New York Yankees 2008 Season Official Thread - Page 17

thomamon · 06-01-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

LOL!

I didn't mean the same day! But, for this one day, I was happy to be wrong about those two. Hey, nobody, not even you thom, roots harder for the Yankees than me. I just tend to be more pessimistic than you and like so many other Yankee fans I'm starting to become a bit impatient.

No reason to be pessimistic

Yankees will make the post season and this pen isn't as bad as you make it out to be. (Hawkins excluded)

1998 Yankees · 06-01-2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by redsoxford

No thank yous from the Yankees for us getting you off the bottom of the table? If we'd kept our normal away form at Camden Yards you'd still be bottom of the East

BoSox beat birds of Baltimore, but big bad BayRay beasts besiege Boston betimes. Beantown boys, bullpen and bench, better be ballplaying beautifully, baby.

edog23 · 06-01-2008, 01:04 PM

LOL! That's a lot of b's. A nice tongue twister for sure.

1998 Yankees · 06-01-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by edog23

LOL! That's a lot of b's. A nice tongue twister for sure.

Thanks for b'ing so kind.

SittingDuck · 06-01-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Russ

Holy smokes! What a game! Jeter has not played well (hee-hee). Tie game bottom of the 11th. Huff is on third. IBB for Millar. Your bullpen sucks, except for Rivera. Here's Cintron.

O's WIN!!!!! O's WIN!!!!!! O's WIN!!!!!!!

Oh, sorry.

Dude, that is pathetic. And I'm an O's fan.

SittingDuck · 06-01-2008, 06:17 PM

After watching the O's get mangled by the Sox this long-ass series, I just gotta say,

GO RAYS!!!

Kill those Sox.

SittingDuck · 06-01-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by silvam14

Tisk, Just let the Orioles fans enjoy themselves now. They'll have lost complete interest by the all-star break.

hehe - statistically true. funny, but in april/early may, the o's tender to beat the stuffing out of both the yanks and sox, but after that..................

anyways....

what we're really waiting for is any trades that might be made at the break, and then looking towards the offseason trading. any realistic O's fan will tell you they are basically hibernating through this season. i mean, that offense is HORRIFIC. most of us were barfing in february when they put out a 'potential' lineup.

geeeeeezzzz....

MorseMoose · 06-01-2008, 08:06 PM

Good game today and damn Abreu got Blackburn. Glad he's alright :/...looked like it hurt from LF.

myasu · 06-01-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SittingDuck

After watching the O's get mangled by the Sox this long-ass series, I just gotta say,

GO RAYS!!!

Kill those Sox.

Not gonna happen, just not gonna happen in Fenway.

myasu · 06-01-2008, 10:55 PM

ESPN - MLB Baseball Rumors - MLB Rumors - Major League Baseball Rumor Central

Pathetic...

CommishJoe · 06-02-2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by myasu

ESPN - MLB Baseball Rumors - MLB Rumors - Major League Baseball Rumor Central

Pathetic...

Sorry, which rumor were you referring to? I don't have insider so I can't see any of these.

I was at the game on Saturday with my oldest son. It was pretty exciting. We did leave after the 7th inning stretch as my wife was picking us up and the storms were pretty nasty, but we still got to see most of the action. I'm kinda glad I didn't stick around to see F********h though as I hate watching him pitch.

1998 Yankees · 06-02-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by CommishJoe

I was at the game on Saturday with my oldest son. It was pretty exciting. We did leave after the 7th inning stretch as my wife was picking us up and the storms were pretty nasty, but we still got to see most of the action. I'm kinda glad I didn't stick around to see F********h though as I hate watching him pitch.

I'm glad you could make one of those games, I was wondering if you were going. C'mon, tell me you wore a Yankees cap at the game.

The announcers on YES were talking about you folks building an open air stadium to replace the Metrodome. True? How can that be a good idea?

1998 Yankees · 06-02-2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by myasu

ESPN - MLB Baseball Rumors - MLB Rumors - Major League Baseball Rumor Central

Pathetic...

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Originally Posted by CommishJoe

Sorry, which rumor were you referring to? I don't have insider so I can't see any of these.

Just going by headlines I would guess it was this, since myasu closely follows the careers of Japanese ballplayers playing in the states:

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Kei Igawa homesick?

My reaction: Wouldn't you be, considering you've gone from a star to minor leaguer playing in Scranton, PA?

myasu · 06-02-2008, 10:31 AM

Sorry guys.

I forgot that it was the "insider" column...

Kei Igawa homesick?
Kei Igawa | Yankees
ESPN's Jayson Stark has heard from two different baseball insiders that Kei Igawa recently asked the Yankees if there is any possible way he could return to Japan after this season.
The Yankees explored different options but found nothing and have given up for now.
The club is still on the hook for $11 million dollars to Igawa through the 2010 season.

