AP MFY IGT - 2006

[Willets Point]

The Yankees continue to be hot while the Red Sox continue to collapse. You can expect the Yanks to extend their lead (yes, they have a better record than the Mets too) in the AL East and win the division en route to ring #27.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The MFYs can lick my love pump.

[metirish]

Booby fucking Boo won't hit shit for them....good.

[Zvon]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I got Munson's autograph when I was ten he was appearing at the baseball camp run by the town of Smithtown.

="seawolf17"]Yancy- you went to the Smithtown baseball camp?!? Me too, .....

This is kindof a trip--
I lived in Smithtown in the mid sixties,
the years the Worlds Fair was in town, 64/65.
Carnagie Drive, right off 25a.

Loved it out there.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I grew up nearby, and my dad worked in Commack and Smithtown.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Where in Smithtown did he work?

[seawolf17]

Willets Point wrote: The Yankees continue to be hot while the Red Sox continue to collapse. You can expect the Yanks to extend their lead (yes, they have a better record than the Mets too) in the AL East and win the division en route to ring #27.

cleon? mlbaseballtalk?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Where in Smithtown did he work?

St. John's hospital. Right by the Bull. He had an office in Commack as well.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I suspect they will end up winning the division, but I don't think they should be getting their fingers measured yet.

I think they lose to the White Sox in the first round. And even if they don't, I don't think they'll get past Detroit.

[Willets Point]

No, Willets Point.

I just grumpy hearing that the Yankees pitching sucks, hearing that they have several catastrophic injuries, hearing they're old and broken down former steroid users and then looking and seeing them 2 games up in the standings with a better winning percentage than the Mets. It pisses me off that the Devil Rays and Royals et al will roll over for the Yankees but play hard against the Red Sox. It annoys me that the Tigers are having a miracle season but could just end up falling to the damn Yankees in the playoffs. It frustrates me that no matter what goes wrong for the Yankees they just keep winning.

[Elster88]

]It pisses me off that the Devil Rays and Royals et al will roll over for the Yankees but play hard against the Red Sox.

I think you're just being grumpy, but I'll note in this space that the D-Rays beat the hell out of the Yankees last year.

[seawolf17]

Willets Point wrote: I just grumpy hearing that the Yankees pitching sucks, hearing that they have several catastrophic injuries

The injury thing is the one that bothers the ever-living fuck out of me this season. (And I think I've mentioned it here before.) Hey MFY Fan... SHUT THE HELL UP ABOUT THE INJURIES. EVERY team has injuries, and just because you lost two outfielders -- and replaced one of them with a former All-Star for basically nothing -- doesn't make you any fucking worse off than any other team. Has Jeter been hurt? Giambi? Unit? A-Rod? Mussina? Damon? Wang? Rivera? Torre been sick and missed a bunch of games? I didn't fucking think so. So STFU.

[Elster88]

I'm willing to bet a grand that Joe Torre cries if/when the Yankees clinch a playoff spot.

[stevejrogers]

seawolf17 wrote: ="Willets Point"]I just grumpy hearing that the Yankees pitching sucks, hearing that they have several catastrophic injuries The injury thing is the one that bothers the ever-living fuck out of me this season. (And I think I've mentioned it here before.) Hey MFY Fan... SHUT THE HELL UP ABOUT THE INJURIES. EVERY team has injuries, and just because you lost two outfielders -- and replaced one of them with a former All-Star for basically nothing -- doesn't make you any fucking worse off than any other team. Has Jeter been hurt? Giambi? Unit? A-Rod? Mussina? Damon? Wang? Rivera? Torre been sick and missed a bunch of games? I didn't fucking think so. So STFU.

Excellent point. If the Sox weren't the Sox, or if they've been trailing the whole year, you'd be hearing the same stuff that you hear about the Mets.

Pretty much, yeah we got the division locked up, but how are are we going to go in the playoffs with our pitching in the state its in?

[seawolf17]

Interesting stat from Elias:

� Mariano Rivera made the 696th relief appearance of his career Sunday, a new high for pitchers on New York City teams. The previous record-holder was John Franco, the only non-Yankees pitcher to hold the mark since Johnny Murphy passed Jack Quinn (Brooklyn Dodgers) in 1939. Murphy held the record until 1977. Other record-holders since then were Sparky Lyle (1977-1990), Dave Righetti (1990-1999), and Franco since then.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Elster88 wrote: I'm willing to bet a grand that Joe Torre cries if/when the Yankees clinch a playoff spot.

Good call. And I'm sure it will be as moving as always.

[Elster88]

Which is, of course, not moving at all, but funny.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If I ever get Joe Torre in the song parody contest, maybe I'll use Tears of a Clown.

[stevejrogers]

Elster88 wrote: Which is, of course, not moving at all, but funny.

Heh, has there been ANY Yankee championship accomplished since clinching the 1996 AL East Division that hasn't been treated as a great "Human Interest Story" especially with a Torre connection?

[metirish]

I think Joe's crying here..

[Willets Point]

Onion short on Jeter.

[Frayed Knot]

Ozzie's ChiSox are doing the same thing that they did last time they played the MFYs; they seem to be in a contest to see how many outs they can make on the bases. C-M Wang couldn't get anyone out early on but got away with it for the most part cuz the Sox hit into DPs w/the bases loaded, got caught stealing several times, got thrown out trying to advance, etc.

It's 4-4 in the 8th but geez the Sox should have more.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

WOW. MFYs go ahead in the 9th, Konerko ties it with a CF bomb off Mariano.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, but then what did they do after the tying HR?
- they get the winning run on still with no outs
- then they fuck up a sac bunt with Piersynski (got the force at 2nd)
- then the pinch-runner gets himself thrown out stealing by at least 9 feet (I think it's the 3rd CS of the night)


Remind my team never to hire Ozzie

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

As I said earlier during the tonight's IGT, I don't like any reliever with a one run lead.

JD - "MFYs go ahead in the 9th, Konerko ties it with a CF bomb off Mariano."

Ha! Ha! Ha! I feel both vindicated and deliriously happy.

[Guest silverdsl]

The funny thing is that I heard a replay of John Sterling's call when Konerko tied it, and he had just finished saying that any of the next few hitters in the White Sox order are capable of hitting one out, and a second later that's exactly what happened. Sometimes you just have a feeling about these things I guess.

[Guest Carnac the Metnificent]

A: Unusally high levels of testosterone









Q: What has been ruled out as the cause of A-Rod's problems this season?














A: Kelly Clarkson and Carl Pavano










Q: Name an American Idol and an idle American

[Elster88]

Great stuff Carnac.

[Frayed Knot]

Big Unit tossing a no-hitter against the ChiSox - thru 6 so far.

He was also the last guy to toss a no-no, his perfect game against the Braves 3? years ago.
I wonder if that's ever happened before where one guy has the last 2 consecutive no-hitters... aside from that Van derMeer guy of course.

[metirish]

Iguchi just got a single.....yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah