Topic: Yankees Baseball

The Yanks have said through the media that they won’t keep that window open for Pettitte much longer.

Time to make a decision Andy. If you and your family can take another year playing in the Bronx talk to these guys and sign. If you want to retire or play closer to home we’ll understand (screw the tabloid writers what do they know? ) but it would be nice to be part of this team they might go all the way and with you on board the chances are even better only this time you don’t have to work that hard since there will be other able and effective arms around more so than the last couple of seasons.

Go ahead and let them know what your decision will be Andy. This way you can enjoy the rest of the Holiday Season with this piece of business out of the way.

So the story has now come full circle having lost a fine switch hitter who proved to be incredibly clutch in the postseason when playing with Houston now a talented and disciplined power switch hitter who was clutch with the Angels but had no support from his free swinging teammates (although we have said for many year that being clutch is very subjective and more of a chancy circumstance that an exact science or discipline and great clutch players like Sean Casey has agreed with that assessment) has come to enrich our roster, a guy who is a fine athlete and an even finer person.

From what we have read Mark is very loyal and dedicated to his friends, family and team and that will help our team tremendously, his credentials are impeccable.

We never thought he would be coming to the Yankees for the tons of money already tagged for other players but fate dictated that he joined us and we are tickled to death and still not able to get accustomed to the idea that we’ll have Mark and Alex or Alex and Mark in the middle of our batting order and that can only be great, simply awesome   . . .  although Alex has gone haywire off the field his on the field dedication still is legendary and all we could ask for (and that will surely be confirmed when he starts this next season) the fact is that odd years sort of make him look even the more awesome.

And so it goes Cash and Hal may or may not be finished dealing this season but we know we don’t need a superstar at every position and with the Starting rotation and the lineup we have we look pretty good and our chances are great for various reasons: Sabathia has shown the last couple of years he likes the ball on crucial games and he knows what to do with it, Burnet has hand-tied the sux and us effectively and that should continue to happen.

So fans and players; owners and coaches and their families have a great rest of the Holiday Season and be ready to have a lot of fun in the 2009 season and for players: be ready to be great   . . . . . . . . I know we will.

I’ve been busy enjoying some fine College Football in the last few days namely the amazing show of heart and execution by the Utes against the almighty Alabama team and the systematic destruction by the Gators of the most prolific college offense of the 2008-2009 college season: the Sooners.

In both cases it took HEART (sheer guts and execution) to achieve both victories in the case of the U of U (UTAH) it was the defense who never thought small nor wavered, just the opposite, to bring down an opponent that every critic in the nation thought would be too much for the Mountain West Conference Champions Utes to handle, think again.

Could we import some heart to the new stadium and roster? I wish it would be possible and how about the Steinbrenners helping Utah with a marching Band since it seems the Utes will be making more appearances in future BCS Bowls?

And for those still dissing mid-major conferences like the Mountain West Conference; in head to head competition this season the Mountain West Conference practically trashed the elite Pac 10 over and over   . . . . .    yes Air Force, TCU, BYU, UNLV, New Mexico, Colorado State, Wyoming, San Diego State Aztecs and UTAH they all play in the Mountain West Conference.

Bruce...I see you're still talking to yourself.  So, answer this question:  Why after all the signings the Yankmeeoff's signed, do Yankmeeoff fans continue to talk about the Red Sox and the Mets?  Wouldn't you think you Yankmeeoff fans would have enough confidence in the team that you wouldn't have to talk about those other teams?   What is really goning to be nice is after spending all that money and building a new ballpark, the Yankmeeoff's will still miss the playoffs.  Well, I'll let you get back to Yanking yourself.  I'll continue to thank God that I'm not a Yankemeeoff fan.  Yankmeeoff's su//ck...Yankmeeoff fans swallow!!!!!   

The ditching of flight 1549 was a miracle   . . . . . .    Literally; after seeing the trajectory of this airbus aircraft after taking off from LaGuardia the successful crash landing was a miracle in more ways than one    . . . . . .   This aircraft could have easily taken (brought death and destruction) a huge chunk of Washington Heights or hit the G.W. Bridge.

Let’s be thankful that all the stars were perfectly aligned. I know I am. We could never say enough about those ferries rushing to help those frightened passengers and crew in such frigid weather.

A great week to be a New Yorker.

The tabloids seem to be preoccupied with the Yankees having TOO many OF on board and since most of them are Mets fans they keep saying the Mets could use the X-Man.

How about working with our pitchers about protecting our batters a problem that is very old and for which the Yankees haven’t found an acceptable solution yet.

We know that Joba is not the man for that job, we know he wants to protect his teammates but he seems to be afraid of really hurting someone; ST will be the time to address that since Matsuzaka doesn’t seem to have enough when it comes to hurting our batters.

That a$$hole better get the message that you hurt one of our players we’ll drill two of yours. And the message should be loud and clear.  Stop messing with our players a$$holes  . . . .  and one more thing this should be the year the Yankees batters take Matsuzaka either deep or light him up every time he gives us too many walks  . . . . .  he's got to pay for that.

In Foston they think it’s a given that Matsuzaka will give his huge quota of bases on walks the more reason for us to solve this riddle rather quick.

 This is a perfect example of even though the YankMEoffs spent almost half-a-billion dollars on 3 players, their fans still FEAR the Red Sox.  As for why the YankMEoffs get hit so much...its because they lean over the plate.  The best example of this is that "fake dive into the stands" Derek "way overratted" Jeter.  Hey, on another subject, I hear the NHL is looking at playing a hockey game at the new stadium next Jan. 1st, 2010.  I say "go for it"....there has to be at least "one meaniful" game played at the joint. 

Move fast forward to the ALCS and you also have C.C., Burnett and Wang pitching for you with Mo and Co. ready to close the deal.

How do you like our chances?