CommishJoe · 06-02-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

I'm glad you could make one of those games, I was wondering if you were going. C'mon, tell me you wore a Yankees cap at the game.

The announcers on YES were talking about you folks building an open air stadium to replace the Metrodome. True? How can that be a good idea?

I wore my Yankees jersey. It's navy blue with white pinstripes and NY logo.

Yeah, it's an open air stadium due to open in 2010. I think it was a BIG mistake not to make it retractable roof, but they love to penny pinch up here. All I can say is it was the first time I was glad I was watching a game indoors. It would have definately been rained out otherwise.

CommishJoe · 06-02-2008, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by myasu

Sorry guys.

I forgot that it was the "insider" column...

Kei Igawa homesick?
Kei Igawa | Yankees
ESPN's Jayson Stark has heard from two different baseball insiders that Kei Igawa recently asked the Yankees if there is any possible way he could return to Japan after this season.
The Yankees explored different options but found nothing and have given up for now.
The club is still on the hook for $11 million dollars to Igawa through the 2010 season.

I'm surprised that Igawa can't just "retire" and head home forfeiting the remaining money. Unless of course he wants to head back to Japan AND keep the $11m he's owed

Joshv02 · 06-02-2008, 01:24 PM

If he "retires" he would be on the restricted list, still, and the agerement b/w the the US and Japan (and, hence, the need to "post" players) requires that both countries respect their respective player lists.

1998 Yankees · 06-02-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CommishJoe

I wore my Yankees jersey. It's navy blue with white pinstripes and NY logo.

Yeah, it's an open air stadium due to open in 2010. I think it was a BIG mistake not to make it retractable roof, but they love to penny pinch up here. All I can say is it was the first time I was glad I was watching a game indoors. It would have definately been rained out otherwise.

Good for you on the jersey. Regarding the stadium, I wasn't thinking about rain so much as snow, as in early April and late October.

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Originally Posted by CommishJoe

I'm surprised that Igawa can't just "retire" and head home forfeiting the remaining money. Unless of course he wants to head back to Japan AND keep the $11m he's owed

I would not be surprised if he and the team worked something out. Nobody can be happy now in this situation, and since he can still make good money in Japan, why not release him if he's willing to take a buyout?

1998 Yankees · 06-03-2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by thomamon

. . . and this pen isn't as bad as you make it out to be. (Hawkins excluded)

I'm not one of those guys who is going to come back here and crow when he is proved right (or, conversely, disappear when he is wrong). So, if I am right about those two others we were talking about, don't look for a "told ya so" from me.

On the other hand, if you are right, I invite you to come back and say that to me because it will be a reason for us to celebrate together. Heck, I might even say that if I am in the right mood. The Yankees making the playoffs (at least) might be conducive to such a mood.

Go Joba.

Tony M · 06-04-2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

The Yankees making the playoffs

I thought it wasn't looking very likely at this moment and then I rewound the standings to June 4, 2008 and it was even worse last year, but I don't get the same feeling about a resurgence this year...

06-01-2008, 10:55 PM	#330
myasu All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,491	Igawa misses home... ESPN - MLB Baseball Rumors - MLB Rumors - Major League Baseball Rumor Central Pathetic... __________________ myasu Bill Spaceman Lee- "The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything."

06-02-2008, 10:31 AM	#334
myasu All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,491	Sorry guys. I forgot that it was the "insider" column... Kei Igawa homesick? Kei Igawa \| Yankees ESPN's Jayson Stark has heard from two different baseball insiders that Kei Igawa recently asked the Yankees if there is any possible way he could return to Japan after this season. The Yankees explored different options but found nothing and have given up for now. The club is still on the hook for $11 million dollars to Igawa through the 2010 season. __________________ myasu Bill Spaceman Lee- "The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything."

06-02-2008, 01:24 PM	#337
Joshv02 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: , " Posts: 3,082 Blog Entries: 2	If he "retires" he would be on the restricted list, still, and the agerement b/w the the US and Japan (and, hence, the need to "post" players) requires that both countries respect their respective player lists. __________________ Brookline Maccabees. RIP

06-01-2008, 01:04 PM	#323
edog23 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Santa Rosa, CA. Posts: 493	LOL! That's a lot of b's. A nice tongue twister for sure.

06-01-2008, 06:17 PM	#326
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834	After watching the O's get mangled by the Sox this long-ass series, I just gotta say, GO RAYS!!! Kill those Sox.

06-01-2008, 08:06 PM	#328
MorseMoose Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,023 Blog Entries: 4 Infractions: 1/1 (1)	Good game today and damn Abreu got Blackburn. Glad he's alright :/...looked like it hurt from LF.