Burnett returning to Fenway
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Apr 06, 2010 
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A.J. Burnett was almost untouchable in his two Fenway Park starts in 2008, but he was infinitely hitable when he pitched there last year.
“Do you chalk it up to he got too involved in he rivalry? I don’t know,” Joe Girardi said. “Do you chalk it up to he just had a bad year? I don’t know. Obviously we’re going to be able to find out over the course of the season what he’s capable of doing.”
Tonight, Burnett will return to Boston with a chance to get the Yankees first win of the season. He’ll pitch to Jorge Posada, hoping to reconnect after the two struggled together last season.
“I’m going to have to pitch here eventually,” Burnett said. “It just happens to be the first start. That’s in the past, and I think it’s in the past for both of us. We’re just looking forward to getting out there and having fun together.”
Here’s Burnett talking to a few reporters on Sunday.
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I’m confident that AJ will pitch well and that the Yankees will win.
AJ looked fine in his first 6 innings at Fenway in pinstripes. Whatever. We’re the world champs.
Why so serious?
Is it just me or are there a lot of Greek symbols in this post?
I think AJ will do fine tonight
It’s you. I don’t see any at all. Yay! Small victory. Those things are driving me nuts.
Erica
“Is it just me or are there a lot of Greek symbols in this post?”
It’s all Greek to me.
(I have no idea what that means. More seriously, no symbols.)
Burnett’s always a coin flip. Wouldn’t really want to guess what he brings tonight. Lester has been a historically slow starter, so I’d bank more on the Yankees capitalizing on that than I would Burnett shutting them down.
Erica-it’s not just you
upstate kate -
I have added your lineup.
Rich in NJ April 6th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Erica
?Is it just me or are there a lot of Greek symbols in this post??
It?s all Greek to me.
(I have no idea what that means. More seriously, no symbols.)
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Odd. Chad’s post is all full of weird symbols to me. All of the others were fine
I am still convinced that their inability to get on the same page caused the problems between Jorge and AJ. Someone wisely pointed out last season that they didn’t have an entire ST together and that could have been part of the problem. Hell, even AJ said they were bad vibes between them last seasonj. How much more proof do you want that there were problemrs????
That said, I am hopeful that having an entire ST together, they have been able to iron out the wrinkles.
By the way, I am not “blaming” either of them as it is ludicrous to put all the oweness on any one shoulder. As my father would always say, three sides to every story: mine, yours, and the truth. And by the way2, if it ever happened that they could not work out their stuff (I don’t believe that will be the case seriously) I would be all for having Cervelli be AJ’s personal catcher.
Bottom line – I’m about winning the games, not about forcing a fit.
I’m not going to make it out to be THAT big of a deal, but does anyone else find it perplexing as to why the Yankees open and close their season in Fenway?
Why is it that we couldn’t have our ring ceremony at home with Boston watching like they did at the start of the 2005 season in front of the Yankees? In all fairness, we should have opened in Boston and closed in New York or vice versa, I don’t care which.
Also- Am I the only one who misses seeing Chad & Sam’s smiling faces as the respective author on each new post???
It was a lot easier to see the lovely picture than read the byline
M, I still think the article was rubbish. How is Phil or any young pitcher supposed to develop if you keep taking the short view? If Joba had pitched better in 2010, Phil would be in the rotation this year and we wouldn’t have Vasquez.
As to AJ, I think he’s spooked by Fenway now. I think he’s going to have a very fine year and I think his change will help, but I absolutely have no confidence in him in Fenway. I still want to see him dominate like he did with the Jays; even though he didn’t dominate all the time, I still don’t think we saw his best stuff last year. I don’t recall being overwhelmed by his FB like I’ve seen when he’s pitched against the Yankees.
Listening to 1050, they reported Levine responded to Brewers comments as “whining”
Erica -
I miss the pictures.
Erica,
It’s contagious. Your 1:01 post is showing question marks in place of quotations AND apostrophes.
Thanks.
My lineup
Jeter ss
Granderson cf
Teix 1b
Arod 3b
Cano 2b
Thames DH
Winn RF
Cervelli C
Gardner LF
thanks Doreen
Erica, I am seeing those weird symbols as well in the article, not in the posts
“I’m not going to make it out to be THAT big of a deal, but does anyone else find it perplexing as to why the Yankees open and close their season in Fenway?”
It’s boring and tedious, but no, it’s not perplexing. MLB probably think it increases interest in the sport, and it has the added benefit of potentially putting the hated Yankees at a disadvantage.
I, too, miss the headshots. I want to know who to be mad at about these symbols.
The Mad Prince in Pinstripes April 6th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
I?m not going to make it out to be THAT big of a deal, but does anyone else find it perplexing as to why the Yankees open and close their season in Fenway?
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It’s all U2′s fault
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/04/04/pride/
Betsy,
It is rubbish (but not total~which is what I said in the first place), but I can see how he saw the argument. Not necessarily agreeing with his ocnclusion.
These symbols are annoying – makes it hard to read the post.
Thanks Doreen for hosting GTLU! Also for sharing your lovely smile!!!
Doreen/Erica – I totally cheated on sunday and posted my lineup early since I was driving up to Boston. I’m not sure if you counted it or not because I didnt have a chance to check back on the blog. If you did, Thanks!! If you didn’t, well just remember that I had to sit through a loss at Fenway and was subjected to hearing 35,000 bostonias screaming sweet caroline along with Neil Diamond ( who was horrible btw!)….
Jetes – SS
NJ – DH
Tex – 1B
Alex – 3B
Robbie – 2B
Jorge – C
Granderson – CF
Swish – RF
GGBG – LF
I miss the pictures too.
And I don’t mean to be sexist by saying this, but Chad is very cute in person (meaning the video chat!)
Listening to 1050, they reported Levine responded to Brewers comments as “whining”
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That’s exactly what it is.
“As to AJ, I think he’s spooked by Fenway now.”
Boy I hope not. I think the key to pitching to Boston is really not getting beat by the back of that lineup.
Youk is a beast as is VMart. Jacoby and The Laptop are also tough outs.
But Drew, Scutero, Beltre, Cameron, and most of all Papi should really be attacked. Despite what ESPN wants you to believe, this is not like Millar, Nixon and Mueller at the end of a lineup.
Why is Shields opening for the Rays?
NYY626 – how horrible for you.
Steven Tyler annihilating the National Anthem AND Neil Diamond singing Sweet Caroline. Of course, Sweet Caroline has everything to do with baseball!!! Uh…it doesn’t?
Sorry but I think everything about fenway is idiotic.
