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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Yogi's take on the AL East? It ain't over 'til it's... wait a minute. It IS over.

So what's our starting lineup in the One Game?

3 comments:

jdrny said...

Watching game 3 with Jay's, it is hard to understand a team in contention without a core bullpen.
Girardi is still using shuttle pitching with 11 games left in season. ???? WTF???

Anonymous said...

CAN I COMPLAIN ABOUT CASHMAN IN THIS POST?...SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MUST HAVE A RELATIVE OF HIS WRITING FOR THEM IN SUGGESTING HE SHOULD MAKE THE HALL OF FAME...WELL, I HAVE A LIST OF GOOFS BY HIM SO LONG, AND SO AWFUL,THAT ONCE YOU READ IT, YOU WILL WANT TO BOOT HIM OUT OF OFFICE, AND FAST!..AS TIME GOES BY EVERYONE FORGETS.....READY?..1)ACQUIRING JAVIER VASQUEZ NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE! (EVEN AFTER HE WAS A DISASTER IN THE A.L. HIS FIRST GO ROUND WITH THE YANKS, AND THEN BAD AGAIN WITH ANOTHER A.L. TEAM..VASQUEZ WAS A TOTAL DISASTER FOR US NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! 2)TRADING GARY SHEFIELD OFF A 103 RBI SEASON FOR 3 PROSPECTS..BAD CHOICES!..NOT ONE OF THEM PANNED OUT (NOT EVEN CLOSE)...3)TRADING FOR STARTING PITCHER JEFF WEAVER,(ANOTHER DISASTER)...4.)LETS NOT FORGET THE KEVIN BROWN DISASTER TOO! 5.) HOW ABOUT MAYBE THE WORST SIGNING IN THE HISTORY OF FREE AGENTS? HIS NAME IS CARL PAVANO! 6.) AFTER PAVANO ROBBED $40 MILLION FROM US TO NOT PITCH (AND PITCH CRAPPY WHEN HE DID),I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER AFTER THE YANKEES WERE FINALLY DONE WITH HIS MURDEROUS CONTRACT, HEARING THAT CASHMAN WAS "TALKING" TO PAVANO AGAIN AND BROACHED THE IDEA FOR HIM TO POSSIBLY SIGN AGAIN TO THE PITCHING SHORT YANKEES FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON!!! FOR THAT REASON ALONE, CASHMAN SHOULD LOSE HIS JOB!..HOW COULD HE EVEN "THINK" TO TURN TO PAVANO AFTER THE CRAP HE PULLED ON US FOR 4 SOLID YEARS!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! 7.)SIGNING JARET WRIGHT (YOU FORGOT THAT ONE TOO DIDN'T YOU)? 8.)NOT TRADING FOR CLIFF LEE WHEN THE STICKING POINT IN THE DEAL WAS DAVID ADAMS!!! LEE NOT ONLY WOULD HAVE PUT US OVER THE TOP THAT YEAR, BUT CRUSHED US IN THE PROCESS BY BEATING US IN THE PLAYOFFS!..WE COULDN'T TOUCH HIM!!! 9.)SIGNING STEPHEN DREW FOR "ONLY" 5 MILLION, (AFTER HE HIT .162 FOR 300 AT BATS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES THE YEAR BEFORE)!!! 10.) SIGNING BRENDAN RYAN FOR "ONLY" 5 MILLION FOR 2 YEARS (WE WEREN'T BIDDING AGAINST ANYONE ELSE! WE MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HIM OF THE WAIVER WIRE FAIRLY SOON)!!! 11.) SIGNING CHASE HEADLEY FOR 4 YEARS AND $52 MILLION (I LIKE HEADLEY, BUT HE IS AN AVERAGE PLAYER AT BEST AND A HORROR SHOW IN THE FIELD-ONCE AGAIN, WE SAW WHAT KIND OF AN UNDERWHELMING PLAYER HE WAS LAST YEAR, YET CASHMAN COUGHED UP $52 MILLION FOR 4 YEARS..12.)SIGNING JACOBY ELLSBURY FOR $152 MILLION!!! WHO WERE WE BIDDING AGAINST??? NOBODY ELSE WAS GOING TO COME NEAR THAT PRICE TAG!.....I'M NOT FINISHED WITH KID CASH, BUT I AM AFRAID I AM RUNNING OUT OF SPACE!...NO MORE CASHMAN! PLEASE! P.S.) ( I CAN THINK OF 3 DECENT DEALS HE DID MAKE-GETTING NICK SWISHER..GETTING MICHAEL PINEDA (SO FAR), AND GETTING DIDI GREGORIUS (SO FAR).....CLEARLY, THE BAD OUTWEIGHS THE GOOD!!!!! OMG!

Parson Tom said...

As Mr. Anon says, There's no joy in Mudville.