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Posted by: min0 lee

I personally think it's time they send the Moose to the taxidermy.

Mike Mussina starting over

TAMPA - Although exhibition games don't begin until this weekend, Mike Mussina got his first taste of competition on Wednesday, throwing two innings in the Bombers' lone intrasquad game of the spring.
Facing a lineup that included Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera and Jorge Posada, Mussina allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk, striking out one. ......

Posted by: min0 lee

He's going to be OK.

Bobby Murcer prayers pay off

Posted by: min0 lee

Joe Girardi's stance on collision stuns mentor and Tampa coach Don Zimmer
Get off my lawn!

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So there was Zim Sunday, saying he was "dumbfounded" to hear that Girardi had taken exception to the way Rays rookie Elliot Johnson had bowled over Francisco Cervelli at the plate on Saturday, a collision that left the Yankees' catching prospect with a broken wrist.

Posted by: min0 lee

Yankee Stadium game likely for NHL Rangers

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Momentum has built in recent weeks toward finalizing a deal that would have the Rangers play the final game in the storied history of the current Stadium, the Daily News has learned. The Yankees, who will move into their new Yankee Stadium for the 2009 baseball season, are said to be completely on board with having the NHL close the 85-year-old original.
And, anxious to build upon the buzz created by the wildly successful Winter Classic outdoor game between Pittsburgh and Buffalo at Ralph Wilson Stadium on New Year's Day, NBC and the NHL are intent upon seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. League and network representatives visited the Stadium recently to get an on-site view of what would need to be done to stage the event.

Posted by: soxmuscle

I love all this outdoor hockey nonsense..

Posted by: IainDaniel

Just like pond hockey. Oh wait you yanks don't understand that

There are talks of an outdoor basketball game as well.

Posted by: soxmuscle

Link me on the basketball - when would this be played?

Posted by: IainDaniel

ESPN - Indian Wells could host Suns preseason game come fall - NBA

Posted by: I Are Baboon

This thread sucks.

Posted by: IainDaniel

That is why I am changing the subject.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Good idea.

Another triple double for LeBron.

FOX Sports on MSN - NBA - Recap

Posted by: Triple Threat

Hey, you two have your own threads to trash.

Now git the hell outta ours.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

This thread sucks.

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

That is why I am changing the subject.

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Hey, you two have your own threads to trash.

Now git the hell outta ours.

I concur!

Posted by: IainDaniel

You concur about this thread sucking.... or we should change the subject?

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

You concur about this thread sucking.... or we should change the subject?

Don't you have some hockey thread to trash?

Posted by: IainDaniel

No I have no hockey team to cheer for

Posted by: Triple Threat

Do you not have a local hockey team or do you have one but they suck?

Posted by: IainDaniel

I have one. But they suck. The Leafs, and they have pissed me off too much in my life time... so I have stopped watching them. And I just can't cheer for another team

Posted by: soxmuscle

Quitting on your team? It wouldn't be the first time...

Posted by: IainDaniel

If you had to deal with the leaf management you would think the same thing. Fuck retards. They only care about bucks, they know they will sell out every game. Good return on investment for the Teachers Pension Plan.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

The Maple Leafs would be better if they ate more bacon.

Posted by: IainDaniel

They will never be better. Why?

Cause they don't need to be. They have a bunch of sheep fans.

Posted by: min0 lee

all of you!

Posted by: shiznit2169

mino, if there is a video of the yankees-rays brawl that occurred today, please post it because i want to see it. I love brawls.

Posted by: min0 lee

Yankees, Rays clear benches after pair of incidents

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays brawled in the second inning of a spring training game Wednesday, an inning after Yankees pitcher Heath Phillips was ejected after hitting Rays prospect Evan Longoria with a pitch.

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The Yankees' Shelley Duncan slid spikes high into the Rays' Akinori Iwamura, drawing the ire of Jonny Gomes and prompting a bench-clearing brawl.

The escalation of bad blood between division rivals stemmed from a home plate collision in a spring training game four days ago that injured a Yankees catching prospect and irked Yankees manager Joe Girardi.

Posted by: min0 lee

I'll see if I can find it.

Posted by: min0 lee

If I was the manager I would let the players know in advance that they will get heavily fined if they start shit.

Posted by: soxmuscle

Nick Cafardo:

Duncan's play was indeed a tad over-the-top even though Johnson's play on Cervelli was perfectly legitimate - spring training or no spring training. Asking different people around the game the past few days about the play, there wasn't one person who sided with Girardi.

Posted by: soxmuscle

The LoHud Yankees Blog

Good points.

Posted by: min0 lee

CRYSTAL: I’M BOMBERS’ 'DESIGNATED HEBREW’

March 13, 2008 -- ST. PETERSBURG -Billy Crystal is slated to play in today's Yankees-Pirates game. The comedian and lifelong Yankees fan, who will soon turn 60 years old, yesterday said he thought he would be the DH.

"In this case," Crystal said, "a Designated Hebrew."

Crystal, who said Derek Jeter helped facilitate the appearance, called playing for the Yankees his "childhood dream, always."

Billy Crystal talks with Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter while stretching out during the Yankees' spring training workout.

Posted by: min0 lee

Posted by: soxmuscle

What a joke.

Posted by: A Black Guy

Wasn't Billy always a Mets fan anyway?

Posted by: IainDaniel

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Originally Posted by A Black Guy

Wasn't Billy always a Mets fan anyway?

I don't think so, he was the director for that 61* movie about that year for Roger Maris.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Originally Posted by A Black Guy

Wasn't Billy always a Mets fan anyway?

I don't think anybody truly knows why Crystal wore the Mets cap throughout the entirety of CitySlickers, but I've heard rumors that he chose the Mets over the Yankees because the Mets were simply better than the Yankees pre-dynasty days.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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What a joke.

Can you imagine busting your ass all Spring trying to make the club (the difference between making 35k and traveling from motel to motel by bus or... making a minimum 350k and traveling from luxury hotel to hotel by chartered plane) and then seeing the Yankees do something like this?

Hank continues to try and one-up the Red Sox, but all he ends up doing is embarrassing himself and his organization.

I certainly enjoy getting riled up over such stupid shit, but man, my hatred for the Yankees has never been higher.

The best part about this is that they're a shit team this year.

Posted by: IainDaniel

Apparently he approached the Yanks first, but he asked for a donation to some charity he was involved in. Took the same offer to the mets and they accepted.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Apparently he approached the Yanks first, but he asked for a donation to some charity he was involved in. Took the same offer to the mets and they accepted.

Interesting. Why would the Yankees decline? Good, cheap advertisement that's helping a cause.

Oh, now I get why they declined, helping charities is frowned upon by Steinbrenner's. Wouldn't want to give out any money to help people, it's against their religion.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by A Black Guy

Wasn't Billy always a Mets fan anyway?

Heard Mike and the MAd dog ask where was he before the Yanks won the World Series.
A lot of Baseball reporters dislike him for snubbing them.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Interesting. Why would the Yankees decline? Good, cheap advertisement that's helping a cause.

Oh, now I get why they declined, helping charities is frowned upon by Steinbrenner's. Wouldn't want to give out any money to help people, it's against their religion.

Now that's not even true. He's a lot of things but he is not that type of person.

Posted by: min0 lee

I personally didn't think it was so bad, it's only spring training.

YouTube Video

I thought he was maaaaahvelous.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

What's the big frigging deal? Neither Billy Crystal nor the Yankees had any ulterior motives here. And one spring training at bat is not going to decide some minor leaguer's future. Besides, none of the Yankee regulars seemed to mind.

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Hank continues to try and one-up the Red Sox, but all he ends up doing is embarrassing himself and his organization.

LOL...dude, come on. As hard as this is to believe, I don't think it had anything to do with the Red Sox.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

Now that's not even true. He's a lot of things but he is not that type of person.

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Originally Posted by IAB

What's the big frigging deal? Neither Billy Crystal nor the Yankees had any ulterior motives here. And one spring training at bat is not going to decide some minor leaguer's future. Besides, none of the Yankee regulars seemed to mind.

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Hank continues to try and one-up the Red Sox, but all he ends up doing is embarrassing himself and his organization.

LOL...dude, come on. As hard as this is to believe, I don't think it had anything to do with the Red Sox.

A little exaggeration, I just plain don't like the guy.

Posted by: soxmuscle

Leave him alone...

New York Times - C. C. Sabathia has turned down Cleveland’s four-year offer worth more than $17 million a season and the Yankees have more than $75 million coming off their payroll after this season.

Starters Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano are all in the final year of their current contracts.

“It’s fine when I go there,” said Sabathia when asked about New York.

“I’m focused on this season right now, playing in Cleveland and trying to win,” Sabathia said, adding later: “I’ve been here since I was 17. We’ll just have to see what happens.”

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Starters Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano are all in the final year of their current contracts.

Baseball has been bery bery good to Carl Pavano.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Baseball has been bery bery good to Carl Pavano.

It's honestly robbery.

He gets to collect cash and not pay a dime for his recovery treatment.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Baseball has been bery bery good to Carl Pavano.

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

It's honestly robbery.

He gets to collect cash and not pay a dime for his recovery treatment.

He's a bomb. They should sue to get their money back.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Carl Pavano rules! I wish the Yankees had a dozen more guys just like him.

Posted by: soxmuscle

the Yankees love oft-injured expensive players

Posted by: Triple Threat

What was Pavano's track record injury-wise before he signed with NY?

Posted by: min0 lee

Not even sure. I wish he would leave.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

What was Pavano's track record injury-wise before he signed with NY?

He always had trouble staying healthy. Lots of stints on the DL prior to signing with NYY. He had one full, decent season, and that was his last season with the Marlins. He turned one season into a rediculous pay day.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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He was the "sure-thing" the Expos received in the Pedro Martinez trade years ago. Pavano has an excellent arm, he just can't stay healthy. It's unfortunate.

Posted by: soxmuscle

19th March, 2008 - 12:41 pm

San Francisco Chronicle - One source that spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle indicated that the Yankees have expressed interest in Oakland's Rich Harden.

Both Harden and Joe Blanton are candidates to be traded and scouts have been watching them closely all spring.

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Who isn't interested in Rich Harden and Joe Blanton?

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

19th March, 2008 - 12:41 pm

San Francisco Chronicle - One source that spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle indicated that the Yankees have expressed interest in Oakland's Rich Harden.

Both Harden and Joe Blanton are candidates to be traded and scouts have been watching them closely all spring.

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Who isn't interested in Rich Harden and Joe Blanton?

Just about every team would be interested in them. But if the newspaper reported that the Pirates or Royals were interested, people would yawn. Stick the Yankees name in the article and it gets people riled up.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Posted by: min0 lee

During spring training, Alex Rodriguez has mostly avoided discussion of his messy contract opt-out and offseason return to the Yankees, but apparently only because he didn't want to say something that might prove controversial, as is often his habit.
When A-Rod agreed to sit down at his locker with the Daily News recently for a one-on-one, however, it was clear that the decision that likely will keep him in pinstripes for the .remainder of his career - and the firestorm that came with it - was still weighing on his mind.
The conversation initially centered on A-Rod's pursuit of a ring, but veered off into areas he has rarely discussed: The regret he suffered when he shunned the Mets in favor of the Rangers in 2000, and the .personal conflict that surrounded his decision to break away from agent Scott Boras this past offseason.
"I went for the contract when my true desire was to go play for the Mets," Rodriguez said of his decision to ink his $252 million deal with Texas eight years ago.
As A-Rod looked back on the events of the past offseason, he seemed haunted by the idea that in breaking free of the Yankees he could have made another decision based strictly on money and wound up as unhappy as he was in Texas for three years.
The three-time MVP says that at some point after his opt-out decision in October, he realized he could have been heading for a similar scenario, with Boras dictating his next destination.
"So to make the right decision just feels really good," Rodriguez said, "versus being taken down a road where I'm like, 'Oh, my God, where am I? Oh, $400 million to play in some place I hate? Great, I'll blow my --- head off.'
"I wanted to remain a Yankee and for once I put my money where my mouth was. It felt good to make a decision on my own and execute it - to deal with Hank and Hal (Steinbrenner) on a one-on-one basis and get a deal done.
"If people want to question why I did it, I don't care because it made me happy. If I had gone to Team X, Y or Z, it wouldn't have made me happy. It would have been because Scott wanted me to go - it would have been for the most money. And then I'm always going to be known as a guy who always wanted the most money."
A-Rod said he was motivated to break free from Boras partly because of his fear that Hank Steinbrenner was serious about closing the door on his possible return to the Bronx, and because he was simply at a different stage of his life compared to when he had signed with the Rangers.
"My wife and daughter both love New York," said A-Rod. "Four days after I opted out (and was living in Miami), my daughter says, 'I really miss my bedroom and my toys in New York.' I wanted to shoot myself. I said to my wife, 'What the --- are we doing?'

