A.J. Going On The DL For Me: Yanquis (Yankees) 2009

2) "Which professional athlete talks dirty in the third person? Many of his A-list conquests have had to endure 'Yeah, [blank] likes it like that!'" [NYDN]

http://gawker.com/5110006/which-beast-is-cheating-with-a-beautician

Yankee Stadium Burdens Mayor’s Campaign
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

With a vote set on Friday on whether to extend $372 million in additional tax-free financing for the new Yankee Stadium, challengers to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg are trying to halt the subsidies. State lawmakers have subpoenaed team and city officials to an emergency hearing on Wednesday, and what once looked like a gleaming example of the mayor’s financial skill is suddenly looking like one of his biggest vulnerabilities.

On Tuesday, City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. accused the mayor of mismanagement and demanded a postponement of Friday’s vote by the city’s Industrial Development Agency.

Mr. Thompson, a member of the agency’s board who is running for mayor this year, voted in 2006 to issue nearly $1 billion in bonds to pay for the stadium. But cost overruns, extras and “financial incompetence,” he said, had turned the Bronx ballpark project into “simply a bad deal for New York,” and “at a time when we can least afford it.”

Mr. Thompson’s likely Democratic rival in the race, Representative Anthony D. Weiner, said on Monday that “enough is enough” and that the city had more than amply subsidized the stadium by providing, along with the state, $500 million in tax breaks for the team.

And in a swipe at the team’s costly player acquisitions this winter, as well as the stadium’s expensive amenities, including a $10 million video board, he added: “Maybe C. C. Sabathia can buy the big-screen TVs.”

Voters may recall a similar controversy: four years ago, Mr. Bloomberg’s push for a West Side stadium gave his Democratic opponent what seemed like a huge campaign issue — until the stadium project was killed by state legislative leaders, and the issue quickly evaporated.

What could give the stadium issue traction this year, however, is the city’s dire financial condition — presenting a stark contrast between struggling, insecure New Yorkers who don’t earn major league salaries, and the hundreds of millions of dollars the new stadium complex is costing them.

“Bloomberg is the businessman mayor, that’s been his big claim to competence, and here they’re whacking him where he is the strongest,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

“My guess is this won’t be the end of it by a long shot,” he added. “These are tough economic times, people are being told we’ve got to economize, we’ve got to tighten our belts, and the Yankees are blowing money by the carload for players.”

Having the Industrial Development Agency issue the bonds is desirable to the Yankees because the team would pay tens of millions of dollars less in interest, since payments to bondholders are exempt from city, state and federal taxes.

A spokesman for the mayor, Andrew Brent, dismissed Mr. Thompson’s attack as “political theater.”

Mr. Bloomberg is already distancing himself from the more controversial parts of the deal with the Yankees. After embarrassing e-mail messages surfaced that showed his aides zealously pursuing a luxury suite in the new stadium, his administration announced that it would give the luxury box back to the Yankees in exchange for payments of at least $100,000 a year.

But in a news conference on Tuesday, Mr. Thompson seized on that move. He said the city had given away too much to get the suite in the first place, including 250 parking spots worth $500,000 a year, and $750,000 in yearly revenue from three billboards that the Yankees hope to use for advertising.

Mr. Thompson said the city’s capital outlays for the stadium complex were originally estimated at $129 million but had jumped to $325 million, including an extra $12 million for a park on the roof of a garage, and $5 million in work on a recreation building because early estimates omitted the cost of its interiors.

Randy Levine, president of the Yankees, said on Tuesday that the team expected to recover at least $550,000 for the city by reselling the suite on the open market, but that the $100,000 was a “sign of good faith” in case the luxury-suite market collapsed entirely.

Mr. Levine — who, along with Seth W. Pinsky, president of the Industrial Development Agency, is to testify under subpoena on Thursday at a hearing called by Assemblymen Richard L. Brodsky and James F. Brennan — went further, disputing Mr. Thompson’s numbers on the billboards and other items, and accusing him of playing politics with a project that he said had created thousands of construction jobs.

“Surprise, surprise — Billy Thompson is running for mayor,” Mr. Levine said. “Billy voted for this deal in the beginning, I continually briefed him, and only after the term-limits law does he now decide to criticize the deal. What a coincidence.”

Michael Barbaro contributed reporting.

Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company

watching the yankees snatch up all the biggest free agents they can - i really hope they wind up paying for as much of that stadium as legally possible.

Even that amount is far far less than they should PAY (i.e. the whole fucking thing, fuck you and your fucking stadium gifts NYC government.)

why did they need a new stadium anyway? was the last one falling apart? i know it was old as hell but dang c'mon

They needed a new stadium cuz the Mets got a new stadium.

well why did the mets need a new one? i understand increased revenues and such but why not just, like... add on to the old one? what's the piece of the puzzle i am missing?

nm dont answer that

corporate welfare culture.

otm

Andy, Brooklyn: What is your opinion on the Yankees' stadium financing controversy?

SportsNation Keith Law: So it was 10% more underhanded than all of the other boondoggle stadium funding projects around the country. The voters of Pennsylvania rejected the state's plan to build 4 new stadia (two each in Pgh and Philly), and the government did it anyway (the Immaculate Deception). Sure, I hope the city officials who fudged the numbers are held accountable, but the money is already gone, and unless the Yankees are ordered to put it back, nothing else really matters out of this.

I don't agree with Keith Law on this.

I also don't entirely agree with his top 100 books thing or his opinion of FDR so this isn't exactly news.

I don't agree on Salinger or Howard Zinn

Law has an opinion on FDR?
what do you disagree with him about, specifically, Alex?

Tryor (TN): Poz's readers currently have Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, and TR as first-class HOF presidents. Any quibbles with those 5?

SportsNation Keith Law: FDR gets a bit of a free pass. The New Deal was not the economic panacea that it's now often held to be, and the whole court-packing thing seems to be forgotten.

fdr never took a walk either

lol

ha ha!

then there are those internment camps.

Posada and who?

http://pinstripedbible.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/01/yanks_may_need_a_costarting_ca.html

Haha they should sign Varitek!

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/01/25/joe-torres-new-book-slams-alex-rodriguez-yankees/

lol "A-Fraud," Yankee players w/ nicknaming skills of WFAN callers.

morbs not all of us can come up with gems like "and twat" and "shrillrod"

well that's a tragedy

my new nickname for A-Rod is peanut butter and jelly, fyi

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3861832&name=Neyer_Rob

Muzzy (Leicester): You noted that Pettitte gives up a lot more hits than a pitcher with his strikeout rate should. That is true of almost all Yankee pitchers and has been true for most of the decade. Is it possible for them to sort out their defensive difficulties given their current roster? Do you think they're even aware of the problem?

SportsNation Rob Neyer: (12:33 PM ET ) I'm sure that *someone* is aware of the problem, but you know they're stuck with a lousy shortstop for at least these next two seasons.

Seems kind of mean to pin the whole thing on Jeter (although he's obv not helping.)

well, a SS with no range is kind of a big deal.

It is, but I'm just saying he's far from the only defensive liability on that team.

http://www.snorgtees.com/images/BigDeal_F_Fullpic_3.jpg

When Torre spoke to Cashman on Sunday, he told Cashman that the book did contain passages about their disagreements. The incidents include differences of opinion about Bernie Williams’s potential value in 2007, about Ron Guidry’s acumen as a pitching coach in 2006 and about the best way to devise a potent lineup. Torre told Verducci that Cashman once suggested a lineup that had Bobby Abreu and Giambi, a pair of run producers, hitting first and second because of their high on-base percentages.

hmm

Yeah, Torre is not a Moneyball guy, as anyone looking at some of the stiffs he liked on the Yankee benches could tell.

