Hatin' on the Evil YANKEE Empire 2007

I'm wondering what countries will be next.

Rodriguez Avoids a High-and-Tight Pitch
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
NY Times

It seemed like a harmless enough event for Alex Rodriguez — a book signing for his new children’s book at a Barnes & Noble store in Midtown Manhattan.

But the distractions began shortly after Rodriguez, the Yankees’ third baseman, arrived around 1:30 p.m. yesterday.

As Rodriguez posed for photographers holding a copy of the book, “Out of the Ballpark” (HarperCollins), a middle-aged man holding a camera tossed a baseball at Rodriguez, apparently because he wanted an autograph. The ball hit the ceiling — if thrown more accurately it could have hit Rodriguez — and then bounced on the floor. The man then scooted out of the store.

Later, as reporters spoke with Rodriguez, a publicist from HarperCollins quickly tried to end the questions. Rodriguez kept talking and a reporter from Newsday was grabbed by a police officer and pushed away. In his brief conversation with reporters, Rodriguez skirted a question about opting out of his 10-year, $252 million contract at the end of this season, saying, “My situation and my only goal is to win a world championship, and I am going to take it day to day.”

Rodriguez is going into the seventh year of his deal, and his fourth season with the Yankees. Under the terms of the contract, he has the right to walk away from the final three years of the deal and sign a new contract with the Yankees or any other team.

Rodriguez’s agent, Scott Boras, told The Associated Press yesterday that Rodriguez was happy in New York, and that he and Rodriguez would probably not talk about the contract until after the season.

“Obviously, when Alex’s contract was done, the revenues of the game were around $3 billion,” Boras said. “Now they are around $6 billion. The elite position player has not been really graded in this new revenue stream we’ve seen.” Translation: Rodriguez, in Boras’s opinion, can probably make more money with a new deal after this season.

Rodriguez, meanwhile, said that he did not believe he had anything to repair with Manager Joe Torre, who, in frustration, dropped Rodriguez to eighth in the batting order for Game 4 of last season’s playoff series against Detroit. Rodriguez had only one hit through the first three games of that series.

“I am an employee,” Rodriguez said. “If Joe says take out the garbage, I take out the garbage.”

so glad i can watch tonight's game on SNY and replace Michael Kay with Hernandez

Can somebody predict what the starting pitching match-up might be for Monday night's Red Sox-Yankee game?

according to http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/schedules it's wakefield vs. mussina

Nice. I guess it was too much to ask for Clemens to come back for the game I'm attending.

So, will I be asking for trouble if I wear my Astros cap to the game?

rasner nutmegged!

i'd suggest not wearing the astros cap.

nice catch, johnny.

McCarver's anti-jewelry rant was hilarious.

Nice catch, Johnny.

nice toss, robbie

lol
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070519/capt.f2636f657a82451c8ae788abc7fb0f9e.yankees_mets_baseball_nyeb105.jpg

wear the cap; Bleacher Bums are pussies.

cano's first error on saturday was a completely lackadaisical, half-assed, hotdog play--should torre have yanked him on the spot to send a message? it's not like his hitting is making up for it this year, despite his homer later.

another MEANINGLESS SLAPROD HR

TEAM GAMES RUNS AVG PACE
CLE 41 228 5.56 900
DET 43 237 5.51 893
BOS 43 232 5.40 875
NYY 42 227 5.40 875
NYM 43 226 5.26 852

I gotta say, O'Neill and Flaherty are actually making the YES broadcast more palatable.

yeah, i've chosen to listen to them (despite michael kay) over rick smugcliffe

So, hstencil and I were at the game last night. I wore the Astros cap and didn't even get a second look from anybody. All the Yankees fans were too busy looking for guys in Red Sox gear to beat up. I counted at least five fights, including one down in the boxes behind the dugout. You know, down where the civilized people with money sit.

xpost

Alex in SF, that was an amazing Joe Morgan retort! I seriously thought my unqualified arguments somehow got to him. Much prefer to mock him on tv where he can't hear me!

smugcliffe highlight: "Abreu's not walking much, but with his power you don't really want him walking."

boldbury, i hope you forced stenc to sing God Bless America good & loud.

Report: Giambi failed amphetamines test
May 23, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jason Giambi failed an amphetamines test within the last year, the Daily News reported Wednesday.

The newspaper reported that after the failed amphetamines test, Giambi is subjected to six additional tests for one year. The newspaper did not cite any sources in its report.

Giambi declined comment to the newspaper before the New York Yankees' 7-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

The Yankees slugger recently said in a USA Today interview that he was "probably tested more than anybody else."

On Tuesday, lawyers for the commissioner's office and the players' association held more conversations about a possible meeting with Giambi but it remained uncertain when or if such a gathering would take place.

Lawyers for Major League Baseball would like to talk to Giambi about comments in last Friday's editions of USA Today.

"I was wrong for doing that stuff," the New York Yankees designated hitter was quoted as saying, remarks some have interpreted as an admission of steroids use.

Management lawyers would like to hold the meeting as soon as is practicable. The failed amphetamines test most likely wouldn't be discussed at a meeting since MLB policy is to keep a first positive test secret.

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson took issue with one of Giambi's comments.

"What we should have done a long time ago was stand up -- players, ownership, everybody -- and said: 'We made a mistake,"' Giambi was quoted as saying. "We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it."

Robinson said Giambi should speak for himself.

"If Jason wants to confess, then he should come out and say: `I'm guilty. I apologize. I apologize to baseball. I apologize to all the fans that have supported me and supported baseball over the years. And I will clean up my act and promise you I will not do anything like this again,"' Robinson said during an interview on ESPN. "He should not drag others into (it), because when he says baseball, that includes everybody in baseball."

Before the Yankees played Boston on Tuesday night, Giambi was asked about a report in the New York Post that said the Los Angeles Angels had an interest in acquiring him. Giambi has a full no-trade clause.

"This is all news to me. I'm a Yankee," he said. "It's kind of fun to read. I never asked for it."

boldbury, i hope you forced stenc to sing God Bless America good & loud.

No such luck. Actually, I was pretty disappointed with the canned renditions of "God Bless America" and "The Star Spangled Banner" that they trotted out at Yankee Stadium. I can think of only a couple of times in all my years of seeing games at the Astrodome/Minute Maid Park that they didn't have some minor local celebrity or at least a church group lined up to perform the National Anthem live. Seems kinda lazy on the part of the Yankees to only present a recorded version of it.

