Derek Jeter is still popular… plus assorted notes and links
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Jul 19, 2010 
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From the of-course-that’s-true file comes this story: Derek Jeter is the most marketable player in Major League Baseball.
The ranking comes from Sports Business Daily which surveyed sports business executives and members of the sports media to determine the Top 10 most marketable players in baseball. After Jeter comes last year’s Most Valuable Players — Albert Pujols and Joe Mauer — followed by this year’s top phenom, Stephen Strasburg. Alex Rodriguez ranked ninth, one spot below David Wright and one spot ahead of Dustin Pedroia and Torii Hunter, who tied for 10th.
Jeter also topped THE DAILY’s last two most marketable reports, in ’05 and ’03, and earned his highest percentage of first-place votes this year. Armed with Hollywood looks and charm — not to mention 15 endorsement deals with companies such as Nike, Gatorade, Gillette, Delta, Upper Deck and 24 Hour Fitness — Jeter is a “clear cut number one,” says Premier Partnerships President & CEO Randy Bernstein. “Derek is so marketable due to his likability, passion, hard work, leadership and most of all, his humility,” Bernstein said. “He is a proven champion and has led his one and only team to multiple championships while also building up exceptional Hall of Fame statistics.”
A few other links worth a look as this off day comes to a close.
• My old friends with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are having their annual autograph party and auction on July 31. It’s a good chance to meet some of the Triple-A players in the system, and the auction includes autographs ranging from Reggie Jackson to Brian Cashman to CC Sabathia to Aroldis Chapman.
• The Yankees have reportedly prioritized the bench at the trade deadline, and Jon Heyman has a ranking of the Top 25 position players who could be available before July 31.
• Apparently TBS is planning a George Steinbrenner tribute by airing 10 Seinfeld episodes that feature his character, as voiced by Larry David.
• Two notes from the YES Network: The two-hour Yankees Old-Timers’ Day Special from 2-4 pm Saturday was highest-rated and most-viewed Yankees Old-Timers’ Day Special ever on YES. Also, Sunday’s telecast of the Rays-Yankees game was the highest-rated and most-watched non-Red Sox telecast on YES this season.
• Ken Rosenthal writes that the Yankees might not see much bang for their buck when it comes to Alex Rodriguez’s home run milestone bonuses. He notes that there’s not much buzz for A-Rod’s 600th home run, which is true, but I think that might be a little different when he starts passing the huge names on the list.
• By the way, that same Rosenthal link includes a note that several teams have asked the Yankees about Francisco Cervelli, but indications are that the Yankees have been reluctant to trade him.
• On off day at home made Sunday night the perfect opportunity for CC Sabathia’s birthday party. Just a guess, but I’d say it had very little in common with my 30th birthday party.
Associated Press photo of Jeter speaking before Friday’s game at Yankee Stadium.
Tim McCarver calls the Yankees “Nazis and Stalinsts”.
http://deadspin.com/5589770/ti.....pagandists
No, really. He really said that. Old fool.
Rosenthal is a joke. He has nothing to write about after the all-star game, he writes a ridiculous story about ARod as he approaches 600 hr’s.
Does the moron get paid for each word typed?
“The Yankees, in theory, could trade Francisco Cervelli this off-season to clear a spot for Double-A catcher Austin Romine, but one club official says the team would prefer to keep its inventory. Cervelli is a frequent trade target of rival clubs — the Tigers wanted him in the Curtis Granderson deal last winter.”
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Will the PFOFs still be friends of Francisco if he is traded in the offseason?
Is Nick around to comment on this matter?
LOL Ken Rosenthal is such a tool
Cervelli would probably be a target for trade talks, but the Yankees didn’t have a backup signed. Jose Molina was done. They didn’t have a replacement for him that was ready to come up.
This winter might be a different story, but if Romine or Montero aren’t brought up when the roster expands it will be unlikely that they deal Cervelli away. If Romine comes up and shows he can handle it, then its a different story.
omg trade Cervelli for someone good.
I think if the RS had been willing to add C Dusty Brown, San Diego would have been willing to trade Gonzales.
• On off day at home made Sunday night the perfect opportunity for CC Sabathia’s birthday party. Just a guess, but I’d say it had very little in common with my 30th birthday party.
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If it makes you feel any better I can’t get my friends to go to Vegas with me for mine because I had the nerve to be born too close to Christmas
My guess is Cervelli will get traded either in ’11 or ’12
# jerkface July 19th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
omg trade Cervelli for someone good.
