2007 Yankees

NCBRI

Good win. Joba's first save.


Nice to see Al Reyes not blow one in the Tampa/Boston game this time. I issued all kinds of shit at him while watching the end of the game yesterday.

In Pettitte and Wang, the Yanks probably now have more dependable starters than Boston who really can only count on Beckett at this point.

Any chance Joe leaves Farnsworth off the postseason roster? That guy is like a science experiment gone horribly wrong.

xavier mcdaniel

NCBRI wrote:

Good win. Joba's first save.


Nice to see Al Reyes not blow one in the Tampa/Boston game this time. I issued all kinds of shit at him while watching the end of the game yesterday.

In Pettitte and Wang, the Yanks probably now have more dependable starters than Boston who really can only count on Beckett at this point.

Any chance Joe leaves Farnsworth off the postseason roster? That guy is like a science experiment gone horribly wrong.

they should devise the kyle rules as in never pitch the guy unless you're up by 15 runs..

BetterManningNYG

NCBRI wrote:

Any chance Joe leaves Farnsworth off the postseason roster? That guy is like a science experiment gone horribly wrong.

sadly, they have no one to replace him with. joba and mo are the only reliable RPs they have.

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

they should devise the kyle rules as in never pitch the guy unless you're up by 15 runs..

they have kyle rules (because of his back problems). they're virtually identical to the joba rules except that nobody cares because he sucks.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

sadly, they have no one to replace him with. joba and mo are the only reliable RPs they have.



they have kyle rules (because of his back problems). they're virtually identical to the joba rules except that nobody cares because he sucks.

hopefully he's someone else's problem next year. he's among the reasons why the first three games have lasted 13 hours 23 minutes.

but i will say this for cashman, his deal to acquire jose molina is a very good and underated deal.

BetterManningNYG

new york magazine is reporting that a-rod has agreed to a ten-year, $300 million contract with the chicago cubs. this (illegal) deal would also make him a partial owner of the team:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/38017/

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqvNP27dN.Fnrvp1c47Fru0i0bYF?slug=txyankeesrodriguez&prov=st&type=lgns

it's probably not true, but you never know with scott boras. i'm sure that any team with interest in a-rod has already submitted an illegal offer.

Allie

BetterManningNYG wrote:

new york magazine is reporting that a-rod has agreed to a ten-year, $300 million contract with the chicago cubs. this (illegal) deal would also make him a partial owner of the team:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/38017/

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqvNP27dN.Fnrvp1c47Fru0i0bYF?slug=txyankeesrodriguez&prov=st&type=lgns

it's probably not true, but you never know with scott boras. i'm sure that any team with interest in a-rod has already submitted an illegal offer.

this was in the Post too
He denies all

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

new york magazine is reporting that a-rod has agreed to a ten-year, $300 million contract with the chicago cubs. this (illegal) deal would also make him a partial owner of the team:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/38017/

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqvNP27dN.Fnrvp1c47Fru0i0bYF?slug=txyankeesrodriguez&prov=st&type=lgns

it's probably not true, but you never know with scott boras. i'm sure that any team with interest in a-rod has already submitted an illegal offer.

I can't see how that's true, especially since that's tampering and any potential owner that does that i'd think would be not be allowed to buy the cubs and another thing none of the guy's sources are quoted directly.

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

hopefully he's someone else's problem next year. he's among the reasons why the first three games have lasted 13 hours 23 minutes.

but i will say this for cashman, his deal to acquire jose molina is a very good and underated deal.

i've always liked jose molina. i think he's one of the best backup catchers in baseball. he could probably be a pretty good starter on many teams. they should definitely try to re-sign him. he's a great insurance policy in case posada starts to decline over the next few years.

that would be great if they could find a taker for farnsworth, even if they have to pay his salary. they don't need his dead weight taking up a roster spot that could just as easily go to one of their prospects.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

i've always liked jose molina. i think he's one of the best backup catchers in baseball. he could probably be a pretty good starter on many teams. they should definitely try to re-sign him. he's a great insurance policy in case posada starts to decline over the next few years.

that would be great if they could find a taker for farnsworth, even if they have to pay his salary. they don't need his dead weight taking up a roster spot that could just as easily go to one of their prospects.

molina is probably the best backup catcher they've had since joe girardi and the list of backups includes - sal fasano, wil nieves, kelly stinnett, john flaherty, chris widger, alberto castillo.

and i bet he can help with some of the advance scouting of the angels, especially with their pitching staff.

