The weatherman says we're going to get summer storms this afternoon. Hopefully, they get the game in. I expect the Yankees to knock the hell out of the ball today, don't you?
What more can I offer? Dude, it's so weird that it sounds great. I can vouch for my cousins, they've got good taste, especially in comfort food. Also, America's Test Kitchen, which is almost like the sabermetrician's take on cooking in that it is based on empirical evidence, is virtually fool proof. Their dishes are so good, the recipes are so logical, informative. If you EVER give someone a cookbook, unless it's the Joy of Cooking, you can always rely on an America's Test Kitchen (aka Cook's Illustrated) product.
I posted this in the other thread, but in case no one goes there:
Cincinnati chili is pretty good, and when I make mine I follow a very similar recipe, but I usually make it much spicier- substitute chili powder and cumin for brown sugar and allspice, and add some jalapenos, or if I'm feeling bold- habeneros.
A fun thing to in a group of people... if someone reveals they've been to Cincy, ask them: "Did you have a three-way?" Everyone else will look at you like you're nuts, and hopefully the Cincy traveler will get it....
A three-way, of course, refers to having noodles topped with chili topped with cheese. It's pretty decadent, even without the risque name.
Nice. Good tips. Just finished cooking myself. The division of labor goes, Emily pays the bills and does the laundry, I vacuum and do the cooking. She works late so I prepare her food for the week on Sunday. Today, I made one of her favorites--terriyaki turkey burgers, and a zucchini-oregano soup. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for myself though. I do have some sugar snap peas, shallots and mint, and could hook something up with that. I also picked up a piece of skirt steak. I've only really just started getting the hang of cooking meat properly and I know that skirt steak is good for stir frys. Maybe something with the peas? I dunno yet.
Hmmm. So many choices.
It is raining a little bit here in the BX, but no storm yet...
Looks like there are a number of storms headed across Jersey straight for the Boogie Down. I imagine they'll wait forever to try and get this game in, even if it makes it a night game. It's not like Cincy's coming back to town, and I don't think the Yankees like the idea of giving up off-days later in the year.
Alex, wait until the kids come along. Then the division of labor is: whatever she wants, you agree to do. Then you have such cooking delights as: poptarts for dinner, waffles for lunch, whatever works .....
The Times has a funny story about Jay Bruce, Daryl Thompson, and Paul Janish getting lost on the subway. They were trying to get to Yankee Stadium yesterday, and ended up in Brooklyn.
Unfortunately for the Yanks, the kids did find their way to the Stadium, thanks to a woman in Brooklyn who gave them directions. (Must have been a Dodgers fan.)
The radar looks promising for getting the whole game in... the front is currently over Bergen County NJ and moving north-northeast, right past the Bronx.
11 I'm not sure I would call that an analysis as much as fishing. There is not attempt to compare his release point to other pitchers, especially those with his success: does, say Maddux, vary his release point? For that matter they don't provide any information to correlate pitch movement v. success rate. In the end, such "analysis" allows for any conclusion to be drawn, because all you need to do is make an observation or pick one piece of data claim that it has a causal relation with some or other result. Put another way, had his release point varied more, the article could have drawn the same conclusions; likewise, if his ball moved more it could have drawn the same conclusions ("maybe his ball moves too much). Overall, a pretty weak analysis as presented.
When I saw Posada take that pitch, I just naturally assumed that I had the count wrong. It never even occurred to me that Posada might just take a pitch right down the middle with two strikes on him.
I didn't need to see the 1995 game again. That's going to piss me off all day. When Griffey crossed the plate, that was the first time I'd ever heard my dad swear. It was a big moment.
37 What the hell could he have possibly been waiting for?
And yes, if they get swept by the horrendous Reds, it does ruin the winning streak. Because the New York Yankees refused to show up in the first two months of the year, if they want to get anywhere this year, they can not lose series to, let alone get swept by, the dregs of baseball. They were handed a gift and pissed it away.
43 I am upset. If this team sucks, I'd rather just watch them suck. I keep getting yanked around and I keep getting my hopes up, only for them to no show a series at home against wretched baseball team.
41 Now, a more serious response: if they want to go anywhere, they need to win about 95 games (my guess), which means they need to 55-32 the rest of the season, or about .630 W%. If they are swept by the Reds, their last 10 will be 7-3...I'll take that .700 W% all season long, because it doesn't matter against whom the wins come.
Now, you are correct that it would be easier to pad their record against the bad teams, but sooner of later they will need to beat the Rays and the Sox. If not, they will not make the PS, or they will lose in the PS. That is independent of the games against the Pirates and Reds. So in the end, I just won't get too upset about which teams they lose to.
