All-Season MFY IGT

[Guest seawolf17]

Jeez, he's a dick. Like I need one more reason to hat that moron. You know what, Paulie? Just STFU on stuff when you don't know what you're talking about. Yeah, you too, Kay. Sterling may be a pompous ass, and Suzyn may be nails on a chalkboard, but at least they both kinda know their baseball.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

O'Niell's pretty much a harmless schlub IMO.
But what this points out is that ballplayers aren't always the best ones to explain things about their own game because they often treat as fact things which they've viewed through their own experiences.
'Gee, I felt more electricity when playing for pennants w/the Yanx in NYC than I did as a visiting player w/my Cincy-based team therefore this must be now and forever a Yanqui town!'



Meanwhile, Minny tried hard to blow a 6-0 lead in the 8th. They walked & error-ed a few home and then Bernie just missed a game-tying 3R HR.
Now 7-3 Twinkies in top 9.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Al had 74 pitches and left 8 men on base thru 3 innings in that game. Yet he only gave up 1 run.

[Guest seawolf17]

Two words: Hideo Nomo.

/laughs riotously

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Yankees sign Embree and get no surprises, he gives up 3 runs and blows the lead in his 1st appearence

[Guest seawolf17]

Friendly Colleague MFY Fan: So now the Mets are getting Manny? What are they, the "Mets Sox?"
My wife: That'd be fine, considering they kicked your ass last year.
MFY Fan: /skulks away silently

[Guest KC]

Freakin MFY's.

I just had to post that, no one listens to me at home.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Scoscia brings in a green lefty to protect a 4-run lead and he gives up a 2-run HR to Juicambi, and has to use K-rod for 5 outs instead of 3. He only got 2.

F'nMF'nYs.

[Guest KC]

Side belch: Mariano really has been sickening great.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

That's it, I'm rooting against the fargin' Angels for the rest of the year (starting Monday anyway).


First Giambi hits another 320 ft special in the 8th to make a 4-run lead into 2.
Then they go to K-Rod to protect a 2-run lead ... and he promptly starts the 9th by going BB, BB, K, BB, BB, GW-RBI 1B

Nice work Ace!

[Guest metirish]

Some serious stuff here...I hope the kid is OK..

]Teen goes missing at Yankees game BY LINDSAY FABER STAFF WRITER July 30, 2005 A 13-year-old Connecticut boy who went to the bathroom between the seventh and eighth innings at Yankee Stadium Friday night never returned to his family, and a massive police manhunt was underway for his whereabouts Saturday. Majelique Lewis, of Stamford, ran to the bathroom between 9 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. during Friday's game against the California Angels, police said. When he did not return after several minutes, his family notified the Yankees' paid security guards, who are posted throughout the stadium. The security company did a search throughout the eighth and ninth innings and came up empty, police said. When the game ended, about 10:05 p.m., the security company notified the NYPD, which had more than 80 officers posted at the stadium. The police searched every area of the stadium, local streets, restaurants and subway stations for more than 7 hours, until early Saturday morning, police said. They did not find the boy. Every stadium exit is monitored by security cameras and Lewis' mother did not spot him on hours of recorded images, police said. The hunt kicked off again Saturday around the Yankee Stadium area, where another game against the Angels was starting at 1:20 p.m. Police were hoping that the boy would still be in the area. Authorities said it was too soon to develop any theories about the boy, whether he ran away or was abducted from the stadium during the game. However, the family told police the boy was in good mental shape and did not have a history of making trouble or running away, police said. The family was at the stadium with police Saturday, posting fliers inside and outside the stadium. They were roving the area with police in the hopes that the boy would see them. Lewis has no behavioral or mental problems and no history of running away, police said. "He's an average kid," said Arthur Shannonhouse, who answered the phone at Lewis' home and identified himself as the teenager's father. Between 10 and 15 children are reported missing at every Yankees game and are almost immediately located, police said. The Associated Press contributed to this story.

[Guest Iubitul]

From [url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ats-ap_us11jul31,0,480964.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines]Newsday's website[/url]:

]Boy Who Vanished From Yankee Stadium Found July 31, 2005, 7:30 AM EDT NEW YORK -- A 13-year-old boy who disappeared from a men's room in Yankee Stadium was found early Sunday, police said. Hundreds of police and security guards searched for Majelique Lewis after he vanished during the seventh-inning stretch of the Yankees-Angels game Friday night. Police spokesman Bernard Gifford said he had no information on how the boy left the stadium in the Bronx and traveled to the neighboring borough of Queens, where he was found in front of a building in good health. The boy's mother had immediately reported him missing to stadium security, who notified police about an hour later. A search of the stadium, including parking lots, restricted areas and locked rooms, was fruitless, police said. Officers also searched nearby fast-food restaurants and train stations. Every stadium exit is monitored by security cameras and Lewis' mother did not spot him on hours of recorded images, police said. He attended the game with his 65-year-old foster mother, brother and two sisters, police said. Lewis has no behavioral or mental problems and no history of running away, police said. Between 10 and 15 children are reported missing at every Yankees game and are almost immediately located, police said.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Good, now I can make a joke.

40-year-old Boy Vanishes from Yankee Stadium

With Alan Embree on board, lefty Buddy Groom became the odd man out in the Yankee bullpen - and he isn't happy about it.

Yesterday, after learning he'd been designated for assignment to make room for Embree, Groom had strong words for the Yankees, especially manager Joe Torre. "I didn't get a fair shake here," the 40-year-old said. "I came here to pitch in key situations and I became a mop-up guy, not getting in any games; you tell me what that looks like to you. You know, you come here, you don't get a chance unless you're one of the boys.

"Don't come here thinking you might get a lot of opportunities, because unless you're one of Joe's boys, you're not going to get much of a shot."

Groom, 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA in 24 games this season, spoke with Torre and GM Brian Cashman before yesterday's game against the Angels, but wasn't satisfied with the reasons they gave for his release. "They just said they got Embree and that's it. It wasn't that I hadn't done the job or whatever. They didn't want to give me a reason other than I didn't get in to pitch. That's not really any reason to me, but it happened, so, I just became the odd man out, I guess."

Cashman said as much outside the Yankee clubhouse, calling Groom "a good man" who "just wasn't getting an opportunity."

Torre agreed, adding that he doesn't play favorites and saying that he was confused by Groom referring to certain pitchers as "Joe's boys."

"I don't know what that means," Torre said. "The only thing I try to do as a manager is do what I think is the thing to do at the time the game is being played. If I started pitching or playing guys because I like them or because I didn't like them, I'd be doing a disservice to the rest of the team. If I've ever done that, I'm not aware of it. I've had people here I've had disagreements with and I've always brought them back. It's always about baseball to me."

The Yankees now have 10 days to trade Groom, who expects to find a new team soon. "There's always a need for lefties," he said. "I can still pitch. My arm feels as great as it ever has. Physically, I'm in as good a shape as I've ever been."

[Guest Frayed Knot]

If you, or anyone you know, is named 'Molina', then grab a bat and get your ass over to the Bronx. And then maybe you too can hit a HR of Randy Johnson.
He's served up taters to first Benjie, and now Jose Molina.

[Guest seawolf17]

Neat little stat from earlier this season... the Sox played the Cardinals after they finished a series with the Angels, and on June 4-5-6, they faced all three Molina brothers (Jose, then Bengie, then Yadier) behind the plate in three consecutive games. I thought that was neat.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

IN-FUCKIN-COMPETENT!!


It's no longer an issue of IF but merely of WHEN and HOW the Yanqui opponent's incompetence is going to manifest itself.

Angels get themselves a 4-run lead for the 2nd consectutive day and find a way to blow it again! This one involved about 17 walks again, then, just as a GiDP ball is hit directly to Erstad ... it rolls right under his gold fucking glove and betwwen his Cornhusker punting legs!! Everyone gets 2 bases and - a few more walks and hits later - it's a tie game.

And of course all of this followed Vlad getting thrown out stealing 3rd (by about 15 feet) with 2-on/2-out to kill any further rally in their half of the 8th.

Angels now out in the 9th, so the only question remains is how long it'll take the Yanx to score.

[Guest metirish]

I fucking hate the Yankees, I just wanted to say that.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

Angels actually score off Rivera in the top of the 10th to take an 8-7 lead.

Yanx put 2 on in their half (walks and WPs of course) but Sheffield hits a 2-out harmless bouncer to SS to end the game ... EXCEPT THAT IT TOOK A BAD HOP (and on that perfect Yanqui infield no less) AND IT'S TIED AGAIN

M------R F-----R!!!!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

they did it again. Tuff to get around that leadoff triple.

