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New York Yankees Thread (THIS THING OF OURS) (pg. 59)
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
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. |
jerZ,,i've learned more about this game from you than anyone else but i'm just trying to look on the bright side.....my wife is sat in my bar bitching about the Red Sox and i'm sat next to her in my pinstripes laughing my off.... |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
jerZ,,i've learned more about this game from you than anyone else but i'm just trying to look on the bright side.....my wife is sat in my bar bitching about the Red Sox and i'm sat next to her in my pinstripes laughing my off.... |
thanks man....
and i wasn't trying to bring you down. i can definitely appreciate the positivity.....i must admit, i was getting down on the yanks the last few weeks. we looked like ....the spirit is coming back after the last four wins. I'm finally getting back into it. those 14 or so losses in 19 games was a killer. I can't remember a stretch like that since the mid 90's.
i love it when sox, and now mets fans are down on their teams. it's for no other reason than they love seeing the yankees lose.
btw...the name is james |
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
thanks man....
and i wasn't trying to bring you down. i can definitely appreciate the positivity.....i must admit, i was getting down on the yanks the last few weeks. we looked like ....the spirit is coming back after the last four wins. I'm finally getting back into it. those 14 or so losses in 19 games was a killer. I can't remember a stretch like that since the mid 90's.
i love it when sox, and now mets fans are down on their teams. it's for no other reason than they love seeing the yankees lose.
btw...the name is james |
James,,,you would never bring me down cos i appreciate your knowledge of the game...All i know is,,is that when my wife aint happy,,it's all good...Sheila has used the word "imploded" several times in the last few days and it's great... |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
All i know is,,is that when my wife aint happy,,it's all good...Sheila has used the word "imploded" several times in the last few days and it's great... |
sorry to say, but that's good news.
hopefully mussina can bring it tomorrow. |
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| djstopngo |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
With that said, boston hasn't really had a major slump yet, so they may fall into one soon. |
We're getting ourselves into one now - dropped the last 3 and we're down a run in 8th to the A's. We're not hitting and we always struggle out west.
Plus, for some idiotic reason, we've moved Youk for the 2nd to the 5th spot which means we're not getting anybody on base for manny & ortiz. Our lineup should be:
Pedroia/Lugo
Youk
Ortiz
Manny
Lowell
Pena/Drew
Varitek
Crisp
Lugo/Pedroia
I'm officially annoyed. |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by djstopngo
We're getting ourselves into one now - dropped the last 3 and we're down a run in 8th to the A's. We're not hitting and we always struggle out west.
Plus, for some idiotic reason, we've moved Youk for the 2nd to the 5th spot which means we're not getting anybody on base for manny & ortiz. Our lineup should be:
Pedroia/Lugo
Youk
Ortiz
Manny
Lowell
Pena/Drew
Varitek
Crisp
Lugo/Pedroia
I'm officially annoyed. |
I think the theory is that youk is hotter than manny and ortiz at the moment. Francona probably thinks manny and ortiz will get on and youk will drive them in, i agree that it's stupid. Your lineup looks pretty solid. Youk has that high BA and OBP, so he is definitely a good 2 hitter.
welcome to the yankees fans world of the last few months. |
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
I think the theory is that youk is hotter than manny and ortiz at the moment. Francona probably thinks manny and ortiz will get on and youk will drive them in, i agree that it's stupid. Your lineup looks pretty solid. Youk has that high BA and OBP, so he is definitely a good 2 hitter. |
Who cares James??..Boston have lost six out of the last seven..Their line up does look solid,, although far less solid than ours...We're on a roll now buddy and if you look at our schedule compared to Boston's(taking traveling into account) .....we will be in front of them by late July
My attitude towards managers is simple..If they spent more time studying their team rather than chewing tobacco and spitting then they might have a better idea of what is actually going on on the field..Francona and Torre are awful managers,,they get themselves into so many confrontations just to justify their own piss poor existence..... |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
Who cares James??..Boston have lost six out of the last seven..Their line up does look solid,, although far less solid than ours...We're on a roll now buddy and if you look at our schedule compared to Boston's(taking traveling into account) .....we will be in front of them by late July
My attitude towards managers is simple..If they spent more time studying their team rather than chewing tobacco and spitting then they might have a better idea of what is actually going on on the field..Francona and Torre are awful managers,,they get themselves into so many confrontations just to justify their own piss poor existence..... |
i don't really care about boston except in the sense that i want to keep up to date for standing purposes. However, that requires me to have an understanding of boston comparable to a passive red sox fan.
I definitely agree that our lineup is better (on paper until this point, and increasingly looking like we're about to dominate on the level we should). I also agree that torre is a bum and should have been replaced last year. I think gerardi is going to take over at the end of the year.
our schedule up to the allstar game isn't exactly a cake walk either. We have the Mets, Oakland, Arizona, and the team we never seem to beat, the angels. Although we do have the distinct advantage of playing every one of those teams at the stadium (19 of the next 29 at home). I'm also glad we don't have to face san diego and peavy, although it looks like we'll face haren on the last day against oakland at the stadium on july 1 (if the rotation stays the same).
with all that said, stopngo is a smart poster and i revel at any opportunity to talk baseball, even if it is about the sox. |
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| steven-neil |
We miss Sheff
We miss Bernie
We need Girardi
and although i hate to admit it,,we released Randy too early |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
We miss Sheff
We miss Bernie
We need Girardi
and although i hate to admit it,,we released Randy too early |
agreed,
agreed,
agreed,
ummmmm....not sure about this. If randy looks good it probably has something to do with the NL west. Plus he wouldn't be getting the same kind of run support he was used to with the yankees. He only won 17 games in both years because he was getting ridiculous run support, 6+ runs a start. |
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| verndogs |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
and although i hate to admit it,,we released Randy too early |
:wtf:
big unit wasn't a fit at all with the yanks and there were certainly no signs that he was going to turn it around this season in NY |
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| steven-neil |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
agreed,
agreed,
agreed,
ummmmm....not sure about this. If randy looks good it probably has something to do with the NL west. Plus he wouldn't be getting the same kind of run support he was used to with the yankees. He only won 17 games in both years because he was getting ridiculous run support, 6+ runs a start. |
Bro,,,I dont like the guy but it just wouldnt hurt to have him right now... |
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