World Series artifacts on display in Cooperstown
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Nov 28, 2009 
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Here’s the press release from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – As the New York Yankees celebrate their record 27th World Series championship, treasures from the baseball’s most memorable moments from the 2009 postseason are now on display in the Autumn Glory exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.
Following the Yankees’ World Series-clinching win on Nov. 4, the Museum acquired nearly a dozen artifacts from the both the Bronx Bombers and the Phillies. Artifacts donated by the Yankees from the 105th World Series include:
• Hideki Matsui’s Game 6 bat, when the World Series MVP drove in a Fall Classic record-tying six runs.
• Mariano Rivera’s postseason cap, when Rivera saved five of the Yankees’ 11 wins and posted a 0.56 ERA.
• Derek Jeter’s Game 6 bat; Jeter hit .407 in the World Series with five runs scored.
• Andy Pettitte’s World Series cap; Pettitte was 2-0 in the World Series, 4-0 in the 2009 postseason and was the winning pitcher in all three of the Yankees’ series-clinching victories.
• Johnny Damon’s spikes from his Game 4 double steal; Damon hit .364 in the World Series with six runs scored.
• Jorge Posada’s catcher’s mask from the postseason; Posada drove in five runs in the World Series.
• Jose Molina’s catcher’s mask from the postseason.
• Suzyn Waldman’s scorecard from Game 6; Waldman became the first woman to broadcast a World Series game when she served as a Yankees’ radio broadcaster during the 2009 Fall Classic.
Additional items from the New York Yankees World Series title may be added to the exhibit in the coming weeks. In addition to these treasures, the exhibit also features other items from the 2009 postseason, including:
• The cap worn by Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee during the postseason; Lee was 4-0 in five starts in the postseason with a 1.56 ERA.
• The No. 46 jersey worn by Andy Pettitte during Game 6 of the ALCS, when Pettitte set a record with 16 postseason victories. It was the second of three series-clinching wins for Pettitte in this postseason.
• The first ball to come out of play during Game 1 of the World Series, which was the first Fall Classic game at the new Yankee Stadium and a game which featured Cliff Lee’s 10-strikeout performance in the Phillies’ 6-1 victory.
• A bat used by Phillies second baseman Chase Utley during the World Series, when he tied a record with five World Series home runs.
The 2009 World Series exhibit in Autumn Glory will be on display through the 2010 Major League Baseball postseason.
The Museum collections contain many artifacts documenting the entire history of World Series and postseason play, including Don Larsen’s cap and Yogi Berra’s mitt from Larsen’s 1956 perfect game; Bill Mazeroski’s (1960) and Joe Carter’s (1993) bats from their Series-ending blasts; and World Series rings from the last century of Fall Classic competition.
As Brutal as Suzyn can be- thats pretty cool stuff.
Women deserve a better standard bearer than Waldman.
Phillies should be honored to be apart of this historic moment in baseball history.Yankees had to dethrone them Phillies to win #27 th.
I don’t like hearing all the negative talk about Waldman. But I have to say, when she took the job I was thrilled since I liked her coverage of the team, but after listening to countless games with her on the radio, I realize that I really don’t like listening to her!
As for the WS items, I assume that the Hall will want to keep a few items and the rest eventually get returned. If so, which items would be worth keeping in the Hall? I assume the Waldman scorecard and the ball from the first WS game at the new Yankees Stadium will stay. Maybe Damon’s cleats, Pettitte’s jersey and Matsui’s bat?
Waldman is a good reporter, but a horrible color commentator. In fairness, she is working with a play by play guy that can no longer see well enough to distinguish line drives to the warning track from flyouts to the infield, so it does maker her job tougher.
hmm, interestingly Arod apparently did nothing note worthy. I don’t think he had the hottest series but he sure was instrumental in getting there.
I know its a matter of how things worked out kinda. Its funny how a guy making I think five mil plus incentives taught everyone how it was done. Andy really did his job well.
“Waldman working with a play by play guy that can no longer see well enough to distinguish line drives to the warning track from flyouts to the infield.”
Some funny stuff….priceless!
Love to see Alex and C.C. represented. No one was more valuable than those two in the Yanks’ post-season.
I’d triage the Molina mask and one of Andy’s two artifacts.
No one would remember what Damon did if Alex didn’t knock him in. And Coke was coming in for the L if we didn’t take the lead.
As for Suzyn, the critics may carp, but the important thing is that the Curse of Charlie Steiner is over, at long last. He’s now the Dodgers’ problem.
Waldman > Sterling
Whether you like Waldman’s commentary or not, it’s an honor for all women for what Waldman has accomplished.
I am angry that Jed Hoyer got a job as a GM. Everyone knows Jed Hoyer was a nothing. I was hoping Kim Ng or Afterman would get a shot at a GM job. It would be another small, but nice barrier to be broken. I do not have anything to back it up, but IMO, I think that Afterman or Ng probably know more about baseball than Jed Hoyer.
Okay, I’m waiting for the CC cookies to bake; I’ve been out of the loop, so to speak, for over 24 hours. My BIL came over today with the information that, basically, the Yankees are “all-in” on Roy Halliday. Anyone else have any information?
I have not read anything, and I mean anything here for the last 24 hours at least, so…
thanks!
To those who criticize Suzyn Waldman, you truly have next to no idea what you’re talking about.
I challenge you guys to live in any number of MLB cities, and spend time listening to those local broadcasters. Having lived in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and spent time in several other locales, I have heard TV/radio guys (all male) for the White Sox, Cubs, Pirates, Orioles, Nationals, Tigers, Cardinals (post Jack Buck, I’m not that old), and of course, our own Mets.
I have listened to broadcasters who actively root against players on the opposing team; who have no idea of the game of baseball (when I know more than the guy who’s getting paid to know the game in general and that team in particular, that’s bad); who don’t know what the players’ strengths are: don’t know the schedule, even – Suzyn Waldman is something that those others are not – a professional.
Doreen,
Is your BIL Doc’s BFF or anything?
Basically, some baseball executive (name & team unknown) said that Doc would waive his NTC to play for the Yankees. But on the 9th, it came out that he’d waive it for the Sox, so it’s not really news.
Reportedly would waive NTC for Angels, Phillies, Sox, & Yankees. Really hard to trade guys who are that picky. Haha.
-Doreen
all the info is on http://www.sportspyder.com
Pick any team and anything written will show up for that day.
refresh after reading and the latest articles shows up,rven the Lohud blog!!
meant even instead of rven!
Austinmac, thanks for the recap of Midnight Run. DeNiro and Grodin seem like such an odd couple – I’ll make sure to rent the movie before the end of the year.
Ray, as a Sox fan, I know you could use some cheering up – glad to oblige, lol. I think Fenway is a wonderful old park, actually – forget amenities. I just don’t like the occupants, lol. On the WS DVD, there’s advertisement for a DVD on the Sox/Yankees rivalry – I’ll be that is well-done.
Yazman
November 28th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Love to see Alex and C.C. represented. No one was more valuable than those two in the Yanks’ post-season.
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Agreed. It’s a little strange those two aren’t represented.
meant even,somehow the filter isn’t showing the correction.
Rich, with that kind of recommendation, I’ll have to rent Heartbreak Kid as well….
CR, why are you so angry about anything to do with the Red Sox? I’m sure Jed Hoyer is a very capable, talented man……
Betsy – high on pie
November 28th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Austinmac, thanks for the recap of Midnight Run. DeNiro and Grodin seem like such an odd couple – I’ll make sure to rent the movie before the end of the year.
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I already added it to my Netflix list! lol
I’ve always heard good things about that movie but have never seen it.
if suzyn visited cooperstown I wonder if she would say “oh my good goodness gracious, there’s my scorecard”.
They should have the first towel that AJ pied a Yankee with, lol……….
Doreen, the only info that was news to me was that the Angels are on Doc’s list. IMO, that’s where he’s headed. Now again, if he really wants to be on the Yankees, he will refuse to sign an extension so that he will be a FA next year. I don’t think that’s the case though – meaning, I think he’d be fine with coming to NY, but I don’t think he prefers it to the point of rejecting other locales.
The Baseball HOF is absolutely spectacular…….I hope to go there again one day, but it’s a long trip from Long Island (though an easy one).
Joe from Long Island is right, as much as Sterling & Kay can be nerve rattling at times, they are light years ahead of what’s out there in the USA……Before this season whenever I watched the Yanks on the road via MLB.com, most of the time I had to enure the home team’s TV broadcasting crew….Man be thankful for what you have in the Tri-State area…….
Pat M.
November 28th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Joe from Long Island is right, as much as Sterling & Kay can be nerve rattling at times, they are light years ahead of what’s out there in the USA……Before this season whenever I watched the Yanks on the road via MLB.com, most of the time I had to enure the home team’s TV broadcasting crew….Man be thankful for what you have in the Tri-State area…….
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Pat, I’m in the same boat. I have the MLB package, which is great when they’re at home, not so much when they’re away. Once in a while they’ll actually have YES coverage for an away game and I seriously start jumping up and down. LOL
if we can get doc without giving up a ton i do it but hughes & joba no
joba,ajax,montero no
maybe joba,kennedy & another small piece
i wouldn’t even do joba,kennedy,pena/robertson
keeping our prospects & just paying worked wonders but trading them & paying does not sit well with me for a 33 yr old pitcher
if i am losing hughes/joba,ajax,etc it is for kf or jj.
i also think we get holliday
i don’t see damon coming back unless the offers are not there &i don’t think they wan’t matsui back
i see miranda getting a lot of time at dh with posada,etc…
Erin
I have the Mlb package and get home and away games. I have Direct-TV.
Once in a while I put it on the opposing channel but can’t take it for to long. Some are so bad you have to mute the sound. Yes, worse than Fox and ESPN.
i think doc would go to several teams but the jays did not pull the trigger
they are trying to hit a grand slam with him
teams will not get robbed by toronto
Will that was quick Ace Josh Johnson(Marlins) not on the block now.
He’s young and cheap,I’ll bet teams were lined up.
I have no issue with Sterling’s game calling, as long as he calls what’s actually happening.
Baseball would disband if the Yankees got Halladay. That would be a serious embarrassment of wealth.
MaineYankee
November 28th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Erin
I have the Mlb package and get home and away games. I have Direct-TV.
Once in a while I put it on the opposing channel but can’t take it for to long. Some are so bad you have to mute the sound. Yes, worse than Fox and ESPN.
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I know- most of the other coverage is a joke. At first it’s kind of funny to listen to how bad they are, but then it just gets sad. LOL
m & Haiku-man -
Thanks so much.
BIL was talking Joba/Hughes, AJax and Montero.
BIL listens to the FAN a lot.
Sounds like, though, basically more of the same – no real news to report so a lot of conjecture.
I’m really soooooooooooooo tired of Halladay. Plus, my BIL originally said “Holliday” because we’re all really getting too much Halliday/Holliday reporting. It’s darn confusing. Can’t stand it. It would have been a whole lot better if the two of them could have kept their futures a couple of seasons apart, no?
I had waaaaaay too much wine to drink today. I had my family over for a not-Thanksgiving get-together, since we couldn’t be together on Thanksgiving Day. It was a really great day, but way too much wine.
Anyone here know anything about modeling?
the cold-stove league goes on, another week of nothing happening.
ill check in with you guys again when something happens, like maybe the week before christmas.
Doreen, are you thinking of a new career?
Doreen,
The only thing I know about modeling is Tom Brady chose well, and Tiger Woods did not.
Halladay’s a win-win situation just like Santana was. You get him, he’s a great pitcher. You don’t, you get to keep your prospects.
FTR, I don’t think Hughes and montero are going anywhere.
I used to model – what type of modeling in particular?
When can the Yes Network start playing 2009 world series on its station?
“Joe from Long Island is right, as much as Sterling & Kay can be nerve rattling at times, they are light years ahead of what’s out there in the USA”
Sterling and Suzy are middle of the road in terms of what’s out there on the radio. Probably as many mlb radio announcers better than them as there are who are worse. They’re pretty ordinary.
m, that was the cry when The Bombers pulled off the Roger Clemens deal back in 98……But nobody complained in the early 90′s when the Toronto Blue Jays were snatching uo, Jack Morris, Ricky Henderson, Dave Winfield, Paul Moliter etc. during their run…….
here’s my take on the tiger ‘incident’
tiger and his wife had a serious blowout argument about whatever.
tiger decides to get the hell out of there and she chases him out with, what else, a golf club.
he gets in the car and she starts breaking the windows with the club and tiger, trying to get out of there and avoid running her over, instead hits the tree and the hydrant.
just my theory but we’ll have to wait for her tell-all book after the divorce to find out.
Yes, strange CC and ARod are not represented.
However I see it very fitting that nothing of Alex’s was chosen. It basically represents his entire year and complete transformation into the killer we saw during the playoffs. He flew under the radar the entire year and still has a season that any ballplayer would kill for. If ARod never receives another award/recognition, but brings us MORE rings… I’m fine with that!
