It is official, for the 1st time since 2006 the New York Yankees have won their division by beating their biggest rivals and busting out the brooms in the process. It was their 100th win of the season pulling a trifecta of achievements all in one day at the new stadium as the Yanks sent the Boston Red Sox's reeling once again with another sweep. The win goes to Andy Pettite 14-7 who provided a solid mound effort and the save goes to Mariano Rivera who notch up his 44th this season for the 4-2 win. With the Yanks trailing 2-1 in the 6th it was Hideki Matsui who delivered the big hit to drive in the tying and the go ahead runs as the Yankees took the lead for good. Not even the umpires could help the Red Sox beat the Yankees, with the Yanks down 2-1, the 2nd base umpire called Nick Swisher out on a appeal play for supposedly leaving the base earlier on a tag up play, the reply only showed that Swisher did not leave 2nd base early on the Robinson Cano not so deep fly out but was still called out, still it did not matter Yankees win.The win yesterday not only won the division in front of the home fans but by sweeping the Sox's once again, it also confirmed the the Yankees recent dominance over their Boston rivals who began the season by beating the Yanks in the 1st 8 between them. Since then it has been the opposite as the Yankees have turned the tables on the Sox's winning 9 out of the next 10 games, and as it turns out both teams ended the season series tied at 9-9, but it was the Yankees who came back strong to take away the confidence from the Red Sox's who in the beginning of the season looked that much better then the Yanks, now it's the other way around, and so if the Yankees and Red Sox meet again in the playoff everything starts from scratch but the Yankees seem to have the mental edge.
All that is left for Joe Girardi and the Yankees is a week to get ready for the playoffs as a better showing is a must this time around. For about 2 months now we all kind of knew that the Yankees were going to be one of the 4 AL teams to be representing in these playoffs, now the time has come for them to become the heavy favorites the Yankees fans expect them to be. The 09 Yankees are definitely better then the last team that went to the playoffs. This team does have the BETTER players then in 07, Texiera and Sabathia replace Giambi and Mussina respectably which helped the defense dramatically as Texiera gave the Yankees their best 1st baseman since Donnie Baseball, Sabathia gave the Yankees a legit #1 and replaced Mussina who after winning 20 game for the 1st time in his career decided to retire, still a major upgrade. This years bench will also be an upgrade as the Yanks will come at it with some speed off the bench and a much younger bench then in the past.
Earlier in the season my big gripe about the Yankees chances in the postseason was the bullpen, there was major concerns in getting the ball to Mariano Rivera but for the last 2 months the Yankee bullpen has been rock solid thanks to the emergence of Phils Huhges, Hughes has been the key player to the Yankee pitching. Guys like Bruney & Marte have been flops but since Hughes assumed that 8th inning role guys like Aceves, Coke & Albaladejo did a decent enough job filling in the rest of the bullpen core.
It's been an entire team effort this year with numerous Yankees putting up solid years, Cano solid, Matsui key hits, Melky got better, and Jeter has been MVP great, no one is really having an off year when it comes to the offense this year.
Going into the playoffs Sabathia & Burnett will be the 1 2 punch in the rotation every team needs if they are to go far, Pettite will give them the playoff experience but the guy is old, after that you have the erratic Joba Chamberlian to count on, luckily for the Yankees they have a pitcher of the caliber of Sabathia so they may still manage without needing to use Chamberlian all that much. This is one stacked Yankees team that is ready to try and erase the bad memories of 1st round exits in the playoffs, everyone is healthy and ready to go so what is there to worry about? you worry about the underdog Tigers who lost 5 out 6 this season to the Yanks going into a series riding a high and knocking off the Pinstrippers just like they did in 06 when they where also favorites. The playoffs are always a crapshoot anyone can win, especially when the pressure will be on the Yankees to win win win. These Yankees are hungry & they sure look ready, so maybe just maybe this can be the year that the Yankee fans can get back to bragging.
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Oh Freddy, the pain of reading this shit. So you watched the game on ESPN. Can you tell that Joe Morgan hates the Yankees more than you. He didn't care what the replay showed. He was sticking to his ineptitude.
Anyway, the throw was from center not right. It was Jacoby Ellsbury that threw the ball into third.
It was the quadfecta. The Yankees also secured home field throughout.
If you mention better players and better defense don't write about Mussina like it was him that needed to be replaced. Not only did Mussina win 20 games on the way out but he has like 8 gold gloves. Jesus Harold Christ.
Aceves and Coke were ok, especially Aceves BEFORE Hughes became dominant in the pen.
No mention of Arod when talking about the offense? He has someone else's year number and he missed about 40 games.
I wouldn't call them HEAVY favorites because of the SP, but I would call them favorites.
It's AJ you must worry about. Not Pettitte or Joba. If all goes well, Joba WILL NOT START but twice all the way through.
All the way through Freddy, not such a hateful article. Some facts here and there are skewed but not bad.
yea we will see
Wow, a pretty fair post about the Yankees from Freddie. Wonders never cease.
Like I've said all season long the Yankees are a better team than the Red Sox, even when the Yankees were 0-8 vs. Boston. How could you be 8-0 vs. a team and yet only have a 1 game lead over said team?
Anyways, looking forward to the playoffs, this week obviously will tell us a lot with the 4 game series with Detroit and Minny. The question for the Yankees is do you go balls out this week and try and go to the playoffs on a roll or do you rest guys and risk stumbling in? I'm curious to see how the Girardi plays it out.
I look forward to your playoff preview.
Yea I remember you saying it back then that the Yankees were still the better team even when they weren’t, the Yanks had their problems and some injuries back then and the bullpen was no good except for Mariano, they were not playing as a unit while the Sox were running on all and they were healthy and all this while Ortiz was trying to find himself, but since then the Sox’s have had their problems with injuries especially in the pitching department and at short, then the Yankees got fully healthy then they started jelling, then Hughes emerged and that was that, things done changed and now it is the Yankees who for what seems like 3 months now look that much better, but the Sox’s where the better team because they did beat the Yankees 8th straight and they were winning handedly , you say oh how can you beat your rivals 8 in a row and only lead by a game, well the Yankees stayed in the hunt with the same formula that has worked for them for a decade now and that is by beating far lesser teams pitching in the regular season with that softball lineup of theirs, that’s how they stayed in the hunt until Boston lost some key players and at the same time lost their winning confidence over the Yanks.
Going into the playoff the Sox’s still have way too many key guys hurt, especially pitching. Yankees are the heavy favorites with the Angels right behind them.
I have to disagree with you, if you're a superior team and you beat your division rival you 8 straight times you BETTER have more than a 1 game lead. If not, you're not the better team. I wouldnt say that the Yankees are heavy favorites. Favorites yes but I would not label them heavy. Vegas has them at 2/1 and the Cardinals at 4/1 so not a huge difference.
well lets just call them the Favorites
Freddy, I'm sorry you are so retarded. I'm going to call u retarded so don't take it personally. I call everyone that doesn't make sense retarded. I'm talking about common sense not having anything to do with agreeing with me. We both know that would never happen. You're lucky. I say this because Ray lets you off super easy.
"but the Sox’s where the better team because they did beat the Yankees 8th straight and they were winning handedly,"
Exsqueeze me?
Were the better team? Really? Ok I'll give u a little of that. Beating them handedly? NO
Of the eight straight games they won, 3 of 8 were one run games, one two run, one three run, one 4 run etc. If you call that handedly then you must have missed the 1998 season.
"the Yankees stayed in the hunt with the same formula that has worked for them for a decade now and that is by beating far lesser teams pitching in the regular season with that softball lineup of theirs"
oh, I'm sorry I forgot that Boston also plays the same "far lesser teams" you are referring to. I was confused for a second. I was under the impression that Bud Selig loves the Yankees so much that he created these phantom teams similar to the KC Royals that the ONLY the Yankees get to beat up on.
You have listened to Kay's podcast on Friday where Kay was on with Francona (who I have a lot of respect for). Kay was saying something to the effect that the last time the Red Sox faced the Yanks they weren't hitting and that now they have everyone healthy and that this series would be much different.
REALLY?
What excuse does Francona have for this weekend's sweep?
"Going into the playoff the Sox’s still have way too many key guys hurt, especially pitching."
They do? Are you talking about Wakefield? Yea, their season is riding on him alright. He is the hard thrower they need. What are you talking about Freddy. The Sox are as healthy as they come man.
I mean I know what you are doing. You are setting yourself up to disparage the Yankees no matter what they do. Even if they beat the Red Sox, it won't be good enough. Nothing will. I get it. Player haters have to always have an out right?
"Yankees are the heavy favorites."
Na, Favorites. Yes.
Thanks for looking up the Sox-Yanks numbers, when I first saw it I thought the same thing but didn't get back to research it.
Not to pile on Fred but I have to agree with Danny with this whole thing about lesser teams thing. Don't the Sox, Angels, Tigers, Twins all play these lesser teams or is it just the Yankees that get to play these lesser teams you speak of?
Did you see the games this weekend? The Sox played like they couldnt care less of what happened. Maybe they're just conceding the regular season and waiting for the playoffs but thats not a really good sign for the Sox.
Fred will never give the Yankees credit, if they lose he'll celebrate and if they win it all, I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that we'll hear "well with that team they're suppose to win"
Last but not least, just to show that I call it down the middle. Fred corrected himself and called the Yankees favorites to win.
I always hear dollars to doughnuts but what does that really mean?
If you say that something will happen, dollars to donuts, you mean you are sure it will happen. Dollars to donuts the company is going to fold. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts she won't come to the party.
Hope you are satisfied with the answer.
Never heard of the store.
Yes Danny I know I'm always retarded and your always right, I'm just here making statements and throwing opinions just like you, and we don't have to agree, and even when I try to correct myself I know I will still be retarded to you, but all I was telling Ray is that in the (beginning) of the season the Sox's were the better team, but things changed and the Red Sox lost some key guys and never regain that early form, and if you want to get all technical and shit I would say that for 3 quarters of the season the Yankees were the better team, and of course ended as the better team, now did I say that Boston ended up as the better TEAM? that would be retarded!
all I was saying is that in the beginning of the season the Sox's were better, but could not regain that form.
I know l offend write bits and pieces of ramblings, but I'm just throwing stuff out there during my work hours JUST to get things rolling and lots of times you miss read me all wrong, again thanks to my ramblings which don't help out my causes, But Danny especially, hates my opinions so much just because where I am coming from as far as all my distaste for the Yankees as an organization, that you offend miss what I'm really trying to say. Look let's make this clear the Yankees are the best team in baseball, that is crystal clear, they have home field through out the playoffs, they have the better players, and no team in baseball is more healthier then the Yankees, now was I wrong for calling them heavy favorites? talk about nitpicking.
With the whole formula thing & the Yankees beating up on bad teams, was I WRONG for simply stating that? you can disagree with me all you want because we are just sharing opinions, and sure the Angels and the Sox's also win games in this same fashion but you can't compare the Angels & Red Sox's lineup with the Yankees lineup, they are the ones who have the ultimate softball lineup are you going to compare the Angels lineup to the Yankees? The Yankees have 9 guys with at least 13 HR's, you know how many Mets have 13 HR's? ZERO! big power bats in a SMALL dinky ballpark where the balls flys out at a record pace. the Yankees are the ones with the best players, the most money, the best leverage, they are GOD to baseball they make it that way, just like they made the ballpark smaller.
You won't see it, but I think I do, and that's just my opinion.
Then there is the whole thing with Boston and their health issues, look not only did they just get Matsuzaka back, but he is no where near to being playoff ready, they have no Wakefield and their rotation lost Smotlz and Penny because they did not pan out for them, that's plays out just like an injury, YEA they have 2 studs in Lester and Beckett that has kept them in it and a solid bullpen, but they have some serious rotation problems, you quoting Francona is just a statements, a statements made by a manager who is trying to instill confidence to a team that has lot so much of it as the season played along. You and me know that the Sox's right now can't beat the Yankees and I think Francona knows that too, but I just think he is just trying to say something to sound good.
The Sox's are hurting a lot more then the Yankees, I mean who is really hurt on the Yankee? do you still want to say A-ROD? go ahead that's you opinion, I may disagree with you and you can used that as a cop out if A-ROD fails again during these playoffs, but you can still make that opinion.
Anyway's let the playoffs begin and play out.
Ok, first of all as you probably already noticed Danny loves to argue and nitpick. It is who he is. With that out of the way, I'll keep disagreeing with you about the Sox-Yankees thing, the Yankees have been the better team all year no matter what NESN, I mean ESPN says.
You keep harping on the "rinky dink" ball park but aren't the dimensions the same from the old stadium? No one called the old one rinky dink. Also, you seem to neglect the fact that the Yankees play 81 games away from said "rinky dink" park. Oh, how exactly did they make the ballpark smaller?
Smoltz and Penny. Yeah, those guys are AAAA ballplayers, they couldn't hack it with the big boys in the A.L.
You really think that ARod is 100%? I guess thats why he's going for another surgery at the end of the season.
ok the Yankees were the better team the entire season, happy? I guess that kind of makes them heavy favorites now, you have to give or take here.
