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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Octobergeddon: It is time to take nominations for "YANKEE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH"


We always knew this time would come.
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We must now ponder perhaps the most critical Yankee Employee of the Month award in history.
As we do so, we consider the following matters:
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Is there an IIHIIFIIc curse, or are the unkind fates that befell past recipients mere manifestations of anecdote and poppycock?
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If there is a true curse, an explainable wrinkle within the known fabric of reality, should we fear it... or conquer it?
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What Yankee employee did his work in such a way that he, or she, deserves to be bestowed with the honor of YANKEE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH -- (YEM.)
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These are the questions.
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Nominees...?

36 comments:

Chris Rossi said...

Mike Scioscia - for making more dumb moves than Joe G

Earl Earl Earl Earl Earl said...

Kate Hudson..

Anonymous said...

MLB umpires

Whitey Fraud said...

Pete Abe.

Landslide... IF the election is free and fair!

That's right. I'm talking to you, el Dickhead!

Knobby said...

El Capitan! Hes been amazing and hes going to does something so amazing in the WS that John will be flabbergasted

Stang said...

The Anaheim Crying Girl.

AL said...

Michael Kay - letting other people use your booth is very a difficult thing to do.

Anonymous said...

Tim McCarver

Anonymous said...

Anaheim Crying Girl, or Bernie Williams for throwing out the ALCS game winning first pitch.

specialsauce99 said...

Chad Gaudin

shady64 said...

It has to be Kate Hudson.

Richard Nixon said...

If he shows up to the WS game 1 and inspires the Yankees to win - George M Steinbrenner III.

Anonymous said...

Bobby Abreu

GWC3 said...

Might as well curse Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee or Brad Lidge.

Unknown said...

"Posthumous-Pete" Abraham

Keith said...

Pedro Martinez

Clear Thinking Alphonso said...

Freddy Guzman.

Speed kills.

If he gets cursed, the downside is minimal because it is unlikely he'll play.

If he is a hero, we'll all be happy.

If he doesn't make the WS roster, we won't be surprised.

He is a Yankee at least.

If he gets sent back to Scranton for the remainder of his career, he had a hell of a pretend ride. And carrying our accolade as YOTM back to the coal mines will be his fondest baseball memory.

No one can take that away from him.

Anonymous said...

Captain Lou or Matthew Welling (http://www.lohud.com/article/20091021/NEWS02/910210388/Red-Sox-fan-donates-marrow-to-Westchester-Yankees-fan), at 3 yrs old his body rejected a Boston fans donation that could have saved him.

el duque said...

Listenup you guys: I say it needs to be a Yankee employee.

Maybe the wife or squeeze of a Yankee employee -- Kate and/or Minka -- but we have to have parameters. Otherwise, this contest won't mean anything.

Besides, I think it's an insult to have to go outside the organization -- even if there is a curse and the winner is destined to die, as a result. I would prefer, at least, to know the unlucky victim could put it on his coffin that he/she had once been declared YANKEE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

adam said...

Kate Hudson is an obvious choice. She needs to be on the poll, and you need to make her win, duque.

Stang said...

Duque, can you prove the Yankees didn't pay Anaheim Crying Girl?

Jim Leyritz's Cellmate said...

Bullpen Coach Mike Harkey. Someone had to efficiently and effectively get all that talent warmed up in time for their nightly .1 innings of relief.

Anonymous said...

Kei Igawa. Just for the sake of the hat trick.

Unknown said...

Chad Gaudin.

dadlak said...

Guzman is the safe choice (jinxwise) and he actually appeared on a baseball field.

For game impact, you've gotta go with Hudson, unless you want to pick A-Rod directly.

Kenny Phelps said...

Wait, you have standards now?

TheWorst said...

Posthumous Honorary Employee of the Month: Soupy Sales

Anonymous said...

Everyone is saying Kate Hudson is an obvious choice, BUT I say Minka Kelly should be in the nominations as well. She has revitalized Jeter in a way that neither Jessica Biel nor Vanessa Minnillo were able to do.

Bman said...

Kei Igawa
The Anaheim Crying Girl
Mike Scioscia

Pinstripepower said...

kate hudson's vagina

Joe Girardi's Brain said...

Marte, of course
He got snubbed out of the ALCS MVP

el duque said...

Minka & Kate can battle it out when we give the IIH Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

But I'm not saying they can't be nominees.

What about Reggie Jackson? Didn't he supposedly have a sit-down with Arod? Why are we so quick to give Kate Hudson's vagina all the credit? Maybe it was Reggie's vagina!

Stang said...

Suzyn Waldman, the first woman EVER to broadcast a World Series!!!

Joe Girardi, for his gutsy in-game moves.

Shortty said...

suzyn waldman all the way!

Pedro's Daddy said...

Bullpen Catcher Roman Rodriguez -he had more work behind the plate warming up all those guys in the pen then Jorge did during the games

Frigidevil said...

Cmon, its gotta be Kate Hudson. Or Jose Molina for only giving up one inning in which everything falls apart in 4 AJ starts.