Andy Pettitte’s World Series cap; Pettitte was 2-0 in the World Series, 4-0 in the 2009 postseason and was the winning pitcher in all three of the Yankees’ series-clinching victories.
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Don’t forget Andy threw the clincher vs Boston for the Division.
4 for 4 or fo fo fo, as Moses Malone once said.
Squidward, You need to travel more…Trust me, the YES announcers are in the top 10%……I’m not saying they’re Red Barber or Mel Allen, but they are so much better than what people listen to throughout this country
SMC 2
November 28th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Yes, strange CC and ARod are not represented.
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I guess you could make the argument that neither one of them had the greatest World Series, but if it wasn’t for those two in the ALCS, who knows if they even get there.
I agree though, rings are much better than awards!
They should’ve put Arod’s HR camera in the HOF.
For me, Suzyn Waldman can do no wrong. I can only imagine how difficult it was (is) for her to be able to do what she is doing. She is also very good at what she does; and it really stinks that her biggest job is covering Sterlings mis-calls.
Pat, I was talking radio call. Sterling and Suzy are odinary at best. I like the YES guys. Darling is the best color guy in NYC by a country mile, but the YES guys are quite good IMO. Among the 5-6 best groups in baseball.
Seems pretty obvious to me the hall is avoiding putting anything A Rod related in. They will not be able to keep Alex himself out when he is eligible in 13 years that’s for sure.
Andy Pettitte’s World Series cap; Pettitte was 2-0 in the World Series, 4-0 in the 2009 postseason and was the winning pitcher in all three of the Yankees’ series-clinching victories.
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Andy might have been our MVP for the post-season.
Pat M.
November 28th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Squidward, You need to travel more…Trust me, the YES announcers are in the top 10%……I’m not saying they’re Red Barber or Mel Allen, but they are so much better than what people listen to throughout this country
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The YES guys also teach the game rather than just brag up the home team. And also have knowledge of the opposing players.
Jim Palmer is one that is good to listen to.
Anybody else enjoying rocking your new World Series Champs shirts for all to see?
I love my 2 sided jobs with the pennant flags on the back of one and the players #s and names on the back of the other.
This way Red Sox fans can see me coming and going. LOL.
The Yes Guys do an amazing job wit the game…
They make u laugh, and keep you entertained. Michael Kaye is great.
Dunno what else you guys expect.
people who think sterling and waldman and kay for that matter are good announcers need to get a clue. they are certainly below the average, in fact they are much worse then even the met’s announcers.
the sad fact is the yankees have had bad announcers for years.
as announcers go, kay is a good writer. rizzuto, while an interesting character, was a bad announcer for his first and last 10 years, and frank messer may have been the worst announcer i’ve ever heard.
its a shame, they have run out all the good ones they’ve had, kubek, white, kay and others while holding on to the lousy ones
i’m not against woman as announcers, in fact i think there should be alot more of them, but waldman is just inexcusably terrible.
Jeff NJ November 28th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Seems pretty obvious to me the hall is avoiding putting anything A Rod related in. They will not be able to keep Alex himself out when he is eligible in 13 years that’s for sure.
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It’s funny that steroids won’t keep guys like Arod or Manny out of the HOF. Guys like McGwire, Palmiero and Bonds will be banned for their attitudes.
The worst announcer is Hawk Harrleson. Hearing him yell “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!” after the prefect game made me want to bang my head against the wall.
Some of us like Michael Kay. I don’t care how he rates vs. announcers for other teams, he’s entertaining and down to earth. As for Sterling and Susan, they are passable. I will say if I am on the road at night, there are no two voices that I would rather hear than John and Susan, although that may just be because they are broadcasting the Yankees.
Kay gets caught up in his own shtick. Always looking for a unique label for something he can claim he invented.
Remember the “martini glass defense” or the ridiculous description of Yankee jerseys, “no name on the back.”
The worst is his HR call, “See Ya.” How lame.
Lately he has used the unoriginal, “Back, Track, Wall.” Stolen from many.
Whatever happenened to “Going, Going, Gone.”
I’m neutral on Michael Kay. He’s eh.
Darling and Cohen are very good for the Mets. Hernandez just keeps getting worse and worse.
The Yankees announcers are pretty good. I listen to XM off and on, and so many other radio people sound pretty bland. The YES guys are on TV, not radio, so you really can’t compare apples to oranges. But though I don’t love Michael Kay, on the whole, the Yankees guys are pretty good. They do some teaching, some fun (O’Neill & Cone) and they are NOT strictly “homers.”
I am not a huge Michael Kay fan, but he really showed me a lot when he did an inning during the All-Star game in 2008 on ESPN. He did an inning for them, and was incredibly professional. Practically did a tutorial on how to do uninterrupted play-by-play while simultaneously do an interview. Showed me a lot that day. Put those ESPN guys to shame.
But, we do tend to watch a lot of Mets broadcasts, and Darling and Cohen are really, really good.
I love Hawk Harrelson. He’s hysterically funny. Back in `78 the Sox fired him for being too critical as they were blowing it down the stretch. I’ll always like him for that.
On reflection, I think if I listened to Harrelson every day I’d learn to like him.
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thank god he finally gave up on the ‘inerlocking ny’ it was such an ameteur thing to do every game. it was like he read somewhere that an announcer should describe the uniforms every game or something. this is new york, we’re supposed to attract the best announcers and they take some newsday writer who has no idea how to announce and stick him in the booth with the most annoying ‘schtick’ announcer in the game… what a joke.
paul oniell may be one of the worst ‘analysts’ every and when he and kay get together it’s way past time to go for the mute button.
Does anybody remember Fran Healy and Phi Rizzuto together?
Hilarious.
One time a spider got into the booth. Scooter tried to kill it. Maybe it was a bee. Funny.
White also had a great time with the Scooter.
Wait till we do it all Over Again
November 28th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
On reflection, I think if I listened to Harrelson every day I’d learn to like him.
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If I had to listen to Harrelson I’d have to mute him or change teams.
The best thing about O’neill is that he mocks Kay.
Kay is only bearable because of the guys around him. Plain and simple. He’s the butt of their jokes and it’s a good time all-around. That’s entertainment, folks.
Kays strong point is his interviewing skills.
Without it, he is a negative nelly, but even that is premeditated, as most fans are worry-warts.
I know I’m late to the party with this but Selig is stepping down years too late.
oneill might be a passable announcer maybe if he watched a little baseball.
on second thought, no he wouldn’t
I’m not quite sure what O’Neill wants to do. I guess he wants a job where he can be home most of the time, and around the Yankees the rest of the time. He can be very insightful at times. But most of the time, he’s, well, he’s not the meat and potatoes, that’s for sure.
Doreen November 28th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I’m not quite sure what O’Neill wants to do. I guess he wants a job where he can be home most of the time, and around the Yankees the rest of the time. He can be very insightful at times. But most of the time, he’s, well, he’s not the meat and potatoes, that’s for sure.
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I get the feeling O’Neill thinks Kay is a fool. He mocks him every chance he gets.
i love paul oniell as a yankee, he was one of my favorites all-time and doesnt get enough credit for what that team of the 90′s did.
but as an announcer hes a disgrace. he waltzes in and does a game without having even watched the team since the last time he announced one, without even reading the game notes or talking to anyone on the other team, its beyond ridiculous.
and to make matters worse, kay , who’s barely passalbe himself normally, just drops the ball when he’s with paulie, it becomes a yukfest between those two about oniell’s temper and who makes more money. its just inexcusable imo.
this is the yankees, this is new york, we deserve better.
No one will ever top White and Rizzuto. I wish the clip of Rizzuto introducing himself as White, with White laughing his head off, were still around……that was classic. I honestly loved those guys. I don’t have opinions on any of the guys (radio or tv ) doing Yankee games…….it’s just not a big deal to me. I love having Coney and Paulie around – especially after Coney had a falling out with the Yankees. That’s not right – and I’m glad they patched it up.
Kay is a very, very nice guy personally and he treats fans with respect on his radio show (unlike some other hosts)……howevr, his dislike of Swisher is weird and his recent rant about how he was glad Moose retired a year too early for a ring was juvenile. He’s just got some odd beliefs…….but again, he’s a good guy.
MaineYankee
November 28th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Wait till we do it all Over Again
November 28th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
On reflection, I think if I listened to Harrelson every day I’d learn to like him.
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If I had to listen to Harrelson I’d have to mute him or change teams.
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Agreed. I can’t stand him. A good friend of mine is a huge White Sox fan, and even she can’t stand Hawk. She puts the TV on mute most of the time.
Doreen
November 28th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I’m not quite sure what O’Neill wants to do. I guess he wants a job where he can be home most of the time, and around the Yankees the rest of the time. He can be very insightful at times. But most of the time, he’s, well, he’s not the meat and potatoes, that’s for sure.
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I love it when Paulie does games. I get a kick out of him.
“Back in `78 the Sox fired him for being too critical as they were blowing it down the stretch. I’ll always like him for that.”
He was fired for being critical of the GM, but it didn’t happen til 1981.
Kay is really the centerpiece, the star, if you will, of that team.
It makes you wonder if the higher-ups ever listen to a broadcast.
Somebody likes him, but really is their a need for a showman in the booth?
I can see on the radio where there might be a need for a colorful type such as Sterling but on the TV, I doubt it.
Most of the time we let our eyes do the listening.
“If I had to listen to Harrelson I’d have to mute him or change teams”
He’s awful to listen to and his partner isn’t much better.
If I had to listen to Harrelson I’d have to mute him or change teams.
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Erin,
Have you ever tried cotton balls?
Here’s another cool DVD:
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Betsy
Have you ever spoken with Kay or Francesa?
Hawk used to broadcast for the Yankees, mid-80′s I think.
Anybody else enjoying rocking your new World Series Champs shirts for all to see?
I love my 2 sided jobs with the pennant flags on the back of one and the players #s and names on the back of the other.
This way Red Sox fans can see me coming and going. LOL.
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Betsy, I bet you do.
Mick, I’ve called Kay up a couple of times…….I also spoke to Suzyn on WFAN awhile ago. Mike? He’s too popular – I’d never get through. Also, I don’t like being talked too rudely or hung up on – I wouldn’t call him if I could. One time recently I called Kay when Kim Jones was on (well, this was a couple of months ago) and she asked if I was the Betsy from this blog, lol. Kim is very nice…….
Mick, that wasn’t me posting that, lol
Mick, that wasn’t me posting that, lol
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Betsy, I know, it was me, but since there was no response I thought I’d answer myself.
I called Kay when Kim Jones was on (well, this was a couple of months ago) and she asked if I was the Betsy from this blog, lol. Kim is very nice…….
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I wonder who else reads this blog.
I could de4finitely see Kay lurking in here, as a matter of fact, I swear I have heard things from him the day after it was posted in here.
mick
November 28th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
If I had to listen to Harrelson I’d have to mute him or change teams.
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Erin,
Have you ever tried cotton balls?
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LOL. I would have to if he was the Yankees announcer.
Betsy – high on pie
November 28th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
One time recently I called Kay when Kim Jones was on (well, this was a couple of months ago) and she asked if I was the Betsy from this blog, lol. Kim is very nice…….
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Wow Betsy, you’re famous!
LOL. I would have to if he was the Yankees announcer.
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If he were the Yankees announcer, you’d love him, who ya kidding.
Oh, lol…….
Well, off to go watch the 2nd half of a cheesy movie I taped called Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus…….
Erin, Kim did a chat on YES.com around playoff-time and when I posted my question, I asked her if she remembered me. Yep, she did! I told her that she should come visit here, but I’m not sure she still lurks. I guess she’s probably busy with football season….
I dont know about you guys, but I love when Kay, cone, and paul are in the booth. When the three of them broadcast, they make me laugh throughout the whole game even when the yankees are losing.
mick
November 28th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
LOL. I would have to if he was the Yankees announcer.
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If he were the Yankees announcer, you’d love him, who ya kidding.
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You’re probably right.
Mike
November 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I dont know about you guys, but I love when Kay, cone, and paul are in the booth. When the three of them broadcast, they make me laugh throughout the whole game even when the yankees are losing.
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That’s my favorite combo too. My brother calls them The Comedy Team.
That’s my favorite combo too. My brother calls them The Comedy Team.
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The 3 Stooges?
Doreen
November 28th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
For me, Suzyn Waldman can do no wrong. I can only imagine how difficult it was (is) for her to be able to do what she is doing. She is also very good at what she does; and it really stinks that her biggest job is covering Sterlings mis-calls.
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Which she does with discretion and grace.
I’m in agreement, when Kay, Cone & O’Neill are grouped together. it’s as good as it gets…..
I can’t imagine what this winter would be like without a World Series under our belts.
It means so much, maybe too much, but it has really calmed down this blog, that’s for sure.
I agree too!!!!
Kay and O’Neill crack me up when they are together. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.
(Hi Yankee people!!)
