
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Oh the Kate Hudson factor! One of my favorites. I forgot that one.
lets go yankees,
Your right. People almost always hate the movie because of lack of details. However, to fill in every last detail in a movie, it would end up being a tv series, and not a movie after all. I just feel like it’s a given that the movie isn’t going to be so specific, and I feel like many people set their hopes too high.
“The reason books are so much better than movies is in large part because of the details the book provides………but also because you can get into the voices of the characters. In a movie, it’s impossible to know what anyone is thinking without them having to speak out loud. That’s boring exposition and it’s awkward. ”
Yeah, I agree. Another aspect is books require the reader to use his/her own imagination to fill in the visuals of the story.
If the author writes that a character has brown hair and green eyes – that’ll look different to me than it would you. So when I see the brown haired, green eyed actor who doesn’t look like the person I envisioned, I’m going to be thrown off a little during the movie.
This just in!! Bad news for all the ladies. Oprah Winfrey is ending her show in 2011. If only it was Doctor”know everything”Phil.
I have one that you forgot that trumps all those factors. Something only the Sox fans recognise. THE UNIFORM DIRTY FROM A SECOND BASEMAN FACTOR. That and that alone makes him better than ours.
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It is sad by Yankee fans actually recognize that too. According to some Robinson Cano is not as good of a baseball player because he does not have the uniform dirty from a second baseman factor. That has to count for at least 10 wins. Ya know, I bet the Red Sox do not make the playoffs without that crucial factor.
Oprah Winfrey is ending her show in 2011.
just in time to run for president
Who here knew that Ramon Ramirez, the quality Sox reliever, came up in the Yankee system?
Not sure why I never knew that. He was traded along with another guy to Colorado for Shawn Chacon.
http://www.baseball-reference......mire003ram
vin
November 19th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Yeah, my wife doesn’t really get my whole fascination with sports – especially the Yankees.
***She keeps reminding me that I don’t play for the team, and that the superstitions I follow hold no bearing on the outcome of the game.***
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Obviously, she doesn’t realize that the Yankees only win when all true Yankee fans belch 3 times, break wind 5 times, pick your nose twice and scratch yourself exactly 7 times (any more than that and it’s just fondling yourself). That’s how the yankees win. I didn’t do it one time, and sure enough, the Yanks lost. I never missed doing that again.
Nevermind, they did…….it will replay later, but I’m listening to video highlights now.
The Luanching Pad Factor(they altered the wind to blow to right when the Yankees were batting).
Havnt read many books. But books that were much better than the movie?
Ten little indians or sometimes called And Then There Was One.
Lion Witch and The Wardrobe
GB7,
I get the sense that you’re mocking me. Which implies that I don’t act the same way as you. That sounds like a good thing to me!
Vin, good point……It takes me forever to read a book because I like to relish it. I read and re-read sentences over again,lol.
vin
Who here knew that Ramon Ramirez, the quality Sox reliever, came up in the Yankee system?
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Anyone who has followed the team for the last few years?
“Havnt read many books. But books that were much better than the movie?”
Almost all books are better than the movies made about them:
The Firm was a great book, so-so movie
All Grisham books were better than the movie, for that matter.
Most of the Michael Crichton books were better than the movies, possible exception being Jurassic park because of the visual factor w/ the dinosaurs.
Who is this “chip” person that was every 10th post today?
And why am I now suddenly craving ketchup, chicken salt or malt vinegar?
vin
November 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
GB7,
I get the sense that you’re mocking me. Which implies that I don’t act the same way as you. That sounds like a good thing to me!
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I’m not mocking you, Vin. It really works. Of course, old men do that all the time, anyway. You need to verify that with PAT M and Randy, though.
THE UNIFORM DIRTY FROM A SECOND BASEMAN FACTOR.
That’s actually the PUD factor – percentage of uniform dirty.
Jurassic Park was definitely more gruesome and violent in the book. They tamed it down for the movie to get the all-important PG-13 rating, I’ll bet.
“This just in!! Bad news for all the ladies. Oprah Winfrey is ending her show in 2011. If only it was Doctor”know everything”Phil.”
I haven’t watched Oprah in years so this is non-news to me.
Now, on to more important things.
LOST starts it’s final season February 2nd, 2010. Woohoo!!!
