The 2008 New York Yankees Thread

[askewcore]

With football season over and the Knicks in the toilet, it's time for me to turn attention fully to the Yankees, so I figured I'd get this years thread rolling. It will be nice to see what happens by the Yankees going against character and not giving away all our good young players for one superstar. The young pitchers are gonna be the key to this season. Lets hope Big Blue set the sports world back to normal and we can mush Boston's face again this year.

[N.Y. Johnny]

Lets hope Big Blue set the sports world back to normal and we can mush Boston's face again this year.



Amen and lets hope so brother!

It was refreshing to see they didn't sell off the young pitchers and they didn't throw money at Santana. I'm ready for Spring training already!!!

[Stormrider666]

Amen and lets hope so brother!

It was refreshing to see they didn't sell off the young pitchers and they didn't throw money at Santana. I'm ready for Spring training already!!!


Between having the young pitchers and seeing how Joe Girardi is going to manage, I can't wait for the start of the season.

[Steam]

Between having the young pitchers and seeing how Joe Girardi is going to manage, I can't wait for the start of the season.

Same here. I just hope that the Cashman plan works and they keep him around. Love the Cashman.

Can't wait to order the Extra Innings package so I can watch all the Yankee games and not just the fucking Sox.

[mik3]

I'm happy to know that chances are in 2008 if someone isn't playing well, they'll not be playing. It won't take a freak broken wrist.
I also feel there won't be 10-15 times this year where the top setup guy is pitching in a 6+ run game.

[rustytrombone1]

When will Clemens return and will Suzyn Waldman give us another bit of sound clip gold?

[Perch1019]

I still think its going to be weird not seeing Joe Torre on the bench. About the time of the strike in 94 was when I was really starting to understand and appreciate the game. With the exception of the Buck Showalter years, I really have known no real coach other then Joe. The more I think of it, the more i realize that 13 years is a very long time for one person to hold that job.

I also found out from my friend who works in the ticketing dept that season ticket holders are going to get their choice of buying all star tickets for their seat and it wont be a lottery type deal. Im really not interested in going to the game but the HR derby should be a blast.
This is what it says on their site. If anyone knows what "commercially reasonable business efforts" means, please explain

Existing Full Season, A Plan and B Plan Ticket Licensees (2007 season and prior):
MLB and the Yankees will use commercially reasonable business efforts to offer Full Season, A Plan and B Plan Ticket Licensees the opportunity to purchase a license, for Tickets, equal to the quantity of Ticket(s) in said Ticket Licensee's Ticket Account, not necessarily in the same seat locations (subject to availability), for the All-Star events scheduled to be held at the Stadium. All-Star events consist of the following: the DHL All-Star FanFest (to be held at the Jacob K. Javits Center), the Taco Bell All-Star Sunday, (featuring the XM All-Star Futures Game and the Taco Bell Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, the Gatorade Workout Day (featuring the State Farm Home Run Derby) and the 79th MLB All-Star Game.

[Steam]

I'm happy to know that chances are in 2008 if someone isn't playing well, they'll not be playing. It won't take a freak broken wrist.
I also feel there won't be 10-15 times this year where the top setup guy is pitching in a 6+ run game.

I take it that you forgot to send Torre a Valentine's Day card?

[Steam]

I still think its going to be weird not seeing Joe Torre on the bench. About the time of the strike in 94 was when I was really starting to understand and appreciate the game. With the exception of the Buck Showalter years, I really have known no real coach other then Joe. The more I think of it, the more i realize that 13 years is a very long time for one person to hold that job.

I also found out from my friend who works in the ticketing dept that season ticket holders are going to get their choice of buying all star tickets for their seat and it wont be a lottery type deal. Im really not interested in going to the game but the HR derby should be a blast.

So, you missed out on the Dallas Green/Bucky Dent/Stump Merrill years? Consider yourself lucky. The Martin/Berra/Martin/Pinella/Martin years were at least entertaining and somewhat competitive.

[BaLZaC~308]

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[Steam]

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You better get in now and say your piece, you don't want to be called a non-fan when the Yankees win the Series.

Be dialin' people!

[Dopie Opie]

In ......

I read the article in the Daily News today about Jeter. Been working with Jorge and Shelley Duncan. He normally starts the year around 210 lbs and is coming in right now at 197. Says he is adjusting for age, leaner and faster.

It should be fun to see how this all shakes out. We have a real manager and, I don't want to bash Guidry, but looks like Eiland really knows what is going on with these kids.

I am looking forward to this year more than the last 4-5 to be honest.

[mik3]

I got in during the Dallas Green/Bucky Dent era, that was fun. I'm pretty excited about this year. I'm also really excited about what the bench will be. They might be stuck with Duncan though, because of his ability to play RF. Though Nick Green did play some OF in the minors and can play pretty much the entire infield.

Unless Duncan kills it in the spring I'd like them to carry Ensberg to randomly spell guys at 1b/DH against lefties.

[Perch1019]

I got in during the Dallas Green/Bucky Dent era, that was fun. I'm pretty excited about this year.


I was a yankee fan befor 94 but I really didnt fully understand the game then. It was around 94 when I started to understand the importance of pitching, managing, etc.

Im very excited for this season but I find I say that every year. With the Rangers bordering on mediocrity and the Knicks just a total embarassment, I need something to root for. The pitching is one of the most exciting things to come from this team in years. I really like that it could be total domination or a complete mess. Joba should stay in the pen but with what they gave Mo, he really has nowhere to go if he doesnt start.

[Steam]

Joba should stay in the pen but with what they gave Mo, he really has nowhere to go if he doesnt start.

Joba should start the year in the pen if they are generally concerned with keeping tabs on his innings, but his long-term future is as a starter. He's too fucking good to be limited to set-up guy. They'll be fine in the bullpen if some of the young guys develop and they get a modicum of production out of Farnsworth.

[mik3]

Joba pitched about 105 innings last year. So he should probably do another 25-30 in the pen to start the year then another 100 as a starter. Pull any of the three kids out of games with 4 or more run leads after the fifth.

[rustytrombone1]

So, you missed out on the Dallas Green/Bucky Dent/Stump Merrill years? Consider yourself lucky. The Martin/Berra/Martin/Pinella/Martin years were at least entertaining and somewhat competitive.

What about the Bob Lemon/Billy Martin/Dick Howser/Billy Martin you're fired, you can't fire me I quit years?

[Dopie Opie]

What about the Bob Lemon/Billy Martin/Dick Howser/Billy Martin you're fired, you can't fire me I quit years?

You forgot Lou Pinella, Clyde King and Gene Michael. What a mess growing up a Yankee fan in the 70's....

[thetick130]

hey norton23, im a fan.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

love this picture

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/images/fan_forum/wallpaper/800x600_yankee_stadium.jpg
hey norton23, im a fan.

:haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7: :haha7:

[CM Mark]

Enjoy being the #2 team in New York this year guys. :action-sm

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Giants #1, Yankees #2....Rangers #3, Islanders #4, Mets #5, Jets #6, Knicks #7

[mik3]

Enjoy being the #2 team in New York this year guys. :action-sm
Wasn't this the same BS that was spouted off for the better part of last year also?

We all know how that turned out.

[CM Mark]

Giants #1, Yankees #2....Rangers #3, Islanders #4, Mets #5, Jets #6, Knicks #7

Wasn't this the same BS that was spouted off for the better part of last year also?

We all know how that turned out.

I'm just getting in now so that at the end of the season norton23 thinks I'm a fan when I jump on the bandwagon.

[mik3]

hahahaha

touché

[mik3]

So Joba's going to the pen to start the year. Going to the minors some time in June to be stretched out. Then make about 15 starts for the big club.

[Perch1019]

So Joba's going to the pen to start the year. Going to the minors some time in June to be stretched out. Then make about 15 starts for the big club.

Has this been confirmed by the Yankees? Anything you read in the NY Post that has the EXCLUSIVE stamp on it needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

[TheTruth]

Has this been confirmed by the Yankees? Anything you read in the NY Post that has the EXCLUSIVE stamp on it needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

Anything said in the begining of February also has to be taken with a grain of salt

[Jimmy's Dignity]

true...but ESPN is reporting it too (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3242295)

[askewcore]

true...but ESPN is reporting it too (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3242295)

But using the Post as their source. I never believe anything in the Post until I can verify it independently.


The New York Post reported Tuesday that New York Yankees phenom Joba Chamberlain will begin the season as Mariano Rivera's setup man, then be sent down to the minors in June to stretch out his arm so he can be part of New York's rotation for the second half.

A couple days ago the Yankees said they were gonna have him prep to start, with the thinking being its easier to go from starting to the pen then vice versa.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080208&content_id=2368804&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

[mik3]

Going from starting to the pen is retarded though, and I didn't believe it when they brought it up.

Meanwhile there's two really good cases in the last five years of guys going from the pen to starting.

[mik3]

New SI Yanks logos

http://www.siyanks.com/news/index.html?article_id=359

[ginaf20697]

Damn those are fug.

[mik3]

I like it more than the super generic old SI Yanks logo. That Sunday sleeve patch is real cool.

