MFY/Tigers Series

[metsmarathon]

y'know, it strikes me as pretty classless that torre and the yankees would've announced to the media that arod was to bat 8th before ever telling him.

in fact, everything this year that's gone on with arod has been classless. has he come up small, yep. have the yankees even moreso? hell yeah. class my ass.

and that fakey derek jeter too.

[Frayed Knot]

On Oct 16, 2004, the Yankees pounded out 22 hits and 19 runs while taking a 3-0 lead over the Red Sox in the ALCS.

They're 3 - 10 in playoff games since

0-4 to the Sox
2-3 to the Angels in '05
1-3 v the Tiggers in '06

[Guest Rotblatt]

The only dissapointment for me tonight was that I never saw a shot of poor wittle Jeter trying desperately--and failing--to look stoic.

If anyone has a picture of that, I'd love to see it!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Yeah well, the MFYs abundance of talent causes their own troubles.

I'd consider Arod as the Met 2Bman next year, if the Yanks pay the freight.

Anyway, real class from the Tigers in their postgame interviews, just about everyone did the old 2-4-6-8-who-do-we-appreciate thing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Willets Point wrote: I'm also proud to be the world's suckiest prognosticator and extend the reverse karma jinx on the Yankees to a 6th year.

cleonjones11 will be so disappointed.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Yeah, I'm heartbroken for cleon.

He can still predict a St. Louis or San Diego sweep in the NLCS.

All is not lost for cleon.

[Zvon]

ESPN says that the NY Daily News says that Steinbrenner says that Torre will be fired and replaced by Sweet Lou as manager of the NY Skanks..

Anything that gets Pinella out of the broadcasting booth sits well w/me.

[stevejrogers]

I was going to post that in the AP MFY thread, but

WOW!

I know its been a rough 6 years and all, but a complete regression to a Billy Martin like move is incredible!

Just when you thought The Boss was mellowed, senile, or just plain not his old self

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BAAAAAAAACCCKKK!


2001 82-80 3rd NL East

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Make him Willie's bench caddy.

[Zvon]

OlerudOwned wrote: Make him Willie's bench caddy.

lmao
--I was quite suprised myself to hear this, and it could be ESPN or TDNews tryin to drum up a story from nothing.

[metsmarathon]

please. it doesnt take a steinbrenner to notice that torre can't get that team to play for him when the chips are down.

after this postseason, torre should be fired. no matter how many championships he won last millenium.

[metsmarathon]

and yeah, i'll happily take arod off the yankee's payroll, if they're willing to pay a sizeable portion of his remaining contract for us.

[Gwreck]

metsmarathon wrote: and yeah, i'll happily take arod off the yankee's payroll, if they're willing to pay a sizeable portion of his remaining contract for us.

Does he play second base or left field?

[Zvon]

="metsmarathon"]please. it doesnt take a steinbrenner to notice that torre can't get that team to play for him when the chips are down. after this postseason, torre should be fired. no matter how many championships he won last millenium.

...funny thing is,....I dont really give a happy crappy what happens there.

[Zvon]

one question tho----does Torre cry during his departure press conference?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't give a happy crappy what free agents are available next year, but that sizeable portion of A-Rod's contract has already been covered by Texas. A-Rod's merely something like the third- or fourth-highest-paid Yankee, isn't he?

The next four years, his total salary shoots up to 27 mills. I don't know how much of that is Texas's, but they agreed to pay $71 mill out of the $183 mill that he was owed when he went to the Yankees. That's a lot.

[MFS62]

To A-Rod, the Yanks, Joe Torre and Captain Clutch, as they used to sing on the Magic Garden:

See ya, see ya,
Glad that you could stay a while, da dum,
Glad that we could say "Good morning" to ya,
Hope you'll have a shiny day.

Later

[dinosaur jesus]

The Detroit shortstop outplayed the New York shortstop. But is he ready for Michael Jordan?

[Guest ABG]

Torre wouldn't make a bad bench coach. And Arod could hit eighth and play 2b for us.

[Valadius]

HELL no. Keep A-Rod the hell away from Shea. Our chemistry is too fucking good to be screwed up by a whining crybaby like A-Rod.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I read this morning, I think in Newsday, that the remaining obligation on Rodriguez's contract is four years at $16 million per.

That's pretty much Beltran money. And there's no tent involved.

[Gwreck]

Jeremy Bonderman tipped off about Yankees.

So who was the pitcher who called and offered tips on the Yankees? My guess is Curt Schilling.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Long-shot conspiracy pick:

A-Rod

[Guest Edgy DC]

SteveJRogers wrote: Just when you thought The Boss was mellowed, senile, or just plain not his old self

I never thought this.

[stevejrogers]

Edgy DC wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Just when you thought The Boss was mellowed, senile, or just plain not his old self I never thought this.

Me neither, but it seems The Boss Being The Boss stories have been few and far between, even over the course of the last 6 years.

Seemed like Steinbrenner was given the Don Zimmer "Loveable Grumpy Old Uncle" label over the last few years by the NY media

[Zvon]

The old General Steinbrenner would have dumped Torre after the 2002 Yanks/Angels series....if not, definately after Bostons classic comeback.
No---he has mellowed a bit.

Thats why Im just a tad surprised over this, and wont really believe it till it actually happens.
Torres managing, to me, just isnt the real core of the Yankees problems.
Firing him doesnt seem to be the way to start addressing their dilemma, IMO.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Zvon wrote: The old General Steinbrenner would have dumped Torre after the 2002 Yanks/Angels series....if not, definately after Bostons classic comeback. No---he has mellowed a bit.

I disagree. The reason Torre didn't get axed after those losses is that he had built up more equity in wins than his predecessors.

[dinosaur jesus]

I just did some research on the most dangerous lineup ever. They are the 51st-highest-scoring team in American League history, 16th-best in the last thirteen years. In runs scored per game against league average (a much better criterion), they are 61st (a four-way tie). In the last fifty years, 19th (a two-way tie). In the last twenty years, 12th (a two-way tie). In the last ten, 8th. In the last five, 4th. In the last two, 2nd. So there you have it: the 2006 Yankees are the most awesome group of sluggers ever assembled. Since the 2005 Red Sox.

[Guest ABG]

dinosaur jesus wrote: I just did some research on the most dangerous lineup ever. They are the 51st-highest-scoring team in American League history, 16th-best in the last thirteen years. In runs scored per game against league average (a much better criterion), they are 61st (a four-way tie). In the last fifty years, 19th (a two-way tie). In the last twenty years, 12th (a two-way tie). In the last ten, 8th. In the last five, 4th. In the last two, 2nd. So there you have it: the 2006 Yankees are the most awesome group of sluggers ever assembled. Since the 2005 Red Sox.

They were missing Matsui and Sheffield most of the year and only got Abreu at the deadline. The hyperbole has obviously been based on what they put on the field in the playoffs, not their numbers over the course of the season.

[dinosaur jesus]

Yes, but most teams have injuries to key players at some point. Not quite as extensive at that, but still. With Cabrera and Williams instead of Matsui and Sheffield, they lost some runs, but not as many as you'd think. Both of those guys played pretty well.