Posted by: min0 lee

When it was suggested that some players never put such personal considerations ahead of the best deal, A-Rod nodded.
"That was me - and now it's not," he said. "That's the difference between being 24 and 32. And that's what I'm proud of."
Proud and happy, with no issues hanging over him for a change - unless Jose Canseco truly has some dirt to dish - A-Rod seems more at ease than ever as a Yankee. He says he learned to thrive in New York last year by no longer trying to please everyone, as well as no longer feeling compelled to react to everything said or written about him.
Derek Jeter even seems to be warming up to him again, engaging him more in clubhouse banter a year after A-Rod stopped pretending publicly that they were still best friends.
"Once you start letting go a little bit, things start coming to you a little easier," A-Rod said. "They did for me last year. In the past, I've always said, 'I have to do this and I have to do that,' mainly because of the expectations.
"Now I've come to a point where, if I get a hit with the bases loaded, cool, and if I don't, so what? Next at-bat. Or next game. People always want it to be about the .individual battle with me, but I just want to be part of this team, and I think that will help me get to where I want to go."
That would be winning a championship - or three - as a Yankee, which is where this interview started. Rodriguez downplays the need for a ring to fulfill a career that is likely to end with him as baseball's all-time home run king. But he also admits that he has spoken with athletes such as John Elway and Dan Marino about these things.
Elway won two Super Bowls late in his career to cement his Hall of Fame legacy, while Marino, one of A-Rod's sports idols and the reason he wears No. 13, never got a ring.
"That was painful for me because I watched every game of his career," A-Rod said. "I talked to him a little bit about it. As athletes we're so competitive that it would haunt all of us. And if we told you that it didn't, we'd be lying.
"But Dan Marino might be the greatest quarterback of all time, and the other side of that is, as a Dolphin fan I give him credit because he stayed a Dolphin for 17 years. He could have gone to Pittsburgh or the Cowboys or the Raiders, but he didn't. That's where I think the loyalty of the fans comes in. I think at some point they appreciate him for that.
"I want to believe it's the same with me. If I had gone to Detroit or someplace and I don't win, people are going to hammer me, because there's no loyalty, and by moving again, I don't represent anything. Instead, I'm planting my roots here and saying I want to win with one team and represent something as a Yankee the rest of my career. I think it's the right way to do it."

Posted by: min0 lee

I would bet if he'd sign with the Mets instead of Texas he would be thought of differently.

Posted by: min0 lee

Scouts say Yankees should have traded for Johan Santana

So the wheel officially begins to spin now on Brian Cashman's grand gamble to ride the Yankees' young pitching in 2008 and beyond. And premature as it may be, there is no avoiding the question that will be asked countless times this season: Was the GM right or wrong in convincing Hank Steinbrenner to pass on Johan Santana?
Over the last week I posed that question to six major league scouts and executives who saw the Yankees multiple times this spring, and for what it's worth, here is the consensus opinion:

The Yankees could well win multiple championships over the next 10 or so years, thanks largely to a pitching staff built around young guns Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, and Ian Kennedy. But this year? Forget it. It's more likely their streak of 13 straight playoff seasons will come to a crashing halt.
Each of the six polled made a point of saying they were impressed by the way the young trio performed in spring training, yet four of the six said they believe the Yankees indeed will miss the playoffs in 2008, citing the inevitable growing pains as well as questions about the rest of the pitching staff.
"I love their future," was the way one scout put it. "But if you think those young guys aren't going to take their lumps at times this season against American League lineups, you're dreaming."
Of the two evaluators who believe the Yankees will be there in October, meanwhile, both think new manager Joe Girardi will need Chamberlain in the bullpen all season, and as a result, neither thinks the starting pitching would be dominant enough in the postseason to win a championship.
Of course, it's only fair to ask if such opinions are mostly wishful thinking from Yankee rivals or objective analyses. Whatever, the answers start coming today, and Chien-Ming Wang, whose curiously ineffective spring raised questions of their own, could begin to change the outlook with a strong start today against the Blue Jays.
Meanwhile, is there a Yankee fan out there who feels good about Mike Mussina starting the second game of the season?
Yes, for the moment, at least, it's hard to disagree with the feeling the Yankees will need at least a season for the pieces to fall into place, especially with Chamberlain's situation still somewhat undecided.
At the same time, it's worth noting that the decision to go with the young arms did lower expectations and lighten the mood for a team accustomed to carrying the sometimes joyless championship-or-bust burden.
"It's just been a lot of fun this spring," Alex Rodriguez said recently. "I'm not saying we're an underdog. In the big scheme of things, the Yankees are always going to be Goliath, but it does feel different this year.

Posted by: Triple Threat

NY Yankees 3, Toronto 2

Posted by: IainDaniel

Good game for a season opener. Great pitching. Jays need to learn to capitalize with runners in scoring position.

Posted by: IainDaniel

I like that Joba kid.

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Good game for a season opener. Great pitching.

There were quite a few well-pitched games last night. Aren't the pitchers usually ahead of the hitters this early in the season?

Posted by: soxmuscle

It sure seems like that.

They report to Spring Training much earlier than batters do.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

I like that Joba kid.