[Steam]

Just saw that Phil's jersey number is now officially 34. Will be ordering the jersey shortly. My first authentic baseball jersey splurge but I think it'll be worth it.

[fkornre]

Amen and lets hope so brother!

It was refreshing to see they didn't sell off the young pitchers and they didn't throw money at Santana. I'm ready for Spring training already!!!

i couldnt agree more...:clap::clap:

i have a great feeling about this season...

[mik3]

Just saw that Phil's jersey number is now officially 34. Will be ordering the jersey shortly. My first authentic baseball jersey splurge but I think it'll be worth it.
Guy I play hockey with owns a 65 jersey, it's so useless. It's more or less a September call up number.

I kinda think Joba won't stick with 62 so that's why I'm not taking that plunge. He needs his number to add up to 8 so I'm expecting him to snatch 35 when Mussina's done after 08.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

yikes...those SI logos blow. But...they're not the minors for no reason

[Steam]

Guy I play hockey with owns a 65 jersey, it's so useless. It's more or less a September call up number.

I kinda think Joba won't stick with 62 so that's why I'm not taking that plunge. He needs his number to add up to 8 so I'm expecting him to snatch 35 when Mussina's done after 08.

For a while it seemed like he was going to stick with it. Its what he's been saying for months now but then he just dropped the bomb that he was changing it. Fucking mlb.com still has Henn as 34 so I don't know if I order that if they will switch it to Henn's number or not and just give me 34. Fuckers.

My mom was going to buy me a Joba for Christmas but I told her to wait since I'm not sure he will stick with that one either.

[mik3]

I think they're trying for simple logos all through the organziation. Tampa, Trenton, Scranton, SI. Wouldn't be surprised if they calmed Charleston's logo down also.

[FullBallz]

I am very excited about this season. I'm glad that they didn't mortgage the future for Santana. If he gets hurt while Hughes wins 17 games I will be VERY happy. There's no reason that they shouldn't make the playoffs, barring injury of course. With what the Post said...it's the Post. I don't believe a thing that that they or that ass-hat Joel Sherman has to say. I say just put Joba in the 5th spot and you'll see his innings be kept at a minimum. There's so much talk about him, just let him start already jeez.

If you guys aren't aware, be sure to check out Peter Abraham's blog. Great writer. He's got links to other blogs by reports and fans as well as our own Phil Hughes. The link is: http://yankees.lhblogs.com

I also found out from my friend who works in the ticketing dept that season ticket holders are going to get their choice of buying all star tickets for their seat and it wont be a lottery type deal. Im really not interested in going to the game but the HR derby should be a blast.
This is what it says on their site. If anyone knows what "commercially reasonable business efforts" means, please explain

That's outstanding. I have the A plan in the RF bleachers so I'm in prime real estate for the HR derby. I'm really happy I'll be able to sit in my seat. I just hope the price isn't super crazy. I know it'll be a lot but hopefully not $500 for the whole week's happenings. What they mean by that commercially reasonable stuff is that it's pretty much "If we move you because we have to put press in your seats, tough shit, this is what you signed up for." They are just covering their ass in case something happens.

[mik3]

Abraham is great, when he doesn't use interject his opinion. When he's just reporting what he sees then his blog is great.

[Perch1019]

That's outstanding. I have the A plan in the RF bleachers so I'm in prime real estate for the HR derby. I'm really happy I'll be able to sit in my seat. I just hope the price isn't super crazy. I know it'll be a lot but hopefully not $500 for the whole week's happenings. What they mean by that commercially reasonable stuff is that it's pretty much "If we move you because we have to put press in your seats, tough shit, this is what you signed up for." They are just covering their ass in case something happens.

He told me that if its your 1st season getting tickets, your going to go into a lottery if you have A & B plans. If you have either one of those with more then a year, your allowed to buy the amount of tickets in your account but might not get your own for the game.

[Perch1019]

The more I look at this place, the more excited I get. Sucks we have to wait a whole nother year for it.
The one downside is how you can tell how much smaller the seating areas are compared to the current one. The upper deck is noticeable but not that bad. The lower level just looks weird with only the one section.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/ysnew.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/taylam75/nyff1090207171024x768zq0.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/taylam75/2248286112_bd3185615a_o.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/taylam75/2247491411_24513d0b87_o.jpg

[mik3]

I enjoy that the Yankees will continue the have the best talent and stadium in the city going into the rest of this century.

[jimmyjimjimz]

The more I look at this place, the more excited I get. Sucks we have to wait a whole nother year for it.
The one downside is how you can tell how much smaller the seating areas are compared to the current one. The upper deck is noticeable but not that bad. The lower level just looks weird with only the one section.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/ysnew.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/taylam75/nyff1090207171024x768zq0.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/taylam75/2248286112_bd3185615a_o.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/taylam75/2247491411_24513d0b87_o.jpg

Theyre supposed to add a level onto the lower level. That's supposed to be the field box level. Here's a pic of the most recent model of the new stadium that I can find:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/jimmyjimjimz/YS_Model08_1.jpg

[ginaf20697]

Weird not being able to see the courthouse.

[mik3]

Look who showed up in shape.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080220/i/r417936455.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080220/i/r3062453478.jpg

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080220/capt.928ba67e4b3c4fffa604703a128a243d.yankees_spri ng_baseball_fljj113.jpg

we all know Jorge and Andy are talking shit about ARod over his head, since they all hate him.

[mik3]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080219/i/r2492591280.jpg

Holy shit, that's Bruney with Pettitte.

[RobeSoup&Tears]

Cool pic JD...I actually like the seats just to the left of that. (between Home and 3rd).

This season should be interesting and sad with the whole Stadium thing...I've gone there since the mid 70's

<<< MUST GET LAST HOME GAME TICKETS.

[Perch1019]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080220/capt.928ba67e4b3c4fffa604703a128a243d.yankees_spri ng_baseball_fljj113.jpg

we all know Jorge and Andy are talking shit about ARod over his head, since they all hate him.

That really made me laugh. Bravo.
Girardi called Giambino at home when he got the job and told her he needed to be in shape for the season. He worked out 6 days of the week with some former Worlds Strongman guy.



<<< MUST GET LAST HOME GAME TICKETS.

S O L D O U T. I checked my season ticket account today and it said that all tickets to the final reg season game are already sold out. I was under the impression that I would have a chance to get 2 more but I never even had the chance. I do have an extra one but will probably sell that to help pay for the tickets this season. Its not the most fan friendly thing to do but for what the yanks are charging me for my tickets, i really have no choice.

[jimmyjimjimz]

when do single game tickets go on sale? I'm unemployed right now, so obviously I can't get season tickets, and even if I did still work @ Home Depot, I doubt I'd make enough to get season tix. I've been trying to talk my dad into getting them, but he's in the air conditioning business, so he's usually busy in the summer, so he can't really go to a lot of games, and he doesnt really have it in him anymore to go to baseball games. He still goes, but he can't go as much as we used to go.

I'd like to go to the last game of the season, but I highly doubt I'll be able to, obviously cause I'd have to buy tix from a scalper, and I'd probably have to pay way more than I have. As long as I get to go to 1 game this year, I'll be happy. I don't care what day it is, wether it's a day game or night game, or who it's against. I just wanna go to 1 game this year.

[Perch1019]

This article is exactly why the NY sports media sucks a big fat cock. Arod makes a joke and they jump all over it like he wanted Andy Pettite, whos 35, to marry his daughter whos 3. Give the guy a fucking break.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/02/21/2008-02-21_strange_love_arod_would_love_to_have_and.html

How much does Alex Rodriguez love Andy Pettitte?

Enough that he wishes his daughter could marry him.

Never mind that A-Rod's little one is all of 3 years old and that Pettitte is 35, married and the father of four children.

"If I had a daughter, I would want her to marry Andy Pettitte," Rodriguez told reporters. "That's the biggest compliment I could give.

"The age difference might be a little awkward, but in today's day and age anything is possible," he said to laughter.

Rodriguez's wife, Cynthia, gave birth to their first daughter in 2004. Their second child, another girl, is due this spring.

He made the joke - at least we hope he's joking - in his first remarks after arriving in Tampa for spring training in his fifth season with the Bombers.

The subject inevitably turned to steroids and Pettitte, who made a liar out of ex-teammate Roger Clemens by telling Congress that Clemens had talked to him about taking human growth hormone.

On Monday, Pettitte apologized to the team and fans for taking HGH.

With Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera looking on in support, Pettitte blamed his "stupidity" and "desperation" for taking HGH in 2002 with the Yankees and in 2004 while with the Houston Astros.

Rodriguez had nothing but praise for Pettitte.

"I thought he handled himself very well and I thought he was very honest. Andy is one of the greatest human beings I've ever met," Rodriguez said, before practically promising his daughters' hand in marriage.

Pettitte's response was short and sweet: "I already have a wife." Still, he said he appreciated A-Rod's support.

"I've gotten to know Alex last year and we've built a great relationship. I try to build relationships with the guys I compete with," Pettitte said.

"I love Alex and I appreciate that he would say that about me."

