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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=schwarz_alan&id=2622245 This was worth reading. Schwarz and Lidle were on good terms, and even discussed flying.
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metirish wrote: Christ I wish they had fired Torre so Lou wouldn't be in the TV booth.... Amen.
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Caple (or at least somebody at ESPN.com) suggested that when the Yankees got A-Rod. I think he was the one who also said that after everybody got to see the two of them play side-by-side, there would be no argument about A-Rod being the better player. Funny how things work sometimes.
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I'm also concerned about the stamina of the pen. Willie played to win three straight (properly, I thought) by going to the pen early and often, and the Mets did win in three and everybody will be well-rested by Wednesday. Fantastic. But with two longer series coming up, the pen will wear down before the end of them if they're used the same way. So we're going to need to get six from somebody other than Glavine, and preferably more than six from him.
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ABG wrote: 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. Yes, but the hype had as much to do with what these guys have done in the past than the present. Sheffield was rusty, and like a lot of the Yankees, is past his peak. Matsui probably as well. Abreu is not the hitter he was a few years ago. Giambi played hurt. Maybe Cano isn't really a .340 hitter. And maybe hitters with gaudy numbers can be neutralized by good pitching, you know kind of like the Yankees always did when they won playoff series in the increasingly distant past. Maybe the Tigers, who had a better record than the Yankees pretty much all year until after they clinched a playoff spot, were actually the better team. If Torre is guilty of anything, it's that he couldn't overcome a team-wide arrogance that the media kept reinforcing. So now the media wants him to go. I'm enjoying this a lot.
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Edgy DC wrote: cleonjones11 will be so disappointed. Has anybody heard from Cleon lately?
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IGT - NLDS Game 3 - Mets at Dodgers - 10/7/06
smg58 replied to Gwreck's topic in Archived Game Threads
But Endy spent some time since then in the minors. So it's probably not six full seasons. -
IGT - NLDS Game 3 - Mets at Dodgers - 10/7/06
smg58 replied to Gwreck's topic in Archived Game Threads
Furcal got a great jump on Trachsel, wasting an excellent throw by LoDuca. -
IGT - NLDS Game 3 - Mets at Dodgers - 10/7/06
smg58 replied to Gwreck's topic in Archived Game Threads
No need to push Floyd back out here with Endy. BTW Has Endy done six years of ML service yet? It would be nice to have control over him this offseason. -
Party time! See you in twenty minutes...
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Gopher ball to Posada. Thank God for big cushions.
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Last out.
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I suppose if Bonderman's not pitching until game 4 of the ALCS, keeping him in is no big deal, but I'd be careful. Niceley done by Monroe.
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Shef really looked like an experienced first baseman on that one.
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If only Bonderman could have pitched like that ONCE when he was part of my fantasy team!
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]You know that if the score holds, retards will be calling up the FAN for the next year pounding A-Rod's performance in the post-season when everyone else in that lineup choked as well. Not to mention their pitchers. Of course. But when you have a $253M contract, you're expected to be Michael Jordan and have six rings to show for your efforts by the end of it. At the very least, the deal that brought A-Rod to New York was supposed to put the Red Sox in the rear view mirror once and for all, and we know how that worked out. A-Rod had to be a big time difference maker to justify that contract, and it's never happened. Jeter is still above .500 for the series, so nobody will blame him. And their pitchers just aren't that good, or at least don't warrant any expectations (even the Unit, who is well past his prime). A-Rod will get more blame than he deserves, but he won't get any sympathy from me.
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Geez, the Yankees can't even hit it hard enough to get a double play...
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I'm happy for Scutaro. I never thought he got a fair chance to show what he could do here, and I thought he was worth more than the $25,000 waiver fee they got in return for him, but I don't think holding on to him would have made a significant difference at any point. He found a place that provided him with opportunities (mostly injury-related) that he most likely wouldn't have gotten here, and he's made the most of them given somewhat limited ability. It's easy to root for guys like that whether they're still here or not.
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2 down, one to go, I wonder what all the people who spent the last few weeks saying the Yankees were going to waltz and the Mets were going quietly are thinking now. Tomorrow could be a really, really great day. The "strike" Rogers threw (to Andruw Jones) was a very generous call by the ump, but that walk just felt like abject failure to me at the time. JD makes some perfectly valid points, to be fair, but Rogers will need to implode against the Mets in the Series before I forgive him fully.
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And we're halfway to a really good day.
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Great location in that sequence to Posada.
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Zu-ma-ya, my Lord, Zu-ma-ya...
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So the numbers suggest that Polanco and Casey are the team's two weakest hitters, and they're up 2 and 3. And they leave Granderson on third. At least they got one in.
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At least make sure she knows her team is losing.
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Verlander yanked in the middle of an at-bat. Not sure you ever really want to do that, but something about his last pitch looked wrong and Leyland pulled the plug.
