The Dynasty Crumbles - the 2013 MFY Thread

[Frayed Knot]

The other thing about the bobble-head fuck-up is that apparently the folks in the prime seats had their bobbles delivered to their seats while the unwashed masses had to queue up elsewhere after the game or got to eat cake or something.


Speaking of Yanqui Stadium II, I noticed that BB-Ref is referring to the current crib as [u:21xbk8ab]YSIII[/u:21xbk8ab] even though most of the world treats it as if it's only the 2nd in the line of Bronx baseball parks.
I thought only we here referred to it as III but maybe BB-R stole it just like Gary steals half our lines and stats for the telecast.

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: The other thing about the bobble-head fuck-up is that apparently the folks in the prime seats had their bobbles delivered to their seats while the unwashed masses had to queue up elsewhere after the game or got to eat cake or something.

That just says it all right there how the regular fan gets treated.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, it's the fault of those regular guys for being on the wrong side of 'the moat'.

[stevejrogers]

themetfairy wrote: You're right - if the bobblehead fiasco had happened to the Mets, it would be front page news. Thanks for the enlightenment!

And an article from Medgal, or a like minded "blame everything on the money issues" opinion writer, blaming poor staffing issues on cost cutting!

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: Speaking of Yanqui Stadium II, I noticed that BB-Ref is referring to the current crib as YSIII even though most of the world treats it as if it's only the 2nd in the line of Bronx baseball parks. I thought only we here referred to it as III but maybe BB-R stole it just like Gary steals half our lines and stats for the telecast.

I don't know when, or if off hand, they stopped the practice, but the Yanqui Media Guide did separate home stadia records as 1923-1973 and 1976-present. Indeed treating the Renovated Stadium as a separate ballpark, as opposed to the same "unbroken" history (except of course for 1974-1975 over at Flushing Meadows) that the plot of land had during its final campaign.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: Speaking of Yanqui Stadium II, I noticed that BB-Ref is referring to the current crib as YSIII even though most of the world treats it as if it's only the 2nd in the line of Bronx baseball parks.

Interesting. They also classify the Polo Grounds as five different stadiums. Previously I've only seen the Polo Grounds as having four distinct iterations in other sources.

[HahnSolo]

Either I am reading this wrong, I am missing a joke, or this has to be wrong:

Jayson Stark ?@jaysonst 3m
In other #Yankees news, @chrisidore reports that if they get eliminated tonight, tomorrow will be 1st "meaningless" home game since 10/3/63

[G-Fafif]

HahnSolo wrote: Either I am reading this wrong, I am missing a joke, or this has to be wrong: Jayson Stark ?@jaysonst 3m In other #Yankees news, @chrisidore reports that if they get eliminated tonight, tomorrow will be 1st "meaningless" home game since 10/3/63

Gotta be 93.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Either I am reading this wrong, I am missing a joke, or this has to be wrong: Jayson Stark ?@jaysonst 3m In other #Yankees news, @chrisidore reports that if they get eliminated tonight, tomorrow will be 1st "meaningless" home game since 10/3/63 Gotta be 93.

I guess they were technically 'alive' on 9/21/08, but with an elimination number of 1, and still 6 games to go, it certainly wasn't meaningful.

[stevejrogers]

9 outs away!

ITS YANKEE ELIMINATION DAY!

[Frayed Knot]

Not a good showing for what was probably Phil Hughes's last day in pinstripes -- 7 hits plus a walk in 2 inning.

The only question now is whether their own loss eliminates them or Cleveland's win.
Both games are in the 7th and both games are taking forever; the Yanx game because they're the Yanx and the Indians game because Terry Francona changes pitchers more than any manager I've ever seen save for maybe LaRussa. Up by three in the 7th with no one on, he's just used three different pitchers to get three different outs.

[stevejrogers]

Cleveland wins, officially making the Yankees go golfing for the winter!

[Guest themetfairy]

[metirish]

Normally I would feel bad about a kid crying but this kid makes me smile....