Hawk did broadcast Yankee games in the mid-`80′s for Sportschannel New York. It was around the time I moved out here. Anyway, sorry about the mistake above, I thought he’d been cut loose after bashing the Sox in `78, didn’t realize it took three more years, since we didn’t get the Sox games in NYC, and I only knew about his bashing cause I spent part of the summer of `78 in NE.
You guys have to see this clip – it’s the greatest thing ever, in film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
I am not a Waldman fan at all. Her nasally voice annoys me.
I don’t mind suzyn’s voice, although I can see how it might grate on some. For myself, after all those cookie-cutter, phlegmatic midwestern types, I find her northeastern patois expressive and endearing.
What I find incredibly irritating, however, is the inevitable, ear-splitting shrillness of Michael Kay – particuarly when he has mounted some soap box or other.
Bod, Who’s going to be hitting 5th for the Yanks in 2010 if Matsui does indeed leave ???????
Betsy
Never laughed so hard at a movie trailer,you’re crazy Grrrl!
mick
November 28th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
That’s my favorite combo too. My brother calls them The Comedy Team.
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The 3 Stooges?
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Oooooh….that’s better than the Comedy Team. I’m going to use that from now on. Mind if I borrow that?
Bod, Who’s going to be hitting 5th for the Yanks in 2010 if Matsui does indeed leave ???????
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holliday
Pat M is correct. Matsui is more a need than Damon. This is where a Granderson trade or a Cameron signing is tempting. The Yankees need a young stud OF badly, not a Holliday or Bay long term risk.
Took the kids to the movies to see The Blind Side today. 2 thumbs up!
holliday is less of a risk if it is for 4 years than cc or burnett
unless we bring damon back there is not much out there unless we make a trade
this is why i think we sign bay/holliday or make a trade
i don’t see damon back
he will leave for the money once again
Pat M.
November 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Bod, Who’s going to be hitting 5th for the Yanks in 2010 if Matsui does indeed leave ???????
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Pat M,
I am dismayed as to why Matsui can’t be re-signed. I can see another very productive year from Matsui-san.
But if the Yankees are determined to let him go, I think we can survive, if not thrive.
First of all, I don’t see why you’re convinced Posada can’t handle the job. Granted, when you’re catching all the time, you wear down, but if the Yankees begin to DH him more often than they did in 2009, he should be fresher.
Posada is not just a good hitter for a catcher, as I’m sure you realize – he’s a good hitter period. Hits for average, works the count, can hit situationally, and has power – especially left-handed. And is a switchy to boot.
I think Posada can give Alex ample protection. I also believe that Miranda, once he gets settled in, will soon enough take advantage of our park and may slide nicely into the 5-hole. I’m sure Joe wants a LHB. There’s also Cano, who may end up hitting behind Alex
I want Matsui back, but I don’t believe all is lost – we have some options.
Listen, Alex once had Giambi “protecting” him – if we’re allowed to even call it that.
Yanks out and about at College Football games today. Jeter was on the sideline of the Miami @ USF game in Tampa, Swisher at the FSU @ Florida game
posada had 81 rbi in 383 ab
that is fantastic
Holliday is a perfect fit for the Yanks. So is Halladay.
I was counting the days until Giambi was gone,he had nothing left in the tank!!
bru,
Agreed. Posada is very productive. His OPS+ was 133 (slug was 522). Only Teix and Alex had better slug than Jorge.
gfd
November 28th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I was counting the days until Giambi was gone,he had nothing left in the tank!!
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What an awful bat his was behind Rodriguez. He gave him zero protection. No one at that point was afraid of Giambi.
Admittedly I’ve never been upset about PEDs so maybe thats why I love Davidoff’s article.
http://www.newsday.com/columni.....-1.1626907
Halladay great,Holliday good bat,but weak defensively to me. He originally came from the NL(Rockies) then the A’s.He’s really better off in the NL.
Bodh
Word!!
Another person who robbed the Yankees at the end of his contract
Erica – always OPPC
November 28th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
(Hi Yankee people!!)
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Hi Erica!
Erica, you had better talk some sense into that PBF of yours, or he’s going to be a goner.
Also, consider muzzling his wife, who isn’t helping, if he really wants to remain in NY.
“What an awful bat his was behind Rodriguez. He gave him zero protection. No one at that point was afraid of Giambi.”
The ’03-’08 Giambi is a great example of why you can’t judge a hitter on OBP and OPS alone. If you watch the games, you realize how many runs he cost by stubbornly trying to slug through the shift, couldn’t make contact consistently, and most of the time was not a real reliable hitter.
ay carramba.
Hockey commentators always over rate the significance of shots on goal.
I remember in the 90s, when the Penguins got outshot, they tended to win. And when they grossly outshot the opponent, they lost. There’s a reason for that.
You’d think people who make their living analyzing a game would occasionally try to dig a little deeper.
The ‘03-’08 Giambi is a great example of why you can’t judge a hitter on OBP and OPS alone. If you watch the games, you realize how many runs he cost by stubbornly trying to slug through the shift, couldn’t make contact consistently, and most of the time was not a real reliable
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Similar to Teix in the playoffs.
Posada has never been much of a DH or a pinch hitter in his career. A little over 300 at bats (194 as a DH – .211 and 114 as a PH -.237) for about a combined .220 average with 9 homers and 54 RBI, would lead me to believe that he’s not an ideal option as a DH.
Happy 20th birthday Jesus Montero!
Mlbtraderumors has Elias numbers for type A’s.
Holliday is 1st
Bay is 3rd
Damon is 4th
Lackey is 6th
Scutaro is 8th
Chone figgins is next to last,somebody was drunk with these rankings.
The ‘03-’08 Giambi is a great example of why you can’t judge a hitter on OBP and OPS alone. If you watch the games, you realize how many runs he cost by stubbornly trying to slug through the shift, couldn’t make contact consistently, and most of the time was not a real reliable hitter.
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I’ll always honor him for the two jacks in Game 7 of ’03 ALCS, but I have to agree with this. I actually felt sympathy for him the last couple of years – he was just physically immobile.
“The ‘03-’08 Giambi is a great example of why you can’t judge a hitter on OBP and OPS alone”
Swisher
“Similar to Teix in the playoffs”
No, Teixeira’s OPS of .593 pretty accurately depicts his overall PS struggles this year. All I am saying is that some people make decisions on players’ value solely based on OBP and OPS, but you have to actually watch the games to see if those numbers actually reflect a players value.
Nobody’s a bad hitter who’s OBP is 370 or higher and who has 20 or more jacks.
GreenBeret7
November 28th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Posada has never been much of a DH or a pinch hitter in his career. A little over 300 at bats (194 as a DH – .211 and 114 as a PH -.237) for about a combined .220 average with 9 homers and 54 RBI, would lead me to believe that he’s not an ideal option as a DH.
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Right, but he doesn’t have to be a consistent DH to bat fifth. My point was that if he does get a blow every now and again, he’ll be less likely to wear down in the course of the season. Posada is certainly a professional enough hitter to provide ARod with protection.
Statistics are just events reduced to numbers.
OBP is the number of times a player gets on base. That has significant value.
Slugging percentage is how many times a player gets on 2nd 3rd or hits a HR. High slugging percentage players have significant value.
Giambi played bad defense, but offensively he made a major contribution.
Either my eyesight is bad or UZR is a little wonky.
Jeter UZR 8.4
Teix -4.1
Cano -5.2
Swisher -1.7
Swisher basically average? I’m turning in my expert badge.
Giambi was a cipher as so-called protection for Alex Rodriguez. It was painful to watch.
Yes, Swisher is basically average.
Are you the same Bo from RAB?
When Giambi came,he was said to have 20/15( better than perfect)vision,AND STILL STRUCK OUT often.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
November 28th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Erica, you had better talk some sense into that PBF of yours, or he’s going to be a goner.
Also, consider muzzling his wife, who isn’t helping, if he really wants to remain in NY.
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I will do my best
Giambi did have a great eye. His deterioration was painful to watch, once he started to go downhill.
So is it just me or has this been the most boring offseason ever so far?
Not just the Yankees, no teams are doing anything!!!
“Chone figgins is next to last,somebody was drunk with these rankings”
Figgins fits into the 2b/SS/3b group for Elias purposes.
They are measured based on these stats:
2B/3B/SS: PA, AVG, OBP, HR, RBI, Fielding percentage, Total chances at designated position
Figgins suffers on two fronts. One, he doesn’t hit homers or drive in many runs. Two, he missed about 1/3 of 2008 and the rankings are based on the last two seasons. Missing 50 or so games in ’08 obviously hurts his PA and total chances totals. Elias, like all other stats don’t always tell the entire story.
I was smart mouthing Teix in the playoffs in trying to hit eleventeen HRs in each at bat and pulling everything. As to Swisher – how anyone can hit doing that Bobbin routine is beyond me. Quiet lower half. Hah.
Has Trisha popped in lately?
Trisha,
If you happen to drop by, I am sending out warm holiday wishes to you.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
November 28th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Right, but he doesn’t have to be a consistent DH to bat fifth. My point was that if he does get a blow every now and again, he’ll be less likely to wear down in the course of the season. Posada is certainly a professional enough hitter to provide ARod with protection.
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Oh, I understand. It would be helpful if Posada could embrace that part of the game more. He could add a lot to his numbers and add value for the Yanks if he could hit better as a DH, though…as you say, to keep him fresh. As it is, he’s one of the top ten offensive catchers of all time. As stictly a catcher, his numbers are better or at least, as good, than/as Roy Campanella’s.
I would never guess Cano had a UZR OF 5.2.
Tex ran out of steam starting in the ALCS,for sure in the WS,
along with Joba,Phil Coke,Aceves,Bruney,and Phil Hughes
What I like about them all,is they now know what it takes next year to win,and have postseason experience.
Erica – always OPPC
November 28th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
So is it just me or has this been the most boring offseason ever so far?
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It’s not just you
Erica
Everybody is watching Cashman,and he’s taking his sweet time.HE’S STEALTH and they know it!!
Gordon Edes has figured out that Toronto will not offer arbitration to Marco Scutaro because they signed Alex Gonzales. I guess Edes has forgotten that Scutaro can play any of the infield positions, so they have absolutely no reason not to take a chance at offering it. Toronto has a need for a third baseman. I guess like the rest of the boston hopefuls, he is figuring Boston will get him for nothing.
GB7,
He just doesn’t feel as connected to the game if he’s not behind the plate. If he were in decline, he might be more accepting of a more transitional role, but he’s not remotely at that point yet, and one suspects he’ll leave that position kicking and screaming.
As trashing Posada’s defense is now so in vogue, I think many Yankee fans won’t appreciate his worth until he is gone. The man has a career OPS+ of 124.
I hope Beantown jumps to the 34 yr old Scutaro,who want a multi year deal.
GB, someone on another board raised a good point about Posada as DH. His numbers may not be good because he’s DH’d sporadically throughout his career – it takes a certain mentality to be able to hit, knowing that’s all you’re going to do and that you’ll be on the bench for 99% of a game. Not every player is able to do that. Maybe once Po becomes a more regular DH, he’ll be better at it because he’ll have time to get used to it. That said, he may never be a good DH because he’s not going to give up the C position easily; it’s all a matter of attitude.
Nah, it’s not been a boring off-season……it’s been quiet, just the way I like it. I could do without the Halladay soap opera again, but what can you do?
Damon, I told you, lol. The movie was beyond cheesy, but when you have a shark jumping thousands of feet into the air to grab an jumbo jet……and the same shark biting the Golden Gate Bridge in half, well………what can you expect?
My preferred Off season would be to sign Cameron and Matsui and call it a day. Cameron would upgrade the defense and replace Damon’s offense at a cheaper rate short term. This gives Jackson time to develop and allows a Melky/Gardner trade for an upgrade young LF. Posada, Jeter and A Rod are on a downward slope with varying time frames.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
November 28th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
GB7,
He just doesn’t feel as connected to the game if he’s not behind the plate. If he were in decline, he might be more accepting of a more transitional role, but he’s not remotely at that point yet, and one suspects he’ll leave that position kicking and screaming.
As trashing Posada’s defense is now so in vogue, I think many Yankee fans won’t appreciate his worth until he is gone. The man has a career OPS+ of 124.
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Never understood the disrespect that he’s received for defense. As much as I loved Thurman Munson, after about his third season, his thowing diminished greatly, because of injuries. His legend grew for one reason, only. Until those bone jarring collisions took it’s toll, Munson was a great defensive force. After that third year, not so much. He had a lot of runners buffaloed, though. The one thing he did, though, was block the plate. I think it was in his 2nd year when he made one error in about 150 games during the season, and that error came when Andy Etcherbarren threw an elbow to the side of Munson’s head and knocked him out cold, and he dropped the ball.
Still, Posada has been a rock behind the plate. The BS about this pitcher or that pitcher not wanting him to catch was mostly media driven. They never had a problem catching during their biggest games. Usually, they only ones that supposedly complained were the pitchers that never took responsibility for their own mistakes, anyway. It was easier to blame others. Clemens, Johnson and Mussina come to mind.
