BreeddekalbL Posted August 12, 2013 Share #376 Posted August 12, 2013 And the wins over detroit were much needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share #377 Posted August 12, 2013 Let's see if they can keep it up with this awful Angels team. Although they did get swept by the terrible White Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 13, 2013 Share #378 Posted August 13, 2013 It might be one of those cases where they can stand toe to toe with the best, but lose to the worst*. Baseball is crazy that way. Robertson did ok, well he has to as he's pretty much the heir to Rivera's spot. Kuroda still the undeniable ace (snubbed unfairly at the asg, f**k you Leyland). *Yankees have done pretty well in the regular season against the Tigers, but it's the playoffs where the Tigers still pwns them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 13, 2013 Share #379 Posted August 13, 2013 Kuroda still the undeniable ace (snubbed unfairly at the asg, f**k you Leyland). Girardi believes he's Cy Young worthy. If he keeps going the way he's going and the baseball writers can get the anti-Yankee blinders out of their eyes, he just might win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 13, 2013 Share #380 Posted August 13, 2013 If only they can look past the win/loss record. His era has been fairly consistent. Extremely unusual considering how usually NL pitchers have difficulty in their transition to the AL (with few exceptions :damn Boston:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted August 14, 2013 Share #381 Posted August 14, 2013 Yankees win!!! soriano went on that beast mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 14, 2013 Share #382 Posted August 14, 2013 After the top of the 6th, the team as a whole went crazy. Might not change much, but if they have more outbursts like this, there might be a slim hope. Much as I hate to say it, even Aroid did his part and making him be less useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 14, 2013 Share #383 Posted August 14, 2013 Which brings me to this: Joel Sherman in yesterday's Post said that the Yankees should actually start to lose like crazy in order to secure a top 10 first round draft pick, since he believes the Yankees farm system is quite thin. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 14, 2013 Share #384 Posted August 14, 2013 Hem. Tough call. Sure they don't have a shot this year, but I can't see them actively tanking the season. ARod may have given the network a boost in ratings, but if the team sucks, that also affects the bottom line which can be worse than trying to go under the $189 mil mark. If this was a week ago, that is possible as this team can't keep winning/losing by 2-3 run margins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 14, 2013 Share #385 Posted August 14, 2013 Hem. Tough call. Sure they don't have a shot this year, but I can't see them actively tanking the season. ARod may have given the network a boost in ratings, but if the team sucks, that also affects the bottom line which can be worse than trying to go under the $189 mil mark. If this was a week ago, that is possible as this team can't keep winning/losing by 2-3 run margins. I wouldn't say they don't have a shot. Just remember what happened to the Braves and the Sawx two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share #386 Posted August 14, 2013 If only they can look past the win/loss record. His era has been fairly consistent. Extremely unusual considering how usually NL pitchers have difficulty in their transition to the AL (with few exceptions :damn Boston:).King Felix won a Cy Young Award and didn't have a winning record. Chris Sale of the White Sox doesn't have a winning record and yet they mention him in the CY discussion. Max Scherzer doesn't deserve the award, f**k his 17 wins. Damn Boston on what? Ryan Dempster who isn't the same pitcher once he left the NL? Yeah I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 14, 2013 Share #387 Posted August 14, 2013 Boston: Curt schilling and josh beckett vs Yankees: Randy Johnson and Carl Pavano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCtrainfan01 Posted August 16, 2013 Share #388 Posted August 16, 2013 MLB plans to expand instant replay in 2014! Read here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130815&content_id=57090474&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted August 16, 2013 Share #389 Posted August 16, 2013 Thanks for sharing that!It's good to see baseball move in the direction of football with their replay system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 16, 2013 Share #390 Posted August 16, 2013 Few years late, but I guess better late than never... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share #391 Posted August 19, 2013 Wow, I guess everyone forgot how s****y Sabathia was last night. It was all A-Rod last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 19, 2013 Share #392 Posted August 19, 2013 Nope, it seems CC is just his now subpar self. Kuroda could've used that run support as at least he gave up fewer earned runs. The only positive is Andy finally had a good start and Mo calmed everyone down in closing the game and not giving up a run. On the Arod thing, the pitcher threw 4 inside pitches, it was obvious he was trying to hit him. The ump should've issued a warning after the 1st pitch. Joe was right to argue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 19, 2013 Share #393 Posted August 19, 2013 On the Arod thing, the pitcher threw 4 inside pitches, it was obvious he was trying to hit him. The ump should've issued a warning after the 1st pitch. Joe was right to argue. Only the Red Sox would pull something like this off. No one from Chicago or Detroit or Los Angeles even thought of doing such a thing. Dumpster should be suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted August 20, 2013 Share #394 Posted August 20, 2013 just came down Dumpster suspended 5 games and fined undisclosed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 21, 2013 Share #395 Posted August 21, 2013 just came down Dumpster suspended 5 games and fined undisclosed It's a pathetic slap-on-the-wrist suspension. Since the Sucks have a few off-days coming up he doesn't even have to miss a start... then again, if he keeps pitching the way he has been as of late, maybe it's better he doesn't (for us). Also heard during the second game today that he got fined 2500 -- while Girardi was fined 5000 for defending his player. And that he was "genuinely" surprised that he was suspended. Expect nothing less from our great commissioner, Butt Selig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted August 21, 2013 Share #396 Posted August 21, 2013 It's a pathetic slap-on-the-wrist suspension. Since the Sucks have a few off-days coming up he doesn't even have to miss a start... then again, if he keeps pitching the way he has been as of late, maybe it's better he doesn't (for us). Also heard during the second game today that he got fined 2500 -- while Girardi was fined 5000 for defending his player. And that he was "genuinely" surprised that he was suspended. Expect nothing less from our great commissioner, Butt Selig. well i think the fine was worth it for girardi hell i would have went nuts too and i think they fined girardi a little extra cause he went after dempster swearing at him and screaming on the way in to the clubhouse SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HIT SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 21, 2013 Share #397 Posted August 21, 2013 well i think the fine was worth it for girardi hell i would have went nuts too and i think they fined girardi a little extra cause he went after dempster swearing at him and screaming on the way in to the clubhouse SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HIT SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HIT! I still object to it. It sends the message that it's more "wrong" to blow up at an umpire while defending your player than to intentionally hit someone with a baseball. Yes, Girardi should have gone nuts. Yes, Girardi should have been fined, but at the very least the fines should have been even. Which is the greater offense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted August 21, 2013 Share #398 Posted August 21, 2013 Indeed. If the fines were the same, then ok. Just shows the imbalance in fairness. Or maybe it's a message that MLB is subtly saying they don't care what happens to ARod? As for the suspension: hollow and meaningless. For a pitcher, he'll just miss a day at most, if it was a position player that would be a real impact. If this was a real suspension, he would've had to miss a start (has to wait till the rotation is done without him). So although he was suspended, it's not really a punishment. Lol, I feel sorry for Toronto. Dead last, when they were supposed to have improved themselves with all those free agent signings. And they were exactly what the Yankees needed with the double header win. Hughes to his credit pitched his best game in a while. Nova was actually less sharp and was bailed out due to a good run support. It is nice the team does get the game winning run in the 9th again. It's the few times the team can be happy given the subpar season and arod mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted August 21, 2013 Share #399 Posted August 21, 2013 Indeed. If the fines were the same, then ok. Just shows the imbalance in fairness. Or maybe it's a message that MLB is subtly saying they don't care what happens to ARod? dempster was only fined 2,500 Girardi fined 5,000 and you are right the suspension is not fair they can just tinker the rotation and they have days off ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted August 21, 2013 Share #400 Posted August 21, 2013 As for the suspension: hollow and meaningless. For a pitcher, he'll just miss a day at most, if it was a position player that would be a real impact. If this was a real suspension, he would've had to miss a start (has to wait till the rotation is done without him). So although he was suspended, it's not really a punishment. If the team has no days off, then the pitcher has to miss a start because you have to keep everyone else on regular rest. But Boston has a few days off coming up so they could jiggle the rotation so that Dumpster doesn't. It is very clear that MLB is out to get A-Rod at this point, although I would expect that the next pitcher that intentionally throws at him would get a much stiffer penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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