The 2008 New York Yankees

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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    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.
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  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    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
    igotid88 Posts: 28,636
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    stress fracture right 9th rib.
    ( i guess that can be confused with an oblique )

    & some kind of eye problem , :confused:

    Hughes has got some big problems-:eek:

    Out til at least July.
    I miss igotid88
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    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?
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
    and Metsy!
  • SpreadtheJAM
    SpreadtheJAM Posts: 344
    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.
    BORGATA>VIC
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    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.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • MyHandsBound
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    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
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    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
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    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
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    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
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    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
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    Did I just hear Joba might have cracked a rib from coughing or was I just tripping?

    Peace
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  • MyHandsBound
    MyHandsBound Posts: 698
    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
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    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.
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    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
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • myhook
    myhook Posts: 284
    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.
    Hey, you wouldn't hire a clown to fix a leak in the jon so why do you let these hooligans tear down the biz? YEEAAHHH. I don't care if he is Mr. Notorious BIG, can he croon?
  • macci
    macci Posts: 1,057
    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.
    My lips are shaking.......
  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    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 :)
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
    6/25/08
    Free Speedy
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    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.
    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
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    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! :)
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  • macci
    macci Posts: 1,057
    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.....
    My lips are shaking.......

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