“Toronto has a need for a third baseman”
They won’t pay Encarnacion $5.5M not to play, so I think he’s there guy. They’ve got 5 infielders under contract for 2010 and conceivably could have some small amount of fear that Scutaro accepts arbitration if offered. I can’t see that though. I think Scutaro would turn it down.
Betsy – high on pie
November 28th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
GB, someone on another board raised a good point about Posada as DH. His numbers may not be good because he’s DH’d sporadically throughout his career – it takes a certain mentality to be able to hit, knowing that’s all you’re going to do and that you’ll be on the bench for 99% of a game. Not every player is able to do that. Maybe once Po becomes a more regular DH, he’ll be better at it because he’ll have time to get used to it. That said, he may never be a good DH because he’s not going to give up the C position easily; it’s all a matter of attitude.
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Good pinch hitters make the best DH’s because, basically that’s all a DH is…he pinch hits 4-5 times a game.
I hope I’m wrong, but I just think Jorge is on the downward slide to be hitting in the 5 hole….He’s been a favorite of mine for a long time, but hitting behind Alex maybe a significant dropoff…..
squidward
November 28th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
“Toronto has a need for a third baseman”
They won’t pay Encarnacion $5.5M not to play, so I think he’s there guy. They’ve got 5 infielders under contract for 2010 and conceivably could have some small amount of fear that Scutaro accepts arbitration if offered. I can’t see that though. I think Scutaro would turn it down.
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Encanarcion isn’t getting 5.5 mil. He’s getting 4.75 mil. His contract runs thru 2010 with no buyout. He can move him in a trade, fairly easily.
Been out most of the day so apologies if this has already been posted somewhere…
“Now it also looks as if Hanley Ramirez won’t ever see that new stadium in a Marlins uniform as the Red Sox, who let incumbent Alex Gonzalez go, are reportedly engaged in talks with Florida about reacquiring the All-Star shortstop.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....z0YDiV6aOl
I’m not too worried about Posada’s dropping off in 2010. After missing almost 2/3rds of the season in 2008, I’d think that he made a strong comeback from surgery, and was doing well until getting knocked out for a month, and basically having to retart spring training all over again. I have some doubts about 2011, though. That could be a real struggle at age 39.
Encarnarcion can’t handle the heathens in beantown ,he’s too laid back forthe band oh idiots.
GB7,
It’s definitely hard to guess where Posada will be in 2011, because as you already stated, he’ll be a 39 year old catcher. At this point, we can only base our judgement one year at a time. I believe Posada will be as productive as usual. However, I really have no clue for 2011.
If it’s in the Daily News, it must be true.
Pat, ick……..it’s the first I’ve read about this since last year.
However, Madden did sort of make a huge leap; just because the Sox are in talks with the Marlins doesn’t mean they are going to get Hanley.
GB. that’s true….I agree, too. 2011 is a bit of a worry….that said, I can barely think ahead to tomorrow, let alone 2 years from now.
Can’t figure out where Boston’s getting all of the minor league talent to trade for Halladay and Ramirez. They barely have enough for one. Ramirez in particular is another of Madden’s pipe dreams.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....ierre.html
If the Angels were to make a run at Roy Halladay, it would cost them at least one big-league arm from the Joe Saunders/Jered Weaver/Ervin Santana group, which could help offset Halladay’s 2010 salary.
Angels’ owner Arte Moreno has said in the past that he’s willing to bump the club’s payroll a little for a potential franchise player. This could give the team some financial maneuverability if they tried to trade for Halladay or sign a free agent like Jason Bay.
The Dodgers don’t want to give up any major league pitching to acquire Halladay, making them an unlikely trading partner for the Jays.
Betsy – high on pie
November 28th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
GB. that’s true….I agree, too. 2011 is a bit of a worry….that said, I can barely think ahead to tomorrow, let alone 2 years from now.
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I have no trouble figuring out what tomorrow will bring, Betsy. Sometime around the crack of noon, I’ll get up, have breakfast and then, take a nap.
GB, sounds like my father…..except he’ll probably get up at 6 am, lol……..
Betsy,Grrl
where did you find that movie ,I’m still laughing? Where was the Octopus?
Betsy – high on pie
November 29th, 2009 at 12:08 am
GB, sounds like my father…..except he’ll probably get up at 6 am, lol……..
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My schedule is all screwed up. Watch movies at night and then sleep until I decide to wake up. actually, it’s quite boring. I’d prefer to be working, but, not many places will hire me for what I prefer…working outside. Working inside is not an option….can’t stand being around a bunch of noisy people, pushing and shoving. and, screaming, whining kids? Forget it. I can deal with the twins….it’s everyone elses brats that I can’t stand. I blame the parents for the kids’ behavior, though. They allow it.
What about Rod’s A-game?
When was the last time Bill Madden broke a story? Ever since George gave control to his sons, Madden has little inside information. Also, don’t forget 2006 when he had Torre fired, but instead he managed the Yankees in 2007.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....swing.html
Jesus Montero, a slugging catching prospect, is the key element of any deal with the Yankees as far as the Jays are concerned. Montero is the best hitter among the Yankees’ plethora of catching prospects – some scouts believe he has the potential to hit 40 home runs. The Jays likely also would require either Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes in the deal and perhaps another prospect, such as outfielder Austin Jackson.
^^^ GET THE —- OUTTA HERE!!!
“They have to keep their reputation,” a baseball executive said, referring to the Yankees. “Mr. Steinbrenner, he’s back winning now and he doesn’t want to stop. And if Boston wants to get back in it, they are going to have to get big guys this winter.”
^^^ The old Bill Smith strategy… Sorry “unnamed Tor baseball executive” impulsive George is not running the team you idiot.
Betsy, I’ve seen that movie. It was on scifi I think. Its one of those movies that’s so bad that its kinda good in a weird way
The story, written by Bob Elliott, quotes an unnamed Major League executive as saying, “I don’t know when he is going and I don’t know where he’s going. But I do know that Halladay has told the Jays he’ll approve a trade to the Yankees.”
“According to a source, the Red Sox hierarchy is split on acquiring Halladay. GM Theo Epstein, the source said, does not want to surrender the Sox’s prime homegrown products – pitcher Clay Buchholz, shortstop/pitcher Casey Kelly and pitcher Daniel Bard – the Blue Jays are seeking. But Sox owner John Henry is believed to be the driving force behind completing a deal, the source said.
Epstein would rather use the Red Sox’s abundance of lower-level prospects to pursue a deal with the Padres for slugging first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, or with the Marlins for former Red Sox farmhand Hanley Ramirez, the star shortstop. The Padres and Marlins are said to be seeking players on the cusp of the major leagues who would be under their control for several years.”
No baseball team is trading their top player for lower level prospects. Just look at what’s written above, if the Padres and Marlins are seeking players on the cusp of the major leagues why would they trade their best players around a package of prospects still in “A” ball which means they’re at least 2-3 years away from the majors. How many great prospects we’ve seen over the years who were great in “A” ball, but fizzled in the higher minor leagues.
Those Daily News writers need to be ashamed for writing this garbage. Bill Madden hasn’t broken a good story in years.
The Marlins aren’t trading their best position player for Clay Buchholz and some lower level minor league players. What a joke!
Loopyca has set the mouth that roared on full righteous indignation, but I think his needle is stuck (a reference to phonograph records, which will be lost on many of the members of this fine virtual community). A second piece today is repeating what he said yesterday, that Tiger Woods must come clean.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....ould_.html
Easy Mike, we heard you yesterday.
Not a bad living, eh? Looppy is like the AL beanball pitcher who never has to come to the plate. In that way (and maybe others) he’s just like his least favorite athlete, Clemens. Maybe that explains the venom. We tend to get the most worked up over people who are really like us in some way.
When was the last time Bill Madden had a morsel of Yankee insider information that turned out to be true?
A ridiculous story.
You guys can defend Waldman all you like, I can’t stand listening to her or her commentary.
I’ve been listening to Yankee radio broadcasts for about 55 years I guess my ears must be lying.
My goodness gracious.
Does anyone have any knowledge of how MLB Extra Innings works?
Specifically, do you get to watch the YES feed for every game with the exception of the home teams market that you live in?
CHAD -
Tuesday is the last date for the Yankees to offer salary arbitration to receive compensation. Given that the Yankees did not make any offers to last years’ class of free agents, which, in your opinion, if any of this years’ class might the Yankees offer arbitration?
I think Damon makes some sense in that he is an “A” class player and the offer would be for one year only. But he would probably be awarded an amount the Yankees would prefer not to pay. If they do not offer Damon arbitration wouldn’t that be a clear signal that they plan to move in a different direction (free agent, trade, Austin Jackson)?
I do not think they will offer arbitration to either Pettitte (because it is most likely he would not sign with any other club) or Matsui (because his services are viewed as limited to DH).
Personally I would resign the later two (Pettitte around $10MM plus limited incentives and Matsui for no more than $5MM with incentives if he plays on defense). I would opt to move in a different direction than Damon because he can get more years and more money than I would want to pay for his diminishing defensive skills.
Vader,
Not sure if it is the Extra Innings. But, MLB.com’s gamecasts allows me to watch all YES feeds for all games except those that are shown in the local market. (Those I can watch the next day if I want to). I’ve be watching (and re-watching) all the Playoff games all November while waiting for something to happen on the hot stove. I highly recommend it if you live out of market like I do.
Typical off-season for the lazy members of the media.
The Red Sox are going to acquire everybody and give up nothing, while the Yankees are going to drain the system to get one player.
Nevermind the reality of neither situation taking place.
Gotta love the off-season! LOL
Vader November 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Does anyone have any knowledge of how MLB Extra Innings works?
Specifically, do you get to watch the YES feed for every game with the exception of the home teams market that you live in?
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It depends.
on cable tv, no. They usually ONLY broadcast ONE of the team’s feeds. About 60% of the time it is the YES broadcast and 40% of the time it’s the opponents broadcast (even when the game is in Yankee Stadium). Also, ALL saturday 1:00 PM games are blacked out.
not sure about satellite.
Thanks for the help and if it means anything I may be switching to Verizon Fios.
Hope Tiger has a good prenup
* Dec. 1 — Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration
* Dec. 7-10 — Baseball winter meetings, Indianapolis
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This week can be known as “rumor week ” leading up to the winter meetings.
GreenBeret7
Never understood the disrespect that he’s received for defense. As much as I loved Thurman Munson, after about his third season, his thowing diminished greatly, because of injuries. His legend grew for one reason, only. Until those bone jarring collisions took it’s toll, Munson was a great defensive force. After that third year, not so much. He had a lot of runners buffaloed, though. The one thing he did, though, was block the plate. I think it was in his 2nd year when he made one error in about 150 games during the season, and that error came when Andy Etcherbarren threw an elbow to the side of Munson’s head and knocked him out cold, and he dropped the ball.
Still, Posada has been a rock behind the plate. The BS about this pitcher or that pitcher not wanting him to catch was mostly media driven. They never had a problem catching during their biggest games. Usually, they only ones that supposedly complained were the pitchers that never took responsibility for their own mistakes, anyway. It was easier to blame others. Clemens, Johnson and Mussina come to mind.
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Don’t remember the collision with Thurm dropping the ball, but a catcher’s life is a perilous one, lol. I seem to recall a Boston-Yank series with Nettles and Fisk colliding or getting into it and there being some ill will there after.
I remember a few years ago Posada blocked the plate vs. Texas and got slammed, but he held onto the ball and was extremely groggy. I think he hit a walkoff left-handed in that game.
I don’t recall Clemens ever being critical of Jorge – I do remember them being thick as thieves and Roger wanting Posada behind the plate for this 300th.
I think people know Posada tends to be volatile and just assume there’s always this conflict going on. They don’t get it – these guys aren’t wearing suits and sitting around a conference table, they’re in the heat of a game. Thurman used to bark at people all the time, so what’s the big deal that Posada tells Chamberlain: “Throw your FB and stop embarrassing yourself…” Maybe the kid needs the cold water. He also puts his arm around his pitchers and clearly speaks soothingly to them – it all depends on what the situation is.
You’re right about the media. They made a big deal about Posada and Duque having it out, and the two of them thought the writers were nuts. “It’s like brothers arguing,” I remember Duque said. They’d have screaming matches in-game – people need to get it that not everyone is bringing a pseudo-polite suburban ethos to their interactions. It’s just baseball.
tigers wife beat the crap out of him
& he tries to run out of the house as she is chasing him with a golf club???
in a panic he hits a hydrant & a tree
women are nasty when another woman is in the mix
shame on tiger for straying
he will pay big time
Re Madden article: just LMFAO.
He really has become a complete antique.
Off to to the swamplands to witness the Education of the Young Hope Behind Center. I know that sounds sarcastic, and it is – but I liked some bounceback 2nd half QB-ing from Sanchez last week and I have the patience as a fan to watch him skin his knee.
Sort of like wanting to keep Joba and Hughes and actually develop something from within!
