The 2008 New York Yankees

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

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 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.

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?

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

Oops!

yes, Gonzalez was in that trade also

Dude, it's time to grab your Yankee cap and come out of the closet. You're obviously a closeted Yankee fan. You're like the boy in elementary school who likes a girl, and shows it by beating her up.