Topic: Yankees Baseball

So it all come down to Ponson a texas reject who is 0-2 with a 7+ era in his last 3 stars....If we win tonight who knows maybe we can take the series and move up a game in the lost column on boston (4).

The truth is even if we get into the playoffs does anybody really think we can be the angels with this team ?

What was it the dodgers use to say when they were in brooklyn "wait till next year."

Another game, another loss, another hitting clinic by Pedroia and Co., (most of the damage was done with them down 0-2 on the count, hey Kevin that’s called discipline at the plate you might need that info on your new job) another spin by Girardi. Abreu didn’t make a case for another season by shying away from the fence  . . . . .    that fly ball was catchable.

Byrd and Bay looked awfully good making the absence of Manny a moot point.

Do you still think you can dig yourselves out of this hole? Knock yourselves out. You looked so listless that I don’t even want to try whatever Girardi is on these days. The man is on drugs, no doubt about it. Not even good old Hank could hide his displeasure after he had to come to the stadium and see his team being dissed by Pedroia, Youk, Bay, Coco (hard to believe these are the names that are spanking the Yanks silly).

I said way back when: This is the beginning of the end   . . . . . . .  guaranteed. I also said: Cashman you’re an idiot.  I still stand by both statements. You couldn’t tell the trees from the forest. You still can’t. Girardi’s only asset was using the entire roster (as some of us suggested from the beginning he should) only to negate that by letting Cashman part with Farnsworth pressured by the media and using Molina lack of better stats as the excuse to do the deed.

That did away with the only thing the team had going for them besides Mussina’s peerless performance, the almost perfect relief corps. That showed me the team couldn’t be in worse hands. 99% of the Yankee hating media will disagree. But you already know my philosophy: Screw them. 

Hank says wait until next year   . . . .   No stone will be left unturned. We’ll see but I trust him more than I do trust Hal (the gutless other half I mean the quiet one). But this train is no longer going anywhere so this is where I get off. If the team has any pride left they will do battle for Mussina if they still want us to have some respect for them.

I guess the spin doctors are free at last (and we have plenty of those).

A corollary to the above.

You’ve read the polite answers some of the sux players gave the NY Media this is what I’ve found on the Boston Globe:

When Jonathan Papelbon raised his arms as he watched Dustin Pedroia's grand slam soar into the netting above Monument Park, there was joy. There was excitement.And there was the knowledge that, in one swing of the second baseman's bat, "that's the nail in the coffin," as the closer said.

"We've had some injuries, J.D. Drew, and losing Mike Lowell, and [Tim] Wakefield for a little bit. Josh [Beckett] skipped a start," said Paul Byrd, last night's starter. "Those are huge players on this team. I feel like this team's kind of answered that. This team has a lot of character."

"I don't think anybody's just content with winning these two games," Pedroia said. "We're definitely going to come out tomorrow and play as hard as we can. Hopefully, we can win that game, too. There's only 30 games left. We're trying to win as many as we can."

So they go into this afternoon's game, their final scheduled one at Yankee Stadium, looking for a sweep the sportswriter correctly assumed. A SWEEP  in our own backyard.  Thanks CASHMAN.

One last parting shot.

CLUELESS JOE applied to Joe Torre when he took over the Yanks, this time it applies to a different Joe after he already managed the Yanks in his first season.

The Mets have two options: worry about the effect of playing without Wagner or continue to play the way they had and reach the playoffs and probably beyond.

What better way to finish the season than by controlling your own destiny?

Was that 2007 collapse very real? You bet it was BUT that was then this is now.

The Mets have the leadership and the talent they need to finish ahead in their division  . . . . .  Oh and that guy named Santana.

No team in the last few seasons has needed a star closer to win it all including the 2007 Sux, so playing without Wagner should NOT REALLY be a problem.

My advice? Continue to play with the same intensity and concentrate on your record. Play as a team and forget about the tabloids they don’t know anything about the game they cover and that’s a fact.

Double scout   . . . . .   even better triple scout Sabathia  . . . . . just in case. And during the playoffs (yes there will be playoffs) just get on base for Beltran, Delgado and the other clutch hitters you have and execute. Other than that have a swell ride.  Someone has to fight for NY.

For those Mets fans who are dying for their team owners to plunge head first into the K-Rodriguez’ sweepstakes at the end of the season you’d better read an article on Sports Illustrated (by Joe Sheehan) called: “Unconventional Wisdom: How good has K-Rod really been?” which might open some eyes to the reality that K-rod is a by-product of the Angels playing system more than a supernatural and soon to be super expensive closer.

Posada on Joba’s future: "I said in the spring, seeing him as a reliever, I think his body is made to be a reliever,"

NY Yankee fans on POSADA: “Just shut the hell up and get set to learn how to play first base. You don’t have the athletic body needed for that task but whatever obesity adhered to your heavy old bones will have to do.”

At least playing first base you won’t be in a position to throw any more young pitchers under the bus. Clear enough for you stupid?

Just to think this idiot got me out of hibernation.

Dear Cano I believe in your heart of hearts you believe you play hard 99.99 percent of the time but whatever happened to the remaining 80 percent we see you screwing things up almost every important game?

Could you care to explain?