And about the dinky ballpark, the dimensions are exactly the same across the board if you look out at the walls, yes identical, but does it play out the same? NO and that's because whoever was doing the measuring miscounted the measurements, all you have to do is look at it and you will notice it yourself that what they wrote on the walls is not what they say, heck you can just tell from watching it on TV that it is not the same, all you have to do is google Yankee stadium and there it will tell you that it was miscalculated, even the height of the walls are shorter then in the old park. And AROD is not the only guy who is not 100% this time of the year, but he sure is hitting the ball alright. Again we just have to let it play out.
So much for record HR pace you mentioned Freddy. The HR total didn't even come close. I think I heard today it was 18th best. The numbers went down drastically the last two months or so. I know you like to think that the fences are moved in when the Yankees bat and then it's a coordinated effort by the fans and management to push them back when the opposition bats but it's a logistical nightmare that the Yanks could only keep up doing in the first half of the season.
The Yankees have announced that they will no longer be moving the fences between innings and that they will remain the same for all MLB players to have an equal chance.
The Mets ballpark is simply to big. It hurt David Wright's power numbers big time. The chicks still dig the long ball. I guess the Mets opposition took advantage by hitting bad pitching.
oh I guess it even steven now, I knew that the Yanks and their fans were all involded with the fences being moved in but I guess that as the season went along the HR record was at stake and so they left it alone so that the record would not be theirs, good move.
David Wright will hit his 20 or so HR next year when he has some protection in the lineup, so leave the fences at Citi alone, if you look closer at David Wright's season this year you will also find out that he hit more HR at home then on the road, his problem this year was more that he could not handle the pressure all by himself and was not getting pitches to hit, also the beaning he took almost 2 months ago really threw him off his game and is now seen flinching at pitches scared to be hit again, I just hope he comes back with a clear head next season.
This is why it is to the pitchers advantage to pitch inside. You want the batter to think about it. It's unfortunate he got beaned. But pitching inside is part of the game. I think he's a good enough player that he should be ok.
It's the Mets franchise you should be worried about with reputation and player development and front office. Shit like that. They are a laughing stock right now but if anything, New York as well as the rest of the world loves a comeback story.
Oh I am worried with the whole Mets situation, and I know that the Mets right now are the laughing stocks of baseball, everything is bad news across the board, now you have the news about Reyes getting worst it seems like it never ends.
The whole player’s development thing is more blown out of proportion, people expected the Mets to just bring in undeveloped players from the minors and step in and do the job, but some of those players were part of the injured players like Niese and Martinez.
If the Mets lose this final series in the same fashion that they got swept by the Nationals then Jerry Manuel will be fired because someone has to fall and in this case I think it’s Jerry, hopefully they can bring back Bobby Valentine and be the old school manager this team will need next year
I would be very worried as a Met fan, as an outsider I can see that this team has a lot more deeper problems than injuries. The way this team just went and laid down and did a job to the Washington Nationals, did the Mets even bother showing up for that series? Thats just plain unacceptable. It seems to me that the whole thing with the Mets is an organizational thing, that team needs a serious shake up if not the problems are just beginning. I've been saying it for a while that Minaya needs to break up this team.
This is just a badly injured team that is putting out a AAA team out on the field every night for how long now?, yes even the Nationals are a better team today then the Mets, are you really that surprised that they got swept? I mean the Nationals at least have their core guys while the Mets have Pagan, Tatis, Anderson Hernandez, Omir Santos, a messed up David Wright, and a Beltran that plays 2 or 3 times a week, and Francouer as the only player really playing consistence, and the rotation?, Pat Misch, Redding, Figeuroa, Pelphey and John Maine who just came back, this season was lost a long time ago and although you like to see them play hard which I believe they have, but bad teams are gonna make mistakes and so this is what your seeing. Really what do you want Omar to do? Trade Reyes while his value is at his lowest? Trade Wright? There is not really much you can do to make it better except add some additional players in the offseason which he has done every year since he has been here. Without the horses your not going to win and the Mets lost to many horses.
Oh, so it's ok for the Mets to go after players in free agency but not the Yanks? I'm confused. You always shit on the Yanks for pouring their revenue BACK to their team.
Also, you can't blame anyone but F-Rod for yesterday's disgusting display of not showing up. Wow, that has to be the worse loss of his career. Way to go F-Rod. At least he hasn't had any major set-backs physically. I thought his arm was going to fall off this year. If the year ended last night, it would have been fitting so that it would leave a bad taste in their mouth to really motivate them to do things in the off season.
I have to agree with Ray though. Yes you're decimated by injuries but that should be a kick in the ass to a player that doesn't play every day to prove themselves and step up. The NL is too weak a league for an avg player to not excel in. They shouldn't be this bad.
They were actually picked to win it all by SI right? Wow. That's how much you can take from the experts. Baseball is too unpredictable for that shit. THAT IS WHY THE YANKS ARE AMAZING. For eight yrs, they have had the talent but they haven't been able to gel. That's why you can never say the Yanks buy championships because if there is no chemistry or health, it all goes to shit. They still have to go, get on the field, and perform.
Maybe you can learn something from this Mets team about how difficult it is to put a winning club on the field NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU SPEND.
I was listening to something earlier this season about Tony LaRussa comparing him to Jerry Manuel and how Manuel was just blaming everything on the injuries and how LaRussa always says you can't worry about the players that aren't here, you play with the guys that are. Again, yes the Mets have had a very unlucky year in regards to injuries but when do you stop blaming injuries and blaming the team? Also, why I said that I would be worried about the Mets if I was a fan is that the Mets farm system, or better yet lack thereof has been exposed. They didn't have anyone that was really ready to step up. Something to think about.
Good point Danny about the Mets and there signings every year. Grant it, its not Yankee numbers but the Mets do have the 2nd largest payroll in the league although there are people out there who would love to have you believe that the Mets don't spend any money. Spending definetly doesn't guarantee anything. Heck, they even wrote about it, "The Worst Team Money Can Buy" which as luck would have it is about the Mets.
Danny, let me try and say something on the whole spending money issue, bare with me, last season the Mets signed K-ROD for $37 millions & Oliver Perez for $36 million, both on short 3 year deals, those were the Mets biggest deals in the offseason as far spending money goes, via trade they also acquired J.J. Putz to try and make the team better and compete after another heart breaking ending in 08, in contrast the Yankees spent almost a half of a billion dollars on 3 players, 8yrs for Texiera, 7yrs for Sabathia & 5yrs for Burnett, all to riskier longer deals that I am not a big fan of, when it comes to spending in the offseason I believe that the Yankees set a new record, & all this was done while in a recession.
This kind of spending by the Yankees has dwarf the next competitor & although they have over spent on these players it has worked for them as far as getting these players, this is where I like to bring up the term buying championships to the Yankees, even though they haven't won in almost a decade, this way of operation is what makes me dislike the NY Yankees, and I know that your going to say that the Mets and Sox’s & teams like the Dodgers all spend money too, but do they spent $400 million in one offseason? That’s like 3 or 4 off-season’s for these big market teams. This is why I wish there was a salary cap so that the Yankees would have to do things a little more level field, but we all know that is not going to happen.
Yesterday's lost to the Nationals can only be blamed on K-ROD for blowing it big time, but here is a guy that has not gotten any consistency on the mound since the All-star break, numerous times he has gone a week without getting into a game simply because the Mets are never in position for the save. I don't really worry too much about K-ROD, I know he had some arms problems before coming here, but that’s why we signed him for only 3 years & I just think he hasn't been a able to stay in a groove. Again the Mets did not spent that much money in the offseason when you compare it to the Yankees, the Mets did spent $73 millions to try and make the team better to compete, but the Yankees spent $423 on 3, and picked up Nick Swisher's contract at another $26, and yes this is also so that they can compete, but at that expense you can easily call it buying.
I agree with you that I kind wish that the Mets get swept at home to finish out the season so that something has to be done.
Ray I agree with you that you also have to blame the team, there has been way to many setbacks and collapses for 3 years now that of course you have to put blame on the players as well, this team has talent but they just cant seem to stay healthy and lack the mental toughness, every year it seems someone on the Mets is lost to injuries in the most important of times, or that some sort of bad luck always seems to follow this team since 2006, from when they lost Duaner Sanchez who was probably the best setup man in baseball in 06 in a car accident, to missing Moises Alou big right-handed bat 2 years in a row, to Billy Wagner going down in the final month during another pennant race, to the rash of injuries this year, something always seems to go wrong, it’s like the Mets & the Cubs son los fuco’s del beisbol.
But as far as the Mets not having anything in the system who can play right now, Murphy may have some issues on the field but he can play, guys like Niese and Martinez, if they can stay healthy look like they can play, Parnell and Pelphey although this season they have been bad, but they have shown in the past they can play,
I just think that with all that has happened this season with all the injuries, the pressure to do it all by themselves has been too overwhelming, like I said they may lack the toughness but there is some talent that can blend it on a good team that is complete and not broken into pieces because remember you still need the horse around you so that the younger players can just grow with them and not with no one around to relieve the pressure.
Ok, first of all no one is comparing the Yankees off-season spending to others but if you look at the numbers the Yankees payroll from 2008 to 2009 actually went down while your New York Mets payroll went up. Its true, look it up. Yankees payroll went down 7.6 million while the Mets went up 11.5 million. I like to provide facts...real ones. A cap? Really? You want a salary cap? Again, I love how you make it out that the Yankees are the only ones who spend. Oh, Swisher is making 26? 26 what? Last I checked he was making about 5 mil this season.
Again, please don't compare the Mets to the Cubs. You can't put 3 bad seasons in bed with 100. It just doesn't add up. Cubs fans would kill for 2 championships and 3 NL pennants in 40 years. If its the 2,100 and no championships for the Mets then you can talk.
In one eye and out the other I guess.
So you think the Yanks spend too much? The Yanks spend what the market will bare. In your case of Oliver Perez and Rodriguez, Oliver Perez has to be close to the most idiotic signing of all time. The guy shows you he can't pitch and you reward him. With Rodriguez, a lot of experts think his delivery is going to cause him to get injured BUT the Mets weere so awful in closing games in 2008 that THEY HAD TO spend money getting a reliever that just broke a save record. I can understand that move.
On the other hand, you have CC who is a PROVEN commodity and the Yanks were not the only bidders. Thuis guy has 8 straight years of 180 inn or more. With three of them being 210 or over and last year throwing over 250 innings. And another three yrs of 192 inn or over. Well worth the money.
Then you have AJ. He has electric stuff and finally learned how to pitch ala and via Halladay BUT comes with a history of arm issues. HE was the risk. A risk that paid off. He was signed because he can't throw the ball straight (that's a great thing) and to be the number 2. He was also signed with the intention of beating the red sox because he had been so dominant against them in the past. They guy poitched over 200 inn last year and he did it again this year. I would say it paid off.
Mark Texeira was worth every extra penny that the Red Sox were not willing to pay. Every singlee one. Consistency with bat and a superb glove. It all happened to be in the same off season which is why you love to draw attention to it.
The Yankees make the most money and will always put the most money back into the team. Get over that. You should really watch the Yankeeography of George Steinbrenner to understand why the organization does the things they do. Don't hate cause they can, you should hate other organizations for not ding WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE of doing. Spending money instead of pocketing it every year. You choose to not like it and that's your prerogative but the Mets do the same thing. It is reflective on them because there signings tend to either not work out or get hurt. That is unfortunate. Oliver Perez . . . oh God.That's why the organization is a joke. Yes it is a commodity to have a left hander but that lefty should be decent.
You act like the Yanks spent all that money IN ONE YEAR and not over time. That investment is coming into fruition as we type. I don't know why you consider these deals to be risky but if you do then those are the risks you must take to be successful. While in a recession? Sure, when I lost money in my investment portfolio because all of my mutual funds had declined in value, I also knew it was the BIG TIME moment to pour even more money into my investments because now I could buy cheaper. When the market comes back around, I will be doing even better than the people who cashed out. The Yanks anted up when everyone was staring at their bottom line.
"I like to bring up the term buying championships to the Yankees, even though they haven't won in almost a decade, this way of operation is what makes me dislike the NY Yankees,"
Yeah, this way of the Yankees no one does it like them. You should hate your own team and include the Cubs, Sox, Detroit, Philly and the Angels or any other team you want to focus your venom on. TThe Yankees front office just does it better than anyone else.
I'm not quite suree what you do for a living but if someone offered you millions of dollars for it, I am sure you would take it in a heartbeat. What's more is, what if you found someone who was willing to match or exceed that offer? Wouldn't you listen. If the Yanks didn't have the money, they wouldn't spend it. Spread your hate around Freddy.
"but do they spent $400 million in one offseason?"
To answer your question, no. They spend it over several years.
If there were a salary cap in baseball, you would see owners with some seriously fat pockets.
"numerous times he has gone a week without getting into a game simply because the Mets are never in position for the save."
