~~~Official New York Yankees Fans Thread~~~

[Mal Brossard]

Were beating Texas 4-0 bottom 1st so far!

Yeah, time to get excited there, pounding a last-place team!  Woohoo!

[pilferk]

Were beating Texas 4-0 bottom 1st so far!

Yeah, time to get excited there, pounding a last-place team!  Woohoo!

Better than the alternative.....getting pounded by a last place team.



They need the gimmee's right now....it lets Mussina and Wang "stretch their legs" a bit on their road to recovery.  They're at .500, now.....lets see if they can keep the 7-3 over the last 10 games "bent" as they move on to tougher teams.

[COMAMOTIVE]

Phil Garner was on the radio the other day saying that Clemens' deal with the Astros was tolerated and accepted untill he started missing games etc. and showing up at Movie premiers and Golf outings.

Clemens = whore

Plain and simple

[pilferk]

Phil Garner was on the radio the other day saying that Clemens' deal with the Astros was tolerated and accepted untill he started missing games etc. and showing up at Movie premiers and Golf outings.

Clemens = whore

Plain and simple

You know, my question is: How does that make him any different than just about every other player in the league?  Are they working for free?

With Clemens, you likely get 6 solid innings every 5th day....something the Yanks can't say about ANY other candidate on their roster for that 4th starting spot.

If they feel that's worth what Clemens wanted, $$$-wise, what's the big deal?  IF he misses games or goes to play golf or goes to a movie premiere instead of doing what he can to make the team better, then I suppose there's some griping to be done.  But til then.....the guy has worked hard, and been so consistently good, for so long, that he can get the types of deals he gets because teams feel they NEED him.  I'm not sure why there's some expectation that he should be all "altruistic" and play for less than he can get. 

[C0ma]

Hey, Clemens has earned the right to make his own rules. He is the Greatest Right Handed Pitcher in the history of the game. Is he worth 28 Million (22 prorated) probably not, but if he can fix the hole that the Yankee's have in their rotation and they have the 6.5 million a month (salary and luxury tax) what's the problem. Any team with the cash would be stupid not to give him a chance to help their team. If you already have a solid club house that can stop internal backlash from some players who feel that they also deserve special treatment than he is a great pick up. If not he could be a cancer...

I just wish the Sox had upped their offer 10 million (for more senimental reason than anything), I would have loved to see him end where he started. Also would love to see him get the ring that he missed in 86.

1. Shilling
2. Beckett
3. Dice-K
4. Clemens
5. Wakefield

Would have been fun to watch.
Sorry to derail the subject there..... Back to the Yankee's everyone.

[tim_m]

Were beating Texas 4-0 bottom 1st so far!

Yeah, time to get excited there, pounding a last-place team!  Woohoo!

Yeah so? We're supposed to beat them!

[tim_m]

As long as he goes out there every 5th day and gives us a chance to win he could go around town with his pants down pissing everywhere for all i give a damn.

[novemberparadise23]

If the pitching in perticular the bullpen turns it around the offence will hold up its end of the bargain 

[sandman]

any yankees fans left? 


"The plummeting Yankees (18-23) lost for the seventh time in nine games and matched their low-water mark in a dismal season. At five games below .500, they are right back where they were when owner George Steinbrenner called his team's 9-14 start "clearly not acceptable."

Perhaps even more disconcerting for a $195 million team that has won nine straight AL East titles, New York fell 11 games behind the division-leading Red Sox going into the second game of Boston's doubleheader against Atlanta.
 
The Yankees are 1-7 this year against their two biggest rivals, the Red Sox and Mets. All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano made three errors and botched a double-play relay for the Yankees. He also homered, grounded into an inning-ending double play with two on and struck out with runners at the corners in the ninth."

[tim_m]

The way the starting pitches are dropping like flies is almost getting comical. Today we lose Rasner to a broken finger on a comebacker. The offense has become the big problem though. The pitching has actually kept us in the games for the most part. When you are only scoring 2-3 runs and giving up 4-5 you aren't going to win very often.

[pilferk]

any yankees fans left? 

We're here.  We don't bolt like other fans do when their team is going through a rough patch.

But what is there to say?  The pitching finally gets better....and the offense decides to go on vacation.  Thankfully, the past couple of games the bats seemed to have woken up, A-rod seems to be heating up again, and the pitching is holding the line.  The Rasner thing sucks, but Clemens is only a couple weeks away so they can probably find a way to patch the rotation together until he arrives.

And, well...we're still only about a 1/4 of the way through the season.  There's a lot of baseball left to be played.  If, by the AS break, the yanks aren't withing striking distance (5 games-ish) of a playoff spot, THEN it's time to start REALLY worrying.  The key here is who stays healthy...both on the yanks and on the other teams.  Those vaunted, hot as hell Red Sox saw a pretty sizeable lead evaporate last year, after the AS break, due to injuries.....anything can happen in the next 120 games or so.

[C0ma]

Those vaunted, hot as hell Red Sox saw a pretty sizeable lead evaporate last year, after the AS break, due to injuries.....anything can happen in the next 120 games or so.

All I see is 1978 all over again... who gets to play the Bucky Dent roll on the last day of the season?

[tim_m]

Those vaunted, hot as hell Red Sox saw a pretty sizeable lead evaporate last year, after the AS break, due to injuries.....anything can happen in the next 120 games or so.

All I see is 1978 all over again... who gets to play the Bucky Dent roll on the last day of the season?

My money would be on Arod he is absolutely due for something huge like that.

[pilferk]

Those vaunted, hot as hell Red Sox saw a pretty sizeable lead evaporate last year, after the AS break, due to injuries.....anything can happen in the next 120 games or so.

All I see is 1978 all over again... who gets to play the Bucky Dent roll on the last day of the season?

People also ignore the obvious:  The Yanks don't need to win the AL East, or surpass the Red Sox.  They just need to be better than (by the looks of things) Detroit and Cleveland.  Now, granted, at this point that only means a couple of games difference in the standings (7.5 back instead of 9.5 back), but that's where they need to start, then worry about the sox once they play themselves back into the playoff picture.  One step at a time.

[C0ma]

Those vaunted, hot as hell Red Sox saw a pretty sizeable lead evaporate last year, after the AS break, due to injuries.....anything can happen in the next 120 games or so.

All I see is 1978 all over again... who gets to play the Bucky Dent roll on the last day of the season?

People also ignore the obvious:? The Yanks don't need to win the AL East, or surpass the Red Sox.? They just need to be better than (by the looks of things) Detroit and Cleveland.? Now, granted, at this point that only means a couple of games difference in the standings (7.5 back instead of 9.5 back), but that's where they need to start, then worry about the sox once they play themselves back into the playoff picture.? One step at a time.

Yes but we need to win the AL East (2nd place for the last 12 years really sucks), and I can already see the early October one game playoff bring the curse back.

[SlashHoppus182]

Come on Yankees! We need a sweep over the boys in beantown tonight!

[GunnerOne 84]

Try being better than Baltimore before you talk about playoffs.


Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? Talking about PLAYOFFS? Are you kidding me?

[pilferk]

Try being better than Baltimore before you talk about playoffs.


Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? Talking about PLAYOFFS? Are you kidding me?

We're talking about goals, here.

And on paper, can you honestly look at any other team in the AL East and say they're MORE of a threat to make a run at a playoff spot (I'm talking BESIDES the Red sox)?

No, didn't think so.

[C0ma]

Try being better than Baltimore before you talk about playoffs.


Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? Talking about PLAYOFFS? Are you kidding me?

The Yanks are a half game behind Baltimore, and 1.5 out of second in the East. They are also just 7 back from the Wild Card right now. There is still alot of baseball left... If that lineup catches fire, and the pitching staff can get a little stability there will be a very interesting September in our futures.

[GunnerOne 84]

That is an awful lot of ifs that need to happen. I'm not saying Baltimore/Toronto will finish ahead of the Yanks, I just don't know that the Wild Card will be coming from the AL East this year. While only around 7 out, there are quite a few teams within that 7 games that they would to jump, and those other teams don't play the same brutal schedule the Yankees play.

Besides tangling with the Sox some more, the Orioles always play New York tough, and they have another 3 game series with the Mets I believe before the All-Star break. That is a tough hill to climb.

For the record, I am not a Sox fan. I do not like the Yankees at all, but have a deep respect for the way the organization treats the game and the way they operate. They are a class act in every sense of the word, with the exception of A-Rod's bush league plays that he seems to pull every couple years or so. (2004 Playoffs, Yelling whatever he yelled recently)

They just need a shake up to get younger again, and they'll be right back on top.