The Reds as a whole may be wretched, but you've got to give props to the 3 studs they have thrown at the Yanks. This just in, good pitchers can shut down an offense.
I don't think there's any shame in losing to the Reds. They are better than their record. A good young team, and a very different team than the one they started with. (Being a small market team without a lot of money, they have to play the arb clock game, and didn't call up young stars like Bruce until the end of May/early June.)
They're out of it this season, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if they're in the post-season next year.
54 For a team like the Yankees who gave away the first two months of the season and still want to make the playoffs, yeah it's a shame to lose to the last place Reds.
57 The Yankees lost to the best pitcher in baseball this season (Volquez) and then are struggling against two of the more heralded young pitchers in Thompson and Cueto. If the Yankees salvage this game, and it is by no means already lost... that's an okay result. No reason to freak out about winning 7 of 10.
53 Ceuto's 5 and 7. I don't remember the 5 times he beat the Yanks earlier this year. : )
Seriously, he threw 7 innings and struck out 10 in his debut against the D'backs. And he gave up 1 hit. And Flaherty said about 3 times that he was repeatedly throwing 95 w/o ever getting a ball up over the knees. Yeah, he's a no talent ass-clown. He looks pretty good to me.
63 You're right, every inning in which the Yankees don't score is a travesty, and everyone should be DFA'd immediately.
Seriously, do you even know the concept of patience? I note with 52 that you were rarely in the comments during the winning streak. Do you only enjoy pain?
I think Cano said something unprintable when that ball was caught. Unprintable in Spanish, anyway. Two really well hit balls, two outs; I'd be ticked too. Keep it up Robby, they'll fall eventually.
Cano has hit the ball as hard as possible 2x in a row. I'm glad to see a little O'Neil shine through in him, though. A little slam of the helmet and shout out loud never hurt anybody. Maybe it has. Who cares.
I like Melky, I really do. I like patience with young players. At some point they need to think about benching him or sending him down, at least for a little while.
66 I was told the reason the Yankees are allowed to lose to a bad baseball team is they can't be expected to hit good pitching. I was unaware that this category included Bill Bray and David Weathers. That's all.
And yes, I know patience. I patiently waited all of April for this team to show up. I patiently waited through May. Because they didn't, gimme games in June became important.
79 i'm with you fully on melky. i was kind of hoping he would get at least a day or so off in pittsburgh, but with matsui's knee acting i'm not sure that's going to happen.
As a fan of chaos, I would like to see the Reds score a run here and then the rain would stop the game and there would be a suspended game that would just be hanging around for an indefinite period.
81 So, on June 1 if I told you that the Yankees would go 12-8 on their next 20 games (.600 win percentage), would you be pleased or upset? Does it matter which teams the Yankees beat to win those 12 games?
Stu Miller wasn't "blown off the mound." Miller has always just said that when he went into the stretch, a gust of wind hit him and that caused him to jerk a bit and that caused a balk.
It wasn't like Miller was picked up and dropped into the seats of Candlestick.
These games are much more enjoyable when they are not being viewed from a ledge.
That was a cool k with the wind and the dark and the rain. Especially against Joey Votto, series Yankee Killer.
But, if you were to tell me that on June 1, that seven of those eight losses would come (2) losing the last two games of a series you were winning 2-0 (2) Spitting a series at home with Kansas City and (3) getting swept at home by the Reds, I would say the Yankees dropped the ball and missed the biggest opportunity they had to get back in the race.
107 "...I would say the Yankees dropped the ball and missed the biggest opportunity they had to get back in the race."
And you would be wrong, because they have gotten back into the race: .5 behind OAK and 4.5 behind TB for the WC, 5 behind BOS for the division, with 87 games to play.
I didn't realize the Yanks were out of the race already. That does blow. Not to mention the Red Sox are about to sweep the Cardinals today. Oh, that's right..........
107 Well, you could look at the schedule ahead of time and tell me what record you would expect, playing games against the Royals, Twins, A's, Padres, and Reds. And 12-8 does not include today's game, which looks like it could be called after 5.5 innings. That would make the Yankees 13-8 in June and 21-11 since A-Rod returned.
Five games out with 87 to play is not out of the race.
And 97 is correct. I do not remember any patient, hopeful comments from you in April and May. Most of them were like the ones in this thread. Your optimism is rarer than a Carl Pavano start.
107 21 games against those teams, under those circumstances, with those match ups and I would have penciled in 16 wins. Obviously, it never occurred to me that the Yankees would lose at least six games to Minnsota, Kansas City and Cincinnati and that I'd be begging for a rain out to prevent a seventh.
Maybe I was a little too optimistic about the team.
118 So, you expected this team to play .762 ball against five opponents. You realize that the 1998 Yankees, who played .704 for the entire season, only played .762 or better baseball against 4 teams: TB (11-1), KC (10-0), FLA (3-0), and PHI (3-0). The 1998 Yankees did, admittedly, play .812 (13-3) against its five interleague opponents combined.
So basically, you expected the 2008 Yankees to play at levels as high or higher than the 1998 Yankees for the month of June. And when they failed to do so, playing only .600 baseball for the first 20 games of June, you are disappointed, angry, upset, and worse of all, you have lost your famous optimism.
119 I expected the Yankees to win one out of two against Minnesota, 2/3 from Toronto, all four from Kansas, 2/3 from Oakland all three from Houston 2/3 from San Diego and 2/3 from the Reds.
I expected them to beat certain teams more than they lost to them, most notably Kansas City and Cincinnati at home. If that's crazy, then I'm just way to optimistic about this team and their abilities.
120 As I said, what you expected them to do not even the 1998 Yankees did. Your world must be one of repeated disappointment and much sadness and anger.
121120 One last comment on these lines: to expect that a team will sweep a four game series suggests a fundamental lack of historical understanding. It is simply unrealistic to expect such an outcome, as four game sweeps are quite rare. The 1998 Yankees played 11 4-game series and only swept 3 (two against the hopeless TB Devil Rays). Last year's Boston Red Sox played ten 4-game series and only swept 1.
If you unrealistically expect a four game sweep, even of the Royals, you are only setting yourself up only to be disappointed.
131 Shit. They said "the tarp is coming off," went to commercial, and game back to "another hour of sports Sunday." That's just great. Enjoy the game folks.
"Yankees: Brian Cashman will attempt to patch up Chien-Ming Wang's loss with Sidney Ponson for the time being. If that doesn't work, he'll move on to something more serious. If he wants a front-line pitcher, he's going to have to part with Melky Cabrera, and all indications are that he doesn't want to do that."
If there's a GM in baseball who will accept a package headlined not by Cabrera rather than one of the Big Three... then I think you have to make that trade. Brett Gardner can probably fill in for the +4 or so VORP that Melky has in CF.
But I think Cafaro has an opinion of Melky that is higher than that of most baseball GMs.
"Indeed, his only eccentricity, if it can be called that, is his extensive private library of adult videos. His refreshing ability to laugh self-deprecatingly about his porno collection, reporters say, is one reason why fans and even nonfans have taken to him so much."
121 You're deliberately distorting the numbers, and you know it. The only team I asked the Yankees to play .762 or batter against was Houston. Because the Yankees spit the bit in Kansas two months ago, even winning four games would only bring their winning percentage up to .625 with three games left to play. They would have had a .750% against Minnesota with three left to play, .667 against Oakland with 3 left to play, and .667 against Toronto with 12 left to play.
I didn't ask them to put .762 winning percentages up against five separate teams. I asked them to win 16 of 21 games for a .762 winning percentage over three weeks.
Not only does Johnny Damon not have hands so strong that he can break bats with them.... most of the time he's slapping at the ball with one hand. So he would have to have superhuman strength in just his right hand.
151 So if you're willing to admit that win percentage against specific teams is not as important as the final record in a stretch, I'd like you to do me a favor. Here is the Yankees schedule until the All-Star break:
3 @ PIT
4 @ NYM (well, one at home)
3 vs TEX
3 vs BOS
2 vs TBR
3 @ TOR
Please think about that 18 game stretch and come up with what you expect the Yankees won-loss record to be. I will then bookmark your comment and if the Yankees exceed it, you will be expected to post optimistic things about the Yankees.
156 I'll do it first. I think the Yankees will go 12-6 (.667) the rest of the way to the All-Star break. Assuming a win tonight, that would make them 53-41 at the break (.582). They were 43-43 at the break last year.
156 I didn't say records against individual teams are meaningless. I said you were making shit up when you said I demand a .762 record against five different teams this year. The only team my scenario gave the Yankees a .762 winning percentage against was Houston, who we only play three games against all year. The other two teams that we never play again this year left us with a .667%
I also think the record in the next 18 games is partially dependent on whether they're stupid enough to call up Ponson.
176 First of all, you're directing insults at the wrong poster. Second of all, you demanded a four game sweep of Kansas City. Thirdly, Ponson will start, at most, two games in the 18 game stretch, because there are a lot of off days.
The point was that you are expecting this Yankees team to be better than what the best dynasty teams could do. You're writing this team off less than a weekend after a seven-game winning streak. You're assuming a sweep before the game is over. You're saying the Yankees aren't picking up ground when it's possible that when the Yankees play again on Tuesday, they'll be only 3.5 games behind.
