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14 Responses to “Is this the day?”

1. blake July 9th, 2011 at 9:48 am

   I think so! Hope so!

   Regarding AJ…..if he can pitch like he has this year for the rest of the contract and hold down the #4 spot then the contract looks a lot better over the 5 years. Still an overpay…..but there is a lot of value in just having a guy to make all of his starts.

2. RadioKev July 9th, 2011 at 9:52 am

   How about that brawl last night with Ortiz and Gregg. I was out at a bar here in VT when it was happening. Bunch of Red Sox fans cheering it on.

   I’m trying to remove any bias on this one, but Ortiz really was over the top there. It’s baseball, guys will pitch you inside. It’s not like Gregg was out there to bean him. The fact that they were up 10-3 also didn’t help, Ortiz shouldn’t have took the bait, they were killing the Orioles. He’s pretty pathetic if he wants to get into it with anyone on that team. Grow up.

3. Vineyard Yankee July 9th, 2011 at 9:54 am

   REPOST:

   Yankee Trader July 9th, 2011 at 8:04 am

   Hope the G-Men are laying the ground work to improve their hitting.

4. Yogi Mantle July 9th, 2011 at 9:58 am

   Ortiz doesn’t like it when he gets pitched inside. I think the league should all be doing that from now on. Up and in, even if it puts him on base more often, its not like he is going to steal a base.

   The RS have developed a habit of pitching way inside and quite often hitting batters early in games. This is the tactic that needs to be used against them early and often.

5. 86w183 July 9th, 2011 at 9:59 am

   Also the worst brawl of all time… Fred Sanford came closer to landing punches than Big Poopi did.

   As for AJ I look at him like I look at the Marte trade. You play a significant role in helping win a World Series, you are definitely “worth” the money.

   He was lousy for 4 months last year (June-September) but otherwise has been pretty consistent about giving 6-7 solid innings every five days. Not worth $ 16.5 M, but there we people here predicting he wouldn’t make 100 starts in the five years and he makes # 85 this afternoon.

6. cs in la July 9th, 2011 at 9:59 am

   For some reason, this year, Ortiz has developed this sense of entitlement and over the top ego that I’ve never seen before. He’s watching his home runs, antagonizing fans and like last night, starting brawls. Typical Boston thug now.

7. timmyb72 July 9th, 2011 at 10:03 am

   As Jeter says after a 14-4 record while he was out has morphed into a 1-3 record now that he’s back and making the media go nuts and actually quoting him that it’s ok if he bats 2nd in the lineup – gag me with a spoon, what pompositiy, (he should be batting 9th), and borrowing from a phrase made famous by Tony Fernandez in 1996, his new quote: “If I’m in the lineup, we play today, we lose today”.

8. Vineyard Yankee July 9th, 2011 at 10:11 am

   Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day for a ball game ! !

9. austinmac July 9th, 2011 at 10:15 am

   I would like to hear the Yankees linked to some player who could provide real help to the team. Beltran is, I suppose, too expensive. That is a mistake as he would immediately be a major offensive help. Instead they look at very poor loogies.

10. Rich in NJ July 9th, 2011 at 10:18 am

    I think today’s the day.

11. Rich in NJ July 9th, 2011 at 10:18 am

    Loogys are Cashman’s white whale.

12. MaineYankee July 9th, 2011 at 10:20 am

    Vineyard Yankee July 9th, 2011 at 10:11 am
    Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day for a ball game
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    Some can still see a storm cloud on a perfectly nice day like today.

13. JM July 9th, 2011 at 10:22 am

    cs in la July 9th, 2011 at 9:59 am
    For some reason, this year, Ortiz has developed this sense of entitlement and over the top ego that I?ve never seen before. He?s watching his home runs, antagonizing fans and like last night, starting brawls. Typical Boston thug now.

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    roid rage?

14. Vineyard Yankee July 9th, 2011 at 10:42 am

    MaineYankee July 9th, 2011 at 10:20 am

    Well, that picture looks a whole lot better than it is here. Gray dark and gloomy……..again.