It's the same old song for the New York Yankees who continue to be the hottest team on the planet, it has been nothing but wins wins wins for the team from the Bronx who this weekend dealt away the Seattle Mariners to stay firmly on top as they move forward into what is left of the regular season. During the weekend the big story was about the stud of all studs, Mr. Derek Jeter who's double made him the alltime leader in hits by a shortstop surpassing Luis Aparicio as Jeter now stands alone and counting. And looking at the Yanks do their thing on a daily basis and you can pretty much see that they are on cruise control as they run out the season. All in all the Yanks look like they just can't be beat with their machine like lineup, and solid pitching, including the bullpen. But it is their stacked up lineup where the Yankees are way ahead of the pack and do most of their damage to the oppenents who try to take themn out. They are fully healthy with the exception of Chien Ming Wang and when you have a team as loaded as the Yanks what you get is easy wins.
With just over a month remaining to the regular season before the playoffs get started, the only thing left for the Yanks is to start to give some of their older players some rest because it looks like there is really nothing left for them to prove at the moment. The Yanks have a big series coming up this weekend vs. Boston and of course it will be business as usual for both teams, but looking at how these two teams are currently performing at the moment, one can see that this upcoming series may be meaningless this time around.
Right now if you're a fan of the New York Yankees all you're waiting for is for the playoffs to come around, cause right now with all the winning they have been doing things have become a bit stale. It's like no pressure for these guys, the real pressure will be when the playoffs come around and everyone will be looking for them to do same, We shall see.
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Yup, the playoffs is where it's at. We will see.
That being said. As I was telling Ray yesterday. Arod is not even close to being 100% this yr but he is playing through it w/out any gripes because no one is going to cut that guy any slack with his paycheck. You think the Yanks are unstoppable now? Imagine if this guy was playing to his capabilities.
I don't know if A-ROD is hurt or not, but were in mid August, you think Jeter is not feeling it or Posada, so don't make excuses for the guy, everyone around MLB is hurt or feeling some kind of pain, A-ROD is A-ROD, we all know he is a great player, but as always what ruins A-ROD is his playoff performances, well this year he will have another chance to erase some of that with a good showing, and again we shall see.
Freddy, you must be blind then if you can't see that ARod is not anywhere close to 100%. Yeah, I know that a lot of guys are hurting right now but anyone can see that ARod isn't really fully back from that surgery he had this spring. No need to make any excuses for the guy.
I didn't bring A-ROD up, All I said is that the Yanks are rolling, then you both bring A-ROD and his health issue up, sounds more like an excuse for what usually happen when the playoffs come around and A-ROD goes down swinging.
Other then his batting average being down this year, A-ROD is on the same path to put up the numbers he usally puts up, minus the 25 games he missed in the beginging of the season, apart from that he is doing what he usually does.
Hurt is when you can't put on a uniform, like I said, everyone is hurt this time of the year, so no excuses.
Freddy, once again. I have to call bullshit.
I know your priority is to watch Mets games from Shitty Field (it just has a nice ring to it) so I'm not surprised you can't see it.
ARod is running with a limp and if you think that he is just being him, then you are sorely mistaken. Just last night, it was mentioned that Kevin Long was tinkering with his stance and swing to make him more comfortable. You think that has nothing to do with playing in pain.
The fact that he has put up the numbers that he has this yr is amazing in and of itself. Not only that but a majority of his numbers have come in the situations that people say he does not excel in (tie or to go ahead).
Also, Arod missed 32 games not 25 and he has been sat down once a week since. He will barely have 100 games played at the end of the year and he will have numbers that any 6,7,8 guy in a lineup would only dream of.
Let's get something straight here. You had a horrendous definition of hurt.
Hurt is how a lot of players play at this point of the year (not when you can't put on the uniform as you grossly stated).
Injury is when you CAN'T put on the uniform.
You asked if I thought Jeter wasn't feeling it? Have you watched what Jeter is feeling lately? He is feeling better than he ever has in his career. That guy is fucking raking. The last thing he wants is a day off or an off day (like today). Then you mention Posada, like Posada, Jeter and Arod should be mentioned in the same sentence when you put into perspective the beating that Jorge takes back there. Of course Hip Hip Jorge is feeling it. Duh.
I never made an excuse for Arod. I am simply pointing out that I don't think that a lot of OUTSIDE people realize that this guy is playing hurt. He will have to go under the knife for a more extensive surgery and kudos to him for salvaging the season and just going arthroscopic at first.
You hater.
Boy you love this guy like you sucking his cock, well I obviosuly don't, and I am not going to defend this faker, I already said he is a great player, you like to flip my words around to spin whatever I try to say, so what if I said 25 games instead of 32, big deal, so I was off a bit, or so what if I said that hurt is when you can't put on a uniform, you know that what I am saying is that everyone is hurt around this time, and so if A-ROD is playing on a everyday basis then obviously he is not injured, but hurt, you make it seem like you can feel what he feels, just look at all the big hits he has gotten for you guys this season, like I said he is doing what he usually does in the regular season, the numbers are there except for the batting average, is he hurt? sure, but not hurt where he cant put on a uniform and perform and win games for you. Listen you can call the Mets the Mutts, CitiField Shitty field or call the Red Sox the SUX, but this is why people cant stand Yankee fans like you, you don't see me calling the Yankees the NY Junkies or some shit like that, GOD's gift to baseball.
Yeah, I don't see you calling the Yankees names, you just give them the back of your hand every chance you get.
Hater.
I won't even bother responding to the rest of your ridiculous rambling because it seems you take what I say and spew ur own twisted version.
Oh, and the Yankees ARE God's gift to baseball.
Think about it. Without the Yankees, Babe Ruth never becomes the Legend that he is. What is baseball without the name Babe Ruth?
That's only one name.
No, you didn't originally bring up ARod but you did say that you dont know if he's hurt or not and all we're saying is that the evidence is overwhelming. I mean just watch him when he's running and you can see that he's not himself.
Another thing, dont cry about Yankee fans calling the Sox the Sux or anything like that, if you had heard just a quarter of was said about the Yankees when I was in Chicago, Seattle and Oakland you would feel really justified in talking crap about other teams. Its really fashionable nowadays to hate the Yankees but thats fine. I'll take all the hate if it means my team is hovering over 30 games over .500
I guess calling teams names and calling out the Yankees is the same thing,
Oh, and the Yankees ARE God's gift to baseball.
Exactly my point, arrogants, typical Yankee fan.
Now we bringing up Babe Ruth geez where is this going, the guy played when there were no blacks around.
Oh and RAY, evidence overwhelming, you guys maybe see the Yankees once a week I don't about Danny he may have the baseball package, but I see the games all the time, and there no exargerated talk about A-rod being hurt on the Yes Network, and we know how the Yes Network is.
Freddy, now you are coming off as a little unknowlegeable. Also, you don't read very well. You don't watch all the games and if you do, I know you don't watch anywhere near the amount of the broadcast that I do. While your Mets are in commercials does not count. I do watch every inning of every game except for Saturday when the Republican news network takes over.
Anyway, do you really think baseball would be the same without the Yankees? Do you really believe that? You don't think baseball is better for and because of the Yankees? I can count a lot of ways. How are they not a gift to baseball? Stop classifying me and Ray as typical Yankees fans. That's where you come off as unknowlegeable. Never group a piece of the universe to the whole universe. That's just unjust to someone who can't speak for themselves. Your bias is blinding you.
I'm sorry, but what do choclate faces have to do with Babe Ruth? I don't understand that logic. I guess I have to give you a chance to explain. Be careful with that one.
Oh and I wrote that you don't read very well because I said Arod is playing hurt WITHOUT ANY GRIPES. If Arod said he was playing hurt it would be reported but he's learning to keep his mouth shut. And yes, the YES network points it out all the time but how would you know since you don't watch but a tenth of the coverage that I watch.