And hey, how about the vomit green pea shooter they call home? What an ugly little ball park. (McCoy is pretty nice by the way.)
m, because he’s “Big Game” James!
Well, I for one don’t mind playing the RSox in the first & last series at Boston. The 1st series is always tough because RSox still think they are in it. The last week is when they realize they are out of it so it doesn’t matter. Of course it would be grand to knock them out of a WC at their home field. Sometimes, justice overcomes deviants plans.
Laptop is a tough out? I am pretty sure Clay won’t be brought into pinch hit. He is a great athlete though.
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
If you didn?t, well just remember that I had to sit through a loss at Fenway and was subjected to hearing 35,000 bostonias screaming sweet caroline along with Neil Diamond ( who was horrible btw!)?.
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That was painful to sit through at home, I can only imagine what it must have been like live.
RayVT – You are very welcome.
NYY626 – I counted your lineup.
Boston Herald seems to indicate I wasn’t the only one that thought the Sox were questionable in inviting a 5 year old to yell “screw em” about the Yankees while Fenway applauded.
m
If I find a good picture, I’ll toss it out there but leave the judging to someone else.
I was just having a little fun with Nick. Despite him accusing me of fixing the results, I find him clever (but don’t tell him or it will go to his head).
Seriously I changed the station when Neil Diamond and his facelift went on.
I can’t tell you how gay I think it is listening to the fans actually sing along to Sweet Caroline.
Just tragic.
NYYROC,
That makes Garza chopped liver?
Doreen,
Will you have updated standings on your site? Not like you don’t have enough on your plate, but some people like ‘gold stars’.
m -
Yes.
I am going to update the standings weekly and post them on Sunday mornings.
(Don’t tell anyone, but I am thinking about actual prizes.)
“Why is it that we couldn’t have our ring ceremony at home with Boston watching like they did at the start of the 2005 season in front of the Yankees? In all fairness, we should have opened in Boston and closed in New York or vice versa, I don’t care which.”
The 2005 Red Sox opened their season with 3 in the Bronx. The 2008 Red Sox played 7 games in three countries before their 1st home game. It’s strictly business with the schedule maker, not personal.
William Buckner, when AJ is good, he can beat anyone. I just can’t come up with a reason why he was so hideous there last year. It’s certainly different pitching there as a Yankees rather than a Jay, but I don’t think that would account for why he was so dreadful.
Nick in SF/Buddy Biancalana,
Are you guys going to any of the Yankees vs. A’s games in April or July?
I got a “lil Yankee fan” on the way in June and as a result am skipping out on the April series, but I fully intend to hit up at least one of the games in July if you want to meet up again, grab a beer(s), and watch the Yankees dominate the A’s.
I like the pictures too …nice to see Chad’s & Sam’s smiling faces …
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
“Seriously I changed the station when Neil Diamond and his facelift went on.
I can’t tell you how gay I think it is listening to the fans actually sing along to Sweet Caroline.
Just tragic.”
LMAO!!!
hahahahaha, so so true.
Doreen,
(my lips are sealed)
pat,
I think the Rangers (hockey) played that song in their locker room after wins a couple of seasons back.
With traditions like that it’s no wonder they went 54 years without a Cup.
Perhaps someone should do a study that analyzes the link between Neil Diamond and chronic losing.
and what does Sweet Caroline have to do with Boston or the Red Sox? I assume Neil Diamond is from there or something.
The Yankees are probably happy they’re not opening in Japan.
The Mad Prince in Pinstripes April 6th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
and what does Sweet Caroline have to do with Boston or the Red Sox? I assume Neil Diamond is from there or something.
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I think he’s from Brooklyn
“It’s strictly business with the schedule maker, not personal.”
It’s the last series at Fenway that appears to be personal. The RS didn’t face that in 2007.
Neil Diamond is from Brooklyn. That is why he was wearing that “bring back the brooklyn dodgers” jacket.
I really like the song Sweet Caroling
Neil Diamond is from Brooklyn. (He and Barbra Streisand attended the same high school – Erasmus High, I think it was.)
He’s from Brooklyn and he’s singing his uber queer song at a Sox game?
Uh huhhh.
Jay-Z would rough him up big time in a fight, no?
This early in the seaon, the game is most likely going to be decided by the relievers anyway, so hopefully AJ keeps it close.
I like this year’s schedule. It seems to me that the Yankees always struggle early, so I just as soon have some of the games w/ tougher opponents over now (if you are going to lose, at least lose to a good team) I am also happy that, except for Texas, the west coast trips are finished by the ASB. And I would guess there are fans of other teams who are complaining about that.
“The Yankees are probably happy they’re not opening in Japan.”
A return engagement without Godzilla? That would be wrong.
6 of the Yankees last 9 games are against Boston. Perfect opportunity to knock them out of playoff contention.
Neil Diamond should be banned from ever entering New York again.
Rich in NJ April 6th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
?The Yankees are probably happy they’re not opening in Japan.?
A return engagement without Godzilla? That would be wrong.
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My thoughts exactly
what exactly does niel diamond, sweet caroline and the sox have in common? and why do their fans sing at baseball games?
Doreen – 2010 GTLU April 6th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
RayVT – You are very welcome.
NYY626 – I counted your lineup.
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Thanks Doreen!
“6 of the Yankees last 9 games are against Boston. Perfect opportunity to knock them into last place.”
Fixed.
trisha – OPPC member who sees, hears, and knows all. 28 is on its way!!!!! April 6th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
NYY626 – how horrible for you.
Steven Tyler annihilating the National Anthem AND Neil Diamond singing Sweet Caroline. Of course, Sweet Caroline has everything to do with baseball!!! Uh…it doesn’t?
Sorry but I think everything about fenway is idiotic.
And hey, how about the vomit green pea shooter they call home? What an ugly little ball park. (McCoy is pretty nice by the way.)
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Not going to lie, I was excited for Steven Tyler ( i really like Aerosmith) but he was definitely on something during that performance…
The Neil Diamond thing was just sickening though. I actually like the song ( :hangs head in shame:) but after that horrific performance and all the boston fans cheering like maniacs, I dont think I can listen to it anymore lol.
“It’s the last series at Fenway that appears to be personal. The RS didn’t face that in 2007.”
It’s a strange schedule. Aside from the beginning and end, it’s unusual that 9 consecutive games in the season series will be played at NYS. FWIW, I’d rather have the home series on 9/24-9/96 than the one on 10/1 – 10/3 as the late September games are more likely to be meaningful than the early October ones.
I know he’s like 4’9″ or something, but clearly Paul Simon is a far superior musician than Neil Diamond. I bet he too would beat down the Diamond in a fist fight and while kicking him in the head, Paul would no doubt yell “You can call me Daddy”.