I did do a little funky dance to Outkast's "Hey Ya!", which directly followed "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."

Theory one: Giambi knew his positive amphetamine test was about to go public, so he figures it's a good time to (sort of) make an apology for 'doing that stuff'.

Theory two: Because the powers that be are unhappy with Giambi for going to the press and, uh, I guess dragging MLB through the mud, they leaked the positive result to punish him.

Either theory works for me.

The newspaper did not cite any sources in its report.

Anyway, let's talk about something important:

A-Rod: good hard-slider, elegant klutz, or Ty Cobb incarnate?

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h185/tomviggy/ArodPurseMedium.jpg

He's gotta get a fannypack.

btw jeter passed dimaggio on the yanqui hit list tonight. boo.

*FISTPUMP*

btw, Dimaggio is in no way one of the 15 greatest players ever, let alone 5 or 6, Karl Ravech.

No way. Joe D lifted his entire team just by being on the field. You never saw him dive for a ball because he always knew instinctively where to play. He was like the Derek Jeter of his day!

Joe D wasn't even the best defensive CF in HIS FAMILY!

I knew someone who once wrote to Pitchfork to protest that "Loveless wasn't even the best album released ON THAT DAY!!"

Do you know who the 2nd best Yankee pitcher (in VORP) to Pettitte has been? BRIAN BRUNEY.

Rivera is 15th on the staff and Mussina is 18th, behind Pavano, Henn, Clippard, Chris Britton etc.

brian bruney's pretty good, rly. seems like a bro.

/statfreeanalysis

ok, its 9:09 and then Mets are in the bottom of the 8th while the Yanks are in the bottom of the 5th.

i just realized Steinbrenner's diabolical genius. it's really quite evil. sure, everyone thinks the big bats are paid for to buy world series rings, and in a way they are. but this neglect of arms?

think about it, pitching duels don't bring in ad revenue. they bring in viewers, but there's only two hours and change to go with. better to have a game that tacks on an extra hour and bring in that much more advertising revenue, untouched by the profit sharing or any sort of luxury tax.

i'm fairly drunk right now and will absorb your ridicule, but there is a method to their madness

and don't try to counterargue with the Clemens example. he's a marquee name that will get people to tune in. think of it as a flopping broadway show that just brought in liza minelli to garner attention.

phil garner attention?

Wrong thread?

Good lord this team is lousy.

About to be overtaken by Tampa Bay!

- J. Giambi reached on an infield single
- B. Abreu struck out swinging, J. Giambi stole second, J. Giambi to third on shortstop R. Clayton's fielding error

END TIMES

also, bottom 3 in the order are worse than basically any bottom three in the NL

/statfree analysis

yanquis lose lead on seal of home

ha ha haa

scott proctor just got brought in to replace pettite with a runner on 3rd and a tie game in the bottom of the 9th.

scott proctor just gave up a sac fly pettite on hook for run and loss.

it's the 8th.

^was^

Where's the FOCUS?!

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2347/news002ea9.jpg

John Sterling on Sunday after 2d bases-loaded Proctor walk: "WILL THE NIGHTMARE EVER END??"

A-Rod pulling some little league bullshit:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070531&content_id=1996569&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Haha fuck what's wrong with that guy?

Part of me wants to kind of like A-Rod because I love rooting for the underdog on some level and everyone is so hard on the guy and then he gets that hurt puppy look, but jeez he's such a dick.

the $250 million dollar underdog...

i used to kinda feel bad for all the booing he got too.
this is no longer the case, however.

i mean - what a douche - in that article he compaired his yelling into Howie's ear to Hill stealing home the night before.

"the $250 million dollar underdog..."

Yeah I mean obv. it's pretty weird, but to hear people talk about A-Rod sometimes you'd swear the guy and that contract was Mike Hampton or Don Dreifort or something as opposed to one of the best infielders ever.

I'll be rooting for him (to be drilled in the gullet).

How is this different from the hidden ball trick?

Because trying to catch the ball and someone runs up behind you and yells "MINE" or "I GOT IT" is different than getting caught not paying attention to who has the ball?

The yelling move was bush, sure, but ultimately, it's up to the fielder to make the play regardless of distractions (cf. intracompany softball games where one team is full of Pete Rose wanna-bes & the other is the Washington Generals), just as it's up to the baserunner to pay attention to where the ball is & what the game situation is (cf. hidden ball trick victims, Lonnie Smith).

Doesn't mean his Rodness doesn't deserve a high hard one, tho. Also, John McDonald needs to STFU & save the grizzled gritty no-hit infielder schtick for an NL team.

The reaction to this would be much different if he hadn't already set a precedent for beer league infield etiquette.

Next time, he's gonna pull hair.

"How is this different from the hidden ball trick?"

Um because it's potentially illegal.

ANYWAY: I, being a Red Sox dork, have taken perverse pleasure in watching the Yankees flail haplessly over these past 2 months, mostly because of the combination of woe-is-me sadsackery (cf. Morbs quoting Sterling) & it's-like-1978 cockeyed optimism. I'm totally flirting with bad karma by doing this, but WHATEVER.

Alex (MINE), how is it (MINE) almost (HAH) illegal?

John McDonald needs to STFU & save the grizzled gritty no-hit infielder schtick for an NL team.

ehh?

"Alex (MINE), how is it (MINE) almost (HAH) illegal?"

I'm not sure on the rule exactly, but there was some inference by Keith Law in his ESPN chat this morning that A-Rod yelling "it's mine" in the fielder's ear could reasonably be construed as interference or hinderence by the base-runner of the fielder's ability to make a play on a batted ball. Now whether A-Rod did that or how that rule is interpreted might make that inapplicable in this case, but it certainly more of a legal grey area than the "hidden ball trick" which is definitely an established legal part of the game.

If Eckstein would have pulled the trick that A-Rod did last night, they would be calling it gamer genius. That hard slide Rodriquez had against the Red Sox a few games back was a bit much, but I like tricks like the one he pulled last night.

this is real baseball you hypocrites

Thermo: "Toronto shortstop John McDonald and Gibbons both addressed Rodriguez's actions as the All-Star stood at third base, trying to stifle a grin, but A-Rod said he wasn't able to hear what the comments referred to."