Joe sez "BASEBALL HAS A HEARTBEAT"

"run producers"

LOLOLOLOL at A-Rod's "Single White Female" obsession with Jeter.

I can't believe the all rumours were actually true!

Newsday via Neter:

The Yankees are considering including a "non-disparagement clause" in future player and managerial contracts in order to prevent any more tell-all books such as "The Yankee Years," co-written by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a Yankee official said yesterday that some members of the front office staff already are required to sign a confidentiality agreement in order to protect "proprietary knowledge of our business model." The proposed clause is intended to ensure that future books about the Yankees are "positive in tone," and "do not breach the sanctity of our clubhouse."

The Yankees are said to feel betrayed by Torre's book, which has been interpreted as critical of some players, most notably Alex Rodriguez, and inaccurate in its recounting of the October 2007 meeting in Tampa at which Torre and the club agreed to part ways after four world championships and 12 consecutive playoff appearances.

Confidentiality agreements, some with meticulously spelled out rules and stipulated monetary penalties for their violation, are standard equipment in most contracts between celebrities and their hired staffs, as well as between corporations and their CEOs. The Mets are believed to have included similar clauses in their contracts with former manager Willie Randolph and former pitching coach Rick Peterson. Up to now, the Yankees never have included them in the contract of a player or manager.

"Up to now, we have always operated our employer-employee relationships on a basis of trust," the official said. "But we never expected what we got from Joe. We may have to get a little tougher on this issue."

that's via Neyer, who sez "As a sometime consumer of baseball books, I can't help thinking that this is the greatest idea in the world, if only because it might significantly chop the number of books about the Yankees that are published every year."

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/2009/01/interesting_stuff_on_pages_394.html

Interesting stuff on Pages 394 and 395 about Johnny Damon's physical and emotional struggles early in the 2007 season, when a leg injury sapped him of his enthusiasm and he began to annoy old-guard Yankees.

In a private meeting, Torre told Damon, "The kind of player you've been your whole life is the player who goes out there and fully commits himself. You're not that kind of person now. It's easy to see that."

To which Damon said, "I'm not sure I want to do this."

The book says one teammate visited Torre and was near tears discussing Damon, saying, "Let's get rid of him. Guys can't stand him."

god i hope it was jeter

who would be near tears but giambi?

i may have to get this book!

"It is almost 40 years later. Why in the world anyone is still talking about the sanctity of the clubhouse is beyond me. Baseball and the Yankees should feel lucky that this book is generating so much attention in January."

—Former Yankee and Ball Four author Jim Bouton

"If you buy one Yankee book..."

Yankee fan Jay Jaffe's tale of "relocation program" woe (those ticket-office memos are priceless):

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8547

Good Morning, Do [sic] to the overwhelming demand for season tickets, all plans were distributed subject to availability. In the event that the partial plan you requested was not available, you were assigned an alternative plan (subject to availability). From here you have the option to either accept or decline, if you decline (if the plan does not meet your needs or budget) you can go into your my Yankees account (under personal preferences) and mark down that you wish to decline and/ or enter the pool process for your preferred plan, At this point you cannot change your seats or plans unless your [sic] interested in the $350 seats. If you accept then the full payment will be due on Feb 27th which you can pay online or by calling (718) xxx-xxxx. Because of the demand for all season tickets, we stronly [sic] suggest that ticket Licensees accept their initial seat assignments. The demand for many plans will definetely [sic] exceed the available seats locations and if you decline your assignment there may not be any availability in the alternative seat location and/ or plan that you request. If you have any questions or concerns I would suggest to call (718) xxx-xxxx and we can try to assist you. Sincerely, New York Yankees Ticket Operations Yankee Stadium 161st Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10451

lol A-Rod's Cousin Playgood drove him home yesterday! Yanks say yhat incident has been "settled."

back to tickets:

mdurkin1918 (New York): Hey Nd, I'm hearing the economy is hitting the Yankees ticket sales pretty hard. How does that affect their model? Can it result in more affordable tix for the average fan?

Neil deMause: Not immediately. All signs - including those from Yanks COO Lonn Trost in interviews this week - are that the economy is pushing people to downgrade their ticket plans, which means everyone is fighting over the same $25 upper deck and $12 bleacher seats, and lots of $85 seats in the outfield corners still available. (On WFAN yesterday, Trost blamed this on corporate bigwigs being ashamed to be seen in public sitting in good seats. Uh, sure.)

Down the road, though, I have noticed that StubHub is fairly hopping with seats at reasonable prices, leading me to believe that either season ticket holders are dumping their excess tickets, or professional scalpers got greedy and are stuck with more inventory than the economy can handle. So my advice is to remain patient, and see if some bargains show up as the season approaches - maybe the Yanks will even have to offer special two-for-one deals to fill their pricier seats like NBA teams are now doing. It'd still only help for Tuesday nights in May against the Twins, not weekends vs. the Red Sox, but twas ever thus, even at the old place.

lol-rod

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3954457

Yanquis starting 09 3B - Angel Berroa

Swisher?

Don't knock Berroa, former AL Rookie of the Year and career .500 postseason hitter.

Berroa beat out both Baldelli and Matsui in the closest vote since 1980, prompting criticism from Yankee owner George Steinbrenner.

Who can name the other 3 Royals to be named ROY?

Steve Busby?

wrong

Brett

and Bret! (Sabes)

fyi im starting @ 3rd for the yanks & batting 5th in the lineup

no and no, xp

oh, they will surely win 110 w/out the poisonous A-Rod!

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3954457

bob hamelin?
micheal tucker?
damon?

bob hamelin

that's one

one of them was the first person to have an at-bat for the Royals.

oh, Piniella?

yes

Goldman on 3B options:

http://pinstripedbible.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/03/a_short_list_of_fill_ins_for_a.html

I love this line, in every A-Rod story this winter/spring:

Cashman stressed that there was no disagreement between the team and Rodriguez, who has nine seasons remaining on a 10-year contract worth $275 million. Cashman said it was a question of “ ‘Alex, what do you want to do?’ rather than, ‘Alex, this is what you’re going to do.’ ”

I'm just glad that I can "objectively" pick em third now

http://twitter.com/nickswisher

http://www.broughtonfoods.com/23

Swisher spoke to coaches at his alma mater, Parkersburg High School in WV. He was the star of a program designed to alert athletic leaders about the benefits of chocolate milk to their teams. The decision to help promote chocolate milk as a natural energy booster was an easy one for Nick. "Throughout my baseball career, no matter who I've played for, my milk hasn't changed."

the secrets of batting .219

Goldman:

A-Rod replacement speculation: the guy the Yankees should be looking to make a force majeure kind of move on is J.J. Hardy of the Brewers, who may lose his job to Alcides Escobar at some point in the near future. He can hit enough to play third and is young enough to play short after, just in case, you know, the Yankees ever have any defensive weakness at that position.

Following in Madonna's "Sex" book footsteps, A-Rod posed for this narcissistic, A-Rod on A-Rod fantasy pic in a new spread for Details.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2009/03/0317_arod_details_02.jpg

***Suggest Ban***

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__21/ept_sports_mlb_experts-990094784-1237302731.jpg?ymLHV9ADgdaqhj9Y

You mean that first shot wasn't Storm Thorgerson messing around on his lunch break?

velko OTM.

btw, i was just at the BP thing in DC and they were merciless on jeter.

details? NYC was basically "not a very diff personality from A-Rod, and will be undeserving of a regular job in 2 years"

I want details too!

yes lets get more details about how much every hates derek jeter

every ______ ? person who can analyze stats and see?

person who isn't max or k3v1n k is the correct answer here.

im ok with everyone hating derek jeter im just not sure why we all need more details about it

perhaps well get a magical new statistical yardstick to reinforce our belief that jeter is a terrible fielder!!! we certainly dont have enough of those!!!

I just want here the jokes. I don't give a shit about the statistical yardsticks. Everyone who has eyes knows he sucks.

Not sure if this just a New York ad, but Goldman's comment was "Jeter? HE'S GOT AN EDGE!"

http://www.dugoutcentral.com/blog/?p=2371

Jeter, as cool as he looks with his jump throws from the hole, simply lets too many balls to his left and right side that should be converted into outs go in for base hits, thus inflating the ERAs of every New York pitcher.

Statistical analysts do not call him Past-A-Diving Jeter for their own amusement.

bwaha

Statistical analysts do not call him Past-A-Diving Jeter for their own amusement.

well, yes, they do

max you dinosaur! it's speaking truth to Morgan

i dont really have a problem w/ asserting that jeter is a bad shortstop--i am just bored of that as the defining meme of sabermetrics

well, it's not.

(Ryan Howard should not have been an MVP contender last year is probably more deserving of exposure at this point)

nah that's pretty played out now too. next!

Guys, guys RELAX! It's a new season FULL of possibilities!

also this is sort of a pet peeve of mine--i get that one of the major driving forces behind the stats revolution is exposing the jock-writer-spawned bullshit about what makes a good baseball player, and i admire/appreciate it--but when it gets too butthurt about stuff, stat heads start looking less like enlightened dudes and more like resentful nerds. dont get why people cant just ignore the mvp race like i do or just not read the ny fuckin post u know?

max, it's like asking cineastes to ignore the Oscars. difficult.

also stat analysis is too sprawling these days to have many meaningful 'memes.'

I'm kind of ticked that non-stat nerds insistence on Jeter's shortstopness resulted in a shittier WBC semi-final. That said it probably resulted in a better final so whatever.

BP depth charts have Yankees up to 100 wins, giving up a mere 639 runs. I see em more likely in 90-94 range.

Yeah 100 wins seems unlikely to me.

http://chattahbox.com/sports/2009/03/23/alex-rodriguez-hired-kristin-davis-call-girls-for-over-a-year/

lol does he only ever meet women at gyms

A-Rod: The Gift That Keeps On Giving. . . To The New York Tabloids

for someone who is relatively new here who are my yankee bros

me, ally, jimmy, gabbneb rip

'neb claimed to be a Mets fan.

If I had A-Rod's body and "brains" I'd look in gyms, too

isn't sanskrit a yankees fan? (not around much anymore)

There have been numerous statistical measurements of Jeter’s defense that have concluded he is one of the worst fielding shortstops in the major leagues. He is still solid at handling slow rollers hit in front of him, and is adept at roaming into the outfield to corral pop-ups. But his range, especially to his left, has declined. There are far too many grounders hit up the middle that roll into center field, not into his glove.

Brett Gardner could grow into Yankees' version of Dustin Pedroia

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/03/23/2009-03-23_brett_gardner_could_grow_into_yankees_ve.html

Evaluating defense (arm, range, positioning, etc.) is supposed to be something that scouts are good at (and have always claimed to be good at). You can say something about a shortstop's range after watching him play only one or two games, which isn't true of, say, how well he hits with RISP. Sample sizes for evaluating defense (or certain elements of defense) can be much smaller than for evaluating hitting, it was never meant to be a stathead-only thing. I just wouldn't know what to say to a scout is so impressed with Jeter's occasional good throws from the hole that he doesn't notice that he's a bad defensive shortstop overall.

xpost i really hope yanks fans are holding their breath waiting for gardner to hit like a major leaguer.

lol @ mike lupica

There have been numerous statistical measurements of Jeter’s defense that have concluded he is one of the worst fielding shortstops in the major leagues. He is still solid at handling slow rollers hit in front of him, and is adept at roaming into the outfield to corral pop-ups. But his range, especially to his left, has declined. There are far too many grounders hit up the middle that roll into center field, not into his glove.

yeah this is otm. as someone who watches him a lot his range to his left or his right is not grebt but he's very good at charging slow rollers, has a very good arm, and i'm not sure if i've ever seen anyone catch pop-ups as well as he can. anyway, defense, shmefense. i'd rather he hit better

well he's not likely to hit like '06 ever again.

Kevin Goldstein on CC:

One of the questions we've gotten the most over the offseason concerns CC Sabathia's workload. He threw 253 innings last year, 241 the year before, and the Brewers worked him very hard following the trade deadline blockbuster, averaging 111 pitches per start and crossing the 120 mark four times. Was this cause for concern? Standard logic would say yes, but big pitchers tend to have better stamina, and Sabathia isn't just big, he's huge. We just don't know how well 6'7" pitchers who weight over 300 pounds (yes, he's listed at 290, but c'mon, we have eyes) hold up. There are always a handful of pitchers who can handle consistently large workloads—Roy Halladay comes to mind—with little concern, and it's possible that Sabathia is one of them, but we don't have enough pitchers like him to really learn from a past.

Voice of Yankee Stadium May Be Finished
By JACK CURRY

The new Yankee Stadium may sound much different than the old one. Bob Sheppard, the public-address announcer for the Yankees since 1951, is retiring, according to Paul Doherty, a friend and agent who has represented Sheppard.

Doherty said that Sheppard’s son, Paul, told him about Sheppard’s plans on Wednesday morning.

“I think Bob just wants to take it easy and no longer have the pressure of, ‘Can he? Will he? Or won’t he?’” Doherty said in an e-mail message. “And, at 98, who can blame him?”

Sheppard, when asked to confirm that he was officially retiring, said, “I never said it.”

Sheppard has been slowed by a bronchial infection. When asked what his plans were, he said: “I never said I’m not returning. I never, never said I’m not returning and I say it to you now.”...

i never said i'm not returning, returning i never said i'm not. never said.

wait the PA announcer at yankee stadium is 98??

yeah dude respect the shep

yeah, he doesn't look or sound a day under 112.

robo-sheppard will live on, i'm sure

weird thing is i read "I never said it." in his voice.

Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen, "I never said it. I never did."

We have a "Past a diving Jeter."

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/DUI-video-shows-Joba-failing-test-being-fooled-;_ylt=ApMGrn.awGD6WEs3ypMx6gMRvLYF?urn=mlb,153557

http://www.replacementlevel.com/index.php/RLYW/direct/cc_sabathias_revised_cairo_projection_for_2009

so they're serious about Cody Ransom in there? This guy is one of the worst SS's I've ever seen.

googled this: "Ransom is known to many Giants fans for botching a grounder on the final weekend of the 2004 season at Dodger Stadium in a game that all but eliminated the Giants and sent the Dodgers to the postseason for the first time in nine years. A defensive replacement sent in by Felipe Alou, Ransom wasn't the only one to blame when the Giants blew a 3-0 lead in the ninth and lost 7-3 on Steve Finley's grand slam."

I'm pretty sure I was watching this game. He was brought in as a Defensive Replacement for Deivi Cruz (lol @ sabean). 2 outs, bases jacked, routine grounder right at him, pulls a Buckner, ball goes under his glove and 3 runs score on the flub. Giants lose.

The trials and travails of Cody Ransom (a white man, clearly) are well documented.

How Nick Swisher became a Yankee, in eight easy steps.

1990 – Yankees sign Ruben Rivera from Panama.

1997 – Yankees trade Rivera to Padres in Hideki Irabu deal.

1999 – Yankees trade Irabu to Expos for Jake Westbrook (and others)

2000 – Yankees trade Westbrook to Indians for David Justice

2001 – Yankees trade Justice to Mets for Robin Ventura

2003 – Yankees trade Ventura to Dodgers for Scott Proctor

2007 – Yankees trade Proctor to Dodgers for Wilson Betemit

2008 – Yankees trade Betemit to White Sox in Swisher deal

loving this yankees/rays game thus far!

L

O

L.

hot damn lol @ wang!

O_O

Wang threw 40+ pitches in the first

lolololol

wang's era = 28.93

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_430897.jpg

954 comments on the game at pete abe's blog

also, matsui looks done.

nick swisher now pitching!

why doesn't yes give me his radar gun

lol ok this game went from :( to :D for me

NICK SWISHER GOT THE K
HE KEPT THE BALL

this game is fucking awesome
thank you mlb network for alerting us to tune back in

btw a month ago i think i probably hated nick swisher as some kind of nu-giambi jock-type but between tonight, his batting, and most importantly, his more-positive-than-hoos twitter, hes my favorite yankee atm.

hooo boy

nice way to take pressure off Citi's lousy launch.

gabe kapler has to feel like an asshole

swish is the best yank, no doubt

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Wang	1.0	6	8	8	3	1	0	61-34	28.93
J Albaladejo	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	2	60-34	4.26
E Ramirez	2.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	51-31	2.70
P Coke	1.0	1	3	0	2	0	0	38-18	9.82
N Swisher	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	22-12	0.00
Totals	8.0	17	15	12	8	7	3	232-129	

lol

that didnt work very well did it

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Wang		1.0	6	8	8	3	1	0	61-34	28.93
J Albaladejo	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	2	60-34	4.26
E Ramirez	2.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	51-31	2.70
P Coke		1.0	1	3	0	2	0	0	38-18	9.82
N Swisher	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	22-12	0.00
Totals		8.0	17	15	12	8	7	3	232-129	

lol

swisher has his arm/shoulder on ice in the locker room lol

Nick Swisher in the 8th from here on out to setup rivera.

as cool as that was it was also grebt to remember wade bogg's history of subbing in with an inning or two of decent knuckleballing.
had totally forgot about that.

Yes, I heard Michael Kay and Flaherty and Cone mumbling about that. Also listened to Kay get uppity when Swisher asked for the ball. I wish Al Leiter wasn't exiled to MLB Network so he could tell Kay to shut up on the regular.

http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/04/13/glad-im-not-gabe-kapler/

NickSwisher
My arm is killing me! hahahahaha
about 12 hours ago from mobile web

https://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/122888466/610x_1__bigger.jpg

It's hard not to love Swisher.

Well shit

yoink!

y is molina in the game? his continued presence is upsetting me...

i know can't they just have wieters already

there has to be some cricket playing bro somewhere who can do the job for srs.

http://img.fannation.com/images/getty/2009/04/16/13/20090416134624841381000-gyi-660x660.jpg

http://img.fannation.com/images/getty/2009/04/16/13/20090416134419896429000-gyi-660x660.jpg

jesus, the yankee bullpen

Someone give Swish a quick lesson on the Yankee Way and get him in there.

lmbo

lol at the yankees

And who the fuck is Trevor Crowe?

sigh

omg

looooool

wow

:o

New York Yankees outfield Xavier Nady appears headed for a second Tommy John surgery and he fought back tears as he admitted his season, and most likely his career with the Bronx Bombers was over, according to the New York Daily News.

According to the report, Nady felt a sharp pain in his arm in the seventh inning on Tuesday night. The outfielder underwent an MRI in Tampa Wednesday, and while the Yankees didn't announce an official diagnosis, both Nady and Joe Girardi said the results were not encouraging. Nady will be examined by team physician Dr. Chris Ahmad before Thursday's home opener, at which time a final diagnosis will likely be released.

"I've been down this road before and I was hoping not to do it again," said Nady, who underwent the same surgery in September of 2001. "We'll see what he thinks tomorrow. Surgery wasn't fun years ago. I would prefer not to go down that road again, so hopefully tomorrow will be some decent news."

with any luck the yanquis will panic and move joba back to the pen

I heard the Royals have a shitty RP with a fat contract they can unload on the Yanquis

GREATNESS has a new home

By the time Victor Martinez's solo homer capped the nine-run burst, just as the shadow of the famous frieze was about to creep past home plate, angry fans who paid up to $2,625 list per ticket taunted the Yankees with chants of, "We want Swisher!"

C. Ransom 3b: 100/156/157
today:
5 AB
2 K
9 LOB

can micah owens play 3B?

i say we put swish there and see how he does, unless hes starting saturdays game in place of wang

you already lost one overpaid OF to tommy john already, might as well go for two..

so psyched for tommy john coming back to play third

this was a major shitshow and I was just following online. I would like to suggest that the Yanquis treat Cody Ransom as a pitcher and just have him bunt w/ runners on base. I think this will be good for both Ransom and the overall morale of NYC.

Not sure why they didn't grab Dallas McPherson when they had the chance, honestly.

They didn't get the chance, I thought. Nationals would have a chance at McPherson on the waiver wire before they did, right?

They could've traded with the Marlins for him at any time, though.

Actually I guess the Giants got him, but same difference.

Either can he actually play 3B anymore? I presumed his lack of uh deftness was a major reason why the Marlins dropped him.

I bet he can play it about as well as Cody F.N. Ransom, but unlike that dude, I bet he can put together a .500+ OPS season.

Ransom wasn't historically this bad though? I'm sure they were thinking 700+ OPS which seemed within the realm of reason and McPherson hasn't performed much better than that.

At least Ransom can say he is hitting as well as J-Ro.

home run derby today. Shame if a bro could get a single w/ RISP

what is Jeter's CLoRP this year?

matsui (finished) ph for ransom in 8th; promptly struck out.

ayyy jeet

wang wang

lol

Wow

lool

omg ;_;

Don't see a lot of 14-run innings.

lolololollll

nyc = the city of tears

wow

34.50 ERA O_O

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K     HR   Season ERA 
C. Wang	        1.1	8	8	8	0	1	1	34.50	
A. Claggett	1.2	8	7	7	2	2	2	37.80

An Inning For the Record Books
By Tyler Kepner

The fans at Yankee Stadium today can say they saw history: According to the Yankees, the 14 runs scored by Cleveland in the top of the second are the most the Yankees have ever allowed in an inning. The old Yankee Stadium hosted baseball for 84 seasons, and the most runs the Yankees ever allowed in an inning there was 13, back on June 17, 1925 against Detroit.

The Indians merely tied their franchise record for runs in an inning; they also scored 14 in the first inning against the Philadelphia A’s on June 18, 1950. It’s also the most runs in an inning by any team since Boston lit up Florida for 14 runs in the first on June 28, 2003. (A certain right-hander named Carl Pavano gave up six of those runs.)

Now, an inning like the Indians’ second does not happen without some horrific pitching, and you have to figure now that something is wrong with Chien-Ming Wang. His earned run average actually rose, from 28.93 to 34.50. He has allowed 23 earned runs in six innings over three starts. That is staggering.

I understand Wang won 19 games in 2006 and 2007, and he was 8-2 last year before that fateful misstep on the bases in Cleveland. But at this point, can anyone imagine Wang making his next start on Friday at – gulp – Fenway Park?

One other point: it is an absolute jet stream to right center field at the new Yankee Stadium. The dimensions are the same as the old place, and the weather is unseasonably warm (75 degrees at game time). But in the last 11 innings, there have been nine homers to right. Wow.