What does YMCA and Cotton Eye Joe have to do with the Yankees? I don’t hate on them like Pete did, but none if it really makes sense at all.
And, really, Sweet Caroline is a nice song.
But the back story and the drunken fans does not a pretty scene make.
so what did you all think of the way they trotted around Pedro on the field like he was King of the World? :eyeroll:
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
so what did you all think of the way they trotted around Pedro on the field like he was King of the World? :eyeroll:
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Rolling my eyes was my reaction too.
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
so what did you all think of the way they trotted around Pedro on the field like he was King of the World? :eyeroll:
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lol- Especialy since he was the losing pitcher the night the Yankees won the World Series
Michael Kay kept commenting that he took forever to walk on the mound
NYY626, Pedro Martinez was at the Sox game on Sunday? I didn’t watch the Diamond performance, left the room to vomit.
m,
Good point…I’m not a big Cotton Eye Joe or YMCA fan either. At least three of the Village People are from NY though.
“so what did you all think of the way they trotted around Pedro on the field like he was King of the World? :eyeroll:”
It was reminiscent of the way the old communist China used to rehabilitate political prisoners.
“so what did you all think of the way they trotted around Pedro on the field like he was King of the World?”
He’s semi-retired, likely to go to HOF as a Red Sock, and a pretty big part of the NYY/Bos rivalry reviving itself to something close to the way it was in mid-late 70′s. Didn’t have any real problem with that.
Erin April 6th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
so what did you all think of the way they trotted around Pedro on the field like he was King of the World? :eyeroll:
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Rolling my eyes was my reaction too.
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If Pedro had beat us last year I could see why they would bring him out, but if i remember correctly we kind of killed Pedro in the WS
This font is so tiny, I thought you said they paraded Pedroia on the field like he was the King of the World.
Visions of Pedroia in his Burger King crown being paraded around on Neil Diamond’s shoulder flashed through my head.
Today’s GTLU entrants so far:
MTU (aka GBURL)
Jonny No Game
Joekuh – 0-1, 161 to go!
tex’s friend
Tony
YankeeRay
rodg12
Erica
RayVT
Patrick from CT
Erin
Fran (the original)
Dave F
CR9
upstate kate
baseball jesus
NYY626
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
If Pedro had beat us last year I could see why they would bring him out, but if i remember correctly we kind of killed Pedro in the WS
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I know! The first person I thought of when I saw him was Matsui. lol
My main problem with the Pedro was thing was that they showed the Zimmer fight on the big screen and the stadium went crazy. Totally uncesessary IMO
Looking through Burnett’s gamelog from last year, I saw that in his 20IP vs. BOS he allowed 23H, 20ER, 16BB, 16SO, 6HR, and an 8.85 ERA. Against everyone else, 187IP, 170H, 73ER, 81BB, 179SO, 19HR, 3.52 ERA. I think it was Frank that mentioned earlier about AJ being a coin flip, and I felt the exact same way. However, it looks like he was actually pretty consistent–he really struggled against BOS with the exception of that one start and was really successful against everyone else.
2008 was kind of the opposite for AJ, he dominated the Yankees, was very solid against BOS, and had an ERA of 4.92 against all other opponents. So maybe it is a coin flip with him?
I could be wrong, but I don’t think they mentioned the Zimmer fight video on YES.
Stay classy, Boston.
“My main problem with the Pedro was thing was that they showed the Zimmer fight on the big screen and the stadium went crazy. Totally uncesessary IMO”
Yeah, it was. Zimmer’s not too popular in that town. Bobby Sprowl and all the ’78 stuff left a bad taste. Still, no real reason to play that.
Nice to see Trisha’s moronic, homophoboc language expose who she is.
Nice to see Trisha’s moronic, homophobic language expose who she is.
I think I’ve come to the realization that it doesn’t matter who starts for either Boston or the Yankees when they play one another, as that joke of a park and both teams hitters patience turn every game into pinball.
I would love to see AJ pitch 7 innings of 2 run ball, but these games in Boston never seem to shake out that way. That’s why it was so impressive, to me, when Joba dueled Beckett that start in Fenway in 2008.
I hope we do the same kind of damage to Lester that we did to Beckett the other night. As long as their starters know they are going to get smacked around that park when the Yankees come to town, we’ll own them. Our pen won’t be as leaky later in the season as it was the other night and CC will be better conditioned to go longer in the game.
Swisher has to bat before Granderson with Lester pitching:
Jeter SS
Johnson DH
Tex 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Swisher RF
Granderson CF
Gardner LF
Thong,
You’re right I forgot, Dustin didn’t steal the laptops. Regardless, he is still a tough out.
Betsy,
I think with AJ you can almost tell in the first inning. If he has control of the curveball, he’s going to have a good night. The game in Fenway last year where he and Posada had all those problems, he had no curve.
The classic he and Beckett had at YS, he had a great curve. And with him, it doesn’t seem to come and go. Either he has it or he doesn’t.
speak up,
technically, the word “gay” can mean “happily excited”, “keenly alive or exuberant”, and even “having or inducing high spirits” so calling trisha moronic or homophobic exposes who you really are.
Nice to see you double posting. Cry more please.
Mel, I can at least S-T-R-E-T-C-H my imagination far enough to think that Cotton Eyed Joe might have been for Joe Torre. And YMCA is cleaning the field entertainment.
But what in hell Sweet Caroline has to do with the Red Sox is beyond me. I think it is a gay gay gay gay song to be played at a baseball game.
That said, it suits them well.
“Nice to see Trisha’s moronic, homophobic language expose who she is.”
That was a pretty poor choice of adjectives he she chose to use.
William Buckner,
Who stole laptops?
The only stealing of laptops I am aware of in recent memory is the two football clowns at my alma mater, University of Oregon.
Enlighten me.
Mad Prince, thanks. I didn’t see the “moronic, homophobic” post before I posted and used the word 4 times!
GTLU
Jeter SS
Johnson DH
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Granderson CF
Swisher RF
Thames LF
I would switch Granderson and Swisher, but I’m guessing Joe will not.
trisha,
People in general are WAY TOO sensitive, especially on this blog. It is a tired act.
Plus, you really did mean “keenly alive or exuberant” didn’t you?
“Perhaps someone should do a study that analyzes the link between Neil Diamond and chronic losing.”
LMAO!!!!
Mad Prince, congratulations on your wonderful news!!! I just read the post. Good thing you are not prone to worry because if there were Yankee losses around the time of your new arrival, you would be getting less than NO sleep!