The yelling move sounds totally kosher to me, and I'd totally fuck him if he wasn't a Republican.

if an ILB sacred cow like Julio Franco had pulled this off on A-Rod, you people would have your own thread gloating about it

totally shady move, love it

julio franco just sticks his butt out, don't act like you don't like it.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ATA/24338BP~Looney-Tunes-Pussyfoot-Posters.jpg

"Illegal yelling" my ass, I've never heard of a verbal (i.e. non-physical) action on the field being called "interference". Maybe the next time an infielder yells "c'mon let's get the next guy, let's throw strikes" after a base hit then someone should invoke the ARod precedent and claim that the noise constitutes verbal intent to distract the runner or hitter and should be called a balk or interference or whatever. And anyone who claims this is more bush league than the hidden ball trick or infielders pretending to turn a double play with a runner on first after a clean single to right is simply kidding themselves.

I was more wondering why MacD should "save his shtick" for a nl team.

Um, you guys: A-Rod likes the she-male, muscular type.

I was more wondering why MacD should "save his shtick" for a nl team.

Because I can't stands no-hit Eckstein clones in the run-scoring paradise that is the AL, & only folks like LaRussa & Hurdle (what covet such gritty intangibles to such a degree that a non-Bengie Molina & Jamey Carroll get regular playing time) should be allowed to play such things.

What the fuck I'm talking about I don't even know anymore.

she's-a-he-rod

scott proctor = my dude

donnie baseball, i could manage better than you

pls to put together that indiana baseball themed chain of chicken finger restaraunts you should have created five years ago

so A-Rod goes for the same gals R Crumb does!

crumb likes chubby girls. gay-rod likes she-males. sanskrit likes gay-rod.

my yanqui fan friend lukas is convinced that donnie baseball is cursed.

Heh Roger Clemens is hurt and won't pitch for 3 weeks.

that's beautiful!

Oh jeez that shot Menky took from Lowell's knee to the back of the head was ugly. He look shell-shocked when they were carting him off the field.

shit, 'Menky' is on my HACKING MASS team! he better be back soon.

Sorry I couldn't be bothered to remember how to spell his name.

doug eyechart

Doug Saltalamacchia

"If Eckstein would have pulled the trick that A-Rod did last night, they would be calling it gamer genius."

JOE MORGAN READS ILBB!

Oh, A-Rod, when will you actually hit a meaningful home run?

and I even learned a little somthing.. about baseball.

"That's Toronto's fault. Catch the ball. Get over it."
--Barry Bonds, on that A-Rod play

"I don't know how you can get away with that, unless you're a Yankee player."
--Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel

"I don't blame him. I would have done it, too. I don't care what people say. Why not do it? You have to do everything to win games."
--Ozzie Guillen, White Sox manager.

"Sometimes it happens in the heat of the moment. It's not like pimpin' a home run. You don't stand there and watch them. Obviously, Alex Rodriguez has been around the game a long time. That play, it's not as firm as the other unwritten rules."
--Mets third baseman David Wright (Jordan Bastien, MLB.com)

(lol that expression is awesome)

I like that there appears to be zero consensus on this!

http://static.flickr.com/44/143560419_7ca89b50a2.jpg

Prince of Garbage Time whips up a 9th inning bomb.

Alex Gonzalez: "Damn I look good."

Rey Ordonez: "How the fuck did I get here?"-

is alex gonzalez the fez from that 70s show looking dude?

who's the black dude?

Renteria (unless you mean the bi-racial, but not as pretty as A-Rod, Jeter.)

A-Gonz is at the far left (and pretty as he is, sitting on his best feature)

his wallet.

I wasn' taking the materialist view...

so is Giambi gone? for the year?

Sounds like it.

TEAM GAMES RUNS AVG PACE
CLE 41 228 5.56 900
DET 43 237 5.51 893
BOS 43 232 5.40 875
NYY 42 227 5.40 875
NYM 43 226 5.26 852

Let's look at this again:

TEAM GAMES RUNS AVG PACE
DET 59 351 5.95 964
CLE 58 326 5.62 911
NYY 58 315 5.43 880
BOS 59 308 5.22 846
PHI 60 303 5.05 818

Sheffield is just on a tear, isn't he. Bet the Yankees wish they had traded their current RF instead.

Humberto Sanchez: out for the season, had elbow ligament-replacement surgery in April.

Anthony Claggett (Tampa): 16 G, 30.1 IP, .289 BAA, 1.45 WHIP

Kevin Whelan (Trenton): 18 G, 31 IP, 1.45 WHIP, much better numbers than Claggett otherwise.

omg, I forgot to relate first-inning doings on Wed night's YES telecast from Chicago...

Damon hits liner down LF line, kid with glove in first row (the prick) leans over and scoops it up. As Jeter comes up, cut to kid being escorted upstairs and out by US Cellular security for interfering with play.

Paul O'Neill: "That kid lasted one batter, and paid a lotta money for that ticket... At least in New York, they rough him up a little then put him back in the seats."

(Joe Girardi cooncurs that interfering is "a natural instinct").

Michael Kay: "I wouldn't reach over, as a fan... They make the announcement before every game. I follow orders."

O'Neill: "I'd rather take a beating then miss the rest of the game."

Yankee Stadium thug policy outta the bag!

Did Paulie really say "then" isntead of "than"?

yes. comma, then.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0603/mlb_clemens_top_412.jpg

108 pitches in 6 innings.

I feel that I should feel honored to watch this legend compete, but I just want a sniper to turn his head into a fine red mist while he's in the middle of his motion.

"I'm not worried about grading myself."

YOU TELL THEM, ROCKET. YOU WILL OVERCOME ALL THIS INTENSE SCRUTINY.

a fine red mist

dude we're not talking about what Schilling hand sprayed onto his sock

As Jeter comes up, cut to kid being escorted upstairs and out by US Cellular security for interfering with play.

Superhero, my ass. Why didn't Jeter jump into the stands to help the kid? He should have said "if the kid goes, then I go". He obviously doesn't care about baseball anymore.