I won’t even mention poor Anthony Claggett. He’s just going to have to absorb it now, and with his pitch count climbing past 50, I’d imagine he’ll be back at Class AAA on Sunday.

April 18, 2009, 05:22 PM ET
Whimpering

by Joe Sheehan

On Thursday, they opened a ballpark.

On Friday, they opened Yankee Stadium.

On Saturday, I cried like a little girl.

This Stadium is a place worthy of that kind of passion.

chances yanks sign pedro martinez in the next few days????
>50%?

Did anyone sign Sheets?

I mean the Yankees don't have a first, second, third or fourth round pick already, right? What's their fifth round pick matter?

dude
they have a mic on Swisher. when Teixeira hit his home run Swisher yelled "for the win!"
also who is the second guy in his twitter image?

Hahaha Swisher is awesome.

hey guys. did i miss anything?

I switched over to PBS for awhile and came back to find that the Indians had scored 6 more runs, wtf.

We want Swisher
We want Swisher
We want Swisher

:):):):):):)

sigh

lyfe

these lineups that girardi's running out are horrible

Joe the Skipper

cleveland kinda has new york's number huh?

Ny has not been helping itself, tbh.

Swisher Q+A:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04192009/sports/yankees/servys_sunday_q__a_with____nick_swisher_165180.htm

http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/images/hpheadlines/YankeesOldStadium.jpghttp://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/images/hpheadlines/YankeesNewStadium.jpg

lol @ AccuWeather

it could also be because THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND BLOWING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE STADIUM WHY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO WALLS TO STOP THE WIND

I mean let's not think too hard about this.

let's just laff:

http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001191.shtml

he he

LOL I wish there was a way to make it hurt more.

363

$500???

word of this hasn't reached the border?

URL says it all:

http://consumerist.com/5216444/whoops-you-paid-1200-for-crappy-obstructed-view-yankee-tickets

That is how a visibly upset Adrian Rea, a Yankee fan from Binghamton, N.Y., wound up spending $1,200 for four tickets in Section 201. Rea had no idea that he would not be able to see right field

dude from binghamton in being retarded shocker

Well he is a Yankees' fan.

as a yankees fan from binghamton i am obligated to take offense to that

As a non-Yankees fan, I am obligated not to give a shit.

y u mad bro

Part of me is like "okay it sucks that New York City had to shell out money to build this new shithole", but another (bigger) part of me is like "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fuck you."

Do Yankee fans really not understand that fans of all other baseball teams hate the Yankees? Or is Binghamton just under a rock or something?

eh i feel bad for the dude - no one should expect to get "scammed" like that

i kno you're a pretty callous guy tho alex, really wouldn't expect much else - do your thing i say

I would feel kind of bad for him except he said "I would have even paid more if I could have had seats that weren't obstructed" which indicates he has more money than sense and deserves to get fleeced.

I'm a callous guy? When k3vin k called the dude retarded?

well that was mostly me clowning on ppl from my hometown who in my experience aren't the brightest of the bunch, when you seem to be pissed of all the time no offense

kevin, as a dude from binghamton and a yankees fan - aka a retard - has the right to call the guy a retard. you on the other hand...

mostly i was referring to this tho

but another (bigger) part of me is like "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fuck you."

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:30 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

i mean the dude was just trying to go to a game, he made the reasonable assumption that he wasn't going to not be able to see half of the outfield. i enjoy loling at the yankees and their fans as much as the next guy but

I am good-naturedly pissed off at the Yankees. Believe me, it's not really serious (like I don't actually hate you k3vin or J0rdan and hope that you get hit by trucks.) If your team has won 26 (27?) championships and has a $200M payroll you have to expect that people are going to give you some shit, kay?

ftr i'm not a yankees fan

That "HAHAHAHAHA fuck you" wasn't directed at this guy (who no offense paid $1200 to see a game and was willing to pay more--really I should care about this?) more at the Yankees' fan in general.

i.e. the ballpark sounds pretty crappy, now you know how A's fans feel.

glad we got this all hashed out

When did this board get so wussy-ish? It's sports fer chrissakes, you are supposed to talk shit about other teams (and their fans.) I feel like you guys are choking back tears after every second post.

u were kind of wussy in this thread when u got butthurt about being called callous

It's true. I was choking back tears.

do your thing i say

― sans crit (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:34 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

i support you alex, keeps the rest of us balanced

it's early, dingdongs

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, April 15, 2009

^deepest cut of all

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/consumerist/2009/04/4-17-2009_11-27-32_AM.jpg

i love this. even better if they have jumbotron in their line of view

no jumbotron

honestly, in 2009 you cannot build a stadium with no obstructed views?

but another (bigger) part of me is like "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fuck you."

^^^^

Fuck that moran, the only thing that would make me happier would be if he handed me the $1200.

are ticket sales beholden to mlb rev share?

well Shasta is seeing a nice long wet game, but Marte is in so this shouldnt take long.

nope! this is goin long enough for SS to sneak into all the tony restaurants.

this game

I'm in my fifth consecutive hour of listening to Michael Kay.

no Yankee hits between the 7th and 13th innings

johnny damon heard you

We want Swisher
We want Swisher
We want Swisher

much ridicule of Leiter's messy scorecard

He's not a robot, Morbs.

lol http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/photos/B/b6aaa620-ea5c-4e77-83a2-5bb3bc6ca26f.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

6th inning

that's pretty embarrassing-appearing

plus twas a crappy day

One of the strangest plays you will see all season: With runners at first and third and one out, there was a chopper hit back to the Yankees' CC Sabathia. He turned and fired to Derek Jeter at second base, in an attempt to start a double play, and Jeter -- seeing that Jason Giambi was breaking from third base and that it might be difficult to finish a double play with a throw to first -- threw home. To nobody. Jorge Posada had vacated home plate to go back up what he anticipated to be a throw to first base, and Jeter's throw sailed past home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor as Giambi jogged home. Posada took the blame for the play, writes Jeff Roberts.

lol

That was hilarious. If there is a god, there is a .gif of it.

Watching A.J. Burnett blow a 6-0 lead = such a beautiful thing

Albadalelol

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players_l/20090407/6788.jpg?x=65&y=85&xc=1&yc=1&wc=164&hc=215&q=100&sig=EXRyfeHhaKs6vf0fXmEglw-- http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:MgyjfFL5WvKYeM:http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk34/feministing/rachel_maddow.jpg

bailout for luxury seat tix holders?

I got a ticket for smoking in the subway stairs outside of yankee stadiun yesterday after the game. Must be trying to get back some of that public financing for the stadium $50 at a time.

Or I was too drunk to notice what I was doing.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9176/3222oo4.jpg

lool, is that a reference to this/?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AtiJJGRmqd5fWh197iq2VnsRvLYF?slug=ap-jobasmomarrested&prov=ap&type=lgns

this would be a typical hour for a Bos-NYY game even without the rain

lol

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/05/04/2009-05-04_yankees_fans_told_game_cancelled_not_let_back_into_stadium_.html

poor steven goldman is about to have a heart attack over on PSB because of the commenters who say that a molina can do the job while posada dies a slow death of 1000 injuries...

umps needed to delay that bitch b4 the Tex hit

wau @ that crawford ab vs. mo

haha yeah longoria too

Mo's facial expressions after giving up homers are classic

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/152620/20ae0lu_medium.gif

Beautiful (though the shots of random people in the crowd after the homers were just as awesome).

a-rod did ok in his first at-bat

Huff not only greeted Chamberlain with a first-inning three-run homer Sunday, he mocked the Yankee pitcher with a pair of Joba-style animated fist pumps - first on the base path and then after crossing home plate.

Oh, man.

ha ahahhahahaa

why the fuck would you bunt here???!?!?!???

ugh

say what you want abt jeter one thing he can do well is put it on the ground the other way at will (lol)...this essentially would be the same as a bunt and maybe even score a run if it gets thru

fucking

i watched the very very end of this at local pub after i was long overdue to pick up groceries.
as funny as the a-bomb was i much preferred Clutchy McCluthcerson's cool 10th? 11th? inning spin move throw out.
finally got a chance to yell DEREK FUCKING JETER at full bellow.

Brett Gardner inside the park mofos

how great was that Mauer dive at home on Sunday? what a fucking stud.

i have a good double entendre i'd like to post, but wouldn't want to appear homophobic.

so what happened to joba?

^

got pegged w/ comebacker and poor baby got pulled

oh goodness

any homer to RF in new yankee stadium that doesn't clear the first 4 rows shouldn't count against the pitcher's era imo

boo

This is only marginally related to the Yankees -- or even baseball -- but the feature in today's Miami Herald on Jim Leyritz's upcoming vehicular manslaughter trial is a little heartbreaking, a little disturbing.

It's a refreshing delight to watch a shortstop that can move and make plays with some aplomb, I tell you what.

A-Rod all Jack Cust-ish w/ the 7 HR/10 hits.

called himself "the happiest .200 hitter in the world" last night

happiest .200 hitter would be Kevin Cash... if he weren't hitting .070

you could call him a .200 hitter based on potential.

wow, lidge really sucks this year, huh

new yankee stadium is pretty awesome, btw. sat 13 rows behind home plate on sunday

fuck you, rich guy

j/k mostly

haha i mean our seats were nice but the ones in front of us are like $3000? shit is crazy, they get FREE FOOD (we got service). word around there was a guy the game before was ordering dozens of hot dogs and shit and throwing them into the stands

that was me with the hot dogs, making it rain

"Yankees reinsert Wang in starting rotation"

Such lols and roffles they have at espn

lol

dear yanquis catchers: stop trying to throw ppl out

fuckin love teixiera

teixiera in that stadium is the best fantasy player

wasnt this game in the 4th an hour ago?

glad i didn't trade teixeira ^_^

I am really glad I didn't go to this game. The pace is deadly.

but it's a great game!

watch gardner walk backwards to second here

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090531/capt.c7fb3d4820d14a76aeae7e2a64aae29f.yankees_indians_baseball_ohtd106.jpg

aight im not huge on basestealing but how was gardner not going there

Mr Garrison christens Melky as MR CLUTCH

(I'm calling him Mr Garrison cuz he's M.Kay, get it?)

lol

also, the Yankees REALLY ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY

LOL, PAST A DIVING CABRERA

how did young not get 3 there

his run "means nothing," as they say

wtf YES

me too

damn if i have to listen to Sterling

assholes win

yes HD worked tho, popout to arod to end it

xp yep

oh HD ... excuuuuuuuuuuse me!

ha <3 parents

wow Melky's CLORP is appraching near-Jeterian levels

yeah, why don't they try hard in early innings?

anyone watching this?

yes

NO QUIT

shit howd the yanks get two runs?

this is good tv

k "mr garrison" just told me

xp

hey pitcher, runner at second means nothin

fucking espn america have cut to phillies at la

yes, what i want to see is the top of the third in a 0-0 game

surely they'll come back after pitching change?

have they finished the pitching change yet?

xp

hope so

it's a rather eccentric channel

can one of u crazies give me stats on league leaders in strikeouts *looking* the past few seasons?

xp game has resumed

boom, we're back with yankees

good swing canoe

full count with you too? (trying to figure out how delayed the feed is)

yes

shit

meh

not the best "path" there, Upton

it's such a treat to see mariano get blown up

except when he's on your fantasy team

;_;

yeah, thanks again, jerkins

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj213/Pic-s/no_problem.gif

why does Aceves wear #91? big Nevermind fan?

tribute to sergei fedorov

lol ortiz, is this a joke

great

good thing they moved burnett back in the rotation

i do not miss that man.

teixeira O_O

such power from johnny damon

MARK TEIXIERA: BEST PLAYER

yeah man he's ripping the ball

I am so aggrivated that the rotation is full of wang.

lol ortiz

Joba & Posada = dysfunctional couple

sheffield is pretty much praying 2 work a walk every ab

43-pitch inning gets game back on American League pace

i take back everything i said abt u scheff scheff <3

ok, this park 5-star hotel with a ballfield really is a joke.

how oft does Rivera come into tie games in the 8th??? is Girardi reading BP?

If so, he won't be reading it any more.

Castillo not accustomed to the wind in AL parks.

that is just brutal

jeez

sorry morbs

wtf no A-Rod curtain call? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL

can someone describe the error, not watching this

A-Rod hit a routine popup w/ two outs. Castillo drifted on it, attempted one-handed catch, ball popped out, game over.

totally unimaginable.

well, castillo one of omar's numerous boners, so that's appropriate

burnett should be able to pie castillo in the face

Among other things.

burnett should be able to pie castillo in the face

― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Friday, June 12, 2009 11:04 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hahahahaha

hate games like this but ill take whatever at this point

someone call morbs & make sure hes not dropping a toaster in the tub

was the popup in the outfield (and i assume they were running with the pitch for teix to score from first?)

no, Teixeira busted his ass tho

it was def shallow right field

def credit to teixeira for running it out tho

http://espn.go.com/mlb/photos?photoId=2253021&gameId=290612110

burnett should be able to pie castillo in the face

― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Friday, June 12, 2009 11:04 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

^^ THIS FUCKING THIS

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/305a4209-cc50-448f-9841-b1aa09b18d36.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/06/13/sports/yankees600.jpg

someone call morbs & make sure hes not dropping a toaster in the tub

max honey, you do remember I was at the Mets' season finale the last two years? After that I view all games with Nietzschean imperturbability.

haha

xxp lol it was nice 2 see them beat the shit out of arod while celebratin

lol @ canoe's griffey-ass HR stare

looool

a++, what a team

i wonder how many hours the schef spent out there?

Lool rivera

wuz a good hack

A-Rod looks pretty good w/ the glove, still

also I read (Neyer) that Jeter's defensive metrics look better than they ever have this year?

are you on baseball prospectus? what do they look like?

am i ON it? i subscribe, but i'm not on it.

Loooool @ joe morgan, anyone hear what he just said aftet Livan gave castillo a high-five? Joe likes what he sees, apparently giving teammates high 5s will give you good karma and help you win games

they are srsly the worst. sheff singles up the middle -- jon miller: "and wright with a base hit"

lol @ wang still swingin

Tbf he's probably used to seeing wright hit so many singles /morbsbait

Xp

Jon miller speaks complete gibberish for about a minute regarding the hip injuries plaguing players recently, then goes, "now that's not the medical explanation, I sort of, you know"

Seriously, ill take these dudes, who are at least good 4 a laugh, over the YES announcers

nice baserunning by SuperJeetz

omg @ a-rod's "home run"

?

a patented new yankee stadium fly out to rf "home run"

Nice start for Wang!

one of his best starts of the year!

one?

we should make this a drinking game: "past a diving Jeter"

his era finally under 10!

Too bad he injured himself!

Omg @ jeter's squeeze, unless his sister has gotten a lot hotter since I saw her last

omg y is cano bunting

under no circumstance should any lefty ever bunt in yankee stadium - cano could hit a homer to right w/ a torn rotator cuff

.......................

omg what is going on with this game???

vintage new yankee stadium game today

also lol at joba

bj ryan is in the game!!!

looool @ posada getting thrown out at home plate...watching this guy on the bases is truly a treat

bad memories of 2001 WS w/ that bloop single

wow jeter...say what u will about his admittedly poor range but he's a fantastic pop-up catcher. i've never seen him drop one

lol posada catching bizarre figgins pop-up barehanded

wow jeter...say what u will about his admittedly poor range but he's a fantastic pop-up catcher. i've never seen him drop one

― k3vin k., Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:55 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol this is about as back-handed a compliment as you can get

That guy is just phenomenal at tying his shoelaces.

i didn't have time to put this in but I would not be surprised if LAAOA sweep easily.

this is like a fuckin little league game

wow jeet givin me a heart attack there

lmarod

UUUHHGN SO HOT
MATSUI BUKKAKE

http://blog.nj.com/yankees_main/2009/07/large_hideki-matsui-new-york-yankees-721.jpg

another tape for the collection

lol dude

btw the mcdonalds© "smile of the game" is the creepiest thing ever but that girl was a dime, ws

I SAW THAT IT WAS COOL

Sergio Mitre

Yeah don't read too much into that (if you are). The hits he gave up were hard and one or two past a diving Jeters away from not making it out of the 3rd inning.

Ex-Yankee Don Mattingly's son Taylor arrested for attacking his mother

Fibber McGee Jul 23, 2009 12:35:34 AM Report Offensive Post
WHAT A REVOLTING DEVELOPMENT THIS IS

listening to michael kay and i think ken singleton express bemusement at WHIP, "one of our newer stats, innit?", is a treat

their skepticism is well justified, these newfangled pseudo-stats say nothing of a player's upbringing or the squareness of his jaw.

haha yeah and it's funny cuz in that same conversation they cited a really useful stat - something about how this A's pitcher had the pitch against which the opposing batter swung and missed most often in the league. yet they discussed it with the same cautious distance as they would were they talking about sucking the blood of babies to prolong one's life

wow that's just awfully written, sorry i'm in a hurry

RUNTWEETDAT

loool YES just ran a "yankees classic" of the castillo drop

why would Subway do that local market TV ad with Johan and CC Fatbastardhia? I mean the former is a pretty lean lithe guy but CC is not exactly the perfect model of Eat Fresh, Eat Smart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d0aC6HmxAA

altho a subway ad with geovany soto, CC, and michael phelps pulling tubes would kind of rule imo

wow jeter...say what u will about his admittedly poor range but he's a fantastic pop-up catcher. i've never seen him drop one

― k3vin k., Friday, July 10, 2009 11:55 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

lmao @ this post

is there anything that gives espn commentators a bigger boner than beanballs

boneballs

im really crossing fingers that they lose tonight and tomorrow so management overreacts and spends all that Legends ticket money on Halladay

c'mon Melky you're not helping here with that HR

wtf Teixeira you asshole, dont you want to win in October?

bruney will help the cause

swisha

ugh

melky!

Chad Gaudin (6.30 Petco ERA) is now a Yankee.

why?

Russ Ortiz is also a Yanqui so... who knows.

zzzzzzz

bench players look ready 2 call out for pizza

if only these teams could miss October, sigh

are the bosox flying in japanese pitchers as the game goes along?

Tough break, rook.

Clutch-Rod!

I hope that's good enough for that idiot Toure, who in his reviews of 3 Yankee-related works in the NYT Book Review last week was all about Jeter's clutchy superiority to the Third Baseman.

(if you can't tell, my silver lining in this Yankee win is at least the Bosox lost)

are the bosox flying in japanese pitchers as the game goes along?

― bnw, Saturday, August 8, 2009 12:27 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

hahahaa

lolololol

http://digitalderek.typepad.com/sawxblog/photos/2007/spring_training/onion_dice_k.jpg

Welcome back to Major League Baseball, JOSH TOWERS.

lol, Josh "Fawlty" Towers

does anyone think AJ Burnett might be rubbing one out in the shaving cream pie beforehand?

A.J. rubbin 1 out 4 me - yanquis 09

why is sanskrit the Judd Apatow of thees board

aj burnett is the mlb player on whom that crappy tough barbed wire arm tat looks most out-of-place imo

^^ haha totally.. i would almost welcome back Giambi's weird tattery at this point

how come when someone cool sits in the booth for an inning it's 1-2-3 both sides and out you go?
can someone just cut luis taint's mic? this shit is interminable.

eh he was pretty boring but not as bad as joe, jon and steve i guess. long night

he was terrible, and they just let him ramble about god knows what while actual shit was happening on the field, joe morgan just nodding the whole time

i think i hate everyone involved in this series not named beckett, lester, youkilis, or pedroia

dude i know u a sox fan but u hate nick swisher??

k tbf i do not hate swish, i just forgot.

jury's out on vmart atm.

are you fucking serious.

this Daniel Bard sure is cute but can't keep tossin' these lazy fly dink HRs

damon hr was a fucking joke--this stadium is not fit to play baseball in--that is only partial enraged hyperbole.

middle-away, 98 mph, damon reaches out and one-hands it to the right-center gap. jesus fuck.

Sorry if I'm asking the completely f***ing obvious here, but I haven't seen much of the new Yankee Stadium this year. Was Damon's HR typical of how balls fly out over the fences in that place? I mean, isn't that a double to the gap in most parks?

haha xposts

i havent seen much either but apparently right center is the questionable area, yes.

My biggest wish for the rest of the year is that the Yankees get eliminated on a HR to that alley.

gonna have to wait til at least october, doc

yeah, that's ok. how bout a World Series walkoff by Manny?

gonna be tough for manny to hit a walkoff on the road

this Daniel Bard sure is cute but can't keep tossin' these lazy fly dink HRs

― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Sunday, August 9, 2009 9:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah would smash for days

i'm telling you guys: the world series is going to be phillies-yankees and utley/howard/ibanez are gonna hit a combined 12 homers in that park

this stadium is not fit to play baseball in

this is very true, but we all can take solace in the fact that the stadium in general has made the yankees a near national laughing stock (bristol, ct. and the keller household excepted)

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2009_3385&type=hitter

gonna be tough for manny to hit a walkoff on the road

― mookieproof, Monday, August 10, 2009 1:55 AM (5 hours ago)

hahhaaha

hey, it was midnight and I'd just been looking at Joan Rivers' face

gonna be tough for manny to hit a walkoff on the road

― mookieproof, Monday, August 10, 2009 1:55 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is expert analysis btw

oh everyone is piling on so nm

lolz

fugyewazzholez

posada home run tonight was disgusting. baseball in new yankee stadium is honestly gruesome.

LET US LOOK AT SOME SPLITS

JORGE POSADA

home slugging/OPS: .612/1.005
away slugging/OPS: .380/.698

MARX TEIXEIRA

home slugging/OPS: .641/1.038
away slugging/OPS: .476/.843

DEREK JETER

home slugging/OPS: .496/.883
away slugging/OPS: .404/.786

JOHNNY DAMON

home slugging/OPS: .561/.942
away slugging/OPS: .459/.804

games there are basically http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/content/binary/reservoir-dogs-mexican-standoff.jpg

"disgusting" is sort of a strong word

almost as disgusting as Jim Rice's home/road splits

please be clean, cap'n ;_;

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=4392903

"He is the one player who I actually think would walk away from the game if he thought he had to cheat to compete."

Jeter fanboys are so weird.

guys gene wojo is essentially a special needs person fyi.

i've seen him at games going up to folks with a small business card with a sadface on it that reads, "i am a sportswriter, any help you can give is appreciated" while making faint moaning noises.

ha ha hhahahaa

irl lol @ omar

I wonder how Derek Jeter deals with the stress of knowing that if he does PEDs or beats his wife or gets caught masturbating in a bathroom that the better part of an entire nation might crumble to its knees screaming "NO! NO! NO! NOT DEREK TOO!"

another joke hr to rf

yesterday i saw the episode of seinfeld where george and his gf can't have sex so his mind is able to "focus" and he becomes like a super genius and at work he tutors jeter and bernie williams on how to hit

did jeter get hurt today?

Bot 3rd: NY Yankees

- J. Damon homered to "deep" right

Bot 3rd: NY Yankees

- J. Damon homered to deep right *rolls eyes*

*sigh*

somewhere, dante bichette is getting pangs of nostalgia

that is not going 2 fly, chad:

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_429985.jpg

Neyer vs Teixeira MVP supporters:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sweetspot/0-4-176/More-on-Tex-vs--the-World.html

LET US LOOK AT SOME SPLITS

HAI L@@K I CAN BE A SELECTIVE ATTENTION RETART 2

Nick Swisher
Home .323 .708
Away .602 .967

i will lol if tex wins tbh

if he leads the league in RBI, the caveman vote is his.

do i just come across as a detached, lame cynic if i lol at anyone who cares about the mvp?

w/ RISP:

Teixeira: 158 PA, 4 HR, 50 RBI, .268/.418/.455
Mauer: 100 PA, 6 HR, 52 RBI, .403/.490/.727
Morneau: 145 PA, 6 HR, 61 RBI, .327/.448/.564
Cabrera: 122 PA, 6 HR, 46 RBI, .287/.369/.519

wow @ Mauer power!

clutch

When it comes to majestic home runs with no one on base, Teixeira has the edge.

NY tabloids declaring Jeter "best-hitting shortstop ever" after hr moves to top of career hits as an SS list. LOL counting stats.

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/img/hofers/plaques/plaque_123784.jpg

first year HOF, 100% grouchy sportswriter compliance

well that spasm of macho bullshit worked nicely for CC.

whatd he do??

threw behind Suzuki, then got tatered.

"I've built confidence this year that I can still hit for power," said Sheffield, who has 509 career homeruns and is 314 hits shy of 3,000. I've never played in a hitters' ballpark. Put me in Yankee Stadium right now and you're talking about 50 home runs."

adorable.

Yeah uh except he's never even accidentally hit the ball to RF in his life

And andy what exactly was the point of those RISP stats you posted?

Just sayin'

tex is hitting 100 pts below mauer at this point

Mauer's AVG is higher than Tex's OBP.

mauer's ranks in BA, SLG, OBP, OPS: 1, 1, 1, 1
tex's in the same: 38, 5, 17, 6

texs rank in HEART: 1
texs rank in SPORTSMANSHIP: 1
texs rank in GUTS: 1

Nick Swisher weighs in:

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/08/19/slow-start-firmly-in-rearview-mirror-teixeira-mounts-bid-for-mv/

"He's a machine, a machine," Nick Swisher said. "You might as well just dump gold all over him at first base. As much as he's a great player on the field, he's a great teammate. I think a lot of people need to pay attention to that. People see the numbers and they see the way he plays. They know how good he is. In my mind, there is nobody in the league that can be considered more of an MVP than him."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Xrm9K9u4E

Joe Mauer may be having a better year, but his team is not likely to go to the playoffs. The Angels' Kendry Morales, who replaced Teixeira in Anaheim, has been a revelation this year, but he's still not a household name.

Congratulations, Mark Teixeira -- you are the Late August Most Valuable Household Name Player on a Likely Playoff Team.

You might as well just dump gold all over him at first base

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1769869

wow, Jeetz hasn't walked since July 28, OBP still .395

they showed at the beginning he's hitting .619 over some recent stretch.

dude is scary on fire

hahahaha "mr garrison" on a YES fan vote which picked texas as the eventual wild-card winner: "i didn't vote, but i'm going to say boston. you know why? because they know how to WIN. they've been there before, they've got that experience and winning timbre"

TIMBRE? or timber? (maybe Mr K thinks the bats are lucky)

i think he said timbre, as in a recognizable sound quality. sorta makes sense? that's what i heard at least, definitely wasn't timber, there was an "a" sound

lol 12-1 btw, this season is just about wrapped up. feels nice

aaand jeet's 3 for 5

man canoe is fun as hell to watch but someone needs to yell at him and tell him to set his feet on those across the body throws.

canoe is fun as hell to watch

he is? even my yankee-fan friends think he's half-assed

hahahaha "mr garrison" on a YES fan vote which picked texas as the eventual wild-card winner: "i didn't vote, but i'm going to say boston. you know why? because they know how to WIN. they've been there before, they've got that experience and winning timbre"

― ash ra - i love temple (k3vin k.), Friday, August 21, 2009 9:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i died at this b/c there was a pause and then singleton was like "im going to say the rangers, because theyve allowed the fewest runs since the all star break"

hahaahaha

looool matsui, 19-7.

by my quick math jeter is 25 for his last 36 O___________O

this fuckin game

the rangers, because theyve allowed the fewest runs since the all star break

Also, how the holy fuck has this happened?

(I'm going to say the Rays, btw, bcz Maddon dyed his hair black)

rolling my damn eyes

should have saved some runs for today LOL

good thing about baseball is, you can lose a few games but it's who won the most at the end that matters

not really, have you been paying attention to baseball over the past decade?

come over here kevvy, uncle steve is gonna teach you something about a "Short Series" and also "World Series Winners via Wildcard Berths", something your Yankees have learned about the hard way...

nb: 2002-2004 in particular

not talking bout playoffs, shasta

http://msp73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/aykis16/playoffs.jpg

oh sorry, didn't know u were a pennant queen dawg

sigh, i was just trying to convince myself that losing this game doesnt matter cuz we're gonna win the division anyway

well then, don't count your chickens either dawg, u sound like Morbius in 07-08 ^_____^

also LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

you sound like you since that bike crash

why on earth do you think i started hating the Mets/Yankees since that accident? u madd

"Past a diving Jeter! #usefulphrases"

http://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/3502277483

no SS, you started being real tiresome after that.

can we short out Morgan's mike again plz

#phrasesthatwererelevantayearago

xp

Cano suspense lol

the yankees have a decent shot at breaking the record for most 20 hr hitters on a single team. right now it's 7, they could have 8 with teixeira, matsui, a-rod, swisher, cano, damon, posada, and jeter.

2 more hr for matsui, lol beckett

I usually find Ken Singleton decent, but tnite he sez "Damon has probably benefited most from the so-called short porch in right field."

Which word does "most" qualify there?

awwww

damn son

that's what you get for attempting to sac bunt tbh

I tuirned that game off after 8, forgot it was the AL.

like was he saying that damon is the yankee most helped by the "short porch" or that the short porch was the main reason he's hitting well?

Xp wha happened??

the yankees lost

first and second no out down one after this huge rally & they have swisher sac bunt & he pops out to catcher & then the next hitter hit into a line out double play

he was saying that damon is the yankee most helped by the "short porch"

All-time Yankees leaders, Outs Made

Name Outs PA

1. Derek Jeter 6239 9661
2. Bernie Williams 5919 9053
3. Mickey Mantle 5899 9909
4. Yogi Berra 5623 8355
5. Lou Gehrig 5489 9660
6. Roy White 5209 7735
7. Don Mattingly 5159 7721
8. Willie Randolph 4954 7465
9. Frankie Crosetti 4947 7273
10. Babe Ruth 4909 9197