The Official New York Yankees Thread

Newch91

Cliffy6745 wrote:

So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

This on top of...

Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.

Great...another three years of overmanaging.

xavier mcdaniel

Cliffy6745 wrote:

rival. wrote:

i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?

Agreed. The New York Yankees is not really the place to learn on the job.

Don't know. Good question. Xavier should be able to get it.

Buck Showalter, but he was managing in the system for at least five years before getting the job following the 1991 season. Stump Merrill and Bucky Dent as well, but those guys were stop gaps until the Yankees could get their act together.

Ralph Houk also. He might be similar to Mattingly. He played parts of eight seasons with the Yankees and coached the previous three seasons (1958-1960) before taking the job. Houk also managed the Tigers, Red Sox and also became a Yankee GM in the mid-1960s.

Dick Howser, but he was a third base coach for a decade before getting 1980. Gene Michael and Lou Piniella also were first-time skippers and in Lou's case, there was a Lou 2 because Billy 5 ended prematurely in 1988.

igotid88

Newch91 wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

This on top of...

Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.

Fuck That, i want Donny B.

Me too.

same

tcaporale

The CEO of the Texas Rangers called New York Yankees fans "violent," "apathetic" and "an embarrassment" for their behavior during the American League Championship Series in an interview on Monday with ESPN Radio in Dallas.

Responding to a question about Rangers fans' demeanor during the postseason, Chuck Greenberg digressed into a critique of Yankees fans which included an unflattering characterization.

"I think our fans have been great," Greenberg said on the "Ben and Skin Show" on 103.3 KESN. "I think particularly in Game 3 of the World Series they just blew away anything I've seen in any venue during the postseason. I thought Yankee fans, frankly, were awful. They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good. So I thought Yankee fans were by far the worst of any I've seen in the postseason. I thought they were an embarrassment."

Greenberg praised Rangers fans for backing their team in Game 2 of the ALCS after having blown Game 1 at home, in which they took a 5-0 lead only to lose to the Yankees 6-5.

"I thought where our fans were really amazing was in Game 2 against the Yankees," he said. "Because Game 1 was a real gut wrencher, you know, it was a tough way to lose. I thought our fans were spectacular and you'd be amazed how much our players picked up on that passion and enthusiasm."

Previously, Kristin Lee, the wife of Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee, had said that Yankees fans cursed her, spat at her and threw beer at her while her husband was shutting down the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium.

The Rangers went on to win the series in six games and currently trail the San Francisco Giants, three games to one, in the World Series with Lee pitching in Game 5 Monday night in Arlington.

Yankees president Randy Levine declined to comment in a statement issued through a spokesperson: "At this time, we are honoring the commissioner's policy regarding respecting and not distracting from the World Series."

Cliffy6745

Kevin Long coming back for 3 more years too. Hopefully all they lose is Eiland.

xavier mcdaniel

as expected Jeter's agent Casey Close went to bat for his client:

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/201 ... for_y.html

igotid88

Baseball America's Yankees Top 10 prospects

1. Jesus Montero
2. Gary Sanchez
3. Dellin Betances
4. Manny Banuelos
5. Andrew Brackman
6. Austin Romine
7. Hector Noesi
8. Eduardo Nunez
9. Slade Heathcott
10. Brandon Laird

Cliffy6745

Looks like montero is getting a shot at the starting job next year

neilybabes86

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Looks like montero is getting a shot at the starting job next year

The time has come already

Cliffy6745

neilybabes86 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Looks like montero is getting a shot at the starting job next year

The time has come already

If he wins the job I am reading they will look for him to catch about 100 games. I still hear he is a pretty horrible catcher but it can't get worse than Posada at this point I guess. A DH/Catcher platoon of those two could be pretty solid though.

Cliffy6745

An inital offer will be made to Lee within 72 hours and they are not going to be as agressive as they were with CC.

igotid88

Cliffy6745 wrote:

An inital offer will be made to Lee within 72 hours and they are not going to be as agressive as they were with CC.

i would think. he's 4 years older than CC. I would go 4 years 15mill per.

Cliffy6745

igotid88 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

An inital offer will be made to Lee within 72 hours and they are not going to be as agressive as they were with CC.

i would think. he's 4 years older than CC. I would go 4 years 15mill per.