I guess calling teams names and calling out the Yankees is the same thing,
No one said it is, we're just having fun with it. My point is that you said "Listen you can call the Mets the Mutts, CitiField Shitty field or call the Red Sox the SUX, but this is why people cant stand Yankee fans like you"
What I'm saying is that if you heard just a bit of what I heard from other teams fans then you can say people can't stand Mets, Red Sox, Rays, Rangers, White Sox, Orioles, Nationals, Mariners, A's, Padres and Angels fans because I've heard a lot more worse than someone saying the Sux or the Mutts. So please dont try and make out all Yankee fans to be bad until you go and see how all these other fans act, which in my experience it a lot worse than Yankee fans.
As for the ARod thing, I dont need YES, ESPN, FOX, MLBN or TBS to tell me what my eye's are seeing, that this guy is nowhere near his normal self.
Yeah . . . especially Fox. Who needs them?
I don't care if baseball is better with or without the Yankees, of course the Yankees help baseball big time, I never said anything in these terms,
you also call me bias when I am the one who has been on both sides of the fences buddy, unlike you, soul to the Yankees.
Oh about the Babe Ruth stuff, well I don't know why we have to talk about a guy who did not play with chocolate faces, that didn't sound to well, I guess my point here is that the BABE would not be the player he was back then if he played today, I know you brought him up to try and sell me the Yankee's importants to baseball as if I did not know that already.
{Oh and I wrote that you don't read very well because I said Arod is playing hurt WITHOUT ANY GRIPES}
I guess giving credit to a guy for not crying is a good thing, hey you brought up A-ROD and you opened up a can of worms with that one.
Oh and Ray, I know all teams have fans that can be dicks and go over board with the name calling, every teams has them, but when you guys always call the teams you dislike in names, and I mean all the time, then you put yourself at the same level as those guys, just my opinion, we can chat and talk about this guy and that guy and have our opinions but using names kind of puts you in the same level as the name callers, if you don't want to be like those fans you talk about then show respect so that your not mixed in with the name callers.
- of course the Yankees help baseball big time, I never said anything in these terms
I think you said that the Yanks fans think that the Yankees are god's gift to baseball. Which you meant sarcastically. Enjoy the gift. You were a Yankees fan right? Wow, I'm confused.
- I guess my point here is that the BABE would not be the player he was back then if he played today
All things being equal he would have been greater than he was then. His numbers in his prime were not even comparable to anyone he played with. First guy to hit 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 HR's. How could you argue that. If he played today and the players around him would be on the same level, He would literally be a god.
- I guess giving credit to a guy for not crying is a good thing, hey you brought up A-ROD and you opened up a can of worms with that one.
Yes, giving credit where it is due will ALWAYS BE A GOOD THING. For not crying? You see what we mean by being a hater? What can of worms are you talking about? I always bring a can of whup-ass with me.
So you actually think that if Babe Ruth was playing today, with his fat ass and his way of living that he would be better today?
if take a look you will see that in every sport things change for the better with time, evolution takes over and things well just get better, the NFL, the NBA, all these sports became better, especially when your talking about the 1920.'s and 30's geez if you think not plyaing with all the chocalate faces does not make a diffrent well I will leave it at that. Babe Ruth if he played today would be great, great just like Albert Pujols, but not to the extent where he stands alone like some GOD that no one can rival.
Yes, giving credit where it is due will ALWAYS BE A GOOD THING. For not crying? You see what we mean by being a hater?
Hater? you want me to give credit to a guy that make 33 million dollars a year because he is playing and not bitching?
Ok, if Babe Ruth were playing today he would not be the same player, at least I dont think so.
Can't really compare players from different eras like that. Its like saying Pujols would be the same player in the 30s that he is today.
With the name calling thing, there is a big difference between saying something in jest and a wink and a nudge and the very real, ugliness you see from a lot of fans, Yankee fans included and that is what upsets me and I've seen a lot more of that in other ballparks than I ever have at Yankee Stadium. Again, not saying that it doesnt happen in the Bronx but I really feel like Yankee fans do get a bad rap.
Last but definetly not least, Fred you just can't give the Yankees any credit. When you think you do, you then say something right after to take it away. Maybe you don't see it but you do, hence we label you a hater.
Well at least today's players all play in one league, that's all I can say, Imagine David Ortiz not being able to play and A-ROD just because his skin is lighter then his being accepted, that's how it was, so guys like Pujols will play but then guys like Soriano could not, and that's only the hispanics, if you were a Chocolate Face you were screwed.
Didn't I say I was the #1 Yankee hater? at least I give credit when the credit is due, but Danny wanted me to give A-ROD credit for putting on a uniform, please.
Freddy, I'll get back to you tomorrow. You and Ray obviously didn't read what I wrote closely. I said all things being equal with Babe Ruth. I'll explain tomorrow. Hater.
So, I didn't want you to give him credit for putting on the uniform.
I could care less what you think about ARod or especially the Yanks. You are a disowned member when it comes to that and we don't welcome you back. The Metropolitans need you more than anyone.
I think that Arod deserves credit for playing hurt and not saying a word about it. In the past, ARod did not know how to keep his mouth shut but I think he may have just learned a lesson. He might not be able to control what happens off the field with these morons chasing him around and giving him basically no public life, but he has adapted on the field to being a team player and not sticking his foot in his mouth.
I like how you said that I like sucking his cock earlier, like you wouldn't defend Wright or Reyes or any one of those homos over there in Queens.
As far as the Babe Ruth thing is concerned:
- "So you actually think that if Babe Ruth was playing today, with his fat ass and his way of living that he would be better today?"
The answer is Yes. With all things being equal the way they were then where no one was putting up those types of numbers - yes, he would be considered a god today. With the expanded media coverage and 24 hr news cycle of today, he would be larger than life. ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL TO THEN. I'm not talking about how big his waist size is because obviously that didn't matter then and it wouldn't matter today - ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL. You think he's recognizable now? Imagine putting up those numbers now and having NO ONE in the league putting up even 1/3 of his numbers.
Remember, baseball really was the past time. It defintely fell out of favor in the mid to late 70's and early 80's. That hasn't changed. Baseball did have a resurgence thanks to the juice and McGwire and Sosa's '98 race and the 1998 Yankees (the best team of all time - please bring on the argument of why this isn't true).
So imagine if baseball had not fallen out of grace and it was still watched and listened to on the radio like it was back then.
YOU WANT THE YANKEES TO TOE THAT LINE. YOU NEED THE YANKEES TO TOE THE LINE!
Danny there are alot of players who play hurt and don't say a thing and get no credit, if A-ROD in the past has put his foot in his mouth over and over, or got the media up his ass giving him no private life, well maybe it is because he was too dumb to play it right, this is a guy who like you said in the past did not know how to keep his mouth shout, and over and over was parading the NY scene with chicks even while he was still married, even today you see him with that dumb blonde he has as a GF you see him showing off.
I give credit where credit is due and that is why you never see Mr. Derek Jeter doing the stupid things your boy A-ROD is offend seen doing, now there is a Yankee all fans can admire, now maybe this year A-ROD has done a better job at keeping his mouth shut, that's what you say, but he has to do more then keep his mouth shout for me to give him the credit you so easily give him, I'll give him credit for coming up big this season in the situations where he has won games with his bat but not for keeping his mouth shout, that is his job and he gets paid well for it.
You have to understand that when he became a Yankee for me it was when I said goodbye to the NY Yanks, at the time he came over for my favorite Yankee at the time, Soriano, and so for me it was the final straw as this organization who where doing so good by doing the things that Stick Michael and the others who helped create the core that made the Yanks winners in the mid 90’s, was now going back to there old ways of the 80's of signing and trading for the big name players, for me it wasn’t like A-ROD came over and I said fuck it, it started a few years before that with the likes of Giambi and the Sheffield's and guys like Clemens, for me that was it and I haven't looked back and to be honest I no more have to deal with the high ass expectations that is the Yankees every year to win it all, unrealistic.
This guy A-ROD has only proven to me that he is a phony time after time, like when he said he was going to play for the Dominican team and then changed his mind back and fort only to play for the big bad USA, and that he is not clutch when it really counts, Until then he will have another opportunity this year to prove me wrong once the playoffs start, so show and prove.
The Babe Ruth argument, you have your opinion and I have mines, I already said what I think if the Babe played today, obviously you think that not rubbing shoulders with the Chocolate faces and the Latin heads would not had made a diffrence, and that if he did played today he would be even better then he was back then, I guess he would be hitting 90 HR if he played today and guys like Pujols and A-ROD would fall way short by hitting 50 bombs.
Oh another thing about the Babe, I like how you say with all things equal, as if things were equal back then.
Hold on, since when is parading the town a bad thing to do? Are you calling Kate Hudson a dumb blonde? What's with all the fucking judgements? You have no clue what kind of arrangement him and his ex had. You think they got divorced over women? Please. She would have to be the dumbest bitch in the world to not know better about what athletes do.
Wow, you had Soriano as your favorite Yankee? That explains alot. If ever there was a guy that was all about me me me. It's him. Talk about not living up to anything. This guy is a classic. You could count on him to stand there and watch a HR, that's for sure. That guy doesn't know the meaning of team, hustle or hard work.
I'm glad you said that because now I know the mentality you are coming from. Alfonso Soriano. HA! Let me guess, you would take Alfonso Soriano over ARod right? HA HA HA HA HA HA. Don't make me bust a gut here.
It's not unrealistic to want to win every year. It's not unrealistic to have goals and aspirations Freddy. So you think in the beginning of the season, the Yankees actually say, "OK, this year guys we are going to take it easy. I think we are mediocre and if we don't make the playoffs then life is still good."
When you win it all three years in a row and make the playoffs 13 yrs in a row and make the WS 6 out of 8yrs, it isn't the least bit UNREALISTIC. Is this how you carry yourself? In a negative manner? I mean in life in general? Are you generally down? UNREALISTIC??? What's unrealistic about goals and achieving them in the face of and in spite of people like you telling someone that it is unrealistic. REALLY???
ARod doesn't have to prove a thing to you. He needs to prove it to himself. Trust me when I write that he doesn't lose any sleep over you and your hating ways.
Once again, I don't think you understand what "all things being equal" means. That's ok. I'll let it go because like Barney Frank said recently. Having a conversation with you is like talking to a dining room table.
What wasn't equal Freddy?
I am just calling A-ROD out for his behavior, Kate Hudson I don’t anything about her except that she is out there parading with A-ROD and making a scene, so what if I called her a dumb blonde, stop being so sensitive, this is word play, but I guess calling A-ROD ex-wife a bitch is ok, wow I see how this is fair and balance.
And yes Soriano was my favorite Yankees back then, he was just an up an coming guy I liked back then, and back then he was pretty good, did I say he was better then A-ROD, no not even close, but then again that is not the issue here, but you don’t understand so what the heck, your painting it like I’m saying he is better then A-ROD which would be kind of ridiculous, again word play.
{Alfonso Soriano. HA! Let me guess, you would take Alfonso Soriano over ARod right? HA HA HA HA HA HA. Don't make me bust a gut here.}
Come on dude, I did not leave the Yankees because I thought the Yankees had just made a bad move, Obviously for them it was a money move more then anything and like I mention already that was not the reason, it was because of how the Yankees had gone back to their old ways.
If you think winning every year is realistic then fine, the average baseball team can go 25 years without winning a title, heck some teams haven’t even won, but I guess being a Yankee fan in the last 12 years or so has turned you into an arrogant person to think that hey we are the Yankees we have to win, remember the 80’s?
It is ok to have expectation every year on winning, but why don’t you tell that to a fan of the Pirates, National, Mariners, Rangers, Indians, Cubs, Mets, in other words if you do win it is icing just on the cake if these teams do win a title. But if you guys don’t win you’re ready to kill yourselves or take it to hard because it is what you expected, we in the other hand were like hey there always next year, and it’s just a game.
{ARod doesn't have to prove a thing to you. He needs to prove it to himself. Trust me when I write that he doesn't lose any sleep over you and your hating ways.}
Well this is getting rather personal, not like A-ROD really knows me LOL.
Just like he does not care about me I don’t care about him, it’s just a game, we the fans can say whatever we want, where the ones who pay to see them play, A-ROD I’m sure can take my criticism with a smile, unlike you.