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

I can't see how that's true, especially since that's tampering and any potential owner that does that i'd think would be not be allowed to buy the cubs and another thing none of the guy's sources are quoted directly.

any team that signs a-rod is going to become the subject of a tampering investigation. that's a given. it's gonna be a question of whether or not the yankees can prove it more so than whether or not it actually happened.

regarding this specific story, one common theory is that boras started the rumor himself in order to drive up a-rod's price.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

any team that signs a-rod is going to become the subject of a tampering investigation. that's a given. it's gonna be a question of whether or not the yankees can prove it more so than whether or not it actually happened.

regarding this specific story, one common theory is that boras started the rumor himself in order to drive up a-rod's price.

that aspect i don't doubt, i just doubt if it actually happened, which is what the writer should have asked, even if he puts that so and so denied it, at least he did his due dilligence and asked.

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

molina is probably the best backup catcher they've had since joe girardi and the list of backups includes - sal fasano, wil nieves, kelly stinnett, john flaherty, chris widger, alberto castillo.

sal fasano is a true american hero.

and apparently he's pretty sick at fantasy football, too (scroll down):

http://www.nomaas.org/dailynews.html

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

sal fasano is a true american hero.

and apparently he's pretty sick at fantasy football, too (scroll down):

http://www.nomaas.org/dailynews.html

he also plays chess, i remember reading that he and craig wilson often played before games last season.

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

that aspect i don't doubt, i just doubt if it actually happened, which is what the writer should have asked, even if he puts that so and so denied it, at least he did his due dilligence and asked.

i agree with this.

but you just never know with scott boras. he's a textbook scumbag.

the dodgers were advised to file tampering charges against the red sox for the nancy drew signing last year, but they didn't because they just wanted to get rid of the guy. i don't blame them.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

i agree with this.

but you just never know with scott boras. he's a textbook scumbag.

the dodgers were advised to file tampering charges against the red sox for the nancy drew signing last year, but they didn't because they just wanted to get rid of the guy. i don't blame them.

hey anyone that can 70 million for that guy must be doing a helluva job.

Bathgate66

its awesome that if we should finish in a tie with the redsawx ,
we get the division by virtue of season series edge .

niiiiice

Fighting Hellfish

win tomorrow and that puts the Yankees not one game away from a tie, but one game away from leading the division, as a result of the tiebreaker. therefore, you could almost say that if the Yanks win tomorrow, they will have virtually tied Boston.

Champagne Breakfast

These noname Bluejays are frustrating the hell outa me. Already 4-0.

Plus Yankees have lost the long ball. Hardly any homers lately.
A-Rod no homer since Kansas City!!!!!!!!!!

Allie

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

These noname Bluejays are frustrating the hell outa me. Already 4-0.

Plus Yankees have lost the long ball. Hardly any homers lately.
A-Rod no homer since Kansas City!!!!!!!!!!

A-Rod had two key hits in the Saturday game
oh geesh I forgot it was a day game. Ugh. We can come back, don't lose the faith yet.

4-0 in the 6th

edit 4-1 Jays bottom 8th! Ugh. And Andy started? What happened?!

NY PJ1

not looking good kids

if we lose this i think we should start resting some guys for the playoffs
accept the wildcard and win it al like 96

NY PJ1

ok we have life w/ arod coming up

xavier mcdaniel

looks like the yankees want to get going to tampa already, a lot of swings at first pitches today.

Champagne Breakfast

yea, seemed like an dead day. I'm frustrated as hell by this recent lack of power. .237 Giambi needs to stay on the bench. and I am sick and tired of johnny pop out damon.

NY PJ1

rest up for the wild card joe torre

Fighting Hellfish

Yeah, that sucked. Picking up 1 game over 6 is no problem. Picking up 2 will be tough

Allie

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Yeah, that sucked. Picking up 1 game over 6 is no problem. Picking up 2 will be tough

yeah but we have an 'easier' schedule playing Tampa Bay and Baltimore
theoretically it's still possible

we'll see

xavier mcdaniel

the yankees did their annual rookie hazing, that's a tradition that goes on in every mlb clubhouse. this year's theme was characters from the wizard of oz.

Joba chamberlain was the lion
Ian Kennedy was Dorothy
Phil hughes was the tin man
Shelley Duncan was the scarecrow

can't remember ever seeing a pack of reporters surrounding a guy dressed in a lion suit..

BetterThanYou

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

the yankees did their annual rookie hazing, that's a tradition that goes on in every mlb clubhouse. this year's theme was characters from the wizard of oz.

Joba chamberlain was the lion
Ian Kennedy was Dorothy
Phil hughes was the tin man
Shelley Duncan was the scarecrow

can't remember ever seeing a pack of reporters surrounding a guy dressed in a lion suit..

any pictures anywhere?

xavier mcdaniel

http://yankees.lohudblogs.com/

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Ian Kennedy was Dorothy
Phil hughes was the tin man
Shelley Duncan was the scarecrow

...and kyle farnsworth was all of the above.