The 2008 New York Yankees

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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,621
    NCBRI wrote:
    No starter named for Wednesday that I can find. You gotta think Hughes.

    I've been keeping track of that kid Denard Span for Minn. He's on my fantasy team now and he's been on fire. Hope he doesn't kill us this series.

    It's going to be Rasner. If he's not used today or tomorrow.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,621
    I think it's safe to say. "Wait 'til next year."
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  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    igotid88 wrote:
    I think it's safe to say. "Wait 'til next year."

    unreal how nobody is hitting jack shit. 4 hits, all singles. what the hell, man?
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,621
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    unreal how nobody is hitting jack shit. 4 hits, all singles. what the hell, man?

    1st and 3rd no outs. Nothing. Why wasn't Damon in the lineup? And Giambi.
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  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    igotid88 wrote:
    I think it's safe to say. "Wait 'til next year."
    it's not over till it's over! I think we could still pull out a shot at the wild card
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
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  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    igotid88 wrote:
    1st and 3rd no outs. Nothing. Why wasn't Damon in the lineup? And Giambi.

    i'm not a giambi hater, but that shit from yesterday....3-0 count and letting the bat sit on his shoulder for the next 2 pitches? that pissed me off.

    i hate thinking about giving up on a season, but i just don't see any heart in anyone on the team. just feels like they're going through the motions to get it over with.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • jeddeth
    jeddeth Posts: 93
    I'm looking for 4 tickets to the August 31st game against toronto if anyone has?

    thanks
    Things change. They wont change unless you make them. The best way to change something you don't like, is to change yourself. So if you feel like you have a piece of duct tape on your mouth and you can't escape, take it off, speak up, speak your mind, shout it out, let 'em hear ya! -EV
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    igotid88 wrote:
    I think it's safe to say. "Wait 'til next year."

    well, Tampa just lost Crawford and Longoria, likely both for the rest of the season. Couple that with the fact that their pitchers have never thrown this deep into the year (at least competitvely) and could be tiring. I have thought all year that Tampa was "for real". But losing Longoria and Crawford---that's brutal. Thier 2 best bats. Hell, their 2 best non-Kazmir players. Kicks a door wide open, let's see if this injury riddled $200 million behemoth has a heart
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, Tampa just lost Crawford and Longoria, likely both for the rest of the season. Couple that with the fact that their pitchers have never thrown this deep into the year (at least competitvely) and could be tiring. I have thought all year that Tampa was "for real". But losing Longoria and Crawford---that's brutal. Thier 2 best bats. Hell, their 2 best non-Kazmir players. Kicks a door wide open, let's see if this injury riddled $200 million behemoth has a heart

    The same could be same about the Red Sox, time to make a move or go home.

    Peace
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  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    g under p wrote:
    The same could be same about the Red Sox, time to make a move or go home.

    Peace

    good point. Amazing that they have both underperformed (sucked) so much this year. Who was pitching for The Twins toight? 2004 Johan Santana or Glen Perkins?

    Seriuously, as a Yankee fan, I have to say---the whole Yankee/Red Sox thing is so over. I've had much more fun watching the other division races this year.

    Cubs/Brewers/Cardinals. That Cubs 4 game road sweep was fascinating. I was glued to the set for every game. And The Cardinals just won't go away, despite having the worst bullpen this side of Shea Stadium

    Twins/White Sox. Fighting it out for the Division title everyone (including me) awarded to Detroit in mid-March

    DBacks/Dodgers. Will either finsih over .500? Will Colorado have another ridiculous comeback?

    Phillies/Mets/Marlins. How many games will the Mets blow with a 4 run lead entering the 8th? Why can't Philly runaway with it? How can the Marlins stay in it when they have the defense of a Sunday morning softball team?
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, Tampa just lost Crawford and Longoria, likely both for the rest of the season. Couple that with the fact that their pitchers have never thrown this deep into the year (at least competitvely) and could be tiring. I have thought all year that Tampa was "for real". But losing Longoria and Crawford---that's brutal. Thier 2 best bats. Hell, their 2 best non-Kazmir players. Kicks a door wide open, let's see if this injury riddled $200 million behemoth has a heart

    The thing is there aren't that many games left.

    If the Rays go .500 the rest of the way (23-22), that gives them a 94-68 record.

    For the Sox to tie the Rays, they have to go 26-17 down the stretch.

    For the yanks to tie the Rays, they have to go 31-12 down the stretch.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    good point. Amazing that they have both underperformed (sucked) so much this year. Who was pitching for The Twins toight? 2004 Johan Santana or Glen Perkins?

