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New York Yankees Thread (THIS THING OF OURS) (pg. 58)
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| jerZ07002 |
| One step forward, one and a half back. it's getting to the point where i can't even watch anymore. |
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
One step forward, one and a half back. it's getting to the point where i can't even watch anymore. |
What are you talking about jerZ,,unless I'm getting excited prematurely..We are ing crap but we're winning and slowly but surely closing the gap...Our bats are quiet,,we can't field and our pitching is awful..I think this is gonna be our year...
However if we lose tonight I will delete this post tomorrow,,so please don't anyone quote me....My wife (red sox) hates me even more today than she did yesterday so it's all good... |
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| get nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
Our bats are quiet,,we can't field and our pitching is awful..I think this is gonna be our year...
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this is the quote of the thread... |
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| jerZ07002 |
^^ I'm not gonna quote you steven.
FIrst, my last post was right after the loss to chicago on monday and was in direct reference to how we hit against boston, and couldn't hit against the white sox. However, last night all the bats came out. Maybe this is a turning point since Cano's BA is almost up to .280, abreu is 9 for his last 17 (or something like that), Damon is finally hitting, and matsui is also hitting. Seems like arod is about to get hot again, and posada is his usual hot self. Who knows.
i think it may be a little premature to say it's our year because an 11.5 game lead is alot to overcome, although not impossible. We still need to fix the pitching before we can overtake the sox. I think we're only 6.5 out of the wildcard, so it's definitely not over. But even if we make the playoffs we will get nowhere without some solid pitching from the bullpen. |
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
^^ I'm not gonna quote you steven.
FIrst, my last post was right after the loss to chicago on monday and was in direct reference to how we hit against boston, and couldn't hit against the white sox. However, last night all the bats came out. Maybe this is a turning point since Cano's BA is almost up to .280, abreu is 9 for his last 17 (or something like that), Damon is finally hitting, and matsui is also hitting. Seems like arod is about to get hot again, and posada is his usual hot self. Who knows.
i think it may be a little premature to say it's our year because an 11.5 game lead is alot to overcome, although not impossible. We still need to fix the pitching before we can overtake the sox. I think we're only 6.5 out of the wildcard, so it's definitely not over. But even if we make the playoffs we will get nowhere without some solid pitching from the bullpen. |
jerZ i think ur wrong especially when we have gained two games on the red fux in three days and they have played a game more than us....
maybe you have forgot how far they were ahead of us last season before imploding and being beat into third place by the jays... |
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| djstopngo |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
jerZ i think ur wrong especially when we have gained two games on the red fux in three days and they have played a game more than us....
maybe you have forgot how far they were ahead of us last season before imploding and being beat into third place by the jays... |
There's a saying in baseball - every team's going to win 54 games, every team's going to lose 54 games - it's what you do with the other 54 games that count. You guys have lost 31 out of the 54 you're "supposed" to lose - for the Yanks to win the division it would take an unprecedented second half of the season as well as a Sox meltdown. I'm not saying it's not going to happen, just that I'd be more focused on getting the wild card spot, which is legitimate considering all the AL Central teams are just going to beat up on each other (exempting the royals, of course). |
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| steven-neil |
focussing on the wild card is what Boston and Toronto need to be focussed on not the Yankees...My wife is a die hard Red Sox fan and even she cringes when hearing the kinds of comments you are making.....
my honest opinion is is that Boston have a good chance of finishing second.....not a brilliant chance but a good chance.... |
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by djstopngo
There's a saying in baseball - every team's going to win 54 games, every team's going to lose 54 games - it's what you do with the other 54 games that count. You guys have lost 31 out of the 54 you're "supposed" to lose - for the Yanks to win the division it would take an unprecedented second half of the season as well as a Sox meltdown. I'm not saying it's not going to happen, just that I'd be more focused on getting the wild card spot, which is legitimate considering all the AL Central teams are just going to beat up on each other (exempting the royals, of course). |
did Yogi Berra say that by the way ??? |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
jerZ i think ur wrong especially when we have gained two games on the red fux in three days and they have played a game more than us....
maybe you have forgot how far they were ahead of us last season before imploding and being beat into third place by the jays... |
i could very well be wrong, and i hope i am. Its just that the yankees have a very difficult task to over take the sox. Here's a little example to show my point:
A normal division leader wins about 95-100 games. Using 97 wins (yankees total last year) as the benchmark, the yankees need to have a .679 winning percentage (72 wins and 34 losses) from this point on, and boston needs only a .571 winning percentage (60 wins and 45 losses). While it is possible for the yankees to do so, its not very probable. In order to overcome the sox, the yankees need the sox to have some sort of meltdown. Basically, we need the sox to win around 90 games in order for us to probably win first place. If boston wins 97 games there is little chance the yankees will win first. The best bet of this happening is boston losing some pitching.
With that said, boston hasn't really had a major slump yet, so they may fall into one soon. |
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| steven-neil |
| Ok jerZ so we just battered the White Sox and Wang was there for the whole 9 innings....Things are looking up Bro and you can throw all the stats at me that you want,,but jerZ "I AM FEELING CONFIDENT IN OUR BELOVED YANKEES"..... |
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| phoenixBEBE |
what a great game that was!!! :D GO WANGGG!!!!
NEXT weekend, the SUBWAY SERIES...BRING IT ON!!! :toothless |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
Ok jerZ so we just battered the White Sox and Wang was there for the whole 9 innings....Things are looking up Bro and you can throw all the stats at me that you want,,but jerZ "I AM FEELING CONFIDENT IN OUR BELOVED YANKEES"..... |
I'm not trying to throw stats at you, i'm just trying to stay grounded. I'm definitely with you....we've looked good since the beginning of the boston series. hopefully it continues.
Apparently abreu, damon, and cano are coming out of their slumps, and arod is starting to heat up again. It is definitely looking up, and if wang and pettitte continue to bring it, clippard and mussina can at least hold it down, and hughes can come back and look dominant like in his last game, we may have something going forward. I'm feeling much better about the yankees this week than last. |
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