While we wait for the most important event in the MLB off season to take place – No, not the winter meetings, I mean the setting of the Cashman’s Budget – I realize I have unfairly neglected golf all my life as some silly game played by lots of rich, stodgy dudes with their polo shirt collars turned up, ogling the beer girl. Elin Nordegren may have forever changed the flava of the game with one infamous swing of that Nike club. How long before we have tryouts for the US Open Cheerleaders and start seeing Jack Nicholson and Spike Lee sitting down in front at the 18th?
Why are you assuming that Tiger cheated on his wife? Little premature to jump to that conclusion don’t you think.
jmo that is all
we all have them
why else would he be leaving the house at 2 in the morning ?
i think they got into an argument & all hell broke loose
all these years you do not hear one bad thing about tiger & now an affair rumor?
the rumors are usually true
if it is a simple accident you would not dodge the police & media imo
blake
yes i do think it is to early to speculate when a mans reputation is on the line if i was the media but i am not
i just think that something happened with another woman
don’t know what & it ticked off his wife
Its a possibility but who knows he could have had a taco bell craving. Who knows. He doesn’t have to talk to the police at all if he doesn’t want to..
who leaves the house at 2 in the morn with a beautifull wife in bed & a kid or two?
with their resources it is not like they ran out of milk
more to it
either the truth comes out or it is covered up or part of it comes out
Bru, I haven’t heard any reports that say thay his wife was mad about anything. The only report I heard was that she broke the window with a golf club to help him out of the car.
everything you’re saying is possible of course but I can’t stand when the media creates these firestorms on assumptions. As you said you aren’t the media so I guess you assume if you want
man if you believe that
a man driving an suv at under 33 miles an hour is running everything over in sight sounds like a man being chased with a golf club
in pics they do not look happy together
tiger has this empty look & some hidden anger
“Why are you assuming that Tiger cheated on his wife? Little premature to jump to that conclusion don’t you think.”
I’m not speculating on anything regarding what Tiger may or may not have done with some other woman. I’m talking about what his wife did to him.
As was pointed out above with remarkable brevity: “if it is a simple accident you would not dodge the police & media imo.”
Damon, it was on the Sci-Fi network yesterday. I decided to watch it because I love sharks and I wanted to see what this shark looked like. Afterwards, after checking things out on the computer, I found out that that shark/airplane clip was very, very popular on You Tube – the movie is either so bad, it’s good or just plain bad. Either way, the clip is considered a classic of the genre,lol.
Forget Doc – the Jays (like under Ricciardi) want Montero,Hughes/Joba or Jackson? Wow, that’s highway robbery, even for Doc. LOL and they only want Kelly and Bucholz from the Sox? What a joke. Obviously Ken Davidoff is right in his hunch – if the Jays had to trade them to the Sox or Yanks, they’d much prefer the Sox.
Now, we can move on from Doc – what a joke.
blake
i fully understand but it does not add up
when tabloids say an affair happened the wife is mad no matter what especially if a pic is taken with the other woman involved
i have not seen that pic but there is a very good chance something happened where they got into a fight
they are avoiding the police for a harmless car accident??
i don’t think so
she hears the car accident & comes out with a golf club & smashes windows to release her husband?
As the owner, John Henry will get what he wants. Who is surprised? The Tex thing embarrassed him, he despises the Yankees……..I think he will absolutely do what he needs to to get Doc. The Yankees won’t…..
she blew a gasket & beat the mess out of him
he did not wan’t to hurt her because his life would be a mess so he split
I hope for tigers sake that selena Roberts isn’t on the case…
Well according to Tiger’s alleged mistress she said she did not have an affair with Woods and that she would take a lie detector test to prove it, all this affair and mistress stuff started with the National Enquirer, really now people get their news from the Enquirer? And credited news organizations use the Enquirer as a valuable source?
Bodh, for years, people (media) kept harping about how Clemens wanted somebody else (Girardi or name one) catching him, even after Clemens insisted there was nobody else he’d rather have. I’m sure that he also understood the value of that big bat, too.
As far as Johnson, Mussina and Brown, they wouldn’t have been happy with anybody catching them except themselves, if they could have figured out how to do it. None were shy about glaring at fielders that made errors, but, never said anything about wearing out the outfielders chasing down their mistakes…errrr…catcher’s mistakes.
That Munson/Etcherbarren collision was ugly. I still can’t believe an error was called on the play. Etcherbarren was out by a good 15 feet, until he threw the elbow to the side of Munson’s head.
Yep…Posada has much in common with Munson. Neither have a fear of getting in the pitcher’s face on the mound. Both were hot tempered and stubborn. And both were dangerous with a club in their hands late in a game. One other thing…both let it be known when the pitcher was cooked, although Munson was more blunt about it. Love both of them, though. NYY has been lucky to have had catchers like Dickey, Berra, Howard, Munson and Posada. Even Johnny Blanchard gave the Yanks his share of big games. Add Girdardi and Stanley for short bursts and NYY has had catchers like their center fielders….sensational. Jeter has now made shortstop a glamour position. Will Teixeira make 1st base a glamour position, again, like Mattingly, Pepitone, Mize, Skowren and Gehrig?
Craw, wow – that’s true. I guess lower level prospects are the new “prospects on the cusp of the majors”.
“I hope for tigers sake that selena Roberts isn’t on the case…”
Actually it’s worse. The alleged other woman has allegedly retained Gloria Allred to “represent” her.
http://www.gloriaallred.com/
I think if the Yankees really want halladay they can trump any offer from the sox..
“really now people get their news from the Enquirer? And credited news organizations use the Enquirer as a valuable source?”
Um, John Edwards, anyone?
the rs need more than doc
doc will have their payroll at about 125 million minimum if it is sitting at 105 million now
they need a 1b/3b,lf also
bay & doc alone will have payroll between 140-145 million while losing prospects
& having to deal with becket next year & adding 2 long term contracts in bay,holliday
now bay & doc makes them a great team but doc & bay’s next birthdays puts them at 33 years old each
I Personally like tiger and love watching him play so I hope nothing comes of this.
I generally believe the best in people (or I try to), so I refuse to engage in speculation about Tiger, especially with regards to his personal life. It’s unfair to him to assume the worst – that’s all I’ll say about it.
Blake, that’s the movie……..total cheese, but it was worth it to see the shark jump thousands of feet in the air to snatch a plan and to bite the Golden Gate Bridge in half.
Clemens was very close to Posada……..Po is not the greatest defensive catcher in the world, but both he and AJ took it on the chin this year and it was unfair to both of them. Posada caught AJ when he was at his best….AJ’s slump had nothing to do with him. AJ then took guff for supposedly asking for a personal catcher – guff? He was called spoiled and other, more pejorative names – without proof.
murphydog November 29th, 2009 at 10:28 am
“really now people get their news from the Enquirer? And credited news organizations use the Enquirer as a valuable source?”
Um, John Edwards, anyone?
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Breaking one big story does not make a news organization credible, sooner or later you have to be right.
“I Personally like tiger and love watching him play so I hope nothing comes of this”
Even if something does come from this, would you enjoy watching him play any less. He’ll still be great.
“I think if the Yankees really want halladay they can trump any offer from the sox..”
Probably. But it is shaping up just like the Santana sweepstakes where the Sox and Yanks were trying to goad each other into making the first move and taking on a huge long term obligation while simultaneously giving up valuable prospects.
Assume your team doesn’t get Halladay. Is the resulting budget flexibility equal to or better than adding one SP to the rotation? Is that one SP, who plays every five days and is susceptible to injury just like everyone else, maybe more so, worth the commitment and all the foregone opportunities? That’s the issue. So, maybe the Yanks try to inflate the price and then bail out, just like with Santana.
“Breaking one big story does not make a news organization credible, sooner or later you have to be right.”
Invincible ignorance on your part. They didn’t accidentally make up a story that later proved true. And it wasn’t a small story. And it survived every denial and lie from Edwards.
Betsy, that is an awesome scene. There is another movie like that called Megaledon I think and it shows the shark swallowing an entire ship. Basiically they just took an shot of a great white and blew it up and then superimposed a boat in its mouth.. It was nice..
Blake
You can still like Tiger and love watching him play no matter what happened the last few days.
IMO, too much moralizing instead of spectating and evaluating coming from the media and fans these days.
In the grand scheme of things, what people believe Tiger did or didn’t do, really doesn’t matter except to his family and his endorsers. He’ll still be out on the course doing what he does best once the dust settles and the bruises heal.
Bodh-
I remember a few years ago Posada blocked the plate vs. Texas and got slammed, but he held onto the ball and was extremely groggy. I think he hit a walkoff left-handed in that game.
It was Tex who knocked him out!
IMO Tiger needs to come out and address what happened. The longer he waits the more the media speculation builds and all of these stories about an affair stay out there whether or not they are true.
murphydog November 29th, 2009 at 10:38 am
“Breaking one big story does not make a news organization credible, sooner or later you have to be right.”
Invincible ignorance on your part. They didn’t accidentally make up a story that later proved true. And it wasn’t a small story. And it survived every denial and lie from Edwards.
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Yes you know how many of their stories have failed to stand the test foe every proven story about John Edwards, there are thousands of stories story like “Obama has lung cancer” or “Sarah Palin is Pregnant again” (when it was in fact her daughter). I don’t know about you, but I like my news to be consistent and fact based.
Vader
November 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Does anyone have any knowledge of how MLB Extra Innings works?
Specifically, do you get to watch the YES feed for every game with the exception of the home teams market that you live in?
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Vader, I have the Extra Innings package. When they’re at home, you’ll get the YES feed, the only exception is when the games are on MY9, then you’ll get the other team’s coverage. When they’re away, most of the time you’ll have to watch the home team’s coverage, but occasionally you will get to choose between the home team and away coverage. It’s really not bad-but let me tell you, you’ll really come to appreciate the YES coverage once you’ve been subjected to the other teams. lol
I just checked the AAA and AA roster of the Red Sox for “major league ready” players. I found none that did not get promoted last year. So, if that is what the Jays want, they must look at low cost players on the Sox roster. Of course, the lower Sox minor league players are all on the Hall of Fame track.
“Invincible ignorance on your part. They didn’t accidentally make up a story that later proved true. And it wasn’t a small story. And it survived every denial and lie from Edwards.”
Being right about one story doesn’t make up for all of those other stories they’ve been wrong about.
“IMO, too much moralizing instead of spectating and evaluating coming from the media and fans these days.”
pat:
No disrespect, but taking a position based on the pictures and the incredible nature of the wife’s original story isn’t really “moralizing” is it? I don’t know or care what did or did not happen with some other woman. I find the peek-a-boo with the cops and the wife’s silly cover story insulting and an example of celebrity justice. You or I would at the very least have been interviewed by now.
“IMO Tiger needs to come out and address what happened. The longer he waits the more the media speculation builds and all of these stories about an affair stay out there whether or not they are true.”
Yet the woman he is suppose to be having this affair with has denied even meeting him and is looking into suing folks for defamation of character.
“if it is a simple accident you would not dodge the police & media imo.”
If you follow Tiger at all, you know he doesn’t talk to the press about anything personal, period. He said nothing about his father’s passing, just a statement from his agent, as he did in this case. He only addresses the media about golf, and then only because he has to, and then only as little as possible. He is as intensely private as any celebrity can be.
That said, if he wants to protect that privacy, he is going to need to address this publicly, and have a truthful explanation for what happened. Otherwise, he will become tabloid fodder.
To the issue of the police, he needs to be open with them as well, to dispel the rumors; but even the police are saying there is no requirement to talk to them because of the nature of the incident.
tiger wood’s management team damage control idea # 2076
http://www.golfhq.com/catalog/.....-1869.html
“Each animal is fully lined and elasticized to ensure a secure fit on your clubs. Daphne’s animal headcovers are designed to protect your woods, period. Each animal is guaranteed for life. Inside the label you will find the Daphne’s factory phone number. Should you have any problems with your headcover, we’ll fix it. Daphne’s Headcovers are designed to accommodate all of the best-selling shapes and sizes, including the oversized club heads.”
these are the head covers that caused the problem. tiger’s wife found daphne’s phone number inside and went ballistic.
it was all a big misunderstanding.
… and when tiger left the house in a hurry because his wife was mad and ran into the hydrant and tree in his haste , his wife still had the club in her hand( after taking the head cover off to see daphne’s number )when she heard the crash and raced out to find him unconscious and the car doors locked so she knocked out the back window and crawled in and hauled him out while he was still unconscious.
…”Should you have any problems with your headcover, we’ll fix it.”
tiger’s management team is asking the company to call elin and explain that daphne is
not that kind of daphne.
so you see , it’s not tiger’s fault at all( or elin’s), and his 100 million a year in endorsements can continue uninterrupted.
Why is Tiger Woods personal life any of our business? Just because one is a great golfer doesn’t make his domestic issues, if any, my concern. How would we like the intimate details of our lives publicized?