Do you think the Yankees should win more than 12 of those games? Even with Ponson?
Coco Crisp let off the 8th with a line drive to Ankiel in center. He was running after it, tried to adjust, and fell down like he had been sniped. Scored a triple. Ankiel BUTCHERED IT. UGH.
2-1 Cards.
mehmattski - I appreciate your 'taking on' Mattpatt and Brazil as these guys, who should be ignored, constantly add a level of unpleasantness here. What a surprise, you are not getting through! The problem is, you are using intelligent logic.
As someone who has followed the Yankees since '65, and seen some very, very dark days, the attitude these 2 express is embarrassing to me as a fan. I have met Sox fans who are more flattering about the Yankees then these guys.
202 Thanks! I will heed the word of our fearless leader and cool it for the night. I have faith in Mo to get out of this mini-jam. Enjoy the new winning streak, folks!
And taking about RCNB....
ESPN tells me the Sox are down 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th. So I turn on NESN in hopes of catching a Sox loss. JUST as the picture comes on, I see a guy running after a fly ball, overruns it, trys to change direction, and fall flat on his ass, as the ball sails slightly over his prone body.
It is the Cards LFer, as Coco ends up on third, on what is called a triple. Game now tied, 2 out, man on 1st, Nancy Drew up. Oops. Stolen base, man on 2nd.
Toronto broke their 7 game losing streak today. They may not had scored a run all week.
TB down 3-2, bottom of the 9th. Let's hope lastnight does not repeat itself.
Cheap-o infield single for Votto, bloop single over Cano's head in a nice at bat by Bruce. First and second, no out.
Corey Patterson. Fastball, called strike. Fastball, outside, 1-1. Cutter, up and in, hacking, 1-2. Fastball, up and in. Shoot, that almost hit Patterson in the hand. 2-2.
Worm burner to Jeter. Steps on second, throw to first is JUST late. Jete's was robbed. He looked out at first. Close.
He better not make a mistake to Dunn here. Adam Dunn, pinch hitting, fouls the first pitch back. Oh, man, that was his pitch to drive. Yikes. Nice cutter, in under his hands, fouled back, 0-2. Jorge sitting away...comes back in. Fastball up and away, 1-2. Cutter, inside, fouled into the Reds dugout. Bat splits and goes shooting past Cano into right field.
That was scary. Someone is really going to get hurt by a broken bat sooner rather than later. Fastball, away, misses, 2-2. Another fastball, this one better, lower--pee at the knees, called strike three!
183 I'm not asking them to be better than the best dynasty team. I'm asking them to go on a run like they did last year in July when they went 17-6. You don't have to be some world beater team to go on a three week run.
As for those 18 games, I'll say 10-8. I'm not happy with the number, but that's about as good as I think the team is.
Norris Hopper. What a great name. Righty. 0-4 today. Fastball, up and away, 1-0. Fastball, low and outside, fouled away--late. Low and inside, 2-1. 27th pitch of the day for Mo. Cutter, a bit high in the zone, foul tipped. Hopper was off balance. Cutter away, he lays off, just misses outside, 3-2. Good discipline by Hopper there. Cutter hit sharply to Rivera. Mo fields, fires, game.
225 it is a great name! i know someone that went to high school with him in NC. i've got his 2008 Topps card and it's a cool action card that is horizontal as opposed to most of the cards which are vertical.
Hey Alarmis... I am a full double bass, Blue Oyster Pearl (Ringo model), 1968 vintage set of Ludwigs. Is it worth any real money? Kind of a classic rig.
231 i was saying earlier it sounded like some sorta farm machinery ... sorta like, "c'mon earl, go fire up the norris hopper, we've got crops to harvest!"
226 When you tell me where I'm wrong. If the 2007 Yankees can go 17-6 over three weeks in July, why is it "crazy" and "asking them to be better than a dynasty team" to expect the 2008 Yankees to go 16-5 in the easiest three weeks of the schedule?
So as Melky is jogging in from Center, Jeter throws his gum at him. Melky does his best Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan and flies through the air and kick it with one foot, lands, and does the Spinning high-five with Cano. Hadn't seen that one
before. : ) Look out Blitzburgh.
