All-Season MFY IGT

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Aside from a Bellhorn homer, Boston's only hit, Big Eunuch and the MFYs are killing em 6-1 early. But theres time

[Guest metirish]

It's 6-4 now, the small-unit is looking weary, and the Sox 3rd base coach is terrible, he cost them a run earlier when the score was 6 - 2 by not sending the runner home on Williams in CF, the trail runner was then caught in between 2nd and 3rd and thrown out at 2nd.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Boston also won a game 17-1 over New York last season, right?

[Guest metirish]

I think they did it already this season, not sure about last season.

[Guest Elster88]

This may have been mentioned already: Leiter starting today.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Didn't even know they had grabbed him.

Surprised nobody, of course.

Wonder who the PtBNL willl be.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

MIKE IGNITED DEAL FOR LEITER II

By STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN
PHOTO LEFTY RIGHTIE: Mayor Bloomberg with fellow GOPer and then-Met southpaw Al Leiter at an event for last year's convention, helped rescue him from Miami.

July 17, 2005 -- Put me in, mayor � I'm ready to play, today.

Mayor Bloomberg played a key role in the Yankees trading for fan favorite and fellow Republican Al Leiter, making personal pitches to both the left-handed hurler and team brass to get a deal done, The Post has learned.

Hours after the Florida Marlins designated Leiter for assignment, Hizzoner got on his cellphone late Friday afternoon to encourage Leiter � whose 19-season career started with the Yankees in 1987 � and team president Randy Levine to broker an agreement.

"I hear Al's available," Bloomberg said to Levine, a source close to the mayor told The Post. "Wouldn't it be great if you guys could bring him back to New York?

"Leiter would be a great addition to the Yankees," Bloomberg added, according to another source.

After that five- to 10-minute chat, Bloomberg dialed the just-jilted Leiter in Florida.

The mayor said, "I don't know what your next move is, but New York would welcome you back with open arms," a source recalled.

To avoid potential Major League Baseball tampering issues, Bloomberg did not tell Levine or Leiter about the calls made to the other party.

While the Yankees immediately got in touch with the Marlins when Leiter became available, a source close to negotiations said Bloomberg was "helpful in getting the deal done from both sides of the agreement."

The deal became official yesterday afternoon when the Yankees and the Marlins signed off on the deal.

Leiter is expected to make his second Yankee debut against the hated Boston Red Sox tonight at Fenway Park.

The Yankees sent $400,000 to Florida toward the remaining $2.8 million on Leiter's contract, which the Marlins will continue to pay.

Leiter, who's been nothing short of a disaster with the Marlins this season, gets a chance to resuscitate his career playing for a perennial World Series contender, while the injury-plagued Bombers get a desperately needed starting pitcher.

And Bloomberg, who isn't exactly thought of as a sports enthusiast, hits a home run with voters by helping to sign an enormously popular ballplayer on both sides of town.

Although Leiter broke in with the Yankees, he made his mark in a Mets uniform.

As the heart, soul and guts of a team that played well beyond its abilities, Leiter led the Mets to a Subway Series showdown with the Yanks in 2000, a series that the team from Flushing dropped four games to one.

The Bloomberg-Leiter relationship has spanned four years.

The southpaw campaigned for Bloomberg in 2001 and served as the emcee at the mayor's inauguration.

The 39-year-old Toms River, N.J., native added some much-needed star power to last summer's Republican National Convention, appearing with then-teammate Tom Glavine at the Time Warner Center opening-night media gala.

In turn, Bloomberg pledged his support to Leiter should the pitcher make good on rumors he'll run for office on the GOP line when his playing days are over.

"He'd make a great elected official," Bloomberg said last November while the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce was honoring Leiter. "He's a leader."

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's cool. Anthony Wiener helped bring us Danny Graves.

