Moeller gets the call
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on May 20, 2010 
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As far as I know Jack Curry was the first to confirm that Chad Moeller has been called up from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. To open a spot on the 40-man, Nick Johnson has shifted to the 60-day disabled list.
of course he did. Please tell me there is more coming….
I just hope he’s ok defensively………he can’t hit, but that’s why we have Tex, Jeter, Alex and Cano.
If this is it, and we keep Logan up, Winn on the team, and Thames and Swisher on the bench unable to play, well i sure hope Jeter, Gardy, Tex, Alex and Cano all go 4-4 each.
come on tho, this is actually fun, all this stuff happening, it makes for the fun underdog story, especially if we sweep the Mets.
Which is easily doable considering the DH is zonked.
So in a back up we are looking for good defense?
0-14 in throwing runners out in AAA = Check
will hit 1 of every 10 ABs = Check
Hello, again, Chad. Good luck to you!
(on a side note, we’re very lucky that Cervelli’s been playing well. easier to find a backup catcher than a starting one)
Not quite Doomsday Scenario: Engaged material, but we’re getting there.
If that is the only move today then Thames or Swish must be in the lineup. Otherwise an outfielder would be up here also. Hopefully someone from AAA can replace Winn on the roster. But I guess they are giving him more time for some odd reason.
ac1 – you seem overly concerned about our offense, why? even with all the scrubs in it we are an above average offensive team. treading water is the best any team in MLB can hope to do when major players are our injured, and that’s exactly what we will do.
You’d think Logan or Melancon would have to be sent down in favor of an OF for tonight anyway.
ac1 – who has better backup catchers than the yankees? stop crying.
Winn HAS TO GO!!!!
I dont really care if it is Colin Curtis when he gets off the DL, Winfree, Golson, the ball boy, Don Zimmer, or whoever.
I was really hoping they got to Winn in the 9th last night to see if they would bat CC in his place.
If it was for an entire season, I’d be concerned about Moeller.
But, Its only for a couple of weeks!
He’ll do in the pinch
Logan and/or Melancon are dead weight right now.
Too bad Colin Curtis is hurt, because it’s slim pickings for an OF bat in the system.
Can’t have Russo playing the OF in the Bronx after two weeks of one the job training, or whatever he has.
Time to earn your money, Brian.
**on the job training
This move is vanilla. Not even good vanilla. It’s the vanilla you get in the little paper cups with the wooden two sided spoon thing.
If this was Tahitian Vanilla, I could get behind that.
Milli Vanilli vanilla.
ac1 – who has better backup catchers than the yankees? stop crying.
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Cervelli hasnt been the back up all season. Posada has been in and out. So consider him the starter now. I am sure teams have better back ups than Chad Moeller. Give me time to look through the list of teams and ill give you 10 or more…
I think we should rush the kids, lets take a chance and see what happens. Other teams have young guys on their MLB roster. Bring up Montero or Romine, maybe a star will be born.
Winn has been dreadful even going back to last year.
He was brought in to be a veteran backup if BG struggled. Well BG is doing great, we no longer need Winn. I seriously doubt he can improve offensively throughout the year.
Sadly, I’d feel better with guy from AAA playing the bench role.
GeorgeInJax,
Can’t release Winn. Remember he was going to replace Gardner by June?
Do you think they’ll put Pena in outfield again?
Doreen…my percentage is dying…
SS Jete
Cf gardy
1b Teix
3b Rodriguez
2b Cano
RF swish
C Cisco the kid
DH Miranda
LF winn
Betsy, I said nothing of the sort, I said you were right on what you predicted, and Cashman and the writers are wrong, period.
Frankie was not a 190 hitter, Jesus is not a 230 hitter, people need to stop looking at 5 weeks of stats, and look at their actual season #s.
He would hit if they called him up, he is a much better option than Winn, Thames, Pena, Moeller.
You can not treat every prospect the same, that is what I am talking about in terms of thinking outside the box. This kid can hit, if you have ever seen him, anyone would know this fact. He is not going to be overmatched, even if he struggled, he would not be overmatched, it would not hurt his future.
Cashman is not a fool, he is a very good gm, he just showed no balls in his thinking with this move.
Helping the team for a month, and giving the kid a taste of what he hungers for, is a no lose situation, plus he gets to work with one of the best catchers of his generation and the manager who was not bad either.
There was no negatives to this, other than the oh they are rewarding him thing, and that is silly thinking.
Cashman knows what he can do now, he just does not want to stop his catching everyday, however the benefits of him playing with the big club, and getting the coaching he would, while dhing and catching once or twice a week, far outweigh the non catching 6 games a week of it all.
and i am concerned about the offense. alex, cano and gardner arent going to hit everyday. Something is wrong with Jeter, Tex hasnt caught hot yet, Winn is basically an easy out, mostly pena is too..
No bench. And the starters aren’t going to keep pitching perfect all the time..
Im not in full on panic, but i dont think they have done enough to get through this next 2 weeks treading.
Still dont see how Logan is taking up space on this roster?
Still think they need an OF from AAA.
ac1 – enjoy your afternoon of searching for irrelevance.
Let him catch Javy.
Odds of winning Javy’s starts are low anyway.
i know there are 100 rational reasons to promote moeller, but i still believe it’s a mistake. a few years ago the yanks gambled on unproven cano and wang.
it’s time to roll the dice again.
this team needs energy and youth.
btw, i completely agree – winn must be released, unless he’s promoted to ball boy (greater value at that position). maybe they’re waiting for CG to come off the DL.
i don’t know why some poeple here are enamored with melancon. the is average on his best day. r. sanchez is a much sexier option.
oh yeah, and get rid of winn!
(can’t win with winn…)
The “Catcher” position is so important on a MLB team. This guy is handling every pitch of the game and has to know how to handle his pitchers.
Montero & Romine both have great futures, but they are not the solution while the Yanks have injury/depth issues.
A couple of weeks in MLB would give them but maybe 2-3 games at best.
That’s not helping their development.
Our bigger issue are 3 injured OF, a non-productive OF, and currently inconsistent relief pitching.
I’m confident the bullpen will work itself out as it did last year.
The outfield is at question.
“Something is wrong with Jeter…. ”
I think they call it old age. Father time has caught up with him. It was bound to happen. Unfortunately for him, it happened in a contract year. Now the Yankees have more bargaining room than they did before.
Chad Huffman is on the 40-man roster already. DFA Winn to open up a spot for Royce Ring and send Logan down to AAA. He still has options.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....p?c_id=nyy
I do not necessarily disagree with bringing up moeller, but don’t kid yourself into thinking it will only be a couple of weeks. With a broken foot, there is no way posada will be back in 2 weeks.
I can’t wait to see all these posters writing Jeter’s obituary show up later this summer when he’s hitting.
Every slump is the end of a players career and every hot streak, folks want to put a guy in the Hall of Fame.
Never ceases to amaze me.
Moeller will play once a week, so I don’t view this move as too significant. What’s really troubling is this fetid bullpen and the fact that Jeter and Tex have looked awful. We can’t rely on just Garder, A-Rod, and Cano.
“This is all about surviving until everybody gets back.”
“If they go 16-16 in the next month (they have 32 games to play until June 24, when Posada will most likely be back), you weather the storm and Swisher, Posada, Granderson and Aceves are back.”
sj44-
exactly right.i said a similar things this morning. accept playing .500 ball for a month and still be 10 games over .500 on june 20th.
do not change developmental plans for blue chip players like montero. do not pitch sabathia or pettitte that extra inning or two to win in the short run.
do not play jeter and alex every day and every inning. take the wins that come and they will and take the losses that come to because they will .
do not force the issue. it’s early. it’s not a pennant push. if it was september, than try to catch lightning on a bottle with montero or have sabathia pitch maybe more than he should, but not now.
cashman has learned a few things as he’s paid his dues. i think he’s thinking the same thing. weather the storm and be in a good position to turn it on when the time comes.
june 20-30 is still real early. the yankees just need to shift expectation gears downward and readjust their short term goals. the long range goal doesn’t change.
win it all again.
So how are the Yankees going to sweep the Mets if they can’t score runs?
All this talk about the Yankees unbelievable starting pitching, but it’s all for naught if you don’t score! As much as clueless people will say things like “oh look they still scored 11 runs and 6 runs against Boston!!!” they have still not been getting it done. Game after game they are letting crucial chances get away, and as bad as the bullpen has been, if they tacked on a few runs in the middle like they should have it never would have gotten away in the first place.
Up until the 9th last night, they had 2 runs on like 13 baserunners. They scored the 4 runs off the worst pitcher in their bullpen who would never have been pitching in a close game, so it’s hardly impressive.
Everyone is so quick to blame Joba and such, but nobody will point out the fact that the Yankees were like 2 for 11 with RISP that night, and even 1 or 2 more hits put that completely out of reach. Even in Sunday’s game, they scored 3 runs despite having a ton of baserunners as well. The pitching is not going to be perfect every game, the offense needs to step up and put a game away once in a while.
I’d rather it was sooner, but I could see Girardi/Cashman being conservative & waiting to get back Granderson before they DFA Winn.
Let’s see you take a fastball or two off your hands and see how well you hit.
What we’re seeing is classic ‘Jeter playing through pain’ ABs.
Did you not see his AB against Verlander???
It was a direct hit (cheap shot, imo).
SJ44, Jeter doesn’t usually go into such prolonged slumps. That’s why I think it’s the beginning of his decline. I hope I’m wrong but I think I’m right.
know there are 100 rational reasons to promote moeller, but i still believe it’s a mistake. a few years ago the yanks gambled on unproven cano and wang.
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The Yanks were in alot more trouble then than they are now.
You don’t throw all your development plans out the window for a 3-4 week injury. If Posada is worse than what is being reported then you start looking at Montero/Romine or a deal.
For the time being you do your best to weather the storm.
It’s May 20th people.
Jeter isnt done, but there is something off with him right now, not just a slump.
The injuries are unfortunate, but they are part of the game. Eventually the guys will be back and there will be plenty of time to make up ground. It’s the bullpen that is the real concern. Aside from Ace, those guys are healthy and outside of Mo they aren’t showing much.
Doreen,
I haven’t won in a while, but here it goes
SS Jeter
Cf GGBG
1b Tex
3b ARod
2b MVP
RF swish
C Cisco
DH Miranda
LF winn
Thanks
Different kind of slump to me, SJ.
He’s seeing a ridiculously low number of pitches for him, swinging at bad ones, not walking at all. This isn’t a bad luck streak. He’s not sizzling the ball at people (though he was a couple times). I don’t doubt he comes out of it, but this is as bad as I’ve seen him look as a hitter.
DFA May 20th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
“Something is wrong with Jeter…. ”
I think they call it old age. Father time has caught up with him. It was bound to happen. Unfortunately for him, it happened in a contract year. Now the Yankees have more bargaining room than they did before.
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Were you saying the same garbage a few weeks ago when he was scorching the ball?
You’d think some of you would have seen enough baseball to know by now that it is a game of ups and downs.
It really is sad how some of you carry on.
Jeter was hitting .266 as late as May 16th last year.
Ended up at .334 for the season
What’ he’s not doing is walking very often.
Thames with a tender ankle and Swisher with a funky arm. If I were playing GTLU, I’d have Golson in my lineup.
The problem with Jeter isn’t that he is slumping. The problem is that his approach is completely different from every other year which makes predicting his future very difficult.
Jeter is slumping, yes, will he hit out of it? Probably. Will he hit out of it to the usual Jeter tune? Probably not if he keeps only walking 5% of the time, swinging at pitches out of the zone 40% of the time, and swinging 10% more than usual while seeing less pitches than usual and not hitting line drives like Jeter normally would.
Even during his epic ‘Jeter gets booed’ slump in 2004 he still walked 8% of the time, and hit a normal rate of line drives.
His groundball % is much higher than normal. He isn’t squaring up the ball like he should.
NYYROC — Agreed. However, I still can’t fathom Cashman’s decision to count on the human DL, Nick Johnson. Lessons learned, one would hope. I still see the Yankees making the playoffs, but if Tampa’s staff doesn’t suffer some significant injuries, we’re looking at the wildcard.
DFA Winn do y ou not recall his start of the season a few years ago. That was about a month of slumping big time.I dont think he got off the interstate for a while.
Jeter had a bad month of May last year and he has had bad slumps before.
All guys over 30 that hit slumps folks want to write their obits. Its a blog. Its certainly their right.
However, the guy was hitting the ball pretty hard coming out of the gate this year.
I hardly think its the beginning of the end because he hasn’t hit in 3 weeks.
Forget Moeller, that is done.
How much longer are we going to roll with Winn? We have options in AAA that would likely be better.
“Were you saying the same garbage a few weeks ago when he was scorching the ball?”
I wasn’t saying anything since I’ve only started posting here a couple of days ago. I don’t know what is wrong with Jeter but like someone else said, he doesn’t look right. Maybe it’s decline. Maybe he’s hurt. Whatever it is it needs to end.
so on the day that moeller plays yanks will have automatic outs in jeter, tex, pena, winn and moeller
Not much GTLU action so far.
The following people have submitted lineups so far:
champ809
steveoh
Elias_in_NH
I am extending the deadline to 4 p.m. or until the first lineup shows up on Twitter. I would imagine it would be easier to guess a lineup when you actually know who is on the team.
Doreen,
Here goes.
Derek SS
Gardner CF
Tex 1B
Alex 3B
Robbie 2B
Swisher RF
Cervelli C
Miranda DH
Winn LF
Thanks
I’d prefer Steve Winn, to Randy. The side benefit would be relaxing vacations at Vegas resorts.
RE:
m May 20th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Thames with a tender ankle and Swisher with a funky arm. If I were playing GTLU, I’d have Golson in my lineup.
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Gardner, Swisher, Thames, & Winn are the only OF listed on the active roster.
that’s why I think another move needs to be made.
SS Jeter
CF Gardner
1B Teixeira
3B Rodriguez
2B Cano
RF Swisher
C Cervelli
DH Miranda
LF Winn
Thanks!
“DFA Winn do y ou not recall his start of the season a few years ago.”
I remember being appalled that the fans booed him. That made me embarrassed to be a Yankee fan.
Jeter is injured, his hands aren’t getting through the zone as it usually does.
He won’t come out of the lineup because half the lineup is already on the walking wounded list. A compromised Jeter is better than any other option we’ve got.
Jeter had a bad month of May last year and he has had bad slumps before.
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Derek Jeter in May last year hit 23% line drives, 50% ground balls, 20% fly balls. He walked 9% of the time. In May this year he is striking out 20% of the time and hitting 65% ground balls.
Does he need to walk more? Yes he does.
However, that’s a separate issue as far as to whether this is an indication of whether or not he’s “done”.
I don’t think he is. If others do, fine by me.
I’m guessing Mark Melancon fans won’t be happy today.
Seems to me he’s the most likely guy to be sent down today when they call up an OF.
He had to throw close to 40 pitches last night and they need to get down to 12 pitchers.
The math doesn’t look good for him today unless they decide the pull the plug on the Bonne Logan Experience.
Staunch Jeter supporter here, but I have to say leading off every game grounding out to short is getting old.
Whenever he’s going bad, it always the same: 3-hopper to short, out by half-a-step at first.
Randy – the schedule for the next three weeks or so is actually pretty good for the Yanks to go .500. There are some difficult games in there for sure but on the whole it is much easier than the previous month and a half.
How does the Guess the Lineup contest work? Do I win anything if I get it right?
im still surprised they havent made one more move. Why do we still need 13 pitchers?
GTLU will be a real guess today, who is left to play??
SS Jeet
CF GGBG
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B Robbie
RF Swish
C Cisco
DH Miranda
LF Winn
going w/ the popular choice, hoping that Swish is back.
Were you saying the same garbage a few weeks ago when he was scorching the ball?
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At the beginning of the season I noted that Jeter’s approach looked off, and didn’t think it would bode well unless it started to get back to old Jeter’s approach. He got off to a good start in April thanks to 10% infield hit rate, he still hit 70% ground balls in April and had 12% line drives. He got a really nice 23% HR/FB rate too, which is better than his career rate by a lot. He also saw a career low in P/PA in April and that trend continues.
CF CGBG
SS Jeter
1B Tex
3B A-Rod
2B Cano
RF Swisher
C Cisco
DH Miranda
LF Winn
cervelli needs to pace himself too.
he’s going to be playing as much as possible and the show off throws down to bases and hyper-ness that burns up energy he’s going to need has to go. he needs to quiet down a bit and handle the staff. he needs to work on his throwing along with the pitchers because it’s the yankees with cervelli back there that is being run on now.
he’s got a really good arm, but it’s not translating right now into throwing out runners. that’s as much on the pitchers and they’ll have to work with cervelli making sure 6 bases aren’t stolen again. that’s embarrassing.
bottom line, cervelli is not the back up now. it’s on him. slow it down and take care of basics. quit throwing to bases unnecessarily. he’s never played a lot at any level and he needs to learn how to play a lot of games in a row.
he’s got his chance. if he plays up to his potential, catching will be fine. they’ll have to get the power hitting that leaves with posada somewhere else or just play without it.
Randy – the schedule for the next three weeks or so is actually pretty good for the Yanks to go .500. There are some difficult games in there for sure but on the whole it is much easier than the previous month and a half.
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I’ve seen this comment come up a lot in the last few days. The last time we had an ‘easy’ stretch, we got pummeled by the Braves, Marlins, and Nationals.
Do I win anything if I get it right?
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You get the immunity idol. Use it wisely.
Will GTLU still be played when we’re down to 9 healthy position players?
Doreen-
I don’t even know who to guess.
I don’t think Swisher is playing tonight and I can’t even think of what other outfielders are on the roster- thanks to the roster changing daily
Jeter is injured in one way or another. His reaction time at SS is dismal. He needs to sit down a game or two if he’s hurt.
If he’s not, then he needs to get to working on that agility training he did so much of the past few offseasons. He looks terrible out there.
His hitting, I’m not so worried about. He was mashing at the beginning of the season. We’ve seen him hit homeruns to both sides of the park. He’s gonna come out of this slump. And he’s had some pretty bad ones before in his career, for those of you who claimed he has not.
I expected a healthy OF to be called up for Melancon or Logan, but doesn’t look like it’s happening.
Taking a stab at GTLU…
Jeter SS
Gardner CF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Cervelli C
Miranda DH
Winn RF
Golson LF
I have the utmost faith in Jeter….I hope that pinky isn’t bothering him as I’ve seen speculated, but aside from that I have no reason to think he won’t it. He is the least of our concerns, #1 of which is the awful pen.
On the Jeter front, what worries me is the fielding. He just looks slower to me in the field this year, especially going to his left. It makes me wonder if something’s wrong we fans don’t know about.
“Jeter had a bad month of May last year and he has had bad slumps before.”
Insomuch as .321 with an .870 OPS, 3 homers and 13 RBI is a bad May, I guess you’re right.
Nobody’s denying he’s had slumps before. They just haven’t looked like this particular slump.
SS Jeet
CF GGBG
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B Robbie
RF Swish
C Cisco
DH Miranda
LF Golson
I am hoping that even though we have heard nothing yet, with posada to the DL and NJ to the 60, Golson can come back.
SS Jeet
CF GGBG
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B Robbie
RF Swish
C Cisco
DH Miranda
LF Winn
What the heck- when you are stumped copy some elses line up
BTW for those advocating pinch hitting CC for Winn, if the big man tweaks something swinging a bat, the Yankees are screwed.
jeter ain’t injured. he just need to bang minka less and more hits
I can’t remember the last time I saw Jeter smile.
SS Derek Jeter
CF Brett Gardner
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
C Francisco Cervelli
DH Juan Miranda
LF Randy Winn
RF Greg Golson
If you look at Jeters spray charts this year, he is doing more grounding out to the left side. Normally he should have a better distribution of hitting it to the right and left.
I don’t think we can handle 2 Experiences on the Yankees’ pitching staff. We already have the Sergio Mitre Experience. Boone Logan, your experience has only been miserable. The logical move is always sending Logan to AAA, although Melancon is probably headed back just because he can’t pitch for another 2 days.
And all of those stats mean what? Whatever you want them to mean.
Its evidence he’s slumping. Its not evidence he’s done.
The guy hot a good month of April with the bat.
Perhaps his hand is bothering him. Perhaps he’s just in a slump.
I just don’t buy a guy losing it in 3 weeks after coming off one of his best seasons.
As the saying goes, he’s Derek #$#$%^ Jeter.
I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt.
DFA Winn May 20th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
“Were you saying the same garbage a few weeks ago when he was scorching the ball?”
I wasn’t saying anything since I’ve only started posting here a couple of days ago. I don’t know what is wrong with Jeter but like someone else said, he doesn’t look right. Maybe it’s decline. Maybe he’s hurt. Whatever it is it needs to end.
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They should just DFA him then.
Cervelli should have a somewhat easier time with Petitte on the mound.
The runners won’t be getting a huge jump like the did on AJ.
The stats of throwing runners out doesn’t factor how the pitchers keep runners close or not.
If the lineup were healthy, Jeter would sit out a couple of games and fully recover from whatever it is that’s ailing him.
However, the team cannot afford to lose a bat, so he’s gutting it out. The Captain won’t make any excuses for not being out there, nor will he talk about any aches and pains in public.
Let’s just have faith that he’ll get it back together soon enough, like he always does.
Erica,
I hope our imposters don’t start making out , that’d be weird.
I didn’t say that either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel so violated
Justin Verlander 1
Derek Jeter 0
Well the Yankees also need to make some changes in the pen. I say start DFA’ing and sending some guys down. This is still a good team but some changes need to be made.
We don’t know that anything is ailing Jeter; he’s probably just in a slump….
Jerkface May 20th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Erica,
I hope our imposters don?t start making out , that?d be weird.
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LOL.. I don’t even know who my imposter is angry at. CR9 or You???
Why is it that anytime a player goes into a slump, the self proclaimed experts here are ready to write them off and get rid of them?
Do you not realize how stupid you look?
Are you actual baseball fans who understand the game or are you the neo-Yankee fans who don’t know $hit about the game and just care about continuing to be able to ride on the Yankee bandwagon?
And I doubt that Jeter is injured. The guy is in a big time slump. It happens !
I hope Chad appreciates the 5 e-mails I have sent him today
BryanHoch #Yankees Curtis Granderson and Alfredo Aceves will greet fans entering Yankee Stadium through the Great Hall at 5:30 p.m. today.
m May 20th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I can’t remember the last time I saw Jeter smile.
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See: monday, walk-off win. Looked pretty happy to me.
he’s not injured. jeter is done
Jeter is getting crushed by righties this year. Also unlike him.
*puts up Ignore the Troll sign*
With that done – I’m actually glad the Yankees didn’t decide to call up Montero and/or Romine. They don’t need the pressure of carrying an injury riddled club offensively, they need to focus on improving all facets of their game, and they’ll only do that if they play everyday at their position.
“I can’t remember the last time I saw Jeter smile. ”
he was smiling like crazy when arod hit the homer to tie up the red sox game in the ninth.
winning makes jeter smile.
Is banning IP addresses that hard?
also, Jeter was hitting .304 when he was hit by Beckett.
avg. coming down like a SCUD missile ever since.
Verlander just piled on.
Jeter looked fine until he was drilled by Verlander. It went downhill from there. Something’s wrong.
m May 20th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I can’t remember the last time I saw Jeter smile.
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I don’t remember which night it was, but he and Cisco were laughing about something in dugout the other day.
Here’s my first official lineup. If I win, do I get tickets to a game?
Derek “Something’s wrong with me, but I’m keeping it a secret” Jeter SS
Brett “How ya like me now” Gardner CF
Mark “April can kiss my …” Teixeira 1B
Alex “If I were any more clutch, it would be a crime” Rodriguez 3B
Robbie “I’m heating up again” Cano 2B
Nick “My shoulder hurts” Swisher RF
Juan “I should be in AAA” Miranda DH
Francisco “I’m a hit with the ladies” Cervelli C
Randy “I don’t belong on this team” Winn LF
Jeter hasn’t been very Jeterian
Andrew May 20th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Is banning IP addresses that hard?
