2007 Yankees

momofglynn wrote:

I still bring it up after all these years becasue when someone states that Lowell did something wrong or that he hasn't got class, it rubs me the wrong way, he really is a great addition to the Sox and he is a top notch guy. When you mention Alex, you immediately start thinking of the crap he has pulled. In terms of Alex he is known for doing crappy things on and off the field. He's his own worst enemy and quite easy to pick on.

well... aren't you expecting to be "rubbed the wrong way" when you click on a yankee thread? i'm sure you realize in advance that most of the opinions in here will be contrary to your own. that being said, you seem pretty cool and you're always welcome to participate in the discussion... but it's still a yankee thread! anyone who might take offense to a yankee fan's opinions can enter at their own risk. that's just how it is...

getting back to a-rod, it's really a no-win situation for us fans. if we boo him, it's because we're spoiled and don't recognize his talent. if we support him, it means that we condone his poor sportsmanship and are therefore just as bad as he is. i kinda wish that one of the critics would just come out and tell us specifically how we're supposed to react to a-rod's presence on our team. it would make things a hell of a lot easier for us. :rolleyes:;)

also, i don't think it makes much sense to keep bringing up one specific event in the yanks/sox rivalry. i could talk about how jason varitek attacked a-rod without taking off his catcher's mask a few months earlier. or i could bring up pedro's headhunting... i'm sure you're well aware of how dirty and emotionally unstable us yankee fans thought he was. but what does it matter? it's a dirty rivalry (although not nearly as bad today as it was in the late '70s). it's ridiculous to assume that specific members of the yankees are any more to blame than specific members of the red sox.

personally, i don't think any of these incidents are that big of a deal. in the era of agents and unions and multi-million dollar contracts, i feel like the players have gotten soft. and baseball's unwritten rules are constantly being re-written to reflect this.

fuck it, look at ty cobb. he made a hall of fame career out of doing things that were much worse than anything we're talking about here. and a-rod's poor sportsmanship certainly isn't in the same league as pete rose ruining ray fosse's career by slamming into him in an all-star game.

it's not even that i care about mike lowell's play so much. i just think it's ridiculous that it was considered infinitely less offensive than "pop-up gate" in toronto. that's all.

Allie02 wrote:

Hey did you see Fever Pitch, btw? What a cute movie that was. It made me want to go visit Fenway.

*sigh*

i'm starting to worry about you, allie...

NCBRI wrote:

Good ol' Ed Yarnall. He was supposed to be the prize pitching prospect in that Lowell deal. http://www.waswatching.com/archives/2005/10/ed_yarnall.html

it wasn't about ed yarnall. it was about clearing 3B for drew henson. :rolleyes:

i'd like to check brian cashman's math on that projection. i think he forgot to carry the one...

it didn't really matter though. brosius, ventura, and boone all worked out well. then we traded soriano for a-rod, thus opening 2B for robinson cano.

i'm not convinced that lowell would have been a great yankee stadium hitter at this point in his career, anyway.

Another tack on homerun by Alex. oh yea that reminds me. I don't know if you heard this but on espn radio here in nyc. The guy who does the show with Stephen A. Smith had a problem with A-Rod putting his hand on the camera after his homerun off of Papelbon.

BetterManningNYG wrote:

*sigh*

i'm starting to worry about you, allie...

LOL I want to see it for the historical aspects. I've wanted to do that for a long time. I really want to see a Yanks Sox game in Fenway. I'd be afraid to don my Yankees gear though :eek:

And I do support my team IGI, but I call it like I see it, I dont like A-Rod, I never have, and being a cheater doesn't make things any better, and the whole thing with Clemens is totally bogus. He's almost 45 and if he had old scar tissue he might've mentioned that before we signed him for 27 mil for not even a whole season. That is bogus

igotid88 wrote:

I don't recall him ever cheating. You're thinking of Jason Giambi.

you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. you need to get your facts straight.

Allie02 wrote:

seriously?! WHY?! God people need to chill out

Mike Misanelli is his name. He's from Philly.

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Posada should be in first for the catchers. I'm sure he'll make the team. But he should start.

Allie02 wrote:

LOL I want to see it for the historical aspects. I've wanted to do that for a long time. I really want to see a Yanks Sox game in Fenway. I'd be afraid to don my Yankees gear though :eek:

And I do support my team IGI, but I call it like I see it, I dont like A-Rod, I never have, and being a cheater doesn't make things any better, and the whole thing with Clemens is totally bogus. He's almost 45 and if he had old scar tissue he might've mentioned that before we signed him for 27 mil for not even a whole season. That is bogus

the first rule of the yankee thread is, we do not talk about fever pitch.

the second rule of the yankee thread is, we do not talk about fever pitch.



regarding clemens, he's not costing the yankees any money right now. he doesn't get paid until they call him up. so it's better for them to be completely sure that he's 100% healthy before they start paying him.

if they activate him on saturday, he will earn $17,442,637 this season (according to yahoo sports). so 2/3 of a season from clemens will cost a little less than a full season from barry zito. i'll take clemens.

bad baserunning tonight, but a solid win overall...