The Joe.T Memorial Yankees Suck Thread for 2007

[Joe.t]

And what the Christ is Doug Mientkiewicz doing batting second?

-Thats exactly what i said, i swear we could be related, just think we both like baseball and we both are starting to think alike:

-Of course if i had known that Jeter and the Melkman would not play i would never have included the game in my parlay picks.

-This losing will turn out to be a blessing in disguise, what are the chances that Cashman is on the phone with Randy Hendricks right now?

 

[Joe.t]

btyger- You might want to add this prediction your list that was dead on, https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=17467&highlight=yankees

Post 8 if anybody is wondering.

 

[Joe.t]

Joet, you've got cantalope sized balls,

Why those big loud mouth sp's!!!!!, this proves that we are seeing the same ones and i always tell them "what goes on in the hotel room stays in the hotel room", i am going to have a talk with them about some privacy issues that needs to be addressed.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Schilling Offers $1 Million To Anyone Proving Blood In Sock Is Fake

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...lug=ap-schilling-bloodysock&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[EagerBeaver]

Dolans Interested In Buying Yankees, Steinbrenner Not Interested In Selling

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jon_heyman/04/27/dolans.yankees/index.html

 

[Special K]

Bronx Bashing! 11-4 YEOWWW!!!

Another stellar performance by the Bronx Bummers tonight! Another starting performance where the pitcher couldn't finish the 5th inning...although Mo Rivera looked pretty solid again.... 3 hits 1 walk 4 earned runs 1k in 1/3 of an inning...Oh how the mighty have fallen!!

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Another stellar performance by the Bronx Bummers tonight! Another starting performance where the pitcher couldn't finish the 5th inning...although Mo Rivera looked pretty solid again.... 3 hits 1 walk 4 earned runs 1k in 1/3 of an inning...Oh how the mighty have fallen!!

Papelbon 7 earned runs
Rivera 9 earned runs

Yes, Rivera has allowed 9 earned runs in the first 21 games of 2007, 2 more than Papelbon allowed in all of 2006. The king is dead; long live the king.

I think at this point it is fair to question if Mo's time has come. While I'm not REALLY ready to say he's washed up, as he's certainly had slow starts before, there's no question in my mind that he's no Papelbon.

Yoo hoo, Joe. You can come out as soon as you're done choking the chicken.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

I don't know that the 2004 and 2005 seasons were not the peak of Crisp's career and nor do you. Time will tell, but right now and for this season, I would rather have Damon as my everyday CF any day of the week and I am sure every major league GM would agree. By the ways you are quoting snippets of edited posts.

Crisp and Damon were both secured by their current teams for four years at the beginning of the 2006 season. Crisp, a 26 year old at the time, seemingly coming into his prime before seeing his season derailed by injury, would cost the Sox $23 M for the four years. Damon, at 32, would cost the Yanks $52 M over the same time period.

No doubt for the first 1 year and two weeks of this period, it appeared that the Yanks made the smarter move. Now, Crisp is coming to life, having beaten the Yanks and Mariano Rivera last Friday night, sparking a weekend sweep of the fading New Yorkers. Meanwhile, Damon over the same time period has seen his average fall from .300 to .242.

An article in this morning's NY Post reveals that the rapidly aging Damon is playing in agony, barely able to stand and walk, let alone play baseball. He's heading to Florida on Monday to visit his chiropracter in a last ditch effort to stay off the DL.

It's looking more and more like a lost season for the Yankees. Maybe the return of the elderly Mike Mussina and his 85 MPH fastball this coming week will give them the spark they need to get past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the standings.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Just read that Karstens suffered a fractured tibia

And Wang a fractured ego.

 

[Joe.t]

You should have showed up at the GT last night Reg, i guarantee with EB and myself there we would have converted you to a diehard Yankee fan by the end of the night, i can just picture you, EB and myself giving each other high five's with you shouting "ARod for MVP".

 

[EagerBeaver]

Hughes

It's early, but Phil Hughes is showing MAJOR potential. I just saw him strike out Teixera on 3 pitches. The first two were changeups that had Teixera nearly corkscrewing himself into the ground! I never seen a 20 year old who had a changeup like this.

But this kid is a power pitcher. He has a windup that resembles Mike Mussina's a bit, but he is a much bigger dude than Mussina.

He's going to be good!

 

[EagerBeaver]

Hughes has a no hitter through 4, and is looking quite dominant. This kid is going to be very good. He has a 12 to 6 curveball a la Bert Blyleven, a freakish changeup and what appears to be an above average fastball with movement. I like his makeup out there. He works quickly and reminds me of a bigger, stronger Mike Mussina.

6-0 Yankees right now.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

12 G 13.2 IP 1 ER 5 H 3W 17 K 0.65 ERA

Who am I? I was a free agent this winter and really wanted to sign with the Yankees, but was turned away. Instead, I signed a 3 year contract for $1.25 M per year with the Boston Red Sox.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Hughes has a no hitter through 5 innings. Rangers have hit only one ball out of the infield, a pop up to left by Blalock.

 

[EagerBeaver]

The Hughes no hitter is now through 6 innings and he is showing no signs of slowing down, blowing Kenny Lofton away with 3 straight fastballs to close the 6th. With 77 pitches, I wonder how much longer they will stay with Hughes if the no no remains intact?

 

[EagerBeaver]

Hughes came out with the no hitter still intact after 6.1. Had an 0-2 count on Teixera after gassing him with two fastballs but appeared to hurt his hamstring or calf on the second pitch. Very disappointing and shocking. The way he was pitching, I think we would have seen a no hitter tonight but for the injury.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Meanwhile, Torre said he was prepared to let Hughes remain in the game for practically as long as it took provided ''the circumstances were favorable''. It's a real shame .

It is a shame, but "circumstances" were no longer favorable. Hughes pitch limit was approximately 85. They might have extended him to 100, but the pace he was on would have put him at 120 by the end of nine. I don't believe Torre would have let him go that far. He's 20 years old and way too valuable.

Had he thrown a no-hitter, Texas would have been the 11th team in history to be no-hit twice in the same season, likely the first one to be no-hit twice by May 1. You look at that lineup and it's hard to believe they're next to last in MLB in hitting, a .230 average.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Rumples,

The injury occcurred on Hughes' 83rd pitch. I think his left leg came down awkward and caught on the mound. Afterward I could read the trainer's lips in the dugout, he was saying "it popped" (referring to hamstring), which doesn't sound good. Up until that point, Hughes was utterly dominant and showing no signs of fatigure or slowing down, and in the two pitches before the injury he was blowing Teixera away with swinging strikes on fastballs. It was a freak injury.

He's likely out until mid June. A real shame because he looks like an amazing talent and the Yankees need him badly.

 

[Special K]

the Yankees need him badly.

Ain't that the truth!

 

[Joe.t]

12 G 13.2 IP 1 ER 5 H 3W 17 K 0.65 ERA

Who am I? I was a free agent this winter and really wanted to sign with the Yankees, but was turned away. Instead, I signed a 3 year contract for $1.25 M per year with the Boston Red Sox.

Whats the matter rumples no faith in Blown Save Papelbon anymore?, you should wait untill at least the all star break before trying to promote the next Red Sox bust which you are very good at.