Topic: Yankees Baseball

Cashman says this failed season is on him (A-rod must be t.o. that’s usually his line) because Girardi did a great job. Girardi says NO this one is on him  . . .     really  . . . . .   because his coaches Kevin Long in particular did a great job preparing the team and the batters to take the Division by storm with aplomb and conviction. Long doesn’t say crap because he seems to be the only who realizes that all that is croak.

How can this team be so incredibly irrelevant even when tradition, pride, salaries, their future on the line demanded they'd be just the opposite?

Is that the Yankees idea of accountability? If the hitting coach was so smart and well prepared as Cashman says he was how come this offensive juggernaut manage to score only TWO tiny runs OR LESS in at least 47 games this season?     . . . . . .      that's 47 FRIGGING GAMES!!!!

Injuries?   Please   . . . . . . .   Stuff it.

Could someone please elaborate how was that possible when EVERYONE WAS PLAYING HARD AND WITH FOCUS AND INTENSITY? GIVING IT ALL at the plate.

How are you going to fix that? You might start by playing hard until the last game and the last inning and the last out of the season for no reason other that you meant it when you said you were a better team than the record showed the whole year. On the season that is about to expire that might begin to do the trick.

And don’t give us this spin about what kind of team we are going to have next year . . . . .   please  . . . . . .we’ll believe it when we see it (around October 2009 to be exact).

Thanks Posada for reminding us we’ll have problems behind the plate again next year after all you’ve done for us the last eight years.

Across the bay the Mets are beginning to doubt themselves and that’s worse than being booed by the fans or being under attack by the tabloids. All that is irrelevant   . . . . What matters is how you feel about yourselves and your teammates.  It’s all about you controlling your own destiny one game at a time which means it’s all in your hands. I have no doubt it will be done  . . . .  take one out, one inning at a time just like it applies to the Sux, the Rays it also applies to you guys.

That was a well deserved standing ovation Moose.

That makes this season ending less painful for both fans and players (we know it’s not about entitlement but still thanks for making it less painful)   . . . .  Kudos to you   . . . . .    we know your quest is not over but thanks just the same.

Excellent article from Ken Davidoff regarding Giambi’s generosity like the one he showed towards the team staffers that help the players day in and day out, especially in the year 2003 when he had no particular reason to be nice to people because that happened before the Roids episode.

And just like that the Cathedral closes its doors for the last time.

Long live the new Yankee Stadium.

That last day at the stadium was beautiful and then some but we still have a few games to play and just as Sweet Lou said “they may carry over to April.”

This is a very important game for us (true Yankee fans) and Moose.

The Jays are a great club but Moose is a great pitcher himself and the team has shown some pride, hunger and timely hitting lately.  Now is the time to bunch up all this good stuff and go for it   . . . . .   one offering at a time, one out at a time. Trust your stuff (because you should, because it’s there) no extra pressure is needed just focus, determination and professionalism, no overanalyzing, no trying to win the game with one swing: Teamwork and execution.

Don’t wait until the middle innings to score the needed runs   . . . . .     score early and often instead, especially tonight.

You’ve done it before  . . . . . .     You can do it again, we know that.

Congratulations Moose    . . . . . .    A very valiant and awesome effort.

A well deserved honor. We’ll see if fate gives you a chance to pitch another game this season against the Sux. It will be what it will be.

Should you be able to take the mound at Fenway there’s no doubt in my mind the whole team will chip in for you to reach your goal. We win as a team and finishing with a win at Fenway won’t be shabby at all.

We wish you a speedy recovery and we are thankful nothing major happened to your arm. Talking about a game of inches  . . . .   How about fractions of an inch?

Let’s hope for the best then   . . . . . . .    meantime the team looks good grinding it out one game at a time.

BTW Congratulations to the Maddon’s Rays and the Francona’s Sux are definitively in order.

ANDY PETTITTE       . . . . . . .   YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE.

Listen to this guy: "The biggest thing was me, personally; I just pitched terrible," Pettitte said. "I don't think we played great, I don't think we hit in some clutch situations when we needed to, but everybody pitched really well other than me down the stretch. If I don't win one game out of my last 10 starts, I think the last couple days of the season, we'd be right there."

Andy meant the period starting July 31^st which just so happens to be the period which coincided with Cashman sending Farnsworth to the Tigers in exchange for Ivan Rodriguez, a move that killed the Yankees chances for a playoff spot.

The bullpen was working like clockwork so much so that Cashman thought he had the Midas touch and he could get anybody to replace Farnsworth and things would remain copacetic but that was not going to be the case and it went down exactly as predicted here.

So don’t come now you tired warrior and try to run that spin by us. Your mea culpa is hereby absolutely not accepted and that’s final.

Go rest your tired shoulder, your body and your soul; go spend a lot of quality time with your family but don’t even try to go there again.

You’d be so out of line.

And talking about the Mets what is it with these guys? They can’t close the deal. I know the Cubs are for real and they might meet the Cubs again in the playoffs but hey you’re not just playing for a playoff spot you have the starters and the hitting talent to go all the way. Don’t go making a liar out of me  . . . . . .    just play to your talent’s full max (in case you didn’t notice now it’s the time to do that).

This I feel is one of my most important posts.

Every Yankee fan knows by now I don’t quit when it comes to supporting the Yankees.  I try to be there through thick and thin I try to give my best take of what goes on at the stadium as influenced by the Yankee Brass and the ticket paying fans, which are the only fans that have a real chance to impact on the outcome of a game or a season.