The 2008 New York Yankees

xavier mcdaniel

batting practice is probably better because at the press gate the security puts up barrier and players don't sign as much as they used to. but it is interesting to see the players pull up on the team bus or drive into the parking lot.

Fighting Hellfish

I found out recently why players don't sign a smych as they used to. I went into a Steiner Sports store in the mall, and autographed balls are going for $200-$500 depending on the player. Why sign for free when you could sign for a greasy, sleazy, autograph peddler?

igotid88

Bathgate66 wrote:

stress fracture right 9th rib.
( i guess that can be confused with an oblique )

& some kind of eye problem ,

Hughes has got some big problems-:eek:

Out til at least July.

Allie

don't the gates only open like 2 hrs before game time?

Can you go to Monument Park before the gates open?


Oy, things look bleak. Maybe they'll call this one for a rain out?

SpreadtheJAM

Yanks are going to be in big trouble this year. Wang is the only gaurantee they have in the rotation. Kennedy looks like shit hughes done for the most part. Pettite is showing his age too, although he will probably come around. Too many old slow bats on the offensive side. Can't wait until guys like Giambi, Matsui, and damon are all gone.

It will be easier to work with a clean slate.

BetterThanYou

SpreadtheJAM wrote:

Yanks are going to be in big trouble this year. Wang is the only gaurantee they have in the rotation. Kennedy looks like shit hughes done for the most part. Pettite is showing his age too, although he will probably come around. Too many old slow bats on the offensive side. Can't wait until guys like Giambi, Matsui, and damon are all gone.

It will be easier to work with a clean slate.

i had the same attitude last season by the time the all star break came around. pretty much gave up on them. then they made a hell of a run after the break. i'm not counting them out until it's an absolute.

MyHandsBound

xavier...where's the old announcer, I haven't heard his voice in like two games....and what's wrong with the team....

Fighting Hellfish

You mean Bob Sheppard? he's ill, a bronchial infection dating back to last year's playoffs. he epects to be back soon. He's 97 years old.

Fighting Hellfish

MyHandsBound wrote:

and what's wrong with the team....

too old in a few spots, too young in a few spots. This is a transition period for them, as Giambi and Mussina will definately be gone after this year, and possibly Abreu and Pettitte also. I just hope they try and fill Hughes wpot with someone from the system, and don't panic George style and deal off a few prospects for some bum like Bronson Arroyo

MyHandsBound

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

You mean Bob Sheppard? he's ill, a bronchial infection dating back to last year's playoffs. he epects to be back soon. He's 97 years old.

yeah he sounds like he's been doing that for a long long (long) time....I hope he gets well:)

MyHandsBound

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

too old in a few spots, too young in a few spots. This is a transition period for them, as Giambi and Mussina will definately be gone after this year, and possibly Abreu and Pettitte also. I just hope they try and fill Hughes wpot with someone from the system, and don't panic George style and deal off a few prospects for some bum like Bronson Arroyo

they need some serious intervention

g under p

Did I just hear Joba might have cracked a rib from coughing or was I just tripping?

Peace

MyHandsBound

g under p wrote:

Did I just hear Joba might have cracked a rib from coughing or was I just tripping?

Peace

hues has a rib fracture.....go figure......

xavier mcdaniel

pretty much everything that fighting hellfish said. if these pitchers are as good as advertised or hyped up to be and if it means they miss the playoffs this year, that's the way it has to be. Sometimes you have to take a step back to move two forward.

myhook

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

pretty much everything that fighting hellfish said. if these pitchers are as good as advertised or hyped up to be and if it means they miss the playoffs this year, that's the way it has to be. Sometimes you have to take a step back to move two forward.

Amen!! As much of a die hard Yankees fan I am, I am also a realist. You can't win every year. It doesn't matter how much money you spend. But I became a die hard in the 80's when they were terrible so having this magical run from 96 - now has been awesome. Hey look at Boston. They won the WS in 2004 missed the playoffs in 06 (actually came in 3rd behind Tor) and won the WS again last year. Missing the playoff is not the end of the world.

I think they are heading in the right direction. For years people said they bought their championships, which I think is BS anyway. And now they are building the farm system and going with the youngsters. Which of course you are going to take your lumps.

macci

Well the Yanks looked just awful against the Tigers, but at least they have rebounded against Seattle. I know the Mariners have been on a slide, but without A-rod & Posada, the offense at least has been scoring some runs for out pitchers.

Rasner hasn't looked bad today at all. He made one mistake in the first, but no bumps other than that.

Allie

It was a nice win
and Abreu has been on fire lately

hopefully we'll keep it going vs the Indians.

PS-sorry to Animal about sweeping yous guys
hee hee

xavier mcdaniel

some things to note


Yankees have won 14 of their last 19 home games vs. the Mariners. They batted .324 (34-for-105) in the series.

The Yankees were the last team that put together a five-run inning.

The Yankees are 15-1 when a starter goes six innings.

Damon, Jeter, Abreu and Matsui were 21-for-37 with 11 Runs and Nine RBI in the last two games.

Damon has reached in 19 straight games, the longest current streak in the AL

Cabrera did not hit his sixth home run until July 31 of last season. He has reached base in 29 of 31 games

Jeter is batting .341 since returning from his quad injury.

LONGRD

seems like Boston and New York's strength and weaknesses are total opposites. Red Sox are struggling at the plate recent, while their pitching is looking good. Yanks are the other way around. Youk has a nice day!

macci

Allie wrote:

It was a nice win
and Abreu has been on fire lately

hopefully we'll keep it going vs the Indians.

