NY Yankees

[twinplanx]

ok Lets Go Yankees, rally time!!!

 

[twinplanx]

Not the way I wanted to start my weekend...

 

[buellski]

It's good to be home! For as bad as Lackey's been, I'm glad Phil Hughs was worse

Here's a good quote from Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe during the 2nd inning of today's game:

"MIT is being contacted to figure out Lackey's ERA at this point." :smile:

 

[twinplanx]

wtf Com'on guys...ya can't let big sloppy beat us. Fuck that sweep BS!!!

 

[twinplanx]

FWIW. I HATE when Yankee games are not onYES...

 

[WJenness]

lol @ A-Rod's Buckner impression...

-w

 

[WJenness]

Thanks for the short porch Yankees! (x2 tonight!)

-w

 

[twinplanx]

Thanks for the short porch Yankees! (x2 tonight!)

-w

Whatever guy, its May...

 

[deadheadskier]

Can I be the first to say that I HATE Sunday Night baseball. Glad the Sox won, but why not start the games, especially on Sunday at say 6:30? I know I have no desire to stay up until 11:30 or later on a work night to watch the game. More important than that, what about all the kids out there who can't watch, but an inning or two before they need to go to bed. I feel the same way about the playoffs.

 

[2knees]

as yogi says, it gets late early....

1/4 of the season gone. hard to believe the yanks and sox are walllowing in mediocrity at this point. although the sox are in a better "place" right now then the yanks. Garcia looks like John burkett out there and colon, well, its colon. Good luck with that staff the rest of the year. oh thats right, Hughes will save your season....:lol:

 

[deadheadskier]

How bout' them Yankees? :lol:

 

[bvibert]

How bout' them Yankees? :lol:

I don't follow baseball, but I was thinking the same thing when caught part of the sports on the news last night...

 

[campgottagopee]

Everyone relax...it's June :roll:

 

[deadheadskier]

I am relaxed. Just enjoying a bit of spring cleaning

SWEEP

 

[campgottagopee]

I am relaxed. Just enjoying a bit of spring cleaning

SWEEP

:grin:

I got nuttin

 

[marcski]

:grin:

I got nuttin

I am a met fan... But I mean how can anyone ever say anything about the Yankees...even with 2 bowox sweeps this season. I mean they have won practically 1 out of every 4 world series. That is an absolutely mindboggling statistic.... And, as we all know baseball is a game of statistics.

 

[campgottagopee]

I am a met fan... But I mean how can anyone ever say anything about the Yankees...even with 2 bowox sweeps this season. I mean they have won practically 1 out of every 4 world series. That is an absolutely mindboggling statistic.... And, as we all know baseball is a game of statistics.

Right on

One of my fav t-shirts is " Got Rings "......shuts 'em right up

 

[Geoff]

Right on

One of my fav t-shirts is " Got Rings "......shuts 'em right up

Not really.

Most of those rings came in a time when the Yankees bought up all the talent. The MLB draft leveled out the league in the 1960's and the Yankees totally sucked. When free agency happened, the Yankees started buying up players again. The rules were since changed to add a big luxury tax so the Yankees can't just spend infinite money.

The other major market teams are now pretty much at parity with the Yankees. It's still not a fair league like the NFL where all the teams pool the TV revenue and there is a a hard salary cap. Texas, the LAA & Dodgers, Philly, Boston, ... field competitive teams and are able to retain their best players. Sucks to be Pittsburgh or Kansas City where you know on April 1 that your team has zero shot at the playoffs. I benefit from it as a Red Sox fan since my team can afford an AGon and Carl Crawford that San Diego and Tampa can't. My team can afford to keep their best home grown talent like Youk and Pedroia.

With today's spending levels, the Yankees will always be competitive but they're unlikely to be the dominant team.

 

[deadheadskier]

Kind of similar to how the Montreal Canadians used to dominate when they had the 'cultural option' in the drafts of the early days. They could select two French Canadian born players before any other team were allowed to draft a player. Generally speaking, the best North American hockey players come from PQ. So, they pretty much had the top two young players added to their teams every year.

 

[campgottagopee]

Not really.

Most of those rings came in a time when the Yankees bought up all the talent. The MLB draft leveled out the league in the 1960's and the Yankees totally sucked. When free agency happened, the Yankees started buying up players again. The rules were since changed to add a big luxury tax so the Yankees can't just spend infinite money.

The other major market teams are now pretty much at parity with the Yankees. It's still not a fair league like the NFL where all the teams pool the TV revenue and there is a a hard salary cap. Texas, the LAA & Dodgers, Philly, Boston, ... field competitive teams and are able to retain their best players. Sucks to be Pittsburgh or Kansas City where you know on April 1 that your team has zero shot at the playoffs. I benefit from it as a Red Sox fan since my team can afford an AGon and Carl Crawford that San Diego and Tampa can't. My team can afford to keep their best home grown talent like Youk and Pedroia.

With today's spending levels, the Yankees will always be competitive but they're unlikely to be the dominant team.

Well, I hear ya, BUT any team cold've done what the Yankees did/do but they chose not to. The fact remains the Yankees have more rings than anyone and until that changes I will wear my "Got Rings" shirt with pride.