[jimmyjimjimz]

stubhub.com has the last regular season home game ever @ The Stadium going for $17,551 per ticket. Anyone interested?

that's probably where I'm gonna have to get my tickets this year. I know I'm most likely not gonna get to go to the last game, but I'd like to go to the game the day before, as long as I can find a reasonable price.

[mik3]

Dear god,

Please let Bartolo Colon make 15 or more starts for the Red Sox this year.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

when do single game tickets go on sale? I'm unemployed right now, so obviously I can't get season tickets, and even if I did still work @ Home Depot, I doubt I'd make enough to get season tix. I've been trying to talk my dad into getting them, but he's in the air conditioning business, so he's usually busy in the summer, so he can't really go to a lot of games, and he doesnt really have it in him anymore to go to baseball games. He still goes, but he can't go as much as we used to go.

I'd like to go to the last game of the season, but I highly doubt I'll be able to, obviously cause I'd have to buy tix from a scalper, and I'd probably have to pay way more than I have. As long as I get to go to 1 game this year, I'll be happy. I don't care what day it is, wether it's a day game or night game, or who it's against. I just wanna go to 1 game this year.


Single game tickets go on sale this Friday morning.

[askewcore]

Dear god,

Please let Bartolo Colon make 15 or more starts for the Red Sox this year.

I thought the same thing. And I hope 8 of them are against the Yankees.

[RobeSoup&Tears]

Does anyone know the Pre-Sale Password for the Single Season Tickets?
(assuming it's the same for all.)

Thanks in advance.

[askewcore]

Does anyone know the Pre-Sale Password for the Single Season Tickets?
(assuming it's the same for all.)

Thanks in advance.

try this site, they have alot of inside info (http://meatspin.com)

[jimmyjimjimz]

try this site, they have alot of inside info (http://meatspin.com)

you douche.

why does everyone have to do that? lol

[askewcore]

why does everyone have to do that? lol

We are all scum.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

w00t!!! Just got 2 tickets to Yanks vs. Red Sox on August 27th

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Fuckin hour and a half to get 4 upper deck tickets vs the Royals! :arrrh:

[Perch1019]

I got the 61 game package this season and am finally realizing how many games that is. Im probably going to use about 10-15 of them and then give another 20 or so to clients and shit. If anyone wants some, send me a PM and id sell them for what I pay which is around 40 a seat.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I got the 61 game package this season and am finally realizing how many games that is. Im probably going to use about 10-15 of them and then give another 20 or so to clients and shit. If anyone wants some, send me a PM and id sell them for what I pay which is around 40 a seat.

definitely will do. How many seats do you have?

[Perch1019]

I got 3. Its in the first section of the upper. 652, row D. Im not looking to make money off them so whatever I paid, thats what Id charge for em

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Bobby Murcer's brain cancer could be back (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txyankeesmurcer&prov=st&type=lgns)

:( :( :( :(

[Steam]

Bobby Murcer's brain cancer could be back (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txyankeesmurcer&prov=st&type=lgns)

:( :( :( :(

Ouch. Hopefully it works out for him.

[mik3]

Igawa gave up the only runs/one of the two hits in the game today against USF.

[Steam]

Any word if they are wearing both patches the entire year? I'm going to order a Hughes jersey (once mlb.com updates his number) and want to get it as accurate as possible.

[Stormrider666]

I was just listening to Mike and Mad Dog and they had Sweetie Murty on. Couple of things brought up:

Girardi wants to get Damon, about 600 abs. So that makes him the everyday LF.

Leading to Matsui and Giambi to fight over the DH spot.

Latroy Hawkins and Kyle Farnsworth are being looked at for the set-up guys. I know I just got worried typing that out.

[mik3]

Giambi's the first baseman till he breaks down.

Joba's the set up guy if he starts in the pen, and by the time he goes down to stretch out I full expect one out of Whelan/Sanchez/Melancon be up with the team and pitching well.

[ginaf20697]

Bobby Murcer's brain cancer could be back (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txyankeesmurcer&prov=st&type=lgns)

:( :( :( :(

Shit and I left him off my deathpool this year :(

[mik3]

First actual spring training game today, 5-1 Yankees, 5rbi by Duncan through 3.

[RobeSoup&Tears]

Bobby Murcer's brain cancer could be back (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=txyankeesmurcer&prov=st&type=lgns)

:( :( :( :(

Bobby is one of the Classiest Yankees ever.

Get better Sir. :(

[askewcore]

First actual spring training game today, 5-1 Yankees, 5rbi by Duncan through 3.

1st TV game is tomorrow right?

[mik3]

Yeah, tomorrow on YES, Mutts are playing today(maybe right now even) on 11.

[mik3]

How do we know baseball's back? ARod hit a HR and Jon Lester walked four in an inning today.

[mik3]

Giambi looks amazing live. Someone wants a new contract.

There aren't any guys looking obviously out of shape like last year.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

no way in hell does he get $20+ million again

nice double though...Abreu hustling from 1st all the way to score. Nice to see them busting ass in Spring Training

[Max Johnson]

Giambi's looking to hit to LCF. Finally. I've been saying this since he got here. He should have been doing this from the get go like he did (very successfully) in Oaktown.

Phills throwing two lefties against the Yanks. It's not working today but the Yanks (like the Mets) are still stacked with lefties.

[Perch1019]

Im hoping that preseason HD means that every game this season will be like this.

[Stormrider666]

Giambi looks amazing live. Someone wants a new contract.

There aren't any guys looking obviously out of shape like last year.

This one statement is probably why it was time for Torre to move on. Donnie Baseball is on record saying, that for the past couple of years, he felt team wasn't ready when it left camp.

[mik3]

Just a little thing, numerous dodgers players showed up out of shape, Andruw reported at about 250lbs.

[Perch1019]

Just a little thing, numerous dodgers players showed up out of shape, Andruw reported at about 250lbs.

in joes defense he just took over this season. Ill agree his coaching style became very laxed after a couple winning seasons but you cant put that on his head for the Dodgers yet.
They over paid for Jones anyways. Couple of seasons ago you give him 18 mil per season. Not in 2008.

Im so excited for Giambi this season. The last couple of seasons, hes been an Allen Houston like albatross for them but I got a feeling hes going to make up for it with a huge year. Hes in shape and hitting the ball well again.

[mik3]

Players around the league know what managers they can work less for, Torre obviously is one of them.

[askewcore]

Im so excited for Giambi this season. The last couple of seasons, hes been an Allen Houston like albatross for them but I got a feeling hes going to make up for it with a huge year. Hes in shape and hitting the ball well again.

Great comparison. He looks like he is in incredible shape. Probably the best I ever seen him when he wasnt on the juice out in Oakland. If he can play like 140 games at first and play solid, and Damon plays consistent LF it gives us a really solid defensive everyday outfield.

[Perch1019]

Yes its only his first start but Moose got fucking rocked today. 6 Hits, 5 runs, 4 earned in 2 innings.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

http://eben.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/slate_meh_small.jpg

I'm far from surprised...Mike shoulda hung em up after last year's piece of shit season

[tysonpunchinguterus]

Well, the good news is that he'll probably finish the season in long relief to let whichever guy out of Joba or Kennedy doesn't start the year in the rotation--assuming Moose even starts the year in the rotation at all, which I think he probably will just to keep the young guys from getting too many innings.


I'm far from surprised...Mike shoulda hung em up after last year's piece of shit season

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Moose in the starting line-up = immediate experience for LONG relief...love what Mikey did for us, but 4 and a 3rd during the regular season isn't acceptable for a starter :yuck2:

yes I know it hasn't happened yet, but I guarantee it will, if not shorter, if he's a starter

[Perch1019]

The only plus for having Moose on the team right now is that hes been a big mentor to the 3 youngins.
Other then that, I dont think hes going to be of much use this season.

[mik3]

It's one spring start, he's ALWAYS been horrible in the spring. And he supposedly didn't look bad at all, he just couldn't put people away. And, he threw 150 innings last year after missing a whole month, it's not like he's Roger Clemens. He'll get 180+ innings at probably a 4.50, it's not terrible for a 5. Though it wouldn't shock me if he did better, his velocity is supposedly there already.

[Perch1019]

My friend who works for the Yankees just sent this out. I dont have a link to a story but its the press release from their media relations:

MARCH 5, 2008



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



STATEMENT FROM BOBBY MURCER

RE: FORMER YANKEE AND CURRENT YES NETWORK BROADCASTER



“We received great news this morning. The biopsy revealed scar tissue. It showed no signs of cancer. We are very excited about this news. It’s what we had hoped for all along. We are checking out today (from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston) and are flying back to Oklahoma. I plan on resting at home over the next few weeks and focusing my energy on returning to the Stadium for its final Opening Day. My family and I thank everyone for their prayers, e-mails, cards and thoughts.”

[Stormrider666]

My friend who works for the Yankees just sent this out. I dont have a link to a story but its the press release from their media relations:

That's good to hear. I enjoy hearing Murcer doing the Yankees games.

[Mother Shucker]

Good for Murcer.

[tysonpunchinguterus]

I'm glad Murcer got good news. He's always seemed like one of the nicest people in sports.

