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Ahh damn, sorry Vic....you are probably right....IFU...=I Fucked Up.

IMO = In My Opinion.

Willets I didn't know that....that's funny.

IIRC ..if I remember correctly FWIW - For What It's Worth

True Soupcan,imagine my surprise to have found that link in the Times.

All about Cole Hamels... http://mysite.verizon.net/heyjude421/chf/chf.html

Ken Davidoff from Newsday feeds the A-Rod haters...the headline alone says it all... ] If it doesn't count, count on A-Rod BOSTON -- Oh, A-Rod. Even when you do something right, it seems so wrong. Of course, Alex Rodriguez smoked the first pitch he saw from Keith Foulke last night well over the Green Monster, the embodiment of a garbage-time home run. His two-run blast pulled the Yankees from down eight to down six in the ninth inning, and things grew mildly intriguing before the Red Sox's former closer settled down to conclude a 9-5 Yankees' loss. Joe Torre, of course, saw the positive in that ninth inning. "These guys are playing their tails off," the Yankees' manager said afterward. But experience dictates that if Rodriguez's 439th homer will be recalled at all by the fan base, it will be done so derisively. More definitive, in the minds of the many A-Rod Haters, will be his four-pitch strikeout against nemesis Curt Schilling to lead off the fourth inning -- right after the Red Sox knocked around Chien-Ming Wang for four runs in the bottom of the third. And with Gary Sheffield likely to be back in the Yankees' lineup tonight, this period will go down as one more blown opportunity for Rodriguez to win some more hearts among his own team's fans. Sure, Derek Jeter, Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon could have done more, too, since Hideki Matsui joined Sheffield on the disabled list. But A-Rod always takes the biggest hit, because he's A-Rod. "I wish I could say something was wrong with me," Rodriguez said after the game. "I've never been more healthy in my career. When I stink, I just stink." We've seen him stink worse, like in last year's American League Division Series loss to the Angels, and really, the Yankees could have done worse in this stretch without their corner outfielders. They went 5-7, including the May 11 game in which Matsui broke his left wrist. Yet right now, having lost four of five and closer to third place (a half-game ahead of Toronto) than first (2 1/2 games behind the Red Sox), the Yankees seem mired in a funk. Perhaps Sheffield, and his violent swing, can add some life. Sheffield doesn't seem to drown in thought the way Rodriguez does. The game doesn't seem to find Sheffield, the way it's always bumping into A-Rod. "What we do here is, every single day, the measuring stick is different here," Torre said, prior to the game, of Rodriguez. "His individual achievement [takes on importance], even though we think in terms of winning a game, and I know he takes on a great deal of responsibility and takes on a great deal of disappointment when he doesn't produce." Since May 11, Rodriguez is 13-for-47, with three homers and seven RBIs. That's not terrible, but what stands out most, probably, is his 0-for-4 outing in Sunday night's 4-3 loss to the Mets. He left the bases loaded in the fourth inning with a line drive that Cliff Floyd reached to catch, and in the eighth, with runners on first and second and one out, he hit into a 6-4-3 double play. "He's got to let go of what happened yesterday, or two minutes ago," Torre said. "That's the most important thing, is being able to move on from right now and not trying to make up for it. And I have a sense that some of it's there, even though he's not going to volunteer that. And I wouldn't expect him to." The money is great, but being A-Rod has its downside. You have people trying to glom onto your success; yesterday's Boston Globe featured a long story on Jim Fannin, a mental performance coach, who essentially took credit for turning A-Rod from a .220 hitter to a Hall of Famer. And, for whatever reason -- maybe it's his aura, maybe it's the $252-million contract -- his big-moment failures seem to carry far more weight than his achievements. "Definitely the contract has been more of a focus," Rodriguez said yesterday. "In the first six years, I couldn't do anything wrong. Anything. I would screw up, and it would be celebrated." Well, at least that's not an issue anymore.

I agree with the guys, cool new feature and interview.

Super KTE soupcan, love the pics of Hamels and Soler.......looking forward to seeing Hamels.

Watching YES tonight Kay was explaining how the MFY's got Culter Beane back form the Red Sox, they had taken him off the Yanks on the Rule 5 and then offered him back cos he didn't stay on the 40 man, anyway to make this shor Singelton then piped in that the Sox had to give the MFY's $50 thou after they took him on the Rule 5 and got back $25 hwen they offered him back...Kay then said yeah so they made $25 Grand on that deal, Singelton then said witha straight face that that money helped sign Damon...then said well in a way it did..I nearly shit myself..

If you are going to attempt to steal third with 2 outs you fucking better make it....apparantly the punishment for failing to make it is rather cruel.

Yeah, you don't bring in your closer in non-save situations...seems to be true to me.

This sucks, the power went out last night just after the game started and I missed it..still I was happy to see we won....great pic in the Times..

Glavine 4 Delgado 3 Wright 1 Heilman 1 Wagner 1

Kazmir is on Baseball Tonight right now, says he knew he had great stuff leaving the pen, could throw his pitches anywhere he wanted, sounds not cocky but a very confident kid.....

Lets go Mets, yesterday was a wreck, I watched the first two innings then went to the City to meet the GF, she tells me the Mets are up 4 zip, I'm happy, then I hear they lost I couldn't believe it, and how they lost was the killer...terrible.

Beltran brings him home with a double over Cairo....I think Beltran has won the fans over....finally.

Reyes to 3rd after stealing 2nd and a wild throw by Stinnett..

I think my main problem with Buck is that he thinks he's so funny, Morgan is just a fool that gets played by Miller.

Pedro seems to just have a great sence for the big moments, made Gay-Rod look foolish just now.

Joe Buck is so annoying, Jeter on second.

Just read in the Times that Pavano now needs surgery on his elbow.

Yeah Right

Wright will pick him up...

Ball four to Jose..great AB...Lets Go Mets..