233 hey OYF! (ooh, btw, it's thelarmis) sounds like a great kit! i don't know a whole lot about gear. i believe a lot of those vintage kits - ringo, buddy rich, bonham - have been reissued as current replicas with modern technology, so they're in better shape.
that said, there are loads of folks who pay for the real deal. amanda's texas underground (in nashville) would be a good place to check, but i looked for jonah online somewhat recently and couldn't find him...
hmmm, maybe check "not so modern drummer". i'm sorry i don't know more about vintage gear and their worth. you could call the folks at Long Island Drum Center to see if they could give you a ballpark figure or, at least, some places to check...
but, i would say, if you've got 5-7 of those ludwigs, w/ hardware, and everything is in good shape, then yeah, you should be able to find someone to give you some good $ for them. tell 'em you'll throw in farnsworth at no extra cost! : )
I can't remember ever seeing NoHo hit anything out of the infield.
However, I've been a fan of his ever since I saw him in a Pirates game. Ryan Freel knocked himself out diving for a ball. NoHo picked up the ball and surreptitiously slipped it in the unconscious Freel's glove, and it ended up being ruled a catch.
233 OYF - i have to keep up on some major items for my students, generally through catalogs and such, but for the most part, i just hit 'em & kick 'em! : )
i know the gear i like and keep it kinda simple...
264 i don't know if piercing is quite the right description ... his voice is maybe too deep for that, it's the grating, grinding nasality of it that bugs me
264 yes, but i'd rather martinez, eric young and tony gwynn talking non-stop than having to suffer w/ chip caray. i'm so glad most of the braves games here in Atlanta are on FSN now w/ jon sciambi and joe simpson - they're actually pretty damn good!
274 nice! i actually don't remember that word. i've always been VERY anit-dope, so i probably blocked that out as a kid... Clarissa was HOT. not sure the actress, guess i could look it up. but yeah, it might be worth seeking it out - i'm sure we can find the dvd pretty damn cheap...
277 HA! that's awesome: rich! as if. freelance musician guy working 6-7 days a week, sometimes 2 jobs/day - huh, you might think, and i guess it would be nice, but good lord am i underpaid!
my drum studio is already really filled up. i might need to add another hardware bag and i've been threatening to have a fusion kit custom made for me, but i just don't really have the room right now.
my nephew in queens is just starting to play, but he's not ready for a monster kit like yours!
they actually have vintage drum conventions and stuff. i'm sure they blow through boston at some point. you could also try and sell 'em to a kid at berklee or something...
Don't know if the Cards can hold on for 2 innings. but Boston doesn't have much left in the BP. I guess Oki will go another inning if necessary. After that...?
Oh shit.... man on 3rd, 1 out...
Meanwhile, my very favorite tap dancin' Big Lug is posting the following:
.271 .403 .575 .978
I really think he has a shot at MVP.
292 It's always interesting to watch another team fail at what drives us all nuts as Yankee fans. Such as failing to score after a lead off double. Perspective.
3 innings in a row with lead off DOUBLES in extra innings...
at Home...
by the best team in the league...
in the game...
in the universe!...
and yet...
they are still playing.
Is this possible?
Boy, that was nuts. Varitek just put his head down and braced himself. If Big Frankenshelly just slid, instead of trying to kill the C, he may have been safe.
238 "When you tell me where I'm wrong. If the 2007 Yankees can go 17-6 over three weeks in July, why is it "crazy" and "asking them to be better than a dynasty team" to expect the 2008 Yankees to go 16-5 in the easiest three weeks of the schedule? "
First of all, I was the poster who said your expectations were crazy, not OldYanksFan or Mehmattski.
Second of all, there is a difference between hoping that the team makes a run a some point this season and demanding that it come at a specific point in the season--indeed, demanding a specific win total against given teams over that stretch of games.
You invoke the 17-6 stretch from last season, a .740 winning %, basically winning 3 out of 4 for 20+ games. Long stretches of .750 baseball are unusual, even for the best teams. So expecting such a streak at a specific point in the season is merely setting yourself up for disappointment. This is not to say that the 2008 Yankees won't snap off such a run. At the same time, I can't be too upset about the current stretch since the Tornoto series at the beginning of June: 13 wins in 19 games over six series, or .680 winning %.
Thirdly and finally, my main point is that you have never, as far as I have seen, posted one positive comment this entire season--your posts seem to range from bitter to resigned to angry to disappointed. Have you found no joy or pleasure in watching games or following the team this season?
326 mp, i appreciate your (and others) effort in these things but i can't say i have any hope that you're going to have any effect on mattpatt. he's been a remarkably consistent poster in his entire time here on banter.
to quote strother martin, "what we have here ... is failure to communicate. some men, you just can't reach, so you get what we had here today. and i don't like it anymore than you men ."
326 The reason I'd have wished the Yankees took care of business against bad baseball teams is, quite frankly, I don't think this team as presently constructed is good enough to go on a big run against anyone else, especially with the loss of Wang. I think if we wind up missing the playoffs by two games, this series and the Kansas City series are going to be looked at as the biggest missed opportunities of the year. There are just some games you have to win, especially if you no-show April and May.
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Cincinnati chili is pretty good, and when I make mine I follow a very similar recipe, but I usually make it much spicier- substitute chili powder and cumin for brown sugar and allspice, and add some jalapenos, or if I'm feeling bold- habeneros.
A fun thing to in a group of people... if someone reveals they've been to Cincy, ask them: "Did you have a three-way?" Everyone else will look at you like you're nuts, and hopefully the Cincy traveler will get it....
A three-way, of course, refers to having noodles topped with chili topped with cheese. It's pretty decadent, even without the risque name.
Hmmm. So many choices.
It is raining a little bit here in the BX, but no storm yet...
Unfortunately for the Yanks, the kids did find their way to the Stadium, thanks to a woman in Brooklyn who gave them directions. (Must have been a Dodgers fan.)
He never even got a chance to play in Yankee Stadium again.
http://www.pinstripealley.com/2008/6/22/556491/hardball-times-breaks-down
I'll bet that effects Gaimbi. That was a tough hit.
I really hate this team sometimes.
Seriously dude, you seem to get really, really angry...I worry about you.
http://www.hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2008_1707&type=hitter
And yes, if they get swept by the horrendous Reds, it does ruin the winning streak. Because the New York Yankees refused to show up in the first two months of the year, if they want to get anywhere this year, they can not lose series to, let alone get swept by, the dregs of baseball. They were handed a gift and pissed it away.
Somewhere in an alternate universe, on the Cincy Chatter blog, a poster named Mattpat12 has a coronary.
Now, you are correct that it would be easier to pad their record against the bad teams, but sooner of later they will need to beat the Rays and the Sox. If not, they will not make the PS, or they will lose in the PS. That is independent of the games against the Pirates and Reds. So in the end, I just won't get too upset about which teams they lose to.
i suppose cincinnati style chili is okay, but the problem is that most 'natians don't bother to hand make the chili, they use skyline from the can
and skyline chili is a war crime against humanity's tastebuds
vile and pernicious
anyway big, Big, BIG moment for Andy there.
like sam cassell's giant nadded testicle dance BIG
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Huh? I haven't seen a positive let alone hopeful post from you all season.
They're out of it this season, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if they're in the post-season next year.
I need a drink.
Seriously, he threw 7 innings and struck out 10 in his debut against the D'backs. And he gave up 1 hit. And Flaherty said about 3 times that he was repeatedly throwing 95 w/o ever getting a ball up over the knees. Yeah, he's a no talent ass-clown. He looks pretty good to me.
It also doesn't explain why the Yankees couldn't score in the last four innings yesterday or why they're playing keystone kops defense
Paging Mr. Hughes, paging Mr. Hughes. ;)
59 I couldn't agree more. Remember we have Pittsburg and Muts coming up, another 7-3 run could be right around the corner.
And oh yeah, it's 0-0 in the bottom of the 5th.
Seriously, do you even know the concept of patience? I note with 52 that you were rarely in the comments during the winning streak. Do you only enjoy pain?
well you know you have to drive it deep to get giambi in and advance jorge.
[rain dance]
Let's... go... Rain! (Clap clap clap).
Lets's... go.... Rain! (Clap clap clap).
And yes, I know patience. I patiently waited all of April for this team to show up. I patiently waited through May. Because they didn't, gimme games in June became important.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=1&n1=cuetojo01&year=2008&t=p#3:15:sum
Someone is hitting him.
But if he figures it out - and he's as heralded a prospect as Hughes - the Reds rotation will be really scary.
Why the hell not.
Stu Miller wasn't "blown off the mound." Miller has always just said that when he went into the stretch, a gust of wind hit him and that caused him to jerk a bit and that caused a balk.
It wasn't like Miller was picked up and dropped into the seats of Candlestick.
http://elitemrp.net/iat/examples/tarp.jpg
and now we'll see the tarp, methinks.
That was a cool k with the wind and the dark and the rain. Especially against Joey Votto, series Yankee Killer.
But, if you were to tell me that on June 1, that seven of those eight losses would come (2) losing the last two games of a series you were winning 2-0 (2) Spitting a series at home with Kansas City and (3) getting swept at home by the Reds, I would say the Yankees dropped the ball and missed the biggest opportunity they had to get back in the race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNK9L9kLZa8
And you would be wrong, because they have gotten back into the race: .5 behind OAK and 4.5 behind TB for the WC, 5 behind BOS for the division, with 87 games to play.