You like a Yankee?
I never knew you smoked?

So do I, they and I guess he wants to start but Rivera is near the end of his career and I can't think of anyone more suitable than him. He's already proved it, he's young, cheap and he's got the personality of a reliever.

Posted by: min0 lee

Bastards already started stripping the place.

Yankees fans barred for trying to take souvenirs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two New York Yankees fans accused of trying to steal souvenirs on the opening night of the last season at historic Yankee Stadium were arrested and had their season tickets canceled, the Yankees said on Wednesday.....................

Posted by: I Are Baboon

^ Morons. Having your season tickets canceled though has got to hurt.

Posted by: min0 lee

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^ Morons. Having your season tickets canceled though has got to hurt.

Your going to see a lot of this happening.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Good, but not great start for the Yankees. The big questions are how long will Mussina continue to suck and how long before Girardi has to pull him from the rotation?

Posted by: IainDaniel

It isn't like the Jays are a walk over.

Anyone of the Yanks wins, could have easily gone the other way, but as the Yanks do they find a way to pull out the victory.

Posted by: Triple Threat

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It isn't like the Jays are a walk over.

That was my point. 2 out of 3 wins against a divisional rival is good. It would have been great to win all 3.

Now had I said that 2 out of 3 was not good, then I would have been insulting the Jays.

Posted by: IainDaniel

The series was actually a very good series. Very competitive, almost had a playoff atmosphere, weird for April.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Good, but not great start for the Yankees. The big questions are how long will Mussina continue to suck and how long before Girardi has to pull him from the rotation?

Yeah, he's a number 5 pitcher now.
He had a good career but a few more outings like this......

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

It isn't like the Jays are a walk over.

Anyone of the Yanks wins, could have easily gone the other way, but as the Yanks do they find a way to pull out the victory.

We have a new sherif in town, expect to see the Yanks bunt more and use the hit in run.

Remember that series when Schilling had the bad ankle, well did it ever occur to Torre to have someone bunt on him....they couldn't get a hit off him.

I think this change may have been for the better.

Posted by: min0 lee

Yanks play small ball and come up big

When Joe Girardi took the Yankees' managerial job, many expected the Bombers to have a different look this season, playing a "National League" style of ball that was largely unseen under Joe Torre.
Girardi's team small-balled its way to victory over the Blue Jays on Thursday night at the Stadium, using a pair of sacrifice bunts to set up Bobby Abreu's go-ahead hit in the eighth inning, leading to the Yankees' 3-2 victory.
"In our division, we're going to face some pretty good pitchers. We're going to have to battle to score runs, and it's not going to be easy," Abreu said. "Those little things, they're going to help us. We don't have to just wait for homers."
The Yankees have scored just eight runs this season, yet they managed to take the three-game series from division-rival Toronto and its rock-solid top-of-the-rotation starters.
"When our guys start warming up, everybody knows what this lineup can do," Hank Steinbrenner said. "(Thursday night) couldn't have been better."
Phil Hughes started the game and gave the Yankees six strong innings, but it was fellow young stud Joba Chamberlain (1-0) who picked up the win after pitching a scoreless eighth. Mariano Rivera survived a leadoff single in the ninth to earn his second save.
With the score tied 2-2 in the eighth, Melky Cabrera singled leading off, prompting Girardi to put the bunt sign on for Johnny Damon, who laid it down the first-base line. Lefty Scott Downs raced over but bobbled the ball, allowing both Cabrera and Damon to reach.
Girardi called for a second bunt, which Derek Jeter put down perfectly, nearly beating the throw to first. With runners at second and third and one out, Abreu blooped a single to center, scoring Cabrera to give the Yankees their first lead of the night.
"You get in tight games, you're going to have to be able to execute and score runs to tie the ballgame or take the lead," Girardi said. "You work on it, do extra work and guys are willing to come out and do it. Tonight's a night where it paid off."
Girardi admitted that he's "not going to do it with A-Rod and (Jason) Giambi," but the rest of the American League was served notice on Thursday night that the Yankees have no plans to be a team solely dependent on the longball.
"We have to win as many games as possible," Damon said. "If it means we have to bunt, then so be it."
For much of the winter, Hughes' name was at the center of the Johan Santana talks between the Yankees and Twins. Thursday night, he got his first opportunity to show everybody why the Yanks made the right move by keeping him in pinstripes.

Posted by: IainDaniel

Even the Jays were showing some small ball. How many stolen bases and attmepts occured. Big difference from last year.

Posted by: Triple Threat

And so Tampa Bay picks up where they left off last year - tormenting the Yankees.

Has Farnsworth been relegated to mop-up work now?

Posted by: min0 lee

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And so Tampa Bay picks up where they left off last year - tormenting the Yankees.

Has Farnsworth been relegated to mop-up work now?

Some things never change.

Farnsworth can't blame Torre now.

Posted by: min0 lee

oh boy.....this don't look good.

Andy Pettitte shelled in debut

Posted by: Triple Threat

Taking 1 out of 3 at home so far vs Tampa - not good. Not good at all.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Taking 1 out of 3 at home so far vs Tampa - not good. Not good at all.

Yeah, you guys suck.

Posted by: min0 lee

Yankees' victory is a mixed bag as Jeter gets hurt and Abreu, Mussina star

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Jeter played in the field in the top of the second inning to test the leg but came out of the game afterward and is likely to miss at least Tuesday's game in Kansas City - and perhaps as much as a week - because of a strained left quadriceps muscle.

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Girardi did not immediately quash the idea of using Alex Rodriguez at short, but that is only one possible replacement option and it doesn't seem likely unless Jeter is out for several weeks. Wilson Betemit, who replaced Jeter at short last night, will start today against the Royals,

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Mussina (1-1) allowed one run and two hits over six innings to earn the 251st victory of his career and tie Bob Gibson for 42nd place on the career list. He also had three strikeouts to tie David Cone for 21st place all-time with 2,668.