The clubhouse cancer that is A-Rod has clearly spread his disease to Captain Take-A-Seat. ;_;

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2100/back061007hd8.jpg

^_^

Also Clutchless-Rod jacks the fuck out of an baseball to give yanquis teh lead against the pirates. the lowly pirates. asshole can't do shit against the ded sox lol amirite?

PADDING HIS STATS AGAINST OVER THE HILL JAP PITCHERZ

^Rocket up the ass!^

6 in a row against the White Sox & Pirates. WATCH OUT AMERICAN LEAGUE!

Plz tell me someone has used "Rocket from the Crypt" headline.

Hahaha I wish!

Well, what do we make of this run...

The last three wins against Arizona, I'll grant, were impressive. The previous 6, though - um, no.

I guarantee 1 or 2 Mets wins this weekend.

2 wins please.

i have not liked the last week of baseball.

I guarantee 0, 1, 2 or 3 Mets wins this weekend.

BOLD THAT CLAM

SHUT YOUR MOTH

NEW YORK NEW YORK
LEGENDARY RHYME FORCE
CODE NAME CHARLIE HORSE

--Alex Rodriguez: "HOT right now. ... Chases a lot of BB's w/2-strikes, both away and in dirt. CH is fine when away. ... (vs. left-handers) Hard in, soft away. Ladder FB w/2-strikes."

--Derek Jeter: "Will bunt and H&R. ... Runs early. ... Struggles w/ball down/in and will chase SL away. ... Get ahead. Fairly aggressive so will need to mix pitches and locations 1st pitch."

--Bobby Abreu: "HOT right now. ... Good guy to crowd once you're ahead. Hammers 1st pitch FB's away w/RISP."

--Johnny Damon: "(vs. right-handers) Struggling w/soft stuff. ... (vs. left-handers) Keep honest w/FB up/in."

--Jorge Posada: "Sits on off-speed when pitcher is ahead. ... Good cripple hitter."

--Melky Cabrera: "Need to ladder the FB w/2-strikes. Chases up A LOT! ... Hacker throughout count."

kind of jesus-y, don't ya think?

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players/2007_1/clemens_roger.jpg

why take wang out with 2 out and no one on in the ninth?

why leave him in for the 9th when you have brian bruney needing his reps?

lol that wasn't brian "iron cross" bruney

new Yankee trad: ovations > CG

ALERT

JORGE POSADA TO PLAY 1ST AGAINST ROCKEES, WIL "WO IST BAT?" NIEVES TO CATCH

ALERT

New York Yankees CATCHER Roger Clemens?

gg yahoo.

LOL @ thunder thighs

probably an ap fuckup, actually.

someone find me a video of proctor burning his equipment plz

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07022007/photos/news003.jpg

WE WANT BLOOD GEORGE

TEAM GAMES RUNS AVG PACE
DET 84 504 5.99 970
CLE 86 462 5.37 870
NYY 83 443 5.34 865
PHI 86 445 5.17 838
LAA 86 435 5.06 819

Does A-Rod hit homers in bunches, greater than chance?

http://thehothand.blogspot.com/2007/07/having-reached-roughly-halfway-point-of.html

Damon BA down to .233.

and why hasn't Bob Gibson stuck one in Gary Sheffield's ear?

"F Thomas grounded out to pitcher, M Stairs scored, V Wells to third."

Uhhh, how did THAT combination happen?

A-Rod's unintentional Don Flamenco impersonation yesterday (after getting beaned): priceless.

Well, gee, I think the world knows where age-27 "youthful enthusiast" Shelley Duncan likes the ball - coming out of a D-Ray pitcher's hands.

lolololololol

GUYS 18 RUNS AND IT'S ONLY THE 6TH
THAT'S YANKEE BASEBALL
I'M GONNA BLOG THE SHIT OUT OF THIS

watch these yutzes drop three in a row to KC this week

NB: KC has the best ERA in the AL over the past 30 days (or something).

Plus KC finally have a chance to get out of last place this week!

BTW, how far up Jetes' ass is Michael Kay? Ball rolls by his Clutchness well right of the 2nd base bag & no comment a la "he should've had it," & goes from mild-rofl to WTF in praising Jetes' acting chops mimicking A-Rod's post-HBP dance.

Never mind his goofy-ass celebration re: Duncan's 1st homer of the day - "OH I WONDER IF HIS PINSTRIPED FEET HAVE EVEN TOUCHED THE GROUND" + "HAY HE COULD MARKET FOR DUNKIN DONUTS CAUSE THAT'S HIS NAME LOLOLOLOLOL" = oh god Al hook him up w/ a high-school girl already.

i think i can paraphrase this douchenozzle's quote from the other day:

shot of dunkin donuts signage in LF

SHEL-LY DUN-CAN SHOULD BE DOING ADS FOR DUNKIN' DONUTS SOON IF HE KEEPS THIS UP. EXCEPT, HE'S NOT PUTTING DOUGHNUTS IN THE BOXSCORE, HE'S PUTTING UP HOME RUNS.

someone kill him

why does he always hold the final consonant of "Rodriguez" for six seconds?

Because he's a douchenozzle.

See also: proclaiming Shields' start a failure after 10+ pitches ("he just doesn't look comfortable out there") (I GUESS HE SAW SOMETHING); proclaiming that a 380-390 OBP is "average" (& deflecting Al's follow-up re: Melky's 330 OBP leading off); trying to use his Centerstage skills to get Al to say something interesting re: the supposed Leiter / Kazmir controversy.

this is why I don't listen when I watch da Yanquis.

Shelley Duncan runs like a girl that's 10 feet tall and bowlegged.

WTF:

[Jeter and Posada] decided they wanted to take a steam, which was very unusual for the two of them to take a steam because I had never seen them go in the steam room. When they went into the steam room, I was cleaning up things around the bathroom area, which is inside where the steam room and everything is. I opened the door not knowing they were in there and caught them interacting with one another. They in turn screamed at me to close the “F-ing” door and then later on came over to me and said, “You didn't see what you saw.” So I said, fine. I left it at that.

Those jugears are hard to resist.

http://www.yanks-suck.com/

yeah i go to that site too for all my unbiased Yankees reportage needs

Court docs and transcripts are also on The Smoking Gun, though.

Shelley Duncan is an ugly, UGLY cus...

does he sport a half pound of chaw in his mouth at all times like his bro?