Angel – in an Empire State of mind. #27 has arrived!
November 19th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Who is this “chip” person that was every 10th post today?
And why am I now suddenly craving ketchup, chicken salt or malt vinegar?
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“Chip”? I thought it said “Chimp”. Boy, am I embarrassed, now. I have to learn to read.
Chip is Juan Rivera’a agent.
Yankee Hot Stove?
A watched pot never boils.
Seriously, I tried to watch last week but I couldn’t get into it.
At least they had Tyler Kepner on who I feel is the best Yankee beat writer.
They should get Chad on the show to do a spot on the rule 5 draft and all that. I bet ya he knows more than most.
I’m watching the MLB channel right now. They are showing Alex doing an interview in the car and he’s having trouble figuring out how to get to the stadium lol
I like the Yankees Hot Stove because its a wood Burning Stove. – for keeping warn in the winner
MLBs is a gas cooktop – does not fit.
Chip is Juan Rivera’a agent.
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Freakin Hillarious U.E.. I nominate this as the post of the day.
I’m not watching it (I’ve seen this one before_), but MLB has a bloopers show on now – I love bloopers, lol. Last night, Seasons started up again – with 1979. I taped that show – I love Seasons and can’t wait to see the new Prime 9 shows.
Ellie, have you been watching the History Channel this week? They’re running “WWII in HD”. Unbelievable footage….letters written home by soldiers and interviews. One of series of lettersis from Robert Sherrod, Time-Life war correspondent.
THE UNIFORM DIRTY FROM A SECOND BASEMAN FACTOR.
That’s actually the PUD factor – percentage of uniform dirty.
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Being how short the second baseman for the sox is. I thought it stood for PROBABLY UNDER DETECTION.
GB saw some of it last night – good stuff
watching a lot of Hist Ch in off season
Having a lockdown “8th inning guy” is overrated. It is a nice plus to have but the yanks showed that you dont need a lock down 8th inning guy (Hughes was awful) in the postseason to win a world series. That was always the argument for people wanting Joba in the bullpen. D-Rob and Marte can do a nice job pitching the 8th next year.
Girardi is great at mixing and matching his bullpen and finding good matchups for his relievers. THe reaspn the pen was so bad in april was because the yanks had guys who dont belong in the majors (Edwar, Veras, Albaledejo.) And also Wang was brutal in april having him go 1-3 innings in his starts in april didn’t help matters.
Thats why I much rather continue to devolop Joba and Hughes as starters than put one of them in the bullpen. If they can devolop into frontline starters the yankees are set for the next 10 years. Similar how the braves were with Smoltz, Glavin, Maddux.
I’m watching the MLB channel right now. They are showing Alex doing an interview in the car and he’s having trouble figuring out how to get to the stadium lol
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was this the footage when he was with Texas Rangers? In a blue SUV ?
There is no question that Hughes helped turn the bullpen around but they are still winning it all without him. Look at pretty much all of the post season as your proof…really the only issue I have is Doreen asking Jerkface to “respect the fact…”. How can you even put respect and Jerkface in the same sentence?!
Man these NESN writers crack me up.
http://www.nesn.com/2009/11/re.....eries.html
These writers act like Theo and John Henry are gods.
Thats why I much rather continue to devolop Joba and Hughes as starters than put one of them in the bullpen. If they can devolop into frontline starters the yankees are set for the next 10 years. Similar how the braves were with Smoltz, Glavin, Maddux.
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Of course, the Braves only developed one of those pitchers.
Jerkface, that was by no means an attack against you the person, was talking about only the name.
Wang is back to TW, this morning(tw time about 7, 6pm ET), and will have a press conference about an hour later (10:30 local time, 9;30 PM ET)…
In the airport, media not only film/photo Wang, the biggest target they want is the littel JJ….
so after film wang, they wait until Wang’s wife push the baby car, they film from behind, but not everyone can have a better view, plus security guys will block the cameras a bit….
at airport Wang been ask about contract, said NYY still his first choice, I didn’t see whole tv channels (channel #50~58 are news stations), so seems one said (from webnews) Wang: other than NYY, LAD is a good option(guess the media ask about going to LAD, Wang been polite answered)
More to come after the presser….
Hi Everyone-
This blog clearly needs me more regularly posting.