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I told Chad it was time to embarrass this dude
No one impersonates me
So Cano smiles too much and Jeter not enough………..
Bob
I’m a big time Yankee fan and I don’t usually complain. My biggest issue with the team is the pen. And Joba has been a problem for 2 years now. Something needs to be done. Other than that this team will be fine.
With regard to Thames. Didn’t something similar happen to John Olerud dring the 2004 ALCS? I believe that he stepped on the knob of the bat and broke his foot.
SJ44,
I don’t think anyone rational is saying that Jeter is done. Jerkface is just explaining that this slump isn’t a normal slump. His entire approach at the plate is worse this year.
I have full confidence that Jetes will come out of this slump but he’s going to have to do a lot more than get better luck (like Girardi has been implying).
SS Jete
CF GGBG
1B Tex
3B Alex
2B Robbie
RF Swish
C Cisco
DH Miranda
LF Winn
I hope Swish is back today. Also, count me in the camp that if jeter goes 0-4 today, we DFA him!!
I wonder if the fake Erica and Jerkface have goatees. Like Evil Spock.
mike
Yeah Jeter is done alright ! Get a clue !
NYY626-
Did you watch Glee?????
Pete used to list the i.p. addresses of the really foul ones.
The best you can do w/that is narrow it down to a city.
I’m sure there are means to narrow it down even more.
Pete was a nut. These guys would never divulge that info.
Moeller flat out Stinks
Notes:
1. Jeter is in a slump, but it looks like there is more to it then that. Once he can fix it, he will be .300 again.
2. No reason to have 13 pitchers and 3 bench players, when one is the back up catcher who can’t hit, and two are injured and cant contribute.
3. The pen
4. Randy Winn
Tom in N.J. May 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I wonder if the fake Erica and Jerkface have goatees. Like Evil Spock.
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I would not look good with facial hair
But I may have rocked the fake Giambi mustache back in the glory days of 2008
Since getting hit on the hand: .250 .300 .286 .586
7 for 28 with 9 strike outs.
Brett “How ya like me now” Gardner CF
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Everyone should watch this performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3yl7YjVyM
left pinkie
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
NYY626-
Did you watch Glee?????
I watched the entire game last night ( dont ask me why) and then I was upset over the JoPo news so I just went to bed.
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No not yet
I once didn’t shave or cut my hair for 9 months. All because I wanted to be “Fat Jim Morrison” for Halloween.
“Since getting hit on the hand: .250 .300 .286 .586″
This may be a stupid question but what do those 4 numbers represent? I’m assuming two of them are BA and OPS.
Jeter’s LD rate is climbing in May, but he is still hitting too many ground balls and striking out way too much. I wish he’d stop chasing pitches that start in the other batters box and get further away as they come to the plate. Its already a ball based on its starting location, stop swinging!
Glee is sitting on my DVR right now
jeter at his present productivity level is better then at least half the SS in the league. detroit starts a under the mendoza line SS
i would figure even a declining jeterwill hit 280 +.
melancon will probably go down today but the love affairwith logan is laughable. try ring at a minimum..
This may be a stupid question but what do those 4 numbers represent? I’m assuming two of them are BA and OPS.
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Its the slash line without slashes
BA / OBP / SLG / OPS (OBP + SLG)
This may be a stupid question but what do those 4 numbers represent? I’m assuming two of them are BA and OPS.
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BA, OBP, SLG, OPS
Thank you, Jerkface.
NYY626 May 20th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Erica ? always OPPC ? Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter May 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
NYY626-
Did you watch Glee?????
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No not yet I watched the entire game last night ( dont ask me why) and then I was upset over the JoPo news so I just went to bed.
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I wouldn’t have judged you if you chose Glee over last night’s game
how many times does jeter have to ground out to ss on the 1st pitch he sees to convince you people he’s not done? and what about tex? tuesday’s game was not all on the bullpen. yanks had a 5-0 lead with the bases loaded and he again rolls the ball over to 2nd or strikes out.
Yankess have too many stinkers on the roster. Are these guys Yankees or Mets?
Tom in N.J. May 20th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
I once didn?t shave or cut my hair for 9 months. All because I wanted to be ?Fat Jim Morrison? for Halloween.
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And a fake beard wouldn’t have accomplished that???
And you to Patrick.
jeter at his present productivity level is better then at least half the SS in the league. detroit starts a under the mendoza line SS
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There are about 10 SS’s hitting better than jeter by wOBA in the majors, but that doesn’t take into account SS’s who are close to jeter in hitting currently that also field better than him.
bob michaels sure moeller stinks at that is why he is a AAA backup. your point is?
the yanks have 4 young stud catchers who are not ready yet for the show, 2 of them will be in less then 2 years and probably less time then that..
Patrick May 20th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Glee is sitting on my DVR right now
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How do you guys not watch Glee immediately???
@Nick in SF -
I actually considered cancelling GTLU for today. If it ever gets to that point, I think we can suspend GTLU as an exercise in futility.
DFA Winn May 20th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
“Since getting hit on the hand: .250 .300 .286 .586?
This may be a stupid question but what do those 4 numbers represent? I’m assuming two of them are BA and OPS.
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No offense but if you don’t even know what those mean, maybe, just maybe you shouldn’t be telling the team who they should or shouldn’t be DFAing.
Learn the game, then run your mouth.
Hurtful idiot
You’ve got a problem with me. My email is timsertain@yahoo.com Voice your displeasures to me personally. Dont worry, thats not my full name, if you get any ideas
When Moeller’s in there, is that the D lineup?
again detroits SS hits under 200 with zero power…is he a better fielder many of you would say yes. in my opinion no one goes back on flies like jeter or can go into the hole like him and he is just fine on the DP.
old man jeter can still play am i frustrated with him recently yes, but the guy is only human…
ajax is in a slump, who thought he would hit 350? not happening zero chance…
Even if the Yankees do not make another move today I would they would have to with playing in NL parks coming up they need people on the bench for pinch hitting for the pitcher,double switches etc thus why Golson or Russo (he plays multiple positions) would make sense to me
How do you guys not watch Glee immediately???