4 years 15 is not going to come close to getting it done. They wont make that as an inital offer, that is less than AJ.

The thing is, if you look at age, sure he is older but if you look at innings

CC= 30 years old, 2,1217 career innings
Roy Halladay= 33 years old, 2,297 career innings
Cliff Lee= 32 years old, 1,409 career innings.

I think it's a bit misleading saying they are not going to go as hard, the Yankees didnt really give CC another option, I think the Yanks will negotiate more with Lee and try and get the best deal possible but I do think they get him on a very big deal.

JonnyPistachio

Cliffy6745 wrote:

igotid88 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

An inital offer will be made to Lee within 72 hours and they are not going to be as agressive as they were with CC.

i would think. he's 4 years older than CC. I would go 4 years 15mill per.

4 years 15 is not going to come close to getting it done. They wont make that as an inital offer, that is less than AJ.

The thing is, if you look at age, sure he is older but if you look at innings

CC= 30 years old, 2,1217 career innings
Roy Halladay= 33 years old, 2,297 career innings
Cliff Lee= 32 years old, 1,409 career innings.

I think it's a bit misleading saying they are not going to go as hard, the Yankees didnt really give CC another option, I think the Yanks will negotiate more with Lee and try and get the best deal possible but I do think they get him on a very big deal.

I would prefer the yankees front office ask AJ nicely if he wouldnt mind giving a cash tip out of his pocket to Cliff Lee every time he pitches if he becomes a Yankee. Maybe like a $500,000 tip each time he starts.

Newch91

Future Yankee right here: my 18 month old cousin. He's a natural.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFsEG5DptvA

neilybabes86

we need to find out what the offer was

Cliffy6745

neilybabes86 wrote:

we need to find out what the offer was

No offer yet I guess. Called Sunday to say they will be in touch with an offer.

xavier mcdaniel

probably starts with a 1...

Cliffy6745

Ha. Jeter won the gold glove. That is kind of funny.

Flagg

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Ha. Jeter won the gold glove. That is kind of funny.

That award is such a joke.

BinauralJam

G,ROBBIE & TEX!!!

xavier mcdaniel

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Ha. Jeter won the gold glove. That is kind of funny.

so is the comment on the front page of baseball reference. Jeter was a two last year but now he's a three.

Gary Carter

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

probably starts with a 1...

and in the middle is a 5 and ends with a 0

Cliffy6745

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

so is the comment on the front page of baseball reference. Jeter was a two last year but now he's a three.

that's pretty quick for his baseball reference page. Haha, good catch. Jeter is my favorite player ever but this award is comical.

Cliffy6745

metsfan wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

probably starts with a 1...

and in the middle is a 5 and ends with a 0

nah, not that high. My guess is 5 years, 120 million

xavier mcdaniel

Cliffy6745 wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

so is the comment on the front page of baseball reference. Jeter was a two last year but now he's a three.

that's pretty quick for his baseball reference page. Haha, good catch. Jeter is my favorite player ever but this award is comical.

Even more comical was hearing the Sterling on sports segment on WCBS-AM tonight, defending the pick. Obviously .989 and six errors are good defensive numbers but other guys have more because they get to more ground balls.

Jearlpam0925

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

that's pretty quick for his baseball reference page. Haha, good catch. Jeter is my favorite player ever but this award is comical.

Even more comical was hearing the Sterling on sports segment on WCBS-AM tonight, defending the pick. Obviously .989 and six errors are good defensive numbers but other guys have more because they get to more ground balls.

His voice automatically makes me go into violent convulsions....

http://espn.go.com/blog/SweetSpot/post/ ... d-as-usual

"It's his fifth, which means he's now won at least four more Gold Gloves than he's deserved. By any stretch of the fever-crazed imagination."

These awards are like lineman going to the Pro Bowl.

Johnny Abruzzo

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Ha. Jeter won the gold glove. That is kind of funny.

so is the comment on the front page of baseball reference. Jeter was a two last year but now he's a three.

Almost as ridiculous as Abreu winning it, basically because he won the Home Run Derby.

rival.

happy cano finally got his hands on one. easily the best AL fielding 2B since he has been in league.

Cliffy6745

Wooooohoooooo

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/ ... lee-today/