Who wants to sign a petition to my employer?
clearly
Erica – what exactly happened at work?
when is the rule 5 draft?
Grace,
Thank you for that information.
NYY626
November 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Erica – what exactly happened at work?
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Well………
The freak two weeks of the year where I randomly find myself with absolutely nothing to do (the other 50 weeks I am up to my eyeballs) intersected with the Yankees in the ALCS and the World Series.
And of course, at the conclusion of October, my employer decided to run an internet usage report on the whole office for the first time ever.
Draw your own conclusions on the rest (I was let off with a warning)…. I am now a reformed internet addict
Ouch that stinks Erica! This is probably a dumb question, but how do you they know how often you’re really on the internet? For instance, my Gmail is open all day, but it doesn’t mean I’m on gchat for 9 hours, I just leave it open.
Its kinda scary that they can track all of these things.
NYY626
November 19th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Ouch that stinks Erica! This is probably a dumb question, but how do you they know how often you’re really on the internet? For instance, my Gmail is open all day, but it doesn’t mean I’m on gchat for 9 hours, I just leave it open.
Its kinda scary that they can track all of these things.
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I am on their server as soon as I log on in the morning. They see everything I do (frightening…..).
I tried arguing the point that I often pull up websites, forget, and walk away- but they swore thsi was only counting active usage.
However, one of the things that greatly distorted my stats is tabbed browsing. I have a habit of pulling multiple websites up at once on different tabs. If I come on LoHud for 5 minutes, and Yahoo for the same 5 minutes, even though I was only online for 5 minutes the stupid internet gestapo has registered me online for 10 minutes
You may want to pass this on to your boss:
http://www.businessweek.com/ca.....e_web.html
NYY626
November 19th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
You may want to pass this on to your boss:
http://www.businessweek.com/ca…..e_web.html
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Good idea. I am sure our office manager will appreciate it.
Just as much as the daily e-mails I have been sending her to tell her I am dining at my desk for lunch and to please deduct a half hour from my internet usage
Jerkface
November 19th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Twilight is terrible escapist fantasy for teenage girls where in a boring and bland girl is somehow ~the one~ for an undead virgin vampire d-bag whose whole relationship is illogical and stupid.
Also the werewolf is a pedophile who is in love with the main characters unborn baby
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Ummmm … no its not. Is it pulitzer prize winning writing? No, definitely.
I am neither a teenage girl and the world is FULL of real-life relationships that are 10 times more dysfunctional than a fictional one in a book (operative word:- fictional).
The pedophile assertion?
Enough said. Anything that gets people to read (at all!) is a good thing, in my opinion.
Just as much as the daily e-mails I have been sending her to tell her I am dining at my desk for lunch and to please deduct a half hour from my internet usage
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LOL thats too funny!
You should put spoiler disclaimers in your posts about movies/books/tv. I didn’t read the 4th book yet.
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Yes he should, Doreen. But don’t worry, his “explanation” of Breaking Dawn is fairly far from what actually happens in the book.
Its the kind of way that someone who had the kind of contempt for the books he displayed, but had never read them and got his info second hand would explain it. *shrug*
Ack Erica. Thats not fun at all. My work monitors internet usage too.
Thats a good question NYY626. I often will leave a page open in a tab by accident too like Google, and I’m working and not even looking at it, but does it count that as *surfing* the whole time?
“Twilight is terrible escapist fantasy for teenage girls where in a boring and bland girl is somehow ~the one~ for an undead virgin vampire d-bag whose whole relationship is illogical and stupid.”
Um, spoiler alert????
Angel -
Thanks.
As you said, it’s not award-winning fiction, but it was kind of fun. Plus, I can talk to my daughter about something she is really “into” right now. And, also, as you said, my daughter is not usually a reader and I am thrilled how determined she’s been to get through all 4 books. She bought the last two before they came out in paperback (so, in hardcover) with her own money, rather than wait.
I’m hoping for a 5th book, or another series that appeals to her.
MLB Wired Up is great (even though it’s hosted by Kevin Millar)…….I love hearing the players interacting with each other and saying what’s on their minds, just joshing around or whatever. There’s lots of Yankees stuff, too. One clip was from an All Star game, before the Soriano/Alex trade. Jeter was talking to Alex about how Soriano was going to hit a HR…….and he did. Alex kept asking how he knew that, lol. Swish got some love, too
I go on at work sometimes and I know I should not. My friend/supervisor keeps telling me that they track internet usage. If I’m caught, I know I’ll be fired.