[mik3]

I know this will come as a complete shock to everyone but Vizcaino is experiencing serious elbow problems in Rockies camp.

[askewcore]

I know this will come as a complete shock to everyone but Vizcaino is experiencing serious elbow problems in Rockies camp.

They should just call that Joe Torre syndrome. How many arms did that fucker burn out by throwing the same guys everyday? It was really like at least one a season.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

They should just call that Joe Torre syndrome. How many arms did that fucker burn out by throwing the same guys everyday? It was really like at least one a season.

Why do you think there was a new go-to guy every year? Quantrill, Proctor, Vizcaino. Looks like Farnsworth is the smart one for sucking. If he did good, he'd have thrown 120 innings last year too.

Poor Scott Proctor. Torre followed him to LA.

[mik3]

Moose looked great today, put away those guys he couldn't with 2 strikes the other day. 5k in 2 2/3

[Jimmy's Dignity]

sooooo....Farnsworth's back-page headline was nothing but truth, eh?

[Dopie Opie]

I guess we all know why Joba came with his own rules last year......so Torre could not fuck him up too.

[Steam]

I guess we all know why Joba came with his own rules last year......so Torre could not fuck him up too.

I thought that was common knowledge last year.

[mik3]

Phil Hughes > the world

[FullBallz]

<fingers crossed> Please stay healthy. Please stay healthy. Please stay healthy <fingers crossed>

[Jimmy's Dignity]

sweet, he went 9 straight, then walked 2. 1 strikeout, no hits...

so glad we didn't ship him away for Johan

[Steam]

sweet, he went 9 straight, then walked 2. 1 strikeout, no hits...

so glad we didn't ship him away for Johan

x2

I don't know where he will rank when all is said and done but I love having young players to root for again rather than the nonstop parade of unlikeable mercenaries.

I need to order that Hughes jersey too.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

I'm far from surprised...Mike shoulda hung em up after last year's piece of shit season

Yeah, and not collect $12 million?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Yeah, and not collect $12 million?

actually...he makes $19 million :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

[LilJimmyRbinson]

actually...he makes $19 million :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:


I thought they signed him for 2/$24 after 2006?

[mik3]

Mussina makes just under 11mil this year.

[mik3]

Combined shutout.

Joba 2.1 2h 0r 0bb 1k
Traber(W) .2 1h 0r 0bb 1k
Rivera 1ip 0h 0r 0bb 1k
Kennedy 4ip 2h 0r 1bb 2k
Hawkins 1ip 1h 0r 0bb 0k

Joba picked Jay Bruce off.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Mussina makes just under 11mil this year.

really? Someone should tell ESPN so they can adjust their payroll numbers...


........oh wait, it's the Yankees

[FullBallz]

I am really liking how this pitching staff is coming together. Especially the kids. Granted, it's not against top flight guys yet and it's not August but still it's something to get excited about.

[TheTruth]

Farnsworth is lucky he wasn't taken out in back of the stadium and shot last year, he is fucking terrible and needs to keep his mouth shut.

[mik3]

Farnsworth is lucky he wasn't taken out in back of the stadium and shot last year, he is fucking terrible and needs to keep his mouth shut.
He's the exact type of pitcher that you need a competent manager with though, he didn't have one, he said something about it.

I'm so hyped at how much better this team will be run, especially with the pitching. The pitching coach didn't get his job 'cause he was someone's friend and the manager seems to actually care who's the best available, not who he's pre-slotted into an inning.

[bill333]

It'll be interesting to see how this year goes, fellas - new coach, young guns. I only wish it were the new stadium already to really get a fresh start. Gonna be weird to say goodbye to the old one but since it's basically the same, maybe the ghosts will follow. It'd be cool to get a bunch of 'Baggers together for a game. The Bleacher Creatures can have their section, we'd have "The Douchebag Section"

Here's to pounding the Red Sox :drunk:

[askewcore]

The pitching coach didn't get his job 'cause he was someone's friend

But...But...he is not an old Yankee. I think Andy Hawkins should get the pitching coach job and Alvaro Espinoza should be the third base coach.

[TheTruth]

He's the exact type of pitcher that you need a competent manager with though, he didn't have one, he said something about it.



Yeah he is a shitty inconsistent pitcher, who from his remarks needs someone on his ass to get him pitch well. Give me a break he is a fucking professional, if says he is doing poorly because of the manager maybe this isn’t the job for him.

[GarlicButterSau]

Sorry to be late to the party fellas,

Just watched the outing against the Blue Jays yesterday. Not bad. I'm real excited about all that young pitching. Hughes, Kennedy, and Joba could be a difficult rotation to face. Especially if Kennedy gets all of his pitches working the way he did for part of last year.

Bullpen still concerns me... Sorry to be that guy but someone fill me in on what Farnsworth said. (btw - I think he's a tool)

I'm all for a Pest outing to a game this season. Any dates in mind?

[TheTruth]

Sorry to be late to the party fellas,

Just watched the outing against the Blue Jays yesterday. Not bad. I'm real excited about all that young pitching. Hughes, Kennedy, and Joba could be a difficult rotation to face. Especially if Kennedy gets all of his pitches working the way he did for part of last year.

Bullpen still concerns me... Sorry to be that guy but someone fill me in on what Farnsworth said. (btw - I think he's a tool)

I'm all for a Pest outing to a game this season. Any dates in mind?

SARASOTA, Fla. - Perhaps no Yankee is happier than Kyle Farnsworth about the switch from Joe Torre to Joe Girardi. And not just because he doesn't have to listen to Torre call him "Farnsie" anymore.

Farnsworth said yesterday that he thought Torre lost confidence in him in 2007.

"Oh, yeah, for sure," Farnsworth said before throwing a scoreless inning (one walk, one strikeout) in the Yankees' 12-8 exhibition loss to the Reds.

"I always have confidence in myself, definitely," he said. "But it's tough when you do lose the confidence from your manager to maybe prepare yourself day in and day out when you have no clue about anything."

Farnsworth criticized the way the Yankees handled him last season, saying no one asked him if he could pitch on consecutive days or in the middle of an inning, two things Torre was reluctant to have him do. The Yankees decided unilaterally on "The Farnsworth Rules," according to the reliever.

"I know that's been going on in the past, especially last year," he said. "They decided not to use me back-to-back days. They never came up to me and asked me. I don't know why that came about."

Well, it came about for a few reasons. Farnsworth, though ineffective for most of the season, did much better the more rest he got in 2007 (2.70 ERA on two days' rest, 5.47 with one, 7.11 with none). His balky back would lock up without notice and make him unavailable, and Joba Chamberlain emerged in September to make Farnsworth basically unnecessary.

So the Yankees' key eighth-inning reliever in 2006 became a highly paid middle man. He was 2-1 with a 4.80 ERA in 2007. His strikeouts dropped from 10.8 per nine innings in 2006 to 7.2.

Farnsworth is in the final year of a three-year, $17-million free-agent contract, but the Yankees have decided not to try to move him. General manager Brian Cashman is on record as saying he's glad he didn't deal Farnsworth at last season's trade deadline.

The Yankees are putting their money on the hope that Girardi, Farnsworth's former catcher with the Cubs, and new pitching coach Dave Eiland can find the consistency that has eluded the hard thrower in his two years as a Yankee. That lack of consistent results is why he's one of the least popular Yankees in recent memory.

"I really don't care if anyone holds anything against me for [the last] two years," he said. "Change is good. As far as I'm concerned, every year is a new year. It's good to have Joe here because we played together. We had a relationship before. The first thing he said is everybody here has a clean slate, starts fresh with him."

Girardi has tried to get into Farnsworth's head, as he did in 2000, the pitcher's second season. "I was a young kid coming up and he looked out for me, took me under his wing," Farnsworth said. "Taught me how to pitch a little bit. Just told me I had good stuff, to just trust it and throw it and quit trying to be so fine. Trust yourself, trust your catcher and just throw the ball."

Eiland has used the technological approach, showing Farnsworth video and suggesting he change the way he breaks his hands.

"Trying to get them out earlier," Farnsworth said. "Give my arm a chance to catch up with the rest of my body instead of having it lag behind. My arm was dragging. I can definitely see a difference."

Said Girardi: "I still think he's got a lot in him. And I'm not just talking about this year. I think he can be extremely successful. I think he can play a huge part in our bullpen this year."

[mik3]

There's men,
There's real men,
Then there's Shelley Duncan.

[bill333]

Well, Farnsworth has no excuse this season - he better put up after running his mouth.




Sorry to be so brazen but to Farnsworth, I say, "Let's see what you got, Bucko!"

man, I hope I don't get good scolding for that language

[Stormrider666]

I understand the whole thing about Torre mishandling pitchers, but Farnsworth really shouldn't be running his mouth. You know how many times I almost threw my remote contoller at TV, when he was on the mound. Oh yeah, Shelly Duncan rules.

[Perch1019]

There's men,
There's real men,
Then there's Shelley Duncan.

This isnt the Joe Torre Yankees anymore. I was so sick of seeing teams just bitch the Yankees around the last couple of seasons with NO repercussions.

