2007 Yankees

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although most espn guys are picking the indians, last nights special both baseball tonight dudes picked Yankees Phillies World Series.
That is also my prediction.

Lotsa runs

Fighting Hellfish

Ohlendorf and Veras make the roster, Villone does not. No lefty in the bullpen for the first round. Bit of a surprise with the tribe so lefty oriented. (Hafner, Sizemore, plus Martinez switch hits)

Champagne Breakfast

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Ohlendorf and Veras make the roster, Villone does not. No lefty in the bullpen for the first round. Bit of a surprise with the tribe so lefty oriented. (Hafner, Sizemore, plus Martinez switch hits)

wow. very suprising. I guess they really punished the guys who couldn't throw stikes this year (except farnsworth). I'm not sure about that move. Well see i guess. Hopefully we won't need too much from the pen

xavier mcdaniel

Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera CF
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
Chien-Ming Wang RHP

that's the lineup.

Jwmcc

"The Yankees cannot lose."

"But I fear the Indians of Cleveland."

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

"I fear both the Tigers of Detroit and the Indians of Cleveland."

"Be careful or you will fear even the Reds of Cincinnati and the White Sox of Chicago."

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

as long as we don't have to be bothered with angel hernandez or joe west..

don't even get me started on joe west. joe west is a walking counter example to the theory of evolution.

whose bright idea was it to put him on the same crew as c.b. bucknor this year?

i have to say though, i'm not a big fan of bruce froemming either. i'm definitely happy that he's retiring at the end of the year.

BetterManningNYG

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Ohlendorf and Veras make the roster, Villone does not. No lefty in the bullpen for the first round. Bit of a surprise with the tribe so lefty oriented. (Hafner, Sizemore, plus Martinez switch hits)

:eek::mad:

dammit, joe...

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

:eek::mad:

dammit, joe...

i don't mind this villone barely pitched down the stretch and the key righties have good numbers against lefthanded hitters.

BetterManningNYG

since division series play began in 1995, the yankees are 2-5 when winning game one and 5-0 when losing game one.

1998 and 1999 were the only two years in which the yankees won the ALDS after winning game one. they swept the rangers both years and held them to two runs combined over those six games.

xavier mcdaniel

and each of their last three series' have seen them win the first game.

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

i don't mind this villone barely pitched down the stretch and the key righties have good numbers against lefthanded hitters.

i'm not really sold on veras. he's got plus stuff, but i don't see him putting it together before 2008. i'd take just about anyone who throws left handed over veras in the bullpen:

al leiter, johnny damon, michael vick, kurt cobain, you get the point...

maybe they should have tried chase wright in that role in september if they weren't willing to use villone.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

i'm not really sold on veras. he's got plus stuff, but i don't see him putting it together before 2008. i'd take just about anyone who throws left handed over veras in the bullpen:

al leiter, johnny damon, michael vick, kurt cobain, you get the point...

maybe they should have tried chase wright in that role in september if they weren't willing to use villone.

i wouldn't worry about it now, but if the yankees have to even use the last guy in the bullpen in a nine-inning game that would be a problem. but i really like ohlendorf's stuff.

BetterManningNYG

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

i wouldn't worry about it now, but if the yankees have to even use the last guy in the bullpen in a nine-inning game that would be a problem. but i really like ohlendorf's stuff.

very true, although it's nice to have the lefty-lefty matchup if needed.

vizcaino is probably the biggest bullpen concern since he'll likely end up as the seventh inning guy.

i wouldn't mind seeing ohlendorf get a key inning or two.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterManningNYG wrote:

very true, although it's nice to have the lefty-lefty matchup if needed.

vizcaino is probably the biggest bullpen concern since he'll likely end up as the seventh inning guy.

i wouldn't mind seeing ohlendorf get a key inning or two.

I trust Vizcaino. here's i see how is breaking down.

one-run game:

-Vizcaino - sixth
-Chamberlain - seventh and eighth
- Rivera - ninth

two-run game

-Farnsworth - sixth
Vizcaino - to start the seventh
Chamberlain - eighth
Rivera - ninth

At some point in this series, I'd think Farnsworth would be asked to get a big out and we'll see if the windup he used in his last two outings translates to success.

The other guys are mix and match or there for a blowout if one does happen.

And those projections are more geared towards Game Three and Four as I don't expect Clemens and Mussina to get past the sixth while I figure Wang and Pettitte can get to the seventh.

Fighting Hellfish

big thing with FWorth is that he can't really pitch 2 days in a row. Use him in Game 1 nd he's pretty much out for Game 2

xavier mcdaniel

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

big thing with FWorth is that he can't really pitch 2 days in a row. Use him in Game 1 nd he's pretty much out for Game 2

which is why i'd go with him in game two if i had to since they have saturday off. and same thing for game four if they have to since they have tuesday off if there's a game five.

he only pitched twice on consecutive days after the break.

july 14-15 he gave up one run and three hits in two innings
sept 24-25 he pitched two hitless innings

before the break he pitched on consecutive days three times, one instance was a blown save against seattle and another was a three-run debacle in san francisco.

last year he pitched consecutive days 12 times, including three in a row in late May when he picked up a blown save and then had a day off and had two more blown saves.

Allie

BetterManningNYG wrote:

well the indians have a good team, and wang's ability to pitch on the road worries me.

the other part of it is that no one wants to hear why the yankees are gonna win. ESPN knows this as well as anyone. it doesn't make for good reporting. people watch the playoffs to see the yankees lose. a great use of their time, i'm sure.

the fact that sabathia hasn't faced the yankees since '04 might be a cause for concern. the yankees don't do well against pitchers they haven't seen, and in this case we're talking about one of the best in the league. also, they were terrible all year against lefties on the road.

lol... you called him a "she." i don't even think it was on purpose either. that's what makes it so funny.

yeah but they know from Sabathia, it's not like it's a rookie
I guess it has been a while
I'm happy these games start EARLY! Sweet!

Allie

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera CF
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
Chien-Ming Wang RHP

that's the lineup.

what are you thinking about Matsui DH'ing with that just-dranied knee? Is he good to go?

Allie

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

ok, so the jew hating autograph seeking Ump mans the plate for Game 1. Doesn't mean anything, I just wanted to use the phrase "Jew Hating Autograph Seeking Ump"

And yes, the she comment was both accidental and hilarious

who's the Jew hater?! :eek:
why?

xavier mcdaniel

Allie wrote:

what are you thinking about Matsui DH'ing with that just-dranied knee? Is he good to go?

he said he's good to go when i asked him about it, he said that getting the fluid out eliminated the pain.


the thing with having giambi on the bench is having a power hitter and a good personality. many other players that have the amount of home runs that giambi has would complain but he doesn't and can come in and hit a late-inning home run or a big hit.

BetterManningNYG

Allie wrote:

who's the Jew hater?! :eek:

ummm... brian bruney?

xavier mcdaniel

Allie wrote:

who's the Jew hater?! :eek:
why?

Bruce Froemming. In 2003 he was suspended for this:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/01/30/froemming_suspended_ap/

Allie

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Bruce Froemming. In 2003 he was suspended for this:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/01/30/froemming_suspended_ap/

this is literally my face :eek:
I do not recall that.

wow

Allie

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

he said he's good to go when i asked him about it, he said that getting the fluid out eliminated the pain.


the thing with having giambi on the bench is having a power hitter and a good personality. many other players that have the amount of home runs that giambi has would complain but he doesn't and can come in and hit a late-inning home run or a big hit.

Matsui!!! That's my Mom's favorite!

Well that's good.

yea Giambi is a good sport. He can come up big off the bench.

Jwmcc

Here is the Indians theme song, guess this helps pump them up:

http://hrkaccircus.com/INDIANFEVER.mp3

xavier mcdaniel

it's better than this one that the mets once had:

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

Fighting Hellfish

Ankle injury to Mientkiewicz today. A cameraman somehow rolled his ankle?!?!?! WTF? He expects to play.

Bathgate66

mike and the dog on yes are sporadically breaking into press conferences out in cleveland.

they just had the captain on.

he spoke of the youth movement , the energy levels the youth bring , and them getting the jobs done.

Fighting Hellfish

that's where I heard about the M'wicz injury.

Bathgate66

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

that's where I heard about the M'wicz injury.

haha

damn cameramen !