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Think the Twins would consider a one for one trade: Cervelli for Mauer? lol. It would give the Twins some salary relief!
jerkface with a lower case “j” makes you seem a lot less jerky.
Erica -
Christmas birthdays reportedly stink. Anywhere within the week before or after. You don’t get parties and your presents do double-duty; plus people have a tendency to forget.
(I have a friend whose birthday is the day after Christmas)
Doreen
You still get a party?
Gotta fix that then. Sometimes, you just ignore the shift key
Doreen – GTLU Stuff & Photos July 19th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Erica -
Christmas birthdays reportedly stink. Anywhere within the week before or after. You don’t get parties and your presents do double-duty; plus people have a tendency to forget.
(I have a friend whose birthday is the day after Christmas)
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And in college, it was finals week! LOL (yes, I fall in the week before range)
People DO forget. And sometimes people are just plain rude and inconsiderate.
One year a friend cancelled on me last minute because she just realized “Christmas was coming and she had to wrap presents”. I guess she didn’t get the memo that Christmas was December 25th that year and to plan accordingly.
I also get a lot of complaints that people can’t do things because they don’t have the money because they have to buy presents.
And my birthday party always competes with Christmas parties.
And if by some miracle, I manage to get something together regardless….. it snows
If the price is not too steep, I’d love to see Adam Dunn as our DH. Can you imagine Dunn hitting at Yankee Stadium?
Erica
I sympathize. My B-day is early January and everyone used to be all partied out, broke and dieting from the holidays when my birthday rolled around.
I know someone born on December 24th and her family celebrated her 1/2 birthday on June 24th too so she felt less cheated.
My gf’s brother’s birthday is a week after Christmas.
We always screw him on the second gift. And screw him sometimes on his Christmas gift knowing we have to buy him another gift in a week.
You should start celebrating your 1/2 birthday Erica.
pat July 19th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Erica
I sympathize. My B-day is early January and everyone used to be all partied out, broke and dieting from the holidays when my birthday rolled around.
I know someone born on December 24th and her family celebrated her 1/2 birthday on June 24th too so she felt less cheated.
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Ouch- that hurts too. I would hit people if they told me they couldn’t celebrate with me because they were dieting.
I considered going the half birthday route, but its not the same
“I know someone born on December 24th and her family celebrated her 1/2 birthday on June 24th too so she felt less cheated.”
GMTA
How to kill a baseball blog ……………
No kidding, my birthday is on Christmas day.
If Dustin Pedroia celebrated his half birthday, that would be like a quarter birthday for a regular player.
Wait, what?
“Will the PFOFs still be friends of Francisco if he is traded in the offseason?”
Speaking just for myself, as founder of the PFOFs, I will give a qualified yes. At this point I feel that we will always be friends of Francisco’s, but the nature of relationships does have a way of changing with circumstances.
Chad Jennings July 19th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
No kidding, my birthday is on Christmas day.
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Oh no!
Then I definitely feel your pain.
Capricorns unite!
Frankie Cervelli is going nowhere at least until Jorgie retires. Nobody else is as acquainted with the pitching staff as well as he is.
Yankees would be silly to deal Cervelli now. In theory they have catchers behind him but we don’t know if Montero will stay at catcher and Romine is, at the earliest, still a year away.
Most likely in 2012 we’re looking at Montero at DH, Romine starting behind the plate and Cervelli backing him up.
I thought the subject on this blog was baseball or Muppets.
I guess its good they are going to start requring registration.
BIG AL July 19th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
sab -
You need a new dictionary. STUPIDEST – adjective – meaning: Not sensible or intelligent.
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Big Al – i respectfully challenge your claim – since that is technically the definition for stupid – if there were a definition of stupidest shouldn’t it be “THE MOST non sensible or intelligent”
if stupidest was a word then stupider would also be a word, which its not –
regardless alot of people use it and thats just fine but that doesn’t make it correct. Also for what its worth – the dictionary i believe has LOL as a word and for all intents and purposes its not a word –
anyway i’ve wasted way too much of your time as well as mine – so i’ll end it here. Have a goodnight sir.
From: Subway Squawkers …………………..
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Tim McCarver compares Yankee front office to Communists and Nazis for not sufficiently worshipping Joe Torre
Squawker Jon and I had other plans Saturday, so I missed watching Saturday’s FOX game live. It’s just as well, between A.J. Burnett selfishly hurting himself, and Tim McCarver’s insane comments (captured by Ross at NY Stadium Insider) comparing the Yankee front office to Nazi Germany and the old Soviet Union for not having Joe Torre remembered in Yankee Stadium. McCarver’s rant about Torre not being mentioned in the Stadium isn’t even accurate, by the way – for one thing, Torre’s picture is on the 2000 Yankee championship banner in the field level.
McCarver, who along with Joe Buck insisted in a previous broadcast that Joe Torre was the biggest reason the YES Network was so successful (as if the reason fans turned in to watch those games was to see the manager, and not the players!) gave a one-sided account of Torre’s tenure with the Yankees. The broadcaster accused the front office of “corporate childishness” and said it was “the one thing they have bungled.” He also had this to say about the Yankee front office’s treatment of Torre:
You remember some of those despotic leaders in World War II, primarily in Russia and Germany, where they used to take those pictures that they had … taken of former generals who were no longer alive, they had shot ‘em. They would airbrush the pictures, and airbrushed the generals out of the pictures. In a sense, that’s what the Yankees have done with Joe Torre. They have airbrushed his legacy. I mean, there’s no sign of Joe Torre at the stadium. And, that’s ridiculous. I don’t understand it.
No, what’s ridiculous is that McCarver would make such ignorant, outrageous comments, that simultaneously prop up Joe Torre as a victim and smear the Yankees front office, and that have no basis in fact. To compare Torre to a victim of Nazis and Soviet Communists is both offensive and absurd. These comments were in such incredibly bad taste, I half-expected McCarver to compare Torre’s “The Yankee Years” to “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “The Gulag Archipelago.”
McCarver has a lot in common with Torre, besides both of them having acrimonious ends to their tenure in Yankeeland. Both used to be very good at their jobs, but then they got complacent and arrogant as their fame and fortune grew. And both felt entitled to do whatever they wanted because of who they were, and thought they could just wing it on their names, without any preparation.
Now McCarver thinks that comparing Torre – who became a rich man and a future Hall of Famer thanks to his time as a Yankee – to Nazi and Soviet victims is just peachy. I think McCarver is off his rocker.
Let’s review – Joe left Yankeeland because of the “insult” of getting a one-year, $5 million contract offer with an additional $3 million in incentives. He signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for less money than the Yankees offered him. Then he wrote “The Yankee Years” and trashed George Steinbrenner and the Yankee front office. He moved on, and so did the Yankees. But according to McCarver, the team ought to be obsessing about poor Joe every day. Give me a break.
Yes, Torre got left out of that Yankee Stadium closing tribute, and he should have been mentioned there. But McCarver didn’t even bring that up; instead he focused on stuff that isn’t even true.
How should the Yankees sufficiently honor Torre right now? Retire his number? Give him a plaque in Monument Park? And does McCarver really think that either thing will happen when 1) he’s still an active manager for another team, and 2) he has yet to apologize for biting the hand that fed him for twelve years?
Casey Stengel had three more rings than Joe Torre. He didn’t get his Yankee number retired until 1970, ten years after he was fired, and five years after he retired from the Mets. He didn’t get a plaque in Monument Park until 1976, the year after he died.
If Torre didn’t write “The Yankee Years,” I think the front office would have retired his number after he himself retired from managing. Now, I don’t see that happening any time soon. But that’s Joe’s own fault, not the Yankees.
“Nobody else is as acquainted with the pitching staff as well as he is.”
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Jose Molina. yeah i said it
LGY – Free Dejo! July 19th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Will the PFOFs still be friends of Francisco if he is traded in the offseason?
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1. He better not be
and
2. Yes
Man, the Molina’s must have practiced that snap throw to first from when they were toddlers. All of the Molina’s can do that really well. I miss seeing Jose doing that with the Yanks.
Big AL-
Yahoo had a very similar blog entry. I posted the link early, but here it is again for those who missed it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/bl.....mlb,256793
I happened to hear the comment when he said it and i couldn’t believe he could say anything that stupid
Chad -
We’ll have to remember to wish you a happy merry birthday Christmas, then.
Maine Yankee -
Nah, no more “parties” for me. I’d only have to clean up anyway!
• Apparently TBS is planning a George Steinbrenner tribute by airing 10 Seinfeld episodes that feature his character, as voiced by Larry David.