I cant wait until Boston throws at Jeter this season and Phil reaches back and takes fucking Pedroias head off with heat. Lets see that fat ape just lean over the plate like its his.

[Max Johnson]

This isnt the Joe Torre Yankees anymore. I was so sick of seeing teams just bitch the Yankees around the last couple of seasons with NO repercussions.

I cant wait until Boston throws at Jeter this season and Phil reaches back and takes fucking Pedroias head off with heat. Lets see that fat ape just lean over the plate like its his.

Goddamn right. Shelly Duncan is the logical successor to the Graeme Lloyd enforcer role that the Yanks have left unfilled for years with nothing but corporate emotionless robotic wusses.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

There's men,
There's real men,
Then there's Shelley Duncan.

Aint that the truth...nice lil brawl courtesy of Mr. Duncan (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3289751)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4859/mlbaduncanslide400ud3.jpg

[mik3]

Shelley's foot is about as big as my thigh.

And yeah, Matsuzaka made it a habit of hitting ARod last year, I don't see that happening again.

[tysonpunchinguterus]

Actually, Eiland is an old Yankee. Forgettable, sure, but an old Yankee nonetheless.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/4239/

But...But...he is not an old Yankee. I think Andy Hawkins should get the pitching coach job and Alvaro Espinoza should be the third base coach.

[Steam]

I have Iwamura on my fantasy team but Duncan doing that was fucking awesome. Have to love crazy Shelley Duncan.

[FullBallz]

Shelley Duncan > Chuck Norris

I am so happy to finally see some fire in this fucking team. I actually WANT to root for this team. It changed for me since the middle of last year. And yeah Farnsworth has no right to open his mouth however if he is lights out this year he might have a point.

[ginaf20697]

All I ask is that they don't sleep until June like they've been doing lately.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

All I ask is that they don't sleep until June like they've been doing lately.

Won't that be nice?

[askewcore]

Hey! Billy Crystal is batting leadoff! Isnt this great?


fucking disgrace. I hope that dumb old jew takes his stupid spring training jersey and climbs into a giant oven.

Happy 60th birthday you washed up old jizzbag.

[TheTruth]

Hey! Billy Crystal is batting leadoff! Isnt this great?


fucking disgrace. I hope that dumb old jew takes his stupid spring training jersey and climbs into a giant oven.

Happy 60th birthday you washed up old jizzbag.

Yeah he is such a huge Yankees fan that in the dumb City Slickers movies he wears a Mets hat.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

fuck hm...he's a shtty comedian, hopefully he'll catch a linedrive right in the traechia

[Jimmy's Dignity]

who the hell is this wearing #35? He's fucking perfect through 5!


watch, his only career no-no, and it comes in the fucking preseason

[mik3]

Yeah he is such a huge Yankees fan that in the dumb City Slickers movies he wears a Mets hat.
It was some agreement he made with the producer. He was able to pretty much edit the script whenever he wanted, if he wore a Mets hat.

And, this team won't stumble out the gates 'cause they're in actual baseball shape now.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Duncan & Cabrera suspended, Girardi fined (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3293500)

Melky & Shelley both got 3 games, Jonny Gomes on Tampa got 2. Girardi, 3rd base coach Bobby Meacham & Kevin Long (along w/ the players) were all fined


yesterday on Around the Horn they were talking about this...those fucking crotchety old men were calling for 10+ game suspensions for everyone on the Yanks, then were talking about how much bullshit it is that they're "engaging in the eye-for-an-eye headhunting which is killing baseball." Die you faggots.


in September when Beckett drills Jeter on the inside, if we don't retaliate in the next inning it's horseshit. You don't throw at someone's head.....you try to crush their ribs

[Stormrider666]

Yeah the past week of Yankee bias from certain people in the sports media has really pissed me off. Especially the whole Billy Crystal thing. I bet you no one would had a problem with it, if it was Stephen King doing it with the Red Sox.

[Steam]

Ok, with mlb.com's 20% sale (on purchases over $150) I'm going to order my Hughes jersey. I was going to use my $50 gift card on it but will save that for something else.

That being said should I pony up the extra $20 for the All-Star game patch that they will only wear through the game? I'm leaning towards yes but part of me wants it to be what they would be wearing come playoff time (knock on wood). Any thoughts? Sale ends Monday night.

[TheTruth]

Duncan & Cabrera suspended, Girardi fined (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3293500)

Melky & Shelley both got 3 games, Jonny Gomes on Tampa got 2. Girardi, 3rd base coach Bobby Meacham & Kevin Long (along w/ the players) were all fined


yesterday on Around the Horn they were talking about this...those fucking crotchety old men were calling for 10+ game suspensions for everyone on the Yanks, then were talking about how much bullshit it is that they're "engaging in the eye-for-an-eye headhunting which is killing baseball." Die you faggots.


in September when Beckett drills Jeter on the inside, if we don't retaliate in the next inning it's horseshit. You don't throw at someone's head.....you try to crush their ribs

That is bull shit if you watch the video Duncan went in with his spikes a bit high, but he did not slide hard into the guy at all.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

That is bull shit if you watch the video Duncan went in with his spikes a bit high, but he did not slide hard into the guy at all.
but if you listen to the clownshoes on Around the Horn, he pulled a Chan Ho Park

http://www.iiiii.nu/image_archive/public_figures/park_chan_ho/angry.jpg

[Perch1019]

but if you listen to the clownshoes on Around the Horn, he pulled a Chan Ho Park



Those guys are all ass holes. I still dont understand how that show has lasted as long as it has.



Bartolos line from today: 0.2 IP 3 Hits 4 ERs 3 Walks 16.78 ERA
Pettite wasnt at his best either but at least he got some more innings in and didnt feel any pain in his elbow.

This is my favorite part of the ESPN article.
Pettitte threw an inside fastball to David Ortiz in the third that prompted a brief stare from the designated hitter.
Its only taken 5 seasons but theyre finally learning to pitch him inside.

[FullBallz]

Its only taken 5 seasons to get rid of Joe Torre and finally pitch him inside.

Fixed it for ya.

iN OTHER NEWS,

My tickets came today!!!! WOOOOO! Baseball is here bitches!! Here are some pics of my beauties. The cool thing is the special commemorative ticket for the final regular season game at the stadium. Totally framing that puppy.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g46/humanjukebox82/DSCN0391.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g46/humanjukebox82/DSCN0395.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g46/humanjukebox82/DSCN0400.jpg

[Perch1019]

I think its great and all that the Yanks go to Va Tech for that game but did they really need to kick the shit out of the 11-0?

[askewcore]

I think its great and all that the Yanks go to Va Tech for that game but did they really need to kick the shit out of the 11-0?

At least they didnt lose, like the Mets did when they played Michigan.

I didnt hear about this, was it split squad?

[Perch1019]

I didnt hear about this, was it split squad?

As far as I know it was a full squad. I put it on to see Arod up with the bases loaded and Abreu, Jeter and Damon ahead of him with Giambi in the hole. Guy ended up walking him and Giambi then hit a lazy fly to the warning track that had Michael Kay cumming in his pants.

[Stormrider666]

I think its great and all that the Yanks go to Va Tech for that game but did they really need to kick the shit out of the 11-0?

Well in the Yankees defense, VT's baseball team was in the middle of an 8 game losing streak.

[tysonpunchinguterus]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/03/19/joba.bullpen.ap/index.html

I'm sure this isn't really breaking news to many people at this point, but I'm glad that this was announced. As much as I look forward to seeing Joba as a starter, he gives the team a much stronger bullpen. It also means that the other 5 guys are all healthy and have looked good enough for Girardi and Cashman to feel comfortable with this arrangement for now. The last thing I'd want to see is Joba pitch too many innings and wreck his arm, so this is probably the better move for him and the team for now. If/when Mussina wears down, maybe Joba gets the call as long as it isn't too early in the season.

[askewcore]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/03/19/joba.bullpen.ap/index.html

If/when Mussina wears down, maybe Joba gets the call as long as it isn't too early in the season.

My exact thoughts. You now Moose isnt gonna be healthy and/or strong the whole season. Joba in the pen gives us insurance in case Hawkins doesnt pan out well, and it also makes sure that Girardi doesnt have to be like Torre and pitch the same guys in the same innings day after day.

I still hope Joba is in the rotation by like July/August though. I'm also a fan of moving Mussina to the pen at some point, but that will never happen.

[jimmyjimjimz]

Here's a video I found. I don't know if anyone posted it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u8FxnHW8QE

Here's the link just in case the YouTube tags don't work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u8FxnHW8QE

[jimmyjimjimz]

Also, for those of you who live in the NYC area, and get channel 4 as NBC, they have a special on Yankee Stadium @ 7:00 tomorrow night.

[Perch1019]

That video was really cool. I didnt know that all the gates are going to look like the one in the front. The only thing I dont like about it is the view from the subway. The back of the scoreboard and stuff just looks dull.
I was also pleased to see the thing on the side where they put when the next game is going to be. Its such a small thing but its one of the staples of the current stadium. Any word on the bat?