    I know this should be on the Red Sox thread, but I don't think the Sox have underperformed. They're still on pace to win 93 games. Last year they won 96 and were much healthier than this year's team.

    I also don't think the Yanks underperformed as much as expectations were too high with a shaky rotation going into the season.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    Solat13 wrote:
    The thing is there aren't that many games left.

    If the Rays go .500 the rest of the way (23-22), that gives them a 94-68 record.

    For the Sox to tie the Rays, they have to go 26-17 down the stretch.

    For the yanks to tie the Rays, they have to go 31-12 down the stretch.

    I know that your math can't be disputed. But I don't like looking at it that way. The way I look at it---win today, and hopefully pick up a game. Then it's 8 games back. Same for tomorrow, and then it's 7. Take it one day at a time. If the 2007 Phillies looked at it your way with 17 to play, they would have been making golf reservations in mid September.

    if they go 10-8, we have to go 17-0. If they go 8-10, we have to go 15-2. And yet, they did it.
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    Solat13 wrote:
    I know this should be on the Red Sox thread, but I don't think the Sox have underperformed. They're still on pace to win 93 games. Last year they won 96 and were much healthier than this year's team.

    I also don't think the Yanks underperformed as much as expectations were too high with a shaky rotation going into the season.

    good point.
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    I know that your math can't be disputed. But I don't like looking at it that way. The way I look at it---win today, and hopefully pick up a game. Then it's 8 games back. Same for tomorrow, and then it's 7. Take it one day at a time. If the 2007 Phillies looked at it your way with 17 to play, they would have been making golf reservations in mid September.

    if they go 10-8, we have to go 17-0. If they go 8-10, we have to go 15-2. And yet, they did it.

    Tampa has only 2 real tough stretches in their schedule. 6 games next week with the Angels (home) and White Sox (road)

    and then a hellish stretch to open September 16 of 19 games with the Red Sox, Yanks, and Twins.

    If they go .500 during those stretches, the division is theirs.

    I know what you're saying that anything can happen, but as a math and stat geek, it's definitely a tall order for the Rays to not make the post season at this point.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,434
    Obviously anything is possible but since 1996 when they played the first 162-game season with three divisions, only two division leaders that had at least 70 wins by August 15 have failed to make the playoffs. Out of 34 teams that fall into that classification, it has happened just five percent of the time and each time by the Seattle Mariners.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
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  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    Solat13 wrote:
    Tampa has only 2 real tough stretches in their schedule. 6 games next week with the Angels (home) and White Sox (road)

    and then a hellish stretch to open September 16 of 19 games with the Red Sox, Yanks, and Twins.

    If they go .500 during those stretches, the division is theirs.

    I know what you're saying that anything can happen, but as a math and stat geek, it's definitely a tall order for the Rays to not make the post season at this point.


    but don't forget, Longoria and Crawford. That changes everything
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,621
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, Tampa just lost Crawford and Longoria, likely both for the rest of the season. Couple that with the fact that their pitchers have never thrown this deep into the year (at least competitvely) and could be tiring. I have thought all year that Tampa was "for real". But losing Longoria and Crawford---that's brutal. Thier 2 best bats. Hell, their 2 best non-Kazmir players. Kicks a door wide open, let's see if this injury riddled $200 million behemoth has a heart

    It just seems they find a way to win no matter what.
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  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    I know that your math can't be disputed. But I don't like looking at it that way. The way I look at it---win today, and hopefully pick up a game. Then it's 8 games back. Same for tomorrow, and then it's 7. Take it one day at a time. If the 2007 Phillies looked at it your way with 17 to play, they would have been making golf reservations in mid September.

    if they go 10-8, we have to go 17-0. If they go 8-10, we have to go 15-2. And yet, they did it.
    all it is, is just a few streaks..we pull off 4-5 in a row and Red Sox or Rays lose like 2 or 3 we're back to 5 or 4 games behind. NO need to stress yet..see yall in October

    how did phillies take the division from the mets last yr?

    ;)
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  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    Bottom line, if this team doesn't hit like they should down the stretch then they will not be playing any playoff games. It's no secret that Posada and Matsui being out of the lineup is a BIG deal, but their absences don't account for the endless double plays this team is hitting into. It also doesn't explain all the runners left on base. It's put up or shut time for these guys.

    Hughes pitching in the land of Dunder Mifflin tonight. Whether this team makes the playoffs or not, I really want to see him finish the year off healthy and pitching well for the Yanks.

    Moose on the hill tonight going for #16. I'm still amazed at how well he has pitched this year.
    Brian

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