[stevejrogers]

And the Yankees lose their game to make things even more official.

[Guest themetfairy]

metirish wrote: Normally I would feel bad about a kid crying but this kid makes me smile....

He was putting on a tour de force performance, protesting the fact that he wasn't getting ice cream the very second that he wanted it.

[G-Fafif]

BREAKING: MFY veterans to make MFY rookies dress for a funeral on flight to Houston.

[G-Fafif]

MFYs may be eliminated but MFY-related douchiness is never far away.

Hard Rock boots Metallica for Mo By Darren Rovell ESPN.com Throughout the year, teams have honored Mariano Rivera's final season in different ways. On Thursday, Hard Rock Cafe will offer its own special spin to send off the closer, who likely will be playing his last game at Yankee Stadium. In a ceremony before Thursday night's game, Hard Rock will announce that Rivera's warm-up song, Metallica's "Enter Sandman," will be yanked from its song system to be retired from all Hard Rock-branded restaurants, hotels and casinos worldwide -- with the exception of Hard Rock Cafe Yankee Stadium. David Miller, director of operations for Hard Rock International, said it was a small gesture to honor "one of the greatest athletes of our generation." It's the first time the company, which has a total of 173 venues across 53 countries, has "retired" a song. As part of the pregame ceremony, Hard Rock will present Rivera with a unique Martin D-18 1939 acoustic guitar and a check of $10,042 to the Mariano Rivera Foundation. The song was played live at Yankee Stadium on Sunday by Metallica, whose "Enter Sandman" debuted on its 1991 album. The Yankees started using it for Rivera beginning in the 1999 season. Aside from the Hard Rock at Yankee Stadium, the two brands are co-owners of NYY Steak, with locations at Yankee Stadium and Coconut Creek, Fla., and one scheduled to open in Manhattan in November.

[metirish]

Christ, I didn't realize that Rivera wrote that song.......I am now announcing my retirement from Hard Rock Cafe's....fuck off asreholes.

[stevejrogers]

You'd thought they'd retire it for this:

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[metirish]

WOW, watching the highlights of this game, Wells is awful out there in RF......messed up three catchable balls , and obviously looked useless in doing so.

[Edgy MD]

Isn't it amazing that they could take such an unoriginal idea and slather themselves in it as if it was sprung right from George Steinbrenner's crazy head? Rivera has said he neither knows the cares about the content of the song and certainly didn't choose it for himself. Of course it was taken from another team and another player. What could the Yankees possibly risk doing first?

Metallica, meanwhile gets a cut into their income if that song ends up artificially disappearing from playlists.

[MFS62]

SteveJRogers wrote: Cleveland wins, officially making the Yankees go golfing for the winter!

All you Munchkins gather 'round and start singing, "Ding Dong, the Bitch is dead".

Later

[stevejrogers]

Edgy MD wrote: Isn't it amazing that they could take such an unoriginal idea and slather themselves in it as if it was sprung right from George Steinbrenner's crazy head? Rivera has said he neither knows the cares about the content of the song and certainly didn't choose it for himself. Of course it was taken from another team and another player. What could the Yankees possibly risk doing first? Metallica, meanwhile gets a cut into their income if that song ends up artificially disappearing from playlists.

I used one wrestler's theme video, but this pretty much sums up the whole Yankee Universe:

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Retail playlists that are on special "for place only channels" count towards the royalty checks? Well I guess...

So, does that mean an Enter Sandman cover can't be played either?