[jimmyjimjimz]

That video was really cool. I didnt know that all the gates are going to look like the one in the front. The only thing I dont like about it is the view from the subway. The back of the scoreboard and stuff just looks dull.
I was also pleased to see the thing on the side where they put when the next game is going to be. Its such a small thing but its one of the staples of the current stadium. Any word on the bat?

I think theyre keeping the bat, actually. Isn't it a steam pipe? I'd be really mad if they got rid of the bat.

[askewcore]

I think the bat does serve as some kind of vent. They had better not get rid of it, its such a staple.

[ginaf20697]

nooooooooooooo! :(


Former Yankees 3B Nettles has cancer


TAMPA, FLORIDA (TICKER) —Graig Nettles, a former All-Star third baseman with the New York Yankees, announced Friday that he has been battling prostate cancer for the last four months.

Nettles was diagnosed with the disease in late November and will undergo prostate surgery next month.

The story was first reported by the New York Post, which stated that Nettles will have the operation on April 8 at Manhattan’s Sloan Kettering Hospital.

“They told me they got it early, and it’s curable and treatable,” Nettles told reporters. “I’ve just got to think positive.”

Despite the condition, Nettles claimed he did not want to miss spring training with the Yankees, who invited him to serve as a guest instructor.

“I always thought there would be an urgency in getting it out of your body,” he said. “But (my doctors) seem to think it wouldn’t matter for a couple months. So I told them I wanted to go to spring training.”

Nettles ,63, revealed that his brother, Jim, also was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent successful surgery.

A six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, Nettles spent the majority of his 22-year career with the Yankees, manning third base for New York from 1973-83.

Nettles joined Bobby Murcer as members of the late-1970s Yankees who currently are battling cancer. Murcer was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2006.

The Yankees reached the postseason five times during Nettles’ tenure in pinstripes, winning the World Series in 1977 and 1978 while reaching the Fall Classic two other times.

A San Diego native, Nettles compiled a career average of .248 with 390 home runs in 2,700 games with six different teams.

[askewcore]

At least they got it early. Good luck, Graig...in case he reads Wackbag.

[jimmyjimjimz]

At least they got it early. Good luck, Graig...in case he reads Wackbag.

isn't he friends with O&A? I think they used his stadium for the softball games back in the WNEW days.

[Stormrider666]

isn't he friends with O&A? I think they used his stadium for the softball games back in the WNEW days.

If my memory sevres me, that was Rick Cerone's stadium they used. Hope everything works out okay for Nettles.

[askewcore]

If my memory sevres me, that was Rick Cerone's stadium they used.

It sure was. Home to the fabulous Newark Bears. I think I still have my ticket stub laying around somewhere.

[jimmyjimjimz]

If my memory sevres me, that was Rick Cerone's stadium they used. Hope everything works out okay for Nettles.

I knew it was someone who played for the Yankees

[EvilMonkey71]

I read yesterday in the paper that they put Pavano on the 60 day DL...shocker!! :arrrh:

[Jimmy's Dignity]

I hope it's due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head

[Stormrider666]

I read yesterday in the paper that they put Pavano on the 60 day DL...shocker!! :arrrh:

Pavano.....Pavano.......I'm sorry that name doesn't sound familiar to me.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

I read yesterday in the paper that they put Pavano on the 60 day DL...shocker!! :arrrh:

That's just the normal pre-requisite for him. Fuck him and his $40,000,000 robbery of the Yankees.

[tysonpunchinguterus]

It's just because he's still recovering from the surgery he had last season. Teams can't release a player while he's on the DL, so it's really just their way of clearing up a spot on the 40-man roster and politely telling him to collect his money and stay away from Yankee Stadium.

I read yesterday in the paper that they put Pavano on the 60 day DL...shocker!! :arrrh:

[LilJimmyRbinson]

It's just because he's still recovering from the surgery he had last season. Teams can't release a player while he's on the DL, so it's really just their way of clearing up a spot on the 40-man roster and politely telling him to collect his money and stay away from Yankee Stadium.

The worst part of this whole thing is that some NL team will sign him for $800k and he'll give them more in 2009 then he gave the Yankees in 4 years and $40 mil.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

A-Rod tried to fuck my wife!!!! Oh yeah, and I introduced him to a steroids distributor (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3311423)


Report: Canseco claims introducing A-Rod, steroids distributor

NEW YORK -- Jose Canseco says in his new book that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids distributor and that A-Rod pursued Canseco's wife, according to the Web site of freelance writer Joe Lavin.

Lavin says on his Web site that he obtained the book, "Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball," on Monday from a bookstore in Cambridge, Mass. The book is due to be released April 1.

Lavin writes Canseco's book discusses A-Rod, Roger Clemens and Magglio Ordonez.

He says Canseco claimed he didn't inject Rodriguez but "introduced Alex to a known supplier of steroids." Lavin also says "Canseco claims that A-Rod was trying to sleep with Canseco's wife."

"I really, absolutely, have no reaction," Rodriguez said Tuesday when asked about the claim relating to the steroids distributor. As far as the allegation regarding Canseco's wife, Rodriguez responded: "I don't know how to answer that."

Canseco also writes about the infamous June 1998 party at his house. Brian McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, has said Clemens spoke with Canseco at the barbecue and soon after approached the trainer about using performance-enhancing drugs. According to Lavin, Canseco wrote that Clemens did not attend.

Earlier this year, Canseco gave an affidavit to congressional investigators stating Clemens was not there and that he had never seen Clemens "use, possess or ask for steroids or human growth hormone."

Lavin wrote the Ordonez reference was "that old yarn of one player injecting another with steroids, possibly in the buttocks." Canseco and Ordonez were teammates on the 2001 Chicago White Sox.

The New York Times reported in January that Canseco offered to keep Ordonez "clear" in the book if the Detroit outfielder invested in a movie project promoted by Canseco, claims Lavin said Canseco wrote he denies.

Earlier this month, the New York Daily News reported the federal government was hoping to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Canseco and IRS special agent Jeff Novitzky, its lead steroids investigator, when his upcoming book tour stops in San Francisco.

Novitzky reportedly wants to talk to Canseco as part of the federal investigation into performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Canseco said in a sworn affidavit in January that he'd never seen Clemens "use, possess or ask for steroids or human growth hormone." The affidavit is part of the evidence gathered by the congressional committee looking at drugs in baseball.

Canseco, who will visit six cities while promoting his second steroids-related book "Vindicated," will be in San Francisco on April 9 and 10, where Novitzky is headquartered.

The release of the book, to be published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, is to coincide with Canseco's scheduled appearance on ABC's "Nightline" on March 31 and the Howard Stern show on the day of the book's release.

It is the followup to Canseco's 2005 book "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big." The book, which described his steroids use and implicated Mark McGwire, among others, rocked Major League Baseball.

Canseco initially was to collaborate with former Sports Illustrated associate editor Don Yaeger on "Vindicated" but Yaeger passed on the project, telling the Daily News in January that Canseco didn't have enough goods on Rodriguez.

"I had a chance to review the Jose Canseco [material] that he provided me. I don't think there's a book there," Yaeger told the newspaper. "I don't think he's got what he claims to have, certainly doesn't have what he claims to have on A-Rod."


Jessica Canseco

http://www.hogrockcafe.com/Jessica%20Canseco%20Playboy%20Nude%205.jpg

[Stormrider666]

Fuck Canseco. I remember seeing an interview he did before Juiced came out. He said that A-Rod and Jeter were the only two players he said that didn't do steriods. Now because he needs to sell another book, he has shit on Alex. Gimmie a fucking break. As for trying to fuck his wife, well after seeing JD's spoiler, can you blame a guy for trying.

[EvilMonkey71]

I'm thinking this will spur a libel lawsuit.....Canseco's an idiot.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Seriously. A-Rod was the best player back when the first book came out. If Canseco did have proof, there's no way he'd hold that info back for a sequel he had no idea would ever come to fruition.

[Steam]

I'm practically giddy over her. My Hughes jersey has shipped and its in Connecticut (fuck Connecticut) so I should have it soon. Will have to wear it during his first start of the season.

Can't fucking wait for this season to start.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

note to self...find Hughes jersey, jerk off repeatedly in it, using my feces as lubricant

[Steam]

note to self...find Hughes jersey, jerk off repeatedly in it, using my feces as lubricant

Hey!! I hope you don't mean MY Hughes jersey. It came today and it's spectacular. Finally almost baseball season. Let's go YANKEES!!!

[LilJimmyRbinson]

It's OPENING DAY! :clap::clap:

[Jimmy's Dignity]

looks like it's drizzling up in the Bronx

[25133WhooOoAH]

Please! no Rain Delay

[FullBallz]

I'm at the stadium now. This weather sucks! I'm hearing no earlier than 3 for a start time. Anyone else hear the same? Let me know. Thanks.

[ginaf20697]

Ahhhhhh memories of opening days past. It really doesn't help now that they are two weeks earlier than they used to be.

[Mindslayer]

3'oclock start time would be beautiful for me. I get out of work at 3:15.

[Perch1019]

I'm freezing my dick off right now.its not even raining. They keep playing rain related songs. I'm going insane!!!!