[Guest KC]

Giambi had some freakin' July.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Police spokesman Bernard Gifford said he had no information on how the boy left the stadium in the Bronx and traveled to the neighboring borough of Queens, where he was found in front of a building in good health.

Obviously the young man has more discriminating taste than his parents. After being dragged to a Yankee game in the Bronx, the youngster managed to escape and made his way to Queens. Sounds like the young man was attempting to cross over from the dark side.

[Guest metirish]

]Giambi had some freakin' July.

Only two other Yankees ever had a July like it, Mantle and Maris hit 13/14 in 1961, I heard that on one of the morning shows.

[Guest Elster88]

]Between 10 and 15 children are reported missing at every Yankees game and are almost immediately located, police said.

Geez, really? I blame the parents. Keep an eye on your kids.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

Well it seems like 'Captain Clutch' made the last out of the game w/the tying run on base again tonight. I wish I'd been keeping track - there's been a whole bunch of these.



Yanx fans also saw Leiter turn back into a pumpkin after raising their spirits in his first game back in pinstripes.
Walks galore led to him barely lasting longer than Zambrano. The final pitch he threw was a bases-clearing 2B w/no outs in the 3rd which made it 6-1 Cleveland.
The Native Americans held on for the 6-5 win.

[Guest metirish]

I saw Al load the bases, I wonder how much longer they will stay with him, his cutter was not on tonight, FK it would be interesting to know how many times DJ has left the tying run on base, you posted that "stat" more than a handful of times that I remember this season.

[Guest metirish]

I saw Al load the bases, I wonder how much longer they will stay with him, his cutter was not on tonight, FK it would be interesting to know how many times DJ has left the tying run on base, you posted about him doing that more than a handful of times that I remember this season.

[Guest Centerfield]

Frayed Knot,

ESPN didn't give us a statistic for how many times Captain Clutch has made the last out with the tying run on base...however, in response to Sheff's comments, they did show a graphic for how many lead-changing RBI's certain Yankees had.

Sheff was tops on the team with, I believe, 22 or 23. A-Rod was next with around 17, followed by Matsui and handful of others.

At the bottom of the list was Jeter with 6.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Yeah, but Jeter's 6 came in the "big" games.

[Guest seawolf17]

Jeter's ninth-inning ABs with the tying run either himself, on deck, or on base in losing games:

April 22 - With one out and a runner on second, Jeter K's. Bernie Williams follows with a flyout; Yanks lose 5-3.

May 6 - With one out and a runner on first, Jeter flies out to right. Posada pops out, Yanks lose 6-3.

May 31 - With one out, Jeter Ks. Yanks lose 5-3.

June 1 - With two out, Bernie Williams homers and Robinson Cano doubles, putting the tying run on second. Jeter Ks. Yanks lose 3-1.

June 6 - With two out, and tying run Tony Womack at second, Jeter flies out to right. Yanks lose 4-3.

June 7 - With two out and the tying run on third, Jeter grounds out to the pitcher. Yanks lose 2-1.

June 20 - With two out and nobody on, Jeter grounds out to end it. Yanks lose 5-4.

June 21 - Following a two-out Robinson Cano triple, Jeter strikes out to end the game. Yanks lose 5-3.

July 22 - With two out and one on and the tying run on deck, Jeter fouls out. Yanks lose 6-3.

He also ended the August 4 game, but they lost 7-4.

A couple of other times he was up with nobody on, down by two, but I didn't count those times.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

Good stuff Seawolf.
It's good that someone here is less lazy than me.

Centerfield wrote: Frayed Knot, ESPN ... show[ed] a graphic for how many lead-changing RBI's certain Yankees had: Sheff was tops on the team with, I believe, 22 or 23. A-Rod was next with around 17, followed by Matsui and handful of others. At the bottom of the list was Jeter with 6.

Yeah I saw that too.
It also showed how his BA-RiSP this year is considerably lower (.240-ish) than his standard BA.



And, just to make things clear here, I'm not doing all this to pick on poor little much maligned Derek Jeter (although that is a fun fringe benefit). But I am trying to counteract what has become the virtual knee-jerk response among certain fans and talking heads about how DJ 'always comes through in those situations', a claim which can never be disputed due to a rather loose definition of "always" and a forever maleable definition of "clutch". And while I realize that dislodging these notions of clutch or choke once they get into someone's head and then onto a player as a label even as evidence to the contrary unfolds in front of their eyes is likely a losing battle, I'm just annoying enough to keep at it anyway.