Cano to give up number 22?
Apparently, Robinson Cano said he would give up the number 22 if Roger Clemens was to return. Hmmmm, interesting. Here's the link.
posted by J. Marcavage at 10:24 PM
“Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.”
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Let him have 22. As long as he can't wear Paul O'Neill's 21 then I'm fine with it.
August 21st at 21:21 Paul O'Neill's #21 will be added to the plethora of retired numbers in Monument Park.
http://www.pauloneillistheman.com
It's about time.
Haha. Are you serious? I would like to see Paul's number retired. Hell, if you can retire Hank Bauer's, I think you can retire Paul O'Neill's.
After taking a look at baseball reference, it's worth remembering how consistent O'Neill and Martinez were during the dynasty years. Both drove in around 100 runs half a dozne times and O'Neill batted over .300 six straight years. Who's really cool to look at, though, is Bernie, who was one of the premier players in the game from '96 to '02. He batted over .300 and drove in 90+ runs every one of those years, and he was a five time all-star. Unfortunatley, these past few years have made it easy to forget how truly terrific he was during the glory years.
Steiner speaks the truth.
The beauty of those 90s teams was the confluence of consistency by our entire roster. O'Neill and Tino were persistent and relentless in their approach to the game. That stuff permeated the team. That's Yankee baseball right there.
Since no one wanted to talk about it last week, I'll ask it again: Are we ready? Is this team good enough right now to win the American League? I have my doubts, and even though we haven't won it in several years, there was little doubt that we were good enough to win it. This season I think that's in question.
I think it's too early to know what the Yanks have yet in terms of pitching. And my sneaking suspicion is that they will make a deal for a big-name guy during the season if things don't play out as well as they like.
Let's see who steps up. Will A-Rod come to play? Will we get a surprise out of one of these young pitchers, like Wang a couple of seasons ago? It's all up in the air.
I think they're ready. The bullpen is going to do well this season. Bruney and Britton will pitch well. Proctor will continue to do what he did last season. I hope to see Farnsworth settle down and pitch like he can.
Offensively I think we're as strong as we were last year. If you look at ESPN's depth chart for the Yankees they've got Giambi at first, Matsui DHing, and Cabrera playing LF. They've also go Karstens starting as for right now. This will change a few times over, but I think the talent is there.
But mostly, I'm just happy we did something different this offseason. We signed some real, young talent in hopes that we'll be there years to come. I love that approach. Nurturing talent, creating a sense of "team." Being the ball.
Bruney's walk totals are way too high. If he doesn't get them down, he'll be out of the bigs by June.
I don't like having to rely on Bruney, Britton, Karstens, and Igawa just to round out the roster, but it seems that that's where we'll be come opening day. We're going to have our work cut out for us this season, which should be fun.
Eh, don't be so negative. I'm making a prediction that Brian Bruney has an ERA under 2.50 with over 45 appearances. And his walk total will be high. Niceahh.
Under 2.50? That's like my father claiming that the Patriots were done with a lead and 80 yards separating the Colts from the end zone. It's simply preposterous.
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