{Once again, I don't think you understand what "all things being equal" means. That's ok. I'll let it go because like Barney Frank said recently. Having a conversation with you is like talking to a dining room table.}
Hey Shawn Hannity why don’t you stop with the name calling and have something to say so that I can actually combat it, just end the conversation and leave it at that if this is what your going to resort too.
I think you 2 girls need to end this dumb argument and get on to more pressing matters like the Yankees-Sox this weekend.
Hey Ray I was waiting for you to step in and stop this nonsense,
But I don't think this weekend series will make much of a diffrence, it is ok as far the the Sox over taking the division.
Oh shit, you said "fair and balanced." That is strictly a Fox term for what they are the opposite of.
I hate that you used those two specific terms. Not good.
I called ARod's wife a bitch because I refer to a lot of women as bitches. Not because she's a whore or anything. My wife's my bitch. I mean, she is. That's my bitch. She's my female dawg.
Um, you alluded to the fact that when ARod came over for Soriano, that was the last straw for you. You were upset about that trade? Really? I think you were sneaking looks at the Mets asses while you were a Yankees fan. You even stated it was money. With the Rangers picking up a lot of the salary. Don't use ARod as a lightning rod for your disposition against the Yankees. It's not only childish but not believable. What was the old ways they went back to? The Yankees didn't go back to giving away prospects like they did in the 80's. What they went to is purchasing every big name FA that they could get their hands on. There's a huge difference.
Remember the 80's? What the fuck are you talking about? I lived in and through the 80's and the early 90's of bad Yankee teams. Because I want them to win makes me arrogant? Because I think they can win EVERY Year makes me a fool or something?
Man fuck those ridiculous teams you mentioned. Are you fucking kidding me? If the Pirates or Nationals or whoever the hell you want to throw out there did a third of what the Yankees do for their organization, they would be successful.
DON'T YOU EVEN DARE PUT THE METS IN THE SAME CATEGORY!
The Mets have a pretty hefty payroll and nothing to show for it. The Yankees have had a shitload of INJURIES between 2004-2008 but they always finished above .500. What excuse do you have?
THE METS, YOU HAVE SOME NERVE. LIKE THEY ARE SO LOWLY.
Always next year huh? Keep that mentality and let's see how far that takes you when you are saying that in June. You have to break that ridiculous mentality. That's the kind of shit you don't need. The Yankees found chemistry again because they have changed certain individual players that had the mentality that they knew at the end of the day were still going to get paid.
If it was JUST a game Freddy, then why are we going back and forth here? You obviously care about your Mets and that's cool. No one is knocking that. But for you to come and spit vile and untruths is just ridiculous.
When the Yanks fail to win a WS, I am disappointed and think, "well I can't wait till next year." So I don't know what the hell you are talking about. EVERY YEAR will be the same. From 1983 to this year. Nothing has changed.
Your criticism of ARod is unjust because you have a personal vendetta whether it be because of where he played for some meaningless fucking world classic hogwash, or whatever it is. Let that shit go. I let go a long time ago that Gary Sheffield is a piece of shit. Big deal. Defend him now cause he's yours ok? Oh and he's so happy to be with the Mets right now. Wait till next yr when he's playing for a different team and see what he says about the Mets.
First of all, it's Sean Hannity not Shawn (aka - disingenous, ratings mongering scumbag) get it right. To compare me to him is just dumb just like that other unreasonable Met fan living at 232 Elizabeth.
I was always indifferent about the Mets. I didn't care if they won or loss. Ray knew this but he warned me about the shit you talk here. Now I hate the Mets because of you who poorly represent them. I'm sure the Mets still want to win this year and they are not thinking like you, "Well, there's always next year." That would be a loser mentality in a very very weak division.
I'll end it when Freddy admits he has a losing mentality. I don't think you can deny that Ray.
I'll end it when Freddy admits he has a losing mentality. I don't think you can deny that Ray.
OK I ADMIT IT, YOU WIN.LOL
yes, O'doyle Rules!
you win???? I was just about to say I'm on team "Freddie" I wish my blog had shit like this lol, its like some tv soap, these comments are cracking me up :)
Hey thanks for the support cocorosa, you should come by more offend and join the fun.
Enjoy the weekend!!!
Cocorosa. Met or Yank fan?
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