Friday, August 31, 2007

Joba The Great Suspended 2 Games

Talk about nonsense. 2 pitches get away from him and Kevin Youareawhinerkalis can barely move to begin with pretends like he's almost going to get hit. It's not like Kevin is 7' 9" tall. He's just bitter that they got shown up 3 days in a row to a lefty, an old man, and a South Korean. The 3 ingredients that make all Red Sox go crazy. It's been proven.

The next series in Boston should be interesting provided the Yankees don't blow it with the Rays etc before then.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Our Chances

Adam is right, the Yankees are clearly not that good, but I do think they are as good as Boston. Boston built a huge lead when the Yankees were out to lunch in the first half, but this clearly isn't the same team and the Yankees have outplayed the Red Sox--by about eight full games--since late June. I am confident that the Yankees can win the pennant if they take the gloves off, which is happening as we speak: Mussina is out of rotation and the so-called "Joba rules" are being loosened, reports the NY Post.

So I like our chances. After today's game with Boston, we have nine games in which we can pull away in the wild card race. Three with Tampa Bay, three with Seattle and three with KC. Win those three series, and the WC is ours.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

16-0 What Else Needs To Be Said

This is a playoff team? I can see giving up 9 or 10 runs. But 16? And you can't score any? Am I missing something? Did the Yankees play a split squad?

Mussina to the bullpen? Why so when the Yankees need to give up runs Torre will bring him in.

If the Yankees don't go out and sweep the Red Sox, it's over. Anyone agree?

Saturday, August 25, 2007

I'm Posting Because Someone Needs To

So long Mike Myers. Way to run to the White Sox. I guess you will take your sucking elsewhere.

Villone is on DL. Bruney recalled.

Jose Cruz, Jr. sign minor league deal. Make minor news.

Cairo gets released. So much for playing 4 infield positions and batting your weight.

Sean Henn is playing like he wants to get released.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Garboman, Steiner return, find blog, Poland "un-Progressive"

Friends, Steiner here. Garbowski and I are back from Poland, and our attempts at union were unsuccessful. Poland doesn't take very kindly to us gay Yanks, which is fine, because in the alternative it has produced the most beautiful women I've seen in Europe.

In our absence, the Yanks have moved into a tie for the WC and are in range of Boston. If we are still four games out after playing LA and Detroit 7 times over the next 8 days, I'd say we have a real shot.

Well, I've got to read old box scores. I've been following the results, but have no idea what's going on with the team.

-S

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Little League World Series - Yankee Connection

Anyone watching the Little League World Series? Anyone watching just for Erin Andrews? Well anyway, the World Series winner from '99-'00, has a son on the team, he's also an assistant coach. That man is Clay Bellinger.

Oh and the Yankees took 3 of 4 from the Tigers.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Giambi Cooperates, Doesn't Name Names

So Giambi has his meeting with the Mitchell investigation.Then he and Selig had a sit-down. Giambi gets no punishment. Was that justice? I don't know but not getting fined or suspended is a pretty sweet deal for him.

Cashman says if Alex Rodriguez opts out of his contract, the Yankees won't go after him. (And you'll replace his production with who? Betemit? Yeah good move.)

Yes, I changed my display name. You folks can stop sending the emails and stop the phone calls. I appreciate your concern but it was time for a new name. I picked the name as a joke/tribute to Phil Rizzuto and thought it should be retired.

And I couldn't think of anything else at the moment and I wouldn't post without a new name.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Rest in peace, Scooter

Phil Rizzuto was the earliest baseball voice I recall. Growing up and hearing about traffic jams, cannolis and fixed-rate mortgages, "The Scooter" was a comforting and original broadcaster. He will be missed. Thanks, Scooter!

The Scooter

CNN is reporting that Phil Rizzuto has died. My earliest memories as a Yankee fan are listening to him call games. Rest in peace Phil.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Yankees Keep Winning, Blah, Blah, Blah....This Site Was Busier When The Yankees Stunk So How About Some Other News (About The Yankees)?

Derek Jeter has reportedly given Jessica Alba herpes. I've read it on a variety of sites. The one site mentioned that Alba's assistant had to keep getting Alba's Valtrex refilled. So who did Jeter get herpes from? Some random skank? Mariah Carey? Scarlett Johannson? Jessica Biel?

In other news, man that Jeter gets some famous chicks, anyway in other news from a while back. Don Mattingly was at The Simpsons movie premiere because he guest starred. That was a great episode and not just because so many eventual Yankees were on it. Each player had their own unique problem that kept them from playing - except Darryl Strawberry.

Mattingly again. He said he was asked to host Saturday Night Live back in '84 or '95 by turned it down because he was scared. I don't know how he would have done but athletes usually let it all hang out on SNL. There have be quite a few memorable skits-last year's Peyton Manning United way, Derek Jeter in drag with David Wells and David Cone, Joe Montana playing a kid who said at the end of one skit "I'm going upstairs to masturbate!"

I thought I was change things up a but since it was all about the Yankees sucking now it could be all about the Yankees winning. What else could be said? How many times can each of us post about the same thing?

