Some nightly potpourri
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Mar 09, 2010 
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A few things I noticed while surfing around the inter-webs:
• Major League Baseball is responding to the rash of bad calls made by umpires last postseason by firing umpire … supervisors. No, not umpires. Umpire supervisors. Interesting.
It was funny earlier today when the announcement about the umpires in the Yanks-Pirates game was made. Apparently Marty Foster – you might remember him – was supposed to be on the game but was a late scratch due to illness. “Yeah,” one writer quipped, “the Yankees put poison in his food.”
• I mentioned earlier that the football bowl game at Yankee Stadium will be called the “Pinstripe Bowl,” and also voiced my support for changing it to the “Big Apple Bowl” (or even the “Gotham Bowl,” which is what it used to be half a century ago). Anyway, at the news conference Hal Steinbrenner reiterated that doesn’t believe in contract extensions. “People just have to understand that everybody does business in a different way and I just don’t believe in contract extensions,” Steinbrenner told reporters in the Bronx. “And that’s throughout the organization, no matter who it is. And hopefully nobody takes that personally because it’s just business.”
Although he’s refused to negotiate, Hal did say that he’s reached out to Joe Girardi, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera to let them know that he hopes they’ll stay in the organization.
• Bad news for the Twins (and many people who participate in keeper fantasy leagues): Joe Nathan could be done for the year and the Twins don’t have a whole lot of internal options. Jon Rauch? Ugh. Could this be the year the Royals rise in the Central? Probably not. But it sure does make life a little easier for Johnny Damon and the Tigers.
At least Hal is consistent – no special treatment, even for the stars. I would imagine Posada would go on a year to year basis – either that, or he leaves. I can’t see the Yankees signing him to a long-term deal after 2011.
Don’t the Twins have a starter, like maybe Liriano, to put in the pen? I mean, that’s the way it’s done, right?
If the Twins had traded Santana to the Yankees, they could have put Phil in the pen, lol
I don’t think the Yankees would go far as to put something in good ole’ Marty’s food. I think they sent all the sick players to sneeze and cough on him.
“The Yankees put poison in Marty Foster’s food? They’ll never make that one stick. Anybody can buy rat poison anywhere.
Betsy hey maybe you are on to something. Maybe they can put Phillip Humber into the pen. You know the guy they got in the Mets deal.
Benny Blanco
March 9th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
WOW!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..re=related
just found this….its an interview..with alex and derek together. I never seen this
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03.....f=baseball
Jen, wasn’t he sent to Milwaukee? Or was that Carlos Gomez? What a deal……
randy l.
March 9th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
“- I mean LGY alone. He’s playing nice with Randy. I am so proud of them both.”
tarheel yank-
you probably wouldn’t be so proud of me if you knew i was tweeking some RAB posters as i was tweeking LGY.
i call it multitweeking.
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Oh, no!!!! Randy has become a serial tweeker.
The link doesn’t work, Benny – it just brings me to the You Tube home page. Was it an interview from this year?
Derek jeter will be 36 this year and his play keeps deteriorating. let him leave and get a younger ahtlete for shorpstop.
Rivera will be 40 this year. but i don’t see a huge closer market next offseason. take a gamble and give him a one year deal
Actually, the Twins should make Pavano the closer as a tribute to Pete Abe.
“Derek jeter will be 36 this year and his play keeps deteriorating. let him leave and get a younger ahtlete for shorpstop.”
I don’t know which Derek Jeter you watched last year.
“Derek jeter will be 36 this year and his play keeps deteriorating”
2009
OPS+: 132
wOBA: .390
What?
Looks like Wild Willie has been into the peyote and magic mushrooms, again.
Check out this Mike and The Mad Dog Parody: http://www.funnyordie.com/vide.....dog-parody
Betsy – Romine wasn’t built in a day
March 9th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
The link doesn’t work, Benny – it just brings me to the You Tube home page. Was it an interview from this year?
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Its an interview with Derek and Alex in 1998. I dont recall this interview. They were hanging in out. I will try to post again.
