The Enemy Uptown: The 2012 Yankee Thread

[Edgy MD]

I think way too much of the legitimate criticism of Jeter-ism is dulled by that sort of playground bully gay-baiting. It's the kind of ugly that nobody has mastered so well as the bleacher denizens of Yankee Stadium.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: I think way too much of the legitimate criticism of Jeter-ism is dulled by that sort of playground bully gay-baiting. It's the kind of ugly that nobody has mastered so well as the bleacher denizens of Yankee Stadium.

Hasn't happened in a while, but there was a subset of fans that used to chant "A-Rod's Boy-Friend" during Subway series games.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mild homophobia aside, the MLBAM-going-rogue act definitely had its moments.

Padres wrote: Just a note: though the handicapped are allowed to enjoy Padres games at Petco Park, their presence is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

Cubs wrote: Fuck Bill Murray.

[metirish]

Fman could totally work there.....not for pennies though.

[seawolf17]

I liked the "going back to Montreal" one.

[G-Fafif]

What's worse: A sitting Supreme Court justice going on a hunting trip with a sitting Vice President of the United States and not recusing himself from an upcoming case involving the VP -- Scalia and Cheney, circa 2004 -- or this shit with Sonia Sotomayor? I'd say it's a draw (though Scalia doesn't come off well here, either, MFYLDB-style).

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor joins Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creatures during first-inning Wednesday Bronx native Sotomayor lauds Yankee fans as the 'greatest' BY ROGER RUBIN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sat in judgment of the Bleacher Creatures Wednesday at the Stadium, and they got a very positive ruling. �I pay homage to the bleacher creatures,� Sotomayor said during a seventh-inning interview in the Stadium press box. "They are the greatest fans." Sotomayor, 58, came to the game and sat with �Bald Vinny� Milano in Section 203, where he leads the traditional �Roll Call� during the top of the first inning of every home game. She later moved to other seats, and saw her hometown Yankees pile up the runs against the Baltimore Orioles. Well-known for her fandom when it comes to the Yankees, Sotomayor was invited to sit in the bleachers and do the Roll Call earlier this season when the Yanks played the Nationals in Washington. She loved every minute of being at the park. �Having sat in the old Stadium bleachers anonymously, there is quite a chord that gets touched when you come back on a day like today and people are screaming out �Justice� or �Sonia� and it brings a little bit of a tear to my eye,� Sotomayor said. �I have changed so much, and we have a new Yankee Stadium, but the spirit of the Yankees is still in the house. It�s very moving to me and important to me that the comfort they gave me most of my life � watching most of the time win � continues.� Sotomayor said that even though she is known as a baseball fan, she cannot call herself the High Court�s biggest. �Justice (Antonin) Scalia is fond of reminding me that he was the first Yankees fan on the Court and he is still a very loyal Yankees fan,� she said. �I keep telling him the only difference is that I was born in the Bronx and he wasn�t.� The Creatures were thrilled to have her with them. �The first thing I said to her was, �I�m probably going to be the loudest guy you meet today, but I�m absolutely speechless,� � Milano told the Associated Press. �I don�t think she knew before she got here what she was in for.� Of the creatures, she said �To sit in sweltering heat when the sun is blazing, to sit out there in the rain, to sit out there on days when we�re losing and not to take it out on our players takes heart. They show it every game, every time they come out. I felt very proud to be with them.� Sotomayor took a moment to recount her favorite Yankee memory and didn�t hesitate to name the Bucky Dent home run from the one-game playoff with the Red Sox in 1978. �I was in law school, made a bet with my dearest friends in law school and Bucky hit that home run and all the guys in the room lost the bet,� Sotomayor said.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

She's pretty good at adjudicatin' and assignin' value an' all that. So, does she prefer the exuberant celebration of tolerance here...
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... or the totally non-threatening version of same here?

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Or is she more of a gangbang song gal?

[Edgy MD]

Sotomayor, 58, came to the game and sat with �Bald Vinny� Milano in Section 203, where he leads the traditional �Roll Call� during the top of the first inning of every home game. She later moved to other seats...

I'll bet she did.

[Frayed Knot]

Real easy to sit with the 'Bleacher Creatures' and have a good time and say great things about them ... as long as you have secret service protection with you.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Real easy to sit with the 'Bleacher Creatures' and have a good time and say great things about them ... as long as you have secret service protection with you.

Is it just me or have the critters made a point this year of having celebrities hang out there?

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: Real easy to sit with the 'Bleacher Creatures' and have a good time and say great things about them ... as long as you have secret service protection with you. Is it just me or have the critters made a point this year of having celebrities hang out there?

Beats me, I've been too blinded this year by the fact that the maybe twenty different guest columns in the Sunday NY Times Sports Section have all started with some variation of: "As a life-long Yankee fan, ...".
What then proceeds from there has been an assortment of self-reverential pieces on what that means to that particular author, or about how it reminds them of their grandma, or even, and these were the best, about how tough it was to maintain that fandom during the Horace Clarke years or during that gaping chasm of the late '80s/early '90s and how all the winning since is somehow not as much fun.
Most of those were earlier in the spring/summer but it seems like they were printing them at about a one-per-week clip there for a while.