GreenBeret7
“Of course, the Braves only developed one of those pitchers.”
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I know just Glavin but Smoltz was young and had no major league experience when he got traded to the braves. The point I was trying to make was that potentially the yanks can have 2 frontline young starters for the next 10 years to go along with CC who is only 28-29 which could setup a real special run.
“Anyone who has followed the team for the last few years?”
OK, I set myself up for that one. I’ve only been following the minor leagues the last 2-3 years. But still, I haven’t heard that factoid pop up in any conversation here or elsewhere.
I’m not surprised by all the female Twilight attention –
Rod Serling was a chick magnet.
“If I’m caught, I know I’ll be fired.”
It’ll be worth it. Discussing the likes of David DeJesus and David Robertson is more important than any “job.”
It’s easy for employers to track what their employes are doing. Especially with such programs as key-logging. It’s used for parents too. It tracks every key typed on that given computer/laptop. Kind of scary stuff if you think about it.
Vin, can I get paid for discussing DeJesus and Robertson? lol…
It’s wrong of me to check this place out while I’m supposed to be working and I feel guilty. I need to just go to the library at lunch and catch up on the rest at home…..
Betsy – I’m watching Mike’d Up too. Minus Millar, the show is really good. That Jeter and Alex thing was funny. Alex was totally bewildered….
Erica –
If you want your employer off your back you need to change up your surfing habits a bit. Mix it up.
LoHud, Yahoo, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, ESPN, Gmail, Going Postal At Work for Dummies.
Betsy
November 19th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I go on at work sometimes and I know I should not. My friend/supervisor keeps telling me that they track internet usage. If I’m caught, I know I’ll be fired.
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The part that angers me is that I am really good at what I do. I never complain about working extra hours (at least not to them), I never turn away extra work, I even bring it home with me sometimes. My schedule is jam packed with clients because everytime they try to take me off a job, the clients complain because they want me there. So if I surf the internet here and there, but my work is always done really well…. who am I really hurting?
Doreen,
I definitely think thats all they’re meant to be.. fun and a little bit of harmless escapism. Of course teenage girls being teenage girls are prone to taking them a bit seriously, but I don’t see the harm in that. I got into things like that passionately when I was a teenager. I don’t take them seriously at all – but… they’re a nice bit of escapism. Isn’t that the point of reading books at times? I will go and see the new movie (and drag my husband who is nice enough to go with me, because I suck it up and go to a lot of movies for him, lol).
I think one of the best things about the books (aside from getting young girls to want to read decent-sized books) is how mothers have been reading them too so they can talk to their daughters about them. Its a really good bonding thing, and can open doors to lots of different conversations.
There is a partial draft online on Stephenie Meyer’s website of “Midnight Sun” which is the book Twilight from Edward’s perspective. Its unfinished and only 264 pages – and complete with original draft typos, lol. Its in PDF format, if you want a copy of it, I can send it to you or you can get it at her website.
So if I surf the internet here and there, but my work is always done really well…. who am I really hurting?
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In fact, I think your presence benefits this little corner of the internets.
Nobody, I don’t think.
I agree, it’s really great that mothers and daughters are — wait, what????
How about some Chien-ming Wang updates???? What is happening in Taiwan?????
Angel – in an Empire State of mind. #27 has arrived!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
So if I surf the internet here and there, but my work is always done really well…. who am I really hurting?
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Nobody, I don’t think. In fact, I think your presence benefits this little corner of the internets.
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Thanks Angel.
. I miss you guys too
Erica – always OPPC
November 19th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
So if I surf the internet here and there, but my work is always done really well…. who am I really hurting?
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Just tell your boss that you are combatting internet terrorism by using bandwidth to block the beasts out.
“It’s easy for employers to track what their employes are doing. Especially with such programs as key-logging. It’s used for parents too. It tracks every key typed on that given computer/laptop. Kind of scary stuff if you think about it.”
employers across the country are puzzled. It’s a strange pattern. The four most used keys on many work surfing computers between 2:30 and 4:30 pm are G-T-L and U.
Well, here is an important question. I am having 10-12 people over tomorrow night. I have just baked a fresh loaf of beer bread.
