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Mr. Furious
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| R3viLLu5ion XM wrote: | | Bernie Williams thrown out. When he struck out I saw him throw down his bat but didn't see his helmet. Apparently it fell near the home plate ump and that did it. |
Bernie's done. I wish he would've recognized that and retired, because Torre is going to trot him out there regularly even if he's hitting .001.
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dirkpitt289
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. Furious wrote: | | R3viLLu5ion XM wrote: | | Bernie Williams thrown out. When he struck out I saw him throw down his bat but didn't see his helmet. Apparently it fell near the home plate ump and that did it. |
Bernie's done. I wish he would've recognized that and retired, because Torre is going to trot him out there regularly even if he's hitting .001. |
What do you mean? He's been pretty good this season. No he hasn't been the Bernie of old but he's surprised the hell out of me and a lot of other yankee fans.
And here I was thinking they might get through one game "bean" free but I guess I was wrong...
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dirkpitt289
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. Furious wrote: | | dirkpitt289 wrote: | | Mr. Furious wrote: | | I'm glad that Melky got an RBI, even though it was meaningless; he needed something to help his confidence after screwing up that fly ball. |
True but do you thing Georgie feels the same way? |
Yes, for two reasons. First, he made it clear to Cashman that the team isn't going to continue to operate with its payroll at its current level. Some of the contracts (Jeter, A-Rod) aren't going away anytime soon, but the team is going to try to replace high-priced veterans with cheap youngsters wherever possible. They got that last year with Cano and Wang. If Cabrera can come in and succeed, that's a very cheap player at what's normally a high-priced position.
Second, I think that George is finally getting sick of Sheffield's shit, especially now that he's gone into Operation Shutdown. Remember in his first year, when he had the nasty thumb and shoulder injuries, but played through serious pain? That obviously isn't going to happen now that the team hasn't picked up his option for 2007. If Cabrera (or another youngster, for that matter) can succeed, then there's no need to bring Sheff back next year. |
Where did you hear/ see that? I have to admit for the most part of the off season I thought the Yankees were going to do just that, cultivate the younger talent and then they swooped in and grabbed Damon. They couldn't go through one off season without a big signing. I think the Mets had something to do with that though because George can't stand to be upstaged.
I feel bad for players like Bubba Crosby. He thought he was the man and for how long? 2 months? And it was the off season...
You watch, lets say the Yankees tank and start to drop out of the playoff race (Yes I know its not going to happen but lets pretend). George will send Cashman out to find the highest paid guns he can find. And those prospects will find themselves out of NY in a blink of an eye. Its classic Georgie...
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: phil |
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What was it Phil used to say ??
Their hittin the bridge early tonight.
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Boh
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: thats it |
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| 14 ,,,3 sox
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dirkpitt289
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Inning over, Ball Game over, theeeeeee Yankeeeeeees looooossssse, The Yankeeeeeeessssssss looooosssssee!!!!
Then again tomorrows another day and anything can happen.
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Mr. Furious
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:13 am Post subject: |
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[quote="dirkpitt289"]I have to admit for the most part of the off season I thought the Yankees were going to do just that, cultivate the younger talent and then they swooped in and grabbed Damon. They couldn't go through one off season without a big signing. I think the Mets had something to do with that though because George can't stand to be upstaged.[quote]
Now, I didn't say that they were going to turn into the Twins.  They're always going to fill some of their holes with high-priced names. Now that Cashman is back in the driver's seat, though, they're going to be less likely to trade away their top prospects for fair-to-middling vets, which is what made them such in the 80s and early 90s.
Last season, Cashman made it clear that their top young guys - Cano, Wang, Duncan, and Hughes - were off limits in trade negotiations.
| Quote: | | I feel bad for players like Bubba Crosby. He thought he was the man and for how long? 2 months? And it was the off season... |
I like Bubba a great deal, but I can't really quibble with the Damon signing. Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing him get a shot every day in RF with Sheffield out. He's a better fielder than Sheff, has a decent enough arm, and plays hard, something that Torre appreciates.
| Quote: | | You watch, lets say the Yankees tank and start to drop out of the playoff race (Yes I know its not going to happen but lets pretend). George will send Cashman out to find the highest paid guns he can find. And those prospects will find themselves out of NY in a blink of an eye. Its classic Georgie... |
I disagree. George seems to be in a mood similar to when he came back from his suspension, where he let his baseball people (Watson and Cashman) run personnel matters more than he did at any other point. If somebody knocks them over with a trade proposal (Willis for Hughes), they'll bite, but they're not going to trade, say, Duncan for Torii Hunter, even if things break down.
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NCXMer
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Georgie certainly wasn't happy with his third baseman's performance last night...
"As an angry Steinbrenner was climbing into the rear seat of his car, a Newsday reporter shouted, "Are you a little upset at Randy?" The Boss stopped again. "I'm upset at a lot of them," he snapped, then so there was no mistaking one of his targets, added a closing statement. "The third baseman!" "
Story here.
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Mr. Furious
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Good. He shouldn't be happy with his performance, and neither should A-Rod.
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dirkpitt289
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Sceens from last night
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| Yankees starter Randy Johnson pulled his hat down in disgust. He gave up three runs and the lead in the top of the third inning. |
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| Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez bobbled the ball and couldn't throw out Ortiz in time at first. The error extended the inning and scored the first Red Sox run of the game. |
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:34 am Post subject: |
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More sceens from last night
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| Bernie Williams struck out three times in the game, including an inning-ending backwards K in the seventh, after which he was ejected for throwing his helmet. |
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| Yankees right fielder Melky Cabrera made a fielding error on a pop fly by Manny Ramirez to extend the fourth inning. The blunder plated two more Boston runs. |
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| Yankees manager Joe Torre took the ball from Randy Johnson in the fourth inning. Johnson pitched 3 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs, two of them earned. |
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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14-3... mmm... good game last night
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Schilling and the Moose are slated to pitch game no.2 in the series...
the marquee matchup of the week, for sure... 
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Mr. Furious
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yep. All Yankee fans can hope is that the Red Sox batters are tired from all that running around the bases last night.
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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As a Red Sox fan It was a stupendous game but it realy wasn't a good game. Hopefully tonights will be better.
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