AP MFY IGT - 2006

[Centerfield]

Did you guys see what Mussina did last night? With his team up 6-0, Torre let Mussina try to get the shutout. Mussina lost it with 2 outs and Torre moved to come out of the dugout. Mussina yells at his manager to "Stay right there!" Torre backs off, and puts up 2 hands as if to say "no offense intended". I'm all for gamers and all that, but I think I draw the line at showing up your manager. Here's to hoping one day Mussina tries that with Bobby Cox or Frank Robinson.

Also, although I missed this, I guess the Tigers intentionally walked A-Rod with the Yanks up by 6.

My MFY-fan friend: "so funny last night the yanks were up 6 and they intentionally walked arod. they know arod will hit one out in that spot."

[seawolf17]

Centerfield wrote: Did you guys see what Mussina did last night? With his team up 6-0, Torre let Mussina try to get the shutout. Mussina lost it with 2 outs and Torre moved to come out of the dugout. Mussina yells at his manager to "Stay right there!" Torre backs off, and puts up 2 hands as if to say "no offense intended". I'm all for gamers and all that, but I think I draw the line at showing up your manager. Here's to hoping one day Mussina tries that with Bobby Cox or Frank Robinson.

He definitely made Torre his bitch right there. Our token MFY fan at our office loved it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jeter should have kicked him in the butt.

Oh, well. Heat of the moment. I'm sure the Yankees settled it like a family.

[Elster88]

seawolf17 wrote: ="Centerfield"]Did you guys see what Mussina did last night? With his team up 6-0, Torre let Mussina try to get the shutout. Mussina lost it with 2 outs and Torre moved to come out of the dugout. Mussina yells at his manager to "Stay right there!" Torre backs off, and puts up 2 hands as if to say "no offense intended". I'm all for gamers and all that, but I think I draw the line at showing up your manager. Here's to hoping one day Mussina tries that with Bobby Cox or Frank Robinson. He definitely made Torre his bitch right there. Our token MFY fan at our office loved it.

Where's Mad Dog?

"I mean you can't do that Mike!!!! You just can't do that to your manager!!!"

[Centerfield]

Sheffield to DL with torn wrist ligament. According to ESPN, he will attempt to rehab through physical therapy rather than surgery.

Article: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2466987

[Methead]

I can't wait until a month from now when he finally decides to go ahead with the surgery.

[Elster88]

Waiting for the Met game to start. I turn on YESHD. The two best starters on both teams, unless you want to put Schilling over Beckett, on...dare I say....an absolutely exquisite television.

And it's going.....so.....fucking....SLOWLY!!!!

8-2 in the bottom of the second and they pull Beckett. I look at the clock and realize an hour has already gone by.

I cannot watch American League baseball. I just can't do it. The American League makes me sad. It saps my will to live. I waste countless hours on a baseball web site and yet this game between the two AL East powers can't hold my attention.

[metirish]

] I cannot watch American League baseball. I just can't do it. The American League makes me sad. It saps my will to live. I waste countless hours on a baseball web site and yet this game between the two AL East powers can't hold my attention.

I couldn't agree more, I can just about watch any NL baseball on Sunday Night Baseball but no way could I watch if it's AL like it was last night, I just tuned into the YES game, just in time to see the MFY's put it out of reach.

[MFS62]

Bend Over Like Beckett?

Later

[Frayed Knot]

I'd be willing to bet that the Met game ends before the MFY/Box game except that the Sawx have already given up tonight.


And from the file of: 'you knew those NYY togs are mostly status':
I was at the gym for the hour and change it took these two squads to play the 2nd & 3rd innings - and there were the usual assortment of characters there who I regularly see in their NYY caps/shirts/sweats whatever. Now keep in mind that this is in the middle of a Yanx/Sox fighting-for-1st-place game and NOT ONE OF THEM was making any attempt to find out a score. I know this because none of the gym's TVs were tuned to the game for some reason and none of the supposed fans ever asked that the game be turned on. Hell, *I* was going to ask just so I could follow along (it was 2-1 Boston when I left). But such a request apparently never occured to Mr. Brand-New Looking Sheffield shirt; or to either the two guys who I always see in NYY regalia; or to the guy I didn't recognize who was in his NYY 19XX Championship Shirt. Heck, I even hear one of them turn to his buddy and say; they're playing Boston tonight right?'. Jeez, how da fuck can you not know that?

Nice to know they're real fans though, huh?!?

[MFS62]

I hope they're following their workout regimens, so when they jump off the Yankee bandwagon they won't injure themselves.

Later

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

If friggin Varitek could avoid hitting into a double-play this might have really been a game (IIRC, twice in the first 3 innings, 1st/3rd, 0 outs each time?)