Dunkin Donuts jokes > Slam-Dunc lameness

HAY GUYZ DID U KNO that every Yankee starter has a 3-game hitting streak because every Yankee starter has a hit in 3 straight games?!?!? IT'S A FACT!

(thanx to Dr. Hibbert 4 the 411)

OK don't mind me killing time while pokering online but Ken Singleton needs to lay off the Pinstripe Punch. He made a point of noting that tonight's Yankee lineup features six homegrown players tonight (seven yesterday), & that it's evidence that the Yankees aren't actually buying their lineup. Of course:

- he's counting Matsui as homegrown LOL
- starting Andy Phillips & Melky Cabrera (& Slam-Dunc) isn't exactly a sign of organizational strength (but why let that get in the way of an off-the-mark point)

I don't get why they traded Proctor for a utility infielder.

Betemit is pretty decent. He's not having his best year, though.

Proctor wasn't exactly lights out this year. Replacing him with Joba (hypothetically) can only improve their chances.

Proctor's never really been lights out - last year was his one truly effective year, and Joe's been beating him silly (to the point that he's been about as effective of late as your run of the mill mop-up dude). Proctor is the fungible reliever poster boy.

Meanwhile, Betemit's now the best Yankee bench guy by far (sorry Shelley), is having a fine year aside from his average, and he's only 27 - he could potentially take over for A-Rod next year, if Steinbrenner doesn't make w/ the cash.

Of course, what's probably going to happen is Torre's going to give Betemit one or two chances (barring an injury), & if he takes a really bad 0fer, or makes a key error, he'll get buried & the Miguel Cairo Experience will steal his ABs.

Considering how flaky the Yank pitching was early this year, I don't get why they didn't bring up these other arms. I suppose if you are looking long term, the Betemit could work out, but I thought this was the Yankees who live and die for now. Betemit's pinch hitting looks pretty good.

"Betemit provides manager Joe Torre with the solid offensive option off the bench that he has talked longingly about at times this season. He also is batting .320 (8-for-25) as a pinch hitter this season. He had pinch-hit homers in consecutive games at Atlanta in May."

hey don't knock the Miguel Cairo Experience

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/left_bed_in_clemens

The Summer of Shelley continues...

KEVIN MAAS HOLLAR

more like LOLLAR amirite?

Wilson Bettawhat

HR in his first pinstriped at-bat.
The Yanks are going to come back and win this game.

LOL @ Clemens.

(and Garland... what a game!)

No mention of Godzilla's insane 2nd half yet?

and we're all tied up
amirite? amirite?

Clemens booed off the mound! LOL

hey how bout that Clemens & wife ad w/ dropped call? ROFL'd at SABR HOF induction TV party.

Clemens booed off the mound! LOL

No way.

Wilson Betemit: TRUE YANKEE

ah shit i forgot this was on

Clemens booed off mound after allowing 8 runs in 1 2-3 inning vs. White Sox

August 2, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) -- Roger Clemens was booed off the mound Thursday after he allowed eight runs and nine hits in the second inning of the Yankees' game against the Chicago White Sox.

Only three of the runs were earned. Second baseman Robinson Cano mishandled Jerry Owens' grounder near the bag with one out, and Clemens threw out Darin Erstad at the plate on Alex Cintron's dribbler, but the next four batters all got hits off Clemens before manager Joe Torre replaced him.

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It was the shortest outing for Clemens since June 2000, when he lasted just one inning against Boston. He hadn't allowed this many runs since a game in August 2003, when all nine runs he gave up were earned.

Making his last start before turning 45, Clemens pitched a perfect first inning before the White Sox got to him with a series of singles and doubles that eluded Yankees fielders. When Torre replaced him with left-hander Mike Myers, the fans at Yankee Stadium booed loudly, but the boos faded to polite applause by the time the Rocket had trudged to the dugout.

The Yankees trailed 8-0 when Clemens left, putting him in line for his sixth loss in 11 starts.

Listening to Waldmyn wallow in scorn and seething contempt for Farnsworth ("throwing hard doesn't mean anything!" SO THERE) after Konerko & Dye went deep in the 8th + Sterling wondering where-oh-where did his Jorgie Boy go = it is to lol

I am totally stunned that no one's stepped up to make inappropriate comments re: YES Network Post-Game Girl. Come on!

BTW, the NESN "news" babes are much hotter. ^_^

yeah i've never seen a ground rule double off a pitcher's foot before.

fuuuuuck.. A-Rod did it finally. i watched the first (for Hughes' start) through Jeter's at bat but went out to the grocery store and bought a ton of dollar stoop sale Ramones and Eno records. i guess i'd rather have the haul, but still :(

the YES call was sorta anticlimactic, probably because michael kay wasn't there.

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antler-rod

the YES call was sorta anticlimactic

watching the rerun now -- true, but thank god Kay wasn't there to ruin the moment.

SEE YA!
I'M A DOUCHE BTW

Sterling brought enough douchery for an entire Massengill factory - yes, he managed to squeeze in his "AAAAAAAAA-BOMB FROM AAAAAAAA-ROD" call in the midst of everything.

the dude who caught both home run balls is 35?!?

Times:

Before yesterday’s game, Alex Rodriguez said he had not spoken to the fan who caught his 500th home run Saturday, identified as 29-year-old Walter Kowalczyk. “It’s his ball,” Rodriguez said. “Obviously I would love to have the ball.” The Yankees’ director for media relations, Jason Zillo, said the Yankees offered Kowalczyk a cornucopia of autographed equipment from Yankees past and present. “He said, ‘I need to sleep on this,’ ” Zillo said. Zillo added that the Yankees planned to give the helmet Rodriguez wore during the at-bat to the Hall of Fame. Rodriguez said he kept his uniform (unwashed) and the lineup card. He joked that if his 500th homer had come last season, when his statistics were down, the fan would have thrown it back. When Rodriguez was stuck on 499 home runs, the home fans embraced him, standing and cheering during his at-bats. Asked if their response might affect his decision on whether to opt out of his contract after the season, he said, “That’s two different things.”

haha

another dumb quote he gave shortly after the game was (paraphrasing) "i've never been in a world series game, but i imagine that's what it's like with all those flashes going off"

dude you also went 0 for 22 with those flashes, i bet boras slapped his forehead when he heard that one

The car bringing Cynthia Rodriguez, Alex’s wife, to Yankee Stadium was just parking when she heard the radio call of home run No. 500.

“I ran out of the car and saw him cross home plate,” said Mrs. Rodriguez before begging off any further interviews. “It’s typical of me, I miss all the good home runs.”

hell of a parking space there...

No offense to BJ fans, but I'm still waiting for the Yankees to play a post-All-Star-Break game against a good team.

I guess I'm kinda glad that the Evil Empire is back, so it'll be even sweeter when they fall on their ass (ha ha ha), but when the shithead reliever for the other team can't find the strike zone when the hitter's showing bunt, for fuck's sake DIE.

Also, fuck that gawky beady-eyed Sandy Duncan fuck.

I'LL HAVE NONE OF YOUR BADMOUTHING BLOW JOBS, SIR!

I didn't even get to see full bench-emptying coverage due to all-Bonds saturation. Who looks like Sandy Duncan?

5 games out of first, .5 games behind in the wild card.

what? no comment on the unceremonious of the very dangerous miguel cairo to make space for the giambino?!

no comment on the signing of jim brower?

is Joba the Hutt up yet?

joba looks a lot like clemens. or jaret wright, take your pick.

melky's on fire
better throw him in the water

I hope you all heard Sterling's "GI-AM-BINO" HR call Sunday. Such evenhanded pariahs, these BALCO types are rendered.

joba looks a lot like clemens. or jaret wright, take your pick.

-- mookieproof, Friday, August 10, 2007 12:26 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Link

yes, a young Clemens.

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joba the hut

as a tribute to the Scooter, the entire Yankee crowd went home to Jersey in the 7th.

I think Giambi got hurt again!!! wtf.

BARRY TO BRONX!

(i mean, IF that happened, I could finally hate him)

Mariano Rivera, supplier of Bahmow majik.

o's take 2/3, outscore los yanquis 24-10. yanquis came back from 3 down today after being blanked 12 to nothing last night, only to lose it on consecutive doubles by nick markakis and miguel tejada followed by an aubrey homer.

....off of MoRiv.

A

Fucking Yankees, Reports Nation
August 16, 2007 |
BOSTON—Moments after the New York Yankees continued a month-long stretch that has seen them climb from the bottom of the AL East to pull within a once unfathomable four games of the first-place Red Sox by defeating the Baltimore Orioles Monday night, stunned and enraged baseball fans across America took a moment to shake their heads in disbelief and curse dejectedly at the relentless inevitability of Yankee glory.
"Fucking Yankees," said Marshfield, MA resident and longtime Red Sox fan Lawrence Broberg, echoing the sentiments of thousands of men and woman across the nation. "Every year. Every goddamn year."
The Yankees, coming off a decisive three-game sweep of the Central-leading Indians, have won nine out of their last 10 games, catapulting them to the top of the wild-card standings, restoring the team's infuriating confidence, and instilling a sinking sense of impending misery among all non-Yankee fans.
"It's like they can't lose," said Connecticut resident Gerry DiCenzo, who could only watch helplessly as the Yankees overcame a late Orioles rally to win their fourth straight. "They literally cannot lose. Suddenly no one can beat the Yankees. The Red Sox suck. The Orioles suck. Everyone sucks. Everyone suddenly sucks when they play the Yankees."
"Unbelievable," DiCenzo added. "Un-fucking-believable."
Sparked by the recent returns of phenom starter Phil Hughes and slugger Jason Giambi, the Yankees have their full roster healthy and together for the first time since April, which fans around the world have solemnly realized is perfect timing for the stretch run.
"It seems like every time the [sports ticker comes up, they're winning 10-1," said Chicago resident Jeremy k*ll*an. "You knew this was going to happen. You knew. Right when they got Clemens back, you fucking knew."
"Every time," k*ll*an continued. "Every time with this fucking team. It's the same damn thing every time. You just, they never go away. You can't give them an inch. You cannot give them one inch."
"And Jeter…" k*ll*an added, watching as the Yankee shortstop drove home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth with a softly tapped ball that barely dribbled past the pitcher's mound. "Fucking Jeter."
As the Yankees remain hot in August, the team continues to rely on GM Brian Cashman's strategy of stockpiling cheap, young pitching and assembling a group of talented role players to surround the team's superstars. In recent weeks, rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain and newly acquired utility man Wilson Betemit have stepped up and delivered in clutch situations, much to the frustration of nearly everyone.
"You got fucking Abreu all of a sudden going 3 for 4 every night," Boston citizen Mark Baker said of the Yankees' recent surge. "Fucking Giambi's back. A-Rod's hitting 500 fucking home runs a night. Posada, that bastard. You got Matsui, who's a Red Sox killer. Then there's Shelley Duncan, who no one even heard of till three weeks ago. Guy never hit a home run in his life, he puts on pinstripes and suddenly he's Babe fucking Ruth."
"And this Melky Cabrera guy," Baker added. "Where did this fucking guy come from? Him and Cano. They got guys coming out of the fucking woodwork."
"Fucking Yankee fans must be loving this," said New York resident and avid Mets fan Dave Julian, muting the Yankee broadcast to temporarily silence the grating sound of Yankee cheers. "The smug fucks. And those Yankee announcers. Why don't they root a little harder? They make me sick. Michael Kay. Bet Steinbrenner's laughing it up. Bought himself another fucking championship."
Although the Yankees' schedule becomes tougher in the coming month, with multiple series against the Tigers, Angels, Red Sox, and Mariners, most baseball fans have resigned themselves to the fact that the season is "pretty much fucking over."
"What the fuck can you do?" said Detroit citizen Terry Grey. "Every call. The Yankees get every break, the bounces all go their way. It's luck. They're lucky. They're so fucking lucky."
"Stupid," Grey added. "It's all stupid. Why play the whole fucking season if this is what's always going to happen?"
Despite the mixture of anger, resentment, and disbelief that has surfaced across the country during the Yankees' recent hot streak, most fans have been able to take some solace in the fact that the Yankees will be eliminated by the Angels in the first round of the playoffs.

Well Joba seems like the real deal...

First (and likely last) time in Stadium bleachers for me Sunday. Thermo and I got to experience quintessential Stankeefan moment--

10-year-old Detroit fan: "LET'S GO, TIGERS!"