We'd be screwed without Bobby so far this year. I can't even imagine.....

Champagne Breakfast

Kei Igawa to take Hughes spot in the rotation and most likely pitch towards the end of this week. Help!

BetterThanYou

just to let anyone know...we made it to the game saturday and are already making plans to go back at least a couple more times before the season is over.

we got in for batting practice and i got a shit-ton of decent pictures. i should have them uploaded before the weekend, and i'll post a link to them when they're online.

our seats were almost all the way up top (only 4 rows behind us) on the first base side. while filing out after the game we saw a girl go head over heels, tumbling down over the seats. big cut on her forehead, big goose egg forming on her forehead, cuts and scrapes all over her arms and back. she was wrecked up. pretty hammered, so probably not feeling the pain until the next morning.

such a good time, can't wait to get back there later this summer.

myhook

BetterThanYou wrote:

just to let anyone know...we made it to the game saturday and are already making plans to go back at least a couple more times before the season is over.

we got in for batting practice and i got a shit-ton of decent pictures. i should have them uploaded before the weekend, and i'll post a link to them when they're online.

our seats were almost all the way up top (only 4 rows behind us) on the first base side. while filing out after the game we saw a girl go head over heels, tumbling down over the seats. big cut on her forehead, big goose egg forming on her forehead, cuts and scrapes all over her arms and back. she was wrecked up. pretty hammered, so probably not feeling the pain until the next morning.

such a good time, can't wait to get back there later this summer.

Any luck getting any autographs?

BetterThanYou

myhook wrote:

Any luck getting any autographs?

we only saw joba signing on the first base side during batting practice. i tried to get over there, but he had walked away before i could even get close. but man, i got some really good pics of him, wang, matsui, jeter (hitting during bp), and a bunch of other pictures of everyone else while the game was going on.

we could see joba warming up in the bullpen during the 8th and we were hoping he'd come in, but sadly it wasn't the case. no biggie. hopefully we'll see him play the next game we make it down. plus, a-rod will most likely be playing, so i won't have to hear my wife moan and groan about not being able to see him.

xavier mcdaniel

BetterThanYou wrote:

we only saw joba signing on the first base side during batting practice. i tried to get over there, but he had walked away before i could even get close. but man, i got some really good pics of him, wang, matsui, jeter (hitting during bp), and a bunch of other pictures of everyone else while the game was going on.

we could see joba warming up in the bullpen during the 8th and we were hoping he'd come in, but sadly it wasn't the case. no biggie. hopefully we'll see him play the next game we make it down. plus, a-rod will most likely be playing, so i won't have to hear my wife moan and groan about not being able to see him.

and try to see monument park if you can. the best bet for that is to get in when the gate open right away.

looking forward to seeing your pictures.

BetterThanYou

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

and try to see monument park if you can. the best bet for that is to get in when the gate open right away.

looking forward to seeing your pictures.

yeah, we wanted to see monument park, but we got so hung up with bp, that it was too late. next time, though. definitely next time.

NOCODE#1

myhook wrote:

this magical run from 96 - now has been awesome. .

so you define magical as having spent 1,167,684.431 get you over the last 7 years? to .............make the playoffs. i see, most people would call that gross mismanagement on the highest stage.

actually didnt come to rip on the yanks here this is what i wanted to post.

so apparently the press has given in to Hank. Even though he is but a cog in ownership, the press now just call him steinbrenner. I mean he didnt buy the team he didnt earn his position.
excerpt below from espn.com


Instead, the Bombers were just 2-10 in the games started by their rookie right-handers. Cashman said he hasn't changed his long-term assessment of either Hughes or Kennedy. But Steinbrenner was so disheartened after the Bombers were swept by the Tigers at the Stadium last week -- the first time that had happened since 1966 -- he told the Associated Press he was "disappointed with the way the season has gone."

Steinbrenner's irritation is partly linked to Santana's success. One Yankee insider said, "[Hank] has to read about Santana winning another game every five days, which you know is driving him crazy." It's worth remembering that Cashman is in the final year of his contract, and if the Bombers fail to make it to the playoffs for the first time since 1993, it's the GM who'll pick up the check.


are we fucking serious? hank is now just steinbrenner and apparently the voice from on high?

xavier mcdaniel

I was having this discussion with my dad earlier about some of the trades they've made and we came to the conclusion that a rotation of

Javier Vazquez, Pettitte, Wang, Mussina and someone else wouldn't be awful. Of course this was as I was watching Vazquez against the Jays tonight.

Fighting Hellfish

On the flip side, how about a rotation of Jaret Wright, Jeff Weaver, Kevin Brown, Sidney Ponson, and the ace, Carl Pavano?


I totally agree about vazquez. they gave up on him way too quick. The only redemption for that trade is if Ohlendorf or Steven Jackson (both brought over for randy Johnson) turn out to be solid major league pitchers

xavier mcdaniel

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

On the flip side, how about a rotation of Jaret Wright, Jeff Weaver, Kevin Brown, Sidney Ponson, and the ace, Carl Pavano?


I totally agree about vazquez. they gave up on him way too quick. The only redemption for that trade is if Ohlendorf or Steven Jackson (both brought over for randy Johnson) turn out to be solid major league pitchers

yeah, that's a sickening thought. i'd have been willing to give weaver more of a chance, especially over brown.