I actually meant silly.
Jeter 6
Granderson 8
Teixeira 3
Rodriguez 5
Cano 4
Posada 2
Swisher 9
Thames x
Gardner 7
“I actually meant silly.”
Which is the perfect adjective.
m April 6th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
This font is so tiny, I thought you said they paraded Pedroia on the field like he was the King of the World.
Visions of Pedroia in his Burger King crown being paraded around on Neil Diamond’s shoulder flashed through my head.
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Thanks for this mental image; I cant stop laughing!!
G. Love,
“that joke of a park and both teams hitters patience turn every game into pinball.”
Joke is an apt description, I absolutely hate how that place rewards pop-ups and punishes rocket line drives–outside of there Pedroia would have simply had a deep flyout and A-Rod would have had a no-doubt homerun.
“I hope we do the same kind of damage to Lester that we did to Beckett the other night. As long as their starters know they are going to get smacked around that park when the Yankees come to town”
Despite popular opinion, Lester is significantly better than Beckett, but I too hold out some hope that the Yankees will get his number too. I’m always confident they can hit Beckett and hopefully that performance late in 2009 against Lester will be something they can continue.
“Our pen won?t be as leaky later in the season as it was the other night and CC will be better conditioned to go longer in the game.”
No doubt. If it were midseason, there would have been no arguments about pulling CC, as he would have easily carried the game through to Robertson/Mo.
Trisha
If you meant silly, say silly.
You’re a former HR attorney and know better than to be inflammatory to make a point.
Mad Prince,
Clay Buchholz was involved in stealing laptops from his HS. It was right before his being drafted.
Once more- I happen to really like “Sweet Caroline”
OBVIOUSLY if I thought it would cause such a firestorm I would not have used the word. There are words that have many connotations. Gay is one of them.
I am not going to make apologies for something I didn’t intend.
Well it seems as though some here will have a field day with Tricia’s non-offensive comments……We’ve gone from being insensitive to being over sensitive in the span of 20 years…..Let’s not be hypocrites……Tricia Dear, you just have a way of illuminating that bullseye ……..
Erica
Me too. I’ve been known to sing the “bum, bum, bum” part on occasion too.
The only song about Boston I can think of is “The Man Who Never Returned” by the Kingston Trio.
GTLU
Jeter ss
Johnson DH
Teix 1b
Arod 3b
Cano 2b
Posada C
Granderson cf
Swisher RF
Thames LF
I’d rather see Gardner play because he has hit lefties in the past, but I think Joe will go with Thames. One good thing about playing Thames today is that he’ll do less harm in the field in Fenway Park than in most other stadiums.
Wave Your Hat April 6th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
The only song about Boston I can think of is ?The Man Who Never Returned? by the Kingston Trio.
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Rock & Roll Band by Boston-
“We were just another band out of Boston
On the road to try to make ends meet”
Pat M, I refuse to get thrown by others’ hypersensitivities. I know what I meant. They can move on. Or not.
Dirty Water is pretty cool.
trisha,
Thanks for the congrats…we’re really excited as it will be our first child and a little girl. I’m scouting the internet for the perfect Yankee onesie.
She’s due June 15th and we play Philly that day. If she’s early, perhaps we play Houston or Baltimore, but if she’s late, its still Philly, the Mets, or DBacks. Regardless, I’m counting on the “W” that day!
Erica, it’s not the song, it’s the song being sung at that venue that I find ridiculous.
Mad Prince, there is no question that the Yankees are going to win on that day.
I love that you’re searching for the perfect onesie. And June 15th is the birthday of one of my brothers! However don’t let that stop her because he roots for Boston.
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 6th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Wave Your Hat April 6th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
The only song about Boston I can think of is ?The Man Who Never Returned? by the Kingston Trio.
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Rock & Roll Band by Boston-
“We were just another band out of Boston
On the road to try to make ends meet”
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Don’t forget their anthem at the end of the game ” I love that Dirty waterrrrrr…Boston you’re my home!”
My God I am SO grateful for Frank Sinatra.
Please come to Boston for the springtime
I’m stayin’ here with some friends and they’ve got lots of room
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a café where I hope to be workin’ soon
Please come to Boston
She said no, would you come home to me
Good one, Erica. I don’t think that “Rock and Roll Band” is really about Boston, but close enough.
Wave Your Hat,
I don’t like Papelbon, but his use of that song from “The Departed” actually makes sense…at the very least the film took place in Boston…I can’t recall who sings that song, but I doubt they’re from Boston. At least they aren’t some clown from Brooklyn parading around in “happily excited” fashion.
Mad Prince, so will your soon to be little girl be a Princess ????? Congratulations, your life is about to change forever……In a very good way
“Don?t forget their anthem at the end of the game ? I love that Dirty waterrrrrr?Boston you?re my home!?”
The reason people aren’t too familiar with hearing that is because it’s only played when they win.
“I can’t recall who sings that song, but I doubt they’re from Boston”
Dropkick Murphys. From Boston.
How it started . Sweet Caroline and Fenway Park.
http://www.bostonspastime.com/sweetcaroline.html
Oh! Congratulations Mad Prince in Pinstripes! What wonderful news.
The Mad Prince in Pinstripes April 6th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
trisha,
Thanks for the congrats…we’re really excited as it will be our first child and a little girl. I’m scouting the internet for the perfect Yankee onesie.
She’s due June 15th and we play Philly that day. If she’s early, perhaps we play Houston or Baltimore, but if she’s late, its still Philly, the Mets, or DBacks. Regardless, I’m counting on the “W” that day
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June 15th also happens to be the birthday of the most adorable and winningest post season pitcher in history!
Mad Prince
Congrats. Go traditional with a pinstripes onesie. You’ll be pink’ed out with her other clothing soon enough.
Aww- Congratulations Mad Prince!!!
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6420
This explains why they sing Sweet Caroline at Fenway.
Ramblin boy why don’t you settle down, Boston aint your kind of town..
I’ll take Cotton Eye Joe over Sweet Caroline.
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 6th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Once more- I happen to really like ?Sweet Caroline?
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Erica, I actually do like the song, I just can’t get over how bad Diamond sounded the other night. lol
Dave F
I see you beat me to it.
Hey Trisha,
See you next Tuesday!
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
June 15th also happens to be the birthday of the most adorable and winningest post season pitcher in history!
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LOL NYY626, that’s my dad’s birthday too, and mine is the day after. He always enjoys kidding me that he’s the one who shares Andy’s birthday.
Erin
That’s called age catching up with him. It happens.