[Guest metirish]

Don't forget that the Boston game starts at 6PM today , the ESPY awards will follow.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The picture the GOP doesn;t want you to see

[Guest Elster88]

]a team that played well beyond its abilities,

Sigh.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Leiter, like you knew (you claim now) he would, went 6 1/3, giving up one run on three hits, with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Stutze took over and finished the seventh. Yanks up 5-1 in the eighth.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yanks up 5-2 in the ninth, after Ramirez homers to open and Bosstown gets the next runner on against Rivera.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nixon reaches on an error by Robinson "The Future" Cano to bring the tying run to the plate. Still no oots.

'Tek on to pinch-ht.

[Guest Edgy DC]

'Tek singles home run number three.

Go crazy folks. Mueller up.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mueller, the man to tell me about the promotion, singles to load them up for Cora.

Still no outs. Tying run on second. Stottlemyer out to plead with Rivera to save his neck.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cora does the worst thing he can do, grounding into a 5-2-3 doubleplay.

He's not a real Red Sock anyway. Apeman up.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Damon grounds out.

Stupid Yankees.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

I could go on a 'How do the Sox suxx, let me count the ways' thread but I wouldn't know where to start.
They came into this series with a 2-1/2 game lead and the Yanx in their worst pitching crisis in years. Then they began the deal by jumping out to a 4-0 lead on Mussina ... and still they managed to lose not only that game but the entire series despite out-scoring the MFYs overall and reduced the lead just one-half game.

Arroyo sucked (yeah, go do another rock concert before your next start Einstein) and their base-running/coaching - when they decide to run that is (cough Manny cough) - is the worst.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Let's go O's

[Guest metirish]

Enjoyable game, bad result, did anyone see after the game by the dugout Torre and Pay-Rod were talking, looked to me that Torre was pissed about something, it was probably nothing but he was kinda in his face, anyone else see that?

[Guest Willets Point]

He'll be happy when they hoist the trophy in October, as it is looking it is destined to be.

[Guest metirish]

Wild game in Texas, Brown is horrible again but the MFY lead 9-6 until bernie Willimas drops the 3rd out , score tied, Soriano up next gets the Rangers the lead 10 - 9, he's 4 for 4, can't anyone play CF for the $208M team?

[Guest Elster88]

The Yankees win, Boston loses, Yankees in first.

Dammit.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Kazmir beat the Sox...again. 6 innings, 0 runs, 3 hits, 6 walks, 7 k's, 120+ pitches.

[Guest holychicken]

I was at the sox game last night.

They HAD Kazmir in the first. . .Damon reached on an error, then both Renteria and Ortiz reached (both on walks, I think). . .Then Manny, who could have moved himself to within 1 grandslam of the all time record, GiDP. They scored one run on it. Kazmir then proceeded to load the bases again for Nixon, who struck out.

It was totally frustrating. . .

[Guest Elster88]

Damon's 29-game hit streak ended. I didn't even realize it was going.

[Guest Edgy DC]

My workday is taken up by work today, but if anyone can run Kazzy's career numbers against Boston versus everybody else, I'd sure like to see it.

How badly must Steinbrenner want Kazmir right now?

[Guest metirish]

I'll give it a try Edgy, problem is I can never get this toi line up properly.

] G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP BAA vs.BAL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 5 4 2 3 2 7.20 1.80 .316 vs.BOS 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.1 13 4 4 1 11 23 1.69 1.13 .183 vs.DET 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 19.2 17 15 15 3 15 17 6.86 1.63 .230 vs.KC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 5 5 0 5 5 11.25 2.25 .267 vs.MIN 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 14.0 11 7 6 1 5 11 3.86 1.14 .220 vs.NYY 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.0 14 7 5 1 7 17 2.81 1.31 .230 vs.OAK 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.0 19 9 7 1 7 11 3.94 1.63 .297 vs.SEA 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.1 7 3 3 1 7 9 2.38 1.24 .179 vs.TOR 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.1 24 13 13 1 11 16 6.05 1.81 .304 vs.PIT 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 8 9 9 1 3 7 17.36 2.36 .348 vs.STL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 3 5 4.50 2.25 .353

[Guest Edgy DC]

Vs.	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
Boston Red Sox	2	1	1.32	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	16	5	4	0	4	17	30
Everybody Else	4	9	5.45	22	21	0	0	0	0	114.0	116	75	69	12	5	66	100