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  • MyHandsBound
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    yeah baseball...I missed it...(I'm watching a preseason game on tv now...they played the astros earlier today and an encore show is on now :D ....)
  • MyHandsBound
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    yeah baseball...I missed it...(I'm watching a preseason game on tv now...they played the astros earlier today and an encore show is on now :D ....)


    hehe..shawn chacon (sp) is the pitcher for the astros today....:)
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
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  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    I heard on the radio the other day that tix for the final regular season game at The Stadium were listing for as much as $17,000 online. :eek: Don't they know that there will be more games in the Bronx during the postseason? ;) Tix for last game at Shea were listing for as high as $3,500 I think.
    Brian
  • BetterManningNYG
    BetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    the yankees lost top catching prospect francisco cervelli to a broken wrist yesterday when tampa bay minor leaguer elliot "pete rose" johnson decided that it was appropriate to run him over in a spring training game.

    cervelli was viewed as the primary in-house candidate to eventually replace jorge posada. he'll be out 8-10 weeks.

    http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080308&content_id=2413856&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

    joe maddon finally responded to girardi today:
    “I like Joe. I’ve always liked Joe. If he would like to have a conversation, I’d like to talk about politics, I’m good with global warming; I’m good with a lot of different topics on a daily basis. I like iTunes, I download some stuff off iTunes, I like different restaurants; I like red wine. I have a lot of different areas I can go conversationally.’’

    http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/03/09/maddon-and-zimmer-answer-back/

    what a worthless piece of shit. maybe he should focus on trying to win more than 70 games in a season. you'd think it wouldn't be that difficult when your team has the number one overall draft pick every single year.

    meanwhile, phil hughes threw four scoreless innings today. he gave up no hits and two walks (both in the fourth inning).
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    BetterManningNYG wrote:
    the yankees lost top catching prospect francisco cervelli to a broken wrist yesterday when tampa bay minor leaguer elliot "pete rose" johnson decided that it was appropriate to run him over in a spring training game.

    cervelli was viewed as the primary in-house candidate to eventually replace jorge posada. he'll be out 8-10 weeks.

    http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080308&content_id=2413856&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

    joe maddon finally responded to girardi today:



    http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/03/09/maddon-and-zimmer-answer-back/

    what a worthless piece of shit. maybe he should focus on trying to win more than 70 games in a season. you'd think it wouldn't be that difficult when your team has the number one overall draft pick every single year.

    meanwhile, phil hughes threw four scoreless innings today. he gave up no hits and two walks (both in the fourth inning).


    First of all, that was a bush play. I know the kids trying to make the team, but you don't run over a catcher in spring training. Regular season game, yeah, clean play.

    2nd of all, Maddon just pretty much guaranteed that one of his better players will get one i the ear at some point this year.


    ETA:From the same blog BettreManning NYG linked from. There aren't too many guys I respect in baseball more than Ron Gardenhire.

    A few enterprising New York reporters went over to ask a neutral party, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire, what he thought.

    Gardenhire said such a play is not the norm for spring training but he can understand how it happens.

    “It’s instinctive,” he said. “But you’re sad to see somebody get hurt like that in spring training.”

    Gardenhire said he doesn’t put on any contact plays in spring training or bring his infield in. He also warns his third base coach not to take any unnecessary risks that could result in collisions.
  • BetterManningNYG
    BetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    First of all, that was a bush play. I know the kids trying to make the team, but you don't run over a catcher in spring training. Regular season game, yeah, clean play.

    2nd of all, Maddon just pretty much guaranteed that one of his better players will get one i the ear at some point this year.


    ETA:From the same blog BettreManning NYG linked from. There aren't too many guys I respect in baseball more than Ron Gardenhire.

    A few enterprising New York reporters went over to ask a neutral party, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire, what he thought.

    Gardenhire said such a play is not the norm for spring training but he can understand how it happens.

    “It’s instinctive,” he said. “But you’re sad to see somebody get hurt like that in spring training.”

    Gardenhire said he doesn’t put on any contact plays in spring training or bring his infield in. He also warns his third base coach not to take any unnecessary risks that could result in collisions.

    i guess it's not the kid's fault. he was just following orders. the rays (god that's an awful name) are an organization that breeds attitude problems, and this is an example of why. this was the second time in less than a week that they made headlines for running over a catcher. it seems like they take pride in playing baseball the wrong way.

    what really bothers me is joe maddon's response. he may have ruined the career of a promising 22-year old, and all he has to say about it is a bunch of sarcastic bullshit about itunes and red wine. baseball doesn't need losers like him.

    i'll bet that josh hamilton, delmon young, and elijah dukes would have turned out much differently if they had been developed by a competent organization. such a waste of talent...

    ron gardenhire is definitely a class act. he sounded like he was impressed by hughes today, too. i hope bill smith was taking notes. :)
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    funny thing is, i read a few weeks ago that they shipped out Dukes and Young beacuse they didn't want those 2 to have a negative influence on uber prospect Evan Longoria. Like it was okay for them to ruin the team for everyone else in years past.

    And speaking of the Rays, how about Carl Crawford as the Yankees leadoff man and LF on Opening Day of the new stadium. He's a free agent at the end of the year, though Tampa may hold an option on him. Not like they'll pay him anyway
  • BetterManningNYG
    BetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    And speaking of the Rays, how about Carl Crawford as the Yankees leadoff man and LF on Opening Day of the new stadium. He's a free agent at the end of the year, though Tampa may hold an option on him. Not like they'll pay him anyway

    they'll pay him if they think they can compete in '09. with david price in the rotation, they could be damn good. that kid can pitch. i'd trade joba for him right now. but knowing the rays, they'll find a way to screw it all up...

    i definitely wouldn't mind seeing crawford in pinstripes, but let's see how melky, tabata, ajax, and gardner do this year. if all goes well, they might not even need crawford.
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    you're right, I would love to see that OF. Been a fan of Carl Crawford for years though
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    Question about Crawford. As fast as he is, why doesn't he play CF?

    Nice to see Hughes throwing 4 hitless innings today. I imagine he was a little extra amped playing against the Twins even if it was just a preseason game.
    Brian
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,630
    Billy Crystal is gonna sign a one day minor league contract. And play on Thursday.
    I miss igotid88
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    I wonder how The Pirates feel about this? Personally, i think this should have been done a few weeks ago, when they were playing intrasquad games.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    igotid88 wrote:
    Billy Crystal is gonna sign a one day minor league contract. And play on Thursday.

    this will be fun. hes almost 60! i am anxious to see how he does haha.
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    Sounds like the last event at Yankee Stadium may be an NHL game.
    Brian
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    I read about that. Blasphemous.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,630
    NCBRI wrote:
    Sounds like the last event at Yankee Stadium may be an NHL game.

    I know. I wish I could go. I wonder if they'll open the black seats.
    I miss igotid88
  • BetterManningNYG
    BetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    NCBRI wrote:
    Sounds like the last event at Yankee Stadium may be an NHL game.

    i don't like that it would be the last game. i'd still consider going though.

    but on new year's day? that's rough. i already have a scheduled hangover to sleep off. better make it a night game...
  • BetterManningNYG
    BetterManningNYG Posts: 777
    i just ordered my tickets for the scranton/trenton game on april 1st (at trenton). it should be a good opportunity to see the prospects:

    http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=386
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    big brawls at the moment w/ tampa

    duncan wiped out somebody at 2nd base

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