“Even though the song has nothing to do with Boston, the Red Sox, baseball or New England, it is played at Red Sox home games in Fenway Park between the 8th and 9th innings”
Thanks MaineYankee. That’s the point I was trying to make about the song!
“I’ll take Cotton Eye Joe over Sweet Caroline.”
Ugh!
Don’t know if they still do it, but back in the day Thank God I’m a Country Boy was always played at the Orioles games at some point in the 7th or 8th. Never could really figure that one out either.
“Hey Trisha,
See you next Tuesday!”
If I make it!!!
Uh, who are you?
The following people have submitted lineups for GTLU:
MTU (aka GBURL)
Jonny No Game
Joekuh – 0-1, 161 to go!
tex’s friend
Tony
YankeeRay
rodg12
Erica
RayVT
Patrick from CT
Erin
Fran (the original)
Dave F
CR9
upstate kate
baseball jesus
NYY626
Roger(live from Amsterdam)
steveoh
henner
David in Cal
Thanks!
MaineYankee April 6th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Erin
That?s called age catching up with him. It happens
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True. Maybe I should go easy on him.
Wow, THANK YOU all for the congrats! You guys rock! God I love Yankee fans.
And the fact that my favorite pitcher, Andy Pettitte, was born on that day actually escaped me! But I am now ELATED by the possibility of my daughter being born that day!!! Awesome.
Erin April 6th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Erica ? always OPPC ? Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 6th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Once more- I happen to really like ?Sweet Caroline?
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Erica, I actually do like the song, I just can?t get over how bad Diamond sounded the other night. lol
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He’s not exactly a young kid anymore
“He’s not exactly a young kid anymore”
He’s getting up there. Still looked better than Steven Tyler. Tyler looked like he’d just been exhumed.
Cotton-Eyed Joe has a perfect place: Seventh Inning Stretch Time at LaGrave Field in
Fort Worth, Texas [home of the Fort Worth Cats]. Never could associate it with
Yankee Stadium…. always seemed out of place.
Congrats, Mad Prince! When she gets old enough, she can join the female posse on this board!
Erin April 6th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
June 15th also happens to be the birthday of the most adorable and winningest post season pitcher in history!
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LOL NYY626, that’s my dad’s birthday too, and mine is the day after. He always enjoys kidding me that he’s the one who shares Andy’s birthday.
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Haha thats awesome!! Us people with June birthdays rock
Trisha, I am sure you did not mean it, but using the word “gay” as a derogatory term is considered disparaging and insulting by some people. Similar to using an ethnic slur. Just so you are aware. Again, I am sure you did not intend to insult anyone.
Trisha – fyi See You Next Tuesday means something nasty, so you may not want to respond to whoever posted that……
If she’s late she could be born on Hughes (6/24), Jeter (6/26) or my daughter’s right in the middle of them …(6/25)…
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Go Yankees 2010 !!!
Trisha,
I’m sure these hypocrites would have typed a word like silly and meant the word gay. However, since you’ve chosen the word gay you are now a moron and a homophobe. People go a little far to protect others feelings about their sexual preference while others tell people to jump off a bridge (kill themselves) and that is somehow funny.
You can wish death but please don’t use the word gay.
NYY626 April 6th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Haha thats awesome!! Us people with June birthdays rock
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We do! We’re in a good bunch- besides Andy, Jeter and Hughes have June birthdays too
Frank, I meant to respond to you flagging the Dropkick Murphys being from Boston…thanks for answering that…so the song use actually makes sense.
I’d love my daughter’s birth to be on any Yankees bday, but as long as the lil lady is healthy and happy, I’m happy.
Betsy, I’ll definitely be introducing her to this blog at a very young age
Just found out that Javy is 6/25 too …same as my daughter…she certainly has a lot of Yankee karma surrounding her …lol. We are going to LA to see the Yanks/Dodgers this year for her bday too…
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
Yeah Congrats MadPrince….it’s such a blessing. I have two ‘Lil Princesses ages 4 and 2 they are my Joy and my Sunshine. Game changing
GG, absolutely I didn’t. And I am an HR attorney so even more so I wouldn’t knowingly use a word that I felt would disparage anybody. Maybe it’s a regional “no biggie” but people around here use it pretty freely as a word to trivialize things – and that’s how I meant it. It was very unPC in the past, but at least around here it seems that people have gotten over getting their backs up when the word is used (unless someone is intending it to be a homophobic slur).
Thanks for understanding.
“I’ll take Cotton Eye Joe over Sweet Caroline.”
I hate to say this, but other then New York, New York, Yankee Stadium has some of the worst music between innings.
Cotton Eye Joe. YMCA. I’d take Sweet Caroline over that any day of the week.
Do they play “Dirty Water” at the end of games they (Boston) win? I used to love when they’d play “Hey Joe” during mound visits for Torre. Mostly cause it’s a good song.
Mad Prince…
The most important of all for a new baby….health, happiness and plenty of love…
(nice bonus being born on a Yankee bday tho’…lol)
Go Yankees 2010 !!!
NYY626.
I thought they meant they were going to Opening Day and just got the day wrong. Thanks for the info!
WM Buckner, I’m pretty sure Dirty Water is reserved for Boston wins.
GTLU
Jeter SS
Johnson DH
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Granderson CF
Swisher RF
Gardner LF
Mad Prince:
Glad to help on the DKM’s.
Congrats on adding a little princess to the fold. If she isn’t born on a Yankee b-day or the Yankees lose on that day, just tell folks she was conceived the night the Yankees clinched the 2009 AL East. That should be more than good enough.
Best wishes to you and the Mad Princess.
Last Call for GTLU – entry window closes at 3 pm.
Unknown – I have added your entry.
Thank you!
Uhh, I also just looked up Gehrig and his bday is JUNE 19th!!! Plenty of possibilities around June 15th!!!!!!
Trisha
We have your back! One has to take into context the person versus a mere word.
I get so tired of real racism and bigotry being watered down by a blanket label or certain words.
Earlier today on WFAN Sweeny Murti was defending Posada, wondering why it is that in this Burnett/Posada thing fans and the media are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a .500 pitcher and not a borderline hall of fame catcher. The answer is that if this was an isolated incident Posada would get the benefit of the doubt, but it isn’t. Jorge has had issues with different pitchers for years – Mussina, Johnson, just to name two.
The theory has always been that because Jorge is such a good hitter he calls pitches as if he was in the batting box whereas a pitcher wants a catcher who is going to call a game that the pitcher is comfortable with. When those two schools clash Jorge’s temper gets the better of him.