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My DVR is backed up right now. Fringe, Lost, Glee, like 6 episodes of 24, Justified, Survivor, V, Flashforward, The Pacific, Office
Finally got through Justified and Lost last night, no time for Glee
DFAWinn – avg, obp, slg, ops
“No offense but if you don?t even know what those mean, maybe, just maybe you shouldn?t be telling the team who they should or shouldn?t be DFAing.”
Excuse me Bob but I don’t need to understand stats in order to know when a guy stinks at playing baseball. My eyes work just fine. From what I’ve read here those who do understand those numbers also think that Winn needs to go. And who died and made you Peter Gammons?
I agree Winn has not looked good at all. However, I see nothing in the AAA outfield that would even be as good. They have mid-20 year old who have never hit all that well in the minors. Their career stats are not good. They would be destroyed at the plate in the majors.
this schedule has been brutal. boston a million times, LAA, Detroit, Minny. June looks good, but then there is hot Toronto we finally see June 3rd and Phillies for 3 games.
DFA Winn May 20th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
“No offense but if you don?t even know what those mean, maybe, just maybe you shouldn?t be telling the team who they should or shouldn?t be DFAing.”
Excuse me Bob but I don’t need to understand stats in order to know when a guy stinks at playing baseball. My eyes work just fine. From what I’ve read here those who do understand those numbers also think that Winn needs to go. And who died and made you Peter Gammons?
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Whatever you say there Corky.
“Finally got through Justified and Lost last night, no time for Glee ”
I like Justified. There’s a dry humor to it.
ajax isn’t slumping, he’s just not getting insanely lucky anymore
He still has a .458 BABIP though. I bet he’ll be hitting .270 by the ASB
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos May 20th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
@Nick in SF -
I actually considered cancelling GTLU for today. If it ever gets to that point, I think we can suspend GTLU as an exercise in futility.
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I suggested that same idea around 12:30
I like Justified. There’s a dry humor to it.
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I love Justified
Patrick May 20th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
How do you guys not watch Glee immediately???
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My DVR is backed up right now. Fringe, Lost, Glee, like 6 episodes of 24, Justified, Survivor, V, Flashforward, The Pacific, Office
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I have 2 or 3 episodes of Fringe I need to watch online.
I am sad and relieved at the same time about the cancellation of FlashForward
Um, Evil Spock was still a legitimate SPOCK, not an imposter like this dork is impostering people on here, HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW THAT??????
/dork’d
@Doreen: I was just kidding, now is the time when some heroic/lucky lineup guesser can possibly get one right and seperate a little from the pack.
These are the lineup gueses that try men’s* souls!
(*and the super-calm, rational ladies as well)
I love Justified! Timmy Olyphant is awesome! GORGEOUS!! Great facial hair!!
So a half-month slump is enough for these idiots to say that Jeter is done. Right…
Patrick the guy from Justified, wasn’t he in something else? I’ve seen his face before but I don’t know where.
vblade May 20th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
So a half-month slump is enough for these idiots to say that Jeter is done. Right…
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Surprised the morons haven’t started booing him yet.
The guy from Justified, Timohty Olyphant, was the villain in Die Hard 4, was in Girl Next Door, and a main character on Deadwood
The good Cartman on South Park had a beard………and I liked “Evil” Spock
DFA Winn
Die Hard: Live Free or Die Hard; Damages; among other things.
BTW for TV shows I recommend Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Finished all 13 1st season episodes in one night.
Erica -
I didn’t see your 12:30 post. I wasn’t here. Out galavanting dontcha know.
@Nick in SF -
And that’s why I didn’t ultimately cancel today.
“So a half-month slump is enough for these idiots to say that Jeter is done. Right?”
I conceded earlier that I don’t know what is wrong with Jeter. If it makes people feel good to attack me well there’s nothing I can do about that.
Spartacus has the greatest season finale of any show on TV. Maybe even better than the LOST SHOW finale.
The guy from Justified, Timohty Olyphant, was the villain in Die Hard 4, was in Girl Next Door, and a main character on Deadwood
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You’re forgetting his tour de force – Hitman
I know, Nick, but he was evil.
# Bob(the original) May 20th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
vblade May 20th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
So a half-month slump is enough for these idiots to say that Jeter is done. Right…
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Surprised the morons haven’t started booing him yet.
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He’s had a couple of occasions when he was hit by a pitch on the hands/arms area and immediately went into a slump. He’ll be back to make these fools look stupid soon enough.
“Die Hard: Live Free or Die Hard; Damages; among other things.”
It must have been Die Hard. I didn’t watch Deadwood or Damages.
You’re forgetting his tour de force – Hitman
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Bald Olyphant is my least favorite Olyphant, also it was nothing like the game!
But it did have Olga in it, and she is hot
# DFA Winn May 20th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
“So a half-month slump is enough for these idiots to say that Jeter is done. Right?”
I conceded earlier that I don’t know what is wrong with Jeter. If it makes people feel good to attack me well there’s nothing I can do about that.
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If you didn’t say “Jeter is done” then it’s not directed towards you.
Faker He-Man?
I heard Spartacus was so insanely bad that its actually good
If you want to watch horribly cheesy but awesome TV – Legend of the Seeker
“Evil” Spock wasn’t as evil as evil Kirk. Evil Spock was just ruthless……but logical.
# Jerkface May 20th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Spartacus has the greatest season finale of any show on TV. Maybe even better than the LOST SHOW finale.
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Spartacus is an awesome show. Haven’t enjoyed watching a series as much since Season 1 of 24.
I am sad and relieved at the same time about the cancellation of FlashForward
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Yeah me too. It’s so bad but I feel compelled to watch it. V is kind of the same but it actually got renewed.
Evil Spock was just ruthless……but logical.
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Evil Spock for GM!
Patrick: Spartacus started off (first 2 episodes) so bad that it was good, but episodes 3 -> 13 are some of the best TV on this planet.
