page 2 says the Yankees don't deserve another title

4/6/2005 5:28:43 PM

It's not that hard

I probably watched 80% of all the Yankee games from like '90 to '95 without even trying. They were all on TV (I lived in New Jersey at the time) and the only ones I missed were because I was in school.

4/6/2005 5:34:32 PM

[Edited on April 6, 2005 at 5:38 PM. Reason : hmmm]

4/6/2005 5:38:01 PM

Seriously man, you have no idea. Living in New York/New Jersey it would be really easy to watch than many games.

Down here, not so much. But the media coverage of the Yankees on their affiliate channels up north used to be insane.

4/6/2005 5:41:17 PM

I used to watch the Braves religiously when TBS used to carry 125+ games and the rest were on Sports South or ESPN or NBC/FOX (NBC before Fox bought the rights). Anyway there were occasionally games I'd miss because of something. I agree that his statement was bullshit

Here is a gay picture of A-Rod too

4/6/2005 5:43:17 PM

even better



[Edited on April 6, 2005 at 5:52 PM. Reason : found it]

4/6/2005 5:51:45 PM

^ That purse is not big enough to hold the $57205720135456465 he gets paid each game.

4/6/2005 5:56:08 PM

yea people really dont understand what baseball is like in the Northeast. It IS life to millions of people. I mean people literally live and die with the Yanks, Mets, and Sox. It is sooo much more then a game..

I either saw every Mets and Sox game live or watched the MLB.tv archive of most of the game last year....

[Edited on April 6, 2005 at 6:30 PM. Reason : sf]

4/6/2005 6:29:29 PM

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"Quote : "I've seen EVERY game since about 1995 without missing a single one" BULLSHIT no way in hell that after 10 years you haven't missed a single game. Not all the games are even on TV, then there are weekend games, double headers, and you have to have done SOMETHING other than sit down for 4 hours and watch baseball during on day of play. "

every game is on tv. I have one of those sattelite cards so i get every network the yankees are on. I have seen at least some of every game. and i moved to NC in 1998, before that we went to almost every home game cause the stadium was like 30 mins away. Trust me, i dont recall missing a game.

4/6/2005 8:49:21 PM

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"Not all the games are even on TV"

actually yea they are. if u have satellite u can get the YES (yankees entertainment and sports) network or if up in the NJ/NY area YES comes with the cable package that u get from the local cable company. so next time, check 1st before spewing bullshit.

4/6/2005 8:54:10 PM

there is no way he's caught every single entire game for the last 10 years, sorry but it's true

4/7/2005 4:56:24 AM

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""I don't live in the past," he said yesterday. He does not. You cannot in his line of work. There will never be another closer like this, not here or anywhere else. He was a champion yesterday in front of his locker, even if he was not against the Red Sox. He does not live in the past but that is where his best days are. "

That's a pretty strong statement from Lupica today..

4/7/2005 8:32:18 AM

^ I'm assuming he's talking about Rivera. That is a pretty strong statement considering how dominant he was last year. Yeah he has sucked against the Red Sox the last five or so times he's faced them (including last season's ALCS), but otherwise he is still great.

The only closers I might take over him if I was a manager are Gagne and possibly Lidge. Rivera is badass...

4/7/2005 9:35:06 AM

Lupica's trying to sell newspapers. Rivera generally starts off slowly. That's just the way it is since he doesn't like to pitch much in Spring Training.

Chances are this would have happened against anyone, but because it was Boston, it gets a lot of attention. Sure it's tougher against Boston. That's what happens when you play each other 26 times a year. All are generally close games, so Rivera's going to get a lot of time.

I mean, sure he's getting older, and he may be passed his prime. But come on, he's still gonna save 40-45 games this year.

4/7/2005 9:54:10 AM

funny how when the Yanks are on the losing end of a series the fans seem to disappear, isn't it?

Fairweather fans? You're damn right

4/10/2005 5:05:10 PM

Hell yeah, now we're talking

GO Yanks!

4/10/2005 5:47:42 PM

They just lost a series.

hahaha

4/10/2005 5:48:28 PM

YEAH! GO ORIOLES!

4/10/2005 5:49:04 PM

umm its the 1st fuckin week of the season. way to be drinkin ur hatorade so soon.