On another note – love the NY Post…highest of high comedy. George Young III is already saying that the Yankees made a mistake putting Hughes in the rotation instead of Mitre and not putting Hughes in the pen.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I can’t get concerned after game 1. Can’t get concerned after game 9….unless they are 0-9.
I will say I’m a little concerned in looking at Joba. He’s listed at 6’2″ 230lbs. If Joba Chamberlain is 230lbs then Derek Jeter must weigh 70 pounds. I wonder if Joba would benefit from laying off the post game buffet a little bit.
I assume the Yanks play Cotton Eye Joe to wake people up and show people dancing to it on the big screen. Sweet Caroline, I don’t know, they already play three sing-along songs during Yankee games, how many would you want?
congrats Mad Prince
Enjoy your free time now, while you can!
Trisha
teen age boys up here quite often use “gay” when what they mean is “silly”
The Mad Prince in Pinstripes April 6th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Uhh, I also just looked up Gehrig and his bday is JUNE 19th!!! Plenty of possibilities around June 15th!!!!!!
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Mad Prince, you can always be like my dad if she’s born on the 16th (a very good day to be born, IMO) and tease her every year that she’s only one day shy of sharing a birthday with Andy Pettitte.
Congratulations BTW!
Thanks Frank! That’s a great backup card if the birthday doesn’t quite work out…hahaha.
Chip,
I was thinking the same thing about Joba. I didn’t know if he was gonna make it from the pen to the mound.
The boy is heavy.
RayVT – thanks. If there were a gratitude emoticon, I would use it right now.
I really appreciate what you just said.
I have to leave for a while but it is so good to know that people have your back. It’s probably one of the best feelings there is.
my gtle entry
jete ss
johnsondh
tex 1b
arod 3b
cano 2b
posada c
curtissss CF
Swish RF
Gardner LF
GTLU Submission
Jeter – SS
NJ – DH
Tex – 1B
A-Rod – 3B
Cano – 2B
Jorgie – C
Granderson – CF
Swisher – RF
Gardner – LF
GTLU is Closed for Today. No more lineups.
Thank you to everyone who participated.
Azaz and RL15, I got you both in.
Erin, I’ll remember that. Actually, June 16th is the day upon which one of my favorite books takes place: Ulysses by James Joyce. It is known as “Bloomsday” and since I am an English professor-to-be, I’d be happy with that day too.
Chip April 6th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
It is not unusual for Pitcher & a Catcher to disagree and even argue to the point of wanting to fight.
As a rule Catchers are pretty tough and confident. They almost have to be to survive.
Most Pitchers are ego maniacs and rarely accept any responsibility for anything that goes wrong. I mean if you look at most of them, they never lost a game all the way thru HS and probably College too. Most have even stared in the minors. They aren’t ready to accept blame, because they almost never had too.
The hard part is airing it on the field or in the press. If AJ had done his spiel with Munson, AJ would have been on the DL getting his jaw rewired.
Upstate- thank you! ISo it isn’t just confined to my neck of the woods!!!
Chip
is there any evidence to that theory? b/c I have heard that before too, but I have also heard that Jorge spends a lot of time reviewing tape etc in preparation for a game. It seems too simplistic to think Jorge would take that approach.
You are welcome Trisha! Hope to see you back here soon!
Wait, so Sweeney was attacking AJ? There are lots of defenses to be made for Posada, but turning it on AJ is asinine; I’ve never liked Sweeney, so this doesn’t surprise me.
“The only song about Boston I can think of is “The Man Who Never Returned” by the Kingston Trio”
Wasn’t ‘We gotta get out of this place” by the Animals about Boston
Sweeney is a dope; the media did NOT give AJ any benefit of the doubt. The guy had to explain himself because he was very upset at being portrayed as selfish.
who cares if sweet caroline is better than cotton eyed joe?
the point is espn would not have stayed from commercial to listen to either ymca or CEJ.
ARSENAL SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!
And they are up 3-2
Joba is becoming the less talented Boomer Wells.
Is their a fake Betsy posting today?
Ray, then Munson would have been wrong, because AJ was directing that plea “why, why” to himself, not Jorge.
“The theory has always been that because Jorge is such a good hitter he calls pitches as if he was in the batting box whereas a pitcher wants a catcher who is going to call a game that the pitcher is comfortable with.”
I can’t buy this. I can see clashes developing over Posada’s knowledge of AL hitters vs. what a given pitcher might be comfortable with in a particular situation, but the idea that Posada’s catching with a hitter’s frame of mind seems pretty bogus.
Oh great…Why are you asking that, Carl?
And Barca Answer RIGHT BACK!!!
And the legs are tied 3-3, Arsenal needs another!!!
CR9:
That didn’t last long, did it?
Carl April 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Is their a fake Betsy posting today?
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Sounds like the same annoying, beating a dead horse one to me.
“If you meant silly say silly. You’re a former HR attorney and know better than to be inflammatory to make a point.”
No, I’m pretty sure she meant to say “gay,” whatever she meant by it.
Far as I’m concerned, no group owns a word and controls how it may be used. The meaning of the word was taken over and put to good use by a group of people unfairly attacked and persecuted by others. But today, as happens with words and history, things change and the word is now used in a different way by some to mean something “silly” or unimaginative or boring. Thankfully, time marches on.
Inflammatory – even unintentionally inflammatory – rhetoric is a pretty time-honored American tradition, especially when it comes to sports and politics. It may not be particularly persuasive, but inflammatory speech does get the competitive juices flowing.
I probably wouldn’t have used the word myself – I still recall The Stonewall Riots and the world before 1969. But I defend to the death trisha’s right to free expression… as long as it doesn’t violate the user agreement of this blog
The Mad Prince in Pinstripes April 6th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Erin, I?ll remember that. Actually, June 16th is the day upon which one of my favorite books takes place: Ulysses by James Joyce. It is known as ?Bloomsday? and since I am an English professor-to-be, I?d be happy with that day too.
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That’s right-I totally forgot about Bloomsday! I remember one of my English Lit profs telling me that once. So even though no Yankee shares it, it’s still a great day to be born!
Blow off, Greg.
I don’t know that Sweeny was “attacking” AJ so much as he was defending Jorge.
As for pitchers vs. catchers – it’s one of the rare times I’m going to agree with Jim Kaat. There is no statistic for wins or losses by a catcher. The best catchers are the guys who sit quietly behind the plate, put their glove up and catch the ball.
I respect Jorge and what he’s meant to this club, but I’ve never been as high on him as some others. I won’t mind seeing him phased out by Montero, not because I think Montero will be Jose Molina defensively, but because I think Montero will take direction from the pitchers more than the other way around.