Five games out with 87 to play is not out of the race.
And 97 is correct. I do not remember any patient, hopeful comments from you in April and May. Most of them were like the ones in this thread. Your optimism is rarer than a Carl Pavano start.
Cueto has struggled a bit, but he's done much better since Dusty Baker told him to quit shaking off the catcher.
i'd bet play resumes within an hour
Maybe I was a little too optimistic about the team.
So basically, you expected the 2008 Yankees to play at levels as high or higher than the 1998 Yankees for the month of June. And when they failed to do so, playing only .600 baseball for the first 20 games of June, you are disappointed, angry, upset, and worse of all, you have lost your famous optimism.
Your expectations are crazy.
I expected them to beat certain teams more than they lost to them, most notably Kansas City and Cincinnati at home. If that's crazy, then I'm just way to optimistic about this team and their abilities.
If you unrealistically expect a four game sweep, even of the Royals, you are only setting yourself up only to be disappointed.
bottom 6,1st & 2nd, 2 out, pitching change
giambino!!!
4-0!!!
126 Heh-heh-heh.
ah edwar in - no hrs today please
"Yankees: Brian Cashman will attempt to patch up Chien-Ming Wang's loss with Sidney Ponson for the time being. If that doesn't work, he'll move on to something more serious. If he wants a front-line pitcher, he's going to have to part with Melky Cabrera, and all indications are that he doesn't want to do that."
If there's a GM in baseball who will accept a package headlined not by Cabrera rather than one of the Big Three... then I think you have to make that trade. Brett Gardner can probably fill in for the +4 or so VORP that Melky has in CF.
But I think Cafaro has an opinion of Melky that is higher than that of most baseball GMs.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/hideki_matsui.html
"Indeed, his only eccentricity, if it can be called that, is his extensive private library of adult videos. His refreshing ability to laugh self-deprecatingly about his porno collection, reporters say, is one reason why fans and even nonfans have taken to him so much."
at least i know what to start the conversation with if i ever meet him ...
Get your whiskey ready, Banterites.
I didn't ask them to put .762 winning percentages up against five separate teams. I asked them to win 16 of 21 games for a .762 winning percentage over three weeks.
Sorry, coudn't resist.
because obviously, this team is powered by porn !
you've got giambi and his porn 'stache!
and matsui with his porn stash!!!
3 @ PIT
4 @ NYM (well, one at home)
3 vs TEX
3 vs BOS
2 vs TBR
3 @ TOR
Please think about that 18 game stretch and come up with what you expect the Yankees won-loss record to be. I will then bookmark your comment and if the Yankees exceed it, you will be expected to post optimistic things about the Yankees.
Deal?
And the Yankees fans give him a standing ovation.
Ok, get Mo up now. Enough of this tomfoolery.
Not so much for Farns to make that play. Dickhead.
93 on TV, 101 on the board.
awwwwww, that's so nice of the Wacker, giving up a HR to junior in his last stadium at bat
what a big sweetheart
now MO gets a save opp, too!
I also think the record in the next 18 games is partially dependent on whether they're stupid enough to call up Ponson.
So Kyle looks at himself and then feels pain. Damn, I thought only Pavano could do that...
He put in Kyle Farnsworth.
The point was that you are expecting this Yankees team to be better than what the best dynasty teams could do. You're writing this team off less than a weekend after a seven-game winning streak. You're assuming a sweep before the game is over. You're saying the Yankees aren't picking up ground when it's possible that when the Yankees play again on Tuesday, they'll be only 3.5 games behind.
Do you think the Yankees should win more than 12 of those games? Even with Ponson?
Just as they are ready to go, Mo steps off the mound and Jorge goes out to talk with him.
Valentin has an open stance and he is standing far off the plate.
Fastball, low, ball one.
Fastball, low and outside, called strike.
Cutter, inside, popped back foul.
Posada goes out again.
Fastball, low and away. They are trying to catch him looking, he's so far off the plate, but Mo missed location.
Cutter, over the plate, little tapper to the right side. Mo pounces off the mound, grabs the ball and runs to the bag himself.
181 If he were a Blue Jay, you know what that would be called >;)
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
now were's talking about kyle farnsworth's aching balls
this banter has gone to hell!
2-1 Cards.
well, unless you're robinson cano
vicente padilla is 10-3 and K-Rod picked up his 30th save already... i hope junior gets 9 more homers to pass sosa.
shit sox tied it at 2. crap.
As someone who has followed the Yankees since '65, and seen some very, very dark days, the attitude these 2 express is embarrassing to me as a fan. I have met Sox fans who are more flattering about the Yankees then these guys.