From what I've heard, the conduct of the BCs isn't quite as criminal or quite as tolerated in the new stadium as it was compared to what went on in the old. That could all just be pr bullshit though.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: From what I've heard, the conduct of the BCs isn't quite as criminal or quite as tolerated in the new stadium as it was compared to what went on in the old. That could all just be pr bullshit though.

Well the old place was a separate entrance and private area and all so it probably lent itself to a more "This is the be stupid area" than the new place where it's all connected.

[Ceetar]

chopper to the pitcher. Millwood deflects it into the outfielder for a double. YES announcers call it "good instincts"

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot on 7/23 wrote: [ichiro] has 4 HRs to date this year and I'll bet he trumps that in his first 15 home games with the MFYs.

Following his 2 HRs tonight, he only made it to 3 HRs in his first 16 home games.

[metirish]

asshole


AUG 20, 2012 6:15 PM 616 1 Share

Yankees Pitcher Michael Pineda Arrested On DUI Charges
Jack Dickey

Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Tampa at 2:35 a.m. today. Police say he had a .128 blood alcohol content.

Pineda, the ex-Mariner and would-be crown jewel of Brian Cashman's pitching-rich offseason haul, tore his labrum in March and hasn't pitched since.

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Tampa at 2:35 a.m. today. Police say he had a .128 blood alcohol content.

Right, but what was his Testosterone Blood Content?

[Guest The Second Spitter]

The Antichrist is still active..

[Fman99]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Mild homophobia aside, the MLBAM-going-rogue act definitely had its moments. Just a note: though the handicapped are allowed to enjoy Padres games at Petco Park, their presence is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

Agreed. Comedy gold, there.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The Second Spitter wrote: The Antichrist is still active..

I wonder whether the fucker's taking an outside shot at postponing his HoF ballot introduction. Actually, I outright suspect it.

[stevejrogers]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: The Antichrist is still active.. I wonder whether the fucker's taking an outside shot at postponing his HoF ballot introduction. Actually, I outright suspect it.

That rule about Professional baseball is no longer in affect for HOF ballot inclusion, it's just MLB.

[Ceetar]

SteveJRogers wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: The Antichrist is still active.. I wonder whether the fucker's taking an outside shot at postponing his HoF ballot introduction. Actually, I outright suspect it. That rule about Professional baseball is no longer in affect for HOF ballot inclusion, it's just MLB.

yeah, Henderson played some afterwards right?

This is going to be a fun class coming up, full of drama and moralizing and name calling.

[Frayed Knot]

SteveJRogers wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The Second Spitter wrote: The Antichrist is still active.. I wonder whether the fucker's taking an outside shot at postponing his HoF ballot introduction. Actually, I outright suspect it. That rule about Professional baseball is no longer in affect for HOF ballot inclusion, it's just MLB.

But if he can parlay this re-introduction to competitive ball into a (however brief) stint somewhere in the majors (Houston?) that would 're-set the clock' for his HoF vote for another five years and would allow the whole steroids issue to be argued with other guys' names involved rather than his. It would also 'de-link' his name with Barry's on next year's ballot ("of all the dramatic things ...")

[metirish]

Wow, that seems totally plausible , what a dick he is.

[Edgy MD]

Why else would he develop a sudden interest in August?

[metirish]

Yes, aged 50 no less........wanker

[Ceetar]

people said the same thing about McGuire's hitting coach role last year and Tony La Russa was going to pinch hit him in September.


But I think McGuire is a perfect example of why it's stupid. they're not going to all leave him off so that he drops off the ballot. the worst that happens is he gets kicked forward to next year.

of course, his chemically-enhanced ego may not permit him to accept a non first-ballot election to the Hall.

if he's successful at 50 aren't rumors about PEDs just going to have more fuel? Is there a drug testing policy in this league?

[Edgy MD]

Ceetar wrote: people said the same thing about McGuire's hitting coach role last year and Tony La Russa was going to pinch hit him in September.

I don't remember anyone saying that here.

[Ceetar]

also unrelated, Jeter apparently has had a cough for two months but refuses to talk about it.

And this is magically okay or something. Oh, i'm fine, it's just a cough. I'm not going to talk about it. go away.

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: people said the same thing about McGuire's hitting coach role last year and Tony La Russa was going to pinch hit him in September. I don't remember anyone saying that here.

no, maybe not. But the sentiment was out there. I was merely noting the somewhat similar situation.

[Edgy MD]

Playing independent minor league ball your late forties and coaching in the bigs in your late forties aren't that similar.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Playing independent minor league ball your late forties and coaching in the bigs in your late forties aren't that similar.

the concept of getting a cameo in MLB to delay/extend your Hall of Fame eligibility is eerily similar though.