4/10/2005 7:23:58 PM

hahahahahahaha

you said hatorade like it was a cool word to say

4/10/2005 10:30:48 PM

Oh sorry...out of town for a few days...didn't realize I needed to keep the thread up at the top to prove I'm a real fan.

4/11/2005 1:06:10 AM

when the yanks start losing fans fall off the map

where were Yankees fan's in the late-80's/early-90's? Oh yeah, they were buying tickets to Shea.

4/11/2005 1:29:00 AM

Like that's overly different from every other team. All teams have fans like that.

4/11/2005 8:34:15 AM

^^ it's not like they werent there. I mean they weren't drawing like less then a million a year or anything.

Bad attendance years in NY (outside of the shitty 70's where the Mets drew like 800,000 one year) are still better then 75% of the teams in MLB..

** Let me clear this up too. I still abhor everything about the Yankee organization and wouldn't be the slightest bit upset if SARS was implanted into their locker room. Phew, had to get that out..



[Edited on April 11, 2005 at 8:38 AM. Reason : grammah]

4/11/2005 8:37:03 AM

Yeah, I'm gonna cheer for my team. I know they were losing a series to the O's, but I don't care.

You root for your team win or lose, dur.

that being said, beat those Sox today!

[Edited on April 11, 2005 at 3:35 PM. Reason : h]

4/11/2005 3:35:44 PM

i have to give it up to the Yanks for applauding the Red Sox while they were handing out rings

my respect for them went up 200%

4/12/2005 7:52:53 AM

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"3. After witnessing the greatest choke in sports history, why didn't Steinbrenner blow up this winter like one of the characters in "Glengarry Glen Ross"? When he was relatively silent for those first few days, I kept envisioning the post-Lufthansa heist murder scene from "Goodfellas," with "Layla" playing in the background as Joe Torre's bloody corpse gets pulled out of a pink Cadillac, followed by Brian Cashman frozen to death in a meat truck. But he kept himself in check, which makes me wonder if George is just plain old and we haven't fully realized it yet. Remember, this is the same guy who hired someone to basically frame Dave Winfield, whose biggest crime was that he wasn't quite as good as Reggie Jackson. Now George is watching the Red Sox celebrate at Yankee Stadium ... and there are no major repercussions? Huh? (We're sure he's still alive, right?) 4. When the Red Sox started taking shots at A-Rod during the beginning of spring training – tricked by the media into saying some of those things, but still – what was the strangest subplot to that whole thing? The staggering number of Yankees who stepped up to defend him. In fact, here's the complete list: "

via Page 2 and Bill Simmons of course..

4/12/2005 8:47:40 AM

I'd like to thank my Boston Red Sox fan of a roommate, for putting the game up on TV tonight via his computer, so I could watch the Yankees lay the smack down on the Sox

4/14/2005 2:25:24 AM

Man I wish I could have watched it. Oh well. Stuff to do, I guess.

There will be other opportunities.

Like Sept. 9, when I'll be at the Stadium. Score.

4/14/2005 9:25:00 AM

OH man....for some reason I can watch this game on TV even though it's only on YES and I haven't purchased any MLB packages. SO score.

8-0 Yanks over D-Rays in the bottom of the 2nd. Seven straight hits for the Bombers so far I believe. A-Rod is 2-for-2 with 4 RBIs in the 2nd inning alone on a 2-run homer and a bases loaded double. Yanks have more than batted around in the inning.

4/18/2005 7:51:22 PM

Man 10 hits in the inning...bases loaded merry-go-round continues.

Tino up with the bases loaded and one out.

9-0 Yanks...every player has a hit in this inning.



Edit: Whoa...Tino hits a grand slam. Man...the standing O this guy is getting right now...incredible. 13-0 Yanks.

[Edited on April 18, 2005 at 7:55 PM. Reason : ]

4/18/2005 7:54:18 PM

oh boy...A-Rod's second two-run homer of the night gives the Yanks a 15-2 lead in the bottom of the third.

A-Rod is 3-for-3 with two two-run homers and a bases loaded double giving him 6 RBIs in the third inning.

4/18/2005 8:18:56 PM

what every slumping team needs a series with the devil rays minor league baseball team

4/18/2005 8:30:56 PM

haha...I was thinking that all day today

But ya know...Jaret Wright is looking thoroughly unimpressive. He's had a whole lot of three-ball counts, a few walks and he just doesn't look that good.

