The 2009 New York Yankees Thread

igotid88

Phil Hughes and Austin Jackson had good games today in the Arizona Fall League.

igotid88

The Yankees have canceled the concert next month to close Yankee Stadium. Mostly because they weren't sure they could get the artists they planned to get.

Champagne Breakfast

If I was Girardi I would have the each member of the Yanks study their city sharing friends...The New York Giants very closely this off season. Have them watch every snap, watch film from last year, watch the parade, and hell even go to their practices. See what it is like to be a true TEAM.

NothingSound

No way would I trade Cano. He had a bad year. He's still one of the best, young 2b in the game. You don't forget how to hit .320 when you're 26. I blame the hitting coach. Cano will bounce back and is way more valuable to the Yankees then people here are saying.

I think the Yanks will go after, and get CC and Burnett. Andy will retire.

09 Rotation:

CC
Wang
Burnett
Joba
Moose

igotid88

Hughes had another good outing in the AFL today.

JSBE

Will Wall Street's woes hit the Yankees?

The New York Yankees are counting on corporate titans to pony up as much as $850,000 a year for luxury boxes in the team's new stadium.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/14/magazines/fortune/birger_yanks.fortune/index.htm

igotid88

Yankees fired Bobby Meacham and Rich Monteleone.

Champagne Breakfast

Apparently Pettite is going to come back next year.
Personally I'd like either Pettitte or Mussina retire. Don't really want both of them back. Need some young fresh blood. It'd be a nice way for Mussina to go out with the 20 win season.

Would you rather Pettitte or Mussina if you could have just one?

ReleaseMe...

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

Apparently Pettite is going to come back next year.
Personally I'd like either Pettitte or Mussina retire. Don't really want both of them back. Need some young fresh blood. It'd be a nice way for Mussina to go out with the 20 win season.

Would you rather Pettitte or Mussina if you could have just one?

young fresh blood that hughes kennedy and joba were supposed to be? doing preseason interviews last year about how its gonna be hard for the all star manager to choose which one will start the game?

id take andy. less likely to spin a slow breaking ball into the zone to get crushed and break the new scoreboard

Champagne Breakfast

ReleaseMe... wrote:

young fresh blood that hughes kennedy and joba were supposed to be? doing preseason interviews last year about how its gonna be hard for the all star manager to choose which one will start the game?

id take andy. less likely to spin a slow breaking ball into the zone to get crushed and break the new scoreboard

huh???
ok hughes was a major disappointmen but i still want him around. hes 22 with a lot of potential. kennedy can take his ass somewhere else and never come back. & Joba is the man. They're just F'ing with him too much. Just make him a starter of a reliever (eventual closer) and keep it that way dammit.

I'm saying i want either pettitte or mus and then some new & maybe young faces.

BetterThanYou

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

Apparently Pettite is going to come back next year.
Personally I'd like either Pettitte or Mussina retire. Don't really want both of them back. Need some young fresh blood. It'd be a nice way for Mussina to go out with the 20 win season.

Would you rather Pettitte or Mussina if you could have just one?

after the way moose pitched this season, it's a tough call....but i guess i'd go with pettitte. nothing against moose, i just feel a bit more comfortable with andy.

Champagne Breakfast

first new out of team meetings.....Joba "most likely" to be in the starting rotation. Good call. I'm glad they are deciding early so he can prepare and have peice of mind. Now keep it that way!!

BetterThanYou

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

first new out of team meetings.....Joba "most likely" to be in the starting rotation. Good call. I'm glad they are deciding early so he can prepare and have peice of mind. Now keep it that way!!

i like it that way, too. now i can look at the rotation and figure out what game he'll be pitching and (hopefully) get tickets for that game. we went to one game in may and hoped so hard to see him come in for an inning, but it didn't happen.

igotid88

Joba was arrested for DUI. He was stopped for speeding in Nebraska. And there was open container.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ai1VZxRX.z3slV3UecardFkRvLYF?slug=ap-yankees-chamberlaindui&prov=ap&type=lgns

Champagne Breakfast

Btw....anyone see Center Stage with Jorge Posada. I debuted a few months ago but is the latest episode of this show. I thought it was one of the best Center Stage editions I have seen if not the best. Posada is tough balls to the wall dude. Not too many others like him on the team.

intodeep

Hughes got shelled to the tune of 8 runs in less then three innings.

Frustrating considering his other two starts were good but he had a lot of walks.

Champagne Breakfast

I think the Yanks would be demented not to be serious players in the Jake Peavy trade market. I know SD is asking for an arm and a leg in prospects but im hoping the Yanks at least try to offer a good package. Maybe around Melky and Kennedy??? Peavy is an ace! However he wants to stay in the NL which may factor in

ReleaseMe...

i would rather give prospects (including melky and kennedy) than just going after every free agent

igotid88

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

I think the Yanks would be demented not to be serious players in the Jake Peavy trade market. I know SD is asking for an arm and a leg in prospects but im hoping the Yanks at least try to offer a good package. Maybe around Melky and Kennedy??? Peavy is an ace! However he wants to stay in the NL which may factor in

I don't think he could handle NY. And isn't he always hurt?

igotid88

Hughes pitched in the Rising Stars game today. Didn't have a good outing. Gave up two 2 run homers. But only one was 3 were earned.