I sampled it as I was cutting it up… its really good.
Should I bake a second loaf????? (Keep in mind, last time I baked it was Labor Day. Not one crumb was left. Seriously, someone sat down next to the plate and used their finger to gather the crumbs)
And who is jealous of my beer bread???
I’m not in the doghouse, I’m dogsitting in the big house, sitting on the very couch on which I sat when the New York Yankees clinched their 27th World Championship.
Peeps can chat about pre-pubescent pedophile Vampires (whatever) all they want, but what is happening with our great Taiwanese pitcher as he arrives in his native land???
Erica, I’m sure you are excellent at your job…I know my bosses like me and I am good at my job. However, I know that I have no business reading this blog when I’m supposed to be working. I really need to quit cold turkey.
Erica, you should bake another loaf and send it to me.
90 minutes till FA season opens.
DT – OPPC member
November 19th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
“It’s easy for employers to track what their employes are doing. Especially with such programs as key-logging. It’s used for parents too. It tracks every key typed on that given computer/laptop. Kind of scary stuff if you think about it.”
employers across the country are puzzled. It’s a strange pattern. The four most used keys on many work surfing computers between 2:30 and 4:30 pm are G-T-L and U.
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LOL… I used to wish there was a GTLU billing code. But I digress… I always made sure my work was done.
No worries, I am already trying to figure out Plan B to keep GTLU going next year with current internet restrictions
NYY626, MLB does a fantastic job with their shows……….On Monday, they are going to have a new Prime 9 for the best closers. I think we know who’s going to be #1, lol
“No worries, I am already trying to figure out Plan B to keep GTLU going next year with current internet restrictions”
email perhaps?
As Wang’s press conference:
some media have shown a little bit,
he talk about his feeling about winning WSC,
his rehab, (his next appointment with Dr.Andrews
is on Jan.4), the encouragment video by team psychologist (which is new in TW), newborn baby, and other stuff…
“Peeps can chat about pre-pubescent pedophile Vampires (whatever) all they want, but what is happening with our great Taiwanese pitcher as he arrives in his native land???”
I think we can do both.
I translated this from the Taiwanese Gazette. (I had a link, but my dog ate it)
“Chien-ming Wang returned to his happy native land this week after spending the Twilight of his Yankee career watching from the dugout during the 2009 World Series”
This is a good question, Nick. I googled CMW+Taiwan+November 2009 but couldn’t find much of anything recent.. see I’m not just a Vampire fiction chatterer, lol!
I am taking the unpopular opinion that I think the Yankees should take a flier on him and sign him for next year. I don’t know if it will happen, but thats what I hope for. I know its *business* and all, but I sorta think they kinda owe him a little, after how his rehab from the lis-franc injury was somewhat botched/mishandled.
vin
November 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
“No worries, I am already trying to figure out Plan B to keep GTLU going next year with current internet restrictions”
email perhaps?
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Hmmm– not a terrible idea, but I would have to set up a special GTLU address (common sense tells me not to use my personal one).
I was thinking of just starting the game like I always do and have people post line ups, until the window closes. Then when I get home that night, just sorting thru whatever line ups were submitted.
The only drawback is, whatever method I go with- GTLU will be Ericaless during much of the actual game
LOL DT. I was going to go with tying it in by saying that CMW gets Twilight fan-like devotion from his native countrymen in Taiwan. But I wasn’t sure if that was strictly accurate.
Is this page appearing differently? or is my web just messed up?
“Thats why I much rather continue to devolop Joba and Hughes as starters than put one of them in the bullpen. If they can devolop into frontline starters the yankees are set for the next 10 years. Similar how the braves were with Smoltz, Glavin, Maddux.”
You do realize that the Braves, with 3 Hall of Fame starters in the same rotation, won exactly one title? And that only came when they broke Cleveland’s closer.
Even after the post season we just witnessed, where almost every game got decided in the bullpen, most here still believe that late inning relief should be handled by the leftovers and misfits. Amazing.
Yankees beat writer at fantasy camp:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=nyy
This is part 3 – there are links to the first two parts.
Good stuff.
“And who is jealous of my beer bread???”
I can’t believe GB has tore into you yet
for using perfectly good drinking beer for making a loaf.