Blake, I have to look that up. Megalodons make cool “monsters”….I’d probably laugh my head off at the scene you described, but I love seeing these people get what they deserve. There’s this moment in the movie last night where the captain of a tanker screams “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo” in a very dramatic style before the shark just destroys the thing. It was like the “Khan” moment in Star Trek II, but infinitely funnier…….
If I recall correctly, Posada (or someone) gave Tex a framed picture of that slide, lol ……..It was in a story from ST.
murphydog November 29th, 2009 at 10:50 am
“IMO, too much moralizing instead of spectating and evaluating coming from the media and fans these days.”
pat:
No disrespect, but taking a position based on the pictures and the incredible nature of the wife’s original story isn’t really “moralizing” is it? I don’t know or care what did or did not happen with some other woman. I find the peek-a-boo with the cops and the wife’s silly cover story insulting and an example of celebrity justice. You or I would at the very least have been interviewed by now.
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I’m sure you would love for the entire country to be speculating about problems you may or may not be having in your personal life, and making your family a part of it, my point is that this all speculation, all this speculation starting from a “news organization” that is pure gossip, ill stand back and wait to hear from the Tiger himself instead of crying celebrity justice nonsense.
vader,
If you are still online, DO NOT switch to FIOS if you are going to get the Extra Innings package. Unless they have renegotiated, FIOS doesn’t carry it.
I have gotten EI every year since 2002. They have gotten much better every year in terms of offerings and picture quality. They have taken to offering both home and away broadcasts on nights where there is not a full schedule. I have seen some of the MY9 games, even. I would say that you would get about 100 YES/MY9 games. The Saturday afternoon games are blacked out on cable and satellite. That is a MLB/Fox contract thing.
2 years ago, they started offering 1 game per time slot on HD, I am hopeful that this year, it will be 2 or more. I recommend it over MLBTV just because I can’t see watching games on the computer.
“I don’t know about you, but I like my news to be consistent and fact based.”
All I’m saying is don’t confuse the messenger with the message. Hate the Enquirer all you want, but you should not ignore what your common sense tells you because you feel the media outlet is beneath contempt.
Clearly, the Enquirer is not a mainstream news organization but it doesn’t try to be. I don’t swallow everything I hear from mainstream media either. Consistently slanted is not consistently true, whether you are a FOX person or prefer CNN.
“Why is Tiger Woods personal life any of our business? Just because one is a great golfer doesn’t make his domestic issues, if any, my concern. How would we like the intimate details of our lives publicized?”
It’s the price for being a celebrity. When you endorse products for millions and millions of dollars and you’re the number one sports figure in the world, it comes with a price. Now, Tiger has protected his privacy forever and is doing it yet again with this incident, but right now, the story is out of his control until he tells his version of what happened.
Good Morning, All –
1. John Henry pushing for Doc, over the objections of this baseball people (Theo and Co.) – Sounds a lot like George in his heyday in the 80s – How ironic! – and we all know how that turned out. In my own opinion, you develop a business plan because you believe in it, and you don’t throw it away based on emotions or lust of the moment. Emotions don’t seem like a good way to conduct any kind of business.
1a. We’ll see what Toronto really gets for Doc. And I do think they will make some deal this offseason; the new GM doesn’t want to start off by imitating JP’s screwing this up.
2. None of us knows what happened with Tiger that night. What we do know is that they are stonewalling the investigation. Why? Like the saying goes, those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear, understand the need to investigate, and co-operate. At least, that’s been my experience, limited though it may be.
3. Let’s go Jets – maybe?
“I find the peek-a-boo with the cops and the wife’s silly cover story insulting and an example of celebrity justice. You or I would at the very least have been interviewed by now”
Celebrity justice? If this was you or I, the whole thing would be over by now, maybe a traffic ticket or two issued.
“I’m sure you would love for the entire country to be speculating about problems you may or may not be having in your personal life, and making your family a part of it, my point is that this all speculation, all this speculation starting from a “news organization” that is pure gossip, ill stand back and wait to hear from the Tiger himself instead of crying celebrity justice nonsense.”
Focus. I’m not a public figure. I didn’t invite the media into my life and home and wedding and baby births in order to retain my multimillion dollar endorsement contracts. I don’t live my life on the front page, Tiger does all of the above. The rules are unfortunately different and he knows that. Grow up.
Joe, the new GM sounds like the old one. There’s no difference between Anthopolous and Ricciardi. It appears the former wants Montero, Joba/Hughes and Jackson – that’s insane. No matter what Anthopolous says, he does not want to trade within the division……. Doc is going to the Angels, IMO.
Squid, no it wouldn’t for me.
murphydog November 29th, 2009 at 10:58 am
“I don’t know about you, but I like my news to be consistent and fact based.”
All I’m saying is don’t confuse the messenger with the message. Hate the Enquirer all you want, but you should not ignore what your common sense tells you because you feel the media outlet is beneath contempt.
Clearly, the Enquirer is not a mainstream news organization but it doesn’t try to be. I don’t swallow everything I hear from mainstream media either. Consistently slanted is not consistently true, whether you are a FOX person or prefer CNN.
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The mainstream media is nowhere near perfect and they are extremely bias, but please the Enquirer is not a news organization, seriously have you looked at there front page over the last few years, they are a gossip organization. I know you bring up the “John Edwards” story did you also know they had an “Obama mistress story”, when the mass majority of your “News” are speculations or made up stories, you don’t deserve to be taken seriously.
“Celebrity justice? If this was you or I, the whole thing would be over by now, maybe a traffic ticket or two issued.”
I beg to differ. Most jurisdictions have mandatory arrest policies involving domestic violence and I’m betting Tiger’s little part of Florida is the same. Somebody gets arrested even if the other party doesn’t want to press charges. The arresting cop acts as the complaining witness. It’s a fact. I’m not saying mandatory arrest policies make perfect sense, they don’t. But if it were you and I, one of us (or our spouses) would be facing arrest.
If there is a choice between the two, I would rather see Boston get Halladay than Hanley Ramirez. Halladay will make them better this year, but his contract requirements may cause them to lose Beckett and others, and hamstring them for some future moves. Hanley would make them better for longer, and although his contract may ultimately be larger, they would have time to re-arrange to prepare for it.
“you don’t deserve to be taken seriously.”
Ad hominem digression.
Betsy – high on pie
November 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
If I recall correctly, Posada (or someone) gave Tex a framed picture of that slide, lol ……..It was in a story from ST.
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Betsy, actually I think it was Tex who gave Posada that picture. He wrote something like “now we’re best friends” on it and signed it for him.
3. Let’s go Jets – maybe?
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Joe,
Hope so. Anxious to see if there is any change in Sanchez’s game with Ryan getting involved in the offense.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:02 am
“I’m sure you would love for the entire country to be speculating about problems you may or may not be having in your personal life, and making your family a part of it, my point is that this all speculation, all this speculation starting from a “news organization” that is pure gossip, ill stand back and wait to hear from the Tiger himself instead of crying celebrity justice nonsense.”
Focus. I’m not a public figure. I didn’t invite the media into my life and home and wedding and baby births in order to retain my multimillion dollar endorsement contracts. I don’t live my life on the front page, Tiger does all of the above. The rules are unfortunately different and he knows that. Grow up.
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Last time i checked the American public did not get a public invitation into Tiger’s personal life. The only invitation you and I, and any other person has in regards to Tiger Woods life is to watch him play golf, that is it. He owes you no explanations.
Last time i checked the American public did not get a public invitation into Tiger’s personal life.
Do you not understand the meaning of public figure?
Another record award for Mariano Rivera that went unnoticed. He tied Joe Nathan for the AL Rolaid’s Relief Award this year. It was Rivera’s 5th and tied Dan Quisenberry with 5 for the most since the award was started in 1976.
“Joe, the new GM sounds like the old one. There’s no difference between Anthopolous and Ricciardi. It appears the former wants Montero, Joba/Hughes and Jackson – that’s insane. No matter what Anthopolous says, he does not want to trade within the division……. Doc is going to the Angels, IMO.”
Betsy,
Be careful there as I don’t belive those articles are really accurate so why would the names be correct.
murphydog,
The police have said this is not a domestic issue, it is a traffic accident. Maybe you are insinuating that they would assume domestic if it wasn’t Tiger, but that is a big assumption based on evidence just from the Enquirer.
There are assumptions that can and are being made, but it is purely speculative at this point, I am not sure the police should have arrested one of them based on speculation. It may come out that the spec is true, but not at this point.
“He owes you no explanations.”
Actually I agree with that. But giving false explanations isn’t the same as “no explanations.” Allow my good friend Mike Lupica to explain:
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....ould_.html
“Do you not understand the meaning of public figure?”
Yet he has a right not to say anything as he’s not an elected official. With that reluctance to talk about what actually happened comes a price, but maybe he’s willing to pay it as long as his personal life is kept private.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Last time i checked the American public did not get a public invitation into Tiger’s personal life.
Do you not understand the meaning of public figure?
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Do you understand that Tiger Woods is not an elected official? his personal life does not concern you, he plays golf and happens to be famous for it. If tiger wants to make a statement he will, but he doesn’t have to this is between him, the police, his family, and his employers, not you, me, and the public. Get it??
Anybody that uses Mike Lupica as backup can’t be taken seriously.
murphy
No disrespect taken.
Lots here doesn’t pass the sniff test and the cat and mouse stuff with law enforcement is silly but……
My point is stuff happens in peoples lives and no matter what happened here, it shouldn’t diminish what Tiger has accomplished and will accomplish on a golf course.
Legally, neither he nor his wife have been charged with anything and are under no legal obligation to speak with law enforcement.
Tiger is more than a man who can just hit a golf ball though. He is Tiger Inc. He has sponsors and corporations to answer to.
Tiger the person would probably be best telling the police he has no comment, accepting and paying whatever vehicle summons they may issue and moving on with life. Tiger of Tiger Inc. probably can’t take that approach.
# austinmac November 29th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Why is Tiger Woods personal life any of our business? Just because one is a great golfer doesn’t make his domestic issues, if any, my concern. How would we like the intimate details of our lives publicized?
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Is this a joke?
C’mon. Scandal sells. That’s the way it is, that’s the way it will always be.
Last year when ARod dumped his wife for Madonna – it was on the front page of the NY Post and Daily News for 8 consecutive days.
http://gothamist.com/attachmen.....rodcov.jpg
murphydog
November 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am
“Celebrity justice? If this was you or I, the whole thing would be over by now, maybe a traffic ticket or two issued.”
I beg to differ. Most jurisdictions have mandatory arrest policies involving domestic violence and I’m betting Tiger’s little part of Florida is the same. Somebody gets arrested even if the other party doesn’t want to press charges. The arresting cop acts as the complaining witness. It’s a fact. I’m not saying mandatory arrest policies make perfect sense, they don’t. But if it were you and I, one of us (or our spouses) would be facing arrest.
———————————————————there has to be evidence or a mark on someones face or a complaint from one side
if a cop arrives & there is a mark on her face he probably gets taken away.take the accident out of the equasion
or a mark on his face she gets taken away even if nobody presses charges but if there is no complaint or no evidence there is no proof especially when the police came out for an accident & not a domestic abuse 911 call
the 911 call might be very helpfull
what will it reveal??
if it reveals nothing the cops can’t do anything imo.
if the cops come out & she has a fat lip & is screaming bloody murder he goes bye bye
who made the call & what do the tapes reveal?
if a neighbor makes a call about domestic abuse & the cops arrive & both sides say nothing happened
& nobody has any marks there isn’t anything they can do.
if the wife makes a call & they show up,she has a fat lip but nobody want’s to press charges he goes bye bye
I agree with the first comment,in the Daily News article comment section,which says.”If the Yankees give up Montero in any trade for anyone,the next move would have to be the immediate dismissal of Cashmam.”
Mark in Tampa:
Full Disclosure: I am working on over 25 years of experience in this line of work. I am also reading more than the Enquirer, but nothing from networks and the like.
The Police say a lot of things via spokespersons that later don’t actually match the truth. There are also two police agencies at work here, the locals and the Florida Highway Patrol. So who is speaking for who I don’t know.
I’m not trying to convict anybody beyond a reasonable doubt. All I’m saying is that in my experience, people with nothing to hide don’t usually turn the cops away several times when they are asked to tell their story unless it is to protect themselves or someone else. In addition, I know from professional experience that when the police are called to a scene like the one described in this case and the stories don’t make sense (there was no need to break a window to get Tiger out of that car given the pictures I viewed online) the police start digging in and demanding that everybody stop playing games. In my experience, somebody gets arrested right then and there if domestic violence is evident on the facts. The local cops handled the initial on-scene response and IMO are going to be much more deferential to Mr. Tiger Woods than regular folks. I smell a rat, that’s all.
Look at this quote via ESPN re: Eli Manning’s new foot injury. It’s a doozy.
” It is hardly the only reason for his recent struggles, but it certainly has not helped.”
Any other QB has a foot injury, and ESPN says it is the reason for his struggles. Eli is a SB winning QB.
And yet it is hardly the only reason?!
