MFY/Tigers Series

[stevejrogers]

OMG! Hearing a MFY fan host on the radio allready calling for Torre's head if they lose tomorrow based on "lethargcy" and wants Sweet Lou or someone to come in an "change the culture"

Man, I can only imagine what MFY fans would have said after Mazeroski's HR in 1960!

[dinosaur jesus]

SteveJRogers wrote: OMG! Hearing a MFY fan host on the radio allready calling for Torre's head if they lose tomorrow based on "lethargcy" and wants Sweet Lou or someone to come in an "change the culture" Man, I can only imagine what MFY fans would have said after Mazeroski's HR in 1960!

Well, Casey did get fired after that.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Weiss too.

[stevejrogers]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Weiss too.

True, but both have been viewed as cruel and cold hearted because of the passage of time. If there was an internet, sports radio and other outlets back then, the venom by the fans would probably have caused someone other than Ralph Houk to be manager!

[Willets Point]

I have a very happy wife tonight.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Willets Point wrote: I have a very happy wife tonight.

Dawg!

[Frayed Knot]

Wow, just fucking Wow!

I LOVE IT when something that "everyone" says can't happen not only happens but does so in spades just barely after the hot air has stopped circulating. The whole Badabingo, Kay, M&MD crew were so freakin' positive that Rogers was sure-fire lock to be leaving the mound by the 3rd inning w/his head hanging and his team already down by 5 runs that a naive listener would think it was barely worth it turning on the game. It's amazing to the extent some believe that a handful of past October games represents an unchangeable destiny and that there's such a disconnect between being a pre-October vs October player.




P.S. Yanqui fans I know are convinced that Joe Morgan (as well as McCarver, btw) is a rabid anti-Yankee shill.

[Frayed Knot]

And then there are those six words have Yanqui fans everywhere running for all the good luck charms they can find in an attempt to revive the seemingly lost 'Aura and Mystique':
JARET WRIGHT TO SAVE YOUR SEASON

[MFS62]

="Frayed Knot"]And then there are those six words have Yanqui fans everywhere running for all the good luck charms they can find in an attempt to revive the seemingly lost 'Aura and Mystique': JARET WRIGHT TO SAVE YOUR SEASON

May the life preserver he throws them be pure concrete.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, Jaret Wright hasn't been as booed as some, but criminy, this is why you resist the urge to boo your players when they're struggling. You may need them someday.

A 4.49 ERA ain't so bad these days, but I've been corresponding with my Yankee-fan friend Martin, and I get the notion that he would rather start

• Randy Johnson on zero days


• Mariano Rivera


• Ron Guidry


• Derek Jeter


• Ed Whitson

[Guest KC]

I wish I could Tivo my dreams, but I woke up with this song in my head
and you, you, and yes you were there with me. Someone get that Har-
ley out of the living room my wife will be home soon.

[stevejrogers]

Yankee fans must be hearing this song right about now

Tom Jones and Bobby Bare I think are the most famous people to have sung this.

Last night I went to sleep in detroit city,
And I dreamed about those cotton fields at home.
I dreamed about my mother,
Dear old papa, sister and brother,

I dreamed about that girl
Whos been waiting for so long.
I wanna go home, I wanna go home,
Oh, how I wanna go home!

Home, folks think Im big in detroit city.
From the letters that I write, they think Im fine.
But by day, I make the cars,
And by night I make the bars,
If only they could read between the lines!

[spoken]

You know,
I rode a freight train north to detroit city.
After all these years,
I find that Ive just been wastin my time.
So I just think Ill take my foolish pride,
Put on a south bound freight and ride,
Goin back to the love ones,
The ones I left waitin so far behind.

I wanna go home, I wanna go home,
Oh, how I want to go home

BTW, funny thing about that song, ESPN played the final lines in honor of Jerome Bettis playing in hometown Detroit for his final NFL game. Funny because its a song about LEAVING Detroit for home!

[Willets Point]

This is clever:

[stevejrogers]

You know what, never mind...

[A Boy Named Seo]

Word on the street (ESPN) is that A-Rod is getting dropped to 8th in the Yankee lineup today.

8th.

[Gwreck]

Damon CF
Capt'n Intagibles SS
Abreu RF
Mr. Personality 1B
Matsui DH
Dumbo C
Cano 2B
Slappy 3B
Cabrera LF

[Guest Edgy DC]

The part of the Sports Illustrated article that came the closest to making me Hulk out was Giambi effectively blaming Rodriguez for making him swing at bad pitches because Rodriguez batting behind him has robbed him of his faith in the walk.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Three Dodgeball references in one half inning? Easy, fella.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jaret Wright hasn't even gone 6 2/3 innings in any start this year.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Weird to me that Sheffield's in there today instead of Giambi. And I still can't get over A-Rod batting 8th. Nutty.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Dodgeball Guy: "They sure hit you over the head with the Tiger motif here, don't they?"

They are, you know, the Tigers.

[Frayed Knot]

Giambi's had a bad wrist - which is either the reason or an excuse for the
reason why he's sitting.

I'm blown away by ARod in the 8hole too. It won't matter much in the grand
scheme of the game but will get analyzed to death on the sidelines.

NYY fans were clamonring for Melky all morning on the talk shows, somehow
believing that he provides some sort of "small-ball" option that Sheff/Giambi/Matsui
do not - despite the fact that that trio has outrageously high OBPs and are
hardly the definition of 'one-dimensional' offense.
MFY fans like to think of themselves as a scrappy, small-ball kind of team
and are starting to rebel against the All-Star-at-every-spot kind of team,
thinking that IT is the reason they're not winning now.
Will be an interesting winter if this blows up on them today.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Girl Power: 1-0 Tigers on a Magglio bomb to left-center.

Jaret Wright is not only struggling with command, he's also having problems hiding his sizable girth under his baggy, grey road uni. Plus the chaw in his mouth makes his chubby cheeks look all the more more rotund. He's a pretty large man.

[nymr83]

Frayed Knot wrote: MFY fans like to think of themselves as a scrappy, small-ball kind of team and are starting to rebel against the All-Star-at-every-spot kind of team, thinking that IT is the reason they're not winning now. Will be an interesting winter if this blows up on them today.

that kind of lineup is a gauranteed playoff spot every year. if they dont win you can blame the pitching, taking big hitters out of the lineup for "scrappy" guys will only hurt your win total.

[A Boy Named Seo]

]I'm blown away by ARod in the 8hole too. It won't matter much in the grand scheme of the game but will get analyzed to death on the sidelines.

Especially if he comes up with 2 or 3 hits today and is standing in the on-deck circle or in the hole as a Yankee rally is ended by Cano or Posada.

3-0 now on a Monroe homer, followed by a Marcus Thames single. Wright's getting pounded and his ass is still quite large.

[Theoldmole]

3 - zip. Gotta love it.

[MFS62]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Weird to me that Sheffield's in there today instead of Giambi. And I still can't get over A-Rod batting 8th. Nutty.

Leo Durocher, when he was managing the Cubs, moved a young outfielder named Adolfo Phillips to the number 8 spot in the order.
He yold him "you're my second cleanup hitter".
Phillips went on to have his best year of his career.

Later

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: Giambi's had a bad wrist - which is either the reason or an excuse for the reason why he's sitting. I'm blown away by ARod in the 8hole too. It won't matter much in the grand scheme of the game but will get analyzed to death on the sidelines. NYY fans were clamonring for Melky all morning on the talk shows, somehow believing that he provides some sort of "small-ball" option that Sheff/Giambi/Matsui do not - despite the fact that that trio has outrageously high OBPs and are hardly the definition of 'one-dimensional' offense. MFY fans like to think of themselves as a scrappy, small-ball kind of team and are starting to rebel against the All-Star-at-every-spot kind of team, thinking that IT is the reason they're not winning now. Will be an interesting winter if this blows up on them today.

Heh! See my point in the Twins-A's thread. Basically the fans are saying they should go back to the "basics" of the 96-00 Yanks, the paitence at the plate, doing "the little things," ect. Which makes sense, especially since looking at that vaunted 1998 roster, only Jeter and Mariano are No Doubt Hall Bound*

*Though I'd except a Bernie, Pettitte, Posada or others will get some strong consideration late in their BBWAA run or on the Vets ballots. Actually, come to think of it, Tim Raines deserves some support as well, though more for his Expo days

[Theoldmole]

Nine up, nine down. Now if the Tigers score about 4 more this inning...

[Gwreck]

SteveJRogers wrote: looking at that vaunted 1998 roster, only Jeter and Mariano are No Doubt Hall Bound* *Though I'd except a Bernie, Pettitte, Posada or others will get some strong consideration late in their BBWAA run or on the Vets ballots. Actually, come to think of it, Tim Raines deserves some support as well, though more for his Expo days

Not a chance for Posada.
Pettitte if he gets to 300 wins, otherwise no.
Bernie won't get it. See Rice, Jim. Dawson, Andre. etc.