The Joe.T Memorial Yankees Suck Thread for 2007

[Joe.t]

if Matsuzaka, Schilling, and Beckett have the kind of seasons they're off to, they'll be leaving the pack in the dust quite quickly.
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-Keep dreaming dream boy and what a short memory you have(last year), the Sox may lead for a while but at the end they will do what they do best which is choke, i can't wait for the first Red Sox-Yankees series and poor old voyageur almost started to cry at the bar when i mentioned last years series to him(Boston day massacre).

-What the hell is the the pathetic Coco Crisp and his .111 average still doing in the majors, the Red Sox sure did a smart move by not resigning the declining Damon.

 

[joelcairo]

Joe T. please give us some more of your famous predictions in baseball and hockey - especially hockey at this time because the playoffs are on and I want to know which way not to bet. Please hurry Joe T, you made me a fortune on the final Leafs-Habs game and I'm confident you can continue to be my financial messiah. Please hurry Joe T - time is money. Thanks.

 

[Joe.t]

Joe T. please give us some more of your famous predictions in baseball and hockey - especially hockey at this time because the playoffs are on and I want to know which way not to bet. Please hurry Joe T, you made me a fortune on the final Leafs-Habs game and I'm confident you can continue to be my financial messiah. Please hurry Joe T - time is money. Thanks.

Anything for you Joel, all you have to do is ask .

Buffalo to win the cup, i would suggest you put your mortgage, your life savings and anything of monetary value on them, you can thank me later.

PS- How is the great great Jeff Reardon doing these days, have not heard anything from him in a while?.

 

[Voyager]

Huh?

JoeT,

-Keep dreaming dream boy and what a short memory you have(last year), the Sox may lead for a while but at the end the will do what they do best which is choke, i can't wait for the first Red Sox-Yankees series and poor old voyageur almost started to cry at the bar when i mentioned last years series to him(Boston day massacre).

Now why did you have to go and bring me into the conversation?

Yes, the Boston Massacre was horrible, and more so because I was there! The best thing about it was that I left early and beat the traffic out of Boston.

-What the hell is the the pathetic Coco Crisp and his .111 average still doing in the majors, the Red Sox sure did a smart move by not resigning the declining Damon.

I'm no Coco Crisp fan and agree that he should be somewhere else. Maybe the Wankees could use Crisp since their DL list is longer than their Active roster??

Just remember as you and the Hankees talk about their dominating pitching, astounding defense and monstrous offense... count their World Series wins over the past 6 years too... 2nd place is as good as last place!

Regards,

Voyager

 

[Special K]

I bet the Yanks would love to have a starting rotation like the Sox have now eh??? HAHA!! Mr. Predictable Pavano having his first of I'm sure many stints on the DL as well as Mussina hitting the DL. Things are looking grim for the bombers, that's for sure. I suppose the only thing they have to look forward to is the return of Joe.t's CY Young prediction CM Wang!

 

[picasso]

For a team that tends to peak in April or May, that's unacceptable, wouldn't you say?

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

First time i hear about this. Latest news i got on Ryan is that he's got an elbow strain (he was checked by Dr. James Andrews this morning) and he'll be out from 4-6 weeks. Reed Johnson will have disk surgery on his back tomorrow & will be out until July. Troy Glaus will also go on the DL with various ailments and should be back in a couple of weeks. Even though the Jays have been hit severely with the injury bug, they have the depth to make up for the injured players & i'm certain the effect of the injuries will be minimal.

Sorry, pal, but I don't believe the Jays are deep enough to withstand these hits. (And I'd say the same about the Sox if they were to lose Manny, Papelbon, and Lowell.)

Sox come in to TO tonight with the Jays in bad shape. Not only are the Jays without their closer and cleanup hitter, Reed Johnson, for some reason, turns into Stan Musial when the Sox come to town.

The Sox ERA is down to 2.72, deadball era numbers. While this is certainly unsustainable, I think it's pretty clear that this is a fabulous pitching staff.