“My point is stuff happens in peoples lives and no matter what happened here, it shouldn’t diminish what Tiger has accomplished and will accomplish on a golf course.
Legally, neither he nor his wife have been charged with anything and are under no legal obligation to speak with law enforcement”
Both true, but as to the second one a caveat. She already did speak with the cops and apparently raised more questions than she answered or else why the follow ups? While under no obligation to cooperate, IMO once she started telling a story, it is fair to suggest that she is on the hook for the follow up.
Mark-Cant Touch This
Do you understand that Tiger Woods is not an elected official? his personal life does not concern you, he plays golf and happens to be famous for it. If tiger wants to make a statement he will, but he doesn’t have to this is between him, the police, his family, and his employers, not you, me, and the public. Get it??
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You must not live in New York.
Cuz when ever there as been any kind of sex scandal involving a famous person it gets splashed on the front page for days.
i would expect his reputation to be protected at all costs
“Montes has said Woods is not required to give a statement, only his driver’s license, insurance and registration of the SUV, which was towed to a private yard with damage to the front and both back-seat windows broken”
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!! DID JOE FROM LONG ISLAND JUST CALL SUZYN WALDMAN A PROFESSIONAL!!!! OF ALL THE DRAMATIC POSTS I HAVE EVER READ, THAT ONE HAS GOT BE THE MOST….
Ridiculous!! Suzyn is awful and unlistenable. Get a clue.
And yes, I have heard announcers from plenty of other cities. She is the worst of the worst. Her voice is nails on a chalkboard, and she NEVER has anything informative to say.
I think Halladay either goes to the Yankees or red sox. I don’t think the Angels will want to part with what it would take to get him and they could re-sign lackey cheaper than the extension would be for halladay and they lose no other players. I don’t think the Yankees will give up montero and I don’t think the sox will give up Kelly so whoever the Jays like better out of the players they will give up will get him
“Both true, but as to the second one a caveat. She already did speak with the cops and apparently raised more questions than she answered or else why the follow ups? While under no obligation to cooperate, IMO once she started telling a story, it is fair to suggest that she is on the hook for the follow up.”
She isn’t on no hook, not with the best legal representation they can afford. Right now, the cops have nothing, but a misdemeanor traffic violation.
murphydog,
As I said, the speculation may be correct in the end. As to Tiger’s reticence, I am not at all surprised, but I am disappointed.
This is a guy who would give no explanation whatsoever about his knee during the US Open, yet he knew he needed full reconst. and had a broken leg at the time. He warned those in his camp and his doctors about saying anything. He sued the owner of a game preserve for telling tabloids that he was on the grounds. He told nobody when he was getting married. Full silence on personal matters is his MO.
That said, I agree that his silence makes this look worse and worse. This is one time when reluctance to publicy address personal matters will not work, as I said above as well.
by law tiger can stick to his story
& is not required to give any statements
he is only required to show his license,insurance,registration
it would be up to the police to gather any evidence if they can
very tough to do if both sides do not cooperate
if the 911 tapes have nothing on them about a domestic dispute or abuse that is a different story
bru November 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am
i would expect his reputation to be protected at all costs
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the divorce is gonna be ugly. Tiger really went slumming with the partygirl he hooked up with.
“i would expect his reputation to be protected at all costs”
Needless to say, but I expect this couple to be lawyered up with enough lawyers present for a Perry Mason episode.
if the 911 tapes have anything on them it will be a different story i meant
Tiger’s Woody
November 29th, 2009 at 11:31 am
bru November 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am
i would expect his reputation to be protected at all costs
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the divorce is gonna be ugly. Tiger really went slumming with the partygirl he hooked up with.
crawdaddy
November 29th, 2009 at 11:32 am
“i would expect his reputation to be protected at all costs”
Needless to say, but I expect this couple to be lawyered up with enough lawyers present for a Perry Mason episode.
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i think even if a divorce is messy they are both smart enough through lawyers advice to not tarnish his reputation to maximize his earnings wich she would benefit from greatly
bru November 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am
i would expect his reputation to be protected at all costs
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the divorce is gonna be ugly. Tiger really went slumming with the partygirl he hooked up with.
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You know this for a fact because:
1. You were there?
2. Have evidence?
3. Or have seen evidence from another source?
Which one?
BryanHoch
Happy 40th birthday to the greatest closer of all-time, Mr. Mariano Rivera.
I gotta feeling Elin is gonna make Tiger wear a chastity belt when he goes on the road.
Really, I don’t know whats the big deal — most men cheat.
“i think even if a divorce is messy they are both smart enough through lawyers advice to not tarnish his reputation to maximize his earnings wich she would benefit from greatly”
I think we’re being a litle premature with the divorce talk.
“Really, I don’t know whats the big deal — most men cheat.”
And most women try to stir up a hornet’s nest on blogs by making outrageous comments.
i personally think tiger was involved in some way with another woman/women
don’t know about sex but…
i believe they got into an argument or fight & she ran after him
i think they will cover this up to protect his endorsements wich could mean an extra couple thousand dollars a month for her if they get a divorse
money talks my friends
My clients aren’t rich or beautiful or even as educated as Tiger and his wife. They are mostly blue collar yet sometimes professional. They have disagreements and are sometimes a little high or loaded and put their hands on each other because unfortunately that is how they live their lives. What can I say, some people can tolerate more of that in their lives than others. Some other cases though are outright animal cruelty and those perps get no sympathy from me. But they all get lumped together by the law.
Thus most places are mandatory arrest jurisdictions. Some very good people have been carted off to jail and prosecuted like career criminals because they committed an act of “domestic violence” that wouldn’t get two strangers arrested if it happened on the street. The impact on their lives, jobs and kids is so far out of proportion to what happened as to be obscene.
The old lefty in me still burns to see that Tiger’s rich, pampered, ex-model wife isn’t treated the same.
anybody see a book deal????
I gotta feeling Elin is gonna make Tiger wear a chastity belt when he goes on the road.
Really, I don’t know whats the big deal — most men cheat.
And they cheat with other men or is there a women involved in this?
Mark-Cant Touch This
You know this for a fact because:
1. You were there?
2. Have evidence?
3. Or have seen evidence from another source?
Which one?
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Please. I don’t believe in the existence of Santa Claus and faithful famous athletes.
Erin, that’s right …lol, thanks!
Craw, I have total disrespect for Bill Madden….and I guess to be fair, a lot of that is speculation. I always take the bait when it comes to these hot stove articles…..
“Full Disclosure: I am working on over 25 years of experience in this line of work.”
murphydog-
uh oh.
those are dangerous words to use on a blog.
it’s not fair to debate when you know too much
all kidding aside, obviously there is a real story that tiger wants to keep private. depending on if his wife has already said too much, this story may or may not go away.
if she had said nothing they probably could do damage control easier.
not saying she did, but once a story is made up , it’s hard to come up with another one.
America never had an appetite for gotcha debased yellow journalism,until the Euro trash OWNERS of these SCANDAL SHEETS came here.
Now some american are crazed gossip mongers,who think it’s ok to pry into peoples personal affairs,because they are celebrities,and you think you own them.
A niche market was born just to feed the gossip mongers.
So what if they’re with their children,or friends,or minding their own business.the Press/media,photographers have nosey,gossip mongers who need their minute by minute fix of SCANDAL,GOSSIP of what’s going on in someones personal life.
Why is there such a need,because the gossip mongers themselves don’t have a life,worthy of noting!
Happy Birthday, Mo!
Cuz November 29th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I gotta feeling Elin is gonna make Tiger wear a chastity belt when he goes on the road.
Really, I don’t know whats the big deal — most men cheat.
And they cheat with other men or is there a women involved in this?
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This is the party girl Tiger was doing.
http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/.....Photos.jpg
murphydog November 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am
My clients aren’t rich or beautiful or even as educated as Tiger and his wife. They are mostly blue collar yet sometimes professional. They have disagreements and are sometimes a little high or loaded and put their hands on each other because unfortunately that is how they live their lives. What can I say, some people can tolerate more of that in their lives than others. Some other cases though are outright animal cruelty and those perps get no sympathy from me. But they all get lumped together by the law.
Thus most places are mandatory arrest jurisdictions. Some very good people have been carted off to jail and prosecuted like career criminals because they committed an act of “domestic violence” that wouldn’t get two strangers arrested if it happened on the street. The impact on their lives, jobs and kids is so far out of proportion to what happened as to be obscene.
The old lefty in me still burns to see that Tiger’s rich, pampered, ex-model wife isn’t treated the same.
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Because when the Cops arrived at the seen they saw no signs of domestic violence and both parties said no domestic violence was involved. Now the police are investigating more, but you were not at the scene so you can’t speculate on whether they both should of been arrested at the scene.
the 911 tapes might clear thing up???
also if the wife opened a can of worms with a statement it might mean nothing
it could mean he was upset & got into an accident
still no crime outside of the mv violations he is responsible for
the thing that is puzzling is why make the cops wait?
something fishy here
lawyers have a lot of coaching to do
Erin…thanks for the help, if you don’t mind can you tell me where you reside and do you get HD broadcasts?
Mark in Tampa November 29th, 2009 at 11:40 am
“Really, I don’t know whats the big deal — most men cheat.”
And most women try to stir up a hornet’s nest on blogs by making outrageous comments.
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Tell it to David Letterman’s and Mark Sanford’s wives.
“not saying she did, but once a story is made up, it’s hard to come up with another one.”
True.
Hell, randy, I actually hope they get away with it. But I wish people wouldn’t be so willing to suspend common sense just because it might lead them to an unpleasant conclusion.
Lauren has a point.
Maybe Tiger could tell the cops he was going out to hike the Appalachian Trail with Mark Sanford.
David Letterman and Mark Sanford are not even men, let alone MOST men, which is, I believe, what you stated.
“Hell, randy, I actually hope they get away with it. But I wish people wouldn’t be so willing to suspend common sense just because it might lead them to an unpleasant conclusion.”
Murphydog,
You want to discuss this topic or just insult people that don’t agree with you POV?
vader,
See my 10:58 post for the Extra Innings info. BTW, I get mine on Brighthouse cable.
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America never had an appetite for gotcha debased yellow journalism,until the Euro trash OWNERS of these SCANDAL SHEETS came here.
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Murdoch isn’t euro trash. He’s from Australia.
The Tiger story will be like many of the baseball ‘roid stories / denials. Wait too long and it becomes magnified.
Mark McGwire will find out this year.
“Because when the Cops arrived at the seen they saw no signs of domestic violence and both parties said no domestic violence was involved. Now the police are investigating more, but you were not at the scene so you can’t speculate on whether they both should of been arrested at the scene.”
Oh, Mark.
Yes, I wasn’t at the scene. But let me let you in on a secret. PEOPLE LIE TO THE POLICE WHEN CAUGHT. I know. It’s shocking isn’t it?
That the surrounding factual context was a little strange and nonsensical compared to her statement clues the police in to the fact that she was lying. That they have both shunned the police since proves she was lying. Is that enough to convict anyone? No. Is it enough to make people stop pretending this was not most likely domestic violence? In the real world, Yes.
“Hell, randy, I actually hope they get away with it. But I wish people wouldn’t be so willing to suspend common sense just because it might lead them to an unpleasant conclusion.”
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Get away with what exactly, is there something you know that the rest of the world doesn’t know?
I was watching the 1999 allstar game and its amazing how good Pedro was 10 years ago. He was downright unhittable.. That was a great allstar game with Ted Williams there and before all the steriod stuff came out. I remeber watching the Homerun derby that year and thinking, how can mcgwire hit the ball that far…. Guess we know now
if the 911 tapes reveal that the cops were called because of an accident only & tiger & his wife don’t reveal much or anything about abuse & the wife didn’t talk to much there isn’t much the cops can do
hell even if she had a fat lip she can say she got it during the rescue
if the cops have no incriminating statements or 911 recordings & tiger & his wife say it was just an accident the cops probably have no choice but to close it.
You want to discuss this topic or just insult people that don’t agree with you POV?
Were you insulted by what I wrote to randy? Sorry. Not my intention.
But you seem a little thin skinned, no? I engaged in no name calling, no ad hominem digressions, just expressed my view which I explained at length above that suspension of common sense was at work given all the circumstances.
Since when did the Lo Hud Yankees blog become a gossip factory?
SAM,CHAD,JOSH,long over due for a new thread guys,the nuts are falling off the trees!
Here gossip there gossip everywhere gossip mongers,please make it stop!!
Get away with what exactly, is there something you know that the rest of the world doesn’t know?
Oh Mark…
“SAM,CHAD,JOSH,long over due for a new thread guys,the nuts are falling off the trees!”
OK, White flag of surrender.
Clearly, the country loves celebrity gossip. That doesn’t, in my opinion, make it right to pry into anyone’s private life. “Public figure” status affects the libel and slander right’s of such people requiring them prove malice to make a case. It has nothing to do with privacy rights.
Can’t we all get back to our pretend expertise in all things baseball?
murphydog
November 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
“Because when the Cops arrived at the seen they saw no signs of domestic violence and both parties said no domestic violence was involved. Now the police are investigating more, but you were not at the scene so you can’t speculate on whether they both should of been arrested at the scene.”