Posted by: min0 lee

At 101 mph, Joba cruises

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The first pitch , a 77-mph curve, caught Tampa's Willy Aybar off guard. But it was the second, a 101-mph heater, that had Aybar believing he had no chance. And when Joba Chamberlain finished him off with an 85-mph slider, it hardly seemed fair as Aybar was gone on three pitches.

This kid looks to be the real thing...I usually wait 2 full season to say things like this but.....

Posted by: Triple Threat

Anyone see the Yankees offsense? It seems to be missing.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

A-Rod went 0-4 with 4 k's. That assneck is on my fantasy team.

Posted by: Triple Threat

He's daydreaming about playing SS again.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Posted by: min0 lee

These Royals are making these teams look bad.

Posted by: min0 lee

HIGH'JINX' HITS YANKEES

The new Yankee Stadium may be cursed!
A devilish Boston fan working on a concrete crew at the $1.3 billion stadium covertly buried a Red Sox T-shirt under what will become the visiting team's locker room to jinx the Yanks, two construction workers told The Post yesterday.

"In August, a Red Sox T-shirt was poured in a slab in the visitor's clubhouse. It's the curse of the Yankees," one worker said. "Nobody knows about it. It's in the floors, it's buried."
The workers say they now fear that they unwittingly helped hex their beloved Bronx Bombers.
"I don't want to be responsible for sinking the franchise," said a second worker, who witnessed the sabotage. "I respect the stadium."
The Post has withheld their identities because they are not authorized to speak to media.
This latest hex is above and beyond any typical ritual - like wearing a lucky shirt or hat - that fans typically do to boost their luck.
"It sounds a little unprecedented to me," said Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.
"I guess if the Yankees go 86 years in the new ballpark without a win we'll know if we are on to something," he said, referring to Boston's previous infamous losing streak after they sold Babe Ruth.
"If I was a Yankees fan, that is my house. I don't want a Red Sox [T-shirt] under my house," he added.
Chris Wertz, co-owner of the Red Sox bar Professor Thom's in the East Village, laughed at the ingenuity of the worker.
"I won't be surprised in the least bit to see that visiting locker room torn up and relaid right away," he said. "This what makes the game special for baseball fans. It's not a mean thing, but something they will take seriously."
Red Sox fans, he said, will see the buried garment as a good-luck charm, especially after years of seeing the retired numbers of four legendary players displayed in Fenway Park.
It has long displayed "9" for Ted Williams, "4" for Joe Cronin, "1" for Bobby Doerr and "8" for Carl Yastrzemski - which comes out to 9-4-18, the day before the World Series that resulted in the last Red Sox championship until 2004.
Baseball historians said these kinds of superstitions are not something to be scoffed at.
"Curses start off very easily. It's all the power of suggestion and they take on a life of their own," said Dan Gordon, co-author of the 2007 book "Haunted Baseball."
"Even the 'Curse of the Bambino' didn't really take off until the 1980s. Before then it was just hard luck," he said.
Mickey Bradley, co-author of "Haunted Baseball," said a worker is said to have buried an unknown good-luck charm in a water main trench of the current Yankee Stadium back in 1920.
"Prior to that, they never they won a World Series," he said.
Players can also bring curses to their teams.
"Look at the curse of A-Rod. The Yankees haven't won since [Alex Rodriguez] came to their game. There's probably more to that than a T-shirt," said Peter Nash, author of "Boston's Royal Rooters," a history of Red Sox fans.
"This just takes the rivalry to whole new level. If you look at 2004, the Yankees were up three games. If Boston lost that, seriously, the whole franchise would have been decimated," said Nash, who performed with the rap duo Third Bass before writing about baseball.
"I think there is a curse in effect already. Maybe the Red Sox T-shirt is like the icing on the cake, a nice little F-you from Boston," he said.
The year 2004, of course, was the year the Red Sox broke their own curse and won the World Series after beating the Yankees in the playoffs.
Still, stadiums have long had their own curses.
One of them is the 1945 "Billy Goat" curse at Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago cubs.
Legend has it that William Sianis placed a curse on the team after stadium staff refused to let him enter with his pet goat. The team hasn't played in the World Series since 1945.
Superstition in stadiums can also cut the other way and help a team.
The Texas Rangers languished in their old stadium from 1972 to 1993, until they moved into a new ballpark the following year. Since then, the team won three division titles. More recently, the Tampa Rays may be cursed by their own new stadium, which was partially built over a cemetery.
Over the past decade, the team had the worst record in all of Major League Baseball four times and finished last place in their division nine times.
As for the buried emblem of hated Boston, the Yankees say they aren't the least bit worried.
"It sounds like a tall tale, and it would take more than a Red Sox T-shirt to put a curse on the Yankees," said team spokesman Howard Rubenstein.
john.doyle@nypost.com

Posted by: I Are Baboon

The headline in today's Hartford Courant sports section reads "Yanks Wave Magic Wang."

Posted by: shiznit2169

Not to take anything away from Wang but he did give up a lot of hard hit balls that were lucky enough to fall right in front of the defenders. He did pitch a good game nonetheless.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

He whipped our asses.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by shiznit2169

Not to take anything away from Wang but he did give up a lot of hard hit balls that were lucky enough to fall right in front of the defenders. He did pitch a good game nonetheless.

That's his game, he's not going to strike out many hitters.
Unfortunately some balls find a hole.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

The headline in today's Hartford Courant sports section reads "Yanks Wave Magic Wang."

As a Asian I'd like to remind you that his name is pronounced 'WONG'...not that there is anything Wang with that.....I am actually getting a kick out of all these replies.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Well teh WANGER is on my fantasy team. He and A-Rod. Both homos too. Go figure.

Posted by: min0 lee

Mussina-Beckett today......Beckett should win this one.

Posted by: min0 lee

April 13, 2008 --
The curse has been broken - out of the ground, that is.
A pair of hardhats working at the new Yankee Stadium dropped a dime on the location of a buried Red Sox jersey.

Beantown-loving construction worker Gino Castignoli, who lives in The Bronx, confessed to The Post last week that he buried a Red Sox slugger David Ortiz jersey at the site last summer while working at the stadium.