[Elster88]

Those guys will probably be wearing Met stuff in a couple of years. Those types tend to switch back and forth.

[Guest GYC]

Milky Cabrera just robbed Manny of a game-tying HR; leaped up and over the wall, snowcone catch that almost fell out of his glove.

[metirish]

That was a fine catch, Damon led the cheeerleading,Kay sounded like he wet himself calling the play...good catch though.

[stevejrogers]

="Frayed Knot"]I'd be willing to bet that the Met game ends before the MFY/Box game except that the Sawx have already given up tonight. And from the file of: 'you knew those NYY togs are mostly status': I was at the gym for the hour and change it took these two squads to play the 2nd & 3rd innings - and there were the usual assortment of characters there who I regularly see in their NYY caps/shirts/sweats whatever. Now keep in mind that this is in the middle of a Yanx/Sox fighting-for-1st-place game and NOT ONE OF THEM was making any attempt to find out a score. I know this because none of the gym's TVs were tuned to the game for some reason and none of the supposed fans ever asked that the game be turned on. Hell, *I* was going to ask just so I could follow along (it was 2-1 Boston when I left). But such a request apparently never occured to Mr. Brand-New Looking Sheffield shirt; or to either the two guys who I always see in NYY regalia; or to the guy I didn't recognize who was in his NYY 19XX Championship Shirt. Heck, I even hear one of them turn to his buddy and say; they're playing Boston tonight right?'. Jeez, how da fuck can you not know that? Nice to know they're real fans though, huh?!?

My All-Time favorite one of these moments is still from some Man-On-The-Street vingette that FOX did as promotion for the first Yankee-Met interleague series in 1997.

Keep in mind that Jeter has one ring, a famous ALCS homer, an AL Rookie of the Year and tons of publicity and media attention allready by this point in the summer of 1997, in other words it really would be hard to NOT know who Derek Jeter played for by the summer of 1997.

So the reporter asks some chick in a bar with Yankee gear on who their favorite player is and she says emphatically Derek Jeter. No biggie, next question is "What team does he play for?" Yup, her response was "Uh...the Mets?"

Heh, I've heard Magglio and Rey Ordonez get confused but never Rey Ordonez and Derek Jeter! HA!

[Elster88]

metirish wrote: That was a fine catch, Damon led the cheeerleading,Kay sounded like he wet himself calling the play...good catch though.

Agreed. That's a pretty cool moment with the game situation and all. Kay's call wasn't even that bad. Kay sometimes wets himself over pop flys to second, but I wouldn't blame himself for wetting himself over this one.

[Frayed Knot]

Helluva catch - especially for a guy who couldn't snag a pop-up last year.

The disgusting part about that game was the way the Yanx scored the winning run:
2 out/nobody on in the 7th and an easy comebacker dribbling about 1/2 mile/hour gets by both the pitcher and then the 2nd baseman. The Sox then serve up - consecutively - a single, then walk & walk to "drive" in a run.

[Guest silverdsl]

Melky's catch was really incredible. I absolutely love seeing outstanding defensive plays like that. We expect that games will be decided by the hitters coming up big at the plate or by great pitching, but sometimes a play like this makes all the difference.

[Elster88]

I was also wondering if Matsui makes that play. I don't watch the Yanks enough to be a good judge, but my guess would be no.

[Guest silverdsl]

Some might disagree, but I don't think Matsui would have made that play.

[seawolf17]

I'm stunned that Jeter didn't run out there and make that play.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm just so shocked to see that they're actually winning games w/o Jeter.
I had been led to believe that that was impossible.

* And while this is obviously just a small sample, the funny part is that the Yanx have been without Jeter's bat for two somewhat lengthy periods.
- One was the time he busted up his shoulder on opening day and missed about 5 weeks or so as the immortal Erick Almonte subbed.
- The other was the following year I believe when he went into a ridiculous month-long slump: hitting .150 or so w/o power for 100+ ABs.

And during both stints, the team thrived.

[Centerfield]

Cabrera made a nice catch, no question about that, but you have to wonder what Damon was doing in this picture.

[metirish]

Game tonight is rained out.

[Frayed Knot]

Sheffield ... Surgery ... September

[Methead]

Wow, I figured he'd try to rehab it for another couple weeks, at least.

[Centerfield]

Methead wrote: I can't wait until a month from now when he finally decides to go ahead with the surgery.

Nice call Methead.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Here's one for the highlight reels tonight.

Nick Swisher hits a ball into the outfield. Damon is lined up to make the catch but, at the last minute, Mekly Cabrera comes up, gloves extended, and smashes into Damon's face. Damon goes down, the ball drops, and Swisher winds up with an inside the park home run.

[Elster88]

Kids.