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Doreen
Kinda takes the fun out of it when you have to bake your own cake.
# Apple byte July 19th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Frankie Cervelli is going nowhere at least until Jorgie retires. Nobody else is as acquainted with the pitching staff as well as he is.
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That doesn’t mean all that much. Cervelli had to learn to work with the pitching staff when he came up last year.
I think the big determining factor will be if one of the ones in the minors can handle it well enough when they are called up, most likely when the rosters expand we will see at least one of them.
I can’t say that I would mind seeing Jose back, even with his poor batting, and somewhat diminished skills behind the plate, I think defensively he is better than Cervelli or Posada. The trouble with Molina was cost AND his being nearly an automatic out.
Erin-
I sent you an e-mail a little while ago
Erica,
Of course as a last ditch effort you could always go to the Dominican Republic and get another birthday.
My gf’s Dad has 2. His Dad got drunk the day he was supposed to go down to the courthouse to register his bday and wrote the wrong month. Strange family
Yankees looking hard at Oswalt
LGY-
I got frustrated a few weeks ago when I realized my Vegas dream wasn’t happened and told my father it was all his fault. LOL
dassit
Toronto saw Molinas real worth.
They have used him as a DH.
If only the Yankees had been smart enough to think of that.
*happening… (oops)
McCarver may be getting senile. No one in their right mind would make such a comparison.
More on the Tim McCarver kerfuffle:
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McCarver Backtracks, but Not Far
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: July 19, 2010
Tim McCarver backtracked Monday from the comparison he made Saturday between the Yankees? treatment of Joe Torre?s legacy as manager to the way World War II despots, ?primarily in Russia and Germany,? airbrushed former generals out of photographs ?after they had shot ?em.?
McCarver made his comments during Fox?s broadcast of the Tampa Bay-Yankees game. It followed the melancholy celebration of Old-Timers? Day. which came shortly after the deaths of George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard.
McCarver, a close friend of Torre?s, said Monday in an interview from Florida that his analogies between the Yankees and the Third Reich and Stalin?s Soviet Union were ?inappropriate.? But he added, ?In my opinion, the underlying point here remains true: Yankees management has erased Joe Torre from their history.?
He said, ?I don?t think the Yankees have embraced the image of Joe Torre.?
McCarver cited the Yankees? failure to mention Torre when the team said goodbye to old Yankee Stadium. On Saturday, he said, ?there?s no sign of Torre? at the new stadium.
There are photographs of Torre on different levels of the stadium. On Friday, a photograph of Torre and Steinbrenner was shown on the main video board at the stadium accompanied by Torre?s words, ?It?s only fitting that he went out as a world champ.?
Jason Zillo, the Yankees? director of media relations, called the Fox truck on Saturday to complain about McCarver?s comments. In a statement issued Monday, Fox Sports said that McCarver ?regrets? using the World War II analogy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07.....imessports
“They have used him as a DH.”
Which is why TOR is currently staring up at everyone save BAL. I like Molina and think he’s a great catcher, but he is a horrible hitter. I would never use him as a DH.
Erica-I just got it!
Is McCarver dating Torre? He seems more upset about the riff between NYY and Torre than Torre does.
Per Pete Abe –
The reality is the Red Sox are 3.5 games out of a playoff spot with 70 left to play. No offense to those who will, but declaring the season over makes little sense. Sure, the Sox are in trouble and need to get their act together. But Oakland and Seattle are lousy teams.
Meanwhile, Andy Pettitte is out 4-6 weeks with a groin tear and A.J. Burnett’s 4.99 ERA has him punching walls. Derek Jeter’s OPS is a few points better than Marco Scutaro’s. The Yankees are a good team, but they’re not as good as they were last year, so do not discount the division.
Jeremy Hermida will be back Thursday. Josh Beckett returns on Friday. Victor Martinez played catch today and figures to get a little better every day. The spring-training lineups will start to disappear soon enough.
You also have to be encouraged by a bullpen that now includes Jonathan Papelbon, Daniel Bard, Manny Delcarmen and Michael Bowden in key roles instead of Hideki Okajima, Ramon Ramirez and that combustible crew.
The team losing games now is not the team that will be on the field next week. And that team will get better the week after that.
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....readerComm
I think the deciding factor in a Cervelli trade is if a team who values Cervelli as a starting catcher offers an asset(s) of comparable value.