After reading about the traitorous act in The Post, the two workers approached a construction manager and said they remembered Castignoli, who only worked at the Stadium one day, and thought they knew where he must have placed the shirt.

They led the manager to a service corridor near the site of the planned Legends Club restaurant, behind home plate and toward the third base side.

After the hardhats pointed to the spot, workers brought out jackhammers and dug furiously for five hours, creating a 2-foot- by-3-foot, gravel-filled pit in their search for the tainted threads.

They spotted the jersey at 3:25 p.m. and called Yankee brass. The cursed shirt was about two feet deep in cement.

"They absolutely pinpointed that if it was in the ground, that's where it was," team spokeswoman Alice McGillion said, as she let The Post inspect the now partly buried shirt.
But the team declined to identify its latest heroes.
Said McGillion: "The workers came forward this morning and said that they thought if there was a shirt buried, this is where it was" - on the stadium's lowest level, behind where the field-level seats will be.

Truth be told, the jersey felt like a filthy rag

- but the lettering of the word "RED" was plainly visible.
The Post first revealed Castignoli's dirty deed Friday. Then yesterday, the Boston-loving boob said he hid it along the third-base line.

Yankee brass was initially in denial, a spokesman explained, because a quick review of the new Stadium's pouring records determined that it just couldn't be buried in that location.
After the discovery, the team ordered the work stopped - and left the shirt in the cement in preparation for an extraction ceremony today.

"We want to thank The Post for raising the issue," McGillion said. "The [two] workers were terrific in coming forward. They wanted the shirt out of there."
As it turns out, Castignoli, 46, has been in trouble before. The hulking mason once pleaded guilty to involvement in a $40 million illegal gambling operation with ties to the Gambino crime family.

He was busted in February 2002 during a roundup of mob-connected gambling dens, according to the Brooklyn DA's Office.
But it was the betrayal of his borough that elicited Bronx cheers from many Yankee fans - including the new Boss, Hank Steinbrenner.

"I hope his coworkers kick the s- - - out of him,"

said George's boy, who now runs the team with his brother Hal.
Hank put no stock in talk of curses or in Castignoli's cruel bid to hex the Yankees' new $1.3 billion home.
A buried jersey, he reassured worried fans, means nothing.

"It's a bunch of bull- - - -," Hank said.
But Castignoli scoffed at the top Yankee honcho's ready dismissal.
"So, then, why is he making such a big stink about it?" asked the would-be hexer. "If it's no big deal, why not let it lay? Apparently, it's bothering him.
"Tell Hank he can come meet me if he wants to try - and tell him to bring [catcher Jorge] Posada, because he's the one Yankee I can't stand."

Meanwhile, Yankee fans attending last night's game at Boston's Fenway Park cheered the find.
"Dig it up, and get it out of there," said Norberto Diaz, 35. "They should give the next guy $156 an hour to dig it up."
Additional reporting by Jennifer Fermino in Boston and Matthew Nestel in NY
brad.hamilton@nypost.com

Posted by: min0 lee

Haha!

Hardhat 'cursed' after Yankee prank

BY MIKE JACCARINO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, April 14th 2008, 12:06 AM
Yankee brass said Sunday they would press for criminal charges against the prankster who buried a Red Sox jersey in the concrete of the team's new stadium.
Bombers honcho Lonn Trost said the team might also sue Gino Castignoli for the estimated $30,000 it spent excavating the jersey.
"There are criminal issues and maybe civil" said Trost, the team's chief operating officer. "Fortunately, we know who the perpetrator is."
The district attorney's office didn't return calls for comment on possible charges.
Castignoli, a construction worker from the Bronx, buried the David Ortiz jersey in hopes of permanently cursing the pinstripes in their new home.
A construction manager got wind of the prank and two hardhats were able to pinpoint the spot where the jersey was buried.
The unearthed jersey will be cleaned and donated to the Jimmy Fund, which plans to auction it off for charity.
"We'll take ... a very, very bad act and turn it into something beautiful," Yankees president Randy Levine said.

Posted by: min0 lee

Gino Castignoli smokes a cigarette in a Boston Red Sox jacket.

Posted by: min0 lee

Frank Gramarossa, the project executive for the new Yankee Stadium, displays the David Ortiz that was removed from the ground at the new Yankee Stadium

Posted by: min0 lee

I'd say we top that by kidnapping Ortiz instead......but the way he's hitting now it would be a waste of time.

Posted by: min0 lee

Link to video

This guy is an idiot. Traitor!!

Posted by: I Are Baboon

The Yankees are gay.

Posted by: IainDaniel

How about those Jays?

Posted by: min0 lee

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The Yankees are gay.

Deep down inside you love them.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

How about those Jays?

The what?

Posted by: IainDaniel

A team with less then half your payroll, and near the top of the AL in Hitting and Pitching

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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The what?

Isn't it cute seeing an optimistic Blue Jays fan?

Posted by: IainDaniel

Always optimistic at the beginning of the season

Posted by: min0 lee

Posted by: shiznit2169

It's funny how people make such a big deal over a friggen jersey that was buried.

There is NO SUCH THING as curses, luck, miracles, ghosts and any other make-believe term that is the cause for a team's or individual's performance.

When the U.S. Men's Hockey beat U.S.S.R in the Olympics, it was simply because they out-played and out-coached them. People only used the word "miracle" to make it sound more unbelievable and shocking.

When the Redsox traded Babe Ruth, it was never a curse. It was simply because the Redsox just couldn't get it done when it mattered most. If Babe Ruth's ghost was still lingering around, then the Redsox never would have won the World Series in 2004 and 2007.

Getting all worked over because of a t-shirt that was planted under concrete at the Yankees new stadium is laughable. People need to grow up and snap out of their delusional state of mind.

Posted by: soxmuscle

Stupidest news I heard all of yesterday. It's borderline pathetic that it even became a story.

In other news, what's up with Phillip Hughes? From everything I've read this was the year he put it all together.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Stupidest news I heard all of yesterday. It's borderline pathetic that it even became a story.

In other news, what's up with Phillip Hughes? From everything I've read this was the year he put it all together.

He came apart.