[Jimmy's Dignity]

boooooo rain out

[Perch1019]

Fuck the Yankees on this one. They could have started that game at 1pm and they would have been fine. It was a misty drizzle most of the time I was sitting out there.
My friend who works for them texted us exactly at 2 and said the game was cancelled and tomorow @ 7 now. We hauled ass out of there because we assumed they were about to announce it and wanted to get a head start. We walk to the lot, get in the car, put WFAN on and hear that the game was still on. We got to GWB and at 2:35 they finally announced it to the crowd. Thats pretty fucked up on their part making people sit there and spend more money for nothing.

[righty]

Great fucking Monday. I got rained out at work and was home by 12. I was like yes i can watch the Yankee game and it got rained out too. Shit!!!!!!!

[bill333]

It's supposed to rain tomorrow too. I didn't think it was that bad out. I'm sure they tried like hell to get the game in because you don't want to be making games up from the get go.

Weird that Sheppard won't be doing the mic. I guess 1st time in over 50 years?

[Stormrider666]

I thought it was supposed to be like 66 tomorrow. To be honest, this game should and could have been played this afternoon.

[Perch1019]

I thought it was supposed to be like 66 tomorrow. To be honest, this game should and could have been played this afternoon.

John Sterling said that they put the game at 705 because its supposed to rain in the afternoon.

[askewcore]

I thought it was supposed to be like 66 tomorrow. To be honest, this game should and could have been played this afternoon.

BY the time they stopped the game it wasnt even raining anymore. They just wanted us to sit there and buy $9.50 beers waiting for a game to start they knew they wouldnt play.

[Perch1019]

BY the time they stopped the game it wasnt even raining anymore. They just wanted us to sit there and buy $9.50 beers waiting for a game to start they knew they wouldnt play.

Total bullshit today. Even when it was raining, they could have played without any problem. They came on the PA around 1230ish and said they were tracking the storm and that they will play baseball after probably an hour delay. Then around 130, Michael Kay came on the TV with Paul Oneil and they yet again said it would be a short time til the game starts. ten to two, the fake Bob Shepard announces the weather reports have been changed and they are "exploring the possibilities" of the game. I got the text from my friend at exactly 2 saying the game will be tomorrow. From that point on, they waited 35 minutes to announce to the crowd. That was wrong. We tried telling people but noone believed us. We were pulling out of the lot and some guy pulled in and the fuckers charged him. I think it was fucked up that they kept telling everyone the game was going to happen and then pull that shit where they said the weather report was bad.
At no point was it raining where they should have not played baseball. I saw in my seat from noon on wearing a jacket and was fine. It was a drizzly mist for the most part. I came home and took a nap so I dont know what the weather was like but from what I saw, they could have played the game from 1-4. Im glad its tomorrow night because if it was a day game, I wouldnt be able to go and alot of people seemed to say the same things

[askewcore]

O'Neill coming on the screen was the only thing we had to cheer at all day. Him and the three Blue Jays who came out to try and get warmed up in the mist (they were on the other side of the field as me so I dont know who they were). As soon as Cashman came on the field I knew we were fucked, "exploring possibilities" sucks my dick.

And just so you guys know, if you are drinking the parking lot before the game, put your booze in a cup or you will get a $25 ticket apparently.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

For the first game against the Sox, they should get Eli Manning to throw out the first pitch. Who's with me?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

as long as he doesn't tag Posada in the ankles, I'm all for it :D

JPetrucci just posted what the Giants Super Bowl Ring (http://assets.giants.com/uploads/HOMEPAGE_STORY/080619BF131A45D6A9733CD38E224288.gif) looks like...thing is sweet :jump

[askewcore]

At least Eli could throw a spiral with a baseball.

Conditions for the game tonight look okay. Its still cloudy and dark, but it hasnt been raining for a while.

And whats up with the lack of stickiness for this thread?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

what channel is the game on tonight? MSG & YES are both showing <shudder> basketball

[Stormrider666]

It starts at 6:00 on YES. They will probably switch the Nets game to Channel 9. Oh x4 for wanting Eli to throw out the first pitch in the first game against the Red Sox.

[mik3]

http://www.trentonthunder.com/ftp/2008stockplayerpics/thunder%20outfielders.jpg

[mik3]

Also, I haven't been around 'cause I work too much.

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
AL WC: Boston

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: DBacks
NL WC: Rockies

[Jimmy's Dignity]

oh wow...this announcer really and truly is a Bob Sheppard ripoff
Jim Hall according to Michael Kay


ps> thanks for the headsup that it would be on YES, Storm

huh, Joba stuck with #62...how about that

starting batting order
Damon
Jeter
Abreu
Rodriguez
Giambi
Cano
Posada
Matsui
Cabrera

[mik3]

Joba's number has to add up to 8, so I expect him to keep 62.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

first pitch of the season...strike on the outside corner :D
w00t!! Nice DP to end the top of the 1st

Halliday is looking good...3 pitches for Damon, the last one he just stared at.

There ya go...A-Rod knocks in Abreu with a double. That'll be some crappy trivia answer later in life

[mik3]

It's funny that Halladay threw that same pitch that K'd Damon three more times and it was a ball every time. I love a consistent strike zone.

[ginaf20697]

I told my husband he has to get me a Joba Rules t-shirt when he goes to NY. It will be nice to wear around the Massholes.

[mik3]

Jeter actually does look better in the field so far, I'm amazed.

[mik3]

Melky in the 4th, wow.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

wow is right...couple of stellar catches right there. The 2nd one really shocked me screaming over into the Left-Center gap

[mik3]

If the Yankees don't come back this will be a very shitty loss. Wang's had like three balls hit hard off of him, and two were the plays by Melky.

[ginaf20697]

Ask and ye shall recieve :)

[mik3]

Here's what's going to happen this year; other than stolen bases, Melky will far out-perform Ellsbury.

[mik3]

I love Giambi, I feel he's going to be a force this year.

[25133WhooOoAH]

Wtf is the 2nd team in NY baseballs thread doing in sticky on not the yanks?

[Jimmy's Dignity]

yeah, I was wondering about that...aren't there any Yanks fans who are mods?

I love my Giants & all, but we don't need to be a sticky anymore

Melky having a stellar game tonight...
Nice! Godzirra hit it to a hard spot

[mik3]

Nice, the Jays two runs were bullshit, now the Yankees get one.

[RobeSoup&Tears]

Joba working thru trouble with the meat of the line up looked good...for the first game too.

[mik3]

Love the kid, going to be an amazing pitcher for years, but that fist pump has gotta calm down. It's April first.

[Steam]

Love the kid, going to be an amazing pitcher for years, but that fist pump has gotta calm down. It's April first.

He's just animated. Once to get the season off on the right foot. I'm sure he will calm down as the season goes on.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Joba...he still rules.

nice triple there for Damon...gotta knock him in here. DAMNIT! Get the fucking ball out of the infield!

[mik3]

He's just animated. Once to get the season off on the right foot. I'm sure he will calm down as the season goes on.
True, I just associate the fist pump with classless douche bags like KRod/Papelbon/Beckett

[mik3]

More Yankee records, most consecutive home openers won.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Atta way...Girardi gets his first win, Wang gets the W, and Mo gets the save :D :D

[mik3]

Wtf is the 2nd team in NY baseballs thread doing in sticky on not the yanks?
Probably so the thread doesn't get lost when they're in third place and no one's posting.

[bill333]

Nice way to start off the season. :clap:

It'd be nice to go into the late innings like in the 90's and be lights out again.

[Perch1019]

Great game. Melky is the fucking man. Im not saying hes going to be a superstar but tonight he was awesome. I still dont believe he tracked and caught that first one at the 385. Once Joba got up in the bullpen, the LF bleachers went fucking crazy. He needs to get a song to come into.

9.50$ for a beer is still sinking in. Some drunk whore in our section spilled half of hers on the guy in front of her. I really thougth he was going to ask him to ring in out into her cup.

If you go to a game this year, do whatever you have to do take public transportation. Arrived at 6 and the lots were already full. Had to drive down the road that runs parallel to the Deegan to park. Over a mile away. Didnt pay but its a pain in the ass trying to find a spot. Its annoying as fuck to drive past the lots and see people with tents and shit taking up 2 or 3 spaces. Im all for tailgating but they need to crack down this season with only 1/3 of the lots open.

Mr. Steinbrenner doing the "countdown the home games" thing was a nice surprise but he looks terrible. Its almost like he went from 65 years old to 100 in a few months. I hope he holds on for another year. He deserves to see it.

Oh and when Jeter comes up, they switch from the guy doing the announcing to a recording of Sheppard "now batting, number 2, Derek Jeter. Number 2."

[Jimmy's Dignity]

$9.50 for a beer is still sinking in.:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

[askewcore]

Well, Miller Light was $8.50....

What Perch said about public transportation couldnt be more true. Parking is brutal this year, if you are driving in, show up for BP.