The Yankees vaunted offense, despite A-rod's hot start, is only third in the league in runs scored, behind Tampa Bay and Toronto. With three minor leaguers in their starting rotation, their going to have to score even more than they have if they want to play .500 ball.

 

[joelcairo]

Anything for you Joel, all you have to do is ask .

Buffalo to win the cup, i would suggest you put your mortgage, your life savings and anything of monetary value on them, you can thank me later.

PS- How is the great great Jeff Reardon doing these days, have not heard anything from him in a while?.

Thanks Joe - you da man! I'm already counting my money! As for Jeff, from what I understand he's not in prison, which is a damn shame.

 

[EagerBeaver]

I saw the game last and although Dice K on balance pitched extremely well, in the inning where the Jays got 2 runs on him he lost his cool as a result of a very bad call. He threw a pitch that was very clearly a strike which was called a ball, and he sort of childishly snapped his head at the umpire in disbelief. After that call, he suddenly became wild (including throwing a wild pitch that missed Varitek by 2 feet) and the 2 runs later scored that inning. He recovered the following inning but the damage was done. He'll need to be a lot mentally tougher than that in the future, whether it's a bad call, a home run or whatever. You just can't lose focus like that and if you do, you will get eaten up at this level.

His body language after the bad call reminded me of the body language of a woman I defeated in the semifinals of a 64 player ping pong tournament in Cancun in 2000. When you get to the semifinals of a tournament like this, all the players are real good and little things make the difference between winning and losing. In that semifinal match, I was losing very badly - like 11-2 - but 2 things happened that turned the match into a rout in my favor. First, I began to get my timing on returning her serve which was a one-speed topspin serve. Second, as the match went on I noticed that her reaction time on her backhand side, when challenged there with quick returns, was not good. After I caught her with two lightning returns backhand side which she netted, she had the exact same reaction as Dice-K did to the bad call, and she also slammed her racket on the table and swore in French. Right then, even though I was still losing in the match about 11-4, I said to myself "she is fucking dead meat." I then reeled off a long run, attacking her backhand side. She could not make the necessary adjustments and her frustration level effected her other shots, and I ended up winning 21-14 after being down 11-2, so you guys do the math. The moral of the story is no matter how good you are, you cannot lose your focus at the higher levels of sporting competition.

 

[Joe.t]

I had a sneaking feeling that D-Mat was not going to get any run support last night and thats why i did not pick him in my parlay, i have a feeling that he will pitch well all year but will not get any run support(a la Clemens).

I happen to love ping pong, one of these GT's should be held at a place that has a ping pong table because i would love to kick some ass just as i do with my predictions.

 

[EagerBeaver]

I happen to love ping pong.....I would love to kick some ass

I'll play you any time anywhere, and I bet I don't get my ass kicked.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

I saw the game last and although Dice K on balance pitched extremely well, in the inning where the Jays got 2 runs on him he lost his cool as a result of a very bad call. He threw a pitch that was very clearly a strike which was called a ball, and he sort of childishly snapped his head at the umpire in disbelief.

I thought that Wells was out twice on the same at bat. First, the third strike; second, the play at first where, to my eye, Lowell's throw clearly had him beaten.

However, the best remedy to a bad call or two is to score some runs. Had the Sox put up 2 more runs, the bad calls would have been moot.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Rumples,

One other thing I noticed about Dice K is that he is getting a lot of guys to chase fastballs that are up in the strike zone and very borderline pitches. When Doc Gooden came into the major leagues in the mid 1980s, he was able to achieve very high strikeout totals early because batters were not laying off the high fastball. His high fastball, like Matsuzaka's, was unhittable. But then scouting reports got out and Doc's K total went down. Eventually a scouting report will be circulated on Dice K to lay off of this pitch. I am sure that the Yankees had an army of advance scouts at the game last night compiling reports. I have read the Yankees employ far more advance scouts than do other teams.

In the Wells at bat you mentioned, I noticed that Wells was upset with himself for chasing a pitch that was high in the zone and would have been called a ball. Of course when a guy has a repertoire of pitches laying off high or borderline pitches is easier said than done.

I think Matsuzaka will continue to amass high strikeout totals until the league has seen him and adjusted to him. It will be interesting to see what happens after every team in the league has faced him.

By the ways, the Yankees got a decent start out of young Chase Wright last night. He appears to me to be a Ted Lilly type of pitcher, with an outstanding changeup. It looks like he will get another start this weekend in Boston since he did not get rocked last night.

 

[Special K]

You just can't lose focus like that and if you do, you will get eaten up at this level.

I can't believe I actually read past this last statement regarding Beav's ping pong tales!

 

[EagerBeaver]

SK,

As a veteran of many high-pressure ping pong tournament matches, of which I won some and lost some, I can tell you that the ability to focus and concentrate and think about exposing your opponent's weakness(es) and avoid having him expose yours, is absolutely paramount in the sport of ping pong. A good ping pong player can defeat a better player who is less focused and not on top of his game. Thus, the analogy is very appropriate.

Your Red Sox did not score enough runs last night against a pitcher (Chacin) whom Doc Holliday admits is merely average, but they still should have won that game last night 1-0, and would have done so if Dice K had maintained his composure and focus in that one inning when the Jays scored.

 

[Chuckles]

Ping pong, ping pong.... EB versus Joe.t... hmmm.

How much does it cost to rent the Bell Center for the night? Just curious...

 

[z/m(Ret)]

Why Dice-K lost composure

they still should have won that game last night 1-0, and would have done so if Dice K had maintained his composure and focus in that one inning when the Jays scored.

EB, I received unconfirmed report that Dice K's lost of composure in the 4th inning is attributable to a young Montreal escort known as Karma flashing her boobs in section 121. According to the report, the scene was caught by a White Sox fan with a Canon Powershot SD900 and sent to NYC for processing and distribution.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

I am sure that the Yankees had an army of advance scouts at the game last night compiling reports. I have read the Yankees employ far more advance scouts than do other teams.

As often as you are wrong, Beav, you've never been more wrong than this. There has been quite a bit of press given to the fact that the Yankees fired all of their advance scouts this winter in a cost cutting move. In fact, they have none at all.

 

[EagerBeaver]

I missed that news item, but I don't think I am wrong. In the past they always had advance scouts. In any event I searched for and found the article and it says the Yankees did fire their advance scouts after the Tigers series last year, but that they would have advance scouts this year. Here is the article from Newsday:

Yankees fire advance scouts Taylor, Cottier

Friday, 13 October 2006
In a move that had been coming for some time, the Yankees have fired their advance scouts, Chuck Cottier and Wade Taylor. Ken Davidoff of Newsday reports that the move was"not [the] result solely from Cottier's and Taylor's work in preparation for the Yankees' American League Division Series against the Tigers."

I have no animosity toward the organization," Taylor told Newsday. "That's baseball."

Taylor said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman informed him Wednesday that he and Cottier won't be retained and that the Yankees will enter 2007 without advance scouts. Cashman confirmed the decision on the two scouts but said the Yankees will use advance scouts next season.

Taylor, 40, the Yankees' advance scout since 1996, pitched for the Yankees in 1991. Cottier, 70, worked on and off with Taylor, rejoining him for good in 2002. Cottier managed the Mariners from 1984 through 1986 and also coached for the Mets and other teams.

(Newsday) (emphasis added)

So regnaD, if you have more current info that the Yankees have NO advance scouts please provide it. Otherwise based on this article, you are wrong.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Friday, 13 October 2006

Note the date on the article, Beav. Again, the Yankees are using no advance scouts. Their advance scouting is Ron Guidry sitting down with the night's starting pitcher and going over video tapes. $180 M on ballplayers and no advance scouting. Fabulous.