In that case, Cervelli should be traded and replaced with a scrap heap backup.
McCarver compares Cashman to Pol Pot, Heinrich Himmler and Lady GaGa!
I don’t follow the NHL at all so I have no idea who this dude is, but Kovalchuk signed a 17 year contract with the Devils.
“jerkface with a lower case “j” makes you seem a lot less jerky”
“Gotta fix that then. Sometimes, you just ignore the shift key”
Why would you have to type in your name Jerky? Besides being a Jerk who else are you? Confess to your sins before registration!
A Festivus Birthday?
It’s like a double miracle.
I remember reading where Charlie Dressen, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid-50s, once said “All ballplayers are dumb.” It’s nice to know that Tim McCarver is keeping that tradition alive.
# SMK July 19th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
A Festivus Birthday?
It’s like a double miracle.
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Nice.
Laura
I didn’t use my sarcasm emoticon.
Why would you have to type in your name Jerky? Besides being a Jerk who else are you? Confess to your sins before registration!
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I was at a time Monkfish Jones, an old timey baseball player with a lot of opinions. Though most of them were there to troll Randy.
If you delete your cookies, you have to type in your info again.
“Sure, the Sox are in trouble and need to get their act together. But Oakland and Seattle are lousy teams.”
Not to question Pete’s methods but wouldn’t it be prudent to save that argument until after you beat Oakland and Seattle?
You call them lousy before and then lose to them, what do you have left to work with?
Ok then, I got scared for a moment. I thought you were going to say you are really mick.
Personally, I liked McCarver’s tale of how AJ probably cut his hand on a pie plate on Friday night better.
The A’s are pretty lousy, sure, but they do have a .500 record.
That means they have a winning record against all non-Yankees teams.
Woo hoo!
I’ll try to do my best GB minor league update.
Thru 4 Mitre has allowed 1 run.
Stonburner has 5 inninings of 1 run ball with 10K’s
Montero 2 for 2 with a double so far.
Corban Joseph 3 for 3 so far.
Got my first look at Cody Ross tonite. I liked what I saw. Did not know he could play CF.
pat
As he was saying that they showed a replay of it. If anyone was going to get cut by a pie tin it was Swisher. AJ had his hand on the towel. Of course McCarver didn’t think of that.
McCarver got a little confused, but that’s because he’s used to cutting his foot as he inserts it into his pie hole.
My birthday is before Christmas. I always have hated it. One gift instead of two, etc., but to make the whole thing worse, I married a man whose birthday is the day before mine…so I not only lost a birthday by marrying him, but it is around Christmas too.
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Tim McCarver is one of the world’s biggest jerks. I even hated him when he broadcasted for the Yanks for a couple of years.
Maine
Since AJ puts the whipped cream right on the towel, there is no pie plate.
That’s part of the problem with national broadcasts. The fans of the teams being shown know more about the team than the announcers do so the announcers sound like fools.
SAS-
I saw you had a convo with Comet the other day about moving out to
AZ.
Is Comet thinking of retiring out your way ?
Is Comet a “Canuck” ? If so, where from ?
Couple of corrections.
Stoneburner only has 8K’s not 10. My error.
Mitre surrendered 3 runs over a little more than 4. 73 pitches.
Wow, this Phillies/STL game is like watching the HR derby!
pat -
The flip side of that is that those who watch those broadcasts who are not fans of the teams don’t get the correct stories.
On Saturday they were led to believe that there is a definite problem between Posada and AJ that the Yankees don’t like to talk about and the little story about erasing Torre from the team history – as if they could!!
McCarver as he gets older is not bothering to let facts get in the way. It’s really a shame; I remember when he first started out broadcasting – he was actually a breath of fresh air, imparted a lot of insight, was not pompous and seemed to enjoy what he was doing.
Tim McCarver is one of the world’s biggest jerks. I even hated him when he broadcasted for the Yanks for a couple of years.
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He still hasn’t gotten over the Yanks letting him go.
MTU,
I am in NY now. We are about 50/50 at this point. Comet is thinking of buying in AZ, but Canadians cannot stay one day into 6 months or they lose their medical insurance. They run not walk back regardless of weather etc. He didn’t say where he is located in Canada.
McCarver as he gets older is not bothering to let facts get in the way. It’s really a shame; I remember when he first started out broadcasting – he was actually a breath of fresh air, imparted a lot of insight, was not pompous and seemed to enjoy what he was doing.