From the song's Wiki page:

"Enter Sandman" has been covered by many artists, including acts as diverse as Injustice (2010), Alter Bridge, Sum 41, Lemmy of Mot�rhead with Zebrahead, Apocalyptica, "Weird Al" Yankovic (for his "Polka Your Eyes Out" medley), Richard Cheese, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Tropikal Forever, Ween, Die Krupps, Bj�rn Again, Youn Sun Nah and Pat Boone.[50] Lemmy & Zebrahead's cover of the song was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000 but lost to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man".[51] The song was also covered on the album Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica, and is notable for featuring Robert Trujillo playing bass on the track several years before he became a member of Metallica. Country singer Luke Bryan routinely performs the song as part of a medley along with his own song "All My Friends Say". Widespread Panic performed the song once as part of a live set on October 31, 2007 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, NC.[52] Parody band Beatallica recorded a mashup of the song and the Beatles' "Taxman" titled "Sandman", on their 2007 album Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band. In October, 2011, a video of British children aged 8�10 covering the song at the Buckleberry Beer Festival as The Mini Band went viral, eventually gaining more than 6,000,000 views on YouTube.[53] Punk rock band L7 covered fragments of the song at their concerts.

[Centerfield]

How ballsy of it was for Swannie to name this thread "The Dynasty Crumbles" before a single game had been played? Nicely done. I hope their winter sucks and we can be equally as confident next year.*

I can't remember the last time the MFY's were this punchless. Even as they played well early in the season, it looked like they were doing it with smoke and mirrors and were never a realistic threat. I know they have smart guys at the helm, and soon they will unload the dead weight and come back strong, but it sure is nice to enjoy this down time. $200 million just doesn't buy you as much as it used to.



*This should not be confused with the Mets' idiotic decision to run the "Your Post-Season has Come" ads in 2007. That was done either out of carelessness, or a desire to get a jump on post-season tickets (as if post-season tickets are a hard sell?). The thread naming was a bold prediction.

[Ceetar]

Centerfield wrote: *This should not be confused with the Mets' idiotic decision to run the "Your Post-Season has Come" ads in 2007. That was done either out of carelessness, or a desire to get a jump on post-season tickets (as if post-season tickets are a hard sell?). The thread naming was a bold prediction.

well, selling the tickets early is just how it's done, for printing purposes. the Yankees sold playoff tickets this year too. I don't know what slogans they used in advertising it, but I'm not sure using a twist of the season slogan can be considered idiotic, even if you think the slogan was idiotic to begin with.

Anyway, here (this is way wrong btw..10/14 is not game 7 of the World Series...)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-4-TIX-New-York-Yankees-World-Series-GAME-7-10-14-Yankee-Stadium-Sect-428-/271276629352?pt=US_Tickets_all_in_one&hash=item3f2958dd68

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

It's VY Day!



If I could do photoshop I'd put Red Sox and Rays hats on their heads.

[Frayed Knot]

WOW, watching the highlights of this game, Wells is awful out there in RF......messed up three catchable balls , and obviously looked useless in doing so.

And Wells is one of the guys that's signed through next season as well. As is Ichiro ... as is Soriano ... and ARod ... and Jeter ... and Sabathia ... and Teixeira.
So much for that whole younger and cheaper thing.





On the Hard Rock/Rivera thing: This PR stunt is really too trivial to even get concerned with ... but C'mon already! Statements like "a small gesture to honor one of the greatest athletes of our generation" are just too over the top to even debate.
HE WAS A FUCKING CLOSER!! A very good one, the best of all time even (given the rather small community and recent history of that ultra specialized 'position') but let's not start lumping him in with Mays, Thorpe, and Jim Brown quite yet. What sets him apart from the rest of his peers is the consistency and longevity at a position where you rarely get either. But when he missed virtually the entire season a year ago the team didn't miss a beat and it's not going to be his absence that's going to make or break the future fortunes of the Yanx.

[Centerfield]

Wow. The tributes just keep rolling in.

Con Edison serves up Fried Dogs for Mo By Darren Rovell ESPN.com Throughout the year, teams have honored Mariano Rivera's final season in different ways. On Thursday, Con Edison will offer its own special spin to send off the closer, who likely will be playing his last game at Yankee Stadium. In a ceremony before Thursday night's game, Con Edison will electrocute two small Jack Russell Terriers to honor Rivera's propensity to electrocute puppies and small children. Ben Franklin, area manager for Con Edison, felt that electrocuting two children would be "over the top. But we did consider it, after all, this is for Mo."

[Benjamin Grimm]