Timothy Olyphant is perhaps one of the most gorgeous men in the world. Bald head or not. I could eat that man up 100 times over! DELICIOUS!
“If you didn?t say ?Jeter is done? then it?s not directed towards you.”
I said that Father Time was catching up with him which is the same thing I guess.
# Patrick May 20th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I heard Spartacus was so insanely bad that its actually good
If you want to watch horribly cheesy but awesome TV – Legend of the Seeker
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Spartacus is awesome in a “I want to see torn limbs, blood rain, hot medieval women, and a healthy dose of 300″ sort of way.
Yeah, Evil Spock was kinda evil, but he was just a product of his bad environment, I think.
What about that crazy planet where it was all 1930′s style gangsters???
That was CRAZY!
@Doreen: anybody who wants to cancel GTLU because IT’S TOO HARD is just a big baby!
“If you want to watch horribly cheesy but awesome TV ? Legend of the Seeker”
I am heartbroken that this has been canceled. What a shame. I’m going to miss Richard, Kahlan, Zedd and Cara very much.
http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/evil%20spock.png
Patrick May 20th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I am sad and relieved at the same time about the cancellation of FlashForward
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Yeah me too. It?s so bad but I feel compelled to watch it. V is kind of the same but it actually got renewed.
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Exactly. The show is awful, but I need answers.
According to my entertainment weekly sources, the finale should answer most questions.
CR9 no need to do that. Don’t bring that negativity any closer to you. Leave it here. Let the blog managers deal with it. Giving “it” your email address won’t stop it, but will only give it another forum.
I bet Golson is on his way back for Logan/Melancon, but hopefully Logan. We have seen Logan for a while not get better. I think Melancon can benefit from consistency up in the majors…
Nick in SF in Larkspur May 20th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
@Doreen: anybody who wants to cancel GTLU because IT?S TOO HARD is just a big baby!
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Are you calling me a big baby???? Do you want to fight???????????
By the way, for those who don’t know, Xena the Warrior Princess is in Spartacus, and she is deliciously HOT.
CR9,
I really like Justified but for completely different reasons than you haha. Olyphaunt’s character is amazing; so badass. The writing is stellar, actors are really good too. Also it’s kind of awesome that 3 of the villains of the week were actors from Deadwood (the preacher was the hitman, dan dority was the guy who held cops hostage and johnny was the guy in the last ep that tried to kill the judge).
Jerkface,
I don’t believe you but maybe I’ll check out Spartacus if I have time.
The guy from Spartacus is battling cancer. They say his prognosis is good.
If the diaper fits?
Walton Gogins from The Shield is in Justified as well.
Exactly. The show is awful, but I need answers.
According to my entertainment weekly sources, the finale should answer most questions.
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The only way they’ll answer the questions is if they jump ahead to 2012 or whatever year was listed as “THE END” on dyson frost’s board.
Nick, I LOVED that episode. What was the game that Kirk fooled those thugs into playing? Fizbinn! Seeing Kirk drive a car with Spock looking car sick was pretty
Here, CR9, maybe this will distract you from the stupidity:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9.....622636938/
RayVT May 20th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
I’m flattered, but not me!
Patrick
I like Justified for the same reasons you do. It’s just an added bonus that Timmy Oly is so stunningly HOT HOT HOT!!
Nick in SF in Larkspur May 20th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
If the diaper fits?
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I am wearing my big girl panties!
By the way, for those who don’t know, Xena the Warrior Princess is in Spartacus, and she is deliciously HOT.
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Saw her in BSG, she’s not that hot anymore.
Hey, no FLASH FORWARD spoilers here, please!!
Jeter is probably hurting for getting plunked but he is also swinging at a lot of bad pitches.
He’s moving around the field and playing OK at SS so I’m not worried about him. Tex needs to get going though! Arod is hitting so Tex should be getting pitches to hit. Maybe if Tex starts hitting like he should we won’t whine so much about Winn and the rest not producing.
This all does not matter if Andy and the Pen don’t pitch well tonight.
Saw her in BSG, she’s not that hot anymore
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You should see her in spartacus. Seriously spartacus owns
Sorry guys. I’m a complete loser with nothing better to do. You should feel sorry for me.
Stab at GTLU Stab is the wrong word-might get us another player hurt!!
Jeter SS
Gardner CF
Tex 1B
ARod 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher DH
Cervelli C
Winn LF
Golson RF
Melancon sent back to AAA
Loogy Logan kept but at the end of the bench.
No doubt the biggest problem with Jeter has been selectivity. That’s easy enough to correct particularly since that is the Yankees’ approach (1995 – present). The Yankees turn the game into a war of attrition by wearing down starters and feasting on middle relievers. As lead-off hitter Jeter should be forcing longer pitch counts and setting the tone. He might actually benefit from dropping to the 2 hole. He’d have more opportunities to take advantage of opponents preoccupation with Gardner’s speed. That would enable Jeter to return to his more natural inside out stroke which would allow him to see the ball longer and should improve his strike zone discipline and line drive rate. Starting a game with DJ on first , Gardy on third and nobody out and Tex, A-Rod and Cano coming up would cure a lot aches and eliminate a lot of angst.
I’m sad flashforward is getting cancelled.. I liked that show.:(
CR9 May 20th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I don’t know who that clown is, but he may make the case for registration.
FlashForward had a lot of promise but they didn’t deliver on it. ABC also hurt the show by leaving it off of the air for 2 months.
# Patrick May 20th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
By the way, for those who don’t know, Xena the Warrior Princess is in Spartacus, and she is deliciously HOT.
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Saw her in BSG, she’s not that hot anymore.
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She’s in the Top 20 for ladies over 40 category, I’m certain.
GG
Im tired of the blog being taken over by the nonsense. Id rather have someone address me personally if theyve got a problem with me than bother everyone else here and use others’ handles.
CR9-
All you ever wanted to know about Timothy Olyphant:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648249/
the problem with moving jeter to the 2 hole is he’s got no patience to let gardner steal and he would bang into too many DP’s – a la the 6-4-3 variety. interesting to see how much the yanks will overpay him this winter
Fringe has become a very good show in the second half of it’s second season.
