2007 New York Yankees post-season recap [serious posts only please]

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let's pause to remember the classic Yankee postseasons of yesteryear:

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ARod may be saying farewell to the Yankees, but they'll always have NY:

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suzynwaldmanohmy.wav

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god that's gay

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I'm imagining Dean's Scream as the audio accompaniment to that Clemens pic.

AUGUST, DIE SHE MUST

THERE IS NO JOY IN MUDVILLE

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woah - what's that pic from?

HAY GUISE, U FORGOT THIS CHESTNUT:

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can anyone confirm that Suzyn "OHMY GAWD, RAJAH CLEMENS" Waldman was crying during her postgame report?

ill say it again, worst birthday ever

and i know how much u all enjoy this but losing 13 out yr last 17 postseason games is pretty shitty

but hey the yanks played like shit and celeveland was terrific

and DEATH STAR EXPLODED

and everyone lold

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steinbrenner hates zimmer? wtf? that guy is GOAT.

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STAY DOWN OLD MAN

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Steinbrenner has eyes on La Russa

lolololololololol

larussa def should not go to a place where anyone is like paying attention to what hes doin

That would be nonstop comedy.

yeah, i think it would be so awesome (in an LOL way) if the yanks got larussa.

is it weird that im praying for steinbrenner to die this offseason

I think he'll have the same amount of pull next year whether he's dead or not.

maybe he'll leave the team to me in his will

yeah i was about to say that steinbrenner would be dead before any la russa lol could happen

STEAL WILLIE

TAKE WILLIE ... PLEASE

To every smug, naïve, clueless Mets fan who for the past few months has harassed, berated and insulted my Yankees, the greatest franchise in the history of professional sports, maybe now you have some minimal understanding of the difference between winning and talking about winning.

Phil Cincotta
Massapequa, N.Y.

I'm trying to establish that philcincotta @ hotmail.com is this guy's address. Cuz we should all send him a sympathetic note, don't you agree?

larussa complains about the stl media being against him.... we have 1 newspaper...

Phil Cincotta '67 | philcinco✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧
Unbelievable to find this site! My years at PMA were the absolute best. I remember serving on the dance committee...those dances were the hit of the city in the 60's!
4 November 2004

morbs, please get in touch with this guy and then copy paste his reply

Phil--

LOVED your classy letter to the Times last Sunday (and what do you know, you had an identical one published in the Post! You're a Renaissance man). Fans like you are what the Greatest Franchise in the Hisory of Professional Sports (TM, YESNetwork) are all about.

Best of luck to the Yanks in the ALCS. I sure hope Captain Clutch doesn't hit into any more DPs. Is Clemens starting Game 2?

Yours,

Dr. Morbius
(a smug, clueless Mets fan)

well done.

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xD

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this is really the laziest thread in the entire world

zomg yanks have money lets be as petty and obvious as possible

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PETTY & OBVIOUS >>>> MYSTIQUE & AURA

MAX = PHIL CINCOTTA???

HAHAHAHAHA

Dr. Morbius:

Who are you....and how did you get my email?

Your email is dated 10/9.....either I am missing the sarcasm (my favorite form of humor!) or you have been living under a rock!

Phil

PS: Kudos to another renaissance man...you obviously read both also!

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either I am missing the sarcasm (my favorite form of humor!)

either I am missing the sarcasm (my favorite form of humor!)

either I am missing the sarcasm (my favorite form of humor!)

either I am missing the sarcasm (my favorite form of humor!)

A++ Fantastic!!!!!!

I think Phil must also write the showbiz gossip column for The Onion (Jackie Harvey?).

yankees payroll: $195MM
orioles payroll: $95MM

average income (Upper East Side): $282,656
average income (inner city Baltimore): $22,832

the problem is they didn't spend enough money.

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this is really the laziest thread in the entire world

-- max, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 12:25 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link

zomg yanks have money lets be as petty and obvious as possible

-- max, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 12:26 PM (8 hours ago)

sez the achewood fanboy who thinks anyone who doesn't like it is old, lol

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Is that Suzyn Waldman?

Also, is there audio anywhere of her crying about the Yankees' elimination?

http://podcast.wcbs880.com/wcbs/707966.mp3 lol

lawl

LOL "Driven Black"!!!!!!

huh. had never even heard of this women before.

awes: http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/yankee-fans-hate-rudy/

Guys, I like the mets (not that I, you know, care about baseball, lol), but I'm not gonna pretend that their fielding holds a ten-year-old streetcorner prada knockoff to captain clutch and his golden girls.

i thought upper east siders were mandated to be '96-bandwagon yankees fans? have you checked your lease?

(xpost) will you please be quiet please? ;)

only you can make that happen

i was raised by people who grew up looking into the stadium (literally) but rooted for the dodgers, and carried that prejudice longer than they did. nor did i have any interest when the out-of-town kids i went to college with got on the '96 bandwagon.

(xxpost)

but who knows, now that i've crossed to the other side of the ues' patrick bateman line, maybe i should switch allegiances from the rainbow coalition team to the rainbow flag team

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Torre Turns Down Yankee Offer

The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down.