Oops, so now it's Jerry's fault. It is his fault for not getting him work. I didn't realize that a closer WAS ONLY supposed to come on when he's got an opportunity to close. I know Mariano isn't solely used for those purposes. It is his MAIN purpose but not the only one. Fire Manuel. How sad that he can't pitch consistently because his manager can't make room for an inning here and there. That is just a flawed argument Freddy.
"but at that expense you can easily call it buying."
I can't. I can call it an investment. Some are good and some are bad. It hurts you when they are all good.
The Mets have no farm system no matter what you say. When is the last time you heard the Mets in trade talks where people kept asking for one specific player?
On the other hand, the Yankees have many many prospects and most of them are pitchers and they haven't made the mistakes they made in the 80's trading them away. Just one example: Hughes. He was asked for in every trade imaginable to include Johan. You have to give Cash credit where it is due. People shit on him for not making that deal and he was right.
I happen to be in NY right now and I couldn't help to be looking at the guide which just said Mets classic and I thought I was going to be seeing 1986 but instead it was a black and white game from 1969. Classicly old.
Yes I would like a salary cap; don’t you think it would make for a more level playing field for all? Nothing wrong with wanting something like that. And with Swisher the Yankees I believe picked up his contract from the White Sox who had him signed for 5 years at 5 million plus per season, and that I believe is how they got Swisher and will continue to pay him if he sticks with them, if so then the Yankees own him 20 plus millions, which is still cheap, but still that is money you own him.
I didn’t compare the Mets to the Cubs long history of losing; I simply said that in the last 3 years they have lost like the Cubs, in other words in Cub’s like fashion, but much worse.
Oh and about the spending again, this is not about the Mets payroll going up while the Yankees pay roll went down, this is about the Yankees spending a half of a billion dollars on 3 players in one offseason, who does that? Plus provide the facts about the Mets and Yanks par roll, where can I find that?
Yeah, this way of the Yankees no one does it like them. You should hate your own team and include the Cubs, Sox, Detroit, Philly and the Angels or any other team you want to focus your venom on. TThe Yankees front office just does it better than anyone else.
I would had agree with you if you had said it this way, that the Yankees do it better then anyone else because they spend more then anyone else cause they have more money then anyone else, that would had been more accurate.
Yea it's Manuel fault for not sending K-ROD out there even when there is no save oppertunity, agree, I'm just covering K-ROD ass as a fan.
Do a fucking google search you troll. What the heck is wrong with you? You have a blog and can't do a search for MLB payrolls? No wonder you can't find fact and just throw out dumb opinions at a whim.
Again with the half a billion dollar in one off season. That's a lot of money over years. YEARS. YEARS you douche. AJ 5. CC 7. Tex 8. Wake up.
Who does it? Everyone who is not worried about their bottom line in pursuit of putting a winning squad on the field. You are a disgrace to fact finders all over the world. Don't you know the power of google. I have to be hard on you because you are coming off as really unintelligent here. I'm sorry.
"I would had agree with you if you had said it this way, that the Yankees do it better then anyone else because they spend more then anyone else cause they have more money then anyone else, that would had been more accurate."
But I did say that way. That is the only way I said it. You quoted me right here. What is wrong with you?
Stop covering ass and start telling the truth. That's your problem, you like to live in a fantasy world but you'd be hard pressed to find a Yankees fan not call out something that they deem wrong or questionable. Hard pressed.
Obviously it does not bother you that the Yankees run things the way they do because that's your team and how it that going to bother you, but have you tried putting yourself on the other side?
let's say you was a Blue Jay fan, how would you feel about the Yankees? would you just admire them for always making your team seem irrelevant? or would you feel the way I feel? or in between?
Ha, talk about bad example. You used the Blue Jays? Truly laughable.
The Bluejays gave undeserved HUGE contracts to both Rios and Wells. They dump Rios for nothing and Wells they can't move unless they ate his contract. That's a really good example of a team that doesn't spend money. Who the fuck are you kidding? They siphoned money to these guys BUT IT DID NOT WORK!
Freddy, just stop while you are way behind. You can never get in front of this.
What's so wrong with ME as a fan seeing the games and noticing that the reason K-ROD is not sharp is because he has not received the playing time, didn't I agreed with you about Manuel's mistake for not using K-ROD in none save situations, I also noticed that too and agree when you brought it up, covering my ass, nitpicking again, I have been saying the truth & I shouldn't I.
"I'm just covering K-ROD ass as a fan."