Posted by: soxmuscle

The kid is simply too talented to pitch like he's pitched thus far all year.

Carve it in sand.

Posted by: min0 lee

It happens, just look at Ortiz...I think Boston should get rid of him now that he still has trade value.
I think a trade of Ortiz and Giambi would be a good one.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

I thnk Phil Hughes will be fine.

Clay Buchholz ain't exactly shooting the lights out.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

I thnk Phil HUghes will be fine.

Clay Buchholz ain't exactly shooting the lights out.

Nope.

On another note, I have to fight and take control of my TV.....damn 10 year old took over my TV.
I don't get to see enough sports.

Posted by: soxmuscle

I agree, Phil Hughes will be fine.

Posted by: min0 lee

A-Rod ties Williams, McCovey with 521st

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Alex Rodriguez hit his 521st home run Monday night, tying Ted Williams and Willie McCovey for 15th place on the career list.

The New York Yankees' slugger connected off Tampa Bay right-hander Andy Sonnanstine in the first inning for his third homer of the season, snapping an 0-for-9 slide.
The drive to left also was A-Rod's 176th homer with the Yankees, moving him past Bobby Murcer for 19th on the team's career list. The run Rodriguez scored was his 500th with the Yankees

Posted by: soxmuscle

If his personality only matched his skill set...

Posted by: soxmuscle

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/1...y-play-better/

This is a photograph of an ice cream freezer outside the visitors clubhouse at Camden Yards wrapped up in a blanket so nobody will steal the treats inside.

Why is it outside the visitors clubhouse?

Because Joe Girardi wants it that way. The Yankees contacted the visiting clubhouse manager of every stadium where they play and asked that the candy and ice cream be removed before the team comes to town.

***

Hilarious.

Posted by: min0 lee

Girardi is really into eating right and exercising. He's in great shape.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

I have A-Rod on my fantasy team and someone just offered me Robinson Cano for him. Seriously, WTF is wrong with some people?

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

Girardi is really into eating right and exercising. He's in great shape.

I support eating right and exercise, but is it really necessary to police these grown men like a little league coach would?

The Red Sox are having fun with it, thats for sure.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I support eating right and exercise, but is it really necessary to police these grown men like a little league coach would?

The Red Sox are having fun with it, thats for sure.

Your right, the more for Schilling and Colon to eat.

Posted by: soxmuscle

It's the Miguel Cabrera rule...

Posted by: min0 lee

Oh boy...the apple didn't fall too far from the tree...

ESPN - Steinbrenner outspoken about Chamberlain's future place with Yankees - MLB

Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner, like his father George, has never been one to mince words. When it comes to where pitcher Joba Chamberlain should be -- the bullpen or the starting rotation -- the younger Steinbrenner's expectations are crystal clear.

"I want him as a starter and so does everyone else, including him, and that is what we are working toward and we need him there now," Steinbrenner told the New York Times. "There is no question about it, you don't have a guy with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball and keep him as a setup guy. You just don't do that. You have to be an idiot to do that."

Posted by: min0 lee

I was leaning for him to be the future closer but with Mussina's decline maybe he should start....
I still have a feeling he would be more effective as a future relief pitcher though.

Posted by: min0 lee

[quote=min0 lee;1771748]Oh boy...the apple didn't fall too far from the tree...

ESPN - Steinbrenner outspoken about Chamberlain's future place with Yankees - MLB

Ouch...

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The one name missing from that list is current starter Mike Mussina. Steinbrenner also had a suggestion for the starting pitcher who owns 251 victories in an 18-year career.
"[Mussina] just needs to learn how to pitch like [45-year-old Phillies pitcher] Jamie Moyer," Steinbrenner told the newspaper. Moyer is known as a crafty pitcher who doesn't have an overpowering fastball.

Posted by: min0 lee

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***

Hilarious.

Just as funny!

Beckett screams for an ice cream

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“I’m going to ask to be dealt unless the Red Sox put the ice cream machine back in the players’ lounge,” he said, not even trying to hide the smile which accompanied his two-day joke, “even if it’s frozen yogurt.”

Posted by: min0 lee

Ozzie Guillen on Derek Jeter

So this is humorous: Ozzie Guillen is what one might describe as a "big fan" of Derek Jeter. I wasn't on the White Sox side during Guillen's pre-game yesterday to hear this, but here's one account from the Chicago Tribune:
Guillen: Derek Jeter 'the perfect man' -- ChicagoSports.com
"I keep saying the best [Yankees] player who ever happened—bigger than someone else, but I'm not going to say the name here—is Derek Jeter," Guillen began, perched in the Sox dugout.
He merely was warming up.
"Derek Jeter has everything in his life. He's got money. He's got rings. He's got …"
Guillen paused, because timing means everything in comedy.
"He's not married."
Wait for the laugh.
"At the All-Star Game (where Guillen managed him in 2006), I looked around to see if he has anything I don't like. No. He's the perfect man. Too bad I don't have a daughter."
So, in other words, Ozzie, you like this Jeter guy, is that what you're trying to say here?
"He's the best thing ever in the game. He's got everything he wants. He lives in New York. Even [ George] Steinbrenner loves him. Nobody is better than Derek Jeter in the game. Nobody."

I'd say that's high praise, trying to marry your non-existent daughter off to someone.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Enough of this two steps forward, one step backwards. It's time for NY to get on winning streak. Of course, it doesn't help that they have 2 regulars competing with Big Papi for worst hitter in the league.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Enough of this two steps forward, one step backwards. It's time for NY to get on winning streak. Of course, it doesn't help that they have 2 regulars competing with Big Papi for worst hitter in the league.

This is the Yankees. It's only a matter of time until they pull off a 25 of 28 streak or some shit. Happens every year.

Posted by: IainDaniel

I was just thinking. I know a rarity.

Who is the trainer for the Skankees?

And how the fuck does this guy still have a job? How many pulled Quads or Hammies did they have last year. Most of the injuries incurred seem to be some type of training problem

WTF?

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Who is the trainer for the Skankees?

