10-12-2006, 06:38 AM
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If you could say anything you wanted to or about the Yankees right now what would you
On 11 Oct 2006 01:56:11 -0700, "Bluemonkey" <blueassmonkey@yahoo.com>
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Pepe Papon wrote:
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On 10 Oct 2006 02:01:50 -0700, "Bluemonkey" <blueassmonkey@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Pepe Papon wrote:> On 8 Oct 2006 21:23:56 -0700, "Bluemonkey" <blueassmonkey@yahoo.com>> wrote:>> >Pepe Papon wrote:> >> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:32:38 -0500, "The Mott/w Studio 60 On The Sunset> >> Strip" <S60OTSS@s60.com> wrote:> >>> >> >You're a disgrace to my city.> >>> >> Wait till next year.> >> --> >> >Why? You don't think they'll make the playoffs next year?>> I'm guessing that was your concept of a clever comeback.> --Well, for it to be a comeback..there we need to have been something forit to be a comeback to. The Yankees are done, old pitching, poorfielding and compiling injuries are not a good sign for any team.
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I guess that was your idea of a face saving post. Or more scary still, perhaps you through it reflects some sort of actual knowledge. -- ~ Seth Jackson
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Well let me make it simple for you, because that is apparently what youneed to understand what I posted.
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Blah, blah, blah. First of all, your initial reply was a complete
non-sequitur to what I posted. Either you knew that and were
attempting a wiseass comeback or you have a problem with basic
English.
Secondly, you've posted nothing below that qualifies as news. The
problem is that it doesn't come remotely close to a convincing case
that the Yankees won't make the playoffs next year. In fact, many of
the points you brought up involve the results once the team gets to
the playoffs, which, of course, was not the topic.
If, in fact, know more about baseball than I do, it sure as hell isn't
evident from anything you've posted here.
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1. A large part of the Yankees roster will turn over during the offseason as Sheffield and Mussina won't likely be back, Johnson's kneesare basically bone on bone and he has back problems and has also had adrastic drop on the velocity of his fastball. They will probably lookto trade Rodriguez, which would not be a smart move, and even if theydon't trade him, but put him on the market, it will further kill anyfeeling he has to being wanted by the Yankees. Bernie is probablyeither gone or retiring. Posada is old for a catcher. Abreu's powernumbers are half of what they were up to last season. Matsui ishorrible in the outfield, but not as bad Giambi is at first, and who bythe way is having wrist surgery, which may or may not affect his swing,considering strong wrists are important to a power hitter. Rivera isnow closer to 40 than 30. Their best starter next season at this pointlooks like it will probably be Wang, which I'm sure is leaving Bostonand Toronto shaking.2. There minor league system is ready to send up a whyole lot of guysthat are ready for the Majors like Phil Hughes and....uhm...give me amoment...oh wait they traded all those guys for players they didn'tneed.3. It's great to be able to spend $200+ million on players, but doesn'tdo a lot of good if you don't have any team chemistry, and you areconstantly watching the World Series from your living room instead ofyour teams dugout. It's also great for team chemistry when you keepthreatening to fire one of the best managers in baseball, who mostevery player that has ever played for him likes, and handles the NewYork media than any manager they have ever had.4. The Yankees have the greatest history of any team in any sport, yethave a moronic fan base who have possibly the greatest player ofall-time in their lineup and they constantly boo him and want to runhim out of town. By the way he was the AL MVP last year and this yearwent .290-35-121-15.5. The payroll of the two teams playing in the ALCS is about half ofthe Yankees entire payroll, add the Twins payroll and it's still lesscombined than the Yankees. Hey the Yankees have players on their teamthat make more than the entire roster of my home team, but it doesn'treally matter when you consider that both of them are already enjoyingtheir offseasons. Jeter deserves better than this.If you'd like more, feel free to let me know. I will pretty muchguarantee that I know more about baseball than you do.
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