Oh, Mark.
Yes, I wasn’t at the scene. But let me let you in on a secret. PEOPLE LIE TO THE POLICE WHEN CAUGHT. I know. It’s shocking isn’t it?
That the surrounding factual context was a little strange and nonsensical compared to her statement clues the police in to the fact that she was lying. That they have both shunned the police since proves she was lying. Is that enough to convict anyone? No. Is it enough to make people stop pretending this was not most likely domestic violence? In the real world, Yes.
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well said
they might know she or they were lying but might have to drop it
a lot will depend on the 911 tapes,statements & cooperation
“Because when the Cops arrived at the seen they saw no signs of domestic violence and both parties said no domestic violence was involved. Now the police are investigating more, but you were not at the scene so you can’t speculate on whether they both should of been arrested at the scene.”
Oh, Mark.
Yes, I wasn’t at the scene. But let me let you in on a secret. PEOPLE LIE TO THE POLICE WHEN CAUGHT. I know. It’s shocking isn’t it?
That the surrounding factual context was a little strange and nonsensical compared to her statement clues the police in to the fact that she was lying. That they have both shunned the police since proves she was lying. Is that enough to convict anyone? No. Is it enough to make people stop pretending this was not most likely domestic violence? In the real world, Yes.
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What factual context makes you think its domestic violence? please explain.
For all i know they had a fight, tiger got mad and decided to leave he hit a tree and a FH, she heard and saw he was stuck and broke the back windshield to get him out (which is what they both said)
or
They had a fight she chased him out the house with a golf club and broke the back window.
both cases are plausible they said they first one happened, why should they be arrested? If the you and your wife were in the same situation and said the same thing as Tiger and his wife said, you would not of been arrested, in fact i doubt you would even be questioned again.
Mark-Cant Touch This November 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Get away with what exactly, is there something you know that the rest of the world doesn’t know?
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Mark, there’s an old wise saying: “Where there’s smoke, there’s naughty sex with NYC party girl”.
Maybe Tiger can become the new spokesperson for Viagra.
Mark…Fios says it offers MLB EI.
My real hesitation is that I won’t get the games in HD and if you have an HDtv it is hard to watch any other way.
So, if am correct:
1)If Fios does have MLB EI, which they say they do, there is only one game in HD maybe two and it may not be the Yankees game.
2) All Saturday afternoon games are blacked out.
3) I may or may not get My9 games.
4) I will get YES feeds and not the opposing teams feeds.
Sorry, to ask so many questions, but this is a real hard decision based on not knowing what a may or may not get.
Mark in Tampa
November 29th, 2009 at 11:54 am
vader,
See my 10:58 post for the Extra Innings info. BTW, I get mine on Brighthouse cable.
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I concur with Brighthouse. Completely satisfied with the MLB package. Fox and ESPN are just tolerated using the mute button.
Well, it could have been worst. At least Madonna wasn’t involved.
Well I’ll wait for the police to say whether it was domestic violence or not, I have no idea what happened so there is no sense for me to call for their arrest or cry “celebrity Justice”
Vader, I live in a non-Yankee market. The extra innings package generally receives the home team feed. Sometimes, for reasons unknown to me, I get the Yankee feed when they are on the road. If a game is on MY9 it does not get broadcast by EI. Saturday’s games during the window Fox has are not on. I do agree with an earlier poster that 60% of the games I get are on the Yes Network.
According to the Toronto Sun Halladay would accept a trade to the Yankees meaning he would rather be a Yankee:)
How does Boston feel about that?
I hope this doesn’t mean anything, but Doc Holliday’s real name (the Western dentist/gunman) was John Henry Holliday, lol
Daily News today speculating the Yanks may need to part with Joba or Phil, Jesus Mon(s)tero & AJax for Halladay. That’s pure insanity.
You go to hell Blue Jays. You go to hell and die.
FWIW, they’re also speculating the Red Sox would need to add Daniel Bard to the Buchholz/Kelly package.
Tampayank, that doesn’t mean anything – Doc has the Sox, Angels and Phillies on his list as well; he’d be fine going to any of those teams.
“Get away with what exactly, is there something you know that the rest of the world doesn’t know?”
Of course, no one knows what happened except for Tiger, Elin, the fire hydrant and the tree. But that doesn’t mean people can’t make assumptions based on the facts or rumors given to them.
The biggest mistake Tiger made was assuming that TMZ and the National Enquirer exist in the same landscape as ESPN and Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine. The paparazzi don’t see Tiger as “the greatest golfer in the world who values his privacy, let’s leave him alone”. They see him as “the greatest golfer in the world who is obviously hiding something, let’s dig until we find something”.
Is that fair? No. But it’s reality. The best thing Tiger could have done if he wanted this story to go away is make a quick statement about…anything. Tell the world he was going out to the driving range at 2:30 in the morning because turkey makes him want to hit golf balls until dawn. Tell the world he got in a fight with his wife and was so flustered he couldn’t tell the difference between the road and a tree. Tell the world that Elin is so nuts she could feed an large army of squirrels. Tell the world something. Now the story has taken new life and is even being argued on a blog normally about the Yankees.
So if I am to understand this, the Yankees will have to give up Joba, Montero and two other top prospects to get Roy while the Sox would have to give up a kid who hit .171 and a mediocre curveball guy who has trouble cracking the major league roster. What’s wrong with this picture?
Jeff…it is the great conspiracy theory that everyone is out to get the Yankees and use the Sox as their way of trying to get even.
Remember Arizona wanted Posada and others for Schilling and the Sox got him for a package headed by Casey Fossom….
murphydog-
i have to laugh because it goes without saying that you have spent a lifetime in the legal world and know that people’s stories often don’t line up with the truth and that’s not necessarily always a bad thing.
i may or may not have told a few fibs to inquiring policeman at various times.
the best legal advice i ever got was from a beach volleyball partner who was a homicide investigator for the sarasota public defender’s office . he told me to say as little as possible to the police when questioned whether you thought you had done something or not.
and at the same time be respectful that they have a job to do.
as far as tiger goes, i like him as an athlete and as a person, and
i’m glad that he’s stood the old fashioned golf world on it’s head in his career.
i’m just poking fun at a situation that his close friend’s will be teasing him about too.
once he gets this squared away, it will kind of funny in a black humor kind of way.
letterman and leno will have a field day with this.
well, maybe leno.
With her golf swing, Elin Nordegren could be on the LPGA Tour in 2010.
Vader,
1-As of now, there is one HD channel. The Yankees get maybe one HD broadcast per week, or so. I understand your concern re: HD, but the YES feeds are pretty good, even w/o the HD. They broadcast the YESHD feed, even though it is through the regular channels, it is good. When they show the YESHD through the EI HD channel, it is nearly flawless.
2-Saturday games prior to 7:00 PM start are blacked out in any format, except for local programming. This is because of the Fox contract. Even stations like WGN cannot show their games nationally on Sat. afternoon.
3-Some of the MY9 games will be shown, it depends on the EI schedule, and whose broadcast they plan for that night.
4-Again, it depends on the schedule. When the Yanks are on the road, you may get 2 of the games with the opposing feed, 1 YES game. At home, mostly YES/My9. They have 14 channels to show games. When there are less than 14 games, they pick some games to show both feeds, very often the Yankees are one of the teams they offer this with.
The main thing is to see the games. Having to watch an opposing feed is not all that bad, especially when you will be seeing it on YES the next night or so. Exception-CWS and Angels games!
IMO, it is an easy decision, if you want to watch the Yanks, you have to get it. It is one month of a very expensive cable bill, though. Still less than the cost of going to one game in person!
Vader
November 29th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Erin…thanks for the help, if you don’t mind can you tell me where you reside and do you get HD broadcasts?
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No problem Vader. I’m in Illinois , and yes I do get HD broadcasts.
“According to the Toronto Sun Halladay would accept a trade to the Yankees meaning he would rather be a Yankee:)”
Pretty big leap, especially when he’s apparently indicated a few different teams he’d accept a trade to.
Just because Buster says Halladay would also say okay to the Sox, Phillies and Angels, doesn’t mean it’s true.
randy l:
That is sage advice you got there about dealing with the police. Declining to say anything in a respectful way is better than lying and wasting the cop’s time.
Contrary to the opinion most might have of me here, I’m an old lefty turned righty with age and experience and I’m a real fan of common sense instead of rhetoric. I favor speaking truth to power instead of the sheep-trance of political correctness. Old 60′s class and racial warfare issues still resonate with me.
While I’m pro Tiger, I’m against people peeing on my shoes and telling me it’s raining, especially if they’re rich.
squidward, the only one that it has been confirmed he said yes to is the Yankees.
Vader-I have to edit something-I think there are actually only a few games that come in HD format. Sorry for the confusion
When I say some MY9 games are shown, I mean to say they are not automatically excluded. They are rarely shown, I think there were 2 last year. One for sure was one of the Mets games, I think they also showed a Boston game on My9 that was a last minute addition to the schedule.
The only games I have had no access to are the Sat afternoon games when the Yanks weren’t on FOX.
Carl
November 29th, 2009 at 11:36 am
BryanHoch
Happy 40th birthday to the greatest closer of all-time, Mr. Mariano Rivera.
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A very happy birthday to Mo!!
It’s said a picture paints a thousand words,check this out about Halladay.
http://www.nymag.com/news/sports/games/62368/
Don’t believe the hype!
Mark in Tampa
November 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
When I say some MY9 games are shown, I mean to say they are not automatically excluded. They are rarely shown, I think there were 2 last year. One for sure was one of the Mets games, I think they also showed a Boston game on My9 that was a last minute addition to the schedule.
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The MY9 stuff is weird-I remember in ’08 being able to watch the MY9 games, but this year I couldn’t watch any-I’d always have to watch the other team’s feed. Very strange.
I’ve thought about it- I have changed my position on Roy Halladay.
I am willing to trade Joba (not Hughes) in a package deal for Halladay.
Good to see the Daily news is taking a low key approach to the Tiger Affair
http://www.nydailynews.com/gos.....s_to_.html
damon enjoy 27…think 28
November 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
It’s said a picture paints a thousand words,check this out about Halladay.
http://www.nymag.com/news/sports/games/62368/
Don’t believe the hype!
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That’s Holliday not Halladay. Please get your players that sound almost exactly the same right, Mister!!!!!
We need spell check for Halladay. The poor guy can’t get his name spelled right – it’s either Halliday or Holliday or Hallady or whatever.
“I’d always have to watch the other team’s feed.”
Oddly, if I can’t watch YES, the Boston announcers are the easiest to deal with, along with Baltimore and Detroit. Tampa, CWS, and the Angels are best watched with liberal use of the mute button.
Just heard Peyton Manning will play today,despite a sore Glute muscle.
I briefly had flashbacks of Pavano,who couldn’t play because his Glute was sore,bwahahah!
Whatever the Yankees do this offseason, the biggest disaster would be for them to have both Holliday and Halladay on the roster!
“squidward, the only one that it has been confirmed he said yes to is the Yankees”
Insomuch as a nameless source told an unnamed executive, who in turn told Bob Eliot that this is the case = confirmation, I guess you’re right.
Mark in Tampa
November 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
“I’d always have to watch the other team’s feed.”
Oddly, if I can’t watch YES, the Boston announcers are the easiest to deal with, along with Baltimore and Detroit. Tampa, CWS, and the Angels are best watched with liberal use of the mute button.
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Ugh…don’t even get me started on the CWS announcers. I can’t stand Hawk. I have to use the mute button when they’re in Texas too. Unbearable.
I hear you, Jeff. I’m not really buying that the Yanks are going to overpay like that for Halladay.
Toronto no longer has the leverage to pull that type of trade off (not w/Halladay in his walk year & the Yanks not feeling the same pressure they felt after last season).
I wouldn’t blame Toronto, though, for trying to play the heavy. Halladay is a horse (you’re almost surprised when he doesn’t finish the game). Add him to a rotation that already has CC and the bullpen would have two days off out of every five.
new thread
So I put an A instead of an O,don’t get your knickers in a bunch,kill me about it already.IT was a typo it will happen again I’m sure.Did you like the article at least?
Mark/Erin Thanks.
Erin can you tell me if you have cable or Directv?
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November 29th, 2009 at 11:45 am
America never had an appetite for gotcha debased yellow journalism,until the Euro trash OWNERS of these SCANDAL SHEETS came here.
Now some american are crazed gossip mongers,who think it’s ok to pry into peoples personal affairs,because they are celebrities,and you think you own them.
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I don’t guess you ever heard of William Randolph Hearst, then. His newspaper, the New York Journal was the biggest proponent of “yellow journalism”, or, at least until the Mike Loopycas of the world started breathing. You can also blame Hearst for The Marijuana Tax Act Of 1937. Not for any nobel cause, but, because he had vast timber reserves and using hemp was cheaper to use than wood pulp to make paper.