I am really excited for the season finale tonight, last week’s first part was excellent.
I said on here before about Spartacus to Erica and Erin I think, that it is way better than you would imagine it being. It started out like a cheesy 300 clone, but by episode 4 into 5 it became a thrilling soapy, well done series. The finale of the first season is just about as good of a season ender as I can remember on the tele. The characters arcs were all written well, and the plot had an ending you thought you saw coming, but in no way did you really think they would do what they did.
If you are a netflix customer, you can watch the entire first season on there.
As long as you don’t mind blood and guts, and sex or nudity, the show is top notch entertainment.
Also on netflix to watch if you like comedy, is Party Down, in it’s second season, the first one is among the best comedy on the air, the second one is not far behind.
CR9-
If it makes you feel any better, I e-mailed Chad like 5 times today about that clown.
As my boss likes to tell me, being annoying is a specialty of mine
…..and the pitching has quickly begun to rot…..
She’s in the Top 20 for ladies over 40 category, I’m certain.
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I don’t think I can even name 20 good looking women over 40. Not that there aren’t plenty of them out there, I just can’t remember right now.
just to be sure – they should check his eyes – no NOT Cisco’s
Jeter will be fine. I would make one change…. I think its time to bat Gardner second and Jeter leadoff. I was all about Jeter batting leadoff last year but I think Gardner leading off and Jeter going back to second gives the line up a better flow.
I love how people get so caught up in the whole ’12/21/12 — OMG!!! We’re DOOMED!!!11eleven!!11!!’ hysteria.
Yes, the 3rd cycle of the Mayan long count calendar does end on that date.
It is, however, in no way meant as some sort of dire forecast.
The simple fact is, the Mayan civilization (for various reasons (namely warfare among neighbors, mismanaged water reservoirs, etc.)) ran its course before the 4th cycle could be completed.
Don’t believe the hype.
I messed up my last post. Time to bat Jeter second and have Gardner lead off.
Oh and hell yes Justified is another good show.
They also started a little slow, after a very good pilot, but the past 4 or 5 episodes, they have really discovered the characters and how to write in the Leonard fashion to fit a tv series.
Jason22,
One of my favorite recent quotes was on Fringe.
“I hardly classify what I’ve just smoked as marijuana! It’s a hybrid of Chronic Supernova and Afghani Kush. I call it Brown Betty.”
The way he emphasizes the different kinds of weed is hysterical
Jason22 May 20th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Fringe has become a very good show in the second half of it?s second season.
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I really like Fringe. But Thursday nights are too busy so I have to watch it online.
And I am very picky about times I watch the show cause it creeps me out so much
But I ♥ Joshua Jackson aka Pacey
Patrick
Julianna Margulies I think is over 40. Even Lauren Gra ham may be.
Kevin Russo and Chad Moeller up; no word on the other move besides Posada DL as of yet
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Still think we need to drop Logan and bring Golson.
Wow really Steve K? I actually thought the world was going to end in 2012, thanks for assuaging my fears.
Q: is Jeter being pitched differently because Brett/ anemic NJ is behind him and not Damon?
Whoa -
Looks like the Kevin Russo people got their wish.
Russo up
“I really like Fringe.”
Fringe really turned a page this season. Last season was a bit so-so. This season has been off the charts good.
hmm… Russo hasnt bee gone 10 days yet has he? If so, they wont be able to bring Golson up. It would have to be Huffman or one of those guys.
Not a problem, buddy. I’m here to help.
CR9,
When I think of hot 40+ women I think of Rene Russo in The Thomas Crown Affair.
Jesus that movie came out 11 years ago, she’s now 56.
Erica
I think your boss has a stick up his azz!! Everyone here finds you anything but annoying!!
Will you email me timsertain @ yahoo , ive got a tax question if u dont mind
And, FWIW, JOSHUA JACKSON IS GORGEOUS! ♥ the adorable Pacey!
Q: is Jeter being pitched differently because Brett/ anemic NJ is behind him and not Damon?
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He is being pitched the same percentage of fastball vs other types as every other year. They might be spotting them differently, but really if thats the case Jeter is terrible because he is swinging out of the zone so much.
CR9-
I am not really a tax person. If its basic I could maybe help- could you ask here?
also, blow me.
I’m glad Russo is here, hopefully he stays away from Robi Cano’s position.
40+ Teri Hatcher, Liz Hurley, Jenny McCarthy (i think is 40),
Erica, yeah Thurs night is crazy for good tele.
I usually watch Fringe late after the Yankees are done or Fri sometime.
A Dawson Creek fan huh?
I was a Pacey fan way more than Dawson. Michelle Williams out of all them has become a very fine actress, she is really good in her indy films.
Oh and speaking of tv, tonight is the season finale of Community, I believe it is Prom time, I can’t wait to see what they do with that.
Guessing Russo is up for Melancon, who threw 37 pitches yesterday.
That gets them down to 12 pitchers again.
Russo gives them more flexibility, and a better stick, than Golston right now.
He can play both the INF and OF.
That’s probably the reason he got the call instead of Golston.
umm- new thread
Russo added
CR9, that person doesn’t have a problem with you, they have a problem with themselves. Leave them out here in blog land.
Russo has played a grand total of 13 games in the OF in his professional career. Considering that we are short one real outfielder it either means Swisher can play or there is still another move (or the Yanks are making a move I don’t agree with).
Jeter has turned into an automatic out. especially in his first at bat. Call it a slump but he looks awful and might be starting to slow down. In this his contract year he’s off to a very slow start.
Tex is a terrible at mess right now too.
Patrick:
“I don’t think I can even name 20 good looking women over 40. Not that there aren’t plenty of them out there, I just can’t remember right now.”
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Halle Barry
Michelle Pfeiffer
Elle MacPherson
Teri Hatcher
Kim Cattrall
Sharon Stone
Kylie Minogue
Elizabeth Hurley
Shania Twain
Demi Moore
Diane Lane
Salma Hayak
Vanessa Williams
Famke Janssen
Phoebe Cates
Cindy Crawford
Courtney Cox
Monica Belluci
My wife
Hell
I would take Slade Heathcott right now over Winn