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Yankees Vs Jays (Are they Blue? I don't know I don't see color like Stephen Colbert.) + Bonds Nonsense

The Blue Jays got some revenge for Alex yelling, "I got it" or "Whore" or "I nice ass" or whatever he said a few months ago. So they threw behind him. An obvious message. Then Alex gets hit not in the back where everyone knows it sends a message but doesn't hurt as say getting hit in the head. So where does he get hit the calf. Not in my 60+ year on this planet following baseball have I heard of a retaliation were someone got hit on the calf. But it's a Canadian team so they do things differently up there, eh?
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Bonds hits 756. I hit 757 whatevers. I'm more interested in how much that guy gets for the ball.

I do think Selig blew it and blew it hard. As much as I think Bonds took some goods, the results say differently. Selig has been out to get Bonds for years, yet there's no proof. He should have made this an important event. If Bonds gets found guilty in the future then so be it. If Bonds is always clean this was a MLB moment that will not be relived (at least until Alex Rodriguez breaks the record.)

Monday, August 06, 2007

The Happy Couple Heads to Europe, This Blog Moves On

Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees offer the guy who caught his 500th Home Run - a autographed jersey. The guy basically no, you want the ball make me an offer when you're serious. Is the guy being selfish? Sure. Anyone else in that situation would want and expect a nice reward for it.

It comes down to the guy getting a big payday for it. Alex wants the ball, Alex should pay for it. The ball's only high value is to Alex. He should at least have made a reasonable offer. Alex and the Yankees are lucky we're not in a a time where they would be challenged to a dual .

Oh, and Giambino played 3 games at AAA so he's ready to bring his steroid-free sucking back to New York.

Mike Myers was designated for assignment. They're looking for a lefty reliever. Lee Gutterman, Mike Stanton, and Jimmy Key are waiting for a tryout.

Another thing, Yankees are tied for the Wild Card. Who said this team is done? Well besides me.

Saturday, August 04, 2007

In Garbowski's absence...

Friends, Steiner here. I just wanted to let you know that Garbowski and I will be in Germany/Poland for the next two weeks, in case anyone was wondering why Garbo wasn't posting. I'll still try to follow the action from internet cafes and hotel lobbies, though, so keep it going.

Godspeed and good luck to all.

-S

Friday, August 03, 2007

REPORT: "FROZEN IN A PERMANENT RICTUS OF CAREWORN DISBELIEF"

This article is so shocking--and so darkly funny--that I thought I'd just post the whole thing. Sounds like the Boss is failing, and fast. And check out Rubenstein's rebuttal.

TRAGIC MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
BABBLING BOSS 'SHOCKS' PAL
By DAN MANGAN, NY POST

George Steinbrenner kept answering, "Great to see ya."

August 3, 2007 -- A new report paints a disturbing portrait of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner as a befuddled, bloated old man in "dreadful" shape who bears little resemblance to the once-feared Boss.

An apparently addled Steinbrenner, 77, repeatedly said, "Great to see ya," to nearly every question, no matter what was being asked by a longtime friend during a recent visit, according to an upcoming article in Condé Nast Portfolio magazine.

"I'm shocked," the friend, Tom McEwen, said later. "George doesn't even seem like the same person. I figured he might be in a bad way, but I never expected this."

Since purchasing the Bronx Bombers in 1973, Steinbrenner has made headlines and enemies because of his often mercurial management of the Yankees front office and his bombastic pro- nouncements.

In recent years, however, Steinbrenner has lost much of his thunder as his physical health and mental capacity has appeared to decline.

Last month, Post sports columnist Phil Mushnick wrote that, "All reasonable signs indicate that his dementia . . . is now so profound that he is being carefully hidden from public view."
Condé Nast Portfolio writer Franz Lidz's new story focuses on possible successors to the Boss, including eldest son Hank.

Lidz recently gained entry to George Steinbrenner's home in Tampa, Fla., by tagging along with McEwen, a wheelchair-bound former Tampa Tribune sports editor.
"A solitary figure emerges out of the shadows, limping towards us," wearing silk pajamas and a terry-cloth robe, Lidz writes.

"Great to see ya, Tommy," Steinbrenner says to McEwen.

Steinbrenner says "Great to see ya," each time McEwen, 84, asks about the Boss' wife, sons and daughters in separate questions.

Lidz writes that "he looks dreadful."

"His body is bloated; his jawline has slackened into a triple chin; his skin looks as if a dry-cleaner bag has been stretched over it . . . His features seem frozen in a permanent rictus of careworn disbelief."

After snarling at Lidz that the then-struggling Yankees will "come around," Steinbrenner ignores the writer's question about whom he wants to succeed him.

"A few minutes later, Steinbrenner starts repeating himself again. 'Great to see ya, Tommy,' he says in response to every question. 'Great to see ya.' "

Steinbrenner's spokesman, Howard Rubenstein, yesterday said the repetition "might be a defensive mechanism."

"He doesn't want to give any interviews, and it's better to say, 'It's great to see you,' as opposed to 'Get lost,' " Rubenstein said. "I think George is in a good way. And it isn't right for someone to come in under false pretenses."