“We respect his decision. We appreciate everything he’s done. But it is now time for the New York Yankees to move forward, and we will be doing it very quickly,” team President Randy Levine said.

General Manager Brian Cashman said that Torre’s successor has not been named, nor have potential candidates been formally identified. “I can promise you that the process is going to take some time,” Cashman said. “I ask for everyone’s patience as we review the individuals and make recommendations to ownership.”

lolgirardilol

Is it possible to dislike this organization more?

Yes, always.

NEVER FORGET
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I don't think Hank Steinbrenner has what it takes to be the Boss. Too soft.

“The point is, the objective of the Yankees since the ’20s has been to win a championship every year, just like the objective of Lombardi with the Packers or Belichick with the Patriots,” Hank Steinbrenner said.

“Our goal is to win it every single year, even though we know, obviously, you can’t win it every single year. But nothing less than a championship is considered really acceptable.”

And it was the 47th anniversary of Stengel's firing!

Olney suggested on ESPN that Joe could go back to the Mets. NO

this needs more media coverage.

haha

but who knows, now that i've crossed to the other side of the ues' patrick bateman line..

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i missed this before, the bateman reference made me laugh this morning but it would have been funnier with robert chambers.

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Hank Steinbrenner is a piece of shit.

haha the yanks seem like they're gonna be in good hands for a long time.

"I sincerely wanted Joe to accept that offer," said Steinbrenner.

IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, YOU'LL ACCEPT THIS OFFER.

Yankees to get Giardia?

“Great decisions render artificial dynamics meaningless"
Scott Boras on ... A-Rod?

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:-/

mike lowell's stock just took a hit.

my Dad suggests he will be picked up by Man U

Scott Boras and Alex Rodriguez should be ashamed of themselves. The timing for this was terrible.

timing was fine with me. and it should be for you, odds of NYY missing postseason next year just grew significantly.

odds of them doing well should they make it tho...

The speculation of the SHEER UNSTOPPABILITY of a Red Sox lineup with A-Rod brought back memories of sportscaster chatter when he signed with the Yankees. Luls.

oh TT, don't buy that "losing A-Rod makes you better" jazz. If he signs with the Angels they'll likely win the WS sometime in the next 5 years.

tell that to Barry Bonds...

Of course I'm not the first to say it, but an Angels team with Bonds and ARod would be scary good. Maybe they can dump Colon and his salary on the Pirates to make room.

murderers' row --

damon
jeter
cano
matsui
posada
giambi
betemit
cabrera
duncan

of course i'm sure the yankees will land at least one heavy hitter.

yah thats a sweet line up - wait how many dh's do you get again lol?

girardi hired as mgr

good choice but im still way :-/ abt next season

i don't blame a-rod at all, esp when taking into account how meth-eyes giambi called him out last year for underperforming and not proving himself (and jeter and torre weren't really backing him up either), and no one came to his defense. compare it to jd drew, who sucked mightily most of the year but his teammate as far as i know never said anything against him. i thought this might happen, with a-rod having an awesome year, carrying the yankees much of the way, and then telling them to fuck off. i think it's kind of about the money but also kind of like, "oh now you like me? too little, too late!"

though a-rod is still a big douche, tbh.

yes, and a great player -- it'll be fun seeing him have a good postseason eventually (as Bonds did) and listen to the Stankee fans whine

stankee on my hang-low

fwiw i wish the yanks hadnt let a-rod go; he's had bad postseasons but so have most of the other hitters on the team--not to mention that if they had the kind of pitching that say cleveland (or boston) did/does, a-rods "choking" wld be less of an issue. and without him i dont know that the yanks wdve made the postseason this year.

(i mean i know im just repeating conventional wisdom for non-fans at this point but there are plenty of us yankee fans who dont write letters to the post complaining or whatever)

Yanks can still choose to swallow some pride and sign the guy anyway. ARod/Boras have been really careful in not saying that they want out of New York. The Steinbrenners are the people making it ugly by preaching about loyalty, but really, what's the difference between this and any other player who becomes a free agent and wants to test the waters?

Especially considering that they're throwing away 7-10 wins by letting ARod walk, which will probably be the difference between 1st and 3rd place in the AL East next year. It's not like there are tons of quality free agents on the market this year.

It'd be interesting though, if they traded for Santana, picked up another bat, and tried to win more through pitching/defense/speed. Ozzie Guillen would be proud!

Girardi was the best choice out there but this is about as far from the 06 Fish as you can get.

The Steinbrenners are the people making it ugly by preaching about loyalty, but really, what's the difference between this and any other player who becomes a free agent and wants to test the waters?

an additional $21.5M due from Texas that is now gone forever?

that's huge imo, basically a $8M/yr. fuck-you from Boras.

I don't have a problem with A-Rod opting out. I would have opted out. But I wouldn't have filed the paperwork during the World Series.

didn't he have some deadline that he had to file by?

10 days after ws ends i think...

I wish there was someway he could end up being the only player on one team, where his salary is all they can afford, so a-rod has to be like the starting pitcher, bat boy, hot dog vendor, etc.

lol

borass makes more money if ar0d goes somewhere else, rite?

or, as long as he signs a new deal?

go fuck urself u motherfucking cuntlicker red sox rule!
and yankees hve no 3rd baseman or manager
who the fuck is going to play 3rd who the fuck is better than a-rod they r fucking screwed without him hes there only motherfucking good player
and besides the jets fucking suck and the patriots are like the best team in the world at this point
no one gives a fuck about who will manage the yankees whoever the fuck it is they still wont fucking win

first off fuck the mets the have probally the best lineup next to the sox and cant do shit with it you guys lick nuts and got killed by the philles and ya the jets are doing real good this season all ny teams fucking suck now and since torre left the yankees are gonna suck even more the jets were never good and the pats are going all the way this years so fuck you and new york

new york sports sucks dont rip on boston
yankees fuck it up to the indians and the red sox beat the fucking indians
mets could hve gone into the playoffs without trying they tried and failed
jets fucking suck what more can u say
giants are a good team but they can't fucking beat the patriots

arod at third while no-glove jetes plays short to protect his fragile captian ego is by far the most hilarious aspect of the nyy arod era

you forgot the knicks, omar!

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lol @ spray-rod

35% jeet

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braaaaiiiiinnnnns

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recap

decap

this thread makes me so happy

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who the fuck is going to play 3rd who the fuck is better than a-rod they r fucking screwed without him hes there only motherfucking good player
and besides the jets fucking suck and the patriots are like the best team in the world at this point

-- omar little, Monday, October 29, 2007 9:08 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Link

LOL

hmm

you mean the Red Sox Sr?

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Especially considering that they're throwing away 7-10 wins by letting ARod walk, which will probably be the difference between 1st and 3rd place in the AL East next year. It's not like there are tons of quality free agents on the market this year.

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o_O

You think they would have done better without A-Rod?

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damn right

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Former Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose spoke with Mike Missanelli on 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia and told a wild story about a trip he took to Vietnam in 1967 with baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.

Rose explained that when they were in the middle of the jungle, DiMaggio said he needed to take a shower.

"And the only way you can take a shower, Mike, is they have these big bamboo bags, like, and somebody's got to get on a chair and pour the water and pull a rawhide thing and the water comes through and the guy takes a shower," Rose said. "So I saw everything that Marilyn Monroe saw."

Rose went on to say that the best way to describe the former Yankee is that "he was a penis with a man hanging from it."

You should use that as your ILX name.

You should!

HI DERE

all-time TMI

I think you're missing a word, Jimmy.

TOO MANY LATTER

YOU LACK IMAGINATION.

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more appropriate for the BoSox this year imho!

The eyes were red and moist. The voices were whispers and words failed to exit Jorge Posada’s mouth. Heads hung so low chins were almost on the dark clubhouse carpet in a room so quiet you could hear the mice burp.

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The flowers were from an anonymous admirer. The card simply read, "To one of the best in the business."

WHO COULD THAT HAVE BEEN?

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I still can't believe that's not an Onion article.

I think it is totally a goof

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And Steve Pearce (83 percent), who is on the Baltimore Orioles and has been since September.

i really wonder how the yanks will look in 2-3 seasons. a-rod looks almost finished. jeter had a solid '12 but it wasn't exactly great or even very good, just "good". tex is less giambi and more adam laroche now. granderson has a lot of holes in his game. swish, who knows? are they keeping ichiro? beyond sabathia (who knows how he'll look in a couple years w/his mileage and body type), the staff is iffy. these are all questions pondered before the last several years too but they looked and played like the worst playoff team in a very long time.

all the talk of a-rod being moved seems like hysterical NY media. Like, find me .280/20/100 (healthy caveats) or .260/15/100 @ 3rd base on the open market. yes, he is overpaid but that ship has sailed and you're not going to be able to move him unless you take back 3 heath bells, nevermind one.

jeter: the broken ankle thing will probably push him into sub-sub-replacement territory. it wouldn't shock me to see him hang it up next year if he goes off a cliff.

tex was a bad idea at the time and it looks even worse now. not sure what you do about it except take problem children back and hope for the best. I would think that he would be a more attractive trade target for a team than A-rod. i have no prospective targets to back that up. maybe chicago cubs?

a lot of talk about letting grandy go, but I could also see him replacing swish in RF and gardiner (lolhealthy?) in center. this is price-is-right stuff. Find me 40 HR on the open market etc.

I could see ichiro coming back on a make-good/stopgap contract until someone shakes loose in the minors a la eric chavez.

swish wants werth money lol

i would take kuroda back on a 2 yr contract w/ modest raise if he wanted it. everyone else besides he and CC can burn.

yeah forgot kuroda. great pickup. he's 38 or something though right? i can see him going for a couple more years at the same level.

what FAs are coming up that they have a shot at signing? i don't see them investing in josh hamilton.

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Forgot that NYY will have ro replace catcher too (lolmartin. good greif).

Swisher is the Guy Fieri of major league ballplayers.

swisher is much less harmful to mankind than guy fieri

trading A-Rod is NY media hysteria, but "benching A-Rod" kinda was too.

yea i saw the 3/25 stat I'm like that's a week's worth of at-bats.

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