Bleacher Creature: "SIDDOWN, YA PIECE OF SHIT!!"

Hahaha beautiful.

Guy knew he went over the line when other Creatures booed him.

Do they still do the "YMCA"/"YRU gay?" nonsense?

in what other parks will you get the ASSHOLE call for wearing the visitors' or a rival's apparel? besides boston.

i mean, that would never happen at a pirate game, although it would almost certainly happen at a steeler game.

i've seen it happen at shea and wrigley.

go to a giants vs. dodgers game (either locale) and sit in the bleachers. 3-4 group fistfights per game. is that better or worse than calling a 10 year old an asshole?

How old are these fistfighters?

oh god, i've seen it all.

so much for that "mellow west coast attitude".

also, look at the SF or SF vs. LA threads on ILE.

was alyssa milano involved in any of these fites?

el numero 40 just launched..

I didn't hear any "YRU gay" during the fairy groundskeeper thing.

Joe Sheehan went to the same "JOBA!" game Thermo & I did:

I’m not sure even the opening chords of “Enter Sandman” inspire what I heard yesterday. Joba Chamberlain has been in the major leagues for two weeks, and he already has heard 50,000 people chant his name on the game’s greatest stage. The energy that ripped through the ballpark during his appearance, the way the crowd embraced and enhanced the moment, the way Chamberlain rose to the occasion with his powerful right arm… a baseball season creates memories along the way, and this is one that I’ll replay for years to come.

Chamberlain is perfectly suited for this role at this point in his career. He has two great pitches, a mid-90s fastball that moves and a slider that’s tighter than, say, K-Rod’s. His command of both has been excellent so far (he’s walked just two men in those seven innings), and he hasn’t had any problems adjusting to a relief role, albeit a well-protected one. It remains to be seen how Chamberlain will react if used in the middle of an inning, or to make three appearances over four days, the kind of usage that high-leverage relievers endure in the postseason. The Yankees are serving two masters right now, the demands of a pennant race and the need to recast their roster for the 2008-2012 seasons. Using Chamberlain in a way that is true to both is arguably Joe Torre’s greatest challenge over the next six—or more—weeks.

2 pitching changes before the end of the 3rd! And the Angels are only up 3! I LOVE THIS GAME!

At this rate, Guiseppe Franco might end up on the mound.

holy shit Anderson w/ 10 rbi
also, this is why I like the Angels:
"Kelvim Escobar (14-6) earned the win for the Angels, the only AL team with a winning record against the Yankees in the regular season (61-54) since Joe Torre became New York's manager in 1996.
Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia has a 38-22 record against the Yankees. The Angels eliminated the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs in 2002 and 2005."

lot 'o pressure on the moose tomorrow.

i love rooting against mussina more than any other yankees pitcher

> Clemens? why? I admit after being a Moose fan w/ the O's I chilled on him when he went Dark Side, but still...

LOL @ AAA-bound Mussina.

Worst road loss in Yankee history, apparently?

ESPN the News' highlights of this game: all Mussina-oriented. Some of the runs scored off Mussina, then Torre on Mussina, then Mussina on Mussina. Mussina loses to some team. LOL.

Sean Henn NEGLECTED

The comments Moose made after the game are like the exact reason I hate the Yankees. He was completely right in saying "who is going to replace me" because there likely isn't a good option on the team or in the minors. But Yankees veterans always seem to assume an air of irreplaceableness, that there isn't anyone who could take their jobs. To me, this is the negative side of veteran players, this assumption that they are more valuable than young players by default.

It's the same problem on the Dodgers with guys like Luis Gonzalez, a nice guy with delusions regarding his continued value.

And this is why I think the Steinbrenner model (tons of overpaid vets) doesn't work very well, and why I don't like Joe Torre's management style. When you have a team that has only a few veterans, a manager who over-respects his veterans seems classy: but when your team is almost entirely old, overpaid veterans, deferring to them at the expense of cultivating your young players creates at atmosphere of undue favoritism, I think. I think that's what Sheffield was trying to get at, but incorrectly called it "racism" when it's really just favoritism and cronyism.

I still think the Yankees are a good team, and won't be surprised if they make the playoffs, but they get a lot more energy and passion from guys like Shelly Duncan and Melky Cabrera than they do from guns-for-hire like Moose, Clemens, Damon, Giambino, etc.

I don't know, this is somewhat poorly thought out. Apologies in advance.

There is something to what you say, but Mussina has not seemed like one of those guys in the past (perhaps because he's never looked this terrible before). Since Hughes is in the rotation and they don't seem inclined to start Joba, who IS going to replace him, esp with a year to go on his deal?

Rob Neyer just said in his chat that they should hope for 4 decent innings from Moose's next start and use the post-Sept 1-callup bullpen.

Note to NYY: playing the "OMG WE SCORED" music when the run scores in the 1st inning on a groundout is kinda pathetic.

Run-scoring doubles, tho, feel free to play that "theme."

I have only followed Moose's decline in the stat sheets, but it looks like whatever he used to use to strike out batters is not there this year. Clemens K numbers have also slid this year.

I think Luis Gonzales might be a decent pickup for the right team heading into the playoffs, especially if the Dodgers are going to go with Kemp and Loney down the stretch. Gonzales isn't what he was for a couple of years in Arizona, but he has not been terrible this season. The Dodgers should ship Gonzo across town to the Angels for a player to be named later.

polyphonic, I agree. I was impressed by the way Torre handled Girardi's transition of duties over to Posada, finding the right mix of playing time and being explicit about what was going on. It doesn't seem like that vibe happens too much these days.

On Joba's rules:

Does Kennedy in Mussina's spot really give them a better chance than Chamberlain? Rules are made to be broken, and the Joba Rules are just asking to be torn up and thrown out with all the other garbage Torre has had to deal with this season.

"I can't do that, because we're talking about someone who's going to be a starter for this organization," Torre said. "Plus, the rules were made up by someone I have a lot of respect for."

Where "a lot of respect for" == "a lot of paychecks from."

"Compromise a young man's health": is there really something to that, or is that a weak defense of not starting Joba?

How is starting more stressful than needing to be on from pitch one with no margin of error?

I don't understand that reasoning either.