Chip, it still sounds asinine. Neither AJ nor Jorge were at fault and AJ’s record has nothing to do with this. If anyone’s to blame, it’s Joe.
upstate kate April 6th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Jorge is a hard worker. He learned from an extremely smart & studious Catcher named Joe G & listened to another great Catcher Joe T. He studies the hitters, probably more than the pitchers. Thinking like a hitter is a perspective that most Pitchers can’t understand. Posada calls a good game. His arm is well above average. His hitting is superb for a Catcher. His knowledge of AL East hitters is tremedous.
Mussina was probably more than his match in studying hitters. Mike didn’t like anyone. LOL! He knew what he wanted to pitch and when. So someone like Posada would have been tedious for him.
RJ hated everyone. Nuff said!
Sometimes a person has success as a Pitcher and they don’t want to change things. AJ, JC & others come to mind. AJ wants to throw fastballs thru the bat & Joba lives off his slider. Posada knows if tendencies are obvious that hitters will kill the pitcher no matter where placements are. (Except maybe Mo or a knuckleball pitcher.) Thus the clash!
ed_price #Yankees have started 0-2 just twice since 1985 — in 1998 and 2009. Both times won World Series
So maybe it’s not such a bad thing if they lose tonight
Never been high on Posada?
Wow.
Talk about being spoiled. You do realize that most teams would kill to have a catcher with have the offensive talent as Posada?
No, Frank. LOL. 3 Minutes!!!
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Munson may have been wrong, but he would have done it anyway. Anyone showing up the team or a team mate would have been grilled by the Captain, Munson.
What a game!!
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 6th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Blow off, Greg.
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Shocking. Another day of you getting all worked up about some stupid, contrived media story.
You call them mediots, but everyday you’re here with your panties in a bunch because of the mindless drivel they wrote the night before.
Who’s the idiot?
CR9
Who are you rooting for?
Ray, I don’t want to get into an argument with you. You think AJ was trying to show up Jorge, I don’t. It’s over……well, not in the media, but that’s their problem.
When is the lineup due to come out?
You’re the idiot, Greg. Never ask a question you don’t want answered. Too bad if you don’t like my posts – ignore me as I’m not going anywhere you putz.
Roger
I dont really care, but I’d rather have Man U have to face Arsenal than Barca again in the final!
And I dont want Barca to repeat for the first time in the “champions league” era!
CR9, what did you think about Fernando Torres’s comment yesterday about wanting Arsenal to win the Champions League? Perhaps he wants to play there.
I’m a huge Torres fan, dude is a stud but has had a rough year with injuries. Needless to say, that in addition to the other score of failures at Merseyside have made it tough to watch the Reds this season.
Is the lineup game still going on? My entry is…
Jeter SS
Johnson DH
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Granderson CF
Swisher RF
Thames LF
Real imaginative huh?
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 6th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
You’re the idiot, Greg. Never ask a question you don’t want answered. Too bad if you don’t like my posts – ignore me as I’m not going anywhere you putz.
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Trust me, I’d ignore you if I could. Damn near impossible given you’re always here posting the same stuff non stop.
Oh well, Greg……..that’s your problem. I refuse to get into some flame war with you, so you can insult me all you like – I won’t be responding.
Messi just missed another!
One guy pitches every five days and when he does the crowd hangs on his every pitch, as do the batter, catcher, fielders, managers, sportscasters, sponsors and scouts. And maybe his family and his agent. Ideally, this guy does his thing at least one hundred times per game, sometimes more, and with the expectation of a vast out-performance of the solo pitcher vs. each of the opponent’s batters, three, four or more times each.
The other guy wears the tools of ignorance, squats for three hours or so maybe 150 times or more a year in grueling heat or freezing cold, pitiless sunshine or deadening rain. He has to out-think the hitter and the pitcher, the manager and umpire and every single know-it-all in the press box and peanut gallery. For that privilege he gets hit with baseball bats, foul tips, sliding or crashing base runners and insults.
Put an extreme personality in either place and you can have fireworks. Put an extreme personality in both spots and you either have lightning in a bottle or skunked beer. Last year it was the latter. This year I’m expecting lightning.
Why Man u?are you from England?
Despite disliking Liverpool, I kind of feel bad for them not making the CL next season, if indeed they dont.
I love Torres.
He is so good, and so GORGEOUS!!!!!!
It is usually very rare that a big 4 team plays for another big 4 team, so we’ll see.
goallllll
Chip April 6th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
LOL! Kaat a pitcher would think so!! He probably forgot how Earl Battey took him under his wing in the very early 60s and helped create the Kaat we came to know. BTW, unlike most SP, Jim Kaat was a very good hitter too, so he had an additional perspective.
BARCA SCORE AGAIN. MESSSSSSSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4-3 BARCA
Betsy – Hughes rules (Pleading the Fifth) April 6th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Oh well, Greg……..that’s your problem. I refuse to get into some flame war with you, so you can insult me all you like – I won’t be responding.
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Please don’t, the last thing we need is more posts from you.
RayVT
If I am understanding correctly, what you are saying is Jorge does both. He studies the hitters and also decides what pitch to call as a good hitter himself.
I think Jorge doesn’t get enough credit for his game calling, where Varitek, for example, gets too much credit for calling a good game.
Roger
No
I am from the US, but am a fan of any team that compares to the Yankees in class or prestige or both……i.e. Man U, Madrid, Duke!!!
Patrick -
I’ll take it today, but GTLU goes to 3 p.m.
BOSTON — New York Yankees president Randy Levine fired an executive-level brush-back pitch at Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio.
Levine’s message: Stop whining.
Levine believes Attanasio should stop publicly lamenting the Brewers’ troubles in signing first baseman Prince Fielder while pointing out how much the Yankees spend on salaries.
“I’m sorry that my friend Mark continues to whine about his running the Brewers,” Levine told ESPNNewYork.com in a phone interview Tuesday morning. “We play by all the rules and there doesn’t seem to be any complaints when teams such as the Brewers receive hundreds of millions of dollars that they get from us in revenue sharing the last few years. Take some of that money that you get from us and use that to sign your players.
“The question that should be asked is: Where has the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue sharing gone?”
The Yankees’ payroll is expected to be about $200 million this year; the Brewers’ will be in the $80 million range.
http://sports.espn.go.com/newy.....id=5060292
Levine made his comments in reaction to an Attanasio quote in a USA Today story about the average salaries of this year’s players. Attanasio — as he has done before — made sure to mention the discrepancy in how much the Yankees spend on players in comparison to other teams.
Oh believe me, Greg, I won’t stop posting on account of you. Hey, you have a choice, ignore me or go elsewhere.
By the way Carl, thanks….
Dang sorry about that Doreen, I thought it was until 3:30. I’ll get my entry in earlier next time
Betsy, I am not arguing. I have friends that played on those Munson Yankee teams. Ask GB or SJ or Randy. Munson put the team 1st. AJ, while perhaps his intent wasn’t to show up anyone else, did! That would have been corrected.
“It’s over……well, not in the media, but that’s their problem.”
Way I see it Betsy is that the personal relationship piece of it is over, but how they work together as a battery is still a little up in the air. AJ was pretty piss poor in Spring Training. Granted ST numbers are not the end all and be all, but he allowed a ton of baserunners and walked more than he struck out. Most, if not all of that was with Posada behind the plate. Despite some good starts with Posada behind the plate last season, the overall numbers for that battery on the year were not good.
You’re forgetting Ajax…haha
Ok, Ray – as far as I’m concerned, that’s all in the past.
CR9, the Liverpool wheels have come off to be sure.
Does suck that they didn’t make it…or at least it seems VERY doubtful. I anticipate some major changes there for next season that are going to start with the firing of Benitez.
They have enough talent to where they shouldn’t be losing to some of the squads they’ve faced in Barclays or the Europa cup even.
@murphydog,
you should have been a writer, and not just of legal briefs!
Patrick -
Not to worry.
I moved it up because the lineups were coming up early on Twitter. I am going to monitor this over the next few games and adjust the entry time if necessary.
Messi…wow.Last time someone said Rooney is as good as Messi.Well NO…
OMG MESSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Barca are moving on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frank, it’s ST – who cares about his #s? I don’t want to get into this again; AJ did fine with Jorge during his best stretch of pitching last year. If he has bad games, it has nothing to do with the catcher. It’s the same as if CC, Andy, Javy or whomever have bad games – Jorge is not to blame, it’s on the pitcher.
The Red Sox lineup is up, so I’m expecting the Yankee lineup soon.
Roger
Well, Arsenal’s defense is terrible! Messi has more surrounding talent than Rooney.
Betsy/Greg,
Let’s just leave well enough alone okay? You guys obviously aren’t fond of one another so let’s just accept that, ignore one another, and cease throwing unnecessary quips back and forth.
Just trying to mediate, hope you guys don’t get angry with me :~
CR9/Roger,
Rooney is INCREDIBLE. That guy is a beast and is still pretty darned young. Man U. is going to be very fortunate to have had Rooney when its all said and done.
A LOT more.How do you watch you’re normal(not Cl games) over there?Is it on espn?
Mad, I didn’t start it…. I refuse to sit back and be insulted. I don’t have a problem with anyone on this board, yet people want to insult and attack me. Sorry – I’m not putting up with that anymore. I don’t care if he likes me, but there is NO call to be insulting.
Would have been valuable information earlier today.
Ledger_Yankees
Something to know: Brett Gardner has never faced lefty John Lester. Marcus Thames has 2 ABs, one of them a home run. #nyy
And yes, now I am following Twitter as part of my GTLU duties…
Rooney=good
Messi=a Football God
ah murphydog, I have missed your posts
murphy
I wasn’t getting as deep as that.
I just think an “I’m sorry” is usually more useful than entrenching when intent is misunderstood.
On Tuesdays. they one is on FOX SPorts net and the other on Fox soccer channel.
On wednesdays, one is on Fox soccer channel and the other on fox soccer plus.
During group stages, there are UEFA channels on Directv for free that you get every game.
And also the UEFA cup games, like what Pool are in right now.
ed_price #Yankees playing Marcus Thames in LF vs LHP Jon Lester. Granderson batting 9th
upstate kate April 6th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Yes he does both. His job is to know what is working and to keep a Pitcher from being predictable unless it is warranted.
Some pitchers keep a score card in their minds. When something works it is because of the Pitcher. When something goes wrong its the Ump or Catcher.
This sounds like my first offical GTLU loss of the season
line up is up
Since so many people were ripping Attanasio yesterday, I figured Levine would get cheered for his comments today. I guess the mob truly is fickle, haha. Anyway, I’m glad he stood up for the Yankees.
doreen
line-ups are up
raymagnetic:
They say that there are two things you never want to see made: sausage and law. Writing is so much cleaner than law.
“CR9, the Liverpool wheels have come off to be sure.”
As a Liverpool fan, I think Rafa can take much of the blame. I keep hearing about spending, spending. He’s spent enough, just not well.
They’ve totally lost their attacking style and he’s under used Aquilani. Torres is right. They need maybe 4 quality new guys. Especially someone up front.
But if they retain Torres, and Girard returns to form, they could return to the top four next year. I really like Glen Johnson, Aquilani, and Rodriguez. I think Kuyt may be past it.
I’m really hoping Rafa goes to Italy and they get McLeish. I think he’d make a huge upgrade.
This is what Thames was brought here for. To provide some offense against lefties. Hope he gets off to a good start. Good test for him against a real tough lefty
Betsy:
I qualified the meaning of the ST numbers. Further, it’s not about blame. It’s about what works. Those meaningless ST numbers happen to mirror the numbers that Burnett put up when he and Posada were working together last year. Much as I disagreed with it, the Burnett/Posada battery was viewed as enough of an issue in the eyes of Yankees management, that they scrapped it for the playoffs. Again, not an indictment of either guy, but rather going with what they thought would work best. This is a new year and they’re going to try it again, and I applaud the effort. However, the jury on how it’ll work remains out for now.
Betsy I enjoy your take on things. I don’t always agree, but I read your posts!
Buckner,
I agree…the biggest problem is Rafa.
I think they are fools if they ever let Torres get away from them. I don’t see that happening any time soon though.
That dude Jovanavic is supposed to join us and then there was another guy…name escapes me, from Turkey or or something like that who said he intends to play for Liverpool next season. Sounds like the interest is there…
pat:
I apologize for my excesses. It wasn’t directed at you, rather at the topic. The sensitivity-diversity mania is a sore spot for me.
Wave Your Hat April 6th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
The only song about Boston I can think of is “The Man Who Never Returned” by the Kingston Trio.
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The song is “The MTA”.
Another somg was “Please Come To Boston” by Dave Loggins.
I noticed some clown brought up the Posada/ Burnett non-issue by quoting a remark made by of all people, Sweeney Murti…another NY media jackazs…mentioning Mussina and Randy Johnson. The only two people they got along with was themselves. If you remember, Mussina had a habit of glaring at players who had the temerity to make an error behind him. They should have glared at him when he gave up a home run.
lets go yanks all the way baby