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9 Reasons I know It’s April

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Joe

1. I’ve actually thought about benching Mark Texeria in my fantasy league.

2. The Red Sox fans are talking about this year, not 2004.

3. Orioles fans are talking about playoff runs

4. You can still find BPA above .500

5. There’s more afternoon games than Law and Order re-runs

6.The Astros are not mathematically eliminated.

7. A-Rod’s still looking for his first home run.

8. Tigers fans aren’t calling for Jim Leyland to be fired yet….

9. ESPN keeps telling me that football is better than baseball and to tune in on Sunday, Monday and Thursday for baseball games.

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9 Reasons Joe West Is Wrong

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Joe

In my conversations about Joe West and his inappropriate comments I am hearing a lot of “I agree with him.”

But that misses the point of my post on why Joe should be suspended. The point isn’t whether or not we agree with Joe, the point is that MLB has had a long standing policy of not allowing players or managers to talk badly about umpires, even when everyone including the umpires end up agreeing with them. Managers have been fined and suspended for much less.  This isn’t about whether or not anyone thinks the games need to be faster (personally, I think that idea is laughable and very reactionary) but whether or not anyone can make disparaging remarks about other members of the MLB fraternity. To this point, MLB home office has said no.

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9 Reasons…The Yankees May Not Repeat

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Joe

9 Reasons the Yankees may not repeat this year:

  1. Pitching: If Andy gets hurt, the bullpen falls apart or Mo has a Joe Nathan moment this could all fall apart fairly fast.
  2. A-rod becomes A-Fraud: I’m not sure how I feel about A-rod’s long term place in Yankee history or if he will go down as a victim or a victor but in the back of my mind I keep wondering if he’s going to have an implosion year.
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9 Reasons…

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Joe

9 Reasons the Yankees should repeat this year.

  1. Pitching: With Joba moving every day more and more to the bullpen, we should have a decided advantage in pitching. If Andy can keep healthy and Burnett looks like he did last year. If CC doesn’t look like he has in Spring Training. I know that’s a lot of “if’s” but this should be a strength. From Starters to MO, we look pretty good in this department.
  2. Hitting: We have a lot of strong bats again. How will Grandy do?
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