Derek jeter will be 36 this year and his play keeps deteriorating. let him leave and get a younger ahtlete for shorpstop.
Rivera will be 40 this year. but i don’t see a huge closer market next offseason. take a gamble and give him a one year deal
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WHAT!!!
The both had one of their best seasons last year. mo 2 year jeter 3.
“Jon Rauch? Ugh.”
is that an RDM reference?
/giving myself a 3-day ban for mentioning He Who Shall Not Be Named.
Wow, 1998? That seems like a lifetime ago – thanks, Buddy!
We need facts, wheres Sj? Is his best friend Aroid into the Hgh cookie jar????
The Melkman hitting .308 in ST. I wonder if the Grandyman will be able to tolerate the hideous NY scene?
i don’t what you guys are thinking. you all have seen veterns wind down over the years and eventually fall off their rockers. these two are asked to do too much and that’ll hurt them.
AJAX is hitting the cover off of the ball in ST..sigh…
intersting tidbit in the NYT article above:
“Mark Newman, the Yankees’ senior vice president for baseball operations, was charged in Tampa with driving under the influence. The Yankees said in a statement that they “do not condone this kind of behavior. We take this situation seriously.” Newman did not respond to a voice mail message. …”
shouldn’t he know better?
Sam,
It’s painful at times to see huge differences in the strike zone. Sad that a batter or pitcher has to learn what the umpires strike zone is and even that may change during a game. Give balls and strikes to a computer (questech or whatever has replaced it) for fairness to everyone!
“i don’t what you guys are thinking”
You said:
“his play keeps deteriorating.”
Verb tense matters.
Jeter had his best offensive season since 2006 (also a 132 OPS+). He hasn’t had an OPS+ that was higher since 1999.
His defense was better than it has been in years.
So when you say that he “keeps deteriorating” you are wrong because that facts demonstrate otherwise.
That’s what we “are thinking.”
Rich Garcia was one of the umpire supervisors fired.
As Yankee fans we all him a debt of gratitude for blowing the first call of the latest Yankee Dynasty.
http://vids.myspace.com/index......d=15623423
Betsy, type in derek jeter and alex rodriguez. Its on youtube and its a great interview.
wild will
March 9th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
i don’t what you guys are thinking. you all have seen veterns wind down over the years and eventually fall off their rockers. these two are asked to do too much and that’ll hurt them.
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The Yankees haven’t had any “veterns” on the team since Bobby Murcer retired.
Melkman is in Hotlanta
March 9th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
AJAX is hitting the cover off of the ball in ST..sigh
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Dont worry, yankees will trade for him 5 years from now…lol
Austin will definitely be on a mission this year.
Very funny GB7. make fun of the dead much?
Murcer spent 2 years in the Army.
Moron.
Wait. ST stats matter? Then how did Gardner lose his starting job last year?
Lotsa trollin’ tonight.
I feel bad for Aceves. He has been lights out this spring. He can be a good major league starting pitcher but he is never going to get the 5th spot over Hughes or Chamberlain. He has all the pitches and has great control. He pitched well in 2008 when he got called up as a starter.
Good evening all. It has been a while but I wanted to comment on the earlier “Jeter is declining” posts.
Even as a Sox I have to acknowledge that Jeter had an excellent year last year both at the plate and in the field.
I would love for all the Sox players to “decline” the same way Jeter has!!
Austin Jackson is a bum. He only has a 1.513 OPS in ST. Colin Curtis is the real star. He has a 1.792 OPS in ST.
The Tigers are idiots for taking Jackson over Curtis. Another fleece job by ninja Cashman.
“Hal did say that he’s reached out to Joe Girardi, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera to let them know that he hopes they’ll stay in the organization”
that’s real nice of him considering he’s been involved for maybe three or four years in running the yankees.
i hope hal decide to stay too.
no one really owns the yankees.
selling to another owner who would also be a caretaker of the yankees would be such a shame.
i mean hal has invested so much of his life in the yankees.
jeter and mo are yankees in a way hal hasn’t earned yet.
they will be great yankees no matter who owns the yankees in the next fifty years.
hal first of all should remember this in any negotiation.
depending on what he does for the next twenty years, he really may be an insignificant part of yankee history.
now george has earned it.
he’s a yankee.
hal has some work to do.
Sorry you had to come in here on a night like this Ray.
I’m afraid LoHud just doesn’t have much to offer right now.
Buddy, you think people who dont post very often are trolls? This an exclusive club or sumthing? I’ve been a yank fan since 68. Not a coincidence, thats when Murcer got his beginning.
randy
“jeter and mo are yankees in a way hal hasn’t earned yet.”
Like it or not, it really doesn’t matter because Hal picked the right father.
That said, I agree with Hal on this issue.
I just hope that he doesn’t overpay them when they eventually re-sign. They already made that mistake with A-Rod Two (or three) wrongs don’t make a right.
I think Girardi should get extended.
rich in nj-
it’s subtle , but it’s all in the attitude.
hal should say that mo and derek are great yankees and take it from there.
legacy players should be treated differently.
the one million it would have taken to let bernie go out gracefully would have been a good investment and the right thing to do.
we’ll see how hal handles it,but i’m a little leery of him in regard to jeter and mo.
i don’t mean to diminish #27 because hal had a big part in it.
but he’s got one ring and jeter and mo have 5.
on that note i’m out of here.
jerseybillfromva -
I was referring to Melkman & wild will.
Very funny GB7. make fun of the dead much
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That isn’t troll like, just ignorant.
For those looking for the YouTube video of Jeter and Alex… here ya go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVDRYCrmyMU
I see the trolls are out in full force tonight.
Randy I, It’s interresting that you bring up RAB….About 5 years ago the first place I hung out for was Bronx Banter, very dull…Went over to River Ave and stayed there for a few months but they don’t play with a hard ball, just rolled up paper balls….Stayed at Replacement Level Yankees which was nice but not very many ballplayer types…They always made reference to Pete over at LoHud, so I started to check this place out…Real baseball peolple and a great blend of everything that is a Yankee Fan……Your thought of an invasion over there would be interesting to say the least….Tricia would be a secret weapon of sorts…..
River ave Blues pumps roids into evert Topps baseball card in order to overblow every basebakk stat..And they think you sre the crazy one for not embracing this new basebakk stat religion…..So now when you purchase a topps baseball card, there’s nolonger a player on the card which has been replaed with a array of anagram series of letters that will tell you the worth of this particular ballplayer…..Even the piece of gumm is used for more stats, but that’s abonus……And those of us who been either playing the game for decades,and or have been collecting topps cards, well they are just an outdated viewpoint thatserved well for 100 years…….
I fully endorse Aceves for the 5th starter role.
It SHOULD be a competition and, if Ace is the man, Let It Be.
Signed,
The Mexican Baseball League
Benny Blanco and sierchio -
Thanks for linking that video. Priceless. Funny, too. How young they were!! They weren’t even filled out yet, still babies. Loooong time ago. Sigh.
randy l and lgy -
Both of you on your game last night (though I read it this morning). Very entertaining.
I tried RAB last year. I just didn’t fit for me. I have a real problem with the “relaxed” language. Not that I never swear, but it’s something I reserve for when I’m really, really upset. I don’t think it adds to the conversation. It feels like a boys club over there, and the only way for a female to fit in is to be one of the boys. Here, it’s a lot more comfortable.
Mo and Jeter may have five rings to Hal’s one but Hal has the check book. Checkbook wins. It is not even close. This is the business side and Hal is handling his business how he sees fit.
Just want to remind you all, there will be no official GTLU-ST Edition today or tomorrow.
IguanaMan
March 10th, 2010 at 5:02 am
I fully endorse Aceves for the 5th starter role.
It SHOULD be a competition and, if Ace is the man, Let It Be.
Aceves as the 5th starter, please Hughes is the better choice by far. Aceves doesn’t impress me at all