Stop covering ass. Period. The fault is not completely on Manuel. To be specific, I can't blame Manuel for a top tier closer not being able to get two outs against the worst team in the Majors. Five earned runs vs. the Nats? You have to really try to be that bad. And that he was.
The Blue jays gave undeserved HUGE contracts to both Rios and Wells. They dump Rios for nothing and Wells they can't move unless they ate his contract. That's a really good example of a team that doesn't spend money. Who the fuck are you kidding? They siphoned money to these guys BUT IT DID NOT WORK!
Dude what is wrong with you, Yes I used the Blue Jays as an example, what are they suppose to do, of course they have to spend money and at least try to compete nearly ever team has a bad contract because they want to win too, you seem to miss the picture as usual, the difference here is that the Yankees can simply eat up any bad investment they make by simply just throwing money at the problem and fixing it, while teams like the Jay’s are hurt for decades because they don’t bring in the money like the Yanks do, and don’t try to say that the Jays have money and that it is just the owners who are greedy and just want to keep it for them selves, that may be the case but they for sure don’t have it like the Yankees.
your just an angry Yankees fan Danny, even when your team is winning you still carry a pissed off vibe to you that truly scared me, I sure hope they win for your sake.
No, you are missing the point. You brought up the Jays to make a point about how I would feel if I were their fan. I'd feel pretty shitty that they signed guys to contracts that were not only undeserved but unfulfilled. Then they don't even try to renegotiate AJ's contract. Yes, the Yankees can eat up a bad investment just like any other team. What IS your point? The Blue Jays are eating it now. The Yankees ate it with Pavano. And your point is???
The Jays can spend money, don't be retarded about that. They use all these excuses, but they can. THEY SIMPLY CHOOSE NOT TO. Get that.
I carry a pissed off vibe? You have to be the sorriest fan of all time. If you can call yourself that. Everything I say is in response to your idiocy. I love the Yankees. I'm not pissed at the Yankees or any organization for that matter. I'm pissed that you don't know how to use google. We can do this shit all day.
Ok, lets wrap this up:
- Fred, just google Major League Baseball Payroll 2008 or 2009 and you'll see where I get my facts.
- Yes, we all know that the Yankees spend money, it doesnt mean that they'll win but it does look like that they have the right mix this year.
- Yes the Yanks spent a ton this past off-season but that number you throw out there is over the life of 3 contracts of the top 3 free agents that were on the market.
- The Mets are in deep trouble. There was a reason why the Twins were anxious to move Santana and why do you think the Angels let KRod walk away for nothing?
- As for the Blue Jay angle, why would I be mad at the Yankees? I would pissed at the Blue Jays for giving out stupid contracts and then giving away Alex Rios for nothing and then not trading Halladay when they could so the return they'll get for him now won't be as big. If I were a Jays fan why would I be pissed at the Yankees? Aren't the Rays the defending AL champs? Sometimes you have to look in the mirror and stop trying to find someone else to blame for all your problems.
- Last but not least, Danny you do sound angry but knowing how much you love to argue I'm sure you're quite happy right now.
If there is one thing I hate more then the Yankees is Yankees fans with big heads who use every word in the book to put down people & in the mix of it all never really see the big picture in the discussion because he is to busy trying to come up with more vile shit to keep throwing. I have no tolerance for this kind of conversation, nor do I wish to continue feeding into this type of atmosphere of name calling & rants, people like you I easily say YO I have to go, because I can't wait to get out of the room and keep moving forward, lose that way of being at least for your children's sake cause that shit is not cool.
I don't have children. I have a child. You wouldn't even know the word vile if I hadn't mentioned it about thirty times in this retarded blog referencing some of the dumb things you write here.
Let me tell you something.
Remember when McCain picked Palin for his VP running mate? Well in many minds, that disqualified him to be POTUS. It was such a poor choice.
When you posted that article on your website it opened you up for all the criticism that you deserve. I can't believe you tried to separate yourself from certain parts of that post because they were "a little over the line." Yeah right. Nice try. Poor choice.
You call me vile and you post something like that? Stop throwing rocks when you live in a glass house. How's that for not being profane?
Your shit is not cool. Your shit is plain uneducated. I definitely wouldn't want my daughter to be dumb. I don't mine her being a little coarse if it means pointing out idiocy.
Also, don't tell me how to be around my daughter. She's the shit. At 4, she's got more sense than you do.
Freddy, you reap what you sow.
Angry? I love this shit. Next.
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