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Girardi offends baseball gods, costs Yankees series?
Normally, I’m not one to want to fire a manager mid-season, let alone mid-playoffs, but this year I would honestly consider making an exception. Now I know, I know he won a world series last year. But we’re not Detroit fans, we are fans of the New York Yankees! I realize that if everything went exactly right, the Yankees could still have lost this series. I realize that the Rangers are probably better than the Yankees as a sum of its parts than the Yankees.
Posted in Joe Girardi, Yankees, managers
Tagged alcs, Baseball, mistakes, Postseason Baseball, Yankees
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Every Yankee Flaw Being Exposed
The Yankees have a powerful roster.
The Yankees can score a ton of runs.
They have multiple H.O.F. future inductees on their roster. Beyond that, they have a lot of players that will go down in history as really good players if not Hall members. They are close to the best record in baseball and have held that position at various points throughout the year. The worst thing that can happen to them is that they will have to play a play-off game to get into the playoffs–if they lose every game for the rest of the season. How likely is that to happen? It would seem nigh onto impossible.
Posted in Opinion, Phillies, Pitchers, Players
Tagged AJ Burnett, Joe Girardi, Losing Streak, Phillies, Postseason Baseball, Yankees, Yankeesblog
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Yanks win 8 out of 10
The Yankees have won 8 out of 10.
Of course, they’ve also lost two straight. I know that some of you think I’m some sort of Donald downer but you have to admit that if the playoffs started tomorrow you would be as nervous as a Freshman on his first date.
I admit I was afraid to post any blog posts during the streak because I didn’t want to jinx it. I admit that I was and am hopeful. I also admit that in the middle of that hopefulness is cold hard fear and trepidation.
9 Random Thoughts While Watching the Yankees are up 77-35
- I think the whole Congress/Media/Roger Clemens steroids thing is disgusting. The media is full of self-loathing hypocrites that made a bunch of money off of the steroid era and are certainly partially responsible to blame for it but now have crawled up onto their self righteous horses made of wax paper. Roger is probably guilty but is this really something congress needs to worry about? How many people died in the Middle East today? How many people are living in the streets of America? How many people don’t have a job tonight and are in danger of losing their home? Too many and what is congress worried about?
Flipping Roger Clemens and making an example of him. I hope everyone on that committee loses their next re-election bids. What happens when they lie? Nothing. Remember Ole Bill Clinton? This whole thing is just stupid.
Girardi Makes His Case for Boneheaded Move of the Year Award
Sometimes, you can just be too daggone smart for your own good. The Yankees proved that tonight, losing to the Red Sox 6-3.
Now there was nothing in the game per se that supports my argument. Well, besides the fact that Javier Vazquez was pitching in a big game and I’ve been killing his inability to pitch in big games so there’s no need to stop now. I know, I know he hasn’t been that bad most of the season.
Posted in Javier Vazquez, Opinion, Red Sox, Trades, Yankees
Tagged Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, Red Sox, Rivalry, Yankees
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Well, You Can’t Say You Weren’t Warned
The Yankees lost again tonight. And the offense looked worse than anemic, it looked like the Republican PR machine during the last Presidential election.
Of course, the defense looked more porous than my wife’s humus rocks. Giving up runs like they were doing a charity dance. Now, it would be easy to say that I warned you. It would be easy to say that I said, A-Rod’s home run chase would become a distraction because, well I did say that.
You can’t say you weren’t warned.
Tex heats up, Mitre gives it up
Mark Teixeira smashed two home runs today. OK, I didn’t see either one but I heard them on the radio and anytime someone hits two in one game they earn the right to be given some superlatives. (I just went to yankees.com and watched them both–he hit them both pretty hard).
What this loss does though is show that Sergio Mitre is probably not our guy. It’s hard for me to fathom that the Yankees don’t have anyone in the Minor Leagues that they can bring up. I know that Andy says he feels good after a game of catch and all that but still it just seems odd to me.
Colin Curtis heroics doesn’t mitigate awful officiating
The umpires this year are awful. If I hear one more sports writer from the four letter word station tell me how bad umpires have always been part of the game I’m going to bean someone like Roger threw at Kobe, or Colt or whatever the heck he named his kid.
In the bottom of the 7th of today’s game. Brett Gardner took a pitch that was called a strike. He stepped back, made a comment, the umpire said something back. Brett replied and then the umpire threw him out. Jeter could be seen saying, “That’s terrible.”
Tim McCarver, Joe Torre, The Yankees, Joseph Stalin and Fred Phelps?
Everyone has them. I know I do and I bet that you do too. You know that friend that is often right but is so annoying that you just don’t care. Maybe it’s a crazy uncle. The information is good but the delivery makes the information more painful than a double root canal sans Novocaine.
That’s kind of how I feel about Tim McCarver. I remember when he just did Mets games back when Doc Gooden hadn’t quite gotten into the nose candy like a fat kid swimming in cotton candy. Back when Daryl Strawberry was known for his sweet as sugar swing and not his prolific support of the prostitution and drug industry Tim McCarver actually did a decent job as a broadcaster.
Pettitte to the DL could be a problem
My favorite Yankee has always been Andy Pettitte. Even when he was in Houston, he was my favorite Yankee. Almost all of my fantasy teams have him on their somewhere. Ussually, I reach too early to make sure that no snags him before I can.
I know, man crushes are awful but I have what I have and I just have to accept it as it is.
All of my emotional connections to and desires for Mr. Pettitte aside his trip to the DL (or apparent trip) is more problematic than I think most people will think at first glance. I’m still not convinced that Javy can pitch when the bright lights of the A.L. East leer down at him like a crotchety old man dealing with a newbie.