I'm hoping that's just early season rust that will shake off eventually, but he's just not very impressive.

Edit: And Wright continues to look horrible giving up a three-run homer to Aubrey Huff to make it 15-6 Yanks. Geez.

[Edited on April 18, 2005 at 8:43 PM. Reason : ]

4/18/2005 8:40:23 PM

the yanks overpaid for wright, he had one good year in the national league behind a solid hitting club, when he was with the indians he was just a hurler nothing special

4/18/2005 8:53:37 PM

Oh yeah I agree. I would have much prefered hanging onto Jon Lieber. Ended up paying for Wright what the Phillies paid for Lieber.

At least Lieber was reliable and pitched well in NY after the all-star break last year.

4/18/2005 9:07:13 PM

Man what a good game tonight! Wish I could have watched it, instead of checking gametracker

Keep it up Yanks!

4/19/2005 12:18:33 AM

[Edited on April 19, 2005 at 3:38 AM. Reason : nevermind]

4/19/2005 3:38:23 AM

i tell ya, these kids only come out when the yanks are winning

4/19/2005 3:45:23 AM

That's actually false. I just have a full-time newspaper job that makes it very difficult to be on here all day everyday. Sometimes I actually have to write stuff. And then I'm usually gone all weekend.

If you really want me to find a way to post the next time they lose a game, I mean, I guess I can work that out.

The only reason I even bttted the thread last night is cuz I was excited to be able to watch the game. I mean I really don't plan on posting in this thread during all the games...that'd be ridiculous.

4/19/2005 9:21:23 AM

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"i tell ya, these kids only come out when the yanks are winning"

Quote :

"Yeah, I'm gonna cheer for my team. I know they were losing a series to the O's, but I don't care. You root for your team win or lose, dur."

4/19/2005 3:34:52 PM

Game's on YES again at 7:05 I believe. Hopefully my digital cable will give me their MLB package for free again so I can watch.


[Edited on April 19, 2005 at 4:10 PM. Reason : nah]

4/19/2005 4:03:20 PM

steiny is going to rip the yanks again

4/19/2005 10:11:42 PM

Well it didn't work. I guess Charter caught on that I didn't order it. Oh well.

I mean I hate seeing them lose, but it's still early. It's all good.

If it's still going like this in a month, then I'll worry.

4/19/2005 11:30:22 PM

Are you guys worried about RJ's velocity?

I know its early still but you would think he would have his velocity up by this part of April. He is consistently only reaching 93-94. This is really hurting him. The Ray's guy last night w/ 2 HRs even said it was like a whole different pitcher out there when he doesn't reach the mid-high 90's...

4/20/2005 8:50:40 AM

Well, I mean sure that's not good. But all you hear from the baseball talking heads is that it takes a while for power pitchers to get up to speed.

I don't really know how much work he got in spring training, I mean I know he missed a start or two because of a minor injury, so maybe that's having an effect. Who knows though? The guy is over 40. That could be it too.

I mean if in another month, after he's had another handful of starts, if the velocity still isn't there, then this could be a long season.

4/20/2005 9:14:45 AM

Smoltz is already hittin 96 to 97 mph fastballs, but guys like Willis are still strugglin to get them above 93. I wouldn't worry about it, he'll come around.

they say his best pitch is his slider anyway

[Edited on April 20, 2005 at 10:44 AM. Reason : asdf]

4/20/2005 10:43:51 AM

Yeah totally...I mean like I said, if he's still struggling in a couple weeks, then I'm gonna worry. But 14 games in to the season after, what, three starts? I'll hold off on the panic attack.

4/20/2005 10:58:37 AM

Yeah, I'm not "too" worried about the Big Unit yet, but its definitely not good. And as far as everyone saying yesterday that the Yankees "got the message" from Georgie Porgie, I had a feeling it was crap. Then they went back to their old ways, stranding everyone on the bases

4/20/2005 12:29:09 PM

^^^yea but the slider is not nearly as effective as when he has his fastball velocity up

^ more like the 'Big Eunuch'

[Edited on April 20, 2005 at 12:33 PM. Reason : ...]

4/20/2005 12:32:57 PM