“I was thinking of just starting the game like I always do and have people post line ups, until the window closes. Then when I get home that night, just sorting thru whatever line ups were submitted.”
That would work.
“The only drawback is, whatever method I go with- GTLU will be Ericaless during much of the actual game”
If you did it via email, I could play!
I can justify sending an email quick email from work. You could have an assistant to announce when the window is closed?.. someone who can post without fear of the work police, lol. i.e not me. 
Thank you, Grace. If you get any more information, please let us know.
“I am taking the unpopular opinion that I think the Yankees should take a flier on him and sign him for next year.”
I wouldn’t call that an “unpopular opinion.” A lot of us want him back. Unfortunately, there seem to be signs indicating that Cashman will do otherwise.
DT – OPPC member
November 19th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
“And who is jealous of my beer bread???”
I can’t believe GB has tore into you yet
for using perfectly good drinking beer for making a loaf.
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Funny story, I was telling someone at work about the drinks I bought. And I said I had a 5-pack of beer. She asked why it was only a 5-pack. I said, “It started as a 6-pack, but one of the cans is for my beer bread, so now its a 5-pack”
Except, I decided to make the second loaf, so now its a 4-pack
Angel – in an Empire State of mind. #27 has arrived!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
If you did it via email, I could play! I can justify sending an email quick email from work. You could have an assistant to announce when the window is closed?.. someone who can post without fear of the work police, lol. i.e not me.
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Well… that is certainly a score for E-mail based GTLU
lets go yankees (formerly lets go twins)
November 19th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
vin
November 19th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
SoS,
Yeah, stay away from the Twilight movies.
My wife read the books and really liked them.
However, she didn’t like the 2nd book.
She saw the first movie and really disliked it.
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The problem with people who read books that become movies is that they NEVER like the movie. I do not think I have ever met anyone that has said oh I love this book and the movie was great too. I think it is because you just lose so many details going from the book to the movie. My girlfriend said the book was so much better than the 1st movie but she can not wait for the 2nd movie so I know what you are saying Vin. I think they enjoy the movie but just in relation to the book it does not come close.
That said, my GF tried to get me to read the books and I refused but she did get me to watch the movie with her and I have to admit I really liked it. It is a movie that is hard to tell if people will like it. I thought no way and I ended up enjoying it. I would recommend renting the first one to anyone remotely interested and seeing if you like it at all.
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Here’s the most unbelievable movie/book comparison I have ever heard – and I don’t expect it to ever be topped.
We’re at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair NJ in 1997, seeing Kenneth Branagh’s uncut, verbatim ‘Hamlet’. Before my GF and I settle into our seats, I hear one suburban matron say to another:
“I hear it’s much better than the book.”
For those with nothing better to do, History Channel is running the last of the WWII in HD, called “Sex In WWII. They’re talking about the Honalulu party girls. some funny stuff.
Betsy,
If you’re out there, Part IV of Nardi interview series is up on Pinstripes.
You’ll be able to get some interesting info on Brackman, as I recall our dialogue and your having asked about him.
Nothing Nardi says in there contradicts my feeling that he’ll be in the Yankee bullpen near the latter part of the season. You’ll see, though, that now they’ve dealt with his arm slot for his FB and CB, they reintroduced change and will have all three in his diet for next season,in which he’ll pitch as a starter. If he can remain healthy, I see no reason why he can’t bring that heat out of the pen for us. With Melancon added in, we shouldn’t need to add FA arms.
new thread
I prayed God for Yankees whole this year,and happy to see Yankees to be a better team than last year and win the world series champ.
Although business is business,I still think that manage a business well sometimes need adopt warm method.
So far I really dislike Yankees took cold-blooded attitude to treat Matisui and Wang at all.
Yankees can let them leave,but don’t criticize them in acrimonious and unfair and merciless way.
Matisui has excellent hitting skills and always serious in his job,and he is better than Damon obviously.
If Yankees consider age to give up Matisui,I hohe they also give up Demon.
Happy to see Yankees buy a lot of good players for fans,but sometimes do it too over will let the great team lose his legend color.
I wish Yankees to be a healthy and aggressive team,and not to be a “money team”.
A excellent GM have the ability to sign excellent players in reasonable price.
I don’t understand why Yankees always need to pay very high salary to sign player than other teams.
I like Yankees,but decide to stop to pray for Yankees.