I can't believe we're this close to getting knocked out of the playoffs in the first or second round. It really seemed like we were going to get knocked out of getting knocked out of the playoffs before the season was even over.
If we can just screw with Boston during our head-to-heads and give the Rays another chance to knock themselves out of the East title. That would be great.
It's amazing to me looking around the web today (not here, I must add for clarity) how much hate there is out there for Joba. He sucks; fuck him; etc. The guy's actually been pretty good for the last month or so. Not great, but better than you'd expect from a guy who's been consigned to the scrap heap since what seems like forever ago.
I totally understand the feeling that he shouldn't have been in there to give up the meatball to Jones, but lands on Joe's shoulders every bit as much as Joba's.
I don't think he's been the same since Joe Torre left him out there to get eaten alive by those bugs in the Cleveland playoff game. It might not mean much; hell, it probably doesn't mean anything...but...that seems like the kind of thing that could mess with a guy's mind, make him wonder why no one tried to get him even a little break from that. Might have it all wrong but I could see that being something that might linger psychologically.
The decent person in me says let him go now, so he can find someone who can help him (the Sammy Ellis/Dave Righetti relationship in '82 comes to mind). The Yankee fan in me says re-sign him if you can, because the second he's gone is the second he becomes a young, teachable, very pissed-off enemy.
Either way, he still reminds me of Cletus Hogg. I wish the guy well, though despite Cousin Boss.
Joba told Mo to shut up. That's a no-no. Joba got injured horsing around on a trampoline. That's just plain stupid. But, yes, Mike, like Jeff Nelson, Tippy Martinez, and other former-Yankee pitchers, he'll bear down when he faces the Yankees. The nightmare would be a Yankees-Pirates World Series where AJ Burnett (who was nemesis to both the Red Sux and the Yankees as you know) gets in three starts. But, it doersn't look like Girardi will be making out a World Series line-up card this year. Unless we trade HIM to the Pirates and let former Pirate Tony Pena manage the rest of the season.
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I can't believe we're this close to getting knocked out of the playoffs in the first or second round. It really seemed like we were going to get knocked out of getting knocked out of the playoffs before the season was even over.
ReplyDeleteIf we can just screw with Boston during our head-to-heads and give the Rays another chance to knock themselves out of the East title. That would be great.
I got our back, will be at the game in right field seats.
ReplyDeleteAll these suspensions and appeals just work in favor of the Yankees. Mark my words, next year free agent Joba Chamberlain is pitching for the Orioles.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to me looking around the web today (not here, I must add for clarity) how much hate there is out there for Joba. He sucks; fuck him; etc. The guy's actually been pretty good for the last month or so. Not great, but better than you'd expect from a guy who's been consigned to the scrap heap since what seems like forever ago.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand the feeling that he shouldn't have been in there to give up the meatball to Jones, but lands on Joe's shoulders every bit as much as Joba's.
I don't think he's been the same since Joe Torre left him out there to get eaten alive by those bugs in the Cleveland playoff game. It might not mean much; hell, it probably doesn't mean anything...but...that seems like the kind of thing that could mess with a guy's mind, make him wonder why no one tried to get him even a little break from that. Might have it all wrong but I could see that being something that might linger psychologically.
The decent person in me says let him go now, so he can find someone who can help him (the Sammy Ellis/Dave Righetti relationship in '82 comes to mind). The Yankee fan in me says re-sign him if you can, because the second he's gone is the second he becomes a young, teachable, very pissed-off enemy.
Either way, he still reminds me of Cletus Hogg. I wish the guy well, though despite Cousin Boss.
Joba, the future Yankee killer? Could he be any more of a Yankee killer than he is now?
ReplyDeleteJoba told Mo to shut up. That's a no-no. Joba got injured horsing around on a trampoline. That's just plain stupid. But, yes, Mike, like Jeff Nelson, Tippy Martinez, and other former-Yankee pitchers, he'll bear down when he faces the Yankees. The nightmare would be a Yankees-Pirates World Series where AJ Burnett (who was nemesis to both the Red Sux and the Yankees as you know) gets in three starts. But, it doersn't look like Girardi will be making out a World Series line-up card this year. Unless we trade HIM to the Pirates and let former Pirate Tony Pena manage the rest of the season.
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