I was just channeling my Yonkers roots.
ESPN tells me the Sox are down 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th. So I turn on NESN in hopes of catching a Sox loss. JUST as the picture comes on, I see a guy running after a fly ball, overruns it, trys to change direction, and fall flat on his ass, as the ball sails slightly over his prone body.
It is the Cards LFer, as Coco ends up on third, on what is called a triple. Game now tied, 2 out, man on 1st, Nancy Drew up. Oops. Stolen base, man on 2nd.
Toronto broke their 7 game losing streak today. They may not had scored a run all week.
TB down 3-2, bottom of the 9th. Let's hope lastnight does not repeat itself.
Drew walks. Manny up.
Corey Patterson. Fastball, called strike. Fastball, outside, 1-1. Cutter, up and in, hacking, 1-2. Fastball, up and in. Shoot, that almost hit Patterson in the hand. 2-2.
Worm burner to Jeter. Steps on second, throw to first is JUST late. Jete's was robbed. He looked out at first. Close.
My God.
That was scary. Someone is really going to get hurt by a broken bat sooner rather than later. Fastball, away, misses, 2-2. Another fastball, this one better, lower--pee at the knees, called strike three!
Siddown!
4 pitch bases loaded walk in Boston. Bleh.
As for those 18 games, I'll say 10-8. I'm not happy with the number, but that's about as good as I think the team is.
cards outta the inning. 3-2 boston. last licks against paplelips...
oakland up early...
thank you MO! Yanks win!!! : )
here's paplebitch...
before. : ) Look out Blitzburgh.
that said, there are loads of folks who pay for the real deal. amanda's texas underground (in nashville) would be a good place to check, but i looked for jonah online somewhat recently and couldn't find him...
hmmm, maybe check "not so modern drummer". i'm sorry i don't know more about vintage gear and their worth. you could call the folks at Long Island Drum Center to see if they could give you a ballpark figure or, at least, some places to check...
but, i would say, if you've got 5-7 of those ludwigs, w/ hardware, and everything is in good shape, then yeah, you should be able to find someone to give you some good $ for them. tell 'em you'll throw in farnsworth at no extra cost! : )
However, I've been a fan of his ever since I saw him in a Pirates game. Ryan Freel knocked himself out diving for a ball. NoHo picked up the ball and surreptitiously slipped it in the unconscious Freel's glove, and it ended up being ruled a catch.
duncan walked. 4 pitches, i believe. paps first walk at the fens this year. adam kennedy up. ugh. strike 1.
i know the gear i like and keep it kinda simple...
I've not seen that movie in over a decade.
Might be worth a revisit.
1 out in the 9th.
my drum studio is already really filled up. i might need to add another hardware bag and i've been threatening to have a fusion kit custom made for me, but i just don't really have the room right now.
my nephew in queens is just starting to play, but he's not ready for a monster kit like yours!
they actually have vintage drum conventions and stuff. i'm sure they blow through boston at some point. you could also try and sell 'em to a kid at berklee or something...
leadoff card on base top 10th. blooper into the triangle in short center...
paps out, oki in...
Meanwhile, my very favorite tap dancin' Big Lug is posting the following:
.271 .403 .575 .978
I really think he has a shot at MVP.
NICE!
So, another squandered lead-off double!
at Home...
by the best team in the league...
in the game...
in the universe!...
and yet...
they are still playing.
Is this possible?
He was out by 10 feet!
Christ!
First of all, I was the poster who said your expectations were crazy, not OldYanksFan or Mehmattski.
Second of all, there is a difference between hoping that the team makes a run a some point this season and demanding that it come at a specific point in the season--indeed, demanding a specific win total against given teams over that stretch of games.
You invoke the 17-6 stretch from last season, a .740 winning %, basically winning 3 out of 4 for 20+ games. Long stretches of .750 baseball are unusual, even for the best teams. So expecting such a streak at a specific point in the season is merely setting yourself up for disappointment. This is not to say that the 2008 Yankees won't snap off such a run. At the same time, I can't be too upset about the current stretch since the Tornoto series at the beginning of June: 13 wins in 19 games over six series, or .680 winning %.
Thirdly and finally, my main point is that you have never, as far as I have seen, posted one positive comment this entire season--your posts seem to range from bitter to resigned to angry to disappointed. Have you found no joy or pleasure in watching games or following the team this season?
(jk jk jk)
Chalk up that loss to Meacham.
"AL Centerfield Offense and Defense through June 21"
http://www.replacementlevel.com/
to quote strother martin, "what we have here ... is failure to communicate. some men, you just can't reach, so you get what we had here today. and i don't like it anymore than you men ."
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