As far as workload is concerned, Joba's pitched just under 100 innings so far this year. 118 2/3 at Nebraska in 2005 is his career high.

What are these rules they're on about?

OK - I found something about it (searching "yankee rules" turned up alot of junk to slog through):

In case you don't know the 'Joba Rules,' they are as follows. No appearances on consecutive days, at least one day off for each inning pitched, and no appearances of more than 2 innings.

and no growing mullets, van dykes or styled back hair.

ok I added the last one myself.

A lot of pitchers must've thrown more innings during high school years. Regular HS season, summer ball, possibly fall ball -- that's up to (or slightly over) seven innings each week for 4.5-7 months. It's odd to hear "This is the first season in which _______ has had to throw over 100 innings, so they need to closely monitor him." _______ might've been throwing that much as early as age 12.

IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE NAMBYPAMBY PITCHCOUNTS, EITHER.

but as we know, pitching is harder and more stressful now. (I'm hoping to tell Bob Feller that at next year's SABR convention in Cleveland and watch him keel over.)

Daniel (Tampa): The Joba Rules: Personally I think they should be thrown out the window as the season comes to a close. Your thoughts?

Will Carroll: Good lord no. Maybe in the last week if things are THAT close, but they're there because no one trusts Joe Torre not to Quantrill the poor kid.

Ahem. *clears throat*

NEW YORK PITCHER CHIEN-MING WANG HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SIX INNINGS.

JINX!

Drama!

I was there at the 7 2/3 game vs seattle... it was exciting, truly.

that's some good jinx'n there, boys.

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Anyone watching? Why did Joba get tossed? My fantasy team could've used that save :(

two high/tight fastballs to cap'n v-tek.

But he didn't hit him? Oh Angel!

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the kid's got moxie, i tells ya

didn't hit him, but had v-tek stayed in the batters box it may have been a different story.

god nyc is super gay for this joba dude huh

it was Youk, not V-Tek

god nyc is super gay for this joba dude huh

it is! had i not seen it in person last week I would not have believed how completely scott thompson-esq gay NY really is for the lad. i hope he has protection.

it's gonna piss me off for the next dozen years that his name isn't pronounced joe-ba.

do you think he was really throwing at youk? they were right at his head.

C'mon. Tek, maybe, but Youks was sure in the box.

Chamberlain's a little punk. Bring it, Yanks.

boy, the red sox sure have a knack for getting swept by the yanks in the last month of the season don't they?

sort of? that 5 game sweep last year doesn't totally count as they seemed adrift without an anchor when varitek was injured.

well it sure felt like it counted

Alex MVP raped the shit out of those two (2) ballz.

oh, how I hope he goes to the Dodgers

I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE YANKEES ARE GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFF

also i am really sick of this "joba"

yes network is sooo gay for him they show him hanging out in the bullpen so many times every game. if he's not pitching that day then they go all retard talking abt the "joba rules". if he might pitch then then theyre all oh just wait til joba gets here then yr so dead. then some times they go oh look at joba talking to roger just soaking it all up you cant have a better teacher than that. they should make him stand around in monument park so everyone can admire and genuflect fulltime ffs

Mike Mussina (Palo Alto, CA): HI Mr. Ma its, good to talk to you. I was wnodering if you had advise to me abuot, how to pitch beter? My contarct says, I have to pitch next year too? YIkes!

Jeff Ma: I think it might be a good idea for you to go the way of Rick Ankiel. I hear you were a good hitter in college. Work your way back up. The Yanks could use someone to play first

not related (and i've undoubtedly brought this up before), but y'all know who Jeff Ma is and why he became famous right? Pretty awesome story...

http://www.thelavinagency.com/college/jeffreyma.html

he lives out here and I've seen him around a couple times. he's pretty funny and a cool bro.

i. did. not. know. that.

"not related" as in off-topic, or "not related" as in this is a different guy, not related to the BP writer?

NOT RELATED TO THE 2007 NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL ORGANIZATION.

meaning that "Kevin Lewis" = capt. of infamous MIT BJ team = Jeff Ma = PROTRADE president = BP writer = 1 in the same.

Can you say renaissance man?

Thank you for clearing that up.

The Prospectus Playoff Odds has the Yankees as 84% likely to take the wild card.

Sean (Seattle): Will either Betancourt or Beltre win the GG this year? Please tell me the award will not be disgraced again with another Jeter victory...

Jonah Keri: (12:48 PM ET ) Derek Jeter will still be winning Gold Gloves when he's the most clutch diaper-pooper at Shady Grove Retirement Home.

jeter currently has the 10th best batting average in AL. he obviously deserves another gold glove.

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AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had the best record in the International League (84-59).

AA Trenton had the best record (83-59) and won the Eastern League championship.

High-A Tampa had the best record overall in the Florida State League (83-56) but missed the playoffs because they didn't win their division in either half-season.

Class A Charleston (South Atlantic League) didn't win anything but were 78-62.

Short-Season Staten Island had the second-best record in the NY-Penn League (47-28).

Rookie League Gulf Coast Yankees had the best record in the league (42-17) and won its championship.

Professor Farnsworth: Not on the playoff roster.

Also, there are STILL no ML-quality position prospects in the Yanquis minor league system so those numbers are magical.

if you've got the pitching, you can buy the positions

touché

douché

Roger Clemens was scratched from his start for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night at Tampa Bay because of a lingering left hamstring injury.

OMG:

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SHOULD BE HIS EVERYDAY LOOK.

it's not??

meaning that "Kevin Lewis" = capt. of infamous MIT BJ team = Jeff Ma = PROTRADE president = BP writer = 1 in the same.

Can you say renaissance man?

-- Steve Shasta, Friday, 7 September 2007 17:27 (3 months ago)

now a movie:
a film entitled "21", that is, a cinematic adaptation of Bringing Down The House starring Kevin Spacey

2006: "pride, power, pinstripes"

2007: "where players become legends"

what will 2008 bring us? and can it only be achieved at the lexus platinum dealer network?

start a new thread please.

THE MORGAN ENSBERG ERA

hay mookie enjoy the commute to 125th

THE MORGAN ENSBERG ERA

Do the Yankees even scout the NL?

As we call him in San Diego, "The Kissing Bandit".

Or, alternately, MENSBERG.