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Imagine if his henchman Buck, were with him for the game.
When he opened with the Posada/AJ thing I couldn’t help but laugh.
What a bitter old man,way past his prime.
SAS-
Thanks. As long as they can get out of the frozen North for winter that’s OK. I wonder if Comet lives in the Western or Eastern part of Canada ? have to ask sometime.
Any last minute impersonators here?
Get your fix now because your days are numbered, suckers!
MTU,
I’ll ask the next time I see him online. He was on during the Registration Announcement.
I was going to use my first name when I registered. but the worm last night put Betsy down so bad that I will keep my initials.
Pat
Thats the point I was making.
If he had watched the replay he would realise there was no plate involved.
Is Jeter gonna win every popular vote except the MVP?Never seen a sports athelete so popular yet never been a MVP or a top ten player of he’s sports.
I love McCarver. And he’s right: Cashman is just like Viet Cong.
mick
You can’t harass SJ44 anymore.
Thats not really mick.
EndlessMikeJr July 19th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Is Jeter gonna win every popular vote except the MVP?Never seen a sports athelete so popular yet never been a MVP or a top ten player of he’s sports.
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Well he’s been in the top 10 quite a few times. He was pretty much robbed in2006 when he came in 2nd. Last year he came in 3rd…
# mick July 19th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
I love McCarver. And he’s right: Cashman is just like Viet Cong.
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Thanks for the memories, we will miss frauds like you starting tomorrow.
# Chip July 19th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Yankees would be silly to deal Cervelli now. In theory they have catchers behind him but we don’t know if Montero will stay at catcher and Romine is, at the earliest, still a year away.
Most likely in 2012 we’re looking at Montero at DH, Romine starting behind the plate and Cervelli backing him up.
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I’m not so sure about that. I hesitate to think the Yanks are to have a rookie starting catcher.
Maybe he gets some playing time in the second half of 2011 but that’s probably a stretch.
You can’t harass SJ44 anymore.
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Only the fake one.
Maine-
Where were you this morning ? On Rocky and Bullwinkle alert ?
I was hoping you would join in with GB and I. I think we gave Kate quite a few laughs. Sorry you missed the fun.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....ute-071610
GREAT article about parallels between the loss of Sheppard/Steinbrenner and a South Dakota Yankee fan
I don’t see what was wrong with what McCarver said. The Yanks have not treated Torre fairly. They didn’t acknowledge him when the old stadium closed, they have nothing in the new stadium to make anyone believe that he exists, they didn’t even show his comments in the George video tribute… they showed Teixeria, who probably hasn’t even met the Boss, instead of Torre.
Face it, they are doing everything they can to ignore him and pretend that he didn’t lead his team to the playoffs eveyr year for 12 years with 4 WS titles and 6 pennants. Considering Joe and McCarver are close, it makes even more sense why he would defend him.
And George didn’t exactly treat McCarver well too. I don’t know why people expect others to be phonies and fall to the alter of George and the Yankees, even if they were not treated well by them. They are just being honest.
Bob Sheppard was worse propagandist than Joseph Goebbels.
Randy Winn is thriving with the Cards… just hit another HR against the Phils
It’s actually kind of sad that Weber wasn’t able to live his dream and he was desperate to get some kind of edge before his window closed.
That said, the genius of Bill Madden wanted this guy on the major league team coming out of ST. The same Bill Madden who thumbs his nose at every legitimate Yankee prospect and fawns over the youngsters in the Red Sox or Rays system.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....pring.html
Brett July 19th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
I don’t see what was wrong with what McCarver said. The Yanks have not treated Torre fairly
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Exactly, there’s nothing wrong in comparing the Yankees to Hitiler and Stalin.
I like Lucky Charms.
MTU
I saw the way you two ganged up on Kate this am. I was not quick enough with the quips to join in. I guess the coffee hadn’t kick in yet.
I’d rather they not trade Cervelli, as he has the attitude to become a true Yankee, and I think a few years will do him very good, then again with Montero waiting in the wings…. I guess as long as they don’t trade Swish, I’m good.
Good bye all! keep up the good work!
If Cervelli has a lot of value they should trade him. His defense has been weak of late and he is not a good offensive player and finally we have 2 guys who can replace him. If there is good value in return you move him
Test.
These are not the imposters you’re looking for.