Gotta love the Melky, I think he's gonna have a really good season this year.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

Melky catch
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6245/melkycatchru2.jpg

Melky swing
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/7663/melkyjacklt7.jpg

Joba pump...get used to it
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/587/jobahc5.jpg

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Here's what's going to happen this year; other than stolen bases, Melky will far out-perform Ellsbury.

And Beltran.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Are there "Joba Rules" again this year or is he just on a total inning limit?

[Perch1019]

Are there "Joba Rules" again this year or is he just on a total inning limit?

Hank had some quote in the paper today about how he doesnt want him to be burned out like lots of other 21,22 or 23 year olds. Hes going to play his role but hes also going to be protected. He goes on to say something about him starting by years end. I think Joba to Mo should stick til it fails.


Also, some lunitic pulled some antics making traffic even more of a nightmare last night. Luckly we were parked on the other side but my brother said he herd the gunshots which at the time we laughed in his face about.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/04/02/2008-04-02_gunman_kills_himself_outside_yankee_stad.html
A gunman fleeing cops in a stolen Con Ed van put a bullet in his head to avoid capture when he got cornered in standstill traffic outside Yankee Stadium after Tuesday night's game, police said.

The unidentified man committed suicide as cops cautiously approached the van, and scores of Yankee fans sat frozen in their cars watching the chase come to a bloody end.

Cops drew their weapons as they neared the van on the Major Deegan Expressway at 161st St. but never fired a shot, a police source said.

The gunman fired his weapon once, the source said.

The drama began shortly before 10 p.m. when a young woman ran into a meat market at Courtlandt Ave. and E. 151st St. in Melrose, clutching a bleeding arm and screaming she had been shot.

She was later said to be in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center.

Her shouts apparently spooked the shooter, who jumped into an empty Con Ed van idling at a nearby construction station and started to pull away.

The van's driver said he ran up to it only to have the gunman point a pistol muzzle at his nose and tell him to get lost.

The Con Ed driver then flagged down an NYPD radio car coming in his direction, but before the cops could do anything, the gunman rammed their car and sped away.

Two cops in the car, who suffered minor injuries, radioed what happened, police said.

A number of other cop cars then gave chase and followed the gunman onto the Deegan, where he got stuck in the postgame gridlock.

Police last night were trying to learn what caused the initial shooting.

[Stormrider666]

Great way to the start the season off last night. Kay did a great job with the opening monolauge before the game started. Gave me goosebumps and it finally sunk in, that this is the last season at Yankee Stadium.

[Perch1019]

I have tickets for Fri and Mondays game which I cant use cause ill be in Vegas. If anyone wants them, let me know and ill fwd them over.

[mik3]

Are there "Joba Rules" again this year or is he just on a total inning limit?
They were Torre rules more than Joba rules.

[Perch1019]

Ugh, that pitch was a meatball.

[Perch1019]

I know its game 2 but I just had to...
http://www.damninteresting.com/wp-content/abomb.jpg
From
http://miamisportsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/a-rod.jpg

[mik3]

Gotta say, I'm pretty inspired by Mussina's start. He hung a curve, oh well. He was sitting 87 with his two seamer, and he's always down in velocity in April. If he can sit 89-90 with a two seamer over the summer then he'll be fine.

[Jimmy's Dignity]

not gonna lie....if Moose is only at 89-90 on his fast ball come June...it's time to move his ass to the bullpen.

You're a starting pitcher...specifically, you're the 2nd starting pitcher for the New York Yankees...fix your shit or get into middle relief for $19 million or whatever completely nauseating salary we're paying you adds up to :yuck2:

:note...I didn't see the game, I have no idea how the play in the field went, etc etc etc

[Dopie Opie]

I am a Moose fan, but some things are so predictable with him.

He hits the corner on that Rios 2-2 count, but the ump blows the call. He then walks him, get annoyed and gives up a bomb to Wells.

The slightest thing throws him off, other than that I thought he threw a great game.

If he has control he can throw 89-90 with no problem, think Greg Maddux his last few years.

6-7 innings, 2-3 runs, keeps us in the game most of the time

[mik3]

not gonna lie....if Moose is only at 89-90 on his fast ball come June...it's time to move his ass to the bullpen.

You're a starting pitcher...specifically, you're the 2nd starting pitcher for the New York Yankees...fix your shit or get into middle relief for $19 million or whatever completely nauseating salary we're paying you adds up to :yuck2:

:note...I didn't see the game, I have no idea how the play in the field went, etc etc etc
Where you pitch in the rotation means nothing, he's pitching second but he's not the Yankees' #2 starter.

And yeah, if you watched you'd probably be ok with it.

About him throwing 89-90, two years ago when he was really good his four seamer was only about 91, so if he's throwing his two seamers around 89-90 then he's more than set.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

The only time ranking pitchers really matters is the first week of the season and the playoffs. In three weeks, it won't matter that Mussina pitched 2nd. Not ever series lines up. Mussina won't always be pitching against AJ Burnett. 5+ innings of 3 run ball is great for him at this point.

[TheTruth]

not gonna lie....if Moose is only at 89-90 on his fast ball come June...it's time to move his ass to the bullpen.

You're a starting pitcher...specifically, you're the 2nd starting pitcher for the New York Yankees...fix your shit or get into middle relief for $19 million or whatever completely nauseating salary we're paying you adds up to :yuck2:

:note...I didn't see the game, I have no idea how the play in the field went, etc etc etc

Greg Maddox never really threw much above 90 seems to have worked out pretty well for him. Moose will be fine as long as he mixes it up a little more.

Its all about the pitcher hitting his spots. Mariano goes through it every year where he blows a few saves because his pitches are slightly off of where he wants them.

[jimmyjimjimz]

Great game. Melky is the fucking man. Im not saying hes going to be a superstar but tonight he was awesome. I still dont believe he tracked and caught that first one at the 385. Once Joba got up in the bullpen, the LF bleachers went fucking crazy. He needs to get a song to come into.

9.50$ for a beer is still sinking in. Some drunk whore in our section spilled half of hers on the guy in front of her. I really thougth he was going to ask him to ring in out into her cup.

If you go to a game this year, do whatever you have to do take public transportation. Arrived at 6 and the lots were already full. Had to drive down the road that runs parallel to the Deegan to park. Over a mile away. Didnt pay but its a pain in the ass trying to find a spot. Its annoying as fuck to drive past the lots and see people with tents and shit taking up 2 or 3 spaces. Im all for tailgating but they need to crack down this season with only 1/3 of the lots open.

Mr. Steinbrenner doing the "countdown the home games" thing was a nice surprise but he looks terrible. Its almost like he went from 65 years old to 100 in a few months. I hope he holds on for another year. He deserves to see it.

Oh and when Jeter comes up, they switch from the guy doing the announcing to a recording of Sheppard "now batting, number 2, Derek Jeter. Number 2."


Which lots are open this year?

and what do you mean Mr. Steinbrenner doing the "countdown the home games" thing? Does he come out onto the field and say "ok there's this many home games left"? I always wanted to see him in person, but I never had the chance.

[Stormrider666]

I am a Moose fan, but some things are so predictable with him.

He hits the corner on that Rios 2-2 count, but the ump blows the call. He then walks him, get annoyed and gives up a bomb to Wells.

The slightest thing throws him off, other than that I thought he threw a great game.

If he has control he can throw 89-90 with no problem, think Greg Maddux his last few years.

6-7 innings, 2-3 runs, keeps us in the game most of the time

Pretty much. As soon as Moose didn't get that call, I turned the channel because I knew what was coming up next. Turn the channel back and sure enough, two-run homer given up to Wells. That's been my one complaint with Moose over the past couple of years.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Pretty much. As soon as Moose didn't get that call, I turned the channel because I knew what was coming up next. Turn the channel back and sure enough, two-run homer given up to Wells. That's been my one complaint with Moose over the past couple of years.

Ever since they went to Japan the smallest thing fucks him all up it seems.

[askewcore]

Everytime Moose gets squeezed on a call he falls apart. He has for a long time, and it leads to tighter strike zones for him IMO. If he got Maddux calls, he would have won 300 games already.

Hughes is pitching well today, lets hope the bats can put some backing together for him.

[Steam]

As good as Hughes has been, DMac has been just as good.

They really need to start getting some runs though.

[askewcore]

I just am happy to see him put a quality start together in his first game, we know pretty much what the lineup is gonna give us, but so much rides on Hughes and Kennedy for this team so I like encouraging signs.

[Steam]

I have a massive amount of confidence in Hughes. He seems to have a really good head on his shoulders and some good people there to help him out like Pettitte and Mussina.

It will be great cheering for this team in the future with the pitching.

[Steam]

Great at bat there for Abreu. If that Abreu shows up all year I will have no worries whatsoever.

[askewcore]

Well, A-Rod struck out with bases loaded, lets run him out of town again over reactive Yankee fans! HE SUCKS.

The previous statement was made entirely in jest,as I am now, and have always been an A-Rod supporter.

About fucking time we did something. Getting the lead off man on and wasting him was getting old.

[Steam]

Well, A-Rod struck out with bases loaded, lets run him out of town again over reactive Yankee fans! HE SUCKS.

The previous statement was made entirely in jest,as I am now, and have always been an A-Rod supporter.

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