And how the fuck does this guy still have a job? How many pulled Quads or Hammies did they have last year. Most of the injuries incurred seem to be some type of training problem

WTF?

I remember last year being worse, especially early on. It seemed like there were quite a few players who had leg injuries.

So is Phil Hughes the next Carl Pavano? Two years, two extensive injuries.

And Posada timed that one just right, didn't he? 4 yrs, big $$ and wham! Right to the DL. Have they ever said how he injured his shoulder?

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

So is Phil Hughes the next Carl Pavano? Two years, two extensive injuries.

Well Hughes has not cost the Yankees $40 million. Not yet, anyway. Plus, fortunately for him and Yankee fans, his injuries are not arm or shoulder related.

Posted by: IainDaniel

How the fuck do you get a stress fracture of the ribs?

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

How the fuck do you get a stress fracture of the ribs?

They think he got it from sneezing. I kid you not.

Posted by: IainDaniel

fucking Yankee pussies.

Posted by: Triple Threat

The other night the Yankees had 3, count 'em, 3 starters batting less than .200. Cano, Betemit, and Giambi.

How do they expect to generate any offense?

Posted by: soxmuscle

After being dominated by Cliff Lee last night, the Yankees are approaching the mendoza line against southpaws.

How do they expect to be any good when they can't hit lefties?

Posted by: soxmuscle

Plus, A-Rod isn't expected to come off the DL when he's eligible next week.

When's he coming back?

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Plus, A-Rod isn't expected to come off the DL when he's eligible next week.

When's he coming back?

I haven't heard/read much about him except for the fact that he's in Florida trying to rehab.

Pulled muscles can be tough. It could be Memorial Day before he's ready, depending on how bad the injury is.

Posted by: soxmuscle

I've heard rumors that he could be out until around the All-Star break which could be detrimental to the Yankees chances of making the playoffs or at this point, not finishing last in the AL East.

One things for sure, the stupid Yankee doctors are going to take their sweet ass time to make sure he's fine.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

I heard on ESPN Radio that Derek Jeter has been romantically involved with 6 of the Maxim 100 hottest women. That's pretty good for a gay guy.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

The other night the Yankees had 3, count 'em, 3 starters batting less than .200. Cano, Betemit, and Giambi.

How do they expect to generate any offense?

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The Yankees played home run derby Thursday, with Giambi, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano and Wilson Betemit connecting in a 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians that prevented a three-game sweep.

...

Giambi, Cano and Betemit each began the day hitting well under .180.

Guess I lit a fire under their asses.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Well, NY certainly beat up on the Tampa pitchers.

They should be good and ready to tee off on Santana.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Mussina is getting absolutely rocked by Baltimore. Is there a heavy rain in the forecast?

Posted by: min0 lee

This is not going to be a good year for the Yanks...so much for a saying goobye to the old Stadium in good fashion.

Posted by: soxmuscle

Yup

Posted by: min0 lee

So this is how it felt to be a Boston fan during the lean years....damn.

Posted by: soxmuscle

Dick

Posted by: I Are Baboon

I see A-Rod made a triumphant return from the DL last night, cracking a two run HR when the Yanks needed it most, cutting that Baltimore lead to eight.

Posted by: oaktownboy

It's great to see the Yanks doing so poorly.

Posted by: soxmuscle

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Originally Posted by oaktownboy

It's great to see the Yanks doing so poorly.

It'll be even greater when Hank's patience wears thin and he trades all of his young players for aging veterans...

Posted by: natural^

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

I see A-Rod made a triumphant return from the DL last night, cracking a two run HR when the Yanks needed it most, cutting that Baltimore lead to eight.

bahahaha.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by oaktownboy

It's great to see the Yanks doing so poorly.

It's great to never see the Oakland A's do good. They suck, as do the Raiders.

Posted by: min0 lee

Laugh now all of yous, he who laughs last, laughs the best!

Posted by: natural^

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

It's great to never see the Oakland A's do good. They suck, as do the Raiders.

No one has sucked more, and for the longest time, then the Texas Rangers. Everyone here has lost all hope for them.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by natural^

No one has sucked more, and for the longest time, then the Texas Rangers. Everyone here has lost all hope for them.

They had a pretty good team for a while..

Posted by: natural^

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

They had a pretty good team for a while..

yeah...for awhile...haha

they have sucked for awhile also.

Posted by: min0 lee

I'm rooting for them to win someday.

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

So this is how it felt to be a Boston fan during the lean years....damn.

Has it really been 86 years since the Yankees won a World Series?

Posted by: soxmuscle

I was never big into the "Yankees suck!" chants and t-shirts, but now that they actually do suck (for the first time in my life) I may have to purchase one.

I love it.

Posted by: Triple Threat

Quote:

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

I see A-Rod made a triumphant return from the DL last night, cracking a two run HR when the Yanks needed it most, cutting that Baltimore lead to eight.

It was still the 6th inning. Should they have just thrown in the towel at that point?

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Has it really been 86 years since the Yankees won a World Series?

No, but this does seem like an eternity.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Time for MLB to get with the times and implement instant replay on questionable HR calls. What the hell are they waiting for?

Posted by: vortrit

I am actually a Kansas City Royals fan, so I know how you feel Mino. But, even though Boston has just destroyed my team, for some reason, I can't stomach the Yanks. Soxmuscle, this is for you.

YouTube Video

Posted by: IainDaniel

Joba gets the start tonite against the Jays. Tough match up with Roy Halladay.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Joba gets the start tonite against the Jays. Tough match up with Roy Halladay.

I hope he doesn't hurt his arm.....his arm is not used to the different style of a starting pitcher.

He would or will become an excellant reliever...good arm, good mentality and he's full of energy.

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Joba gets the start tonite against the Jays. Tough match up with Roy Halladay.

Isn't Halladay due for a crappy outing? Or is that just wishful thinking?

Posted by: IainDaniel

Quote:

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I hope he doesn't hurt his arm.....his arm is not used to the different style of a starting pitcher.

He would or will become an excellant reliever...good arm, good mentality and he's full of energy.

I heard his pitch count would be set at 65

Posted by: IainDaniel

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat