The 2009 New York Yankees Thread

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    The Champ wrote:
    Is CC considered an 'athlete?' Great pitcher, but a grossly obese human being wobbling around the mound as he has that look of wanting to devour his own glove..and yet he is performing at the highest possible level as defined by baseball pitching standards..

    I'm a fucked Met fan, so please don't take anything I say seriously ;) ..

    his fastball, slider, and change up are quite athletic. Ask the twins :D
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  • Dissident67
    Dissident67 Posts: 570
    intodeep wrote:
    The Champ wrote:
    Is CC considered an 'athlete?' Great pitcher, but a grossly obese human being wobbling around the mound as he has that look of wanting to devour his own glove..and yet he is performing at the highest possible level as defined by baseball pitching standards..

    I'm a fucked Met fan, so please don't take anything I say seriously ;) ..

    his fastball, slider, and change up are quite athletic. Ask the twins :D

    actually for somebody as large as he is, all i keep reading is that he is extremely strong and in pretty good shape. He does throw well over 200 innings every season
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  • darthvedder81
    darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    Blackburn will have the Yankees hitting weak groundballs on Friday, Burnett will give up 6 ER, the Twins will win 6-4 and Jeter and A-Rod will cry and spoon with one another on the plane ride to Minneapolis!
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • darthvedder81
    darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, that should put an end to jorge's griping about sitting a game

    Jorge is so passed his prime it's ridiculous. The Yankees might as well have Paul O'Neill playing right field.

    Why don't the Yanks bring up a prospect to catch? Oh that's right they don't have any.
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,112
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    Blackburn will have the Yankees hitting weak groundballs on Friday, Burnett will give up 6 ER, the Twins will win 6-4 and Jeter and A-Rod will cry and spoon with one another on the plane ride to Minneapolis!

    Just out of curiousity, could you remind me how many hits Blackburn has given up this year?

    Oh yeah. 240, the most in the AL
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,112
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, that should put an end to jorge's griping about sitting a game

    Jorge is so passed his prime it's ridiculous. The Yankees might as well have Paul O'Neill playing right field.

    Why don't the Yanks bring up a prospect to catch? Oh that's right they don't have any.

    Ever heard of a guy named Jesus Montero? He just so happens to be one of the top prospects in baseball and guess what? He is also a catcher. (They also have another coveted catching prospect, Austin Romine).

    It would be wonderful if you did an ounce of research before you say something completely idiotic.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,208
    edited October 2009
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, that should put an end to jorge's griping about sitting a game

    Jorge is so passed his prime it's ridiculous. The Yankees might as well have Paul O'Neill playing right field.

    Why don't the Yanks bring up a prospect to catch? Oh that's right they don't have any.


    Jesus Montero and Austin Romine come to mind. Although I think Montero might grow out of that position. And they 3 other good catchers in their system.
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  • theoceansmademe
    theoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    Dissident67 wrote:
    intodeep wrote:
    The Champ wrote:
    Is CC considered an 'athlete?' Great pitcher, but a grossly obese human being wobbling around the mound as he has that look of wanting to devour his own glove..and yet he is performing at the highest possible level as defined by baseball pitching standards..

    I'm a fucked Met fan, so please don't take anything I say seriously ;) ..

    his fastball, slider, and change up are quite athletic. Ask the twins :D

    actually for somebody as large as he is, all i keep reading is that he is extremely strong and in pretty good shape. He does throw well over 200 innings every season

    Ummm....someone 6 foot 7 should not weight over 300 LBS and be considered in good shape.

    LaBron is the same height and in good shape.

    CC is fat and if he stays this way he will die younger than he should.
  • darthvedder81
    darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    Fighting Hellfish wrote:
    well, that should put an end to jorge's griping about sitting a game

    Jorge is so passed his prime it's ridiculous. The Yankees might as well have Paul O'Neill playing right field.

    Why don't the Yanks bring up a prospect to catch? Oh that's right they don't have any.

    Ever heard of a guy named Jesus Montero? He just so happens to be one of the top prospects in baseball and guess what? He is also a catcher. (They also have another coveted catching prospect, Austin Romine).

    It would be wonderful if you did an ounce of research before you say something completely idiotic.

    It would be wonderful if the Yankees organization produced a player anybody cared about.

    If Jesus is so great then why isn't he already catching? (I want a t-shirt with that on it). A nutless monkey could do a better job catching than Grandpa Posada.
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,112
    darthvedder81 wrote:

    It would be wonderful if the Yankees organization produced a player anybody cared about.

    If Jesus is so great then why isn't he already catching? (I want a t-shirt with that on it). A nutless monkey could do a better job catching than Grandpa Posada.

    How about Cano, Hughes, Joba and Melky or Jeter, Posada, Mo and Pettitte.

    I would venture to guess you are not aware of the fact that 13 players on the Yankees postseason roster are home grown.

    Jesus is not catching because he is 19 years old.
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,539
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    darthvedder81 wrote:

    It would be wonderful if the Yankees organization produced a player anybody cared about.

    If Jesus is so great then why isn't he already catching? (I want a t-shirt with that on it). A nutless monkey could do a better job catching than Grandpa Posada.

    How about Cano, Hughes, Joba and Melky or Jeter, Posada, Mo and Pettitte.

    I would venture to guess you are not aware of the fact that 13 players on the Yankees postseason roster are home grown.

    Jesus is not catching because he is 19 years old.


    Am I the only one who sees irony in such an anti-Yankee post being written by somebody named Darth..
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,112
    LETS GO YANKEES!!!!!
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,208
    GO A-ROD!!!!!
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  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    igotid88 wrote:
    GO A-ROD!!!!!
    Mr May just may have bumped himself up to Mr July with that one tonight. Joe Nathan should be embarrassed that he couldn't get A-Rod out when something was on the line.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Songburst wrote:
    igotid88 wrote:
    GO A-ROD!!!!!
    Mr May just may have bumped himself up to Mr July with that one tonight. Joe Nathan should be embarrassed that he couldn't get A-Rod out when something was on the line.

    arod smoked that ball. just like he smoked his two line drive hits in game 1, and his single tonight. the guy is locked in. give credit where credit is due.
  • darthvedder81
    darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    singularity wrote:
    Songburst wrote:
    igotid88 wrote:
    GO A-ROD!!!!!
    Mr May just may have bumped himself up to Mr July with that one tonight. Joe Nathan should be embarrassed that he couldn't get A-Rod out when something was on the line.

    arod smoked that ball. just like he smoked his two line drive hits in game 1, and his single tonight. the guy is locked in. give credit where credit is due.

    Before the game he smoked Derek Jeter's pole as well.
    So this life is sacrifice...
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  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    singularity wrote:

    arod smoked that ball. just like he smoked his two line drive hits in game 1, and his single tonight. the guy is locked in. give credit where credit is due.
    Never! I can't stand A-Rod. I was so happy when he admitted that he was a cheater. I'm no Yankees hater (though I do tend to cheer against them) but I sure don't like A-Rod.
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  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    Before the game he smoked Derek Jeter's pole as well.
    Haha -- I think that just goes without saying ...
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    singularity wrote:
    igotid88 wrote:
    GO A-ROD!!!!!
    Mr May just may have bumped himself up to Mr July with that one tonight. Joe Nathan should be embarrassed that he couldn't get A-Rod out when something was on the line.

    arod smoked that ball. just like he smoked his two line drive hits in game 1, and his single tonight. the guy is locked in. give credit where credit is due.

    Before the game he smoked Derek Jeter's pole as well.

    Ha Ha that was funn . . . . er I mean very unoriginal. :roll:
    NERDS!
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,539
    from the minutia department:

    The Yankees are now 35-27 in the ALDS
    This was their 21st walk-off postseason victory and first since Game 2 of the 2004 ALDS
    Teixeira's home run was the first walk off homer since Aaron Boone's and 11th in team history
    The Yankees overcame a deficit of more than one run and won in the postseason for the first time since Game 5 of the 2001 World Series
    It is the 24th time the Yankees are up 2-0 in a series and fifth time in a division series.
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    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
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    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
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    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
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